Re: what's the function of the /lib/modules/???/build symlink?

** Reply to message from Michael Fratoni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Wed, 26 Mar 2003 23:08:22 -0500 > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Wednesday 26 March 2003 04:14 pm, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > in a fit of poor judgment, i tried to test the new 2.5.66 kernel > > on my RH 8

Re: mkbootdisk

try mdkbootdisk -device /dev/fd0 2.4.18-27.8.0 --- "Nils O." Selåsdal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 07:24, Shawn wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I need to make a bootdisk after installation and following RedHat's >> guide use: >> >> mkboootdisk kernel-2.4.18-27.8.0 >> >> but get: >> >>

Re: RedHat 8.0 on Via (Cyrix) C3 1GHz - very slow

Hi, this is top when X is NOT running: 9:24am up 40 min, 3 users, load average: 0.19, 0.13, 0.10 42 processes: 41 sleeping, 1 running, 0 zombie, 0 stopped CPU states: 18.0% user, 6.0% system, 0.0% nice, 75.8% idle Mem: 255592K av, 86652K used, 168940K free, 0K shrd, 20224K bu

Re: prm

> Sorry, may be very elementary: > What does (PRM) stand stand for? It's the extension on a MYOB premier file. :) Regards, --- Edward Dekkers (Director) Triple D Computer Services P/L -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinf

RE: Static Routes in Redhat 8.0

RHL 8 doesn't read /etc/sysconfig/static-routes anymore (correct me if i'm wrong). put your route commands to /etc/rc.local instead. hth. /erik (o_.' http://counter.li.org/ //\ -- V_/_Linux User # 253842 > -Original Message- > From: Gary App

Is it already RPMed

Hi All According to my trivial knowledge, I know now that RPM should get an already installed package to be RPMed. Can I ask whether the Redhat Linux 8.0 is RPMed or not? I.e., If I'm gonna make some modification/recomilation for the source code of some modules (say the IPCHAIN in my case), should

Re: Evolution htmlview

> > Edit the file ~/.gnome/Gnome and take a look at these lines: > > default-show=/usr/bin/mozilla "%s" > http-show=/usr/bin/mozilla "%s" > https-show=/usr/bin/mozilla "%s" > ftp-show=/usr/bin/mozilla "%s" > > You can change these to whatever you like. > Yeah, I looked at that file in a browse

Re: Nvidia card acceleration problem.

On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 15:19, Ben Logan wrote: > Hello, all. > > I just bought an Nvidia Verto TNT2-M64 with 32Mb based on the fact > that the xfree86 nv driver supports the TNT2-M64 with full graphics > acceleration. I did note that the driver man page says that it > supports the "RIVA TNT2" whe

Re: Is it already RPMed

On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 03:59, Mohammed Awad wrote: > RPMed or not? I.e., If I'm gonna make some modification/recomilation for the > source code of some modules (say the IPCHAIN in my case), should I first get > the Linux 8.0 RPMed, before I can do that? What do you mean by "RPMed"? Krum -- red

Re: mkbootdisk

On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 17:24, Shawn wrote: > Hi, > > I need to make a bootdisk after installation and following RedHat's > guide use: > > mkboootdisk kernel-2.4.18-27.8.0 > > but get: > > bash: mkbootdisk: command not found > > What do I need to do differently? > -- > Shawn <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: prm

On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 17:29, Mohammed Awad wrote: > Sorry, may be very elementary: > What does (PRM) stand stand for? RPM Redhat Package Management -- Thu Mar 27 20:35:00 EST 2003 20:35:00 up 6 days, 7:22, 2 users, load average: 0.14, 0.16, 0.13 -

RE: Is it already RPMed

I meant by RPMed: ready for directly extracting the source code of a module (like IPCHAIN) from. And I meant by (not RPMed): I must have the RPM run over the whole operating system first, to populate a database for the source code files of the operating system, before I can extract the source cod

Best & low cost Modem and Eithrnet Card

Hello Every one, Ok I am very new to Linux but I was trying to contect my Pc to Either a network or a modem to the internet. Please can you advice what is the best low price modem I can buy which is supported to RHL to use with my pc, and what is the best Eithernet Card supported by RHL I can

Native DVD support in RedHat 8+?

I am currently running RH8.1 beta (phoebe or whatever) on my laptop. Is DVD included natively? Or do I have to download a lot, recompile kernel and so on? (E.g. like the DVD HowTo is instructing me to do: .) -- Jon Haugsand, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://w

Re: mkbootdisk

* Stephen Kuhn > > mkboootdisk kernel-2.4.18-27.8.0 > > > > bash: mkbootdisk: command not found > > /sbin/mkbootdisk Maybe it should be run by root? (Haven't tried neither, though.) -- Jon Haugsand, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.norges-bank.no -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mai

RE: FW: Red Hat Linux 9 -- Get it Early

Sorry?! I'm referring to the fact that RedHat is offering them 1 week early to the people who have paid for the RedHat Network... What do you mean not ready? ...Skeeve > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Wilts > Sent: Thursday, Marc

how to redirect the output of command 'xinetd -d'

While I use xinetd -d to test my vsftpd seting! There are a few error tell me that"bind address fail (address already in use)" ! So I would like to redirect the output of this command, to show you the error message! Yet,neither "xinetd -d >debug.txt" nor xinetd -d &>debug.txt" work! How can

Re: Native DVD support in RedHat 8+?

I have redhat 8 and i am able to read data dvds fine. I have been buying a magazine in the uk called Linux format that come with a dvd or cd. About playing film dvds I use ogle and it works fine. All i did was install the needed packages On Thursday 27 March 2003 10:30 am, Jon Haugsand wrote:

Re: NPTL and Java?

On 26/3 2003 10:47, Nils O. Selåsdal wrote: > On Wed, 2003-03-26 at 10:24, Søren Neigaard wrote: >> As I have read on this list, Redhat 9 incorperates a Native Posix Threading >> Library. Will this be default threadin on a newly installed Redhat 9, or do >> I have to activated it somehow? Will the

Re: Native DVD support in RedHat 8+?

* David Richards > I have redhat 8 and i am able to read data dvds fine. I have been buying a > magazine in the uk called Linux format that come with a dvd or cd. > > About playing film dvds I use ogle and it works fine. All i did was install > the needed packages I just installed all packages

Re: Native DVD support in RedHat 8+?

The only thing i did with the devices was create a symbolic link cdrom -> hdc with is my cdrom. That made it easier as i just had to put /dev/cdrom david On Thursday 27 March 2003 11:16 am, Jon Haugsand wrote: > * David Richards > > > I have redhat 8 and i am able to read data dvds fine. I hav

Re: Static Routes in Redhat 8.0

On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 05:02:28PM +0800, Tapang, Roderick Eugenio (GXS) wrote: > RHL 8 doesn't read /etc/sysconfig/static-routes anymore (correct me > if i'm wrong). Wrong! It reads mine (same file and syntax as 7.x). See: /usr/share/doc/initscripts-6.95/sysconfig.txt. -- Hal Burgiss --

RE: how to redirect the output of command 'xinetd -d'

> -Original Message- > From: winglion > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 4:56 AM > Subject: how to redirect the output of command 'xinetd -d' > > > While I use xinetd -d to test my vsftpd seting! > There are a few error tell me that"bind address fail > (address already in use)" ! > So I

Value of HZ in redhat8?

Guys/Gals, I've been trying to work out why my driver won't work correctly in redhat8 but works fine using the 2.4.18 kernel from kernel.org. I have, however, come across this:- in the kernel.org kernel, my driver sees HZ as 100. When compiled against the the redhat kernel, HZ is 512. Does this

RE: how to redirect the output of command 'xinetd -d'

On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Cowles, Steve wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: winglion > > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 4:56 AM > > Subject: how to redirect the output of command 'xinetd -d' > > > > > > While I use xinetd -d to test my vsftpd seting! > > There are a few error tell me th

RE: Static Routes in Redhat 8.0

well, it doesn't read mine. i'm using the same static routes from my 7.3 system. only the rc.local approach worked for me. > -Original Message- > From: Hal Burgiss [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 6:56 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Static Routes in Red

RE: Strange modprobe error logged

hi, it sounds very much you have reversed the order of your ethernet declarations in /etc/modules.conf also, check your /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-e* scripts for extraneous entries. cheers Christopher CUSE -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: how to redirect the output of command 'xinetd -d'

> -Original Message- > From: Robert P. J. Day > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 6:00 AM > Subject: RE: how to redirect the output of command 'xinetd -d' > > > On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Cowles, Steve wrote: > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: winglion > > > Sent: Thursday, March 27,

RE: Static Routes in Redhat 8.0

here's something: the file: [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# cat /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/eth0.route contains: route add -net 10.24.208.1 netmask 255.255.255.255 dev eth0 route add -net 10.24.208.128 netmask 255.255.255.128 dev eth0 route add -net 0.0.0.0 gw 10.24.208.1 netmask 0.0.0.0 dev eth

RE: Disappointed - Lack of support for RHCE's in Australia and elsewhere

Hi All, I'd like to chime in with a few thoughts if I may. I am a relatively new RHCE as well, although I have been using Red Hat for quite some time. I have surfed around the Red Hat site for RHCE's and find that there is room for improvement. No need to hide the fact that I like Red Hat and bel

Organization

Hi all, Is there any "organization chart" for the components of the Linux, namely, the kernel, threads and the interrelationship between them, how control is passed between the user interface, the thread, the kernel and the hardware and back to the user interface. I'm not sure that I could explain

Re: Static Routes in Redhat 8.0

On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 09:12:45PM +0800, Tapang, Roderick Eugenio (GXS) wrote: > here's something: > > the file: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# cat /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/eth0.route FWIW, I don't have this file (or similar) on my system. Only /etc/sysconfig/static-routes. -- Hal B

panel and alert notification.

I am missing the alert notification on the panel. I have found some docs but just can't seem to get it back. Is there a command to get it back? Stupid question I know but it is bugging me.       Don  

XFree86-4.2.99

Hello, I run RH8 on my PC and few day ago I have updated X server from default one, which is included in distribution, to newer one (4.2.99). And I made the same with KDE (from 3.0.4 to 3.1.1). Since I did it I have problems with keyboard layout. The idea is that I need russian layout as well as e

Re: Best & low cost Modem and Eithrnet Card

I will assume this is not a laptop, as such I would recommend an external modem for the best compatibility. As for a NIC (ethernet card), I've had good luck with Netgear, D-Link, and SMC all offer very inexpensive cards (under $20). <> On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 05:18, sulaiman Mukahhal wrote: > > He

[OT] nice for windows

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hey gang, Does anyone here know of a (preferably free) program for changing task priorities in windows 9x? Thanks, Tom -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP Personal Privacy 6.5.3 iQA/AwUBPoMCi9PjBkUEZx5AEQL3OAC

W2K log messages to Linux syslog server

I'm in the process of migrating all the servers in my company over to Linux and centralizing logs is easy amongst those. My problem is I will have, for some time, a single Windows 2000 server (terminal services use) remaining and want to also take in it's log messages. Is there a way to do thi

RE: how to redirect the output of command 'xinetd -d'

>> > >> > try redirecting both stdout and stderr (file descriptor 2). i.e. >> > >> > xinetd -d >/tmp/debug.txt 2>&1 >> >> but the poster said he already tried redirecting with "&>", >> which is semantically equivalent (it's a bash short cut). >> so there's clearly something more going on here. >

Re: swithing grub to lilo

Quick question before you switch, Did you ensure your bios has USB keyboard support enabled and also there should be a section about keyboard support and it should mention OS or either BIOS, try switching that to BIOS and testing in grub. Ive used a usb keyboard fine in grub without 0 issues. On W

Re: [OT] nice for windows

On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 05:54:24AM -0800, Burke, Thomas G. wrote: > Does anyone here know of a (preferably free) program for changing > task priorities in windows 9x? Not to put too fine an edge on it, but--why in the world would you ask that on a Linux list? Not that people here might not know t

RE: Disappointed - Lack of support for RHCE's in Australia and elsewhere

Excellent post Chris... I wholeheartedly agree with you re the RHCE's being given access to pre-release and the full product line... ala Microsoft MSDN type of kit... Re the replies... they were direct email responses from several people inside RedHat (hence I cant re-post) ... they gave me some

Re: W2K log messages to Linux syslog server

On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 09:00:10AM -0500, Douglas, Stuart wrote: > I'm in the process of migrating all the servers in my company over > to Linux and centralizing logs is easy amongst those. My problem is > I will have, for some time, a single Windows 2000 server (terminal > services use) remaining

force text-wrapping in Outlook 2000

I apologize for my posts not being formatted correctly, but I've not found a way to force text-wrapping in Outlook (2000). Any ideas, or do I just have to remember to set my message composition window to roughly the right size and do a carriage return like in the old typewriter days? I'm looki

RE: W2K log messages to Linux syslog server

Figures you can't do it natively in Windows. :( I'll check out Kiwi. Thanks, Dave. -Original Message- From: Dave Ihnat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 9:09 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: W2K log messages to Linux syslog server On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at

Re: prm

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 27 Mar 2003 20:38:09 +1100, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 17:29, Mohammed Awad wrote: > > Sorry, may be very elementary: > > What does (PRM) stand stand for? > > RPM > > Redhat Package Management Close. ;-) Red Hat Package Manager

Email Server Problems, Please HELP!

Ok, I've been having this problem with my email server for like the longesttime and it's bugging the heck out of me.Basically in a nutshell, I have an IMAP server running with sendmail and thesecure sendmail.I can log into the web client fine receive and send email fine. I useoutlook because

RE: prm

The original poster apologises for the typing mistake, it was really intended RPM. Thank you all Mohammad -Original Message- From: Michael Schwendt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 4:15 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: prm -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- H

RE: Problem with compiling proprietry drivers against stock redha t 8. 0 kernel?

In case anyone was interested, I've solved my problem. It's only taken me two weeks... It turns out that the value of HZ (clock ticks per second) in the Redhat 8 kernels is 512, whilst it's 100 in the official kernel.org kernels. This change caused a "rounding down" error in my calculations that

(OT) I've done something Stupid

I'm testing out several distros here, and now I think I've f&!$ed something up on my test machine. Previously, it was running Red Hat 8. I tried to put another distro on it to check it out (College), and when it re-boots, all I get is a blank black screen with GRUB at the top left. Sowhat ha

ipsec passthru router

Hello, I am looking for a home router/firewall that will pass IPSEC. Does anyone have any ideas or use one that works? I do not have time to build one. I just need to direct one of my users to purchase the correct one so that our vpn will reach her. Thanks, Doug _

RE: (OT) I've done something Stupid

Sound like the master boot record (MBR) got hosed. Try reinstalling grub or get a winblows boot disk with fdisk and run "fdisk /mbr" Then reinstall your distro. -Original Message- From: Tim Willis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 9:46 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subje

RE: ipsec passthru router

Check out the Linksys BEFVP41. -Original Message- From: Simpson, Doug [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 8:53 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: ipsec passthru router Hello, I am looking for a home router/firewall that will pass IPSEC. Does anyone have any ideas o

RE: [OT] nice for windows

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I ask here, because people here know about these things, & when I googled it this morning, I got all sorts of unrelated BS... - -Original Message- From: Dave Ihnat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 9:05 AM To: [EMAIL PRO

Re: (OT) I've done something Stupid

Might also learn from your mistake and make a boot disk On Thursday 27 March 2003 09:48 am, you wrote: > Sound like the master boot record (MBR) got hosed. > Try reinstalling grub or get a winblows boot disk with fdisk and run "fdisk > /mbr" > Then reinstall your distro. > > -Original Message

Re: W2K log messages to Linux syslog server

You can use the W2K Resource Kit utility dumpel to dump the event logs to/from a remote server. The log server will a smb share for the W2K box to dump to as well as proper permissions. Schedule a batch file to run as you would like. The file should look a little like this: dumpel -f \ -s -l

RE: (OT) I've done something Stupid

Sorry, I wouldn't interject except Windows was mentioned. Try using grub if it's already up. root (hd0,0) setup (hd0) quit J. Jason Staudenmayer said: > Sound like the master boot record (MBR) got hosed. > Try reinstalling grub or get a winblows boot disk with fdisk and run > "fdisk /mbr" > Then

RE: ipsec passthru router

Most of the cable/dsl routers will let IPSec pass (Linksys, as mentioned). Some even include VPN endpoints one of which Linksys makes. <> On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 09:57, Jim Crippen wrote: > Check out the Linksys BEFVP41. > > -Original Message- > From: Simpson, Doug [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

RTL8139 issue

alright, i commented out the HWADDR line, it made absolutly no difference. i did the grep command, and this is what i got: [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# grep eth /var/log/messages Mar 23 18:55:37 localhost kernel: eth0: SMC1211TX EZCard 10/100 (RealTek RTL8139 ) at 0xc88a, 00:e0:29:95:97:85, IRQ

Re: force text-wrapping in Outlook 2000

Douglas, Stuart wrote: I apologize for my posts not being formatted correctly, but I've not found a way to force text-wrapping in Outlook (2000). Try this: http://www.slipstick.com/mail1/longline.htm Tony -- Anthony E. Greene OpenPGP Key: 0x6C94239D/7B3D BD7D 7D91 1B

RTL8139 issue

oops, i forgot to mention that the light is on when im in XP, but off in RedHat. I'm getting close to just buying a new one... _ -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/l

Re: mkbootdisk

On Thursday 27 March 2003 02:31 am, you wrote: > * Stephen Kuhn > > > > mkboootdisk kernel-2.4.18-27.8.0 > > > > > > bash: mkbootdisk: command not found > > > > /sbin/mkbootdisk > > Maybe it should be run by root? (Haven't tried neither, though.) qmkbootdisk as root just worked for me. From a t

pcnet32 driver and full duplex

hi, I want to force the speed of the erternet card AMD pcnet32 at boot time. # cat /proc/version Linux version 2.4.18-27.8.0 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 3.2 20020903 (Red Hat Linux 8.0 3.2-7)) #1 Fri Mar 14 06:45:49 EST 2003 the ethernet driver is configured as a module, the switch is con

Re: Linux vs Windows

Ovi you are doing somthing wrong with windows!! I installed windows and i only had to reboot once, and you dont have to reboot after changing your screen rez you newb you set it up so it applys the settings with out rebooting, if you dont like windows than you should go with the open source jok

RE: [OT] on formatting conventions

> -Original Message- > From: Ed Wilts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 4:09 PM > On Wed, Mar 26, 2003 at 03:54:28PM -0500, Stone, Timothy wrote: > > It goes without saying that there are well-defined traditions in > > posting to newsgroups and mailing lists. Re

X server fails with network on

I just installed Red Hat 7.3 on a new system, and it seems like I just can't get the X server to start. When I boot to level 5, I just get a text login. Then after a short while, it looks like the X server tries to start, but it dies instantly. The system will retry the operation, but not until

Re: pcnet32 driver and full duplex

Try the mii-tool <> On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 10:33, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > hi, > > I want to force the speed of the erternet card AMD pcnet32 at boot time. > > # cat /proc/version > Linux version 2.4.18-27.8.0 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version > 3.2 20020903 (Red Hat Linux 8.0 3.2-7)) #1

RE: Linux vs Windows

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tring to start a war? I decline, thanks. - -Original Message- From: brent nicholls [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 10:42 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Linux vs Windows Ovi you are doing somthing wrong with w

Nubie question about gnome-pilot-conduits applet

I am not getting the gnome-pilot-conduits applet on the control center window any ideas on how to make it appear. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: Linux vs Windows

Wow. I'm convinced. Gotta go get me a windows machine now. Anyone else? On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 09:42, brent nicholls wrote: > Ovi you are doing somthing wrong with windows!! I installed windows and i > only had to reboot once, and you dont have to reboot after changing your > screen rez you ne

RE: Linux vs Windows

Oh, my... Flame war here we come. My question is that if you are such an "advit" (do you mean avid) Windows user, then what are you doing on this list in the first place? Don't get me wrong, I am not a "Windows Sucks" person. My primary workstations are running XP. Having said that, I use linu

redhat linux icmp and a firewall

I am not exactly sure what icmp is. When I looked at redhats description of it, it didn't sound like it would be something that needs to be opened up on a firewall, but someone told me that it should and never said why. Can anybody tell me if I should open up icmp on my firewall in front of m

test

Title: test Test message to list Regards,

Re: X server fails with network on

On Thursday 27 March 2003 10:46 am, Toralf Lund wrote: > I just installed Red Hat 7.3 on a new system, and it seems like I just > can't get the X server to start. When I boot to level 5, I just get a text > login. Then after a short while, it looks like the X server tries to > start, but it dies in

RH9 newbie questions

I have a few questions concerning the upcoming RedHat Linux 9.0 release: 1. Due to the implementation of the new threading tech, would I be able to recompile redhat included kernel? 2. Would I be able to compile and run non-redhat kernels with out loosing the new threading tech? 3. How is the t

Re: Linux vs Windows

On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 10:42:08AM -0500, brent nicholls wrote: [...] ___ /| /| | | ||__|| | Please do | / O O\__ NOT |

Re: Linux vs Windows

I think its really funny that M$ people get s agitated about us Linux folks... Just like a little kid... Kinda Cute to me :-P While Windows 2K and XP are allot better then previous versions of Windows, Linux is still the better of the two in my opinion. I have administered and used Microsoft

Test again

Test again to list Regards, -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: test

Don't send test messages to this list. If you want to see if your post will make it to the list, just post it and see if you get a copy back. Test messages are a waste of time and money. Especially money since many people on this list are on metered acces and have to pay extra to download each

Re: Linux vs Windows

ROTFL - Till I wet myself! This one is probably one of the best troll-bait posts I've seen in a very long time! Good one! I needed the laugh. Thanks! Ric Unix Systems Administration On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 10:42:08AM -0500, brent nicholls wrote: > Ovi you are doing somthing wrong with windows!!

RE: redhat linux icmp and a firewall

ICMP is the service that allows others to ping your machine. Richard Humphrey -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Steve Buehler Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 10:04 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: redhat linux icmp and a firewall I am not exa

Re: on formatting conventions

On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 10:44:39AM -0500, Ward William E DLDN wrote: > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Ed Wilts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [...] > > You forgot the first one in your post: WRAP at 72 characters. > > Or even shorter, if many layers of reply are expected, which leads > t

Re: redhat linux icmp and a firewall

If you allow your fw to answer icmp packets, then it will respond to pings. Not allowing them is a way of making your host appear to not exist thus being a little more secure. Of course, if someone port scans you, they'll get a response to whatever is port is open. <> On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 11:03,

Re: X-Server Fatal Error: failed to initialize core devices

Sounds like your machine is doing a sleep mode thing and re-awakening? And it is getting all foobard with the hardware devices. Maybe disable gpm with: service gpm stop chkconfig --del gpm Also, try disabling the apmd and see if that helps. I'm not suggesting these things as a permanent fix

Re: Linux vs Windows

ROTFLOL. one of the best and most hillarious (considering the context) ascii art I've seen.. -RDB On Thursday 27 March 2003 11:10 am, T. Ribbrock wrote: > > ___ > /| /| | | > >

RE: Linux vs Windows

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Got 2... In fact, I have _THE_ best windows ever, still running. Uptimes of weeks! Windows 3.11 for workgroups. :) Easy-to-use command-line interface. - -no, I'm not kidding. got a 386dx-33 with 24MB RAM & 2 500M HD's. Makes a great HW developm

Re: Best & low cost Modem and Eithrnet Card

sulaiman Mukahhal wrote: Hello Every one, Ok I am very new to Linux but I was trying to contect my Pc to Either a network or a modem to the internet. Please can you advice what is the best low price modem I can buy which is supported to RHL to use with my pc, and what is the best Eithernet Ca

(no subject)

i cant get my ftp going because the security wont let me customise the firewall even as root Yours sincerely,Alan Giltinan,Environmental Monitoring and Space Science Group,Department of Applied Physics and Instrumentation,Cork Institute of Technology,Bishopstown,Cork,Ireland. Tel:+353 21 43

RE: (no subject)

Obviously we would need a lot more specific information if you want the list to help you.   What ftp daemon etc?   Richard Humphrey   -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Alan Giltinan Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 10:46 AM To: [E

rlogin access

Hello all, I'm trying to set up rlogin from an aix 4.3.3 box to a new Redhat 8.0 box, and I keep getting 'permission denied' messages. I've got .rhosts set up in root's home directory on the Redhat box with an entry of 'aixboxname.domain root', and the permissions on the file are 600. I've got th

Re: rlogin access

Stephen Spalding wrote: I'm trying to set up rlogin from an aix 4.3.3 box to a new Redhat 8.0 box, and I keep getting 'permission denied' messages. I've got .rhosts set up in root's home directory on the Redhat box with an entry of 'aixboxname.domain root', and the permissions on the file are 600.

maildata statistics

Hi all, There is a large mail data file "1.txt". Each mail is separated by the strings "\n\.\n". Mail header and mail body is separated by "\n\n". For example, this mail data format is the following. --- Return-Path: Received: To: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello! World!

Re: (no subject)

Hi,       I installed redhat 8(psyche) recently and did so with the ftp option enabled. I am not sure what daemon it is. I am new to this environment. I can ftp out of the machine no problem but i cant ftp into the machine. I have checked the security permissioins and the firewall, which was

RE: rlogin access

Title: RE: rlogin access Stephen, You probably also need to modify /etc/securetty and add rlogin to the list of terminals that root can log in from. Brad Sites MEM -Original Message- From: Stephen Spalding [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 11:15 AM To: [EM

Re: redhat linux icmp and a firewall

On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 10:10:15AM -0600, Richard Humphrey wrote: > ICMP is the service that allows others to ping your machine. ICMP is much more than this. ICMP groups a lot of control messages that are needed for some aspects of IP based protocols, as well as improving on others. Ping is just t

Re: Linux vs Windows

On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 07:42, brent nicholls wrote: > Ovi you are doing somthing wrong with windows!! I installed windows and i > only had to reboot once, and you dont have to reboot after changing your > screen rez you newb you set it up so it applys the settings with out > rebooting, if you don

Re: (no subject)

RH's default deamon for FTP is wu-ftp. <> On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 12:29, Alan Giltinan wrote: > Hi, > > I installed redhat 8(psyche) recently and did so with the ftp option enabled. I > am not sure what daemon it is. I am new to this environment. > I can ftp out of the machine no problem but

RE: ipsec passthru router

You could also check out IPCop at www.ipcop.org. Just have to add the ip_masq module and you're set to go. On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 10:15, Joe Polk wrote: > Most of the cable/dsl routers will let IPSec pass (Linksys, as > mentioned). Some even include VPN endpoints one of which Linksys makes. > > <

Re: CORBA for Linux

Hi, look for the omniOrb.  [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 26 Mar 2003, Jiahan Chen wrote:> Is there any CORBA download package (idl2c++, corba executable> and document) for Linux available on Web? if yes, where is the location?Just curious.have you tried "google"?If notgive it a go. :-)--

how do I run a script?

The SCRIPT facility makes it very easy to write a script, but the permissions vector does not not include an 'x' for execution rights. The script *belongs* to the root, which is how I'm logged in when I'm trying to access it, but when I try to invoke it, I am informed that I don't have the p

RE: (no subject)

Not on RH 8. On RH 8 it is VSFTPD -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Joe Polk Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 11:40 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: (no subject) RH's default deamon for FTP is wu-ftp. <> On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 12:29, Alan

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