Jim Baxter wrote:
> Hi
> Thanks to those who told me how to add a drive to an existing system.
>
> We seem to have a problem with fdisk of /dev/sdb ( the new drive)
> Fdisk defaults to only 20 MB and will not save anything we do to the drive.
> It is a Seagate st34573w 4+gig SCSI.
>
> Fdisk get
Gustav Schaffter wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In my rc.local I start two instances of setiathome.
>
> When I do a shutdown, I'd like those two processes to be automatically
> killed *before* the shutdown sequence starts. (I'd also like to execute
> a quick non related 'cleanup' sequence.)
>
> Is there any rc
> However, it does have scp which will allow you to copy files, but I don't know how
> handy this is compared to an ftp type interface since I've never tried it.
For similar systems, (like boxen in an office environment) It's always been my
preference to use scp over ftp.
Compare: Pretend you'
Adam Goucher wrote:
> I know that Real has released RealServer 7 for Linux, but has the player
> been released yet? I couldnt find it. If it hasnt, anyone know when it
> will be released? In the meantime, whats the link to the most recent
> player? The version I have keeps crapping out.
Yes, I c
Hal Burgiss wrote:
> I am starting to get this from various places - cron, bash, rsh. In
> fact, rsh refuses to run at all. I grepped thru kernel source and
> didn't turn up anything. This is a home/desktop box with 6.1 fully
> updated running X, etc. I find absolutley nothing unusual with top,
>
> > Not only should you check out if you have enough resources on your
> > workstation, feenix (I love the name, you must be a StarCraft
> > Junkie), you should also check to make sure that the resources are
> > available on junior.
>
> Indeed junior is in need of a reboot.
I doubt that the machi
Colin Holywell wrote:
> Craig Christensen wrote:
>
> > Can anyone tell me if a Palm Pilot will sync up with a LINUX operating
> > System? If so can you point me to software and information about Linux for
> > Palm Pilots? Thanks.
>
> Doesn't Redhat come with Palm Pilot stuff on the CD?
Yes, th
Vidiot wrote:
> >> Who is [EMAIL PROTECTED]?
> >
> >Web Master Fox?
>
> Yep, found that out soon after posting the question :-)
>
I sent the dimwit a fork-o-gram
http://www.forkinthehead.com/
I was nice and fixed the javascript that was denying us Linux users, and
sent that along, too.
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I'm looking for a wireless LAN pcmcia card that:
1) Has good integration in Linux (i.e. not too hard for me to install,
I have enough problems in my life already)
2) Is cheap, like not thousands of dollars. I think my spending limit
is $300 per card.
3) Works in the US
4) Isn't bulky -- like
I am running RH 6.1, which was actually 6,0 upgraded to 6.1.
I'm running the GNOME desktop environment, and am generally pretty happy
with it.
I have a gripe about the icons on the desktop, and I'm hoping somebody
can help me with it.
I have long since deleted those annoying default icons, like
Ryan Butler wrote:
> Can someone tell me what program creates those annoying messages? Is it
> elm? Or sendmail?
>
> I replaced the standard pop3d with qpopper on a system I admin to fix some
> other problems, and now people keep getting these messages when they
> download their mail.
It's pin
Claudiu Balciza wrote:
> what is the pop3 delete command ?
>
That was an incredibly vague question!
I presume you mean 'how to delete directly from a pop session'
Consider the following things to type:
=
telnet pop.yourserver.com 110
user pietb
pass dont-you-wish-i-put-it-here
list
retr 1
"Steven W. Orr" wrote:
> I just bought the 7 cd set, Totally Mad, and I was wondering if anyone knows
> what I need to be able to not use WinBloze to see the art.
>
> The pictures are not useable by xv or ee. I get
>
> mad.m2: JPEG image data, JFIF standard
>
> I'm open to suggestions :-(
Here
matt boex wrote:
> i just installed mod_ssl to apache. i have been able
> to bring up a page using https://myserver/index.html.
> when the page comes up, i am prompted about the
> certificate. is there a way to bypass the multiple
> questions and just push the certificate?
Erm... The short ans
Eric Wood wrote:
> I'm used to SCO's tar command in which it can't back up special files in
> /dev. Linux's tar command seemed to back them up with no problem. Are my
> eyes telling me the truth?
Linux's tar command (GNU's, actually) is 1000% better than any tar command
that comes with a comm
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I had the following messages on my daily report for one of my web servers
> today:
>
> Checking Packages...
> changes from previous run...
> ---
[snip]
> > SM5. /usr/sbin/in.rshd
> 118a128
> > SM5. /bin/login
> ---
>
> I assume this means I have been h
I have NEVER been able to get my RedHat (5.0) properly.
System:
AMD K6 200 MHz, 32MB RAM, 4.3 GIG drive, V.90 modem, Cannon BJC-610
printer, print to parallel port 1 (LPT1)(/dev/lp1)
Symptoms:
Any print job that requires a filter shows
=
Unrecoverable error: rangecheck in .putdevicep
James Michael Keller wrote:
> Update to a recent version of ghostscript, rh rpm versions are really
> old from what I've seen..
>
You aren't kidding. The Redhat distribution has versino 3.31! Thanks for the
help!
> James Michael Keller| [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Eze Ogwuma wrote:
> James Michael Keller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Update to a recent version of ghostscript, rh rpm versions are really
> > old from what I've seen..
> >
> > I grabed a tarball of gs from sunsite and all is well with the 600
> > series...
>
> http://www.typhoon.dircon.co.
I'm wondering out loud what kind of support I can expect if I decide to
get a cable modem.
Anyone in Loudoun VA tried a cable modem in Linux?
If not in Loudoun, VA, then has anyone tried CableVision's version of a
cable modem with Linux?
Are the cablemodems basically fancy NIC cards?
Curious...
> I'm replying to your message using a @home cable internet connection. It
> has been extremely reliable, and trivially easy to set up with linux,
> since you get a static IP address.
Static IP address. That's cool. Dynamic IPs are so sucky. I suppose you
have set up a hostname with ml.org by
Michael Hatzakis, Jr MD wrote:
> Looking for a modem... Reading the modem HOWTO it says that modems that require
>software to run will not work with Linux.. Is this referring to modems such as the
>USR Winmodems? Or modems that say, "designed for Windows95" What modems should I
>stay awa
When I installed RedHat 5.0, I chose not to install all of the available
packages. I just installed only what I thought I would be using.
Well now, I'm building the most recent verion of WindowMaker (0.14) --
while I'm doing the build, I get errors in the make process. It turns
out that it's lo
> I need to get off this list and I should know how to do it but don't.
>
> can someone enlighten me??
>
The answer is right in the tagline!
To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with
"unsubscribe" as the Subject.
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Kevin Seguin wrote:
>
> i know i've seen the answer for this somewhere before, but i can't find
> it now. anyway, how do you get numlock to be on by default when you
> start X?
I would like to know the answer to this question, too.
Also -- could someone explain to me why so many widgets don't
> 1) I would like to make use of a proxy server: proxy.cistron.nl:8080.
Looks like several others responded.
> 2) Whenever I click on a rpm file in Netscape, it tries do display the rpm
> file instead of downloading it. How can I change this behaviour?
You got some replies that said something t
> I went to the Zip Drive HOWTO and tried following the directions to
> configure the kernel
> and typed:
>
> make xconfig
>
> only to be told:
>
> bash: make: command not found
Unless you've already been mucking around with the kernel, you probably
won't have to re-compile the ke
> >type 'insmod parport; insmod ppa' and repeat the mount command, and tell
> >me if that works.
>
> This worked and I could access the drive.
Good!
> Thanks for your help. Is there some way to set it up so that parport and ppa
> load when I boot up so that I don't have to go through this every
rpjday wrote:
> i don't recall if there's a specific rpm list, so here goes.
> i'm unclear on what exactly rpm is "verifying" when i verify
> an installed package.
It compares the MD5 that's in its records, and then runs an MD5 checksum
on the file on your hard drive to see if there are any diff
Aaron Walker wrote:
> What are the main differences between telnet, rlogin, and ssh? Also,
> where can I find server/client software for ssh?
>
Telnet:
the original way to get into a machine -- a virtual session, if you will
You can make it sorta secure by doing something like S/Keys on the rem
> Another annoying security matter of rlogin is those pesky '.rhosts'
> files, which allow specific users from specific hosts logins without
> passwords. All sorts of vulnerabilities are prevented.
Erm... I meant preSented, not preVented.
(should read more carefully before I post, not after)
>
> checking for kde headers installed... yes
> checking for kde libraries installed... configure: error: your system fails at
> inking a small KDE application!
> Check, if your compiler is installed correctly and if you have used the
> same compiler to compile Qt and kdelibs as you did use now
>
erik wrote:
> I feel really dumb asking this, but I cant figure it out on my own. I
> have a i586 machine. i want to recompile the rpms for i586 so that
> they run better. I have the Redhat CD with all of the src.rpms on
> it. Now what command do i issue to rebuild foo.src.rpm to
> foo.i586.r
> > I'm still working on altering/adding user accounts from scripts
> > initiated via rsh/ssh. For those of you who have offered some
> > assistance, thanks. I'm experimenting with every possible solution.
> >
> > However, I have found a 'SUDO' command under BSD which seems to offer
> > exactly
As Netscape 4.04 crashed, and KDE was acting strangely, and xv crashed
when I tried to load in an image a couple of megs large, I started to
wonder...
"Have I enough memory to partake in such technology?"
"32 megs ought to be enough, right?" I scratch my head and go to a
terminal and type "free"
Steve Coleman wrote:
> When I run 'pico' I get this error message. It was working fine. What
> gives?
>
> "incomplete termcap entry"
>
> Steve
You may have to type "set term=vt100" at the prompt before you go into PICO.
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I saw a page with a snapshot of the StarOffice 4.0 suite, I thought it
might be an interesting download, so I went to Caldera, and downloaded
th trial version 4.0.
(BTW, I'm running RH5 libc6 with all the errata patches installed,
+ KDE as a wm).
I extract the humongoid tgz into /usr/local/src, a
I was distressed and unhappy when I found that the sndconfig tool wasn't
going to work with my Linux setup. I was darn near buying a real
SoundBlaster so that I could get some sound in my Linux.
Then one day at freshmeat.net, I found a link to
http://www.se.opensound.com/
where I found a program
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