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[S.u.S.E. Linux] copy files
by srr03＠tid.es 01 Apr '98

01 Apr '98

Hi! Is it necessary to copy with 'mcopy' from a DOS partition to a ext2 partition? When I unzip (with gzip -d) a file from de dos partition, there's no problem. When I do the same with the file copied to the ext2 partition (with 'cp') I receive an error about the crc. Never had that problem. Bye. -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[S.u.S.E. Linux] trouble with majordomo on S.u.S.E. 5.0
by pbleser＠prov-liege.be 01 Apr '98

01 Apr '98

hello everybody ! I'd like to install majordomo to have mailing-lists on our LAN (70 hosts), and I installed the mdomo.rpm package (I have S.u.S.E. 5.0 - changing to 5.2 on Saturday :-), read the manpage, and started to set things up (in /etc/aliases, I guess that's right). Now, when I start "wrapper config-test", I have some errors (access problems)... I changed it by making a "system" group, which includes the user "mdomo", and which can write in /usr, /usr/lib, etc... When I mail to Majordomo@tabatha (that's the Linux server), I get an error from the mail handler: unknown account... Did I forget something ? (btw: maybe I still have access problems to some directories, but I should at least get an error from Majordomo, shouldn't I ?) thanX for your help... Pascal l'irréductible Linuxien ---hardcore-joke---don't-read-this-if-your-English--- m$ asked the Royal Family (of GB, of course) to call its windoze 98 "Windows Diana", because: it's superficially attractive, it consumpts much ressources, and it crashes badly... p.s.: don't take this personally, please... it's just a joke -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[S.u.S.E. Linux] jdk115 for linux
by srr03＠tid.es 01 Apr '98

01 Apr '98

Has anyone tried to install the jdk115 for linux in SuSE linx 5.1? I downloaded the rpm version, and I receive an error like this: dependencies failed: needed ld_linux.so.2 needed libc.so.6 needed lidl.so.2 needed libm.so.6 SuSE 5.1 is almost the last SuSE distribution, isn't it? How is it posible to need new libraries? By the way, I haven't found the libc.so.6. Only 5. Any sugestions? -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] How to set a different WM?
by pbleser＠prov-liege.be 01 Apr '98

01 Apr '98

The better way is to have a new environment setting, let's call it "WINM" (don't use "WINDOWMANAGER", it's already used by some system scripts and will confuse some of them)... You just need to add a line to /etc/profile, like this: ... export WINM=kde ... (and don't forget "export") Every user can customize this setting in his very own ~/.profile Now, you just need to change the /usr/X11/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc script... I attached mine, that works with kde, fvwm2, fvwm, afterstep and twm, but it's very easy to extend (even if you're not used to shell scripts)... I even made a little script called "x", which provides you with a menu (using dialog) with the different windowmanagers... you choose one, and the script sets WINM="afterstep", for example, and then makes "startx"... I have to retrieve it from my very own Linux box, which is on another network (and there's no communication between 'em... so, if have to go upstairs ;-) - I'll send it this afternoon, ok ? Pascal l'irréductible Linuxien P.S.: don't forget to do some environment settings: in /etc/profile, add the lines: export KDEDIR=/opt/kde export PATH=$PATH:$KDEDIR/bin export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$KDEDIR/lib -----Original Message----- From: alexser(a)idt.net <alexser(a)idt.net> To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com <suse-linux-e(a)suse.com> Date: mercredi 1 avril 1998 07:19 Subject: [S.u.S.E. Linux] How to set a different WM? Hi! I am a new user of Linux and S.u.S.E having just installed it yesterday. Now I am trying to find a way to change the default Window Manager to KDE. Could someone tell me which file should be changed and how? Also what should be done when I want to upgrade the version of KDE to a new one? Thank you in advance for your help. -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e </PRE> <PRE> #!/bin/sh # $XConsortium: xinitrc.cpp,v 1.4 91/08/22 11:41:34 rws Exp $ userresources=$HOME/.Xresources usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap sysresources=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/Xresources sysmodmap=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/Xmodmap # merge in defaults and keymaps if [ -f $sysresources ]; then xrdb -merge $sysresources fi if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then xmodmap $sysmodmap fi if [ -f $userresources ]; then xrdb -merge $userresources fi if [ -f $usermodmap ]; then xmodmap $usermodmap fi # start some nice programs # xclock -geometry 50x50-1+1 & # xterm -geometry 80x50+494+51 & # xterm -geometry 80x20+494-0 & if [ -n "$WINM" ]; then case "$WINM" in kde) exec startkde;; fvwm2) exec fvwm2;; fbwm) exec fvwm;; afterstep) exec afterstep;; *) exec twm esac else exec twm fi

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Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] Win 32 & Linux
by pbleser＠prov-liege.be 01 Apr '98

01 Apr '98

That's the right attitude ! I agree with most of your arguments to beat m$... Really, a Win32 API on Linux could be a *major* chance to really crush m$ on the commercial level, but it certainly is a _lot_ of work to implement all that stuff, although it certainly is possible... Linux is such a great system to work on: no bugs, no reboots, fast as light, the very powerful shell command line, ... ... ... But, in my opinion, a major argument against Linux (but is it really ?) is that the user (let's talk about administrators straightaway, because Linux is best as a server anyway) has to have a certain knowledge of the system (processes, users, filesystems, IPC, ...), which I think most of the "administrators" don't have (that's the only way I can explain the success of NT - just click, click over here and click, click over there: it _is_ easy and "intuitive", but if you want to set up your system *as you wish*, you notice that you just can't change anything, compared to Linux). I'm a student and I'm currently making my end-of-study work in the school (Oracle Designer/2000, NT :-( ), and I'm "teaching" Linux to some interested students in the evening... Some of them don't know anything about UNIX-like systems, so I had to start with 0... Well, that's the time where you see that, maybe, it isn't that easy to understand Linux ;-) but, hey, I said "administrator" ! Is it really asking too much to have administrators who are capable of setting up Linux ?? It really isn't *that* hard, once you understand some basic things... Am I right or am I right ? ;-) bye ! Pascal P.S.: If you want some help with SaMBa, I have some experience with it (and its troubleshooting ;-) and have already helped out some people with that on several mailinglists... ---snip, snip, snip---(not that it wasn't interesting, but it would get a little long ;-) > > Steve, > >I understand your point of view. You just don't want to have anything to do with >MS-Bill. I see a place in my paradigm where folks like you could be fully >satisfied with the same base Linux running on your preferred platform, while those >who wanted to emulate Win32 could add that functionality to their Linux x86 >systems. I have been working as a sysadmin for five years now. I remember when >NT was in beta. I have watched it become a dominant market player. One of the >most effective selling points of NT/95 has been the ability to do everything that >a Novell server or client could do, and then some. Microsoft has produced some >decent products. (Word is not one of these, BTW. ) Right now they are crushing >Netscape's browser development by dumping IE on the market. That yanks my chain >big time! Part of the reason that MS can do this is because of their virtual >stranglehold on the intel OS market. If they could not sell NT at $250 per >workstation and 95 at $100 per workstation, if there were a Linux alternative to >NT/95, MS would have to compete more equally in the marketplace when it comes to >other software products. > >Now consider what happens when Joe administrator sets up his Linux system to run >MS-SQL server. If MS-SQL server works well and does everything a Unix based SQL >server can do, then Bill gets to keep the business. If, on the other hand, MS-SQL >can't hang with another product, perhaps a freeware product, Bill looses the >market share. People who transition to Linux because they can get it for much >less, and can still use their MS investments, will then be free to move between >Win32 based products and UNIX based products. > >It is also likely that software producers would be more willing to compile >software for other CPUs that don't run NT, but can handle Win32 calls through >Linux. There would be no need to port the code to UNIX style calls. All of a >sudden, people are using a Win32 API on a non-intel platform, and Bill isn't >getting a cut either. > >The Linx/UNIX user who doesn't want to participate in this simply doesn't load the >Win32 emulator on his system. He uses pure Linux software, and keeps a clear >conscience. > >I guess what I am trying to say is that one of the best ways to break down the >MS proprietary fortress is to emulate MS OSs. I truly believe that Linux/UNIX can >"do that too". > >Remember when people were saying that the reason MS-DOS was so successful was >because it would run on open system architecture. IBM made a killing on this >strategy for a while and then found that is had created its own major >competition? Well, its about time there was an open systems operating system >that could stand up to MS proprietary products. > > >Mathematica: I love it! I have not yet tried it on Linux. I have run it on DOS, >95, and NT. See: www.wri.com > >NT = MS-UNIX? I would not say that. I am not as knowledgeable about the core >UNIX architecture as I am of NT's architecture. There are some major differences >at the user interface level that I can speak authoritatively about. First off, >that stuff about POSIX compliance? I work in a Major DoD lab, and nobody talks >about POSIX. UNIX products run on UNIX systems and Win32 products run on NT/95 >systems. The NT/DOS scripting language doesn't hold a candle to UNIX shells. The >registry makes basic system administration easier, but puts many restrictions on >what you can do with a system. NT seems to me to be slower in every respect than >UNIX. I also have far more problems with Dr. Watsons than I do with core dumps. >As a workstation I have little trouble with NT other than the fact that it seems >to take twice as long to load things as it does on Linux. I installed suse a week >or so ago. At first I figured that it was going to be a clunky curiosity that I >would play with a bit here and there, while my real work would be done on NT. I >haven't booted into NT in days except to retrieve files. I am thinking of buying >a new system. Before I tried suse, I was debating between NT and Solaris x86. >(which I do like, but has few applications which run on it.) Now I am almost sure >that I will put suse on my new system. (if it will run on the dual Pentium II 333 >Asus MB). I then want to set up Samba and network with my current NT system. > >Steve > >-- >"Alles Vergaengliche >Ist nur ein Gleichniss" >-Goethe, as quoted in Ludwig Boltzmann's Vorlessungen ueber Gastheorie. > > > >-- >To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with >this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e > -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[S.u.S.E. Linux] [Fwd: apsfilter problem]
by pwlwcz＠ibm.net 01 Apr '98

01 Apr '98

<PRE> Hello, I sent this in the other day, and I am sorry for resubmitting it, but, I am at my wits end. Is anyone else having problems with apsfilter and/or A2PS or is it just me??? Jim Hatridge is trying to help me but, I think we are in the same boat. I really want to use and support Linux. I have purchased SuSE 5.1, Infomagic dev. resource, RedHat 5, Caldera Open Linux base, and Linux Pro 5.4. Not to mention way too many books that all seem to cost $40.00 each. The guys at the SoftPro bookstore must love me. I even tried the Debian dist. that came on a BOOT magazine cd a while back. And of all these I like SuSE the best. If I could only get apsfilter working correctly I would be HAPPY. Until I can sort out SuSE, I guess win95, OS/2, and RedHat 5.0 are going to have to stay on my other partitions...But, damn! I need the space. Steve </PRE> -- BEGIN included message <BLOCKQUOTE> <UL> <LI>To: "<A HREF="mailto:suse-linux-e@suse.com">suse-linux-e(a)suse.com</A>" <<A HREF="mailto:suse-linux-e@suse.com">suse-linux-e(a)suse.com</A>></LI> <LI>Subject: apsfilter problem</LI> <LI>From: S Pawlowicz <<A HREF="mailto:pwlwcz@ibm.net">pwlwcz(a)ibm.net</A>></LI> <LI>Date: Sun, 29 Mar 1998 07:48:32 -0500</LI> </UL> <PRE> Hello, I am having a problem with apsfilter and need some help. I set it up with YAST. I'm using the eps9high driver on a nine pin panasonic dot matrix printer. I have also tried the epson driver and the SETUP program for apsfilter. I can print text using : lpr -Praw (my-text-file), or lpr (my-postscript-file). I can also print text using : a2ps (various command line options) (my-text-file). It seems that the a2ps options I specified in apsfilterrc and apsfilterrc.eps9high don't work. lpr command works with .ps files and with text files using -Praw command line option only, -Plp and -Pascii don't work. My etc/printcap file looks correct. Also the print button in Netscape 4.04 seems to work fine, the fonts are too small but, I'm not worried about that right now. I was under the impression that the "lpr" command would work with any file type. Isn't that the purpose of apsfilter??? I seem to be able to print anything by explicitly specifying my needs at the command line. I can print graphics from netscape. Am I using this incorrectly or is something not set up right??? I would appreciate any assistance, Steve </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> -- END included message

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[S.u.S.E. Linux] The WURD on Linux and AT&T WorldNet� Service
by pwlwcz＠ibm.net 01 Apr '98

01 Apr '98

<A HREF="http://www.wurd.com/wurd/software/dialers/linux.html"><A HREF="http://www.wurd.com/wurd/software/dialers/linux.html</A">http://www.wurd.com/wurd/software/dialers/linux.html</A</A>> Hello, I think anyone interested in connecting to WorldNet will find this page helpful. It gives all the details on setting up ppp and chap for AT&T. You will need an existing account or you will have to register from a Windows box(!_shock_horror_outrage_!!!) Good Luck, Steve -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] suse 5.1/ppp
by tpaulic＠hotmail.com 01 Apr '98

01 Apr '98

oops. it moved. I found it in <A HREF="ftp://uiarchive.cso.uiuc.edu/pub/systems/linux/sunsite/system/network/seria…"><A HREF="ftp://uiarchive.cso.uiuc.edu/pub/systems/linux/sunsite/system/network/seria…</A">ftp://uiarchive.cso.uiuc.edu/pub/systems/linux/sunsite/system/network/seria…</A</A>> called pppsetup-1.98.tar.gz <<Tony>> >Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 22:25:58 -0600 >From: Leon McClatchey <leonmcclatchey(a)homemail.com> >To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com >Subject: Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] suse 5.1/ppp >Reply-To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > > >Tony Paulic wrote: > >> try any of: >> >> <A HREF="ftp://uiarchive.cso.uiuc.edu/pub/systems/linux/sunsite/Incoming/pppsetup-1.…"><A HREF="ftp://uiarchive.cso.uiuc.edu/pub/systems/linux/sunsite/Incoming/pppsetup-1.…</A">ftp://uiarchive.cso.uiuc.edu/pub/systems/linux/sunsite/Incoming/pppsetup-1.…</A</A>> >> >> <A HREF="ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/linux/sunsite/Incoming/pppsetup-1.96.tar.gz"><A HREF="ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/linux/sunsite/Incoming/pppsetup-1.96.tar.gz</A">ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/linux/sunsite/Incoming/pppsetup-1.96.tar.gz</A</A>> >> >> <A HREF="ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/Incoming/pppsetup-1.96.tar.gz"><A HREF="ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/Incoming/pppsetup-1.96.tar.gz</A">ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/Incoming/pppsetup-1.96.tar.gz</A</A>> >> >> <<Tony>> > >I tried all three links via netscape and all three came back being unable to find the >file, check name and try again. > >But meanwhile, the above is a good excuse for me to jump in with another little problem >that I've come across as far as netscape is concerned. That is I can send and recieve >mail with no problem, but as soon as I try to attach a file to a message in netscape, >it causes the modem to send a hangup signal as long as netscape is trying to send that >message and/or get confirmation that it has been sent. > >I can use Pine and it will send the message and the attached file(s) with no problem. >I am currently using netscape 4.04 for linux. Does anyone have any ideas what the >problem is? BTW, I have netscape installed in /usr/local/netscape with links to >/opt/netscape. (I found that this proved to be the most efficient way of doing it due >to space constraints on my system) > >Thanx Loads! >Leon McClatchey >leonmcclatchey(a)homemail.com > > > >-- >To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with >this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at <A HREF="http://www.hotmail.com"><A HREF="http://www.hotmail.com</A">http://www.hotmail.com</A</A>> -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] Sound
by tpaulic＠hotmail.com 01 Apr '98

01 Apr '98

Read to SOUND HOW-TO. If you used the SUSE graphical kernel configuration utility, you will also have to specify other options. I can't remember them off the top of my head, but it's all in the HOW-TO. <<Tony>> >Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 13:19:32 -0600 >From: TEX <mhtexcollins(a)ccms.net> >To: "suse-linux-e(a)suse.com" <suse-linux-e(a)suse.com> >Subject: [S.u.S.E. Linux] Sound >Reply-To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > >I have a genuine soundblaster 16. When trying to recompile the kernal >for sound it says "Error, you will need to configure the soundcard with >SOUND_CONFIGURATION option. What gives? After error no zImage file >shows up and I am afraid to go on from here. Thanks for all the help. > > >-- >LINUX IS THE PATH. > >TEX <A HREF="http://www.ccms.net/~mhtexcollins/78704.htm"><A HREF="http://www.ccms.net/~mhtexcollins/78704.htm</A">http://www.ccms.net/~mhtexcollins/78704.htm</A</A>> > > __ > / / __ _ _ _ _ __ __ > / /__ / / / \// //_// \ \/ / > /____/ /_/ /_/\/ /___/ /_/\_\ > ...for IQ's higher than 95... > > > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at <A HREF="http://www.hotmail.com"><A HREF="http://www.hotmail.com</A">http://www.hotmail.com</A</A>> -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] ext2
by zentara＠mindspring.com 01 Apr '98

01 Apr '98

Pascal Bleser wrote: > > Does anyone know where I can find a good documentation about the ext2 fs ? > It doesn't have to be too precise, but I can't find any ! > (no, no, the ext2fs howto only explains how to (try to) retrieve deleted > files) > > Thanx, people ! > > Pascal > > Sorry I'm a little late with this, but better late than never. If you havn't already, look in /usr/info/libext2fs.info.gz It has details on opening and closing files. zentara -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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