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F keys ?
by hatridge＠straubing.baynet.de 01 Aug '99

01 Aug '99

Hi All, Is there anyway to bind a command to an F-key? For example, I use the command "fetchpop -r -p -a" to get my email. It would be nice just to be able to hit "F-x" to run this commmand. At the command line by the way, not in X-windows. TIA! JIM

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xusermgr
by dhonzik＠yahoo.com 01 Aug '99

01 Aug '99

Is xusermgr avaible for SuSE Linux? I saw mention of it in the book called "A Practical Guide to Linux" by Mark Sobell. A book I would reconmend to any newbie or experience user of Linux. Daniel Honzik SuSE Linux 6.1 Kerneld 2.2.10 KDE 1.1.1 _____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Free instant messaging and more at http://messenger.yahoo.com

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RE: [suse-linux-e] Hardware activity causes speaker noise
by Scott.Worley＠COMPAQ.com 01 Aug '99

01 Aug '99

Rafael, Have you adjusted all the volume levels for the inputs? I've noticed OSS defaults the MIC and LINE-IN inputs to about 2/3 maximum volume. The noise could be picked up by these inputs. Once the volumes are adjusted with a mixer, use savemixer in the OSS directory to make these the defaults when OSS starts. cott worley Compaq Portables scott.worley(a)compaq.com -----Original Message----- From: Rafael E. Herrera [mailto:raffo@neuronet.pitt.edu] Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 1999 1:27 AM Cc: SLE Subject: [suse-linux-e] Hardware activity causes speaker noise Hi, I'm running SuSE 6.0 with a Linux kernel version 2.2.10 and the 4Front OSS sound drivers. I get noise from the speakers when I type, move the mouse and access the hard drive. This occur even if I turn off the sound drivers. Does anybody have any clues about this? I don't get these noises when I boot the win98 partition. Thanks. -- Rafael Herrera Laboratory for Computational Neuroscience University of Pittsburgh http://www.neuronet.pitt.edu/~raffo --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands, e-mail: suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com

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KDE -- and who should own X?
by Ted.Harding＠nessie.mcc.ac.uk 01 Aug '99

01 Aug '99

Folks, (If you get this, it'll be because I've worked round, in an evil way, a very nasty problem with SuSE's ezmlm list server. I've taken it up with suse-linux-e-owner, but have heard nothing yet ... ) I've been musing a bit about X, users, Linux and KDE. The underlying situation which prompted it is the fact that, unlike a traditional UNIX user with, say, an X terminal to a server where you log on as yourself etc, Linux users are often both user and sysadmin for their own Linux box. For instance, I'm "root" for sysadmin; "ted" for work, "efh" for mail. However, I like to start X as root (for various reasons). So root owns the X display. Other users can make their own xterms as themselves very easily, so when working within a user-xterm one does not encounter the dangers of being root. This however has a few consequences. One is that anything done by clicking on the "background" (i.e. the X root window) is done as user "root". However, this is not a major issue. What is causing me a bit of thought just now is the use of the KDE desktop environment. If you want to get the best out of this, you will set up task-bar icons for various programs to which you can drag-and-drop file/directory icons from the file-manager, etc. However, in the circumstances described, the programs which are started up by the task-bar icons are run owned by root. This is _not_ convenient! One would like the program to be run owned by the user who owns the file/directory it is working on. In fact, there's a similar problem if X had been started by an ordinary user: this user would be the owner of the program, and would not be able to access anything outside their own permission-space. At least root has that freedom! So what I'm wondering, is whether (perhaps as a future development in X and/or KDE) is would be possible to -- to coin a phrase -- "chown" the mouse, so to speak. So what I'm wondering, is whether (perhaps as a future development in X and/or KDE) is would be possible to -- to coin a phrase -- "chown" the mouse, so to speak. As one notional implementation of the idea, you could have a drop-down menu of available users, click on a user, and then this would "su" the mouse/X display/KDE desktop/whatever. Then when you dragged a file (to which as the new user you would have access) onto a task-bar icon, that program would run suid the new user. This would solve the problems which arise when trying to use KDE as it should be used. Now I know that people are going to spit at me for suggesting something which is about as secure as a bank which has been left unlocked at night. And I agree that it would be no good in the standard public-LAN environment. But -- and this is the special character of Linux -- a lot of Linux usage is by people who have a few boxes on a "domestic" LAN, or even only one box, where there's no problem at all with security in the sense of taking precautions against people you don't know or trust. Such people are not around, and taking precautions against them makes no sense. The only thing you need to watch is carelessness. And when you're running stuff as "root" which you'd rather not run as "root", carelessness is definitely something to watch. In short, a lot of Linux users are having their scope curtailed by irrelevant security issues. This question would never have arisen in the "tradtional" UNIX environment, where security is a necessary headache; and it remains the same headache where Linux is used in the same environments as a UNIX substitute. But for Linux users in a safe environment, I think we need the capability to greatly relax the security restrictions. In the console (terminal) environment, it's easy to log in on different VCs as different users. These can then start their own Xterms in root's X display, and for work in an Xterm there's then no problem. This is what I've been doing for years (about 7 to be precise). However, as described above, you hit a clash when your interaction with the system is not by command-lines typed into an Xterm but by mouse actions on an X display or Desktop Environment like KDE, especially when it's drag-n-drop. So, there it is. A few thoughts. Comments? Suggestions? Thanks, Ted. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding(a)nessie.mcc.ac.uk> Date: 30-Jul-99 Time: 13:54:26 ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------

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Cyrix M2-300 a "good" CPU for a SuSE Linux Box?
by creimer＠rahul.net 01 Aug '99

01 Aug '99

Hi! Awhile back I had my contract terminated when my boss' new boss did a reorganization of the QA-hardware department and came to the remarkable conclusion that he needed only people who had management potential and not grunts. (As the only grunt in the department, I did all the work that nobody else wanted to do with a remarkable level of excellance and without compliant... BUT I'm no butt kisser.) Now, my boss felt really bad about letting me go since he been promising for a better part of the year to hire me permament but haven't been able to, and his boss rejected his request to give me three-weeks of additional pay. A couple of days later I got a package in the mail from my old boss with a Cyrix M2-300 and an Asus SP97-V motherboard (a freebie that my boss gets from his Cyrix contacts) as compensation for my abrupt termination. I'm wondering if this CPU/motherboard combination would make for a good general-purpose workstation since it is a freebie? I will be installing SuSE 6.2 when it comes out in a couple of weeks. I could get a new box built using either a K6-2/3 or Celeron CPU, but I would have to wait several months before I can have that system up and running. Or, should I simply hand this combo off to my retired parents as an Windows Internet box? Thanks! Christopher Reimer

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Re: [SLE] F keys ?
by t3＠wolfenet.com 31 Jul '99

31 Jul '99

At 11:15 AM 7/31/99 +0200, you wrote: > >Hi All, > >Is there anyway to bind a command to an F-key? For example, I use the >command "fetchpop -r -p -a" to get my email. It would be nice just to be >able to hit "F-x" to run this commmand. At the command line by the way, >not in X-windows. > >TIA! > >JIM > > Hi Jim: A hardware method that I use is an auxilliary keyboard. It's made be Mextel and has 20 keys which are FULLY programmable as macros. Plugs in between computer and regular keyboard. It's saved me a LOT of time in programs in which I have written a lot of macros. Don't know where you would get it as I've had mine for almost ten years now. Good Luck, Tom -- Tom Taylor Sr. Development Technician Telemedic Systems, Inc. 253.529.0526 Member: PSLUG http://sealinux.itsite.com email: t3(a)wolfenet.com, tom(a)telemedics.com

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CANCEL Message: Please help :(
by firewall＠ecad.org 31 Jul '99

31 Jul '99

Hello SusE, All problems have been sorted! Spent an hour in the card diagnostic utility, to find the problem wasn't with SuSE at all, but the card setup. Thanks to all those that took the time to reply! Best Wishes, Lee.

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koffice
by barle＠bigfoot.com 31 Jul '99

31 Jul '99

What can i need for install koffice? I have SuSE 6.1, kernel 2.2.7, KDE 1.1.1. I installed koffice but not working (yet?). Mitja

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Re: [SLE] Any updated sax
by jon_pennington＠excite.com 31 Jul '99

31 Jul '99

On Sat, 31 Jul 1999 09:25:14 +0800, Philip Chan wrote: > Hi Jon, > > Perhaps my message wasn't clear. MY Voodoo3 card don't have > any problem with SuSE, I installed xbanshee.rpm then use sax to > choice the Banshee card, everything just worked perfectly fine. Excellent. I am sorry to have wasted the bandwidth. :) > What my problem is, recently I updated XF86 to 3.3.4 [was > 3.3.3.1 before], when running XF86config I saw *Voodoo3* > was present in the driver list, but when I ran the SuSE 6.1 sax I > didn't see that, so I'm wondering if SuSE has any updated sax which > will include new graphic cards selections. Hmmm...I'd bet that SuSE 6.2 and it's version of SaX will at least have the cards listed. Out of curiosity, is your 6.1 based on kernel 2.2.5 or 2.2.7? Mine is 2.2.5, and I don't even recall the Banshee being selectable under SaX... > By the way, even with XF863.3.3.1 and SuSE 6.1 sax, I never > done any hacking to the XF86Config file. Bravo. I had to download a basic one from Creative Labs to make my Banshee's config file. I've never been any good with that sort of thing. :) -=|JP|=- (Resident GNUbie) Jon Pennington | SuSE Linux 6.0 jon_pennington(a)excite.com | Kernel 2.2.7+ Kansas City, Missouri, USA | K6-2 350 ________________________________________________________________ Get FREE voicemail, fax and email at http://voicemail.excite.com Talk online at http://voicechat.excite.com

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re[2]: [SLE] Please help :(
by firewall＠ecad.org 31 Jul '99

31 Jul '99

Hello Alex, SuSE, Thank you for the in-depth response. Unfortunately I tried (what I could) of this, without success. I'm using 6.0 with the 2.0.36 kernel. Really, what I need is someone with virtually the same setup as me, i.e. a linux machine with ipfwadm set-up to allow other machines to access the Internet, and 2+ other Linux machines on the same network which use the first linux machine as a gateway. If someone has this setup, could they please send me their route.conf file? As per your suggestion for adding -n to the 'route' command, here is the output: Itchy (the gateway/firewall machine): root@itchy:/home/lee > route -n Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 dummy0 158.152.1.222 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 559 eth0 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 408 lo 0.0.0.0 158.152.1.222 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 186 ppp0 and from Scratchy (the machine that doesn't seem to connect to the network) cratchy:~ # route -n Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 192.168.1.4 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 dummy0 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 1 eth0 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 1 lo 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 As I say, if anyone has a working setup similar to this, please please email me your /etc/route.conf Best wishes, Lee

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Burning CD's as non-root?
by suse_list＠hotmail.com 31 Jul '99

31 Jul '99

I am trying to set up xcdroast to be able to burn cd's as a non-root user. By following the documentation, I have been able to run the program as non-root, and to create data images. However, I can not create an image of an audio cd, nor can I write a data image to the cd. When I try to create an audio image from cd, I get the following error: "open: Permission denied" When I try and write the data image I get the error: "/usr/X11R6/lib/xcdroast-0.96e/bin/cdrecord-1.6.1: Operation not permitted. Cannot do mlockall(2)" Does anyone know what the problem is and how I can fix it? Any help would be greatly apreciated. Thanks in advance, Brad. PS: Maybe it would help if I say it's a scsi cd writer, a Compro 7502. I am running SuSE6.1. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

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Gnome 1.0
by dhonzik＠yahoo.com 31 Jul '99

31 Jul '99

How does anyone know how to initiate Gnome on SuSE Linux 6.1? I tried startx gnome, but that didn't work...do I need to change some settings in some system file? I would like the ability to run both KDE and Gnome if possible Daniel Honzik _____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Free instant messaging and more at http://messenger.yahoo.com

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About passwords
by mikkey＠dynamo.com.ar 31 Jul '99

31 Jul '99

Hi! Could anyone help me on this? : I need to know how to retrive cipher text from plain (right as in /etc/passwd) but there is a salt which I don't know how complete, could any one help me?

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Please help :(
by firewall＠ecad.org 31 Jul '99

31 Jul '99

Hi, I'm sending this again as no-one has responded to me, I hope someone can help. :-( ------- Well, I finally got myself another network card today for the new machine. However, I can't seem to get it to see the rest of the network or the gateway. :( This is how the network is currently set up: [3 machines]--------[SuSE box]---[modem]----**Internet** | (hub) I tried to ping several machines on the network (with their ips') but get 100% packet loss, and no lights flash on the hub. Here is the 'route' output for scratchy (the non-working machine): Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface scratchy.kechara * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 dummy0 192.168.1.1 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 1 eth0 loopback * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 2 lo default itchy.k 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 Here is the output of Itchy (the gateway machine with the modem - if this is relevant) Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface itchy.kechara.o * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 dummy0 demon-du.demon. * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0 192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 527 eth0 loopback * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 388 lo default demon-du.demon. 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 23 ppp0 All the other machines on the network (which are Windows98) work fine connecting to Itchy. If anyone has any suggestions, please do let me know with some gentle (newbie-certified(tm)) instructions. :-) If you need any more information, please do let me know what you need and I will try to find out for you. Best Wishes, Lee Smallbone

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(fwd) Re: [SLE] monitoring/logging tcp
by lists＠tcob1.tele2.co.uk 31 Jul '99

31 Jul '99

(second attempt, never seen the first) Hi kepe! I grabbed it but it seems similiar to other TCP loggers, what I need is a daemon that will log my flow and give me totals per day week etc in KB or MB. I cannot see a way to do this. Sean On Fri, 30 Jul 1999, kepe wrote: > > On 30-Jul-99 Sean Rima wrote: > > Does anyone know of a util that will monitor/log all tcp traffic and > > make > > readable logs with the daily amount of traffic. > > > > Sean > > -- > > Sean, > try snplog (simple network protocol logger) > > http://www.franken.de/users/gauss/snplog/ > > It checks udp, tcp and icmp and logs to /var/log/messages > by default. It is only a 15k dl. > > > ---------------------------------- > Danny Kephart > kepe(a)home.com > 30-Jul-99 16:46:34 > ---------------------------------- -- Sysop and Webmaster of TCOB1 | Fidonet: 2:252/300 2:252/0 http://212.19.67.58 | Free Fidonet Feeds available telnet://212.19.67.58 2300 | Linux User: #124682 ICQ: 679813 ftp://212.19.67.58 | irc: thecivvie on irc.sysopnet.org Powered by SuSe Linux 6.0 and a 128k Tele2 connection Soon to be the father of TWINS PHORUMS online: http://212.19.67.58/phorum/

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Re: [SLE] what to do with .rpm files
by dhonzik＠yahoo.com 31 Jul '99

31 Jul '99

Jay, The best thing I found was located inside KDE, called KPackage.. it a ton better than trying to use Yast to load or update packages Daniel Honzik SuSELinux 6.1 Kerneld 2.2.10 KDE 1.1.1 --- Jay Eckles <ecklesweb(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > If I download a program in .rpm format, how do I > install it? When I > tried to install it with YaST, I got an error that > /usr/lib/rpm/rpmrc > does not exist; it in fact does not exist (the > /usr/lib/rpm directory > doesn't exist). I do have a copy of the rpm binary > in > /home/eckles/.kde/share/bin/, but when I try to run > it I get the same > error. > > Thanks, > > Jay Eckles > Memphis, TN > > _____________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Free instant messaging and more at > http://messenger.yahoo.com > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com > For additional commands, e-mail: > suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com > > _____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Free instant messaging and more at http://messenger.yahoo.com

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How to delete files on rewriteble CD?
by alex＠daniloff.com 31 Jul '99

31 Jul '99

Hello SuSE folks! I stuck with the problem how to delete files on rewriteble CD. I used xcdroast for this CD recording. I couldn't find an option which allows to delete recorded files on rewriteble CD. Could somebody give me a hand how to solve this problem. Thanks in advance. Alex

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Re: [SLE] Differences Bin \ Source \ Versions - Oh My?
by G4OTY＠compuserve.com 31 Jul '99

31 Jul '99

Message text written by dizzy to the SuSE list: >compiling is where you really can appreciate parts of the system. Its just a cool thing to do! Give it a try rob< He's right! I d/loaded whatfor-0.3.01.tar.gz, followed the instructions, and watched the messages. I had to make a sub- directory it said was missing, & when it ran it again it installed beautifully. Sense of achievement! I must say that whatfor is a really fine piece of work for a newbie to find out a bit about what all these 100s of files in the system, with names that don't mean a thing, are there for. It's already given me a clue about fixing another problem I have. Now for something a little more ambitious.... Regards Mike Mason G4OTY

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Sendmail connection errors
by dward＠basair.com.au 31 Jul '99

31 Jul '99

Using Sendmail 8.9.3, I keep getting lots of these sorts of messages: Jul 24 00:46:57 server sendmail[32297]: AAA32297: collect: premature EOM: Connec tion reset by fepa.mail.ozemail.net Jul 23 16:37:19 server sendmail[30719]: QAA30719: SYSERR(root): collect: I/O err or on connection from fep7.mail.ozemail.net, from=<abc(a)abc.com>: Connection reset by fep7.mail.ozemail.net It only seems to happen with some servers. Does anyone know if I have something configured incorrectly? Regards, Darrin Ward, Chief Flying Instructor, Basair Australia. dward(a)basair.com.au http://www.basair.com.au Phone (+612) 9791 0111 Fax (+612) 9791 0065 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=us-ascii" http-equivntent-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2014.210" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" sizeUsing Sendmail 8.9.3, I keep getting lots of these sorts of messages:</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Courier New" sizeJul 24 00:46:57 server sendmail[32297]: AAA32297: collect: premature EOM: Connection reset by fepa.mail.ozemail.net</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size<STRONG>Jul 23 16:37:19 server sendmail[30719]: QAA30719: SYSERR(root): collect: I/O error on connection from fep7.mail.ozemail.net, from=<<A href="mailto:abc@abc.com">abc(a)abc.com</A>>: Connection reset by fep7.mail.ozemail.net</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" sizeIt only seems to happen with some servers.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" sizeDoes anyone know if I have something configured incorrectly?</FONT></DIV></BODY> Regards, Darrin Ward, Chief Flying Instructor, Basair Australia. dward(a)basair.com.au http://www.basair.com.au Phone (+612) 9791 0111 Fax (+612) 9791 0065

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Off topic. . .but need help
by syncro＠flash.net 31 Jul '99

31 Jul '99

Does anyone out there know if you can change the sensitivity of an older UPS? I have an older APC Back-UPS 520 (maybe 4 or 5 years old) and it is working, but it isn't swiching fast enough so my system crashes whenever the power goes out. Just curious if I can make it pick up faster or if I have to get a new one? -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Darren R. Weber darren.weber(a)bigfoot.com ICQ# 2849193 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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EtherExpress problem
by ariggins＠home.com 31 Jul '99

31 Jul '99

I'm installing SuSE 6.1 on a professor's machine at my university and have hit a problem. The pc is a P133 with an EtherExpressPro/10 pnp ethernet card. During installation I selected "EtherExpressPro" and configured all the networking options. On reboot, the machine hung when it tried to initialize the card. A hard-reboot was required. I still could not start the system; it hung at the same spot every time. I went ahead and re-installed without the network, and the rest of the distribution is working fine. I checked the SuSE hardware DB, and it states that the card is "probably supported". I also checked recent mailing list postings, but didn't find anything helpful. Can anyone offer suggestions on getting this card to work? Thanks, Alan Riggins

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linuxconf on SuSE?
by ecklesweb＠yahoo.com 31 Jul '99

31 Jul '99

Is it possible to use linuxconf on a SuSE box? Jay Eckles Memphis, TN _____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Free instant messaging and more at http://messenger.yahoo.com

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thrashing
by butch＠null.net 31 Jul '99

31 Jul '99

I'm running SuSE 6.0 Kernel 2.2.7 on a pentium III 500mhz with 128 megs RAM. I have a 128 meg swap file. My question is that sometimes even with even only one terminal running, and no intensive processes running, my hard drive will occasionally thrash for a good three minutes at what appears to be random intervals. If I [ps a] it shows me nothing out of the ordinary.(one bash, one ps a, and one mingetty.) any ideas? is this normal?

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SQUID proxy server
by alex＠daniloff.com 31 Jul '99

31 Jul '99

Hello SuSE folks! Could somebody answer me in what cases we need to use squid proxy server? Should I use it if I have static IP with 24x7 dedicated analog connection. I'm not running currenly any CGI scripts or an active web site context. And also should I use squid server if I get an xDSL connection with static IP? Many thanks for any responses Alex

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monitoring/logging tcp
by lists＠tcob1.tele2.co.uk 31 Jul '99

31 Jul '99

Does anyone know of a util that will monitor/log all tcp traffic and make readable logs with the daily amount of traffic. Sean -- Sysop and Webmaster of TCOB1 | Fidonet: 2:252/300 2:252/0 http://212.19.67.58 | Free Fidonet Feeds available telnet://212.19.67.58 2300 | Linux User: #124682 ICQ: 679813 ftp://212.19.67.58 | irc: thecivvie on irc.sysopnet.org Powered by SuSe Linux 6.0 and a 128k Tele2 connection Soon to be the father of TWINS PHORUMS online: http://212.19.67.58/phorum/

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