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FTP update with exactly 32Mb RAM?
by Tobias.Kuipers＠cwi.nl 17 Nov '00

17 Nov '00

Message-Id: <UTC200011091345.OAA242074.kuipers(a)gondel.cwi.nl> Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 14:45:04 +0100 From: Tobias Kuipers <Tobias.Kuipers(a)cwi.nl> Subject: FTP update with exactly 32Mb RAM? Hi, My SuSE 6.3 broke down recently, and all I could do was boot from floppy. Because some files were corrupted I decided to do an update of SuSE. The machine I'm doing this on doesn't have a CD player, so I went for the FTP update option. When I chose ftp install and gave the necessary details of the ftp server the update/install stopped saying that I needed a machine with at least 32Mb memory to do an ftp update. Why? I asked myself, and then I realized: My machine has exactly 32Mb of memory! What's happening here? Is this a classic programming mistake? Or is something more profound happening here? And more importantly: is there a way around this problem? I used both Suse 6.3 and Suse 6.4 boot floppies and they both displayed the same problem. It feels like overkill to buy more memory just to install a system that is never ever going to use more than 32Mb. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to do an update on a machine that does have a dedicated internet connection and a floppy drive, but no CD player? (O, and did I mention 32Mb memory :-) Any help _much_ appreciated, cheers, Tobias

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KDE League
by phthor＠isat.com 16 Nov '00

16 Nov '00

Message-ID: <3A14663F.AE7E896A(a)isat.com> Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 14:57:03 -0800 From: nevada <phthor(a)isat.com> Subject: KDE League For those would like KDE, the following is submitted for reading. http://netscape.zdnet.com/framer/hud0022420/www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news… Nevada -- Take Control of your Life Cut up your Credit Cards in Little Bitty Pieces

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ZDNet: News: KDE League gets down to business
by fm＠cupserv.org 16 Nov '00

16 Nov '00

Message-ID: <3A1449FA.6E607DD5(a)cupserv.org> Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 15:56:26 -0500 From: "Fred A. Miller" <fm(a)cupserv.org> Subject: ZDNet: News: KDE League gets down to business http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2654655,00.html?chkpt=zdnnstop

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can't recognise /dev/lp0
by fsanta＠arrakis.es 16 Nov '00

16 Nov '00

From: SCC <fsanta(a)arrakis.es> Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 20:49:22 +0000 Message-Id: <00111620591400.01243@linux> Subject: can't recognise /dev/lp0 Hi everyone. I cannot get my printer working as I cannot get SuSE 7.0 to recognise the /dev/lp0 port. I realise that it is useless trying to install a printer if the port is not recognised. I have the BIOS set to legacy ISA with the parellel port set to 378 on interrupt 7 and with DMA disabled. I have disabled the plug and play support and set it to manual. The BIOS is AWARD. Oh, the printer works fine under another operating system. Any ideas anyone? Thanks, Steve.

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Ya'all ain't gonna believe this one. :)
by fm＠cupserv.org 16 Nov '00

16 Nov '00

Message-ID: <3A14491B.2CF07871(a)cupserv.org> Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 15:52:43 -0500 From: "Fred A. Miller" <fm(a)cupserv.org> Subject: Ya'all ain't gonna believe this one. :) "Linux gone Apple." :) _____________________ http://www.dacomputing.com/index.html

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Netscape 6.0
by fm＠cupserv.org 16 Nov '00

16 Nov '00

Message-ID: <3A14481C.4ECD4B30(a)cupserv.org> Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 15:48:28 -0500 From: "Fred A. Miller" <fm(a)cupserv.org> Subject: Netscape 6.0 I don't know how well 6.0 will perform on a higher end box, but on legacy hardware, FORGET it!! 6.0 is PAINFULLY S-L-O-W!! I haven't tried M18, and will probably do so, just to see if there's any difference. Fred -- ----/ / _ Fred A. Miller ---/ / (_)__ __ ____ __ Systems Administrator --/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / Cornell Univ. Press Services -/____/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ fm(a)cupserv.org

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Apache webserver not working after update
by jfmurphy＠charter.net 16 Nov '00

16 Nov '00

From: John Murphy <jfmurphy(a)charter.net> Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 19:33:15 -0500 Message-Id: <00111519415300.01189@dad1> Subject: Apache webserver not working after update I'm getting a error after updating Apache and Httpd from Suse's site. httpd.conf syntax error failed resources runlevel 3 Apache There were about a half dozen messages posted here about the problem. Did anyone discovered what the fix is to this problem? Can someone email a stock httpd.conf file so I can see the difference from the one I have. Thanks....... John --------------------------------------------------------------- Linux, Win, DOS,- also known as the Good, the Bad and the Ugly! --------------------------------------------------------------- Contentment - is not the fulfillment of what you want, but the realization of how much you already have. ---------------------------------------------------------------

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disk partitioning
by paulm＠waitrose.com 16 Nov '00

16 Nov '00

From: paulm(a)waitrose.com Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 18:43:04 +0000 Message-Id: <E13vOrl-0005ld-00(a)sand6.global.net.uk> Subject: disk partitioning I'm just in the process of installing SuSE 6.4 on one of my machines. This machine already has two other operating systems (Win95 and OS/2). I have a reasonable amount of disk space for SuSE (around 8 GB), but the available disk space within the first 1024 cylinders is limited (less than 2 GB). As a result, I wanted to partition the drive to leave a relatively small partition below the 1024 limit, and split the rest of the system onto partitions further up on the disk. Can someone suggest a set of suitable mount points? I tried using one partition set as /, and another set as /usr, but this isn't a wonderful split - I've ended up with less than 100 mb on the / partition, but close to 1.6 gb on the /usr partition. What I'm not sure of is whether I should make more than 2 partitions, or whether there is a better split than the one I've tried. Any suggestions welcome... paul. ----------------------------------------------------------- paulm(a)waitrose.com Paul Marwick - Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, UK Marwick Computer Services - OS/2, LAN & general computer consultants -----------------------------------------------------------

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mod_userdir / public_html on SuSE 7
by Chris.Smith＠raytheon.co.uk 16 Nov '00

16 Nov '00

From: Chris.Smith(a)raytheon.co.uk Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 16:17:11 +0000 Message-Id: <OF827A2FE9.0C9A022E-ON80256999.0058FC1C(a)raytheon.co.uk> Subject: mod_userdir / public_html on SuSE 7 Hi, This doesnt work by default on SuSE 7 but seems to be enabled in httpd.conf. Any ideas how to get it to work how it should? I've been trying http://localhost/~chris as per normal (my username is chris) but I get a 403 forbidden error. If it's perms, can someone tell me what they should be. I have created the directory public_html in my home dir and created a valid index.html file before anyone even suggests trying that :) Cheers, - Chris.

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RE: [SLE] SuSE 6.2 suddenly starts eating memory
by Heupink＠INTECH.UNU.EDU 16 Nov '00

16 Nov '00

Message-ID: <1100D69203AAD2118E3C00508B8B9E8A17095F(a)mailhost.intech.unu.edu> From: "Heupink, Mourik Jan C." <Heupink(a)INTECH.UNU.EDU> Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 17:23:16 +0100 Subject: RE: [SLE] SuSE 6.2 suddenly starts eating memory Thanks very much for your replies. It's great to receive suggestions and answers like this. Imagine: today I even got an email from Alan Cox!! (I just asked something in kernel-traffic, and he replied PERSONALLY!!!) (i was so excited) (just one line, though, but nevertheless!!) Could you ever imagine a major Micro$oft person doing that...? I just love this whole Linux thing. Cheers! > -----Original Message----- > From: Lenz Grimmer [mailto:grimmer@suse.de] > Sent: 16 November 2000 17:02 > To: Suse-Linux-List (E-mail) > Subject: RE: [SLE] SuSE 6.2 suddenly starts eating memory > > > Hi, > > On Thu, 16 Nov 2000, Heupink, Mourik Jan C. wrote: > > > So I found out, yes. I corrected the cron things. For now, > it seems to > > be running fine. > > Good. > > > Swap: 120480K available, 744K used. It's not doing anything special, > > why should it want to use swap memory? > > I guess it had to swap out that process while memory was > tight. Obviously > Linux does not need to run this process very often. So why > bother swapping > it back in memory, if it is not used anyway? > > > Just a question. Is it normal to have only 3884K available on a > > machine that is not really doing a lot? 128MB installed, 124MB used, > > 4MK available. When I started up the box, it was using 54MB. This > > number increased a lot, but now it seems to be stabilized. Is that > > normal? Why does it use more and more memory upon normal > > circumstances? > > Yes, this is normal. Linux uses free memory for cache memory. > Why should > the free RAM be left unused? :) > > LenZ > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Lenz Grimmer SuSE GmbH > mailto:grimmer@suse.de Schanzaeckerstr. 10 > http://www.suse.de/~grimmer/ 90443 Nuernberg, Germany > Only the mediocre are always at their best. > > > -- > To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com > For additional commands send e-mail to > suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com > Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq >

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