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RE: [SLE] Infamous pppd died unexpectedlly
by kevin.jackson＠jhallpr.demon.co.uk 28 Mar '00

28 Mar '00

This is happening about 5 seconds after it has dialled! Sometimes I get a "pppd timeout" message. I've increased this amount. What I'll do is have a play on my home machine and see if I can get any joy on that. Curiously, I have only been having this problem since going to 2.2.14. Though I am hedging a bet that this is a coincident. AND... I used to get this message with CorelLinux - but I don't anymore cos I bought a robust linux ;o) Kev -----Original Message----- From: James Ogley [mailto:ogley@suse.co.uk] Sent: 27 March 2000 16:35 To: Kevin Jackson Cc: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] Infamous pppd died unexpectedlly > I'm trying to set up my Linux box to dial out - but I keep getting the > ol' > message of pppd daemon died unexpectedly. This happened to me last night, right annoying, isn't it? I suspect that it might have something to do with your ISP closing the connection if you fulfill requirements to be classified as 'Idle' ie you may not have sent any connection requests on standard ports for xx seconds/minutes/hours/decades. Obviously something like this varies from ISP to ISP, but one way to get past it is to ping a remote host every minute or so while you're online. Either set a script to do it, or do it manually (advantage of the latter is you can do different ones - so it doesn't look like you're doing anything dodgy) Or, and probably more likely to achieve the desired result, although less automate-able is to have an extra browser window open, and make occasional connecetions to random websites. More like to work as ISPs are more likely to monitor for connections on port 80 than any other port. -- James Ogley, SuSE Linux UK Ltd - +44 (0) 20 8 387 4088 @ Work: ogley(a)suse.co.uk www.suse.co.uk @ Home: james(a)rubberturnip.org.uk www.rubberturnip.org.uk ICQ: 57374251 Slashdot: riggwelter (84180) -- 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/Doku/FAQ/

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Re: [SLE] Annoying font
by pinard＠iro.umontreal.ca 28 Mar '00

28 Mar '00

cll <muzh(a)ihug.co.nz> writes: > Yatsen Ng wrote: > > When I surf to certain pages with Netscape Navigator I sometimes stumble > > upon these annoyingly tiny fonts. > You have to edit /etc/XF86Config. (Back it up first!!) In the section > "Files" you will see various FontPaths. Change them so the 100dpi fonts > occur BEFORE the 75dpi fonts. (Just swap the lines) Thanks a lot for this tip, I just used it here, and indeed, things got easier to read. -- François Pinard http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~pinard -- 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/Doku/FAQ/

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Re: [SLE] Infamous pppd died unexpectedlly
by ogley＠suse.co.uk 28 Mar '00

28 Mar '00

> I'm trying to set up my Linux box to dial out - but I keep getting the > ol' > message of pppd daemon died unexpectedly. This happened to me last night, right annoying, isn't it? I suspect that it might have something to do with your ISP closing the connection if you fulfill requirements to be classified as 'Idle' ie you may not have sent any connection requests on standard ports for xx seconds/minutes/hours/decades. Obviously something like this varies from ISP to ISP, but one way to get past it is to ping a remote host every minute or so while you're online. Either set a script to do it, or do it manually (advantage of the latter is you can do different ones - so it doesn't look like you're doing anything dodgy) Or, and probably more likely to achieve the desired result, although less automate-able is to have an extra browser window open, and make occasional connecetions to random websites. More like to work as ISPs are more likely to monitor for connections on port 80 than any other port. -- James Ogley, SuSE Linux UK Ltd - +44 (0) 20 8 387 4088 @ Work: ogley(a)suse.co.uk www.suse.co.uk @ Home: james(a)rubberturnip.org.uk www.rubberturnip.org.uk ICQ: 57374251 Slashdot: riggwelter (84180) -- 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/Doku/FAQ/

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Re: [SLE] PPPD leaves my RTS Low
by Admin＠Brevsville.com.au 28 Mar '00

28 Mar '00

Hi scsijon Thanx for your response (the only one I have gotten). The problem is that even switching the modem off won't clear rts. at&c1 will enable rts handshaking and works fine on other operating systems. Flow control is working when the user is connected, it is just that rts drops when a user disconnects and stays low. I have even gone so far as to store a pofile in the modem and read it back when the user disconnects using a chat sript. rts must be being held low by the the OS. Even a switching off the modem disconnecting is then reconnecting it doesn't fix the problem. The only fix is to reboot Linux. Any other ideas? Thanx Chris >chris, > you may need to download a code to tell your modem not to leave RTS low >after signal is cleared, your manual should give the code. >Also are you using Modem port /dev/cuaxx's or direct serial /dev/ttySxx's? >As >the second will hold the port open as long as the modem is connected unless >told to close cause it can see a device the other end. >regards >scsijon ---------- > From: Chris <Admin(a)Brevsville.com.au> > To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > Subject: [SLE] PPPD leaves my RTS Low > Date: Monday, 20 March 2000 22:23 > > > On my server, when user who has dialed inot my system (using ppp) hangs up, the > RTS on the modem stays low. The problem with this is that the modem can then > answer the next incoming call but cannot receive data, ie cannot recieve any login. > > If I use minicom it can raise rts and use the modem. > > The only way I have found to raise rts is to reboot the server. > > is there anyway I can force the port to raise rts when the carrier is dropped via a script > or something? > Hi scsijon Thanx for your response (the only one I have gotten). The problem is that even switching the modem off won't clear rts. at&c1 will enable rts handshaking and works fine on other operating systems. Flow control is working when the user is connected, it is just that rts drops when a user disconnects and stays low. I have even gone so far as to store a pofile in the modem and read it back when the user disconnects using a chat sript. rts must be being held low by the the OS. Even a switching off the modem disconnecting is then reconnecting it doesn't fix the problem. The only fix is to reboot Linux. Any other ideas? Thanx Chris >chris, > you may need to download a code to tell your modem not to leave RTS low >after signal is cleared, your manual should give the code. >Also are you using Modem port /dev/cuaxx's or direct serial /dev/ttySxx's? >As >the second will hold the port open as long as the modem is connected unless >told to close cause it can see a device the other end. >regards >scsijon ---------- > From: Chris <Admin(a)Brevsville.com.au> > To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > Subject: [SLE] PPPD leaves my RTS Low > Date: Monday, 20 March 2000 22:23 > > > On my server, when user who has dialed inot my system (using ppp) hangs up, the > RTS on the modem stays low. The problem with this is that the modem can then > answer the next incoming call but cannot receive data, ie cannot recieve any login. > > If I use minicom it can raise rts and use the modem. > > The only way I have found to raise rts is to reboot the server. > > is there anyway I can force the port to raise rts when the carrier is dropped via a script > or something? >

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[SLE] SPAM filter question
by ethant＠earthlink.net 28 Mar '00

28 Mar '00

I'm using fetchmail/sendmail to retrieve and process my mail and I would just like to get a better understanding SuSE's SPAM filters. Mostly because a few folks on the list seem to not be sending from valid hosts. Now, that's ok for the true spammers but if one can submit to the list then that tells me they are not a spammer. However, the SuSE spam filters on my machine do reject messages from the list if the domain in the Sender field does not exist. My question is whether the list software can be changed to say the sender is the SuSE list so the messages will get through the filters and what are the benefits/liabilities of doing this (I think this makes it easier to reply to the list instead of the originator). Or is there a way to modify the filter so I could let any messages through that are Received: from lists.suse.com even though the Sender's domain does not exist? Where would I start if I wanted to do this??? I'd really like to get these messages without resorting to a POP3 client and/or getting rid of the filter. Below is an example with irrelevant lines deleted and names changed to protect the innocent :-) (I'd to hate label any contributors to the list as spammers like the filter is doing): Our spam filter rejected this transaction. [ Part 3.2: "Delivery Status" ] Reporting-MTA: dns; localhost Final-Recipient: rfc822; ethant Last-Attempt-Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 19:55:35 -0800 (PST) Action: failed Status: 5.0.0 Diagnostic-Code: 501<user@user>... Sender domain must exist Received: from lists.suse.com (host1.colo.suse.com [209.144.167.132]) by emu.prod.itd.earthlink.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id KAA02889 for <ethant(a)earthlink.net>; Wed, 22 Mar 2000 10:45:39 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 25908 invoked by alias); 22 Mar 2000 18:45:36 -0000 Mailing-List: contact suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk list-help: <mailto:suse-linux-e-help@suse.com> list-unsubscribe: <mailto:suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com> list-post: <mailto:suse-linux-e@suse.com> X-Mailinglist: suse-linux-e Delivered-To: mailing list suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Received: (qmail 25901 invoked from network); 22 Mar 2000 18:45:36 -0000 Delivered-To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Sender: user@user Message-ID: <38D914CC.4B66BC21(a)valid.net> Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 12:45:32 -0600 From: Myname Is <user(a)valid.net> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.2.10 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com References: <002568AA.00395708.00(a)valid.host.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [SLE] SPAM filters Thanks, Greg -- 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/Doku/FAQ/

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Re: [SLE] Intel 486 DX2 processor and 2.2.14 kernel?
by alex＠daniloff.com 28 Mar '00

28 Mar '00

Hello, Thank you for your reply. Now my next question: What is better choice to connect my three printers to networking printer server? Should I do this over electronic automatic LPT1/2/3 switch connected to original LPT0 port on printer server? Or I should buy three parport ISA cards and connect each printer to one of them? I want to be able to print on these three printers independently and simultaneously if possible. Any suggestion are gladly appreciated. Thanks, Alex > You can get cheap parport ISA cards for about $5 a pop, make sure they have > a wide range of resources that you can jumper on them. (ie. make sure you > can change which LP, IRQ and IO it uses though jumpers on the board, and > make sure those resources are avaiable in the system you are installing them > in, or you will get a massive conflict resource headache). There is > switches out there, but most of the ones I have seen have to be 'flipped' by > hand, manually, so you could only print to one printer at a time. > > Jack -- 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/Doku/FAQ/

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[SLE] Updating SuSE 6.3 by FTP halts on libc.rpm...
by creimer＠rahul.net 28 Mar '00

28 Mar '00

Hi! The last couple of days I have been trying to update my SuSE 6.3 installation by using FTP over the Internet, but the process keeps hanging on d1/libc.rpm (a 12MB file). I decided to nuke the temp directory to see if I can get the process restarted. Hard drive space should not an issue since I have 83% free of a 6.4GB hard drive. I was able to retrieve 200 of 650 packages before this problem popped up. Any ideas? Also, while having the maximum bandwidth of a 56K modem connection to update my installation would highly efficient, but it also taking away bandwidth from other web users on the network. Any idea how I can throttle the bandwidth that's being used to retrieve the updated packages? Thanks! Christopher Reimer -- 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/Doku/FAQ/

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Re: [SLE] Database On Suse
by simeo＠nil.fut.es 28 Mar '00

28 Mar '00

A mar, 28 mar 2000, Jerry L Kreps va escriure: > PostgreSQL- very good: transaction tracking, objects, inheritance, > free. Even has a tcl app that mimicks Access in many ways called > pgaccess. Yes postgreSQL is very good and GPL'ed > MySQL - light footprint, NO transaction tracking, limited indexing, > no foreign keys, free. I believe that MySQL is NOT free, It's free only for non comercial use. -- ---------------- Simeó Reig simeo(a)tinet.org Barcelona (SPAIN) ----------------- -- 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/Doku/FAQ/

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Re: [SLE] IBM 730T Pen Based
by Linux＠KidsCare.Net 28 Mar '00

28 Mar '00

Linux <Linux(a)KidsCare.Net> said: >> He would rather run linux on it IF linux has pen driver support and >> writing recognition software. If it's not based on an Intel, Motorola or ARM processor, you're probably out of luck. -- -=|JP|=- Jon Pennington | Atipa Linux Solutions jpennington(a)atipa.com | http://www.atipa.com Kansas City, MO, USA | 816-241-2641 x121 Actually it's an intel 486 processor he only needs it to do hand writing recognition & sketching in gimp. I think the hard part for him will be to get the hand writting recognition software but dos and windows can do it why not linux? He's pretty obsessed with the odd machine. Ian -- 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/Doku/FAQ/

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[SLE] Partitions
by ferdinandobassi＠tiscalinet.it 27 Mar '00

27 Mar '00

Hi, SuSErs, just added a new slave HD to my system (PII 333, 128 Mb Ram). Now I'm looking for a suggestion about partitions.. Formatted everything, re-installed Windows 2K.. I have to reinstall SuSE 6.3 but now, for the first time, I have enough space to do a serious job. I have 1,7 Gb left in master HD and 2 Gb left in slave HD and they all are for Linux. How to partition them in order to have a *secure*, fast, clever and rational installation? How many partitions? How to mount them? I used to have two partition, one for / and the other for /usr, but now I think I can do better ;) TIA Ferdinando -- 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/Doku/FAQ/

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