The command: tar -zxvf guilg00.tar.gz Gives: gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--format violated tar: Child returned status 1 Terry <eck.ti.com> On Fri, 18 Dec 1998, charles verge wrote:

a tar xvfz GUIKGOO.GZ should do it is a tar.gz file but does not have the .tar.gz extension

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Seems that Netscape, in certain styles of downloads will unzip (as in gunzip) the file as it comes. Thus you are left with a tarred file but still retaining the original gz extension. Just use a tar xvf xxxx at that point. That's what happened to me, anyway. ---------------------------------- Arlen Carlson adcarlso@visinet.ca Prof: So the American government went to IBM to come up with a data encryption standard and they came up with ... Student: EBCDIC!" This message was sent by XFmail (Linux) -o) /\\ _\_v The penguins are coming... the penguins are coming... ---------------------------------- - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

It is not Netcsape, it is server. Obviously misconfigured, since it does not change the extention. Not that I know anything, just learned it the painful way.

I seen netscape change the extention but not de compress it so you have a file.tar that is a .tar.gz. You should hold shift down then click to down load with netscape. charles <A HREF="http://theverge.com"><A HREF="http://theverge.com</A">http://theverge.com</A</A>> - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

Terrance L Eck <eck@ti.com> wrote:

Thanks for the reply,

I am forced to download it via Netscape. I don't know how Netscape determined binary/ascii. Is there a switch/option to insure binary under Netscape. In the past I've never had problems with normal files called *.gz or *.rpm but for some reason I've trouble with *.GZ. Any ideas?

Terry

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On Sat, 19 Dec 1998, W.D.McKinney wrote:

Terrance L Eck <eck@ti.com> wrote:

...

Thanks for the reply,

I am forced to download it via Netscape. I don't know how Netscape determined binary/ascii. Is there a switch/option to insure binary under Netscape. In the past I've never had problems with normal files called *.gz or *.rpm but for some reason I've trouble with *.GZ. Any ideas?

Terry

Just use tar xvf GUILGOO.GZ in a sub-directory of choice.

-Dee

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I use Netscape also....in the save file as dialog there is abox to sqitch from binary to source to text format..... On Sat, 19 Dec 1998, you wrote: >Terrance L Eck wrote: >>

...

Thanks for the reply,

I am forced to download it via Netscape. I don't know how Netscape determined binary/ascii. Is there a switch/option to insure binary under Netscape. In the past I've never had problems with normal files called *.gz or *.rpm but for some reason I've trouble with *.GZ. Any ideas?

I've gotten in the habit, of downloading by right-clicking on the link, then choose "save as". It seems to always work. If you left-click on a link, it will sometimes open a binary file, because the Navigator Applications setting for the file is open, rather than "save to disk". You can change these behaviors in "preferences".

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On Sat, 19 Dec 1998, Terrance L Eck wrote:

Thanks for the reply,

I am forced to download it via Netscape. I don't know how Netscape determined binary/ascii. Is there a switch/option to insure binary under Netscape. In the past I've never had problems with normal files called *.gz or *.rpm but for some reason I've trouble with *.GZ. Any ideas?

I just followed the instructions on the download site, which were to copy the file GUILG00.GZ to its own directory, and: gunzip GUILG00.GZ which should give you a file called GUILG00 Then: tar -xvf GUILG00 which extracts a set of files including Runme. I executed Runme and had it installed in 5 minutes. First impressions, very favourable. Phil -- Philip Stokes Email: phil@stokes.demon.co.uk Fax: +44 (0)870 164 1242 - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

Terrance L Eck wrote:

Thanks for the reply,

I am forced to download it via Netscape. I don't know how Netscape determined binary/ascii. Is there a switch/option to insure binary under Netscape. In the past I've never had problems with normal files called *.gz or *.rpm but for some reason I've trouble with *.GZ. Any ideas?

Terry

I got the file several times for different locations. 1. The file at www.download.com would not download; netscape aborted it (3x, same result) when tried from that location. No prob w/ netscape d/l'ing the file from www.cdrom.com and another location. 2. The GZ file _I_ got was really a .tar file and was not gzipped (despite the .GZ extension.) Just treat it as a .tar file and go on. -- Regards, Jep ________________________________ Penguin inside! Now, THAT'S cool! _________________________________ - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

I downloaded the same file with LYNX, and I doubt about lynx to "uncompress" .gz files... Try fo "view" the kind of file contents by using "file" command. file GUILG00.GZ --- From: Nicholas Henke <henken@seas.upenn.edu> To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SuSE Linux] WordPerfect 8 i.e.:GUILGOO.GZ Date sent: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 14:56:54 -0500 Send reply to: suse-linux-e@suse.com

It sounds like netscape has decompressed the filesa s you downloaded them. Try untaring them with the command tar xvf filename. Make sure ya put them in their own directory first or thing might get a little messy. -- Nicholas Henke University of Pennsylvania Class of 2002 215-417-6418 Linux User # 97849 ---------------------- "To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and call whatever you hit the target" ---------------------- "I'm confused, but it's working, and I'm sure I'll understand it eventually."

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On 18-Dec-98 Dana J. Laude wrote:

After installation go to: <A HREF="https://livewire.corel.com/wp8LinuxReg/register.html">https://livewire.corel.com/wp8LinuxReg/register.html</A> and fill in *just* the required info to get your key. (if you fill in the extra stuff the thing will hang.)

I've met this autoparalytic registration form before. The trick is to select your Country LAST OF ALL -- i.e. skip it, fill in whatever else you want to fill in, then come back to it. If you do the Country when you come to it in normal sequence, and continue past it, then it hangs. Don't ask me why, but it seems to be a feature of that registration form. All the best, Ted. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding@nessie.mcc.ac.uk> Date: 18-Dec-98 Time: 22:16:25 -------------------------------------------------------------------- - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

...

If you do the Country when you come to it in normal sequence, and continue past it, then it hangs. Don't ask me why, but it seems to be a feature of that registration form. Is this with netscape ? any way it seems to be a bug that III have seen before.

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Richard King wrote:

Can someone please recommend a simple and reasonably accurate way of setting the time of day from a remote server?

I've d/loaded and even succeeded (I think!) in compiling xntpd -

Hi Dana: I would be greatful for the script - I'm plowing through the docs for xntpd, and feeling more stupid by the moment... I think I actually have it running, but I'm really not sure! I have my system at work 99.5 the Real Audio Encoder, under Linux (SuSE 5.3, naturally) and now just need to get an accurate time-check so that I can start recording at more or less the same time the audio starts playing-out.... Tks Richard King Johannesburg <A HREF="http://www.channelafrica.org"><A HREF="http://www.channelafrica.org</A">http://www.channelafrica.org</A</A>> On Sat, 19 Dec 1998, you wrote:

Richard King wrote:

...

Can someone please recommend a simple and reasonably accurate way of setting the time of day from a remote server?

I have a small perl script here, works well. If you're interested I can attach it to you via email.

Dana

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charles verge wrote:

...

...

If you do the Country when you come to it in normal sequence, and continue past it, then it hangs. Don't ask me why, but it seems to be a feature of that registration form. Is this with netscape ?

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<PRE> This is an old problem I found with Netscape that 'sometimes', after using a drop-down list, the form will no longer accept keyboard input. I have filled a bug report about this some time ago when I was still using NS 4.0x but I guess it never made it into 4.5. Avi morph wrote:

I got the same problem running Netscape 4.5 - however, there is another way around it. I found that if I minimised then restored the netscape window, the cursor would start to function again. I doubt that it could be a feature of the windowmanager I'm running, but just in case, it's Window Maker 0.20.3

-- Avi Schwartz Stable System, n.: to.avi@usa.net The result of shutting down Windows </PRE> <A HREF="bin00015.bin"> S/MIME Cryptographic Signature</A></P>

I got the same problem running Netscape 4.5 - however, there is another way around it. I found that if I minimised then restored the netscape window, the cursor would start to function again. I doubt that it could be a feature of the windowmanager I'm running, but just in case, it's Window Maker 0.20.3

Pete

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