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<H4>"Linux Gazette...<I>making Linux just a little more fun!</I>"</H4>
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<H3>Contents:</H3>
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<li><a HREF="#help">Help Wanted -- Article Ideas</a>
<li><a HREF="#gen">General Mail</a>
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Answers to these questions should be sent directly to the e-mail address of
the inquirer with or without a copy to gazette@ssc.com. Answers that are
copied to <I>LG</I> will be printed in the next issue in the Tips column.
<P> <STRONG>Before asking a question, please check the
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<p><em><strong>Viddy these well, little bruthers, viddy well. It
would seem that our friends 'ere, like, ave a problem with their
Linux boxes. If thou woulds't be so kind as to, like, give them a
little 'and, I'm sure they would love it, real horror-show like.
But first me little droogies, an introduction mabye in the
necessary. My name is </strong></em><a
href="mailto:iamalsogod@hotmail.com"><em><strong>Michael Williams</strong></em></a><em><strong>
and I live in the UK (Wales). As of now, I will be helping to
format the mailbag's columns. What's with all the blurb you ask?
Do we all speak like that it Wales. No! I'm actually basing my
character on Alex from &quot;A Clockwork Orange&quot;.</strong></em></p>
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<p><a name="redhatlit"><img src="../gx/envelope.gif" width="50"
height="35">Fri, 5 May 2000 12:49:43 +0200</a></p>
<p>From: Joseph Simushi &lt;<a
href="mailto:jsimushi@pulse.com.zm">jsimushi@pulse.com.zm</a>&gt;<br>
Subject: New User - Help</p>
<p>Hi,<br>
I am a new user of Linux and is running Red hat version 6.1.1
operating system. I am asking for your help in finding Materials
(Books, websites, CD-write-ups) on Linux to help me in the
Administering of this system. Regards,<br>
<br>
Simushi Joseph<br>
LAN Administrator<br>
PULSE Project<br>
P.O. Box RW 51269<br>
Lusaka<br>
Zambia. </p>
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<img src="../gx/envelope.gif" width="45" height="36"> Fri, 5 May
2000 15:24:48 +1000</p>
<p>From: Eellis &lt;<a href="mailto:abacus2@primus.com.au">abacus2@primus.com.au</a>&gt;<br>
Subject: Prepress Rip software<br>
<br>
Hi i like to find out is there any 3rd party or shareware
rip-software to use on postscript and pdf files instead of using
scitex or adobe rip.</p>
<p>Many Thanks From Down under.<br>
<br>
Ezra Ellis</p>
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<p><br>
<img src="../gx/envelope.gif" width="50" height="35"> Thu, 04 May
2000 20:35:28 -0400<br>
From: Raul Claros Urey &lt;<a
href="mailto:raul@upsaint.upsa.edu.bo">raul@upsaint.upsa.edu.bo</a>&gt;<br>
Subject: Help<br>
<br>
I'm using linux red hat, kernel 2.5.5 and when it is booting this
report the fallowing errors:</p>
<pre>RPC: sendmesg return error 105
Unable to send; errno = no buffer space available
NFS mountd: neighbour table overflow
Unable to register (mountd, 1, udp)
portmap: server localhost not responding, time out</pre>
<p>And I can't do anything the message &quot;neighbour table
overflow&quot; appears every time. do you know something about
it?<br>
<br>
Atte.<br>
Raul Claros Urey</p>
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<p><img src="../gx/envelope.gif" width="50" height="35"> Thu, 4
May 2000 04:34:58 EDT<br>
From: &lt;<a href="mailto:ERICSTMAUR@aol.com">ERICSTMAUR@aol.com</a>&gt;<br>
Subject: Password recovery for equinox database<br>
<br>
Do you know if I can find a software which recovered my password
on a equinox database? </p>
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<p><img src="../gx/envelope.gif" width="50" height="35"> Mon, 01
May 2000 20:22:18 +0800<br>
From: 61002144 &lt;<a href="mailto:61002144@snetfr.cpg.com.au">61002144@snetfr.cpg.com.au</a>&gt;<br>
Subject: resolution<br>
<br>
My comuter under linux redhat xwindow will only run 300x200
graphics. Even if I hit <font color="#000000">CTRL ALT +</font> ,
it wont change. I have a SiS620 Card with 8mb. Can you please
help. I have spent a lot of time on the internet, It seems other
people have the same problem but no one can help.<br>
<br>
Rudy Martignago </p>
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<p><img src="../gx/envelope.gif"> Sat, 29 Apr 2000 01:09:12 +0100<br>
From: Andy Blanchard &lt;<a
href="mailto:andyb@zocalo.demon.co.uk">andyb@zocalo.demon.co.uk</a>&gt;<br>
Subject: Help wanted - updating a Linux distro's ISO image </p>
<p>While downloading the newly posted kernel updates to RedHat
6.2 the following question arose in my mind the answer to which
might be of use to anyone who has to build numerous Linux boxes.
If one were to replace arbitrary RPM (or DEB, or ...) files on
the distro with updated versions and burn a new CDROM - would it
still install cleanly? If I understand this correctly the answer
to this is &quot;yes&quot; if the installer runs:<br>
<pre>rpm -install kernel-doc</pre>
But will be &quot;no&quot; (unless you can frig the install
script) if it runs:<br>
<pre>rpm -install kernel-doc-2.2.14-12.i386.rpm</pre>
Can anyone give me an answer? An inquiring mind wants to know...<br>
<br>
Andy.</p>
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<p><img src="../gx/envelope.gif" width="50" height="35">Sat, 6
May 2000 13:08:20 +0200<br>
From: Drasko Saric &lt;<a href="mailto:doktor@beotel.yu">doktor@beotel.yu</a>&gt;<br>
Subject: trouble with full partitions...<br>
<br>
Hi, I have a problem and I hope you'll help me. I have Linux SuSe
6.1 and WIN98 on one machine. Linux partition of 800MB is full
now, and I wish to add (if it's possible) an extra 800 MB to my
exisiting Linux partition from WIN98part, but I don't know how.
Can you help me? </p>
<p>Thanx in advance. Drasko,<br>
Belgrade, Yugoslavia </p>
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<p align="left"><img src="../gx/envelope.gif" width="50"
height="35">Sun, 07 May 2000 00:35:12 -0500<br>
From: edge or &lt;<a href="mailto:edge-op@mailcity.com">edge-op@mailcity.com</a>&gt;<br>
Subject: Help in setting up Red Hat as a dial-up server -- LG#53</p>
<p align="left">I have searched and searched for 2 months now and
can not get any info on how to set up a server for customers to
dial into and access the internet with mail accounts and such. I
have been to every news group and discussion I can find. No one
will give any information on how to set this up. The ONLY help or
answer I get is...:&quot;why do you want to be an ISP,<br>
they are to expensive to set up?&quot; Please have a
&quot;How-To&quot; for the beginner<br>
to set up an ISP for the first time? <br>
<br>
Thanks in advance.</p>
<h3>A reader writes:</h3>
<p>First, I hope you've received better answers in the
meantime. Second, I<br>
hope the following links helps (apologies for the mailcity
redirection<br>
stuff):<br>
<br>
<a href="http://alpha.greenie.net/mgetty/">http://alpha.greenie.net/mgetty/</a><br>
<br>
Notice about midway down the page there are links
specifically related to<br>
your question. This will get your callers connected to your
box.<br>
<br>
<a
href="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/fetchmail/index.html">http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/fetchmail/index.html</a><br>
<br>
This is nice for grabbing the mail and handing it off to
sendmail for<br>
local delivery.<br>
<br>
As for sendmail configuration, I'm clueless.</p>
<h3>Alex comments:</h3>
<p>You could also check out the this howto </em><a
href="http://www.linuxdocs.org/ISP-Setup-RedHat.html">http://www.linuxdocs.org/ISP-Setup-RedHat.html</a>.
It's meant for Red Hat systems, but I'm sure it could easily
be adapted for another distribution with little difficulty.
</p>
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<p><img src="../gx/envelope.gif" width="50" height="35">Mon, 8
May 2000 11:22:19 +0100 <br>
From: Steven Cowling &lt;<a
href="mailto:steven.cowling@sonera.com">steven.cowling@sonera.com</a>&gt;<br>
Subject: bread in fat_access not found (error from Redhat 6)<br>
<br>
The following error was scrolled down the screen: </p>
<pre>bread in fat_access not found </pre>
<p>We are running Redhat version 6 on a PC and it has been
running fine for about 6 months. The latest work done has been to
start using CVS which was installed with the initial installation
of Redhat. CVS has been working fine for about a week. Since the
bread error appeared we are unable to login either at the console
or remotely using telnet from windows. Every time we try to login
the &quot;login incorrect&quot; error appears. We have tried all
user names and root. The strange thing is that we can still use
CVS from our Windows machines using WinCVS 1.0.6 to login and
check files in and out. Basically we can't login normally at all.
Has any body seen this before? Or know what 'bread' is? Any help
or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. </p>
<p>Steve Cowling</p>
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<p><img src="../gx/envelope.gif" width="50" height="35">Mon, 8
May 2000 13:50:15 -0500 <br>
From: &lt;<a href="mailto:Stephen.W.Thomas@Nttc-Pen.Navy.Mil">Stephen.W.Thomas@Nttc-Pen.Navy.Mil</a>&gt;<br>
Subject: High Availability Hosting<br>
<br>
In you latest issue of Linux Gazette you have an article titled
&quot;Penguin power credited for 100.000% network
availability&quot;. This article mentions about different Classes
of Web Hosting based on Uptime. Where on the net can I find a
definitive source for these different classes?<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
Steve. </p>
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<p><img src="../gx/envelope.gif" width="50" height="35">Wed, 10
May 2000 09:49:25 -0400<br>
From: Ruven Gottlieb &lt;<a href="mailto:igadget@earthlink.net">igadget@earthlink.net</a>&gt;<br>
Subject: Redirecting kdm output from console to file<br>
<br>
Hi,<br>
<br>
I've been trying to figure out how to redirect console output
from tty1 to a file when starting kdm. <br>
<br>
I use an alias:
<pre>startx=&quot;startx &gt;&amp; /root/startx.txt&quot;</pre>
with startx to send output to
/root/startx.txt, but I can't figure out what to do to get the
same thing to happen with kdm.<br>
<br>
I'm suprised this isn't the default anyway. You can't read the
console output when starting kdm, and if you have mc or something
running on tty1, it gets trashed when kdm starts up.<br>
<br>
Thanks for your help.<br>
<br>
Ruven Gottlieb</p>
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<p><img src="../gx/envelope.gif" width="50" height="35">Tue, 09
May 2000 23:22:52 +0530<br>
From: &quot;pundu&quot; &lt;
<a href="mailto:pundu@mantraonline.com">pundu@mantraonline.com</a>&gt;<br>
Subject: calculate cpu load<br>
<br>
Hi,<br>
<br>
I would like to know how one can calculate cpu load and memory
used by processes as shown by 'top' command. It would be nice if
anyone can explain me how you could do these by writing your own
programs, or by any other means. </p>
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<p><img src="../gx/envelope.gif">Mon, 8 May 2000 10:32:25 +0000
(GMT)<br>
From: Jimmy O'Regan &lt;<a href="mailto:jimregan@litsu.ie">jimregan@litsu.ie</a>&gt;<br>
Subject: Is There a Version of PC/NFS for Linux? <br>
<br>
<br>
I have the O'Reilly book Managing NFS and NIS and there is a
section in the back of the book called PC/NFS describing a Unix
utility that enables a PC DOS machine to access a Unix machine
using the NFS file system as an extended DOS file system. I am
wondering if there is a Linux version of this available? </p>
<p>J.</p>
<blockquote>
<p><em>[As far as I was aware, that program is an NFS client
for the PC - it runs<br>
on DOS, and lets you use NFS from a remote UNIX box. If I'm
right, the<br>
standard version should work with Linux.<br>
<br>
You'd be better off setting up Samba though. It does what
you're looking<br>
for - makes Linux look like an MS server. This would be
better for Ghost,<br>
as Ghost works on MS shares. -Alex.]</em></p>
</blockquote>
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<p align="left"><img src="../gx/envelope.gif" width="50"
height="35">Mon, 1 May 2000 08:57:32 -0700<br>
From: lisa simpson &lt;<a href="mailto:rflores@pssi-intl.com">rflores@pssi-intl.com</a>&gt;<br>
Subject: Mandrake and tab<br>
<br>
When you hit the TAB key under a shell in Mandrake, it gives a
list instantly unlike in Redhat where you have to hit tab twice,
if there are several similar entries. How do I disable that
behavior? <br>
</p>
<blockquote>
<p><em>[Look in the shell manual page under the options
section. There are<br>
options you can set that control this behavior. I don't
remember<br>
the names offhand, and it's different for each shell. -Ed.]</em>
</p>
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<p><img src="../gx/envelope.gif" width="50" height="35">Thu, 11
May 2000 08:47:38 -0700<br>
From: &lt;<a href="mailto:agomez2@axtel.com.mx">agomez2@axtel.com.mx</a>&gt;<br>
Subject: Installation of Linux using an HP 486/25NI<br>
<br>
Hello,<br>
I hope that you can help me, I<>m new to linux and I<>m trying to
install it using an HP 486 25 MHz.<br>
The BIOS does not has the capability to recognize a second IDE
drive. (I have upgraded the BIOS to the latest available version
from HP website support)<br>
The Motherboard has an integrated NIC, (I also have a 3COM
3c509).<br>
I can not find the way to start the installation, since I have
Linux Mandrake as well as Turbolinux on CDROM.<br>
I have tried doing it using the CDROM of my second PC running
windows 98, with cisco TFTP server and a local LAN between both
PC<EFBFBD>s using a coax. 10 base2 cable.<br>
Where can I find a detailed explanation with some suggestions to
my problem? The manuals included with my linux flavours are not
detailed enough, they assume that I have a CDROM for linux
installation<br>
How about an installation from a FTP site?, where can I find some
DETAILED information about that?<br>
<br>
Thanks in advance for your help!<br>
<br>
Sincerely,<br>
<br>
Alex </p>
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<p><img src="../gx/envelope.gif" width="50" height="35">Thu, 11
May 2000 08:36:27 -0700<br>
From: NANCY Philippe &lt;<a href="mailto:Philippe.NANCY@UCB.FR">Philippe.NANCY@UCB.FR</a>&gt;<br>
Subject: Energy star support<br>
<br>
Last year I bought one of these cheap(er) east-asian PC computers
(like many of us ?) with the Energy Star feature (i.e. No more
need to press any button to power off). <br>
<br>
But this feature is implemented with M$ Win... and I've no idea
of the<br>
way they manage the hardware behind this process. <br>
<br>
So, as I recently installed a Corel distribution, I would like to
know if there is any mean to power off directly from Linux, and
not Shutdown-And-Restart, Open-M$Windows and Quit-From-There (and
Decrease-My-Coffee-Stock ;-} )<br>
<br>
Thank you for your help. </p>
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<p><img src="../gx/envelope.gif" width="50" height="35">Fri, 12
May 2000 07:02:37 -0700 (PDT)<br>
From: Surfer PR &lt;<a href="mailto:SurferPR1@excite.com">SurferPR1@excite.com</a>&gt;<br>
Subject: Help with Voodoo3</p>
<p>I have followed every instruction I could find on how to
install the voodoo3 and MESA and all the 3d tests run just
fine... but when I try to run any game that uses glide or mesa
(quakeII) I try all the renderes but it does not work and
continues to use the very lame software.... I have all my
resolutions set... I am mainly having problems with the
glide2x.so or something like that.. everything else in Linux
(Mandrake 7.0) is fine... </p>
<p>Please help me.</p>
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<p align="left"><img src="../gx/envelope.gif" width="50"
height="35">Mon, 15 May 2000 08:53:49 -0700<br>
From: &quot;VanTuyl, George&quot; &lt;<a
href="mailto:George.VanTuyl@voicestream.com">George.VanTuyl@voicestream.com</a>&gt;<br>
Subject: Backup to a CD- Re-Writeable drive<br>
<br>
I have been asked to put together a backup strategy for the
company's Red Hat 6.1 Linux gateway server. The backup medium
chosen &quot;not by this individual&quot; is a HP 9200I parallel
port CD re-writeable drive /burner. <br>
<br>
I would like to here some reflections and recommendations on this
strategy please.<br>
<br>
Thanks gvt.<br>
<br>
</p>
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<p align="left"><img src="../gx/envelope.gif" width="50"
height="35">Mon, 15 May 2000 12:33:44 +0100<br>
From: &lt;<a href="mailto:marco.brouwer@nl.abb.com">marco.brouwer@nl.abb.com</a>&gt;<br>
Subject: image<br>
<br>
Hi,<br>
<br>
Do you know where I can get the &quot;Dont fear the Penguis&quot;
logo names : linux-dont-f.jpg Or can you send it me...<br>
<br>
cu<br>
</p>
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<p align="left"><img src="../gx/envelope.gif" width="50"
height="35">Wed, 17 May 2000 13:15:28 -0400<br>
From: &quot;Jeff Houston&quot; &lt;<a
href="mailto:jhouston42@worldspy.net">jhouston42@worldspy.net</a>&gt;<br>
Subject: Video help<br>
<br>
Howdy I have 2 problems. First and foremost I believe is when I
boot up linux none of my window managers will work. In my old
computer they did but not in my new one. I think it is because my
graphics card is not compatible but not sure about that I know
that it is not listed in setup but neither was my graphics card
in my other computer. Anyway I went to the website of my graphics
card and they had a file to supposedly add support for my card to
linux but how do i go about installing it? It is gzipped and to
be honest I have no clue where I am or what I am doing once I get
logged in to linux without any of the window managers. I have
only had redhat about 3 days now:) Anyway I have the file I
supposedly need on a floppy, but dont have any idea what to do
with it now. Alos after I installed RedHat for some reason Win98
became EXTREMELY slow and is giving me probs and a lot of
programs not responding any idea why this is?<br>
Thanks for any and all help you can give me.<br>
<br>
signed, NEWBIE</p>
<blockquote>
<p><em>[It would seem that you are -extremely- confused here
Jeff. It would appear you have no idea how to use the BASH
prompt. Obviously, you need to read up upon the subject - </em><a
href="http://www.linuxdoc.org"><em>http://www.linuxdoc.org</em></a><em>
has a variety of tutorials and howtos for Linux. Have you
tried running 'Xconfigurator' (remember folks, it's case
sensative)? See if your graphics card is listed there. To
unzip a file that's gzipped, use the 'gunzip' command. That's
about as much as I can tell you, since you do not provide
enough information. As for your Win98 slowdown problem, I
really see no link between installing Linux and that type of
problem. Mabye I'm wrong, or mabye it's just you being a bit
paranoid :) -Alex.] </em></p>
</blockquote>
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<p><img src="../gx/envelope.gif" width="50" height="35">Wed, 17
May 2000 10:12:38 -0700<br>
From: &quot;Jeffrey X&quot; &lt;<a
href="mailto:krixsoft@hotmail.com">krixsoft@hotmail.com</a>&gt;<br>
Subject: &quot;run of input data&quot; error<br>
<br>
I recently compiled the RedHat kernel 2.2.12-20. Everything <br>
went well and I can start new kernel from lilo. Lilo.conf<br>
looks like:
....<
<pre>image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=linux
root=/dev/hda5
<br>
image=/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage
label=new
root=/dev/hda5
....</pre>
The problem I ran into is that I copied &quot;bzImage&quot; to
&quot;/boot/vmlinuz&quot;, ran lilo, and rebooted the system.
When I tried to start new kernel with label &quot;linux&quot;,
the system halted with the following messages:<br>
<pre>&quot;Loading linux.....&quot;
&quot;Uncompressing Linux......&quot;
ran out of imput data&quot;
&quot;-- System halted&quot;</pre>
Why? Where is the problem ? I had a 128MHz phsical RAM and 256MHz
/swap.<br>
Please help out.<br>
<br>
Tahnks!<br>
<br>
Linux Newbie<br>
<br>
</p>
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<p align="left"><img src="../gx/envelope.gif" width="50"
height="35">17 May 2000 13:12:55 -0000<br>
From: &quot;narender malhan&quot; &lt;<a
href="mailto:malhan@rediffmail.com">malhan@rediffmail.com</a>&gt;<br>
Subject: linuxsoftwareraid HELP<br>
<br>
Dear Sir,<br>
<br>
I want to configure my linux box for mirroring(RAID1) with SCSI
cards. I<br>
want help or HOWTO documents regarding this.<br>
<br>
Hope u 'll reply soon,<br>
<br>
waiting for an early reply,<br>
<br>
yours,<br>
singh.<br>
</p>
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<p align="left"><img src="../gx/envelope.gif" width="50"
height="35">Mon, 22 May 2000 11:56:08 +0200<br>
From: REVET Bernard &lt;<a href="mailto:bmrevet@igr.fr">bmrevet@igr.fr</a>&gt;<br>
Subject: VIRUSES on the Net !!!<br>
<br>
Many articles have been written in the press concerning the virus
&quot;I love You &quot; and similar one<br>
It would be appreciated to have a general article in the Linux
Gazette about the problem of viruses as many computers have both
Microsoft Windows and Linux installed . What are the protections
of Linux against virus intrusions ? What<br>
differentiates Microsoft OS from Linux concerning this problem?
Is it safe or reasonable to continue to use Microsoft Windows as
it costs so much to the community to get rid of these viruses? To
these financial worries one can add updating systems 95 Versions,
98, Millenium , plus WWW browser plus bugs plus plus.</p>
<p align="left">Bernard<br>
</p>
<blockquote>
<p><em>[I'm sure it's been said before, many, many times.
But, just for the point of clarity, I'l say it again. Virii
(viruses) are virtually a non-issue in Linux, especially
those like the love bug. I myself have never expereinced that
particular virus, but I've read about Linux users who have,
and, after using a bit of common sense, I've come to the
conclusion that it could not affect a Linux box. Why? The
love bug is a Visual BASIC script designed to run on Windows
computers. Under Linux, you could just download the script
and read it, without it doing any damage to your system. Most
virii will have little affect on Linux, most are
Windows-centric, and only designed to run under the
aforementioned GUI. There are virus scanners available for
Linux, and true, there are Linux specific Virii. However, I
wouldn't waste the time of the download if I was you - the
odds of you getting one are -extremely low-. Thankyou, and
goodnight. -Alex.]</em></p>
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height="35">Sat, 20 May 2000 12:02:59 -0500 (COT)<br>
From: Servicios Telematicos &lt;<a
href="mailto:servicios@r220h253.telecom.com.co">servicios@r220h253.telecom.com.co</a>&gt;<br>
Subject: Missing root password<br>
<br>
Hello<br>
I use linux red hat 6.1 but my friend Fabian change the lilo
configurations and the root password. Please help me. <br>
<br>
I need change the lilo configuration and root password.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<br>
victoriano sierra<br>
Barranquilla <br>
Colombia</p>
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Thu, 11 May 2000 13:19:41 -0500
<BR>From: Juan Pablo &lt;<A HREF="mailto:j_pablo18@yahoo.com">j_pablo18@yahoo.com</A>&gt;
<BR>Subject: Linux
<P> Hello, I want to know if there is books, texts, etc. of linux in spanish
. Where explains HOW TO USE it?
Thanks!!!
<BLOCKQUOTE> <EM>
[See below about an upcoming Spanish translation of the </EM>Gazette<EM>. Also,
the </EM>Linux Journal<EM> site has a section listing the Linux Users Groups in
many countries. Perhaps you can find one near you. Where are you located?
<A HREF="http://www.linuxjournal.com/glue">http://www.linuxjournal.com/glue</A> . -Ed.]
</EM> </BLOCKQUOTE>
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Thu, 11 May 2000 13:19:41 -0500
<BR>From: Warren &lt;<A HREF="mailto:warren@guano.org">warren@guano.org</A>&gt;
<BR>Subject: Spiro Linux
<P> Were you ever contacted by someone at Spiro Linux? I am searching for
information on the distribution, but the published website,
<A HREF="http://www.spiro-linux.com">http://www.spiro-linux.com</A>, is not
answering.
<H3>The Editor wrote:</H3>
<P> No, I haven't. The domain doesn't exist now. You can try a search
engine. I'm printing this in case one of our readers knows.
<H3>Warren responded:</H3>
<P> I called the number for SPIRO-Linux, +1 (402) 375-4337, and an automated
attendent identified the company as "Inventive Communications".
<P> Web searches turn up a lot of reviews, but no news on what happened to
the company.
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Thu, 11 May 2000 13:19:41 -0500
<BR>From: &lt;<A HREF="mailto:jshock@linuxfreemail.com">jshock@linuxfreemail.com</A>&gt;
<BR>Subject: Windoze 98 under WINE
<P> I know wine is meant for running windows applications, but
is it also possible to just run windows 98 from within
linux using Wine? I tried to run win.com with wine, but
i got a dosmod error of some sort. If it is possible to
run windoze 98 under linux WINE then please tell me how;
thanx in advance.
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Thu, 11 May 2000 13:19:41 -0500
<BR>From: Eric Ford &lt;<A HREF="mailto:eford@eford.student.princeton.edu">eford@eford.student.princeton.edu</A>&gt;
<BR>Subject: read-only -&gt; read/write
<P> Back when I ran NetBSD, there was a way I could mount (or link?) a directory
from a read-only medium (CD-ROM, NFS that I only have read permission for,
etc.) to a directory on my hard disk as read-write. If I added a file
to the directory, it would be stored on my hd. If I modified a file,
then it would save my version on my hd and transparently use that version
rather the version on the ro medium. If I deleted a file, it stored
something locally so it knew to make it appear as if that file wasn't
there.
<P> Can I do this in Linux? If so, how?
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Thu, 11 May 2000 13:19:41 -0500
<BR>From: Amrit Rajbansh &lt;<A HREF="mailto:amrit_101@rediffmail.com">amrit_101@rediffmail.com</A>&gt;
<BR>Subject: remote login methods
<P> My workstation has presently a damaged hard disk is there any provision
that i can directly boot from the server using a linux bootable floppy,instead
of installing a new hardisk in the work station
<P> waiting eagerly for your reply
<a name="gen"></a>
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Sat, 29 Apr 2000 13:02:46 +0200
<BR>From: Jan-Hendrik Terstegge &lt;<A HREF="mailto:helge@jhterstegge.de">helge@jhterstegge.de</A>&gt;
<BR>Subject: Linux Gazette - German translation
<P> Hi folks.
<P> I love the Linux Gazette, but the last time I think there are more and more
Linux users in Germany who didn't speak english (yes it's possible to use
Linux without speaking English. The SuSE does a very good translation) or have
really problems to speak it.
I think most of them want to learn a lot about Linux, but there are not so much
german-languaged Pages.
So I think if would be nice if there are some guys speaking english and german
very well who help me to translate the Linux Gazette.
<BLOCKQUOTE> <EM>
[As you know, we very much like to see versions of the Gazette in other
languages. If you can translate a few articles per issue and put them
up on a web site, that will be a start. Perhaps seeing the articles
there will encourage some other people to offer to help. Remember to add
your site to our mirrors list using the form at the bottom of
<A HREF="http://www.linuxgazette.com/mirrors.html">http://www.linuxgazette.com/mirrors.html</A>-Ed.]
</EM> </BLOCKQUOTE>
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Wed, 3 May 2000 08:33:41 -0700
<BR>From: Karin Bakker
<BR>Subject: Re: Linux gazette in a German version
How can I get the gazette in a German version ?
<BLOCKQUOTE><EM>
[A German-speaking reader or group will have to translate it and host it
on their web site.
This is how all our foreign-language mirrors work.
<P> Just this week I get a letter from somebody who may be willing to
translate part of it but he's looking for others to do some of the
work. Let's see if I can find his e-mail address...
Here it is:
Jan-Hendrik Terstegge &lt;<A HREF="mailto:helge@jhterstegge.de">helge@jhterstegge.de</A>&gt;
<P> Would you like to speak with him and see if you guys can figure out
how to get a translation off the ground? -Ed.]
</EM> </BLOCKQUOTE>
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Sun, 30 Apr 2000 10:14:36 -0400
<BR>From: usrloco &lt;<A HREF="mailto:usrloco@userlocal.com">usrloco@userlocal.com</A>&gt;
<BR>Subject: userlocal.com
<P> I just wanted to thank you for listing my site
(<A HREF="http://userlocal.com">userlocal.com</A>) in the May
issue of Linux Gazette.
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Mon, 1 May 2000 21:58:34 -0500
<BR>From: Brad Schrunk &lt;<A HREF="mailto:schrunk@mediaone.net">schrunk@mediaone.net</A>&gt;
<BR>Subject: SuSE Linux and Microsoft medialess OS
<P> Dear Linux Supporters:
<P> I have started playing around with SuSE Linux and am impressed with the
product. I have been a died in the wool Microsoft user for the last
eight years. I have seen them step on a lot of folks and that is part
of business. I have also put up with their mindless CD keys that make a
network administrators life miserable. Not copy protected is what it
said on all of their software. That was until they controlled the market
now everything is copy protected.
<P> But the latest rumor or plan that Microsoft has put me over the edge. I
read the an article in the May 1, 2000 issue of INFO WORLD that
Microsoft now wants to jam a "medialess OS" down our throats. The
article is entitled "Users find Microsoft's medialess anti piracy play
hard to swallow" explains their latest attempt to stop software piracy.
This is it for me.
<P> I have been an ardent supporter up till this. I want to convert to
something else. The problems are my word, access and other apps that use
MS apps. Is there a way to continue to use these apps without Microsoft
OS. Or is there a way to emulate win apps or is there other apps that
transparently use their files? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Wed, 3 May 2000 21:02:05 +0200
<BR>From: Alan Ward &lt;<A HREF="mailto:award@mypic.ad">award@mypic.ad</A>&gt;
<BR>Subject: RE: Here comes another article
<P> Just a line to mention I liked a lot the new look.
You also did well to put the programs in separate
files.
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Sat, 06 May 2000 01:53:15 -0400
<BR>From: Charlie Robinson &lt;<A HREF="mailto:crrobin@iglou.com">crrobin@iglou.com</A>&gt;
<BR>Subject: New Logo
<P> Sir,
<P> I am very excited about Linux and the work that you and your staff
perform. Because I am very much a "newbie", I turn to your web site
religiously every month. Thanks for all of the hand holding and the
impressive looking new logo - I like it.
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Thu, 18 May 2000 11:28:04 +0100
<BR>From: Paul Sims &lt;<A HREF="mailto:psims@lombard.co.uk">psims@lombard.co.uk</A>&gt;
<BR>Subject: new logo
<P> Nice new logo - well done!
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<BR>From: Linux Gazette &lt;<A HREF="mailto:gazette@ssc.com">gazette@ssc.com</A>&gt;
<BR>Subject: Rsync
Ewen McNeill &lt;<A HREF="mailto:ewen@catalyst.net.nz">ewen@catalyst.net.nz</A>&gt;
and others wrote in about difficulties mirroring <EM>LG</EM> after we installed
wu-ftpd. In response, we have installed anonymous <CODE>rsync</CODE> also.
Many people
find <CODE>rsync</CODE> more convenient to use than <CODE>mirror</CODE>, and
it also has the advantage that it transfers only the changed portions of files,
saving bandwidth.
<P> Hints for using <CODE>rsync</CODE> with <EM>Linux Gazette</EM> are in the
<A HREF="../faq/index.html#rsync"><EM>LG</EM> FAQ, question 14</A>.
-Ed.
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Tue, 09 May 2000 01:46:50 -0500
<BR>From: Felipe E. Barousse &lt;<A HREF="mailto:fbarousse@piensa.com">fbarousse@piensa.com</A>&gt;
<BR>Subject: Spanish translation of Linux Gazette
<P> Sirs:
<P> I noticed on your
<A HREF="http://download.dnttm.ro/lg/mirrors.html">
mirrors list</A> that there are "none known"
translations to Spanish of Linux Gazette.
<P> We are a Linux consulting firm based in Mexico City and with operations
all across Latin America and the Caribbean.
<P> We would like to take the task of translating LG into Spanish. We are
able to coordinate a team of technical translators, Linux / Unix
specialized and, eventually, when translated, host those pages in our
web site.
<P> I would like to know your opinion about this idea and, if approved,
make all required arrangements for this to happen. We are also open to
discuss any other outstanding issues to accomplish this project.
<P> Hoping to hear from you soon.
<BLOCKQUOTE> <EM>
[The translation is expected to go live on June 1 at
<A HREF="http://www.piensa.com">http://www.piensa.com</A>. The site has
been added to the mirrors list. -Ed.]
</EM> </BLOCKQUOTE>
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Wed, 10 May 2000 13:50:05 -0400
<BR>From: Aurelio_Mart&iacute;nez_Dalis &lt;<A HREF="mailto:aureliomd@cantv.net">aureliomd@cantv.net</A>&gt;
<BR>Subject: Suscribing Information
<P> My Name is Aurelio Martinez (aureliomd@cantv.net).I am a linux
beginner, and I have access to Internet only by e-mail. Is it possible
to receive Linux Gazzete in HTML format by e-mail ? Thanks.
<BLOCKQUOTE> <EM>
<P> [Quoting from the
<A HREF="http://www.linuxgazette.com/faq/index.html">LG FAQ</A>:
<P> The Gazette is too big to send via e-mail. Issue #44 is 754 KB;
the largest issue (#34) was 2.7 MB. Even the text-only version of #44 is
146 K compressed, 413 K uncompressed. If anybody wishes to distribute
the text version via e-mail, be my guest. There is an announcement
mailing list where I announce each issue; e-mail
lg-announce-request@ssc.com with "subscribe" in the message body to
subscribe. Or read the announcement on comp.os.linux.announce.
<P> You'll have to either read the web version or download the FTP
files.
<P> I asked our sysadmin whether we could set up a mailing list for the
</EM>Gazette<EM> issues themselves, and he was unwilling, again because of the
size issue. Many mail transport systems are configured to reject messages
larger than 1 or 1.5 MB. "And I don't want my sysadmin mailbox stuffed chock
full of bounced 4M emails."
</EM><H4>Note to mirrors:</H4><EM>
<P> We receive at least one request a month to send the </EM>Gazette<EM> via
e-mail. So there is definitely reader demand for it. If you wish to offer
</EM>Gazette<EM> via e-mail, you would need to send out the current issue's
FTP file along with <STRONG>lg-base-new</STRONG> (the changed shared files)
every month. Users would somehow need access to <STRONG>lg-base</STRONG>
(all the shared files) when they subscribe and whenever they reinstall the
<STRONG>Gazette</STRONG>. I don't know how you would handle changes to the
FTP files later (i.e., corrections to back issues). -Ed.]
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<BR>From: Shelter-Afrique &lt;<A HREF="mailto:info@shelterafrique.co.ke">info@shelterafrique.co.ke</A>&gt;
<BR>Subject: Compliments
<P> Thanks 4 maintaining this great magazine - its been really helpful!
<P> D. S. Daju
<BLOCKQUOTE> <EM>
[Thanks for the vote of encouragement. -Ed.]
</EM> </BLOCKQUOTE>
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Mon, 22 May 2000 09:11:22 EDT
<BR>From: &lt;<A HREF="mailto:LFessen106@aol.com">LFessen106@aol.com</A>&gt;
<BR>Subject: Kudo's
<P> Hello!
My name is Linc Fessenden and I first want to congratulate you on an
outstanding magazine! I also happen to run a Linux User Group (Lehigh Valley
Linux User Group) in eastern Pennsylvania. We were wondering if you might be
willing to donate any promotional item(s) that we could give away at a
meeting to help increase Linux enthusiasm and awareness, and also to promote
the Gazette? Please let me know, and keep up the great work!
<BLOCKQUOTE><EM>
[Thanks for the feedback. We do not currently have any Gazette-specific
merchandise. I have forwarded your request to our GLUE coordinator
(GLUE = Groups of Linux Users Everywhere,
<A HREF="http://www.linuxjournal.com/glue">http://www.linuxjournal.com/glue</A>)
who can give you further info. -Ed.]
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Sat, 20 May 2000 12:55:34 +0200
<BR>From: Maciej Jablonski &lt;<A HREF="mailto:maciekj@pik-net.pl">maciekj@pik-net.pl</A>&gt;
<BR>Subject: a comment about page
<P> On Polish version version of on-line Linux Gazette there are empty sides,
for example: Accessing Linux from DOS!?
<BLOCKQUOTE><EM>
[Could you please send me some URLs that have the wrong behavior so I
can see what the problem is? The
<A HREF="http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue01to08/linux_gazette.html#ext2tool">master copy</A>
(all the way back in issue #1) is coming up fine.
<P> Each mirror is responsible for its own site. We do not update the mirrors
centrally. -Ed.]
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Sun, 30 Apr 2000 06:14:54 +0200
<BR>From: Meino Cramer &lt;<A HREF="mailto:user@domain.nospam.com">user@domain.nospam.com</A>&gt;
<BR>Subject: Moonlight-Atelier 3D ... sigh
<P> Dear Editor!
<P> In on one of the articles of issue 53 of the Linux Gazette
Moonlight Atelier 3D is mentioned as a 3D-modeller and raytracer.
<P> Unfortunately this program has been taken from the WEB for
what reason ever.
<P> Please take a look at
<A HREF="http://www.moonlight3D.org">www.moonlight3D.org</A>.
<P> I have used this program before its "shutdown" and I am really sad,
that there is neither suppport nor any updates any more.
<P> May be you can achieve some informations about this case ?
<P> Thank you very much for your help and for the <EM>Linux Gazette!</EM>
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