December 1999 - main

SuSE 6.3
by Andrew.Chandler＠ft.com 18 Jan '00

18 Jan '00

Hi Chaps... I've got SuSE 6.3 running here. Got the boxed copy with all the install disks. Lots of new stuff. Nice new Pentium III and ~20GBytes of disk to play with in the morning! When's the ALUG? No one actually finalised when/where it would be. 11th/12th of December still on? Andi p.s. Anythings after this line is not my fault, so don't complain to me!!! -------- Please visit the web site of the Financial Times at http://www.ft.com This E-Mail is intended for the use of the addressee only and may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use or dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you receive this transmission in error, please notify us immediately then delete this E-Mail. postmaster(a)ft.com [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] [ SUBJECTs of "unsubscribe alug" and "subscribe alug-announce" ] [ to listserver(a)stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ]

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Debian problems
by Adam Bower 02 Jan '00

02 Jan '00

Hi guys, Thought I'd get this question in before everyone gets hammered (or not as the case may be) tonight. I just update to Debian Potato with apt-get dist-upgrade (8 hours on dial-up) and I'm now having a couple of problems. The first is that when I upgraded it only downloaded kernel 2.2.12, why is this as I'm sure 2.2.13 was listed in the mirror and is there anyway to just apt-get the patch? the other main problem I'm having is with xdm when I exit the xserver, ps ax reports xdm as running but the svga server doesn't respawn leaving me with a blank logon screen. Also has anyone got recommendations for a MTA to use with Debian is exim any good? and what about news I figure I will be using slrn to read news but do I want to use suck or leafnode? is there anything better? If you can help guys I will be very happy as I may be able to wave goodbye to Windows 98 for the new year. Have a good time tonight whatever you do. Adam [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] [ SUBJECTs of "unsubscribe alug" and "subscribe alug-announce" ] [ to listserver(a)stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ]

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ICMP Failed Checksums
by Martyn Drake 29 Dec '99

29 Dec '99

Has anybody come across a situation whereby the kernel generates something along the lines of in /var/log/messages:- ICMP failed checksum from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is a local (in the non-private rage) IP address. I'll be darned if I can figured out why the kernel is chucking these out. If necessary, I'll have to do a kernel rebuild. Regards, Martyn -- Martyn Drake - ICQ: #55962636 Systems Administrator, NetDirect Internet Ltd NetDirect Internet -> http://www.netdirect.net.uk NetDirect Online -> http://www.ndo.com [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] [ SUBJECTs of "unsubscribe alug" and "subscribe alug-announce" ] [ to listserver(a)stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ]

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Merry Xmas
by John Woodard 25 Dec '99

25 Dec '99

As header - to one and all. Cheers, BJ [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] [ SUBJECTs of "unsubscribe alug" and "subscribe alug-announce" ] [ to listserver(a)stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ]

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Apache guru wanted
by jg＠cyberstorm.demon.co.uk 24 Dec '99

24 Dec '99

Hi there, Anyone running apache with a domain name that has multiple sub-domains (Gareth->Linux.com, desktops.linux.com.... rings a bell)? I've got www.linuxnewbie.com working fine with documentroot pointing at /www/lnc, and I'd like to get my.linuxnewbie.com pointing at /www/lnc/my. Problem is very basic: my.linuxnewbie.com/images/ and my.lnc/whatever no longer work for obvious reason (unless I put horrible symlinks in). I gather this can be overcome with the RewriteEngine/RewriteRule directives, but Apache complains they're not recognised. This has to be a fairly basic thing to do. Anyone able to help? Thanks and Merry Christmas to you all! -- James Green jg(a)cyberstorm.demon.co.uk Site Manager jg(a)linuxnewbie.com LinuxNewbie.com LNC http://www.cyberstorm.demon.co.uk/ [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] [ SUBJECTs of "unsubscribe alug" and "subscribe alug-announce" ] [ to listserver(a)stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ]

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Corel Linux Deluxe not for Europe
by Andrew.Chandler＠ft.com 16 Dec '99

16 Dec '99

I guess we'll just have to get the North American version then!! ALUG5? Laurie was talking about coinsiding it with another bash. Not sure what the plan is though? Andi Green J M K <jmkgre(a)essex.ac.uk> on 10/12/99 12:54:50 To: alug(a)stu.uea.ac.uk cc: (bcc: Andrew Chandler/PSD/LONDON/FTI) Subject: [alug] Corel Linux Deluxe not for Europe Corel has struct a licencing problem with 3rd-party non-GPLed software included in it's forthcoming Deluxe Linux distribution and as such it cannot be distributed "over the pond". This should make for an interesting discussion over freedom/licencing. News here: http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/1999/48/ns-12056.html Btw, are we calling ALUG #5 a January date now, it's a little late for December now..? James. ********************************************************************* * Please visit the web site of the Financial Times at: * * http://www.ft.com * * * * This E-Mail is intended for the use of the addressee only and may * * contain confidential information. If you are not the intended * * recipient, you are hereby notified that any use or dissemination * * of this communication is strictly prohibited. * * If you receive this transmission in error, please notify us * * immediately then delete this E-Mail. * * * * * postmaster(a)ft.com * ********************************************************************* [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] [ SUBJECTs of "unsubscribe alug" and "subscribe alug-announce" ] [ to listserver(a)stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ]

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Domain names OT
by John Woodard 14 Dec '99

14 Dec '99

I know this is off topic but a good friend has asked me to register a .co.uk domain name for him. Where is the best place to do this? Didn't one of you work for an ISP in Norwich somewhere? Any advice appreciated etc. He also wants a file and print server to replace an old Mac box that has died. Samba? I think so. Cheers, BJ [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] [ SUBJECTs of "unsubscribe alug" and "subscribe alug-announce" ] [ to listserver(a)stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ]

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RC scripts
by jg＠cyberstorm.demon.co.uk 13 Dec '99

13 Dec '99

Hi all, Since I'm coding LNC every day it makes sense to get apache going on boot. However, trying to get this going through RH6.0's rc scripts is proving less than entertaining :-( In /etc/rc.d/rc.local I have put the following in: if [-f /etc/rc.d/init.d/apache ]; then /etc/rc.d/init.d/apache start fi /etc/rc.d/init.d/apache appears to be the same as other init scripts but obviously catering for apache. The variable pointing at the executable is fine, but then I don't think this is the problem since I don't receive any messages whlie booting. In fact if I didn't know better, I would think that the code above isn't being executed whatsoever. Before you ask, ls -l /etc/rc.d/init.d/apache: -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 504 Oct 8 23:46 apache Can anyone make sense of this? Regards, -- James Green jg(a)cyberstorm.demon.co.uk Site Manager jg(a)linuxnewbie.com LinuxNewbie.com LNC http://www.cyberstorm.demon.co.uk/ [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] [ SUBJECTs of "unsubscribe alug" and "subscribe alug-announce" ] [ to listserver(a)stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ]

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PCAnswers CD solution?
by MJ Ray 13 Dec '99

13 Dec '99

I don't think I've seen this news posted yet: "Anyway - all the CDs are being replaced free of charge to the readers, with a few extra goodies on there to make up for the hassle. I was up in Bath sorting this wee mess out yesterday, and the new CDs are going to be ready to go by the end of next week." Is that a good solution? MJR [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] [ SUBJECTs of "unsubscribe alug" and "subscribe alug-announce" ] [ to listserver(a)stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ]

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Corel Linux Deluxe not for Europe
by Green J M K 10 Dec '99

10 Dec '99

Corel has struct a licencing problem with 3rd-party non-GPLed software included in it's forthcoming Deluxe Linux distribution and as such it cannot be distributed "over the pond". This should make for an interesting discussion over freedom/licencing. News here: http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/1999/48/ns-12056.html Btw, are we calling ALUG #5 a January date now, it's a little late for December now..? James. [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] [ SUBJECTs of "unsubscribe alug" and "subscribe alug-announce" ] [ to listserver(a)stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ]

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