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Re: [Alug] Netscape 4.77 cache question
by Edenyard 16 Dec '01

16 Dec '01

Many thanks to Ricardo and Ian for suggesting to set "Compare pages = NEVER". This seems to improve the situation but not cure it in all cases. It still seems as though it doesn't know where to look when it finds the modem not connected. A rare case of one up to the DOS browser, I suppose! Gerald.

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Burning CDs
by Edenyard 15 Dec '01

15 Dec '01

Having now managed to install my CD-RW drive and load up cdrecord 1.10 in Slackware, I've started to fiddle with actually making CDs. I downloaded Xcdroast and managed to get it to run, but I can't find any buttons at all that erase a previously recorded CD-RW disk and it seems that Xcdroast won't just simply write the new files to a previously recorded CD-RW disk. Am I missing something obvious? Is Xcdroast the best front-end for the CD-writing process? I picked it because I could get a .TGZ file already to install in Slackware. (Alright - call me chicken!) As always, all advice very gratefully received! Gerald.

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Re: [Alug] ipchains replacement
by Laurie Brown 15 Dec '01

15 Dec '01

Ian Douglas wrote: >>Laurie Brown wrote: >>I've done a fair bit of work on firewalls, and ALUG lists passim >>have a few examples. Shout if you need help. >> > > Hi Laurie, > > Thanks for the advice and offer of help. Unfortunately, as I mentioned, I > am a bit of a newbie and have not fully found my way around the ALUG > website, nor its terminology, yet. What exactly is the "ALUG lists passim" > you refer to? Hi, Ian: my pleasure. "Passim" is old-fashioned shorthand (Latin, actually) for "in the past" or "previous/ly". It means: look in the archives! Actually, the 'Net is the resource you need. I'll expand when I answer your other post. Cheers, Laurie. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Laurie Brown laurie(a)brownowl.com PGP key at http://pgpkeys.mit.edu:11371 ---------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: [Alug] ipchains replacement
by MJ Ray 15 Dec '01

15 Dec '01

Ian Douglas: > The kernel I am using is 2.4.10 and I am wondering if this error message is > hinting that ipchains has now been superseded. Is there a modern > replacement for ipchains? If so then what is it and where could I find some > info on setting it up to protect my PC? Yes, there's iptables for 2.4.x (sure you can't upgrade from .10 yet?) and there should be guides to using it in pretty much the same places that tell you how to use ipchains for 2.2.x, I think. -- MJR

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Re: [Alug] Laptop error message
by MJ Ray 15 Dec '01

15 Dec '01

Ian Douglas: > means so I can learn how to interpret it myself rather than bother you guys > again? Oh yeah -- the other way to find out what it means is to figure out what is happening to trigger it... eg, in this case, it says apm, so does it coincide with the system suspend or something? -- MJR

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Re: [Alug] box crash question
by David Fairey 14 Dec '01

14 Dec '01

> Two questions: > 1. why would this happen? (answer 42 or fish?) > > 2. I have to re-enter all the network card stuff manually > insmod rtl8139 > route add network stuff > restart samba daemons > etc etc > each time the box restarts...a).why doesn't the rtl8139 module get > discovered automatically (it is in etc/modutils) and b)can I add all this > stuff to a startup script in debian? If you add "rtl8139" to the end of the "/etc/modules" file it should load the module everytime the machine boots. Then rest of the boot scripts will startup ifconfig and route before samba does. (Assuming you have all the correct entries in /etc/network/interfaces file for eth0). D.

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box crash question
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 14 Dec '01

14 Dec '01

Hi all, When I came in yesterday morning my box had done some form of crash. Couldn't telnet in, keyboard wouldn't respond, nothing. After nasty reboot and messy things I checked all the log files but could find nothing unusual, last /var/log/messages showed a check at 8.15 am then nothing. The box has a ups connected to give it back-up power so can't have been due to a power blip. Two questions: 1. why would this happen? (answer 42 or fish?) 2. I have to re-enter all the network card stuff manually insmod rtl8139 route add network stuff restart samba daemons etc etc each time the box restarts...a).why doesn't the rtl8139 module get discovered automatically (it is in etc/modutils) and b)can I add all this stuff to a startup script in debian? (Three questions cleverly disguised as two) Thanks, Jenny.

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Re: [Alug] Netscape 4.77 cache question
by Ricardo Campos 14 Dec '01

14 Dec '01

>When I click on the entry in > the hotlist sometime later after having hung up the modem line, I > should get the page back because it's been found in the cache. But it > doesn't. I just get the error box with the unreachable host message. Try Edit>Preferences>Cache. Under "Compare the page in the cache to the page in the network"- what does it say? Choose NEVER, I think the default is "Automatically". Why it doesn't just display the old page, I don't know. (So this might not be the answer, or maybe a bug) I've noticed that the cache seems to make less of a difference than in IE 5 on a M$ machine, at least in it's default configuration. Oh, the things we put up with for our love of Linux! ;) Ricardo "There are several codes, and I know several of them." -Mr. Precise. http://www.rscampos.net -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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redirecting into a command...
by Simon 14 Dec '01

14 Dec '01

Helppp.. Hi Guys, I'm trying to update a router config from a file remotely using rsh.. I know I get a connection as rsh -l<login-name> <router-ip> sh ver works.. But I want to update a few lines for the config, can someone give me a few pointers on how to either redirect or parse or whatever I need to do to get the data out of the file and into the router using rsh (preferably). Simon "It's hard to be fit as a fiddle when you're shaped like a cello"

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Re: [Alug] Laptop error message
by MJ Ray 14 Dec '01

14 Dec '01

Ian Douglas: > <1>Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address [...] > Firstly, does anyone know what is causing this repeated error message and > what I can do to cure it. That's a kernel fart, I think. My normal solution is to rebuild a kernel that's better suited to my hardware, and/or upgrade the kernel to a less buggy one. > Secondly, if I come across an error message like this in the future could > anyone recommend any info anywhere which would help me understand what it > means so I can learn how to interpret it myself rather than bother you guys > again? Your best bet is to search mailing lists and/or newsgroups on google and see what people like the kernel developers have said about the error. You'll probably have more luck searching on the interesting parts of the message like "Bad EIP" than "Null pointer..." which is quite a common error. Hope that helps. -- MJR

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