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problem when running perl...
by Simon Parkes 24 Nov '01

24 Nov '01

Hi again, I'm getting a strange problem whenever I run perl, I get this output :- perl: warning: Setting locale failed. perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings: LANGUAGE = (unset), LC_ALL = (unset), LANG = "en_GB" are supported and installed on your system. perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C"). I know (or think) it's something to do with the file /etc/sysconfig/i18n but I can't figure out how to setup the rest, are there defaults that these variables should be set to? TIA Simon

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more on network card
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 23 Nov '01

23 Nov '01

I think what is happening is that when the machine is rebooting, it is losing its eth0 settings, and so the wins server hasn't a clue what it is, and can't resolve any requests made for trx850 when requests are made. I then have to do insmod rtl8139 and bring up the network address with ifconfig. These settings are then lost again when i reboot. I can't find why the routing stuff is being lost. But I feel if it wasn't my problem would be solved. Sorry about this. Jen.

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Re: [Alug] new netowrk card
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 23 Nov '01

23 Nov '01

Ricardo wrote: >>How do the windoze boxes connect to it? via a URL or a windoze style \\intranet\index.html method? Has the IP >address changed at all? If your windoze boxes use a Hosts file, that will have to be updated if the IP has changed. No, I changed nothing else. IP stayed the same. The only thing is that the card uses UTP rather than BNC, but as the card is talking on the network this can't be a problem. Connect via samba shares (working ok) then trying to connect to the apache server (not working ok). I *think* I've now narrowed the problem down to the WINS server not detecting the linux box on the network anymore. Why I don't know though. Thanks, Jenny.

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Re: [Alug] new netowrk card
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 23 Nov '01

23 Nov '01

No, I did restart samba and apache, also have checked all through /etc/network and ifconfig. Ifconfig is showing the card as there and raring to go. Log files: apache/error.log shows nothing abnormal, even though i've been trying to access webpages from windows machine on network and failing. apache/access.log doesn't recognise that the machine has been trying to reach the pages. I thought there may be a method for checking the settings for a network card, similar to the config program I ran on the 3c509. Thanks. Jen.

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Re: [Alug] new netowrk card
by MJ Ray 23 Nov '01

23 Nov '01

Chris: > I don't know what distro you're using, but the service command works with > Redhat and Mandrake. The word "debian" should be a clue. The general Unix equivalents are: /etc/init.d/samba restart /etc/init.d/apache restart I don't think that's the problem though. Jenny: > > no longer appearing in the windows network neighbourhood, and the inranet > > site served up from linuxbox won't display over the network (it will > > display using lynx on itself). > > Is there a file in debian where I can check the settings for a card, eg > > check it is configured to use TCP/IP (I think ping is UDP)? ping is ICMP. TCP/IP is quite core to GNU/Linux, so using ifconfig -a should show that the card is configured. Other files to look at include the contents of /etc/network and your log files. HTH -- MJR

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new netowrk card
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 23 Nov '01

23 Nov '01

Hi all! I've just replaced the 3com 10mb on my work box with a realtek 8139 100mb. The card is working, I can ping other machines on the network, telnet in to linuxbox from my windows machine, use my samba share, BUT the linux box is no longer appearing in the windows network neighbourhood, and the inranet site served up from linuxbox won't display over the network (it will display using lynx on itself). Is there a file in debian where I can check the settings for a card, eg check it is configured to use TCP/IP (I think ping is UDP)? Thanks, Jenny.

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Which CPU?
by Edenyard 23 Nov '01

23 Nov '01

I have a choice of 2 CPUs for my ex-skip Linux box: Intel P166-MMX (166MHz) or ST 6x86-166+ (133MHz). According to Norton SI under DOS, the MMX scores 580, whilst the 6x scores nearly 800, although both are reported as being a 486. However, when Linux boots, it reports 330 bogomips for the MMX but only about 160 for the 6x. I have two versions of the kernel 2.4.9, one optimised for the MMX and the other for the 6x. So the question is: which CPU will make Linux run faster? And will I notice the difference? Other system specs are RAM 64Mb, PCI bus, 256k PBSRAM cache. Gerald.

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Re: [Alug] Colour printing under Linux
by MJ Ray 23 Nov '01

23 Nov '01

Edenyard wrote: > Does anyone have any thoughts about colour (=photograph) printing > under Linux? [...] Yep. Use gimp-print drivers for CUPS, ghostscript or the GIMP if your printer is supported. I hear the latest debians have the ghostscript drivers as standard. -- MJR

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Re: [Alug] Big disks and BIOS
by Edenyard 23 Nov '01

23 Nov '01

Thanks for all the hints on these large disks, chaps! Seems like I'll go and open the wallet any day now. Look out for low-flying moths.... Gerald.

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Colour printing under Linux
by Edenyard 23 Nov '01

23 Nov '01

Does anyone have any thoughts about colour (=photograph) printing under Linux? Everything I've researched starts off by talking about 'The Linux Printing Problem'. I have an HP DJ930C and it seems to work on Mandrake 8.0 using a combination of CUPS and Kview. I really want it to work under my favourite Slackware, since Mandrake seems to run like a snail through treacle for me. I started off reading the Printing-HOWTO (several times) but, unlike most of the Linux HOWTOs that I've read, the printing one seems a complete muddle and I fear I'm none the wiser. I don't seem to be able to collect the right parts together to make Slackware do this thing so I was wondering whether anyone else has? Thanks for any pointers! Gerald.

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