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slightly OT - pci/scsi
by Mayuresh Kulkarni 29 Jul '01

29 Jul '01

hi all, i recently installed linux for the first time, and in the process found that i dont know much about the actual hardware of a PC will u please explain the following - 1) what is a pci adapter or a scsi adapter. how are the two different? 2) how can i find the amount of video memory i have, as i no longer have the manuals with me 3) how can i find if my cd drive (creative 52x) is 'atapi' or not..what is this 'atapi' by the way? 4) on the motherboard, i found 2 switches which were labelled as 'jumper settings' what are these two used for? thanks a *lot* and regards, mayuresh kulkarni. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/

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need help setting up freebsd
by liloindia 29 Jul '01

29 Jul '01

dear all, i had download freebsd 4.3 and tried installing it but faced lot of problems can somebody please guide me. regards lilo ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? For regular News updates go to http://in.news.yahoo.com

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Kernel compilation problems
by Nikhil Joshi 29 Jul '01

29 Jul '01

I am using kernel 2.4.2-2 I compiled it using following steps : make xconfig make dep;make clean make bzImage make modules;make modules_install Now I copied bzImage to /boot and made appropriate changes to lilo.conf I executed /sbin/lilo Now while booting linux I get following errors: modprobe:Can't locate module opl3sa2 {My sound card is Yamaha and I had enabled this module} I tried sndconfig which gave me following error : You don't seem to be running kernel with modular sound enabled (soundcore.o was not found in the module search path) { I had enabled modular sound } The second error is as follows: mount:fs type vfat not supported by kernel { I had enabled this during the configuration} I tried booting through my original kernel but still I get these errors. Please help me. Thanks in advance. -- Remembering is for those who have forgotten. -- Chinese proverb

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Kernel Updation
by noel seq 29 Jul '01

29 Jul '01

Hi Luggers, I have an old 386 m/c with 8mb ram and 250 mb hdd, trl monitor (cgp display card), SN 2000 ISA LAN card. can i install GNU/Linux on it i have RHL5.0 (which came with PCQ) or will i have to go for an older kernel. How do i configure the display card and the LAN card ? I may put a 630 mb or 1.2 gb hdd so that i can make a complete install. What about startx can i use any GUI which will support it. Please send me your suggestions. Noel _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

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Where is pine in Debian
by Kompalli SuryaPrakash 29 Jul '01

29 Jul '01

Hi There, I have recently installed debain on my machine. And its' nice :). I have the following doubts - 1> How can we browse through the dselect (Select), which gives the list of the applications. 2> If I delete the shortcuts to zope in rc2.d and upto rc5.d, will that be enuff to remove it from startup? Or will it have some bad consequnces? 3> RedHat used to take hell lot of time to check my filesystem. Debian does tht pretty quickly. Why is that so. The fstab entry is the same in both the cases. 4> How can I install rpms in Debian or will i have to install thru tars? (need java over here) Bye, SP --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.Using AVG antivirus Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.265 / Virus Database: 137 - Release Date: 7/18/01 _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Where is pine in Debian
by Ananth A. 29 Jul '01

29 Jul '01

"Kompalli SuryaPrakash" <neosurya(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >Hi There, > I have recently installed debain on my machine. And >its' nice :). Welcome to debian!! > Ihave the following doubts - >1> How can we browse through the dselect (Select), >which gives the list of the applications. goto the select option to choose the packages that you want to install ( just press enter). if there are any conflicts, it will tell u about it. Press '?' to get a detailed list of keystroke commands. Press 'X' to quit without installing it. '/ keyword' will search for it..etc..etc >2> If I delete the shortcuts to zope in rc2.d and upto rc5.d, will that >be enuff to remove it from startup? Or will it have some bad consequnces? if u dont want zope, i think it might be better to 'dpkg --remove zope' than modifying the startup files.. >4> How can I install rpms in Debian or will i have to >install thru tars? $apt-get install rpm (after connecting to the internet or just goto debian.org and d/l the package. imo, apt-get makes it *much* easier, one of the main reason to use debian over any other distro since it automatically d/l all the required dependent files ) you can install rpm packages in debian. use tar balls if u require the source code (or if they havent provided debs). Pine is not distributed by default with Debian distro because it doesnt come under the GPL but u can d/l it seperatly from their website. Ananth ______________________________________________________________________ Sur WebMailS.com, mon adresse de courrier électronique gratuite. Service multilingue, sûr, et permanent. http://www.webmails.com/

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OT - stopping CD piracy
by Mayuresh Kulkarni 28 Jul '01

28 Jul '01

Hi, can someone please explain the following : how do s/w vendors ensure that a customer who buys a CD can use it to install the s/w only on his computer and if he takes a CD dump, the second CD will be of no use to anybody else? i guess there must be many techniques to do that but which one is used frequently? thanks a lot.. mayuresh kulkarni __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

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OT : VPNs across proxies
by Mayuresh Kulkarni 28 Jul '01

28 Jul '01

Hello, Can someone please explain the following? HOST1 belongs to NETWORK1. NETWORK1 has a proxy server and a firewall which connect it to the internet. HOST2 belongs to NETWORK2 and is a VPN server. Now, HOST1 acts as a VPN client, goes thru the proxy and the firewall and initiates a session with the VPN server. Thus depending on HOST2, certain services of NETWORK2 are now available to HOST1. Is the reverse true? ie can HOST2 access any of the services of NETWORK1, thru the connection established above? Thanks a lot. Mayuresh K. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Telnet
by Darshan.wakchaure＠lntinfotech.com 28 Jul '01

28 Jul '01

[/etc/xinet.d/telnet ] Hi, Yeah thats working, but i am able to telnet only from the host. How do I make is available over the network ?? ======================= Darshan S. Wakchaure ======================= Haig Earl <earl_haig(a)yahoo.com> To: linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in Sent by: cc: linuxers-admin(a)mm.ilug- Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Telnet bom.org.in 19-07-2001 03:00 PM Please respond to linuxers --- Darshan.wakchaure(a)lntinfotech.com wrote: > > Helo Krishnan, > inetd folder as well as inetd.conf file is not > there. I am using version > 7.1 check /etc/xinetd/(whatever) cheerio, - sagar. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ Richard Stallman's Public Lecture 5pm 17th July, at TIFR. Linuxers mailing list Linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

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testing
by noel seq 28 Jul '01

28 Jul '01

>From: Nikhil Joshi <nikhiljoshy(a)yahoo.com> >>having prob with mail client just testing >Sorry for inconvenience. > Why are you testing onto the mailing list. Why don't you send test messages to your hotmail or yahoo account. Why waste our bandwidth and time. Noel _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

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