April 2001 - WLUG - wlug.mailman3.com

word perfect
by donald vitkus 07 Nov '19

07 Nov '19

can not install word perfect 8.0 on united linux any ideas

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easter egg in staroffice 5.2 calc...
by Keller, Tim 26 Jul '01

26 Jul '01

(got this off the boston linux users group mail) type =GAME("StarWars") into a cell in StarOffice calc and see what happens Note: I don't have staroffice 5.2 so I can't confirm it... Tim.

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RE: [Wlug] SCSI HD Boot Failure! BLA!
by Keller, Tim 30 Apr '01

30 Apr '01

That'll probably be really tough, since it won't even boot for the first time... What you could try is using a boot diskette to get the machine up and running, then compile a custom kernel that has support for the scsi card compiled in (not as a module) The kernel that the installer uses has -everything- compiled in so it'll work on a maximum number of systems, however, the kernel it installs on your machine does not. Hope that helps! Tim Keller -----Original Message----- From: Ben Dow [mailto:bdow@WPI.EDU] Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2001 5:30 AM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Subject: Re: [Wlug] SCSI HD Boot Failure! BLA! Try compiling scsi support into your kernel, or using a different precompiled kernel if you're not into compiling your own. You probably had scsi support in the installation kernel but not the one it installs to boot from by default. On Sat, 28 Apr 2001, Sands Fish wrote: > Hello again all, > I've just recently started putting together a Mandrake 8.0 box. (About > 3 hours ago, yes in the middle of the night.) For a hard drive, I have an > IBM SCSI Drive on an Adaptec 2940-U2 card. When I ran the install, it found > the card and the drive automagically. I was impressed and happy. Went > through the installation fine, copied all the files. But as soon as I > rebooted to run it for the first time, I get the LILO graphical screen, I > choose one of the options (any), and get the following error... > > request_module[block-major-8]: Root fs not mounted > VFS: Cannot open root device "801" or 08:01 > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:01 > > Just some more information. The HD is on SCSI ID #6. The controller is on > #7. The SCSI BIOS sees the drive because I can see it report it on boot. > When I watch the boot messages fly by for Linux, I see no reference to any > sd# devices at all. > > I'm really completely lost here. Would changing the SCSI ID # help? That > doesn't seem to be likely. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > Thanx a lot guys/grrls!! > > - - s a n d s - - > SandsFish(a)ArtKillsYuppieBabies.com > _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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ipchains flush
by Richard Goodman 28 Apr '01

28 Apr '01

I'm running three dual-homed RedHat 7.0 boxes on separate DSL or cable, each doing IP Masquerading to private networks. I'm attempting to do some more serious firewalling, and am trying to debug problems in a rc.firewall script generated from Bob Ziegler's site. I've noticed that when I swap between Bob's 600+ line script and Rusty's Three-Line Guide to Masquerading (IPCHAINS How-To) , each modified to start with "ipchains -F" which should flush all existing rules, that the flush isn't happening. I'm switching by doing "sh <scriptname>" after having made both scripts executable. If I reboot Linux after changing which script is referenced in /etc/rc.d/rc.local, then everything is clean. Any ideas? Dick -- ------------------------------------------------- Richard Goodman dick(a)goodman1.net ---> Home: (508) 753-DICK trader(a)goodman1.net ---> Work: (508) 757-3452 voice/fax

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Ximian Gnome on Debian
by Orion 28 Apr '01

28 Apr '01

Just in case anyone here uses Debian and is thinking of installing Ximian1.4, the directions that say to apt-get install task-helix-gnome are wrong. I've gone and made some task packages based on what helix/ximian used to have for its previous release. Just add this to your sources.list and you can use them: deb http://zork.net/~orion potato main (or s/potato/unstable/ of you prefer) also, if you need a deb-src line for ximian, until they fix it (IF they fix it) you need to use this instead of what they say: deb-src http://red-carpet.ximian.com/debian/ dists/potato/main/sources/ (again, s/potato/woody/ if you wish) -- Orion orion [at] tribble [dot] dyndns [dot] org "so did you eat the dog or walk it? ;)" - iain

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SCSI HD Boot Failure! BLA!
by Sands Fish 28 Apr '01

28 Apr '01

Hello again all, I've just recently started putting together a Mandrake 8.0 box. (About 3 hours ago, yes in the middle of the night.) For a hard drive, I have an IBM SCSI Drive on an Adaptec 2940-U2 card. When I ran the install, it found the card and the drive automagically. I was impressed and happy. Went through the installation fine, copied all the files. But as soon as I rebooted to run it for the first time, I get the LILO graphical screen, I choose one of the options (any), and get the following error... request_module[block-major-8]: Root fs not mounted VFS: Cannot open root device "801" or 08:01 Please append a correct "root=" boot option Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:01 Just some more information. The HD is on SCSI ID #6. The controller is on #7. The SCSI BIOS sees the drive because I can see it report it on boot. When I watch the boot messages fly by for Linux, I see no reference to any sd# devices at all. I'm really completely lost here. Would changing the SCSI ID # help? That doesn't seem to be likely. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanx a lot guys/grrls!! - - s a n d s - - SandsFish(a)ArtKillsYuppieBabies.com

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Tribes 2 and SMAC?
by Wesley T Allen 26 Apr '01

26 Apr '01

I got a posting in the mailing list about getting the LUG rate for Tribes 2 and SMAC, I am VERY interested in this; but I've not heard anything since the origional message went out. Are people still thinking about this?? On an unrelated note, Loki's online store is down and Tribes 2 is shipping NOW. I hope this a good sign that they're getting so many orders that it crashed their site. Being forward thinking, they have a fax number posted for an alternate ordering method. Way to go Loki! Wes

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TCP Port Open
by Marc Hughes 24 Apr '01

24 Apr '01

Hello, How can you determine what process has a tcp port open? Thanks! -Marc

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kde problem
by doug waud 24 Apr '01

24 Apr '01

Hi all I have a Toshiba Satellite notebook running SuSE 7.0 (personal edition) with kde as the window manager. For reasons unknown (to me at least) I can no longer click on an icon, for example, the shell icon, on the Kpanel and get a response. Also, the icons on the desktop, netscape and soffice, for example, have disappeared. Finally, if I click on the K menu button I can navigate out to the various programs, but again nothing responds. I can however, hit Alt/F2, get a command window, type in netscape, xterm or soffice, and the respective application comes up! I have searched the web and found no hints as to what might be going on. I happen to have the Que "Practical KDE" by Dennis Powell where, on page 46, under "Troubleshooting" there is a section "KDE starts but Applications won't". He suggests a chmod 1777 /tmp which I tried (and got drwxrwxrwt which says I didn't hit a typo) but the problem remained. I also tried chmod -RV 1777 /tmp to recursively chmod (I found several subdirectories in /tmp) but again without success. :-( The KDE version is 1.1.2 according to the SuSE box. The kernel is 2.2.12 (but, that, I suspect, is irrelevant). So, my specific question is "has anyone out there seen this and/or knows the solution/fix?". If not, a broader question is "what would you try next?" (without blowing away everything and reinstalling linux :-) --- this same SuSE/KDE works fine on a Dell desktop box). As you might gather, I have reached the point where I am open to suggestions of any kind :-) doug

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RE: [Wlug] VAX/VMS
by Evans, Robert 23 Apr '01

23 Apr '01

At this link you can get it from the source: http://www.openvms.compaq.com/ Then try going to OpenVMS Documentation where you can find: OpenVMS Guide to System Security -Robert N. Evans Software Engineering Stratus Computer -----Original Message----- >>Hey, >> >> I was wondering if any of you knew reliable and accurate sites on >>VAX/VMS especially things that deal with networking and security. I need to >>right a technical paper on those. And I'm at a lost of reliable sources

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