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(?) The Answer Guy (!)


By James T. Dennis, answerguy@ssc.com
LinuxCare, http://www.linuxcare.com/


Contents:

(!)Greetings From Jim Dennis

(?)PCI Winmodem --or--
Why Winmodems Don't Work Under Linux, Yet!
(?)Do you know of any V.90 internal modems that are not winmodems? --or--
Linmodems.org
(?)LI_ DOH! --or--
Major Hardware Problems
(?)Clearing Lilo from MBR
(?)modem problems --or--
Modem Problems on a Win '95 System
(?)Questions about Linux --or--
Setting COM port speeds
(?)virus protection --or--
Virus Protection for Linux: A Non-Issue ... But....
(?)Telnet trouble
(?)Modem Noises --or--
Quiet, Modem!
(?)Dual Booting without Re-Partitioning
(?)Regards from Argentina
(?)re: Helpless (issue 45 of linuxgazette)
(?)Thanks!
(?)thanks answer guy! --or--
Just Buy a REAL Modem
(?)Red Hat --or--
Telnet gives: "Connection closed by foreign host..."
(?)multiple root accounts --or--
Multiple Root Accounts: Delegation
(?)opl3 yamaha/SAx sound card --or--
Soundcard Drivers for Win '98?
(?)Another "respawning" question --or--
Author Responds to "gdm Murdered Mysteriously"
(?)Unable to login to SuSE --or--
Upgrade to 6.2 from 6.1 Disables Login
(?)Doslinux --or--
Euphoria
(?) Dell EIDE TR5 Tape Drive
(?)Some basic ftp questions --or--
FTP Daemon: Special Requirements
(?)RedHat Login Problems --or--
login, su, and passwd dies: Everybody dies!
(?)Files invisible via Telnet? --or--
Files invisible via Telnet?
(?)Thanks for the sendmail info in September's column --or--
sendmail Masquerading, Configuration, and User Masquerading Revisited
(?)Segmentation Faults --or--
General S. Fault
(?)Problem of Linux connecting to the Internet thro' MS Proxy --or--
Linux Workstations Behind a Proxy/Firewall
(?)LILO Lockup --or--
LILO Stops at LI
(?)Need help !! --or--
Protocols on top of Protocols: It's Protocols ALL THE WAY DOWN!
(?)Uninstall Linux --or--
Uninstalling Linux
(?)your web --or--
Who is Jim Dennis?
(?)FoxPro 2.6 on Linux --or--
FoxPro 2.0 (SCO) Running Under Linux: Try Flagship?
(?) Coping with Bad Sectors
(?)Linux memory management --or--
Homework Assignment: Write about Linux Memory Management
(?)Lt Modem --or--
HP with LT Winmodem
(?)about slackware --or--
Linux to HP9000 Through RAS?
(?)TCPMUX on Linux --or--
TCPMux Revisited: You'll need a Daemon for it, or a Better inetd
(?)probs --or--
Overwrote NT with RedHat: Good Idea But Bad Move
(?)Need Advice --or--
Partitioning Advice
(?)Unix emulator under Linux. --or--
UNIX Emulation Under Linux? iBCS
(?)PAM applications running as root (Was Re: WebTrends Enterprise Reporting Server)
(?)Looking for help --or--
International Keyboard Mappings for
(?)rsh --or--
Really Wants 'rsh' to Work. Really
(?)RedHat 6.0 - various problems --or--
Laundry List of RH 6.0 Problems or Hardware Blues
(?)spying --or--
More AOL Instant Messenger Spying
(?)X respawning question and answer --or--
Another Solution, or a Different Problem
(?)Using LILO to boot directly to dos --or--
Setting the LILO Default
(?)glibc --or--
Multiple Concurrently Installed Version of glibc
(?)lg #45: Limiting Internet Access through Cable Modems
(?)The Linux Startup Script?
(?)Comcast and IPmasq --or--
Short names for Long Domains?
(?)serial port snooping --or--
Snooping on a Serial Port
(?)Maximal mount reached; check forced --or--
Maximal Mount Count Reached
plus, Ted T'so replies.
(?)QUESTION --or--
Selecting a Lotus Notes Platform
(?)"telnetd connected:" But No "login" Prompt
(?)A Staging Server --or--
Staging Server on localhost
(?)CDR used in scsi emulation --or--
Mounting CDs on IDE CDRW Drives

(!) Greetings from Jim Dennis

I was working on a long, involved, probably tasty message to use for my greetings this month. Unfortunately, it's long, involved, and I think I want to rearrange it a bit, but don't have a lot of time because we're heading down to L.A. to be with family -- specifically, a science fiction convention we attend every year.

So, I'll aim for something less lofty. I'm finally getting a chance to work a bit with my new improved workstation, and I must say I'm quite pleased with console-apt (a curses interface for Debian's "apt" package manager). We still have quite a mixed bag of distributions around the house though. I think I might write an article comparing the various package management styles available. I may or may not focus only on Linux for that.

Sadly I get to spend even more time in Arizona after I get back. Most people would call me crazy, but I like it a bit better when it's gray and rainy -- reminds me of my youth in Oregon.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.


Copyright © 1999, James T. Dennis
Published in The Linux Gazette Issue 48 December 1999
HTML transformation by Heather Stern of Starshine Technical Services, http://www.starshine.org/


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