From: stimpson@panix.com (Stimpson Joel Katz) Subject: A few question, mostly about pl8 Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1993 05:52:25 GMT
I would appreciate any assistance anyone could offer with the
following problems with Linux (0.99pl8 Initially installed by SLS, then
I updated the kernel):
1) I have TCP/IP enabled in my kernel and am using the loopback
device only. If I telnet to 127.0.0.1, I get a connection, but using a name
gives me "Host name lookup failure" or words to that effect. I have editted
my host and hosts file and put them in every conceivable directory with
no effect. I am not running named. Any ideas?
2) What is the purpose of the xiafs file system in pl8?
3) Now that I have upgraded my kernel to pl8, I assume that there
are (or will be) updates to some of the affected bins. Most of mine are
probably quite old. Any idea what ftp sites I should check and which
commands need to be updated?
4) Does Linux support memory, disk space, or number of child
process limitations on a user? Is ulimit supported by Linux? How is it
used?
5) Every once in a while I accidentally cause non-printable text
to be sent to my console. Sometimes this results in all future text from
Linux coming out garbled. Setterm doesn't seem to help, nor does logging out
and then back in. It seems that that virtual console is basically worthless
until I reboot. Any fix?
6) When I ftp to myself and log in as anonymous, the first 'ls'
command works fine. Oddly, subsequent commands return a
"Can't build data connection: Transport endpoint is already connected."
Any idea what might be wrong?
Thanks,
S. Joel Katz