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[Mark Glassberg <mark_glassberg AT valley.net>]

On Tue, Apr 22, 2003 at 09:37:23AM -0400, I wrote:
> I'm running BL1.  My isp's smtp system is filtering my mail and will not
> accept it for delivery unless I am able to masquerade as my isp.  I assume
> they want to see a return address which is the same as my machine's.
> 
> I've solved the problem by installing a binary of Mutt 1.0.0 plus the re-
> quired libraries.  Mutt uses sendmail as its mta; so I've installed the
> Slackware-3.5 sendmail package and created an /etc/sendmail.cf file that
> handles the masquerading.
> 
> Unfortunately, the mailing process is very slow on a 20Mh 386; so I'm
> looking for another solution.  Do you know if Pine can do masquerading?

I changed my fqdn from Basiclinux to the name of my isp, and opened a
user account in the name of my account on my isp.  Surprise, surprise!
The BL1 mail script works!  Can someone tell me how to redirect the
hand-off of mail from Mutt to sendmail?  The messages in Mutt suggest
that the two programs talk to each other.  I don't need those messages,
but they imply that the interaction is more than a simple pipe.
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Mouse fixed itself.  Xterm working.
Keyboard set wrong  - this one should be an easy fix.
S1 respawning problems.
X not working on Hercules/TTL monitor.


> > Shouldn't I still get an xterm even without a window manager?
> 
> startx does not automatically give you an xterm.
> If you want one, put 'xterm' in ~/.xinitrc

I did this eventually (yesterday) and got an xterm.  I have no idea how to
run any programs (including a window manager) without one.  You told me
NOT to edit .xinitrc for some reason.  I have things working without a
window manager and with an xterm.  I can run one X program and will try
Links -g again with a mouse, and then experiment with adding icewm.

Today the mouse is working.  Probably it helped to reboot.  I still have
no idea what I did to fix it other than attempt to make a link between
/dev/mouse and /dev/ttyS0 and be told it already existed, after which the
mouse error message stopped appearing but the mouse still did not work.  I
had answered ttyS0 (com1) in your little program and also filled that in
with the configuration program. 

I was able to make a link to the mono X server by going to /var/X11R6/bin/
and typing ln -s /var/X11R6/bin/XF86_mono /var/X11R6/bin/X or by
reinstalling the xmono.tgz file which made this same link. This works on
the VGA monitor (VT1) - I get an X screen and xterm by typing xinit.

When I switch to VT3 (TTL/Hercules) and type xinit or startx it puts a lot
of text on the TTL monitor and then proceeds to put the X screen with
xterm onto the VGA (NOT the TTL) monitor.  Something is wrong here.  Now
what?  I have had DOS programs which, when started on the TTL (Hercules)
monitor switch themselves to the VGA monitor (or parts of themselves, such
as the graphics, leaving behind the text on the TTL monitor).  

VGA2:  Using non-banked mono vga mode.  Is this set somewhere to 'VGA2'
instead of 'mono'?

I was hoping to run X on the TTL monitor so I could load Russian files
onto the VGA monitor and translate from them with Ted.  

Every few minutes I am getting the message Id S1 respawning too fast,
disabled for 5 minutes - now what is going on?  I am currently using
Kermit (dialed in via ttyS1) but got this message before that too.  I am
using VT1 (VGA), and the TTL monitor (VT3) is displaying a login screen (I
did not log in there).  Everything seems to work anyway.

The keyboard is still not working properly.  No backspace.  No Alt-F2.
The arrow keys act as if the Numlock is on (it is not).  This suggests
that it is set to something with two sets of arrow keys one of which has
been automatically set to work as a keypad instead.

The configuration program mentioned nothing about setting the keyboard. 
There is a section in the configuration file where I left it as a standard
101 key keyboard.  I have an older keyboard (F1-F10) on the left.  None of
my books tell you how to describe it.  84 keys, I think.  Is it general 84
key?  I am hoping this will fix the keyboard problem.