Reliable version?

[doerbeck at dma.isg.mot.com (Christoph Doerbeck)]

> Could someone (as Linux users) kindly inform me how I might go 
> about working around a kernel panic when I try to recompile the 
> kernel (2.0.0) on my laptop.  I get 'kernel paging errors' at 
> different places in the compilation process.  
> 1. Thinking it was hardware, I tried switching out a 8MB and 
>    16MB memory module with no effect.
> 2. Thought bad kernel image, so I compiled an image using a
>     486 desktop, and moved the image over.  No difference.
> What should be my approach in tackling this?
> 

I build the kernels for my laptop on my desktop system.  I guess that's
of no help to you :-(  Perhaps you could borrow someone elses desktop??

> 
> An easier question that I have is a sendmail phobia, ahem, problem;
> How do you map the (envelope?) From: addresses of outgoing mail
> from user1 at mydomain to user2 at my_isp's_domain.  (Having the correct 
> address facilitates replies from others.)  You use the DM in 
> sendmail.cf to masquerade the domain, but what about username 
> translation.  I assume it has something to do with (from sendmail.cf)
>     # Generics table (mapping outgoing addresses)
>     #Kgenerics dbm /etc/genericstable

The is mailer dependant (as I've encountered).  If you use MH based
MUA (Mail User Agents like XMH, EXMH) using the genericstable won't
work and i "THINK" it's because MH is preconfigured to send mail by
connecting to you local smtp port.  And I "THINK" this by-passes the
genericstable rule in sendmail.cf.  I am working on coming up with
a generic solution which should work for the average linux user which
will include a sendmail.cf (using genericstable) and a mtstailor
file for MH whic will use sendmail the way I want.  I'm >-this close-<
to having something done.

I have used genericstable with elm and it works great!  You can change
your username and hostname and completely mask the orignating machine.

I'll let you know when I have a solution ready... (could be days, could
be weeks)



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