Linux-Misc Digest #236, Volume #21 Sat, 31 Jul 99 19:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: CIA assassinations ("A.T.Z.")
Re: IDE vs scsi? (Rod Smith)
Re: a (GUI) spreadsheet with Perl API ? (Christopher B. Browne)
Re: DIAMOND STEALTH G460 ("Alex Abreu")
Re: Newbie questions (Gergo Barany)
Re: What I think of linux. (Jerry Lynn Kreps)
LOST ROOT PASSWORD ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Kde setup in GUI (YamYam)
Re: Problems compiling egcs 1.1.2 (Gergo Barany)
LILO -- on a machine without Linux??? (Eric Wyles)
Unix2dos ("Scott Galloway")
Netscape Navigator - what platform for Red Hat 6.0? ("Steven")
Re: Unix2dos (William Burrow)
Re: LOST ROOT PASSWORD (Justin B Willoughby)
Re: Magic SysRq (was Re: Linux has finally crashed) (William Burrow)
Re: Netscape Navigator - what platform for Red Hat 6.0? (Justin B Willoughby)
Re: IDE vs scsi? (Juergen Heinzl)
CD-ROM not playing audio CDs (Matt Garman)
Re: copying files over a network (Mark Brown)
DNS problem? ("R. Alcazar")
Linux reference OR bOOK ("Joe Murphy")
Re: What I think of linux. (William Burrow)
cdrecord not working (Matt Garman)
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From: "A.T.Z." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: CIA assassinations
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 20:48:30 +0200
Donovan Rebbechi schreef:
> On Sat, 31 Jul 1999 09:52:25 +0200, A.T.Z. wrote:
> >Donovan Rebbechi schreef:
>
> >Do I claim ALL; NO. But it is happening.
>
> Yes, but you offer *no* evidence that the scale on which it is happening is
> large enough to damage those economies. In fact it could even help them, by
> offloading the grunt work overseas, and creating more skilled jobs at home.
>
> > An example taken direct from the real >word.
Hmm. Should have been real world. One lettre can be world of difference.
> Ah, yes. "proof by anecdote". Try again, and provide some concrete evidence
> that this is hurting the Netherlands.
I could scan the article from the newspaper. But I'm sure you can't read it, no,
you can read it but you are most likely to have no idea what it means. I could
translate it for you but it tells the same as my post.
> >as low as $4 per hour for the same activity. The clothing industry takes full
> >advantage of this. And I know others too.
>
> See Brownes post regarding why it doesn't hurt to move parts of the textiles
> industry off shore.
We had a large textiles industry near Tilburg and in a part of The Netherlands
called Twente. In Twente almost if not all of the factories are closed.
> >For some companies it's difficult to split activities. And don't forget, it
> >takes some time before a large company can close a factory and build a new one
> >in another country.
>
> Yes, but you've only offered a theory.
I remember an article in a financial magazine, try to dig it from under the Linux
and NT books.
> And the theory seems to be quite a shaky one. For example, the cost of labour
> in the USA is extremely high ( much higher than anywhere in Asia besides
> Japan and Singapore ). So why isn't the US's economy dying ? You provide
> theories, but no evidence that the economy has been hurt.
>
> Most importantly, the only examples you give are those of cheap labour being
> moved off shore, while the professional jobs stay inside the US.
Brace for impact. I think Richard K. is going to flame you for this. Building ships
is a very professional job. I hope you didn't want to say it is not.
> --
> Donovan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: IDE vs scsi?
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 19:51:33 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> "Duy D." wrote:
>
>> I'm considering to buy a scsi disk to install Linux on. When i do
>> hdparm -t /dev/hda on my ide disk, it reads about 15 mb/s most of the
>> time. Can somebody give me a number on the fastest scsi disk? Thanks.
>
> I use a Seagate Barracuda LVD 9.1GB model # ST39173LW it is capable of
> 80MB/s and works great.
I doubt that very much. I also doubt the 40MB/s figure somebody else
quoted. Those are both limits for particular implementations of SCSI
busses. Real-world hard disk transfer speeds are almost always
substantially lower than the hard disk bus speed. You achieve bus speed
saturation only when using several devices or when transferring data
to/from the hard disk's cache.
--
Rod Smith
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.channel1.com/users/rodsmith
NOTE: Remove the "uce" word from my address to mail me
Author of _Special Edition Using WordPerfect for Linux_, from Que
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher B. Browne)
Crossposted-To: uw.linux
Subject: Re: a (GUI) spreadsheet with Perl API ?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 19:15:24 GMT
On 31 Jul 1999 16:33:30 GMT, Jan Vicherek
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted:
> does anybody know of a spreadsheet, or even better a GUI
>spreadsheet like applix, etc., that would have the capability
>of being manipulated through a Perl API ? (Or some other
>high-level scripting language) ? Even just plain read, write
>and recalculate functions would be enough.
See the URL below for links to:
- SIAG, programmable in Scheme, Tcl, and Python
- Gnumeric, programmable in Scheme and Python
- MOODSS - written in Tcl
I don't believe that any of 'em integrate in Perl.
--
UNFAIR Term applied to advantages enjoyed by other people which we
tried to cheat them out of and didn't manage. See also DISHONESTY,
SNEAKY, UNDERHAND and JUST LUCKY I GUESS.
- The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.hex.net/~cbbrowne/spreadsheets.html>
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From: "Alex Abreu" <simonet at bhnet dot com dot br>
Subject: Re: DIAMOND STEALTH G460
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 16:06:34 -0500
Já tentou ver se esta placa já está no Hardware Compatibilty list para o
XFree86 3.3.3 ?
Ela provavelmente deve ser suportada pelos drivers em XFree-SVGA, já que a
S330 e S550 são suportadas por eles.
Abraços,
Alex
Guilherme Gomes (FOX) wrote in message <7nv8v8$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>How i can configure this in my linux ????? have a card compatibile ???????
>
>--
>Guilherme Gomes -- Fox
>UIN:6518730
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Linux Register Number:81757
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gergo Barany)
Subject: Re: Newbie questions
Date: 31 Jul 1999 20:08:15 GMT
On Sat, 31 Jul 1999 17:09:42 +0100, Gabs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi, I just installed Suse 6.1 and it runs fine. I've spent some time
>playing around with it and a few questions. By the way I am using KDE
>desktop.
>
>1. Is there any way of configuring Linux to automatically mount the
>cdrom when you insert a cd into the drive and unmount it when I remove
>the cdrom? I noticed that if I mount the cdrom manually I can't open the
>drive door until I unmount it again. Is there anyway to automate this?
There is a feature called "automount." I think it's in the kernel, so
you might have to recompile.
>2. I am trying to upgrade from Netscape 4.51 to 4.6 but when I try to
>run the install file I get a message saying "Can only start executables
>on local drive"? I've tried placing the installtion files in various
>places and try to run the install file but still get the same message.
>This happens whether I am logged in as root or as a normal user.
I don't know about this; are you using YaST to install it?
>3. With Netscape 4.51, I am not getting any colour icons / symbols -
>everything is grey on netscape. Is this normal or is there a setting I
>can change. I don't have colour problems with the rest of my desktop or
>other applications.
This is related to the settings of your X server. I've had the same
(and a lot of other) problems when using a 32 bit color depth. I use 24
bit now, and I don't really see a difference. Try running sax and
changing the default color depth.
Gergo
--
Does a good farmer neglect a crop he has planted?
Does a good teacher overlook even the most humble student?
Does a good father allow a single child to starve?
Does a good programmer refuse to maintain his code?
-- Geoffrey James, "The Tao of Programming"
GU d- s:+ a--- C++>$ UL+++ P>++ L+++ E>++ W+ N++ o? K- w--- !O !M !V
PS+ PE+ Y+ PGP+ t* 5+ X- R>+ tv++ b+>+++ DI+ D+ G>++ e* h! !r !y+
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From: Jerry Lynn Kreps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.linux.sux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: What I think of linux.
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 15:13:26 -0500
DanH wrote:
>
> Jerry Lynn Kreps wrote:
> >
> > DanH wrote:
> > >
> > > Donn Miller wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, 30 Jul 1999, alann wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > You're right, somewhat. I would be curious as to the average age of Linux
> > > > > users. I'm 34. First computer I ever had my hands on was a Commodore PET.
> > > >
> > > > Same here. I can't remeber what year, must have been 1981 or 1982. What
> > > > processor did the PET have, and how much memory did it have? It seems
> > > > like it was like the 64, with Microsoft Basic built in, embedded like.
> > > >
> > > > > That was a LONG time ago. Right now there are a gazillion Windows users.
> > > >
> > > > I'm 30, and started using Linux in 1995. But from 1997 on, I'd been using
> > > > FreeBSD almost exclusively. It'd be interesting to have someone take a
> > > > survey on a web site. I think a quick guestimation would be that the
> > > > average age of FreeBSD users are 10 years greater than those of Linux
> > > > users.
> > > >
> > > > It would be interesting to do a survey, and compare the age of FreeBSD vs.
> > > > Linux users, complete with mean and std. deviation.
> > >
> > > 33 here. Learned to program on a Cray in '78 (it's been downhill ever
> > > since). Did the TRS 80 CO-CO, Timex Sinclair, Apple IIe, etc until '91
> > > when I got my first PC.
> > >
> >
> > 33 - 21 = 12 !!! You were programing a Cray when you were 12?
>
> That's the one. I asked Dad to take me to work during the summer so I
> could see what he did and I found computers. Also learned big whirley
> tapes, large drum drives that looked like an extra-long cake cover and
> what Star Trek the game looked like when it was written for a text only
> screen and was command line driven. Then I found the BASIC code that
> wrote the game and decided I wanted more photon torpedos...
>
> Dan
I was 38 at the time, but I'll bet you I had as much fun with the BASIC
Star Trek code as you did! (We are all kids at heart, only the cost of
our toys change!) Watching that asterik (photon torp) zoom across the
screen was fun... Did the phasors in your version make that funny
noise?
--
JLK
Linux, because it's STABLE, the source code is included, the price is
right.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: LOST ROOT PASSWORD
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 20:21:18 GMT
I use RH.
I tried the procedure in the LDP installation and getting started
guide for a lost password as an exercise.
i booted using the boot/rescue disk combination and mounted the /
using mount -t ext2 /dev/sda5 /mnt
this enabled me to edit the /etc/passwd file using vi.
the instructions said setting the password field to blank for root
would result in a blank password.
guess what - it didnt.
now i am locked out of my system.
i can easily trash it but i would like to know how to recover if it
happened in the real world.
A sedentary life, as I have already said elsewhere, is the real sin against the Holy
Ghost.
-Nietzsche
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From: YamYam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Kde setup in GUI
Date: 31 Jul 1999 20:30:31 GMT
Hi...
I'm asking about the look of the great kde that is used in the most linux
distributions. Isn't it wise and nice thing to install kde in a gui
environment like what staroffice and wordperfect do?. I think it'll be a
good thing for the users and especially the newbies users of linux to
install that great desktop manager in a nice look 'n feel!!! isn't it?
- markhi1.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gergo Barany)
Subject: Re: Problems compiling egcs 1.1.2
Date: 31 Jul 1999 20:10:16 GMT
On 31 Jul 1999 13:53:01 -0500, Bruno Barberi Gnecco
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I'm trying to comiple egcs 1.1.2, but it stops saying things like:
>
>Makefile:172: warning: NUL character seen; rest of line ignored
>Makefile:173: warning: NUL character seen; rest of line ignored
>Makefile:174: warning: NUL character seen; rest of line ignored
>
>If I type make again, it continues from where it stopped, but stops again
>at other point. Is this a real problem or just some bug in configure?
> I'm running it in a Pentium 2, using
>
>make CFLAGS='-O' LIBCFLAGS='-g -O2' LIBCXXFLAGS='-g -O2
>-fno-implicit-templates'
>bootstrap
>
>as explained in the docs, to strip unwanted debugging information.
Well, debugging inforation is not unwanted when you're debugging. I
suggest you post the last 10--20 lines of output of the compilation
session, not just the very last error.
Gergo
--
Does a good farmer neglect a crop he has planted?
Does a good teacher overlook even the most humble student?
Does a good father allow a single child to starve?
Does a good programmer refuse to maintain his code?
-- Geoffrey James, "The Tao of Programming"
GU d- s:+ a--- C++>$ UL+++ P>++ L+++ E>++ W+ N++ o? K- w--- !O !M !V
PS+ PE+ Y+ PGP+ t* 5+ X- R>+ tv++ b+>+++ DI+ D+ G>++ e* h! !r !y+
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From: Eric Wyles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: LILO -- on a machine without Linux???
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 13:05:44 -0800
Hi! I would like to be able to use the Lilo boot loader on
a machine that does not have linux.
Can someone please tell me how to go about doing this?
Thanks,
Eric
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From: "Scott Galloway" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Unix2dos
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 13:45:36 -0700
Does anyone out there know of an easy way to convert
linux text files to dos text files?...that is, replace the newlines
with ctrl-M followed by newlines (I think that is the correct format).
I've tried tr but that doesn't seem to work for unix2dos...it works
fine for dos2unix. Much thanks in advance,
Scott
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From: "Steven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Netscape Navigator - what platform for Red Hat 6.0?
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 16:54:56 -0500
I was planning on downloading the latest version of Netscape Communicator
for Red Hat Linux 6.0. The only Linux platforms listed are:
Linux 2.0 (glibc) and Linux 2.0.
Which platform do I download?
Thanks
--
Steven
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Burrow)
Subject: Re: Unix2dos
Date: 31 Jul 1999 21:34:56 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 31 Jul 1999 13:45:36 -0700,
Scott Galloway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Does anyone out there know of an easy way to convert
>linux text files to dos text files?...that is, replace the newlines
>with ctrl-M followed by newlines (I think that is the correct format).
>I've tried tr but that doesn't seem to work for unix2dos...it works
>fine for dos2unix. Much thanks in advance,
There used to be utilities of exactly those names at one time. You
might also check if todos is installed. If not, the following Perl
script might work if you have Perl installed:
perl -n -e 'print; print "\r\n";' <file>
If you want to put it into a file, maybe it would look something like
this:
===== todos =========%<====================
#!/usr/bin/perl -n
print; print "\r\n";
===== todos =========%<====================
--
William Burrow -- New Brunswick, Canada o
Copyright 1999 William Burrow ~ /\
~ ()>()
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Justin B Willoughby)
Subject: Re: LOST ROOT PASSWORD
Date: 31 Jul 1999 21:10:11 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Justin B Willoughby)
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes:
> I use RH.
> I tried the procedure in the LDP installation and getting started
> guide for a lost password as an exercise.
> i booted using the boot/rescue disk combination and mounted the /
> using mount -t ext2 /dev/sda5 /mnt
> this enabled me to edit the /etc/passwd file using vi.
> the instructions said setting the password field to blank for root
> would result in a blank password.
> guess what - it didnt.
> now i am locked out of my system.
> i can easily trash it but i would like to know how to recover if it
> happened in the real world.
> A sedentary life, as I have already said elsewhere, is the real sin against the Holy
>Ghost.
You might be using shadow passwords and would need to edit the shadow
password file.
I dont use Red Hat but SlackWare's boot disk has a 'boot:' prompt before
it loads the kernel, in which case I use enter mount root=/dev/hd?? and it
uses the file system on harddisk but the kernel on the floppy. At which
point I can just enter passwd and put in a new password and reboot.
Perhaps Red Had has some option like this which gives you the option to
mount the root file system and use the kernel floppy (but I don't remember
if they prompts you for a real password or not, in which case this will do
you no good).
- Justin
--
_/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ RULES!! * LINUX RULES *
_/ _/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/ Justin Willoughby
_/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/ http://justinw.net
_/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/ ---- Jesus Is Lord ----
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Burrow)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: Magic SysRq (was Re: Linux has finally crashed)
Date: 31 Jul 1999 21:20:24 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 31 Jul 1999 19:26:36 GMT,
Christopher B. Browne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Is anybody up for designing FreeMVS? It seems a real pity to let the
>>era of mainframe machines slip away to big backroom servers that only
>>grizzled COBOL programmers get to use.... ;)
>
>The more proper goal is to have the PC's on the desks be powerful
>enough to do a *bit* of transaction management, and marshall up blocks
>of data to be submitted asynchronously en masse to servers upstream.
Ahh... the mainframe world is a whole different experience that goes
just beyond blocking IO. The mysteries of JCL, the everything runs as
batch including your interactive session, the POSIX interface layered
on top.... :)
Getting IBM to escrow their source code such that it becomes BSD
licensed in case they go under from Y2K embattlement would be neat. :)
--
William Burrow -- New Brunswick, Canada o
Copyright 1999 William Burrow ~ /\
~ ()>()
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Justin B Willoughby)
Subject: Re: Netscape Navigator - what platform for Red Hat 6.0?
Date: 31 Jul 1999 22:12:55 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Justin B Willoughby)
"Steven" ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes:
> I was planning on downloading the latest version of Netscape Communicator
> for Red Hat Linux 6.0. The only Linux platforms listed are:
>
> Linux 2.0 (glibc) and Linux 2.0.
>
> Which platform do I download?
RH6.0 is glibc biased so that one should work the other one must be a
libc5 binary (just guessing).
- Justin
--
_/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ RULES!! * LINUX RULES *
_/ _/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/ Justin Willoughby
_/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/ http://justinw.net
_/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/ ---- Jesus Is Lord ----
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Juergen Heinzl)
Subject: Re: IDE vs scsi?
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 21:28:24 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Duy D. wrote:
>I'm considering to buy a scsi disk to install Linux on. When i do
>hdparm -t /dev/hda on my ide disk, it reads about 15 mb/s most of the
>time. Can somebody give me a number on the fastest scsi disk? Thanks.
Seems a bit high to me (disk cache perhaps), but okay. I'd not bother,
the main advantages of SCSI are not just speed but the ease one can
connect other devices and the built in intelligence how to handle more
than one. You can even be off worse. Some Quantum disks came as SCSI
and (E)IDE. The SCSI versions were (are (?)) slower.
If you just want one disk, then go for more memory so the system can
cache more -> no disk access at all.
If you want more than one disk and perhaps a DAT tape to finally be
able to do backups and a CDROM plus, maybe, a scanner go for SCSI.
Servers aside HD speed is hardly an issue nowadays, esp. as *nices
come with pretty good file systems. I've been using SCSI since my
386er days now and never would use (E)IDE. I just works, plug it in
and forget about it.
If you want really fast disks, then you might have to consider
additional fans, as those 10.000+ rpm platters can become pretty
hot, depends. I'd no problems with two of them without additional
cooling, up 24/7 usually, but this was a server case, not a crammed
desktop.
Ta',
Juergen
--
\ Real name : Jürgen Heinzl \ no flames /
\ EMail Private : [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ send money instead /
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matt Garman)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: CD-ROM not playing audio CDs
Date: 31 Jul 1999 22:24:27 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The CD-ROM in my computer recently refuses to play audio CDs through
the soundcard. This CD-ROM reads data CDs correctly, i.e. it is
completely fine with regards to data CDs. When I try to play an audio
CD, though, it doesn't come through the soundcard. I can plug
headphones into the CD-ROM itself and hear the audio CD being played.
I have a cable that I bought a while back that connects the CD-ROM to
the soundcard. Playing audio CDs through the CD-ROM used to work
fine, but now just doesn't. It doesn't work under Windows, either, so
I'm pretty sure it's not a software problem.
Does anyone have any ideas as to what could be causing this?
Thanks,
Matt
--
Matt Garman, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"And through the window in the wall
Come streaming in on sunlight wings
A million bright ambassadors of morning."
--Pink Floyd, "Echoes"
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From: Mark Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: copying files over a network
Date: 31 Jul 1999 22:52:00 +0100
Bob Koss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Really. I hate to say it, but in windows, it's a matter of dragging the
> directories on the laptop to the directories in network neighborhood
> for the desktop.
The equivalent with Linux would be cp or whatever on a NFS mounted
filesystem (or even using Samba) or using rcp/scp as others have
pointed out. The typical FTP client interface isn't really designed
for this sort of job.
--
Mark Brown mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trying to avoid grumpiness)
http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~broonie/
EUFS http://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/filmsoc/
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From: "R. Alcazar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DNS problem?
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 17:17:57 -0500
Hello all,
I've set up a workstation running RHL 6 and DNS. It's a single station
looping any DNS inquiries back to itself. In other words, there are several
domains with the same IP address as the host.
The problem is when I try and boot up Netscape from X, when I set nameserver
in resolv.conf to the IP address my DNS is running on (the IP of the above
mentioned host) Netscape will never resolve any of the local domains I
enter.
I'd like to have it set up where it first checks with the local DNS and then
the outside... but whenever I configure resolv.conf - nameserver as the
same IP as my host... Netscape locks up... any suggestions...
Please advise.
R. Alcazar
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From: "Joe Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux reference OR bOOK
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 18:38:12 -0400
Can any one recommend a book or reference on Linux. Thanks in Advance.
Joe
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Burrow)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: What I think of linux.
Date: 31 Jul 1999 21:47:38 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 31 Jul 1999 19:06:31 GMT,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>39 year old BSEE here. I wrote the typical Fortran programs in college
>also (fibonacci sequence etc) using punched cards,but my first love
>was my TRS-80.
This brings back memories, an Exidy Sorcerer with the 8 track ROM pack
sticking out the side and beat up tape recorder for secondary storage
were what I used in school. Later, a few PETs an trash-80 and an Apple ][
passed through. My first computer was a Timex Sinclair 1000 -- the
first disposable computer. Still have a tray of audio tapes from that.
>Personally I find Windows sufficient in that I am a lazy SOB these
>days and prefer the no brain, install it and away you go approach.
I find the Debian packages are good for this -- no need to go out to an
FTP server hunt around, download and compile a package, just dselect it
and go. Can't wait for apt.
>Computers are available for "free" right now if you sign up for one of
>those idiotic SPAM contracts. I would suggest that a Linux system,
>complete with full Office Suite pre loaded could sell for $400 USD or
>so and allow users freedom to choose their ISP. Where I live free
>access is available through the libraries. Games are not an issue
>since Sony etc make great machines.
It sure would be nifty to get back to those days when a $500 computer
was one of the more expensive ones. ;) OTOH, I don't think that free
Unix should end up being associated with cheapo machines only. Consider
how finicky Unix is with bad hardware, and people might get bad
experiences....
--
William Burrow -- New Brunswick, Canada o
Copyright 1999 William Burrow ~ /\
~ ()>()
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matt Garman)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: cdrecord not working
Date: 31 Jul 1999 22:04:07 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello:
I have an internal SCSI Plextor PlexWriter CD-R 4/12 max CD recorder.
It is attached to an Adaptec 2940UW pci SCSI controller card. I am
running Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 ("slink") with Linux kernel version
2.2.10. This CD recorder worked flawlessly for the first six to eight
months that I owned it. Then it started given occational errors. Now
I cannot get through a "dummy" cd burn with cdrecord, without seeing
some errors.
I get the following types of errors:
Cdrecord release 1.6 Copyright (C) 1995-1998 Jörg Schilling
TOC Type: 0 = CD-DA
scsidev: '0,4,0'
scsibus: 0 target: 4 lun: 0
Device type : Removable CD-ROM
Version : 2
Response Format: 2
Capabilities : SYNC LINKED
Vendor_info : 'PLEXTOR '
Identifikation : 'CD-R PX-R412C '
Revision : '1.04'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-R.
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R driver (mmc_cdr).
Driver flags : SWABAUDIO
Track 01: audio 53 MB (05:18.02) no preemp
Track 02: audio 38 MB (03:49.20) no preemp
Track 03: audio 80 MB (07:56.21) no preemp
Track 04: audio 47 MB (04:43.72) no preemp
Track 05: audio 54 MB (05:21.96) no preemp
Total size: 275 MB (27:17.12) = 122784 sectors
Lout start: 275 MB (27:19/09) = 122784 sectors
ATIP info from disk:
Indicated writing power: 4
Is unrestricted
Is not erasable
ATIP start of lead in: -11580 (97:27/45)
ATIP start of lead out: 333226 (74:05/01)
Disk type: Phthalocyanine or similar
Manufacturer: Kodak Japan Limited
Blocks total: 333226 Blocks remaining: 21988
cdrecord: WARNING: Data may not fit on current disk.
Starting to write CD at speed 4 in dummy mode for single session.
Last chance to quit, starting dummy write in 9 seconds.
Waiting for reader process to fill input-buffer ... input-buffer ready.
Starting new track at sector: 311238
Track 01: 1 of 53 MB written (fifo 99%).
...
cdrecord: Success. write_g1: scsi sendcmd: retryable error
CDB: 2A 00 00 05 15 A5 00 00 0D 00
status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
Sense Bytes: 70 00 09 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 80 0A 00 00
Sense Key: 0x9 Vendor Unique, Segment 0
Sense Code: 0x80 Qual 0x0A (limited laser life) [No matching qualifier] Fru 0x0
Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid)
cmd finished after 0.002s timeout 40s
write track data: error after 51704016 bytes
Sense Bytes: 70 00 00 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Writing time: 80.402s
Fixating...
WARNING: Some drives don't like fixation in dummy mode.
cdrecord: Success. close track/session: scsi sendcmd: retryable error
CDB: 5B 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
Sense Bytes: 70 00 09 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 80 01 00 00
Sense Key: 0x9 Vendor Unique, Segment 0
Sense Code: 0x80 Qual 0x01 (limited laser life) [No matching qualifier] Fru 0x0
Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid)
cmd finished after 0.001s timeout 480s
Fixating time: 0.003s
cdrecord: fifo had 1819 puts and 1692 gets.
cdrecord: fifo was 0 times empty and 1094 times full, min fill was 96%.
Does anyone have any hints/suggestions?
Thanks,
Matt
--
Matt Garman, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"And through the window in the wall
Come streaming in on sunlight wings
A million bright ambassadors of morning."
--Pink Floyd, "Echoes"
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