[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Send linux-india-help mailing list submissions to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of linux-india-help digest..." > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Hard Disk problem (Binand Raj S.) > 2. Re: Linux and BIOS calls (mukund) > 3. Re: Dialup connection problem. (Binand Raj S.) > 4. Cannot mount floppy (Soumava Das) > 5. Re: Dialup connection problem. (mukund) > 6. Re: inittab file (mukund) > 7. Re: CLI (mukund) > 8. CrossOver [was] Flash player. (H.S.Rai) > 9. Re: How to capture screen image in Linux (Noufal Ibrahim) > 10. Re: Re: shell based text editor with Auto Save feature ? (Noufal Ibrahim) > 11. Re: cheque book program (Philip S Tellis) > 12. Re: Can't read vfat partitions [getting OT] (Philip S Tellis) > 13. Re: Dialup connection problem. (Philip S Tellis) > 14. trouble making postfix rpm from srpm (Arvind) > >--__--__-- > >Message: 1 >From: "Binand Raj S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [LIH]Hard Disk problem >Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 09:25:48 +0530 >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >On Sunday 30 June 2002 10:43 pm, USM Bish wrote: >> About once in a day or >> two is usually okay enough for a home user. > >Well, the system cron job also runs just once a day. On redhat, this is a= >t >4AM. > >Binand > > > >--__--__-- > >Message: 2 >From: "mukund" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIH]Linux and BIOS calls >Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 10:43:02 +0530 >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Linux does not use bios and has its own routine to handle I/O like disk, >video, printer etc. >The bios still has these features to maintain the compatibility with old >binaries of DOS world like digger (a game), basic, etc >The latest PC can still run your old dos progies, due to these routines >present in bios. >Regards, >Mukund Deshmukh >Beta Computronics Pvt. Ltd. >Web site - http://betacomp.com > > > > >Regards, >Mukund Deshmukh >Beta Computronics Pvt. Ltd. >Web site - http://betacomp.com > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Harishankkar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 5:52 PM >Subject: Re: [LIH]Linux and BIOS calls > > >> Hi mukund, >> Thanks for the reply. You had mentioned that linux does not use BIOS calls >in >> its drivers in PC. But you had also mentioned that it is still there fot >the >> sake of cpmpatibility with old binaries. If so in which source file is the >> BIOS services transferred to memory? >> >> Thank you once again, >> Harishankkar >> > > > > > >--__--__-- > >Message: 3 >From: "Binand Raj S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [LIH]Dialup connection problem. >Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 09:56:09 +0530 >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >On Sunday 30 June 2002 06:53 pm, Rupesh wrote: >> Jun 30 18:10:25 localhost chat[7272]: expect (ord:) >> Jun 30 18:10:25 localhost chat[7272]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]^M >> Jun 30 18:10:25 localhost chat[7272]: Password: >> Jun 30 18:10:25 localhost chat[7272]: -- got it >> Jun 30 18:10:25 localhost chat[7272]: send (_password_^M) >> Jun 30 18:10:26 localhost chat[7272]: expect (>) >> Jun 30 18:10:26 localhost chat[7272]: ^M >> Jun 30 18:10:29 localhost chat[7272]: ~^?}#@!}!}!} >> >> 'ABORT' 'BUSY' >> 'ABORT' 'ERROR' >> 'ABORT' 'NO CARRIER' >> 'ABORT' 'NO DIALTONE' >> 'ABORT' 'Invalid Login' >> 'ABORT' 'Login incorrect' >> '' 'ATZ' >> 'OK' 'ATDT4404444' >> 'CONNECT' '' >> 'name:' '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' >> 'ord:' '_password_' >> '>' 'PPP' > >You don't need to wait for a prompt and then send the string "PPP". Looks >like the remote ppp daemon is being started automatically for you. Just r= >emove >that part from your chat script and things should be ok. > >Binand > > >--__--__-- > >Message: 4 >From: "Soumava Das" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 10:04:13 +0530 >Subject: [LIH]Cannot mount floppy >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Hi, > I am experiencing a peculiar problem with Mandrake 8.1. I have >installed MDK 8.1 on two HCL P4 machines. However, when I try to >mount a floppy (either as user or root) I get a message saying "/dev/fd0: >not a block device". The floppy drive is OK since I can access it using >Win 98. > Can anyone provide any pointer to a solution since it is a very >irritating problem? > >Soumava > > >--__--__-- > >Message: 5 >From: "mukund" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIH]Dialup connection problem. >Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 09:48:40 +0530 >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Remove last line( '>' 'PPP' ) > from the script which looks for ">" a router prompt and >sends "PPP". This is no longer required on VSNL. >BTW Why not use wvdial? > >Regards, >Mukund Deshmukh >Beta Computronics Pvt. Ltd. >Web site - http://betacomp.com > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Rupesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: LIH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 6:53 PM >Subject: [LIH]Dialup connection problem. > > >> I am using Redhat 7.3, I am trying to dialup to VSNL, below is the entry >in my >> /var/log/messages & chat-ppp0. >> >> Whats the problem in my chat-ppp0 script. >> >> >> Jun 30 18:10:01 localhost pppd[7236]: Starting link >> Jun 30 18:10:03 localhost chat[7272]: abort on (BUSY) >> Jun 30 18:10:03 localhost chat[7272]: abort on (ERROR) >> Jun 30 18:10:03 localhost chat[7272]: abort on (NO CARRIER) >> Jun 30 18:10:03 localhost chat[7272]: abort on (NO DIALTONE) >> Jun 30 18:10:03 localhost chat[7272]: abort on (Invalid Login) >> Jun 30 18:10:03 localhost chat[7272]: abort on (Login incorrect) >> Jun 30 18:10:03 localhost chat[7272]: send (ATZ^M) >> Jun 30 18:10:03 localhost chat[7272]: expect (OK) >> Jun 30 18:10:03 localhost chat[7272]: ATZ^M^M >> Jun 30 18:10:03 localhost chat[7272]: OK >> Jun 30 18:10:03 localhost chat[7272]: -- got it >> Jun 30 18:10:03 localhost chat[7272]: send (ATDT4404444^M) >> Jun 30 18:10:04 localhost chat[7272]: expect (CONNECT) >> Jun 30 18:10:04 localhost chat[7272]: ^M >> Jun 30 18:10:24 localhost chat[7272]: ATDT4404444^M^M >> Jun 30 18:10:24 localhost chat[7272]: CONNECT >> Jun 30 18:10:24 localhost chat[7272]: -- got it >> Jun 30 18:10:24 localhost chat[7272]: send (^M) >> Jun 30 18:10:24 localhost chat[7272]: expect (name:) >> Jun 30 18:10:24 localhost chat[7272]: 115200^M >> Jun 30 18:10:25 localhost chat[7272]: ^M >> Jun 30 18:10:25 localhost chat[7272]: Welcome to VSNL Internet Services^M >> Jun 30 18:10:25 localhost chat[7272]: ^M >> Jun 30 18:10:25 localhost chat[7272]: Username: >> Jun 30 18:10:25 localhost chat[7272]: -- got it >> Jun 30 18:10:25 localhost chat[7272]: send ([EMAIL PROTECTED]^M) >> Jun 30 18:10:25 localhost chat[7272]: expect (ord:) >> Jun 30 18:10:25 localhost chat[7272]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]^M >> Jun 30 18:10:25 localhost chat[7272]: Password: >> Jun 30 18:10:25 localhost chat[7272]: -- got it >> Jun 30 18:10:25 localhost chat[7272]: send (_password_^M) >> Jun 30 18:10:26 localhost chat[7272]: expect (>) >> Jun 30 18:10:26 localhost chat[7272]: ^M >> Jun 30 18:10:29 localhost chat[7272]: ~^?}#@!}!}!} >> }?}!}$}%j}"}&^?^?^?^?}%}&jg}0^@}'}"}(}"}1}$}%j}3}#} <[~~^?}#@!}!}"} }?}!}$ >> Jun 30 18:10:33 localhost chat[7272]: >> }%j}"}&^?^?^?^?}%}&jg}0^@}'}"}(}"}1}$}%j}3}#} ):~~^?}#@!}!}#} >> }?}!}$}%j}"}&^?^?^?^?}%}&jg} >> Jun 30 18:10:58 localhost chat[7272]: ^?}#@!}!}*} >> }?}!}$}%j}"}&^?^?^?^?}%}&jg}0^@}'}"}(}"}1}$}%j}3}#} 5~^M >> Jun 30 18:10:58 localhost chat[7272]: NO CARRIER >> Jun 30 18:10:58 localhost chat[7272]: -- failed >> Jun 30 18:10:58 localhost chat[7272]: Failed (NO CARRIER) >> Jun 30 18:10:58 localhost pppd[7236]: Connect script failed >> Jun 30 18:11:19 localhost pppd[7236]: Terminating on signal 15. >> Jun 30 18:11:19 localhost pppd[7236]: Exit. >> >> chat-ppp0 >> ========= >> >> 'ABORT' 'BUSY' >> 'ABORT' 'ERROR' >> 'ABORT' 'NO CARRIER' >> 'ABORT' 'NO DIALTONE' >> 'ABORT' 'Invalid Login' >> 'ABORT' 'Login incorrect' >> '' 'ATZ' >> 'OK' 'ATDT4404444' >> 'CONNECT' '' >> 'name:' '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' >> 'ord:' '_password_' >> '>' 'PPP' >> 'TIMEOUT' '5' >> >> TIA >> >> -Rupesh >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------- >> This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek >> Welcome to geek heaven. >> http://thinkgeek.com/sf >> _______________________________________________ >> linux-india-help mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help >> > > > > > > >--__--__-- > >Message: 6 >From: "mukund" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIH]inittab file >Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 09:51:17 +0530 >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >You may try init=/bin/sh to get the bash prompt. This by passes the >/etc/inittab. >You can create one /etc/inittab or copy from a floppy. > >Regards, >Mukund Deshmukh >Beta Computronics Pvt. Ltd. >Web site - http://betacomp.com > >----- Original Message ----- >From: USM Bish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: LIH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 1:04 PM >Subject: Re: [LIH]inittab file > > >> On Sat, Jun 29, 2002 at 10:17:59PM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> > >> > I deleted my runlevel in the inittab leaving it null. When i >> > restarted the machine it didnt ask me to go to which run level >> > instead it switched to runlevel 9 (i dont know where it took) >> > and hanged. I'm using a RH 7.2 version machine. How to change >> > my runlevel again to the default value. >> > >> ---end quoted text--- >> >> o Problem here is that init does not know the run level to begin >> with. Boot disks made with mkbootdisk may not work because it >> depends upon the /etc/inittab from existing set up on HDD for >> boot up ... You may face similar problems in "single" mode as >> well. >> >> o I am afraid, you may have to go through a rescue disk (if you >> have one) or a standalone distro like tomsrtbt to make editing >> of existing /etc/inittab possible. >> >> o I am not sure of the init setup for RH. The conventional thing >> in many distros is below, but may vary for RH. Initlevel 3 is >> safe enough. Add a line towards the beginning something like: >> >> # Default runlevel. >> id:3:initdefault: >> >> o Hopefully, this should do the trick ! >> >> HTH >> >> Bish
go through boot-prompt-howto. you will be recued. -- >> >> -- >> : >> ####[ Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]########################### >> >> Sub : 16-bit DOS partition thru Linux LOST #061 >> >> Formatting a DOS-16 bit partition in Linux: >> a) Through Linux fdisk mark the partion predesignated for DOS >> FAT-16 as Type 4 (if it is < 32 mb) or Type 6 (if > 32 mb). >> b) mkdosfs (man mkdosfs for details). The minimum options are: >> #mkdosfs -c -f FAT-16 -n volume-label /dev/hdxN >> >> ####<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>#################################### >> : >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------- >> This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek >> Welcome to geek heaven. >> http://thinkgeek.com/sf >> _______________________________________________ >> linux-india-help mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help >> > > > > >--__--__-- > >Message: 7 >From: "mukund" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIH]CLI >Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 09:52:52 +0530 >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >CLI = Calling line Identification. >CLI = Command Line Interface >What is you CLI? > >Regards, >Mukund Deshmukh >Beta Computronics Pvt. Ltd. >Web site - http://betacomp.com > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Mistkhan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 11:34 AM >Subject: [LIH]CLI > > >> Hi >> >> I am developing a application on Embedded Linux for PowerPC. In which I >> planning to provide a CLI from the host to the target. I wanted to know, >> whether there are any CLI already available, which can be used with any >> application, if so how to get it. >> >> Thanx in advance. >> >> regards >> Aman >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------- >> This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek >> Welcome to geek heaven. >> http://thinkgeek.com/sf >> _______________________________________________ >> linux-india-help mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help >> > > > > >--__--__-- > >Message: 8 >Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 12:47:04 +0530 (IST) >From: "H.S.Rai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [LIH]CrossOver [was] Flash player. >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Friday at 5:03pm +0530 Sukrit D wrote: > >> "cross-over plugin" is a .... >> it is an emulator. it fools software into thinking >> that it is being run in a windows environment. stuff >> like real player, win media player... and flash work >> fantastically. ... > >I was able to run flash 6, using crossover. But its >installation was not a smooth ride. You cannot select all >plugins at a time to install. Only one at a time. >Installtion time is quite long. Even sound quality was >poor. > >More objectionable is its so called "friendly message" >which throw a message window too often, to remind you that >this is demo version and request you to buy it. > >To me, it appears better and easy to boot system under >M$ and enjoy such site than to install crossover. I guess >it uses wine to do the job. > >I tried using following to run a window application, but >was unsuccessful. How to execute any application. > >./wine.sh --wl-app windowApplication >./wine.sh --cx-app windowApplication > >-- >H.S.Rai > >--- [ a version of Murphy's law ] :- > >Nothing is as easy as it looks. > > > >--__--__-- > >Message: 9 >Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 12:48:43 +0530 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [LIH]How to capture screen image in Linux >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Noufal Ibrahim) >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >man import > >NAME > import - capture some or all of an X server screen and > save the image to a file. > >Neatest thing I've tried. > > >On Sat, Jun 29, 2002 at 04:26:07PM +0400, Solve Cool assembled some >asciibets to write: >: Dear friends >: How to capture screen images in Linux >: thanks >: SC >: >: >: >: >: ------------------------------------------------------- >: This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek >: No, I will not fix your computer. >: http://thinkgeek.com/sf >: _______________________________________________ >: linux-india-help mailing list >: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help > >-- >~noufal > >What kind of love is that? Not to be loved; never to have shown love. > -- Commissioner Nancy Hedford, "Metamorphosis", > stardate 3219.8 > > >--__--__-- > >Message: 10 >Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 12:55:18 +0530 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [LIH]Re: shell based text editor with Auto Save feature ? >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Noufal Ibrahim) >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >On Sun, Jun 30, 2002 at 09:45:43AM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] assembled some >asciibets to write: > >: Else somebody please tell me how to re-define (F2) function key and/or >: Ctrl-S in vim, so these pepople can also habitually use these key to save >: the documents, manually. Atleast no learning curve for M$ people. > >You could seriously consider emacs. Modal editing is not very >intuitive to most people. And as for setting these bindings, >these lines in your .emacs file should take care of it. > >(global-set-key [(f2)] 'save-buffer) > >(global-set-key "\C-s" 'save-buffer) > > >-- >~noufal > >The heart is not a logical organ. > -- Dr. Janet Wallace, stardate 3479.4 > > >--__--__-- > >Message: 11 >Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 13:22:34 +0530 (IST) >From: Philip S Tellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: LIH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIH]cheque book program >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >On Sat, 29 Jun 2002, USM Bish wrote: > >> Difficult to digest that folk on this list here need computer >> programs for personal finances :-) > >why? > >-- >Children begin by loving their parents. After a time they judge them. Rarely, >if ever, do they forgive them. >- Oscar Wilde > > > > >--__--__-- > >Message: 12 >Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 13:27:14 +0530 (IST) >From: Philip S Tellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: LIH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIH]Can't read vfat partitions [getting OT] >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >On Sat, 29 Jun 2002, USM Bish wrote: > >> As Naren has correctly stated, the HDD had reached EOL. In >> any case, I was able to recover 100% and transfer all data to >> another HDD. I had followed the following steps: >> >> o Pressed all cables and cards. > >Did this > >> o Booted through Linux once and mounted hda. Shut down. > >cannot mount. > >> o Booted through a Win-98 boot floppy and did a scandisk on >> the 32 bit partitions. It made a fair amount of repairs. > >won't boot. i even tried putting the hard disk on someone else's >computer. it refuses to boot while my hard disk is connected. only >gets to the windows splash screen, and then makes a lot of noise > >I cannot get to later steps. > >-- >My grandfather invented Cliff's Notes. It all started back in 1912... >well, to make a long story short... > -- Stephen Wright > > > > >--__--__-- > >Message: 13 >Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 13:35:12 +0530 (IST) >From: Philip S Tellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [LIH]Dialup connection problem. >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >On Mon, 1 Jul 2002, mukund wrote: > >> Remove last line( '>' 'PPP' ) >> from the script which looks for ">" a router prompt and >> sends "PPP". This is no longer required on VSNL. > >actually, sometimes it is required. 49% of the time, vsnl provides a >prompt, and 49% of the time it doesn't. 2% of the time you cannot login >because of insufficient resources (the error message is incorrect >password). > >Also, 20% of the time, the username prompt is login: and 80% of the time >it is Username: > >Simple chat does not work in the latter case, but i've been able to make >it work for former case with (something like) this: > >TIMEOUT '7' >'>' - '' 'ppp' > >don't remember the exact syntax, I have it at home, but if you check the >chat man page, you can see how to do it. > >> BTW Why not use wvdial? > >best option. takes care of all possibilities. except, you have to run >it as root. better option is to run it through userhelper, and have a >/etc/pam.d/wvdial file. > >I have this set up at home, will send it when I get there. > >Philip > >-- >...this is an awesome sight. The entire rebel resistance buried under six >million hardbound copies of "The Naked Lunch." >- The Firesign Theater > > > >--__--__-- > >Message: 14 >From: "Arvind" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Linux India" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 13:53:55 +0530 >Subject: [LIH]trouble making postfix rpm from srpm >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >i wanted to build my postfix with >mysql >ldap >sasl > >i followed all the instructions andi am getting this error >$ rpm -ba postfix.spec >error: failed build dependencies: > cyrus-sasl-devel is needed by postfix-1.1.11-1.ldap.MySQL.sasl > > >i installed cyrus-sasl from source and its installed in its default place >/usr/local/ > >with libraries in >/usr/local/lib/sasl2/ > >and include files in >/usr/local/include/sasl > > >there is a link that i have made in /usr/local >/usr/local/sasl -> /usr/local/lib/sasl2 > > >what can i do ? > >Arvind > > > > > >--__--__-- > >_______________________________________________ >linux-india-help mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help > > >End of linux-india-help Digest > __________________________________________________________________ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. 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