Linux-Misc Digest #501, Volume #18 Thu, 7 Jan 99 07:13:10 EST
Contents:
Re: Should /sbin:/usr/sbin be in a user's path stupid argument ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Start Linux from within windoze?? (Jeremy Mathers)
Snappy video grabber+Linux = does it work? ("Louie R. Orbeta")
Re: C compiler problem (Bruno Barberi Gnecco)
Re: Excel to HTML converter? ("Pierre A. von Kaenel")
Unable to open an initial console ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux 2.0.35 - Linux 2.0.36 (Codifex Maximus)
Re: Help : red hat root password (Peter van Rossum)
Re: Progress v8 on Linux? ("Herbie")
Re: Configuring KDE desktop (Codifex Maximus)
Re: Quotas ("Jay D Ribak")
Linux Worms ? (Jim Howes)
Re: C compiler problem (J.H.M. Dassen (Ray))
Re: Re: things I'd pay to have developed for Linux... (Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von
Bidder)
Re: Whats the best *offline* usenet reader for Linux? (Tim Kynerd)
How to build chat room with in Linux? (Kelvin Leung)
Re: Slackware + RPM (Norman Jordan)
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Subject: Re: Should /sbin:/usr/sbin be in a user's path stupid argument
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Date: 7 Jan 1999 04:55:45 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] got plastered and spewed this unto the network:
>> sbin directories don't belong in the PATH variable for normal users
>For example, I wasted some bandwidth arguing with someone over whether a
>UNIX newbie should reboot a system or send inetd a HUP process to enable a
^^^^^^^
You mean a HUP >>>SIGNAL<<<. inetd is the process. You send SIGNALS
to processes.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeremy Mathers)
Subject: Re: Start Linux from within windoze??
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 19:06:28 GMT
In article <3693a3dd$1$xnlawnl$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
...
>My question is ... can I use loadlin or something else to boot Linux out of
>a command line prompt in WinNT?
I don't think NT has a "Real DOS" mode like Win9x does, so you'd
probably have to boot a DOS floppy - and then run LOADLIN from there.
Where are you planning on installing Linux itself (boot issues aside) ?
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From: "Louie R. Orbeta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Snappy video grabber+Linux = does it work?
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 10:14:43 GMT
Hi,
Just wondering if anyone has done any work on getting the parallel port
Snappy video grabber to work with Linux? Any help would be appreciated.
Regards,
Louie
p.s. I'd be happy you'd reply to the newsgroup instead of replying to me
personally. See my sig. file for the reason why.
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From: Bruno Barberi Gnecco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: C compiler problem
Date: 6 Jan 1999 14:14:49 -0600
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Indiana wrote:
>
> Every time i try to compile an application i get this error message
> although i have all gcc
> packages install on my machine:
> checking wheter the C compiler works................no
> configure error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler
> cannot create.
> I also joint a copy of my conifig.log file for more details.
> executables. Any sugestions
> Thanks, Alex
> configure:930: gcc -o conftest conftest.c 1>&5
> ld: cannot open crt1.o: No such file or directory
> configure: failed program was:
> #line 926 "configure"
> #include "confdefs.h"
> main(){return(0);}
You probably have not configured it well. Try to compile a
program with gcc -L/usr/lib -o [program] [program.c]. If it compiles,
You'll have to add -L/usr/lib to the specs file (in something like
/usr/lib/gcc....). Email me if this is the problem.
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Did you *REALLY* check that interface between the chair and the keyboard?
Bruno Barberi Gnecco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ICQ #1383173 - PGP 5.0i user
[I'm running Linux] -=-=- Electric Engineering at Politechnic School, USP
Check my homepage at http://graphx.home.ml.org * C, 3D graphics, and more
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From: "Pierre A. von Kaenel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.perl.misc
Subject: Re: Excel to HTML converter?
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1999 16:22:12 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I think I'm missing something - Why not use Excel to convert it?
Damon K. Haley wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Is there an excel to html converter out there?
> I found MSWordview which does a great jobs
> of converting Word97 to html.
> http://www.gnu.org/~caolan/docs/MSWordView.html
>
> I also found this page (http://arturo.directmail.org/filters/)
> of MS converters but didn't find an excel2html
> converter that is available yet.
>
> Does anyone know of one or when one will be released?
>
> Thanks
>
> Damon Haley
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Pierre A. von Kaenel
Math & Computer Science Dept.
Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Unable to open an initial console
Date: 6 Jan 1999 20:23:28 GMT
I�m an absolut newbie to Linux. And i need your Help.
While booting, i got the following message:
>Partition Check hda1 hda2 <......>
>VFS: Mounted root (ext2FileSystem) readonly
>Unable to open an initial console
then the ssystem freezes.
Can anybody tell me what happend here?
Before, I deleted a NTFS Partition (1GB) and made 2 new NTFS Partitions
(80MB & 920MB)
Maybe I shot my linux Partitions while deleting th NTFS Partition.
Help & Thanx in advance
Micha
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From: Codifex Maximus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux 2.0.35 - Linux 2.0.36
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 14:35:21 -0600
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Jan H�hne wrote:
> Hello
> I've got a problem!
> I had SuSE-Linux 5.3 with the Kernel-Version 2.0.35 and now had it
> updated on the Kernel-Version 2.0.36! And now on start up the Kernel
> prints: module unable to load, this module is compiled for Kernel 2.035!
> Must must I do to run my system fine????
>
> Jan H�hne
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Go back to your 2.0.36 directory and type: make modules; make
modules_install.
You will also need to do a: depmod -a
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Codifex Maximus
I tried to drown my problems but they can swim!
=====BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK=====
Version:3.1
GCS 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+
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Happiness is a static TCP/IP address...
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Jan Hühne wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>Hello
<BR>I've got a problem!
<BR>I had SuSE-Linux 5.3 with the Kernel-Version 2.0.35 and now had it
<BR>updated on the Kernel-Version 2.0.36! And now on start up the Kernel
<BR>prints: module unable to load, this module is compiled for Kernel 2.035!
<BR>Must must I do to run my system fine????
<P>Jan Hühne
<P>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</BLOCKQUOTE>
Go back to your 2.0.36 directory and type: make modules; make modules_install.
<BR>You will also need to do a: depmod -a
<PRE>--
Codifex Maximus
I tried to drown my problems but they can swim!
=====BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK=====
Version:3.1
GCS 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+
=====END GEEK CODE BLOCK=====
Happiness is a static TCP/IP address...</PRE>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter van Rossum)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Help : red hat root password
Date: 7 Jan 1999 10:35:39 -0000
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Billy Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
> I changed the root password for the red hat 5.2 and now I can't get into
>root. I am able to edit /etc/password and remove the password string
>but when I boot the system it gets over written. What can I do to stop it
>from doing so. Any help would be highly appreciated.
I'm not too familiar with the Red Hat 5.2 setup, but it might very well
be that you have shadow passwords installed. This would imply that the
actual (encrypted) password string is in /etc/shadow instead of
in /etc/password.
If this isn't the case, when you have removed the password string from
/etc/password, can you become root (without rebooting)? If so,
try to do so and use passwd (or the Red Hat analog of it) to change it again.
Peter
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Peter van Rossum e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Herbie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.databases.progress
Subject: Re: Progress v8 on Linux?
Date: 7 Jan 1999 10:42:15 GMT
Well, I gotten Progress to work with Linux up to version 7.3E with no
problem. If it works for SCO, it will work for Linux.
--Hal.
Elmond Cheung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> If you are fine with Progress V6.2 in Linux OS, better not upgrade to
other
> version of Progress. You might find it hard to implement some radical
changes.
>
> Regards,
>
> RJ
>
> Maribel Butler wrote:
>
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I have had significant success running Progress 4GL/Database
version
> > 6.2 on Linux.
> > I am considering upgrading to version 8 of the Progress 4GL/Database
and
> > was wondering if
> > anyone has had success installing and/or running Progress version 8 on
> > Linux.
> > I realize that Linux is not a supported platform by Progress,
but, as I
> > said, I
> > have had very good results.
> >
> > Thanks in Advance,
> > G. Butler
>
>
>
>
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From: Codifex Maximus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Configuring KDE desktop
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 14:52:16 -0600
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Sir Hoagy of the Marshlands wrote:
> Now that I've discovered the KDE desktop environment, I'd like to
> configure the hell out of it.
>
> What I'm particularly interested in altering is the toolbar on the
> bottom of the screen. I'm not sure where the rc file resides
> for such - I erased a couple of buttons, and they're not
> coming back (as a user, not as root). Not that I'm worried
> about it, but I know if I can do that, then I can certainly
> alter the toolbar.
>
> Could someone point to good resource(s) that discuss
> programming the KDE desktop?
>
> Much thanks!
K -> panel -> add application
Once the app is added then you can manipulate it by right clicking and choosing the
appropriate selection.
The K -> utilities -> menu editor will help manipulate the KDE menu.
The K -> system -> app finder will add your other applications to the KDE menu.
--
Codifex Maximus
I tried to drown my problems but they can swim!
=====BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK=====
Version:3.1
GCS 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+
=====END GEEK CODE BLOCK=====
Happiness is a static TCP/IP address...
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Sir Hoagy of the Marshlands wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>Now that I've discovered the KDE desktop environment,
I'd like to
<BR>configure the hell out of it.
<P>What I'm particularly interested in altering is the toolbar on the
<BR>bottom of the screen. I'm not sure where the rc file resides
<BR>for such - I erased a couple of buttons, and they're not
<BR>coming back (as a user, not as root). Not that I'm worried
<BR>about it, but I know if I can do that, then I can certainly
<BR>alter the toolbar.
<P>Could someone point to good resource(s) that discuss
<BR>programming the KDE desktop?
<P>Much thanks!</BLOCKQUOTE>
<PRE>K -> panel -> add application</PRE>
<PRE>Once the app is added then you can manipulate it by right clicking and choosing
the appropriate selection.</PRE>
<PRE>The K -> utilities -> menu editor will help manipulate the KDE menu.</PRE>
<PRE>The K -> system -> app finder will add your other applications to the KDE
menu.</PRE>
<PRE>--
Codifex Maximus
I tried to drown my problems but they can swim!
=====BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK=====
Version:3.1
GCS 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+
=====END GEEK CODE BLOCK=====
Happiness is a static TCP/IP address...</PRE>
</HTML>
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From: "Jay D Ribak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Quotas
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 15:02:50 -0500
It is not....should it be?
What are the security implications of having 'quota' being SUID root?
I actually tried it, since it wouldn't hurt to try it and change it back,
and that did not seem to help either.
Jay
Bob Hauck wrote in message <770aoa$1sq$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>In article <76tj67$lf1$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "Jay D Ribak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> user quota exceeded and such). Repquota presents the proper info about
>> those users when I run it. The only thing that ISN'T working is the
user
>> 'quota' command. When I run the command as one of the users, it says
User
>> quotas for username (uid xxx): none. Obviously this is false, as there
IS
>
>Is /usr/bin/quota SUID to root?
>
>--
> 11:30:00 up 35 days, 19:25, 3 users, load average: 0.00, 0.02, 0.00
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Howes)
Subject: Linux Worms ?
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 20:55:29 GMT
Has anyone successfully got Team17's Worms to run on a Linux box
under DOSemu?
(Alternatively, does anyone know of a Linux Worms?)
I mention this in the hope of running worms at all. It mysteriously
fails to run on Windows 95, and on a minimal DOS diskette-booted
system; it just plays silly buggers with the CD-ROM, and hangs.
Jim
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (J.H.M. Dassen (Ray))
Subject: Re: C compiler problem
Date: 6 Jan 1999 19:32:43 GMT
Indiana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>ld: cannot open crt1.o: No such file or directory
On my Debian system, crt1.o is part of the libc6-dev package; I suspect that
allmost all distributions put it in a development package of the GNU C
library (glibc aka GNU libc 2 aka libc6); most likely you just need to
install the package for glibc development.
HTH,
Ray
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Re: things I'd pay to have developed for Linux...
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 20:13:38 GMT
On 2 Jan 1999 12:50:47 +0800, Ilya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>LVM.
Sorry my ignorance - but what's that?
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Greets from over there
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EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Nothing travels faster than light.
With, of course, the exception of bad news. -- D. Adams
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tim Kynerd)
Crossposted-To: news.software.readers
Subject: Re: Whats the best *offline* usenet reader for Linux?
Date: 7 Jan 1999 11:28:26 GMT
On 6 Jan 1999 15:12:04 GMT, Frank Slootweg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Christopher Browne ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>[deleted]
>> What you can "compile in" is the ability for SLRN to read news spools
>> (in a format remarkably similar to what C-News generates). News readers
>> have long provided this ability, since long before there was NNTP.
>>
>> The main chunk of code associated with this "feature" is a separate
>> program called "slrnpull," which is essentially a stripped-down
>> alternative to C-News. It takes a list of newsgroups (along with some
>> parameter information on how long to keep articles and how many to
>> read), heads off to an NNTP server, and pulls the articles into that
>> "C-News-like" spool. And pushes back any followup/reply articles.
>>
>> It's pretty fast, and works quite well.
>
> Is slrnpull also available for MS-Windows? I know that slrn itself is
>available for Win32, i.e. 95/98/NT, but what about slrnpull?
Yes, it is. I don't have the URL handy (anyone?), but I use slrn/slrnpull
under Linux at home, and under Win95 at work.
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Tim Kynerd
Sundbyberg (sm�stan i storstan), Sweden
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From: Kelvin Leung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: How to build chat room with in Linux?
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 04:31:14 GMT
Hello,
I have a home server with RH 5.1 and I'm running apache on it. I would
like to setup a chatroom for my friends to chat in my server. Does
anyone know where I can grab some info about this topic?
Kelvin
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From: Norman Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Slackware + RPM
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 10:39:58 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello,
> I installed rpm on my slackware box via the Slackware + rpm
> mini-howto. I am assuming rpm was installed since every time I try to
> install a rpm package i get failed dependencies to libs/files that are
> already installed. I am pretty sure that there should be a file to tell
> rpm where these libs are? /usr/etc/rpm contains some interesting files,
> but no lib= entry. Anyone know how to tell rpm that the libs are already
> installed?
> Thanks,
> Navi
I did it by using a RedHat CD and using "rpm -i --justdb" to install the
rpm packages that I already had installed as slackware packages. Very time
consuming unless you just go to the RPMS directory and type "rpm -i
--justdb *"
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The Linux Resource Center
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