Linux-Misc Digest #783, Volume #18 Wed, 27 Jan 99 09:13:27 EST
Contents:
Slow mouse under XFree (Thomas Gil)
Re: How to copy buttsniff (John Thompson)
Re: connection speed of modem (Sam E. Trenholme)
Re: I can't c and fortran link (John Forkosh)
Re: color corrections on postscript files (Sam E. Trenholme)
Re: SMTP problem, please help (Sam E. Trenholme)
Re: bash crashes, shutdown hangs, man flaky... (L J Bayuk)
Re: How to copy buttsniff (John Forkosh)
Re: multi-booting Linux & '95 & NT - advice sought (Michael Gaudlitz)
Re: PROPOSAL: comp.unix.year-2038 (WAS: 2038 and Linux) (Bloody Viking)
Adding SCSI host? (Anders Nilsson)
Re: hp720c installation problems ... (Bora Akyol)
Re: WOW LotusNotes on Linux (Christopher Browne)
Re: A newbie versus "vi" [HOLY WARS ALERT] (Alistair Hamilton)
Re: Recompiling Blues (Alan Fried)
Re: Linux keyboard? (For emacs use) (Bob Marcan)
Re: linux max RAM is 1GB? (Stephen Costaras)
Re: Linux on an Aptiva 2134-C21 (Sam E. Trenholme)
Re: Recompiling Blues (Sam E. Trenholme)
Re: startx not found (Stef)
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From: Thomas Gil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Slow mouse under XFree
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 13:00:29 +0100
Hello folks,
I've been trying to highen my mouse speed under TheNextLevel,
(ie Red Hat 4.2 environment) but unfortunately I didn't succeed.
All I found was "xset m .. .." to set acceleration and threshold
for the mouse.
But I wanted to set its speed.
I managed to do it in an ascii screen (without X)
thanks to gpm -r ..., but it is redefined when launching X,
so I'm stuck....
Anyone having suggestions ?
Thomas Gil.
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to copy buttsniff
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 00:22:38 -0500
Eric Goforth wrote:
> I'm trying to copy a file that I've downloaded from my home directory to
> a floppy, so that I can install it on my Windows machine.
>
> [eric@localhost eric]# ls BUTTSniff-0.9.3.zip
> BUTTSniff-0.9.3.zip
> [eric@localhost eric]# cp BUTTSniff-0.9.3.zip
> /mnt/floppy/"BUTTSniff-0.9.3.zip"
> cp: cannot create regular file `/mnt/floppy/BUTTSniff-0.9.3.zip':
> Invalid argument
You don't say what filesystem you've mounted with the floppy. If you mount
it as "msdos" it can't handle the long name. Try mounting as vfat and see
if that helps.
--
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sam E. Trenholme)
Subject: Re: connection speed of modem
Date: 26 Jan 1999 17:49:58 -0800
>Is there a command or maybe this information is logged to some file? I
>checked /var/log/messages but this contained no information.
You can have this information logged to /var/log/messages if you set up
your chat script so that it gives verbose output. The place where the
chat script is called depends on the distro you are using (I use RedHat,
but my PPP scripts are old-school scripts based on Netcom's Linux
connection guidelines).
Once you find out where chat is being called in the "ppp-up" script, add a
"verbose output" option by adding the following flag to chat:
-v
e.g, instead of:
/usr/sbin/pppd -d /dev/modem 38400 \
connect "/usr/sbin/chat -f /etc/ppp/chat-whoever"
You have:
/usr/sbin/pppd -d /dev/modem 38400 \
connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/ppp/chat-whoever"
- Sam
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Forkosh)
Subject: Re: I can't c and fortran link
Date: 27 Jan 1999 07:08:05 -0500
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: I use linux 2.0.36
: Function consist of fotran.
: C language call function
: ex) fortran tlib.f
: subroutine tlib3(ixl,iyl)
: print*,ixl,iyl
: return
: end
: C main.c
: #include <stdio.h>
: #define tlib3 tlib3_
: int main(int argc, char **argv)
: {
: int ix,iy;
: ix=10;iy=10;
: tlib3(&ix,&iy);
: }
: if I main.c and tlib.o link
: ex) cc -c tlib.f
: ex) cc -o main main.c tlib.o
: tlib.o: In function `tlib_':
: tlib.o(.text+0x9): undefined reference to `s_wsle'
I had same problem on RS/6000 under AIX. You need to link
in the Fortran runtime library,
cc main.c tlib.o -lf2c -o main
That is, you forgot the -lf2c option. I'm not positive
you want f2c. I got that from man g77 which claims
that libf2c.a is the Fortran runtime library (on Linux).
By the way, you'll obviously need to have that
library already installed before trying the above.
Glad to see you realize that you must always pass
addresses to Fortran routines.
Hope this helps,
John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sam E. Trenholme)
Subject: Re: color corrections on postscript files
Date: 26 Jan 1999 18:01:15 -0800
>I have to do some color corrections on PS files (e.g. less contrast,
>more red ...) on a LINUX computer.
What *may* do the job is the ImageMagick series of utilities. This is a
series of command-line utilities which can convert from one format to
another, and can do things like more contrast, less red, and so on.
To be honest, manipulating raw postscript is very tricky, since Postscript
is a turing complete language, and you may have to use scripts the utilize
ghostscript and xwd to convert the postscript to a manipulatable format.
- Sam (and, if anyone has a better answer, please post it)
--
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sam E. Trenholme)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: SMTP problem, please help
Date: 26 Jan 1999 18:08:12 -0800
>I have a pop mail server (linux slackware) and 5 NT machines (5
>different users).
>The NT machines are using netscape for downloading emails.
Try using a different popper. Last time I looked, the popper [pop mail
server] Slackware uses is the UC Davis popper, which has for all intents
and purposes, not been updated in a long time.
Although there is not freely available popper optimized for security [1],
the latest version of Qpopper is pretty good, and has a lot of features
that the UC Davis popper does not have.
Another option is the popper included with the Washington University IMAP
server, which looks like it has finally taken care of most of the glaring
security problems earlier versions of the IMAP package had. The
disadvantage of this popper is that it is a little bigger, and doesn't
have as many features as Qpopper.
Look here for Qpopper:
ftp://ftp.qualcomm.com
- Sam
[1] That can use ordinary "From space" mailboxes
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (L J Bayuk)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: bash crashes, shutdown hangs, man flaky...
Date: 27 Jan 1999 02:08:03 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>...
>I'm running Red Hat 5.1 with a K6 AMD, 233MHz, PCI/ISA bus... Dual boot
>with Windoze; HD has G's to spare. I chose the "install everything"
>option at install time (sure, I might need HOWTO's in French and
>Japanese). I haven't messed with bashrc.
>
>...
>stuff), eventually they begin to crash with no explanation, often
>without
>even a segmentation fault. At this point, I can type "bash", type any
>command (e.g. "echo foo"), and find myself suddenly outside of bash
>again,
I'm not sure, of course, but I'm thinking... hardware, uh oh.
Linux is rock-solid on stable hardware, and very flaky on
flaky hardware. And no, the fact that hardware can run a MS
OS without (more than the usual) problems doesn't prove anything.
Memory, CPU, and motherboard are the usual first suspects.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Forkosh)
Subject: Re: How to copy buttsniff
Date: 27 Jan 1999 07:18:37 -0500
Eric Goforth ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: I'm trying to copy a file that I've downloaded from my home directory to
: a floppy, so that I can install it on my Windows machine.
: [eric@localhost eric]# cp BUTTSniff-0.9.3.zip /mnt/floppy
: cp: cannot create regular file `/mnt/floppy/BUTTSniff-0.9.3.zip':
: Invalid argument
Valid DOS filenames can be no longer than 8.3 so try
cp BUTTSniff-0.9.3.zip /mnt/floppy/bs.zip
(Also try renaming your program to something less objectionable:)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Gaudlitz)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc
Subject: Re: multi-booting Linux & '95 & NT - advice sought
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 13:18:18 GMT
I had no problem booting nt and linux from the same disc and
have nt installed after linux.
you have to use the nt bootmanager, experimenting with lilo booting
all os isn't worth your time.
here's is how it works:
* create a disk to boot linux on your hd from this disk
(man lilo)
* install nt on your free partition
* nt's bootmanager grabs the mbr (master boot record of
the disk) and offers nt and win95 in the bootmenu
* boot linux with your disk
* get the partition boot sector from the root linux partition:
(assume it's hda6: dd if=/dev/hda6 of=/tmp/bootsect.lin +
some options -> man dd)
* run lilo with the adapted lilo.conf file (-> howto lilo)
* edit c:\boot.ini: add an entry pointing to your bootsect.lin
file
* every time you create a new kernel you have to create a new
bootsect.lin and run lilo again
since i'm not on my linux pc i can't give you the details, but you
should find them on the numerous howtos on the net.
a warning:
NEVER let nt's disk manager write a signature on the
linux partition (what it'll do after starting it! you
can answer 'no') this crashed my linux installation.
maybe this problem is fixed now.
On 22 Jan 1999 13:05:45 GMT,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Des Herriott) wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've got a Dell CPi 266 laptop currently running Win95 & Red Hat Linux
> 5.2 and I need to also install NT4. My disk partitioning looks like
> this at the moment (from Linux):
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hda1 * 1 261 2096451 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M
> /dev/hda2 262 787 4225095 5 Extended
> /dev/hda3 773 788 128520 82 Linux swap
> /dev/hda5 262 522 2096451 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M
> /dev/hda6 523 588 530113+ 83 Linux native
> /dev/hda7 589 694 851413+ 83 Linux native
> /dev/hda8 695 772 626503+ 83 Linux native
>
> /dev/hda1 & /dev/hda5 are both Win95 at the moment (C: and D:
> respectively), and all the others are Linux. I want to install NT on
> /dev/hda5 (leaving just hda1 for '95).
>
> I'm currently using LILO on /dev/hda to boot Linux & '95. I could use
> NT's boot loader to boot all 3 OS's - I think I understand how to get
> NT's boot loader to load Linux, but can I get LILO to boot Linux, '95 &
> NT?
>
> Most of the docs & HOWTO's I've read recommend installing NT before Linux,
> but I'd rather get NT on there without disturbing the current setup too
> much (or at all if possible!)
>
> So, my question - has anyone done this successfully, and can anyone
> offer pointers and/or advice before I jump in there and do it?
>
> --
> Des Herriott, Oracle Corporation UK Ltd.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> - speaking for myself, not my employer.
----
\micha [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Bloody Viking <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.software.year-2000,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: PROPOSAL: comp.unix.year-2038 (WAS: 2038 and Linux)
Date: 27 Jan 1999 00:53:04 GMT
In comp.os.linux.advocacy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: Now, why didn't the y2k'ers think of that when they created the group? Cripes,
: it was only four years in the fut... oh, never mind.
Becuse they made the same mistake as the original coders who coded in the
Y2K bugs! It's called shortsightedness!
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From: Anders Nilsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Adding SCSI host?
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 11:29:03 +0000
I'm trying to add a SCSI host to my PC running Redhat 5.0. I've got two
hosts to choose from, Advansys BP5140 and Always IN2000. None of them
are detected as SCSI hosts when Linux is booting, because the kernel is
not trying to look for them I suppose. Maybe if I load the respective
module, advansys.o or in2000.o ? So then I do that from a console like
this:
[root@localhost]#insmod in2000
Found IN2000 BIOS at 0xc8000 dip_switch=12 irq=11 ioport=110 floppy=No
sync/DOS5=No hardware_ver=27 chip=WD33c93A microcode=09
setup_args = ,,,,,,,,,
Sync-transfer DISABLED on all devices: ENABLE from command-line
IN2000 driver version 1.31 - 06/July/1997
scsi0 : Always IN2000
scsi : 1 host.
scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 0, scsi0, channel 0, id 0,
lun 0, Test Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00
scsi 0: Abort-(asr=80, count=0, resid=256, buf_resid=0, have_data=0,
FC=01)- scsi0: warning : SCSI command probably completed before
abortion.
Then the console hangs. I looks good apart from the last part when
"something" is aborted and the console hangs.
Anyway, is this the way I'm supposed to do it to find out if the module
in2000.o works with my SCSI host?
How do I get Linux to load the module correctly when booting? By doing
some nifty changes to /etc/conf.modules?
/Anders
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Subject: Re: hp720c installation problems ...
From: Bora Akyol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 12:32:37 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sam E. Trenholme) writes:
> >Is somebody have a procedure to install a hp 720c printer on RedHat 5.1?
>
> I assume that is a parallel port printer. Then installing it and getting
> it to print ASCII text should be simple enough:
>
> insmod /lib/modules/`uname -r`/misc/lp.o
> perl -e 'print "This is a test\r\n\f"' > /dev/lp0
>
> Which should give you the words "This is a test" on a single sheet of
> paper.
>
> In terms of anything more fancy, the printer *should* speak pcl just fine.
> Just tell RedHat's printer configurator that it is a HP Laserjet III
> or similar printer. You shouldn't have any problems.
>
> - Sam
>
> --
> Email address here: http://www.samiam.org/ssi/mailme.shtml
> Music I write here: http://www.mp3.com/sam http://www.samiam.org/mp3
> Mp3 reviews here: http://www.samiam.org/music
HP 720C is NOT a PCL printer, it uses the proprietary PPA protocol
from HP. However, there is a pnm-to-ppa converter on the net somewhere
for at least B&W printing.
--
Bora
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Browne)
Subject: Re: WOW LotusNotes on Linux
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 01:59:37 GMT
On Tue, 26 Jan 1999 13:10:57 GMT, David R. Conrad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Sat, 23 Jan 1999 03:31:49 GMT,
> Christopher Browne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>ii) By using the encryption capabilities, the data is made somewhat more
>>secure against "hostile loss." Thus, if the Men in Black Hats rip off
>>your laptop (or the thieves at the airport), it is likely to be more
>>trouble than it's worth to actually make use of any of the data.
>
>IIRC Lotus Notes uses 64-bit encryption. Since 56-bit encryption was
>just cracked in 22 hours 30 minutes or so, 64-bit would be good for
>about 240 days. But that's at the rate of keys/sec that Deep Crack +
>distributed.net got. The MIB could probably break Lotus Notes in no
>more than a few weeks. (And doesn't Notes reveal some of the key bits
>to reduce the work factor? It might not be more than about 40 bits to
>the MIB, which could be broken in an hour or so.)
It's fair enough that Notes won't protect you against a determined thief
who wants your laptop because it's got valuable data on it.
>I wouldn't trust Lotus Notes unless you just want to keep secrets from
>your kid sister.
Or to hide your address book from a thief who doesn't have much
technical sophistication.
Scenario involving completely unprotected system:
Thief boots up PC to see that it works. He notices the icon on the
desktop for your PIM package, and double-clicks.
And thereby browses:
a) Credit card info,
b) Your schedule, and notes which days you're out of town. (Good
burglary opportunities!)
This requires *no* special knowledge.
Scenario where PIM data is sitting in a repository behind the
"questionably-encrypted Notes firewall":
Thief boots up PC to see that it works. He sees the Notes icon, and
double-clicks, guesses passwords a couple times, and then gives up and
starts disassembling or bounces it to someone else.
Is there still a risk of data theft? Yes. But since there doesn't
*seem* to be an "easy Notes cracker," it's inconvenient enough that it
reduces the risk fairly substantially.
--
"If all you can see is vast masses of end-users chewing their cud and
running Win95 on Gateways, then what good is platform independence?"
-- David LeBlanc ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.ntlug.org/~cbbrowne/lsf.html>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alistair Hamilton)
Subject: Re: A newbie versus "vi" [HOLY WARS ALERT]
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 23:24:28 GMT
On Mon, 25 Jan 1999 23:21:58 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alistair
Hamilton) wrote:
... nothing at all -- I pressed the wrong button. Sorry, folks!
Regards,
Alistair
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alan Fried)
Subject: Re: Recompiling Blues
Date: 27 Jan 1999 03:02:41 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sam E. Trenholme) wrote:
>First of all, if you have a modern RedHat system, there should be
>absolutely no need to be mucking around with recompiling the kernel. You
>should be able to do everything you need to by inserting modules in to the
>kernel--RedHat has alreay compiled the kernel and all the needed modules
>for you.
Unfortunately it does not support my initio 9100a SCSI card so I had to
recompile.
>With a RedHat system, as long as it can see all the hardware you have at
>install time, you will be able to see all of the hardware when you boot
>RedHat. There is no need to learn about kernel recompiles, inserting
>kernel modules, and so on.
>
>An exception to this rule, of course, is if you have unusual hardware that
>the Linux kernel proper does not have built-in support for.
And I do.
>>I am new at recompiling so I used Jeremy Nickolet's web page as a
>>reference (members.home.com/nickoljt/kernel.html. For the most part
>>it was a valuable asset but he suggested to recompile most of the
>>stuff as modules. This turned out to be a mistake because afterwards,
>>I was unable to mount my dos partition and cd-rom. In addition, I could
>>not get online.
>
><Clears throat> In order to use modules, the modules have to be inserted
>in to the kernel space. This is done with the insmod command. Example:
>
> insmod /lib/modules/`uname -r`/fs/fat.o
> insmod /lib/modules/`uname -r`/fs/vfat.o
>
>This will allow you to access files on a Win95 partition with long file
>names, assuming that you correctly installed the modules with 'make
>modules_install'
When do you give this command?
The steps I took were as follows:
make mrproper
make xconfig
make dep
make clean
make zImage
make modules (with the initio SCSI card I got error messages during this process)
rm -rf /lib/modules/2.0.34-old
mv /lib/modules/2.0.34 /lib/modules/2.0.4-old
make modules_install
cp arch/i386/boot/zImage /boot/vmlinuz
>With regards to your Kernel compile problems, it sounds like you have a
>ggg/egcs incompatibility. With RedHat 5.2, they have changed the main
>compiler that is used, causing code that used to be able to compile to no
>longer be able to compile. Please let us know which version of Linux you
>are using, and the output of this command:
>
I have Red Hat version 5.1.
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From: Bob Marcan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.misc,comp.emacs,comp.editors
Subject: Re: Linux keyboard? (For emacs use)
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 04:19:54 GMT
Try LK46W-A2 from Digital (Compaq). It has LK401 layout and can be
connected
to PC. Price shoul be under 30$.
Ilya wrote:
>
> I am interested in a "soft-touch" keyboard for a Linux workstation that has
> one Control key on the home row - by the "A" key or "Caps lock" key, instead
> of 2 Control keys on the bottom like on Windows keyboards. I would like to
> hear someone recommend a keyboard with these specifications.
>
> The best example I can think of is a keyboard for DEC 5000/33. workstation.
> Another example is a keyboard for older HP-UX workstations, although they
> had tiny, difficult to use, control keys. Needless to say, these proprietory
> keyboards do not work on anything else.
>
> Another example is made by PFU America Inc. (http://www.pfuca.com/). Happy
> Hacking Keyboard has a big Control key and loks good but is missing function
> keys.
>
> The reason I am asking is because I find Emacs infinitely easier to use with
> a Control key on the home row, and practically unusable for a long time with
> Windows 95/PC type keyboards. Of course, that is just my opinion and I
> realize others differ. Still, I'd like to hear suggestions.
> Thanks in advance.
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From: Stephen Costaras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: linux max RAM is 1GB?
Date: 27 Jan 1999 02:19:14 GMT
I haven't really looked into this (I'm only at 768MB on the systems I have
here). But as I understand the problem it is to do with the 32bit processors
in the intel line. They can only address 4GB of memory max, that being 4GB
of RAM, or a combination of swap & RAM that equals 4GB.
Assuming the above is correct (Any kernel people here want to comment on this?)
You might be able to get the memory you want when running Linux on an Alpha
or Ultra Sparc processor.
Steve
--
"There are two types of light, the glow that illuminates, and the glare
that obscures." -- James Thurber
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sam E. Trenholme)
Subject: Re: Linux on an Aptiva 2134-C21
Date: 26 Jan 1999 18:48:41 -0800
>Has anyone installed Linux onto the above mentioned system (Aptiva
>2134-C21), or any other Aptiva system?
I am not familiar with that particular system, but it is a simple matter
of going to the control panel in Windows 95/98 too see what hardware you
have, and seeing if it is compatible with RedHat Linux. Here is RedHat's
hardware compatibility list:
http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/rhl/intel/rh52-hardware-intel.html
General points:
Most things will run with Linux. The gotchas are plug-n-play hardware
(They *can* work with Linux, but can be a real pain) and "winmodems"
(modems that need special Windows drivers to run).
- Sam
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Music I write here: http://www.mp3.com/sam http://www.samiam.org/mp3
Mp3 reviews here: http://www.samiam.org/music
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sam E. Trenholme)
Subject: Re: Recompiling Blues
Date: 26 Jan 1999 18:18:34 -0800
First of all, if you have a modern RedHat system, there should be
absolutely no need to be mucking around with recompiling the kernel. You
should be able to do everything you need to by inserting modules in to the
kernel--RedHat has alreay compiled the kernel and all the needed modules
for you.
With a RedHat system, as long as it can see all the hardware you have at
install time, you will be able to see all of the hardware when you boot
RedHat. There is no need to learn about kernel recompiles, inserting
kernel modules, and so on.
An exception to this rule, of course, is if you have unusual hardware that
the Linux kernel proper does not have built-in support for.
>I am new at recompiling so I used Jeremy Nickolet's web page as a
>reference (members.home.com/nickoljt/kernel.html. For the most part
>it was a valuable asset but he suggested to recompile most of the
>stuff as modules. This turned out to be a mistake because afterwards,
>I was unable to mount my dos partition and cd-rom. In addition, I could
>not get online.
<Clears throat> In order to use modules, the modules have to be inserted
in to the kernel space. This is done with the insmod command. Example:
insmod /lib/modules/`uname -r`/fs/fat.o
insmod /lib/modules/`uname -r`/fs/vfat.o
This will allow you to access files on a Win95 partition with long file
names, assuming that you correctly installed the modules with 'make
modules_install'
With regards to your Kernel compile problems, it sounds like you have a
ggg/egcs incompatibility. With RedHat 5.2, they have changed the main
compiler that is used, causing code that used to be able to compile to no
longer be able to compile. Please let us know which version of Linux you
are using, and the output of this command:
gcc -v
- Sam
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From: Stef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: startx not found
Date: 27 Jan 1999 12:57:47 +0100
: Thanks for the replies!
You're welcome!
Stef
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ETH Zurich
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