Linux-Misc Digest #793, Volume #18 Thu, 28 Jan 99 04:13:10 EST
Contents:
Re: Kernel too big (Solved) ("Wael Sedky")
Help for STB nVidia ZX video card (Jun Zhuang)
Re: Looking for software on the Net ([EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul E Larson))
Re: Getting the local IP addess after ifup ppp0 (GeekGirl)
Re: Linux on IBM Thinkpad 370C ? ("Richard Payne")
Re: USR 56 K WinModem driver. (Sam E. Trenholme)
Re: LINUX PPP on a SPARC10 (James Carlson)
Newbie needs Soundblaster Help ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux on PC's not ready for Enterprise (Sam E. Trenholme)
Re: Start of Discussion Linux vers NT ("Keith G. Murphy")
Re: Is Microsoft a nasty company ? I'm asking you this question. (Jim Richardson)
Re: Linux is not even in Windows 9X's class. ("Robert J. Sprawls")
Re: kernel 2.20 problem (ty)
Re: All systems go! (Enkidu)
Re: 8.9.2: senders domain must exist error#501 (Stefan Davids)
Re: realaudio heavy CPU loading (Stephen E. Halpin)
Re: Linux show on realaudio (jack)
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From: "Wael Sedky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]*>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: Kernel too big (Solved)
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 01:09:00 -0800
That is probably why, whenever I compiled my kernel and renamed it to
vmlinuz the system refused to boot.
>There is a big difference between vmlinux (with x) and vmlinuz (with z)
>ther former is not compressed while the latter is. When you make zlilo
>the right kernel will be copied to /vmlinuz.
>
>Villy
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jun Zhuang)
Subject: Help for STB nVidia ZX video card
Date: 27 Jan 1999 18:06:33 GMT
We have several new Dell Dimension XPS R450.
They come with STB nVidia ZXV 8MB 3D 2xAGP video card
and Dell Trinitron (Ultracsan 1600HS) 21' minotor.
after we installed Linux Redhat5.2, we couldn't
get the right color resolution.(I mean , the pictures
looks BAD).
While retry several times with Xconfigurator,
we found the best emulator is Diamond 3D (nv1).
I called STB, they told me STB nVidia ZXV 8MB 3D 2xAGP
is same as STB Velocity 128 (which is listed in Redhat5.2's
driver list in Xconfigurator), but it failed to
emulate STB Velocity 128.
Anyone one happened to know where I can get driver
for this video card?(I tried search on web but couldn't
find).
thanks a lot!
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,linux.redhat.rpm
From: whistler<blahblah>@twcny.rr.com (Paul E Larson)
Subject: Re: Looking for software on the Net
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 06:39:26 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mike Wittek
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>All;
>Where are some good places on the Internet to find software for Linux
>and its RPM, free or not? This can be a directory of places too.
>
to be obvious - www.linux.org
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (GeekGirl)
Subject: Re: Getting the local IP addess after ifup ppp0
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 18:33:34 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Well I have it working now. Thanks everyone for the tips and pointers.
I ended up using /etc/ppp/ip-up.local to handle everything. It gets
the local ip address as a command line parameter. Then it echos it to
a file and calls an expect script in /root/bin which uploads the file
to the web server.
This is really great. My next step will be to integrate this into an
html file (using sed in all likelyhood, since I am woefully bad at
perl) so that my top-level page on the server links to files on the
local httpd.
Anyone wanting the expect script can email me, although I imagine most
everyone here could do it better. ;)
GG
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From: "Richard Payne" <payner at timken dot com>
Subject: Re: Linux on IBM Thinkpad 370C ?
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 16:39:40 -0500
Check this out. The Linux-Laptop home page:
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/
--
Rich Payne
(Speaking for myself, not my employer)
payner at timken dot com
Looking for Alpha-Linux info?
http://www.alphalinux.org
jansens_at_ibm_dot_net (Karel Jansens) wrote in message ...
>I have been offered an IBM Thinkpad 370C at a rather attractive price.
>The machine has a 520 MB drive and 12 MB of RAM (I don't know yet if this
>can be expanded). No CD-ROM though (only via parallel port, but I reckon I
>can always install via NFS).
>
>Does anybody have experience with installing Linux on such a machine (and
>would be willing to share that experience, of course)?
>
>I seem to remember that the Thinkpads have a peculiar floppy interface.
>
>Karel Jansens
>jansens_at_ibm_dot_net
>
>=======================================================
>If we could have our cake and eat it,
>people would start whining about seconds.
>=======================================================
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sam E. Trenholme)
Subject: Re: USR 56 K WinModem driver.
Date: 27 Jan 1999 10:49:36 -0800
>Does anyone know of a driver for a USR 56K WinModem for Linux.
As a general rule of thumb, the inexpensive "winmodems" require the OS to
do the lion's share of the computation a modem performs. This
requires a special, complicated interface to the modem.
Since the companies do not tell Linux developers how to talk to these
winmodems, and since making a driver for these modems is very complicated,
I do not expect a driver for any WinModem to appear in the foreseeable
future.
With Linux, the best best for a modem is an external serial modem that
talks the Hayes command set.
- 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
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From: James Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware,alt.os.linux,comp.protocols.ppp,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: LINUX PPP on a SPARC10
Date: 27 Jan 1999 13:56:00 -0500
"Chenard, Sylvain [CAR:VS13:EXCH]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Jan 18 21:29:16 oliver6 pppd[1479]: Receive serial link is not 8-bit
> clean:
> Jan 18 21:29:16 oliver6 pppd[1479]: Problem: all had bit 7 set to 0
> Jan 18 21:30:15 oliver6 pppd[1479]: Exit.
This is a seriously frequently asked question. See any of the
archives. If you see this, then the other side is most likely not
running PPP.
> Even if I put the debug option in "options" file, I got nothing more...
That means that your syslogd is misconfigured. You'll need to send
*.debug to the file.
> send ATQ0V1E1X4\r
> wait OK 5
> dial T*70,,*67,,555-1212 #As an example
> sleep 1
> send \r
> send \r
> wait Userid: 15
> send e(myunixID)\r
> wait Password? 15
[...]
Most ISPs do NOT want you to do that if you're using PPP. Instead,
they want you to just dial in and start using PPP, since that's what
Windoze does. If you start chatting a user name at them, then they'll
usually assume you don't speak PPP.
The problem here is most likely in the chat portion, not in PPP. Run
chat with the "-v" flag to get debug messages in syslog.
> The Sparc uses both different UART and irq than PC. The following shows
> you what I got:
These are completely different architectures. You can't compare them.
--
James Carlson, Consulting S/W Engineer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
IronBridge Networks / 55 Hayden Avenue 71.246W Vox: +1 781 372 8132
Lexington MA 02421-7996 / USA 42.423N Fax: +1 781 372 8090
"PPP Design and Debugging" --- http://people.ne.mediaone.net/carlson/ppp
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Newbie needs Soundblaster Help
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 00:00:24 GMT
I have a Sound Blaster Vibra16X and this was recognized by Redhat 5.2
beautifully. Now, the card is then registered as having a bad or missing DMA
channel. Also, the bootup screen shows the soundcard is busy of is in use. The
other hardware is a 3com 3c509b network card, an ISA modem (plain, old), and a
Creative Labs 3D Exxtreme graphics card. Please can, anyone help.
I see that there is a patch to the Linux Kernel 2.0.36 that regards the
Soundblaster Vibra 16X does request a DMA of 0. Is this what I need?
Linux Man!@!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sam E. Trenholme)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux on PC's not ready for Enterprise
Date: 27 Jan 1999 11:04:43 -0800
>So I see Linux trying to gain acceptance in the high end market but there
>are so many limitations [with PC architechure]
One way you may be able to get around these kinds of limitations is by
using the Alpha architechure. Linux runs quite nicely on the many Alpha
machines, and the Alpha has the following advantages:
* 64-bit architechure. No RAM limitations.
* Faster performance at a competitive price
* Lower cost and better performance than Sparc-based systems
I am not sure about the ability of Alpha hardware to boot without a video
card or have the bios-level stuff be available on a serial console.
However, IMO, both of these features are fluff. A cheap video card can be
had for $10 to $30, and will allow a PC-based motherboard to boot. It is
no more difficult to cart around a PC monitor and keyboard than it is to
cart around a serial terminal.
My server does not have a keyboard nor monitor connected 99% of the time,
and, when I need to directly get at the console, I simply grab a keyboard
and monitor that is on a rooling cart, attach it to the computer, and do
activities on the console.
The virtual terminals is a nice touch that I have yet to see on a serial
console.
- 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
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From: "Keith G. Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Start of Discussion Linux vers NT
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 12:54:23 -0600
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Andreas Heiss wrote:
>
> Try SuSE6.0 ! Will come out soon in the U.S.
> 5.3 was already better (especially for beginners) than everything
> Caldera or RedHat had to offer.
> Networking and X works out of the box, even with newer graphics
> cards like your Martrox.
>
FWIW, I found the networking setup for the Debian 2.0 install to be
quite simple. Worked with my card right off the bat, with *no* hitches.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Richardson)
Crossposted-To:
alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,alt.conspiracy.microsoft,comp.os.linux.x,gnu.misc.discuss,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Is Microsoft a nasty company ? I'm asking you this question.
Date: 28 Jan 1999 06:45:28 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 28 Jan 1999 01:55:42 +0100,
David Kastrup, in the persona of
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
brought forth the following words...:
>David Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> I agree. If someone put time into developing a linux distribution
>> designed for OEMs to tune to specific hardware setups, and then was
>> preinstalled on a computer, it would be just the same as windows.
>
>Yes somebody better should do that. Perhaps something that looks like
>the kickstart installation options of RedHat Linux or S.u.S.E Linux.
>If anybody were to develop a Linux distribution that would offer
>something like those two Windows vendors do, Linux would be off to a
>raging success.
>
>As it is, we have to just grit the teeth and wait. And suffer
>computers like the Cobalt Qube and the Corel Netwinder to come
>preinstalled only with Windows.
maybe I am missing something here, but both the Cube and Netwinder are
linux _only_, they are not even available with Windows, presinstalled or
no.
>
>
>--
>David Kastrup Phone: +49-234-700-5570
>Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax: +49-234-709-4209
>Institut f�r Neuroinformatik, Universit�tsstr. 150, 44780 Bochum, Germany
--
Jim Richardson
Anarchist, pagan and proud of it
WWW.eskimo.com/~warlock
Linux, because life's too short for a buggy OS.
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From: "Robert J. Sprawls" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux is not even in Windows 9X's class.
Date: 28 Jan 1999 07:28:59 GMT
Matthias Warkus wrote:
> [schnibble]
> > Linux However, cannot be stopped in normal business terms. Redhat? Yes.
> > SUSE? Yes. Other commercial versions? Yes. But Linux itself isn't
> > commercial, and cannot be crushed by an inferior commercial product, or a
> > company that relies 100% on the sale of its products to survive.
>
> Hey, I didn't think someone who worships Bill Gates as a businessman could
> be intelligent enough to realise that! I must revise all my opinions.
I saw something recently that really took me off guard. Programmer's
Paradise, a staunch supporter of MS Windows, was running a full page ad
for OpenLinux. Not Caldera's, some other that packaged RH, SW, DEB, and
Caldera I believe, plus the tools to develop for it. When I saw this I
knew Linux is really beginning to be taken seriously.
>
> > So, how can
> > Microsoft possibly make Linux fight for survival?
>
> The Halloween paper pointed that out, I think, but it's not as easy as it
> looks, given the enormous manpower the free software community can put into
> reverse-engineering (look at Wine).
An attempt to do this would probably have serious reprocussions. I don't
think BG could withstand an joint lawsuit from businesses all over the
world who communications have been cut by an MS attempt to propietize
protocols and services.
--
Robert J. Sprawls [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tactical Dynamics http://home.att.net/~sprawlsr
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From: ty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kernel 2.20 problem
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 01:18:51 -0600
I solved the problem by compiling the sound driver as module. I guess
Wolfgang Reissnegger's method will also do, I'll try it out later.
zipht wrote:
> i also have had this problem can someone help?
> i have the patch but dont know how to apply it. what do i do?
>
> Ken Witherow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >ty wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I just compiled kernel 2.20, and got the following error message. Does
> >> anyone know what's the problem and how to correct it?
> >>
> >> ld -m elf_i386 -T /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/vmlinux.lds -e stext
> >> arch/i386/kernel/head.o arch/i386/kernel/init_task.o init/main.o
> >> init/version.o \
> >> --start-group \
> >> arch/i386/kernel/kernel.o arch/i386/mm/mm.o kernel/kernel.o
> >> mm/mm.o fs/fs.o ipc/ipc.o \
> >> fs/filesystems.a \
> >> net/network.a \
> >> drivers/block/block.a drivers/char/char.a drivers/misc/misc.a
> >> drivers/net/net.a drivers/scsi/scsi.a drivers/cdrom/cdrom.a
> >> drivers/sound/sound.a drivers/pci/pci.a drivers/pnp/pnp.a
> >> drivers/video/video.a \
> >> /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/lib/lib.a /usr/src/linux/lib/lib.a
> >> /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/lib/lib.a \
> >> --end-group \
> >> -o vmlinux
> >> drivers/sound/sound.a(sb_ess.o): In function `ess_init':
> >> sb_ess.o(.text+0xde2): undefined reference to `esstype'
> >> sb_ess.o(.text+0xe77): undefined reference to `esstype'
> >> make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1
> >
> >Get alan cox' patch from ftp://ftp.linux.org.uk/pub/linux/alan/2.2
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From: Enkidu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: All systems go!
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 20:43:13 +1300
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The redhat manual is online.
http://www.redhat.com/support/
Cliff
Cmdr_Joe wrote:
>
> Okay, it sounds like my system will run Redhat 5.2 (Need a new modem
> though). So, besides going out and buying an expensive book, does
> anyone know of a reliable, good online text on the step by step
> instructions on how to install RedHat 5.2? I really don't want to
> search for one, because I am not sure if it will be good or not. I
> have yet to receive the CD, but will there be a text that I can use
> that is included on the CD?
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
>
> Visit me on the web:
> http://ijump.cjb.net
> ------------------------------------------------
> "Live every day as if it were your last, because
> some day you'll be right"
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From: Stefan Davids <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.mail.sendmail
Subject: Re: 8.9.2: senders domain must exist error#501
Date: 27 Jan 1999 20:16:20 +0000
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Witte) writes:
[setting from address in mail]
> The only thing I do not like is the nasty X-Warning, as seen in the
> header above.
You can turn off the X-authentication warning by adding your username
to sendmail's list of trusted users (which will turn it off for you
only), or by removing authwarnings from the PrivacyOptions option
(which will turn it off for everyone).
Stefan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stephen E. Halpin)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: realaudio heavy CPU loading
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 07:42:38 GMT
On 27 Jan 1999 17:51:32 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Potter) wrote:
>[Posted and mailed]
>
>Kelvin Leung enlightened this group thus:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I got my RH 5.2 running with Ensoniq PCI sound card. I have the alsa
>> sound driver works fine. Both X11amp and Realaudio can produce sound
>> out. But the RealAudio heavily load my CPU (K6-166 overclocked to 200).
>> The audio is interrupted everytime I change to another window , or
>> browsing within Netscape. I got the CPU load monitor fire up and it
>> seems the CPU is fully occupied! I don't think it's the CPU problem 'cos
>> I don't have problem with X11amp, also the Realaudio (not G2) in Windows
>> in the same machine. Is that a fact or just my system doing weird!?
>>
>> Kelvin
>
>The sound driver in the 2.2.0 kernel performs much better. The problem with
>interruptions when switching between windows has been pretty much eliminated.
This falls in the IIRC catagory, but the same discussion occured some
time back in one of the FreeBSD newsgroups, where a new audio driver
was required to run the Linux version of Real Audio. Apparently
Real Audio uses a hook in the sound driver which wasnt fully functional
to determine how much data had really been emitted by the sound card
so it could synchronize the video motion with the sound track. This
seems to cause Real Audio to draw all the CPU you can give it. The
FreeBSD port of RealAudio 3.0 (no video) with the older drivers took
very little CPU time. Supposidly sound driver updates will address
the issue, so it would not be unlikely that some Linux sound drivers
may have similar issues.
>--
> * ^ \ ___@
> *^ / \ \ | \
> / \/ \ \__| \
>/ / ^ \ \
> / \ \ Eric Potter
> / ^ ^ \ \
>
-Steve
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From: jack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Linux show on realaudio
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 08:33:39 GMT
A splendid idea!
Although I cannot see how I can assist you just now, I will watch your=20
progress and let you know if there is something i can do.
Congratulations
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
On 1/27/99, 11:12:24 PM, A Dark Elf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding=20
Linux show on realaudio:
> I'm trying to start a project being a half-hour per day Linux
> realaudio show. We would need 1 or 2 animators for the show, and they
> would basicly answer questions that users would send via email, and=20
tell
> the important Linus news of the day. Currently I have a small=20
realaudio
> server for limitted use. I'm looking for anyone with radio experience =
that
> knows Linux well and would be interested in doing that. Also bigger
> realaudio servers would be nice. Anyone interested in making this=20
project
> a real thing please contact me.
> btw this is a non-paid job, to help the community, the end-users who=20
want
> to install Linux and have problems with it.
> Patrick Lambert
>=20
=======================================================================
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http://www.darkelf.net
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> UnderNet.Org Operator =20
http://www.undernet.org
> Check the main resource for developers at www.fastethernet.net
>=20
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