Linux-Misc Digest #811, Volume #18 Fri, 29 Jan 99 15:13:17 EST
Contents:
Long filename problem ("jdn")
Re: Linux on PC's not ready for Enterprise (Michael C. Vergallen)
Re: could someone suggest a window manager for me? (Joseph Fowler)
Re: RH5.2 and SPX. How ???? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Samba-passwords und streamer-backup (Yves Schlegel)
Re: Bug or feature? (John Thompson)
Re: Zip disk (Mike Werner)
Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters ("Student Computing iMac")
Re: Samba and file permissions... (Steeve)
Re: IntelliMouse problem with XFree86 ("John Becker")
Re: Setting up Pine [loses ppp while fetching newsgroup list < / > ]
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Reference Manager (Ben Russo)
Re: Shutdown (Gordon Weast)
Re: libm.so.4? (Rob Komar)
Re: Uninstalling a tarball application? (Tom Fawcett)
Move linux to new motherboard ? ("Rob")
Re: realaudio heavy CPU loading (Eric Potter)
Re: Whats Linux's equiv. of WIN98 Registry? (James Youngman)
Re: /etc/issue (James Youngman)
Re: Move linux to new motherboard ? (Marco Anglesio)
SYSLOGD Trouble in 2.2.1 (Jim Pogras)
Re: Move linux to new motherboard ? ("Lucas Technology")
Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: swapon -s returning error ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Zip disk ("Bobby D. Bryant")
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: "jdn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Long filename problem
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 15:40:47 -0600
Sorry if this is yet another question that has a blindingly obvious answer,
but I'm a little stumped.
I was running RedHat 5.1 and had various Windows partitions mounted under
it. I had no problem reading these Windows partitions with long filename
support. This was good, because I keep most (if not all) of my downloaded
Linux software under one of those partitions (I use Cygwin under Windows to
support Unix style filenames).
I wiped out my 5.1 installation and installed RedHat 5.2. I was annoyed to
find that cabaret is no longer part of RedHat 5.2, since it was so easy to
add mounts using that tool, but there you go. I remounted the Windows
partitions using the X-tool linuxconf (or whatever the tool is called), and
selected "VFAT" as the file type.
However, no long filename support. All the filenames are truncated to 8.3
format. What did I do wrong here? I can, of course, move the files to my
Linux partition as needed and rename them, but that is rather annoying.
What did I do wrong and how do I fix it?
Any suggestions? TIA
jdn
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael C. Vergallen)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux on PC's not ready for Enterprise
Date: 28 Jan 1999 22:11:37 GMT
On 28 Jan 1999 18:04:15 GMT, Wuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>You do not need a mouse, a keyboard, or a video card in a linux
>machine in order for it to boot.
Some boxes here do and some do require a Video card...
the newest and cheaper boards do require a video card. I've got one I use as
mail server that needs a video card other systems don't require this..
--
Michael C. Vergallen A.k.A. Mad Mike,
Sportstraat 28 http://www.double-barrel.be/mvergall/
B 9000 Gent ftp://ftp.double-barrel.be/pub/linux/
Belgium tel : 32-9-2227764 Fax : 32-9-2224976
------------------------------
From: Joseph Fowler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: could someone suggest a window manager for me?
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 18:47:46 +0100
Eric Wyles wrote:
> If anyone could suggest a
> good window manager and where to get it, or tell me how to customize
> fvwm2, I would appreciate it.
You can copy /var/X11R6/lib/fvwm2/system.fvwm2rc
(or some such) to .fvwm2rc in your home directory and
fiddle with it as you please.
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: RH5.2 and SPX. How ????
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 17:36:11 GMT
[posted and mailed] The only way I know of is to turn 'ipxsupport off' and
use the packet driver interface (which means you have to run as root, at
least in the older version of dosemu I use). Do that, start DOSEMU, then
load pdipx and netx or lsl, pdether, ipxodi, netx. You can get pdipx and
pdether by hunting around in the old DOS packet driver archives. Then SPX
will work (but IPX will be slower - sorry!)
Sergey Koltogyan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How enable support SPX in dosemu ?
> My dos application use spx connection to intranetware server (on NW
> server RainBow (NSRVNI.NLM) Key ).
>
> What can i do ?
>
> Serg
>
>
============= Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ============
http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
------------------------------
From: Yves Schlegel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Samba-passwords und streamer-backup
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 23:24:53 +0100
Hello everybody,
I'm new to linux and I have some problems with Samba and its passwords.
When I try to connect my Win98-client and no private shares are existing
everything works fine, but when I create the home-shares in smb.conf
nothing is working any longer! I'm always asked for a password.
I'm using encrypted passwords (encrypt passwords = yes). How can I use
the addtosmbpass tool?
I can't understand the help-text.
The second problem is: how can I make automatized backups to a
scsi-streamer? I'm using a Tandberg-Data Travan NS8 Pro. It's correctly
recognized by Linux but I don't know how to set up the
backup-parameters! Which program do I have to use? Tar? What do I have
to set there?
Any help is appreciated!
Thank you, Yves
------------------------------
From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Bug or feature?
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 08:49:21 -0500
Van Snyder wrote:
> I have a PC with RedHat Linux 5.2.
>
> I have an Iomega Zip drive on my parallel port, in series with my printer.
>
> If I load the module ppa.o, the zip drive works, but, even with the zip
> drive powered off, the printer doesn't. If I unload ppa.o, even with the
> zip drive powered on, the printer works.
>
> Is this a bug or a feature of ppa.o, or is it something else entirely?
The ZIP drive needs to be powered on or it will not pass the printer signal
through when ppa is unloaded. AFAIK the ZIP drive works this way in all
operating systems; at least it does here with OS/2 and linux.
--
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
------------------------------
From: Mike Werner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Zip disk
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 17:21:25 -0500
In kernel 2.0.31 (I think) or newer, look for the "ATAPI Floppy" option
during make menuconfig (or whichever config variant you prefer) and say
yes. Then treat it as any other IDE drive.
--
Mike Werner KA8YSD | "Where do you want to go today?"
ICQ# 12934898 | "As far from Redmond as possible!"
'91 GS500E |
Morgantown WV |
=====BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK=====
Version: 3.1
GU d-@ s:+ a- C++>$ UL++ P+ L+++ E W++ N++ !o w--- O- !M V-- PS+ PE+
Y+ R+ !tv b+++(++++) DI+ D--- G e*>++ h! r++ y++++
======END GEEK CODE BLOCK======
------------------------------
From: "Student Computing iMac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 14:13:51 -0800
==========
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Darin Johnson
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> pdohert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> Who invented the transistor, IC and microprocessor on which the first
>> computers were built?
>
> The first computers were not build with transistors or silicon chips.
That's right... hmm, can we say abacus?
gabe.
>
> Actually, saying who started computing is a difficult question, since
> there were so many steps involved. Computing revolution is as
> difficult too.
>
> --
> Darin Johnson
> Support your right to own gnus.
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steeve)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Samba and file permissions...
Date: 28 Jan 1999 21:13:57 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Hello there,
> >
> > Another strange question: Say I have a file with the permissions
> > set at -rw-r--r--. I open in on my windows 98 machine, make some changes
> > and then save it. Now the file has the permissions -rwx-r--r--.... It
> > appears that it currently doesn't matter what the settings are in the
> > beginning, after I save from Windows, the file is set to rwx for the
> > owner... Is there any way around this?
> >
> > Also, I had a file named DailyThought.c. Opened it in MS-VC++ and
> > did some stuff and then saved it. Now, on the linux machine the name is
> > dailythought.c, all lowercase. Is there any way to preserve the case
> > too... (It also changed the file permissions...)
in [global] in smb.conf
preserve case = yes
case sensitive = no
--
steeve [EMAIL PROTECTED]
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
I WISH I could shrink down to the size of an ant. And maybe there would
be thousands of other people shrunken down to ant-size, and we would get
together and dig tunnels down into the ground, and live there. But
don't ever call us "ants," becuase we hate that. -- Jack Handey
------------------------------
From: "John Becker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: IntelliMouse problem with XFree86
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 18:33:36 GMT
I have to un plug and plug mine back in before it works, don't know why and
it's a pain in the butt!
-John
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message <1999Jan28.102224.56595@ludens>...
>Hi!
>I have a problem with configuring my serial MS IntelliMouse with X under
Linux.
>I have Slackware 3.3 (2.0.30 kernel, XFree86 3.3). When configuring X
(XF86Setup, xf86config or directly editing XF86Config), I
>tried each possible setup, but the mouse cursor didn't want to move anyway.
>With XF86Setup (VGA16 server) I was able to use to mouse as IntelliMouse,
but just until I started the final X server.
>It doesn't work neither with VGA16, SVGA nor S3 X servers.
>Can anyone help me?
>Should I download a newer XFree86?
>Please send e-mail to:
>
>Peter Csontos
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>Thanx a lot!
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Setting up Pine [loses ppp while fetching newsgroup list < / > ]
Date: 28 Jan 1999 22:40:41 GMT
Hello!
OK OK I finaly got arount to trying to configure pine to work with news
groups And it is smart enough to give me an error if I try to access
them without having run ppp-go on my non-gui slackware 3.5 instalation...
But it doesn't seam to know when it loses the connection...
Now as far as I can tell from the docs, I shouldn't need something like
INN installed to get pine to actualy access a remote news server would
I ???
But when I do run ppp-go (it works well enough for both sendmail and
fetchmail to function alright BUT:) then while connected I list folders
arrow down to the remote folders area (it's empty because i have to
subscribe) I press a to subscribe and get prompted for a foldername
I type comp.os.linux.misc and pine "fetching the list with that little
spinning /-\| in the <>'s telling me it's working... and working and
working... finaly I give up but control hasn't retuned to the pine
session..."
I've tried doing other things like using another virtual consol to reread
some HOWTO's or man pine again... If I understand what linux multi
processing is That shouldn't be a problem... But since the ppp
connection gets dropped and pine is still in that spinning /-\| in the <>'s
mode... <sigh> I want to take newsgroups away from dos... BUT it's not
working...
So I tried without switching to another virtual terminal too... same
results Namely I spend forever waiting for the download from limbo to
get completed or untill either I do something like try ppp-off to get an
error complaint about not being connected....
But that little spinning /-\| in the <>'s still chaseing it's tail
Or untill the phone rings (which is one way to know ISP isn't on the
other side of the modem anymore...)
And Yes I do (being in the US) use the *70, prefix to disable call
waiting So that shouldn't be the problem...
What I can't figure is why the connection is getting dropped in the
middle of fetching a newsgroup listing. I mean there should be enough
throughput to keep anything from timing out right??? But all I know is I
can't seem to get here from there...
Anybody out there who does have a clue as to what is happening please
tell me...
(so that I might read any responces from linux rather than dos, I'd be
grateful if you could send any replies via E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED])
| ~~~ ~~~
| <O> <O> Joe (theWordy) Philbrook
| ^ J(tWdy)P
| ___ <<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
Net-Tamer V 1.10.1 - Registered
------------------------------
From: Ben Russo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Reference Manager
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 13:57:52 -0500
Joseph Fowler wrote:
> Like any good Linux user, I'm attempting to convince people they should
> follow
> my example. Pretty much everyone at work is convinced, but just today
> my boss informed
> me that he needs a reference manager. He has tons of scientific
> articles catagorized
> and filed. Presently they use a program called Reference Manager under
> you-know-
> which operating system to keep track of them all and to seach for
> authors, keywords
> etc. Could someone recommend a similar program under Linux?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Joseph
What format are these Scientific Articles in?
Are they organized in a directory structure?
------------------------------
From: Gordon Weast <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Shutdown
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 13:57:26 -0500
Cory Phillips wrote:
>
> My linux box at home is not being used in a multi-user environment.
> I have created accounts for the members of my household and am reserving
> root for special sys admin work (as instructed to by documentation).
>
> The problem is, I log into the system with my user account, but when I'm
> done
> I have to login as root to execute the shutdown command. When I try the
> shutdown
> command from my user account, I get a message stating that the command
> is only
> available to root. I checked the execute permissions of the
> /sbin/shutdown file
> and it indicates that execute privilages are granted to all three types
> of users
> (shutdown -rwxr-xr-x).
>
> How can I shutdown my system without logging into root each time?
>
> Thanks,
> Cory
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I came up with a fairly easy way to do this. (Actually copied
from a similar setup on our Sun systems at work.)
I created another account with the name "down" in group 1 and have it
execute a shell script that calls shutdown. It does not appear
possible to include command arguments in /etc/passwd so the extra
script is needed to pass args to shutdown.
Create /sbin/down with contents:
shutdown -h -t0 now
Create user "down" in group 1 and have it execute /sbin/down on login.
Then to shutdown the system, you just have to issue "su down" and it
goes down to halt state. My system is also single user so I don't
bother to put a password on this account.
You could get a quick reboot by having another account execute a different
script with "shutdown -r -t0 now" in it.
Gordon Weast
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Komar)
Subject: Re: libm.so.4?
Date: 29 Jan 1999 18:09:56 GMT
Jim White ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: I happen to have libm.so.4.6.27 on an old i386. But it seems of no
: use.
: when I compile a math program with -lm, I get complain that no
: definition
: for sin, cos, exp, etc. . The gcc manual say the lib to be linked is
: libm.a
: and I do have a libm.a on that machine too. So I don't know which one
: is
: the culprit. Maybe it's the old i386?
: I also fail to compile this program on a sparc 5 running sunos 4.1.4
: which
: has libm.a but no libm.so.( no definition for sin, cos, exp, etc.)
: I wonder how can I find which lib is used by gcc when compiling, and
: how can I find what functions are contained in a lib. Any one can help?
It sounds like you don't have a co-processor in your 386 computer.
The sin, cos,... functions are usually hardware accelerated in the
co-processor. I really don't know much about this, but you
probably have to find some library that provides software-
emulated versions of these functions.
Cheers,
Rob Komar
------------------------------
From: Tom Fawcett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Uninstalling a tarball application?
Date: 29 Jan 1999 14:08:12 -0500
"jdn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I tend to like to try out various applications, and often ones that I know I
> probably won't use on a regular basis, but just want to see what they are
> like.
>
> Anyway, suppose I've come to my senses and decide to get rid of some of
> these applications to free up disk space. Is there a basic procedure to do
> this, or is it more of a "hunt down and kill" process? Obviously, with
> RedHat, you just uninstall the RPM. Is there anything similar with tar.gz
> installs?
There was a utility announced about a week ago on FreshMeat that tracks
installations and knows how to undo them. Called smartinstall or
something. When RedHat's machines come back up, search news on
freshmeat.net for "install".
-Tom
------------------------------
From: "Rob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Move linux to new motherboard ?
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 14:05:32 -0500
Any issues moving an existing Linux install from one machine to another by
simply moving the HD, Video Card, and NIC's ? Currently running RH 5.2 want
to use a different board and processor than the one i originally installed
it one. Actually I want to moved it from my P200 to a P100 system.
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Potter)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: realaudio heavy CPU loading
Date: 29 Jan 1999 19:03:06 GMT
Marc Jauvin enlightened this group thus:
> Eric Potter wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>
> I tried the sound driver of the 2.2.0 kernel with my Ensoniq PCI and I get poor
> sound (with play command) and Realaudio does not work at all (cannot write to
> the /dev/dsp or /dev/audio error message). I am running RedHat 5.2 with the
> alsa drivers (kernel 2.2.0) and it works very well (except for the interuptions
> that were described above).
>
> -- marc
>
> Pet Store: "Buy one, get one flea."
The Changes file in the 2.2.0 kernel source code tells you how to fix the
Real Audio player to work with the new sound driver.
--
* ^ \ ___@
*^ / \ \ | \
/ \/ \ \__| \
/ / ^ \ \
/ \ \ Eric Potter
/ ^ ^ \ \
------------------------------
From: James Youngman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Whats Linux's equiv. of WIN98 Registry?
Date: 28 Jan 1999 23:04:05 +0000
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I've been mucking around in the Win98 registry lately, and I wondered what is
> the Linux equivilant of the registry (or if there even is one)?
Depending on which way you look at it, /etc/* or /dev/null.
--
ACTUALLY reachable as @free-lunch.demon.(whitehouse)co.uk:james+usenet
------------------------------
From: James Youngman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: /etc/issue
Date: 28 Jan 1999 23:01:48 +0000
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Any RedHat 5.2 users out there who have tried to change their
> /etc/issue file?
FAQ. Read rc.sysinit.
--
ACTUALLY reachable as @free-lunch.demon.(whitehouse)co.uk:james+usenet
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marco Anglesio)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Move linux to new motherboard ?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 19:17:45 GMT
On Fri, 29 Jan 1999 14:05:32 -0500, Rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Any issues moving an existing Linux install from one machine to another by
>simply moving the HD, Video Card, and NIC's ? Currently running RH 5.2 want
>to use a different board and processor than the one i originally installed
>it one. Actually I want to moved it from my P200 to a P100 system.
Go ahead. There might be problems if you move from a kernel compiled for a
higher-generation processor to a lower-generation processor, but you're
moving within the same generation, so you should be okay.
I've had the same hard drive, running Linux, overtop of four different
processors (386-25, 486-120, P90, K6-200) and problems have been
inevitably my fault. :)
You might want to check to see if LILO is set up correctly for the new
system, as well, but that's just a general pre-move check.
marco
--
Marco Anglesio Like Captain Idiot
mpa at the-wire dot com in Astounding Science comics
http://www.the-wire.com/~mpa (The Manchurian Candidate)
------------------------------
From: Jim Pogras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SYSLOGD Trouble in 2.2.1
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 19:26:17 GMT
I am running 2.2.1 on a Toshiba 335CDS laptop using UMSDOS. When
the kernel comes up SYSLOGD says it cannot creat /dev/log. Any
suggetions. Linux 2.0.35 runs great on the laptop.
Thanks.
--
======================================================================
James Pogras Cleveland, Ohio [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Corporate Chief Engineer, WRCM Ltd. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
WYLI 910 kHz. 5Kw DA2/U Marietta, Ohio [EMAIL PROTECTED]
======================================================================
------------------------------
Reply-To: "Lucas Technology" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Lucas Technology" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Move linux to new motherboard ?
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 11:22:33 -0800
I just moved mine from one Pentium board to another (same CPU different
chipset more RAM) without any problems. As a matter of fact I used the same
Video and HD but a different PCI NIC and it saw the new PCI NIC (3c900 to
3c905) and changed it on the fly at boot up.
Rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:78t106$emb$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>Any issues moving an existing Linux install from one machine to another by
>simply moving the HD, Video Card, and NIC's ? Currently running RH 5.2
want
>to use a different board and processor than the one i originally installed
>it one. Actually I want to moved it from my P200 to a P100 system.
>
>
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 18:27:36 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Michael Powe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> Hash: SHA1
>
> >>>>> "pdohert" == pdohert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> pdohert> Michael Powe wrote:
> >> Hard to see where you got the idea that "the US has pretty much
> >> initiated the whole thing." The modern "computer revolution"
> >> started in Britain. Americans are too self-congratulatory for
> >> my taste. They seem to forget a few major technological facts,
> >> like they got hosed in automotive technology and manufacturing
> >> technologies and had to play catchup in electronic
>
> pdohert> Makes it pretty easy to see where the "US has pretty much
> pdohert> initiated the whole thing" comes from... :-)
>
> Doh! Computers were invented in England. Get it? If you don't, get
> a library card and do some reading. You <can> read something more
> complicated than a newsgroup, can't you?
Saying that computers were invented in England is like saying Henry Ford
invented the automobile. No one person INVENTED the computer. Babbage was
instrumental in the development of the computer, but was John von Neumann a
lesser influence? How about Thomas Edison? Lee de Forest? Texas
Instruments? Face it...a computer is a collection of many different
technologies. No single person can be credited with its "invention",
although there are many people from many places that made large
contributions. When berating someone about their apparent detachment from
reality, it's usually best that you make no unfounded claims yourself, in
kind. I agree with the sentiment, however. Being American gives you no
special edge in intellect over anyone else. And if you're an idiot, being
American only makes you an AMERICAN idiot. Which we have our fair share of.
============= Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ============
http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: swapon -s returning error
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 19:17:53 GMT
Mike,
Yes, swapon has been run. I've flagged the partition as swap, I've added the
proper entry to fstab, i've run mkswap, I've run swapon. I've done this
before several times with no trouble. Here is fstab:
/dev/hda3 / ext2 defaults 1 1
/dev/hda1 swap swap 0 0
#/dev/hda2 swap swap
none /proc proc defaults 1 1
I have hda2 commented out so that I can try to get hda1 working properly
first. Everything looks ok to me, other than an oops due to "unable to
handle paging request." I'm sure this is because the paging space isn't
being used. Here's free:
twistdrill:~# free
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 47152 40568 6584 5656 14148 21344
-/+ buffers/cache: 5076 42076
Swap: 52380 0 52380
This tells me that everything should work, but the swap space is being added
with a -1 priority. I'm curious, does it matter if the partition which holds
my / filesystem isn't in the first part of my disk? Here's my partition
table:
Disk /dev/hda: 64 heads, 63 sectors, 1023 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 4032 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 1 26 52384+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda2 27 27 52 52416 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda3 53 53 1023 1957536 83 Linux native
I appreciate your response, and will appreciate even more help.
Brad Beck
Network Admin
bjb@don'[EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Kelly)
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: swapon -s returning error
Date sent: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 21:13:50 -0500
Organization: ...
> On Thu, 28 Jan 1999 17:53:01 GMT, in comp.os.linux.networking you wrote:
>
> >I am having trouble getting my swap spaces to work. My fstab file is ok, I
> >have created the partitions, etc. When I run swapon -a with no options, the
> >space is added with a priority of -1. This seems strange to me.
>
> Did you ever run mkswap on the partitions?
>
>
> Mike
>
> "Genius gives birth, talent delivers."
>
> - Jack Kerouac
>
> (remove NOSPAM from address, if present, to reply)
============= Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ============
http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
------------------------------
From: "Bobby D. Bryant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Zip disk
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 17:23:16 -0600
Stewart Honsberger wrote:
> Quoting a message by "Doug Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> in comp.os.linux.misc:
>
> >I bought an internal ATAPI IDE. It works great, is reasonably fast, and is
> >reasonably inexpensive. It's also very easy to install.
>
> I've also got an internal ATAPI IDE ZIP drive, and I'm pretty new to
> Linux, so would you mind explaining to me how to install it?
>
> Since I forgot to make a FAT staging partition between Linux and
> OS/2, I have no way of getting files back to my OS/2 setup, other
> than the dreaded floppies.
Are you referring to a dual-boot system? If so, you could probably mount your
OS/2 partition under Linux, and copy the files directly there rather than using
any kind of staging. (I don't do OS/2, but a quick check shows that Linux has
support for the "OS/2 HPFS" file system.)
Bobby Bryant
Austin, Texas
------------------------------
** FOR YOUR REFERENCE **
The service address, to which questions about the list itself and requests
to be added to or deleted from it should be directed, is:
Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You can send mail to the entire list (and comp.os.linux.misc) via:
Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Linux may be obtained via one of these FTP sites:
ftp.funet.fi pub/Linux
tsx-11.mit.edu pub/linux
sunsite.unc.edu pub/Linux
End of Linux-Misc Digest
******************************
