Linux-Misc Digest #352, Volume #19 Sun, 7 Mar 99 18:13:07 EST
Contents:
Canon Printer (Gregory K. Truax)
Re: How does rpm check dependencies? (David M. Siegel)
Re: windows 95B doesn't see FAT32 partition (MINIMAN)
Re: Sparc (Seth Van Oort)
Re: ATI CARD (Jason Kircher)
Re: Windows98 Networking (Jason Kircher)
using dos (dosemu) - new to this group ("James A. (Jamie) Dennis")
Re: Linux jingle (houghi)
Re: Again SMP problems (Chris Mahmood)
Re: smbmount: Can't get it to work... (bklimas)
Re: Linux and Solaris CDE ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: The Almost Free Linux Project (Michael McConnell)
Re: 2.2.1 module problems HELP! (Michael McConnell)
Re: viewing non ascii attatchments with pine ?????????? (SpAmEnOt)
Help with Internet connection (Allan)
Re: mem=128M hangs system (Michael McConnell)
Re: mem=128M hangs system (Michael McConnell)
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From: Gregory K. Truax <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Canon Printer
Date: Sun, 7 Mar 1999 16:33:00 -0500
I am having trouble with my Canon BJC-4200 in Linux. This never used to happen
back when I used RedHat 4.2, but now with 5.2 and kernel 2.2.2, lp just does
not work. I put a job in the queue, and when I use lpq or lpc>status while
scrathcing my head because nothing is printing, it says, "Waiting for lp to
become ready(offline?)" even though the printer is online. Any clues as to why
this happens would be greatly appreciated.
Greg Truax
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
P.S. Ghostscript also does not seem to work with my printer, if I do get it to
print anything, I just get errors and a bunch of numbers on the page. What is
the right gs driver for the BJC-4200?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Siegel)
Subject: Re: How does rpm check dependencies?
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1999 21:42:54 GMT
Wolfgang Oelke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Siegel) wrote:
>>I've just tried to install the latest version of GQview, and rpm
>>complained about several library files.
>>
>>All the library files are located in my /usr/local/lib, and they are
>>cached by ld.so.
>>
>>How can I convince rpm that they're present?
>
>Try "rpm --nodeps -i package_name".
I know I can tell rpm to ignore the check.
That's not my goal. I want to set rpm straight,
so I don't need to circumvent it.
Anyone know if there's a way to update the rpm
database with the libraries that actually exist on disk?
-dms
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (MINIMAN)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: windows 95B doesn't see FAT32 partition
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1999 16:17:20 GMT
You are probably using FAT16 in your windows 95 B
If you aren't, try formating your partition through windows as FAT32,
I am sure you will see it then
MINI
On 7 Mar 1999 15:24:09 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I converted an ext2 partition to fat32 using the mkdosfs-0.4.1
>program under Linux. Linux can see the FAT32 partition fine,
>but when I boot Windows 95B it complains my E: drives is
>unaccessible. How do I make Windows 95B see the FAT32
>partition? Note: I decided to use mkdosfs, because the cvt
>utility says it might kill off my OS/2 HPFS partitions.
>
>
>--
>Fred
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From: Seth Van Oort <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Sparc
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1999 21:36:11 +0000
Adrian Hands wrote:
>
> I just bought a Sun Sparc IPC with RH5.2 installed (2.0.35 kern).
> It seems to work okay, but it's really slow - about 25 % of the speed of
> my Intel P-100.
> Is this hardware really that slow or is something setup wrong ?
>
> xosview indicates that int 10 (timer) is ALWAYS active.
xosview doesn't refresh the picture nearly 100 times a second so it
should look like it's always active. (timer is 100 times per second)
> I seem to get about 110/sec - at least that's how fast the number in
> /proc/interrupts seems to be increasing.
> If I run top, it eats up ALL the CPU everytime it refreshes. (80% sys).
You might want to post some of the outputs from top.
Seth
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From: Jason Kircher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ATI CARD
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1999 16:27:39 GMT
Recommend you try any of the ATI Mach64 drivers in xf86config. I have
an ATI 3DXpression+ PC2TV, and it works. (I used choice 13, simply
becase my card matches that choice exactly.)
As far as the kernel is concerned, there's an awful lot of things that
may affect the compiling of the kernel. I've only had one problem with
compiling a kernel, and that's when I made a kernel that was too big, so
I converted a few items into modules. Things run smoothly.
I don't know about Redhat enough to say anything about compiling a
kernel, but what I've done is after downloading the kernel, I made a new
directory in the /usr/src directory corresponding to the new version,
moved the symlink linux to the new directory, untar'd the kernel, and
made the kernel.
I'll give a step by step: (Make sure you're root before you do
anything!)
cd /usr/src
mkdir linux-2.2.2 #Or whatever version of the kernel you're
installing
rm linux
ln -s linux-2.2.2 linux
cd linux
make mrproper
make menuconfig #I find this to be the best thing in the world!
make dep ; make clean
make zImage # Or bzImage or vmlinuz, depending
make modules # If you made any parts of your kernel as modules
make modules_install # VERY important!
After this, you'll have a new kernel in
/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/zImage (or bzImage or vmlinuz,
depending). Where you place it depends on whether you use LILO or
Loadlin. (I use loadlin, so I just copy the kernel into /win98c/linux,
win98c being my first Win98 partition)
I'm sure I'll probably get flamed for one reason or another about
one tidbit or another (ie Win98, loadlin, etc.) To those: To each his
own, I have my reasons.
I hope I've helped out a little.
Kevin wrote:
> Im sorry if this topic has been stamped to death, but I just got on
> the Linux bandwagon. I am trying to learn.
>
> I bought Linux unleashed, (second edition, ) and Linux for Dummies (
> I love the Dummies series of books..)
> I have Linux Red Hat 5.2
> kernal ver. 2.1.6
>
> I don' know how to upgrade the kernal to 2.2.2.
>
> and I CANNOT get Xwindow to come up.
>
> It goes black, and I have to CTRL>ALT>BKSP
>
> This is what SuperProbe says..
>
> Video: SuperVGA
> Chipset : ATI 264GT-B (3D Rage II or II+) (Port Probed)
> Mem: 4096k
> RAMDAC ATI MACH64 intergrated 15/16/24/32 bit DAC
> w/clock.. etc etc etc..
>
> My monitor is an Impression 7Plus (it has the option to choose that
> one.. so i did, I also chose Custom...)
>
> Here is what my monitor is configured as in Windows...(98)
>
> 1024 x 768 32bpp. 75Hz Vertical, 60kHz Horizontal
>
> And here is what my video card says in Windows..
> ATI All in Wonder Rage II/II+ English
> Mach64 - Rage II
> Internal DAC
> 4MB.
>
> HELP ME GET Xwindow to WORK!
>
> Thanks!
>
> Kevin
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
-Jason Kircher
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Jason Kircher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Windows98 Networking
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1999 16:29:20 GMT
Check out the Samba package. Visit www.linux.org and do some
searching. (I forget precisely where the latest Samba is, anyone?)
Phil Williams wrote:
> I'm involved in a LAN at work, all independently running Windows98 (no
> server, all stand-alones).
> How can I run my system using redhat linux 5.2 on the network to share
> printers etc.
> I have the same network card has the others in the network
--
-Jason Kircher
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "James A. (Jamie) Dennis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: using dos (dosemu) - new to this group
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1999 11:32:58 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hello
I am relatively new to Linux, although I have been a UNIX user for many
years. From speaking with some more experienced Linux users, I
understand there is a way to use the dos command to run a DOS program in
Linux.
Here is the goal - As my Linux box serves as a network router, I want to
have Linux booted as my primary OS, yet allow my son to run Windows 95
in the DOS window to play games. Is this possible?
I'm running Redhat 5.1, BTW.
--
James A. (Jamie) Dennis
Founder of the Unofficial CHS Alumni Home Page
http://www.netset.com/~jdennis/chs-high.html
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Hello
<p>I am relatively new to Linux, although I have been a UNIX user for many
years. From speaking with some more experienced Linux users, I understand
there is a way to use the dos command to run a DOS program in Linux.
<p>Here is the goal - As my Linux box serves as a network router, I want
to have Linux booted as my primary OS, yet allow my son to run Windows
95 in the DOS window to play games. Is this possible?
<p>I'm running Redhat 5.1, BTW.
<br>
<pre>--
James A. (Jamie) Dennis
Founder of the Unofficial CHS Alumni Home Page
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (houghi)
Crossposted-To: aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux jingle
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1999 21:23:45 GMT
On Mon, 08 Mar 1999 07:58:20 +1100, David Simspon
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Jesus, will someone tell this guy the difference between a login prompt
>and a Netscape Browser.
>
>FFS Brian.
>
You mean there is a difference? Wow!
>
>
>Brian wrote:
>
>> On the fourth day of Linux my puter said to me
>> Modem working :) LOOK AT THIS ******* UGLY
>> CLUNKY USELES TASTELESS WEB BROWSER
>>
>> Regards Brian
houghi - delete uh something, like, uh well uh, my return adres is not ok.
--
I am back, and I STILL don't like HTML on Usenet
> http://www.ping.be/houghi/nohtml
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From: Chris Mahmood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Again SMP problems
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1999 11:58:48 -0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
did you enable rtc support? Are you using an intel EtherExpress Pro
ethernet card?
-ckm
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From: bklimas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: smbmount: Can't get it to work...
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1999 16:37:49 GMT
Jason Kircher wrote:
> Without going into why I want to mount Win98 drives, here's the
> problem...
>
> Well, to put it simply, smbclient works, but smbmount doesn't. I can
> mount NFS filesystems (now that I know which daemons to SIGHUP after
> playing with /etc/exports!) Every time I try to use smbmount, I get
> a variant of the following:
>
> jfkmmx:/home/jkircher# smbmount //tina/c /net -I 206.113.4.4
> Password:
> mount error: Invalid argument
> Please look at smbmount's manual page for possible reasons
>
> I've been through the smbmount manpage many times, and I'm still very
> confused. I tried various premutations of //tina/c, \\\\tina\\c, etc,
> no success. smbclient '\\tina\c' works just fine, and yes, it's like
> an FTP client. Anyone have some insight they could share with me on
> this one?
> --
> -Jason Kircher
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Newbie here. Try my hompage to see how I mount (successfully)
a windows resource through samba.
http://www.magma.ca/~bklimas/FAQ.htm#mount_floppy_zipdrive
Hope this helps. Best regards,
b.k.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Linux and Solaris CDE
Date: 7 Mar 1999 16:39:22 GMT
In his obvious haste, Jesus Borruel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled thusly:
: I have tried as you say, but I get the message:
: can't open the DISPLAY <IP of Linux>:0
Try setenv DISPLAY <ip of linux>:0.0
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From: Michael McConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: The Almost Free Linux Project
Date: Sun, 7 Mar 1999 15:12:37 +0000
On 5 Mar 1999, Bill Unruh wrote:
> In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Rev. Aaron Reichow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>writes:
>
> >I've got an idea, and I need some help.
>
> >What I want to do is simple -- get as many distributions for as many
> >platforms of Linux and Net/Free/Open/BSD out to people to as many people
> >for as cheap as possible. Somewhere in the $3 range, including shipping
> >($2 for costs, $1 for shipping). No frills -- no tech support, just the
> >CD and a blessing.
>
> This already exists in many forms. For one example see
> www.cheapbytes.com
> (Note shipping is slightly higher than $1)
> (Of course their's does not come with a blessing)
A new service for Red Hat 5.2 is starting in the UK - see my sig for details :)
Okay, the costs are a tad higher, but so is everything else over here.
-- Michael [Remove the bit-bucket to reply]
Eridani Star System -- The Most Up-to-Date Red Hat Linux CDROMs Available
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.amush.cx/linux/ Fax: +44-8701-600807
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From: Michael McConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 2.2.1 module problems HELP!
Date: Sun, 7 Mar 1999 15:26:08 +0000
On Sat, 6 Mar 1999, Jeremy wrote:
> #3 I cannot get my ZIP Drive to work (old driver), I have tried all
> combinations of modules and compiling it into the
> Kernel, and parport into a module, or in the kernel, turning
> auto probe on and off..... ect. I have not tried to use my
> printer yet, (on the second port) Anyone got ppa (old driver)
> working as a module under 2.2.X ?
I have parport compiled in - did you say Yes to PC-style port ?
If you're using modules, I think it's parport.o and parport-pc.o
HTH.
-- Michael
Eridani Star System -- The Most Up-to-Date Red Hat Linux CDROMs Available
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.amush.cx/linux/ Fax: +44-8701-600807
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From: SpAmEnOt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: viewing non ascii attatchments with pine ??????????
Date: Sun, 7 Mar 1999 11:23:24 +0000
Reply-To: SpAmEnOt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Fri, 5 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> "Joe (theWordy) Philbrook" wrote:
> > [VIEWER Result: sh: /usr/bin/shownonascii: No such file or directory]
> > What is /usr/bin/shownonascii supposed to be anyway???
>
> Part of metamail, a suite of programs that do exactly what you are
> trying to do
Hmmmnnn well yeah that checks out... As it turns out I do have metamail
installed. AND the file /usr/bin/shownonascii is there... BUT it apearantly
insists on using X11 stuff... I'm not good enough to rewrite it so as to
work on my box (on which there will never be a gui, untill gui's can be
run in TEXT MODE on a console) so I had to learn what the mailcap file was
for... in that I commented out any lines that I determined lead to commands
that required X be installed etc...
Trouble is I have no idea what lines to add to get the raw text of any
text type not recognized simply routed to the screen in raw form via a
pager... That is, I DO want any mime encodeing decoded, and the resulting
non-ascii text be simply fed to a pager...
Well if'n anybody wants to explain it to me I'd appreciate it...
TO E-mail me replace the # with an @ in the address below
jtwdyp#ttlc.net
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From: Allan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help with Internet connection
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1999 19:04:22 +0200
Hello:
I've got RedHat 5.0 ,I've used minicom through X and the ext modem
dialed
and did its thing,and I'm told by minicom that I've connected
successfully(It plays this little tune).
But when I try to browse or ftp or ping any address(except 127.0.0.1,of
course),it tells me host unreachable(after freezing up for a while,I
notice that the ext modem lights flashs when dialing and connecting,but
didn't flash the read or send lights when I used any of the about
commands,so I persume that the linux is
either not seeing the modem(which I find unlikely,since minicom uses it
fine),or linux doesn't know that it has to use the modem to
communicate(I'm just guessing on this one),maybe its "trying" to find a
network card(which doesn't exist) instead of using the modem.
When I use Lynx to go to a link it tells me "searching for
www.redhat.com" and just freezes there.
Can anyone please help me out and tell me how I can make my ftp and
browser use the modem to transfer?
Thanks!
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From: Michael McConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: mem=128M hangs system
Date: Sun, 7 Mar 1999 15:37:24 +0000
On 7 Mar 1999, Justin The Cynical wrote:
> ->Chris Menzel wrote:
> ->
> ->> We have just upgraded a server to a PC-100 Super7 100MHz board with a
> ->> K6-2/350 and 128MB of RAM. There is one SCSI drive with an Adaptec
> ->> AHA-2940 controller. We are running Redhat 5.2. After booting, we
>
> What kernel version is RH 5.2 using? If it's not 2.0.36, I would
> suggest upgrading to that one. it does away with the need for the mem line.
As supplied from RH, the kernel is 2.0.36pre7. There are update RPMs for
the 'release' 2.0.36 on the RedHat updates site.
-- Michael
Eridani Star System -- The Most Up-to-Date Red Hat Linux CDROMs Available
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.amush.cx/linux/ Fax: +44-8701-600807
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From: Michael McConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: mem=128M hangs system
Date: Sun, 7 Mar 1999 15:37:24 +0000
On 7 Mar 1999, Justin The Cynical wrote:
> ->Chris Menzel wrote:
> ->
> ->> We have just upgraded a server to a PC-100 Super7 100MHz board with a
> ->> K6-2/350 and 128MB of RAM. There is one SCSI drive with an Adaptec
> ->> AHA-2940 controller. We are running Redhat 5.2. After booting, we
>
> What kernel version is RH 5.2 using? If it's not 2.0.36, I would
> suggest upgrading to that one. it does away with the need for the mem line.
As supplied from RH, the kernel is 2.0.36pre7. There are update RPMs for
the 'release' 2.0.36 on the RedHat updates site.
-- Michael
Eridani Star System -- The Most Up-to-Date Red Hat Linux CDROMs Available
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.amush.cx/linux/ Fax: +44-8701-600807
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