Linux-Misc Digest #444, Volume #19 Sun, 14 Mar 99 04:13:11 EST
Contents:
Re: Linux vs. Windows (David M. Cook)
AWE64 ("A Nourai")
Re: gcc-2.7.2 (where can i obtain) (Paul Kimoto)
ls /floppy/dos: returns weird stuff...viri??? (SpAmEnOt)
Re: host.allow and host.deny (Paul Kimoto)
Re: WTB/Re: UNIX/Linux book request for SysAdms (Paul Kimoto)
Re: setting up realtek 8029 (Bob Martin)
Re: Statically-linked BASH binary (Paul Kimoto)
Re: Statically-linked BASH binary (Hwei Sheng TEOH)
Re: What is the best Linux to install? (Lawrence Sayre)
Re: Printer recommendations, please (Bob Tennent)
I still havent been able to get 1024x768 at 16bpp on my Emachines 300k.....Help
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: nntp servers (Jeff Grossman)
??? dosemu.conf $_X_mgrab_key mouse grab keysym ??? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Sybase ASE on Linux for Sparc? (Anthony Mandic)
SoundBlaster 16 PnP Compatible and Linux ("Benjamin Sher")
Help! Install libstdc++... ("Andrew Shiue")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook)
Subject: Re: Linux vs. Windows
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 03:43:28 GMT
On Sat, 13 Mar 1999 21:26:55 -0800, Nexus 6 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Would the hacker world accept Windows
No.
Your post belongs in comp.os.linux.advocacy.
Dave Cook
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From: "A Nourai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: AWE64
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 12:03:05 +1100
these are the steps ive taken to get my awe64 working.
compiled kernel with correct options
(ie done what the AWE64 mini howto says)
used isapnp and commented out the right lines in /etc/isapnp.conf
run /sbin/isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf or whatever the command is (it worked)
loaded module
all went well
now i cat /dev/sndstat and what it SHOULD be is
Sound Driver:3.5.4-960630 (Sat Oct 11 19:35:14 CEST 1997 root,
Linux flora 2.0.29 #1 Sat Oct 11 19:12:56 CEST 1997 i586 unknown)
Kernel: Linux flora 2.0.29 #1 Sat Oct 11 19:36:23 CEST 1997 i586
Config options: 0
Installed drivers:
Type 1: OPL-2/OPL-3 FM
Type 2: Sound Blaster
Type 7: SB MPU-401
Card config:
Sound Blaster at 0x220 irq 5 drq 1,5
SB MPU-401 at 0x330 irq 5 drq 0
OPL-2/OPL-3 FM at 0x388 drq 0
Audio devices:
0: Sound Blaster 16 (4.13)
Synth devices:
0: Yamaha OPL-3
***1: AWE32 Driver v0.3.3e (DRAM 2048k)
Midi devices:
0: Sound Blaster 16
Timers:
0: System clockMixers:0: Sound Blaster
***1: AWE32 Equalizer
what i get is everything but the lines marked with ***
anyone know why?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: gcc-2.7.2 (where can i obtain)
Date: 14 Mar 1999 00:44:45 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[bogus newsgroups trimmed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, eric malloy wrote:
> where can i obtain gcc-2.7.2 or later?
>From your Linux distribution? (For the purposes of 2.2.x
kernels, egcs-[anything] or egcc-[anything] is later than
gcc 2.7.2.)
Alternatively, from ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC ;
you want the instructions file "release.egcs-1.0.3" and either
* egcs-1.0.3-libc5.x86.tar.bz2 and bzip2-libc5.gz
or
* egcs-1.0.3-glibc.x86.tar.bz2 and bzip2-glibc.gz
depending on whether you have libc.so.5 or libc.so.6 in your
/lib directory.
In case you don't already have the "bzip2" program:
- gunzip the appropriate bzip2-*.gz file above
- move it to "bzip2" in some appropriate directory (like /usr/local/bin)
- "chmod +x /path/to/bzip2"
--
Paul Kimoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: SpAmEnOt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: ls /floppy/dos: returns weird stuff...viri???
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 00:30:17 +0000
Reply-To: SpAmEnOt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Latly when I look at a dos diskette from linux I'm getting some odd looking
stuff in the output. Well, actualy only on the ones that have been in my
A: drive while dos was running since I replaced ms dos 6.2 with caldera's
DrDos 7.02 (from CD). Though I can't say for sure that there wasn't
something else at the bottom of it... But the only disks that this doesn't
happen to were put away BEFORE then. The rest of them have been in and out
of my A: drive so much that I can't determine when this happened...
Shortly after I Noticed the strange output I tested that dos was activly
doing this as follows:
I mounted a blank (dos formatted) disk, and looked at it with ls. It
appeared completely blank. I unmounted and removed the diskette. I then
shutdown. Next I booted dos. Then I replaced the diskette and did a "dir A:=
"
which also said the disk was empty. I removed it. executed loadlin, and=20
loged back in. But when I replaced and remouted that same disk that had
looked empty before I let dos do the "dir A:" command now looked like this:
dirksore:~# mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy/dos
dirksore:~# ls /floppy/dos
/bin/ls: /floppy/dos/=EB<=C9msdos.5.0: No such file or directory
/bin/ls: /floppy/dos/=C0=C4=D0=BC.=BBx: No such file or directory
/bin/ls: /floppy/dos/=EF|=EAm=F9.=EBg: No such file or directory
/bin/ls: /floppy/dos/=EB |=E1|=F7.&|: No such file or directory
/bin/ls: /floppy/dos/|=FAi|=EBk|.=B8: No such file or directory
/bin/ls: /floppy/dos/=AAu
=B9: No such file or directory
/bin/ls: /floppy/dos/prq=D8:.=B0=D8: No such file or directory
/bin/ls: /floppy/dos/;|s=F76.|=FE: No such file or directory
/bin/ls: /floppy/dos/non-syst.em: No such file or directory
/bin/ls: /floppy/dos/eplace a.nd: No such file or directory
/bin/ls: /floppy/dos/ady
: No such file or directory
dirksore:~# umount /floppy/dos
dirksore:~#
OR was it this one???
dirksore:~# mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy/dos
dirksore:~# ls /floppy/dos
/bin/ls: /floppy/dos/=EB4=C9ibm.3.3: No such file or directory
/bin/ls: /floppy/dos/=EBg=C7+.|=FB=CD: No such file or directory
/bin/ls: /floppy/dos/t=BEw}=D8j.2=E4=CD: No such file or directory
/bin/ls: /floppy/dos/6
|=FE=C0=F3<|.=ED7|: No such file or directory
/bin/ls: /floppy/dos/<|s=E1<|.p=D8n: No such file or directory
/bin/ls: /floppy/dos/tem disk. or: No such file or directory
/bin/ls: /floppy/dos/and stri.ke: No such file or directory
/bin/ls: /floppy/dos/
disk b.oot: No such file or directory
dirksore:~# umount /floppy/dos
dirksore:~#
Can anyone tell me what I'm looking at???
| ~^~=09 ~^~
| <?>=09 <?>=09=09 Joe (theWordy) Philbrook
| ^=09=09 J(tWdy)P
| \___/=09=09 <<jtwdyp AT ttlc DOT net>>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: host.allow and host.deny
Date: 14 Mar 1999 00:54:41 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <7cf9ho$goa$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, KillaBee wrote:
> Hello,
> does anyone know the proper way to get these to work with mountd?
>
> I have tried in the hosts.allow file
> mountd : ipnumber
This is just a guess: have you tried "rpc.mountd" instead of "mountd"?
I just use both names:
mountd,rpc.mountd: ipnumber[s]
(And don't you need to have an entry for "portmap" or "rpc.portmap" or
both, too?)
--
Paul Kimoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: WTB/Re: UNIX/Linux book request for SysAdms
Date: 14 Mar 1999 00:50:29 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Michael Proto wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[Nemeth et al., Unix system administration handbook]
>> Where can I find a copy of this that is inexpensive?
> Check amazon.com, borders.com, and barnesandnoble.com.
For new technical books, the discounts at http://www.bookpool.com/
seem pretty good.
--
Paul Kimoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 20:56:47 -0600
From: Bob Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: setting up realtek 8029
That's big area, if it's an NE2000 clone it should work if you have compiled
the kernel to the NE2000 module. I recently installed a cheap NIC ( ~15$ ) ,
a machromate MN-220P. It's plug and pray ISA. When I rebooted linux after
installing it wasn't seen. I then booted from a DOS disk and used the cards
DOS setup utility to change the base address the card was using. After doing
this it was found on the next linux boot and is working fine. So start by
checking for conflicts, both IRQ and memory address, it may have a conflict
with something you already have installed.
fspark wrote:
> Hey there, this is probably an easy one but I cant seem to get a RealTek
> 8029 ethernet card to work in linux, i'm running slackware 3.6
> btw...help help..heh..one final note, the txt file on the cards it
> mentions compatibility with the NE2000 but during auto probe on boot it
> doesnt seem to find it..any ideas would be welcome..thanx
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: Statically-linked BASH binary
Date: 14 Mar 1999 00:57:48 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Hwei Sheng TEOH wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Mar 1999, John Hasler wrote:
>> The best place for Debian questions is the debian-user mailing list. Go to
>> www.debian.org to subscribe.
> Is there an archive for this mailing list anywhere?
http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/
> But now I found out that it indeed *isn't* bash that's hosed -- it's libc6!!
> Something went wrong during an upgrade to glibc2.1 earlier; and dpkg -C says
> that libc6 is seriously messed up.
Maybe you should see the recent archives for debian-devel for similar
fear-inspiring stories ...
--
Paul Kimoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hwei Sheng TEOH)
Subject: Re: Statically-linked BASH binary
Date: 14 Mar 99 05:46:03 GMT
On Sun, 14 Mar 1999, John Hasler wrote:
[snip]
> On a Debian system sh is a link to bash. Get a copy of the ash shell (I
> could send you one). Link sh to ash instead of bash, fix your system, and
> then change the link back.
>
> The best place for Debian questions is the debian-user mailing list. Go to
> www.debian.org to subscribe.
Is there an archive for this mailing list anywhere? I am reluctant to
subscribe to it because I don't check mail that often and that list has a very
high volume of messages (I subscribed to it before).
[snip]
> Frank Sweetser writes:
> [snip]
>
> His problem is that Debian packages include shell scripts which dpkg runs
> as part of the installation process. It might be possible for him to
> unpack the .deb with ar and install the binary by hand.
>
> > have you tried manually re-installing the bash pacakge, and any it
> > depends on (libc at the least)?
>
> A good point. Make sure that it is bash that is hosed, and not a library.
[snip]
Oh, I didn't know .deb packages were made using ar... I was trying to figure
out how to manually unpack them -- silly me ;-)
But now I found out that it indeed *isn't* bash that's hosed -- it's libc6!!
Something went wrong during an upgrade to glibc2.1 earlier; and dpkg -C says
that libc6 is seriously messed up.
But how would I manually re-install libc6? (since dpkg is basically
non-functional at this point?) What do I do with the symlinks in /lib/, and
so on. I think I can figure out what to do on my own, but I can't risk making
a mistake now so I'm asking.
T
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From: Lawrence Sayre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.networking,alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: What is the best Linux to install?
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 22:04:16 -0500
Jerry Lynn Kreps wrote:
>
> Richard wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >I am trying to install the newest and the best linux on
> >100+ workstation. What would be the best one to choose
> >in terms of standard, support, and setup?
> >
> >Any ideas would be appreciated.
> >
> >email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Thanks in advance
> >Richard
>
> If you are a Linux guru it doesn't matter.
> If you are not, then I recommend SuSE 6.0.
> It comes with KDE 1.0. YaST (Yet another System Tool) makes system
> administration as easy as falling off a log. When add or remove apps it
> automatically goes modifies all the config files, all the xclient menus,
> rc.config, .profile, boot.local, evironmental variables, is eliminated
> or reduced to changing a setting from "no" to "yes". The 6.0 release
> is based on the 2.0.36 kernel and libc6 (glibc). The 2.2 kernel will be
> part of the next release, 6.1, which will also include KDE 1.1 and
> GNOME.
> I use the subscription plan ($34 US) and don't worry about being
> notified, tedious downloads (and their time and cost), or manual putzing
> with partial upgrades. The SuSE 5 CD package has a live-cd, three
> install cd's and two app (public and commerical) cd's. The manual is
> VERY well written. I started with RH5.0, then 5.1, then 5.2. Then I
> tried SuSE 5.3. World of difference. RH has got a lot of improvements
> to make before I'd consider switching back.
> I haven't tried any other distros, but I have most of the major ones
> setting on CD's in my desk drawer. SuSE has removed my desire to
> explore. Needless to say, Win95 is no longer needed on my system.
> Jerry
I switched from SuSE 5.3 to Mandrake 5.3 (which is actually RedHat 5.2
with a bunch of the latest enhancements, and with KDE 1.1), and now I
know that SuSE is far and away the best distribution. Yast does things
for the system which Glint could only dream of. I'll be back with SuSE
before long!
=============================================
"Man's mind is his basic tool of survival!"
(a quote from the famous 'John Galt' speech
in the equally famous book "Atlas Shrugged")
Lawrence Sayre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: r d t@c s.q u e e n s u.c a (Bob Tennent)
Subject: Re: Printer recommendations, please
Date: 14 Mar 1999 05:17:03 GMT
On Sat, 13 Mar 1999 20:47:45 -0500, Ed Finch wrote:
>
>A few years ago I purchased an HP 820Cse printer for my wife. At the
>time I didn't realize what "for Windows" meant :(
>
>So, I'm in the market for a printer that works with Linux. My need is
>mostly fast black and white (for printing source code). Color would be
>a nice bonus. I went to Staples tonight and liked the HP 722 color
>deskjet. Whaddyathink?
That's also a WinPrinter. Check out
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/printer.html
particularly the last paragraph on that page.
Bob T.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: I still havent been able to get 1024x768 at 16bpp on my Emachines
300k.....Help
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 06:36:00 GMT
I still havent got 1024x768 at 16 bits on my Emachines 300k. I've only gotten
640x480 at 4 colors or 16 colors and its looks like garbage. I have a 17 inch
Viewsonic E771 monitor (1280x1024 max res...) with an ATI 3D Rage IIc AGP chip
on the motherboard with 4 megs of memory. My monitors specs are:
Horizontal Frequency = 56.40 KHz
Vertical Frequency = 70 Hz
Non Interlaced
Resolution = 1024 x 768 at 16 bits
Dont ask me about the dot clock because I Dont know it and the manual makes no
mention of it. Please help me to properly configure Xserver to handle these
settings so I can proceed with the next step in configuring everything. I've
been stuck on this problem for about 2 weeks. Help me.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff Grossman)
Subject: Re: nntp servers
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 06:48:48 GMT
John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Jason Clifford writes:
>> The standard nntp server is INN. It is used in tens of thousands of ISPs
>> and other sites and is VERY powerful.
>
>cnews is also widely used, and is much easier to set up and better suited
>to smaller systems.
Where would I find cnews?
Jeff
---
Jeff Grossman ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ??? dosemu.conf $_X_mgrab_key mouse grab keysym ???
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 07:14:49 GMT
Anyone have a dosemu.conf with a working $_X_mgrab_key line that I can
use for an example?
I am trying to get xdos to grab the mouse and can't get it to work. I
have doom running great under xdos, but I want to use the mouse and it
keeps going out of the window.
Thanks,
Wiley
--
Wiley C. Wimberly, Jr.
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
web: http://www.wimberly.org
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From: Anthony Mandic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.databases.sybase
Subject: Re: Sybase ASE on Linux for Sparc?
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 16:56:42 +1000
mhnewsreader wrote:
> Can anyone tell me if the version of ASE you can get for Linux will run on
> the Sparc version of Linux?
No, its a different hardware architecture, so unless Sybase have
a version for Linux Sparc as well as for Linux Intel, you're out
of luck.
-am
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From: "Benjamin Sher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SoundBlaster 16 PnP Compatible and Linux
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 07:33:33 GMT
Dear friends:
First, my thanks to all who have responded to my request for help with my
sound problem as I am preparing to make the switch to Linux RedHat 5.2
sometimes later this week. I am deeply grateful for your expertise and
generosity.
BOTTOM LINE: My NEC Pentium 166 MMX comes with a SoundBlaster 16 PnP
compatible sound card made by AztechLabs (under the brand name of Sound
III). This has been confirmed for me by AztechLabs and NEC. RedHat Linux
specifically mentions on their Sound Configuration page that SoundBlaster
16 PnP is fully tested and supported by them and will configure
automatically during install.
THE BIG QUESTION: Will a SoundBlaster 16 PnP Compatible work on my system?
In other words, is a SoundBlaster 16 PnP Compatible THE SAME as
SoundBlaster 16 Pnp itself? I ask this because I received a letter or two
implying that this is not necessarily so. I called Cosmos Engineering,
which is selling me RedHat Linux 5.2 on their special Linux on a Disk
program, and asked them if my SoundBlaster Compatible will work on RedHat
5.2. The engineer said that maybe yes, maybe not.
I don't mind buying another sound card, and, of course, I will if
necessary. They are quite cheap. Creative Labs has been suggested. I am
afraid though that I might end up buying the wrong card and just end up
having more problems. I wonder though whether I really need to bother with
a new card, in the first place. Shouldn't a compatible SoundBlaster 16 PnP
work just well as the original SoundBlaster 16 PnP?
Any suggestions?
Thank you all!
Benjamin
Benjamin Sher
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sher's Russian Web & Index
http://personal.msy.bellsouth.net/msy/s/h/sher07/index.html
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From: "Andrew Shiue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help! Install libstdc++...
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 14:40:18 -0500
I cannot rpm -i the libstdc++; it ask me for libm.so.6 & libc.so.6 (failed
dependencies). I have checked my system and I do have the two files in /lib.
Did I forget to setenv something ?
Thanks a lot.
-- Andy
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