Linux-Misc Digest #460, Volume #19 Sun, 14 Mar 99 21:13:07 EST
Contents:
Re: Launching Red Hat Control Panel (Charles E Taylor IV)
Re: good book for beginner? (alh)
Re: Determining who's holding onto a device (?) (Frank Sweetser)
Proftpd 1.20.pre3 RPM and SRPM for Red Hat 5.2 available (James Bourne)
PPP Problems ("Executor Pico")
Re: Printer recommendations, please (David M. Cook)
Where is Netscape Conference for Linux? (Miernik)
why dtmf_program does not start? (Miernik)
Re: COBOL compiler for Linux? (William Burrow)
Re: critical hard disk error!? (Tom Pfeifer)
Re: Help me, Linux is dying on me!! (Carl Fink)
Re: Microkernels are an abstraction inversion ("JACK")
Re: CD emulators for GNU/Linux? (Nalin Dahyabhai)
Re: AARGH!!! (Stuart Eichert)
Re: how to set kernel limits? (Binh)
Re: Ghostscript vs Canon BJ10e (Matthew Palmer)
Re: framebuffer (Gerald Willmann)
Re: lpd is not behaving! (Matthew Palmer)
Re: AARGH!!! (David Kirkpatrick)
Re: Afterstep won't run (Ron White)
Re: setting linux up to use different IRQ for my modem?
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Getting programs to recognize new GTK-1.2 on RH5.2 system (Simon Breakwater)
AARGH!!! ("Karl Bengtsson")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Charles E Taylor IV)
Subject: Re: Launching Red Hat Control Panel
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 11:24:43 -0500
In article <01be6db7$43e0c7c0$93cbf482@karl>,
"Karl Bengtsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I wanted to do the same thing to connect to the net, but it wouldn't let
> me... you've got to be root to run the network configurator (to run PPP)
You've got to be root to *configure* PPP in redhat, but you can just
use "usernet" (or the appropriate ifup scripts) to start/stop PPP as a
user.
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From: alh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: good book for beginner?
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 18:41:26 -0600
On Sun, 14 Feb 1999, Stephe wrote:
>Thomas Jespersen wrote:
>>
>> "Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>> > Can someone please recommend some good books for a Linux newbie? I've read
>> > a lot of good reviews about "Running Linux" by ORA. Are there any other
>> > good beginner books which are more recent?
>>
>Well as a beginner I just got the Que book "using LINUX" and so
>far it's helped me alot..I've got WindowMaker running with a
>bunch of different themes, a printer working, got sound and am
>connected online..
>--
>
> Stephe
>
>Having fun with Linux!
One of the most useful books I have aqquired so far is:
A Practical Guide To Linux
by Mark G. Sobell
publisher: Addison Wesley
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From: Frank Sweetser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Determining who's holding onto a device (?)
Date: 14 Mar 1999 19:24:18 -0500
Jay O'Connor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> All,
>
> Help. I'm trying to figure out who's holding onto a device. I'n using
> the OSS sound drivers and sometimes when I run a program I get messages
> indicating that the device is busy, other programs say that they cannot
> open /dev/audio. I'm curious if there is a way to find out who's
> holding the device (so I can kill them)
> Thank you
>
check out the 'fuser' program.
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paramount.ind.wpi.edu RedHat 5.2 kernel 2.2.1 i586 | at public servers
Fascinating." --Spock (after staring at the posterior of a woman in a
short skirt walking by)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James Bourne)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.announce
Subject: Proftpd 1.20.pre3 RPM and SRPM for Red Hat 5.2 available
Date: 14 Mar 1999 19:50:52 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
We have posted the i386.rpm and src.rpm on our WWW site at
http://www.affinity-systems.ab.ca/software/ for proftpd-1.2.0pre3. These
should work on Red Hat 5.0, 5.1, and 5.2 but were compiled under Red Hat 5.2
and kernel 2.2.3.
ProFTPD is a highly configurable ftp daemon for unix and unix-like
operating systems. It features virtual hosting, default root directories,
and a completely new (not based on other implementations) source tree.
Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Here is information on the package:
cafe:bash$ rpm -qi proftpd-rhcn
Name : proftpd-rhcn Distribution: Red Hat Contrib|Net
Version : 1.2.0pre3 Vendor: Affinity Systems Inc.
Release : 1 Build Date: Sat Mar 13 01:35:59 1999
Install date: Sat Mar 13 01:37:36 1999 Build Host:cafe.affinity-systems.ab.ca
Group : Networking/Daemons Source RPM:proftpd-rhcn-1.2.0pre3-1.src.rpm
Size : 497784 License: GPL
Packager : Red Hat Contrib|Net <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
URL : http://www.proftpd.org/
Summary : Proftpd ftp server
Description :
ProFTPD is a highly configurable ftp daemon for unix and unix-like
operating systems. It features virtual hosting, default root directories,
and a completely new (not based on other implementations) source tree.
and the changelog:
cafe:bash$ rpm -q --changelog proftpd-rhcn
* Sat Mar 13 1999 James Bourne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
- updated to version 1.2.0pre3
* Fri Feb 12 1999 James Bourne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
- Original build
Regards,
Jim
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James Bourne | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Affinity Systems Inc. | WWW: http://www.affinity-systems.ab.ca
Everything Unix | Linux: The choice of a GNU generation
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Unix System Administration, System programming, Network Administration
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From: "Executor Pico" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PPP Problems
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 13:50:38 -0600
Hello, I just got Linux about a month ago, RedHat 5.2, and I was wondering
something about PPP.
Before I start, I have already read ISP-Hookup-HOWTO, PPP-HOWTO, and even
NET-3-HOWTO. I have tried using the scripts under
/usr/doc/ppp-2.3.5/scripts and nothing seems to work.
When I run the ppp-on script, I have it echo before and after the call to
pppd. I only see the echo before. That's OK. I have an echo in the chat
script (/usr/doc/ppp-2.3.5/scripts/ppp-on-dialer) before and after. I don't
even see the before.
I think one of the problems is I have no idea where my modem is hooked up
(ttyXX). It's a USRobotics 56k fax voice, etc, I'll spare the BS.
All I need to know is how to hookup to my ISP (PDQ.net) using any friggin
protocol that will work. I'd like to try to stick to PPP, no SLIP or DIP,
please. Thanks!
Bryn Bellomy
Linux Addict
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'Do-it-yourself.' That's it." -- Linus Torvalds
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook)
Subject: Re: Printer recommendations, please
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 01:08:52 GMT
On Sat, 13 Mar 1999 20:47:45 -0500, Ed Finch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>a nice bonus. I went to Staples tonight and liked the HP 722 color
>deskjet. Whaddyathink?
See http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/printer_list.cgi
Dave Cook
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From: Miernik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Where is Netscape Conference for Linux?
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 19:44:23 +0000
I've installed Netscape Communicator 4.5, and in the Communicator menu, the
Conference position is dimmed.
How can I run Netscape Conference under Linux, is there one, has someone run
it?
If not, who can reccomend me a good conference program for Linux, is there a
VocalTec version for Linux?
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From: Miernik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: why dtmf_program does not start?
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 19:44:01 +0000
I have vgetty, call my voice modem, type DTMF codes, at theat time, on my
console I get the message: DTMF codes sercivved, starting dtmf_program. But
the program defined in voice.conf
does not start.. What is going on?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Burrow)
Subject: Re: COBOL compiler for Linux?
Date: 15 Mar 1999 01:28:09 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 14 Mar 1999 00:32:55 GMT,
Juergen Heinzl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In article <7cep12$lak$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, K Lee wrote:
>>Heh, Cobol? I didn't know people still used it save for some Y to K
>>work...and what's up with that?? I mean, how are we supposed to read
>>stuff when "sky" becomes "skk" and my girlfriend's name becomes "Kolanda"
>
>Try some financial arithmetic in C using floating point 8)
Yow, I see lots of questions like:
Why does 0.3 - 0.2 = 0.09999999999?
in the Java newsgroup. Must be the new math they think. Doesn't go
over well for their credit card servlet though. ;)
>Use the right tool for the job mate, or do you really want to recommend C and
>floating point arithmetic for financial calculations ... have heard there are
>still some clowns out there who have one of those Intel PC's at home ...
>A20 gate emulation and such ... I don't get it .. I don't get it at all 8)
Hahaha! The crud that is institutionalized in the fancy VLSI chips that
Intel has pieced together...
--
William Burrow -- New Brunswick, Canada o
Copyright 1999 William Burrow ~ /\
~ ()>()
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From: Tom Pfeifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: critical hard disk error!?
Date: 15 Mar 1999 01:15:34 GMT
Craig wrote:
>
> What can I do now? How do I delete my partition table and start fresh??
One way to do that for sure is from a Linux boot floppy that has the dd
command available. The command to clear the MBR (first sector of hard
disk which includes the partition table) is:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1
A Redhat boot/install floppy should work. If not download tomsrtbt from
here:
http://www.toms.net/rb/
It's a good disk to have around anyway. You have a choice of Linux or
DOS install versions - meaning you can make the floppy disk from within
either OS.
Tom
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Try Debian GNU/Linux - it's free, it's open source, and it rocks
http://www.debian.org
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carl Fink)
Subject: Re: Help me, Linux is dying on me!!
Date: 15 Mar 1999 00:06:06 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 14 Mar 1999 13:56:59 GMT Karl Bengtsson
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>The problem: last night I changed the filesystem on my Windows D: partition
>from FAT32 to FAT16 (using Partition It from Quarterdeck).
.
.
.
>Partition Check:
>hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4 <hda5>
><technical specs for my FAT16 partition>
>kernel panic: vfs: unable to mount root fs on 03:03
It sounds as if Partition It changed the partition table. Boot Linux
from a floppy and run fdisk, and make sure hda3 is listed as "Linux
Native". If you use LILO, you might also want to rerun LILO.
--
Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Manager, Dueling Modems Computer Forum
<http://dm.net>
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From: "JACK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: gnu.misc.discuss,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Microkernels are an abstraction inversion
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 01:12:09 -0000
>Let's take communism, for instance.
>Just because you discard the evil idea isn't enough to make you happy;
>but as long as you keep the idea, you're guaranteed to be unhappy.
hang on. communism is not evil, it was the communists that where evil. the
actual communist ideals a quite nice and utopian (unless of course your
wealthy). Remember such things as trade unions,co-ops, credit unions all
spawned from communism. the ideal of communism is simple social inclusion.
the "communists" on the other hand such as Stalin,Lenin, the eastern block
leaders etc where evil not for the belief in communism (if they had one?).
they where evil because of the manner in which they ruled. GNU actually
embodies the good aspects of communism . labour is its own reward, the
resources and skills of a community should be available to all who
participate in the community etc.
in any case its a bit disrespectful to compare communist regimes to a
tiff over software code. especially when one considers the numbers who died
under these regimes
j
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From: Nalin Dahyabhai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CD emulators for GNU/Linux?
Date: 14 Mar 1999 20:09:10 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: I simply wanted to be able to play quake2 and listen to diferent music CD's.
Quake2 used to parse /etc/fstab and look for a certain file under each
iso9660 filesystem to verify that the CD was there. This limitation is
gone in the newer versions, at least in 3.20. I suggest you upgrde.
HTH,
Nalin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stuart Eichert)
Subject: Re: AARGH!!!
Date: 14 Mar 1999 23:54:39 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Karl Bengtsson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: God damn it!
: I just (by mistake) deleted ALL of my schoolwork for the last FIVE YEARS!!!
: And together with it, A LOT of other important information... I will NEVER
: EVER give Linux access to my windows drives again!
-Read below.
: This is the story:
: Linux has somehow been messed up bad. I get the (admittedly stupid) idea
: that "hey, just like windows, format and reinstall!"
: So what do I do? I try to remove as much info as possible from the
: filesystem, and by mistake end up deleting some things from /mnt/ as well!
: So now all my work is lost...
: I NEED to get a backup device,
-or you could use a wrapper version of rm that saves deleted files
in another place until you do a full delete. This works much better than
DOs/WIN "undelete".
: Regards,
: One Sad Loser
: a.k.a. Karl
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Binh)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: how to set kernel limits?
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 23:30:41 GMT
On Tue, 09 Mar 1999 21:27:18 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David
Henry) wrote:
>How do I know how many processes my system will allow? how many open
>sockets?
>If not enough, how can I change the limits?
>
>I've scanned the LDP pages and my copy of System Afmin Guide but can't
>see anything there.
>
>Please help. I'm planning an application that gets input from 250
>network devices. My idea was to have a separate thread and socket for
>each device. Is that practical?
>
>David Henry
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>ICQ 23144758
Try using ulimit
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthew Palmer)
Subject: Re: Ghostscript vs Canon BJ10e
Date: 15 Mar 1999 01:45:02 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
OK, I'd like to thank everyone who helped with my GS/BJ problem. I found
the answer by fiddling with options and DIP switches. I eventually got the
^%$&*%$ thing to work after I changed the printer from MODE-1 to MODE-2.
Works like a charm now.
Anyone else who may be having troubles, that is my suggestion for fixing it.
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] | PGP+ t X+ R+ tv+ b+++ D++ Ge>++++ h* r++ !y+
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From: Gerald Willmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: framebuffer
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 15:24:25 -0800
On 14 Mar 1999, Eric Potter wrote:
> I'm not sure about ATI, but I have my Matrox doing 1024x768 by means of an
> append line in my lilo.conf:
> append = "video=matrox:vesa:0x118,fv:90"
> The docs are all in the kernel source tree.
Eric: where specifically are the docs - looked at svga.txt but that
doesn't tell me much about this. Also what matrox card are you using?
I would like to have the console use the same resolution + frequency
as I use under X - is this possible this way. Thanks,
Gerald
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthew Palmer)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: lpd is not behaving!
Date: 15 Mar 1999 01:51:05 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Cc news and mail]
On Thu, 11 Mar 1999 21:04:16 -0600, Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>So I try to load it:
><dpuryear@ka:/home/dpuryear:103>$ /usr/sbin/lpd
>lpd: Fatal error - Another print spooler is using TCP printer port
Hey, you're lucky. My version of lpd doesn't tell me what's wrong, it just
dies silently.
Reboot your machine and then run lpd. And don't kill it off, otherwise
you'll get the same problem when you try to reload.
The problem comes from lpd not releasing the port when it dies. While it
may be possible to help the kernel along in finding the errant port and
killing it (probably by telnetting to it) I haven't tried that option. I
just rebooted.
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] | W-- N++ o? K- w--(---) O- M-(--) V? PS+ PE Y+
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From: David Kirkpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AARGH!!!
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 20:54:03 +0000
Karl,
It is possible to recover deleted files unix side files. Search deja.
Karl Bengtsson wrote:
>
> God damn it!
> I just (by mistake) deleted ALL of my schoolwork for the last FIVE YEARS!!!
> And together with it, A LOT of other important information... I will NEVER
> EVER give Linux access to my windows drives again!
>
> This is the story:
> Linux has somehow been messed up bad. I get the (admittedly stupid) idea
> that "hey, just like windows, format and reinstall!"
> So what do I do? I try to remove as much info as possible from the
> filesystem, and by mistake end up deleting some things from /mnt/ as well!
> So now all my work is lost...
>
> I NEED to get a backup device,
>
> Regards,
>
> One Sad Loser
> a.k.a. Karl
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ron White)
Subject: Re: Afterstep won't run
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 02:00:15 GMT
Well, I wanted to see what afterstep was like and I found that in fvwm
you can go to the start menu and one of the menu items has the option
of running afterstep. I clicked on that and now I don't know how to
get back to fvwm. Somedays I think I should give up computing.
Any help really appreciated.
Ron
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: setting linux up to use different IRQ for my modem?
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 18:58:08 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Christopher Joseph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Easiest way out is to connect your mouse to a PS/2 port. Your modem will never
> touch IRQ 12. :)
>
>
ah yes that would be convenient but there is one wee problem, the computer in
question does not have a ps2 port (not an option) but thanks anyway.
-Gaiko
Gaikokujin Kyofusho
Student Extraordinare & UN*X Guru Wannbe
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Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 00:06:08 +0000
From: Simon Breakwater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Getting programs to recognize new GTK-1.2 on RH5.2 system
I've got a relatively fresh install of Redhat 5.2 on my system and I
wanted to install programs that require something like GTK > 1.1.x. I
didn't think this would be a problem, since I had downloaded the
recently released GNOME 1.0 packages (which included GTK-1.2.0) and
installed them. In fact, glint/rpm shows that GTK-1.0.6 & GTK-1.2.0 are
both installed. I tried correcting the links in /usr/lib (which *is*
included in /etc/ld.so.conf) to point to the newer versions of GTK and
re-running ldconfig, but 'gtk-config --v' still reports '1.0.6', so the
program compilation fails. What can I do to get the system to recognize
GTK-1.2.0?
Thanks!
Graham Blankenbaker
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Karl Bengtsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: AARGH!!!
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 23:03:29 GMT
God damn it!
I just (by mistake) deleted ALL of my schoolwork for the last FIVE YEARS!!!
And together with it, A LOT of other important information... I will NEVER
EVER give Linux access to my windows drives again!
This is the story:
Linux has somehow been messed up bad. I get the (admittedly stupid) idea
that "hey, just like windows, format and reinstall!"
So what do I do? I try to remove as much info as possible from the
filesystem, and by mistake end up deleting some things from /mnt/ as well!
So now all my work is lost...
I NEED to get a backup device,
Regards,
One Sad Loser
a.k.a. Karl
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