Linux-Misc Digest #507, Volume #19 Thu, 18 Mar 99 22:13:08 EST
Contents:
remote login not in wtmp (who, w, last, didn't work) (S P Arif Sahari Wibowo)
Re: ICQ ("Anders G. Olstad")
VMware and existing partitions ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Wordperfect 8 for Linux gunzip problem ("Anders G. Olstad")
Re: What is the best Linux to install? (Gene Wilburn)
Re: Sharing swap partition? (Tim Williams)
Re: hacked login (telnet) ("john -r s")
Re: What is the best Linux to install? (Jason Rotunno)
Re: REDHAT 5.9?!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Mircea)
route always goes to eth0 ("john -r s")
Re: A Question to Expose My Ingnorance of Linux (brian moore)
Re: How do you hang up pppd? (Jon McLin)
Re: Apache server will not connect (L J Bayuk)
Re: Samba Printer Problem (Jeff Shern)
Re: Disk Druid can't see Logical Partitions (Don)
Re: Alternative web searcher ? (Bob Tennent)
Packet Sniffer for Linux (Tim =?iso-8859-1?Q?Lundstr=F6m?=)
Re: Incredibly STUPID linux question - How do I format a floppy disk? (Matthew
Palmer)
Re: Freecell (Philip Brown)
Re: Freecell (Dave Ulrick)
Re: Telnet question (Jeff Shern)
Re: Dual Boot with win95 (Ray Ruelan)
Re: CD music....HELP! (Ben Bos)
32-bit (E)-IDE support (Ryan Ho)
Re: X - how do I..... (Mark Brown)
Re: Routing question... (second try) ("MokeKahuna")
WindowMaker under Debian 2.1 -- MENU PROBLEMS (uKon)
Kernel Compile Error in RedHat 5.2 (Carl Bauman)
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From: S P Arif Sahari Wibowo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: remote login not in wtmp (who, w, last, didn't work)
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 17:51:25 -0600
Hi!
If I remote login to my system, it is not noted. The command who, w, and
last won't show that I am login. This apply to all account.
If I login on console, it works normally.
Any idea why this happened?
The system is RedHat 5.1 with 2.0.34 kernel.
sh-utils-1.16-12
procps-1.2.7-5
SysVinit-2.74-2
util-linux-2.7-18
Other thing: is there more reliable way for a script to find out where we
login from?
Thanks.
_____ _____ _____ _____ S P Arif Sahari Wibowo
/____ /____/ /____/ /____ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
_____/ / / / _____/ http://spas.8m.com/
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From: "Anders G. Olstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ICQ
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 23:15:05 +0100
Paul Richards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm completely new to linux so what's the story with ICQ in linux? I
> couldn't see anything on the ICQ website about linux...
Try the ICQJava version. It requires the JDK for Linux to run - which
is available from http://www.blackdown.org. The ICQJava is a bit buggy,
though...
Another choice might be Licq, which is native for Linux. This one requires
the qt libraries available from http://www.troll.no
--
Anders Gulden Olstad @ Brinkley | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
RedHat 5.2 Linux kernel 2.0.36 | "Penguins are generally nice creatures"
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: VMware and existing partitions
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 21:58:45 GMT
I can't seem to install EXISTING partitions under VMWare usint eh make-
saferawdisk.pl utility.
It keeps giving me errors. Any ideas or can someone send the safe-hda file to
me so I can edit it for my systems profile.
Thanks
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From: "Anders G. Olstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Wordperfect 8 for Linux gunzip problem
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 23:11:24 +0100
Jet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Last night I downloaded the files for xwp, from download.com but when I
> treid to gunzip them I got an error message saying they were not in
> gzip format. Is there anything I can do?
Run a 'file' command in the wp archive and it will tell you that it is
is actually a .tar archive. (Don't ask me why)
Just run a normal '$ tar xvf filename.gz'
The rest should be obvious.
--
Anders Gulden Olstad @ Brinkley | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
RedHat 5.2 Linux kernel 2.0.36 | "Penguins are generally nice creatures"
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From: Gene Wilburn <[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: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 00:28:55 GMT
No matter where you travel to, you'll always meet someone coming the
opposite direction.
I installed SuSE 6.0 today (my third time installing a SuSE distro) and
played with KDE. Absolutely hated it. I much prefer a simple fvwm2 with
not much in it (I'm minimalist by nature).
Also greatly prefer the Red Hat installation over SuSE and find it more
trouble free.
Others will doubtless have the opposite experience / reaction. That's
what makes Linux so interesting. You're not stuck with a single point of
view (a la MS).
Gene
Eric Larson wrote:
>
> I was much impressed with SUSE, however I have a Thinkpad 365 Laptop
> on which the X config utils for SUSE failed miserably. To get it
> working I 1) installed RedHat 2) saved the X config files to a floppy,
> 3) reinstalled SUSE, copied the files over.
>
> For a newbie who might have a hardware collection that is off the
> Linux mainstream, I might recommend RedHat. The big disadvantage to
> this is no KDE. From what I have seen Gnome 1.0 isn't ready for prime
> time.
>
> I use a subscription option too - it keeps things under control. Linux
> is advancing to rapidly (overall a good thing) to try to surf the
> upgrade wave.
>
> On Sat, 13 Mar 1999 10:45:00 -0600, Jerry Lynn Kreps
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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.
> > >
--
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Gene Wilburn, Northern Journey Online, http://www.interlog.com/~njo
===================================================================
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tim Williams)
Subject: Re: Sharing swap partition?
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 22:28:42 GMT
On Wed, 17 Mar 1999 08:44:49, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cedric Ware) wrote:
> Tim Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >I don't have Linux yet, but am planning on it. Is there a way to
> >share a linux swap partition and OS/2's SWAPPER.DAT file?
>
> Yes. It's more difficult than sharing it between two distributions
> of Linux but it is possible. (I've done that in the past myself...)
> However, it will only save maybe 100M on your hard disk, which might
> not be worth the trouble, especially as you can easily trash your
> partitions if you make a mistake. More so if you are inexperienced
> with Linux/UN*X or the PC partition system...
>
> If you still want to, what you need is basically the Swap-space mini-HOWTO
> (ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/unmaintained/mini/Swap-Space).
> It describes a way to share Linux and Windows swap, but it applies to OS/2
> as well, provided that you know how to use SWAPPATH in your CONFIG.SYS...
> Also, it is a bit outdated, in that many Linux distributions use multiple
> startup/shutdown scripts executed in a specific order as opposed to one.
>
> What it suggests is to:
>
> - dedicate a partition to swap (put SWAPPER.DAT alone on a FAT partition),
>
> - modify your Linux startup scripts to mkswap it (overwrite and change it
> to a Linux swap partition),
>
> - set your Linux shutdown scripts so that they restore the FAT filesystem.
>
> It could be safer to use a Linux swap file on the FAT partition, but I
> haven't done it. It might hurt performance too, compared to using a swap
> partition, but not that much...
>
> By the way, does anybody know how to swap only in the data area of a FAT
> partition, instead of erasing the filesystem on each boot?
>
> Hope this helps,
> Cedric.
>
Youch! I'll check out the mini-HOWTO when the time comes. I was
hoping that I could just have an extended FAT partition that I could
mount as a swap partition, but I guess there's a little more to it
than that. I'm assuming mkswap is analogous to FORMAT? I guess so,
since mkfs is. So basically the idea is to reformat the partition to
the "right type" each time I go between Linux and OS/2. I'm thinking
maybe it isn't worth the trouble.
Thanks.
______________________
Tim Williams
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From: "john -r s" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.networking,linux.admin.isp
Subject: Re: hacked login (telnet)
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 19:29:57 -0500
I tell folks to first Completely DISABLE all services. Again as you have
pointed out go into the /etc/inetd.conf and comment all entries (be warned
that many services that run from here can also run stand alone! check your
rc files). Then decide which services you need. Many services have better
replacments such as wu-ftp, tcp-wrappers and Yes for your case in particular
Secure Shell. Decide to use those instead. Its more work but its worth the
payback in tightening up your system. Once you have the system in a state
that you like - portscan yourself or have a friend do it. There are many
good software packages that will aid you in this. Good Luck.
-jrs
George Csahanin wrote in message ...
>I'd try hosts.allow to be only the protected side machines, and make
>hosts.deny hide for a while.
>
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message <7c9vk8$9o2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>>I want to allow telnet access to a Internet connected server;
>>but *only* form the local LAN connected machines.
>>Is this possible or not. I do not wish telnet access available
>>via the Net at all.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jason Rotunno)
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: 19 Mar 1999 00:37:11 GMT
when i read "what ditro" threads a lot of the benefits and drawbacks
discussed have dealt with setup/configuration and x. not taking into
consideration x, WM's, x apps, etc is there any real difference between
the major distros aside from setup?
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From: Mircea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: REDHAT 5.9?!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 19:41:22 -0500
http://www.redhat.com/mirrors.html
ftp://ftp.wtfo.com/pub/linux/redhat/ftp.redhat.com/starbuck/
MST
Hey wrote:
>
> Anyone have any mirrors for Starbuck?!
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From: "john -r s" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: route always goes to eth0
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 19:22:44 -0500
I have setup a linux box with both ethernet and modem connections. Ethernet
is connected to an internal network. Previously when I would dial out, the
machines internally could get out (via ip forwarding?). One day nothing
worked anymore. When I do a traceroute I get a message as follows:
traceroute mail.earthlink.net
traceroute: Warning: Multiple interfaces found; using 192.168.1.13 @ eth0
Here is the output from the route command:
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
38-default-gw.p * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0
ppp0
192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0
5 eth0
127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0
0 3 lo
default 38-default-gw.p 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0
2 ppp0
I have tried so many options with routing that I am totaly at a loss. I
cannot seem to get the system to use ppp0 anymore. Any help would be
appreciated. Thanks.
-jrs
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (brian moore)
Subject: Re: A Question to Expose My Ingnorance of Linux
Date: 19 Mar 1999 01:22:09 GMT
On 18 Mar 1999 22:09:09 GMT,
Frank Riha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >I see a good bit of talk about emacs. What is it or should I say what are
> >they?>
>
> >Hugh Brian
>
> Check out http://www.emacs.org for information about emacs. As a most
> basic description, it's an editor.
Or for vi users, emacs is an OS.
--
Brian Moore | "The Zen nature of a spammer resembles
Sysadmin, C/Perl Hacker | a cockroach, except that the cockroach
Usenet Vandal | is higher up on the evolutionary chain."
Netscum, Bane of Elves. Peter Olson, Delphi Postmaster
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Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 01:22:08 +0000
From: Jon McLin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How do you hang up pppd?
I use the following script, named "disconnect"
=========================== 8<---------------------
#!/bin/sh
# disconnect, kills the pppd critter.
pid=`ps aux | grep pppd | grep -v grep | sed 's/ \+/:/g' | cut -d: -f2`
if [ -n "$pid" ]
then
kill -INT $pid
else
echo No pppd found >&2
fi
=========================== 8<---------------------
Jon
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (L J Bayuk)
Subject: Re: Apache server will not connect
Date: 19 Mar 1999 01:18:33 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I am trying to set up the Apache server with RedHat5.2 with my dynamic dns
>address.
>
>1. When I go to my loopback address (127.0.0.1) I get the Apache index page
>telling me
>that I have correctly installed Apache.
>
>2. I use traceroute www.redhat.com or any other address and use the #1
>address thinking
>that this is my dynamic address.
>
>3. I open Netscape Navigator and go to this address and get a Netscape:
>Error
> Netscape's network connection was refused by the server 209.32.53.62 .
> The server may not be accepting connections or may be busy.
> Try connecting again later.
>
>I have looked at the configuration files but have not found anything. what
>am I doing wrong?
Netscape's error messages are next to useless since they don't tell
you why it failed. Try using: ping, telnet, and ftp to your system by
IP address, then by host name. If by IP address works and name doesn't,
check the DNS setup. If both work, and you still cannot cannot from
Netscape, check your Apache error log files to see why.
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From: Jeff Shern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Samba Printer Problem
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 13:40:51 -0700
> I am trying to set up a Samba printer with no luck. I can create a
> drive share and access it from the Win 98 machine. I have followed the
> printer set up and can see the printer share in Win 98. I set up the
> printer in Win 98 using the correct printer driver but when I print I
> get nothing happening. I have tried setting up a different spool area
> etc. with no luck. Any suggestions as to where I should look?
What kind of printer is this? Basically, if it wouldn't print locally off the
linux box (ie winprinter, lexmark) it won't print via samba... Make sure you are
using the right linux filter (driver)
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From: Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Disk Druid can't see Logical Partitions
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 01:07:37 GMT
Disk Druid is broken. It only works under very specific circumstances,
and these are not divulged. Please use fdisc and dont bother to mess
with disk druid unless it just happens to work for you. There are many
situations where disk druid farts or even shits itself.
Don
> Peter DeSimone wrote:
>
> Well, I removed the Linux partitions. But Disk Druid still does not
> see any of my logical partitions /hda5 and above for my extended
> partition /hda2.
>
> Under Fidsk, it says the following:
>
> (/hda2) Partition 2 has 2 different, physical/logical endings.
>
> Physical (1023, 254, 63) logical (1231. 254, 63)
>
> So what does this mean? How do I make my existing FAT32 logical
> partitions and the free space visible under Disk Druid, as they appear
> in Fdisk. Fdisk shows the proper blank locations.
>
> Peter
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> Peter DeSimone
> Email Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Web Address: Http://www.bigfoot.com/~desimonp
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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From: r d t@c s.q u e e n s u.c a (Bob Tennent)
Subject: Re: Alternative web searcher ?
Date: 18 Mar 1999 22:43:09 GMT
On 18 Mar 1999 22:54:12 +0100, Frederic A. Martinelli wrote:
>
> Anyone have some good web searcher that are not owned by M$ ?
www.google.com
Not only not owned by MS, they use Linux and refused a buyout offer from MS.
More important, they have a new approach to web searching that almost
always gives you the most important sites at the top of a search list.
Here are the first few hits for a search on Linux:
67% The Linux Home Page at Linux Online
www.linux.org/
65% 66% Red Hat Software, Inc. - Home Page
www.redhat.com/
62% 63% Debian GNU/Linux -- The Universal Operating System
www.debian.org/
62% 63% Welcome to Linux International
www.li.org/
61% 62% LinuxHQ
www.linuxhq.com/
61% 62% Linux Journal
www.linuxjournal.com/
60% 61% Linux Resources(TM)
www.linuxresources.com/
60% 60% Linux Gazette Index Page
www.linuxgazette.com/
59% 59% The Linux Mall - Home Page
www.linuxmall.com/
58% 59% Linux Journal
www.ssc.com/lj/
Bob T.
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From: Tim =?iso-8859-1?Q?Lundstr=F6m?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Packet Sniffer for Linux
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 22:12:33 +0100
I'm having some trouble with my network and need a packet sniffer to
sort it out. I've tried tcpdump but it seems to only show the headers. I
need to se (in clear text, not hex) what's inside the packets.
Regards
Tim
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthew Palmer)
Subject: Re: Incredibly STUPID linux question - How do I format a floppy disk?
Date: 18 Mar 1999 23:03:30 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 18 Mar 1999 22:39:41 GMT, Kristy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I need to format a 3.5" floppy disk under RHLinux 5.2, then I'm gonna
>copy a *.tgz file on it for transport to another linux system.
Well, you can just copy onto a DOS floppy with mcopy (don't mount the volume
first). Alternately, mount the DOS floppy (probably under /mnt) and copy it
that way. If you really want to make a Linux floppy, use mke2fs (although,
I think that the overhead for ext2 makes it unattractive for a media as
small as a floppy). The command you would want to use is:
mke2fs -i 1024 -m 0 /dev/fd0
As root.
>A little help please, and no jokes! ;-)
I'd make a joke, but none are coming to me just now. Pity, really. <g>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Philip Brown)
Subject: Re: Freecell
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 18 Mar 1999 22:58:31 GMT
On Wed, 17 Mar 1999 22:53:26 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>My SO had the exact same objection to the KDE freecell, but still won't
>switch over. She's now demanding Sim City 3000. That's a bit tougher.
>:-)
get her a playstation :-)
[and I suspect you'll be a lot happier, too!]
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From: Dave Ulrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Freecell
Date: 18 Mar 1999 16:20:07 -0600
Reply-To: Dave Ulrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
John Girash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>try xpat2; it's better than WinFreeCell.
Amen. xpat2 allows you to make most card movements with a single
mouse click; dragging and dropping is almost never necessary. As well
as Freecell, xpat2 has great implementations of Spider, Seahaven
Towers, and several other solitaires. I have xpat2 running constantly
in one of my fvwm virtual desktops. :-)
While we're on the subject of solitaire games, I'd like to also
recommend pysol. It's written in the Python language and uses the Tk
toolkit, so you need to have both Python 1.5.1 and Tcl/Tk 8.x
installed, but it's well worth the bother. Just yesterday I
downloaded pysol 2.10 from:
http://wildsau.idv.uni-linz.ac.at/mfx/pysol.html
It's come a long way since version 1.x which itself was an excellent
game. The movement of cards is much faster (not quite as fast as the
champ, xpat2, though :-)), there's more solitaire included (including
Freecell), and there's even an optional selection of different sizes
and styles of card sets. You need to do more dragging and dropping
than you do with xpat2, but I don't think it's too bad in that
respect. Like xpat2, I keep it running constantly.
My recommendation: get both xpat2 and pysol. Both are good enough
that I don't even miss Windows Freecell, Arachnid, or (Klondike)
Solitaire. Along with xbomb and the recent (vastly improved) beta of
xmahjongg, these games go a long way towards keeping me off the
streets. :-)
>jg
Dave
--
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Dave Ulrick, Systems Programmer Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL, USA
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From: Jeff Shern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Telnet question
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 13:48:42 -0700
Toolman wrote:
> If I'm trying to connect to my Linux box via Telnet (from my Windows 98)
> station wouldn't you expect the root account to work?
> Each time I try this connection with the root account it won't connect
> (states my login is incorrect). Any ideas? I can most definitely login
> directly to the system using the root account.........Problem with telnet?
as the three people prior to me said, it's a bad bad idea
but if you REALLY want to rename the /etc/securetty file to something else (or
erase it if you really want) and then you can... but isn't su so much nicer? :)
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From: Ray Ruelan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dual Boot with win95
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 16:16:21 -0500
P.P.S.
Using Red Hat Linux v5.1 Kernel 2.0.35 (Sorry about that!)
Ray Ruelan wrote:
> Hello,
> I've installed Linux on a gig of hard drive space on my second IDE
> drive. I am booting from a floppy disk because I normally run win95.
> Now, I can't open My Computer or run Explorer because it causes my
> system to freeze. I was able to get into Device Manager and I noted that
> under the Performance Tab, there is an entry for drive F using MS-DOS
> compatibility mode. My partitions for win95 only go so far as D (E is my
> CD-ROM). Why is win95 even seeing an F drive, which are strictly Linux
> partitions? I think this is what's causing win95 to lock up. Please
> help.
> P.S.
> Running Linux on a P120 Mhz, 32 MB RAM, 1MB video RAM (ArkLogic 200MT),
> AmiBios. The second drive is in LBA mode while the first drive is in
> Auto Mode (Maxtor 6.8G drive). TIA
> Ray
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ben Bos)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: CD music....HELP!
Date: 19 Mar 1999 01:54:21 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 17 Mar 1999 20:47:51 -0500, Eric Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello Folks!!!
>
>I need someone's help.
>
>My soundcard is working fine, I am running a P-166 /w Red Hat Linux 5.2
>installed.
>
>I have OPL-SA3 intergrated sound card but can only configure it using
>Sound Blaster drivers with the following configuration :
>
>IRQ=5
>DMA=1 (at least one of the DMAs)
>IO=220
>
>I can play wav files without a problems.....MIDIs too...
>
>Only one problem : I cannot play ANY audio CDs....they play all
>right...but no music comes out of my speakers... Anyone have ANY tips?
>
>Thanks a whole bunch
>
>Eric
>
Try this:
$ cd /dev
$ ls -l cdrom
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Jan 26 02:43 cdrom -> hdc
$ ls -l hdc
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 22, 0 May 6 1998 hdc
Have root give 'other' the same permissions to the device as 'user' and
'group',
# chmod o+r+w /dev/hdc
and see if this works for you.
Cheers,
Ben
--
ir. Berend Adam Bos
Corporate Computer Systems
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From: Ryan Ho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 32-bit (E)-IDE support
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 09:54:09 +0800
Hi,
I am running Redhat 5.2. I have the hdparm utility preinstalled. I am
curious whether the default setting for my Harddisks is the optimal
setting especially whether the 32-bit (E)IDE support is enabled. When
I check the settings of my HDD in /proc/ide, I see the following in the
io_32bit field.
value
min max mode
io_32bit 0
0 3 rw
Thanks in advance
Ryan
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From: Mark Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: X - how do I.....
Date: 18 Mar 1999 19:52:34 +0000
Yan Seiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> How do I configure xdm to startup at boot (runlevel 5) but not on the
> local console?
Remove/comment out the appropriate line in /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers.
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From: "MokeKahuna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Routing question... (second try)
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 01:58:42 GMT
This very true. Specifically I have RoadRunner service and they advertised
the speed difference: 192Kbps upstream and 1.5 MBps downstream. In general
for basic to average users (a very large population on the internet now
days), this is the case (ca. 10:1).
For folks who want to do more uploads, you're on the wrong side of the
street (stream).
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
<7cs807$o4p$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>i believe its going to be out of your control, from my understanding cable
>networking has a much lower bandwidth (xfer rate) then download... download
>can be past 10MB/sec while the upload is much less than 1/2 that. sorry
bud
>think your stuck
>merrett
>
>
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From: uKon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: WindowMaker under Debian 2.1 -- MENU PROBLEMS
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 21:40:06 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
I use the latest ver. of WindowMaker under Debian 2.1. A few days i
installed KDE, but then uninistalled it. KDE apparently changed my
menus and they became fucked up in WindowMaker. I looked at the
menu.hook (in /etc/X11/WindowMaker/) file which is what is being used by
WindowMaker now for its menus. When i edit the file manually, my menu
items can be seen in the menus. However, after i install any other
package the menu.hook file becomes fucked up again and erases my manual
entries...(this file is supposed to be automatically editted and
generated, but how can i keep the stufff that i put in it from erasing??
Thanx for any help,
Konstantin
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Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 02:41:13 +0000
From: Carl Bauman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Kernel Compile Error in RedHat 5.2
I'm running into an error when I try to compile the kernel (2.0.36) for
RedHat 5.2 with modular support for Ensonique 1370 sound cards
(CONFIG_SOUND=y;CONFIG_SOUND_ES1370=m). I've compiled the kernel
before without any sound card support at all (CONFIG_SOUND=n) with no
trouble and am currently running on the kernel from that effort. This
time I consistently get the following errors from "make boot":
ptrace.c:302: warning: `write_emulator_word' defined but not used
ptrace.c:335: warning: `get_emulator_word' defined but not used
init/main.o(.data+0x110): undefined reference to `sound_setup'
make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1
Please let me know if any of you have run across this before or know
enough about C and Linux to have a good idea on how to fix it. I'm not
that knowledgeable about C or I would do it myself. If anyone needs to
see /usr/src/linux/.config or the rest of my "make boot" messages, I can
send them via regular email but didn't want clog up this newsgroup with
them as they are both lengthy files.
Thanks for anything you can do to help,
Carl
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