Linux-Misc Digest #535, Volume #19 Sat, 20 Mar 99 18:13:12 EST
Contents:
Re: Dumb question: Does kernel 2.2.x use kerneld? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: RH 5.1 is missing /proc/swaps: So, swapon -s doesn't work... (NF Stevens)
Re: file does/doesn't exist?????? (Bill Unruh)
Re: Test, please ignore (David Jones)
Re: creating barcode ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: LINUX ALONE OR WITH WINDOWS? (Bill Unruh)
Re: AMD questions (Andrew Comech)
Re: How do you add up decimals under bash? (Bill Unruh)
Redhat 5.9 - error in rpm: cannot open /usr/lib/rpm/rpmrc ??? ("President Bill
Clinton")
Re: newbie needs help installing 2.2.3 kernel (Michael)
Re: AMD questions (Robert Hampf)
Re: WP8 is crippleware (Bill Unruh)
Re: Dumb question: Does kernel 2.2.x use kerneld? (Keith Keller)
find everything you need (Check it out)
microsoft bus mouse ("Bart Buelens")
Fetchmail posts two copies of each mail... ? (Matthew)
Re: PPPD kernel support? (Bill Unruh)
Re: Question about ZIP Disks with Linux ("A Bit Scruffy")
Re: Create *.tar.gz ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
2.2.x kernels with netatalk? (Keith Keller)
Re: C/C++ Programming on Linux: Good Books? (David M. Cook)
Re: Linux SLEUTHS! HELP! (Ted Staberow)
Re: RedHat, The Next MS (David M. Cook)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Dumb question: Does kernel 2.2.x use kerneld?
Date: 20 Mar 1999 21:41:09 GMT
In his obvious haste, Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled thusly:
: damn. because kmod doesn't seem to work as well. i have set options
: in /etc/conf.modules but they don't seem to get used, e.g., i put in
: the parameters for parport but it won't work unless i insmod it with
: parameters by hand. also my sound stuff will not autoload, i have to
: load that by hand too. are other people experiencing similar
: problems?
I used modprobe myself, but the lack of autoloading modules forced me back
to 2.0.36
I might give it another try when I've got the time.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (NF Stevens)
Subject: Re: RH 5.1 is missing /proc/swaps: So, swapon -s doesn't work...
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 22:05:34 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenny McCormack) wrote:
>I have an RH51 system, installed from "Official RH 5.1" in the pretty box.
>
>I have 2 working swap partitions - Running 'free' shows 96 megs of swap.
>When I run "swapon -s", I get /proc/swaps: No such file or directory.
>
>Assuming something is missing from the kernel. How do I fix this?
/proc/swaps is not available in 2.0.xx kernels. It is a new feature
that only became available in 2.2.0.
Norman
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: file does/doesn't exist??????
Date: 20 Mar 1999 22:24:27 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>i may use windows, but i'm not stupid, i added "." to my path the day
>i installed linux. any other ideas?
And you may have added it wrongly.
Try using the full path name to the command
/usr/local/wp8/wp
say to see if it works.
Or try
./wp
when you are in its directory. If they work, but wp does not then . is
NOT in your path
(echo $PATH)
PS having . in your path is considered insecure. If you have it put it
at the end of the path, not the beginning. For root, do not have it at
all
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From: David Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Test, please ignore
Date: 20 Mar 1999 21:46:52 GMT
Did you post the message from your linux machine ?
It's neat...
Christopher R. Carlen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: If you must know, I moved to a new ISP and something fishy appears to be
: happening with particular newsgroups. So I need to test in this group
: because I use this group. A "test" group may not exhibit the peculiar
: behavior that this one exhibits.
: If I had something to talk about re: Linux, I would have posted that,
: but right now I don't.
: Thanks.
: --
: _____________________________
: Christopher R. Carlen
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <-- Remove "bogus_field" to reply !!!
: My OS is Linux 2.0.29
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: creating barcode
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 20:32:15 GMT
Christian Schulz,
You can use the PEERNET Linear Barcode Bean from http://www.peernet.com and
the JDK to accomplish this task. If you do not know how to create a GIF you
can purchase the Jimi Peernet PlusPak from Activated Intelligence
http://www.activated.com/jimi_pricing.html which will add GIF creation
support to the PEERNET Linear Barcode Bean.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christian Schulz) wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I`m looking for a simple barcode creation program (I want to create a
> gif file with a barcode from a seven letter number).
> Where can I find such a application ?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Christian Schulz, Munich
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: LINUX ALONE OR WITH WINDOWS?
Date: 20 Mar 1999 22:29:00 GMT
In <01be723f$989bb540$cde94dd8@sher07> "Benjamin Sher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>This gives me the option of running Linux WITH Win95B or as standalone (by
>reformatting my original OEM hard drive and using it as storage for Linux)
>or by using LILO and dual-booting back and forth between Win95 and Linux.
Run both with a LILO dual boot. Then if youfind you are never using one
of them, you can then erase it and use the space for the other. Disks
are cheaper than your time if your living depends on your computer. Use
what accomplishes the task.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Comech)
Subject: Re: AMD questions
Date: 20 Mar 1999 17:30:56 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Cameron McElhinny wrote:
>I have an AMD K6 233. I have had one problem, but I didn't attribute it
>to the CPU. Some sounds applications make my computer lock up. I have
>a SB AWE64, and I have been blaming it and the drivers. Could it be the
>append="mem=128m" ??
Well, any memory intensive program which tries to access non-available
memory could do very interesting things. Although I suspect that
you might have something different. Since you only mention problems with
SOME sound applications, I guess it is not an IRQ conflict...
Andrew
PS. And YES to another followup, -- you do not need to fiddle with
append="mem=XXXM" if you have 2.2.X kernels
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: How do you add up decimals under bash?
Date: 20 Mar 1999 22:21:01 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Michael Powe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
]-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
]Hash: SHA1
]>>>>> "sysmansm" == sysmansm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
] sysmansm> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Hans
] sysmansm> Koch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
] >> >expr 1 + 3 + 5 9 > > How do I do this for floats ? eg > >expr
] >> 12.3 + 34.5 + 67.3 fails as > non numeric arguments
echo '1 + 2.3 + 7.935' |bc
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From: "President Bill Clinton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Redhat 5.9 - error in rpm: cannot open /usr/lib/rpm/rpmrc ???
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.rpm,linux.redhat.misc
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 22:38:04 GMT
What's wrong with RPM in the Starbuck release?
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From: Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: newbie needs help installing 2.2.3 kernel
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 15:47:58 -0500
yes i am in /usr/src/linux and the Makefile is there.
Andy Piper wrote:
> This is reporting that the Makefile isn't available for the
> actions to be read from. Are you in the /usr/src/linux directory
> when you try to do 'make config'?
>
> Incidentally, as a newbie, I'd recommend you use 'make
> menuconfig' instead, as it is a lot easier to find your way
> around than the standard config script.
>
> Andy
>
> --
> Andy Piper [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Fareham, Hampshire
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Hampf)
Subject: Re: AMD questions
Date: 20 Mar 1999 21:00:13 GMT
Cameron McElhinny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> h�lt �essu fram:
: I have an AMD K6 233. I have had one problem, but I didn't attribute it
: to the CPU. Some sounds applications make my computer lock up. I have
: a SB AWE64, and I have been blaming it and the drivers. Could it be the
: append="mem=128m" ??
I thought you wouldn't need that append anymore (with the 2.2
kernels). I haven't used it since I started using the 2.1s. I have
a K6, 128MB and SB AWE64 and have never had the problems you
discribe. Though it might also be because I use the $-drivers for the
SB.
rh
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: WP8 is crippleware
Date: 20 Mar 1999 22:42:00 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jeffrey L Straszheim
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>I was just playing around with WP8 for Linux
>and discovered that the drawing fearture is
>"only available in the commercial version of
>WordPerfect 8". And I though that there was
>hope for Corel. Oh well.
Sorry, that Corel needs to get money to stay alive youcount as making
Corel hopeless? One might say that their giving away WP for linux is more
of a concern!
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From: Keith Keller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dumb question: Does kernel 2.2.x use kerneld?
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 14:41:31 -0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
With the new kmod, I had to stick this into my
conf.modules to get sound working:
alias sound sb
options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=5 mpu_io=0x330
I also changed my entry in my rc files from
/sbin/modprobe sound
to
/sbin/modprobe sb
This seemed to get the correct modules loaded.
I have a SoundBlaster sound card, but I'd guess
that similar steps would need to be taken for
other cards. I think that in the 2.0.x kernels,
the IO, IRQ, etc. were configured into the
module directly, whereas it's no longer in the
2.2.x kernels.
Can't help with the parport module, sorry. :(
HTH,
--Keith
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Johan Kullstam wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> > Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > are you saying i can still use kerneld with 2.2.x kernels? i have
> >
> > No. The kernel support that kerneld needed has been removed.
>
> damn. because kmod doesn't seem to work as well. i have set options
> in /etc/conf.modules but they don't seem to get used, e.g., i put in
> the parameters for parport but it won't work unless i insmod it with
> parameters by hand. also my sound stuff will not autoload, i have to
> load that by hand too. are other people experiencing similar
> problems?
>
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Subject: find everything you need
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 23:36:38 +0100
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From: "Bart Buelens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: microsoft bus mouse
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 22:48:19 -0000
hi,
just installed red hat linux 5.2 on my intel pentium, but have troubles
configuring my x server and mouse. I have a microsoft bus mouse, I can start
x but the mouse pointer on the screen doesn't move as I move the mouse! i.e.
like if x doesn't see my mouse
any ideas how to solve this problem?
... except from buying a decent mouse ;-)
cheers,
bart
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From: Matthew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.mail.sendmail,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Fetchmail posts two copies of each mail... ?
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 22:52:57 +0000
Reply-To: Matthew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hello,
I am using fetchmail to retrieve mail from an ISP to a mail gateway
machine running RedHat Linux 5.1 and sendmail 8.8.7 (sendmail.cf 8.8.4). I
don't think that sendmail is the problem though...
The mail is posted into a multidrop box at the isp (any mail that goes to
mydomain.co.uk). My machine is locally called gateway.mydomain.co.uk (and
other machines on the network are called a.mydomain.co.uk, b.mydom..., c.
etc.)
I have to use POP3 to retrieve the mail, but with fetchmail it gets the
mail from the ISP, and then depending on how I change the .fetchmailrc
file either sends it all to [EMAIL PROTECTED], or to, say,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] *and* [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendmail then
reports a problem because the MX dns entry points gateway.mydomain.co.uk
to mydomain.co.uk and reports a DNS loop, bouncing one of the two e-mails
back to the sender.
I could use the first method of all e-mail going to root, and then use
procmail to separate e-mail out to each user (which seems to allow more
dynamic configuration), but then the users cannot use "Reply" to reply
e-mail back to the sender, as the sender of the mail is now "root".
Please help! I don't really mind which method I use to retrieve the mail,
but it really needs to put the e-mails into local (mail gateway) mailboxes
unaltered from downloading from the ISP.
Thanks,
Matthew
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: PPPD kernel support?
Date: 20 Mar 1999 22:44:50 GMT
In <01be72fd$5d9e4b60$89cef482@maerl> "Karl Bengtsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
>I'm having some trouble with PPPD scripts. When I run the script I've
>written, I get a message saying that PPP support isn't compiled into the
>kernel, though I _know_ that it is. I can run the network configurator (in
>Redhat) and log on using ppp just fine.
make sure kerneld is working
(ps aux|grep kerneld)
if it is it may be that something has tied up your modem line. (That
message seems to be pppds default error message.)
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From: "A Bit Scruffy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Question about ZIP Disks with Linux
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 23:18:33 +0100
I use a scsi zip 100 without any problems
Scruffy
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb in Nachricht
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Does anyone know if and when I finally get my ZIP disk drive to work
>with Linux, if I can then access my DOS formatted ZIP disks?
>
>Or will I have to format them with a Unix/Linux Partition thus making
>it non-cross platformable?
>
>Ian
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Create *.tar.gz
Date: 20 Mar 1999 20:54:11 GMT
In his obvious haste, Tina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled thusly:
: Hi,
: How do I create a tar archive? I have a heap of files I
: would like to put into a single archive: filename.tar.gz.
: How do I do that? I've read the tar --help screen but that
: didn't make me any wiser ;)
If you have a gzip enabled tar, then, I think
tar -zcvf <directory>
will do the trick...
If not, then
tar -cvf <directory>
gzip -9 filename
'c' = CREATE tarfile
'v' = VERBOSE
'f' = FILE (Rather than the default of tar, which is a tape drive)
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From: Keith Keller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 2.2.x kernels with netatalk?
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 14:55:54 -0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi all,
I recently upgraded from kernel 2.0.36 to
2.2.3, and I'm seeing new messages in
/var/adm/messages like so:
kernel: SO_BROADCAST: Fix your netatalk as
it will break before 2.2
I get this just about when my appletalk
daemons start up. I tried rebuilding
netatalk 1.4b2, but I still get that error.
The odd thing is, as far as I can tell,
my AppleTalk is working just fine! Does
anyone know the deal? What, exactly, am I
supposed to fix? How do I do so? (There
hasn't been a new release that's not on
umich's web site, is there?)
--Keith Keller
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook)
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,alt.linux
Subject: Re: C/C++ Programming on Linux: Good Books?
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 22:58:36 GMT
On Sat, 20 Mar 1999 00:27:51 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have used Visual C++ for C/C++ programming on Windows platform; now, I am
>planning to switch to Linux and want to do programming using the free GNU
>compilers that come with Linux.
See http://members.home.com/davecook/devel/#book
All these books assume a knowledge of C.
Dave Cook
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Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 13:54:17 -0600
From: Ted Staberow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: tstaber@no!spam.ibm.net
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Linux SLEUTHS! HELP!
Hello,
I don't think you are looking for a technology solution but rather a
policy solution. If X uses the same machine for every session (this
seems to be the case based on you description) have him use a different
machine. Tell him somthing like "We have been having problems with that
machine and are not sure of it's stability. Could you use another one
this time?" Be prepared to move any data or account info he needs to the
other machine. If the problem moves with him, record it. If moving him
is not a difficult thing, have him work on a different machine for every
session. Keep track of the crashes.
--
Ted Staberow
Prairie Networking, Inc.
We Like GNU Ideas.
kj0 wrote:
> I'm the acting (and *not* *terribly* *knowledgeable*) sysadmin in an
> academic lab. We have a small farm of linux boxes for running long
> (usually overnight, but often multi-day) computation jobs.
>
> We're having a truly bizarre problem. Quite frequently, this one of
> our linux boxes, call it A, mysteriously dies in the middle of the
> night (we know the approximate time when this happens because one of
> us has a demon that periodically checks the status of all the machines
> on the network and reports when machines go down). Looking at the
> times on A's '/var/log/messages' file after the "crashes", we notice
> that invariably it is the same one user (we'll call him X) who shows
> up as doing stuff on A, although there is typically a lag of 2-3 hours
> between the crash times and the time of first activity, at least as
> recorded in '/var/log/messages'. X has a history of resenting sharing
> equipment, and resorting to passive-aggressive methods to discourage
> others from using his favorite pieces of equipment. But he's sneaky,
> and always leaves himself room for deniability. We think that this
> time he wants to discourage others from running long jobs on "his"
> machine by making it effectively unstable.
>
> We really don't have much recourse (other than installing secret video
> cameras to catch him red-handed), but we would like to collect the
> strongest circumstantial evidence that we can about this, in case we
> have to present formal charges against X.
>
> Any advice on how to do this would be most appreciated.
>
> (Can the system record when someone presses the off or reset button?
> I realize this is unlikely, but I thought I'd ask anyway.)
>
> Regards,
>
> KJ
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook)
Subject: Re: RedHat, The Next MS
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 23:01:03 GMT
On Fri, 19 Mar 1999 23:04:00 +0000, Bill Amsinux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Just my observations.
You aren't too observant then. All the software that Redhat has written
themselves has been placed under the GPL or LGPL. You can download Redhat
for free or get a CD for $2 + shipping. How does this make them like
Microsoft?
Dave Cook
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