Linux-Misc Digest #626, Volume #19 Sat, 27 Mar 99 22:13:09 EST
Contents:
Re: can't be excuted by typing its name ("Hadean Dragon")
Web page logins automated? (oak)
Re: Is a FULL install to /hdd possible anymore? (Steven Brooks)
Re: can't be excuted by typing its name (Steven Brooks)
HELP! Kernel 2.2.4 problem with upgrade ("RJA")
Re: Kernel Question ... (Bob Martin)
Re: Broken cdrom driver for sonycd535 (Bernd-Ulrich Adrigam)
Re: cp, mv errors (Bernd-Ulrich Adrigam)
Re: NetBSD/Linux (No advocacy) (William Burrow)
Re: Latest version of xgraph? (Jonathan M Hill)
Re: Detech Modem Speed (Andrew Comech)
Why can't I mount anything? (aka Metro Man)
Re: can't be excuted by typing its name ("Jesus M. Salvo Jr.")
Can I trust xvidtune info? (Alan Alfonso)
Re: best offline newsreader? (Jim Richardson)
Re: Auto login ? (Jim Richardson)
Re: Why Linux still isn't my standard boot-up OS, or what are the Linux-equivalents
for these Windoze programs? (jik-)
Re: Distributions with 2.2.x kernel (jik-)
Re: Refresh Rate? (jik-)
Re: permission problem under remote X (Terry Porter)
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From: "Hadean Dragon" <[email protected] (extra dots to stop spammers)>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: can't be excuted by typing its name
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 21:18:00 -0500
I'm a newbie myself, but from what I know, there isn't a way, since I'm
still having to type ./configure to install newly made applications,
etc...
> I just set up a linux server, and when I try to excute a C
excutable
> file, said, "a.out", by just typing
> a.out at prompt, it failed with a statment like "bash: a.out: commad
not
> found". But when I type
> "./a.out", the file is excuted successfully.
> Can someone tell me how to fix that so I can excute that a.out by
> just typing a.out
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From: oak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Web page logins automated?
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 02:21:52 GMT
Is it possible to automate a web page login requiring a user name and
password?
I'd like to do this in both lynx and netscape. It seems I might be
able to do it with lynx using expect but I'm not sure.
I'd like to be able to do this without the use of cookies if possible.
Thanks,
-Tony
========================================================
Power User Page http://www.eskimo.com/~oak/pwr/
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From: Steven Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Is a FULL install to /hdd possible anymore?
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 20:24:34 -0600
/dev/null wrote:
>
> From my experience with the Red Hat install script (RH5.0) there is
> absolutely NO way of installing Linux to /hdd. It is not an option!
> You are *forced* to install Linux on either /hda OR /hdb, in other
> words it can only be installed to a drive on the primary IDE channel!
> I quoted the Red Hat 5.2 (what Mandrake 5.3 is based on) manual
> because it appears to have the same rigid rules as RH 5.0: no installs
> to /hdc or /hdd due to BIOS limitations :( . This seems like a huge
> step backwards to me. I'm probably like a lot of other people out
> there in that I have no more room on /hda and /hdb and /hdc is pretty
> full also <g>. I have an old 2.5 gig IDE hard drive that I would like
> to make my fourth and final drive (/hdd) and dedicate the whole thing
> to a fresh Linux installation (I wanted to try Mandrake 5.3).
>
> Red Hat and it's variants won't allow me to do this. Will Slackware
> (still) allow this?
I've installed RH5.0, 5.1 and 5.2 to hdc. Never had any problems.
I have a P200MMX, with a PnP BIOS that can handle up to 4 hard
drives, so an older BIOS might cause problems. There should be
no difference installing to hdd rather than hdc (no more than hdb
instead of hda).
Steven
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From: Steven Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: can't be excuted by typing its name
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 20:29:00 -0600
Dennis Ho wrote:
> Please help....
>
> I just set up a linux server, and when I try to excute a C excutable
> file, said, "a.out", by just typing
> a.out at prompt, it failed with a statment like "bash: a.out: commad not
> found". But when I type
> "./a.out", the file is excuted successfully.
> Can someone tell me how to fix that so I can excute that a.out by
> just typing a.out
>
> Thanks a million
For the current user, edit the `.bashrc' file in his home directory and add
the following command:
export PATH=$PATH:.
The colon separates on path from another, . is the current directory,
$PATH brings in what used to be in the path, and export makes it
available after the shell has finished parsing the file.
For all users, edit the `/etc/bashrc' file and add the same command as
above.
However, I believe there are security reasons to not do this; since you're
running a server you might want to not do that. (The idea, I believe,
is that making you go ./ forces you to think about the fact that you're
running a program in the current directory -- a program that might
be a trojan horse).
Steven
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From: "RJA" <ayadi@~earthlink~.net>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: HELP! Kernel 2.2.4 problem with upgrade
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 21:04:19 -0500
I just tried to upgrade 2.0.36 to 2.2.4. The upgrade went off fine until the
very end when I tried to invoke the command mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.2.4.img
2.2.4 and got this messsage "no module aic7xxx found for kernel 2.2.4". I
edited the lilo.conf file. When I run lilo -v it says no module exists for
aic7xxx 2.2.4. Now when I reboot I still am in 2.0.36 kernel.
How do I get beyond that error.
Thanks in advance.
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Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 20:43:40 -0600
From: Bob Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Kernel Question ...
ls /lib/modules
returns the list of versions of linux you have setup. include the
version of linux you are using to get the modules compiled.
ls /usr/modules/2.0.36
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> How do I find out which components are compiled
> directly into the kernel and which are modules ?
>
> Thanks
> MD
>
> -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==----------
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bernd-Ulrich Adrigam)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Broken cdrom driver for sonycd535
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 04:17:40 +0200
Hi Jeremy,
did you check for IRQ or I/O address trouble?
did you try a different cable?
Getting it playing audio transfers commands to the cdrom,
but perhaps doesn't require DATA-transfer back to the computer.
(I don't know the program).
Bernd
Jeremy Weinberger schrieb in Nachricht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I would appreciate some advice in my mighty battle against the cdu535
>cdrom driver. The driver fails when you attempt to mount the drive or
>read data from it. Here's the error message I get:
>Sony CDU-535 read_result_reg: TIME OUT!
>Sony CDU-535 debug: calling spinup when reading data!
>I can make it give me this error either by calling mount or dd
>if=/dev/cdrom .
>The driver appears to load correctly, either as a module or built into
>the kernel- finds the hardware address & initializes okay. Furthermore,
>I can read audio cds through the drive using xplaycd. To add to the
>confusion, I installed redhat5.2 using the same cd drive. I know it's
>not a hardware problem or a hardware conflict. The only thing that
>appears to be causing a problem is the driver itself. I'm not sure what
>to change in order to make this work. Ideas, anybody?
>
>jeremy
>
>--
>
>Jeremy Weinberger
>Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. USA
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bernd-Ulrich Adrigam)
Subject: Re: cp, mv errors
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 04:40:32 +0200
Hi Jing,
looks like a hard-error on an sector on the dos-partition.
Try scandisk under dos with surface-scan to verify.
Bernd
Jing Duan schrieb in Nachricht ...
>I am new to Linux and would like to have some helps you.
>
>I have 2 partitions on my hard drive, one for DOS (70M) and the other for
>Linux(ext2. 350M). I want to move a large tgz file, 17M file, from DOS to
>Linux.
>
>Both cp and mv give me the same error message when I try to move the file.
>the error message is:
>
>hda:read_intr: status = 0x59 {DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest}
>hda:read_intr: error = 0x40 {UncorrectableError } LBAsect = 789532, sector
=
>39004
>END_Request: I/O error .dev 03:03, sect, 39004
>
>
>Is there anyone knows what happened?
>
>Your help will be most appreciated.
>
>Jing Duan
>please e-mail me at: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Burrow)
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: NetBSD/Linux (No advocacy)
Date: 28 Mar 1999 01:42:59 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 26 Mar 1999 21:38:22 GMT,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I recently came upon a deal to get a DECStation for cheap. I know I can run
>NetBSD on it, and I plan to do it basically just for interest sake. I already
>have an x86 running Linux and I'd like to network them. Are there any issues
>I should be aware of? Is there an advantage to installing NetBSD on my x86
>(Can NetBSD dual Boot w/ linux and /or m$ windoze) Sorry, I'm a NetBSD virgin
>here.
The biggest issue I've found with BSD is that ALL the documentation is in
the man pages. Quite the shock. The filesystem layout is different
from Linux, the startup scripts are different (heck, that is the case
between different distros of Linux) and the utilities are BSD, not GNU.
You may wish to install bash, tcsh and GNU utilities pronto.
Otherwise, it is Unix. You get what you expect.
--
William Burrow -- New Brunswick, Canada o
Copyright 1999 William Burrow ~ /\
~ ()>()
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonathan M Hill)
Subject: Re: Latest version of xgraph?
Date: 28 Mar 1999 02:29:04 GMT
Hello;
The xgraph program was adopted by the ptolemy project at U.C. Berkeley.
The version supported by ptolemy is called pxgraph. pxgraph includes
support for a binary format, and many code cleanups. You can find
sources and binaries for pxgraph on
ftp://ptolemy.eecs.berkeley.edu/pub/misc/pxgraph
Jonathan Hill
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Comech)
Subject: Re: Detech Modem Speed
Date: 27 Mar 1999 21:45:55 -0500
In article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Jack Cheng wrote:
>Hello,
>
>How do I check the connection speed while the modem on line ?
>
Hi Jack,
AFAIK, you can only look up the initial connection speed (CARRIER XXXX)
right after you connect. (If you are not getting this message, try to
add S95=44 to the INIT string.) There is no way to get current transfer
rate "on the fly".
Actually, you can initialize your modem not allowing the transfer rate to
"fall back" below certain value; see if your modem drops the connection...
You can certainly get some idea about actual rate when you transfer
some gzipped files (which could not be compressed further by the
modem); ftp shows you the average transfer rate.
Cheese,
Andrew
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (aka Metro Man)
Subject: Why can't I mount anything?
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 02:00:09 GMT
After a system crash, I had to reinstall Redhat Linux 5.1.
However, NOW, I can't mount the CDROM because the kernel doesn't
support ISO9660 or something and it can't mount the Windows partition,
vfat or no vfat.
It worked before the crash, but not now.
Why?
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From: "Jesus M. Salvo Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: can't be excuted by typing its name
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 12:23:24 +1000
By default, the current directory is not part of your PATH variable. This is
a security measure. If you insist, you can add the current directory (.) in
your PATH by editing your .profile or .bash_profile.
John Salvo
Dennis Ho wrote:
> Please help....
>
> I just set up a linux server, and when I try to excute a C excutable
> file, said, "a.out", by just typing
> a.out at prompt, it failed with a statment like "bash: a.out: commad not
> found". But when I type
> "./a.out", the file is excuted successfully.
> Can someone tell me how to fix that so I can excute that a.out by
> just typing a.out
>
> Thanks a million
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Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 08:09:19 -0500
From: Alan Alfonso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Can I trust xvidtune info?
Hello,
I just ran xvidtune on my Debian 2.0 system to check my refresh rate.
These are the settings:
Pixel Clock (Mhz): 36.00
Horizontal Sync Rate (khz): 43.27
Vertical Sync Rate (Hz): 85.01
Is this info always accurate - do they reflect the current settings?
I was just so convinced that my refresh setting was at 60Hz or something
(due to the eyestrain I'm experiencing) .
Any help appreciated.
Alan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Richardson)
Subject: Re: best offline newsreader?
Date: 28 Mar 1999 02:38:49 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 26 Mar 1999 05:17:42 +0000,
SpAmEnOt, in the persona of <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
brought forth the following words...:
>
>On 16 Mar 1999, Michael Powe wrote:
>
>
>> This sounds like a job for Gnus in `agent' mode.
>
>OK maybe... I'll have to confess my ignorance about Gnus...
>
>Does it require it's users to accept a GUI as their User Interface??
>
No
--
Jim Richardson
www.eskimo.com/~warlock
All hail Eris
"Linux, because a cpu is a terrible thing to waste."
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Richardson)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Auto login ?
Date: 28 Mar 1999 02:38:45 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 23 Mar 1999 12:01:01 -0500,
Jose M. Urena, in the persona of <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
brought forth the following words...:
>I am not an expert, but security is there because of the millions upon
>millions of people for more than 20 years before you who honestly found
>out that it was an important way to prevent you and your machine from
>being compromised
>
>UnKnown wrote:
>
>> If you're the only one who use your computer, then what's the use of
>> login-security?
>
In order to _Stay_ the only one using your computer...
--
Jim Richardson
www.eskimo.com/~warlock
All hail Eris
"Linux, because a cpu is a terrible thing to waste."
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Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 21:56:06 -0800
From: jik- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Why Linux still isn't my standard boot-up OS, or what are the
Linux-equivalents for these Windoze programs?
> I had an opportunity to check the actual power consumption of my systems.
> 2 Pentiums and a ( for it's size rather power-hungry ) 486, attached
> printers, monitors ( 17" and 15" ) and associated peripherals. The total
> power consumption of all these, running at full power 24x7, amounted to
> something like $15US/month. Minimal power-down of the monitor already
> cuts half off that, I _might_ get another 25% by powering down everything,
> but the couple of dollars a month that saves me isn't worth the wear and
> tear on the hardware.
I think monitors are probably the single most power hungry component of
a desktop system. I think saving that $7.50 simply by shutting off the
tube is well worth it. Unless it is causing some sort of damage by
shutting it off....I have mine shut down completely after 5 min of
inactivity (using DPMS support).
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Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 21:52:24 -0800
From: jik- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Distributions with 2.2.x kernel
Andreas Jonsson wrote:
>
> Right now there is only one distribution with 2.2.x kernel, ant that is
> RedHat Starbuck -- BETA build of RedHat 6.0, so there may be some problem.
> I haven't seen any yet and I've used it since monday.
Slackware 4.0 BETA is 2.2.3 afaik..haven't bother to try it, I am
waiting for the real release.
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Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 04:53:42 -0800
From: jik- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Refresh Rate?
Alan Alfonso wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I was wondering if it is at all possible to find out what refresh rate
> my monitor is being driven at while at a shell prompt. If it is
> possible, is there any way I can change it?
You mean in the console? Not that I know of unless your using one of
the framebuffer device drivers and are in graphics mode. Then you can
use fbset to find out I think, but then you have to do some math on the
pixclock value.....You can only change this under some very explicit
circumstances....
First you must be using a framebuffer driver....
1) If your using vesafb then you have to change the modes in the bios as
kernel args at boot time.
2) If your using the aty driver you can use fbset,...or I guess ioctl
calls because I know someone working on a tool which does this.
3) matrox fb does soemthing, just not sure what as I haven't got a
matrox card.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Terry Porter)
Subject: Re: permission problem under remote X
Date: 27 Mar 1999 13:08:34 GMT
Reply-To: No-Spam
On 24 Mar 1999 06:38:47 GMT, Walter Strong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Hi,
>
>I'm having a problem that looks like this. My housemates use
>my linux as a gateway (i have fastest modem). Things work fine
>in every case, except the one where I want them to be able to
>call up ezppp from a remote session and dial up. Ezppp pops up,
>but with only the quit widget active. They can remotely call up
>any other app (emacs, wordperfect, whatever), except ppp. Now, if
>I remotely call up ezppp (when X is running on my machine, launced
> from my user id), then no problem. So it seems that linux isn't
>letting anyone else interfere with processes that "I" might initiate
>on the gateway terminal already doing X under my id.
>
>My question (two really, at least), does the above make sense, and
>is there a way that I can allow my housemates to access ezppp remotely?
>
>You may think it strange that we want to have things arranged this way,
>but we are strange people.
>
>Thanks for any help...
>walter
I use ezppp remotely with no probs, but do it under "sudo", the graphics are
the same on the remote x machine, as on the machine on which ezppp is
installed.
Furthermore both of us can run ezppp at the same time, tho havent tried
dialling at the same time (what a mess that would be)!
terry
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