Linux-Misc Digest #631, Volume #19 Sun, 28 Mar 99 11:13:08 EST
Contents:
Re: can't be excuted by typing its name (Kevin Martin)
Re: Help me spend $2,000 on a new Linux-based computer (Matthias Warkus)
Re: data base (Gene Wilburn)
Re: Newbie - Netscape plug-ins (William Ross)
Re: Using Samba and NT Workstation ("Qval")
Re: No-Win Modem Situation (Matthias Warkus)
Re: Help me spend $2,000 on a new Linux-based computer (Matthias Warkus)
Re: Modems and Quake 2 ("Nick Hughes")
Re: Using Linux instead of NT Server in home environment.... ("Alexander I. Butenko")
External SCSI ZIP250 woes... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Dual boot WinNT and RH Linux ("Jesus M. Salvo Jr.")
Auto dial-ISP and auto-FTP download ("Jesus M. Salvo Jr.")
Help Needed getting on the 'Net ("James Holbrook")
Re: Help me spend $2,000 on a new Linux-based computer (Paul Tomblin)
am-utils (amd) & smbfs (smbmount) -- automount frustation ("Steven R. Levitt")
APACHE 1.3.4 CGI (Dennis Ho)
DosLinux/Mutt problem (Mark Glassberg)
Re: WindowMaker 0.5.2 and asclock... (Paul Lemmens)
Re: Can I trust xvidtune info? (Alan Alfonso)
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Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin Martin)
Subject: Re: can't be excuted by typing its name
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 13:13:57 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, it says Thomas Griffing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>> Can someone tell me how to fix that so I can excute that a.out by
>> just typing a.out
>
>This happens when the current directory (".") is not in your "PATH"
>environment variable. To add it to your path:
..which would be a mistake, because there is a reason it's not in there by
default....
> $ PATH=$PATH:.
Followups set to col.questions only.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Warkus)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Help me spend $2,000 on a new Linux-based computer
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 15:23:59 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It was the Sun, 28 Mar 1999 01:25:56 +0000...
..and [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've gotten the go-ahead from my better half (read: my wife) to spend
> around 2K on a new system. I'd like to hear _specific_ success and/or
> horror stories on systems and peripherals that have worked and not
> worked with Linux. My prequisites:
>
> 400mhz CPU
> 96mb RAM
Make sure your motherboard can cache it all.
> 8mb video card
Don't get a Hercules Terminator 128 GLH.
> 19" monitor
> sound card, speakers
Make sure Linux supports the card.
> 4GB hard drive
Why don't you get more?
> CD-ROM
> Bonuses:
> DVD
> Color printer
Make sure it's not a GDI printer.
> Tape backup
> Dual CPUs
mawa
--
Usenet est omnis divisa in partes tres, quarum unam incolunt Trolli,
aliam useri regulari, tertiam, qui ipsorum lingua dei, nostra admini
appellantur.
-- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Gene Wilburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: data base
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 14:33:13 GMT
There are several popular products, including MySQL, mSQL, PostgreSQL
and an increasing number of commercial products available for Linux --
Sybase, Oracle, Informix.
I use MySQL and have had excellent luck with it (http://www.mysql.com).
The MySQL ODBC driver for Win32 works quite well. I frequently use
Access as a front end to MySQL, using Linux MySQL as attached tables in
Access. This gives great flexibility (e.g. a website database can be
updated by non-technical users right from their W95 desktops).
Gene
Rick Knebel wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I would be interested in using a data base on linux.
> Right now at work I use Access.
> Is there any comporable GUI database for Linux???
>
> Thanks
> Rick
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Gene Wilburn, Northern Journey Online, http://www.interlog.com/~njo
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Subject: Re: Newbie - Netscape plug-ins
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Ross)
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 14:52:58 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Gabor Jacques wrote:
>>
>> Can anyone tell me if the common plugins for netscape are available for
>> Linux. I am looking for things like Quicktime, Real player, Shockwave
>
>Xanim will run most Quicktime stuff. You can get RealPlayer (RealVideo?)
>5.0 for linux from the Realaudio site. Don't know about shockwave.
The Shockwave Flash and FutureSplash plugins are available for linux
Netscape. http://metalab.unc.edu intro page uses the splash.
Way fast and cool.
Get the Plugins at www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download
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From: "Qval" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.networking,linux.samba
Subject: Re: Using Samba and NT Workstation
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 16:52:43 +0200
Tony Thompson schrieb in Nachricht <7djjvg$2tme$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I'm trying to Linux with Samba and Windows NT Workstation talking. When I
>look at the Network Neighborhood on NT it will show the group but it does
>not display the computer(times out). The version of Linux I am using is
5.2
>and everything now is running on an out of the box server installation.
>
>Things that do work are Apache, FTP and pinging so I know the network does
>exist but something must be set wrong in the default install.
>
>Anyone have any ideas?
>
>Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>Thanks!
>
>Tony Thompson
>
>
try thise settings
[global]
workgroup = �your workgroup
encrypt passwords = yes
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
read only = no
create mode = 0777
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Warkus)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: No-Win Modem Situation
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 15:38:30 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It was the Sat, 27 Mar 1999 15:10:00 -0700...
..and James Goldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Matthias Warkus wrote:
> <snip>
> > No. Basically, Winmodems rely on some "real-time" features of Windows
> > 9x... that is, the ability of a client program to futz with interrupts
> > and such directly.
> >
> > mawa
>
> And under Linux, this is quite rightly not allowed, am I right? In that
> case we really could be in trouble.
Depends on what you mean by "trouble". I don't consider it to be all
that bad that Linux doesn't support Winmodems, since they are rather
brain-damaged pieces of hardware which bog down your CPU and which can
probably even lock your system up if something goes wrong with this
pseudo-real-time stuff.
mawa
--
MicroSoft product, BTW. Real dirty programming.
-- Henrik Clausen
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Warkus)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Help me spend $2,000 on a new Linux-based computer
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 15:31:32 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It was the Sun, 28 Mar 1999 01:25:56 +0000...
..and [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[schnibble]
Uh, I forgot completely... This is my setup:
380 MHz AMD K6/2 overclocked to 400 MHz
- works like a dream
Asus P5A ATX motherboard
- excellent piece of hardware
2x32 MB PC100 DIMMs
- well, it's RAM :)
10.1 GB IBM DTTA IDE hard drive
- fast!
2.1 GB Seagate Medalist IDE hard drive
- fast!
Hercules Terminator 128 GLH
- not supported by XFree yet, DON'T BUY IT
Anubis Typhoon 3D MAX II Voodoo 2 accelerator
- I don't suppose this is interesting to you
NEC CDR3000 40x CD-ROM
- fast, noisy
A:Drive 120MB LS-120 doublespeed superdisk drive
- well, a good drive AFAICS
Creative Sound Blaster 128 PCI
- supported under Linux
USRobotics Sportster ISDN TA ext.
- an excellent ISDN adapter; works like a modem
HP LaserJet IIIp
- old, but built like a tank
All in all, after assembling it and getting it to work, I found that
this is a wonderful machine, except for the graphics board which isn't
supported by XFree86.
mawa
--
"Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has
genius, power and magic in it"
-- Goethe
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From: "Nick Hughes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,apana.lists.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Modems and Quake 2
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 23:05:58 +0800
ok, with quake2, ive seen that problem b4 in winblows, but i cant remember
how to fix it... the file it specifies is actually internal to one of the
files in your /baseq2 directory
from memory, i think it might be a video problem :-\
Peter DeSimone wrote in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]
t>...
I am trying to run Quake 2 under Mandrake Linux 5.3 with Kernel 2.2.3.
It keeps giving me an error Cannot find pic/colormap.pcx. There is no
directory PIC.
Where do I find it?
When I tried to run a different Quake2 RPM, I was told I needed
libglide2x�.rpm Where can I get this?
MODEMS
I am using Kppp to dial with my modem. It is found, but it keeps hanging
on "Setting speaker Volume".
The Mini-Terminal and minicom finds it. It is NOT a winmodem. The Query
Modem for Kppp finds the modem.
Why does it hang trying to set the volume on the modem?
The modem is a Jumpered US Robotics 56K board.
Thanks�
Peter
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Email Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web Address: Http://www.bigfoot.com/~desimonp
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From: "Alexander I. Butenko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Using Linux instead of NT Server in home environment....
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 18:22:52 +0300
Crossposted-To:
microsoft.public.windowsnt.misc,microsoft.public.windowsnt.setup,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,micorosft.public.outlook
ANyway I greatly doubt that Linux will be easier to use than NT Server. I'm
sure that NT Server will be a ideal use for a small home network, becaus
eit's very easy to configure comparable to Linux and supports most network
clients better.
--
Best Regards,
Alexander I. Butenko
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft Developer Network Certified Member
Rod Roark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7dl9ai$rkq$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Stuart Summerville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >...
> >What are your experiences when taking this approach? Does one have to
> >sacrifice many windas niceties in order to take advantage of Linux? &
> >please, no barking about how well Linux handles these services - I
> >know - I just want to know how well it compares to NT on the
> >usability/feature-wise scale.
>
> Take a look at http://citv.unl.edu/linux/LinuxPresentation.html.
> It's a bit old now, but has a lot of detail.
>
> -- Rod
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Sunset Systems Preconfigured Linux Computers
> http://www.sunsetsystems.com/ and Custom Software
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: External SCSI ZIP250 woes...
Date: 28 Mar 1999 15:27:18 GMT
First, let's get this out of the way -- Yes I've read the HOWTO. Yes
I've searched DejaNews up and down. No, it doesn't work yet. Moving on...
Relevant setup info:
AHA2940 UltraSCSI adapter (scsi0) with 3 devices:
6.4 GB Western Digital HD (ID 0)
4.5 GB Quantum Viking II (ID 1)
NEC CDR-1810 (??) (ID 5) (note: cdrom, not a burner)
Newly purchased Zip Zoom Accelerator (trying to make scsi1)
External SCSI ZIP250, termination on, ID set to 6
Dual boot NT 4.0 SP3 (ewww) and RedHat 5.2 running the stock kernel and
modules.
Ok, the drive works under NT, and I confirmed (both via jumper settings and
with NT) that the I/O is at 0x140 and the IRQ is 11. In Linux,
modprobing the aha152x driver has these results (from /var/log/messages,
and _not_echoed to the console):
/sbin/insmod aha152x aha152x=0x140,11,7,1
aha152x: BIOS test: passed, detected 1 controller(s)
aha152x0: vital data: PORTBASE=0x140, IRQ=11, SCSI ID=7, reconnect=enabled,
parity=enabled, synchronous=disabled, delay=100, extended translation=disabled
aha152x: trying software interrupt, lost.
aha152x: IRQ 11 possibly wrong. Please verify.
scsi1 : Adaptec 152x SCSI driver; $Revision: 1.18 $
scsi : 2 hosts.
scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 3025, scsi1, channel 0, id 0,
lun 0 Test Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00
scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 3025, scsi1, channel 0, id 0,
lun 0 Test Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00
The last two lines repeat for each id through 6. Not surprisingly, when
'fdisk -l /dev/sd?' lists only the 2 hard drives on scsi0. lsmod shows
the aha152x driver is installed. So my first question is -- does this help
anyone? I haven't tried compiling the aha152x driver into the kernel
with the options set in the Makefile because it's the boss' machine and
I'm trying to minimize the amount of time I keep him off it! :) Besides,
this should work, right?
My second question is related. After I install the module and it doesn't work,
I then of course want to try with different options. Well, I either
modprobe -r or just rmmod the aha152x driver. However, when I try to
reinstall the module, it tells me on the console
/lib/modules/preferred/scsi/aha152x.o: init_module: Device or resource busy
and in /var/log/messages:
aha152x: invalid module argument aha152x=0x140,11,7,1,1,0,100,0
So I have to reboot before I can try again! Any ideas why that is.
Thanks all, and sorry to bring up yet another zip question.
--
====================================
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
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From: "Jesus M. Salvo Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dual boot WinNT and RH Linux
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 21:21:38 +1000
Yes, I'm using one right now.
yaowe ong wrote:
> I like to install red hat linux and be able to dual boot between window
> nt workstation and rh linux. Is this possible?
>
> Thank you
>
> yo
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From: "Jesus M. Salvo Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Auto dial-ISP and auto-FTP download
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 21:28:27 +1000
I'm failry a new Linux user. I have basically set my config the way I
wanted it. I then get to download lots of linux apps, but I I want to
FTP-download the files at a scheduled time. I know I need cron, pppd,
and ftp. But is there a way to login and download from an ftp server if
and only if a dial-up connection was successful?
Thanks,
John Salvo
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From: "James Holbrook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help Needed getting on the 'Net
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 08:14:00 -0700
I need some help getting my Linux system on the 'Net. I have just installed
Mandrake and the install went great. I next set up KPPP and it works great.
The problem is: I can dial to my ISP with KPPP and I get a connection. I
then try to use Navigator to cruise the web and the status bar tells me it
is looking for the URL I need,, It just never connects.
I can ping my ISP and using Ifconfig, I get a ppp0 connection that says PtP
is running. What have I left out? Is it a routing problem? I'm stumped.
I know there must be someone out there that has had this problem and
resolved it. Thanks in advance to any and all who assist.
James Holbrook
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Tomblin)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Help me spend $2,000 on a new Linux-based computer
Date: 28 Mar 1999 13:58:24 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Tomblin)
In a previous article, "Eugene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>Here is my dream machine:
>
>Celeron 366 overclocked to 550
>Abit BH6 mobo
>128 Mb SDRAM (PC-100) (one piece)
>Nvidia TNT2 (when it comes out - should be soon!)
>Optiquest V95 (19")
>12+ gig HD
>etc...
Nice. I bought something similar a few weeks ago:
300A Celeron o/c to 450
Abit BH6
128 Mb SDRAM (PC-100) (one piece) Corsair CAS-3
Diamond Viper 550 (NVidia TNT)
10 gig WD Caviar drive
36x CD
Sound Blaster SBLive (useless under linux, but kick ass in Windows)
speakers
MS Elite keyboard
MS Intellipoint wheel mouse
huge tower case
ethernet card
no monitor (already had a 17")
for $1200. It's one great machine.
I haven't heard of anybody having any luck o/c 366s to 550. Have you?
--
Paul Tomblin, not speaking for anybody.
"Faced with the prospect of rereading this book, I would rather have my brains
ripped out by a plastic fork." - Charles Cooper reviews the new Gates book.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2230586,00.html
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From: "Steven R. Levitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: am-utils (amd) & smbfs (smbmount) -- automount frustation
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 14:46:00 GMT
I have had absolutely no luck getting Linux to automount any of my WinNT
(SP4) shares. I have no problem mounting these volumes manually via
smbmount, but, I would prefer not be burdened with this task every time I
bootup.
RedHat 5.1 distribution:
kernel-2.0.34-0.6
smbfs-2.0.1-4
am-utils-6.0a16-4
and, for what its worth:
samba-1.9.18p10-5
portmap-4.0-11
nfs-server-2.2beta29-5 & nfs-server-2.2beta29-5 (installed, not
active)
autofs-3.1.1-4 (installed, not active)
I've read through the Am-utils (4.4BSD Automounter Utilities) user manual at
http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~ezk/am-utils/am-utils_toc.html about 129 times.
But, due either to a huge mental block, or, utter stupidity on my part, I
just can't seem to get the hang of it! Everything I've tried, so far, had
been greeted with error upon error. So now, nearing the end of my rope,
I'm asking for your collective wisdom on this matter.
Could anyone help me understand the user manual in terms of what I wish to
accomplish? Or, better yet, provide me with a sample of a working
configuration I could base mine upon?
--
Steve Levitt
Colonia, NJ
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From: Dennis Ho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux
Subject: APACHE 1.3.4 CGI
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 15:25:40 GMT
Hi,
I've been using apache 1.3.4 as my www server, so far, it works
great. just one question though, if a user wants to use cgi under his
own directory. how do I configure it? can anyone please help me?
All I want to do is for user "wxyz" to be able to use cgi in his own
dir, ie. http://hosthame/~wxyz/bin/a.cgi
thanks a million
Dennis
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Glassberg)
Subject: DosLinux/Mutt problem
Date: 28 Mar 1999 15:52:33 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This week I installed DosLinux. So far so good...except for mutt. I added
a user with a name that I receive mail under at my isp. Mutt reads the user's
mail all right, but will not permit the user to reply to or sendmail. Mutt is
configured with pico as its editor. When writing messages mutt creates a tem-
porary file in /tmp. Unfortunately, all such files are owned by root and their
mode is 600.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
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From: Paul Lemmens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: WindowMaker 0.5.2 and asclock...
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 17:33:02 +0200
On Sat, 27 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>compiled it, but wasn't able to figure out how to get it onto the wharf...
>wouldn't dock...
rtm, or better in this case, read the faq, section 5.2
Paul Lemmens Use the Force [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mobile: Read the Source www.student.kun.nl/paul.lemmens
"That young girl is one of the least benightedly unintelligent organic
life forms it has been my profound lack of pleasure not to be able to
avoid meeting." (The Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy, Marvin the
Paranoid Android)
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Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 11:01:09 -0500
From: Alan Alfonso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can I trust xvidtune info?
Tommy Willoughby wrote:
>
> I can push a button on my monitor (Sony 200es) & see what the current
> refresh rates are.
>
> Horizontal Vertical
> Monitor says: 65.2khz 79hz
> Xvidtune says: 65.18khz 79.20hz
>
> I don't think the monitor can display more than one decimal place. In
> any case, looks pretty accurate to me.
Thank you for your quick reply. The xvidtune sounds like it's pretty
accurate. My monitor doesn't
have that nifty little button for checking the refresh rate - it's a cheap
no-name brand. However, when running under Win95 I can run it at 85Hz.
I'm probably just spending an inordinate amount of time in front of the
computer.
Thanks again,
Alan
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