Linux-Misc Digest #776, Volume #19 Wed, 7 Apr 99 18:13:20 EDT
Contents:
Re: Is Linux safe from viruses like Melissa ? ("Tom Emerson")
Re: BUS error - Netscape (Thomas L|fgren)
wvdial problem ("Anthony")
Re: KDE Install problem (Wayne Inouye)
smake to GNU make transition (Toralf Lund)
Re: Need Sound Card Suggestions (TS Stahl)
Re: Emacs; is there a third way? (Patrick Dylan Donahue)
strange gimp 1.[01].x script-fu(?) problem (Mike Henderson)
Re: FreeBSD vs. Linux vs. Windows (Andrew Rothstein)
Wheel Mouse support under Linux/XFree86/KDM or Gnome? (Niall Gaffney)
Re: Emacs; is there a third way? ("David Z. Maze")
Re: x11amp - is my sound configured properly? (Arcady Genkin)
Re: rm * disaster ("Anders G. Olstad")
Re: KDE Install problem ("Crossbones")
cron problems (Anthony Ewell)
Re: Web server setup... (Mark Turner)
Re: Using Samba and NT Workstation (Jason McKnight)
Re: Linux/m68k Registration Site (Peter Haworth)
C/C++:IDE (Niels Gierse)
Re: x11amp - is my sound configured properly? (brian moore)
Error when booting; bad magic number in super-block; please help! (Bo)
Re: linux cpu-idle (hlt) command question (Mircea)
vmware problem with NT4 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Binary Problems, need help (Adnan Umar)
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From: "Tom Emerson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Is Linux safe from viruses like Melissa ?
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 11:31:05 -0700
mist wrote in message ...
>**Nick Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed to us that -
>>In any case, Melissa actually did very little damage worldwide, except
>>to the reputation (such as it is) of computer "journalists" who hyped it
>>way beyond its importance. We have 1400 machines here with MS Office,
>>we get 10000 Internet E-mails a week, and so far we haven't seen a
>>single copy.
>>
>
>I wonder if anyone has actually *seen* a copy, rather than just hearing
>about it and panicing. More likely it was a big April fools joke. 8-)
ok, -- I have.
In fact, I have 19 copies in a "quarantined" folder, all from "internal"
e-mail addresses. [actually, all from "corporate" e-mail addresses, I was
one of the first to be upgraded to the new "corporate" e-mail server, so
only I and one other person "received" these locally; the rest of the people
in this office never saw them -- or at least, hasn't seen them yet; I need
to figure out how to delete JUST these messages from the waiting inboxes of
everyone who hasn't connected for the first time yet...]
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Crossposted-To: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: BUS error - Netscape
From: Thomas L|fgren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 07 Apr 1999 17:23:00 +0200
>>>>> "Ilya" == Ilya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Ilya> No.... Every time I experienced a freeze, I was running
Ilya> Netscape and downloading a web page. What does that tell
Ilya> you? Netscape is involved. Would installing another version
Ilya> help?
I missed the beginning of the thread, so forgive me if any of this is
redundant. Netscape likes to grab the X server it is attached to (X
permits this unconditionally, unfortunately), and when Netscape barfs,
it can sometimes lock the X server completely. If you're not able to
get out of it by switching virtual consoles, then perhaps you can log
on from another machine on your network (if you are on a network, that
is), and manually kill the X server.
Perhaps there are better solutions than this, too, but it sure beats
rebooting.
Tom
--
Wherever I lay my .emacs, that's my ${HOME}
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From: "Anthony" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: wvdial problem
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 15:32:23 +0800
April 2, 1999
How can I switch into pine or other application programs
for the Internet after making connection to my isp
by wvdial in shell mode?
Best regards,
Anthony Cheung
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From: Wayne Inouye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.windows.x.i386unix,comp.windows.x.kde,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: KDE Install problem
Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 20:28:28 +0000
Jay wrote:
> I followed the KDE 1.1 installation direction step by step using the RPM
> installer on my RH 5.2 system with kernel 2.2.4. However when I ran the
> install-kde file it worked ok till it came to kde-suport rpm and then said I
> do not have Mandrake 5.3 installed so it would not proceed further. I have
> heard that is is easy to install KDE on RedHat systems. What am I doing
> wrong?
Jay,
All you need to do is change the order of installation. Install the libraries
first (don't try to install kde from the top folder, select each unit
seperately via the package manager in your control panel. Then, if there is a
conflict, all you need to do is load the asked for package first.
Wayne
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From: Toralf Lund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.sgi.misc,gnu.utils.help
Subject: smake to GNU make transition
Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 17:29:13 +0200
As we want our software developed on the SGI to be easier to build on
other systems, notably Linux, we are planning to ditch smake and start
using GNUmake instead (as I suppose smake exists for Irix only.) Can
anyone give me general rules, hints or any kind of information at all
about the process of rewriting Makefiles that use smake specific
features like conditionals, special targets/sources and variable
expansion modifiers?
--
- T. Lund
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From: TS Stahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup,redhat.general
Subject: Re: Need Sound Card Suggestions
Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 10:30:33 -0500
I use an ensoniq pci card in my old 233mmx box. The card sounds fine, BUT when it was
first installed, it shared an irq. The irq sharing really diminished the sound
quality and in quake II it was unusable. My new box has an sblive which sounds
awesome (I don't run Linux on the new box, yet).
Chris Welch wrote:
> In comp.os.linux.help David Fox <d s f o x @ c o g s c i . u c s d . e d u> wrote:
> > How is the sound quality? I think I tried one of those and it sounded
> > like an AM radio.
>
> Mine sounded so terrible that I am giving it away.
--
Scott Stahl
MIS Asst.
Illinois Housing Development Authority
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Patrick Dylan Donahue)
Subject: Re: Emacs; is there a third way?
Date: 7 Apr 1999 11:31:32 -0400
In article <7ef56q$rjm$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <@worldonline.nl> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>The distributions of Linux that I have used thus far
>all claim that the X- and non-X versions of emacs
>can not coexist; you either have the one or the other.
>This presents a considerable problem to me and my wife;
>she, due to her visual handicap is forced to use the non-X
>version, whereas I use many Xwindows applications, and find
>it therefore a nuisance to part with X-emacs.
>
>Have any of you managed to install both versions side by side?
>-- I am more than willing to rename the X version to Xmacs (X-mas??)
>or something, but do not know if there are deeply hidden dependencies
>in the system that need to be addressed first in order to achieve this.
They can both run. I beleve that the X-enabled emacs is just a larger
package which can run under xwindows if you are in xwindows. If you use
it from a console or a telnet session it should work in standard mode.
--
--
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Patrick Dylan Donahue
Safe upon the solid rock the ugly houses stand:
Come and see my shining palace built upon the sand!
--Edna St. Vincent Millay, "Second Fig"
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Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 16:33:07 -0400
From: Mike Henderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.graphics.apps.gimp
Subject: strange gimp 1.[01].x script-fu(?) problem
Greetings,
Has anyone ever seen this problem before? I've tried gimp
1.0[234]/1.1.4, and the same thing occurs each time.
mikeh@goober:(/root)% gimp --verbose --console-messages --debug-handlers
parsing "/root/.gimp/gtkrc"
parsing "/usr/local/share/gimp/gimprc"
parsing "/root/.gimp/gimprc"
parsing "/root/.gimp/pluginrc"
gimp_process: Invalid argument
Starting extensions: extension_script_fu
I'm speaking specifically of "gimp_process: Invalid argument". Once the
gimp loads, everything but script-fu seems to work fine. I can bring up
the script-fu console and or server, but no scripts are listed in any of
the "Script-Fu" submenus, and they are most certainly installed.
I've spent plenty of frustrating hours trying to figure this one out,
and
have come up blank, so here I am :)
*Any* help/tips would be greatly appreciated. Here's some info that may
or
may not be relevant to the situation:
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System: Linux 2.2.5-ac1 / i686
Compilers: ( I tried recompiling with each of the listed compilers to no
avail )
gcc version pgcc-2.91.60 (egcs-1.1.1 release)
gcc 2.7.2.3
gcc 2.8.1
Libc: redhat's mangled glibc-2.0.7
GTK: 1.2.1
----
Thanks!
Mike Henderson ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
http://prowler.dca.net
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Rothstein)
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. Linux vs. Windows
Date: 7 Apr 1999 21:06:13 GMT
David Steuber ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Matthias Buelow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
: -> David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
: ->
: -> > When these machines are all networked together, they should be able to
: -> > share their cpu power so that jobs that can be parallelized can take
: -> > advantage of the computing power available.
: ->
: -> How often is this done with Unix workstations in a larger pool?
: -> To accomplish this goal, we'd need some distributed operating system,
: -> like Plan9.
Check out the Beowulf Project @ http://www.beowulf.org
your pal,
Drew
--
Andrew Rothstein - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Words of Wisdom :
"Whatever you do, just take care of your shoes." --phish
"He who laughs last, thinks slowest." --sign in jersey
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From: Niall Gaffney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Wheel Mouse support under Linux/XFree86/KDM or Gnome?
Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 09:13:44 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello,
Well the subject about says it all. Is there such a beast? I have an
Intellimouse with the wheel on my Redhat 5.2 box and want to be able to
scroll down in Netscape and Xterms with the wheel like a do on my
Windows machine at home. Is there a driver for the mouse that will talk
to XFree86 (or the window manager...my understanding of who handles
these sort of events is poor) to slide the scroll bars up and down?
Niall Gaffney
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From: "David Z. Maze" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Emacs; is there a third way?
Date: 07 Apr 1999 17:13:30 -0400
J H M Dassen (Ray) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
JHMD> On my Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 system, Xemacs 20
JHMD> (http://www.xemacs.org) defaults to using X when $DISPLAY is
JHMD> defined, and textmode when it isn't.
JHMD>
JHMD> I'm not an emacs user myself, so I have no idea whether FSF
JHMD> emacs can be made to behave the same way.
FSF Emacs behaves the same way. You can also use the '-nw' switch to
both GNU and XEmacs to force a "console-mode" startup, which is useful
e.g. in an xterm.
(To respond to another post: yes, in fact, XEmacs can meaningfully be
used only on the Linux console.)
--
David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://donut.mit.edu/dmaze/
"Hey, Doug, do you mind if I push the Emergency Booth Self-Destruct Button?"
"Oh, sure, Dave, whatever...you _do_ know what that does, right?"
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.debian,comp.os.linux.sound
Subject: Re: x11amp - is my sound configured properly?
From: Arcady Genkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 21:07:41 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeremiah) writes:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Arcady Genkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake thusly:
> > I've installed x11amp from the package x11amp_0.9a3-2.deb. Whenever it
> > tries to play an mp3 file, it gives an error message:
> >
> > Couldn't open audio!
>
> You might have something else using /dev/dsp... try:
> 'fuser -v /dev/dsp' or 'fuser -v /dev/audio' if you get that error.
> That will give you the process ID of whatever is using them...
None of these commands produce any output, neither when x11amp is
open, nor when it isn't. :(
--
Arcady Genkin
"I opened up my wallet, and it's full of blood..." - GsYDE
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From: "Anders G. Olstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: rm * disaster
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 23:06:22 +0200
A J Fenlon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I inadvertently deleted a whole afternoon writing on my linux box at
> home ....
[Snip]
Ouch.... Well, Midnight Commander 'mc' has an undelete function for ext2
filesystems. I have not tried it before - but it's worth a try.
Try to not write any new data onto the disk, which might overwrite your lost
datas beyond recovery. (Beyond the limits of an average student's economy,
that is... :-)
--
Anders Gulden Olstad @ Brinkley | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
RedHat 5.2 Linux kernel 2.0.36 | "Penguins are generally nice creatures"
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From: "Crossbones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.windows.x.i386unix,comp.windows.x.kde,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: KDE Install problem
Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 21:08:55 GMT
Aah. I had this problem too. You have a KDE compiled for Mandrake systems.
There is a package (look for it in the mandrake distributions).. All it does
is
install a simple text file. Once you install it, you'll be able to install
KDE. You might be able to do a --force instead.
Jay <ayadi@~earthlink~.net> wrote in message
news:7eec1f$na4$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I followed the KDE 1.1 installation direction step by step using the RPM
> installer on my RH 5.2 system with kernel 2.2.4. However when I ran the
> install-kde file it worked ok till it came to kde-suport rpm and then said
I
> do not have Mandrake 5.3 installed so it would not proceed further. I have
> heard that is is easy to install KDE on RedHat systems. What am I doing
> wrong?
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From: Anthony Ewell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: cron problems
Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 13:58:40 -0700
Hi,
I am stumped. I upgraded from rh 5.1 to rh 5.2 and my nightly
backup from my /etc/crontab stopped working.
ps ax | grep -i cron | grep -v grep
returns
265 ? S 0:00 crond
So crond is running. I can also run my backup manually (/root/backup).
As I stated: I am totally stumped. Anyone have any ideas?
Many thanks,
--Tony
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
My /etc/crontab:
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
> MAILTO=root
>
> # run-parts
> 01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly
> 02 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily
> 22 4 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly
> 42 4 1 * * root run-parts /etc/cron.monthly
>
>
> # Tape backup command
> 0 23 * * 1-5 root /root/backup
>
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From: Mark Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Web server setup...
Date: 7 Apr 1999 20:25:22 GMT
Sccoaire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: First of all, no public_html folder has been created
: under the users, is that something that i have to do manually? Even for new
: users?
Yes, you have to create that folder. An easy way to do this is to
create one under /etc/skel . Then every new user will have public_html
automatically created when you create their account.
--
Mark Turner
Linux Support Specialist
Indelible Blue, Inc.
http://www.indelible-blue.com/linux
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From: Jason McKnight <[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: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 17:08:41 -0400
Read the Encryption.txt in the textdocs directory. It will tell you everything
you need to know. NT and 98 use encrypted passwords by default. Also, upgrade to
the latest version of SAMBA if you have not done so already.
Also, once you get everything setup don't for get to enable your users:
smbpasswd -e username
Tony Thompson wrote:
> 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
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From: Peter Haworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.m68k
Subject: Re: Linux/m68k Registration Site
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 16:48:42 +0100
Reply-To: Peter Haworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Mean Maximum
> ------------------------------------------------
> Amount of system RAM (MB) 73 90000
> Amount of disk space (MB) 1864 72000
> ------------------------------------------------
90Gb of RAM? Why would anyone need more RAM than disk space?
I'm just jealous because I've only got 4Mb of RAM and 500Mb disk space.
--
Peter Haworth [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Heaven would be a place where bullshit existed only on television.
(Hallelujah! We's halfway there!)"
-- Frank Zappa
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From: Niels Gierse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: C/C++:IDE
Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 23:23:13 +0200
Hello to all Linux users!
I am a programmer who is not very good in programming c/c++. While I am
developing applications I have many spell errors or leave out simple
things like the ';'. When I programm at a Windows OS that is no problem,
since there are many good developing areas like MS Visual C++ or Borland
C (IDE). Is there anything familar running at Linux?
I would apericate if you could tell me where I can get it.
Niels 8-)
Please mail this to me personal!
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (brian moore)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.debian,comp.os.linux.sound
Subject: Re: x11amp - is my sound configured properly?
Date: 7 Apr 1999 16:15:42 GMT
On Wed, 07 Apr 1999 03:32:46 GMT,
Jeremiah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Arcady Genkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake thusly:
> > I've installed x11amp from the package x11amp_0.9a3-2.deb. Whenever it
> > tries to play an mp3 file, it gives an error message:
> >
> > Couldn't open audio!
>
> You might have something else using /dev/dsp... try:
> 'fuser -v /dev/dsp' or 'fuser -v /dev/audio' if you get that error.
> That will give you the process ID of whatever is using them...
> I had the same problem on my system, and it turned out to be
> esd (the Enlightenment sound daemon) which was using /dev/dsp...
> now if I could only figure out how to get it to release /dev/dsp
> faster... :/
Hack the source. :)
There's a 'esd_autostandby_secs' variable in esd.c for how long it
should hold the socket open after each play. You can set it on the
command line. Unfortunately, when gnome starts it up, it doesn't
specify a time out, and if you cheat and force it to start yourself, it
won't go away when you log out. A quick hack to the code (as in change
the default timeout to be 3 seconds) and a recompile makes it work
really nicely.
--
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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From: Bo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Error when booting; bad magic number in super-block; please help!
Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 12:11:46 -0400
I am new to the Linux world and am having lots of fun learning how to
use it.
I ran into a problem yesterday. Upon booting, Linux reports:
**********************************************
[/sbin/fsck.ext2] fsck.ext2 -a /dev/hdb
hdb:hdb4
fsck.ext2: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/hdb
/dev/hdb:
The super-block could not be read or does not describe a correct
ext2 filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2
filesystem(and not swap or ufs or something else), then the super-block
is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate
super-block:
e2fsck -b 8193 <device>
**********************************************
Linux then gives me a root prompt to correct the problem. I had done
two things (that I can think of) at my last login before I started
getting this error: 1) installed KDE (worked fine), and 2) forgot to
unmount my Zip drive (hdb4) before shutting down my system. I tend to
think it may be a problem with not umount(ing) before shutdown. I had
used my zip drive to read files from a disk formatted under windows. I
tried the suggested e2fsck but this did not help (as far as I can tell).
What do I do? Is this a problem from not umount(ing) the zip drive
before shutdown? Can this be fixed with out having to re-install
anything?
I'm using RedHat 5.2 on a PC. I boot from a floppy instead of having
LILO in the MBR.
Thanks in advance,
Bo
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From: Mircea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux cpu-idle (hlt) command question
Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 16:36:15 -0400
Hint: chech process.c in the kernel distribution tree - it will answer
your questions.
MST
terry wang wrote:
>
> hi, i have one quick question regarding about how cpu-idle (HLT)
> commands are executed in Linux. as i was configing the kernel last
> night, i noticed there is a cpu-idle execution command under APM but i
> recall from memory that linux executes HLT command by itself... does it?
(..)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: vmware problem with NT4
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 12:34:53 GMT
Hi,
vmware failed to use my win98 rawdisk with a repeated core dump.
I figured I might have better luck with NT4. So I tried NT4 SP3 rawdisk. It
loads NT4 ok but a dialogue box keeps popping up saying:
vmware question (nt4.cfg)
Attempt to write # sector(s) starting at sector ######
This is outside the allowed range for raw disk '/user/vmware/nt4/nt4.hda'
How can I resolve this? Thanks.
Jon
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From: Adnan Umar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Binary Problems, need help
Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 11:38:39 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm running Red Hat Linux 5.2 on my 586 133Mz. I am trying to run a
binary of NAM: Network Animator available from
'www-mash.CS.Berkely.EDU/nam/'
When I try to run the program I get the following message:
[adnan@adams0-42 adnan]$ ./nam-1.0a6
./nam-1.0a6: error in loading shared libraries
/usr/lib/libtcl8.0.so: undefined symbol: stat
[adnan@adams0-42 adnan]$
If anybody has any ideas whatsoever please share it with me. If you
don't have the solution to this specific problem but can point me in a
general direction that will be a great help too.
Thanks
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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