Linux-Misc Digest #352, Volume #18 Sat, 26 Dec 98 00:13:07 EST
Contents:
make config ERROR ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Where is the sound module in Debian? (Guy Geens)
Re: JAVA SETUP HELP NEEDED (Michael Doherty)
Re: make config ERROR (Matt Weber)
Re: Anti-Linux FUD ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Looking to host/mirror Linux open source ftp (Matt Weber)
Re: Linux and Java problems ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Need help or info on SAMBA ("Phil")
Re: SLOWLY GOING INSANE!!! (witra)
Re: Unix vs Windows NT (David Stanaway)
Re: setup Linux partitions (jc)
UMAX Astra 1220P Scanner (Benoit Lefebvre)
Re: Automount problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: SuSE or RedHat ? (jc)
Re: Best Linux book(s) for a beginner (Jeff Iverson)
Problems compiling things with AutoMake+AutoConf (David Lee Ludwig)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: make config ERROR
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 22:30:42 -0500
Hello,
I am running Red Hat 5.2 and I am trying to compile a kernel with ppa
(zip drive) and lp drivers as modules. In following the Module-HOWTO
the first step is to <cd> to </usr/src/linux> and issue the command
<make config> (i am aware that i could also use make xconfig{buggy} or
make menuconfig) all give the error:
make: *** no rule to make target 'config'. Stop.
any ideas on what is going wrong?
Thank you for your help in advance,
navi
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From: Guy Geens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Where is the sound module in Debian?
Date: 25 Dec 1998 14:01:25 +0100
>>>>> "Miernik" == Miernik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Miernik> I`ve installed Debian 2.0r2, and all's OK except that it
Miernik> haven't installed the sound module (sound.o or something).
Miernik> When I try tu run modprobe sound it says the module is not
Miernik> there. How can I install the sound module? And why dselect
Miernik> didn't install it?
Try running
/sbin/depmod -a
That should make an index which modprobe uses to determine which
modules are available.
AFAIK, it should be in one of your startup scripts.
--
G. ``Iggy'' Geens
Home: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Work: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
``I was thinking about how everyone was dying
and maybe it's time to live.'' - Eels
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From: Michael Doherty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: JAVA SETUP HELP NEEDED
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 22:35:44 -0500
Hi Hans,
In what file(s) is the path statement set? The reason I ask is that
I installed jdk117 and want to use it instead of kaffe. And what's the
best way of de-installing kaffe?
I'm using kde as a desktop and tried to put the jdk117 in the
/etc/profile and bashrc files, but the jdk117 comes up after the
path to kaffe.
I'd like to de-install kaffe if I could, but would settle for
putting jdk117 before kaffe in the path. Then it would be found first
and kaffe would never be called.
And is there a java-linux how-to? I've looked but haven't found one.
TIA for your help.
Michael Doherty
Hans Wolters wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> [snap]
>
> Hi Alex,
>
> > I tried looking up the Sunsite.unc.edu site for any documentation on how to
> > set up step-by-step a Java env. but I could not locate any HOWTO docs. I also
> > tried at Blackdown.org still no luck.
>
> You will have to visit blackdown.org again. Then pick a mirror site
> nearby and downlaod the JDK that would like to start using. Keep in mind
> that if you are going to make webapplet's you should use the 1.0.2.
> since the newest JDK isn't supported on Mac machines that use Netscape
> browsers. Unpack the file in a dir called java and do the following
> steps.
>
> You must set the CLASSPATH for the classes.zip (don't unzip this file).
> You can do this in the file /etc/profile
>
> export CLASSPATH=/path/to/classes.zip
>
> wich is located in the lib dir of your java dir.
>
> If you are going to use swing too then you will have to set the
> classpath behind the class.zip starting with a :
>
> If you export the Netscape java40.jar in the same line you will be able
> to view applets online too. Netscape 4.5 should not have a problem with
> it. Arn't you using 4.05 (wich comes with RH 5.1)?
>
> Good luck
>
> --
> Regards Hans Wolters
>
> Java Search Engine Front End / Linux Links.
> http://home.gelrevision.nl/~h.wolter/index.htm
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From: Matt Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: make config ERROR
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 22:46:45 -0500
It sounds like you might not have the kernel source rpm installed. This is
fairly easy to remedy. Simply download kernel-source????.rpm and then install:
rpm -i kernel-source???.rpm
You probably also need to install the kernel headers. Since you are in FFX, VA,
use ftp.tux.org as your ftp site. Hope this helps.
MW
http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~mweber
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello,
> I am running Red Hat 5.2 and I am trying to compile a kernel with ppa
> (zip drive) and lp drivers as modules. In following the Module-HOWTO
> the first step is to <cd> to </usr/src/linux> and issue the command
> <make config> (i am aware that i could also use make xconfig{buggy} or
> make menuconfig) all give the error:
>
> make: *** no rule to make target 'config'. Stop.
>
> any ideas on what is going wrong?
> Thank you for your help in advance,
>
> navi
--
"For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of
a sound mind."
2 Timothy 1:7
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Crossposted-To: alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy
Subject: Re: Anti-Linux FUD
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 23:18:01 GMT
Let me add my $0.02 of opinion here,
On Fri, 25 Dec 1998 10:07:03 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
wrote these thought provoking words :
: It's just a nice counter to all the assinine WinVocates
: that like to claim all of the registry's problems are
: strictly in our heads.
Well, it's rather unwise that all configuration should be kept in one
area (the registry) so that all configuration changes in the wps and
applications lead to it's editing, making it prone to be corrupted.
Fine.....it's true.
That spontaneous registry deletion, was an unfortunate and rare
incident.
I had an OS/2 lockup once while working, hit the reset button and it
would not reboot after that. A chkdsk run did not work at all.
I did a WPS restore from a backup that I had.....this backup was made
with third party software by the way....and I was fine. The ini files
got corrupted somehow. I guess the OS/2 ini file concept and structure
should be ditched as well eh?
As I said..it was a very unfortunate incident. Never heard of or seen
it happen before. That does not say that it cannot happen, grant you,
but it must be very infrequent. Corruptions should be a lot more
common.
I have had to restore my OS/2 WPS from a backup on a number of
occasions because of the problems which I knew was directly related to
something that I did or totally mystifying. Interestingly I have never
had a windows registry problem that has prevented me from rebooting or
generated crytic messages about the registry being corrupted.
It's really interesting how experiences differ. I still think that
OS/2 is by far the better OS and most of all that no OS is perfect.
It's nice not having to be loyal to any of them and just merely going
with the flow, making objective assessments and using the most
suitable OS for my needs in a given time period..
I guess strange things like that do not occur on the great Linux now
does it?
-== Allie ==-
*----------------------*
Allie Martin (Mr.)
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
*---------/*\----------*
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From: Matt Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Looking to host/mirror Linux open source ftp
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 22:49:01 -0500
I am looking to host or mirror a Linux archive or open source project on
my server. If you have a project that needs ftp space or you need an
extra mirror, let me know.
MW
http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~mweber/
--
"For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of
love, and of a sound mind."
2 Timothy 1:7
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.os.linux.portable,it.comp.java
Subject: Re: Linux and Java problems
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 03:47:32 GMT
Dave,
I just installed jdk117_v1a and how do I get rid of kaffe, anyway. And
in what files is the path set?
TIA,
Michael Doherty
In article <759bsd$893$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Dave Hensley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I also had the same problem when I installed RedHat Linux. If I recall I
> don't think I coul find any installed classes either that or it just
> wouldn't work no matter what I did. Anyways I believe I just downloaded the
> current JDK from java and used good ol javac instead of kaffe.
>
> Dave
>
> Alessandro Valenti wrote in message <36780f68.439361137@sanews1>...
> >I don't know about Linux but if it works like UNix you should be able
> >to 'load module classpath' with classpath is the location of the files
> >you need to compile java. I am sure there is some documentation about
> >how to load modules...isn't there a profile file or something like
> >that???
> >
> >Try and good luck
> >
> >Alex
> >
> >On Wed, 25 Nov 1998 22:09:05 +0100, Tom Klaasen
> ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >>>
> >>> PLEASE HELP
> >>>
> >>> I am trying to use learn java and would like to use linux to compile and
> >>> program this language. I have written a couple of basic programs so far
> (the
> >>> famous hello world program and a couple of other similar basic
> programs.) I
> >>> try to use kaffe to compile and run them. I get an error saying
> CLASSPATH not
> >>> found!!.
> >>>
> >>> I have three questions
> >>> 1. how do I fix this error??
> >>> 2. is this the right program to be using or is there a better /
> different
> >>> program.
> >>> 3. Is kaffe a compiler, where do I get a debugger from
> >>
> >>Set the classpath environment variable. Don't know how this is done in
> >>Linux, though.
> >>
> >>tomK
> >>
> >>>
> >>> ANY HELP would be greatly appreciated,
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Thanks
> >>> Toby Coleridge
> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>
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> >
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>
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From: "Phil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Need help or info on SAMBA
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 23:05:58 -0500
I am confused!
I installed samba on my RH5.1 machine at work with no problem.
I set up my smb.conf with my workgroup and information.
Off my Windows 95 laptop in network neighborhood, I can see, reddog my LINUX
hostname, then double click, enter my password, and I have my working
directory on my LINUX box. I can even map my working directory to a drive.
This works great.
However,
At home on my home network, I have RH 5.2. I load samba, and configured the
same was as above.
I can see my LINUX hostname in network neighborhood, but I can not see past
the hostname.
I double click on the hostname in network neighborhood. I get prompted for a
password.
The dialog box reads:
\\BUSH\IPC$
I enter my password, and I get a dialog box "Password is incorrect. Try
Again.
I do not understand why this works great on 5.1 and not on 5.2.
What do I have configured wrong on my 5.2 machine.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (witra)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.questions,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: SLOWLY GOING INSANE!!!
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 20:03:15 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>May be they are used to a system that is easy to use and that does not
>require mr joe doe to become a computer scientist just to use a PC.
>
>If you know anything about computer system, you will know that writing
>a good computer system means it does not need to inform the user about
>its own internal state just to be used. A good system takes care of its
>own faults and not expect an average user to do that.
You are right. I am not really interested in how my car works.
However, when it does not work (which seems to be still the norm in
the computer world), it would help that the thing is not sealed in the
black box. Lots of logs and messages from the system helps the user
fix some problems himself.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Stanaway)
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Unix vs Windows NT
Date: 26 Dec 1998 04:15:34 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>Anyway, although there are more games for Windows, there isn't any reason
>besides supposed lack of market to ship games for Linux. In fact, once some
>of the game programming APIs that are being developed come out with a
>stable and functional release, I'll have no doubt that a game on Linux will
>thrash the socks out of any Win95 entertainment package.
>
Quake and Quake2 work really well on Linux, and very many Quakeworld
servers are run on Linux boxen from what I hear from my friends that play
alot of online quake.
>At the moment, tho, I really wish there were more RPGs for Linux... :)
Well, there are the Mud's .. but not much solo play stuff.
David Stanaway.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (jc)
Subject: Re: setup Linux partitions
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 07:28:07 GMT
On Fri, 25 Dec 1998 11:41:09 -0500, "Simon Nguyen"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>* 1.3 GB 32-fat partition for win98
>* 0.7 GB partition for Linux that includes:
> - 48 MB swap partition
> - 62 MB root partition
> - 60 MB /usr/src partition
> - 530 MB /usr partition
Why bother? Unless 'course you're talkin' 'bout FreeBSD. W/ Redhat,
all I do is do 2 partitions swap and root. Yes, there's a free program
called fips on RH CD. But do it at your own risks. No guarantee. Plz
take a good look at your CD. A ton of documents and goodies.
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From: Benoit Lefebvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: UMAX Astra 1220P Scanner
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 04:31:57 +0000
Hi, anyone have a program to scan from a UMAX Astra 1220P scanner ?
I tried sane, but it only scan with SCSI scanners, not Parallel
Thnx
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Automount problem
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 04:25:53 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Victor Danilchenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have recently (3 days ago) set up Redhat Linux 5.2 at home, and I
> have ran into a minor problem. I have tried to set up automount (autofs)
> for my CD, ZIP, and floppy; all three devices can be mounted by hand
> without any problem. However, after I installed the autofs RPM, edited
> /etc/auto.master and /etc/auto.misc, and executed
> "/etc/rc.d/init.d/autofs start", nothing happened. There are no
> "automount" processes running, and doing "cd /misc/zip" or "cd
> /misc/cdrom" does not do anything (diotto for /misc/floppy). I am
> totally at loss. Here are my config files:
>
> * My /etc/auto.master:
> # $Id: auto.master,v 1.2 1997/10/06 21:52:03 hpa Exp $
> # Sample auto.master file
> # Format of this file:
> # mountpoint map options
> # For details of the format look at autofs(8).
>
> /misc /etc/auto.misc --timeout 60
>
> * My /etc/auto.misc:
>
> # $Id: auto.misc,v 1.2 1997/10/06 21:52:04 hpa Exp $
> # This is an automounter map and it has the following format
> # key [ -mount-options-separated-by-comma ] location
> # Details may be found in the autofs(5) manpage
>
> kernel -ro,soft,intr ftp.kernel.org:/pub/linux
^^^
I think this line is your problem here!
I tried the same (starting out from the sample file), and nothing
worked. Then I got rid of this ftp mount point, that I do not realy need,
and then it started to work.
> cd -fstype=iso9660,ro :/dev/hdc
> floppy -fstype=auto :/dev/fd0
> zip -fstype=vfat :/dev/sda4
>
> When I execute "autofs reload", I get the following output:
>
> *** begin output ***
> Checking for changes to /etc/auto.master ....
> Start /usr/sbin/automount --timeout 60 /misc file /etc/auto.misc
> *** end output ***
>
> When I execute "autofs status", I get the following output:
>
> *** begin output ***
> Configured Mount Points:
> /usr/sbin/automount --timeout 60 /misc file /etc/auto.misc
>
> Active Mount Points:
> *** end output ***
>
> So, it looks like automounter recognizes my /misc mount point, but for
> some reason never starts the actual automount daemon for it. I tried
> running the daemon by hand, like this:
>
> /usr/sbin/automount --timeout 60 /misc file /etc/auto.misc
>
> (just copied the output of "autofs status"), with similar results -- no
> errors, no messages, no "automount" processes running ("ps auxw | grep
> automount" returns nothing), and "cd /misc/zip" (or cdrom or floppy)
> does not make those directoried mounted.
>
> I tried doing this both with the corresponding three entries in
> /etc/fstab (with the "user,noauto" flag), and without them; either way,
> I get the same results. I have also tried very meticulously making sure
> that the above three devices are not actually mounted by anything,
> before doing "autofs start" -- also with no result.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas about what is going wrong here?
>
> Thanks,
>
> P.S. E-mail CC would be appreciated.
>
> --
> | Victor A. Danilchenko CSCF support |
> | [EMAIL PROTECTED] A313, 5-4231 |
> +--------------------------------------------+
> | Quando omni flunkus, moritati. |
>
Another warning: I had my ZIP drive mounted previously (before starting
the auto-mounter) and that confused it not-so-surprisingly! So make sure
that none of those devices are mounted by normal fstab or manual command
before starting the auto mount daemon!
Hope this helps...
Zsolt.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (jc)
Subject: Re: SuSE or RedHat ?
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 07:42:26 GMT
On Thu, 24 Dec 1998 04:39:06 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Please help me choose a Linux distribution: SuSE or RedHat ?
>Particularly, I'm considering:
>1. Ease of Installation with X, and upgrades too.
>2. Totally commandline oriented installation -- no X, and upgrades too.
>3. Stability.
>4. Minimum patches on new installation.
I'm not going to give you another lecture, rather, I'm gonna tell you
my story and let you decide.
The day I got RedHat 5.0, I got it up and running that evening. It
takes me 7 seconds to load install on CD in dos box. install is
menu-driven. It's a matter of yes/no/what questions. Menus are
minimal. I can't pretend that there's no problem w/ RH5. Like it'll
auto-install X when you want xv w/o your knowledge.
Not until recently I got my hands on SuSE. Gosh! A ton of menus. It
takes me more time on menus than on actual install. Upside is very
detailed. But too much for me. I gave up at last.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff Iverson)
Subject: Re: Best Linux book(s) for a beginner
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 04:46:00 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Here are some suggestions:
Linux : Installation, Configuration, and Use
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201178095/iversonsoftwarecA
A Practical Guide to Linux
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201895498/iversonsoftwarecA
Red Hat Linux Unleashed (Unleashed)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0672311739/iversonsoftwarecA
Have fun!
On Mon, 21 Dec 1998 15:01:40 +1300, Pete <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Which Linux book(s) can you recommend for a Linux Beginner (me)?
>
>I am using RedHat Linux 5.2, which I set up after a brief struggle and
>sore eyes from prolonged reading of online instructions.
>
>I know DOS and windows 95/3.1 quite well, and I am learning C & Pascal.
>
>Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
Kind Regards,
Jeff Iverson
--
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418 N. State St. #7 507-235-8835 - fax
Fairmont MN 56001 http://www.iversonsoftware.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Lee Ludwig)
Subject: Problems compiling things with AutoMake+AutoConf
Date: 26 Dec 1998 04:36:03 GMT
There have been numerous times I have wanted to build a program and/or
library from the CVS sources, and as such the makefiles are generated
using some combination of automake, autoconf, and libtool.
However, I frequently run into problems trying to get these makefiles
generated. Most of the programs I try to compile (and have problems with)
are the gimp (development version), gtk+, and gtk-engine. However, I will
frequently get error messages running along the lines of... (taken from
the last attempt at GTK+-CVS (Dec 25.)
[davidl@triforce gtk+]$ ./autogen.sh
I am going to run ./configure with no arguments - if you wish
to pass any to it, please specify them on the ./autogen.sh command line.
Running gettextize... Ignore non-fatal messages.
./autogen.sh: gettextize: command not found
aclocal: configure.in: 0: macro `AM_PATH_PROG_WITH_TEST' not found in
library
<repeats 5 times>
aclocal: configure.in: 0: macro `AM_LC_MESSAGES' not found in library
configure.in:158: warning: AC_TRY_RUN called without default to allow
cross compiling
<repeats 5 times>
loading cache ./config.cache
./configure: syntax error near unexpected token
`AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE($PACKAGE,'
./configure: ./configure: line 579: `AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE($PACKAGE, $VERSION,
no-define)'
The primary two lines are the last two, ie. the ones referring to AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE.
This is the same error message
I get when trying to compile each program and/or library.
I have already installed the latest versions of libtool, autoconf, and automake using
the .rpms (I tried the
.tar.gz files with the same success.) I am also able to use the pre-generated
configure scripts for most other
programs without any problem.
Any ideas on what is causing this?
BTW, I am running off a system based off of RedHat 5.2, however the only major system
updates I have made are to
the kernel (2.1.132), gcc (I now use pgcc), and several libraries (gtk-1.1, glib, etc.)
--
David Ludwig | "The Linux philosophy is laugh in the face of
davidl<at>wpi.edu | danger. Oops. Wrong One. 'Do it yourself.'
http://www.wpi.edu/~davidl | That's it." - Linus Torvalds
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