Linux-Misc Digest #867, Volume #18 Tue, 2 Feb 99 17:13:20 EST
Contents:
Re: alternatives to Round Robin DNS (Robert Kiessling)
Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [Q] RPM and can't open files (Bob Tennent)
Howto create files... (Joerg Klaas)
Re: Linux keyboard? (For emacs use) (Erik Naggum)
Re: Redhat 5.2 install pukes (Robert Heller)
Re: cdrom errors ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: A newbie versus "vi" (Alexander Viro)
Problems with Linux on a new Dell (Justin White)
Re: Visibroker, CORBA for Linux (David Martin)
Re: HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ("Jesus M. Salvo Jr.")
Re: Linux apps in win2000 port news! (Bill Crosby)
SuSE 5.3 not compiling sources (Walther Ligtvoet)
MP3 Encoder for Linux (Steve Harvey)
use theramin as input device (steve mcadams)
Re: QIC02 TAPE, SuSE 5.3.. how to install and read? Thank you fellows in advance!
(M. Buchenrieder)
Re: FTP question (Charles H. Chapman)
Re: FTP question (Ivo Naninck)
Re: HElp, i can't compile ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: FTP question (Rick G)
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From: Robert Kiessling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: alternatives to Round Robin DNS
Date: 02 Feb 1999 21:03:19 +0100
"Keith G. Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> [HTTP load balancing]
> What would be a comparable solution on a Linux or other Unixoid server
> farm?
For example eddieware (http://www.eddieware.com), with a combination
of intelligent HTTP gateway and a DNS server which implements load-
and availability-dependant responses.
Robert
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters
Date: 28 Jan 1999 19:20:57 GMT
In the sacred domain of comp.os.linux.misc didst Matthias Warkus
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> eloquently scribe:
: I suppose this wasn't any different even in pre-trauma Germany... At first I
: thought you were USAmerican, that's why I was so bewildered.
Nah. UK.
You pledge
: allegiance to the flag at *school* in the USA AFAIK.
Yup. I think they do.
Stupid, isn't it?
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From: r d t@c s.q u e e n s u.c a (Bob Tennent)
Subject: Re: [Q] RPM and can't open files
Date: 28 Jan 1999 19:49:32 GMT
On Thu, 28 Jan 1999 12:40:44 -0400, Mike Plemmons wrote:
>
>I upgraded from RH 5.1 to RawHide 1.2.0 and now I am not able to use RPM
>anymore. If I try to query a package here is the error I get:
>
>mike~$ rpm -q gtk+-
>cannot open file //var/lib/rpm/nameindex.rpm:
>rpmQuery: rpmdbOpen() failed
>
>If I try to install something I get this error message:
>
>mike~& rpm -Uvh enlightenment-0.15.0-10.i386.rpm
>cannot open file //var/lib/rpm/nameindex.rpm:
>error: cannot open //var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm
>
>The version of RPM that I am using now is 2.5.7. I have tried to rebuild
>the rpm database with rpm --rebuilddb but I get and error about "can't
>open file..." again.
>
>The files are were they are supposed to be and they are chmod 644 in the
>/var/lib/rpm directory. They are owned by root. I am running these
>commands under root (not an su to root).
>
>Anyone have any ideas??
>
>I am running kernel 2.2.0
>
I don't know about 2.5.7 but rpm-2.90 at Rawhide was definitely
broken (confirmed by someone at RedHat). I had to install a tarball
version of an older rpm to be able to do anything. They don't call
it the bleeding edge for nothing!
Bob T.
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From: Joerg Klaas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Howto create files...
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 11:29:04 +0100
How can I create a empty (actually filled with zero's) file with a
specified size ?
I know there's is a command arround like this on Solaris, but coudn't
find anything for Linux yet...
Maybe something like "touch" that enables me to create files of any size
instead of only 0-bytes.
Joerg
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From: Erik Naggum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.misc,comp.emacs,comp.editors
Subject: Re: Linux keyboard? (For emacs use)
Date: 02 Feb 1999 20:14:26 +0000
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jerry James)
| But that is not the only place where information is lost in English
| writing. For example, does an apostrophe indicate a contraction or a
| possessive? Does a period indicate the end of a sentence or an
| abbreviation?
using a period after abbreviations is losing followers in several
languages, and the official caretakes of Norwegian (whatever is left of
it, anyway) have all but abolished them. I applaud this particular move.
apostrophes are indeed used for a number of disparate things. however,
the contractions are relatively easy to deal with, and possessive is also
fairly easy to detect.
but at least it isn't as bad in English as parentheses are in C++.
| Ironically, while typing this message, the announcement for Pterodactyl
| Gnus v0.75 arrived. This version contains, in part:
|
| (gnus-treat-capitalize-sentences): New variable.
| (article-capitalize-sentences): New command and keystroke.
well, Lars and I work together, although that fact has nothing to do with
this particular amusement...
#:Erik
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Subject: Re: Redhat 5.2 install pukes
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Heller)
Date: 1 Feb 1999 20:55:05 -0500
Kyle Dansie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
In a message on Sun, 31 Jan 1999 15:24:02 -0700, wrote :
KD> Tried to install Redhat 5.2. Inserted the boot floppy and the CD into
KD> the machine. Hit the on switch. The boot starts and I get a message.
KD>
KD> Loading initrd.img.....Boot Failed.
KD>
KD> OK how do I solve this problem. The Suse disk loaded on this machine
KD> without problems. What's up with Redhat.
Don't panic. The fix is easy, you just need to make a new boot floppy.
Is this the boot floppy RedHat made or one you made (using
rawrite.exe?)? If the later, you need to do it again. It is actually
best if you use dd on a UNIX box. If it is RedHat's, I guess you got a
bad floppy -- this is not a major problem, you can re-make it:
Boot your machine up (or any machine with both a CD and a floppy drive)
in either MS-Windows (or DOS) or Linux. If Windows, open a MS-DOS
prompt window and use the program rawrite (in <CD-ROM
driveletter>:\dosutils\) to copy the boot.img file in <CD-ROM
driveletter>:\images\ to the floppy drive. Under Linux, mount the
CD-ROM (as say /mnt/cdrom) and use dd to copy the image: 'dd
if=/mnt/cdrom/images/boot.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=9216'.
One point: DON'T power up/down the computer with the floppy in the
drive. Floppy drives are not stable during powering up or down and it is
possible a power spike can cause the drive to write junk on the floppy
during powering up or down. Wait for the memory test or BIOS copyright
notice, etc. then pop in the floppy disk.
KD>
KD> Thanks,
KD> Kyle Dansie
KD> --
KD> --------------------------------------------------------
KD> Linux Rules Iomega Zip Drive Mini - HOWTO
KD> -
KD> http://njtcom.com/dansie/zip-drive.html
KD> or
KD> http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/mini/ZIP-Drive.html
KD> --------------------------------------------------------
KD>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: cdrom errors
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 10:24:38 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Frank Hale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Does these messages look like the cdrom drive is bad? I think my cd
> drive went bad because I have been seeing these messages alot, plus it
> doesn't want to mount anything. Sometimes mount will segfault and the
> kernel will dump oops. Basically it hasn't worked without errors since I
> went to the 2.2.0preX through 2.2.0-final and now 2.2.1-ac1 kernels.
> Pretty sure it worked fine in 2.0.36 never recall having trouble
> mounting it. Plus I heard that the ATAPI code was rewritten from scratch
> so this might be a bug.
>
> hdc: status error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
> hdc: DMA disabled
> hdc: drive not ready for command
> hdc: ATAPI reset complete
> ATAPI device hdc:
> Error: Unit attention -- (Sense key=0x06)
> Power on, reset or bus device reset occurred -- (asc=0x29, ascq=0x00)
>
> If I switch the drive to scsi-emulation then it will really mess up.
> Mount will segfault and the kernel will dump oops and then it will not
> shutdown properly. Reason I think its the drive is because I have a
> cd-recorder in the same machine and it works perfectly using
> scsi-emulation.
>
> --
> From: Frank Hale
> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ICQ: 7205161
> Website: http://www.franksstuff.com/
>
> "I say line-ux you say lynn-ux,
> whats the difference? Its still better than windows"
>
If your MB-setup support UDMA, try set this option for secondary master
to 'Disabled' instead of 'Auto' or 'Enabled'.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alexander Viro)
Subject: Re: A newbie versus "vi"
Date: 2 Feb 1999 06:19:35 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Oh no... ((((sigh)))) After the BSD vs Linux flamewars, and the GUI
>flamewars, and the Distro Flamewars, and so on, now you all have
???
>invented the *editor* flame wars....
????????
Where have you been for 20 years?
>Which part of "who cares" do you all not understand?
>
>I use emacs AND vi, FreeBSD AND Linux, ALL the WM's.
>
>Really, it's all in the *kernel*
^^^^^^^
C|N>K
Good trolling.
Now, what we are missing here is a thread or two with sh vs. csh vs. ksh.
vs. tcsh vs. bash vs. rc flamewar. Oh, and EDDT vs. all the above ;-)
Just keep [HOLY WARS] in the Subject: so that anybody could killfile
all those threads and don't worry about them. Any takers?
--
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"Here's a nickel, kid. Get yourself a better computer" - Dilbert.
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From: Justin White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problems with Linux on a new Dell
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 14:24:09 -0800
I have a brand new Dell Dimension XPS R400 that refuses to cooperate
with Caldera OpenLinux. It has an ATI XPERT 98D AGP video card that
isn't supported when I run XF86Setup. I can't even get it working with
a generic Mach64 setting.
Linux also won't detect my network card, which is a 3Com Fast EtherLink
XL 10/100Mb Tx (3C905B). Does anyone know of any web sites that I can
dig up some information on this? Any help would be much appreciated.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Martin)
Subject: Re: Visibroker, CORBA for Linux
Date: 2 Feb 1999 11:22:57 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Stephen Granger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Is there a distribution of the CORBA class files out there for java and
> C++ that will run under linux? Maybe someone has used the other unix
> ones successfully? Have been using the visibroker package under WIN32, I
> would rather use it under linux though. If so, where can I download it?
I have been using ORBacus quite happily. www.ooc.com (I think).
..d
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From: "Jesus M. Salvo Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 11:18:06 +0000
Well.....
Have you obtained a copy of linux?
John
PS
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iBoy wrote:
> Hello all ppl of this Linux newsgroup!!!!!I need some of your HELP!u
> see, i'm interested about LINUX and want to get it and use itcan
> anyone help me?????????? please reply A.S.A.P.Thanks! PS: I'm using
> Windoze 98 with Pentium II Andre==email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> 17558107webpage: www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Meadows/8379
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From: Bill Crosby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux apps in win2000 port news!
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 12:32:45 -0800
Ya, Hummingbird Communications has been doing this for awhile. Its fair, but no where
compares to the Linux OS. Linux X11 emulating a MS environment is more
stable than MS Windows emulating a X11 Linux environment. NT crashes (BSOD) too much
when pushed by heavy apps.
http://www.hummingbird.com/products/nc/exceed/index.html
M Sweger wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Just saw on the biz wire that a company http://www.interix.com has
> developed a 64 bit application that runs a a unix/linux emulator within
> the MSoft Win2000 (NT5.0) platform environment. They want alot of
> Linux apps ported to their API interface so that Unix runs within Windows.
> Seems kind of ironic since Linux is trying to run Windows apps in Unix;
> but we don't have the source code to their stuff, but they have ours.
> Hmmm! seems like there isn't any competition again. Msoft is supporting them
> though.
>
> They have a limited list of things they want ported such as gcc (all compilers and
>assemblers) and emacs and Tex to name a few. You have 2.5 months to do it
> by -- they end of January 1999. Anything else is nice but they won't pay for.
> Those they'd like you to port will only pay a maximum of $1000 to a cheap
> payment of $500. They didn't mention [conveniently] that they would like the
> linux kernel or Sunos x86 kernel etc to run within the interix Win2000.
> The reason it was supposed to be done by the end of January 1999 (now past)
> is due to todays press release about this product.
>
> Hmmm! if you can't get the Unix software vendors to port their stuf from Unix
> to Window Nt, then make the Unix apps run within NT! In this way you can
> say that your OS is a engineering workstation.
>
> --
> Mike,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Walther Ligtvoet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SuSE 5.3 not compiling sources
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 11:37:41 +0000
Hya there,
I got a strange prob.... when trying to compile software (kvirc or
kthememanager or such) the configure script bails out at;
checking whether the C++ compiler (gcc ) works... no
... C++ compiler cannot create executables...
I'm using gcc 2.7.2.1-6 on SuSE 5.3. Tried with kernel 2.0.35 and 2.2.0.
Strange fact: kernel 2.2.0 compiles like a charm...
Solution anyone?
Looking forward to answers that work... :-)
Greetz....
Walther "tdw" Ligtvoet.
" your system runs WHAT ?!?"
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Harvey)
Subject: MP3 Encoder for Linux
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 18:58:09 GMT
Hello,
I was wondering what people are using these days to encode MP3 files
under Linux. I was using the 8hz encoder several months ago, and liked
it a lot, but now I see they've pulled it off their website due to
possible problems with Fraunhauer(sp?) :(
Is there anything comparable that people recommend, or other sites where
I could still get the 8hz encoder? I've looked around on the net a bit
and nothing jumped out at me.
Thanks,
Steve
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (steve mcadams)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: use theramin as input device
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 21:15:14 GMT
Does anyone know of any work that has been done with the idea of using
a theramin for an input/pointing device? -steve
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Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: QIC02 TAPE, SuSE 5.3.. how to install and read? Thank you fellows in
advance!
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 14:01:55 GMT
"Blackey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Hello!
>I have old fashion QIC02 Tape (150MB extended to 250MB) which is connected
>through slot as modem etc and then, as a 25pin connector to the external
>drive. I think that manufacturer is ARCHIVE.
>According instructions I made new kernel but I don't know how to init
>(mount) and to read data from tape.
[...]
Is your QIC02 card found at bootup ? If so, reading and writing
files from/onto the tape can be done with "tar" or "taper" .
The drive should be addressed as /dev/tpqic150 .
You can't mount it that way, though there is a tool out there
which would allow addressing the tape just like any other HD partition.
Michael
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Charles H. Chapman)
Subject: Re: FTP question
Date: 2 Feb 1999 20:50:19 GMT
On Tue, 02 Feb 1999 14:50:48 -0500, Ben Russo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Rick G wrote:
>
>> Recently placed my RH5.2 box behind another Linux firewall. Opened up ports
>> 21, 80, 1000 and up thinking that should cover ftp, apache webserver, I ssh
>> into the same machine but different ip where I have 22 open for that.
>>
>> Question: When I ftp to the box I can login and change directory with
>> everything working fine. Soon as I do "ls" the ftp client or shell freezes
>> eventually I receive an error "Can't build data connection" and that's that.
>>
>> Any help would be appreciated,
>>
>> Rick G
>
>login's to ftp are done on 21 (see /etc/services for standard port numbers)
>but ftp session PORT's to other ports for transfers (ls get put)
>if you are using "masquerading" it can get very confused about this.
>I don't know how to fix this problem with masquerading, but I have had it in
>the past as well.
>
>try using "socks5" instead
>I use it, and it works well
The simple answer is, of course, to open up port 20, which is FTP's data
port along with port 21. Look in your /etc/services file for the list
of various ports.
Chuck
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From: Ivo Naninck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: FTP question
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 22:14:25 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
You have to open port 20 as well for normal FTP.
Normal ftp works with a control connection and a data-connection on port
21 and 20 resp.
Check your /etc/services to see it...
> Rick G wrote:
>
> Recently placed my RH5.2 box behind another Linux firewall. Opened up ports
> 21, 80, 1000 and up thinking that should cover ftp, apache webserver, I ssh
> into the same machine but different ip where I have 22 open for that.
>
> Question: When I ftp to the box I can login and change directory with
> everything working fine. Soon as I do "ls" the ftp client or shell freezes
> eventually I receive an error "Can't build data connection" and that's that.
>
> Any help would be appreciated,
>
> Rick G
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Ivo Naninck.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: HElp, i can't compile
Date: 2 Feb 1999 21:41:03 GMT
In alt.os.linux Jarvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
--> I am using slackware 3.0 and i can't seem to compile with cc or gcc
--> i get the following error with a simple c program
--> test.c: In function `main':
--> test.c:4: warning: return type of `main' is not `int'
This is only a warning. gcc assumes that main returns an int and you do not
have an exit value. Sample simple programs.
#include <stdio.h>
void main(void)
{
printf("Hello world\n");
/*since we explicitly return nothing we don't have to return anything */
}
=====
#include <stdio.h>
int main(void)
{
printf("Hello world\n");
/* Since main has to return an int, we return 0 to denot success */
return 0;
}
--> Anyone can help?
--> thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rick G)
Subject: Re: FTP question
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 21:50:20 GMT
Thankyou all
once I added port 20 FTP worked fine.
Rick
>Recently placed my RH5.2 box behind another Linux firewall. Opened up ports
>21, 80, 1000 and up thinking that should cover ftp, apache webserver, I ssh
>into the same machine but different ip where I have 22 open for that.
>
>Question: When I ftp to the box I can login and change directory with
>everything working fine. Soon as I do "ls" the ftp client or shell freezes
>eventually I receive an error "Can't build data connection" and that's that.
>
>Any help would be appreciated,
>
>Rick G
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