Linux-Misc Digest #869, Volume #18 Tue, 2 Feb 99 20:13:08 EST
Contents:
Running UNIX apps? (Barry Mathieu)
Re: Porting WinNT applications to Linux (Scott McMahan)
Re: Newbie-Gray screen with startx-Redhat 5.1 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Cook 2.8 - file construction tool (Peter Miller)
Re: SAMBA: cannot be recognized by win95 ("Eduardo A.")
Re: Looking for software on the Net (Christopher B. Browne)
new version of ansi2knr ("L. Peter Deutsch")
How to attach a file on command line ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Print Filter Problems ("J. S. Jensen")
Porting ("Count Zer0 Interrupt")
fix for weird login problem ("Michael E. Goldsby")
Re: AHA3940U and Linux 2.2.0 (BusLogic too! on 2.2.1) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters (David Fox)
Re: redhat slow (Frank Hale)
Re: HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ("iBoy")
Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters (Johan Kullstam)
Re: ABC Simple scripting question ("Wael Sedky")
Re: time time time how can I tell the time (Jeremy Mathers)
Re: Q: setserial (Goran Allerbo)
sendmail (Don)
mkpasswd DBM support ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Anybody using TV-Out video? (David L. Bilbey)
Re: Printing problem (Seikosha SP-1900+) (Dan Glover)
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From: Barry Mathieu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Running UNIX apps?
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 08:11:30 -0500
Hello,
New Linux user here wondering about the hurdles associated with running
UNIX apps on Linux. I believe I've seen, "Linux in not UNIX", and I've
also read news announcement of UNIX software vendors needing to port
their applications to Linux. Therefore, is my lack of fundamental
computing knowledge preventing me from understanding the obvious - UNIX
apps just don't simply run under Linux?
Specifically, I'm wondering about a software package titled,
"Pro/ENGINEER". The vendor makes two flavors of their package for UNIX;
one primarily for Solaris & SGI, and the other for DEC, HP, & IBM. Is
it true that, "I don't have a prayer" of making one of these UNIX
packages run under Linux?
My abilities in the Linux world are happily growing, but currently at
the level of installing very rudimentary software downloads from, say
metalab (sunsite), using Redhat Package Manager, and editing
configuration files. This is to say that I'm not a fluent promming
individual. Must I wait for the vendor to make the decision to port the
software to Linux?
Thanks in advance for answers,
Barry Mathieu
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott McMahan)
Subject: Re: Porting WinNT applications to Linux
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.c++
Date: 2 Feb 1999 15:24:05 GMT
> Has anyone taken an application written in C++ (Builder perhaps) and
> ported to the Linux operating system with a GUI?
That would basically involve rewriting the application from scratch. There
is no analogue to the Win32 API in Linux. Hopefully you separated the
GUI from the processing logic!
In the future, consider writing the front-end in Java for portability.
Scott
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Newbie-Gray screen with startx-Redhat 5.1
Date: 2 Feb 1999 13:54:02 GMT
In the sacred domain of comp.os.linux.misc didst Quinn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> eloquently
scribe:
: Newbie-Gray screen with startx-Redhat 5.1
: I am very new to Linux, the Redhat 5.1 installation from Que seemed clean
: and straightforward. Install picked up the PS2 (MS IntelliMouse), NIC, also
: had correct selection of Video Equipment: Optiquest V95 and STB Velocity
: 128. My processor is a PII400 Intel 440bx chipset 128 MB SDRAM�.
: The first install I made sure that X-Windows was selected and the color
: depth was automatically determined. When I try to start x I hang with just
: a dark gray screen, no crunching of the HDD (waited about 10 min�. nothing)
: The second install I set up the color depth myself and selected the no
: chipset standard. The same thing happened.
You have to select a window manager to ve able to do anything usefull in
X-windows. Edit your .xinitrc file (in your home directory), and start one
in that...
: Suggestions ?
: Thank you for your time
: Jason
: Please email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Peter Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: gnu.announce,gnu.gcc.announce,alt.sources.d
Subject: Cook 2.8 - file construction tool
Date: 2 Feb 1999 04:24:41 +0100
Reply-To: Peter Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I am pleased to announce that Cook 2.8 is now available.
The cook program is a tool for constructing files, and maintaining
referential integrity between files.
You are invited to visit
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~millerp/cook.html
for a more complete description of what Cook is, and access to the
download files. New features and bug fixes are described in the
cook-2.8.README file.
Regards
Peter Miller E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
/\/\* WWW: http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~millerp/
Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are personal and do not necessarily
reflect the opinion of my employer or the opinions of my colleagues.
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From: "Eduardo A." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SAMBA: cannot be recognized by win95
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 10:38:37 -0200
I had the same problem, but i fixed it. F**k problem: Linux host name must
be the same as shell prompt. Verify this.
Danke Hirasawa escreveu na mensagem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I just installed/configured samba-1.9.18p7 came with Slackware 3.5. I
>am running SMB through inetd.
>
>After I configured smb.cong file, I tested it by testparm. It seemed
>OK. I also did smbclient -L (samba-server) and smbclient -L
>(win95-host) on the samba-server. Both were working.
>
>Now I am trying to see if I can see the Samba-server from the Win95-host
>
>via NetBios, "net view \\(samba-server)" command on the Win95 host. It
>is NOT working. Win95 complaining "can not locate the host
>(samba-server)." I have set Lmhosts file in c:\windows directory of
>Win95 machine and confirmed that TCP/IP connection between two hosts is
>working. I tried to run SMB through standalone Daemons, but it did not
>work either. I checked upper/lower cases of host name, did not matter.
>
>If I load Win95 on the server (i.e. both machines are with Win95) then
>NetBios is working OK. What is potential problem of the SMB???
>
>Thank you.
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher B. Browne)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,linux.redhat.rpm
Subject: Re: Looking for software on the Net
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 14:25:06 GMT
On Tue, 02 Feb 1999 07:25:10 GMT, Chilly Willy
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted:
>>> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.thelair.cnchost.com
>>> "Democracy isn't just the best form of government; It's the only
>>> one even remotely worth a damn. Only democracy guarantees that people
>>> get what they deserve." --Zena Marley
>>>
>>> DISCLAIMER: All that I write is my own opinion, and my opinion may not
>>> be the opinion of my school or electronic courier. For that matter, it
>>> may not be your opinion, but deal with it.
>
>
>Just to let you know our government is not a democracy. We do not
>live in a democracy. If you remember the old allegence to the flag
>and the preamble to the constitution then you'll know what kind of
>government we have. Lets keep our facts straight.
No.
"Our" government is a dominion. The constitution was repatriated in
'82, at which point there were no "pledge" changes.
This is an international forum, with participants from all sorts of
countries that are possibly not your own. Keep the facts straight.
--
Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
-- Henry Spencer <http://www.hex.net/~cbbrowne/lsf.html>
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - "What have you contributed to Linux today?..."
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From: "L. Peter Deutsch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: gnu.announce,gnu.gcc.announce,gnu.utils.bug,alt.sources.d
Subject: new version of ansi2knr
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 10:19:05 -0800
A new version of ansi2knr is on ftp://ftp.cs.wisc.edu/ghost/ansi2knr.c.
Here is the change log entry:
lpd 1999-01-28 fixed two bugs: a '/' in an argument list caused an
endless loop; quoted strings within an argument list
confused the parser
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L. Peter Deutsch | Aladdin Enterprises :::: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
203 Santa Margarita Ave. | tel. +1-650-322-0103 (AM only); fax +1-650-322-1734
Menlo Park, CA 94025 | http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/index.html
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: How to attach a file on command line
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 09:36:15 GMT
Hi all.
I need to send a file to some users by email under certain circumstances, so I
am looking for some utility or script that could send an attached file to some
email address.
Can you help me with this?
Thank you all.
--
Julio C. Gutierrez
Besam Iberica
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From: "J. S. Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Print Filter Problems
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 15:41:47 -0700
Persona wrote:
> I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling the printer to SAMBA, but it
> makes no difference. What file has changed and what do I do to change it
> back and get it to work? When I try changing the Print Filter from the
> printtool in the Control Panel (Redhat 5.1)
Time to give up that GUI and get down n' dirty! Take a look in your
/etc/printcap file, and make sure that the print queue properly exists, and
the names were not changed. Check the queue with `lpc'. Are the spool
directories existing? Check your (generally) /var/log/lpd-errs file. Can
you properly submit PS, PDF and text files to the printer from the Linux
box?
> gives an error saying that 'Window fs exists, can't execute'. Help!!
I'm sorry, what gives that error? Windows? samba logs? system logs? lpd
logs?
--
J. S. Jensen
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.Paramin.COM
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From: "Count Zer0 Interrupt" <@>
Subject: Porting
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 17:29:32 -0600
Can someone out there tell me what porting is and how it is done?
Thanks
EwOk
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From: "Michael E. Goldsby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: fix for weird login problem
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 14:40:16 GMT
I encountered a weird login problem recently. I gather from looking
at dejanews that others have had similar problems.
My system (Slackware with 2.0.34 kernel) suddenly and for no
apparent reason stopped letting me log in (as root or anyone else).
After trying a few other things, I surmised it might have something
to do with shadow passwords. I booted using my boot and root
disks, then mounted my hard drive (mkdir tmp; mount /dev/hdb1 tmp).
Then I removed (actually, renamed) the /etc/shadow file on the hard
drive and removed the passwords from a couple of accounts in
/etc/passwd on the hard drive using sed (cp passwd passwd.orig;
sed s/root:x/root:/ passwd.orig > passwd). Then I could log in
again (what a relief!). I still don't really know what caused
the problem, though.
Now I can only run Xwindow as root--it gives me an error message
"xf86OpenCOnsole: Server must be suid root" otherwise--why should
an application like Xwindow know or care about shadow passwords?
Anyway, that's tomorrow's problem.
Mike Goldsby
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.kernel
Subject: Re: AHA3940U and Linux 2.2.0 (BusLogic too! on 2.2.1)
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 20:04:43 GMT
I'm getting the same thing on 2.2.1 with my BusLogic controller. I only have
one controller, but it's detecting another one on the same interrupt (10) at a
different address (0xFFF4). It tries to initialize the phantom scsi1 card and
fails with a timeout and MAILBOX INITIALIZATION FAILED.
Works peachy under 2.0.36. Actually, the card works find under 2.2.1, except
for the error at boot.
Regards,
Scott Anderson
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Kai Poitschke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Torsten Janke wrote:
> >
> > I have downloaded, compiled and installed the kernel version 2.2.0, but
> > when booting the machine hangs when detecting the scsi devices.
> >
> > My machine configuration is a dual PentiumPro board with the Adaptec
> > AHA-3940U/UW scis adaptor and the following devices:
> > Channel A : Seagate ST43400N
> > Channel A: Seagate ST410800N
> > Channel B: HP354880A (DAT)
> > Channel B: Pioneer DR-U10X (CDROM)
> > Channel B: Iomega Jaz 1GB
> >
> > The kernel detects the 3940 scsi adaptor but then the following happens:
> >
> > scsi 2: 2 hosts
> > Vendor: (first harddisk)
> > Type: ....
> > Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id1, lun 0
> > Vendor: (second disk)
> > Type: ...
> > Detected scsi disk sdb at scsi0, channel 0, id 2, lun 0
> > scsi: aborting command due to timeout: pid 9, scsi1, channel 0, id 0,
> > lun 0 Test Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00
> >
> > Then tha machine hangs. Interestingly there is no device at id 0 on the
> > scsi1.
> > Under kernel 2.0.36 everything works fine.
> > Maybe somebody can help?
> >
> > Torsten
>
> Sorry,
> I can't help you, but this is exactly what happened on my box.
> I have a dual PII box with an AHA7890 controller onboard and a additional
> AHA2940 PCI controller.
> all works fine until the AHA2940 is initialized. I have only an SCSI Tape
> on this controller, nothing else. All disks are connected to the 7890.
> I'm running also an AHA2940U on a single processor box without a problem.
> Also Kernel 2.0.36 works ok with this configuration.
>
> Your not alone.
>
> Kai
>
> --
> Unix, WinNT and MS-DOS. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.
> Kai Poitschke MailTo:kai.poitschke[at]computer.org
> S�lzburgstr. 17 Phone : +49 (0) 221 / 42 21 07
> D-50937 K�ln Fax : +49 (0) 221 / 9 41 61 44
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From: d s f o x @ c o g s c i . u c s d . e d u (David Fox)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters
Date: 02 Feb 1999 15:21:04 -0800
Darin Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Mark Stolz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Great wine (we send seedlings *back* to France when they had a blight),
> > though Chile, Australia and South Africa are catching up quickly...
>
> I don't drink wine. Way too pretentious. California has way too many
> pretentious people. We should ship them to France instead.
I don't know what this discussion is about, but I couldn't let this
comment pass. Doesn't it seem pretentious to decide whether to do
something based on whether it is or isn't pretentious?
--
David Fox http://hci.ucsd.edu/dsf xoF divaD
UCSD HCI Lab baL ICH DSCU
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From: Frank Hale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: redhat slow
Date: 2 Feb 1999 23:28:41 GMT
Gordon Vrdoljak wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I've got redhat 5.2 running on a Pentium II 266 with 64 megs of ram,
> 1.25 gig hard disk with
I am on a PII 266 with 128 meg ram and I compiled the 2.2.x kernel and
notices a huge performance gain from it. 2.0.36 is really super slow
compared to it. Star Office is a huge suite of apps so they are probably
going to be slow even on a 266.
--
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"
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From: "iBoy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 21:24:32 +0800
Well, I haven't got a copy of Linux yet coz I don't know where to download
it. I'm confused at the FTP sites! If anyone has a copy of it or a DIRECT
LINK FOR DOWNLOADING, please post it here or reply to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]!!!!! Thank you!!!!!
--Andre
Jesus M. Salvo Jr. wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Well.....
>
>Have you obtained a copy of linux?
>
>
>John
>
>PS
>
>Pinoy ka ba?
>
>
>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
>
>--
>
>-------------------------------------------
>Linux, Oracle, Java - what more can I want?
>
>
>
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From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters
Date: 02 Feb 1999 08:39:25 -0500
Mark Stolz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Johan Kullstam wrote:
>
> [liberal snipping throughout]
>
> > why can't i abide by any cali wines? do they all have to taste like gallo?
>
> Well, if you buy Gallo, expect it to taste like Gallo. There are
> hundreds of California labels -- of course I don't know where you are
> or what's available in terms of Cal. exports...
i just moved to massachusetts from san diego california. i have
previosly lived in sweden and france.
> > argh! california wines are the worst. all of them seem to be sickly
> > sweet. is there something about california which precludes a *dry*
> > red? is it the land or the american palate?
>
> A little of both, I think. Most folks I know prefer young, fruity wines.
> Not being a wine expert, I have always assumed that "dry" equates to a
> more subtle flavor/texture, which tends to be obscured by very strongly
> flavoured food. Implicit here is my observation that most reds are
> drunk w/ dinner -- watch folks and they will (in California) tend to
> a white for sipping.
dry = not sweet.
i have never cared much for white wines. i find them to be too
sweet to drink.
> You have to tell me which Cal. labels you've tried..
i've tried a few. almost none over $20/bottle. i tried a far niente
and it was good. however the price was much steeper than i am willing
to regularly pay.
for me, the typical one is kendall-jackson. kj is well done in that
it seems to be of decent quality of production and they make what they
set out to make. however i find kj to be too syrupy sweet for my
taste. the first sip is good, but once i reach the bottom of the
glass i find i can stand no more.
all the american wines i have tried, even one which imitate french
wines (by look of bottle and price of about $15/bottle) have been
sweeter than i like.
i like the red burgundies, especially from the nuits region. i also
like bordeaux. spanish rioja is very good. i am not a big fan of
rhones.
--
johan kullstam
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From: "Wael Sedky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]*>
Subject: Re: ABC Simple scripting question
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 09:19:07 -0800
(New message in the middle)
>> if test $4 -eq
>> then echo "Current status: online"
>> echo "Current address:
>> echo "<A Href="
>>....
>> # The previous part generates
>> <A Href="http://123.123.123.123>123.123.123.123</A>
>>
>> else
>> echo "Current status: offline"
>> echo "Last seen on:"
>> echo `date`
>> fi
>(1) `$4' means `the fourth argument to this script'. (Within
> /etc/ppp/ip-{up,down}, that's the local IP address.)
>
OK, as u probably guessed I don't know much about scripts and don't know
what vars work where. I am not sure what this "test" is, I know from a book
that it is like a reserved word to test an expression or something like
that.
So I get from what your telling me that I should do the testing of $4 from
ip-up and based on the result I create a "status online file" or "status
offline"
The problem is how to do the testing of that var. I've tried to do it in
several variations, but I always get a parsing error. Someone suggested:
if ["$4" -eq 0] then;
but that gave me an error "] missing"
>(2) test $foo -eq $bar
> and
> test $foo -le $bar
> require both arguments. What are you trying to do?
Apparently, no. (1) is what I'm after.
>Paul Kimoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeremy Mathers)
Subject: Re: time time time how can I tell the time
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 21:10:04 GMT
In article <797hv5$8ka$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Villy Kruse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>Daddy Rabbit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>I mistakenly selected the GMT setting during install now my time is
>>all screwed up if I set the time back to EST in CMOS i get all kinds
>>of error messages regarding the time. ( files have future date and
>>such)
>>
>>Q: Where do I set the environment variable to tell Linux I'm in the
>>Eastern Time Zone?
>>
>
>
>On redhat systems it is determined by following symbolic link.
>
> /etc/localtime -> ../usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Amsterdam
> /usr/share/zoneinfo/localtime -> ../../../etc/localtime
> /usr/share/zoneinfo/posixrules -> localtime
> /usr/share/zoneinfo/posixtime -> localtime
>
>Keep the cmos clock on UTC time and it will work perfectly.
No, you did not read the original item closely enough. Mark yourself
down 2 points for reading comprehension. The whole point is that he
did set it up the way you recommend, but now wants to switch it back
to having his CMOS be on local time (which, I assume, is USA EST).
It is certainly true that Unix systems work best (least surprises)
when the internal clock is on GMT and all conversions to
local/DST/SummerTime/whatever is done in software. However, doing
this causes pain for those of us who do, occasionally, have to boot
our PC's into less well designed OS's. It is for this reason that I
recommend against the UTC solution and can see where the original
poster is coming from.
As for how to fix it, "man 8 clock" ought to get you started.
Basically, anywhere in your startup scripts where it does something
like "clock -u", you need to remove the -u.
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From: Goran Allerbo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Q: setserial
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 15:54:20 +0100
fred smith wrote:
>
> Goran Allerbo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> : I've bought me a additional serial board to get ttyS2 and 3
> : on my SuSE5.3. When I boot the system it says something like
> : ( regarding my additional board) :
> <snip>
> : So what I do is:
> : /sbin/setserial -b /dev/cua2 uart 16550A port 0x3E8 irq 5
> : /sbin/setserial -b /dev/cua3 uart 16550A port 0x2E8 irq 9
>
> : after that a 'setserial -a /dev/cua3' says that this device
> : now use irq2, which is ok as it's a synonym of irq9, has the
> : correct address and everything else. All looks very ok,
> : but the port just does'nt work!! I need it for my PilotManager.
>
> Did you actually re-jumper the ports so that the hardware knows they
> are using IRQ5 and IRQ9 ??
>
> Fred.
> --
> ---- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----------------------------
> "And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father,
> Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government there will be no end. He
> will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding
> it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever."
> ------------------------------- Isaiah 9:7 (niv) ------------------------------
Well, yes and no. I've moved the jumpers on the board to enable it for
COM3 and COM4.
On NT it works as COM3 and COM4 as intended, with some irq-numbers which
I don't know.
/ga
--
Mr Goran Allerbo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Carmenta AB Tel +46 (0)31 7755700
Box 31121 Fax +46 (0)31 246379
S-40032 Goteborg, Sweden http://www.carmenta.se/
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From: Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.mail.sendmail,alt.os.linux,linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: sendmail
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 19:30:01 -0500
Some friends and I are working on a project that will promote, encourage
and assist with Linux project development. We are currently trying to
configure sendmail and encountering alot of problems. Do you know
anyone or know of any sites that might assist us with this task? Thanks
in advance.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: mkpasswd DBM support
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 00:35:01 GMT
On Redhat 5.2 with shadow-utils-980403 I am having trouble setting up the
hash DBM files for /etc/passwd, /etc/group, etc. The error I receive is:
/usr/sbin/mkpasswd: no DBM database on system - no action performed
I have gdbm-1.7.3 installed. Can gdbm be used?
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From: David L. Bilbey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Anybody using TV-Out video?
Date: 2 Feb 1999 14:25:56 GMT
In comp.os.linux.x Alan W. Jurgensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: anybody using tv-out cards in linux? perhaps running X or a 3dfx card
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From: Dan Glover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Printing problem (Seikosha SP-1900+)
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 00:23:56 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Sam Vere
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[all of it, in fact]
>>Okay, firstly I'm on the SuSE 5.3 distro.
Well, it's me again, and I wasn't much help with this last time (and
don't know SuSE or your printer). Still, nobody else has come forward,
so here goes...sorry it got a bit rambling by the end as more
information came to light and it's too late now to re-write it properly.
>>Secondly, the printer I'm having trouble with is a Seikosha SP-1900+,
>>a very old 9-pin dot-martix with Epson FX-850 & IBM Proprinter II
>>emulation modes.
Uh-huh.
>Okay. I have now found that the paper feed *will* work if you put
>something - anything - in the print queue.
Well, it's a start. What happens if you do the simplest test possible,
eg (as root) `ls >/dev/lp0`? (Or could be /dev/lp1, depends on your
setup).
>Unfortunately all I get is garbage output. (Ususally very small
>amounts of plain text near the left margin. Usually only one line.
AIUI things which emulate postscript do so by making the printer do
clever things (for what are these days fairly small values of "clever").
A dot-matrix which can only do one of a limited number of character sets
is probably not up to the job. OTOH if the emulation modes allow
graphics to be built up from individual dot patterns you might get
somewhere, albeit slowly. In the sources for magicfilter there are a
couple of drivers for Epson models, and one for the IBM ProPrinter.
These rely on Ghostscript so you should be able to do it "by hand"
following the examples, eg this is a fragment from the proprinter filter
(lines split with \ for posting):
0 %! filter /usr/bin/gs -q -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE \
-r120x72 -sDEVICE=ibmpro -sOutputFile=- -
The Printing-Usage-HOWTO also suggests that anything which can do
ProPrinter emulation is in with a chance.
>Does this mean that my Ghostscript setup is out of whack, or are there
>any dip-switch settings I should pay attention to - CR+LF Vs LF, that
>sort of thing.
CR/LF problems can be done in software quite easily. I think you need
to check the various options for Ghostscript first. If you do a `gs -h`
do you see a device called "epson" or "ibmpro"? If not it looks like
time to rebuild Ghostscript... This doesn't look like a job for the
faint hearted and these devices don't seem to get included in the
default configuration. Prepare to spend plenty of time reading the
documenatation. Sources should be available from somewhere in:
ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/mirrors/gnu/ as well as other places.
There, that should keep you going for a few days!
Dan
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Dan Glover ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Today's Excuse:
Plate voltage too low on demodulator tube
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