Linux-Misc Digest #909, Volume #18 Fri, 5 Feb 99 07:13:13 EST
Contents:
Re: buffer size w/ vi (fred smith)
Re: USB PC Cameras and Linux (David Steuber)
Re: Sick of Windows, newbie thinking about Linux (David M. Cook)
**** WANTED! MEDICAL SUPPLY DISTRIBUTORS **** ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: No luck with 2.2.x kernel on RH 5.2! ("James Moss")
Re: How big the partitions ("Karsten M. Self")
Re: Opinions about LyX? (Anthony Campbell)
Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters (Tim)
Re: Newbie help with Linux, IBM PS/2 30-286 (Kavindra)
Re: How big the partitions (Jerry Lynn Kreps)
Re: Proposal for an Open Source Robot AI Operating System (Peter Seebach)
module problems with kernel 2.2.1 (Charles Mulks)
Re: Linux Reality (Ray Willis)
Re: Shutdown with 2.2.1 (Ralf Lange)
Re: Linux on an overclocked PII (David Walsh)
Re: Linux is not even in Windows 9X's class. ("Jim Ross")
LPRng & Samba, Linux print sr (Willis Sarka III)
Q: How do I stop a 4:02 AM scheduled mystery process? (Kurt Gray)
Re: 2.2.1 module problems (Sitaram Chamarty)
Re: 2 silly questions (Sitaram Chamarty)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (fred smith)
Subject: Re: buffer size w/ vi
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 02:43:27 GMT
Ryan Daly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Does anyone know how to modify the buffer size that vi uses?
: I'm trying to edit a large file (240mb) and it's complaining that the
: file is too big.
: Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!!
The answer depends on which vi clone you're using. Red Hat ships with
'vim', I don't know about the other vendors. I always replace it with
elvis (personal preference).
Most vi-like editors keep a file in /tmp or /var/tmp or some such place
which is in some way related to the file being edited and the processing
you've done. It may be that that tmp spot being used gets full when
editing your file.
elvis does not have rigid file-size limits, I think that vim also does
not (though I'm not sure). so, I'd look for disk space shortage on
the /tmp partition.
Or post more details, if this doesn't help.
Fred
--
---- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----------------------------
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this:
While we were still sinners,
Christ died for us.
=============================== Romans 5:8 (niv) ==============================
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From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.periphs.dcameras,comp.dcom.videoconf,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: USB PC Cameras and Linux
Date: 04 Feb 1999 22:45:24 -0500
"Hue Jass" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
-> Are there any drivers and applications out there now that will work with USB
-> cameras such as the ViCAM and Logitech QuickCAM Pro?
I have the Color QuickCam VC that I would dearly love the specs for.
I have the USB specs for OHCI, UHCI, CCI, audio, etc from
www.usb.org. I am on the linux-usb mailing list. The specs just
haven't been made available yet.
Please ask logitech to provide specs. Everyone. But be polite!
There are engineers at Logitech who would like to support Linux.
There is just a question of politics that needs to be worked around.
If Logitech perceives a demand for their products in the Linux
community, then the USB spec for their cameras should become available
with a driver following a short while after that.
--
David Steuber
http://www.david-steuber.com
s/trashcan/david/ to reply by mail
When will Altoids be available in 'extra strength'?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Sick of Windows, newbie thinking about Linux
Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 09:08:32 GMT
On Wed, 03 Feb 1999 18:13:21 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>1. What's the best distribution out there? Caldera or RedHat?
>From what I've heard from other users in our local Linux LUG, Redhat is
easier to install and Caldera does not tend to be as up to date (probably to
appease those who don't like a lot of updates.)
>Advantages/disadvantages of each? (I know it's free, but I want a commercial
>one because I'm new, and they come with documentation and support)
I don't see any real advantages to a commercial package for home users.
I would pay the $50 directly to Redhat if you want to help them grow.
Otherwise a $2 CD from cheapbytes.com should be fine.
>Linux 100% 32 bit?
Not 100%; the Alpha and UltraSparc versions are 64 bit. Linux has been 32
bit on i386es since the beginning.
>The main reason why I don't like Windows 9x is because it
>contains 16 bit code, which is a waste of today's Pentium II and Pentium III
>processors. 3. Does Linux support DVD drives?
It can use them but you can't play DVD movies yet.
>4. What graphics cards, nay
>scratch that, what hardware (graphics, sound cards, zip drives, modems, etc)
>is it compatible with, and do Linux drivers exist for said hardware?
You can find a list of compatible hardware at www.redhat.com in the support
area and at www.suse.com.
>5. I've
>worked with IRIX and Solaris in the past. Is Linux anything like these?
Yes, pretty similar. Linux has a mixture of BSD and SysV features.
>Where are the best places to purchase/buy Linux software?
I've downloaded most everything I use from ftp or web sites. I've only
bought a few things for Linux (Mathematica; ISE Eiffel).
Good sites to look for new software are freshmeat.net and
http://rufus.w3.org/linux/RPM/
>7. When Intel's 64
>bit processors are released, will Linux migrate to a completely 64 bit
>architecture?
Intel has been making some friendly gestures, so it looks like Linux will
run on Merced very soon after its release.
I imagine many people will still continue using older x86 processors,
though.
Dave Cook
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From: "James Moss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.questions,linux.dev.kernel,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: No luck with 2.2.x kernel on RH 5.2!
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 17:07:06 +1000
Ray Willis wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>ok, have you compiled the kernel in this order?
>
>make menuconfig
><configure the kernel>
>make dep
>make clean
>make install
>make modules
>make modules_install
>then edit /etc/lilo.conf
>and add the kernel vmlinuz for a boot image.
this is the /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot copy of the file
>do not remove the lilo.conf lines that you are currently booting
>then do a lilo
copy the /usr/src/linux/System.map file to /boot/System-2.2.X.map and change
the symbolic link
Then do a depmod -a
>that should solve a few problems. :)
This may solve some more problems :)
>
>later,
>
>RayW
>
>Greg Waugh wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to upgrade my 1 month old RH 5.2 system to 2.2.1... and I'm
>> having no luck! Pretty simple box, P166, 2940U SCSI, 64MB SDRAM, 3Com
>> 3C509B NIC. Anyway, nothing seems to work right. I've upgraded
net-tools,
>> modutils, ipchains, etc. And nothing. I get errors about modules cannot
be
>> located, but most of them were things I linked right into the kernel!
>> Anyway, nothing starts because the network is so funky. I'm using IP
>> aliasing and it gives me errors about aliasing not supported in the
kernel
>> even though I compiled it in (not as a module). Also get errors that the
>> module st cannot be loaded (even though I compiled it into the kernel).
>> Anyway, I can't even boot the kernel to figure out what's going on since
all
>> the services hang...
>>
>> Feb 3 20:33:36 bert kernel: Cannot find map file.
>> Feb 3 20:33:36 bert kernel: Error seeking in /dev/kmem
>> Feb 3 20:33:36 bert kernel: Error adding kernel module table entry.
>>
>> I get this error in the boot logs, but I know I've put the System.map
file
>> in the correct place... /boot/System.map... right? I've never build a
>> kernel under RH before... I've build a million kernels under other dists,
>> and never once had a problem. (I just build 2.2.1 on my Slackware 95
>> machine that's approaching 4 years old... no problems at all).
>>
>> Any help with RH kernel building would be very appreciated! Thanks!
>>
>> --
>> ------------------------------------------
>>
>> Greg Waugh ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>
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From: "Karsten M. Self" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.setup.comp.os.linux.help,net.computers.os.linux,news.admin.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: How big the partitions
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 19:08:36 -0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Kevin Ng & Kina Wong wrote:
>
> Dear everybody,
>
> Anyone get any idea on how many partitions, the size (in % or
> MB) and the mounting points for a typical liunx machine. Please provide
> the
> case in workstation, server or just a stand-alone machine. (With easy
> fault
> tolerant and administration in users and resources)
>
> Thank you!
My own (single user) configuration. I'm told this is a bit
partition-happy (too many partitions), but it works for me:
Filesystem 1024-blocks Capacity
/ 42,909 67%
/tmp 35,100 1%
/var 202,188 10%
/usr 598,665 74%
/usr/local 1,329,036 28%
/usr/doc 156,127 41%
/usr/src 300,513 34%
/data 1,725,226 63%
/home 1,560,397 21%
--
Karsten M. Self ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand?
Welchen Teil von "Gestalt" verstehen Sie nicht?
web: http://www.netcom.com/~kmself
SAS/Linux: http://www.netcom.com/~kmself/SAS/SAS4Linux.html
7:01pm up 33 days, 20:14, 11 users, load average: 0.42, 0.23, 0.19
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anthony Campbell)
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Opinions about LyX?
Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 09:29:47 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 05 Feb 1999 05:06:57 GMT, Sam Vere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Out of interest, what is the best way to learn Tex/latex?
>
>I have absolutely no experience whatsoever...
>
Get hold of Leslie Lamport's `Latex User's Guide' and start using it! It's
not that hard. Try things out and view the results with xdvi, which saves
paper. I've played with Lyx a few times but never felt the need for it.
I've prepared a complete textbook in latex and find it excellent.
Anthony
--
Anthony Campbell - running Linux Debian 2.0
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.achc.demon.co.uk
"The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on..." - Edward Fitzgerald (Rubaiat of Omar Khayyam)
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From: Tim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters
Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 09:47:35 +0000
Arthur wrote:
> I meant electronic analog computers, not light based
> computing with a GUI. Did it run Linux?
Would that be a granite user interface? ;o)
Tim
----
tim <at> darkwave <dot> org <dot> uk
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kavindra)
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Newbie help with Linux, IBM PS/2 30-286
Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 05:10:59 GMT
On Sat, 30 Jan 1999 21:48:44 -0600, Joe Gadell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>I don't use it yet, but I read that 2.2.1 now has microchannel support.
>
>
>--joe
>(reply by email pleaz)
>
>Eoin wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, 29 Jan 1999 21:45:48 -0500, "Charles Sullivan"
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> >If memory serves, the IBM PS/2 uses the microchannel bus, which is
>> >not supported by Linux.
>> >
>>
>> Model 30s are not Microchannel.
>>
>> --Eoin
Neither are model 70s.
BTW, is there a version of Linux that will run on a 286 processor?
I've salvaged several PS/2 that had been thrown away- I work with the
mentally retarded, and plan on giving away some of these machines to
the ones who live in supported apartments. These guys could never
afford to buy their own machines, much less pay for MicroSoak OS
licenses- and with State inspectors coming around periodically, it
would be indiscrete to load them up with bootlegged software- and I
would have a MUCH easier time writing simple & age-appropriate
teaching software under Linux, if my understanding of programming ever
gets that far . . .
-Anthony (Who is now thinking that
"DumpsterDiver" would be a fitting screen name!)
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From: Jerry Lynn Kreps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.setup.comp.os.linux.help,net.computers.os.linux,news.admin.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: How big the partitions
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 22:15:04 -0600
Karsten M. Self wrote:
>
> Kevin Ng & Kina Wong wrote:
> >
> > Dear everybody,
> >
> > Anyone get any idea on how many partitions, the size (in % or
> > MB) and the mounting points for a typical liunx machine. Please provide
> > the
> > case in workstation, server or just a stand-alone machine. (With easy
> > fault
> > tolerant and administration in users and resources)
> >
> > Thank you!
>
> My own (single user) configuration. I'm told this is a bit
> partition-happy (too many partitions), but it works for me:
>
> Filesystem 1024-blocks Capacity
> / 42,909 67%
> /tmp 35,100 1%
Is this big enough? Star Office puts 50+Mb into this during install
> /var 202,188 10%
> /usr 598,665 74%
> /usr/local 1,329,036 28%
/opt 1,500,000 <--- a common dir for KDE, netscape, etc...
split it between /usr/local and /opt ?
> /usr/doc 156,127 41%
mmm... it's not uncommon for an app to explode to 100Mb of docs. i.e.
JDK, JRE
> /usr/src 300,513 34%
> /data 1,725,226 63%
> /home 1,560,397 21%
>
So, you are saying that a 6 GB drive aought to suffice! That's what I
think to --- I just added a 6.4GB drive to my other two, bringing my
total capacity to just under 10GB. That's because I want to do some
serious playing around with a lot of apps. :-)
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Crossposted-To: comp.arch,comp.ai,comp.robotics.misc,alt.folklore.computers
Subject: Re: Proposal for an Open Source Robot AI Operating System
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Seebach)
Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 07:52:54 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Arthur T. Murray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Linus Torvalds is a hero to many for harnessing the collective IQ
>of the Internet in developing and championing the killer OS Linux.
>Now let's do it all over again with a free (but sellable) RobotOS:
I'm just wondering, does anyone know what this poster is? I've been betting
it's some sort of primitive AI.
-s
--
Copyright 1999, All rights reserved. Peter Seebach / [EMAIL PROTECTED]
C/Unix wizard, Pro-commerce radical, Spam fighter. Boycott Spamazon!
Send me money - get cool programs and hardware! No commuting, please.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Charles Mulks)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,alt.os.linux
Subject: module problems with kernel 2.2.1
Date: 5 Feb 1999 05:09:46 GMT
I'm trying to upgrade to kernel 2.2.1 on my RedHat 5.2
linux box. Everything seems to go well except that no
*modules* are being loaded
make mrproper
make xconfig
make dep
make clean
make modules
make modules_install
no errors during any of the above, but when I
boot I get an error message:
finding module dependencies
depmod... error loading shared libraries
undefined symbol: __bzero
I get the same error when I try depmod -a in an xterm
I'm sure I have the minimum requirements satisfied-
modutils-2.1.121, libc5-5.4.46, procinfo-15, etc
I've checked dejanews and tried the suggestions I found
there (only 2), but they didn't have any effect.
I just remembered - I downloaded a patch file,
patch-2.2.1.gz when I downloaded the source.
I tried to apply the patch -
gzip -cd patch-2.2.1.gz | patch -p0
and got an error message something like
"can't find file to patch" (don't remember exactly)
Then tried to apply it a second time and got a different
error message something like
"patch already applied"
so...
1. what does the patch do and how is it properly applied?
2. any other ideas re module problems
TIA
Charlie Mulks
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From: Ray Willis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Linux Reality
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 22:34:38 -0600
Dam This is a Loooooooooong thread :)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On 26 Oct 1998 15:51:04 -0500, Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] () writes:
> >
> >> ... tape
> >> drives have been supported for quite some time & linux actually
> >> has a tape driver as opposed to loading a special iomega program,
> >
> >While I like to bash M$ as much as the next person, I was pleasantly surprised
> >this weekend in loading up Windows 98, that M$ finally supports scsi tapes, and
> >the Seagate-based dump utility does seem to work (note the compression utility
> >only got 1.69 to 1 compression, and the software gave false errors when it
> >tried to dump the running executable).
> >
> >That being said, it would be nice if there was a Linux based dumper that
> >understood vfat filesystems, including the registary, so that I could dump a
> >windows partition without using a raw dd of the partition -- which limits me to
> >restoring the entire partition into exactly the same partition -- I cannot use
> >it move data to a larger or smaller partition.
>
> If tar can't successfuly copy a Windows registry that's
> entirely a matter of what hacks Microsoft is trying to
> pull. Less 'obscurified' archive just fine with tar.
>
> --
> Unix had startmenus and tasbars before Microsoft |||
> even had a decent memory manager for DOS. / | \
>
> In search of sane PPP docs? Try http://penguin.lvcm.com
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From: Ralf Lange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Shutdown with 2.2.1
Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 11:04:59 +0100
In /sbin/init.d/halt check for the line 'command = "halt"' and change
this to
'command = "halt -p"'. The '-p' is for power down.
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From: David Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux on an overclocked PII
Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 15:12:46 +1000
Gerrit Heitsch wrote:
> Frank Hale wrote:
> >
> > seems everyone with the 300A can get 450mhz easily.
>
> I cannot recommend the BH6. That board gave me way too much
> trouble when it came to PCI devices. Even with a halfway
> normal setup (Intel EEPRO 100, Mystique 220 and AdvanSys SCSI)
> I couldn't get it to run stable (random reboots during LINUX
> installation or copying of data). And it hated my Adaptec 3985 (*).
> I wasn't even running it at 100 MHz bus speed...
>
> I replaced the board with another BH6, same problems.
>
> I am using an ASUS P2B now, no problems, even the Adaptec 3985
> runs fine.
>
> (*) 3 Channel SCSI-Controller, uses a PCI-PCI bridge chip and
> is therefore sensitive to PCI timing problems.
>
> Gerrit
I had the same problems till I found out about the problem it has with video
cards. Most notably, it would not work withh my ET6000 video card + * some * S3
chipsets.
Now I have it running beautifully at 450MHz
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From: "Jim Ross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux is not even in Windows 9X's class.
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 00:13:35 -0500
Jeremy Crabtree wrote in message ...
>Jim Ross allegedly wrote:
>>
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message <799v94$ldo$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>>>I'm not going to get to crazy on this, but yes you are right "Linux is
not
>>>even in Windows 9X's class", it far out performs Windows on every level
and
>>>should not even be used in the same sentence.
>>
>>You forgot to say "just kidding."
>
>How about "Okay, only on MOST levels"
That sounds better. If Linux was better on all levels I'd dump Windows
today.
>
>> Linux device support is not in Windows
>>9X's class.
>
>Then again, I doubt the kernel coders for Win95 had to do all the device
>support themselves. It's not the fault of Linux that hardware
>manufacturers don't support it, or worse won't let anybody have the info
>necessary to write a driver. There are more drivers for Windows, though,
>for now.
Of course. Linux itself is ok.
Even better than Win95 out of the box in many ways.
>
>> Nor is apps support for X.
>
>This is improving. Just have some patience...or write it yourself, if you
>can. For right now, if you have something that only runs on Windows, use
>Windows.
I can't code so I'll have to wait.
>
>> Not specifically a "Linux problem",
>>but nonetheless not yet in Windows class.
>
>Agreed.
>
>> Ease of use, nope. Linux is not
>>yet spoonfeeding as is Windows.
>
>I, personally, kind of like the fact that it isn't, but there are efforts
>being made to get closer to this.
As long as they don't remove editors and the command line, having a nice GUI
configuration box for stuff shouldn't be a burden. As of now there are
inequalities on the GUI side.
>
>> Being powerful is ok, but just as important
>>to most is ease of use.
>
>Of course, when "ease-of-use" becomes and end, rather than a means...
Nothing wrong for having say an "express" way of installing and running a
program. Something like "with this you can be dialed into you ISP in under
45 seconds with this software." This would not take anything away from
tools available now, just that if these things can be automated they can be
done very quickly by the computer. This could really turn someones head
around about using Windows just to dial in to an ISP and read e-mail.
>
>> I can appreciate choice and a good GUI and GUI apps
>>help me there.
>
>Agreed.
>
>> PPP works in Windows, in Linux for me it does not.
>
>Sorry to hear that (really). I would ask which tools you've tried, but
>I would guess that you'ved tried several. I think I got lucky on that,
>it took very little effort to get PPP up on my system; but in general,
>PPP seems to be one of the trickier services to set up, despite the
>plethora of GUI tools to do it.
Once PPP did work very easily. Too bad it only connected at 9600bps (which
is the default I understand). Now with say KPPP and EZPPP as a shell for
PPPD it doesn't work. I set up PPP in Win95, 98, NT, so the setting aren't
the problem. I should post to see if someone knows, but I don't even get
the initial text in a terminal so it doesn't even necessarily relate to PPP
itself maybe. PPP is hard as you say, most OSes have a hard time getting it
all going right.
>
>>Maybe I could do even more to fix it, but the need is why Linux is not
>>ready.
>
>Well...not ready for some people.
>
>>I do not want to have to troubleshoot it. I shouldn't have to.
>
>Strange, I felt the same way about Windows...fixed it real quick with
>'rm' <GRIN> In all seriousness, though, that isn't an option for some
>people. Besides, if it really does get the job done for you, why switch?
>If it does, then go for it, I enbcourage you to explore your options.
>
>(For the record, Windows drove me batty. So, I switched)
NT is doing the same for me and the future from NT seems uncertain at best.
Jim
>
>--
>"Being myself a remarkably stupid fellow, I have had to unteach myself
> the difficulties, and now beg to present to my fellow fools the parts
> that are not hard" --Silvanus P. Thompson, from "Calculus Made Easy."
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Willis Sarka III)
Subject: LPRng & Samba, Linux print sr
Date: 5 Feb 1999 06:09:55 GMT
Hello,
I was wondering if anyone has had any luck in setting up a RedHat
5.2 box running LPRng (see www.astart.com for more info) and Samba as a
print servers for Windows clients? None here so far.
Thanks,
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From: Kurt Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Q: How do I stop a 4:02 AM scheduled mystery process?
Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 00:49:09 GMT
Please help! I'm running Red Hat Linux 5.2 on a Pentium 166 with
a 4GB SCSI internal drive, 32 MB of RAM, and 128 MB swap.
My file ext2 system is getting trashed and the cuplrit appears
to be some mystery process that launches itself at 4:02 AM everyday.
Here is a part of the /var/log/messages file:
Feb 3 04:02:06 linux3 PAM_pwdb[22026]: (su) session opened
for user nobody by (uid=99)
Feb 3 04:02:09 linux3 kernel: EXT2-fs error (device 08:01):
ext2_readdir: bad entry in directory #395267: ...
Feb 3 04:02:09 linux3 kernel: EXT2-fs error (device 08:01):
ext2_find_entry: bad entry in directory #395267:...
Feb 3 04:02:09 linux3 PAM_pwdb[22026]: (su) session
closed for user nobody
My questions are:
1. How can I track down which script, process,
or daemon is spawning this process at 4:02 AM?? I checked
the spool/cron/ directory and it's empty. My only other guess
is that it's a daemon.
2. Given just an inode number for a file or directory,
how can I get the pathname of the file or directory?
I suspected the named daemon was somehow involved so
I removed and killed a some unused dameons out of my
/etc/rc.d/rc3.d/ directory, but I hope someone can answer
the two questions above.
Thanks
Kurt
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sitaram Chamarty)
Subject: Re: 2.2.1 module problems
Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 11:49:27 GMT
On Tue, 02 Feb 1999 07:43:02 GMT, Jeffery Chow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>and net-pf-*, but now I'm getting a weird one:
>char-major-6. I don't suppose this is related to using my extended
ls -al /dev|grep 6,|grep ^c
crw-rw---- 1 root daemon 6, 0 Dec 31 1979 lp0
crw-rw---- 1 root daemon 6, 1 Dec 31 1979 lp1
crw-rw---- 1 root daemon 6, 2 Dec 31 1979 lp2
crw-r----- 1 root daemon 6, 0 Dec 31 1979 par0
crw-r----- 1 root daemon 6, 1 Dec 31 1979 par1
crw-r----- 1 root daemon 6, 2 Dec 31 1979 par2
So it's prolly something to do with printers. (I havent yet
upgraded to 2.2, so this is really just a guess...)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sitaram Chamarty)
Subject: Re: 2 silly questions
Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 11:49:29 GMT
On Fri, 29 Jan 1999 01:53:47 -0600, jdn
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Technically, I think I am no longer a Linux newbie, given the amount of time
>that I've been running it and the things I have learned to do with it, but I
>keep coming to these rather basic questions, that I know I should know the
>answers to, but don't....
>
>1) In RedHat 5.1, I always used the X tool fstool to find the amount of
>available space on my partitions. RedHat 5.2 seems to have gotten rid of
>this tool. Bummer. Anyway, what's the CLI command to do the same thing?
>Is it a certain switch for 'ls'?
df -k
shows in KB
>2) How do you 'toggle' a file to be 'viewed' by Linux as an executable or
>not? I have various files on my Windows partitions that I have which most
>certainly are not executables (like configuration files), but they show up
>in mc all nice and lime green. What's the command to remove this
>'attribute' so that they aren't seen as executable?
Two other posters responded with "chmod". They missed the crucial
words "Windows partitions" in your para above.
The perms on a file mounted from a msdos/vfat partition cannot be
as flexibly changed as those on an ext2 fs. About the only thing
I can do is remove or add "w" (to all 3 - user/group/other, not
selectively). This is because the drive translates this into the
eqvt of "attrib +r" (read-only in dos world).
Similarly, x has no meaning on this fs. I personally add the
"user" option to the mount command, which gets me "noexec"
automatically (man mount(1) for details).
Of course this means that NONE of your Windows files can be seen
as executable, but on a reasonable system, that's as it should be.
HTH.
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