Linux-Misc Digest #947, Volume #18 Sun, 7 Feb 99 22:13:07 EST
Contents:
Re: avi file player (Jonathan Govednik)
Annoying problem trying to make boot disks with yard... (John Thompson)
What do I need for recompiling the kernel? (RAZOR)
Re: Ditto Tape Device on Linux ("Robert C. Paulsen, Jr.")
Re: why are linux x apps so slow? (Jerry Lynn Kreps)
g++ missing? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux apps in win2000 port news! (Peter Samuelson)
Re: Newbie - Differences between... ("Robert C. Paulsen, Jr.")
monitor device read/writes? (Seth Van Oort)
Connecting to the Internet (Richard W. Edwards)
SuSE 5.3 Networking SLOW (Keith Davey)
Keyboard Timeout? (HHJasperso)
Keyboard Timeout (HHJasperso)
Re: pls help: can't configure swap device (S.T. Wong)
Re: Is INETD part of Apache or base Linux Networking? (Frank Sweetser)
Re: I am a microsoft user and want to use linux... HELP!!! (Rod Smith)
x windows proablems (ImY2Kool)
Re: installing win95 on slave disk (Don Judd)
xterm or text console? how can program find out? (Gerald Pollack)
Re: Linux on a Toshiba Portege 7010? (Floyd B Pierce)
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From: Jonathan Govednik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: avi file player
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 19:31:33 -0500
go to www.linuxapps.com
"If you cant find it here, you cant find it anywhere!"
Alessandro Barbieri wrote:
> Hello,
> anyone knows an avi video player beyond xanim.
> I am trying to play something registered with a rainbow-ranner under win
> and got
> the following error:
>
> [20:48:44]# xanim Mat01.avi
> XAnim Rev 2.70.7.0 by Mark Podlipec (c) 1991-1998
> comp 646d6231 646d6231 646d6231
> AVI Video Codec: Unknown dmb1(646d6231) is unsupported by this
> executable.(E18)
>
> AVI Notice: No supported Video frames - treating as audio only file
>
> thanks,
> Ale
>
> p.s.
> Please reply me directly.
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Annoying problem trying to make boot disks with yard...
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 15:03:08 -0600
I've been trying to make some boot disks for my new machine
using yard but it just won't go. I managed this on my old
machine, so I think I know what I'm doing but yard refuses
to recognize my kernel image. I get errors like this:
Error: Kernel image ( /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage)
is not a plain file
Or this:
Error: Kernel image file (/boot/vmlinuz) is not a linux
kernel
Folks, /boot/vmlinuz *IS* the kernel image I use to boot;
why the ^%&* does yard think it isn't a kernel image? The
same goes for "/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage;" this
is the image I copied to boot and renamed "vmlinuz." I
have several other kernels I've built and booted from but
yard coughs up the same silly objection. What's the deal
here? Until I get past this hurdle I don't have much chance
of going any further with yard. Does yard not like bzImages
or something? There's no mention of this in the
documentation.
--
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: RAZOR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux.redhat,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.misc,linux.redhat.install
Subject: What do I need for recompiling the kernel?
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 16:16:53 -0800
Hey guys :-)
I have old 486/66 mhz, 16 mb ram, 540mb hdd (285 mb available for
Linux). As u see I have very little space for my Linux. So I had Redhat
5.1 installed on it , but when i've decided to recompile my kernel, i
went to /usr/src/linux and found out that i don't have /usr/src/linux
(or /usr/src/linux-2* )!!! I forgot to include something then i was
installing Redhat :-)
So then i've decided to reinstall linux and i've included
"kernel-headers, kernel-source, gcc, bin86", when I was recompiling the
kernel (when i was making "make zImage" it gave me an error that i don't
have something (like tools/build or smth like that). So please, could u
tell me what the complete list of packages i need to recompile my
kernel? On my primary puter i was always installing everything (except
howto in multiple languages) , so i didn't have this problem :-)
So please, tell me what do i need to successfully recompile my kernel
Thanx in advance :-)
P.S. If u see this post twice in the newsgroups, please don't get mad,
i'm just struggling with my news server (it doesn't want to post)
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From: "Robert C. Paulsen, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ditto Tape Device on Linux
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 19:20:01 -0600
TheAirBear wrote:
>
> What /dev/ device are you using for the ditto tape?
>
> Was it supplied by IOMEGA or are you using something
> that comes preinstalled w. Linux?
>
> -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
As far as I know, Iomega supplies nothing for Linux. I am using
ftape-4.02.
This sets up several /dev/ entries. I have tried using most of them:
/dev/ftape
/dev/nftape
/dev/rft0
/dev/nrft0
/dev/zqft0
etc...
--
Robert Paulsen http://paulsen.home.texas.net
If my return address contains "ZAP." please remove it. Sorry for the
inconvenience but the unsolicited email is getting out of control.
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From: Jerry Lynn Kreps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: why are linux x apps so slow?
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 19:19:26 -0600
Mark Brown wrote:
>
> Jerry Lynn Kreps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Possible reasons why your Linux setup may be slower:
>
> > Your swap file is smaller in size than twice the amount of RAM on your
> > system.
>
> The amount of swap won't affect speed unless you run out entirely, and
> in any case the 2xRAM formula is a rule of thumb, not a rule.
True, but it's a good rule of thumb...
> Some Unix variants need more swap than RAM because if the kernel dies
> it dumps core to swap (unfortunate if it tries to write beyong the end
> of swap), but Linux doesn't do this. The 2x is a rule of thumb and
> really depends on how much swap you need - I normally use at most
> 10Mb swap on my system.
You running on only 5MB of RAM, eh? :-)
Iv'e watched my swap space usage at various times. Right now it is
using only 324Kb.
At times I've seen it up to 80MB!!! If on those occassions I had only
10MB my system would have slowed down due to the heavy disk thrashing
that would have been necessary.
> --
> Mark Brown mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trying to avoid grumpiness)
Having any success?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: g++ missing?
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 01:30:12 +0000
I have been trying to compile several programs, such as kxicq-0.30 and
kmpg-0.4.3, and for these programs, when I run the configure script,
when it gets to the part that says:
checking whether the C++ compiler (g++ -s) works...
the script answers "no" and says: "installation or configuration
problem: C++ compiler cannot create executables." I believe that this
is untrue, but am not sure where to start to debug or fix this problem.
I am running RedHat 5.2 with glibc-2.0.7-29, egcs-1.0.3a-14,
egcs-c++-1.0.3a-14, and libstdc++-2.8.0-14.
Any help with this problem would be appreciated.
Sincerely,
Mike Shettel
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Samuelson)
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: 7 Feb 1999 19:27:54 -0600
Reply-To: Peter Samuelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[M Sweger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]
> Although X-Windows is specific to Unix
Tell that to Digital (well, Compaq), who have been selling X clients
and servers under VMS for years. The point of X is that, like TCP/IP,
it is designed to be pretty much platform-*transparent*. In fact it is
even network-transparent; assuming your OS has the necessary underlying
support, it can run comfortably on TCP/IP, Unix domain sockets and
DECnet. (And maybe others; those are the ones I know about.)
The X libraries have been ported to NT; it's just that pretty much
nobody bothers to port, compile and run X clients on NT.
> Exceed is just a port of the Unix X-WIndows server to the NT Os and
> runs natively (in other words was compiled with Msoft tools and
> API's) vs. interix which would run a shell within NT so that Unix
> apps could run within it.
Basically as I understand it Interix provides an alternative API to
the Win32, Win16 and OS/2 modules NT comes with. And apparently it
does not interact too seamlessly with Win32 (and other) apps.
Thanks but no thanks. If I wanted a slow Unix clone that isn't really
very Unixy and runs on a bloated microkernel, I'd use the Hurd. (Not
really making a comparison here. No offense to Hurd people.)
--
Peter Samuelson
<sampo.creighton.edu!psamuels>
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From: "Robert C. Paulsen, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie - Differences between...
Date: Sat, 06 Feb 1999 21:03:42 -0600
Al wrote:
>
> Hi.
>
> OK, so I installed SuSE.
>
> I have a question...
>
> With Linux (more specifically SuSE Linux) is there anything similar to
> the AIX function 'export EDITOR=vi' where the command line will respond
> to 'vi' commands looking at a .history file?
> --
> Mother's got a brand new leaning post, it's made of words and pages,
> It says 'God gives us our daily toast', but dad still earns the wages.
>
> Al
My .bash_profile:
EDITOR=vi
VISUAL=vi
FCEDIT=vi
export EDITOR VISUAL FCEDIT
set -o vi
set -o ignoreeof
set -o monitor
--
Robert Paulsen http://paulsen.home.texas.net
If my return address contains "ZAP." please remove it. Sorry for the
inconvenience but the unsolicited email is getting out of control.
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From: Seth Van Oort <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: monitor device read/writes?
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 01:49:30 +0000
How can you monitor which processes are reading or writing to a device,
in my case my hard drive.
Seth
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard W. Edwards)
Subject: Connecting to the Internet
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 01:48:22 GMT
Recently loaded Red Hat 5.2 and am trying to configure dial up. I can
connect to my ISP but the PPP connection is not going thru, I get all
those swigly characters but ALT-Q does nothing. I have done the
resolve.conf file, ppp options file, I get a login prompt so I don't
need PAP or CHAP. Have I missed configuring a file? Any replies
would be appreciated via e-mail or to this newsgroup is fine. I am
able to get on the net from Win98.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Keith Davey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SuSE 5.3 Networking SLOW
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 14:54:59 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I just installed an "evaluation version" of SuSE 5.3 and set it up for
use with a PPP connection. Unfortunatly I can not get more than 700 bps
thru-put on a 33.6KBS modem. When I switch over to Win98 and hit the
same sites they work just fine. Whats up?
Keith Davey
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (HHJasperso)
Subject: Keyboard Timeout?
Date: 8 Feb 1999 01:56:36 GMT
I keep getting Keyboard Timeout on installation; 2 different keyboards, 2
different builds. Suggestions?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (HHJasperso)
Subject: Keyboard Timeout
Date: 8 Feb 1999 01:57:45 GMT
I keep recieving Keyboard Timeout when attempting to install; Suggestions?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (S.T. Wong)
Subject: Re: pls help: can't configure swap device
Date: 8 Feb 1999 02:03:43 GMT
Geoff Allsup ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: On 6 Feb 1999 06:07:26 GMT, S.T. Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: >Hello,
: >
: >I tried to configure swap space on RH 5.2 (kernel: 2.2.0-final) on a SCSI disk
: >with config like this :
: >
: > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
: > /dev/sdb1 * 1 192 1542208+ 83 Linux native
: > /dev/sdb2 193 454 2104515 83 Linux native
: > /dev/sdb3 455 522 546210 5 Extended
: > /dev/sdb5 455 471 136521 82 Linux swap
: > /dev/sdb6 472 488 136521 82 Linux swap
: > /dev/sdb7 489 505 136521 82 Linux swap
: > /dev/sdb8 506 522 136521 82 Linux swap
: >
: max size of an individual swap partition is 128 MB
Thanks, but I also tried to do the same thing on a primary partition with
200Mb size :
# fdisk /dev/sdb
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/sdb: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 522 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 192 1542208+ 83 Linux native
/dev/sdb2 193 454 2104515 83 Linux native
/dev/sdb3 455 480 208845 82 Linux swap
# mkswap /dev/sdb3
mkswap: warning: truncating swap area to 130752kB
Setting up swapspace, size = 133885952 bytes
Then I suppose the system will also truncate the swap area to the max 128Mb
on logical partitions, but the behavior is not the same. Did i miss anything?
Btw, someone told me that 2.2.x supports swap area of unlimited size. Is that
true ?
Thanks again.
Rgds,
ST Wong
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From: Frank Sweetser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Is INETD part of Apache or base Linux Networking?
Date: 07 Feb 1999 21:38:07 -0500
"David Sisk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi:
>
> Quick question: Is the Internet Daemon INETD specifically a part of the
> Apache WebServer, or is it a basic part of the Linux networking processes?
> In other words, if Apache wasn't installed on a particular box, would INETD
> still be present and running (assuming everything was setup the normal way).
apache and inetd are pretty much unrelated. in fact, i'm fairly certain
that inetd has been around a good deal longer than apache.
> Another question: Assuming INETD is not specifically tied to Apache, do
> other Unix brands (Solaris, HP-UX, DEC-Unix, AIX, SCO, etc.) have an INETD
> that works the same way?
yes.
--
Frank Sweetser rasmusin at wpi.edu fsweetser at blee.net | PGP key available
paramount.ind.wpi.edu RedHat 5.2 kernel 2.2.1 i586 | at public servers
The choice of approaches could be made the responsibility of the
programmer.
-- Larry Wall in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: I am a microsoft user and want to use linux... HELP!!!
Date: 7 Feb 1999 20:59:36 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Posted and mailed]
In article <Eg_u2.19517$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Koyo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> yes this is my problem i am a microsoft user right now but i am trying to
> get out of it! The problem is when i try to partition my hard drive with
> partition magig 3,05 the linuxext2 is not part of my choices.
> i wan't to have 2 partitions one for linux and one for microsoft
No problem. Just create your Linux partitions in PM by telling it that
these partitions are "unformatted" or formatted for some other filesystem.
You'll probably want two partitions for Linux: a root ("/") and a swap.
When you boot the Linux installer, at some point it'll as you about
setting up partitions with either Disk Druid or fdisk. Choose fdisk. You
can display the partitions with the "p" command, and then use the "t"
command to change the partition types of the Linux partitions to 82 (Linux
swap) and 83 (Linux native). You should then be able to select the Linux
partitions for installation. Be sure to let the installer create Linux
filesystem(s) on the Linux native partition(s) and initialize the swap
partition(s).
--
Rod Smith
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.users.fast.net/~rodsmith
NOTE: Remove the "uce" word from my address to mail me
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ImY2Kool)
Subject: x windows proablems
Date: 8 Feb 1999 02:59:09 GMT
when I go to load x alls I get is a black screen. I bleave that my video card
is not supported but I am not sure its a ATI Rage LT pro AGP 2X.
Perhaps its supported by a newer virsion on X? or maybe thats not the problem
at all? any Ideas?
Y2Kool
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From: Don Judd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.windows95,alt.windows95,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: installing win95 on slave disk
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 15:42:39 -0700
Windows can reside on any disk or disk partition it cas read from. Hoever, in order to
run, it does demand the MBR of the primary master partition. You could easily run
windows95 or 98 on a slave drive, however, without some form of boot manager, you will
still be forced to rely on loadlin in order to make both OSes work.
Tom MacIntyre wrote:
> Neil Zanella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >On Sat, 23 Jan 1999, Wowix wrote:
> >
> >> sad to tell u ...theres no way..WIndoze shut will want to install in the primary
> >> partition
> >
>
> I can understand how one could believe this, but not that one would
> unequivocally state it...I've had Windows on G:, C:, I:...it'll
> probably work on other partitions too, I guess.
>
> Tom
>
> >How stupid. What if one wanted to run win95 and 98 then?
> >
> >What do they put the DOS fdisk utility there for then?
> >
> >I guess it's there for us.
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From: Gerald Pollack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: xterm or text console? how can program find out?
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 20:28:45 -0500
This is probably obvious, but it's escaped me so far. How can I find
out, from within a c program, whether the program is running in an xterm
or in a text-mode console?
Thanks,
--
Gerald Pollack
Dept. of Biology, McGill University
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Floyd B Pierce)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,de.comp.os.unix.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Linux on a Toshiba Portege 7010?
Date: 7 Feb 1999 20:28:03 -0600
Reply-To: floydp at imagin dot net
I've been running it for a while. CD works, internal modem is a winmodem
so no-go. Most everything works. Keyboard has a tendency to double letters.
I had to do some fancy dancing to load it the first time, because I didn't
have the docking station at the time, and the redhat install wouldn't
recognize network pc card. Network card is ok after skipping several IRQ's in
/etc/pcmcia/config.opts.
--
Floyd Pierce | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If I had an opinion, it would be | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
printed above. |
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