Linux-Misc Digest #792, Volume #19 Fri, 9 Apr 99 12:13:14 EDT
Contents:
Console fonts and graphics characters (Matthias Warkus)
Re: gnome/enlightenment instability (Jeremiah)
Re: programming blues (David M. Cook)
Linux and filesystem on EPROM - help needed ! (Christoph Drube)
Re: Newbie question how do I decompress a .bz2 file (Bob Martin)
Re: Is Linux safe from viruses like Melissa ? (Student)
CD-RW question (Jim Henderson)
Re: Using Linux instead of NT Server in home environment.... ("Jan Johansson")
Re: 'as86' not found (Alan Fried)
Re: VMWARE -- why isn't it the rage topic of discussion? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: vfat program that reads/writes ext2 files ("pv")
Re: HD sleeping?! (Mark Tranchant)
Re: ld-linux.so.1 and libc6 (Mark Tranchant)
Staroffice5.0 -> 5.1? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Why Linux still isn't my standard boot-up OS, or what are the Linux-equivalents
for these Windoze programs? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: general (Hans Koch)
Re: Is Linux safe from viruses like Melissa ? (Mark Tranchant)
Re: VMWARE -- why isn't it the rage topic of discussion? (Mark Tranchant)
Re: cdrecord 1.61, Plasmon CDR480 problem (Martin Heitz)
general (J Mars)
Re: cron problems (Justin)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Warkus)
Subject: Console fonts and graphics characters
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 00:43:48 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
does anyone know a decent console font which will display all of the
following correctly:
- German umlauts (�, �, �, �) and other Latin-1 accented characters
- the graphics characters used by YaST
- the graphics characters used by gpm-root's menus
Preferably, it should do nice ANSI graphics for Welcome2Linux or such,
too... yet, I haven't seen a font which displays everything like it
should be. SuSE comes with an awful lot of console fonts, but it looks
like the perfect one isn't in there.
I hope you can help me,
TIA.
mawa
--
"The few folks actually working toward a goal of gender _equality_
rather than an _inversion_ of the gender power structure have mostly
abandoned the term `feminism' to the uncurably strident."
-- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeremiah)
Subject: Re: gnome/enlightenment instability
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 08:08:43 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Kenneth Harrington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake thusly:
> I have a number of problems, and
> I don't know if they are all symptoms of the same cause or not.
>
> When I try to start a terminal window from the toolbar, it sometimes
> takes several MINUTES before it shows up. The system isn't slow for
> applications that decide to work (for instance, only 10 sec or so to
> start up netscape :) ).
I noticed this as well...
> The gnome file manager has its problems too. It will periodically
> restart itself, losing the current directory, etc.
Gmc crashed a lot on me at the beginning... after a while,
it stopped crashing as much. I don't know what I did to fix it...
(I posted a similar account to yours about a week ago to this very
group... it was called "GNOME likes abuse?" ) Something leaves a core
file in my home directory every time I log in, and I think it's Gmc,
but at least I can use it when I need to (I don't use it very much).
> I don't really know where to look for solutions to these problems.
My guess is that most of your problems are due to GNOME...
it seems to have been rushed out the door, and didn't really deserve the
1.0 label that was given to it. OTOH, development is still continuing at
a rapid pace, so hopefully some of those bugs will be ironed out shortly.
My advice is: isolate the stuff that doesn't work, and
try to avoid using it... Also, keep playing with it for awhile...
my experience was that a lot of the problems just solved themselves.
I don't know what I did to fix them... Perhaps a reboot? Finally, if you
haven't done too much configuration, remove ~/.gnome and ~/.enlightenment,
and start over. That seems to help some people.
Brian
--
email to bmeloon at twcny dot rr dot com. evilquaker is a spam collector.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook)
Subject: Re: programming blues
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 08:24:08 GMT
On Thu, 08 Apr 1999 22:32:33 -0500, Princess Confusion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>so here's my problem. with every single program that i've written and
>compiled on my linux machine i get a segmentation fault when i try to
>execute it. the same program i can compile and run on my unix account
>at school without a hitch. i am 99.9% sure that there is nothing wrong
>with my code. i don't understand. this makes absolutely no sense to
>me. anyone know what the problem could be?
Post the code (unless it's proprietary ;}). You may also wish to post to
comp.os.linux.development.apps which is more focused on programming,
or on gnu.gcc.help.
Dave Cook
--
No Linux for you!
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From: Christoph Drube <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux and filesystem on EPROM - help needed !
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 10:19:54 +0200
Hi, folks!
I have some questions related to my project :-)
I'm constructing a really stand-alone-diskless main board, of course
with Linux as the operating system (486, 8 Mb of RAM, no floppy, no
HDD).
So I decided to use two 512K EPROMS: One for the filesystem and one for
the kernel.
Because the kernel normally boots form disk, I will have to change the
bootsector code and the setup code to load the kernel to 0x10000 "by
hand". I think this should be reached with an additional card containing
the two EPROMS. I read that e.g. the VGA cards start their code with
"55AA" to tell the BIOS "Please start this code" so this also should
work with my EPROMS (I still use an old Hercules graphic card ;-).
Due to the small 64K banks in x86 real mode I plan to load the "copying
code" from my first EPROM segment and than increment the EPROM-64K-bank
currently visible for the segment (e.g. 0xD0000) and so on.
After the kernel has been loaded at 0x10000 I want to switch the active
EPROM and copy the filesystem (romfs) to a special place where it could
be mounted later.
Now the questions:
1) Does the above scheme work ?
2) How can I tell the kernel where the root filesystem is ?
3) How does the kernel know not to use the RAM occupied by the rom file
system ?
4) Is there a method to make the EPROM visible in the RAM at once ?
Any, really any help would be great :-))))
Best regards,
Christoph
--
# Der wohl staerkste Hinweis fuer ausserirdische Intelligenz ist, dass
# sie keinen Kontakt mit uns aufnimmt.
# Die deutschsprachige ATM-Seite:
# http://www.uni-paderborn.de/StaffWeb/jogger/astronomy
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Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 07:16:38 -0500
From: Bob Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Newbie question how do I decompress a .bz2 file
bz2 is new compression method. you need the bzip utility to decompress
it
ian wrote:
>
> I downloaded the jdk1.2 but now I can't figure out how to decompress the
> archive.
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Student)
Subject: Re: Is Linux safe from viruses like Melissa ?
Date: 9 Apr 1999 12:12:55 GMT
Jarkko Karhunen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) tried to convey the following message:
: Efi Merdler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: ->Hi
: ->I know that Melissa is a macro virus,therefore, it will not run under
: ->Linux,however ,we all know that sooner or later a virus will attack the
: ->Linux community, is the OS protected ?
: It is remarkably difficult to write a virus on a Unix workalike such as
: Linux. We're pretty safe, I think. Not sure about Word-compatible word
: processors though...
In the 30 (?) years that Unix has existed, only 10 viruses have been reported.
So, linux is pretty safe. Most Linux users download the software source,
instead of precompiled binaries. Since the source is plain text, it is
fairly virus proof.
However, with a growing Linux community, it will be a matter of time before
viruses will come, I'm afraid.
Greetings,
der Joachim
--
Computional linguistics student at Tilburg University,
The Netherlands
http://pi0959.kub.nl/Haterd/index.html
A true hunter weeps at a merciless kill (The God Machine)
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From: Jim Henderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: CD-RW question
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 15:45:57 -0600
I've purchased a CD-RW from Acer (CRW6206 IIRC) that I'm very happy with
and would like to use under Linux; I've even managed to successfully
create a Rock Ridge extensions CD using the mkisofs command in
conjunction with Adaptec's "Easy CD Creator" software.
Is there any software available that will let me use rewritable discs in
the drive as RW discs? I haven't tried cdrecord yet, but from what I've
read, it sounds like it handles CD-R discs only. My goal is to test
burns on RW discs and then copy the RW disc to a CD-R when I've got it
right...Fewer coasters that way. :-)
Does anyone know of a driver for udf formatted CDs that works with
Linux? (ie, discs created with Adaptec's DirectCD software)
Linux in use is RH52, Kernel 2.0.35, though I've downloaded the 2.2.5
kernel sources and plan to work with those as soon as time permits.
--
Jim Henderson
Novell Support Connection SysOp - http://support.novell.com/forums
Homepage at http://www.bigfoot.com/~jhenderson (email instructions
located here)
Please note that as an NSC SysOp, I do not provide support for Novell
products on a personal basis - if you need help with a Novell product,
please post a reply in the public newsgroup or visit the Novell support
forums at the URL above.
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From: "Jan Johansson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Using Linux instead of NT Server in home environment....
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 14:58:27 +0200
Uhm, no. The MS Net client sits ontop of the networking components, the
mouse does NOT sit above the sound components.
>That's my point, though I didn't phrase it properly... What does that
>network program have to do with dialup passwords? Nothing!
>
>An analogy for this situation would be that you have to install a
>mouse driver in order to use your sound card! The two have nothing in
>common...
>--
>
>Jon-o Addleman
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alan Fried)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.admin,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: 'as86' not found
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 13:24:49 GMT
"Douglas A. Haines" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm trying to gen a new kernal (2.0.34) and during the 'make boot' I
>get the error:
> as86 -0 -a -o bootsect.o bootsect.s
> make[1]: as86: command not found
>
>I pretty certain that as86 is an assembler, but I cannot find it on my
>distribution CD as either a package or a binary. Can anyone tell
>me where I can get this program? (either as a package or a binary).
>Thanks.
>
Do you have Red Hat 5.1 because it is on the distribution
CD it is listed as bin86 under development languages.
Use glint to access it. This worked for me
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: VMWARE -- why isn't it the rage topic of discussion?
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 13:46:03 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Mircea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Umh..maybe because many Linux users aren't thrilled about Windows apps?
That would explain the lack of hobbyist and industry interest in WINE. ;-}
Regards, Dustin
>
> MST
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > I'm quite surprised that VMWARE (www.vmware.com) isn't
> > being discussed much. I've been waiting years for just
> > such a thing. I can now run windows98 under linux, and
> > run quicken, office97, solitaire :-), or anything else
> > I want (except directx games...yet), without rebooting.
> >
> > Vmware simply rocks.
> > --
> > James
> > http://ssdd.conservatory.com
>
---
Dustin Puryear
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From: "pv" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: vfat program that reads/writes ext2 files
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 16:43:56 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
[SNIP]
>I would like to convert my data partitions and 640MB MO disks to ext2
system for
>its reliablilty compared to fat. Any dos/windows program that can
reads/writes
>ext2 format? If so, what is the URL or ftp path. Thanks for any help.
from page http://www.yipton.demon.co.uk/ {
About fsdext2
My current hobby project is a port of the second extended file system
(ext2fs) to Windows 95; albeit a read-only version.
Using FSDEXT2 you can transparrently mount your Linux ext2fs partitions on
Windows 95. }
pv
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From: Mark Tranchant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HD sleeping?!
Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 08:31:41 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm suspicious of that reply. Look at the root crontab - many
distributions call "atrun" every so often to process at jobs. If you can
live without that, remove it from the crontab.
Mark.
Michael Wilms wrote:
>
> I guess it's an internal job of the hard drive. It's called 'thermal
> calibration'.
> I've never heard that it might be possible to suppress it...
> Bye,
> Michael
>
> Kiki schrieb:
> >
> > Hi!
> > I have my Linux box up 24 hours a day, and during the night I notice it
> > accessing my hard drive often, sometimes a soon as every 10 minutes.
> > Is there any way to find out what processes are doing that? I want to set
> > hard drive on my Linux box sleep all night! But I can not shut down Linux
> > box because I want to use "crond". Any idea how to sleep my hard disk for
> > all night?
> > X-Mozilla-Status: 0009
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From: Mark Tranchant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ld-linux.so.1 and libc6
Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 08:29:43 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hmmm. I'm not convinced. I think your problem is that the executable is
linked to libc.so, which is a symlink to libc.so.6.
Have a look at the GLibc2-HOWTO.
Mark.
Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:
>
> You need to create a cross-compiler. You need to look at "Frodo's" home
> page. I forget the URL, but Yahoo or Infoseek should find it for you.
>
> Tom Veldhouse
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Jos Berends wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >Hello,
> >
> >I hope somebody can give the answer to
> >probably a very trivial problem.
> >
> >I'm trying to extend my slackware libc5 based
> >linux system with glibc6. Now I have in /lib both
> >ld-linux.so.1 as well as ld-linux.so.2. Now I try to
> >compile hello.c with the "old" gcc 2.7.2 and use
> >explicitly the libc5 include files. And in the gcc specs,
> >the ld-linux.so.1 is called. However, trying to run "hello"
> >fails. Ldd hello gives libc6(!!) Instead of libc5.
> >I did not remove the libc5 from /lib, because , as the glibc howto
> >points out, my system still depends on libc5. I thought the
> >linker should know about the difference between libc5 and libc6.
> >
> >Can these libraries coexist in /lib, and why is libc6 used instead
> >of libc5.
> >Please help me out,
> >
> >Thanks in advance.
> >
> >
> >--
> >Jos
> >
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Staroffice5.0 -> 5.1?
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 13:33:15 GMT
Hi folks, I just downloaded the 70 M staroffice filter upgrade version(5.1?) and
am planning to install it. Since I already installed SO5.0 and registered, I
I don't know if I shall uninstall the 5.0 version first then do an install of
the 5.1 version from scratch or if there is a way that I can upgrade from 5.0
to 5.1. Anyone has any experience in this? How did you do to upgrade from 5.0
to 5.1? I've read thru the documentation(setup.pdf) but haven't gotten a clue.
Any hint will be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much!
--yl
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Why Linux still isn't my standard boot-up OS, or what are the
Linux-equivalents for these Windoze programs?
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 13:41:08 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Michael Powe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> Hash: SHA1
>
>
> Linux> A good and easy to use offline news-reader like Forte
> Linux> Agent, which is able to decode binaries with a single click
> Linux> of the mouse, sorting headers on subject, and launcing
> Linux> binaries with one click.
>
> Gnus/Emacs. Learn to use the keyboard, it's much faster than the
> mouse.
>
Oh please..... That may be true for some of us, but not everyone is so good
with the keyboard. There is a reason the mouse is so popular. People are more
productive with it. Yes, I can type faster than most people so I use the
keyboard over the mouse frequently. But GUI programs are usually easier to use
than text based ones.
> Linux> A powerfull and versatile e-mail program, equal to Eudora
> Linux> Pro 4 or higher. Maintining mailboxes with drag-and-drop,
> Linux> filtering incoming message and put them in the appropiate
>
> nmh/exmh/mh-e. I'll bet I get my mail sorted before you've even
> figured out what folder to put it in ... and I do it without touching
> a mouse.
You are missing the point. He wants ease of use, simplisitc. Yeah, that
command line makes lots of sense to non-Unix types.....
> Linux> A good file manager, equal to Windows Explorer. you can say
> Linux> what you want, but the windows explorer is a good file
> Linux> manager. Drag-and drop is just very easy to use. So the
>
> Bleccchh. In 1990 I was using a shareware file manager that beat the
> holy crap out of Windows Explorer. Do the math. I almost never need
> one in linux & when I do, I mostly use dired in emacs; when I'm
> playing `root' I move files around on the system with GIT.
Well good for you, but you are in the minority. It's great *you* don't need
one, but you aren't typical of 99% of the rest of the world. It's great your
an experienced Unix user, but *again* the point of his post was he wanted the
same ease of use in Linux. You can brag all day about how archaic text
commands make sense to us, but it is falling on deaf ears.
>
> Linux> A fast image viewer program, equal to ACDsee. It must be
> Linux> FAST, FAST,FAST, have a browser-option which allows you to
> Linux> maintain your image files easily, supports keyboard command
> Linux> (delete, move, copy) adn it must be fast.
>
> I don't waste much time looking at pictures, when I do need a gif
> viewer, I just use XV.
<sigh> Quite frankly, I don't think he cares about how *you* use a computer.
He was talking about *his* uses of one. He obviously wants to look at
pictures. ACDsee is a great program that many people use. Just because you
don't use it, doesn't mean graphics aren't important to the other
833,343,432,643,343,341 computer users out there....Such arrogance!
> It sounds to me like you're married to the Win95 mentality. That dog
> won't hunt in linux. You need to start asking yourself whether the
> way you do things now really is the best way. Otherwise, you might as
> well put FAT32 back on that partition.
It's unfortunate that many Unix are so arrogant and condescending to people
who are used to Windows. Basically you are saying "Linux is better. Learn to
do it our way." Yeah, and your types accuse Microsoft of heavy-handedness.
Windows users use a wide variety of programs. They aren't going to give those
up just and jump with Linux on their desktops just because Linux is purer or
more stable. If it won't run their software or is confusing, they won't use
it. No matter how much *you* say they don't need all that stuff.
Mark Hoffman
D Animation Multimedia and Web Design
(Where we know the limits of both Windows and Linux.)
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From: Hans Koch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: general
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 10:08:50 -0500
>Is it possible to incorporate in the structure of Linux an alphanumeric
>string of about 36 characters? If so, how do you go about it? Or is it
>already incorporated in the OS?
>Please reply at your earliest convenience.
You will have to be more specific
about "structure" and "incorporate".
1. you can write a 36-character string into a file:
echo abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789 > filename
2. you can create a file whose name is a 36-character string:
touch abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789
3. you assign a 36-character string to a shell variable
in sh, bash: foo=abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789
in csh, tcsh: set foo=abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789
or: setenv foo abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789
4. ...
But maybe I just didn't understand your question.
- Hans
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From: Mark Tranchant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Is Linux safe from viruses like Melissa ?
Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 16:42:48 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If someone writes a macro virus for an application capable of deleting
files, there would be nothing stopping that app from deleting all the
users files. If that user was foolish enough to be root... kaboom! If
not, the system stuff should be safe assuming no security holes but the
user's files are up for grabs.
Mark.
Dr Paul Kinsler wrote:
>
> Jarkko Karhunen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > It is remarkably difficult to write a virus on a Unix workalike such as
> > Linux. We're pretty safe, I think. Not sure about Word-compatible word
> > processors though...
>
> I was wondering the otherday about the metamail/mime stuff
> that can get fired up when people send you mails in wierd
> fonts or with encoded data -- presumably any holes there
> could be exploited to do bad stuff when mails are read.
>
> --
> ------------------------------+------------------------------
> Dr. Paul Kinsler
> Institute of Microwaves and Photonics
> University of Leeds (ph) +44-113-2332089
> Leeds LS2 9JT (fax)+44-113-2332032
> United Kingdom [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> WEB: http://www.ee.leeds.ac.uk/staff/pk/P.Kinsler.html
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From: Mark Tranchant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: VMWARE -- why isn't it the rage topic of discussion?
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 08:14:34 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Have you actually looked at the site?!
Mark.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > I'm quite surprised that VMWARE (www.vmware.com) isn't
> > being discussed much.\
>
> You posted this to comp.os.linux.*???
>
> Duh?
>
> Regards,
> Ed
>
> Q: Why do PCs have a reset button on the front?
> A: Because they are expected to run Microsoft operating systems.
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From: Martin Heitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: cdrecord 1.61, Plasmon CDR480 problem
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 16:06:39 +0200
Hi,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi. I just got a Sony CRX-100E, 4X/24X/2X CDRW ATAPI/EIDE drive and
> I'm having problems getting it to work.
I have a Plasmon CDR 480 SCSI - drive and it worked fine with my prior linux
installation (older Suse), but now I installed the new Suse linux with the
2.0.36 kernel and I cannot burn CDs any more. Why I am answering this posting?
The error-message and behavior seems to be exactly the same, although my drive
is a SCSI device.
> I have xcdroast 0.96e (and hence cdrecord 1.61).
So do I...
> Config: RedHat 5.2, 2.0.36, 64M RAM, Sony CRX100E is secondary slave (hdd).
Suse 6.0, 2.0.36, 32 MB RAM, Plasmon CDR 480 SCSI (device 0,05,0)
> xcdroast displays the drive and cdrecord -scanbus shows the drive, but when I
> go to write, it works for a couple of seconds and then ejects the CDR. I've
> included the log message that I'm getting.
The error on my system cannot be an error caused by xcdroast, because the error
appears also, if I call cdrecord from the command line... Depending on the CD
type (I tried different vendors for making sure, that it is not depending on
damaged disks) I am trying to burn, the "power calibration error" (see Ralph's
error messages below) evolves when the process starts or when the drive starts
trying to fixate.
The same hardware without any changes worked fine with my prior linux system
(sorry, I forgot which kernel that was)...
I read, that there are new and old scsi-devices in the /dev - directory. On my
system, there are both types (those with the numbers and those with the
characters). How can I figure out, which of them are used? May I delete some of
them (perhaps one part of cdrecord tries to use the older ones, the rest tries
to use the new ones)?
> I didn't see this particular Sony model listed in the cdrecord and/or
> xcdroast compatability list.
>
> Known problem?
> Fix? Easy fix?
Would be interested in that, too...
>
> Thanks.
> -Ralph
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks,
Martin
> ------------------------
> Cdrecord release 1.6.1 Copyright (C) 1995-1998 J�rg
> [...]
> Manufacturer: TDK Corporation
I tried different manufacturers - error remains the same, but sometimes the
drive manages to write the whole data and fail at fixation instead of failing
directly at the beginning...
> [...]
> Starting new track at sector: 0
> /usr/local/CDR/xcdroast/lib/xcdroast-0.96e/bin/cdrecord-1.6.1:
> Input/output error. write_g1: scsi sendcmd: retryable
> error
> status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
> CDB: 2A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00
> Sense Bytes: 70 00 03 00 00 00 00 12 00 00 00 00 73 03
> 00 00
> Sense Key: 0x3 Medium Error, Segment 0
> Sense Code: 0x73 Qual 0x03 (power calibration area
> error) Fru 0x0
> Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid)
> cmd finished after 2.931s timeout 40s
> /usr/local/CDR/xcdroast/lib/xcdroast-0.96e/bin/cdrecord-1.6.1:
> Input/output error. flush cache: scsi sendcmd:
> retryable error
> status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
> [...]
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From: J Mars <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: general
Date: 9 Apr 1999 14:32:15 GMT
Is it possible to incorporate in the structure of Linux an alphanumeric
string of about 36 characters? If so, how do you go about it? Or is it
already incorporated in the OS?
Please reply at your earliest convenience.
Thanx.
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From: Justin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: cron problems
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 12:36:23 GMT
Anthony Ewell wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am stumped. I upgraded from rh 5.1 to rh 5.2 and my nightly
> backup from my /etc/crontab stopped working.
>
> ps ax | grep -i cron | grep -v grep
> returns
> 265 ? S 0:00 crond
>
> So crond is running. I can also run my backup manually (/root/backup).
>
> As I stated: I am totally stumped. Anyone have any ideas?
>
> Many thanks,
> --Tony
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> My /etc/crontab:
>
> > SHELL=/bin/bash
> > PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
> > MAILTO=root
> >
> > # run-parts
> > 01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly
> > 02 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily
> > 22 4 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly
> > 42 4 1 * * root run-parts /etc/cron.monthly
> >
> >
> > # Tape backup command
> > 0 23 * * 1-5 root /root/backup
> >
I dont know for you, but my crond does not work after a reboot if I don't
kill it and restart it. I don't know why but I find it quite frustrating.
If the problem is the same for you and you find an answer, please let me
know !
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