Linux-Misc Digest #802, Volume #19 Sat, 10 Apr 99 17:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: hdparm (Henry Ficher)
where's the "autoexec.bat" file, or how can i get linux to execute a shell on login?
("Gandalf")
Re: lread security breach (Andre van Dijk)
Mounting Problem using SMB ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Win 98 Killed lilo - can't start Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Internet site grabber for Linux? (Jan Panteltje)
Re: Shutdown problem with gpm ("Charles Sullivan")
Re: QIC-80 help (Bob Schreibmaier)
Re: Mounting problems ("Charles Sullivan")
setiathome -- bad file header (Brad Corsello)
Is there a RockRidge driver for NT? (Greg Smith)
Re: Is there a RockRidge driver for NT? (James McIninch)
Writers wanted for zine articles. (Port Lord)
Re: Gnome 1.0 on 2.2.3 Kernel (Gergo Barany)
RPM problem (Rafael Marcus)
Re: Pascal/Delphi in Linux (Bob Tennent)
Linux crashed--hard! (J. J. Ramsey)
Re: Ghostscript - Do I need it if RH5.2 already prints
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Why Linux still isn't my standard boot-up OS, or what are the Linux-equivalents
for these Windoze programs? (Jeremy Crabtree)
Re: KDE Install problem (reg)
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From: Henry Ficher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: hdparm
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 18:54:10 +0000
Kenneth Harrington wrote:
> I have been trying to see if I could get better performance from my hard
> drives, by using hdparm, and I have a couple of questions that I hope
> someone can answer.
>
> I have RedHat 5.1, running on a Celeron processor, with an Asus P2B
> motherboard (BX chipset).
>
> When I run "hdparm /dev/hdb", it shows 0 on everything except readahead
> (8), and of course geometry. I would have thought that with a
> relatively new motherboard, it would have known enough about the chipset
> to use some of the performance features, such as 32-bit I/O, at least.
> It does allow me to set options -c 3 -d 1 -X 34 -m 8, and when I did
> this and ran a couple of test ("find" on the whole partition, test mode
> in hdparm, etc), it seemed to work ok. Then later I decided to write a
> small script to set these modes, with the intention of putting in one of
> the startup scripts. When I ran the script, the machine immediately
> hung. So I guess at least one of those modes isn't stable on my system.
>
> So I guess my question is, should it be possible to run with something
> more than "slowest possible mode" on this system? Or could it be the
> drives? They are both less than a year old, Ultra DMA, etc.
>
> Thanks for any info
>
> Kenneth Harrington
I don't about Ultra DMA, but I do have a few suggestions:
1. Using m8 seems rather low. Use the -i flag to find the maximum setting
for this paramenter (look for MaxMultSect in the output).
2. It is unnecessary to write a script. Just add the command line to
rc.sysinit just before the part that starts up swapping. I have:
sbin/hdparm -d -c3 -m16 /dev/hda
I hope this helps.
Henry Ficher
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From: "Gandalf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: where's the "autoexec.bat" file, or how can i get linux to execute a shell on
login?
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 20:12:11 +0100
thanxx
how do i execute a shell on boot
how do i connect linux to my isp?
yours,
Gandalf
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andre van Dijk)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: lread security breach
Date: 10 Apr 1999 12:20:28 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 10 Apr 1999 02:22:56 -0700, Eric Bryant wrote:
>I just compiled the lread program in DOS so I can access Linux
>partitions from DOS, and I was able to
>copy my /root/.dialdir file to DOS and see my internet password in
>that file. Is there a way to secure Linux files so DOS cant read certain
>ones? Just thought I'd pass that info along...
Ofcourse not. You can also bypass security on NTFS when you mount it in Linux.
This is just part of the physical access security risk.
--
A. van Dijk Hmmm, I smell Bacon, Elvis is in the kitchen
mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Denis Leary
icq : 4249631 There's no place like Gnome
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Mounting Problem using SMB
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 16:26:11 GMT
Hello,
Has any ever succesfully mounted a file on an SMB mounted drive using the
loopback device???? I am trying to create a 16M file on an SMB share, format
it ext2 and then mount it using dev/loop0. However I keep getting errors
reporting that the file is not a valid ext2 partition.
Here is the sequence of events I perform. (/mnt/NT_SMB is the name of the
mounted smb drive that I mounted with smbmount.)
smbmount //NTSERVER/share /mntNT_SMB -n -I 172.16.3.1
insmod loop
dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/NT_SMB/linux_x2 bs=1k count=16k
losetup /dev/loop0 /mnt/NT_SMB/linux_x2
mke2fs linux_x2 -m 0
mount -t ext2 /dev/loop0 /mnt/NT_LEACH
Everything works here except the mount command. I can run e2fsk on the file
linux_x2 and it reports that everything is fine. Is this a bug with smbfs???
Or am I doing something wrong???
Ed Brady
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Win 98 Killed lilo - can't start Linux
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 18:31:14 GMT
I can't fix lilo.
I have a Scsi disk and when I boot from the Rescue floppies, 0 SCSI devices
are detected. I can't use insmod because aic7xxx and insmod are not on the
rescue set. I can boot in expert mode (using the CDROM) and find aic7xxx and
insmod, but I can't copy them to a floppy because device /dev/fd0 does not
exist. When I try to run Lilo from expert mode, I get the error message:
Can't find file or directory /dev/sda.
Anyone have any suggestions?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jan Panteltje)
Subject: Re: Internet site grabber for Linux?
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 99 19:45:45 GMT
>Is there an Linux application/program to grab a internet site of the web?
>Any suggestions welcome.
>
>Regards
> Jens Sigersted
>
>
>------------------ Posted via SearchLinux ------------------
> http://www.searchlinux.com
NewsFleX (off line reader for NNTP) has a build in http web grabber.
It is not free however.
But you can try the free demo for a while: http://www.panteltje.demon.nl/newsflex/
Note that it wil not grab java stuff.
J.
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From: "Charles Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Shutdown problem with gpm
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 15:43:13 -0400
I had that problem, but just moving the mouse cleared the hangup.
The problem disappeared after I installed the 'imwheel' package
(to support use of the roller wheel) with its patched version of gpm.
Joachim Johansson wrote in message <7eihit$ccs$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hi,
>Finally, I got X working on my Dell XPSR450 machine, i.e. I had to download
>the latest version. However another problem arised insted. After using X,
>and shutting down the machine it hangs after propting "Shutting down gpm
>mouse services:" when I use the command "Shutdown -h(r) now". However using
>the Poweroff-command works fine. The mouse is a MS Intellimouse PS/2.
>Why? What can I do to fix it?
>
>Thanks a bunch
>
>/Linux-beginner, Joachim Johansson
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Schreibmaier)
Subject: Re: QIC-80 help
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 18:04:58 GMT
>> > I am having trouble getting my Colorado QIC-80 tape drive working under
>Linux.
>> > Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
I've had trouble getting it to work as a module, but no trouble if
compiled into the kernel itself. At least, in the 2.0.x series of
kernels. At kernel 2.2.4, it seemed that compiling in ftape support
without zftape caused the kernel to be unable to see the tape drive.
When compiled with both ftape and zftape support, the QIC-80 seemed
to work fine.
YMMV.
Bob
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From: "Charles Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mounting problems
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 15:49:09 -0400
What kind of partition is it? ext2, FAT, ???
Danny wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hello,
>can someone show me how to give write permission to a directory where a
>partition is mounted? At the moment, every time a partition is mounted
>to a directory, only root has write permission to that directory. I've
>tried chmod go+w dirname (using root) but the permission of the
>directory remains unchanged??? Any help would be much appreciated.
>
>Regards,
>Danny.
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brad Corsello)
Subject: setiathome -- bad file header
Reply-To: bcorsello@usa.#NOSPAM.net
Date: 10 Apr 1999 20:02:28 GMT
Has anyone got a solution to the "bad file header" error message in
setiathome? (I'm using the glib 2.1 version, but I got the same error with
the libc5 and static versions.)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Greg Smith)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Is there a RockRidge driver for NT?
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 20:04:39 GMT
Hi,
I would like to install RedHat on a CDless system over FTP from an NT
box.
But, I need to find a RockRidge driver so that I can get full file
name support from the ftp.
There has to be a RockRidge driver for NT somewhere, or some way to
mount this CD in NT where I will get full length file names.
Anyone know where I can get such a driver?
Thanks,
Greg
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From: James McIninch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Is there a RockRidge driver for NT?
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 16:14:52 -0400
I've never even seen a commercial one for NT.
Greg Smith wrote:
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I would like to install RedHat on a CDless system over FTP from an NT
> box.
>
> But, I need to find a RockRidge driver so that I can get full file
> name support from the ftp.
>
> There has to be a RockRidge driver for NT somewhere, or some way to
> mount this CD in NT where I will get full length file names.
>
> Anyone know where I can get such a driver?
>
> Thanks,
> Greg
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Port Lord)
Subject: Writers wanted for zine articles.
Date: 10 Apr 1999 19:30:29 GMT
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From: Gergo Barany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Gnome 1.0 on 2.2.3 Kernel
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 21:08:04 +0200
Doug Taylor wrote:
>
> Gnome was running fine, then I upgraded the Redhat 5.2 2.0.36 kernel to
> 2.2.3 and now Gnome core dumps. KDE works just fine though. Has anyone
> done anything special to get the two cooperating?
If all else fails, you could try to upgrade Gnome and all the related
packages or to recompile it.
Gergo
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From: Rafael Marcus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: RPM problem
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 16:05:47 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
1) I get the following message when I try to install the RPM package in
my
Slackware LINUX when I use config command
... checking for gettext in -lintl... (cached) no configure: warning:
sorry
this package needs libintl.a (from the gettext package) checking for
xgettext... no xgettext and libintl.a don't both exist; will not build
i18n
support ... checking for gzread in -lgz... (cached) no configure:
warning:
sorry this package needs libz.a or libgz.a (from the zlib pa ckage) ...
I installed the zlib package and libz.a and libz.so have been installed
in /usr/local/lib but I still get error messages after config and make
commands. Any sugestions?
2) Where can I get gettext package in tar or gzip format?
Thanks,
Rafael
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From: r d t@c s.q u e e n s u.c a (Bob Tennent)
Subject: Re: Pascal/Delphi in Linux
Date: 10 Apr 1999 20:49:09 GMT
On Sat, 10 Apr 1999 10:43:48 +0100, Matthew Slowe wrote:
>Is there currently a Pascal or Delphi compiler for Linux? If so, where
>can it be obtained?
>
http://tfdec1.fys.kuleuven.ac.be/~michael/fpc/
For an IDE comparable to Turbo Pascal, look for xwpe.
Bob T.
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From: J. J. Ramsey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux crashed--hard!
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 20:39:32 GMT
I was attempting to compile some GNOME tarballs--emphasis on *attempt*, since
the attempted compilations of gnome-core and gnome-libs ended in segfault.
Meanwhile, I was passing the time by browsing using Netscape. Around this
time, Enlightenment, my window manager, reported a segfault, so I exited X
and went to edit my .Xclients file so I could use another window manager
which was presumably more friendly. Funny thing, the first time I invoked the
text editor, it segfaulted as well, but the second time I invovked it, it
seemed to work. i don't quite remember the ordering of events after that,
except that everything went haywire. Apps would inconsistently segfault;
'startx' took me to a 'login:' prompt; and I even got a report of a general
protection fault. I decided to shut down, so I tried Ctrl-Alt-Delete, which
didn't do anything, and then I tried logging in as root. Instead of the
password prompt, I got this:
Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0804f170
current->tss.cr3=0029f000, %cr3=0029f000
*pde=00299067
*pte=015ec065
I restarted the computer with the Reset button on the computer, and as the
machine attempted to boot, I got this message:
Process rcsysinit (pid:7, process nr:7, stackpage=01f7c000)
Stack: 01f6b500 01f7cf60 000081e8 01f7cf94 0012be79 0012bef1 01f6b900 01f6b500
00000001 000081e8 01f7cf60 00000000 00000001 0012c3a9 01f6b900 01f6b500
00000001 000081e8 01f7cf60 01fe58c4 00000003 00000003 bffffb84 00000000
Call Trace:[<0012be79>][<0012bef1>][<0012c3a9>][<00123523>][<0012369d>]
[<0010abc5>]
Code: ff 89 75 00 31 c0 83 c4 04 5b 5e 5f 5d 83 c4 04 c3 a1 e8 3f
Unable to handle NULL pointer dereference at virtual address c0000001
current-> tss.cr3=0029f000, %cr3=0029f000
*pde=00102067
*pte=00000000
Oops:0002
CPU:0
EIP:0010:[<001618d5>]
EFLAGS:00010246
eax:00161854 ebx:00000001 ecx:01f6b34c edx:01fe7800
esi: 000081a4 edi:00000000 ebp:00000001 esp:0028cf0c
ds:0018 es:0018 fs:002b gs:002b ss:0018
Process init (pid:1, process nr:1, stackpage=0028c000)
Stack: 01f6b301 0028cf60 000081a4 0012bef1 01fe7800 01f6b300 00000001 000081a4
0028cf60 00000000 00000001 000081a4 01fe7800 01f6b300 00000001 000081a4
0028cf60 01fe5660 00000000 00000000 bffff834 01f6b300 01fe7800 01fc6005
Call Trace: [<0012bef1>][<0012c3a9>][<00123523>][<0012369d>][<0010abc5>]
Code: c7 45 00 00 00 00 00 85 db 75 14 a1 e8 3f 1f 00 8b 80 d4 03
After I restarted the machine again, fsck returned signal 4 and I was brought
to a prompt where I could type in my root password to get to a shel and do
some maintainance. I logged in, tried to do fsck -RA, tried to shutdown,
which failed, and hard reset my computer again. This time my computer
rebooted with no problems, but random segfaults of apps were still a problem.
I rebooted again, reinstalled the rpms of my slightly older version of GNOME
(still a 1.0 version), and so far as yet, I've experienced no problems. I'm
even running Enlightenment right now.
Any ideas of what the problem might have been?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Ghostscript - Do I need it if RH5.2 already prints
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 09:26:17 +0100
Jeff Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I just installed RH5.2 and was having problems setting up my Okidata 6e.
> I finally figured out that I needed to configure it for a HPLaserJet 4.
> While searching for answers, I came upon Ghostscript.
>
> My question is:
>
> Since RH 5.2 is currently able to print (did a postscript test), will
> adding Ghostscript help at all or improve the printing capability?
>
> Thanks
>
If it ain't broke don't fix it. By the sound of it, either your system
*already* has Ghostscript set up _or_ you have a postscript-capable printer.
Either way, leave well enough alone.
As long as it still works, that is
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeremy Crabtree)
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: 10 Apr 1999 21:08:04 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tom O'Meara allegedly wrote:
>
>Jeremy Crabtree wrote in message ...
>
><Lots of SNIPED stuff>
>
>>I have one argument for the power of the CLI
>>
>>find . -name Makefile | awk '{print "mv " $1 " " $1 ".bak \; sed \
>>s/\\\"INCROOT = \/usr\/X11R6\/include\\\"/\\\"INCROOT = \/usr\/X11R6\ \
>>/include\/X11\\\"/g\<" $1 ".bak > " $1}'
>>
>
>
>
>You call THAT an argument *FOR* a CLI?! ;)
Heck yeah, if I hadn't killed all the Makefiles before trying it, it
woulda worked too. Thing is, there were dozens of broken Makefiles,
and it was faster to write that, than to hand-edit the buggers.
(Aplogies to Brits, I do NOT mean it like that ;)
Oh, and uh...don't ask about the filecide, it was a matter of
<COUGH> user error <COUGH> (D'OH! ;)
--
"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: reg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.windows.x.i386unix,comp.windows.x.kde,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: KDE Install problem
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 21:12:28 GMT
Make it easy on yourself and get the Linux Mandrake 5.3 CD from
www.cheapbytes.com for $1.99. I have it and it is a painless install and KDE is
very cool!
Jay wrote:
> I followed the KDE 1.1 installation direction step by step using the RPM
> installer on my RH 5.2 system with kernel 2.2.4. However when I ran the
> install-kde file it worked ok till it came to kde-suport rpm and then said I
> do not have Mandrake 5.3 installed so it would not proceed further. I have
> heard that is is easy to install KDE on RedHat systems. What am I doing
> wrong?
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