Linux-Misc Digest #835, Volume #19 Tue, 13 Apr 99 14:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Re: Installing Oracle8 on RedHet 5.2 (John Strange)
filesystem to use with Audio CD (Quint Van Deman)
Re: Linux is dead (me)
Where is the (N)TALK specification? ("J. S. Jensen")
modules for low-cost scanners? (Surfer Netzbetrieb)
Newbie: Can anyone recommend a GUI development environment ?
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
No Copy or Paste (Rick Dearman)
Re: coredump with free() in C language (Rick Dearman)
Re: coredump with free() in C language (Eric Wurbel)
Stereo with xawtv 2.40 (Peter Kamphuis)
Re: Networking MS and Linux boxes? (Mike)
Re: Linux is dead (jik-)
Re: Q: Is there an FTP program that can transfer a whole directory tree at once?
(William Park)
Re: Swap space not working ("dave madden")
Re: No Copy or Paste (jik-)
Can't boot compiled image 2.0.36 with Loadlin : Help ! Help ! Help please !
(Nguyen-Dai Quy)
Re: X session dies whenever I save a GIF in GIMP? (Jeremy Chatfield)
Re: Newbie: Can anyone recommend a GUI development environment ? (Rick Dearman)
Re: Virtual CDs (Brian McCauley)
Re: problems with modules under linux (George Dau)
Re: Linux is dead (**Nick Brown)
linux library problems ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Strange)
Subject: Re: Installing Oracle8 on RedHet 5.2
Date: 13 Apr 1999 12:05:19 GMT
Try looking here
http://jordan.fortwayne.com/oracle/index.html
Niklas Lofgren ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Hi!
: I'm trying to install Oracle8 from CD but I can't run any .sh files.
: I have installed Oracle on severel other Unix dialects, bot this one
: beats me :)
<snipped a lot of stuff so I could post>
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opened this article and I will not be responsible for its contents or use.
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From: Quint Van Deman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: filesystem to use with Audio CD
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 12:25:17 -0400
I can successfully mount and view files on a data CD using the command
mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
However when I issue this same command with a Audio CD inserted I get an
error message
saying :
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdrom
or too many mounted file systems
Where am I going wrong here?
Thanks
Quint Van Deman
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (me)
Subject: Re: Linux is dead
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 16:39:12 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Darren Greer)
writes:
>On Tue, 13 Apr 1999 00:51:27 GMT, "*** No Spam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>wrote:
>
>-->I have been a Linux user/fan for 2+ years now. Recently I heard some bad
>-->news from one of my friends. I heard that M$ is working on an M$ Linux and
>-->they are going to release their crappy products for Linux, except that the
>-->program will only run if you have the M$ Linux kernel. So I think very soon
>-->we'll kiss our good old linux goodbye.
>-->
>-->
>This is useless troll mail.....but of course I am answering it....so
>its effective. Anyway, do you honestly think the countless linux
>users are going to switch to M$ Linux, to use M$ products their not
>currently using.....give me a break,
>
OR it could be a person who fell for that MS-Linux post almost two weeks
ago and didn't realize it was April Fools.
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From: "J. S. Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.misc
Subject: Where is the (N)TALK specification?
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 14:01:49 -0600
Is there an RFC or another document specifying the TALK and/or NTALK
protocol?
I can not find an RFC, and dejanews hasn't any results...
Thanks..
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mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.Paramin.COM
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From: Surfer Netzbetrieb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: modules for low-cost scanners?
Date: 13 Apr 1999 16:38:59 GMT
Hello,
has Linux problems with low-cost scanners?
Is there a generic-modul that supports all scanners (respectively
parallel port, SCSI, USB, ...) in BASIC functions ?
Thank you for answers
Ekkard Gerlach
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Newbie: Can anyone recommend a GUI development environment ?
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 15:43:05 GMT
Hi all,
I've been using Linux (RedHat) for some months now. So far so good. What I
would like to do next is to develop some nice X-Windows applications. Now
this is the downside of Linux - too much choice!!!!!
Can anyone recommend any good GUI development environments for someone with
beginner-to-intermediate programming experience (I have used Visual Basic,
MUMPS, SQL, Pascal and C).
I get the impression that 'serious' work is done under C - would it be
worthwhile re-learning this or trying something more simple ? Are there any
good starting points or resources I could reference ?
thanks once again Linux Community...
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Rob Mason
C.M. Informatics Partnership
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From: Rick Dearman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: No Copy or Paste
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 17:25:11 +0000
I can't get copy of paste to work in any windows manager, KDE, FVWM95,
you name it. I have tried using shortcut keys such as Shift-Insert.
Still nothing. Can someone tell me what's wrong? I have just upgraded
from RH5.1 to RH5.2, It worked in RH5.1 -- Is this a X-WIndows problem?
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From: Rick Dearman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,fr.comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: coredump with free() in C language
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 17:31:30 +0000
Fr�d�ric Hoerni wrote:
> hello,
> I am using a Toshiba Tecra 750 CDT laptop with Linux RedHat 5.2.
> I get a COREDUMP after free() (not everytime).
> Is it because of the linux version, or the laptop ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Olivier Deramat ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
More likly your program, try using gdb on the core dump and compile with
the -g option.
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From: Eric Wurbel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,fr.comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: coredump with free() in C language
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 15:04:38 +0200
Fr�d�ric Hoerni wrote:
>
> hello,
> I am using a Toshiba Tecra 750 CDT laptop with Linux RedHat 5.2.
> I get a COREDUMP after free() (not everytime).
> Is it because of the linux version, or the laptop ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Olivier Deramat ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
MMmhhhh. It seems like your program has trashed the memory managed by
malloc (the heap). Try to use a memory checker to verify this
Eric
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From: Peter Kamphuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Stereo with xawtv 2.40
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 22:09:32 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
I've just compiled xawtv 2.40 and the bttv drivers that come along
with it and noticed that I do not get any stereo anymore. Xawtv 2.35
ran and runs fine (also with the new drivers). I have kernel 2.0.35
and a Hauppauge WinTV card (BT878, stereo, radio).
Does anyone know about specific changes and/or problems with the new
xawtv version?
Thanks,
Peter
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From: Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,alt.os.linux,alt.linux
Subject: Re: Networking MS and Linux boxes?
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 21:38:39 -1000
Wow Adrian ! Thanx thats a ton of useful info ;-)
Adrian Hands wrote:
>
>
> Ideas ? Tons of ideas! < snipped to save space>
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Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 09:56:28 -0700
From: jik- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux is dead
**Nick Brown wrote:
>
> I'd love to see M$ release a product called Linux. Ten million people
> sending a dollar each could pay for a pretty high-powered legal team to
> take on _that_ trademark infringement suit.
Is Linux trademarked?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Park)
Subject: Re: Q: Is there an FTP program that can transfer a whole directory tree at
once?
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 07:14:25 GMT
David Efflandt ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: On 09 Apr 1999 20:03:48 GMT, ian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: >We are trying to set up an automated backup script that will connect to a
: >server via FTP and transfer a whole directory tree of files. I had a long
: >look at the ftp man page but it does not seem to handle transfering
: >directories or scripting. Am I missing something? Is there another program
: >that can do this?
: >
: >Thanks
: >
: >Ian Deane [EMAIL PROTECTED]
: I imagine 'mc' (Midnight Commander) would do this in the console or I have
: used fr (FileRunner) in X to ftp whole directory trees. I could not
: figure out how to do it properly with ncftp.
My answer would be
- write script with lots of 'mget'
- use 'wget' from GNU
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From: "dave madden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Swap space not working
Date: 12 Apr 1999 20:16:46 -0700
In article <7eu47f$oie$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
=>...
=>I am running RedHat5.9 on a PII450 with 128M RAM. The system recognizes the
=>swap partition and initializes it at boot time, but when I use 'free' I get
=>something like 'SWAP: total 128516 used 0 free 128516'. The entry is in
=>/etc/fstab and i have done mkswap and tried swapon -av but that didn't work
=>because it said the device was in use. I think the system knows that it is
=>there but just not using it. Any help appreciated:
Don't worry, be happy. If it says it found the swap space but isn't
using it, there's no problem. With 128MB RAM, you're not likely to
need any swap unless you're doing some pretty serious memory-intensive
work, or running a bazillion processes or something.
d.
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Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 10:06:58 -0700
From: jik- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: No Copy or Paste
Rick Dearman wrote:
>
> I can't get copy of paste to work in any windows manager, KDE, FVWM95,
> you name it. I have tried using shortcut keys such as Shift-Insert.
> Still nothing. Can someone tell me what's wrong? I have just upgraded
> from RH5.1 to RH5.2, It worked in RH5.1 -- Is this a X-WIndows problem?
Could be. You could have your mouse configured improperly this time.
Did you use the same configuration files?
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From: Nguyen-Dai Quy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Can't boot compiled image 2.0.36 with Loadlin : Help ! Help ! Help please !
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 10:03:35 +0200
Hi all,
I use RH-5.2. Yesterday, I tried compile my Kernel 2.0.36.
I done:
$ make menuconfig
$ make dep
$ make clean
$ make modules
$ make modules_install
And I look for zImage in the dir '/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot'.
I use LOADLIN for booting from Win95's partition.
I copied new 'zImage' to this partition and boot ...
... not an Image file
Please enter name of kernel image file followed by optional command line
parameters for Linux...
I don't understand why ?
I try copy this image (zImage) to diskette by using :
$ cat zImage > /dev/fd0
or
$ dd if=zImage of=/dev/fd0
And I can boot from this diskette !!!
Anyone can explain me why ? With the same 'zImage' but I can't boot from
hard disk !!!
My Loadlin can boot with the old image (2.0.36 RH-5.2 updated).
Please help me !!!
Thank you very for your help.
PS: If possible, I hope receive your ideas at my address e-mail.
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From: Jeremy Chatfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.graphics.misc
Subject: Re: X session dies whenever I save a GIF in GIMP?
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 13:57:31 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This may sound odd, but it should help to locate the cause of the
problem. What is the X Server PID before and after the crash? If the
Process ID is different, it means that the X server crashed. If the X
server PID is the same, it means that the last process using the X
server (probably the window manager) terminated so the X server
correctly finished the session.
You might also try /usr/X11R6/lib/xdm/xdm-errors or /var/dt/Xerrors or
whatever place the X output is going, to see if there is a clue there.
Cheers, JeremyC.
"D. J. Birchall" wrote:
...
> A few minutes ago, I had a bunch of applications going (Netscape,
> GQview, numerous GNOME terminals, and GIMP with a bunch of files
> open). My X session died, and I found myself back at the XDM
> prompt. Not a big deal; it happens occasionally when I try to do
> too many things at once...
...
> The images *are* getting saved properly - but immediately
> thereafter, my X session is dying.
>
> Anybody seen this before? Know what'd cause it? Know how to
> fix it? I'm guessing that there might be a config file or lock
> file that GIMP's seeing that it doesn't want to see, or isn't
> seeing that it wants to see...
>
> -Dan
>
> --
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From: Rick Dearman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie: Can anyone recommend a GUI development environment ?
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 17:29:27 +0000
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've been using Linux (RedHat) for some months now. So far so good. What I
> would like to do next is to develop some nice X-Windows applications. Now
> this is the downside of Linux - too much choice!!!!!
>
> Can anyone recommend any good GUI development environments for someone with
> beginner-to-intermediate programming experience (I have used Visual Basic,
> MUMPS, SQL, Pascal and C).
>
> I get the impression that 'serious' work is done under C - would it be
> worthwhile re-learning this or trying something more simple ? Are there any
> good starting points or resources I could reference ?
>
> thanks once again Linux Community...
>
> -----------------------------------------
> Rob Mason
> C.M. Informatics Partnership
>
> -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==----------
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Use C and GTK, check out www.gtk.org, ( GTK also supports C++, Perl, Python )
Or you could just learn TCL/TK
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From: Brian McCauley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Virtual CDs
Date: 13 Apr 1999 17:35:27 +0100
Lee Howes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Please CC replies to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Please use the address to which you want replies in your "From:"
header.
> I have heard that the ability to create virtual CDs is built into RH5.2
> however I do not know how.
Note: I do not use RH - I'm responding from a generic Linux point of view.
What do you mean by "create virtual CDs"? Do you mean "mount CD image
files as files as filesystems"? Yes this is possible. Create the CD
image file as though you were going to burn in onto a CD then mount it
using the usual mount command as though the file was a device but with
the "loop" option.
mount -t iso9660 -o loop /cdrom image-file
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (George Dau)
Subject: Re: problems with modules under linux
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 08:39:31 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dustin Puryear) wrote:
]I am having difficulty in using a new kernel under linux. I recently
]reconfigured and recompiled my 2.0.35 kernel.
I recently upgraded everything to the latest slackware and kernel 2.0.35. The
kerneld that came with the distribution doesn't work; I went back to an older
kenrneld and it all came back to life.
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From: **Nick Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux is dead
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 10:40:14 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'd love to see M$ release a product called Linux. Ten million people
sending a dollar each could pay for a pretty high-powered legal team to
take on _that_ trademark infringement suit.
I don't think [m]any Linux users would use M$ products for Linux even if
(1) they ran on all OSS kernels and (2) they were free.
Personally, I think M$ should release the source for Windows 95 as a
competitive exercise, on the basis that a lot of the Linux developers
would be eliminated at a stroke (because they would die laughing...)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: linux.debian.devel
Subject: linux library problems
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 17:35:28 GMT
Hi, I use debian 2.1 with 2.2.4 kernel, gcc 2.7. I have problems with some
programs that I try to run, they give these type of errors: cant find *.so*
no such file or some such related message. I know I have the *.so* file on
my machine. Now I read in these groups that this can be resolved by either
putting in the library path where the *.so* file resides in the ld.so.conf
file and run ldconfig. or using the environment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH and
adding the path of the *.so* file to it.
Well I have tried both approaches and I still get the same error messages.
Can some one please help me.
Thank you,
myjc
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