Linux-Misc Digest #851, Volume #19 Thu, 15 Apr 99 05:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: SCO compatibility? (Armando Ortiz)
Linuxcare Openings - Start your Summer with a New Job in the SF Bay Area (Arthur F.
Tyde III - User)
Email with Earthlink, Sendmail, exmh, mh, Linux libc5 (Keven R. Pittsinger)
Re: colormapping in X apps ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: VMware sell-out to Microsoft??? (Philip Brown)
Microtek Scanmaker 35t+ (henk van der knaap)
Re: HP CD-Writer on NT (brian moore)
hard disk stops (Alumne OSCAR RENALIAS GRENO FIB)
Re: antivirus (Martin Ritter)
Re: RPM utility under Windows? (Christophe Zwecker)
Re: SETI@home linux client (Michael W. Ryan)
Re: More CD-RW questions (jik-)
Drivers for the HP 882C Inkjet Printer ("Tim Underwood")
Re: Newbie: Can anyone recommend a GUI development environment ? (David M. Cook)
Re: linux library problems (Paul Kimoto)
Re: xfig and app-defaults question? Help! (Paul Kimoto)
Microtek ScanMaker 35t+ (henk van der knaap)
Re: jpg files (Randy Sandberg)
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Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 22:42:23 -0700
From: Armando Ortiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SCO compatibility?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Is it possible to run applications for SCO Xenix System V on Linux?
>
> Ed Weinberg wrote:
> > Where can I find info on running programs compiled for SCO 5.X on
> > Linux? Can this be done?
Install the iBCS.o module or compile it into the kernel and test
it...get back here with a result...iBCS.o allows you to run Intel
compiled Unix programs...
Armando
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Arthur F. Tyde III - User)
Subject: Linuxcare Openings - Start your Summer with a New Job in the SF Bay Area
Date: 15 Apr 1999 05:23:53 GMT
Hello All,
Linuxcare is looking for some great talent in the help desk, training,
software development, sales and business development areas to work out
of our offices in San Francisco. (south of Market) Linuxcare is 4
blocks from Caltrain, Muni & BART stations. We offer all the excitement
of a hot Silicon Valley startup, Linux in many flavors, ground floor
opportunities, and all the free sugar and caffeine your system can
process.
In the support group Linux experience is necessary. We favor
individuals with Novell, Cisco, Sun and Microsoft certifications |
experience. Multilingual capability is a significant plus. For
training we're looking for people who have experience in writing
courseware and developing content. Software development needs are all
over the map... Linux experience with device drivers and kernel
development, web, CGI and Perl, all that stuff! Sales and bizdev people
should have a proven track record. Web content people should know Linux
well and be able to convey their knowledge in taut, compelling prose.
The following managers can be contacted directly about these positions.
Support and Help Desk, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Education and Training, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Software Development, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sales and Business Development, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web Site, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Our mission is to be the primary enabler of the Open Source revolution.
We encourage and fund Open Source projects both externally and
internally. Benefits include medical, dental, optical, three weeks
vacation, 401K, flexible schedules, a competitive salary package with
stock options and that warm glowing feeling you get when you're doing
the right thing well.
Thanks, Art...
--
Arthur F. Tyde III, CEO
Linuxcare, Inc.
415 505-6135 tel, 415 831-9763 fax
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.linuxcare.com/
Linuxcare, At the Center of Linux
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Keven R. Pittsinger)
Crossposted-To:
comp.mail.sendmail,comp.mail.mh,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Email with Earthlink, Sendmail, exmh, mh, Linux libc5
Date: 15 Apr 1999 05:31:16 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
OK, I changed providers to Earthlink lately and my mail has gone to hell.
I used to be able to email my sister at AOL, but now that's gone. And a
few other providers are now giving me fits when I try to email somebody
there.
Here's a sample returned mail:
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 01:18:56 -0400
From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Returned mail: Service unavailable
1.
The original message was received at Thu, 15 Apr 1999 01:18:52 -0400
from earthlink.net [127.0.0.1]
----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
----- Transcript of session follows -----
... while talking to pompano.pcola.gulf.net.:
>>> MAIL From:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
<<< 550 Access denied
554 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... Service unavailable
2.
Reporting-MTA: dns; freddie.jamstar.com
Received-From-MTA: DNS; earthlink.net
Arrival-Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 01:18:52 -0400
Final-Recipient: RFC822; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Action: failed
Status: 5.0.0
Remote-MTA: DNS; pompano.pcola.gulf.net
Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 550 Access denied
Last-Attempt-Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 01:18:56 -0400
3. Test #48
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Test #48
From: "Keven R. Pittsinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 01:18:52 -0400
Reconfigured sendmail & trying *AGAIN* dammit.
==============================================================================
I'd *LOVE* to see somebody's mtstailor and sendmail.cf who uses Earthlink
for a provider and who can email AOL, GulfNet, and anybody else on the
planet. Post mtstailors and email the configs, please.
Keven
--
tc++ tm+ tn t4- to ru++ ge+ 3i c+ jt au st- ls pi+ ta+ he+ so- vi zh sy
==============================================================================
Science-Fiction Adventure
In Reavers' Deep
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: colormapping in X apps
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 05:05:55 GMT
In article <7f3rld$m5f$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I've got trouble with colors in X , specifically in Emacs and Netscape.
> The warning message in Navigator is as follows:
> "Warning: Cannot allocate colormap entry for default background";
> For Emacs: "Warning: Cannot allocate colormap entry for slategray...".
> How do I fix this?
>
> -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==----------
> http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
>
Please ignore this question. I was dumb enough not to check the newsgroups
before posting. I found my answer.
Matthew
============= Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ============
http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Philip Brown)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Subject: Re: VMware sell-out to Microsoft???
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 14 Apr 1999 22:07:19 GMT
On Tue, 13 Apr 1999 09:49:09 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>...
>Do you know of anyone who has walked completely away from Windows on other
>than a server or a home machine? Can you really give up the vast amount
>of Windows software? Besides Quake, X-Plane, and rumors of a Half-life
>port, what games are there for Linux?
the key is to spend $100 on a playstation.
--
[Trim the no-bots from my address to reply to me by email!]
[ Do NOT email-CC me on posts. Pick one or the other.]
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The word of the day is sescaquintillion
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From: henk van der knaap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,linux.debian.user
Subject: Microtek Scanmaker 35t+
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 17:36:08 +1200
Dear Readers,
I have been trying to use the Microtek Scanmaker 35 plus under Linux with
the Sane software package. It does work under Windows on the same machine.
My Microtek Scanmaker II works without any problems whatsoever, when I use
scanimage or xscanimage with Gimp.
The kernel reports the following when booting up:
*************************************************************************
aha152x: BIOS test: passed, detected 1 controller(s) aha152x0: vital data:
PORTBASE=0x140, IRQ=11, SCSI ID=7, reconnect=enabled, parity=enabled,
synchronous=disabled, delay=100, extended translation=disabled aha152x:
trying software interrupt, ok. scsi0 : Adaptec 152x SCSI driver;
$Revision: 1.7 $ scsi : 1 host.
Vendor: Microtek Model: ScanMaker 35t+ Rev: 1.40
Type: Scanner ANSI SCSI revision: 01 CCS
parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [SPP,PS2]
parport0: no IEEE-1284 device present.
*************************************************************************
find-scanner gives the following message:
**************************************************************************
find-scanner: searching for scanners:
find-scanner: checking /dev/scanner... open ok
find-scanner: found scanner "Microtek ScanMaker 35t+ 1.40" at device
/dev/scanner
find-scanner: checking /dev/sg0... open ok
find-scanner: found scanner "Microtek ScanMaker 35t+ 1.40" at device /dev/sg0
******************************************************************************
This means that the scanner is present and somehow recognised.
However scanimage gives the following error message:
*****************************************************************************
scanimage -d microtek /dev/scanner
Scanimage: open of device microtek failed: Invalid argument.
******************************************************************************
Does anybody have any idea what is going on here, or what I am doing
wrong? Is there anybody who has had the same experience? Should I maybe
change the SCSCI ID?
Any help would be much appreciated. Also many thanks to the people who
answered my query about laser printers.
Many thanks from
Henk
Henk van der Knaap,
92 Halswell Junction Road,
Christchurch, New Zealand.
Phone/fax 64 3 3229185
Operating system is Linux Debian 2.1
===================================================
My e-mail address is as follows: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
===================================================
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (brian moore)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: HP CD-Writer on NT
Date: 14 Apr 1999 23:40:32 GMT
On Wed, 14 Apr 1999 15:24:17 -0700,
Manuel A. Ortiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Another possibility is use 'mkisofs' under linux to create an ISO image
> file then you can write that ISO image to the cd and it should keep the
> long file names intact.
Nope. Plain old 'ISO9660' format doesn't allow for long filenames.
The Rockridge extensions do, though. But Microsoft was "too good" to
use existing standards (Rockridge is, what, almost 15 years old?) and
instead use their own, called 'Joliet'.
But that's okay, modern Linux systems can read and write Joliet CD's as
well. (See the '-J' option in mkisofs.)
Note that since Joliet and Rockridge are just extensions of ISO9660, you
can record with both, making the full filename available under both Unix
and Windows.
--
Brian Moore | "The Zen nature of a spammer resembles
Sysadmin, C/Perl Hacker | a cockroach, except that the cockroach
Usenet Vandal | is higher up on the evolutionary chain."
Netscum, Bane of Elves. Peter Olson, Delphi Postmaster
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From: Alumne OSCAR RENALIAS GRENO FIB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: hard disk stops
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 08:59:13 +0200
Sometimes, when the hard disk is reading, it suddenly stops, and the
kernel shows the following message:
hda: timeout waiting for DMA
hda: irq timeout: status=0xd2 { Busy }
hda: DMA disabled
hdb: DMA disabled
This message is shown the first time this happens. Then message is:
ide0: reset: success
hda: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
The hda device is a Samsung UltraDMA hardisk, and the hdb is a Conner
Peripherals, without UltraDMA support.
Is there a solution for this problem? (please, help!! loading nestscape
or emacs sometimes is horrible!!!)
Oscar Renalias
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Martin Ritter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: antivirus
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 03:35:51 +0200
Hi Jason,
> i know e-mail server resident anti-virus software exists for exchange, but
> why on earth would i run exchange when i have linux? are there any
> packages taht i can install on our linux machine that will catch and
> clean viruses when they are spooled into the users' mailboxes?
You don�t have to run any Wintendo stuff to do that.
Just have a look at http://www.hbedv.com - there�s exactly what you�re
asking for.
--
Martin Ritter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
H+BEDV - AntiVirus Solutions
http://www.hbedv.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christophe Zwecker)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: RPM utility under Windows?
Date: 15 Apr 1999 03:08:52 +0200
Cy Kurtz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Christophe Zwecker wrote:
>have you tried 'split'?
>It worked great for me
I didn't know that is a windows program..
--
Christophe Zwecker
Hamburg, Germany
mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
fax: +49 40 22715433
sms: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (120 chars, subject only)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael W. Ryan)
Subject: Re: SETI@home linux client
Date: 15 Apr 1999 02:10:07 GMT
On Wed, 14 Apr 1999 19:40:20 -0500, Dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Could someone please tell me which SETI@home Linux
>client I should download.
>I am running Mandrake Linux 5.3, kernel 2.0.36, AMD K6-2 333
Is Mandrake one of the Red Hat releases? If so, you want libc6/glibc2.
Your K6-2 is probably equivalent to an i686.
>I am confused by what 386, 586, 686 means and which library
>to use. I'm eager to get going on this project, but don't know
>which client is correct for my setup.
>Redhat 5.2 is using glibc 2.0.7. , but I don't see that as an
>option on the SETI@home Linux/Unix client site:
>http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/unix_cgi
>What does static mean?
I've downloaded and successfully used the i686, glibc 2.1 version on my
i586 using glibc 2.0.7, so that one should be just fine for you.
--
Michael W. Ryan | OTAKON 1999
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Convention of Otaku Generation
http://www.netaxs.com/~mryan/ | http://www.otakon.com/
PGP fingerprint: 7B E5 75 7F 24 EE 19 35 A5 DF C3 45 27 B5 DB DF
PGP public key available by fingering [EMAIL PROTECTED] (use -l opt)
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Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 00:03:19 -0700
From: jik- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: More CD-RW questions
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> According to jik- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > cdrecord I guess does not do disk-at-once burning. Is there any utility
> > which will yet? Is there any trick someone has learned which will let
> > you burn an audio CD which has no blank spaces in it correctly?
>
> What you want is 'cdrdao' More info can be found at:
>
> http://www.ping.de/sites/daneb/cdrdao.html
>
> Don't feel bad too bad, I had to ask too. ;-)
>
> -p.
Killer, thanks ;)
/me thinks the CD-Writing-HOWTO needs updating.
This page says newer drives can define the length of the gap. I tried
that with cdrecord and it did nothing. Course I only tried to shorten
it to 0, but thats the only use I would have for that option :P I
bought my CD-RW this last Saturday.
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From: "Tim Underwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Drivers for the HP 882C Inkjet Printer
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 22:29:43 -0500
Any idea where to get drivers for the HP 882C Inkjet for RH 5.2?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook)
Subject: Re: Newbie: Can anyone recommend a GUI development environment ?
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 07:55:46 GMT
On Tue, 13 Apr 1999 15:43:05 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I get the impression that 'serious' work is done under C -
You don't have to use C to get nice results. Some very useful apps have
been written with Tcl/Tk, for instance. My own favorite language is Python,
which has a variety of GUI toolkits available for it. You can be much more
productive (and have more fun) in these languages than you can in C, though
there is an runtime efficiency tradeoff. Both languages allow interfacing
with C routines for things that need a speed up. See
http://www.python.org
http://www.neuron.com/stewart/vtcl/
>would it be worthwhile re-learning this or trying something more simple ?
...that said, C is the lingua franca of unix. You'll need to brush up if
you want to get into unix programming in depth.
>Are there any good starting points or resources I could reference ?
See http://members.home.com/davecook/devel/
Dave Cook
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: linux library problems
Date: 15 Apr 1999 00:29:02 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <7evv90$ar9$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 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.
What happens if you run "ldd /path/to/problem/executable"?
Do you get any interesting error messages when you run "ldconfig -v"
("-v" for copious output)?
Does your system have shared libraries for both libc5 and libc6?
--
Paul Kimoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: xfig and app-defaults question? Help!
Date: 15 Apr 1999 00:32:09 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Peter Lee wrote:
> My system is redhat 5.2. Everytime i launch xfig, i got the error
> message like "app-defaults file is older than this version of xfig. You
> should install the new version or you may lose some features." How do
> I get this app-defaults??? I searched my system and found several
> app-defaults --
>
> ./usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults
> ./usr/local/lib/X11/app-defaults
> ./usr/local/Acrobat3/Reader/intellinux/app-defaults
> ./opt/kde/share/apps/kdisplay/app-defaults
>
> all of those app-defaults are actually directory, not files. The xfig
> i am using came with the original redhat package.
The file will be in one of these directories with an obvious name like
"Xfig". You can determine which one is being accessed by using the
"-lu" flag to "ls". ("-u" makes "ls" print the last access times.)
--
Paul Kimoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: henk van der knaap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Microtek ScanMaker 35t+
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 18:02:36 +1200
Dear Readers,
I have been trying to use the Microtek Scanmaker 35 plus under Linux with
the Sane software package. It does work under Windows on the same machine.
My Microtek Scanmaker II works without any problems whatsoever, when I use
scanimage or xscanimage with Gimp.
The kernel reports the following when booting up:
*************************************************************************
aha152x: BIOS test: passed, detected 1 controller(s) aha152x0: vital data:
PORTBASE=0x140, IRQ=11, SCSI ID=7, reconnect=enabled, parity=enabled,
synchronous=disabled, delay=100, extended translation=disabled aha152x:
trying software interrupt, ok. scsi0 : Adaptec 152x SCSI driver;
$Revision: 1.7 $ scsi : 1 host.
Vendor: Microtek Model: ScanMaker 35t+ Rev: 1.40
Type: Scanner ANSI SCSI revision: 01 CCS
parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [SPP,PS2]
parport0: no IEEE-1284 device present.
*************************************************************************
find-scanner gives the following message:
**************************************************************************
find-scanner: searching for scanners:
find-scanner: checking /dev/scanner... open ok
find-scanner: found scanner "Microtek ScanMaker 35t+ 1.40" at device
/dev/scanner
find-scanner: checking /dev/sg0... open ok
find-scanner: found scanner "Microtek ScanMaker 35t+ 1.40" at device /dev/sg0
******************************************************************************
This means that the scanner is present and somehow recognised.
However scanimage gives the following error message:
*****************************************************************************
scanimage -d microtek /dev/scanner
Scanimage: open of device microtek failed: Invalid argument.
******************************************************************************
Does anybody have any idea what is going on here, or what I am doing
wrong? Is there anybody who has had the same experience? Should I maybe
change the SCSCI ID?
Any help would be much appreciated. Also many thanks to the people who
answered my query about laser printers.
Many thanks from
Henk
Henk van der Knaap,
92 Halswell Junction Road,
Christchurch, New Zealand.
Phone/fax 64 3 3229185
Operating system is Linux Debian 2.1
===================================================
My e-mail address is as follows: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
===================================================
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From: Randy Sandberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: jpg files
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 22:18:54 -0700
Ramin Sina wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have a .jpg file which is upside down. Is there a utility that I can
> use to invert it? I've used "convert" to change it to postscript, and
> can view it inverted with ghostview, but I still can't figure out how to
> save the inverted file(:
>
> Thanks,
> Ramin Sina
I'm not sure, I'm still a newbie, but I think a program named xv will do
the trick.
Hope this helps :-)
--
Randy Sandberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Understanding is always the understanding of a smaller problem
in relation to a bigger problem. -- P.D. Ouspensky
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