Linux-Misc Digest #820, Volume #19 Mon, 12 Apr 99 02:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: Inaccessible boot device: HELP! (NT Error, Linuxes fault?) (James Stafford)
Re: setting hardware clock? (David Efflandt)
[pppd help] (esoteric)
Increase/decrease fonts in Netscape 4.07 ("Leo Yaroslavsky")
Re: Downloading files in Win 98 for use in Linux ("Leo Yaroslavsky")
RockRidge extension converter - I wrote one, anybody else want it? (Greg Smith)
Re: non-root cant mount (Pedro Garrett)
Re: CD-RW and Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: FTP or telnet scripting? (Sean McAfee)
Re: [LILO] Trying to boot, just get "L 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 ("Karsten M.
Self")
Re: Presentation tool for linux? (Gerald Willmann)
Re: Why Linux still isn't my standard boot-up OS, or what are the Linux-equivalents
for these Windoze programs? (Adrian Klein)
Re: monitoring ppp link ("Ferdinand V. Mendoza")
Re: Backspace and delete (Alan Curry)
Re: Q: Is there an FTP program that can transfer a whole directory tree at once?
(Mengmeng Zhang)
Re: Need Sound Card Suggestions ("Ferdinand V. Mendoza")
Re: Forever spawning process (Perry Pip)
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From: James Stafford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,microsoft.public.windowsnt,microsoft.public.windowsnt.misc,microsoft.public.windowsnt.setup,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Inaccessible boot device: HELP! (NT Error, Linuxes fault?)
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 03:20:17 -0700
CLS wrote:
> stuart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
>
> > PS - I had a similiar failure (invalid boot device) on another hard drive
> > recently too.
>
> Stuart:
>
> Lilo overwrote the NT boot sector. Use your NT ERD to restore the NT boot
> sector information. Boot from the 3 original NT disks and select repair.
> Repair boot sector only. When using Linux and NT together, my
> recommendation is to employ a third party boot manager program such as
> System Commander, BootMagic, IBM Boot Manager, etc.
Uh I think that when you set up lilo it gives you the option to install it to
other places than mbr. Say like if your Linux boot partition is /dev/sdb1 you
can put lilo there.
jamess
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: setting hardware clock?
Date: 12 Apr 1999 03:41:57 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 10 Apr 1999 10:32:28 GMT, Georg Schwarz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm running RedHat Linux 5.2 on a PC. On startup the time is set from an
>NTP server. Prior to that process, however, Linux uses the internal
>hardware clock, which is supposed to run in local time (UTC=false). This
>clock has two problems:
>
>a) it has a poor long term accuracy
>b) it does not know about daylight savings time
>
>so, should I periodically let Linux set that hardware clock? How could
>that be accomplished? By a cron job? Could xntpd do it?
The hardware clock is typically set with 'clock -w', Redhat has
/usr/sbin/setclock utility to do that. I also use Win95, but I do not
know if it simply changes the clock or if it sets the daylight savings
time bit in the CMOS clock.
You might add something to /etc/ppp/ip-up.local to run /usr/sbin/ntpdate
-bs [server list] and then /usr/sbin/setclock to keep your hardware clock
up to date.
>Also, because of b), should I rather use UT for the hardware clock?
I thought mine showed daylight savings time when I booted to Linux even
though the clock was off an hour until I booted into Win95. Maybe you
just need to make sure you are on the correct time zone and update your
clock regularly.
>--
>Georg Schwarz ([EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], PGP 2.6ui)
>Institut f�r Theoretische Physik +49 30 314-24254 FAX -21130 IRC kuroi
>Technische Universit�t Berlin http://home.pages.de/~schwarz/
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David Efflandt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.xnet.com/~efflandt/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (esoteric)
Subject: [pppd help]
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 04:48:04 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ok, i got my modem working finally. thanks to all those that posted
messages. now, when i dial up, everything seems to be working. i get
the login and password prompts, and they are filled out. then it
comes back and says i have an invalid option in /etc/ppp/options - the
/dev/modem line. so i tried to take that line out. that seemed to
work, but now my conncection times out before the pppd console comes
up. any suggestions? thanks again
andrew ellis
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From: "Leo Yaroslavsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Increase/decrease fonts in Netscape 4.07
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 22:01:34 -0700
Does anybody know how to enable the "Increase Font" and "Decrease Font" menu
items in Netscape 4.07 running on RH 5.2 + KDE 1.1 + Xfsft? Any help would
be appreciated.
Thanks,
Leo Yaroslavsky (leoya at slip dot net)
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From: "Leo Yaroslavsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Downloading files in Win 98 for use in Linux
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 22:07:16 -0700
Yes, this is correct. I would also suggest *always* mounting Win9x file
systems as vfat to save yourself a lot of frustration.
Leo Yaroslavsky (leoya at slip dot net)
J. Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Thanks, I will give it a try.
>
> I assume by mounting the dos hardrive, I can just cd into it just
> like a linux directory?
>
>
>
> >Linux will read any DOS partition. Simply download the files into the
DOS
> >partition, and mount the partition using, "mount -t msdos /dev/hda1
/mnt"
> >then "cd /mnt/directory_with_downloaded_file" or "mv
/mnt/downloaded_file"
> >Note. long filenames are not preserved with this method. To preserve
long
> >filenames mount using "mount -t vfat" instead of "mount -t msdos"
> >Joseph Tiraco
> >
> >
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Greg Smith)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: RockRidge extension converter - I wrote one, anybody else want it?
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 05:09:00 GMT
Hi,
After finding out that there were no RockRidge drivers for NT, I
decided I would just write a something that did the conversion for me.
My program goes through the tree, renaming everything to what it
should be. So, you put the CD in, copy it to the local drive
somewhere, then run my program. Then you are free to do FTP installs
from the local copy.
Its also a pure Java program, so it should work on any machine. I
would think that it would be handy on NT, 98, OS/2, and any Unix that
did not support RockRidge extensions.
I would like to publish this as open source (there is not much to it,
but its still useful) I would love it if it ended up someday on the
RedHat CD. :)
But maybe its something that no one would bother using. I think its
easier than switching a CD-ROM with another machine....
You guys let know....
Greg
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Pedro Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: non-root cant mount
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 05:14:06 +0000
That was it! Thanks for your help.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: CD-RW and Linux
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 04:39:38 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
jik- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I assume you have SCSI emulation support turned on in your kernel. If you
don't hava SCSI CD support, you will need to turn that on as well, and
recompile.
After that, the CD drive looks and acts much like a scsi drive. In
particular, you might want to try:
mount /dev/scd0 -t iso9660 /cdrom
assuming that your cd-rw drive is being recognized as /dev/scd0. You could
also try /dev/scd1 - /dev/scd15 (15... i think...).
> I just got a CD-RW and am figuring out how to get it working in linux.
> I got it working fine, and made a succesfull test disk (RW media :P) and
> know how it appears to work.
>
> But, with my /dev/hdd (cdrw) set up with append="hdd=ide-scsi" I can't
> seem to mount anything in that drive....I can only write to it. So,
> what is the deal with that??? My other drive is NOT MultiRead capable,
> so CD-RW disks cannot be read in it....but I don't want to have to keep
> switching to win95 to be able to check out my newest expirement/test. I
> really honestly have to have both available to me.
>
> bash$ sudo mount /dev/hdd /cdrom
> mount: /dev/hdd is not a valid block device
> bash$ sudo modprobe ide-scsi
> bash$ sudo mount /dev/hdd /cdrom
> /dev/hdd: I/O error
> mount: you must specify the filesystem type
> bash$ sudo mount /dev/hdd /cdrom -t iso9660
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdd,
> or too many mounted file systems
> bash$ sudo mount /dev/hdc /cdrom
> mount: block device /dev/hdc is write-protected, mounting read-only
> bash$
>
> I would love some help on this one....
>
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Subject: Re: FTP or telnet scripting?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sean McAfee)
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 05:41:21 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
marek jedlinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm
>looking for a way to run simple unattended ftp or telnet sessions -
>basically to automatically a few files from my ISP's shell account (also
>running on RH Linux, btw). Just connect, chdir, get and close. Telnet would
>be nicer because I could also zip files before transfer. Is there anything
>that can do that? Can the basic ftp client run non-interactively?
Personally, I use Perl for little jobs like this all the time:
======================================================================
use Net::FTP;
$ftp = new Net::FTP("my.host.com");
$ftp->login("username", "password");
$ftp->cwd("/path/to/my/directory");
$ftp->get("myfile.1");
$ftp->get("myfile.2");
$ftp->quit;
======================================================================
There's also a Net::Telnet module that would enable you to do the zipping
you want.
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From: "Karsten M. Self" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: [LILO] Trying to boot, just get "L 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 05:38:07 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Alex Taylor wrote:
>
> I just installed Debian 2.1 on my system (Asus P2B, BT-958 SCSI, two
> UW-SCSI hard drives & LS-120 on hda), and I can't seem to upgrade the kernel.
If I'm reading you right, you have both EIDE and SCSI disks on the same
machine, and you're trying to boot Debian on /dev/sdb4.
You can't do that. [1]
LILO is telling you it's having a really hard time finding your boot
partition. Unless you've got a newfangled MB and BIOS, an EIDE drive
preempts all SCSI devices. You may want to muck around in BIOS and/or
SCSI setup to see if your board is an exception to this rule, but
chances are you're SOL.
The SuSE install is an interesting twist. Are you sure there's not
something you've forgotten to tell us here? How about a copy of
/etc/lilo.conf?
Best bet is to boot from floppy, then move /boot to a small partition
(or directory) on your first EIDE drive. Your Linux root partition may
be on any partition on your system, but LILO has to be able to find your
kernel. BTW, since all your distros share the same essential kernel,
you should be able to share /boot among them. You can specify different
kernels and/or root partitions as needed.
> I checked the LILO documentation, and it says this "shouldn't happen"
> (and a few equally helpful things).
Read it again, carefully and cluefully. You'll understand it eventually
(or die trying).
[1] Or I'm dead wrong.
--
Karsten M. Self ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand?
Welchen Teil von "Gestalt" verstehen Sie nicht?
web: http://www.netcom.com/~kmself
SAS/Linux: http://www.netcom.com/~kmself/SAS/SAS4Linux.html
10:03pm up 6 days, 20:07, 9 users, load average: 0.64, 0.52, 0.43
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From: Gerald Willmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Presentation tool for linux?
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 22:04:12 -0700
> In comp.os.linux.x Kenny Zhu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Is there any Linux applications for presentation purpose just like MS
> > Power Point? Note I don't have KDE or other fancy window managers. I'm
check out applixware - not free but definitely no more expensive than
anything Microsoft and better quality IMHO
Gerald
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From: Adrian Klein <[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: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 19:21:37 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeremy Crabtree) wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] allegedly wrote:
>>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 clic=
k
>>> Linux> of the mouse, sorting headers on subject, and launcing
>>> Linux> binaries with one click.
I don=B4t want to participate in the started discussion about the advanta=
ges and
disadvanteges of a GUI. But there is a program in developement that might
become the "Linux Agent". Take a look at KExpress. It is still in develop=
ement,
but I already use it. Until now it DOES NOT support binary handling, but =
I am
sure this will soon change. Grab it at the KDE homepage or from
www.freshmeat.net
Adrian Klein
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Ferdinand V. Mendoza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: monitoring ppp link
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 09:57:16 +0400
In KDE you have to define and enable "accounting"
in the setup. It's quite clean.
Bud
Tom Fawcett wrote:
> shu ling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Is there any utility,as in Windows, that will report the real time
> > information (speed, connected time, bytes send/rcv'ed) of the ppp link?
>
> There are probably many. If you're using KDE, try kpppload. It works
> pretty well, though the connected time doesn't always reset when the link
> goes down.
>
> -Tom
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Subject: Re: Backspace and delete
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alan Curry)
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 05:56:05 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Michel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>This is moronic to have two keys do the exact same thing.
You're right. It's time Linux users started pushing for a good Linux
Keyboard which doesn't have the extra keys which make no sense under Linux.
It should have about 50 keys total - counting 95 printable ASCII characters,
a Shift key (which will be used to access almost half of those 95
characters), a Control key, an Enter key, and an Erase key. Yes, this key
should be called neither Backspace nor Delete so there will be no
preconceived notions about what it _should_ do.
Oh, did you mean that Linux should attempt to create the illusion that the
101-key PeeCee keyboard makes sense?
Nevermind.
--
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mengmeng Zhang)
Subject: Re: Q: Is there an FTP program that can transfer a whole directory tree at
once?
Date: 12 Apr 1999 06:01:53 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]
Check out wget. I'm pretty sure it can do what you want.
ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/wget
HTH,
MZhang
--
We'll meet meet again
Don't know where
Don't know when
But I know we'll meet again some sunny day
- Dr. Strangelove
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From: "Ferdinand V. Mendoza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup,redhat.general
Subject: Re: Need Sound Card Suggestions
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 10:11:34 +0400
Hi,
Mine is SoundBlaster AWE 64. It works great
with Linux_Mandrake. No pain in setting up.
Bud
David Fox wrote:
> How is the sound quality? I think I tried one of those and it sounded
> like an AM radio.
>
> "Derek Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I use the creative ensoniq AudioPCI es1371 and it only cost around 30 bucks
> > with rebate and had absolutley no prob setting it up.
> > Steve Orosz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > >Hi,
> > > I am going to buy a new sound card for my computer and I would like
> > >to get one that supports Linux and Windows. So far the only card that
> > >I've liked so far is the SoundBlaster 128PCI. However I'm not sure if
> > >it is supported in Linux. If anyone can help me in choosing a good
> > >soundcard for my computer. So if anyone has any suggestions for a PCI
> > >soundcard PLEASE let me know. I would prefer a PCI sound card but if
> > >there are some good ISA soundcards also tell me about them.
> --
> David Fox http://hci.ucsd.edu/dsf xoF divaD
> UCSD HCI Lab baL ICH DSCU
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Perry Pip)
Subject: Re: Forever spawning process
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 06:13:14 GMT
On Sun, 11 Apr 1999 22:33:13 GMT, Mark Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>What happens if some user spawns a forever forking process? Will linux
>stop it's growth? Is there a way to kill all of a users processes?
Most systems are configured to allow a maximum of 256 user processes.
Type ulimit -a to find your limits. For more info type
help ulimit
Perry
--
Show the code....or hit the road.
Perry Piplani www.open-systems.com
[EMAIL PROTECTED] perrypip.netservers.com
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