Linux-Misc Digest #900, Volume #19 Mon, 19 Apr 99 06:13:11 EDT
Contents:
LI problem. (dagger)
Re: Scrabled characters after exiting X Window! (Jimmy Navarro)
Re: linux docs (Don)
Re: Error after 'startx' command (James Stafford)
Re: Linux Book Recommendations please?? (Bob Martin)
Sendmail Alias DB problems... Try #2... (Nathan Ranger)
Re: 3com / US robotics 56K (steve harris)
Re: [Newbie Q] Modem Is Busy and kppp (**Nick Brown)
Re: LI problem. ("Dave Chapman")
Re: Need Sound Card Suggestions ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
modules in 2.2.6 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
INN: nntpget (is there a better way to do this?) (Lloyd Weehuizen)
Apps for Beowulf? (was: Beowulf -- PVM) (Lloyd Weehuizen)
Re: Linux command: bg and fg (Lloyd Weehuizen)
Re: Opinions on KDE? (Lloyd Weehuizen)
Multiple sounds? ("dpc")
Re: Login flipping me the bird (root)
Re: Email with Earthlink, Sendmail, exmh, mh, Linux libc5 (Carl Byington)
HELP! Blown away partition ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (dagger)
Crossposted-To: aus.computers.linux
Subject: LI problem.
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 15:59:30 +1000
I am currently installing Redhat 5.2 on a 486DX2/33, everything has
installed fine - but when it tries to boot off the hardrive it hangs at
where the LILO: prompt should be at LI
If I boot off the install floppy and enter vmlinuz root=/dev/hda1
read-only at the boot: prompt, it boots off the hardrive fine.
Any reccomendations on how to fix this? It's only a 520mb drive (485
extended partition, and 32mb swap) so I doubt it suffers from the
too-many-cylenders problem.
The other thing is, this machine only has 10mb of physical RAM - but this
shouldn't be a problem?
--
dagger
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
(Too much blood in my caffeine system...)
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From: Jimmy Navarro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Scrabled characters after exiting X Window!
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 23:38:07 -0700
"setfont" command works but not the "reset" and Ctrl+J... Thanks.
Matthew Bafford wrote:
> On Sun, 18 Apr 1999 16:56:37 -0700, Jimmy Navarro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> lucked upon a computer, and thus typed in the following:
> ) I'm using RH5.2. There are times I get scrambled garbled words after
> ) exiting X Window. Is there a way to reset to plain readable English or
> ) ASCII text without restarting Linux?
>
> reset
>
> You may have to type ^J rather than return.
>
> reset^J
>
> ) P.S.: To reply me direct, remove extra.
>
> To get replies direct to you, remove extra.
>
> --Matthew
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P.S.: To reply me direct, remove extra.
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From: Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux docs
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 03:11:52 GMT
Bruce Richardson wrote:
>
> Julia Cristina Varela de Montoya wrote:
> >
> > I have been trying to find some good (free) linux documentation on the web,
> > and have been unsuccessful. I found a .pdf which seemed promising, but the
> > print quality when I printed it made it hard to read. I couldn't find any
> > settings that would make it better. Does anyone knwo fo a site, hopefully
> > accessible by a Windows 98 machine,in which I could get a good doc?
>
> There's no real substitute for a dead tree, when it comes to
> documentation. For on-line stuff, try www.linux-howto.com,
> www.linux-center.org/en or one of the Linux Documentation Project
> mirrors.
I've been having the same problem as the original poster. Thanks for
the links, I'll check them out. By the way, I have been trying to get
a printout of the linux users guide, from the linux doc. project. I
have tried both pdf and ps files, and the font sucks badly....it is
unreadable both on the screen and on the printout, like a cross
between english and chinese. WTF?
Maybe the other two sources wont be so bad.
Don
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From: James Stafford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.slackware,alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Error after 'startx' command
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 00:22:04 -0700
Mulder wrote:
> well what am i missing?
>
You are missing just what it says, the X libaries.
(hint www.xfree.org)
jamess
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Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 10:34:18 -0500
From: Bob Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: aus.computers.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Linux Book Recommendations please??
Have a look at the documentation available at the linux documentation project
page
http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/linux.html
or search for linux at amazon.com, can't really recommend any of them as I
haven't read any of them but there are quite a few there these days.
Nigel R Lau wrote:
> Hi,
> Can anyone recommend to me any good linux books for a newbie/internediate????
> I've heard Running Linux is good but last Edition was 1996 i think 2nd Ed.
> I'm using Slackware btw, dont intend to use Red Hat or the like.. TIA
>
> Nige
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From: Nathan Ranger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Sendmail Alias DB problems... Try #2...
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 19:30:07 -0400
I help a local ISP with some of their systems. Lately, the sysadmin and
I have been trying to get multiple domains to work with multiple
duplicate aliases. Here is what we want to do:
Domain xyz.com and domain abc.com (via the DNS MX entries) go to the
same machine (ie: Cwxyz.com and Cwabc.com are in the sendmail.cf)
however, both companies want a "sales@..." e-mail address. So, in the
/etc/aliase file I put:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:xyzguy
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:abcguy
However, when I do a "newaliases" is reports that there is a duplicate
aliases entry and only obeys one of them.
Are there any special characters I can put in the aliase file to take
care of this or some M4 mods that I can do in the .cf file? We're losing
customers to the NT guys down the street because of it.
-NR
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From: steve harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: 3com / US robotics 56K
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 03:42:37 +0000
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'm trying to find a 56K modem that will work under linux. I checked the
> "Linux modems list," aka "Winmodems are not modems," and discovered that the
> 3com / USRobotics Sportster 56K, model 1785, allegedly works fine.
>
> The problem is that I can't find any of these being sold anywhere. The
> closest model number I can find is 1787, and I can't find any technical
> details that tell if this one would probably be compatible, too. I'm curious
> if anyone else out there has had any success with this model.
>
> Also, if you know of another 56K modem that works well with linux, I wouldn't
> mind hearing about that, either.
>
> thanks in advance for any advice,
> rob kent
>
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rob, I'm using a courier running 230400 dte. Its about $250 though.
The rockwell externals will run 230400. (zoom, diamond, others probably)
I bought a lucent but they will not run 230400 dte yet. Only 115200.
An external is the safest bet.
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From: **Nick Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: [Newbie Q] Modem Is Busy and kppp
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 10:37:10 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Depending on your distribution on Linux, there can be several things in
/etc/ppp/options (indeed in the whole of /etc/ppp) which can upset
kppp. Start by renaming /etc/ppp to ppp.old, and make a new, empty
/etc/ppp directory.
Do you get the same error message when you tell KPPP to Query the Modem
?
Jethro Wright III wrote:
> Folks: Config'd my ppp setup via kppp. All went well
> except for the connection. The util reports "Sorry, the modem
> is busy" when I attempt to dial. Haven't installed any comm-related
> stuf on the system. I removed a lock keyword from /etc/ppp/options (?)
> as requested by kppp when I 1st fired it up.
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From: "Dave Chapman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: aus.computers.linux
Subject: Re: LI problem.
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 17:06:24 +1000
Hi dagger
I've seen this before ... but ...memory parity error :))
Could be damaged boot record - I assume you don't have any DOS/FAT
partitions from your description - get Linux up and redo your LILO
installation with linuxconf (at the command line)
If that fails, it could be that you don't have an active partition, or maybe
you only have an extended partition without any primary partition which
would probably be an invalid configuration. With fdisk, you should be able
to activate your partition, but if you only have an extended partition, you
might have to reinstall from scratch using a primary partition instead.
One other possibility is that your hard disk has got more than 1023
cylinders even though its not that big - some early drives only have two
heads and over 1023 cyls - check in your C-MOS settings - if the drive is
using LBA, you may have that problem. (not that likely though)
Hope this helps
Dave
dagger wrote in message ...
>I am currently installing Redhat 5.2 on a 486DX2/33, everything has
>installed fine - but when it tries to boot off the hardrive it hangs at
>where the LILO: prompt should be at LI
>
>If I boot off the install floppy and enter vmlinuz root=/dev/hda1
>read-only at the boot: prompt, it boots off the hardrive fine.
>
>Any reccomendations on how to fix this? It's only a 520mb drive (485
>extended partition, and 32mb swap) so I doubt it suffers from the
>too-many-cylenders problem.
>
>The other thing is, this machine only has 10mb of physical RAM - but this
>shouldn't be a problem?
>
>--
>dagger
><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>(Too much blood in my caffeine system...)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Need Sound Card Suggestions
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 08:02:23 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Steve Orosz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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.
> Thank you very much
>
> Steve
>
>
NEVER EVER buy Plug'n'Play!! I did, and I regret it deeply!
Martin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: modules in 2.2.6
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 04:46:38 GMT
I just installed the 2.2.6 kernel on my machine and I can't seem to get
modules to work. I got the most up to date version of modutils and recompiled
with them inplace but this hasn't helped much.
I get these errors during boot:
kernel: Error seeking in /dev/kmem
kernel: Error adding kernel module table entry
kernel: kmod: waitpid(253,null,0) failed, returning -512
I've been working on this all day and am pretty much stumped. Any help would
be appretiated.
Thanks,
Steve.
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From: Lloyd Weehuizen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: INN: nntpget (is there a better way to do this?)
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 20:42:47 +1200
Hi!
I have been setting up INN to run as a small news server for my home PC, so I
can pull a few groups in and read them at my lesure.
I've been trying to get this to work with nntpget, but unfortunatly my ISP has
disabled the NEWNEWS command, does this mean I have to pull in my ALL my ISP's
messages in each newsgroup? Is there a better program out there that I can use
instead of nntpget that will feed INN but will only download the last 100 or so
messages from my ISP?
BTW: I have tried KNEWS, and like it very much except I want to change the
default editor, when I run the "editres" program I don't see the
knews.nntpServer and editor variables anywhere?
Thanks
Lloyd
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From: Lloyd Weehuizen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Apps for Beowulf? (was: Beowulf -- PVM)
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 20:52:35 +1200
On Mon, 19 Apr 1999, Glenn Butcher wrote:
>We built a Beowulf at school a couple of quarters ago without Extreme.
>Used Slackware, downloaded copy of PVM. We installed Slackware on each
>machine, then NFS-imported the first computer's /home directory and
>copied the first computer's /etc/passwd to each other computer. Crude,
>but worked fine. You can do something similar with Extreme and avoid
>having to manually install PVM and the other stuff because it comes
>pre-installed.
Are there many applications that will actually run on a Beowulf setup? When I
last checked they had to be specially written etc... Is there a site with a
list of all the apps available?
Thanks
Lloyd
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From: Lloyd Weehuizen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Linux command: bg and fg
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 20:59:18 +1200
> Yep, just do Ctl-Alt-F7.
>
> You should start x with 'startx &', though, or the vty you started X
> from will be sorta useless. Or better yet, run xdm, gdm or kdm and
> login straight to X.
Just "startx 2>/dev/null &" to send all those pesky X messages away and have a
normal terminal ;)
Lloyd
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From: Lloyd Weehuizen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Opinions on KDE?
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 21:07:38 +1200
On Mon, 19 Apr 1999, Richard Steiner wrote:
>Here in comp.os.linux.misc, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve D. Perkins)
>spake unto us, saying:
>
>>KDE is about the best desktop environment I have ever seen under any
>>platform.
>
>KDE is a very good desktop environment. The KDE folks should be proud
>of the level of functionality they've achieved thusfar.
>
>I still want the WPS under Linux, tho. :-)
Well start coding! ;)
Lloyd
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From: "dpc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Multiple sounds?
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 00:58:28 -0400
Back about 2 weeks and 20 linux installations ago, I installed RedHat 5.2
and had my sound working. It was wonderful - while playing x11amp, I would
hear the incoming message ICQ sound at the same time! I couldn't believe it
as that is one of my qualm's about windows. But now - I haven't been able
to do that again ever.
I now have SuSE 6.0 installed with Kernel 2.2.6 and my SB AWE64 working
pretty well - but x11amp once again monopolizes my sound. Does anybody know
how I can get it so other .wav sounds will play while x11amp is playing?
Thanks!
dpc
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From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Login flipping me the bird
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 11:02:08 -0500
"Martin R. Soderstrom" wrote:
> I'm running RedHat 5.2 with Kernel 2.0.36 and need some help.
>
> For some reason, when I login now, the login screen flips the Linux Bird,
> system info and prompt about 20 times before stopping. It's really
> annoying, and I can't scroll back to see any system messages.
Try dmesg | less to see the login messages.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carl Byington)
Crossposted-To:
comp.mail.sendmail,comp.mail.mh,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Email with Earthlink, Sendmail, exmh, mh, Linux libc5
Date: 19 Apr 1999 01:17:10 GMT
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In article <7fdkmd$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
says...
>
>Most likely, they'll be happy to explain why (although you should
>be ready for a suggestion that you change ISPs). If it does turn
>out to be that GULF.NET rejects connections from dialups, then the
>solution is to (as others have pointed out) pass all your SMTP
>traffic via Earthlink's servers. This actually has other advantages
>for you as well, so it's a good idea regardless of the problem
>with GULF.NET.
Except that some large subset of the earthlink outbound smtp servers
are on ORBS since they are essentially open relays. Not really open
to anyone, just anyone with a uunet or psi dialup account. As far as
I can tell, the earthlink dialup ip addresses are NOT listed on the
DUL at dul.maps.vix.com, but the earthlink main servers ARE listed on
ORBS at relays.orbs.org.
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PGP key available from the key servers.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: HELP! Blown away partition
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 01:07:04 GMT
While installing Linux, I accidentally overwrote the beginning of my Windows
FAT32 partition! (Don't ask how.) Since I've only erased the very beginning,
is there a way I can recover what I haven't overwriten? I can grep through
/dev/hda and see that most of my data is still there. Ideally I would like to
recover everything, but I realize this may not be possible as I have screwed
myself pretty royaly here. :) Failing that, is there a way to restore
individual files from the FAT32 partition if I know their name?
I would really appreciate any help! Thanks very very very much!
Ben
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