Linux-Misc Digest #905, Volume #19 Mon, 19 Apr 99 23:13:08 EDT
Contents:
X-Window theme for MS-Windows (Steve D. Perkins)
Re: NFS (Rod Smith)
Re: where slackware stores it networking config files? (J�n Gu�mundsson)
Re: Old version of linux? (Paul Kimoto)
FTP problems ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Old version of linux? (William Burrow)
Re: The Best Linux distribution? (was Re: FreeBSD vs. Linux) (Donn Miller)
Re: LILO & SCSI ("Marcus Rudolph")
Citizen Swift 240 Printer (nails)
Re: Need Sound Card Suggestions (Scott Stone)
ePlus (MrLoke)
Re: Help choosing distribution (David M. Cook)
Glibc2 coexisting with libc5 (Bruno Barberi Gnecco)
Any RealAudio G2 compatible players out there? (Linuts)
Re: STRANGE HDD PROBLEM (Dan Stephenson)
Re: Oracle8i for Linux: Anyone recieved their CD yet? (Andrew Babb)
Lp : Driver configured but no interfaces found ? (Saqr Binghalib)
Re: Beowulf -- PVM (Jacek Radajewski)
Re: Linux and Netscape 4.51 (tar/gz format) (Aaron Ginn)
____***BUGGY***____ SHOUTcast server on Linux! :~< ("Big")
Re: ____***BUGGY***____ SHOUTcast server on Linux! :~< ("Big")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve D. Perkins)
Subject: X-Window theme for MS-Windows
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 18:07:37 GMT
Does anyone know if there are any good X-Window (KDE, Gnome,
etc..) themes for MS-Windows to make it look more like X? ("x"
pointer instead of an arrow, wristwatch instead of an hourglass, etc)
Steve
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: NFS
Date: 19 Apr 1999 22:06:39 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Posted and mailed]
In article <7ffioa$4du$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hallo,
> could someone help me with my small problem?
> I need to find some NFS client for Win 95/98/NT/2000 to conect to my Linux
> file server. I'd be glad, if this NFS client will be free of charge.
Is there any particular reason you don't want to use Samba on the Linux
side and connect using the native Windows file sharing utilities? For
most purposes, that will work quite well, and Samba is free of charge.
For more information, see:
http://www.samba.org
(This will give you a list of mirrors of the Samba web pages -- pick
whichever one is closest to you.)
--
Rod Smith
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.channel1.com/users/rodsmith
NOTE: Remove the "uce" word from my address to mail me
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Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 08:16:20 +0000
From: J�n Gu�mundsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: where slackware stores it networking config files?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hi, i was trying to get my two comptuers hooked together and was having
> trouble do ing it so i got a redhat friend to help but he said he didn't
> know where it kept the network config files. For purposes of backing up
> could someone tell me what files are modified when netconfig
> is run? thank you very much!
>
Its mainly /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1
and /etc/resolv.conf
rc.inet1 does also run ifconfig and route commands at startup if your
ethernetcard is configured right.
You can also modify the file and castrate your current netconnection by
giving the command
ifconfig eth0 down
and then give the command
/etc/rc.d/inet1 start
And then the new and modified network configuration is in.
--
The idea that Bill Gates has appeared like a knight in shining armour
to lead all customers out of a mire of technological chaos neatly
ignores the fact that it was he who, by peddling second-rate
technology, led them into it in the first place. (Douglas Adams)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: Old version of linux?
Date: 19 Apr 1999 18:33:27 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <vSJS2.14$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:
> I call dpkg proprietary because it is ONLY used with Debian. I guess it is
> not proprietary in the sense that it can be used with any distribution,
> however, it isn't, it is only used with Debian. RPM is used with at least
> four distributions; RedHat (and decendents), SUSE, Caldera and TurboLinux.
> I wasn't trying to knock Debian. I was just stating that Slackware requires
> no package manager to install software.
RPM can be converted into cpio format by a 60-line perl script.
Debian's .deb can be unpacked (revealing .tar.gz files) by "ar".
--
Paul Kimoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: FTP problems
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 17:57:02 GMT
I have installed Red Hat Linux 5.2 on a machine and seem to have a problem
ftping telneting to the machines.
When I try to ftp into on of the boxes I immediatly get a
"Connected to 208.4.107.241
Escape character is '^]'"
and then nothing happens for almost a minute (I timed it to be close to 54
seconds) then I get a login prompt.
I have tried connecting to the Linux boxes from Windows boxes, Sun boxes, and
other Linux boxes.
>From the Linux box, I am able to connect to the Sun box and get a login prompt
within a few seconds. From the same Sun box, it take a minute to get a login
prompt.
Is there perhaps something that I need to add to the Linux box configuration
files to speed up the connection time?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Burrow)
Subject: Re: Old version of linux?
Date: 19 Apr 1999 22:13:05 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 19 Apr 1999 12:34:23 -0500,
Thomas T. Veldhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Yes, but you only NEED tar to use it. The others you have to use the
>package managers. With Slackware you can use standard tools.
Nothing forces you to use a package manager after the install. After you've
got the system installed, just get a disk of Metalab archives and be happy.
I'd recommend Slackware, its what I've been using for the past few years.
There is a place in the UK that sells the cheap disks for a couple of pounds,
I'm sure.
--
William Burrow -- New Brunswick, Canada o
Copyright 1999 William Burrow ~ /\
~ ()>()
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From: Donn Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: The Best Linux distribution? (was Re: FreeBSD vs. Linux)
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 18:27:22 -0500
On Mon, 19 Apr 1999, Don Martin wrote:
> Well as an experienced Slackware user perhaps you could advise me.
> Whenever I tried to configure XF86 I got a final window with Netscape
> Buttons, etc at the bottom of the screen. The best part of it alll is
> both my mouse and keyboard would freeze and I was unable to resolve
> this problem. I do not have similar situation with Red Hat. Also with
> Slackware I noticed it uses ttyS0 for modems and tty00 for mouse ...
> could these variations have caused my mouse and keyboard to freeze?
> I am using a microsoft compatible two-button mouse and Microsoft
> Natural Keyboard. I would love to run Slackware if I can unfreeze my
> mouse and keyboard. Would appreciate your advise on how to resolve
> these problems. problem. Like you I too like Slackware but was put off
> by the frozen mouse and keyboard.
Sounds like XFree86 isn't detecting your mouse. If the Linux kernel
versions are the same, /dev should be the same across all distros. Maybe
all you have to do is create a symlink from your mouse device to
/dev/mouse. Then, I would configure XFree86 to look for /dev/mouse.
The special file name you use in Red Hat should be the same in Slackware,
if your kernel versions are the same.
What kind of mouse do you have, and what is the filename in /dev used to
access it under Red Hat?
Donn
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From: "Marcus Rudolph" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO & SCSI
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 23:32:12 +0100
lilo doesn't run if you have a mixed system (IDE, SCSI) in order to mae it
work get the documentation - it's pretty easy if you know how to do it
Since I use SuSE you may want to look at www.suse.com for a good
documentation - but you probably have a pretty good one installed already
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (nails)
Subject: Citizen Swift 240 Printer
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 09:00:11 GMT
I have the above dot matrix printer which does not appear to be in the
list of printers on configuration!
does this mean i cannot print at all or is there a way round this
problem??
Please feel free to e-mail me direct if you can help!!
paul
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From: Scott Stone <[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 16:25:20 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> 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!
>
The PCI soundblasters don't work with the standard Linux kernel sound
drivers. You can buy a driver suite for $30 that does, though. I'd
recommend a good ol SB AWE64. I know *that* works :)
--
==========================
Scott M. Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
UNIX Systems/Network Admin (Consultant)
Taos Mountain Software
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From: MrLoke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ePlus
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 11:05:33 +0200
Hello people,
I'm having a problem with ePlus for Enlightenment, it complains about a
file named
modem001.ppm. I'm using RedHat 5.2 with the 2.2.5 Kernel on a intel x86.
First I used the install script which was with the tar ball, then I
later tried to configure it and compile it on my own, no luck.
I start eplus....
Loading ePlus DR10
Opening /dev/raw for output...
Device 5 is ready
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
Error on line 145. Unable to load
/usr/local/enlightenment/lib/eplus/modem001.ppm
That's it... nothing happens. The file is there, so what's wrong?
Could anyone help me, by this newsgroup or e-mail... ?
MrLoke
--
ad astra per aspera
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Help choosing distribution
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 09:58:35 GMT
On Sat, 17 Apr 1999 17:04:04 -0400, Nathan Ranger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>For me, however, a 15 year UNIX veteran, Slakware Rulez. RedHat and
>Debian do to much for me. *I* want to write those rc.local files. *I*
>can do *MY OWN* kill -9s and kill -1s!!!
How does Redhat or Debian prevent you from doing this?
Dave Cook
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From: Bruno Barberi Gnecco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Glibc2 coexisting with libc5
Date: 19 Apr 1999 19:11:05 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I tried a while ago (just after glibc 2.0.7) to install glibc2 here,
but the result was a complete mess. Even following the HOWTO, the c++ stuff
never worked. Now I'm willing to try again, but before that I have some
questions:
a) how to make libc5 and glibc2 coexist? I will take lots of time to recompile
everything here, and I think there's no reason to recompile everything if I
can let it working (as I upgrade, I'll switch slowly to glibc2).
b) is there a simple way to leave glibc2 as runtime support and later make it
default?
c) is there a simple way to compile with the other libc (wherever is default,
I'll still need to compile some programs with both)?
I'm using what once was slack 3.5 :)...
--
Did you *REALLY* check that interface between the chair and the keyboard?
Bruno Barberi Gnecco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ICQ #1383173 - PGP 5.0i user
[I'm running Linux] -=-=- Electric Engineering at Politechnic School, USP
http://www.geocities.com/RodeoDrive/1980/ * Check for C, 3D graphics, etc
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From: Linuts
Subject: Any RealAudio G2 compatible players out there?
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 00:52:55 GMT
I'm trying to make the switch from Win95 to Linux.
I do like to listen to certain RealAudio sites, however, and the
player available for Linux on the Real Audio website is only version
5. Unfortunately, some of the sites seem to be made specifically for
the new G2 player format.
Are there any players out there that can recognize the G2 format?
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From: Dan Stephenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: STRANGE HDD PROBLEM
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 18:41:21 -0500
See my Rehat Install From CD-ROM reply, may be relevant to your case.
Dan
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From: Andrew Babb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.databases,linux.redhat.misc,alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.databases.oracle.misc,comp.databases.oracle.server,comp.database.oracle
Subject: Re: Oracle8i for Linux: Anyone recieved their CD yet?
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 09:33:45 +0800
Having checked the Oracle FTP site, the latest download available for Linux
is in fact Oracle8 v8.0.5.1 Enterprise Edition.
Andrew
Phillip W Ross wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ron Wellsted wrote:
> >I downloaded it (150Mb) over the ISDN link at work. It works well. A
> >Win32 cliant application just had to be pointed to the new server and it
> >worked first time.
>
> I don't think what you downloaded was Oracle8i.
>
> --
> Phillip Ross
> Financial Information Systems
> Application Support Services
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From: Saqr Binghalib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Lp : Driver configured but no interfaces found ?
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 18:33:38 -0700
Hi,
I have RedHat 5.2, and I am trying to install my printer. But when I
choose the printer parallel ports and print a file, nothing happens.
And I also get a message ((" Lp: Driver configured but no interfaces
found ")) this appears usally in 2-3 in intervals..
I have no clue as to what to do, searched the newsgroups and found a
similar posting but was written in german or french,, so that was no
help..
Would appreciate anyhelp
Thanks,
Saqr
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From: Jacek Radajewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Beowulf -- PVM
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 12:30:42 +1000
I suggest you use Red Hat 5.2. Read the Beowulf HOWTO and the documents
it refers to.
Matthew Simmons wrote:
> Does anyone know how to set up a Beowulf with extreme linux?
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Matthew Simmons
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From: Aaron Ginn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Linux and Netscape 4.51 (tar/gz format)
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 15:47:17 -0700
Don Martin wrote:
> I have downloaded this Program. Now I have saved it at my "C" Drive
> which is a Win 98 Platform. How do I get Linux to access this
> Directory and install this File? My Linux is located at my "D" Drive.
>
> On Sat, 27 Mar 1999 23:02:25 -0500, wizard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Peter DeSimone wrote:
> >
> >> Has anyone installed this version? What I am supposed to do after I
> >> untar/ungz it? What directory should I put it ? Any specific commands
> >> I should use? Thanks... Peter
> >> --
> >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Peter DeSimone
> >> Email Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> Web Address:
> >> Http://www.bigfoot.com/~desimonp ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >
> >Hi Peter;
> >
> >If your runing redhat you can get the 4.51 in rpm format off there
> >rawhide site. Its what I'm running at this very moment. Still lots
> >of bugs.
> >
> >Dave
Mount your win98 drive as a vfat filesystem as in the following example:
mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/win98
In the above, /dev/hda1 is your C: drive. You need to create the mount directory
(/mnt/win98) first. After you have mounted it, you can simply use the cp command as
someone else stated previously.
Good luck,
Aaron
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From: "Big" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ____***BUGGY***____ SHOUTcast server on Linux! :~<
Crossposted-To:
alt.music.mp3,alt.linux,alt.os.linux,linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 09:52:51 GMT
Anyone know how to fix the following? My NT Workstation crashed while I was logged
into
my Linux server via SecureCRT (SSH), and now I reconnect and try restarting the
SHOUTcast
server and it doesn't work. How do I start the SHOUTcast server and make it stay
running
as a background process when I exit the telnet or ssh session?
===============
shoutcast-linux-glibc]# ./sc
*******************************************************************************
** SHOUTcast Distributed Network Audio Server
** Copyright (C) 1998-1999 Nullsoft, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
** Use "sc_serv filename.ini" to specify an ini file.
*******************************************************************************
Event log:
<04/19/99@02:44:01> [SHOUTcast] DNAS/posix v1.01 (Jan 15 1999) starting up...
<04/19/99@02:44:01> [main] loaded config from sc_serv.conf
<04/19/99@02:44:01> [main] initializing (usermax:32 portbase:8000)...
<04/19/99@02:44:01> [main] source thread starting
<04/19/99@02:44:01> [main] opening dest socket
<04/19/99@02:44:01> [source] creating incoming socket
<04/19/99@02:44:01> [source] error creating socket! FATAL ERROR!
<04/19/99@02:44:01> [main] error opening dest socket! FATAL ERROR!
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From: "Big" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ____***BUGGY***____ SHOUTcast server on Linux! :~<
Crossposted-To:
alt.music.mp3,alt.linux,alt.os.linux,linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 09:54:16 GMT
I forgot to mention I'm running kernel 2.2.5 on Redhat 5.9.7 (April release
of Starbuck)...
> Anyone know how to fix the following? My NT Workstation crashed while I
was logged into
> my Linux server via SecureCRT (SSH), and now I reconnect and try
restarting the SHOUTcast
> server and it doesn't work. How do I start the SHOUTcast server and make
it stay running
> as a background process when I exit the telnet or ssh session?
>
> ===============
>
> shoutcast-linux-glibc]# ./sc
>
****************************************************************************
***
> ** SHOUTcast Distributed Network Audio Server
> ** Copyright (C) 1998-1999 Nullsoft, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
> ** Use "sc_serv filename.ini" to specify an ini file.
>
****************************************************************************
***
>
> Event log:
> <04/19/99@02:44:01> [SHOUTcast] DNAS/posix v1.01 (Jan 15 1999) starting
up...
> <04/19/99@02:44:01> [main] loaded config from sc_serv.conf
> <04/19/99@02:44:01> [main] initializing (usermax:32 portbase:8000)...
> <04/19/99@02:44:01> [main] source thread starting
> <04/19/99@02:44:01> [main] opening dest socket
> <04/19/99@02:44:01> [source] creating incoming socket
> <04/19/99@02:44:01> [source] error creating socket! FATAL ERROR!
> <04/19/99@02:44:01> [main] error opening dest socket! FATAL ERROR!
>
>
>
>
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