Linux-Misc Digest #925, Volume #19 Thu, 22 Apr 99 04:13:14 EDT
Contents:
Kernel 2.2.5 question (Eric Bryant)
Xemacs cannot locate info directory (Faheem Mitha)
Re: Anybody have Linux 1.2.13 CD's? ("Tim Hutcheson")
Printing problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: PPP monitoring program ("Kerry J. Cox")
Re: Linux Desktop (Richard Steiner)
Re: fvwm (Keven R. Pittsinger)
Re: SCSI scanners anyone? (Yah Right)
Re: Ethernet Card not recognized during installation ("Geoff Macumber")
Re: Kernel Panic (Mihaly GYULAI)
bzImage problems ("C. David Wilde")
Ramdisk size (shu ling)
Re: MAILER DEAMON problem (Villy Kruse)
Help...LIB column in top.... (bds)
Visual Code Comprehension Tools and ER Tools. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: GNOME compliant window manager - not ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Linux Journal May issue ? (Mongo)
Re: The Best Linux distribution? (was Re: FreeBSD vs. Linux) (Tom Christiansen)
Re: I want an OS written (Mr_Log)
Re: AWK documentation + examples needed ! (Branimir Dolicki)
Re: importing excel spreadsheet data (Mihaly GYULAI)
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From: Eric Bryant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Kernel 2.2.5 question
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 23:50:36 -0700
I have upgraded to kernel 2.2.5 from 2.0.36. I had to make bzImage
because zImage was apparently too large. Here is what I got when
attempting to make zImage:
Root device is (3, 8)
Boot sector 512 bytes
Setup is 3436 bytes.
System is 559 kB
System is too big. Try using bzImage or modules.
make[1]: *** [zImage] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot'
make: *** [zImage] Error 2
What is it that keeps causing this, do I have too many drivers
configured in config? Is there any way that I can get zImage to compile?
Or do I have to resort to using bzImage? If I have to stay with bzImage,
how do I add the module(s) for my sound card?
Other than this, 2.2.5 seems to be working like a charm. Any help
would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Eric
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From: Faheem Mitha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Xemacs cannot locate info directory
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 00:52:24 -0400
Reply-To: Faheem Mitha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Dear Linux people,
I posted this recently to the comp.emacs and comp.emacs.xemacs and no on
ewas able to help me. I may try there again, but since this is more an
installation problem I think it might be worth asking on a more general
topic group. Hope this is OK.
Sincerely, Faheem Mitha.
****************************************************************
I downloaded the Xemacs-20.4.tar.gz and compiled it in a subdirectory of
my home directory, since I presently do not have enough space in my system
directories. I ran ./configure and make. Then I ran make install, having
changed the default usr/local to be the same subdirectory xemacs-20.4/,
that contained all the other xemacs stuff. I also ran make dist for good
measure, though I am not sure if that was necessary. Everything seemed to
compile OK, and Xemacs runs, but it complains that it cannot find the info
directory, though it is there.
This is a problem I have had with GNU Emacs as well, which came as part of
my system (Linux Redhat 5.1) as an RPM. GNU Emacs also complains that it
"cannot find info node". Can anyone tell me what the possible causes of
this problem and how I might be able to fix it? I have no idea how
Emacs/Xemacs locates info, and have experimented without success. Note
that I can start up info outside Emacs with no problem.
Please send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] if possible. Thanks.
Faheem Mitha.
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From: "Tim Hutcheson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Anybody have Linux 1.2.13 CD's?
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 11:47:11 -0500
Thanks David, but I'm awash with 1.2.13 CD's now. ;-)
Thanks to all that responded and particular thanks to
Rod Smith who got a set to me pronto and Ed Hurst who took the time to mail
another backup set.!
--
Tim Hutcheson
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
David E. Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:371c3156$0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In article <7f658b$q8$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "Tim Hutcheson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Does anybody have an old set of Linux 1.2.13 CD's laying about? I need
them
>
> I just might. I do have an older (fall 1994) set of Linux Developer
> CD (3 cd release) from InfoMagic. I am not sure off of the top of
> my head what kernel rev it is, but I did run 1.2.13 for a rather
> long time. It could be 1.0.9 though :).
>
> > Tim Hutcheson
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> --
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> David E. Fox Tax Thanks for letting me
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] the change magnetic patterns
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] churches on your hard disk.
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Printing problem
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 03:54:56 GMT
I got message of "waiting for queue to be enabled on elph" when print to a
remote printer, where elph is remote server. But if I am successful in
printing to other remote printers. How could I solve the problem?
Thanks in advance.
Jenny
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From: "Kerry J. Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PPP monitoring program
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 16:49:13 +0000
Mark,
KPPP that comes with KDE is purely graphical. It alos states what your
dynamic IP address is when logged into your ISP, the transfer rate and the
amount of bytes transmitted.
Hope that helps.
KJ
Mark Powell wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am looking for a good graphical program to moniter my ppp stats.
> I want it tell display connected, disconnected, bytes sent, etc. I
> already have chat scripts and such, so I don't need anything to dial for
>
> me, just the monitor. Anyone know of a good one out there?
> Thanks,
> Mark Powell
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Steiner)
Subject: Re: Linux Desktop
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 00:18:19 -0500
Here in comp.os.linux.misc, kunnip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
spake unto us, saying:
>Hi there,
Hullo! :-)
>Anyone would like to share any insight on the future of Linux desktop?
It's on my desktop to stay, although it probably won't displace OS/2 as
my primary environment for a little while yet.
>As everyone knows, Linux has gained its popularity on the server side.
>What about the desktop? I've read so many articles saying that Linux
>isn't ready yet for the desktop since there aren't many applications and
>the developers don't see the market yet.
All I need are graphics tools, a word processor, a web browser, some
good file management tools, a good text editor, mail and news clients,
and a CD player. I have all of those. :-)
>Also, what is the possibility that SCO will port their apps to Linux?
>When would that happen? Thanks!!
What does SCO have that's worth our attention?
--
-Rich Steiner >>>---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>---> Bloomington, MN
OS/2 + Linux (Slackware+RedHat+SuSE) + FreeBSD + Solaris + BeOS +
WinNT4 + Win95 + PC/GEOS + MacOS + Executor = PC Hobbyist Heaven!
The Theorem Theorem: If If, Then Then
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Keven R. Pittsinger)
Subject: Re: fvwm
Date: 22 Apr 1999 05:43:53 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <0nlT2.3$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Harold Stevens ** PLEASE SEE SIG **) writes:
> In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Johan Kullstam:
>
> [Snip...]
>
>|> edit your ~/.fvwmrc file. i like to launch fvwm on the last line of
>
> [Snip...]
>
>|> subdir for configuration instead. i am not very fond of hidden
>|> files, even if ls -a exposes them relatively easily.
>
> [Snip...]
>
> As long as we're on pet peeves, why does a default for every UI I've used
> (including fvwm2 on a RedHat 5.2 box I have) insist on mousing with click
> to input? I shift over to another window and forget to click, having been
> used to "OpenWindows.SetInput:followmouse" in .Xdefaults under ol(v)wm as
> easier for me. And how the heck do I tell fvwm(2) I want followmouse with
> input? I tried "Style * FocusFollowsMouse" etc., in the "rc" file, but it
> doesn't seen to affect anything AFAICT.
Style "*" SloppyFocus
Keven
--
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Science-Fiction Adventure
In Reavers' Deep
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From: Yah Right <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SCSI scanners anyone?
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 21:19:46 -0700
Check out SANE (scanner access now easy) they're on lotsa linux link pages and a
few search engines, an ever expanding collection of FREE stuff.
Mark Liebman wrote:
> Hello Rob and all,
>
> If you're up for a commercial supported solution, my company's
> ScanShop is a complete image capture and exchange solution for
> the Epson scanners (and others). Free trial licenses and software
> are available from our website.
> http://www.vividata.com
>
> And there are also OCR, fax, and printing software packages.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Mark
>
> Markus Wandel wrote:
>
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > Rob Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >Hi all,
> > >
> > >I've just got hold of an Epson GT7000 SCSI scanner. It works just fine
> > >under Win95/Photoshop 4, but obviously I'd rather use it under Unix with
> > >the GIMP 1.1.4. Has anyone tried/accomplished this, and if so is there
> > >anything I should know about it? Can anyone point me to any useful
> > >resources? If I get the thing working I'll be putting the whole process
> > >on the web, so helping me now could work to lots of people's advantage
> > >later.
> > >
> > >The SCSI end of things (kernel/card) is all taken care of, but I haven't
> > >tried anything further than that yet. Just wondered if I would be
> > >wasting my time?
> >
> > There's even an alternative to SANE, it's called "epscan" and it's on the
> > metalab archive site. I had to make two small patches to get it to work
> > with my RedHat 5.2 system and ActionScanner II (aka GT5000) scanner but
> > after that it's great, standalone program that does exactly what a scanner
> > front-end should do and nothing more.
> >
> > The things I had to change:
> >
> > 1. epscan expects the SCSI generic devices to be sg0, sg1, ... instead of
> > sga, sgb, ... (or maybe the other way around.) I just made symbolic
> > links and that was that.
> >
> > 2. It expects an EPSON scanner to identify itself as "EPSON SCANNER ..."
> > whereas the GT5000 says "EPSON SCANNER ...". I just patched the
> > string in the binary instead of recompiling.
> >
> > Why not recompile? Because the source expected an older version of the
> > include files than my system had, and I didn't want to bother figuring out
> > what to change.
> >
> > Markus
>
> --
> Mark Liebman
> Vividata, Inc.
> 1250 Addison St., Ste. 213A
> Berkeley, CA 94702
>
> tel. 510/841-6400 x101
> fax 510/841-9661
> email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.vividata.com
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From: "Geoff Macumber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ethernet Card not recognized during installation
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 15:47:15 +1000
Thanks for the responses everyone. My card is a no-name brand but what I'm
hearing is to install Linux first and then do the thing with NE support as a
module in the kernel.
Thanks.
Geoff.
Geoff Macumber wrote in message <7fjhqh$bin$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hi guys & gals,
>
>I'm new to Linux but have played over the years with Aix, Hpux, Dgux and
>SCO. I am trying to load Redhat 5.2 onto a machine that is bits and pieces.
>All is OK except when I try to get the installation to recognize my NE2000
>clone. I have a DOS utility to set the IO and IRQ but no matter what
>settings I use the installation says that it cannot find the device
anywhere
>on the system.
>
>What am I doing wrong or what have I not done?
>
>Thanks for any help.
>
>
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From: Mihaly GYULAI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Kernel Panic
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 06:00:32 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Eusebio Garate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I want to compile the kernel with module support.
>
> request_module[block-major-8]: Root fs not mounted
Maybe you placed the 'ext2 filesystem' into a module, so it can't
mount the /root partition...
Select ext2 fs as a built-in-kernel filesystem, and _not_ az a module.
--
Mihaly Gyulai
http://www.freeyellow.com/members5/gyulai/
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From: "C. David Wilde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: bzImage problems
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 10:17:10 -0700
I just built the 2.2.3 kernel with the make bzImage command on an
S.u.S.E. 6.0 system. It created a file called bzImage in the
/usr/src/linux/arch/i386 directory that was about the size of what it
said the kernel was when the compiler finished. I copied this file to
/boot and renamed it to vmlinuz and added it to lilo. Now on boot LILO
starts and starts loading the kernel, but freezes while uncomressing the
kernel. I've built a lots of kernels without bzImage and used modules
but there was some stuff that I wanted in this kernel that made it big.
TIA
Dave
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From: shu ling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: tw.bbs.comp.linux
Subject: Ramdisk size
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 10:01:17 +0800
I've already put the word "ramdisk=8192" in /etc/lilo.conf and when I
try to create a ext2 filesystem > 4M on /dev/ram, mke2fs complains
"filesystem larger than apparent filesystem". And later if I copy files
larger than 4M, I found I/O errors logs of /dev/ram in
/var/log/messages.
How can create a ramdisk and make a ext2 filesystem on it?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Villy Kruse)
Subject: Re: MAILER DEAMON problem
Date: 20 Apr 1999 19:05:25 +0200
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
mist <new$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I can understand that, but why does the system (currently RedHat) notify
>"You have new mail" in cases where the only "mail" is this message?
>Surely it shouldn't mention it?
No, it shouldn't. If you create the file mbox in your home directory
then pine and/or ipop3d will pull the entire mailbox from /var/spool/mail
into ~/mbox and then the shell won't tell you you have mail. As soon
as you get new mail into /var/spool/mail/yourmailbox then shell will be
able to see it and notify you. Next time pine or ipop3d is run then the
mailbox in /var/spool/mail is emtied and the messages appended to ~/mbox.
See if his works for you.
Villy
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From: bdsivak@*NOSPAM*.ix.netcom.com (bds)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Help...LIB column in top....
Date: 20 Apr 1999 10:55:50 PDT
Under top, the LIB column is usually 0, but with this particular
application I'm running it's non-zero. This non-zero value seems to be
linked to a drastic slowdown in the speed of the program.
I looked in top's man page, and the description it has for this field is
"Size of use library pages." What does this mean? I've searched
everywhere, and can't seem to figure it out.
Thanks for the help....
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Visual Code Comprehension Tools and ER Tools.
Date: Thu,22 Apr 1999 20:45:59+2000
http://www.linuxcad.com
Yes this programmable visual modelling system can be used
for Visual Comprehension of code in any programming language and
for Entity Relationsip Modelling.
We also offer embedding of LinuxCAD in third party tools and
automation systems.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: GNOME compliant window manager - not
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 17:52:04 GMT
> Another question: When I open GNOME, all windows open in the top left
> corner, and I can't move them. does this have to do with the window
manager
> also? Ugh.
>
> This linux is a real love/hate thing. When it's running and I UNDERSTAND IT
> (that's a real laugh) I love it. When I can't figure something out and it
> takes me three days just to find the documentation, nevermind trying to
> figure out WTF it says, I hate it. So, spending about 5 hours a day on it,
> how long do you figure it'll take me before I can start answering ?'s
> here??!!! ha
>
> thanks for any help
> lisa
>
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Hello Lisa,
Your window manager is not running. If you have Enlightenment installed,
simply type "enlightenment" in any terminal window, while you're running
gnome.
Arnaud
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mongo)
Subject: Linux Journal May issue ?
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 18:02:42 GMT
This is really miscellaneous! I'm wondering if my Linux Journal
subscription issue for "May 1999, issue # 61" is lost in the
mail?
No locals carry it and I rely on the US mail to get it to me.
Anybody see it in their newsstands or has gotten theirs in the
mails?
--
Mongo
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From: Tom Christiansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: The Best Linux distribution? (was Re: FreeBSD vs. Linux)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom Christiansen)
Date: 20 Apr 1999 12:01:59 -0700
[courtesy cc of this posting sent to cited author via email]
In comp.os.linux.misc,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
:Of course, you may want to know what the difference between the two
:devices is. This should be documented somewhere,
It should be in 'man 4 tty' and/or 'man 4 cua'. And in fact, on BSD,
it is -- check it out. Sorry 'bout that, Linuxfolk, but I guess
you aren't expected to read documentation. :-)
--tom
--
Stranger does not rhyme with anger,
Neither does devour with clangour.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mr_Log)
Crossposted-To: gnu.misc,comp.unix.misc,comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.misc
Subject: Re: I want an OS written
Date: 22 Apr 1999 02:47:34 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
When <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Darren Wiebe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> got off the can, he managed to scribble:
> Hello:
>
> There is a OS called Picobsd, it is a smaller version of Freebsd. It can be found at
> http://www.freebsd.org/~picobsd/picobsd.html
>
> Darren Wiebe
>
Yeah! BSD is the shit! Now all i need to do is get some new shiney simm
chips for my 386... =)
-hoal
"Tequila is good for the soul."
VMB - (800) 2554262 ext. 200 - dial 8 at the main menu to access
the mailbox system, otherwise someone might pick up.
http://members.tripod.com/~p1mp
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Branimir Dolicki)
Subject: Re: AWK documentation + examples needed !
Date: 20 Apr 1999 17:05:42 GMT
On Tue, 20 Apr 1999 12:12:10 GMT, Mihaly GYULAI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Did anyone see a good documentation for the AWK program ?
>(preferably with examples...)
>I have read the 'man' and some progs in awk, but I need more info...
>Can anyone help ?
GNU Awk has excellent documetation in texinfo format. You
probably have it installed on your system. Just type:
info gawk
If you've never used info you might want to start with:
info info
HDH,
-- Branimir
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From: Mihaly GYULAI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: importing excel spreadsheet data
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 06:03:59 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Bob van der Poel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have some excel spreadsheet files. I just need to get the data out (no
> formula stuff). Has anyone got a script/program to do this?
You do not have to use any script, just Save As your Excel table
as a .CSV file, and you will have your data with comma separated.
--
Mihaly Gyulai
http://www.freeyellow.com/members5/gyulai/
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