Linux-Misc Digest #945, Volume #19 Sun, 25 Apr 99 16:13:14 EDT
Contents:
Wordperfect 8 Installation on Redhat (Michael Smith)
echo \xnnn ("Fr�d�ric Hoerni")
PPP on Autodial? ("James Holbrook")
Problem with unmounting a CDROM (in /dev/mtab) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Phantom RARP Module (kernel 2.0.36 oversight?) (Frank Ranner)
Re: Installing red hat over slackware ? (Rod Roark)
Re: echo \xnnn (Frank Paprosky)
Directories with color ("mikerego")
Re: word processing, what to use? ("Donald E. Stidwell")
Linux Sucks as a Java Server, comments??? (buz)
2.2.6 ppp problem (XuYifeng)
Re: cron.hourly redirecting (Gerry Marthe)
*.doc viewer (The Dude)
"LIN-": How to get Windows partitions back? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
extra page from printer (Stefano Ghirlanda)
Re: Directories with color (Rod Roark)
Re: umounting cdrom (The Dude)
autoconf & automake -> help ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: echo \xnnn (Roland Latour)
Re: installing Linux on HD from floppies -- how? (Gerald Willmann)
Re: Criminally Insane Programmers Are Attracted To Open Source Code ("Joshua E.
Rodd")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Smith)
Subject: Wordperfect 8 Installation on Redhat
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 11:20:03 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I've been up and running with RedHat for about two day (yes, I'm new
at this) and installed the CD version of WP8. The installation went
fine; however when I change to the directory /.worperfect/wpbin and
type "xwp" to begin the program as instructed by Corel all I get back
is "command not found". The /wpbin directory contains various
readable README files, a wpmerge file and a very large (80M) xwp
file. One, should'nt their be a lot of wp program files in this setup
somewhere? Two, any insights on what to do now? Any help
appreciated.
TIA, MichaelS
--
Michael Smith
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Fr�d�ric Hoerni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: echo \xnnn
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 13:44:45 +0200
Hello,
I want to echo the ascii chars with echo \xnnn where nnn is the octet.
It does not work (it echos the same thing). I tried echo $\xnnn without
anymore success.
How can I have any char from its octal or hexadecimal code ?
Thanks
Fred ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "James Holbrook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PPP on Autodial?
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 00:28:20 -0700
I need some help. Please. I just got my Line box to dial and cruise the web.
Now I would like to have the ppp connection made automatically whenever the
browser or E-mail tries to connect. What are the ways to accomplish this?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Problem with unmounting a CDROM (in /dev/mtab)
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 08:14:47 GMT
Perhaps someone can help me with a problem I have with regards to
mounting the cdrom. When I mount it as root, everything is fine.
It puts the usual entry in /etc/mtab but in /etc/fstab
the mount for the hard drive is not /dev/cdrom but /dev/hda!!!!!
So that when I try and unmount (mounting works fine) the cdrom,
it says something like:
/dev/hda is not in /dev/fstab and you are not root
So I can't unmount the cdrom unless I su to root. Does anyone
know of a fix for this? Thanks greatly in advance,
Jason
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From: Frank Ranner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Phantom RARP Module (kernel 2.0.36 oversight?)
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 23:24:41 +1000
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I have an Sun0S4 ipx that I want to boot off my linux (RH 5.2) 486/dx box.
> I flagged the standalone RARP support (not under NFS) on my 486 and even
> rebooted.
>
> rarp -a
> This kernel does not support RARP.
> rarp -s DGS-15 8:0:20:d:8a:17
> SIOCSRARP: Invalid argument.
>
> Even after enabling NFS (and BOOTP and RARP for that) I have the same results.
> Was the RARP module in linux 2.0.36 non-functional?
> How do I get it functional (I cannot get kernel 2.2 until this is resolved)
>
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insmod rarp
should do it!
Frank
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From: Rod Roark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Installing red hat over slackware ?
Date: 25 Apr 1999 13:41:37 GMT
Venkata Ramana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hai,
> I have slackware linux ver 3.x running along with windows 95. Now I
>wanted to switch
>over to redhat 5.2. How should I go about? Whether I have delete existing
>linux completely
>and do installation all over again or I can upgrade my existing slackware to
>red hat ?
>can anyone help?
This is not an upgrade. They are separate distributions with differences
in directory structure, tools and philosophy. Back up Slackware, and
during the Red Hat install tell it to reformat its partition(s).
-- Rod
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From: Frank Paprosky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: echo \xnnn
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 13:28:45 GMT
In article <7fuv4n$85o$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Fr�d�ric Hoerni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
> I want to echo the ascii chars with echo \xnnn where nnn is the octet.
> It does not work (it echos the same thing). I tried echo $\xnnn without
> anymore success.
> How can I have any char from its octal or hexadecimal code ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Fred ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>
>
Hello Fred,
try this :
echo -e "\200"
When echoing any octal caracters you must use the -e switch.
bye
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From: "mikerego" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Directories with color
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 14:10:11 GMT
How can I get RedHat directories, files and executables in color like in
Slackware I have seen this question here before but can't find it now.
Any help would be grateful.
Mike
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From: "Donald E. Stidwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: word processing, what to use?
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 09:56:18 -0400
I use WordPerfect on a 16 Meg RAM laptop with absolutely no problems except
for swapping, of course.
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:7fqb75$kt1$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In his obvious haste, Rod Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled
thusly:
> : My impression is that WordPerfect is the best of the "big three" Linux
> : word processors (WordPerfect, Star Office, and Applix Words) in terms of
> : useability on a low-memory system, though I've seen some posts that
> : suggest it may not be the greatest for a weaker CPU (which yours is, by
> : these standards). Still, you can try it for free (assuming no cost to
> : download it), so you can evaluate it yourself without a major
investment.
>
> I've got wordperfect on a 486 DX/66. I only have 8Meg og RAM at the
moment,
> so it tends to be a little sluggish at times, when it's accessing the
swap,
> but if I upgraded to 32Meg, I think it'd probably fly by...
>
> --
>
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From: buz (buz)
Subject: Linux Sucks as a Java Server, comments???
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 11:08:32 GMT
freeBSD is even worse
comments??
http://www.idg.net/idg_frames/english/content.cgi?vc=docid_9-123781.html
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From: XuYifeng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 2.2.6 ppp problem
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 19:34:51 +0800
Hi,
I just have upgraded kernel from 2.2.5 to 2.2.6, and found ppp daemon
always
log some strange text:
======================
Apr 25 18:52:15 xu chat[406]: send (yfD6t^M)
Apr 25 18:52:15 xu pppd[405]: Serial connection established.
Apr 25 18:52:16 xu pppd[405]: Using interface ppp0
Apr 25 18:52:16 xu pppd[405]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS0
Apr 25 18:52:18 xu modprobe: can't locate module ppp-compress-21
Apr 25 18:52:18 xu modprobe: can't locate module ppp-compress-26
Apr 25 18:52:18 xu modprobe: can't locate module ppp-compress-24
Apr 25 18:52:19 xu pppd[405]: not replacing existing default route to
eth0 [192.168.199.254]
Apr 25 18:52:19 xu pppd[405]: local IP address 202.109.56.213
Apr 25 18:52:19 xu pppd[405]: remote IP address 202.109.15.45
======================
could anyone help me to fix this problem, it seems ppp speed is slower
than before.
any help will be appreciated,
---
XuYifeng
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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 03:21:02 +1000
From: Gerry Marthe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: at.linux,alt.os.linux,aus.computers.linux,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: cron.hourly redirecting
Daniel Gooderidge wrote:
> Hi Guy's,
>
> Is it possible to echo "hello world" > /dev/tty1 within a script.
>
> It works from the /etc/crontab file but does not through a script within the
> /etc/cron.hourly directory.
>
> Any Ideas..
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Regards
>
> Daniel Gooderidge
That should be possible as far as I know, but check on the write permissions;
if you are
not logged on /dev/tty1 you will not have write permission.
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From: The Dude <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: *.doc viewer
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 17:12:26 GMT
Hi I have many *.doc files on my machine (ms - word documents). How do I
view them form my linux os? is there an application designed form that? --
Regards The Dude
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: "LIN-": How to get Windows partitions back?
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 16:21:30 GMT
I think I made a mistake when trying to modify LILO (with linuxconf),
and now I cannot boot any OS (Windows 95, Windows NT, Linux) from my
HD anymore. All the Windows partitions are now completely
inaccessible.
I have Win95 and NT both on primary partitions (hda1 and hda3) and
Linux on an extended partition with various secondary partitions. I
used to boot with LILO, which would load one of the linux kernels or
the NT bootloader, which in turn would load NT or 95.
Probably I installed LILO on one or both of the primary partitions
instead of /dev/hda; I don't remember exactly where. I do remember
that I ran the LILO install (in linuxconf) several times before
noticing that when run from linuxconf, it does not update the sector
containing LILO that is actually used during booting.
Booting with LILO after the installation of it did not work; I get the
message "LIL-".
After removing LILO with "fdisk /mbr" the computer says "Missing
operating system". Running fdisk from DOS floppy results in the screen
going blank except for the cursor, the hard disk working rapidly and
nothing else happening until I press reset.
Running fdisk under Linux reports the VFAT partition still where
they belong.
Booting from my NT emergency repair disk just produces the message
that the emergency repair disk is not startable.
Booting Linux from floppy still works, and the linux system on the
hard disk can be started this way. However, even then the VFAT
partitions cannot be accessed. (I automount one of the VFAT
partitions; now I get the messages "Can't find valid VFAT filesystem"
and "wrong fs type, bad superblock or too many mounted filesystems"
during startup.)
I notice that /boot contains the backup files boot.0300, boot.0301
and boot.0303. Since lilo never produces backups unless the backup files do
not yet exist, I am not sure that these files are current.
What causes the boot problem? And how do I get the VFAT partitions
(Windows) back?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stefano Ghirlanda)
Subject: extra page from printer
Date: 25 Apr 1999 13:26:46 GMT
Hi,
I print from a linux obx to another one, via samba (the printer is
available to some win* boxes also). Form both linux and win* we always get
an extra blank page after each job... I remember people discussing this
problem but I can't remember the solution... can anyone help?
thanks, Stefano
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From: Rod Roark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Directories with color
Date: 25 Apr 1999 15:36:39 GMT
mikerego <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>How can I get RedHat directories, files and executables in color like in
>Slackware I have seen this question here before but can't find it now.
See http://www.sunsetsystems.com/tip-color-ls.html.
-- Rod
======================================================================
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http://www.sunsetsystems.com/ and Custom Software
======================================================================
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From: The Dude <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: umounting cdrom
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 13:52:27 GMT
In article <7ftbjk$m7o$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank Miles) wrote:
> In article <7ft1u5$f0i$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> The Dude <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >After I mount my cdrom as a user (not root) I can't eject it. What should I
> >do? Do I have to log as root and unmount it? (I can mount as a user but why
> >can't I umunt?) -- Regards The Dude
>
> It depends on the permissions that you give the various devices and drives.
> One alternative to opening up the permissions is to use 'sudo'. This is useful
> for handling floppies and many other things on a system. You won't need to
> become root, with all the risks; and you can give 'partial powers' to others
> as you (as root) see fit.
>
> -frank
>
> --
>
How exactly do I use that command `sudo`?
--
Regards
The Dude
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: autoconf & automake -> help
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 18:01:15 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello,
I need some help from an automake/autoconf expert. I studied the
manuals (GNU autoconf, GNU automake and "Learning the GNU development
tools"), but must have still missed some essential points ?!
The situation I have to consider is:
(Using Linux 2.2.5 / autoconf 2.13 / automake 1.4 and egcs 2.91.66)
I have some 100 C and C++ files distributed in a directory tree ("deep
package"); like below
src---->dir1---->dir11
---->dir12---->dir111
---->dir112
---->dir2
---->dir3
---->include
---->dir5
---->dir6
"dirnn" contain *.c, *.cc and *.h files
"include" contains only *.h files
some files contain some
#ifdef OPTION1 ... #endif
#ifdef OPTION2 ... #endif
#ifdef OPTION3 ... #endif
the target file should be "target" ( the corresponding main() is in
src/dir5/abc_main.cc )
My Questions:
1. What do I have do write in the Makefile.am and the configure.in ?
2. Is it right that I have to put the #defines of OPTION1, OPTION2 and
OPTION3 only once into acconfig.h at the src directory, and are valid
for all subdirs ?
3. I hope I am wrong that I have to manually create Makefile.am in
each subdir ?
And I hope I am wrong that I have to manually create the line(s)
"target_SOURCES = file1.c file2.c ... file528.c" ?
Otherwise I would not understand "auto" of automake and autoconf ....
I understand that the GNU cc is able to find out the dependencies
itself
(concerning the headers) ?.
4. What has to be changed (in the Makefile.am and the configure.in),
when there is a second target2 (a main() ) in src/dir6/file123.c
The main focus of my questions is, that everything important can be
specified in a few sentences, but I can not see, how to avoid writting
manually hundred of lines into Makefile.am and configure.in. Everytime
the package changes (new files or new directories), a lot of manual
effort is necessary to adapt the two files ?
Many thanks in advance !
Andreas
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From: Roland Latour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: echo \xnnn
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 07:32:01 -0700
Fr�d�ric Hoerni wrote:
>
> I want to echo the ascii chars with echo \xnnn where nnn is the octet.
> It does not work (it echos the same thing). I tried echo $\xnnn without
> anymore success.
> How can I have any char from its octal or hexadecimal code ?
What's the x for? Here are some samples from my .bash_profile. \033
is the escape character.
function 132col {
/bin/echo "\033[?3h"
}
function 80col {
/bin/echo "\033[?3l"
}
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No matter how great your triumphs or how tragic your defeats --
approximately one billion Chinese couldn't care less.
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From: Gerald Willmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: installing Linux on HD from floppies -- how?
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 11:34:48 -0700
On 25 Apr 1999, Bauke Jan Douma wrote:
> Anyone here remember how to install Linux on Harddisk from a set
> of boot/root floppies??
check out Debian - their base system can be installed from floppy.
Gerald
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From: "Joshua E. Rodd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Criminally Insane Programmers Are Attracted To Open Source Code
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 15:35:36 -0400
Neil de Carteret wrote:
> "Stephan I. Boettcher" wrote:
> > Hmm. To me is sounds consistent. Cloning takes place before the
> > testosterone comes into the picture. Remove the Y, double the X: no
> > testosterone. Inject testosterone, and your back in square one, well,
> > almost.
> You'd have someone that looked male, but with certain female-typical
> characteristics - e.g. the various sex-linked genetic disorders like colour
> blindness would be as rare in XX males as in females. And said XX male could
> only ever have female children. Hmm... what does this tell us about Henry
> VIII ?
The opposite also occasionally happens; an XY child can be under certain
conditions in the mother which prevent the androgens from performing their
function properly which results in a female child, developing as a normal
female (only diff. would be the aforementioned sex-linked genetic disorders).
IIRC there was a female who competed in the Olympics who was XY chromosomally,
meaning that the blood test the Olympic committee used then diagnosed her as
male (because they didn't want a more squeamish test). It prompted them to use
a new diagnostic method.
Cheers,
Joshua.
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