Linux-Misc Digest #365, Volume #20 Thu, 27 May 99 06:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Anyone got corrupted console font after 'out of memory' w/ 2.2.7 (or 2.2.5)? (Marc
Mutz)
Re: Help with LPR printing! (Brian Lane)
Re: Help with LPR printing!
Re: Curious result from 2.3.3 Kernel compile (Paul Kimoto)
Re: How to run a script when logging out ? (Brian Lane)
Re: USB on Linux (Brent)
Re: Crontab? (Paul Kimoto)
Re: FDD Tape Drive--The Sequel ("Curt")
Re: Realplayer G2 (Michel)
Re: any plugin or app similar to this ... (Zeljko Blace)
Re: Netscape 4.60 evaluation ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Help with CRON (Scott Lanning)
Re: USB on Linux (Mark Tranchant)
Re: Ethernet Card Plus Elite 16 (Mark Tranchant)
Intel i810 (John Hong)
RPM Libraries/CVS Question (Jason Bond)
Re: Road Runner Customer User Agreement Violation - Using Alternative Operating
Systems ("David A. Spicer")
Re: NT the best web platform? (Olaf Walkowiak)
Re: SCSI Zip/Jaz Drives (Peragrine)
groff and fetchmailconf problems FIXED. (Walter Francis)
Re: A Capitalists view of freedom (Marco Antoniotti)
Re: Tools under Linus (Brandon)
rpc.lockd doesn't work with SMP. Help please ("David Travers")
Re: A Capitalists view of freedom (Marco Antoniotti)
Help with CRON again (Jason Bond)
Re: Memory Allocation Issue ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Corrupt Superblock ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 23:44:34 +0200
From: Marc Mutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Anyone got corrupted console font after 'out of memory' w/ 2.2.7 (or 2.2.5)?
Hello out there!
I lately experienced a strange error (in / with ?) kernel 2.2.7 (2.2.5):
After installing three md devices (working fine) I wanted to check
whether or not a swapping system feels more 'useable' afterwards. So I
started a lot of fat things and filled up my RAM (128M) and swapspace
(2*128M). As with earlier kernels, the system then holds still for a
couple of minutes, then kills the whole X session and returns to the
(graphical) login promt. So far all that was just as usual (footnote: I
often work w/ perl-scripts computing picture data and you should read
the perl-manpage (search for 'tradeoff' in the perlfaq-manpages)). But
when I returned to the console, some characters were transformed into
single-pixel-width-vertical-lines. Since then it stays that way.
Anyone who has experienced the same problem?
Marc
PS: I don't want to reboot, and the reason why I don't know whether I
use 2.2.5 or 2.2.7 is that although I compiled and installed 2.2.7 (and
2.2.9 by now) I do not know if I rebooted since... And I cannot go and
have a look at /proc/version, because I have a broken leg
(oooooooooohhhhhhhhhh - yes thanks)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brian Lane)
Crossposted-To:
linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Help with LPR printing!
Date: 27 May 1999 04:56:39 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 25 May 1999 21:24:55 +0000, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>1) When trying to print ASCII directly to port... "Can only print
>directly to a LOCAL printer."
>2) When trying to print either ASCII or postscript to lpr, it doesn't
>do anything. I do an lpq, and there is nothing queued. However, when I
>go into /var/spool/lpd/... there are the queued jobs! Why won't they
>show when I do lpq, or in the RedHat printtool, or in klpq?
Check your permissions on /var/spool/* also try printing as root instead
of as a user and see if that makes a difference. Did you use printtool to do
the install or do it by hand? I let printtool handle things the last time I
did a printer install and it worked out pretty well.
Brian
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Help with LPR printing!
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 23:20:33 -0700
Also run lpc stat instead of lpq
--John
Brian Lane wrote in message ...
>On Tue, 25 May 1999 21:24:55 +0000, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>1) When trying to print ASCII directly to port... "Can only print
>>directly to a LOCAL printer."
>>2) When trying to print either ASCII or postscript to lpr, it doesn't
>>do anything. I do an lpq, and there is nothing queued. However, when I
>>go into /var/spool/lpd/... there are the queued jobs! Why won't they
>>show when I do lpq, or in the RedHat printtool, or in klpq?
>
>
> Check your permissions on /var/spool/* also try printing as root instead
>of as a user and see if that makes a difference. Did you use printtool to
do
>the install or do it by hand? I let printtool handle things the last time I
>did a printer install and it worked out pretty well.
>
> Brian
>
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65.91F]---------
>Brian C. Lane
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Linux Consulting & Web Hosting
www.nexuscomputing.com
>
>Where rights secured by the Constitution are involved, there can be no
>rule making or legislation which would abrogate them.
> -- Miranda vs. Arizona, 384 US 436 p. 491
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: Curious result from 2.3.3 Kernel compile
Date: 27 May 1999 02:27:45 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, TurkBear wrote:
> After compiling a 2.3.3 kernel ( I like risks),
> everything works file, but the login screen reads
>
> Red Hat Linux release 5.2 (Apollo)
> Kernel 2.3.2 on an i586
>
> Why 2.3.2 for the 2.3.3 kernel....?
Because the source code still thinks that it's the 2.3.2 kernel:
see the first four lines of the top-level Makefile.
The kernel maintainer forgot to increment the third digit.
(This happens occasionally, but somehow he manages to keep his
position.)
--
Paul Kimoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brian Lane)
Subject: Re: How to run a script when logging out ?
Date: 27 May 1999 05:00:09 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 24 May 1999 22:02:12 GMT, John Robson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>I often forget to shut down my Sybase database server when I log out. So
>I wrote a script to execute isql commands to shut down the servers. But then,
>I sometimes forget to execute the script before I log out :-( .
>
>How do I tell Linux to execute my shutdown script automatically whenever I
>log out ?
>
The exact file depends on your distribution. Take a look at the files in
/etc/rc.d/ and directories below. These are the scripts that run at startup
and shutdown. You should be able to find an appropriate place to insert a
clean shutdown.
Brian
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Where rights secured by the Constitution are involved, there can be no
rule making or legislation which would abrogate them.
-- Miranda vs. Arizona, 384 US 436 p. 491
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From: Brent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: USB on Linux
Date: 27 May 1999 06:29:00 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: I'd like to know peoples experiences using USB devices
: with Linux. I'd like to know if I would have any problems
: connected with a USB adapter?
: Greg
Greg, there is no USB support in Linux, as of yet.
-Brent
__________________________________________
"A 'conclusion' is that point in an
argument where you get tired of thinking."
-Ray Jennings
__________________________________________
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: Crontab?
Date: 27 May 1999 02:34:14 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <7ig8vb$b8b$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Nick Zentena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Are the fields for crontab documented anywhere? I've looked. Any pointer
>> would be great.
> 'man crontab' is a very good start. That's all I needed to get me going.
By the way, on your system there may be two man pages for crontab!
If so, you are looking the one in section 5 (describing the file
format), not the one in section 1 (describing the crontab program
proper).
--
Paul Kimoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Reply-To: "Curt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Curt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: FDD Tape Drive--The Sequel
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 21:31:44 -0500
Try
tar -cz /home/* > /dev/ftape/hame.tar
Adam J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7ihpj1$o5c$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Thanks for the info. I installed my Colorado 250MB tape drive, but have
> been unsuccessful in getting anything on the tape. I know I should use
tar,
> (the command line I used was "tar -cz /home/* /dev/ftape/hame.tar") but
> whenever I try to use it, I get a bunch of garbage on the screen and my
box
> starts beeping at me. Any advice?
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Adam J
>
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From: Michel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Realplayer G2
Date: 26 May 1999 22:26:01 -0500
Carl Fink wrote:
>
> Is anyone else having sound problems? I'm using that most standard
> of sound cards, the SB16, but the sound is absurdly distorted and
> useless. It seems to me that the lowest volume setting is so high
> it's overloading my (headphone) speakers.
>
> Anyone else getting overloud sound?
>
Not here, it works great. It sucks on winblows but I have a good control
of sound on Linux. On winblows I have to jack the sound near the end
and with this one it's just normal. I'm quite please so far, the missing part
is that I can't have any preset channel, that sucks. My sound card is ESS
--
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then try Linux's preemptive multitasking
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From: Zeljko Blace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.dev.apps,comp.graphics.apps.gimp
Subject: Re: any plugin or app similar to this ...
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 09:06:31 +0200
Thanks a lot ... I think that that is it ...I will have to check it out in "real
life" conditions on my Pentium 133Mhz ;)
Nicolas Bouthors wrote:
> On Wed, 26 May 1999 19:28:43 +0200, Zeljko Blace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >http://www.arcsoft.com/photomontage.htm
> >is there anything similar in opensource community (as Gimp plugin or
> >separate app.)
>
> see 'pmosaic' in the registery (registry.gimp.org) it seems to do the stuff you
> are looking for... It works perfectly with gimp-1.0.0 at home...
>
> See ya.
> Nico
>
> --
> Nicolas Bouthors - CISV France NJR - www.efrei.fr/~bouthors/contact.html
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Netscape 4.60 evaluation
Date: 27 May 1999 07:31:45 GMT
Michel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Chris Aiken wrote:
>>
>> I downloaded 4.6 from Netscape in the form of a gzipped tarball file.
>> I installed in my /opt directory w/o any problems at all. I edited the
>> /bin/netscape script to point to my new version being careful not to
>> destroy the old version. It works great! No problems so far. It
>> seems to be a bit faster that 4.51 but who knows. I did pick up
>> new bookmarks and address books from my .netscape directory.
>>
> You must not have gone on java sites yet!
> My netscape goes in a warp hole here, I have RedHat 6.0
I've been to all the java sites I used to visit with netscape 4.51 and
there were no probs with 4.6
No considerable difference though. I just like to keep to the latest
version although sometimes that's not necessarily a good idea.
What problems are you having with java sites?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Lanning)
Subject: Re: Help with CRON
Date: 27 May 1999 08:13:47 GMT
Jason Bond ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: I'm trying to display a message to myself using xmessage
: and cron (actually I'm using kcrontab). The problem is that
: even though the crontab is setup correctly, the xmessage
: is not displayed on my screen...does anyone know why this
: might be so? Thanks much in advance,
As far as I know, cron redirects stdout/stderr to /bin/mail, which
then mails it to the user. Did your message appear in your mailbox?
Output can be redirected to a log file, but that's not (directly)
applicable to your problem (though I suppose you could create some
daemon which is triggered by output to the logfile). A somewhat
hackish solution may be to use procmail (though I've never tried
redirecting to stdout.). Alternatively, you could hack cron and
make it not redirect to /bin/mail (again, I've never tried that).
Probably there is some application to let you do what you
want, but I don't know it (I think at and batch have similar
behavior to cron).
--
Scott Lanning: [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://physics.bu.edu/~slanning
"Besides a mathematical inclination, an exceptionally good mastery of
one's native tongue is the most vital asset of a competent programmer."
-- Edsger W. Dijkstra
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From: Mark Tranchant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: USB on Linux
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 08:17:36 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Brent wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> : I'd like to know peoples experiences using USB devices
> : with Linux. I'd like to know if I would have any problems
> : connected with a USB adapter?
>
> : Greg
>
> Greg, there is no USB support in Linux, as of yet.
>
Not entirely true. There is very rudimentary, emergency-use-only USB
support included in the latest 2.2 kernels (2.2.8 introduced it, IIRC).
Mark.
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From: Mark Tranchant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ethernet Card Plus Elite 16
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 08:21:26 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If this is the SMC Elite Plus 16, compile in WD8013 support.
Mark.
Uwe Brauer wrote:
>
> Hello
>
> I am running Suse Linux and this distribution
> does not support the Ethernet Card Plus Elite 16, explictly sated in
> their webpage.
>
> Could someone pls tell where to find information about this particular
> card, thanks in advance
>
> Uwe Brauer
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hong)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Intel i810
Date: 27 May 1999 04:19:21 GMT
Anyone have a time frame as to when Linux and Xfree86 will begin
supporting this?
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From: Jason Bond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RPM Libraries/CVS Question
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 01:30:11 -0700
I'm thinking of installing a CVS version of a program...and this, in
general requires the absolute latest versions of sets of libraries (not
in general supported but the actual developers?...or am I off on
this?). Are these daily newest libraries a good idea to install or are
they considered dangerously unstable?
Secondly, when one tries to install a given RPM file and it
comes back saying:
libORBit.so.0 is needed by x11amp-0.9beta1.1-19990519cvs1
libORBitCosNaming.so.0 is needed by
x11amp-0.9beta1.1-19990519cvs1
libart_lgpl.so.2 is needed by x11amp-0.9beta1.1-19990519cvs1
libgnome.so.32 is needed by x11amp-0.9beta1.1-19990519cvs1
etc., say.
How does one know where to get the rpm's that contain
these libraries (or at least the names of the rpms that contain
them)?...or if not rpms...how to find out the name of
the gzip files in which these files reside? Much thanks
in advance,
Jason
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From: "David A. Spicer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.fan.roadrunner,comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Road Runner Customer User Agreement Violation - Using Alternative
Operating Systems
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 03:53:44 GMT
Timur Tabi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> TWC does NOT care what OS you use. I happily use OS/2 here in Austin and
> they have no problem with that at all.
>
> Each city is different. In Austin, they gave us the option of a
self-install,
> which is a great option. They just told us what needs to be done, and I
did
> it all under OS/2. I can even log on to my profile and set up email
> accounts, etc.
I remember doing the same with Worldnet back when I was running OS/2.
It took a little while to explain to them that all I needed was the server
info to
set it up and NOT support. They finally got the message and gave me the
info I needed.
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From: Olaf Walkowiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: NT the best web platform?
Date: 27 May 1999 10:41:11 +0200
Hello,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jon Drukman) writes:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Olaf Walkowiak wrote:
> >If you have a lot of dynamic content, exspecially when using custom
> >modules with mod_perl or something, using Squid can reduce the
> >necessary Apache childs, especially if there are lots of "slow"
> >clients. This can reduce memory consumption.
>
> If you're going to use Squid, you should give it all the memory you
> can spare.
True.
>
> I'm not sure what you mean by "dynamic" content here. If the content
> is truly dynamic (in my mind that means it is different on each request)
> then you *cannot* cache it
That's right, but squid in this case buffers the output, so the apache
child doesn't have to wait for slow clients (slow connection
f.e.). That way, you don't need so many child processes.
CU
Olaf
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professional and easy2use e-Commerce Systems
http://www.acmedia.de http://www.buy-world.de
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From: Peragrine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SCSI Zip/Jaz Drives
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 22:51:15 -0400
try the aha1520A it
should work better for
you remember to use the
full command to load the
proper module.
At least in RH 6.0 I also
believe it is relevant to
the other distortions
aha152x=0x340,11,7
you must write it all..
340 is the port 11 is the
irq and 7 is the scsi id
of the controller
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From: Walter Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: groff and fetchmailconf problems FIXED.
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 03:04:51 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I started removing possible problems, and also started logging
completely out (back to xdm screen) each time.. Previously I had just
been closing the shell.. duh..
Found bash had no problem. So I renamed the .tcshrc file, no problem...
Turns out, I renamed a directory in /usr/bin that I had a path set to in
my .tcshrc file, thus had a path set to a shell script.
I'm surprized more things didn't blow up, but now I know, and maybe the
next time this happens someone searching Deja will see my posts and fix
it themselves without looking stupid.. :)
--
Walter Francis
http://wally.hplx.net Powered by RedHat 5.2
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From: Marco Antoniotti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: A Capitalists view of freedom
Date: 27 May 1999 11:00:56 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] () writes:
> On 26 May 1999 09:38:47 +0200, Marco Antoniotti
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] () writes:
> >
> >> On 25 May 1999 14:28:19 +0200, Marco Antoniotti
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >ABSOLUTELY OFF-TOPIC.
> >> >
> >> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Wilson) writes:
> >> >
> >> >> Did you know that the fascists of Italy and the Nazi's of Germany passed
> >> >> massive gun restrictions that effectively disarmed the populace?
> >> >
> >> >Ahem. Of course, history is not done with "if's", but if the pre-1922
> >> >italian goverments had effectively disarmed the Fascist Squads, maybe
> >> >we wouldn't have had to endure "Him". The same argument holds for the
> >> >Weimar Republic goverments wrt the "Brown Shirts". Your knowledge of
> >> >history seems spotty. Your argument leaks.
> >>
> >> Except the SA was notorious for BEATING people not shooting them.
> >> If you think weapons controls slow down thugs, you've been living
> >> a sheltered existence.
> >
> >I lived in NYC for 5 years in the early 90's and dared take the subway
> >at 2:00am, alone, unarmed. So much for "living a sheltered
> >existence". :)
> >
> >I do not think that a thug with a gun can be slowed down. I don't
> >believe that evan a thug without a gun can be slowed down. But if he
> >has a gun I get killed more easily.
>
> Dead is dead.
>
> >
> >My point is that all over (Western) Europe, where gun controls are in
> >place, violent crime is not at the levels reached in some US cities.
> >This is statistics. Your argument leaks. Of course, I could go on
>
> No, this is bad statistics. There are more variables present
> in the situation than you are letting on. You are also
> confusing a correlation with causation.
Of course, you deleted the part where I was hinting at these "extra
variables". "Confusing causation with correlation" is something I am
very aware of. As an aside, some of the major critiques of the
well-known "The Bell Curve" is that the authors *do* make such a
confusion.
Apart from that, we are talking about Western Europe. What the hell
would the "extra variables" be? Are you thinking of "less liberal
states"? "More controlled societies"? "Poorer countries than the
US"? "Different cultural background"? Or simply "less violent social
context"?
But now the big question. Are you from the US? If so, how much time have you
spent outside the US? Have you ever cursed at the Rome Subway workers
and administrators because of their poor service? :) Have you ever
waited for 5 years to get a tax refund? :)
These are big questions. I have a quote from Samuel Longhorn Clemens for
you on the subject. But I'll wait for the answer first. :)
Cheers
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Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 03:16:57 -0400
From: Brandon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Tools under Linus
I Ching Hsueh wrote:
>
> Hallo,
> A good question for Linus people.
> I want to know, how many well-known tools now run under Linus, or which webside
> I should visit to get this.
>
> Regards
its called Linux, not Linus. Linux is the guy who created it.
And many tools are available. You can try www.linux.org or
www.linuxresources.com or www.linux.com for info. Many commerical apps
are even available such as office suites.
And it has many built in tools whihc are free
Brandon
--
"Bill Gates?, I dont know any Bill Gates. Oh, you mean 'by putting
every conceivable
feature into an OPERATING SYSTEM, whether you want it or not, is
innovation' Bill
Gates? Yeah, I know the monopolizer"
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For Beginners in Linux, Emulation, Midis, Playstation Info, and
Virii.
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From: "David Travers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: rpc.lockd doesn't work with SMP. Help please
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 10:12:06 +0100
Hi.
I have a problem with the NFS lock deamon (rpc.lockd).
I had setup a linux box with dual P2's but compiled the kernel only to use
one processor.
When in this configuration the rpc.lockd worked and I could lock files over
the NFS link e.g records in database files.
However when I recompiled the kernel for SMP, the rpc.lockd doesn't work. I
rceompiled rpc.lockd from the source code, but this didn't help.
Questions
==============
1) Can you do NFS file locking in an SMP environment?
2) If so what software do I require, where can I get it , and what
compile/configuration settings should I use to get it to work?
Your help would be most appreciated.
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From: Marco Antoniotti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: A Capitalists view of freedom
Date: 27 May 1999 11:10:36 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Seebach) writes:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Ed Avis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Peter Seebach wrote:
> >>That's one of the things Lott did - or rather, he studied numbers from places
> >>where these things happen. In general, violent crimes go sharply down when
> >>you start letting people carry guns legally.
>
> >...in a country where criminals already have guns. I assume the
> >studies applied only to the US.
>
> Yes. I'd love to see some research on other contexts as well. It's
> clear that the correlation between guns and crime isn't going to turn out
> to be easy to understand... Too much social interaction.
>
> >You would not necessarially get the same results in a situation where
> >to start with, neither criminals nor the public had access to
> >firearms, and then gun laws were relaxed.
>
> Well, I don't think there's anywhere in the world where people genuinely don't
> have access to firearms... :) That said, I would guess that relaxing gun
> laws would probably lower the rate of violent crime anyway, although there
> might well be a short blip higher.
Well, the argument that Lott did some number crunching and then came
up with the conclusion that "more weapons circulation = less crime"
does not surprise me. As it does not surprise me that the crime rate
in the US is generally down, mostly due to the better economic
climate.
But the big question remains. Why in Western Europe the violent, gun
related, crime rates are still lower than in the US (or - at least -
this is the perception that one has), and with much stricter gun
controls laws in place? Big question for sure, but avoiding it is
unfair. :)
Cheers
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From: Jason Bond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help with CRON again
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 02:20:04 -0700
The job I'm having trouble with is (from the crontab):
* * * * * /usr/X11R6/bin/xmessage "My
Message"
and the email that cron sends me is:
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Cron <jbond@blah> /usr/X11R6/bin/xmessage "My Message"
X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh>
X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/home/jbond>
X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/usr/bin:/bin>
X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=jbond>
Error: Can't open display:
So that it seems the problem is that the display cannot
be set....is there a way to get around this so that cron can
execute the xmessage program? Thanks much again,
Jason
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Memory Allocation Issue
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 09:00:02 GMT
In article <095r5y6p#[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Stefan Knabe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I had a similar problem (kernel 2.2.5, SuSE 6.1) when I ran the
> QT-example-program dragdrop.
> This program contains an infinite recursion. This caused the X-Server
to
> crash and I couldn't shutdown Linux anymore.
Yes, although my particular problem was data, I can see it would apply
equally well to stack space. I tried your code and my little patch
seems to solve that as well, you can still login as root and kill the
process.
>
> Well, one can avoid this by delimiting the stack via ulimit -s .
> But it means, that Linux doesn't handle memory shortage gracefully.
I also tried using ulimit -d, but as you say, this is far from ideal.
> Overcommited memory seems to be disabled, because cat
> /proc/sys/vm/overcommited_memory says 0, but I'm not sure that this is
> really the case.
Allowing memory overcommit makes the problem worse, because an
application can allocate memory but then find it is not actually there
when it tries to use it. If you want to set this option, you can simply
perform:
echo 1 >/proc/sys/vm/overcommited_memory
Paul.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Corrupt Superblock
Date: Thu, 27 May 99 07:33:54 GMT
A couple of days ago I tried to boot linux and to my dismay I got a kernel
panic. After some poking around I realized that I have a corrupt superblock.
Reinstalling is not a problem (been planning on getting SuSE since 6.1 came
out anyway) as most of my important data is backed up but there is some data
that I did not back up. So I am hoping that someone has a great trick to be
able to access the drive so that I can get my data off before formatting the
disk. If anyone has any ideas please send them on to me.
Olivier
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