Linux-Misc Digest #393, Volume #20 Sat, 29 May 99 09:13:19 EDT
Contents:
"kernel: khm" error (NEWS)
Re: USB on Linux (NEWS)
Re: * * * Mindcraft offer (NEWS)
Re: Netscape crashes and (NEWS)
Re: Fun things to do with (NEWS)
Re: How to get multiple r (NEWS)
Re: Insmod (NEWS)
gdm compilation troubles (NEWS)
Re: Corrupt Superblock (NEWS)
HP T4000s Tape Drive (SCS (NEWS)
Re: Netscape 4.51 (NEWS)
Re: Diald dials out every (NEWS)
Linux on an LC630/DOS Com (NEWS)
Re: Will a SupraExpress 5 (NEWS)
Re: Linux books (NEWS)
Re: Bart or Lisa could ke (NEWS)
Printing (NEWS)
Re: Desktop size, XFree, (NEWS)
Re: How do you change the (NEWS)
Re: Netscape crashes and (NEWS)
Re: Middleware to connect (NEWS)
Re: RPM to see what package a file is in? (pat)
Re: rpm arch: how to change it? (pat)
Re: ncurses pieces missing? ("D. Vrabel")
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From: NEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: "kernel: khm" error
Date: 27 May 1999 08:47 GMT
Hi,
I have previously posted the smae question but got no answer... I try
again!
I am under X, in an xterm. I su to root, then ask for another xterm. The
command hangs. On the console I see:
[date]: [hostname] kernel: khm
As far as I see, I get the same behaviour (command hang+console message)
for all programs that need to open a window (e.g. emacs, fr and others).
They all hang. No problem if I don't need any window (e.g. emacs -nw).
But I also seem to have problem with other processes that run as root.
E.g., I cannot connect to my httpd server... the connection hangs although
the server is running, same kernel: khm error on the console.
I have a custom 2.2.3 kernel on a redhat 5.2 installation. I have this
kernel since the end of March and never had this problem before today.
I would really appreaciate some help!
thanks,
Stefano
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From: NEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: USB on Linux
Date: 27 May 1999 11:32 GMT
Mark Tranchant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 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.
I think the devel kernels may have more support for USB. I'm not sure
about that tho, second hand info.
http://www.kernel.org would be the place to start checking, I suppose,
but I'm not that interested in USB (yet).
frank
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From: NEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: * * * Mindcraft offer
Date: 27 May 1999 01:32 GMT
On 25 May 1999 19:41:48 GMT, Philip Brown
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On 25 May 1999 03:33:04 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>On 24 May 1999 23:42:15 GMT,
>> Philip Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>
>>> I would like to figure out WHY microemacs isn't included in any of the
>>> distributions?!! It's great!
>>> (jove is better, but uemacs would be good :-)
>>
>>Because the microEmacs license forbids it to the point that it is a
>>license violation even to put it on a $2 CD from CheapBytes. (It's one
>>of those evil 'anti-commercial' licenses.)
>>
>>I've vainly tried to discuss the matter with Dan Lawrence, microEmacs'
>>maintainer, and he's adamant about how the 'evil' GPL is somehow
>>depriving programmers of money.
>
>Hmm. Okay, but debian could still distribute it without GPL.
.... As a non-free extension that can *only* be downloaded via the
Internet. Burning a CD and charging for it is verboten.
If the license discriminates against commercial use or distribution,
then the software isn't free.
Note that this is true for virtually all of the dozen or so major
meanings of the word "free." It's not that the FSF have come up with
some peculiar notion of "free;" in my dictionary, the notion of "free"
indicating "free of charge" isn't in the "top half" of the definitions.
>Guess I'll send him an email.
You'll most likely just irritate him *and* yourself, and waste time for
both of you.
--
"Besides a mathematical inclination, an exceptionally good mastery of
one's native tongue is the most vital asset of a competent programmer."
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From: NEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netscape crashes and
Date: 28 May 1999 02:32 GMT
Douglas Bollinger wrote:
> I'm using the same Linksys card that you are using, and it seems to
> work great, although I haven't pounded on the Linux box very hard.
> Just because they are cheap doesn't make them bad.
>
> I think your theory on a hardware problem is very good, specifically
> a conflict with the different cards on your PCI bus. With my Abit
> BH-6 (my Win computer), the AGP and the first PCI slot share the
> same IRQ, and it is generally considered very bad mojo to have two
> high bandwidth devices, like a video card and a NIC, try to co-exist
> on one interrupt. Sometimes it works, but usually you get weird
> problems.
>
> Your second hardware configuration will probably work much better.
> If you are using the Abit BH-6, you might want to check for a flash
> ROM upgrade; this would allow you to assign an IRQ for each PCI
> slot.
>
> I experienced this kind of problem first hand when I added a NIC
> card to my Win98 box. After experiencing all sorts of strange
> problems and lockups, I noticed that my sound card and NIC were
> sharing an interrupt. After moving a card to allow the BIOS to give
> each device a separate IRQ, all the problems went away. Apparently
> IRQ sharing is somewhat a fantasy. :)
Hi,
My motherboard is a Gigabyte 6BXD running two PII-300's (overclocked to
450MHz). I wonder if the BIOS can separate the IRQ's of the AGP port
and the first PCI slot.... Probably not...
As I have described earlier, I'd rather have a network card share IRQ
with a fast SCSI card than with a VGA card. Let me see what happens.
Waiting for a chance to shut down the machine..... or forced to :^(
Thanks.
Do-Hoon Kwon
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From: NEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Fun things to do with
Date: 27 May 1999 02:02 GMT
There's a quakeii dedicated server for Linux. Also, the Halflife server for
linux was just released.
You can go to setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu and help look for extraterrestrial
intelligence.
You can use it as a learning tool.
Get a couple of small disks and set up a few RAID arrays.
Load one of the database servers and connect to it using ODBC drivers from
your nt/win workstations.
Get Star Office personal edition for free and have the full office suite
that's comparable to Office97.
Use it as a dial on demand server and run all your local machines to the
internet through it.
Recompile the kernel as a learning experience.
CH
coffee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Gerritt Baer wrote:
> >
> > Well, I've found myself with an extra PII/266, and can't find a real
> > use for the darn thing. I could install w95 on it to chain my pcs
> > together so I can play quake2 with myself, but I was hoping to do
> > something more useful/interesting with it. So i've installed SuSE 6.1
> > on it yesterday and I'm trying to think of some interesting/fun things
> > to do with the box. As, of now, it just sits there doing not much of
> > anything :) Anyone have any good ideas?
> >
> > Gerritt Baer
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> I had a spare 486 sitting around and I set it up as a file
> server. I just download all files to it thru my main
> terminal off internet and store it all there. I also put in
> a tape backup to keep things safe.
>
> It sits in a corner of my bedroom running 24/7. Sometimes I
> forget its even there :))
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: NEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to get multiple r
Date: 27 May 1999 15:47 GMT
Deja only claims two messages on this group from your email address. The
first one about video card drivers didn't really give much information,
or show any evidence that you'd read any documentation (www.xfree86.org
- note that it's "X" or "X Window System" *not* XWindows) or searched
for yourself using e.g. AltaVista.
The second one about window manager menus (which I have answered) is
similar - you seem to have little concept of the relation between X, the
window manager and the applications, which is admittedly less cohesive
than under Windows. I have no problem with you being a newbie (how
accommodating I am!) but with this little knowledge you really should be
buying a beginners' guide to linux book rather than asking here each and
every time something goes wrong. Also, that posting precedes this one by
a mere 24 minutes - how quickly are you expecting answers?
Read around and search a bit before asking.
This problem is only going to get worse as more and more people migrate
to Linux. I have been using it since 1994 - then, people hardly ever
asked this level of question. I'm waiting in dread for "broken
cupholder" type questions to flood in.
NOTE: I am not suggesting that people with little idea of how to run
Linux are in any way inferior - don't give me the "what gives you the
right to preach" rubbish. I'm not looking down on you, just stating the
facts.
Mark.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I have posted several messages in the past but I rarely ever get
> replies. Since I am a newbie my questions are usually straight forwrd
> and to the point. Why don't I get replies? Any advise would be
> apreciated.
>
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From: NEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Insmod
Date: 27 May 1999 06:32 GMT
On Wed, 26 May 1999 18:12:17 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have an external zip drive on my printer port. As root I have it set
>to auto "insmod ppa" When I logon as a user insmod is not able to be
>used. Why?
Because you are not root. Add the insmod ppa to your system startup
scripts instead of root's login script.
Brian
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From: NEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: gdm compilation troubles
Date: 28 May 1999 03:32 GMT
When compiling gdm-1.0.0 i get the following error -
/usr/lib/libwrap.a(hosts_access.o): In function `host_match':
hosts_access.o(.text+0x4c1): undefined reference to
`yp_get_default_domain'
make[2]: *** [gdm] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory
`/home/brent/progs/source/gnome/gdm-1.0.0/src'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/brent/progs/source/gnome/gdm-1.0.0'
make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2
Any help would be great,
Brent
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From: NEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Corrupt Superblock
Date: 27 May 1999 18:32 GMT
On Thu, 27 May 99 07:33:54 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>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.
Easier said than done. I was going to mail you. But the headers seems to
indicate that you are using a forged from-header.
Well - actually, I couldn't know, as there IS a domain called nowhere.com,
and it didn't specifically tell me that the user "nowhere" didn't exist,
but...
Anyhow, the answer you're looking for, is in the manpage of e2fsck:
-b superblock
Instead of using the normal superblock, use an
alternative superblock specified by
superblock.Thisoptionisnormallyusedwhentheprimary-
superblock has been corrupted; most filesystems
have primary superblocks located at blocks 8193,
16385, etc. If an alternative superblock is speci-
fied and the filesystem is not opened read-only,
e2fsck will make sure that the primary superblock
is updated appropriately upon completion of the
filesystem check.
If you haven't specified something else when you made the filesystem (quite
unlikely, because if you had, you'd likely not have to ask this question
either), you can simply boot from a rescue-disk, and do:
e2fsck -b 8193 /dev/hda1
Of course, replace hda1 with the correct device-name for the corrupt
Linux-partition.
- Vegard
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From: NEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HP T4000s Tape Drive (SCS
Date: 28 May 1999 01:47 GMT
Hi all,
I have just acquired an HP T4000s SCSI Travan (TR-4) 4/8 GB tape drive
and installed it in a PCI system using a BusLogic BT-950 (FlashPoint LW)
PCI to SCSI host Adapter. It detects fine, but when I try
$> mt -f /dev/nst0 status
or any other mt command, I get "/dev/nst0: No such device". I am using
RedHat 5.2 with kernel 2.0.36 and am loading the BusLogic driver as a
module. I have checked the system logs, and the newly installed
Buslogic adapter appears to initialize successfully (I can provide logs
if necessary). When I first installed the card and the drive I booted
by typing at the lilo prompt, "linux BusLogic" to load the driver with
the default settings. The very first few times I ran "mt" on it as
above, it would pause, and then the drive would start moving the tape
(like the tape was being accessed) and then give the "No Such Device"
error above. After rebooting and using insmod to load the driver,
trying it on a RH 6.0 install on a different partition (to see if the
2.2 kernel made a difference), and other such things, it doesn't even
spin the drive anymore...it just immediatley gives the error. I've
searched the archives of this and other newsgroups, but I am at a loss.
I'm fairly new to SCSI, but not to Linux, so if I need to do something
to initialize the host adapter better (or more correctly), please let me
know. If I need to do something to have it recognize the tape drive in
Linux (which I thought it would automatically do if the SCSI card was
installed properly) please let me know that as well. I have seen
several postings on this newsgroup from the past with people stating
that this drive works fine for them, so I am keeping hope (unless I just
bought a bad drive:-()
I desparately need to get a backup done on this machine, so I really
appreciate any help.
Regards,
Bill~
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From: NEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netscape 4.51
Date: 27 May 1999 03:17 GMT
Bob Lockie wrote:
>
> Why are the keys different between versions?
>
> Shift-c but Alt-Shift-c for Windows.
>
Well! this is the way under Linux, alt instead of shift. Get used to it, we like
it that way.
--
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then try Linux's preemptive multitasking
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We have software, food, music, news, search,
history, electronics and genealogy pages.
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From: NEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Diald dials out every
Date: 27 May 1999 06:02 GMT
On 26 May 1999 22:02:01 -0500, Michel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>marco tephlant wrote:
>>
>> Im pleased to say i've got IP masquerading and diald working this
>> weekend, one problem though is that diald spontaneously dials out. I've
>> looked through the man pages and checked theres no cron job causing it
>> but can't figure out whats making it happen, I have two Win98 PC's
>> connected to the network, neither of them were running any network app
>> or anything. As a test I left the server and one PC switched on for a
>> couple of hours and didnt touch anything, but logs still showed it
>> connecting every fifteen minutes.
>>
>> Any tips as to what this could be?
>>
>
>Did you set it to be active with control-panel? or KDE?
>
>If that is the case you are technically connected 24hrs a day. If something
>disconnects you the redialer will happily reconnect you. It looks like your
>ISP disconnects you after 15 minutes of inactivity. Linux is nice enough to
>reconnect you.
I think you misunderstood him, he said it is connecting every 15 minutes,
not disconnecting.
If you are running your own DNS server locally that can cause dialouts at
odd times (15 minutes sounds too regular). Try using tcpdump to watch for
packets on the sl0 interface to see what is starting it up (or use snort, my
favorite packet sniffer).
Brian
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From: NEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux on an LC630/DOS Com
Date: 28 May 1999 08:32 GMT
Is there a Linux device driver for the CD-ROM drive on a Macintosh
LC630/DOS Compatible?
Cliff
"If you wanna end war 'n' stuff, you gotta sing loud."
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From: NEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Will a SupraExpress 5
Date: 28 May 1999 08:32 GMT
On Mon, 24 May 1999 05:37:02 GMT, "Ozzy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Anybody running this modem under linux?
>successfully?
>
>
ok, i hear people saying that this modem works.
great, I have the same modem, but when I tried to detect it under
Suse 6.1, it doesn't detect anything. In windows 98 I have the modem
under COMport3 under the modem's properties in the ctrl panel. But
there is no COMport 3 in the System Properties...I am not sure if that
was the problem, but I tried to create a new COMport3 there with no
luck...(just gave me a 4/5).
So I moved the modem (thru using a diff IRQ in windows settings)
to COMport4 in win98 and went back into Suse
and again it detects nothing
Log in as root, used YaST to update the new COMport everytime of the
change and
I also used the "wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf" that was in the
manual(p143).
The last command is the line that activate the modem detection....
If you have Suse, what am I doing wrong?
If not, can you tell in detail how I can install this manually??
Thanks
-ML
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From: NEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux books
Date: 27 May 1999 02:17 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> Does anybody know what the best books on the market are for Linux System
>
>The O'Reilly & Associates series of books is very informative. The ones
>I own:
>
>1) Linux Network Administrator's Guide, Olaf Kirch.
>2) Running Linux, Matt Welsh and Lar Kaufman.
>3) Linux in a Nutshell, Jessica Perry Hekman and staff.
Don't get me wrong; I love O'REilly books and have enough that I really
don't care to count up how much I've spent on them. That said, consider
these facts:
When _Running Linux_ was released in its second edition over two and a
half years ago. At that time, according to the authors, kernel 1.2 was
"just around the corner." There was no KDE, no GNOME. The chapter on
dial-up networking focuses on establishing that all-important SLIP
connection, although the truly hackish might want to see the section on
DIP configuration. The idea of a hard drive big enough to blow past BIOS
limits was still fanciful enough that this critical issue is completely
uncommented-upon in the partitioning&setup section. A machine with 16MB
RAM is referred to as having "a great deal of physical RAM." Old NCSA
httpd is the model for setting up your own web server. There is nothing
about C News, INN, leafnode, slrnpull, suck. I could go on all day.
This is a well-written book, but the pace of change in the Linux world
has made the in-print edition of _Running Linux_ all but useless.
The _Network Administrator's Guide_ is even older, having been published
over four years ago. Among the items left out are ISDN, DSL, cable
"modems", fancy tricks like IP firewalling, forwarding, masquerading,
and on and on and on. Again: yes, it's a well-written book. But if
you're going to be working as an administrator on a network that has
anything remotely resembling modern features, it's a largely-useless
book.
While everyone here loves Linux and damn near everyone here love
O'Reilly, I think we do newbies a great disservice by pointing them at
these books at this time. When updated editions come out, let's put
them back on the list of recommendations, but for now...no.
Jim
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From: NEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Bart or Lisa could ke
Date: 27 May 1999 00:02 GMT
On 26 May 1999 10:10:47 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>...
>No one can accuratley say how many copies of Linux are installed, and
>I don't see why it matters any way.
because vendors choose what platform their software is going to be
released on, based on number of users on that platform.
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From: NEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Printing
Date: 28 May 1999 05:32 GMT
Hello,
I need a copy of JetAdmin for Red Hat 5.2.......where can I get a
copy?
Please e-mail me.
Thanks,
Arthur
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From: NEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Desktop size, XFree,
Date: 28 May 1999 13:32 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
diahedrial <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> jik- wrote:
> >
> > Matt O'Toole wrote:
> > >
> > > I want to know how to reaize my desktop.
The default size seems to be
> > > 1024x768. If I run at a lower screen
resolution, I get the usual panning
> > > screen, which I hate. How can I set both
the desktop *and* screen to
> > > 800x600?
> > >
> > > Matt O.
> >
> > You can do that and you can also change the
resolution at runtime with
> > control-alt-+/-. This will not fix the virtual
desktop problem (I hate
> > it too) but you will likely find a resolution
which is the max available
> > and the virtual screen will go away. To
actually fix the problem you
> > need to disable it in /etc/XF86Config.
>
> You can edit the /etc/XF86Config file , (or
/etc/X11/XF86Config), make
> a backup copy first, towards the bottom there is
a line that defines
> the virtual desktop, comment it out with "#"
(without the quotes), or...
On my System this doesent works. I think this is a
version problem. Im using Xfree 3.3.3.1, SuSe 6.1
and my x server always (except in the largest
possible resolution) has a virtual resolution and
i have no "virtual x y" line in my
/etc/XF86Config.
I think the documentation is out of date or there
is a bug in XFree3.3.3.1
Andre.
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From: NEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How do you change the
Date: 27 May 1999 17:32 GMT
Charlie,
I am using fvwm(Windowmaker) on redhat 5.2. I hope this is what your
looking for cause I have no idea what KDE is.
Thanks bro,
Mike B.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Charly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > I have recently installed Corel WP 8. As with Windows, I was
expecting
> > to see a shortcut in my applications menu. However it is not there.
> > How do I make entries and reconfigure my applications menu. Is it
like
> > using explorer in Windows? If so what program do I use. As you can
see
> > I am very new to Linux and would appreciate any and all help thrown
my
> > way.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mike B.
> >
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>
> What window manager are you using?
>
> If it's KDE, go
> K-->Utilities-->MenuEditor
> Maximize your window and you'll see your menu and sub-menus.
> Right-click on one, click New and then fill the textboxex as you want
!
>
> That's all. If it's not KDE, re-send your question. Surely someone
will
> know the answer !
> Hope this Helps
>
>
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From: NEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netscape crashes and
Date: 27 May 1999 22:17 GMT
Daniel Ganek wrote:
>
> Jerome Mrozak wrote:
> >
> >
> > I'm pretty much a newbie to Linux, but I thought you couldn't crash the
> > machine with an application. Or, putting it another way, what things
> > (drivers, etc.) can crash a Linux system if written/installed wrong?
> >
> > Jerome.
>
> Obviously, anything that's installed in the kernel can crash the machine.
> UNIX is not exactly a robust operating system and even mundane application
> programs can hang the machine by tying up system resources. A classic case
> is filling the disk up - that's why certain directories are put in separate
> partitions; e.g /tmp, /var, /home, etc. Network apps (netscape:-)can chew
> up kernel buffers under some conditions. And don't talk to me about X-Windows.
>
> /dan
Then how does Linux qualify as being *that* more reliable than Micros~1
NT?
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From: NEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Middleware to connect
Date: 27 May 1999 01:32 GMT
On 26 May 1999 14:
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From: pat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RPM to see what package a file is in?
Date: 29 May 1999 08:31:23 GMT
Sean Godsell wrote:
> Can anyone help me with this problem that I am having with rpm.
>
> I heard that you can find out what package a particular file is in,
> using the rpm command. What I am looking for is the one line command
> syntax. Not built into any shell scripts.
> If anyone knows the syntax of the command to perform this action, I
> would really be grateful.
>
> I can view all packages installed on the system using rpm -qa
> or find a particular file in a package using rpm -ql packagename | grep
> filename
> Maybe I am just getting too old, but I can't figure it out.
> Signed Please help a desperate man
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am not exactly sure what you are asking but I have one and a half
answers. If you want to know which already installed RPM package a
particular file belongs to, at the command line type "rpm -qf <file-name>"
rpm should return something like "file <file-name> belongs to package
<package-name>
If on the other hand, you are trying to install an rpm package but you
don't meet the dependencies and you need to find the required files... I am
not sure if there is a better way but check out rpmfind.net This website
catalogs tons of RPM's. If you find the proper one (same version and
preferably same distribution too) then look at the list of required files
for the RPM. They are all links to the (hopefully) correct RPMs that you
need.
Does anyone know of an easier way ?? would apprediate help on this.
-pjm
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From: pat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: rpm arch: how to change it?
Date: 29 May 1999 08:31:09 GMT
Ding-Jung Han wrote:
> Just tried to rebuild some src rpms on an i686 box. I've read thru RPM
> HOWTO but still have no clue how to change _arch to i686 (rpm --showrc
> indicates that my _arch is set to i386).
>
> Any suggestion is welcome,
>
> Ben
this seems irrelevant. the name of the rpm file really doesn't mean much,
it is just there for information. i386 RPMs work on all 386 and higher of
the x86 processors.
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From: "D. Vrabel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ncurses pieces missing?
Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 13:40:00 +0100
On Sat, 29 May 1999, Ciaran Costelloe wrote:
> I am a relative newbie to Linux and I am having problems getting a
> program I have written that uses ncurses to compile, specifically when I
> add "#include curses.h", the compiler cannot find curses.h.
>
> This is not that surprising since there is no file "curses.h" on my
> Linux computer. It is Redhat Linux version 5.2. When I checked what
> packages are installed, I was surprised to see that ncurses was
> installed. I then found /usr/doc/ncurses-4.2/README, which stated the
> installation instructions were to be found in INSTALL. However, I don't
> have an INSTALL file (unless it is really well hidden somewhere, like in
> some compressed file: it certainly is not with the README).
You need to install the ncurses development package.
> I have read up as much as I can on this but I am totally lost at this
> stage. I know that I don't really have a clue as to what I am doing,
> but I don't even know where to start learning. Can anyone please help?
>
> Ciaran Costelloe
>
>
David Vrabel
Engineering Undergraduate at University of Cambridge, UK.
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