Linux-Misc Digest #516, Volume #20 Sun, 6 Jun 99 12:13:18 EDT
Contents:
Re: Does Java run well on Linux? ("John Hughes")
Re: Mice recommendations (Justin B Willoughby)
Re: vmware networking? (mist)
System hangs sometimes on start up... ("Stephan Eickschen")
Re: sendmail forwarding... (Ed Allen)
Re: redhat 6.0 fprintf core dumps using objects from 5.2 (Ron Stanonik)
Re: I guess it's a DNS question. (Denis)
LILO gets corrupted (Alex Kaufman)
Re: ESS1868 installation under 2.2.x ("Peter Caffin")
Re: Another RealPlayer G2 question. (Joe Morton)
Re: RedHat installation problem with a Compaq Deskpro 6000 (Andrea Peri)
Re: problems compiling new packages (Jay Daniels)
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From: "John Hughes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.caldera,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Does Java run well on Linux?
Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1999 14:53:57 +0100
Go to suns web pages.
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7ja3gb$u73$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Thats interesting.
> Where can we get this $20 Solaris for hte PC?
> Plz advise. ThankU.
>
> In article <7j600s$19$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (benjamin j snyder) wrote:
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > Stephan Houben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > >First I used Win95, then I upgraded to Linux. While many things
> > ^^^^^^^^
> > While I totally agree, this shows how many people feel about MS
> products. I
> > use Windows for what I feel its intended purpose is - GAMES! But when
> we want
> > to do something constructive we 'upgrade' to linux. And the games
> issue will
> > change when people like Loki are finished.
> >
> > Sorry that had nothing to do with Java, it's just something that
> struck me when
> > I read that.
> >
> > I dont KNOW Java, but have had a little experience with it...I can
> agree that
> > linux will run Java with more stability than Win32 machines (as it
> will run
> > most anything with more stability), speed difference is negligable
> (sp?).
> >
> > Sun has released Solaris for PC (it'll cost you like $20 to order from
> them,
> > which includes shipping). It's stable and has native Java supoprt
> (even though
> > I know you can compile Java support into the kernel, but I think Sun's
> might be
> > a touch better since Java is their baby.
> >
> > My thought anyway.
> >
> > --
> > Ben Snyder
> >
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Justin B Willoughby)
Subject: Re: Mice recommendations
Date: 6 Jun 1999 13:11:25 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Justin B Willoughby)
Peter T. Breuer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> : What mice do most people recommend to use with Linux?
>
> white ones.
>
> Logitech mouseman+, with tail. Always buy logitech.
>
I'll Second that.
- Justin
--
_/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ RULES!!!!!!! * LINUX RULES *
_/ _/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/ Justin Willoughby
_/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/ http://www.nmc.edu/~willouj/
_/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/ ------ Jesus Is Lord ------
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From: mist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: vmware networking?
Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1999 14:58:26 +0100
Reply-To: mist <new$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed to us that -
>mist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>: Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed to us that -
>:> I cant seem to get hostonly networking going with windows95 as the
>:>guest OS. Does Hostonly networking require ipforwarding or any other
>:>configuration besides the guest OS stuff?
>
>: You will need to use ip forwarding / masquerading if you want the guest
>: OS to be able to talk to the outside world via the host. If you only
>: want the guest OS to talk to the host, then you don't need it.
>
> OK, thats what I needed to know. I'm having a problem just getting the two
>sides to ping each other.
>
> I think my lack of windows expeirence is giving me a problem.
>
> What settings are required on the windows side just so I can at least ping
>the linux side?
>
Assuming you have the adapter installed as per the readme for VMware,
then you need to go into settings -> Control Panel -> Network and select
properties for TCP/IP over the "virtual" AMD (IIRC) network card. Then
set the default gateway to the IP address of the vmnet0 interface on the
linux box. Also select "Specify an IP address" and set it to something
on the same subnet as the vmnet0 interface.
Feel free to email if you need further clarification, it's wandering
off-topic for this group. 8-)
--
Mist.
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From: "Stephan Eickschen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.dev.scsi,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: System hangs sometimes on start up...
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 15:33:14 +0200
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Hi everybody,
I have a problem with my system. I put a new SCSI HD into my box. First,
everything seems to be pretty nice, but when the maximal mount count is
reached, the trouble begins:
> Parallelizing fsck version 1.10 (24-Apr-97)
> /dev/sdc1 has reached maximal mount count, check forced
> scsi0: Tagged Queuing now active for Target 3
> /dev/sdc1: 15738/2232320 files (3.8% non-contiguious), 3836780/8924076 blocks
==> system hangs, only hard reset helps. Now the system comes up with
> /dev/sdc1: clean, 15738/2232320 files, 3836780/8924076 blocks
???
Have a look at the attached files to have some more information...
I can work with it, but I am not sure for how long it will take to mess
it all up... (BTW: it is Kernel v. 2.0.36 from SuSE 5.0).
Does anybody know what could get me around that without updating the
whole system?
Regards,
Stephan
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Stephan Eickschen Tel. : +49 (0)251 83-34704
Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet Fax. : +49 (0)251 83-36100
Institute for Geophysics
Research Unit of Physical Glaciology email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Corrensstrasse 24
48149 Muenster
Germany
http://earth.uni-muenster.de/~eicksch/
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/dev/sda1 /dos vfat defaults 0 0
/dev/sda3 swap swap defaults 0 0
# /dev/sdc1 /big ext2 defaults 1 2
/dev/sdc1 /user ext2 defaults 1 2
# /dev/sdb1 /user ext2 defaults 1 2
# /dev/sdb1 /small ext2 defaults 1 2
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
# End of YaST-generated fstab lines
/dev/scd0 /cdrom iso9660 ro,noauto,user 0 0
/dev/fd0 /fd vfat rw,user 0 0
/dev/sdd4 /zip vfat user 0 0
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<6>scsi: ***** BusLogic SCSI Driver Version 2.0.9 of 29 March 1997 *****
<6>scsi: Copyright 1995 by Leonard N. Zubkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
<6>scsi0: Configuring BusLogic Model BT-930 PCI Ultra SCSI Host Adapter
<6>scsi0: Firmware Version: 5.01, I/O Address: 0xD400, IRQ Channel: 11/Level
<6>scsi0: PCI Bus: 0, Device: 12, Address: 0xE6000000, Host Adapter SCSI ID: 7
<6>scsi0: Parity Checking: Enabled, Extended Translation: Enabled
<6>scsi0: Synchronous Negotiation: Fast, Wide Negotiation: Disabled
<6>scsi0: Disconnect/Reconnect: Enabled, Tagged Queuing: Enabled
<6>scsi0: Driver Queue Depth: 255, Scatter/Gather Limit: 128 segments
<6>scsi0: Tagged Queue Depth: Automatic, Untagged Queue Depth: 3
<6>scsi0: Error Recovery Strategy: Default, SCSI Bus Reset: Enabled
<6>scsi0: SCSI Bus Termination: Enabled, SCAM: Enabled, Level 1
<6>scsi0: *** BusLogic BT-930 Initialized Successfully ***
<4>scsi0 : BusLogic BT-930
<4>scsi : 1 host.
<4> Vendor: QUANTUM Model: FIREBALL_TM2110S Rev: 300X
<4> Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
<4>Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
<4> Vendor: IBM Model: DCAS-32160 Rev: S65A
<4> Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
<4>Detected scsi disk sdb at scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0
<4> Vendor: IBM Model: DDRS-39130 Rev: S97B
<4> Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
<4>Detected scsi disk sdc at scsi0, channel 0, id 3, lun 0
<4> Vendor: PIONEER Model: CD-ROM DR-U16S Rev: 1.01
<4> Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
<4>Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 5, lun 0
<4> Vendor: IOMEGA Model: ZIP 100 Rev: E.08
<4> Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
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Jun 5 14:09:24 pinguin kernel: scsi : detected 1 SCSI cdrom 4 SCSI disks total.
Jun 5 14:09:24 pinguin kernel: SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors=
4124736 [2014 MB] [2.0 GB]
Jun 5 14:09:24 pinguin kernel: SCSI device sdb: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors=
4226725 [2063 MB] [2.1 GB]
Jun 5 14:09:24 pinguin kernel: SCSI device sdc: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors=
17850000 [8715 MB] [8.7 GB]
Jun 5 14:09:24 pinguin kernel: sdd : READ CAPACITY failed.
Jun 5 14:09:24 pinguin kernel: sdd : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 28
Jun 5 14:09:24 pinguin kernel: sdd : extended sense code = 2
Jun 5 14:09:24 pinguin kernel: sdd : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size
1GB.
Jun 5 14:09:24 pinguin kernel: Partition check:
Jun 5 14:09:24 pinguin kernel: sda: sda1 sda2 sda3
Jun 5 14:09:24 pinguin kernel: sdb: sdb1
Jun 5 14:09:24 pinguin kernel: sdc: sdc1
Jun 5 14:09:24 pinguin kernel: sdd:scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:30, sector 0
Jun 5 14:09:24 pinguin kernel: unable to read partition table
Jun 5 14:09:24 pinguin kernel: VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
Jun 5 14:09:24 pinguin kernel: scsi0: Tagged Queuing now active for Target 0
Jun 5 14:09:24 pinguin kernel: Adding Swap: 130748k swap-space (priority -1)
Jun 5 14:09:24 pinguin kernel: scsi0: Tagged Queuing now active for Target 3
Jun 5 14:09:24 pinguin kernel: VFS: Disk change detected on device 02:00
Jun 5 14:09:24 pinguin kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 0
Jun 5 14:09:24 pinguin kernel: Device not ready. Make sure there is a disc in the
drive.
Jun 5 14:09:24 pinguin kernel: VFS: Disk change detected on device 08:34
Jun 5 14:09:24 pinguin kernel: sdd : READ CAPACITY failed.
Jun 5 14:09:24 pinguin kernel: sdd : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 28
Jun 5 14:09:24 pinguin kernel: sdd : extended sense code = 2
Jun 5 14:09:24 pinguin kernel: sdd : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size
1GB.
Jun 5 14:09:24 pinguin kernel: sdd:scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:30, sector 0
Jun 5 14:09:24 pinguin kernel: unable to read partition table
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: sendmail forwarding...
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ed Allen)
Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1999 02:52:40 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Matt Templeton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have a small network with a linux box doing masquerading. I need to
>forward all incoming mail to MS Exchange running on an NT server behind
>the linux. I want to use sendmail on the linux box to forward all mail
>to the server, but every time I try, I get an Email back stating that
>forwarding has been denied. How can I configure sendmail to forward
>every thing it receives to the exchange server???
>
Your Domain Name System should have an MX (Mail eXchange) record. You
can see it with 'nslookup -q=mx your.domain.com'
Each MX record has a number associated with it.
SMTP protocol specifies that MX records should be tried from lowest
to highest number.
If you give the Exchange server a lower number, sites trying to send email
to your domain will try to connect to its IP address and fail, it is
behind the Linux box after all. Then they will try the Linux box and
succeed.
The Linux box will accept the message and then notice that a lower numbered
MX record exists. It will connect to the NT box internally and deliver
the message to Exchange.
>
>Thanks! My O'reilly Sendmail book is on order but will not get here in
>time...
>
>
Great, you will need it. Maybe you should concider their book
on firewalls as well or at least check here:
<a href="http://www.linuxhq.com/HOWTO/Firewall-HOWTO.html">Firewalling and Proxy
Server HOWTO</a>
href="http://www.ssc.com/lj/issue24/1212.html">LJ #24, April 1996: Building a Linux
Firewall
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ron Stanonik)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: redhat 6.0 fprintf core dumps using objects from 5.2
Date: 6 Jun 1999 14:12:38 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Frank Sweetser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ron Stanonik) writes:
>
>> After upgrading from redhat 5.2 to 6.0, one of our applications
>> began core dumping in fprintf. The cause appears to be using
>> objects from 5.2. For example, here's a simple program which
>mixing libc5 and libc6 (glibc2) libraries in a single executable is a
>virtually guaranteed way to cause problems.
libc6 is being used in both cases.
On the 5.2 machine
ldd a.out
libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x40005000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2
nm a.out | grep fprintf
U fprintf
On the 6.0 machine
ldd a.out
libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x40018000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x40000000)
nm a.out | grep fprintf
U fprintf@@GLIBC_2.0
You can reproduce the problem even simpler. cc -c the following
on a 5.2 machine
#include <stdio.h>
main()
{
fprintf(stderr, "hello\n");
}
Copy the .o to a 6.0 machine, link, and run ... core dump.
Thanks,
Ron Stanonik
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Denis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I guess it's a DNS question.
Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1999 10:46:10 -0400
David, thanks for responding
On Sun, 06 Jun 1999, David Hallowell wrote:
>Denis wrote:
>>
>> My problem: I have an account school. I connect to the school via
>> modem, then I use telnet in the command line to do stuff at my
>> account there. All of the sudden now, after connecting to my ISP
>> (school), I can't telnet to my account there - machines can't be found.
>> for example,
>An improtant question is can you connect to other machines with Linux
>that is not part of your college network?
yes, I can connect to other machines. For example, I can connect to my egr
account with telnet "me1.egr.duke.edu", but can't to my acpub account:
"telnet teer11.acpub.duke.edu", or "godzilla.acpub.duke.edu",
or '"hudson22.acpub.duke.edu"
>
>What method are you using to connect (PPP?)
I don't know how to answer this besides saying that I connect via
modem using XISP program
>Check /var/log/messages to see if it reports any problems
I checked, nothing is there that to me would indicate a report of a
problem.
>--
>David Hallowell - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>UKUUG Linux '99 Conference 25-26th June 1999
>Info and bookings: http://www.linux.ukuug.org/linux99/
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From: Alex Kaufman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: LILO gets corrupted
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 11:04:33 -0400
Running Rh6 with a costum-compiled 2.2.9 kernel. A strange behavior has
started a few days ago that Lilo would not start - it displays "LIL-" on
stratup and there's no activity, I have to fdisk /mbr and reinstall lilo
until the next time it happens. This can occur several times a day,
quite annoying. Any ideas?
--
Written under Linux 2.2.9
"I code, therefor I exist"
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From: "Peter Caffin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ESS1868 installation under 2.2.x
Date: 6 Jun 1999 15:00:01 GMT
<blank> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have that soundcard but for some reason I compile kernel 2.3.2 but i
> get this error and it keeps the old kernel:
> clock shew detected, compile may be incomplete....
> and when I reboot the same old kernel is there. Ive tried to compile
> a few times and same thing.
It's a relatively harmless error that's telling you that the date right
now according to the system is before the date stamped on the source code.
Generally, it's due to a dodgy motherboard that doesn't keep correct time.
Mine's like that.
If you want to avoid the error, connect to the net and run either `ntpdate
-u time.server.com` (where time.server.com is a time server near you) or
`rdate time.server.com`.
> At the end it says leaving some dir(all i
> remembe is that it starts with linux and has some #'s in it)
machine:/usr/src/linux# ?
> If someone could help me then I could get that file your looking
> for....
That'd be great. Hope the above helped.
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From: Joe Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Another RealPlayer G2 question.
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 10:34:03 -0400
Hi again,
It seems you're right about it being a /dev/dsp problem. Shortly after I
posted my message, I stumbled onto a web site with an embeded MIDI file and
got a page full of "couldn't open Linux dsp device" errors which pointed me
to the same spot. That was the problem.
Thanks loads for for all the help,
Joe Morton ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrea Peri)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,linux.help
Subject: Re: RedHat installation problem with a Compaq Deskpro 6000
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 14:30:48 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 6 Jun 1999 14:54:36 +0200, "Prova" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I'm installing Linux Redhat v. 5.2 and i am encountering a lot of
>problem:
> 1- When i try to configure LILO on the MBR it doesn't work and the
> installation goes in an infinitive loop.
> 2- When i try to configure the network card there's no way that the
>installation
> procedure detect it itself.
>
> Thanks to all who help me.
>
> Francesco
>
Hi !
I have installed RedHat 5.2 on a Compaq Deskpro with 64Mbyte Ram and a
4Gbyte HD, and have installed the Lilo on the MBR.
Some problem came from the Matrox G200 graphic card so I used a
standard VGA driver.
The netintelligent card was recognized as a Intel Card
however it work fine.
I have used the RedHat setup program and before have clean
(completely, with fdisk) the hard disk.
Pay Attenction:
Linux must start on the first 500 Mbyte.
Best Regard,
Andrea.
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From: Jay Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: problems compiling new packages
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 12:04:36 -0400
Lankenau wrote:
>
> Hello!
>
> I enjoy compiling new packages like new gnome-software or kde 2.0 snapshot. But
> I am frquently running into strange problems. I often need other libraries or
> the does just not compile without errors. It's ok for me to download and
> install missing ibraries. But sometimes I think my distribution is the problem.
> I'm using SuSE 6.0. Has someone compared SuSE with RH or Caldera. Is it
> possible that my situation improves when switching to RH or Caldera?
>
> regards
> --
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> www.lankenau.notrix.de
I used RedHat 4.2 and 5.1 and could not compile shit.
Then I downloaded Slackware 3.6 and burned a cdrom.
Problem solved.
Jay
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