Linux-Misc Digest #768, Volume #20 Thu, 24 Jun 99 11:13:13 EDT
Contents:
Re: I'm thinking about installing Linux ("Stefo D. Stojanovski")
Re: Best sound card for use w/ Linux? ("Ken McCord")
Questions not in the FAQ (Rick Nelson)
x-pov prob (filas)
Re: Problems reading CD created under Win9x (Miguel A.L. Paraz)
Re: Terminal File Manager ("T.E.Dickey")
Re: JDK RPM on Linux (Andreas Micklei)
Multiple messages problem (Andrea Peterlongo)
Re: I'm thinking about installing Linux (bruce)
problems with gtk+-1.0.4-sol26-sparc-local.gz (Guillermo)
Missing bzImage file (Uri Kerbel)
AFM files; how do i create them? (mj)
CPU temp readings? ("Scott Moseman")
statically linking in libc5 - legal???? (Michael Samson)
Re: Increasing size of swap partition (John Kinsella)
Re: statically linking in libc5 - legal???? (J.H.M. Dassen (Ray))
Re: Has anyone got ip masquerade working on SuSE 6.1? (Thomas Glanzmann)
Re: mounting floppy read-only problem (Rod Brick)
Re: How can I get screen capture images of installation? (Thomas Glanzmann)
Re: Where do I start... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: CR LF in Linux and WindowNT ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Missing bzImage file ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: x-pov prob ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Questions not in the FAQ (Jon Skeet)
Re: lpd setup problem (Rod Brick)
Re: Cable modem not working... (Ted Sikora)
Re: Garbage in floating point numbers? (Martin Collins)
Re: root login without password: Is possible ? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "Stefo D. Stojanovski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: I'm thinking about installing Linux
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 08:10:37 -0400
Tarkaan wrote:
>
> I'm working through RedHat 5.2 right now.. My guidebook is Using Linux
> (Special Edition) by Que. I think Que is better than Dummies, but not
> yet so complex as a HOWTO, so it's a good bridge between what's inside
> your head and the existing (complicated) documentation.
>
>
Jack,
I've also been working through the Que (Using Linux Special Edition).
It does help you out a great deal but the authors sometimes take into
consideration that you already know something about Linux (or Unix). So its
good if you have some experience, but for a newbie, I wouldn't recommend it.
steve
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From: "Ken McCord" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Best sound card for use w/ Linux?
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 08:16:20 -0400
Dan LaPine wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Gravot wrote:
>
>> I loaded Linux on a spare system last friday night and I am smitten!
>> I'm looking ahead to my next system and was wondering what kind of
>> hardware considerations I need to make - aside from avoiding anything
>> prefaced with a "win"? I am especially curious about sound cards. Is
>> there any one card that is more suitable than the rest? If so, what is
>> the reasoning? Any favorites?
>> TIA
>> Gravot
>>
>> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
>> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
>
>Creative Ensoniq with 1371 chipsets are very close in quality in to
>the orignial Ensoniq 1370 in terms of Linux performance. And they
>are both well supported in RedHat 6.0. Did I mention that they can
>be had for around $15 plus shipping. ;)
>
>Check http://www.pricewatch.com/
>
>using ensoniq as the search term.
>
>Dan LaPine
>lapine @ uiuc edu
>
There are also a few (one or two) vendors who are still selling the Ensoniq
1370 (AudioPCI) soundcards. I just ordered one yesterday from Axion (I
think that's right). Go to Pricewatch and type in '1370' in the search
field. I think I paid about $23 plus shipping for the card.
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From: Rick Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Questions not in the FAQ
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 08:23:23 -0400
Hello all, I've managed to install RH6.0 last night with all the
knoweldge I got from reading HOWTO's and lurking in this NG, so I now
reserve the right to ask quesitons. ;)
Anywho, the default Window Manager is Gnome, but I like KDE better. But
Gnome has KDE menus in it, but KDE doesn't have Gnome's! Is there an
(easy?) way of fixing this?
Also, if anyone has had success with the SB Awe32 sound card let me
know. I think it installs correctly, cause when I run sndconfig it says
device is already in use. But it doesn't play any sounds!
Finally, an intersting problem.... I can mount the CD-ROM, but the drive
bay door won't open! So I can't change CD's. Anyone else have this
problem?
Thank you all very much
Rick
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- Linus Torvalds
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From: filas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: x-pov prob
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 14:43:50 +0000
i've installed the latest version of povray rpm on mandrak 5.3 ( also
redhate 5.3 ) and when i tried to execute the prog it dispaled CORE
DUMPED !!!!!!! can anyone help ???
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Miguel A.L. Paraz)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Problems reading CD created under Win9x
Date: 24 Jun 1999 12:22:55 GMT
On 23 Jun 1999 18:47:20 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>The Solution is to use a 2.2.x kernel and enable the MS Joiliet extensions
>for the iso9660 filesystem.
or 2.0.36 and above, I think.
---m
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Miguel "Migs" A.L. Paraz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
IPhil Communications Business Development http://www.iphil.net
5/F 116 Herrera St. Legaspi Village Makati City PH +63-2-750-2288
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From: "T.E.Dickey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Terminal File Manager
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 13:11:43 GMT
Tarkaan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> T.E.Dickey wrote:
>>
>> > Just to let you know where I'm coming from, I was really irate when
>> > everyone started using Xtree Gold, I thought it had too many options. :)
>>
>> well, then you won't like Midnight Commander.
>>
>> There's a few things like (what you are looking for) floating about, but
>> not too many that are maintained. (I maintain one, but it's out of your
>> range as well). You might be able to find a copy of 'files' around.
>> And someone had a much-reduced clone of flist, plus another whose name
>> escapes me at the moment.
The other is called 'hm' (was sunsite.unc.edu /pub/Linux/utils/file/managers).
> Hmmm...thanks for the leads, I'll look into them.
>> > Would there be a market for this if I were to write one? Do you think
>> > people would use it?
>>
>> no.
> Well fine then, I'll keep it to myself!
The fundamental problem is that most people don't really use more than the
superficial features of a file manager (something like M$ Explorer
addresses most of the needs). That also accounts for the fact that most of
the implementations are clones of one or another commercial product (people
get a mindset about how it ought to look and run). So unless you come up
with something which is both radically new and clearly more effective, you'll
just get lost in the noise.
(But it's worthwhile doing this anyway ;-)
--
Thomas E. Dickey
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.clark.net/pub/dickey
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Crossposted-To:
comp.lang.java.misc,comp.os.linux.developement.system,comp.os.linux.setup
From: Andreas Micklei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: JDK RPM on Linux
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 20:33:23 GMT
Hi Jeffrey,
In comp.os.linux.misc Jeffrey Pajor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
> --------------8050078523DDAFFBDD894B62
Arghhh, please switch that of. Nobody wants vcards on usenet.
> Has anyone gotten this RPM of the JDK to install on Red Hat 6
> successfully?
> http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/solaris/RPMS/i386/jdk-1.1.7-1a.1glibc.i386.html
I havent tried, but I as stated somewhere on the blackdown ports www-pages,
jdk117-1a won't work with glibc 2.1 which is installed with RH 6.0. Try
getting jdk117-3a.
I don't know if there is a RPM but installing the JDK without RPM is as
simple as untarring it into /usr/local (or wherever you want) and
adjust your PATH and CLASSPATH according to the documentation.
Be sure NOT to install kaffe that comes with RedHat or uninstall it
if it is installed.
The JDK Linux port can always be found at http://www.blackdown.org
bye...
Andreas Micklei
P.s. Fup2 set to comp.os.linux.setup
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From: Andrea Peterlongo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Multiple messages problem
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 14:25:37 +0100
Yesterday I had some problems with the e-mail server: it kept on sending
each message received many and many times.
Apparently the problem disappered deleting all the file in the
/var/spool/mqueue and restarting the server but I am afraid that it will
appear again in future.
Can anybody tell me something in this respect?
We have linux rel. 2.2.6 and sendmail 8.9.3.
Than you in advance,
Andrea Peterlongo
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From: bruce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: I'm thinking about installing Linux
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 08:32:57 -0400
I'm just a little farther along than you. Here's some useful sites:
start with - Linux Newbie guide (sunsite.auc.dk/linux-newbie/)
Josh's (jgo.local.net/LinuxGuide/)
Control-Escape (www.control-escape.com)
Red Hat Installation & Getting Started
(www.redhat.com/mirrors/LDP/LDP/gs/gs.html)
HTH
Scott Arpajian wrote:
> I'm thinking about installing Linux at home. I want to dual boot with
>
> Windows 98. Any good suggestions on where to find information for
>
> beginners on installing Linux?
>
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> http://www.searchlinux.com
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From: Guillermo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: problems with gtk+-1.0.4-sol26-sparc-local.gz
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 14:35:48 +0200
I have installed gtk+-1.0.4-sol26-sparc-local.gz in a sparc solaris 2.6
and all was ok during the proces. But whe i go to the examples and I run
make it display me:
ld error fatal
I only have instaled the gcc and make of GNU
Thanks a million
Guillermo
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Uri Kerbel)
Subject: Missing bzImage file
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 12:36:19 GMT
After executing the following sequence:
make dep
make clean
make bzImage
I cannot find the bzImage file anywhere. What can I do to rectify
this?
TIA
Uri
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mj)
Subject: AFM files; how do i create them?
Date: 24 Jun 1999 13:40:31 GMT
Hi,
I installed StarOffice on my machine (the download version), and anything
works fine, but i would like to install more fonts. I installed some
sharefonts i found lying around there on the net, and they work for X Windows
(with xfontsel) but StarOffice complains that it need some AFM files, that
could be created with Ghostscript. I read the GS man pages, info etc, but
there is no word about .afm files. Any idea?
Thanks for any hint.
bye
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From: "Scott Moseman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: CPU temp readings?
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 08:15:52 -0500
I am running a new ASUS P5A motherboard with AMD K6-2 400 CPU. I have been
having temperature problems due to case cooling design and the way in which
I have my current computers laid out (very close in proximity).
I was wondering if there was a Linux utility that I could read my CPU and MB
temperatures without having to reboot to the BIOS? Maybe even a nice X
program to keep it graphical under my KDE.
Any leads? Thanks.
Scott Moseman
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From: Michael Samson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: statically linking in libc5 - legal????
Date: 24 Jun 1999 13:30:55 GMT
Hello,
If I statically link in libc5 or libc6, do I have to provide source code?
Our company cannot provide our source code do to our competitors.
What are the laws of the GPL?
Please help.
Mike
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From: John Kinsella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Increasing size of swap partition
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 15:11:00 +0100
You can create a new partition, change it's type to swap, then put a
swap filesystem
on it ( mkswap ). Edit /etc/fstab to include the new partition.
Once that's done type swapon -a to add it. Most boot-up scripts do this
anyway. There used to be a limit on the total swap size ( 128 Mb ? ),
but
I think that's changed in kernel 2.2.
Christian Ahkman wrote:
> I just upgraded my RAM and want to increase the size of my swap
> partition. I have 200 mb of unpartitioned free space on my drive.
> How do I increase the size of swap?
>
> thanks
>
> C. Ahkman
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (J.H.M. Dassen (Ray))
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: statically linking in libc5 - legal????
Date: 24 Jun 1999 14:13:02 GMT
[F'up set - this is not Linux-specific]
Michael Samson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>If I statically link in libc5 or libc6, do I have to provide source code?
That depends on the licensing conditions of the library. libc5 is mostly
LGPL, but a few parts of it are GPL; it may be contagious. libc6 contains no
GPLed parts; most of it is licensed under the LGPL; parts are under
different (non-contagious) licenses.
Unlike the GPL, the LGPL does not "infect" code that merely links to it code
licensed under it, so there is no obligation to release source code for your
program itself (the LGPL does require making source code available for the
library IIRC).
>Our company cannot provide our source code do to our competitors.
There are plenty of companies that prove this can be done. In most cases
it's more honest to say "we cannot provide our source code with our current
business model based on propietary software".
>What are the laws of the GPL?
The LGPL and GPL are licenses; the applicable law is copyright law.
gnu.misc.discuss is the most appropriate forum for discussion of the GPL,
LGPL and their implications.
HTH,
Ray
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LEADERSHIP A form of self-preservation exhibited by people with auto-
destructive imaginations in order to ensure that when it comes to the crunch
it'll be someone else's bones which go crack and not their own.
- The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan
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From: Thomas Glanzmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Has anyone got ip masquerade working on SuSE 6.1?
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 08:57:55 +0200
Read the Ip Masquerading Mini HOWTO or read the SUSE handbook
--tg
Allen Ashley wrote:
>
> Simple question: how did you do it?
>
> Now, both the susehelp and online instructions in the SuSE databank
> are wrong, so I have some specific questions:
>
> 1. How did you find out about ipchains? I had to grep the entire
> source tree looking for ipfwadm to find out that I had to learn
> about ipchains. There is a good site at mediaone that translates
> the ipfwadm commands into ipchains.
>
> 2. What specific options did you enable when you compiled the
> kernel. The instructions given by SuSE refer to non-existent
> kernel options. I think I turned on what I had to, but I am
> not sure.
>
> 3. Where did you get the necessary modules, such as ip_masq_ftp
> and such that are mentioned in the online databank, but cannot
> be added to 6.1? What did you do after downloading the 6Mb
> kernmod.rpm file?
>
> 4. Would you ever buy another SuSE distribution?
--
--tg
Thomas Glanzmann, Schloss Bieberstein D-36145 Hofbieber +49 6657 7943
http://www.glanzmann.cx
This information is provided as-is, without any guaranty of correctness.
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From: Rod Brick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mounting floppy read-only problem
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 08:42:30 -0500
Make sure the write protect switch on the diskette itself is set
correctly ;-)
Marat Ruvinov wrote:
>
> Under Red-Hat Linux 5.2, when I try to mount the floppy drive
> - "mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy" I always get
> the following -
> "/dev/fd0 is read-only file system"
>
> I want it to be writable ....
>
> What should I do????
>
> -Marat
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From: Thomas Glanzmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How can I get screen capture images of installation?
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 08:58:25 +0200
try xv
--tg
goodman wrote:
>
> Dear Linuxers.
>
> I have installed Red Hat Linux 5.2 on my sistem. I need snapshot images
>
> of install screens.
> During installation, no capture utilities can be loaded.
> How can I get screen capture images of installation?
>
> Please help me.
> Thank you for answer in advance.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
--tg
Thomas Glanzmann, Schloss Bieberstein D-36145 Hofbieber +49 6657 7943
http://www.glanzmann.cx
This information is provided as-is, without any guaranty of correctness.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Where do I start...
Date: 24 Jun 1999 13:33:42 GMT
Chris Aiken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
= RedHat seems to be one of the easiest to install for newbies.
Or SuSE. Caldera also had good reviews on ease of installation in the
current PC PLUS magazine.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: CR LF in Linux and WindowNT
Date: 24 Jun 1999 13:32:11 GMT
Becky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
= Hi all,
= I am now running Samba2.0.3 in my Linux SuSE 2.2.5. Several WindowsNT
= are connected to the samba server. But when i retrive the files from the
= linux, the files cannot be displayed correctly. I know that it is the
= problem related to the different format of CR LF in Linux and NT.
= How can i solve the poblem? Where can i find more information??
There are a couple of tools called dos2unix and unix2dos that convert text
files between the two systems.
Also, I think mtools has something similar.
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|Andrew Halliwell |Consider how lucky you are that life has been good |
|Principal subjects in:-|to you so far... |
|Comp Sci & Electronics | -The BOOK, Hitch-hiker's guide to the galaxy. |
==============================================================================
|GCv3.1 GCS/EL>$ d---(dpu) s+/- a- C++ U N++ K- w-- M+/++ PS+++ PE- Y t+ 5++ |
|X+/++ R+ tv+ b+ D G e>PhD h/h+ !r! !y-|I can't say F**K either now! >*SULK*<|
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Missing bzImage file
Date: 24 Jun 1999 13:35:36 GMT
Uri Kerbel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
= After executing the following sequence:
= make dep
= make clean
= make bzImage
= I cannot find the bzImage file anywhere. What can I do to rectify
= this?
find /usr/src -name bzimage
It's in the /usr/src/linux directory tree somewhere...
Can't remember where off hand though.
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| |What to do if you find yourself stuck in a crack in |
|[EMAIL PROTECTED] |the ground beneath a giant boulder, which you can't |
| |move, with no hope of rescue. |
|Andrew Halliwell |Consider how lucky you are that life has been good |
|Principal subjects in:-|to you so far... |
|Comp Sci & Electronics | -The BOOK, Hitch-hiker's guide to the galaxy. |
==============================================================================
|GCv3.1 GCS/EL>$ d---(dpu) s+/- a- C++ U N++ K- w-- M+/++ PS+++ PE- Y t+ 5++ |
|X+/++ R+ tv+ b+ D G e>PhD h/h+ !r! !y-|I can't say F**K either now! >*SULK*<|
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: x-pov prob
Date: 24 Jun 1999 13:37:40 GMT
filas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
= i've installed the latest version of povray rpm on mandrak 5.3 ( also
= redhate 5.3 ) and when i tried to execute the prog it dispaled CORE
= DUMPED !!!!!!! can anyone help ???
Try ldd <path to povray binary>
That'll tell you if it's using any libraries you don't have (which seems the
most likely problem).
If that doesn't help, the best way to solve it is to compile it yourself.
(That tends to get rid of problems like this)
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| |What to do if you find yourself stuck in a crack in |
|[EMAIL PROTECTED] |the ground beneath a giant boulder, which you can't |
| |move, with no hope of rescue. |
|Andrew Halliwell |Consider how lucky you are that life has been good |
|Principal subjects in:-|to you so far... |
|Comp Sci & Electronics | -The BOOK, Hitch-hiker's guide to the galaxy. |
==============================================================================
|GCv3.1 GCS/EL>$ d---(dpu) s+/- a- C++ U N++ K- w-- M+/++ PS+++ PE- Y t+ 5++ |
|X+/++ R+ tv+ b+ D G e>PhD h/h+ !r! !y-|I can't say F**K either now! >*SULK*<|
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jon Skeet)
Subject: Re: Questions not in the FAQ
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 13:47:28 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Finally, an intersting problem.... I can mount the CD-ROM, but the drive
> bay door won't open! So I can't change CD's. Anyone else have this
> problem?
You need to unmount the CD before changing CDs - that may be your
problem.
--
Jon Skeet - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.pobox.com/~skeet/
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From: Rod Brick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: lpd setup problem
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 08:47:35 -0500
The permissions are correct, and the log files never mentions anything
when I try to print. Everything I can find is pointing to /dev/lp0, and
I can cat <file> | filter > /dev/lp0 successfully. When I run lpr
<filter> the queue says it's printing, then it says there are no
entries, but nothing ever gets printed.
> Could be the same as that other guy I just answered - I think
> his was permissions on the filter or directory it was in. Did you
> check the system log (syslog or messages) for an lpd message
> about failure to execv the filter?
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From: Ted Sikora <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Cable modem not working...
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 14:05:48 GMT
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Ted Sikora wrote:
>
> compe wrote:
> >
> > I have slackware 4.0 installed on my system and I cannot get my cable modem
> > to work. To start off www.bresnanlink.net is my ISP, it does not require
> > authentication, etc. like rr. I have 2 , that's right, 2 NIC's in my
> > computer, due to it being a gateway machine on my network. The first, eth0
Use eth0 for cable and eth1 for internal and edit the following scripts
to reflect your setup. rc.inet1 goes in /etc/rc.d the rest in /etc
--
Ted Sikora
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://tsikora.tiac.net
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name="rc.inet1"
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#! /bin/sh
#
# rc.inet1 This shell script boots up the base INET system.
#
# Version: @(#)/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 1.01 05/27/93
#
HOSTNAME=`cat /etc/HOSTNAME`
# Attach the loopback device.
/sbin/ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
/sbin/route add -net 127.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 lo
# IF YOU HAVE AN ETHERNET CONNECTION, use these lines below to configure the
# eth interfaces. If you're only using loopback or SLIP, don't include the
# rest of the lines in this file.
# Edit for eth0.
IPADDR0="24.2.112.12" # REPLACE with YOUR IP address!
NETMASK0="255.255.255.0" # REPLACE with YOUR netmask!
NETWORK0="24.2.0.0" # REPLACE with YOUR network address!
BROADCAST0="24.2.0.255" # REPLACE with YOUR broadcast!
GATEWAY="24.2.0.1" # REPLACE with YOUR ISP gateway address!
# Edit for eth1.
IPADDR1="192.168.0.1" # REPLACE with YOUR IP address!
NETMASK1="255.255.255.0" # REPLACE with YOUR netmask!
NETWORK1="192.168.0.0" # REPLACE with YOUR network address!
BROADCAST1="192.168.0.255" # REPLACE with YOUR broadcast address!
# Uncomment the line below to configure your ethernet card.
/sbin/ifconfig eth0 ${IPADDR0} broadcast ${BROADCAST0} netmask ${NETMASK0}
/sbin/ifconfig eth1 ${IPADDR1} broadcast ${BROADCAST1} netmask ${NETMASK1}
# Older kernel versions need this to set up the eth0 routing table:
KVERSION=2.2
if [ "$KVERSION" = "1.0" -o "$KVERSION" = "1.1" \
-o "$KVERSION" = "1.2" -o "$KVERSION" = "2.0" -o "$KVERSION" = "" ]; then
/sbin/route add -net ${NETWORK0} netmask ${NETMASK0} eth0
fi
# Older kernel versions need this to set up the eth1 routing table:
KVERSION=2.2
if [ "$KVERSION" = "1.0" -o "$KVERSION" = "1.1" \
-o "$KVERSION" = "1.2" -o "$KVERSION" = "2.0" -o "$KVERSION" = "" ]; then
/sbin/route add -net ${NETWORK1} netmask ${NETMASK1} eth1
fi
# Uncomment this to set up your gateway route:
if [ ! "$GATEWAY" = "" ]; then
/sbin/route add default gw ${GATEWAY} netmask 0.0.0.0 metric 1
fi
# Uncomment to enable ip_forward. It is not enabled by default in 2.2 kernels.
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
# Start IP-Masquerading.
/sbin/ipchains -P forward DENY
/sbin/ipchains -A forward -j MASQ -s 192.168.0.0/24 -d 0.0.0.0/0
# End of rc.inet1
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name="hosts"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Disposition: inline;
filename="hosts"
#
# hosts This file describes a number of hostname-to-address
# mappings for the TCP/IP subsystem. It is mostly
# used at boot time, when no name servers are running.
# On small systems, this file can be used instead of a
# "named" name server. Just add the names, addresses
# and any aliases to this file...
#
# By the way, Arnt Gulbrandsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> says that 127.0.0.1
# should NEVER be named with the name of the machine. It causes problems
# for some (stupid) programs, irc and reputedly talk. :^)
#
# For loopbacking.
127.0.0.1 localhost
24.2.112.12 c33322-a.cable.com c33322-a
192.168.0.1 c33322-a.cable.com c33322-a
192.168.0.2 windows.cable.com windows
192.168.0.3 freebsd.cable.com freebsd
# End of hosts.
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii;
name="resolv.conf"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Disposition: inline;
filename="resolv.conf"
search cable.com
nameserver 24.2.111.23
nameserver 24.2.111.24
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Collins)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: Garbage in floating point numbers?
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 13:52:03 GMT
On Wed, 23 Jun 1999 19:32:57 +0000, Rajarshi Bandyopadhyay
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>What is the reason for this garbage at the tail of the fp number?
>I am writing a program which depends on the precise values of fp
>numbers and this problem is f****ing it all up!
>
>How do I get around it?
You could either replace your binary computer with a decimal one or
use an arbitrary precision library such as gmp.
Martin
_________________________________________________________________
We see here a curious instance of that frequent mental phenomenon
:- the precise inversion of the truth by a superficial view.
Benjamin R. Tucker 1899
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: pt.comp.so.linux,redhat.config
Subject: Re: root login without password: Is possible ?
Date: 24 Jun 1999 16:00:26 +0100
On 23 Jun 1999 23:56:24 +0100, Luis Sismeiro
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Editas o ficheiro \etc\passwd e na linha onde est� :
>
>As barras sao ao contrario... :-)
>
Tens razon � o maldito h�bito do microsoft windows( hugly, puke) que
ainda prevalece. :-))
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