Linux-Misc Digest #774, Volume #20 Thu, 24 Jun 99 18:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: lpd setup problem (Clive DaSilva)
Re: CPU temp readings? (Marc Mutz)
Re: Increasing size of swap partition (Marc Mutz)
Re: Run in background (Marc Mutz)
Re: Linux balkanization a potential blessing (was: Depoliticising the argument (was:
The End of Free Software)) (Warren Jones)
Re: Simple way to patch binary files? (Marc Mutz)
Re: HELP: 'Console drivers' option unavail. when "make xconfig" (Marc Mutz)
Re: How to pronounce SuSE? (John Hong)
Re: Terminal File Manager ("T.E.Dickey")
Re: NT the best web platform? (Ken Williams)
Re: A REALLY Dumb Question ("J�rgen Exner")
PPP problem (Big Fish)
Re: Linux uid limits! (James Youngman)
problems Compiling in c++ with slakware 4.0 (Hans Kruger)
Re: NT the best web platform? ("Stuart Fox")
Help: Unresolved symbols error with ipv4 modules??? (Ken Kwasnicki)
Re: Best sound card for use w/ Linux? (Dan LaPine)
Re: NT the best web platform? (Darren Winsper)
Re: Red Hat 6.0 & LaTeX (Patrick Warren)
redhat-rpm�s for suse (peter)
ppp setup (amp)
Re: URGENT: How to download Red Hat 6??? (9wands)
Re: AIX UNIX (Justin Young)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Clive DaSilva)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: lpd setup problem
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 20:37:31 GMT
Yo Rod
Had the same prob when i upgraded tot he 2.2.X kernels. check your
/etc/printcap file (manually) and make sure that the lp entry points
to /dev/lp0 instead of /dev/lp1( lp1 was used by the older kernels).
I had thaht same prob and i had to amend my /etc/printcap file in ther
manner i just suggested
good luck
Clive
Rod Brick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I've got an lpd problem. I've got the lp kernel module installed and
>can successfully cat a text file to /dev/lp0. I've set up the printcap
>file several different times, this last time using the apsfilter
>utility.
>
>When I run lpr <filename> the print queue shows a new print job, then
>eventually it indicates "no entries" as if the job were printed, except
>nothing gets printed. And the printer itself indicates nothing is
>trying to print. When I remove the "if=" line from the printcap file, I
>can successfully print via lpr. Even if the "if" filter is the simple
>perl script found in the Printer Howto to eliminate the staircase
>effect, the printer never prints. Once again, if I remove the "if="
>line from the printcap, it will print the file, though with the
>staircase. I *can* cat the file to /dev/lp0, piping it first through
>the perl script filter, and it prints successfully and correctly.
>
>The whole problem seems to have something to do with the filter files.
>Does anyone know what the problem may be?
>
>Thanks.
>
>
Clive DaSilva CMA
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Homepage: http://www.Geocities.com/Broadway/2207
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Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 21:50:02 +0200
From: Marc Mutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: CPU temp readings?
Scott Moseman wrote:
>
> 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
There is. It's called lm_sensors or so (see the recent issue of lwn.net,
there are app announcements). Don't know if there's a graphical
frontend, but it shouldn't be too difficult to write on in TCL/tk or
Perl or ...
Marc
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Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 21:41:43 +0200
From: Marc Mutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Increasing size of swap partition
John Kinsella wrote:
>
> There used to be a limit on the total swap size ( 128 Mb ? ), but
It was just under 128 for each swap partitions. You can have several of
them.
> I think that's changed in kernel 2.2.
Yepp, 2.2.x. supports up to 2Gig per swap partition (or 4; or even
more?)
>
Marc
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Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 21:30:05 +0200
From: Marc Mutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: Run in background
ellis wrote:
>
> >Try following you executable with an '&'
>
> That still leaves the process in the shell's process group.
>
If you are using bash, take a look at the 'disown' builtin.
Marc
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Warren Jones)
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.bsd.misc,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: Linux balkanization a potential blessing (was: Depoliticising the
argument (was: The End of Free Software))
Date: 24 Jun 1999 13:36:18 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Warren Jones)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alan Curry) writes:
> So BSD has man pages for all its components, including the compiler (gcc) and
> debugger (gdb)? I'd like to get a copy of those to install on my Linux boxes,
> because I too am annoyed by texinfo.
Or you could pick up tkinfo, or use texi2html. See:
http://math-www.uni-paderborn.de/~axel/tkinfo/
CPAN/scripts/text-processing/texi2html
====================================================================
Warren Jones | To keep every cog and wheel is the first
Fluke Corporation | precaution of intelligent tinkering.
Everett, Washington, USA | -- Aldo Leopold
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Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 21:57:34 +0200
From: Marc Mutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Simple way to patch binary files?
Robert Feldt wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> What is the simplest way to alter two bytes in a certain (and same)
> location in a set of binary files? No fancy patching needed...
>
> Any info or links to tools appreciated.
>
If you know the exact offset, you can do something like:
echo -n "..." | dd of=<bin-file> bs=1 count=...
Marc
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Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 21:59:55 +0200
From: Marc Mutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HELP: 'Console drivers' option unavail. when "make xconfig"
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> When I run 'make xconfig' in /usr/src/linux (for the 2.2.8 version),
> my "Console drivers" button is not highlighted (and "QoS and/or
> fair queueing", "IrDA subsystem support", "Infrared-port device
> drivers" and "Watchdog Cards" aren't as well, besides): so I
> can't choose anything here.
>
> How come ?
>
Try enabling 'prompt for experimental and/or incomlpete drivers'.
Marc
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hong)
Subject: Re: How to pronounce SuSE?
Date: 23 Jun 1999 21:06:57 GMT
John Emmer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Ok, I know this is trivial, but I just did a search on Deja News and
: looked at their website, and I can't find the answer. How does one
: pronounce SuSE? Is it like 'use' or like 'uzi'?
When I asked to get SuSE burned on CDROM, the guy said, "Oh, you
mean SuSE..." He pronounced like you would "Lucy", only with an S
instead of an L. Sue-cy.
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From: "T.E.Dickey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Terminal File Manager
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 17:58:41 GMT
Tarkaan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> T.E.Dickey wrote:
>>
>> 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.
> I was considering something that could have some kind of .conf file,
> where the commands could be changed, added, and edited. I think it
> could be totally customizable in that way, you could keep it as simple
> as cp, mv, rm, mkdir, rmdir, and chdir, or you could add tar, or gzip,
> run programs, or execute other utilities...I just came up with that.
> How does that sound?
Midnight Commander & hm do that sort of thing. I advise you to take a
look around to see what's been done (and not done).
--
Thomas E. Dickey
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.clark.net/pub/dickey
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ken Williams)
Crossposted-To: comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: NT the best web platform?
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 20:18:52 GMT
In article <7ktnkd$1mq8$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "John Hughes"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>There are numerous benchmarks showing NT to be faster. Where are the Linux
>ones?
>
>Apart from mouthing off why doesnt the Linux community get some benchmarks
>done?
Cause we don't have 345 billion dollars to throw at some false benchmarks,
or bribe Mindcraft or any of the major magazine companies to sway our way.
If you want the truth, test both os's yourself in your own environment.
Do you always let Microsoft(and all followers including magazines, OEM's and
additional whores) tell you what the MS-truth is?
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From: "J�rgen Exner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: A REALLY Dumb Question
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 12:11:30 -0700
Reply-To: "J�rgen Exner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Ken Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> >>= Of course, I'm told that in the "official" pronunciation of GNU
the "g"
> >>= is actually pronounced... though again I've never met anyone in real
life
> >>= that didn't pronounce it the same as "new" (which seems to make a hell
of
> >>= alot more sense to me!).
> >
> >And the soundbyte of Linus T pronouncing "Linux" sounds like he's saying
> >"Lee-nooks" ;-)
>
> I think the lee-nooks is cause he had a pronouced accent then. No one
would
> say that in Canada or the states.
I don't think so.
I'm pretty sure that he speaks Swedish without any accent.
jue
--
J�rgen Exner
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From: Big Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: PPP problem
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 17:09:58 -0400
I changed my ppp0 configuration with netcfg so that
it is activated at boot (what's wrong with that anyway?)
Now I cannot get to the X-window.
At boot it starts everything but then it gets to:
Setting modem port parameters:
/dev/ttyS1: device or resource busy
/dev/ttyS1: device or resource busy
/dev/ttyS1: device or resource busy
and hangs........
What should I do now? I'm not the one who installed this
Linux into the machine (Toshiba laptop 415CS). As far as
I can tell the only place where I can interrupt the startup
is when it gives the LILO boot: prompt.
But what should I do there and what should I change?
I love Linux. Really. Please help resuscitate this baby!!
Thanks!
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From: James Youngman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Linux uid limits!
Date: 19 Jun 1999 00:06:45 +0100
James Hewitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Okay, what is the "correct" way to specify an integer of a specific
> size so that code can be cross-platform? If there isn't an ANSI
> standard, is there at least a convention for Linux?
Yes, use Autoconf.
--
ACTUALLY reachable as @free-lunch.demon.(whitehouse)co.uk:james+actually
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From: Hans Kruger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: problems Compiling in c++ with slakware 4.0
Date: 24 Jun 1999 20:50:09 GMT
I have a little problem with compiling a c++ programm in Slakware 4.0.
First there was a problem with the 'include file' <String.h> (Ansistring).
We (Computer and I) could not find it. So I unpacked a g++ packedge (from
metalab: /devel/lang/c++/libg++2.7.0a-ELF-and-a.out.tar.gz), so that all
files should have benn coppied to the location they belong to. But I still
get an error messege with the '-lg++' option. So I loked for some libaries
and found that two that game with the above packedge. With I made that
symbolik link a lot o linker messeges were displayed on my screen.
Can anybody help me around this problem?
Thanks in advanced
Hans M Kruger
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From: "Stuart Fox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: NT the best web platform?
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 07:58:09 +1200
Timothy Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Thu, 24 Jun 1999 17:48:54 +0100, "John Hughes"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >There are numerous benchmarks showing NT to be faster. Where are the
Linux
> >ones?
>
> Faster? Speed is only one aspect of a webserver, and whether you like
> it or not, it is rarely the most important one.
>
> correctness - apache is better
Pardon? I have yet to see IIS serve the wrong page.
> flexibility - apache and supporting tools better
Such as?
> features - apache blows IIS away here
Such as?
> speed - IIS is better only on 4 way SMP intel machines
Maybe I'll concede this one. It's probably better on 2-way SMP as well.
> stability - toss up, probably
Yep.
> security - apache better (still waiting for that fix from last weeks
> exploit?)
It's been released.
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From: Ken Kwasnicki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Help: Unresolved symbols error with ipv4 modules???
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 01:10:32 -0700
Hello,
I've just installed SuSE 6.1 which I'm trying to configure as a firewall
box. I did a minimal installation from CD. After I've compiled the
kernel including all the firewall and masquerading stuff, and made and
installed the modules I get the following errors when I run depmod -a...
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in
/lib/modules/2.2.6/ipv4/ip_masq_autofw.o
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in
/lib/modules/2.2.6/ipv4/ip_masq_portfw.o
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.6/ipv4/ip_masq_mfw.o
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.6/ipv6/ipv6.o
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in
/lib/modules/2.2.6/misc/ip_masq_autofw.o
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.6/misc/ip_masq_mfw.o
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in
/lib/modules/2.2.6/misc/ip_masq_portfw.o
What's up? Does this mean I've not installed some libraries required by
these modules?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Ken.
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From: Dan LaPine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Best sound card for use w/ Linux?
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 14:12:42 -0500
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
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Darren Winsper)
Crossposted-To: comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: NT the best web platform?
Date: 24 Jun 1999 20:05:22 GMT
On Thu, 24 Jun 1999 17:48:54 +0100, John Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> There are numerous benchmarks showing NT to be faster. Where are the Linux
> ones?
>
> Apart from mouthing off why doesnt the Linux community get some benchmarks
> done?
Er...PC Week did a benchmark which showed Linux/SAMBA beating NT at
serving NT clients.
As for getting benchmarks done, the results to the latest Mindcraft
benchmark are due out very soon.
--
Darren Winsper - http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/darren.winsper
'"Whaddar we gonna do today Bill?" "The same thing we do every day,
Balmer...."' - Craig Kelly in comp.os.linux.advocacy
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From: Patrick Warren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: Red Hat 6.0 & LaTeX
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 22:40:24 +0100
Andreas Pilz wrote:
>
> Try running texconfig. You should see a menu with a lot of options, where
Actually all you need to do is run 'texhash' (as root) to rebuild
the database.
--
Patrick Warren @ home [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (peter)
Subject: redhat-rpm�s for suse
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 20:03:54 GMT
sorry if this is a faq, but I�m just going to change from redhat to suse.
Beside I have the source from most programms I need, I also have a
couples of redhat-rpms. my question: can I use these on suse also ?
thanks,
peter
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pilsl@
ANTISPAM
goldfisch.atat.at
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From: amp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ppp setup
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 21:12:15 GMT
I've got a RedHat 5.2 install but I can't get ppp working _still_. I'm
very close. I can use minicom to establish a connection to my ISP and
login. Then I can start pppd and it works. However, I want to write a
script to automate it. I have written a ppp-on script (thanks to a
PPP-HOWTO). It connects, logs in but then it hangs up after a few
seconds.
Any ideas where to look?
Thanks.
--amp;
--
// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Andrew M. Pierce
http://www.cdc.net/~amp
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: 9wands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: URGENT: How to download Red Hat 6???
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 16:48:16 -0500
Ed Blosch wrote:
>
> Please tell me where to get a $2 copy of RH6.0. Infomagic doesn't have
> it out yet, and Redhat wants $79.95. GNU wants $150 to precompile
> everything specifically for my system. Are you saying, if I download it
> myself and purchase a writable CD-ROM, that I can buy the media for
> $2 ? How much are writable CD-ROMs?
>
> I'm serious, where can I get a CD w/RH6.0 on it for $2? I'd gladly pay
> $20, but I can't even find it at that price.
>
> If I send you the money, can you send me one?
>
> Thanks,
> Ed
>
> brian moore wrote in message ...
> >On Tue, 18 May 1999 04:34:19 GMT,
> > Kelson Cheng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> Hey! Anyone downloads RedHat 6 from its ftp site?
> >> What do you use to download it?
> >> I'm using cuteFTP and it keeps resolving those symbolic links and keep
> >> repeating downloading the same files a couple times!!!
> >> Eg. 'cat' is a link in usr/bin, but it keeps resolving its location and
> >> download the real 'cat' program!!
> >> Can anyone help me?? Thanks
> >
> >Yes: either download the iso9660 image or spend the $2 on a CD.
> >
> >--
> >Brian Moore | "The Zen nature of a spammer resembles
> > Sysadmin, C/Perl Hacker | a cockroach, except that the cockroach
> > Usenet Vandal | is higher up on the evolutionary
> chain."
> > Netscum, Bane of Elves. Peter Olson, Delphi
> Postmaster
In a word, Cheapbytes .... not $2, more like $7 ... shipping included
--
Beware the fury of a patient man.
- John Dryden
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Justin Young)
Subject: Re: AIX UNIX
Date: 24 Jun 1999 13:02:36 -0700
That's not entirely true. Future versions of AIX will include apache as an
installation option.
Also, AIX definitely includes sendmail. Like Solaris, it's sendmail is broken
as delievered (b.a.d.).
AIX is SVR3.2 (for a long time) and 64bit as of v4.3. It is one of the more
eccentric UNIX's when you dive into the way commands are executed. A VM'er will
feel right at home.
However, anyone w/ any Linux experience should be able to pick up AIX fairly
quickly. There are actually some fairly informative books on AIX available at
the local bookstore. You might want to pick one up.
Hope this helps.
--Justin
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
William B. Cattell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>> Anyone have any info on AIZ UNIX and what it comes with. I am takeing
>> on a job that has an IBM RS6000 with AIX UNIX on it. I am new to this
>> and will have to learn it completly. I know a little about Redhat 6.0
>> Linux . How much does it differ? Does it come with Apache. What about
>> sendmail.
>> Email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
>> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
>
>AIX is an industrial strength UNIX. The main app that I used was
>SMIT. you can do just about anything through it. UNIX is UNIX.
>If you're comfortable at a shell prompt with Linux you won't have
>any problems.
>
>No, it generally doesn't come with Apache or most of the other
>tools Linux comes with. It probably has sendmail as that is
>somewhat of a 'standard'.
--
--Justin
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