Linux-Misc Digest #234, Volume #20 Sun, 16 May 99 21:13:16 EDT
Contents:
Re: Printing into file (jik-)
Re: best distribution (Adam C. Emerson)
FAT32X and fips... (Ron)
How do I mount a Mac zip disk (Al)
Re: Communism dosn't even exist, never did... ("W.A. Scheer")
Re: glibc2 netscape 4.6 undefined symbols ("John M. Flinchbaugh")
Wordperfect can not read my Word Documents (Al)
Q: SMS for the GSM network on X.25 connection (Erik Bo Krantz Simonsen)
Re: AutoInstall is for experts, not beginners!!! ( (Gilles Pelletier))
Re: New Star office for glibc 2.1 (Peter Englmaier)
Re: RealVideo 5.0 and kernel 2.2.x ?? (David E. Fox)
Re: LILO docs available in PDF, Re: LS-120 (Rex Basham)
Re: sound ("Daniel Thomas")
Re: what is Red Hat doing? (Peter Englmaier)
Re: AutoInstall is for experts, not beginners!!! (Frank v Waveren)
Wordperfext & Epson Stylus 600 (Al)
Re: Ken Thompson on Linux (Peter Rodriguez)
Re: Cron problems (Wilhelm Wienemann)
Re: SECURITY ISSUES: Single user restriction at lilo boot: ("Daniel Thomas")
can't open audio (David Erdman)
selectbits.h (Burra)
cpio headers get misplaced using libc.so.6, gcc 2.7.2.3 (Leif Erlingsson)
Re: LILO docs available in PDF, Re: LS-120 ("Cameron Spitzer")
RH 6.0: tetex 0.9-17 is broken ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Ken Thompson on Linux (Peter Rodriguez)
Power Fail Disk Corruption in Linux? (was: MS Challenges Linux Community (Mark S.
Bilk)
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Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 14:32:08 -0700
From: jik- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Printing into file
Guido Ehlert wrote:
>
> Has anyone an idea how to print into a file?
>
> Thanks,
> Guido
Usually is an option of the software which is doing it
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From: Adam C. Emerson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: best distribution
Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 23:43:12 GMT
octet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm pretty new to Linux and would like to get some opinions from you
> folks. This is because I'm thinking about rolling out many Linux
> workstations to replace Windows workstations.
> 1. Which distribution is the oldest?
Slackware
> 2. Which one is the "technically" best distribution right now?
There isn't one
> 3. Which one is the best "over-all" distribution right now?
There isn't one
There is much soul searching you must to answer those questions.
(I run debian myself, but have also used RedHat and Slackware)
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Adam C. Emerson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.calvin.edu/~aemers19/
Movesource Network Systems Specialist
I only like creamed corn in the abstract, not in the concrete.
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From: Ron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: FAT32X and fips...
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 07:46:27 +0900
I haven't been keeping current with this NG, but I ran across a problem
with FAT32X and my hard drive.....
I got this new 13G WD drive and am running W98. I made the new drive
the master drive and made my existing 4.3G WD slave. I have AMBIOS
which is won't really handle big drives over 8G, so when I added the 13G
drive, the drive was automatically formatted into FAT32X.
Well, I soon found out that I couldn't use my Partition Magic 3.0 to
manipulate FAT32X. I couldn't use System Commander 4 Deluxe either. I
downloaded a program called BootIt. The website I downloaded it from
said it could handle FAT32X....well, I found out that it couldn't.
Anyone know what DOES manipulate FAT32X? Can Fips? Is there late
version of Fips that can handle FAT32X?
ANY info will be greatly appreciated......even BIOS info.
Thanks in advance.
Ron
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From: Al <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How do I mount a Mac zip disk
Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 22:56:27 +0000
How do I mount a Mac zip disk?
Thanks
Al
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Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 15:42:25 -0700
From: "W.A. Scheer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: Communism dosn't even exist, never did...
Charlie Ebert wrote:
> >
>
> Just to set the record straight for all parties, Communism was a goal which
> was never achieved anywhere.
> That's point #1.
Hmmm ... if you mean in some sort of theoretical sense not involving human
beings, but then that's the rub, isn't it? I can argue that 'capitalism' as
defined by Milton Freeman or Ayn Rand has never 'really' existed either, but
that would be playing the same kind of word game, wouldn't it?
> [snip]
>
> Point #3.
> The so called Communist countries left.
> China, North Korea, Vietnam, Cuba.... Did I miss any...
> China is probably the biggest example of capitalism of the four I've
> mentioned.
> But they do have a cruel government.
China? Capitalist? Man that is some good weed you're smokin' there! The best
you could say is 'socialist'.
> When the Soviet Union fell apart, the dream of achieving Communism around
> the world died with
> it.
GOOD !!
> So what is all this dribble about Linux being a Communist Software package.
It's fairly 'drivel' actually. Linux is one of the best examples of what can
happen when INDIVIDUALS have the freedom to pursue their own goals, rather
than those dictated by the state. NEVER COULD HAPPEN under any centralized
system of control. It would be too much of a threat to the 'Party' to actually
allow the 'workers' control over their own destiny in such a fashion.
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From: "John M. Flinchbaugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: glibc2 netscape 4.6 undefined symbols
Date: 16 May 1999 22:39:27 GMT
John M. Flinchbaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> upon attempting to run netscape 4.51 or 4.6, i get the following
> error:
> netscape: error in loading shared libraries: netscape: undefined
> symbol: __eh_pc
> this is a glibc2.1 machine (debian 1.3 upgraded by hand).
> how can i remedy this problem? everything else seem to work just
> fine on this machine, so i'm led to believe everything is installed
> properly..
a bit more info.
netscape bin's ldd output:
libBrokenLocale.so.1 => /lib/libBrokenLocale.so.1 (0x4001e000)
libXt.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXt.so.6 (0x40020000)
libSM.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libSM.so.6 (0x40063000)
libICE.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libICE.so.6 (0x4006b000)
libXmu.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXmu.so.6 (0x4007f000)
libXpm.so.4 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4 (0x40091000)
libXext.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6 (0x4009f000)
libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x400aa000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x40141000)
libstdc++.so.2.8 => /usr/local/lib/libstdc++.so.2.8 (0x40144000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x40187000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x401a4000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x40000000)
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From: Al <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.stup
Subject: Wordperfect can not read my Word Documents
Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 22:55:39 +0000
Wordperfect can not read my word documents.
I get the following error message
Filtrix is unable to convert this document, because it is
not the type specified. If the documnet was fast-saved,
it will need to be full-saved before Filtrix can convert it.
When I do a od -s on the document it tells me it is a word 6 document.
That is what what I am trying to load it as. I also tried to load it as
Word 97.
Thanks
Al
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From: Erik Bo Krantz Simonsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.questions,list.freebsd-questions,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Q: SMS for the GSM network on X.25 connection
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 00:52:21 +0200
Hi,
Have you heard about an X.25 solution for sending and receiving SMS
messages to/from a GSM SMS Centre then please tell me.
I have been unable to find hardware (Intel platform) and software that
will handle such communication on Linux or FreeBSD.
What I really need is to avoid programming the basics of this
communication myself. It would be of great value to me if there is some
existing software solution, which can deal with the SMS messages through
some reasonable API. Maybe SMS messages delivered to/from some sort of
database or file interface.
The SMS messages over X.25 will be sent in the UCP format.
I am looking for a solution much like what DIALOGS in Germany has for
Windows NT and some UNIX systems: The "SMS Server".
See: http://www.dialogs.de/produkte/sms_server.htm in German :-(
However, they currently can't handle Linux or FreeBSD.
Best regards
Erik
P.S.: I can pay :-)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ( (Gilles Pelletier))
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: AutoInstall is for experts, not beginners!!!
Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 23:15:28 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ( (Gilles Pelletier)) �crivait/wrote:
>I installed Gnome 6.1 last weekend.
Sorry folks! Make this "I installed Suse 6.1"
GP
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From: Peter Englmaier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: New Star office for glibc 2.1
Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 19:21:58 -0400
>
> RH 6.0 comes with a compat-glibc-5.2 package that is supposed to allow
> you to run older programs, but I can't figure out how to get the damn
> thing to work with the libraries.
>
> Any suggestions?
I posted the solution to this newsgroup. Have a look.
Cheers, Peter.
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David E. Fox)
Subject: Re: RealVideo 5.0 and kernel 2.2.x ??
Date: 16 May 1999 22:12:47 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"William B. Cattell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> It's true. There's a work-around posted on RealAudio's site although
> they don't endorse it. I tried it but haven't got it working yet but I
> am getting closer...
I'm running rv5 just fine, but I'm using kernel 2.2.0 still and
I use the OSS sound drivers rather than the ones provided by
the kernel.
--
========================================================================
David E. Fox Tax Thanks for letting me
[EMAIL PROTECTED] the change magnetic patterns
[EMAIL PROTECTED] churches on your hard disk.
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From: Rex Basham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: LILO docs available in PDF, Re: LS-120
Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 23:21:00 +0000
Cameron Spitzer wrote:
> Post the output of fdisk -l while /ls120 is mounted, and the
> contents of /ls120/etc/lilo.conf
> You could be immortalized in the long-awaited next rev of
> LILO mini-HOWTO.
> After we debug it.
Okay, here is the fdisk:
[root@localhost /]# fdisk /dev/hda -l
Disk /dev/hda: 8 heads, 32 sectors, 963 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 256 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 963 123248 83 Linux native
...and the mkbootdisk:
[root@localhost /]# mkbootdisk --device /dev/hda1 2.2.8 -v
Insert a disk in /dev/hda1. Any information on the disk will be lost.
Press <Enter> to continue or ^C to abort:
Formatting /dev/hda1... done.
Copying /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.8... done.
Creating initrd image... done.
Setting up lilo... done.
mknod /tmp/dev.0: No such file or directory ??problem here??
[root@localhost /]#
Here is the /etc/lilo.conf from the LS120:
boot=/dev/hda1
timeout=100
prompt
image=/vmlinuz-2.2.8
label=linux
root=/dev/hda1
initrd=/initrd.img
...ran it with lilo -C /lilo.conf after I copied it to the root on the
scsi drive along with the initrd.img and the vmlinuz-2.2.8.
...and finally, here is the directory structure from the ls120 after
mkbootdisk and lilo:
[root@localhost /]# cd /ls120
[root@localhost /ls120]# dir
boot dev etc initrd.img
lost+found vmlinuz-2.2.8
[root@localhost /ls120]# cd boot
[root@localhost boot]# dir
boot.b message
[root@localhost boot]# cd ../dev
[root@localhost dev]# dir
hda1 sda5
[root@localhost dev]# cd ../etc
[root@localhost etc]# dir
lilo.conf
[root@localhost etc]# cd ../lost+found
[root@localhost lost+found]# dir
[root@localhost lost+found]# cd ..
[root@localhost /ls120]#
Still won't boot, gets to LI and hangs ad-infinitum. I'm sure it's a
stupid user trick but I'm not experienced enough in linux-land to find
it (yet!).
rexb.
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From: "Daniel Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.kde
Subject: Re: sound
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 08:54:16 +1000
You need to create a new kernel with sound suport or load the modules for
your seound card. Some more information would be nice, try the following
and see what happens:
cat (some *.wav / *.raw file) > /dev/dsp
lsmod
ls /lib/modules/(kernel version)/misc
(should contain some files like sound.o soundlow.o etc.)
Also what IRQ / DMA / IO settings does the card use.
Daniel Thomas
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message <7hn4nq$353$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>How do I enable sound in Linux? I have Mandrake 5.2 (=Redhat 5.2) with
>compiled kernel 2.2.5 and KDE 1.1, and also on the same computer SuSE
>5.3 with kernel 2.0.35 and KDE 1.0. Neither OS has ever made the
>slightest sound. (Sound is fine under Win95. NT4 is silent too.)
>
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From: Peter Englmaier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: what is Red Hat doing?
Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 19:41:24 -0400
/net and /misc are for two kinds of 'automounter'.
Read the manual for 'amd' and 'automount'. Both
are kind of neat. you can do 'cd /net/ftp.kernel.org'
and you have ftp access to the ftp.kernel.org site.
You can do 'cd /misc/cd' and the cd is mounted
automagically.
TomDickHarry wrote:
>
> wondered the same thing myself :c)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank v Waveren)
Subject: Re: AutoInstall is for experts, not beginners!!!
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,uk.comp.os.linux
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 00:50:42 GMT
thank god, I thought I'd missed a few versions :-)
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ( (Gilles Pelletier)) writes:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ( (Gilles Pelletier)) �crivait/wrote:
>
>>I installed Gnome 6.1 last weekend.
>
> Sorry folks! Make this "I installed Suse 6.1"
>
> GP
>
--
Frank v Waveren
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
ICQ# 10074100
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From: Al <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Wordperfext & Epson Stylus 600
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 00:04:25 +0000
Wordperfect does not have a Epson Stylus 600 in its configuration.
Can I use a different printer configuration?
Thanks
Al
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Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 11:50:19 +1200
From: Peter Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ken Thompson on Linux
brian moore wrote:
> I've never seen a need to use either Word or Excel.
>
> --
> 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
Neither have I
Peter Rodriguez
136, Kolmar Road, Papatoetoe, Auckland
NEW ZEALAND
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Wilhelm Wienemann)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Cron problems
Date: 16 May 1999 12:20:29 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Wilhelm Wienemann)
Joseph Pamula <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> informed
alt.os.linux with the following:
> Could someone please help me to correct the below problem. I receive
> the following message:
>
> "Subject: Cron <root@localhost> run-parts /etc/cron.hourly
> su: cannot run /bin/sh: Permission denied "
Which files are in /etc/cron.hourly?
It would be helpful if you could post the command-lines 1 this
files.
bye - Wilhelm
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From: "Daniel Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.security,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: SECURITY ISSUES: Single user restriction at lilo boot:
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 09:15:10 +1000
Here's another idea, that might work, A bit drastic perhaps but you did want
security.
Change the lilo.conf file as recomebded by others in this thread, open up
the computer case, unplug the floppy drive, remove the power plug from its
cradle and close up the case again. Put a reed switch on the back of the
case and connect to do some sort of alarm system.
You were worried about security weren't you.
Daniel Thomas.
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From: David Erdman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: can't open audio
Date: 17 May 1999 00:31:03 GMT
I have suse 6.1, with kde 1.1 kernel 2.2.9
when i try to play a cd or an mp3 with x11amp, it says "can't open audio"
can someone help me with this. i have tried to chmod 660 the
/dev/audio...to no avail. all my wavs (system sounds work fine).
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From: Burra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: selectbits.h
Date: 17 May 1999 00:31:03 GMT
Where can I find the header file selectbits.h??? Any place I can download
it at?
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From: Leif Erlingsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: Leif Erlingsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: cpio headers get misplaced using libc.so.6, gcc 2.7.2.3
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 02:36:35 +0200
CPIO HEADERS MIXED AROUND ON S.u.S.E. 6.0 platform, even
after I compile myself exactly like I've done on solaris
both on Intel and on Sparc:
cpio-2.4.2,
/lib/libc.so.6,
gcc version 2.7.2.3
The flags: cpio -oc
This is how the headers look in two different computers:
Good computer (NOT /lib/libc.so.6):
0707070015040034371007750007650000040000010000000635055750200002200000001701trickokn/changeIP
Bad computer (/lib/libc.so.6):
0707070014030000001100661007750007650000040000010000000000000000006350557502trickokn/changeIP
Headers get mixed up. Same job on two different computers,
first a known good reference (several, including cpio-2.4.2
on solaris both on Intel and on Sparc):
Correct: (see /usr/src/cpio-2.4.2/cpio.h)
c_magic 070707
c_dev 001504
c_ino 003437
c_mode 100775 C_ISREG + 775
c_uid 000765
c_gid 000004
c_nlink 000001
c_rdev 000000
c_mtime 06350557502
c_namesize 000022
c_filesize 00000001701 = 961 byte
trickokn/changeIP
Here is the cpio-2.4.2 on /lib/libc.so.6, gcc version 2.7.2.3:
Wrong: (see /usr/src/cpio-2.4.2/cpio.h)
c_magic 070707
c_dev 001403
c_ino 000000 cleared
c_mode 110066 should be in c_ino
c_uid 100775 should be in c_mode
c_gid 000765 should be in c_uid
c_nlink 000004 should be in c_gid
c_rdev 000001 should be in c_nlink
c_mtime 00000000000 cleared
c_namesize 000000 should be in c_rdev
c_filesize 06350557502 should be in c_mtime
trickokn/changeIP
Analysis:
c_magic is in c_magic as it should.
c_dev seems to be in c_dev as it should.
c_ino has ended up in c_mode. (Actually, the lower 16 bits of
the inode number of "trickokn/changeIP", coded in octal.)
c_mode has ended up in c_uid.
c_uid has ended up in c_gid.
c_gid has ended up in c_nlink.
c_nlink has ended up in c_rdev.
c_rdev has ended up in c_namesize.
c_namesize IS LOST and c_ino seems to have been cleared.
c_mtime has ended up in c_filesize.
c_filesize IS LOST and c_mtime seems to have been cleared.
_From /usr/src/cpio-2.4.2/cpiohdr.h:_
#include <cpio.h>
struct old_cpio_header
{
unsigned short c_magic;
short c_dev;
unsigned short c_ino;
unsigned short c_mode;
unsigned short c_uid;
unsigned short c_gid;
unsigned short c_nlink;
short c_rdev;
unsigned short c_mtimes[2];
unsigned short c_namesize;
unsigned short c_filesizes[2];
unsigned long c_mtime; /* Long-aligned copy of `c_mtimes'. */
unsigned long c_filesize; /* Long-aligned copy of `c_filesizes'. */
char *c_name;
};
./copyin.c: struct old_cpio_header short_hdr;
./copyin.c: short_hdr.c_dev = ((struct old_cpio_header *) file_hdr)->c_dev;
./copyin.c: short_hdr.c_ino = ((struct old_cpio_header *) file_hdr)->c_ino;
./copyout.c: struct old_cpio_header short_hdr;
./cpiohdr.h:struct old_cpio_header
./copyin.c: struct old_cpio_header short_hdr;
./copyin.c: short_hdr.c_dev = ((struct old_cpio_header *) file_hdr)->c_dev;
./copyin.c: short_hdr.c_ino = ((struct old_cpio_header *) file_hdr)->c_ino;
./copyin.c: tape_buffered_read (((char *) &short_hdr) + 6, in_des, 20L);
./copyin.c: swab_array ((char *) &short_hdr, 13);
./copyin.c: file_hdr->c_dev_maj = major (short_hdr.c_dev);
./copyin.c: file_hdr->c_dev_min = minor (short_hdr.c_dev);
./copyin.c: file_hdr->c_ino = short_hdr.c_ino;
./copyin.c: file_hdr->c_mode = short_hdr.c_mode;
./copyin.c: file_hdr->c_uid = short_hdr.c_uid;
./copyin.c: file_hdr->c_gid = short_hdr.c_gid;
./copyin.c: file_hdr->c_nlink = short_hdr.c_nlink;
./copyin.c: file_hdr->c_rdev_maj = major (short_hdr.c_rdev);
./copyin.c: file_hdr->c_rdev_min = minor (short_hdr.c_rdev);
./copyin.c: file_hdr->c_mtime = (unsigned long) short_hdr.c_mtimes[0] << 16
./copyin.c: | short_hdr.c_mtimes[1];
./copyin.c: file_hdr->c_namesize = short_hdr.c_namesize;
./copyin.c: file_hdr->c_filesize = (unsigned long) short_hdr.c_filesizes[0] << 16
./copyin.c: | short_hdr.c_filesizes[1];
./copyout.c: struct old_cpio_header short_hdr;
./copyout.c: short_hdr.c_magic = 070707;
./copyout.c: short_hdr.c_dev = makedev (file_hdr->c_dev_maj, file_hdr->c_dev_min);
./copyout.c: short_hdr.c_ino = file_hdr->c_ino & 0xFFFF;
./copyout.c: short_hdr.c_mode = file_hdr->c_mode & 0xFFFF;
./copyout.c: short_hdr.c_uid = file_hdr->c_uid & 0xFFFF;
./copyout.c: short_hdr.c_gid = file_hdr->c_gid & 0xFFFF;
./copyout.c: short_hdr.c_nlink = file_hdr->c_nlink & 0xFFFF;
./copyout.c: short_hdr.c_rdev = makedev (file_hdr->c_rdev_maj,
file_hdr->c_rdev_min);
./copyout.c: short_hdr.c_rdev = makedev (0, 1);
./copyout.c: short_hdr.c_rdev = makedev (file_hdr->c_rdev_maj,
./copyout.c: short_hdr.c_mtimes[0] = file_hdr->c_mtime >> 16;
./copyout.c: short_hdr.c_mtimes[1] = file_hdr->c_mtime & 0xFFFF;
./copyout.c: short_hdr.c_namesize = file_hdr->c_namesize & 0xFFFF;
./copyout.c: short_hdr.c_filesizes[0] = file_hdr->c_filesize >> 16;
./copyout.c: short_hdr.c_filesizes[1] = file_hdr->c_filesize & 0xFFFF;
./copyout.c: tape_buffered_write ((char *) &short_hdr, out_des, 26L);
./ChangeLog: already in `file_hdr' into `short_hdr'.
Clues, anyone?!
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From: "Cameron Spitzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: LILO docs available in PDF, Re: LS-120
Date: 17 May 1999 00:48:35 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Rex Basham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Disk /dev/hda: 8 heads, 32 sectors, 963 cylinders
>Units = cylinders of 256 * 512 bytes
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
>/dev/hda1 1 963 123248 83 Linux native
>
>Here is the /etc/lilo.conf from the LS120:
>boot=/dev/hda1
>timeout=100
>prompt
>image=/vmlinuz-2.2.8
> label=linux
> root=/dev/hda1
> initrd=/initrd.img
This file is missing an install= command to tell it what boot sector
to use, and a map= command to tell it to write the mapfile on the
LS-120's file system.
Cameron
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.text.tex
Subject: RH 6.0: tetex 0.9-17 is broken
Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 01:04:26 GMT
It makes many hyphenation mistakes. This is apparently a known problem.
Apparently the error is in the babel component. I am planning to figure
out how to fix it; perhaps, someone with RPM knowledge can post a
replacement...
/ivo welch
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Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 12:05:08 +1200
From: Peter Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ken Thompson on Linux
Rob Fisher wrote:
> >
>
> > On the desktop, Linux is hampered mainly by its inability to run the
> > standard desktop software, which is distributed mostly as Win32
> > binaries. The WINE project, however, is gaining momentum and can now
> > show some significant results.
>
> I was really disappointed with WINE. I think it's just too hard a
> project when M$ can move the goalposts so easily. And although it's
> interesting I also see it as essentially pointless. If you want to run
> Windows apps and you've got the hardware in front of you, why not just
> go into Windows? It's okay for if you want to dash off a quick Word
> document while your new code compiles, but it's never going to help
> Linux conquer the desktop is it? Most desktop users /only/ want to use
> Word.
>
> Rob
Maybe they only /use/ Word, but I doubt that they only
/want/ to use it - most of them have no choice, due to
dumb employers and their IT departments.
Peter Rodriguez
136, Kolmar Road, Papatoetoe, Auckland
NEW ZEALAND
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark S. Bilk)
Subject: Power Fail Disk Corruption in Linux? (was: MS Challenges Linux Community
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 01:00:15 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Colin R. Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Peter Hayes wrote:
Does Linux normally write out all system and application
write-buffers to disk within, say, three seconds after
their creation?
If so, a power failure should rarely affect any files
that weren't being worked on at the time, right?
If Linux doesn't normally do that, why not, and can it
be made to do so?
(I've tried to find the answer in various FAQs, etc.)
>> The ext2 filesystem is too vulnerable to the hazards of the average
>> office or home environment. I've seen too many boxes switched off
>> without being shut down first. A Win9x box will run scandisk and
>> usually boot up with few problems - ok, I know some zealots will claim
>> that a re-install will be needed, but that's just zealot-talk. If
>> you're lucky a Linux box will spend 5 to 10 minutes running e2fsck to
>> fix the damage done by the sudden switch-off. If you're moderately
>> unlucky, you'll have to run e2fsck -c -y /dev/hdxy, and you'll get
>> your box back. If you're really unlucky, it's re-format and re-install
>> time.
>I've had to hard shutdown several times. Each time I rebooted into Linux,
>the computer ran e2fsck just fine. I don't believe that I was being lucky
>all of the time. Have you ever rebooted after a loss-of-power shutdown
>and not have the computer run e2fsck on bootup?
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