Linux-Misc Digest #846, Volume #20 Tue, 29 Jun 99 14:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: Newbie: Needs help selecting distribution (Larry)
sig 11 problem (Anthony Lacey)
Re: Transferring /home from another disk??? (Thomas Zajic)
Re: An "ls" question ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: NT the best web platform? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: booting linux from NT bootloader...don't work (Rob Hughes)
Re: glint on redhat 6.0 (Bernie Borenstein)
Re: glibc on cvs where? (Christer Gustavsson)
Re: NT the best web platform? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Cannot play system sounds!!!!!!! (SuSE)
Re: Intel could nip dual-Celeron move in bud (Alex Lam)
Re: DO NOT HAVE /dev/printer !! (M. Buchenrieder)
Re: Linux loses in NT tests (Alex Lam)
Re: Intel could nip dual-Celeron move in bud (Philip Brown)
Re: NT the best web platform? (Marc Mutz)
Re: Linux loses in NT tests (Alex Lam)
Re: editorial: Stupid Linux Tricks ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: HELP !!: kernel 2.2.*: gpm "Socket()" error message (Robert Komar)
Recovering ext2 partition (Dana Harrington)
Re: Intel could nip dual-Celeron move in bud (Mike Frisch)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Larry)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Newbie: Needs help selecting distribution
Date: 29 Jun 1999 10:48:30 -0600
SLACKWARE!!!!!!
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From: Anthony Lacey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.c
Subject: sig 11 problem
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 17:05:37 +0100
Hi,
Wondered if anyone has any ideas on this one. All of sudden for no
apparent reason I can no longer compile my code and get:
collect2: ld terminated with signal 11 [Segmentation fault]
/usr/bin/ld: test.o: invalid string offset 1769472 >= 102 for section
`.shstrtab'
/usr/bin/ld: test.o: invalid string offset 2162688 >= 102 for section
`.shstrtab'
/usr/bin/ld: test.o: invalid string offset 2818048 >= 102 for section
`.shstrtab'
/usr/bin/ld: test.o: invalid string offset 3211264 >= 102 for section
`.shstrtab'
I am running linux 2.2.10 with egcs 2.91.1 and binutils 2.91.1 compiling
of an Solaris 2.5 nfs server. Any ideas?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Zajic)
Subject: Re: Transferring /home from another disk???
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 16:05:18 GMT
On 21 Jun 1999 22:57:40 GMT, Bob Tennent wrote:
> Before mounting, you have to mke2fs on the partition.
> Copy the files so that permissions etc are preserved:
>
> cd /home
> tar cvpf - * | (cd /newhome; tar xvpf -)
>
> where /newhome is where the new drive is mounted.
What's wrong with 'cp -ax'? Is there any particular reason why
people always seem to prefer using 'tar' for this kind of thing
(ie. moving to a new harddisk), although tarring/untarring is
slower than simple cp'ing? I've done quite a few HDD moves using
'cp -ax', and it has never failed or caused any problem.
Just curious ...
Thomas
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,utah.linux
Subject: Re: An "ls" question
Date: 29 Jun 1999 15:40:00 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc Walter L. Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
= Hello all
= This may seem like a silly question. One I'm sure someone knows the
= answer to.
= When I use the ls command ....
= ls -laF
= I get
= -rw-rw-rw- 1 walt group 450992 Feb 19 22.14 sample.file
= The number after the permissions. What does it stand for??
If you read the ls man page, it should tell you.
This is an extract from the SunOs ls man page... (Cos I happen to be on
SunOs at the moment)
ls -l (the long list) prints its output as follows:
-rwxrwxrwx+ 1 smith dev 10876 May 16 9:42 part2
Reading from right to left, you see that the current direc-
tory holds one file, named part2. Next, the last time that
file's contents were modified was 9:42 A.M. on May 16. The
file contains 10,876 characters, or bytes. The owner of the
file, or the user, belongs to the group dev (perhaps indi-
cating `development''), and his or her login name is smith.
The number, in this case 1, indicates the number of links to
file part2; see cp(1). The plus sign indicates that there
is an ACL associated with the file. Finally, the dash and
letters tell you that user, group, and others have permis-
sions to read, write, and execute part2.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: NT the best web platform?
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 15:50:27 GMT
I disagree with your comment "The linux community
isn't in the business of performing sleazy
stunts"
Last time I checked there were more than a few
Linux fanatics maintaining web sites devoted to
blasting Windows NT. Are these not members of
the linux community? Are these not sleazy
tatics? The goal is the same, the packaging is
just different....
In article <7l0i46
$279p$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"John Hughes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> FREE means nothing if your spending more time
configuring. NOT saying thats
> the case with Linux but this FREE mentality
just doesnt cut it in business.
> What really matters is that it delivers needed
business services.
>
> Ted Gamron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > The best benchmark. LINUX is Free.
> >
> >
> > Donovan Rebbechi wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, 24 Jun 1999 17:48:54 +0100, John
Hughes wrote:
> > > >There are numerous benchmarks showing NT
to be faster. Where are the
> Linux
> > > >ones?
> > >
> > > (a) The recent PC Week benchmark showed
linux/SAMBA beating NT at
> serving NT
> > > clients.
> > > (b) An older PC Week benchmark on
cheaper hardware showed
> linux/SAMBA doing
> > > better
> > > (c) Who cares anyway ? Benchmarking
static server performance is
> pointless.
> > > If anyone cared about the *speed* of
webservers, Apache would not be the
> > > MARKET LEADER. Apache is much slower than
other UNIX webservers, but it
> > > is still the most popular because of its
functionality, reliability,
> > > and security.
> > >
> > > >Apart from mouthing off why doesnt the
Linux community get some
> benchmarks
> > >
> > > The linux community isn't in the business
of performing sleazy stunts
> such
> > > as the Mindcraft fiasco. *Regardless* of
of what the linux community
> do,
> > > independent industry observers ( such as PC
Week ) will continue to
> perform
> > > benchmarks. The kernel developers are doing
the right thing by doing
> what they
> > > can to make sure that linux performs,
rather than buying into sleazy
> > > publicity stunts.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Donovan
> >
>
>
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From: Rob Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: booting linux from NT bootloader...don't work
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 08:49:47 -0500
I have a setup that is working well. The NT bootloader is in the MBR, but I
set the linux partition where lilo is to be active, so it loads lilo first,
then if I select NT, it uses NT booter. Lemme know if you need more
specifics.
-Rob
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi Andy,
>
> I am sorry but I do not have an answer for you. However, i do have
> aquestion for you.I am having trouble booting into windows from the
> LILO boot loader. Did you place LILO in the master boot record? or in
> the linux root partition? I think this is my problem but I am not sure.
>
> In article <7labdr$3db$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "Andreas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > hi,
> >
> > i just installed redhat 60 on my pc
> > i have two harddisk first is /dev/sda contains winNT on a FAT
> partition and
> > two NTFS formatted partitions (1gb, 2x1.5gb)
> > second (primary on ide) is /dev/hda with small FAT (200mb) hda1
> conatins
> > win95 and hda2 (200mb) with the linux root partition
> > (therefore its within the first 1024 sectors, right)
> > both as primary partitions an extended contains a swap part. and /usr
> as
> > well as another two FAT partions (2x2gb)
> >
> > NT boots win95 fine and i now added the linux entry to boot.ini after
> > copying the linux bootsector to sda1 (the one nt boots from)
> > (dd if=/dev/hda2 of=bootsect.lin bs=512 count=1
> > boot.ini:
> > c:\bootsect.lin=linux)
> >
> > when trying to boot it brings me several numbers to the screen which
> > actually don't stop .....
> > from bootdisk everything is just fine.
> >
> > anybody has an idea what's going wrong?
> >
> > ...the question is NOT why i want to have that much of windows
> running on my
> > pc!
> >
> > thanks
> > Andy
> >
> >
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bernie Borenstein)
Subject: Re: glint on redhat 6.0
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 15:14:03 GMT
In article <7l88e2$cog$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> In my experience so far, I am more interested in uninstalled
> packages than in already installed ones. Unless I am missing
> something, all GnoneRPM will do is give you a file list of the
> packages on the CDROM. To me, that is a very poor design decision.
> Glint was a bit nicer. But Glint isn't on RH 6.0. So, I loaded Glint
> from my RedHat 4.1 CDs onto my RedHat 6.0 system. But it will
> not run, complaining it cannot import "rpm". Anyone got any ideas
> as to how to correct the problem?
>
>
Just saw one more thing. The KPACKAGE program under KDE does RPM
management and works with RH6. That would be something good to try
also.
BB
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From: Christer Gustavsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: glibc on cvs where?
Date: 29 Jun 1999 14:27:41 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (F. Heitkamp) writes:
> I've read that a person could get glibc development
> via CVS. Where? Also is there a list of bugs in
> glibc available?
Take a look at http://sourceware.cygnus.com/glibc/ for instructions on
glibc development in CVS. There is also a link to the bug database.
/Christer
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: NT the best web platform?
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 16:08:50 GMT
I disagree with your comment "The linux community isn't in the business
of performing sleazy stunts.." Last I checked there were more than a
few web sites maintained by Linux fanatics dedicated to taking shots at
Windows NT and the typical my OS is better than your OS bantor. Are
these not members of the Linux communties?
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Donovan Rebbechi) wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Jun 1999 17:48:54 +0100, John Hughes wrote:
> >There are numerous benchmarks showing NT to be faster. Where are the
Linux
> >ones?
>
> (a) The recent PC Week benchmark showed linux/SAMBA beating NT at
serving NT
> clients.
> (b) An older PC Week benchmark on cheaper hardware showed
linux/SAMBA doing
> better
> (c) Who cares anyway ? Benchmarking static server performance is
pointless.
> If anyone cared about the *speed* of webservers, Apache would not be
the
> MARKET LEADER. Apache is much slower than other UNIX webservers, but
it
> is still the most popular because of its functionality, reliability,
> and security.
>
> >Apart from mouthing off why doesnt the Linux community get some
benchmarks
>
> The linux community isn't in the business of performing sleazy stunts
such
> as the Mindcraft fiasco. *Regardless* of of what the linux community
do,
> independent industry observers ( such as PC Week ) will continue to
perform
> benchmarks. The kernel developers are doing the right thing by doing
what they
> can to make sure that linux performs, rather than buying into sleazy
> publicity stunts.
>
> --
> Donovan
>
>
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From: SuSE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Cannot play system sounds!!!!!!!
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 00:40:53 +0800
Hi all,
I have just installed SuSE 6.1 and found that it cannot play the
system sounds (that is, the sound that will heard when i open, close,
minimize a window... etc).
I have already checked the "enable system sounds" in the "sound"
section of the KDE control center. I also found that those .wav files
can be played without any problem when i click them in the file manager.
Can anyone give me a hand???
Thankssssss
Byron
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From: Alex Lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Intel could nip dual-Celeron move in bud
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 08:45:55 -0700
Jeff Volckaert wrote:
>
> That will just shift the mind share away from them and onto AMD. If Intel
> doesn't want to sell two celerons then I'm sure AMD would be happy to sell
> two K7s. I just hope the K7s drop below $200 in the next few months.
>
> Jeff Volckaert
>
Yeah, Intel's shot itself on the foot with the Celeron lines.
I doubt the K-7 will drop to under $200. soon... but you'll never
know. Look at the P-III. Dropped almost by half in less than 6 months.
But AMD doesn't have any SMP cpu yet.
Alex Lam.
> Alex Lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > If you want an inexpensive dual (SMP) Celeron system. Do it now.
> >
> > ---------------FWD--------------
> > Posted 28/06/99 9:10am by Mike Magee
> >
> > Intel could nip dual-Celeron move in bud
> >
> > Our friends at JC's are reporting that Intel has plans to squash the
> > development of dual Celeron systems by disabling the processor.
> >
> > At Computex, earlier this month, one or two Taiwanese mobo
> > manufacturers, in
> > particular Abit, were demonstrating systems that took advantage of SMP
> > processing
> > on the ultra-cheap Celeron platform.
> >
> > But now JC is claining that Intel is already disabling the AN15 pin
> > that permits such SMP (symmetric multiprocessing) systems to be built.
> >
> > Intel does not want people buying ultra-cheap SMP systems using dual
> > 370 socket
> > processors, the report suggests. �
> > SOURCE: http://theregister.co.uk/990628-000004.html
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: DO NOT HAVE /dev/printer !!
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 15:25:26 GMT
Miguel Lastra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I noticed that my linux box does not have this device and I can not
>print.
You don't need it .
> How can I create it. I have Suse 6.1 and makedev does not exist
[...]
You don't need it. Start "yast" and enter the proper settings for
your specific printer model.
Michael
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From: Alex Lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux loses in NT tests
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 09:18:18 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Rod Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> : Not unless I knew that sort of experience was common. The fact of the
> : matter is that ALL distributions get their share of installation problem
> : reports. Given the popularity of Red Hat, it's likely that SOMEBODY would
> : have it fail on five out of five machines. That person happened to be
> : you. I'd be surprised if you couldn't find a similar tale of woe from
> : somebody trying SuSE, or Debian, or Caldera. Plenty of others (myself
> : included) have had no problems installing Red Hat.
>
> Excellent point! Let me offer another reason to not trash redHat too
> quickly. There are a large number of people/companies who might consider
> running a stable version of an OS, particular if it is easily packaged,
> has a stable support structure behind it, and has the prospect for
> continued support and development of the product over the long-term.
> I believe RedHat is attempting to fill that need.
>
True. I agree with you, and I do hope that more company will use
Linux.
But I believe SuSE is doing a better development and packaging than RH
though.
SuSE is very popular outside of the US. I believe why IBM, Intel's,
HP, Oracles etc. are backing RH is because RH is an American company,
and SuSE is not.
And SuSE have very good support.
I DO NOT work for SuSE, or get paid in anyway by SuSE. I have to paid
them the $40. plus tax and shipping to get their CDs.
But it seems to me RH is taking a M$ approach - price goes up while
quality goes down.
Anyway. Let's stop this thread here. Let Linux united together and be
the real alternative to Mr. Gate$'s craps.
Alex Lam.
> Most people use a computer to run applications and have relatively
> little interest in the OS. Although unlikely, I can envision the
> following scenario.
>
> Step 1 (1999-2002):
> Linux clones of the
> Office suite become actual AND PERCEIVED equivalents of the original.
> Also, independent application AND GAME software companies expand
> offerings of Linux versions of their software (they will probably work on
> most Linux platforms but will be officially marketed as compatible with
> the most stable and prominent Linux distro which I would think would be
> RedHat). Finally, a new game company starts which ONLY offers Linux
> versions of its games and its games becomes very
> popular. That company's games (which are LINUX only) are prominently
> listed by all the game software resellers.
>
> Step 2 (2001-2003):
> There is an explosion of people setting up dual boot machines because
> they can do 70% of what they want to do in Linux and find it preferable
> to living in the MS world. Computer manufacturers switch so as the norm
> they deliver machines which are configured as dual boot.
>
> Step 3 (2005):
> Delivery of Linux applications to customers exceeds delivery of MS
> applications for the first time.
>
> Step 4 (2005-2006):
> Microsoft dominance of the software industry plummets rapidly
> (just as IBM's dominence of the hardware industry plummeted rapidly
> as a result of the PC revolution).
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Philip Brown)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Intel could nip dual-Celeron move in bud
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 29 Jun 1999 17:12:02 GMT
On Tue, 29 Jun 1999 08:51:17 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>That will just shift the mind share away from them and onto AMD. If Intel
>doesn't want to sell two celerons then I'm sure AMD would be happy to sell
>two K7s. I just hope the K7s drop below $200 in the next few months.
>
huh? Is AMD finally making multiprocessor capable cpus? Last I checked,
AMD chips didn't do that.
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Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 18:40:04 +0200
From: Marc Mutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: NT the best web platform?
http://www.ct.heise.de/ct/english/99/13/186-1/
Marc
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From: Alex Lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux loses in NT tests
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 08:57:47 -0700
Johan Kullstam wrote:
>
> Alex Lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Johan Kullstam wrote:
> > >
> > > Silviu Minut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > >
> > > > So if you never got to install RH, how can you say it's all junk?
> > > > Maybe it is, but from what you're saying I don't see enough
> > > > justification.
> > >
> > > on the other hand, the *primary purpose* of a distribution is to get
> > > (at least a critical mass of) a working linux on your system.
> > > everything else is just icing on the cake. hence, if the install
> > > doesn't work, then the distribution fails.
> > >
> > > just so you know i have no axe to grind against redhat, i have been
> > > using redhat since 3.0.3 and am running 6.0 now. i have personally
> > > had good luck with it and my two machines. ymmv.
>
> > Please read my other reply here. Yes, I do have plenty of axe to grind
> > against RH.
>
> i *did* read your posting. i though i was agreeing with you in my
> first paragraph. a distribution that fails to install linux is a
> failed distribution. it didn't fulfill its prime objective, i.e.,
> getting linux onto your system. how much more clear can this be?
> perhaps i should have said `is a failure' as opposed to `fails'.
> sorry if i was unclear.
>
Sorry I misunderstood your reply. I apologize.
> > I tried it on 5 machines, RH chocked on all 5 , but the other
> > distros were able to installed properly and smoothly on the same 5
> > machines. I tried RH 4.0, 4.2, 5.2. Non were able to even finish
> > the initial installation.
>
> nod. i know.
>
> > Would you call that junk if that happens to you?
>
> yes. it'd certainly be most annoyed in your place.
>
> > I don't care if RH is the most popular distro, but it certainly is
> > making the most noises lately, especially since its IPO.
>
> otoh not all redhat installs fail so perhaps it's not all junk.
>
But I'm not talking about other people's experiences here. I'm only
merely speaking out from my own experience with 5 different machines.
Alex Lam.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: editorial: Stupid Linux Tricks
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 16:41:16 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >Actually, I doubt that will ever happen. I also am an IT person
who's
> >responsible for a number of AS400 computers with a number of my
clients. I
> >could argue that the AS/400 is one of the finest data base machines
in
> >existence. And yep, I'd trust my mission critical data to one of
those vs a
> >Linux/Oracle box any day.
>
> I used to work for a company (Revo sunglasses) that used AS/400 with
JD
> Edwards software. It is a fairly nice system, to be sure, and a very
nice
> database, except for the times we had to enter orders in twice, and
stuff
> like that. Originally, Warranty (the department I worked in) had a
repairs
> database that was written for a System 38-based thing, and that never
> integrated well with JD Edwards. And neither really did the
replacement
> database, but it did work a little bit better.
>
Well, one thing from having delt with AS/400's for a while now.
JDEdwards is a resource HOG! The code is not very efficiant. That's the
only thing I have (so far) against JDEdwards. I am hoping IBM finally
makes an annoucement that they will be supporting Linux on the
IPCS/Netfinity card in the AS/400. It uses powerPc chips so bring Linux
to the card wouldn't be that difficult. The onyl thing I know that would
be a challenge would be writing device drivers for the other hardware.
But I am sure that if IBM were to put an open call to the all the AS/400
folks that use Linux they could probably get some volunteers to help
write the drivers.
> Anyhow, the IT managers there originally set up terminals, but later
> replaced them with PCs running RUMBA on Windows 3.1. Shortly before
> I left, those got upgraded to NT workstation 4.0. For my work, that
> was a big improvement.
>
Regards,
Gabriel/TSS!
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From: Robert Komar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HELP !!: kernel 2.2.*: gpm "Socket()" error message
Date: 29 Jun 1999 18:00:14 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: Hi here,
: Since I've tried to upgrade from the 2.0.* to the 2.2.*
: kernel, I have no more mouse. Now when I boot, I can see
: an error message when the INIT process tries to launch the
: mouse manager, I can see the following:
:> gpm: socket(): Invalid argument
: And I get the same error when I try to do it manually (by
: doing "gpm -t ms" for ex., as I have a Microsoft mouse).
: Whatever the command I try to run with /usr/bin/gpm, it
: fails and I get this 'Socket()' error (except for "gpm -h",
: which lists me all options possible). The same happens when
: I try to use the gpm shell script located in rc.d/init.d,
: whatever the option here too ("gpm start", "gpm status" etc
: etc.). It looks hopeless.
: Does anybody know what's going on ???
I don't know where the problem lies, but I had the same problem
yesterday when I installed Slackware 4.0 on an old 386 with
4 MB of RAM (and 60 MB of disk space!) and a Logitech-style
bus mouse that plugs into the ATI video card. Anyway, the problem
went away when I built a custom 2.2 kernel for that architecture
and replaced the one that came with the distribution. I even
got /dev/log back again (another socket connection). So the
problem is with socket support rather than gpm, per se.
Cheers,
Rob Komar
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From: Dana Harrington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Recovering ext2 partition
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 16:59:59 GMT
Oops!
I accidently removed one too many partitions using fdisk. I had 3
primary partitions and 6 extended partitions. I need some data on the
third extended partition. I've been able to recover the first two
extended partitions just by re-adding the partitions in fdisk and
rebooting. After this they mount without a hitch. Unfortunately when I
try to add the third it is not recognized as having a file system on it,
leading me to believe that I've got the start point wrong (perhaps the
size of the second extended partition is slightly off). Is their any
tools or arcane knowledge which might allow me to recover that third
partition? Or do I, heaven forbid, have to learn a lesson from this.
The partitions in question all have ext2 file systems on them. The
drive is IDE if that is for any reason relevant.
Dana
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Frisch)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Intel could nip dual-Celeron move in bud
Date: 29 Jun 1999 17:44:47 GMT
On Tue, 29 Jun 1999 08:45:55 -0700, Alex Lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>But AMD doesn't have any SMP cpu yet.
The K7/Athlon is SMP capable, but there is no motherboard that supports
SMP configurations as of yet. None of the supporters of the K7 technology
have announced one either.
Mike.
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