Linux-Misc Digest #890, Volume #20 Fri, 2 Jul 99 06:13:11 EDT
Contents:
Problem with Philips CDD 3600 and cdrecord 1.8a22 (Manfred Lemke)
Re: Pronouncing "Linux" - your vote! ("Gimbal")
NT backuptape on Linux ("H�kan Trygg")
Re: Running another OS under Linux ("Christopher A. Gaul")
Java Report Engine for Seagate Crystal Reports (Server Runtime)
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Can I use Linux as a server to a Windows based calendar/scheduling application?
(Karl-Heinz Zimmer)
Re: Olden Days. Was Re: Where can I get free Linux CD? (DeAnn Iwan)
something like VISIO ... (Carl Dietzel)
StarOffice5.1 - at memory hog? ("R.K.Aa")
Re: UNIX / LINUX Compatibility (david parsons)
need help with modules (Ronald Haynes)
Re: Printer problem (Flus)
Misc. questions : tty, md5sum, make (Salman Ahmed)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Manfred Lemke)
Subject: Problem with Philips CDD 3600 and cdrecord 1.8a22
Date: 2 Jul 1999 08:41:32 GMT
Hiya folks!
It seems like cdrecord can't fixate my CD-Rs - no matter what
I try, I get the following output:
cdrecord -vv dev=0,4,0 -fix
Cdrecord release 1.8a22 Copyright (C) 1995-1999 Jvrg Schilling
TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM
scsidev: '0,4,0'
scsibus: 0 target: 4 lun: 0
atapi: 0
Device type : Removable CD-ROM
Version : 2
Response Format: 2
Capabilities : SYNC
Vendor_info : 'PHILIPS '
Identifikation : 'CDD3600 CD-R/RW '
Revision : '2.00'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW.
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R driver (mmc_cdr).
Driver flags : SWABAUDIO
Drive buf size : 786432 = 768 KB
01 00 00 01 00 00 00 00
01 AA 01 01 00 00 00 00
Current Secsize: 2048
ATIP start of lead in: -4800 (98:58/00)
ATIP start of lead out: 336225 (74:45/00)
Disk type unknown
Manufacturer unknown (not in table)
Blocks total: 336225 Blocks current: 336225 Blocks remaining: 336375
Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 1 in write mode for single session.
Last chance to quit, starting real write in 1 seconds.
Writing time: 0.065s
Fixating...
cdrecord: Input/output error. close track/session: scsi sendcmd:
retryable error
CDB: 5B 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
Sense Bytes: F0 00 05 00 00 00 00 28 00 00 0A 18 72 03 00 00
Sense Key: 0x5 Illegal Request, Segment 0
Sense Code: 0x72 Qual 0x03 (session fixation error - incomplete track
in session) Fru 0x0
Sense flags: Blk 0 (valid)
cmd finished after 0.020s timeout 480s
Fixating time: 0.039s
The Linux is Kernel 2.2.10 with
(scsi0) <Adaptec AHA-294X SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 12/0
(scsi0) Narrow Channel, SCSI ID=7, 16/255 SCBs
(scsi0) Downloading sequencer code... 406 instructions downloaded
scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.1.17/3.2.4
<Adaptec AHA-294X SCSI host adapter>
[...]
Vendor: PHILIPS Model: CDD3600 CD-R/RW Rev: 2.00
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 4, lun 0
The burning itself seems to work fine - the CD-R is mountable from the
recorder afterwards, it just isn't accepted in a normal CD ROM drive.
Hope any of you can help,
Manfred Lemke ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "Gimbal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.tv.red-dwarf
Subject: Re: Pronouncing "Linux" - your vote!
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 00:18:52 +0100
richard van fossan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7lg2ns$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> As George Carlin once said, "You can spell your name "S-M-I-T-H and
> pronounce it Jenovski if you want to."
>
I totally agree with you on that one. I spell my name Gimbal but it's
pronounced "Throat-Wobbler-Mangrove".
Gimbal
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 21960369
http://gimbalnet.findhere.com/
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Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 11:27:45 +0200
From: "H�kan Trygg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: NT backuptape on Linux
Hi
I looking for some backup program for Linux that can read NT backup
tapes from a HP (4mm DAT). I need that for compatible backwards when I
change
the server from Windows NT4.0 to Linux Redhat 6.0
I do not need to Write NT backup tape only read old ones.
In the future I can use Linux tape format
TIA
/HT
PS. If there is no problem, please e-mail me a copy of the reply DS.
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From: "Christopher A. Gaul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Running another OS under Linux
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 03:52:04 -0400
The product is called VM-Ware. It allows you to run several OS's under
Linux. Including Windows 95/98/NT, Solaris, BSD, and other Linux's. In fact,
I am typing this message to you from Windows 98, running in a VM-Ware
session under SuSE Linux.
The company is VM-Ware and can be found at http://www.vmware.com/
Enjoy VM-Ware.
Christopher A. Gaul
CyberDyne Systems
Alan Lake wrote:
> I saw a software package that runs Windows (and possibly other Operating
>
> Systems) under Linux. Does anyone know the URL of anyone marketing such
>
> software? Thanx.
>
> ------------------ Posted via SearchLinux ------------------
> http://www.searchlinux.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Java Report Engine for Seagate Crystal Reports (Server Runtime)
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 09:18:32 GMT
Hi,
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Also you can use it in a standalone java application without the
needing of a webserver.
Now i-net Crystal Clear, a Java Report Engine for Seagate Crystal
Reports, is available for testing (beta-version). i-net Crystal Clear
is the solution to make reports designed with Seagate Crystal Reports
available on all platforms and with all web servers or without web
server in a standalone application.
That is to say that now Java applications can take advantage of Seagate
Crystal Reports like Visual Basic application without the need to have
a web server.
Go to <http://www.inetsoftware.de> to see documentation or to download a
beta-version of i-net Crystal Clear.
Feel free to ask us if you have any questions about the java report
engine "i-net Crystal-Clear(TM)" in our newsgroup:
news://news.inetsoftware.de/CrystalClear or email us.
Regards,
Torsten
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Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: Karl-Heinz Zimmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Can I use Linux as a server to a Windows based calendar/scheduling
application?
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 08:14:54 GMT
Am 02.07.1999, 02:59:35, schrieb Steve Hiner:
[Win clients and Linux server]
> I would like to give them the ability to have a group
> calendar and group schedule. There is no way I could
> convince them to switch the desktops over to Linux
> (I don't think I would want to train 30 computer
> illiterate people on Linux). What I am interested in
> is some server type software that would interface with
> some off-the-shelf Windows software (like Outlook or
> an equivalent).
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Please have a look at StarOffice (which is available for free for=20
personal use and so might be tested by you without having to steel=20
it).
This Office software looks very similar to MS Office but lets you use=20=
it in a mixed(!) network of Solaris (Sparc or x86), Windows (9x or=20
NT), OS/2 or Linux clients or servers.
StarOffice is available for these platforms and it includes=20
*StarSchedule*, a Client/Server system that can be run on Linux and be=20=
accessed from Windows or vice versa or however you like.
Of course mine is not really the right to tell you that StarOffice and=20=
StarSchedule are worth a look (see my 'Organisation' header) but i=20
couldn't resist because i am sure this solution would make everything=20=
very simple for your users: given the fact that StarOffice has got=20
that UI resembling everybody to the MS Office and given the other fact=20=
that there are powerful data exchange capabilities to and from MS=20
Word, Execl, Powerpoint... i could imagine the following solution:
- Let them use their beloved Windows but install StarOffice there.
- First they will work with their MS Office products and start
their Word or whatever from the integrated StarDesktop while
StarSchedule takes care for and will let them organize their
time-data.
- After a while some of them might start playing around and
discover that *StarWriter* does the same job while offering
a quite more sophisticated style management and faster ways
of document navigation...
Then you can let them use StarOffice for most of their work,
if they want to do so. Your advantage is that due to the
very similar user interface *nearly no training* is needed
for somebody converting from MS Word to StarWriter. :-)
- After a while of making good experiences with StarOffice
you could take them apart and ask if they would try do use
_Linux with KDE and StarOffice_ instead of using that old=20
_Windows with Bluescreens_.
- If that works fine they could use Linux and exchange their
data with that poor colleagues who still use Windows and
Word or Windows and StarWriter.
- At the very end even the extreme Windows Fans will come to
you and beg for being allowed to forget about it and also
use Linux now and become as happy as their colleagues.
- - - - now the *critical* part of my message begins - - - -
- Soon after converting everything to Linux the more interested
of your clients (the Power Users) will come and ask for some
training or some books about the bash or similar things.
- You know what comes next: one or two of them will end up
starting to do the job with (K)LxY, and soon after that they
might even take xemacs and pure LaTeX and forget about all
that Office Software... :-(
Ok, that was enough about it for now, perhaps i should stop working as=20=
software developer and start a new career in the Sales or=20
PublicRelations departments... :-))
StarOffice 5.1 can be downloaded for free here:
http://www.stardivision.com/office/lin_main.html (for Linux)
http://www.stardivision.com/office/win_main.html (for Windows)
currently available languages are: english
spanish
italian
french
dutch
german
Download costs can be reduced by using a 'resume'able ftp client and=20=
getting the huge (70 MB) tarball in little slices by a process running=20=
in background each time when you are online anyway.
Cheers Karl-Heinz (posting privately)
--=20
"If you think of MS-DOS as mono, and Windows as stereo, then Linux is
Dolby Pro-Logic Surround Sound with Bass Boost
and all the music is free." Brendan Bradley
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (DeAnn Iwan)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Olden Days. Was Re: Where can I get free Linux CD?
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 09:31:35 GMT
On Thu, 01 Jul 1999 14:08:34 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James Knott)
wrote:
>In article <K8Ac3.88257$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Browne) wrote:
>
>>ASSEMBLER is a language. Any language that can take a half-dozen keystrokes
>>and compile it down to one byte of code is all right in my books. Though
>>for the REAL programmer, assembler is a waste of time. Why use a compiler
>>when you can code directly into memory through a front panel.
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.ntlug.org/~cbbrowne/lsf.html>
>
>I used to do that sitting at the front panel of my IMSAI 8080, many
>years ago. Also did it in front of a Data General Nova 800 at work.
>
All I ever had to punch in on the front panel was a small
bootstrap that booted the machine enough to read paper tape.
(For an 8K HP minicomputer I was using to do some
physics research as a student. It used to have chips work
lose from thermal cycling. So I would take a screw driver
with me to the computer room to open up the case so I
could repair the machine. One day while I was working, a prof
brought in a group of visiting high school students to show
them around. He introduced me as a university physics student, and
went on with his speel. The HP died, I opened the case, reseated all
the chips and boards, and turned around to return to work....
and found about 15 high schoolers staring at me in a sort of open
mouthed horrified awe. I very cooly sat down and restarted my
program.
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From: Carl Dietzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: something like VISIO ...
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 10:28:39 +0200
Hi there,
does anyone know about a software for linux to create network-diagramms
??? Something like VISIO for Windows.
please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
thanx in advance
Carl
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From: "R.K.Aa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: StarOffice5.1 - at memory hog?
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 11:29:07 +0200
StarOffice 5.1
I downloaded and installed and it crash now and then but at least it
runs.
But it seems to put a pretty heavy load on the system?
After a start, these processes show up:
000 S dark 3854 3324 16 60 0 - 10420 do_sel 11:11 tty1
00:00:14 /usr/bin/Office51/bin/soffice.bin
040 S dark 3868 3854 0 60 0 - 10420 do_pol 11:11 tty1
00:00:00 /usr/bin/Office51/bin/soffice.bin
040 S dark 3869 3868 0 60 0 - 10420 unix_a 11:11 tty1
00:00:00 /usr/bin/Office51/bin/soffice.bin
040 S dark 3870 3868 0 60 0 - 10420 nanosl 11:11 tty1
00:00:00 /usr/bin/Office51/bin/soffice.bin
040 S dark 3871 3868 0 60 0 - 10420 unix_a 11:11 tty1
00:00:00 /usr/bin/Office51/bin/soffice.bin
040 S dark 3872 3868 0 60 0 - 10420 rt_sig 11:11 tty1
00:00:00 /usr/bin/Office51/bin/soffice.bin
040 S dark 3873 3868 0 60 0 - 10420 rt_sig 11:12 tty1
00:00:00 /usr/bin/Office51/bin/soffice.bin
The hard-disk constantly "ticks" - it seems that SO gnaws on it every
5th second
or something, even if i don't touch anything. In addition, each process
is reported to use exactly 41712 k ram of which 17867 k is resident.
Thats one serious memory hog. Isn't this all... a little much?
Note: THis is *before* i've started a single application - the snapshot
is from when only the desktop with the icons is displaying, immediately
after startup.
Why all those processes? I have 96 mb ram installed here - is't that
sufficient
for an office app? Judged from what i see i would think i need 256 mb
ram
to run that app to avoid listening to it chomp up my HD?
It runs quick enough really, even if it seems to freeze and "poll"
something now and then
If it wasn't for the fact that it makes me plain nervous just by the
sound of it, I think I could like StarOffice..
A clue, anyone?
K.
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From: o r c @ p e l l . p o r t l a n d . o r . u s (david parsons)
Crossposted-To:
alt.unix,alt.unix.geeks,alt.unix.wizards,alt.unix.wizards.free,ca.unix,comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: UNIX / LINUX Compatibility
Date: 1 Jul 1999 21:32:10 -0700
In article <7lde3m$ng9$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Victor Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In comp.os.linux.misc Doug Oleinik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>: This is like arguing that an interpreted basic is better than C
>: or C++. I just don't buy it. Since Perl and similar languages
.
.
.
>And last, but most important: speed of execution doesn't matter at all.
Perhaps on a machine with an infinite number of instructions a second
it doesn't matter, but on real-world machines, the cycles you spend
running a program are cycles you can't spend running other programs.
BASIC^WPerl may be the greatest thing since sliced bread, but there's
definitely a range of programs where compiled code in a simpler
language will start up, do the dirty work, and be finished before the
Perl interpreter has finished compiling the script.
If speed of execution didn't matter, there'd be no demand for a Perl
compiler.
____
david parsons \bi/ ... Used Perl for the WebShield web UI. Easy to
\/ modify, after I spent 4 days relearning perl, but
it made molasses seem like a pretty sprighty fluid.
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From: Ronald Haynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: need help with modules
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 17:23:18 -0700
Hi, I followed the instruction included with the SBLIVE
beta drivers... and everything appeared to work, at least
I could play .wav files... Today I boot my machine and
it no longer works... in fact in the /lib/modules/2.2.5/misc directory
there appear to be a lot of modules relating to sound that weren't there
when I copied the sblive.o file into the directory.
Any suggestions?
R Haynes
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From: Flus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Printer problem
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 09:39:06 GMT
Jim Reidford wrote:
>
> Marcin
>
> The print filter entry should be
>
> :if=/usr/lbin/tocrlf:\
>
> if I remember (if = input filter )
>
> hth
Thanks for your respond. I try use input filter, but no effect.
Marcin Lara [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Salman Ahmed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,alt.os.linux
Subject: Misc. questions : tty, md5sum, make
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 02:50:42 -0400
I have a few programming questions :
(1) typing the command tty in a xterm prints out the terminal that
it is connected to. Is there a way to do this using a function call
from a program ? "ttyname(int desc)" expects a file descriptor so
I am not sure what argument to give to ttyname().
I need this for debugging purposes for a client/server system and
it would be helpful if I could get that information for each client
which is run in a separate xterm.
(2) Is it possible to get/compute the MD5 checksum of a file through
a function call ? Are there libraries that do this ?
(3) I need information in the form of online resources, web sites, etc.
on make. I need to setup a reasonably non-trivial build system for
a source tree structured as follows :
src\inc
\server1
\server2
\clientA
\clientB
\libs\lib1
\libs\lib2
\libs\lib3
<etc>
and would like to be able to selectively compile the targets in each of
the subdirs under the \src directory. There would be probably be a
Makefile in the src\ directory and makefiles in each of the subdirs.
I need articles, tutorials, etc. on how to setup something like this. I know
how to setup a basic makefile but sth like this requires a lot more reading
and experimentation.
Can someone point me in the right direction for information ?
Any suggestions on how to setup sth like this would also be appreciated.
I am doing all this on a RedHat Linux 5.2 system (kernel 2.0.36). The make
being used is gmake.
Thanks for any information.
--
Salman S. Ahmed
ssahmed AT interlog DOT com
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