Linux-Misc Digest #924, Volume #20 Mon, 5 Jul 99 02:13:10 EDT
Contents:
Re: seg fault running RealPlayer G2 (Michel Catudal)
Re: Display 1/2" larger thaan screen. (Howard Mann)
A Redhat 6.0 Perl DBI to Mysql Question (John Haverlack)
Networking question! ("m&m")
Re: LINUX Internet Access Questions (Tracy Williams)
Re: RH6.0: mouse problem in text mode (Neno)
Re: Running another OS under Linux (Deryk Barker)
Re: Linux Presentation Software (John Haverlack)
Re: X-Windows (Soonis)
Re: Anyone ever got sblive works on rh6? (Rado Faletic)
Re: Road Runner Customer User Agreement Violation - Using Alternative Operating
Systems ("oatmeal")
Re: A Redhat 6.0 Perl DBI to Mysql Question (Adrian Hands)
Re: Networking question! (Adrian Hands)
vpn (pptp) client for linux - how tomake it work? (Erik Steffl)
Re: newbie - linux viruses? (Hilton Travis)
Solving the 1024 cylinder LILO problem (Cameron L. Spitzer)
Re: Killer Server Program for Linux (Paul Anderson)
Re: linx vs hurd (Paul Anderson)
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From: Michel Catudal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: seg fault running RealPlayer G2
Date: 4 Jul 1999 23:45:11 -0500
Mircea wrote:
>
> Michel Catudal wrote:
> >
> > Mircea wrote:
> > >
> > > You need libstdc++-2.8.0-14 (the one that comes with RedHat 5.2).
> > >
> >
> > Not necessarily, doing this will certainly make his system unusable.
> > It works fine on my system. I use the OSS sound driver and
> > have an ESS 1869 sound card. I use KDE with SuSE 6.1
>
> Not if it's installed somewhere else, and called with LD_LIBRARY_PATH
> before starting RP. Using this _particular_ library was the only way to
> make it work in Slackware 4.0.
>
> MST
Slackware uses libc5 while SuSE 6.1 uses glibc2 and G2 works
OK with it. It crashes if a .ram file that you try to access
doesn't exist.
Try on my site the "Rendez vous des Cadiens". Jim seems to have
problems and I think the files aren't there. G2 freezes and a
kill -9 is the only way out. If the station is there it works good.
This is an alpha version and it has it's bugs but they aren't
related to SuSE.
--
use OS/2 for a crash proof work environment
use Linux for safe and quick internet access
use Winblows to test the latest viruses
http://www.netonecom.net/~bbcat/
We have software, food, music, news, search,
history, electronics and genealogy pages.
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From: Howard Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Display 1/2" larger thaan screen.
Date: 5 Jul 1999 04:47:49 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Charles Koerner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en">
> <html>
> What controls the screen size in GNOME. My display is 1/2" larger
> than the screen. I have the numbers from xvidtune, but don't know
> how or where to put them to make it permanent.
> <br>Pete Koerner
> <br>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <br> </html>
>
Put the modeline in the relevant section of the XF86Config file.
( Edit the file)
Cheers,
--
Howard Mann
http://www.newbielinux.com
(a LINUX website for newbies)
Smart Linuxers search at: http://www.deja.com/home_ps.shtml
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From: John Haverlack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: A Redhat 6.0 Perl DBI to Mysql Question
Date: Mon, 05 Jul 1999 00:57:11 -0400
I recently upgrade my box to Rh 6.0 an now I can't get the DBI modules
to work under 6.0.
I'm using mysql, which is working fine, I can access the server via the
client with no problems.
I just can't get my Perl scripts to find the modules. It says it can't
find them but "I think" they are in the right places"
I get:
[haverje@electron test]$ ./index.pl
Can't locate loadable object for module DBI in @INC (@INC contains:
/usr/lib/perl5/5.00503/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.00503
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005
.) at ./index.pl line 14
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ./index.pl line 14.
when I try to run a test script, which I had working on a rh 5.2
system. I think the issue is with the DBI modules more so that the
version of RH. But I'm having real problems getting it to work.
Here are the RPMS I have installed.
MySQL-client-3.22.22-1
MySQL-3.22.22-1
MySQL-devel-3.22.22-1
DBI-perl-bin-0.93-1
mysql-DBI-perl-bin-1.825-1
Thanks in advance...
-
John Haverlack
Network Specialist
City of Salem Schools
Salem Virginia
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From: "m&m" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Networking question!
Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 00:42:11 -0400
Hello everybody:
I am running RedHat 6.0 on my home computer, and I want to connect to my
schools computer through internet and use Matlab. I heard that it is
possible through X Windows. Can someone guide me through?
Thanks
m&m
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From: Tracy Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.linux
Subject: Re: LINUX Internet Access Questions
Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 00:01:32 -0500
"Bryant C. Charleston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi folks!
>
> I am new to Linux, and I need to get some screen shots showing Linux'
>dialog boxes where info regarding access number (POPs), mail server info
>and DNS numbers is entered so that one cans access the Internet using
>Linux. I kow that there are MANY books out there on Linux. Should I buy
>a book? Or is there a website where I can get this info instead?
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I'm assuming you want a GUI setup for the internet. What Linux + kernel =
version
and window manager are you running? Linux doesn't have one single interf=
ace
like Win 9x to set up internet access so once that's established someone =
will be
able to give some specific instructions.
Tracy
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From: Neno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH6.0: mouse problem in text mode
Date: Sun, 04 Jul 1999 23:58:22 +0200
Jon Skeet wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > In text mode with the gpm daemon running, I see the mouse moving as I
> > want and the copy & paste feature works too.
> > The problem is when I run Midnight Commander. The buttons don't work (I
> > cannot pull down the menus, moving through the directories and so on).
>
> Do you know for sure that you should be able to?
Because I still cannot use the mouse in any text based application, I am
guessing the problem is not related to Midnight Commander or Lynx. I
know that these programs support the mouse...
Just to know if the problem was in the gpm package 1.7.5-3 provided in
my RH6.0 CDrom, I have installed an older version but the problem is
still the same.
(Before RH6.0 I used for a few weeks a Debian distribution and I didn't
have this problem).
Supposing gpm have nothing to do with this problem, what other
program/package the mouse management depends on?
(I remind you that in X, with or without gpm, my mouse works)
Bye..
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Deryk Barker)
Subject: Re: Running another OS under Linux
Date: 5 Jul 1999 03:22:28 GMT
Michel Bardiaux ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: "Christopher A. Gaul" wrote:
: >
: > 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/
:
: What are the security implications of running VMWARE? (Since it runs a
: normal version of whatever OS, which necessarily contains drivers and
: other
: privileged-mode code, I suspect the installation must open *some* hole
: in the Linux kernel. I rather shudder at the idea of a security hole
: with Microsnort stuff on the other side...) The FAQ on the vmware site
: says nothing about security.
:
: If no part of VMWARE runs in kernel mode, than it must implement some
: emulation,
: which is going to be slowwww... How *exactly* does it work?
My understanding is that it provides a complete virtual x86, with the
consequent overhead of intercepting and simulating kernel mode
instructions. Like VM/370. (Except that wasn't an x86...)
At least the user mode virtual machine is the same as the real one.
--
|Deryk Barker, Computer Science Dept. | Music does not have to be understood|
|Camosun College, Victoria, BC, Canada| It has to be listened to. |
|email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |
|phone: +1 250 370 4452 | Hermann Scherchen. |
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From: John Haverlack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: Linux Presentation Software
Date: Mon, 05 Jul 1999 01:14:56 -0400
Greg Comeau wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Kenvyn Davies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>writes:
> >Hello all,
> >
> >I'm currently working on a web site (www.ivojo.com) for my business. I have
> >a hint's and tips page which covers presentation software for Windows and I
> >would very much like to extend this to cover Linux software. I use Redhat as
> >a file server at the moment and SuSE for a lot of my work and a combination
> >of these have turned me into a bit of a Linux advocate. I'd very much like
> >to do what I can to promote Linux and it makes sense to try to use a hints &
> >tips page covering software which will be used by presenters and therefore
> >seen by potentially large audiences to do this.
> >
> >If anyone has any hints, tips etc. or knows of a resource which may be
> >willing to share theirs then please email me of reply to this post.
>
> I'd love to hear of this too. Especially something that can read
> PPT (PowerPoint) files and/or let you edit them. I do talks all the
> time and am always rebooting between Windows and LINUX in my lectures
> and it would be great just to do them from LINUX. (Once upon a time
> I tried to do it with Ghostcript but was not satisfied at that time
> with that "solution").
I use Applix Presents. It's a little different than Powerpoint, but very flexible.
I'm not
sure if the latest version will read a PPT or not. But it's excellent for generating
presentations.
You can also export you PPT presentation to HTML and move them over that way. It's a
little
more work though.
>
>
> - Greg
> --
> Comeau Computing, 91-34 120th Street, Richmond Hill, NY, 11418-3214
> Producers of Comeau C/C++ 4.2.38 -- New Release! We now do Windows too.
> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / Voice:718-945-0009 / Fax:718-441-2310
> *** WEB: http://www.comeaucomputing.com ***
--
John Haverlack
Network Specialist
City of Salem Schools
Salem Virginia
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From: Soonis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: X-Windows
Date: 5 Jul 1999 05:30:49 GMT
jik wrote:
> Use xf86config
Thanks! It worked!
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Date: Mon, 05 Jul 1999 15:05:09 +1000
From: Rado Faletic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Anyone ever got sblive works on rh6?
Below is the README from the Creative beta driver. It seems they've
compiled it to work with the latest official RedHat kernels in the 5.2
and 6.0 distributions.
Other than this I don't know anymore.
Installation Instructions for Soundblaster Live! Linux drivers (v0.2
beta)
==========================================================================
Kernel Versions
===============
Modularized drivers are available for:
- Kernel 2.0.36-0.7 (non-SMP) (Redhat 5.2)
- Kernel 2.2.5 (non-SMP)
The drivers have been tested on these versions of the Linux kernel and
will
probably not work with other kernel versions. If you are using the
2.2.5 version with kernels other than 2.2.5, try "insmod -f sblive.o"
Requirements
============
- The kernel must be compiled with soundcard support as a module
(CONFIG_SOUND_MODULE = 1)
- There must be no soundcard drivers compiled into the kernel
Automated Installation
======================
1. If you are using a non-Redhat distribution, proceed to Manual
Installation
2. Run ./install_sblive
3. If the program reports that the driver is installed, you are done.
4. If there are any error messages, proceed to Manual Installation.
Manual Installation
===================
1. Determine your kernel sound modules installation location
(usually /lib/modules/2.x.y/misc)
2. Copy the appropriate driver to that location as sblive.o
(eg. /lib/modules/2.x.y/misc/sblive.o)
3. Unload all existing soundcard drivers, including soundcore
4. Remove all old soundcard references from /etc/conf.modules
5. Add a new reference to the SBLive driver in /etc/conf.modules:
elroy{rado}: more README
Installation Instructions for Soundblaster Live! Linux drivers (v0.2
beta)
==========================================================================
Kernel Versions
===============
Modularized drivers are available for:
- Kernel 2.0.36-0.7 (non-SMP) (Redhat 5.2)
- Kernel 2.2.5 (non-SMP)
The drivers have been tested on these versions of the Linux kernel and
will
probably not work with other kernel versions. If you are using the
2.2.5 version with kernels other than 2.2.5, try "insmod -f sblive.o"
Requirements
============
- The kernel must be compiled with soundcard support as a module
(CONFIG_SOUND_MODULE = 1)
- There must be no soundcard drivers compiled into the kernel
Automated Installation
======================
1. If you are using a non-Redhat distribution, proceed to Manual
Installation
2. Run ./install_sblive
3. If the program reports that the driver is installed, you are done.
4. If there are any error messages, proceed to Manual Installation.
Manual Installation
===================
1. Determine your kernel sound modules installation location
(usually /lib/modules/2.x.y/misc)
2. Copy the appropriate driver to that location as sblive.o
(eg. /lib/modules/2.x.y/misc/sblive.o)
3. Unload all existing soundcard drivers, including soundcore
4. Remove all old soundcard references from /etc/conf.modules
5. Add a new reference to the SBLive driver in /etc/conf.modules:
(eg. "alias sound sblive" or "alias char-major-14 sblive")
6. If your kernel is compiled with version information, add the
following
lines to /etc/conf.modules after the previous statement:
pre-install sblive insmod soundcore
post-remove sblive rmmod soundcore
7. Load the SBLive driver: "modprobe sblive"
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From: "oatmeal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.fan.roadrunner,comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Road Runner Customer User Agreement Violation - Using Alternative
Operating Systems
Date: Mon, 05 Jul 1999 03:47:28 GMT
im currently using RR, but regardless, im interested with BeOS. what are
your thoughts on it, benefits and its capabilities.
ive researched a bit, but really i didnt get enough info to warrent getting
it. ive messed with linux (hard as hell) and that was cool. i like messing
with other OS's
please post your personal thoughts on BeOS and OS/2
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From: Adrian Hands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: A Redhat 6.0 Perl DBI to Mysql Question
Date: Mon, 05 Jul 1999 01:41:51 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
John Haverlack wrote:
(snip)
> [haverje@electron test]$ ./index.pl
> Can't locate loadable object for module DBI in @INC (@INC contains:
> /usr/lib/perl5/5.00503/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.00503
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005
> .) at ./index.pl line 14
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ./index.pl line 14.
Well, it says it can't find DBI.pm and it tells you the four directories
it's checking.
Have you checked to see where your DBI.pm is ?
$ find /usr/lib/perl5 -name DBI.pm
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/DBI.pm
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i586-linux/Bundle/DBI.pm
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i586-linux/DBI.pm
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-linux/Bundle/DBI.pm
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-linux/DBI.pm
$
>
> when I try to run a test script, which I had working on a rh 5.2
> system. I think the issue is with the DBI modules more so that the
> version of RH. But I'm having real problems getting it to work.
>
> Here are the RPMS I have installed.
>
> MySQL-client-3.22.22-1
> MySQL-3.22.22-1
> MySQL-devel-3.22.22-1
> DBI-perl-bin-0.93-1
I think this is way old.
$ perl -we 'use DBI; print "$DBI::VERSION\n";'
1.11
$
I'd recommend updating from CPAN:
# perl -MCPAN -e shell
cpan> install DBI
Here's a decent CPAN mirror:
ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/perl/CPAN/
-Adrian
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From: Adrian Hands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Networking question!
Date: Mon, 05 Jul 1999 01:43:38 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
m&m wrote:
>
> Hello everybody:
> I am running RedHat 6.0 on my home computer, and I want to connect to my
> schools computer through internet and use Matlab. I heard that it is
> possible through X Windows. Can someone guide me through?
> Thanks
> m&m
Are you taking the computer to school/dorm so you can plug directly into
the ethernet ?
Or are you accessing from home - if so does your school provide ppp
access ?
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From: Erik Steffl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: vpn (pptp) client for linux - how tomake it work?
Date: Sun, 04 Jul 1999 22:52:39 -0700
guys,
I would like to be able toconnectto my work computers using linux -
too bad they use ms vpn. there is a ppt client for windows but I wasn't
able to get it working - nor did I found anybody who was able to (yet).
is there anybody out there who managed to connect linux client to ms
vpn server? and if yes - how?
thanx in advance
erik
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From: Hilton Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: newbie - linux viruses?
Date: Mon, 05 Jul 1999 14:10:38 +1000
Hi all,
For an anti-virus solution for Linux, check out the following links:
Australia www.avp.tm
Russia www.avp.ru
Anti-Viral Toolkit Pro is available for the following platforms:-
DOS
Windows 3.x
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows NT
OS/2
Novell Netware
Linux
Also, there is a free plug-in available for MS Office 2000 users.
Regards,
Hilton Travis
Dionysus wrote:
> i was just wondering as i had not seen any virus killing products
> available for the linux platform whether viruses are proving to be as
> prolififerant on the linux platform as they are on windows machines? I
> am assuming that viruses are platform-specific, and that if, for
> instance, i connected a linux box up to my win95 machine that i could
> transfer files between the 2 without having to worry about a win95
> virus screwing my linux setup? all knowledge much appreciated :->
>
> -dionysus
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cameron L. Spitzer)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development
Subject: Solving the 1024 cylinder LILO problem
Date: 5 Jul 1999 05:07:32 GMT
One of the most frequent FAQ/complaints about LILO is the requirement
to maintain an entire partition inside the first 1024 cylinders, so
that BIOS can see all the blocks of a bootimage located there.
Often, the first 1024 cylinders and then some are occupied by
an alien file system called "C:" that folks are understandably reluctant
to adjust.
Microsoft seems to get around this with a special write call, used by
its SYS and FORMAT utilities, which can write a bootimage where it is
guaranteed visible to BIOS, even if the whole partition isn't.
I played around with a program to make a BIOS-accessible copy of a file.
I can write a block, or several blocks, and check whether they are
BIOS-accessible using the same ioctl( FD, HDIO_GETGEO, &hdprm)
that lilo uses to build its map.
This works for small files, such as /boot/message or even /boot/lilo-map
if you try enough times. But the chances of randomly writing a
350 KB bzImage onto a half-full 2000-cylinder /dev/hda1 and having
all the blocks land in the first 1023 are astronomically small.
I tried closing and reopening the file to write each block.
(fopen(filename, "a");.) The problem is, once I've appended the first
BIOS-inaccessible block onto a file, there seems to be no way to
remove it. rewind(3)'ing and closing doesn't do anything; the block is
still there.
All I need to do is adjust the size of a file downward, without moving it.
That is, throw away its last block.
Is there any way to do this from user space?
If not, it seems the only ways around the problem are another ioctl
or splitting the bzImage into hundreds of 1- or 2-block files that
can be written independently, and teaching lilo how to concatenate them
again. And an ioctl that says "this file must be written on BIOS-accesible
blocks" would be rather messy.
Cameron
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Anderson)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Killer Server Program for Linux
Date: 4 Jul 1999 23:49:57 -0400
"Alvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>After some survey, I found that many organisation use Windows NT because
>they like or love using Microsoft Outlook.
>
What specifically do they like about outlook?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Anderson)
Subject: Re: linx vs hurd
Date: 4 Jul 1999 20:22:18 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (wiliam choehen) writes:
>would it either devloping NEW thinges too hurd than it devlopt by
>linux (internet 2 probly make new typ of programs poisibel) same whit
>ipv6 ?
>
May I politely suggest you purchase a dictionary? Your spelling is so
atrocious I can hardly make out what you're trying to say. About the topic
which you discuss, you really could use to watch computerdom for a bit longer.
If you do, you would see that (a) the Internet 2 is little more than a figment
of several companie's imaginations, (b) the Internet 2 really wouldn't change
much of anything even if it where implemented, and (c) what sort of user
interface would you suggest? Direct neural connection?
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