Linux-Misc Digest #31, Volume #21 Wed, 14 Jul 99 10:13:14 EDT
Contents:
[vesafb] framebuffer wont work for me... :(
Re: vesafb: Frame Buffer consoles
Re: I wish... ("Mats Gefvert")
Re: Web server information (Barry O'Neill)
Re: Help! Annoying problem with file ownership. (Moritz Moeller-Herrmann)
Red Hat 6.0 hangs on P3 ("David Eno")
repartitioning after install ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: "system too big".. for WHAT! (Johan Kullstam)
Re: chroot with ftp (Duncan Simpson)
Re: CIA assassinations (MK)
Re: CIA assassinations (MK)
Re: CIA assassinations (MK)
redhat 6.0 - X freezes my system (Espen Torgersen)
Re: QUE: SCSI Yamaha 4416S not recognised ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Help on Email list (vineet)
Re: compiling gap on a linux machine (Dima Pasechnik)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: [vesafb] framebuffer wont work for me... :(
Date: 14 Jul 1999 11:55:29 +0200
Hi,
I have problems getting the framebuffer to work.
My setup is as follows:
TYAN TITAN PRO - 2x PPRO 200
2 x MATROX MILLENIUM (BIOS 3.0)
ADAPTEC 2940
RED HAT 6.0 - KERNEL 2.2.10
I followed the instructions in the framebuffer-HOWTO
closely - at first trying to use the not-matrox
accelerated vesa framebuffer. When I boot the
kernel with vga=ask it doesn�t list other modes
than the normal ones (for instance, 301 is not listed).
When I try to use fbset, it reports
/dev/fb0 - unknown device
Needless to say, that the matrox-accelerated framebuffer
also doesn�t work. During boot it switch to a black
screen and freezes.
What am I missing ?
I feel I must get this to work before asking how to make
use of my second graphiccard... multihead... etc...
Please advice if you can.
Thanks.
--
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Regards & Gruesse from Mickey @ http://www.Vanille.de
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: vesafb: Frame Buffer consoles
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Date: 14 Jul 1999 12:25:49 +0200
Tim Roberts ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Burrow) wrote:
> >Anybody using the VESA FB consoles feature? This works nifty, giving a
> >graphical boot logo and all, but switching from X back to consoles
> >breaks the consoles. :( Any tips for doing the switch successfully?
> It shouldn't be a problem. Are you using XFree86 3.3.3.1? Which server?
> I'm running the XF86_Mach64 server on my Dell Inspiron 7000 laptop with the
> ATI Rage LT Pro 8MB. I use the VESA FB stuff to set the thing into
> 1024x768 mode at boot time, and I have the X server using the same mode.
> Console switches are quite painless, mostly because they don't have to
> change modes.
> --
> - Tim Roberts, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
Maybe you can help me... unfortunately it doesn�t work for me.
My setup is as follows:
TYAN TITAN PRO - 2x PPRO 200
2 x MATROX MILLENIUM (BIOS 3.0)
ADAPTEC 2940
RED HAT 6.0 - KERNEL 2.2.10
I followed the instructions in the framebuffer-HOWTO
closely - at first trying to use the not-matrox
accelerated vesa framebuffer. When I boot the
kernel with vga=ask it doesn�t list other modes
than the normal ones (for instance, 301 is not listed).
When I try to use fbset, it reports
/dev/fb0 - unknown device
Needless to say, that the matrox-accelerated framebuffer
also doesn�t work. During boot it switch to a black
screen and freezes.
What am I missing ?
I feel I must get this to work before asking how to make
use of my second graphiccard... multihead... etc...
Please advice if you can.
Thanks.
--
--
Regards & Gruesse from Mickey @ http://www.Vanille.de
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How could anyone know me - when I don't even know myself ?
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From: "Mats Gefvert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I wish...
Date: 14 Jul 1999 12:42:31 +0100
> Gee wouldn't it be nice... except for one problem... Why would you want
> Windows user interface... it's so crappy. It's not even constant. Any
kid
> (3 to 5 yrs old) who has a little bit of imagination could think of
better
> than Windows 98 user interface
Now, I don't really want to start a thread about this. I'm perfectly happy
with my own opinion, and I'm sure there are a lot of people out there with
different opinions, but I am very happy about theirs too and I think if we
all just smile and understand each other we should all be getting along
quite nicely. I'm also afraid that this is the wrong newsgroup for this
talk and that people will start flaming me in a second or two. But... There
are a few advantages to the Windows 98. It has the nice feature of
drag-n-drop, where you can exchange almost any information with just about
any other program. It also is quite powerful in that it's user-friendly,
and provides a nice GUI for just about every configuration you felt like
doing with your computer. On the average user level, I believe it is much
nicer to work with a GUI configuration program than hacking configuration
files with emacs. While there are pros and cons with both approaches, I
think Windows has something that's worth looking into in regards to it's
user-friendliness. All of this, of course, applies only when it actually
works, which doesn't happen far too often.
> But For the other specs you mention. WOULDN'T IT BE A NICE OS.
Yes, wouldn't it. In heaven, I'm gonna run that OS. Trust me, it'll be
there.
Mats Gefvert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
-- And please don't start a thread about this.. ok?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Barry O'Neill)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Web server information
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 11:17:30 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>
> Phil Hunt wrote:
> >
> > And Microsoft IIS has lost market share for, what is it, 5 months
> > running!
>
> IIS is kind of crappy. and M$ proxy server is easy, but crappy for its
> features [or lack of]. It does not have telnet support. I recomend
> wingate. I would run apache. try running 700 virtual domains on M$
> IIS!! apache says "no problem". many ISPs run apache. hell, the web is
> littered with apache.
..in much the same way as my computer is littered with components.
regards,
Barry
--
Linux Redhat 5.2. BeOS R4.
Who needs Micro$lop?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Moritz Moeller-Herrmann)
Crossposted-To: alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Help! Annoying problem with file ownership.
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 12:54:04 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 13 Jul 1999 17:26:42 -0500, dkmallick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am running Linux-Mandrake 6.0 on a Pentium II. I have two different user
>accounts - one under my name and one under my wife's name. Everything is set
>up according to the book, as far as I know. I run kde on my account and my
>wife's account has a gnome default. Everytime my wife runs the cdplayer or
>the
>mp3 player like xmms, it changes the rights to several dev files (as
>follows):
>/dev/cdrom
>/dev/mixer
>/dev/sequencer
>/dev/fd*
>As a result when I log into my account, I cannot listen to my cds or mp3s
>(the programs give me error messages). When I check on the files, i see
>their rights something like this:
>crw------- *wife's account name* root blah blah blah
>What I am usually doing, is I become root and do 'chmod a+rw' and 'chown
>root.root' on all the above files, and everything is back to normal. But the
>problem repeats if the cdplayer or the mp3 player is fired up from my wife's
>account.
>What is going on? What can I do to stop this problem?
>Any help will be greatly appreciated.
I assume that some awkward gnome program changes the ownerships. Look for a
gnome program with the suid bit set. Remove this from all gnome binaries(e.g.
the cd player and the mp3 player). That way they won't be able to mess with
the permissions anymore.
It might also be the esound sound demon...
Maybe write a bug report to the maintainer of the culprit.
This behaviour is quite stupid.
--
Moritz Moeller-Herrmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 3585990 # Not only
Get my public pgp / gpg key from # Open Source(TM)
http://webrum.uni-mannheim.de/jura/moritz/pubkeymoritz # but also
KDE forever! Use Linux to impress your friends! # Open Minded!
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From: "David Eno" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat
Subject: Red Hat 6.0 hangs on P3
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 11:04:12 GMT
I'm disappointed. I've installed Linux roughly 50 times without a problem.
I recently bought a P3-450, 128M, 3COM NIC, 13G HDD. As I've done lots of
times before, I install Win98 on a small partition, and Linux right behind
it.
Red Hat 6.0 runs great for about 1-2 minutes, and then the system hangs.
The mouse cursor disappears, the keyboard's gone. Everything locks up.
C-A-D doesn't even work.
Open Linux runs fine, but it doesn't meet my needs as a server.
Anyone else have this problem? or a solution?
TIA.
--
Dave E.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: repartitioning after install
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 10:58:03 GMT
re there any problems if one resets partition sizes after a linux
install? i think i may have set my swap partition too large and would
like to recover some disk space to allocate for programs and the like.
will it be ok just to repartition with a utility like partition magic,
or are there some settings in linux that have to be edited to recognize
the new partition sizes?
thanks
liam
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Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: "system too big".. for WHAT!
From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 14 Jul 1999 07:18:17 -0400
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> First question: Is there a newsgroup devoted to kernel compilation
> problems? I dont see anything in the list.
>
> I just 'up'graded to redhat 6 & tried to recompile my kernel.
> Upon 'make boot' I wind up with
>
> System is 590 kB
> System is too big. Try using bzImage or modules.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
this is a *hint*. follow it.
> make[1]: *** [zImage] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.5/arch/i386/boot'
> make: *** [boot] Error 2
>
> Too big for what??
too big for the 16-bit real mode that the x86 processor starts out in.
for zImage kernels, lilo (all the while in 16-bit mode albeit with
20-bit segmented addressing) loads the whole kernel before it goes to
32-bit mode and invokes the kernel. with bzImage lilo does a partial
load in 16-bit, then goes 32-bit in order to load up the rest.
for whatever reason, redhat-6.0 seems to emit this system too big
warning far earlier than redhat-[45].x. i am using the same compiler
(egcs-1.1.2). does anyone know why this should be?
> I've got 64MB of RAM & gobs of hdd space.
> Most options are in modules & I've weeded out what I dont need.
> I've recompiled my kernel before with no trouble. This looks
> like an arbitrary limit.
it's not. it may be a stupid and annoying limit, but it's not
arbitrary. the *real* solution would be to get a processor (and bios)
that doesn't start up in some legacy 16-bit mode. most of us cannot
afford a sparc or alpha computer, so we all suffer. intel sucks, but
what is new?
> If it's too big for a floppy, I dont
> care. I use LILO. make bzImage will work but the redhat manual
> recommends make boot. I dont know the difference.
> What's the workaround for this?
um, make bzImage. see your own posting. i am using bzImage. it
works fine for me.
--
J o h a n K u l l s t a m
[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Don't Fear the Penguin!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Duncan Simpson)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: chroot with ftp
Date: 14 Jul 1999 11:01:03 GMT
In <7m3s2e$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>I have been reading up on the 'ftpd' man page, which documents the
>spiffo '-r' flag:
<description of -r flag snipped>
>What I am not clear on is how I go about having the '-r' for some
>users, and no limitations for others (like myself). Is this something
>I can drop in an ftp config file somewhere?
Looks into guest users as defined by wu-ftpd. These people get chroot()ed
in a flexile way according to their home directory. I have actually used
this and can confirm it works.
--
Duncan (-:
"software industry, the: unique industry where selling substandard goods is
legal and you can charge extra for fixing the problems."
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (MK)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: CIA assassinations
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 12:27:29 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 13 Jul 1999 12:10:06 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Kulisz)
wrote:
>>There is none. Communism didn't last 5 minutes before Stalin came in and
>>fucked it all up. Not even sure if "communism" was ever a goal in the first
>>place.
>
>Lenin was a Marxist and Marxism is definitely communism and socialism.
>The plan was that 1) Russia would bypass liberal democracy and go straight
>to socialism, 2) then the workers in all the other European nations would
>see their example and revolt,
They did not want to, which was why communists had to invade
(unsuccessfully) Poland in 1925. And that was before Stalin.
>3) the new socialist Europe would send much
>needed aid to Russia so it could industrialize its backwards economy.
>What happened instead is that Russia's neighbours invaded its ass and in,
>successfully, defending itself Russia was completely bled dry.
Last time I checked, WWI began in 1914 and October Putsch happened
in 1917.
>We're talking
>about a total collapse of Russian society; massive starvation and plagues.
>And *that's* when Stalin took power; people can't bring themselves to care
>for democracy/socialism when they can't feed their children.
Nope. Stalin took over when everything was already largely settled
down. It's just every attempt of socialism/communism eventually
evolves into Soviet system. This pertains as much Jamestown
where they introduced totalist rule "who does not work, does
not eat" as much as Russia or any other country. Communism
is perpetuum mobile and you're 'alternative physicist' who
ignores laws of conservation of energy. It never works.
Marcin Krol
==================================================
Reality is something that does not disappear after
you cease believing in it - VALIS, Philip K. Dick
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (MK)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: CIA assassinations
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 12:20:43 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 13 Jul 1999 04:58:36 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Kulisz)
wrote:
>>But that has nothing to do with wether or not communism or
>>capitalism/democracy are better.....neither form of government has really
>
>Capitalistic democracy isn't a form of government because it's a
>contradiction in terms. Capitalism means dictatorship (the owner
>dictates and the employees can go fuck themselves if they have a
>complaint) in the economic sphere and democracy means pluralism
>in the political sphere.
Recently, I've been choosing dictator for upgrade of my machine.
I chose AMD over Intel to dominate me by allowing me to take
one of their CPUs. Strange, they did not want to dominate me unless I
paid them. Otherwise, they just ignored me. Weird dictators.
>But since the real power rests in the
>economic sphere,
That's true, power is in customer's pocket. Good.
>it actually means a limited oligopoly that
>naturally devolves into dictatorship.
No, it only means you try to sell idiotic theory of concentration of
capital. It's already dead together with Marx, you just pretend
it is alive.
Marcin Krol
==================================================
Reality is something that does not disappear after
you cease believing in it - VALIS, Philip K. Dick
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (MK)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: CIA assassinations
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 12:22:23 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 12 Jul 1999 22:44:46 -0700, "Noah Roberts (jik-)"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> And capitalism could I
>guess succeed if the main players were not hoarding. However I think
>the socialist mechanics allow for a wider dispersment of the wealth,
>and possibly faster progress of ideas....
Say, like in Jamestown?
Marcin Krol
==================================================
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you cease believing in it - VALIS, Philip K. Dick
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From: Espen Torgersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: redhat 6.0 - X freezes my system
Date: 14 Jul 1999 14:38:27 +0200
Hi,
I recently got myself a used motherboard (ABit BX6) with a
300MHz Pentium II +2x64MB ram.
Xconfigurator (redhat 6.0) does a successfull probe of my
S3 Trio64V+ (86C765) PCI graphics card, and writes the usual stuff
to /etc/X11/XF86Config
My problem: When starting X with the S3 server in 16bpp, the system
freezes right after the window manager (Window Maker) has finished
loading, and I have to use the reset-svitch to reboot the machine.
This happens regardless of which windom manager I use
(I've tried enlightenment, fvwm2 and Window Maker)
The same thing happens with the SVGA-server in 16bpp
I'm using the latest XFree86 rpms (3.3.3.1-52)
I never saw this behaviour with my old system (ABit AX5 methinks...same
graph. card)
Beats me...
Being quite fed up with consoles, any hints or direct help would be
very nice indeed! :)
-Espen
PS: Is it possible to use the SVGA og S3(V)-servers with a S3 Trio3D
(86C365)-based card?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: QUE: SCSI Yamaha 4416S not recognised
Date: 14 Jul 1999 13:25:31 GMT
In comp.os.linux.hardware omni.voicenet.com@email_address wrote:
> hi there
> use ctrl+a to gt to the adaptec scsi controller configuration menu, then turn off
> INITATE WIDE NEGOTIATION then itll work
Thank you very much for your answer.
I will try it at home today.
Can you please tell me something more:
If I turn off INITIATE WIDE NEGOTIATION what will happen?
I mean, what does INITIATE WIDE NEGOTIATION do?
many thanks in advance,
mihalis.
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Mihalis Tsoukalos email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Systems Engineer INTRASOFT S.A.
tel.: 9959780-6 home: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: vineet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Help on Email list
Date: 14 Jul 1999 13:31:02 GMT
I want the documentation on runnig majordomos or email lists. Can anybody
point me the URL for this
TIA
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From: Dima Pasechnik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: sci.math.symbolic
Subject: Re: compiling gap on a linux machine
Date: 14 Jul 1999 15:50:07 +0200
"martin.schoenert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Dima Pasechnik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> This is a library problem, as newer linux'ies use libc6 (also
> known as glibc).
To clarify, I meant "this is caused by a newer library".
Yes, perhaps a cleaner solution for GAP would be to use autoconf, indeed.
Dmitrii,
a faithful GAP user.
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