Linux-Misc Digest #35, Volume #21 Wed, 14 Jul 99 20:13:11 EDT
Contents:
Re: Could Microsoft Cheat On The New Mindcraft Benchmark? (Jim Richardson)
Re: Major RedHat 6.0 Disappointment ("Eirik Wilberg")
Re: QUE: SCSI Yamaha 4416S not recognised ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Swap Partition (Daniel Forester)
Re: tik AOL AIM (John Assalone)
Re: Bad superblock on Redhat 6.0 (Sitaram Chamarty)
Re: SB16 WavEffects/DMA Programming Frustrations (Daev Roehr)
Re: No RX of packets!!! (Sitaram Chamarty)
Re: Red Hat 6.0 hangs on P3 (Sitaram Chamarty)
kppp problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: anonymous ftp problem ("Todd A. Wood")
Re: Oracle for Linux: downloaded file size (Sitaram Chamarty)
Re: Eject tape command (Stuart R. Fuller)
Re: open systems?!? Re: Why does Apple not cooperate with Be? (Chris Herborth)
Re: [Oracle 8.0.5 and SuSE6.1] Install success ("Keith Montgomery")
Re: Everything Will Be Redhat. (brian moore)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Richardson)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,omp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix
Subject: Re: Could Microsoft Cheat On The New Mindcraft Benchmark?
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 10:21:58 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 12 Jul 1999 11:00:34 +0200,
De Messemaeker Johan, in the persona of <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
brought forth the following words...:
>"Fredrich P. Maney" wrote:
>
>> : Our farmers feed the US
>> : = population and 25% of the rest of the world. The American people
>> : = freely give of their time and money to those less fortunate.
>>
>> : And people from other countries DON'T?
>>
>> Not in anywhere near the numbers that the US does they don't.
>
>So why aren't you paying your contributions to the UN then ?
>
Funnily enough, the US spends far more onUN "missions" than the total
of our UN dues. Yet we are not repaid for these expences... I say, pay up the
back dues, start charging full rent for UN facilities in the US, and either
start billing the UN for the bullsh!t "missions" they keep sending US troops
to, or (prefereably) pull out of the UN.
--
Jim Richardson
Anarchist, pagan and proud of it
WWW.eskimo.com/~warlock
Linux, because life's too short for a buggy OS.
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From: "Eirik Wilberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.questions,linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Major RedHat 6.0 Disappointment
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 23:55:03 +0200
That would be 2.2.10, right?
Monte Phillips skrev i meldingen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Try on e of the later kernels say 2.5.10
>might be the prob. Also just for kicks check the latest hardware
>compatibility list on www.redhat.com
>g'luk
>
>
>"David Eno" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>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
>>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.
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: QUE: SCSI Yamaha 4416S not recognised
Date: 12 Jul 1999 21:09:49 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello to everyone and have a nice week.
> I have the following problem:
> My machine has an Adaptec 2940UW [or 2940U2W] SCSI controller.
> I have a Plextor SCSI cdrom and a Yamaha 4416S CD-RW.
> Linux cannot recognise the Yahama CD-RW.
I guess it's a problem of your linux adaptec driver playing together
with your drive. Mine works fine on a symbios chip. What I would try
is:
- check for a current BIOS for the yamaha
- check for adaptec driver options that disables ultra scsi for that
drive (20MB/s downto 10MB/s)
Good luck!
--
Daniel Dorau [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<< If a train stops at a trainstation, what happens at a workstation? >>
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From: Daniel Forester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Swap Partition
Date: 14 Jul 1999 20:44:59 GMT
Hi, all, I recently installed SuSE 6.1, and removed my old RH partitions,
both the logical and the swap (decided to hell with it... wipe it. ;-)
...) SO, anyways, in setting up SuSE, it offered an option in YaST to
make another linux partition, but it had no option for a swap partition...
So I just didn't make one. ;-) Is that bad, or will it be okay? I got
KDE up & running, and didn't notice any lack of speed or anything...
thanks...
--
Daniel E. Forester
Georgia Institute of Technology
http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~gte061f/
Death: Life's way of saying, "You can let go of your ankles now."
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From: John Assalone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: tik AOL AIM
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 17:32:40 -0400
try using GAIM...it's gotta better interface and seems much nicer than
tik. Buddy list is *that* great, but i think it's better than in tik
"Joseph S. White" wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> Anyone got the Tcl/Tk 8.0 AIM Client working? My problem is
> I have 13 buddies added but the do not show up in the buddy
> list. I show up there after I logon, but no one else. I can
> edit the Buddy list and all the names are there, just don't
> show in buddy list. Any Idea what is going on?
>
> I'm running Mandrake 6.0 /Tk 8.0
>
> Info: http://www.aim.aol.com/tik/
>
> Thanks
>
> Joe
>
> --
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.nmia.com/~jwhite
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sitaram Chamarty)
Subject: Re: Bad superblock on Redhat 6.0
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 22:01:00 GMT
On Wed, 14 Jul 1999 15:18:13 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>After a proper shutdown, my system now boots with a bad superblock
>error. It suggests running 'e2fsck -b 8193 /dev/xxxx' to fix the
>problem. This appears to run cleanly but I still get the error on boot-
>up. I made a boot floppy, but don't have a rescue disk or backup.
I've never had this before, so I'm guessing. How about trying
16385, 24577, etc (n*8192 + 1 for various n)? Just in case your
first backup superblock is bad too...
Isn't that why they put a copy every 8192 blocks?
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From: Daev Roehr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard.tech
Subject: Re: SB16 WavEffects/DMA Programming Frustrations
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 14:27:52 -0700
"Boisy G. Pitre" wrote:
>
> I have a SoundBlaster 16 WavEffects card I picked up at my local Wal-Mart
> and am writing a driver for it under a proprietary Pentium-based OS. So far
> I'm having excellent success with 8 bit mono and stereo record and playback
> in my driver using the PC's 8237 DMA controller.
>
> However, 16 bit playback is not working correctly. I found out through
> discussions on this and other newsgroups that this particular SB 16 card
> only works with the 8 bit DMA channels (0-3) and not with the 16 bit DMA
> channels (4-7). Using a PnP utility on the card confirms that indeed, it
> only accepts DMA channels in the range 0-3
>
> So my question is: how the *hell* do I get 16 bit sound with an 8 bit DMA
> channel? Do I set up the DMA controller in the exact same way as I set it
> up for 8 bit mode? Do I program the SB card as normal? Are there any
> special considerations in doing 16 bit sound on an 8 bit channel?
>
> I'm stumped here, and would appreciate some help. Thanks.
As far as I know, you just can't do 16 bit DMA tranfers unless you use the AT style
master DMA channels 5,6, or 7. Leaves you only two choices... Downsample or PIO. IOW,
can't get there from here, you'll need a SB card that has the 16 bit dma capabilities.
--
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_daev
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--Douglas Adams--
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sitaram Chamarty)
Subject: Re: No RX of packets!!!
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 22:01:01 GMT
On Tue, 13 Jul 1999 21:58:10 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have just set up a computer ona 10BaseT
>network. I have a 3com509 card installed and
>detected. I'm running RH 6.0. My computer
>transmit packets out to my gateway router, but I
>never recieve anything back. I know that I have
What happens when you ping yourself (not at the 127.0.0.1 address,
but the eth0 address)?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sitaram Chamarty)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Red Hat 6.0 hangs on P3
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 22:01:05 GMT
On Wed, 14 Jul 1999 11:04:12 GMT, David Eno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>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.
Does this happen even when you don't get into X? I suggest
defaulting to runlevel 3 instead of 5 and running console only for
a while (since you say "about 1-2 minutes", I suggest 10-15
minutes). If at that point you're still OK, "startx" manually.
If then it crashes, there's something wrong with the X server[1].
That's a good clue.
If it crashes even while in non-X mode, you *do* have a problem!
I suggest adding the line
*.* /var/log/messages
to /etc/syslog.conf and then
killall -HUP syslogd
On the next boot, boot in single user mode, and look at
/var/log/messages - maybe you'll find something there.
The reason why OPenLinux works could be because it's using a
different version of the X server, or maybe not running "gpm", etc
- regardless, the fact that it runs means you ought to be able to
get RH to work, too!
Sitaram
[1] if indeed it's the X server, it could well be because "gpm" is
also running - I've seen this happen once or twice. "killall gpm"
from the console before you "startx" and see what happens.
Also, I have had a few times where Netscape crashed X so badly
that the mouse and keyboard are gone. But I have always been able
to telnet into my machine from elsewhere, "killall X", and
everything is fine. The machine is still running fine - so what
if the keyboard and mouse are dead :-)
If you have networking working, this is something you should
definitely try.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: kppp problem
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 21:36:43 GMT
hi
i think i configured kppp correctly.
the log shows that the modem dials out and
connects ok; but after being connected for
8-10 seconds, it consistently disconnects/is bumped off
and starts the whole dial script again.
what could be the problem?
thanks
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: "Todd A. Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: anonymous ftp problem
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 00:00:38 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Chun Lin wrote:
>
> I don't remember what I have done to my /home/ftp
> directory of RH 6.0 system. Before that I can use
> anonymous ftp to connect to my server, now it
> can still allow anonymous ftp to the server but display
> nothing. (blank directory). What's wrong? Please help.
>
The quickest fix - Re-install the anon-ftp package
$ rpm -ql anonftp
/home/ftp
/home/ftp/bin
/home/ftp/bin/compress
/home/ftp/bin/cpio
/home/ftp/bin/gzip
/home/ftp/bin/ls
/home/ftp/bin/sh
/home/ftp/bin/tar
/home/ftp/bin/zcat
/home/ftp/etc
/home/ftp/etc/group
/home/ftp/etc/ld.so.cache
/home/ftp/etc/passwd
/home/ftp/lib
/home/ftp/lib/ld-2.0.7.so
/home/ftp/lib/ld-linux.so.2
/home/ftp/lib/libc-2.0.7.so
/home/ftp/lib/libc.so.6
/home/ftp/lib/libnsl-2.0.7.so
/home/ftp/lib/libnsl.so.1
/home/ftp/lib/libnss_files-2.0.7.so
/home/ftp/lib/libnss_files.so.1
/home/ftp/pub
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sitaram Chamarty)
Subject: Re: Oracle for Linux: downloaded file size
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 22:01:03 GMT
On Tue, 13 Jul 1999 17:06:42 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>BTW, anybody knows a tool to cut a big binary file into pieces? I can
>have my friend download the one large file (145 MB) for me then I copy
>it to my PC using 100MB Zip drive. Thanks.
Look for "GNUISH MS-DOS" project pages and find a tool called
"split". It should do what you want.
...found it - go to ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/gnu/gnuish/
and get either gnufut*zip or gnutut*zip (for some reason they both
have split.exe, but different versions. No matter - for what you
need to do, they should both be OK).
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stuart R. Fuller)
Subject: Re: Eject tape command
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 22:01:35 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: Is there a way to eject the tape from the command line. I am using a
: HP Dat drive and Redhat.
I've never tried to eject a tape from a command line. I usually eject the
tape from a tape drive using this command:
# mt -f /dev/tape offline
Stu
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Crossposted-To: comp.sys.mac.programmer.misc,comp.sys.be.misc,comp.unix.misc
Subject: Re: open systems?!? Re: Why does Apple not cooperate with Be?
From: arcane*SPAM*[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Herborth)
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 22:06:13 GMT
According to Don Arbow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Josiah Fizer
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> : Who would you sue for LinuxPPC? Its not a comercial program. BeOS is a
> : comercial OS that compeats with MacOS, Linux is not.
>
> Well, they could start with LinuxPPC.com. If Apple was serious about
> stopping it, every distribution point for linuxppc would be shutdown
> within a day. They're not doing that, so Be has nothing to fear.
Why, is BeOS suddenly a Linux distribution (c.f. Amiga discussion all over
the place)?
Apple doesn't see Linux as a competitor, thus it's no threat.
BeOS is seen as a competitor (it's got a non-sucky GUI, it's got media
capabilities, its foundation blows MacOS completely out of the water),
therefore it's a threat.
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Arcane Dragon Software Arcane Dragon -==(UDIC)==- | < /_\
arcane dragon at home dot com DNRC Holder of Past Knowledge |_/ \_
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From: "Keith Montgomery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.databases.oracle.tools,comp.databases.oracle.server,comp.databases.oracle.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: [Oracle 8.0.5 and SuSE6.1] Install success
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 18:15:16 -0400
Congratulations on what you've done so far.
I had it a bit easier installing onto RH 6.0:
loaded the required compatibility rpms from the cd,
created my oracle user and dba group,
downloaded the umpteen tar files,
unzip/tared them and ran orainst,
downloaded the glibzpatch, untarred that and ran it to replace the make
files and relink,
and finally fired up orainst to creat my db.
Whew!
Then I tried to install the web server.
TILT!! According to Oracle Support, this only runs with the old (RH5.2)
kernel.
Damn and blast.
I'm still looking and hoping (this was only over this past week), but past
experience with Oracle makes me fear.
So --- If you get it working, would you let me know?
Matt wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hi,
>
>Well it worked.
>
>I must say many thanks for all that replied (I could not
>have done this without you) Ro, Eric, Johnny, Frank, Bill,
>and every one else that replied.
>
>Installing 6.1 SuSE and Oracle 8.0.5
>
>What I have done so far.. (I have not tested it fully yet).
>
>Deinstalled egcs and libgpp packages.
>Installed libgpp27.rpm, gcc, and gccfonts. Packages.
>Verify this by gcc -v (should produce libstdc2.7.2.1 or
>later versions, and libg++.so.2.7.2.1 or later.
>(latest versions available from
>ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/6.1/suse/d1/)
>
>Linked the following for installation of Intelligent agent.
>ln -sf (for forced) /usr/lib/lintcl8.0.so /usr/lib/libtcl.so
>As Intelligent Agent requires libtcl8.0.so but Oracle
>searches for libtcl.so
>
>
>I installed the software in this fashion first..
>Client,
>Net8
>Unix installer
>Any Libraries inc jdbc etc.
>Not the Server or RDBMS or SQL software.
>
>Run the Root.sh script.
>
>The loadup RDBMS (with defaults)
>Load SLQ*Plus
>Server
>Intelligent Agent (depending if you set the ln -s to link to
>libtcl.8.0.so)
>
>Then it works well svrmgrlO does so far.
>
>I have yet to install the web server 3.0.2.
>
>I also encounted problems with LIBCLNTSH.so libs too
>when running the installer for installing sqlplus
>I fixed it by doing the following.
>
>This maybe another item for a future patch ?
>
># If you incounted an error of cannot find libclntsh.so.1 etc etc
># when creating or linking oracle go to the package/object lib
># dir and edit the env_<product>.mk file and change or comment
># out as below.
># then run a make -f env_<product>.mk $ORACLE_HOME
>
>-- LIBCLNTSH=$(LIBHOME)libclntsh.$(SO_EXT)
>-- LLIBCLNTSH=-lclntsh
>
>++ # LIBCLNTSH=$(LIBHOME)libclntsh.$(SO_EXT)
>++ # LLIBCLNTSH=-lclntsh
>
>Are there any other problems in the application ?
>
>Many thanks
>
>Matt
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (brian moore)
Subject: Re: Everything Will Be Redhat.
Date: 14 Jul 1999 22:25:10 GMT
On Wed, 14 Jul 1999 00:11:09 -0600,
Jake_Paws <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Well I got a little more than what is in the subject. But comments are
> welcome. I enjoyed all the comments last time. If you are wondering if I
> comment on other messages posted in the news group. I don't. Unless you ask
> me.
Okay, my comments: the referenced article was a bunch of incoherent
nonsense that made no sense.
Thanks for playing, though, I'm sure there are some wonderful parting
gifts.
--
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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
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