Linux-Misc Digest #40, Volume #21 Thu, 15 Jul 99 09:13:19 EDT
Contents:
GNOME and ORBit installation ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: kppp problem (Ian Briggs)
Re: Is CD-R usuable as backup medium on Linux? (Calvin Ostrum)
Re: open systems?!? Re: Why does Apple not cooperate with Be? (John Kenneth Milli
Grytten)
Re: Major RedHat 6.0 Disappointment ("David Eno")
Re: QUE: SCSI Yamaha 4416S not recognised solution
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
EASY MONEY !!!!!!!!!!!!!1 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
chroot ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Synchronizing cmos clock with timeserver? (Al Jarvi)
HPT Docs/HOWTOs/Man pages?!? (Stewart Honsberger)
TLAN card detection HELP!! HELP!! (Bruno Quesnel)
Re: SB16 WavEffects/DMA Programming Frustrations (Bob Masta)
Re: ??: LILO And Hiding A Partition - Help?!?! (Douglas E. Mitton)
Re: Apache and .htaccess file (NightFever)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: GNOME and ORBit installation
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 10:37:21 GMT
I am having trouble with the compilation of GNOME and associated
libraries.
My first difficulty is with ORbit 0.4.3
I can CONFIGURE, MAKE and MAKE INSTALL however when I then run the GNOME
lib CONFIGURE
I always get an error saying that ORbit is not installed:
checking for orbit-config... no
checking for orbit-idl... no
checking for working ORBit environment... no
configure: error: ORBit not installed or installation problem
I don't really know anything about orbit, what I have to configure or
what environment
variables have to be set!
I would really appreciate any help on this matter....
Thanks in advance,
Jazzy(foot).
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Briggs)
Subject: Re: kppp problem
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 10:58:20 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: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.
Could we see the log output (with the debug option for pppd, and -v for
chat)?
Ian
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Calvin Ostrum)
Subject: Re: Is CD-R usuable as backup medium on Linux?
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 10:54:58 GMT
In <7mja94$10j$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carl Fink) wrote:
| On Wed, 14 Jul 1999 18:15:26 GMT Calvin Ostrum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| >
| >I want to use CD-R as a backup medium on Linux. My
| >intention is to take my hard drive into one of those
| >services that write CD-R backups. However, reading the
| >Linux CDROM HOWTO, it tells me that "one-off" CD's
| >are generally written in XA format, and that this
| >format is not generally supported by Linux CDROM drivers
| >(one supposes especially not the generic ATAPI/IDE
| >driver that I hope to be able to use).
|
| I'm suspecting you have a *really* old HOWTO.
Well, I consulted the master page of the Linux Documentation
Project (dated July 12, 1999) which led me to the CDROM
HOWTO, which itself is dated March 24, 1999). This is about
as recent as one can get. I also looked all over for other
information and could not find anything. The relevant section
is http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/CDROM-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.10
and it says:
" 6.10 I have a "special" CD that can't be mounted
"
" The "special" CD is likely an XA disc (like all Photo CDs or "one-offs"
" created using CD-R drives). Most of the Linux kernel CD-ROM drivers do
" not support XA discs, although you may be able to find a patch
" to add support on one of the archive sites.
However, the author of the HOWTO has since answered my mail
(very promptly) and told me that it *is* indeed out of date.
I suspected this because I didn't see my problem reports anywhere
either. (I thought I had cancelled my article, complete with
spelling error in subject header, at that point, but I guess
I was too late).
| I use a CD-RW on my system to do backups. It works fine, it reads
| all CD formats I care about (including audio and photo CD),
Although, of course, it has its own drivers, no doubt...
I've since been told by someone, who I would expect should know,
that XA essentially *means* CD-R, but this does not seem to be
true. For one thing, this is not born out by the info at
http://recon.mdacc.tmc.edu/Doc/FAQS/cd_faq940.html#27.
Also, somone else told me that he has a choice in writing his
CD's whether to write CDROM or CDROM-XA format. He was
not aware until I asked him that he even had such an option,
and neither was the backup service I contacted. So tell me,
do you write your CD's in CDROM format or CDROM-XA format?
Does it matter? Shall I just let the backup service do
whatever it wants in this regard?
| and I
| don't even need to take my hard drive out of the computer and bring
| to some "place" to get it backed up.
I'm not sure why "place" is in quotes, but no need to rub it in!
I'd get a CD-R drive if I could afford it. But thanks for your reply.
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Calvin Ostrum [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Freedom is a pain in the Burridan's Ass -- Rebecca Goldstein
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Kenneth Milli Grytten)
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?
Date: 15 Jul 1999 11:29:04 GMT
On Wed, 14 Jul 1999 23:23:33 -0500, Jerome Jahnke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>not extended special permission to use their technology to the LinuxPPC or
>(Net/Open)BSD communities, so even if they could sue Be if Be decided to
>do what these companies were doing they have a built in defense.
You are forgetting something here.. Apple are free to screw Linux anyday
if they see that supporting LinuxPPC helps Be becoming a threat on the
Macs.
This is not about getting BeOS working on G3, thats IMO probably the
smallest problem. Look at Intel, they offer expertise to implement USB,
P3 optimizations, general exposure for Be and hopefully a lot more is
coming in the future (gcc with support for IA-64 architecture..). This
leaves invaluable resources to concentrate on the OS in itself.
If and when LinuxPPC is well enough documented and running perfectly
(with no hacks) on the iMacs, a cheap port of Be would run a lot
machines... this could create some Buzz, but issues like the cost of
maintaining support must be dealt with.
Right now, I'd say Be's hope on PPC would be a combined gaming
platform/settop box machine. The trick to get set-top machines into
the hands of millions of users is the sell them as traditional game
consoles.
Enough rambling..
John K.
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From: "David Eno" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.questions,linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Major RedHat 6.0 Disappointment
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 11:24:45 GMT
Here's my system configuration:
PIII-450. Epox EP-BX3 CPU board. I can't find any reported conflicts here.
128M RAM
Cirrus Logic 5465 AGP Graphics card.
3COM NIC (3CSM905B-TX-20)
Soundblaster Vibra 16BIT
USR 56K Modem
No SCSI controllers.
My system hangs when running X.
I've found that Open Linux uses older modules that prevents me from
installing certain apps. Also, Open Linux doesn't come with IP Chain
support according to the documentation. ( I have the OpenLinux 2.2 box)
Thanks for you help.
Dave E.
David M. Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Wed, 14 Jul 1999 18:50:59 GMT, David Eno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >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.
>
> I've never seen a problem like this. Could you post more info about the
> problem and system:
>
> * Are you running X when the problem occurs?
> * video card
> * SCSI controllers if any
>
> >Open Linux runs fine, but it doesn't meet my needs as a server.
>
> Huh? Open Linux has pretty much the same stuff that Redhat has.
>
> Dave Cook
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: QUE: SCSI Yamaha 4416S not recognised solution
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 11:24:55 GMT
hi there
i had to turn off the initiate wide negotiation in the
setup menus for my adaptec 2940 then it will work,
On Mon, 12 Jul 1999 21:09:49, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> [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? >>
> PGP key available, send mail with 'Subject: send pgp key'
> fingerprint: 8D7E0B2F9E2E5338 DB7B24742E8B2EAE
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: EASY MONEY !!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 11:12:38 GMT
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: chroot
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 11:18:44 GMT
Sorry to ask a question that's been posted before, but I couldn't find
an answer that helped . . .
When I type
chroot /home/ftp ls (or /bin/ls)
I get
chroot: cannot execute ls: No such file or directory
ls exists under the new root directory, as does anything else that it
wants to open as shown by running ls under strace.
I am running RedHat 5.2 with kernel 2.2.2
Can anyone help?
Thanks
Chris Harris
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From: Al Jarvi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Synchronizing cmos clock with timeserver?
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 07:14:25 -0400
Dirk,
Yes, Windows time sync clients do exist. I use SocketWatch on all of my
Windows 98 and 95 boxes, and like you I use xntpd on my LINUX platforms.
The NTP
web page has a very complete list here
http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp/software.html
Al
Dirk Heinrichs wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > >> /usr/bin/rdate -s wrzx03.rz.uni-wuerzburg.de
> >
> > I'm using RedHat 5.1 on a server right now, and wonder how, if I run
> > this 'rdate' command when the server dials into its ISP to grab mail,
> > can I get the Windoze boxes on the network to set their time from the
> > Linux server?
> >
> > In the past, I've used a Windoze utility called D4 but it's overkill
> > for what I need (I think).
> >
> > Can I get Linux to broadcast the time on an SNTP port or something?
> Install xntpd, and get a ntp-Client (Network Time Protokoll) for Windows
> (if one exists).
>
> Bye...
>
> Dirk
--
Al Jarvi
Computer Specialist (Systems Analyst)
NOAA, National Weather Service
Phone: 301.713.0191 Ext: 145
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stewart Honsberger)
Crossposted-To: alt.bbs
Subject: HPT Docs/HOWTOs/Man pages?!?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 12:40:17 GMT
Does anyone have any {subj} for HPT/Linux?
I've been trying to set it up for the last three months to no avail.
It's giving me an error saying that "Atleast one route must exist" in
the config file.
If anyone has seen this error before, or knows where some sort of
documentation exists - please let me know!
--
= Stewart Honsberger (AKA Blackdeath)
= Web: http://sprk.com/blackdeath ICQ UIN: 3484915
= Remove 'thirteen' to reply privately
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From: Bruno Quesnel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: TLAN card detection HELP!! HELP!!
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 12:42:31 GMT
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Hi to all,
I'm trying to setup COMPAQ computers for the company I work. I'm
using the kickstart proces, which I finally got to work both for 5.2 and
6.0 (6.0 works without any quirks, but 5.2 is a bit more &^*&&(*&(*& )
Since I'm setting up a server, and on the models I works with, the
TLAN adater is a builtin adapter to the machine. Under the 6.0 setup,
it picks it up no problem, but with the 5.2 setup, it is a no go.
I tried to rebuild the initrd.img image on the boot disquette to
include the tlan.o module so that the disk could have support for
it (module compiled from other 5.2 machine). Rebuilt the image. At the
end of the setup, where it tries to probe for NICS, it still does not
detect anything for the TLAN, even though I've specified the IRQ # in
the kickstart file
Did anyone got to get this type of NIC detected at startup and how
you did it would definitly be appreciated.... Is it wither by
recompiling the Kernel on the disk to include it or as a module ???
Thanks in advance.
--
Unix is user-friendly; it's just a little particular about which
users it is friendly to.
Bruno Quesnel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Genie Electrique [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Electrical engineering VA2 BMG
Ecole de technologie Superieure
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Hi to all,
<p> I'm trying to setup COMPAQ computers for the company
I work. I'm using the kickstart proces, which I finally got to work
both for 5.2 and 6.0 (6.0 works without any quirks, but 5.2 is a bit more
&^*&&(*&(*& )
<p> Since I'm setting up a server, and on the models
I works with, the TLAN adater is a builtin adapter to the machine.
Under the 6.0 setup, it picks it up no problem, but with the 5.2 setup,
it is a no go.
<p> I tried to rebuild the initrd.img image on the boot
disquette to include the tlan.o module so that the disk could have support
for it (module compiled from other 5.2 machine). Rebuilt the
image. At the end of the setup, where it tries to probe for NICS,
it still does not detect anything for the TLAN, even though I've specified
the IRQ # in the kickstart file
<p> Did anyone got to get this type of NIC detected at
startup and how you did it would definitly be appreciated.... Is
it wither by recompiling the Kernel on the disk to include it or as a module
???
<p>Thanks in advance.
<pre>--
Unix is user-friendly; it's just a little particular about which
users it is friendly to.
Bruno
Quesnel
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Genie
Electrique
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Electrical
engineering
VA2 BMG
Ecole de technologie Superieure</pre>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Masta)
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard.tech
Subject: Re: SB16 WavEffects/DMA Programming Frustrations
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 14:28:55 GMT
On Wed, 14 Jul 1999 18:24:27 -0500, "Boisy G. Pitre"
<boisy@(REMOVE_THIS)acadian.net> wrote:
>> 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.
>
>But this card plays 16 bit sounds under Windows with noticable 16 bit
>quality, so if Windows can do it, then it must be done somehow through the
>hardware. The trick is to find out *how* it's being done.
>--
You can definitely send 16-bit data over an 8-bit channel... it just
goes as 2 separate transfers per sample. This is fully documented
in Creative's SDK, CTSBHWPG/EXE (686 K), which you can
download from:
wwww.soundblaster.com/wwwnew/tech/ftp/ftp-dev.html
This document doesn't cover the CT417x models (ViBRA
and WavEffects) specifically, but they are the same in this
respect. (The big difference is that they can do 16-16 full-
duplex, which the other Creative ISA cards can't... but there
is a propietary trick to enable it. Developers have to sign a
non-disclosure agreement.) Hope this helps!
Bob Masta
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
D A Q A R T A
Data AcQuisition And Real-Time Analysis
Shareware from Interstellar Research
http://www.daqarta.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Douglas E. Mitton)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: ??: LILO And Hiding A Partition - Help?!?!
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 13:02:59 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks for the response!
I looked into this option BUT the cvt.exe utility apparently only
comes with Win98. This is how I had thought it would work when I
started this whole thing.
To get LILO to work I have tried all the patches and instruction I
could find in Deja News. I have recompiled with the suggested options
and still no luck. It just looks like LILO is NOT re-writing the
partition type information AND not giving me an error message about
it. The MAP option is working PERFECTLY so I just don't understand
the problem.
Any one else have this working who would be willing to post their LILO
version number and lilo.conf contents.
[Just to recap ... I'm trying to HIDE my Win95 partition when I boot
the DOS6.22 games directory to stop the remapping of the CDROM from D:
to E: ... simply because it stops many of the games from working and I
don't want to re-install them all.]
Thanks in advance!
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John McKown) wrote:
>On Mon, 12 Jul 1999 22:42:04 GMT, Douglas E. Mitton
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Hi All;
> [big snip]
>
>>
>>When the Win95 drive boots I just remap the drives so that Win95 is C:
>>and the old games drive is D: and the CDROM is E:.
>>
>
>Question. What you posted implied, to me, that the GAMES are running under
>MS-DOS 6.2 (not Windows in DOS mode). If that is so, are you aware that
>DOS 6.2 does not support FAT32? If you change your Windows95 drive to
>FAT32, then DOS 6.2 won't understand what it is and will ignore it.
>
>It's easy to convert. Windows comes with a utility to convert a drive
>from FAT16 to FAT32. You get to it by bringing up Windows Explorer,
>right click on the HD icon you want to convert. Click on Properties.
>One of the TABs has the properly labelled icon. Click on it.
>DO NOT CONVERT YOUR DOS 6.2 DISK!! So far as Windows is concerned, once
>you've converted to FAT32, there's no going back! Actually, I did this
>with Partition Magic. It's much easier (to me).
>
>Hope this helps even if this isn't directly a Linux question.
>
>Have you tried running the games under DOSEmu? I don't run it, but some
>things should work. Just a thought.
>
>John
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (NightFever)
Subject: Re: Apache and .htaccess file
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 12:57:39 GMT
You can try to do what the other poster's said, or trying putting a
index.html file in your main public_html directoty
On Wed, 14 Jul 1999 01:50:39 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Thomas)
wrote:
>I am new to Linux and Apache and am setting up a Apache Web server. I
>am using Red Hat v6.0. I have the server running but am not able to
>access any files in my personal directory. The error I get is: You
>don't have permission to access /~jimt on this server.
>
>I understand from doing some reading that there are ".htaccess" files
>that are required to provide access to directories other than the
>server root of /home/httpd/html. I can not find any real information
>on .htaccess files. What is their content? How are they implemented?
>Are there any samples of these files I can copy from?
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>
>Jim Thomas
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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