Linux-Misc Digest #64, Volume #21 Sat, 17 Jul 99 19:13:14 EDT
Contents:
Re: Linux Universe kernal 1.2.X (Stephen Chadfield)
Re: Linux IRQ oops
AIWA TD-8000? (Ron Gibson)
CDROM error message (Michael McConnell)
Shutdown won't Power-off using SuSE-6.1 ("Youngert")
Re: CIA assassinations ("James A Hunsaker IV")
Re: AIWA TD-8000? ("Robert C. Paulsen, Jr.")
Re: Chmoding directories for �O�thers: x or rx? (Gilles Pelletier)
Re: Did you switch from Windows to Linux? (Monte Phillips)
Need Hum Filter for WAV file (Bob Washburne)
Re: RH6.0 Kernel upgrade question ("Kin Man Yau")
Re: Compaq Presario 1600? (Richard Atterer)
Need Help Configuring Wangtec Streamer SCSI / Amanda Backup ("Friedhelm Oja")
My crazy email scheme (Andrew de los Reyes)
Re: Can't run executables (yes I use ./) (Robert)
sendmail RH6.0 aliases database file format (Timothy Fossum)
Re: who makes the best Linux? Microsoft? (Michael McConnell)
Re: IP Masquerading - Can't use Host names only IP address ("Ed")
Can i save my kernel to a floppy? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
who makes the best Linux? Microsoft? (JY)
Re: Shortcomings of Linux? (JFW)
Re: Need Hum Filter for WAV file (Erik de Castro Lopo)
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From: Stephen Chadfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Universe kernal 1.2.X
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 22:06:55 +0100
Steven Charbonneau wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I am running the Linux version 1.2.X that came with the book Linux Universe
> from Springer-Verlag by Strobel an Uhl. When talking about what version I am
> running, would I call this simply 1.2.X? Would I be able to program this
> kernals ConfigXF86 to support AGP cards? or to support the USB ports ?
The XFree86 is not part of the kernel. You could no more add support for
newer AGP cards to an old version of XFree86 by changing the
configuration files than you could get a Windows driver for a Matrox
Millenium to work with a Riva TNT card by editing the Windows registry.
Won't work. You need a modern XFree86 installed as part of a modern
Linux distribution.
Theoretically, if you are a kernel programming expert and have a lot of
time on your hands, you could hack an old kernel to support whatever you
like. Why bother? The 2.2 kernel is fantastic and supports all manner of
fancy hardware out-of-the-box.
> I made a promise to myself to learn this OS four years ago when I couldn't
> get it to work on my PS1, and the "hacker" mentality behind it says to learn
> to program this old kernal and stay away from "buying" Red Hats.
The hacker mentality says why the hell would you want waste time
incorporating 2.2 features into a 1.2 kernal?
If you don't like Redhat get another distribution.
If you want to run Linux to hack the kernel install a new distribution
and help out with 2.3 development.
If you want a Linux installation to run Linux applications get a modern
2.2 based system and you find life much easier.
--
Stephen Chadfield
http://www.aquamarine.demon.co.uk/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ( )
Subject: Re: Linux IRQ oops
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Date: 17 Jul 1999 17:28:20 -0500
Hunter Ritchie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Penguins,
...
: Problem:: I oopsed during the install and set my Ethernet card to be
: used at IRQ 5. Unfortunately, the card itself is set to be used at IRQ 10.
: Question:: How or where do I manipulate settings (through commands or
: script modification) to get Linux to look for the card at IRQ 10? I've
...
=========>
I am newbie myself, but try to modify
/etc/conf.modules
add:
options eth0 irq=5
email me if it works!
:)kh
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ron Gibson)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: AIWA TD-8000?
Date: 17 Jul 1999 21:41:02 GMT
Has anyone had any experience with the AIWA TD-8000 SCSI connected tape
backup unit? It's a Travan unit but has a SCSI connection. How would
that be handled under Linux. It's not a floppy unit but neither is it a
DAT SCSI unit. IOW, will it work?
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Michael McConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: CDROM error message
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 21:54:47 +0100
I got this earlier this evening trying to play an audio CD on my ATAPI CDROM
drive using GTCD as my X CD player app.
My CDROM drive identifies itself as:
hdb: SAMSUNG CD-ROM SCR-3231, ATAPI CDROM drive
This is the error, according to the syslog:
Jul 17 21:48:36 Zeskia kernel: ATAPI device hdb:
Jul 17 21:48:36 Zeskia kernel: Error: Unit attention -- (Sense key=0x06)
Jul 17 21:48:36 Zeskia kernel: Not ready to ready transition, medium may have
changed -- (asc=0x28, ascq=0x00)
Jul 17 21:48:36 Zeskia kernel: The failed "Play Audio MSF" packet command was:
Jul 17 21:48:36 Zeskia kernel: "47 00 00 00 02 00 4f 05 42 00 00 00 "
Any (real!) explanation to what this means or advice for how to fix this
would be very much appreciated. Note the CD in the drive was there from boot,
so it hadn't been changed suddenly...
-- Michael "Soruk" McConnell [Red Hat 6.0 Available!]
Eridani Star System -- The Most Up-to-Date Red Hat Linux CDROMs Available
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.amush.cx/linux/ Fax: +44-8701-600807
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Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 14:22:57 -0600
From: "Youngert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Shutdown won't Power-off using SuSE-6.1
When I used RedHat 6.0 and everytime I issue a shutdown command from the KDE
logon icon, my computer would be brought down to halt with the power off
within 5 seconds. I replaced my RedHat-6.0 package with SuSE-6.1 and the
shutdown process will not power off the computer except just halted the
computer and switch the Master Resource Control to runlevel 0.
Has anyone ever noticed the weird behaviour on his/her Linux using SuSE-6.1
distro?
--
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "James A Hunsaker IV" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: CIA assassinations
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 16:57:47 -0500
I love it when people that don't have a clue portray themselves as
economists, philosophers, theologans, ... oh well ... at least you're not on
tv.
Holy Cow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Richard Kulisz wrote:
> > You witless cretin,
> So, why are you responding to him then <G>?
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From: "Robert C. Paulsen, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: AIWA TD-8000?
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 17:13:36 -0500
Ron Gibson wrote:
>
> Has anyone had any experience with the AIWA TD-8000 SCSI connected tape
> backup unit? It's a Travan unit but has a SCSI connection. How would
> that be handled under Linux. It's not a floppy unit but neither is it a
> DAT SCSI unit. IOW, will it work?
>
> email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have the AIWA TD-20001 SCSI. Not the same drive, but it is TR-5,
SCSI, and by AIWA. It works great under Linux. It is simply a SCSI
tape drive. mt, tar, dump, restore, taper, etc. all work fine with
it as /dev/st0, /dev/rmt0, or the non-rewinding versions /dev/nst0
and /dev/nrmt0.
Here is the output from "mt -f /dev/st0 status":
drive type = Generic SCSI-2 tape
drive status = 512
sense key error = 0
residue count = 0
file number = 0
block number = 0
Tape block size 512 bytes. Density code 0x0 (default).
Soft error count since last status=0
General status bits on (41010000):
BOT ONLINE IM_REP_EN
I suspect the TD-8000 will work as well.
--
____________________________________________________________________
Robert Paulsen http://paulsen.home.texas.net
If my return address contains "ZAP." please remove it. Sorry for the
inconvenience but the unsolicited email is getting out of control.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gilles Pelletier)
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Chmoding directories for �O�thers: x or rx?
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 22:23:53 GMT
It seems my question was too complicated. Take two.
Is there any security advantage to chmoding a directory rx instead of
only x?
Gilles Pelletier
--
Rencontrez N�fertiti, Einstein, Tocqueville, etc.
La Masse Critique -- http://pages.infinit.net/mcrit
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Monte Phillips)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Did you switch from Windows to Linux?
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 21:43:33 GMT
LMAO Who says there is no humor in the computer world! :)
Holy Cow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Jerry Lynn Kreps wrote:
>> using Math, Physics and Biology to investigate homocide scenes
>Specialize in gay people <g>?
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From: Bob Washburne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Need Hum Filter for WAV file
Date: 17 Jul 1999 15:22:56 PDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Greetings!
OK, I've searched DejaNews and FreshMeat for the last hour and have
found only the faintest of clues. Could someone please point me in the
right direction?
I need a program which can filter out the hum from a .wav file.
I have an old (50's vintage) open reel tape which was originally
recorded on cheap equipment. I have a player and I can record it into a
.wav file. I can use cdrecord to burn it onto a cdrom as a lasting
treasure for the friend who recorded this back in highschool. The lack
of fidelity is understandable and acceptable. But the background hum is
terrible.
Does anyone know of a program which can take a .wav file and filter out
the hum?
I found three programs in freshmeat which claim to do filtering, but I
would like to avoid several days of downloading, installing and
experimentation if I possibly can :-).
So, can anyone say, "Yes, I use xxxx to do that and it works quite
well."?
Thanks for the help.
Bob Washburne
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Kin Man Yau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH6.0 Kernel upgrade question
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 17:12:01 -0500
this may also help
http://store.redhat.com/corp/support/docs/kernel-upgrade/kernel-upgrade-3.ht
ml
--
Charles
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Richard Atterer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Compaq Presario 1600?
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 22:19:01 +0200
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bruce Schultz) wrote:
[snip]
> Finding a supported built-in modem will be nearly impossible. I'm not
> familiar with any that work. All that I've seen are winmodems.
I've got an internal 56k modem which just looks like an additional
serial port to the OS. Very nice!
(It's a Vobis notebook, only available in Germany and some of its
neighbour countries, I think.)
Richard
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PGP key fingerprint: C5 59 22 97 80 12 34 C6 6E CE 27 32 2A 44 2C 4A
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From: "Friedhelm Oja" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Need Help Configuring Wangtec Streamer SCSI / Amanda Backup
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 23:44:41 +0200
I 've been looking for howto's but found none
Anybody here who has an working amanda.conf - file for a wnagtec 51000 m75
SCSI Streamer 1 GB band?
f.oja
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
germany
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From: Andrew de los Reyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: My crazy email scheme
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 22:19:53 GMT
I have a crazy email idea that I think requires some fancy software. But
first, let me tell you what I know about email delivery.
Assume I'm [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Here is the process from start to finish.
dynamic dialup IP - My Computer (I write message to [EMAIL PROTECTED])
|
| (SMTP commands)
V
mail.chicagonet.net
|
| (Protocol unknown to me)
V
mail.sprint.net
|
| (POP3 Commands)
V
Joe's computer (floating IP)
here's the problem. I have an account ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), but I
also have an account at NetForward ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Mail to
NetForward gets forwarded to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (this way if I
change my ISP...) When I send mail out, chicagonet refuses to let me put
my return address as [EMAIL PROTECTED] (to prevent spam).
So here's my idea. Why not eliminate mail.chicagonet.net from the
outgoing chain? Like this:
dynamic dialup IP - My Computer (I write message to [EMAIL PROTECTED])
|
| (Protocol unknown to me)
V
mail.sprint.net
|
| (POP3 Commands)
V
Joe's computer (floating IP)
this way sprint gets what it wants and I can say my address is
[EMAIL PROTECTED] .
But what is this protocol that mail servers use to talk to each other?
Are there problems I havent forseen? If you know of software to do this
(preferably for linux) or of a protocol (RFC would be nice so I can
write my own program), please let me know.
Thanks in advance,
Andrew de los Reyes
<[EMAIL PROTECTED] OR [EMAIL PROTECTED] OR [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
if you email me, pick ONE of the above addresses.
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Can't run executables (yes I use ./)
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 23:33:33 +0000
Frederic L. W. Meunier wrote:
> Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >This may be a problem with your libraries:
> >Check ldd executable_name, if all reqired libs are present on your system.
> Hmm, but if they're not on the system a message like
> can't load or locate foo.so.0 isn't shown?
>
> --
> Frederic L. W. Meunier = Niteroi, RJ - Brazil = Tel: +55-21-620-7173
> Contact: fredlwm@{olympiquedemarseille.org,urbi.com.br} = IRC: _19751127
> [root@marseille /tmp]# f{l,r}ames;java*;HTML_mail;SPAM > /dev/null
Nope, the shell has no idea of what's going on in an application. If the
program itself doesn't write
any hint to cerr, there will be no system msg alike.
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From: Timothy Fossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: sendmail RH6.0 aliases database file format
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 17:11:44 -0500
I've been trying to access the /etc/aliases.db file on RedHat 6.0. The
praliases.c source file in the sendmail source tree appears to use the access
methods in db.h, but if I compile praliases.c separately -- using #define
NEWDB, the executable does not behave the same as the installed
/usr/sbin/praliases executable.
A little debugging shows that the DB_VERSION_MAJOR value in db.h is 2, which
results in the compiling in the call to db_open instead of dbopen. But the
call to db_open fails! Upon looking at the RH6.0 executable
/usr/sbin/praliases, I noticed a reference to "dbopen" instead of "db_open".
But "dbopen" is not defined in db.h!
I fixed the problem by linking in the db1 library routines (with header files
in db1/db.h, and which use dbopen instead of db_open) instead.
My question is: how can I reconcile the sources distributed with RH6.0 and the
executables purportedly generated from them?
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From: Michael McConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: who makes the best Linux? Microsoft?
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 23:39:48 +0100
On 11 Jul 1999, JY wrote:
> who makes the best Linux? Microsoft?
Nope. Linus Torvalds.
-- Michael "Soruk" McConnell [Red Hat 6.0 Available!]
Eridani Star System -- The Most Up-to-Date Red Hat Linux CDROMs Available
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.amush.cx/linux/ Fax: +44-8701-600807
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From: "Ed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install,redhat.config
Subject: Re: IP Masquerading - Can't use Host names only IP address
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 17:14:21 -0400
You guy's are great. You pin pointed the problem. It was entering the DNS
info on the win98 machine. I'm writing this on the Win98 and going trough
Linux. I'm a happy man now, it's all starting to come together. Thanks fo
all the help that was offered, it is greatly appreciated.
Ed
> Do you enter the DNS in your windoze box under Control
>Panel/Network/TCPIP->NIC/DNS Configuration/DNS Server Search Order ?
>That may be the reason. Hope it helps.
>
>--
>Eugene
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Can i save my kernel to a floppy?
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 22:51:50 GMT
hi there
since i compiled a kernel that seems to work well , can i save it to
a floppy and use it as a replacement if i crash my system? if so what
all do i save just vmlinuz? and /or /System.map
thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (JY)
Subject: who makes the best Linux? Microsoft?
Date: 11 Jul 1999 08:14:50 GMT
who makes the best Linux? Microsoft?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (JFW)
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Shortcomings of Linux?
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 23:03:48 GMT
On Sat, 17 Jul 1999 19:43:46 GMT, "William B. Cattell"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I believe that Holger is voicing HIS opinion about Linux and
>it's IP stack. I'm not a developer so I don't know about
>programming stuff... BUT, I do know that one programmer
>saying that "the 'other' guy's code isn't right cause it
>doesn't work with *my* program" isn't seeing the big
>picture.
No, Holger is complaining about the (valid) interoperability
problems of the IP stack in Linux vs the rest of the world.
Specifically, interoperability between BSD-derived stacks
(which makes up a substantial portion of the total boxes
on the internet, just behind MS and substantially more than
Linux) and Linux. Holger's concern for interoperability comes
from his own experiences as a developer of a TCP/IP stack
for the Amiga (derived from BSD reference code). Many others
have had similar problems getting the Linux developer "cloud"
to admit to bugs in the networking code that represented less
than common situations.
>It seems to me that a good many developers have ported their
>code to linux and its IP protocol without much problem.
>This just seems to be a serious case of Microserf style
>FUD. JMHO.
Again, this isn't about writing code for Linux, this is about bugs
in Linux's implementation of it's IP stack (and thus it's ability
to interoperate with other IP stacks). Before you blow off
someone's argument, and start making comments about his
motives perhaps you should _READ_ his argument.
Interoperability is the fundamental concern with network stacks
because a network stack that cannot interoperate smoothly with
other stacks is both bad for it's users, and bad for the rest of
the folks who are exposed to its problems on the net. Linux has
some problems in this regard, mostly due to things Holger had
mentioned (such as the general lack of interoperability testing
by Linux developers in a formal setting, which is essentially
required to ensure a stack is meeting ALL of the spec, not just
the commonly used parts).
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From: Erik de Castro Lopo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Need Hum Filter for WAV file
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 08:52:07 +1000
Bob Washburne wrote:
>
> Greetings!
>
> OK, I've searched DejaNews and FreshMeat for the last hour and have
> found only the faintest of clues. Could someone please point me in the
> right direction?
>
> I need a program which can filter out the hum from a .wav file.
I think there are two listed here:
http://www.bright.net/~dlphilp/linuxsound/one-page.html
Erik
--
+-------------------------------------------------+
Erik de Castro Lopo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
+-------------------------------------------------+
Perl : executable line noise
Python: executable pseudo-code
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