Linux-Misc Digest #66, Volume #21 Sun, 18 Jul 99 01:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: HELP: Kernel panic - Unable to mount root fs ("Fr�d�ric Dupas")
Re: My crazy email scheme (Lev Babiev)
Re: script breaks: how compatible bash is with sh/ksh (Ken Pizzini)
Sony SDT-2000 Can't mount KDE's tape backup. ("Spotillius Maximus aka \"Spot\"")
Re: spontaneous reboots in RH 5.2 (Michael Lee Yohe)
Re: OVER 18 ONLY! 20330 (Inspector #8)
Re: Did you switch from Windows to Linux? (Dennis)
Re: i am going insane (Norman Levin)
Re: Linux IRQ oops ("Floydd")
After updating glibc gcc can't resolve strptime() (Alejandro Olchik)
RH6.0 Support for > 1GB RAM (Charles Saliba)
Re: clean /tmp on reboot? (Norman Levin)
Connect to ISP when phone rings: is this possible? (TAT)
Re: hee hee hee %-) (Glenn Valenta)
Re: After updating glibc gcc can't resolve strptime() (John McKown)
Re: Chmoding directories for �O�thers: x or rx? (John Winters)
Can't find libcrypt.so.1, or is it lncurses (Don Whitlow)
Re: Problem booting - Redhat (electra41)
Unable to mount second hard-drive ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: System Prompt (Matthew Bafford)
Re: Can't find libcrypt.so.1, or is it lncurses (Howard Mann)
Formatting (electra41)
Re: Formatting (Justin B Willoughby)
Re: Formatting (Bob Martin)
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From: "Fr�d�ric Dupas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: HELP: Kernel panic - Unable to mount root fs
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 03:13:07 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Jim Kimball wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > When I first tried to create the new partition, I was in XWindows
> >
> > "X" or "X Window System", not XWindows.
> >
> > ...
> > Mark.
> >
>
> Mark -
>
> While I appreciate your attempt to point me in the right direction,
> it has been my experience that X, X Window System, and X Windows are all
> used
> interchangeably.
>
> I am not alone in thinking this. The following is from the man page for
> 'xlsfonts' on an AIX box:
>
> "xlsfonts Command
>
> Purpose
>
> Displays the font list for X-Windows.
>
> ..."
>
> Jim
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
Sorry, Jim, but I agree with Mark :
>From my linux box with Readhat 5.2 :
[fd@frodom fd]$ man X
X(1) X(1)
NAME
X - a portable, network-transparent window system
SYNOPSIS
The X Window System is a network transparent window system
which runs on a wide range of computing and graphics
machines. It should be relatively straightforward to
build the X Consortium software distribution on most ANSI
C and POSIX compliant systems. Commercial implementations
are also available for a wide range of platforms.
The X Consortium requests that the following names be used
when referring to this software:
X
X Window System
X Version 11
X Window System, Version 11
X11
X Window System is a trademark of X Consortium, Inc.
<...>
It is quite clear that the X Consortium doesn't speak of X Windows
no "s" --^
I have always thought that IBM (AIX) is not good about unix!
And uses "Windows" for Microsoft Os ...
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From: Lev Babiev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: My crazy email scheme
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 19:54:49 -0400
Sounds like you need to install an MTA on your machine. sendmail, qmail
or
postfix should do the trick.
- Lev
Andrew de los Reyes wrote:
>
> 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.
>
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> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ken Pizzini)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.shell,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: script breaks: how compatible bash is with sh/ksh
Date: 17 Jul 1999 20:56:59 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 16 Jul 1999 14:28:50 -0500,
Kenny McCormack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Unfortunately, BASH does have a [[ ]] thingie, but it is a different [[ ]]
>thingie than the ksh [[ ]] thingie.
How so? They seem very similar to me; how do they differ?
--Ken Pizzini
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From: "Spotillius Maximus aka \"Spot\"" <*****@ix.netcom.com>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Sony SDT-2000 Can't mount KDE's tape backup.
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 21:25:06 -0400
So far, I'm slowly getting the system where I want it. I tried mounting it
with /dev/st0 or /dev/tape and it say's it can't find tape. Is there a
driver needed for this drive? Thanks again for the help.
Ed
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Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 19:42:12 -0500
From: Michael Lee Yohe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: spontaneous reboots in RH 5.2
> Has anybody had problems with Linux rebooting spontaneously under some
> serious number crunching? Or under PPP? Tips on how to isolate the
> problem? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> Celeron 300A O/C to 450 @ 2.2V, Asus P2-B, 128MB of PC100 memory, Matrox
This is your problem. Just because Windows does not act up doesn't mean
nothing is wrong. Linux is super-sensitive to the hardware
environment. Drop your Celeron to what it was rated for at the proper
voltage settings - you won't notice it reboot then.
--
Michael Lee Yohe ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
BRADS A3 Diagnostic Kernel Lead Engineer
PEI Electronics, Inc.
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From: Inspector #8 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.lynx
Subject: Re: OVER 18 ONLY! 20330
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 01:02:12 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> ADULTS ONLY!
>
> Click the link below:
>
>
>
> Jj4TK9o%&#
Well what if i'm 12 and I always look anyway.Will you be legally
responsible?
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From: Dennis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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 21:59:27 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Brad Grimes wrote:
>
> If so, I'm writing a magazine article about operating systems and I'd like
> to hear from you. Drop me a line at:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Thanks
It would be good if people responding to this request would also explain
how they use Linux. For example, a web server for your company, general
purpose office use, etc. Also, it would be even better if you could
mention the applications you use most.
Dennis,
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Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 20:09:34 -0500
From: Norman Levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,
Subject: Re: i am going insane
How big is your gateway disk? If it was 10+ meg and you moved "C" down to the
8Meg line, you may JUST be at the 1024 cylinder boundary that LILO can use for
booting. As for getting a SCSI controller instead of an EIDE controller - but
happy.
--
Norman Levin
vm/dynAmIX inc.
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From: "Floydd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Linux IRQ oops
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 02:17:45 GMT
i', a slackware guy... but this seems to be distribution independant....
what's wrong with adding:
append="ether=0,0,eth1"
to lilo.conf? (if this is a second ethernet card)
if it;s the first ethernet card, why is this even an issue? shouldn't it
get detected on boot? or does modprobe need that much specific info?
maybe now i'm getting distribution specific... hmmmmmmmmmm
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> "Hunter Ritchie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 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
> >tried 'ifconfig' and 'ether=' at boot. Neither has worked (which means
they
> >both probably do and I just didn't use them correctly.)
>
> I suspect it will being passed to the relevant module as an argument in
> one of the init scripts residing in /etc/rc.d. I don't use redhat
personally
> (because they make such a dogs dinner of lots of supposedly simple things
> including the /etc/rc.d filesystem ironically) so I couldn't tell you
which
> one but look for something called rc.inet or similar and then search for
"eth"
> and the number 5 in the file.
>
> NJR
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From: Alejandro Olchik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: After updating glibc gcc can't resolve strptime()
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 00:18:21 GMT
I have updated from glib2.0 to glib2.1.1.
After some problems updating my Debian all the system
seems to work well. The only problem is that I can't find
the function strptime() inside the library.
Any suggestion?
Alejandro.
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From: Charles Saliba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH6.0 Support for > 1GB RAM
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 23:06:49 -0400
I am using RedHat 6.0 on an HP server with 1.25 GB of memory, but I can
only use 970MG.
Does anybody know if this limitation is in the kernel (2.2) or is it in
Redhat release. And, is there a work around, because we are looking at
upgrading the memory to 2GB to enhance performance.
Cheers,
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Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 18:03:01 -0400
From: Norman Levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: clean /tmp on reboot?
You mean linux is storing them in /tmp? What ever happened to /var/tmp which
would make more sense.
--
Norman Levin
vm/dynAmIX inc.
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From: TAT
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Connect to ISP when phone rings: is this possible?
Date: 18 Jul 1999 02:57:47 GMT
Hi all
Is it possible to have my modem detect an incoming call, hang up
on that call and immediately run pppon? I'd like to connect to my
home machine from office, and I don't have a modem at office.
TIA
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From: Glenn Valenta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: hee hee hee %-)
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 03:52:07 GMT
gmealer wrote:
>
> do y'all ever get the urge to read comp.os.windows.* ? hee hee... I do
> sometimes, when i want to feel dirty.... ;-}
>
> I get a right kick out of seeing every third message contain a reference to
> the magic R word, "restart".
It would be fun to just respond to every post with the line "just reboot".
In fact, it would be wise to write a script to do this. (for as long as your
ISP will let you live)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John McKown)
Subject: Re: After updating glibc gcc can't resolve strptime()
Date: 18 Jul 1999 03:34:57 GMT
On Sun, 18 Jul 1999 00:18:21 GMT, Alejandro Olchik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have updated from glib2.0 to glib2.1.1.
>The only problem is that I can't find
>the function strptime() inside the library.
On my RedHat 6.0 system, that function is in /lib/libc.so.6 which is a
symlink to /lib/libc-2.1.1.so . It also appears to be defined in the
file /usr/lib/libc.a . I think the libc.a is for 'statically linked'
programs. Oh, there is also a reference in /usr/lib/libc.so to the
file /lib/libc.so.6. I think this last is how the /lib/libc.so.6 is
found by the dynamic linker (is that what's it's called? - the thing
that loads the shared libraries).
Hope this is of some help to you.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Winters)
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Chmoding directories for �O�thers: x or rx?
Date: 18 Jul 1999 05:17:11 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Gilles Pelletier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>It seems my question was too complicated. Take two.
>
>Is there any security advantage to chmoding a directory rx instead of
>only x?
It's very difficult to conceive of one. "rx" is a more liberal setting
than just "x" so anything which can be done given "x" can also be
done given "rx". Some things which can be done given "rx" cannot
be done given just "x".
I'd be very surprised if anyone can come up with a security advantage
of "rx" over "x".
John
--
John Winters. Wallingford, Oxon, England.
The Linux Emporium - a source for Linux CDs in the UK
See <http://www.polo.demon.co.uk/emporium.html>
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From: Don Whitlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Can't find libcrypt.so.1, or is it lncurses
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 22:31:33 -0500
Hi All,
I just pulled the source for BitchX, and when I try to compile, it fails
stating it can't find functions in lncurses. I have also tried to
install the precompiled RPM for BitchX, and it complains about not being
able to find libcrypt.so.1.
I am running OpenLinux 2.2. Any idea on where I can find either the
package containing lncurses, or how do I get libcrypt.so.1 available?
Thanks in advance for any help. Sorry if this is a stupid question ahead
of time, but I haven't been able to find anything in docs I have seen
about this.
Sincerely,
Don
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From: electra41 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem booting - Redhat
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 13:56:50 +1000
Vijay Mayadas wrote:
> I had to shutdown down my Redhat 6.0 system (running on a Dell poweredge
> 1300) and bypass the usual shutdown -h command.
>
> When I rebooted the system, it came up with:
>
> /dev/sda9: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY: RUN fsck MANUALLY...
>
> It dropped me into the shell and I typed 'fsck'. Nothing happened except the
> version of fsck was displayed.
>
> How am I supposed to run fsck?
>
fsck usage: fsck device
where device is your partition. For your case:
fsck /dev/sda9
or on my Linux, I should use e2fsck.
> Any help appreciated.
>
> Vijay
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Unable to mount second hard-drive
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 04:15:16 GMT
The first time I installed Linux, it offered access to all the
partitions on my Master and Slave drive. Since then,When I try to
reinstall Linux I get the error message:An error occurred reading the
partition table for the block device hdb. The error was: no free
resources.
The partition that I have Linux installed on is too small to install
any application programs. I would like to install Linux on a larger
partition on my slave drive or be able to install applications in other
partitions on hdb and be able to access them from the Linux ext2
partition.
Thank you for your help.
New Linux user
KC4COP
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From: *@dragons.duesouth.net (Matthew Bafford)
Subject: Re: System Prompt
Reply-To: *@dragons.duesouth.net
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 04:38:50 GMT
And so it happened, on Sat, 17 Jul 1999 20:04:26 -0400, Alexander Lem
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed random characters into perl, and ended up with the
following posted to comp.os.linux.misc:
: Do any of you know how does one make the system prompt dynamic so as to
: always show the complete path of the current working directory your in
: one you cd into it?
man <shell name>
: Thanks for your help.
HTH,
--Matthew
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From: Howard Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't find libcrypt.so.1, or is it lncurses
Date: 18 Jul 1999 04:13:28 GMT
In article <7mrhup$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Don Whitlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi All,
>
> I just pulled the source for BitchX, and when I try to compile, it fails
> stating it can't find functions in lncurses. I have also tried to
> install the precompiled RPM for BitchX, and it complains about not being
> able to find libcrypt.so.1.
>
> I am running OpenLinux 2.2. Any idea on where I can find either the
> package containing lncurses, or how do I get libcrypt.so.1 available?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help. Sorry if this is a stupid question ahead
> of time, but I haven't been able to find anything in docs I have seen
> about this.
>
> Sincerely,
> Don
>
http://rufus.w3.org/linux/RPM/contrib/libc5/i386/libcrypt1-1.0-5.i386.html
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: electra41 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Formatting
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 14:05:27 +1000
how to format a partition? I need to format swap partition, after
resizing it!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Justin B Willoughby)
Subject: Re: Formatting
Date: 18 Jul 1999 04:21:25 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Justin B Willoughby)
electra41 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes:
> how to format a partition? I need to format swap partition, after
> resizing it!
mkswap /dev/hd??
man mkswap for more info.
Cheers,
- Justin
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From: Bob Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Formatting
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 04:39:34 +0000
electra41 wrote:
>
> how to format a partition? I need to format swap partition, after
> resizing it!
Use mkswap, see the man page
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