Linux-Misc Digest #183, Volume #21 Tue, 27 Jul 99 11:13:16 EDT
Contents:
mkbootdisk for RH 4.2 ?? ("Alex Abreu")
Re: external modem trouble (gus)
mt seek and DLT4000 tape drive ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
PIKT, Problem Informant/Killer Tool, v1.6.0 released
external modem trouble (Neil Zanella)
Re: Shortcomings of Linux? ("Timothy Rue")
Re: drives mount in linux and dos-like OS's (David T. Blake)
playing resident evil 2 in linux? (Gaiko Kyofusho)
Emacs 20.4 released (Free Software Foundation)
Re: How to reduce the desktop size (Brian Rectanus)
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From: "Alex Abreu" <simonet@(spam? no thanx)bhnet.com.br>
Subject: mkbootdisk for RH 4.2 ??
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 08:37:31 -0500
I've followed the guidelines on every how-to, guides, mini-how-to's, and
other docs for creating a boot/root disk, but I haven't been able to get one
to work. I am very frustrated about that.
I am using RH4.2 with kernel 2.0.36. I read somewhere that RH 5 comes with
an utility called mkbootdisk or something like that. I'd like to know if
there is a similar tool that will run on RH 4.2, or perhaps someone has
written a shell script that will easen the process of creating boot/root
disks. This would really help me a lot .
I'd also would like to know if I can compile mkbootdisk that comes with RH 5
so it runs fine on RH 4.2.
Thanks in advance.
Alex
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From: gus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: external modem trouble
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 14:57:33 +0100
Neil Zanella wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I have an old USR Sportster Flash external serial modem.
> The computer it connects to has one male serial port and one male parallel
> port. The cable I have connects the modem's parallel port to the
> computer's serial port. This makes it impossible to utilize my serial
> mouse and modem simultaneously. Is it possible to convert the parallel
> port on the computer to a serial port with an adapter so that I may
> utilize the mouse and modem simultaneously?
>
The modem does not have a parallel port ... ;-) YOu get two types of
serial port, the one has a larger connector then the other. The normal
external USR Sportster Flash has a large (25pin) Serial port on the
modem and a smaller 9pin connector to connect to the computer. This is
normal.
It is also unhappily common for computers (especially the Dell /
Gateway) computers to have only one serial port.
Your options are as follows:
1. Get an internal modem and use the serial port for the mouse.
2. Get a PS2 type mouse (has a plug like a modern keyboard) and use the
serial port for the modem
3. Upgrade your otherboard to one with more than one serial port
4. buy a "multi i/o" card which has additional serial ports on.
I would recommend option 2 if possible. It is also potentially possible
that your serail mouse *may* work if used with an adaptor to the PS/2
mouse port.
As for minicom, try the following:
rm /dev/modem
ln -s /dev/ttyS0 /dev/modem
minicom
gus
> Also, how do I configure an external modem under Linux? I tried connecting
> the modem and using minicom but when I type AT commands they don't even
> appear under minicom.
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
> Neil Zanella
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: mt seek and DLT4000 tape drive
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 13:30:22 GMT
Hi all,
I am trying now to use more advanced features of our Quantum PowerStor
L200 DLT 4000 tape drive (Linux RH5.2). Restoring a file could take more
than two hours, so I would like to use the mt seek option to skip blocks
on the tape before starting to read.
Here is what I tried:
[root@x /]# tar -cvf /dev/st0 /etc
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 1999-07-27 13:04 etc/
-rw-r--r-- root/root 82 1999-05-22 19:11 etc/hosts
-rw-r--r-- root/root 754 1998-10-13 23:06 etc/csh.cshrc
-rw-r--r-- root/root 198 1999-07-14 15:08 etc/exports
-rw-r--r-- root/root 1207 1999-07-13 14:17 etc/group
<SNIP>
[root@x /]# mt -f /dev/nst0 tell
At block 0.
[root@x /]# tar -tvf /dev/nst0
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 1999-07-27 13:04 etc/
-rw-r--r-- root/root 82 1999-05-22 19:11 etc/hosts
-rw-r--r-- root/root 754 1998-10-13 23:06 etc/csh.cshrc
-rw-r--r-- root/root 198 1999-07-14 15:08 etc/exports
-rw-r--r-- root/root 1207 1999-07-13 14:17 etc/group
<SNIP>
[root@x /]# mt -f /dev/nst0 tell
At block 210.
[root@x /]# mt rewind
[root@x /]# mt -f /dev/nst0 seek 100
[root@x /]# mt -f /dev/nst0 tell
At block 0.
[root@x /]# tar -tvf /dev/nst0
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 1999-07-27 13:04 etc/
-rw-r--r-- root/root 82 1999-05-22 19:11 etc/hosts
-rw-r--r-- root/root 754 1998-10-13 23:06 etc/csh.cshrc
-rw-r--r-- root/root 198 1999-07-14 15:08 etc/exports
-rw-r--r-- root/root 1207 1999-07-13 14:17 etc/group
<SNIP>
So the command seek does not seems to advance the tape at all.
Has anybody tried it? Any suggestions?
F.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
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Subject: PIKT, Problem Informant/Killer Tool, v1.6.0 released
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 11:52:05 GMT
PIKT, Problem Informant/Killer Tool, version 1.6.0
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From: Neil Zanella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: external modem trouble
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 11:07:06 -0230
Hello,
I have an old USR Sportster Flash external serial modem.
The computer it connects to has one male serial port and one male parallel
port. The cable I have connects the modem's parallel port to the
computer's serial port. This makes it impossible to utilize my serial
mouse and modem simultaneously. Is it possible to convert the parallel
port on the computer to a serial port with an adapter so that I may
utilize the mouse and modem simultaneously?
Also, how do I configure an external modem under Linux? I tried connecting
the modem and using minicom but when I type AT commands they don't even
appear under minicom.
Thanks for your help,
Neil Zanella
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Timothy Rue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Shortcomings of Linux?
Date: 27 Jul 99 08:27:49 -0500
On 27-Jul-99 01:51:18 Floyd Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
FD> Mr. Holger was clearly in error when he made that statement. Your
FD> list of "MS-CHAP" sites was just as clearly in error. You both seem to
FD> be suffering "kennel blindness" to borrow a phrase from dog breeders.
Shouldn't that read "Kernel blindness"?
:)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David T. Blake)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: drives mount in linux and dos-like OS's
Date: 27 Jul 1999 13:38:11 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Alexander Viro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> D'oh. So write it... It's a one-liner - mount name_of_the_mountpoint and
> there you go. Just add the appropriate line into /etc/fstab (don't
> forget to add noauto,user to options field). What's the problem?
I think he probably wants to add user,auto to /etc/fstab
so that he doesn't even need the script.
Or use supermount.
--
Dave Blake
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From: Gaiko Kyofusho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: playing resident evil 2 in linux?
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 13:51:18 GMT
Hi, i was just wondering if anyone out there knows of a way to get the
game "resident evil" working in linux? i have played around
(unsucessfully) with wine and am hoping that perhaps there are some
patches <of sorts> that might allow me to play it in linux. Any help
would be greatly appricated!
-Gaiko
Gaikokujin Kyofusho
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Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 10:57:16 -0400
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From: Brian Rectanus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to reduce the desktop size
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 10:16:38 -0400
"J.N. Subrahmanyam" wrote:
>
> Dear friends,
> Previously, I used to do ctrl+alt+"+" to change the size of the desktop.
> Now I am using a different linux system. Using ctrl+alt+"+" I am not
> able to change the desktop size. Could somebody help me in changing the
> size of my desktop using the above mentioned procedure.
>
> Regards,
> subrahmanyam
>
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Look in /etc/X11/XF86Config for the following option. Make sure this
option is commented out, then restart X. Also make sure you are using
the Keypad's +/-.
# Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> mode switching
# sequences. This allows clients to receive these key events.
# DontZoom
-Brian
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