Linux-Misc Digest #195, Volume #21 Wed, 28 Jul 99 14:13:10 EDT
Contents:
Re: RH6 timezone ("Tom Furie")
Re: Powering down, RH6.0 with new kernel (JM)
CD player ? (Peter Stein)
Re: Need script to convert filenames from UPPER to lower (JM)
Kernel Panic: No init found (Mark Mykkanen)
Gnome doesn't work correctly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux has finally crashed (mlw)
Re: Reading News Offline (John Thompson)
Re: Linux has finally crashed (Gerald Willmann)
Re: CD player ? (Gerald Willmann)
Am I damaging my Monitor !! ("Rakesh Mistry")
Re: Shortcomings of Linux? (Anthony Ord)
Unresolved symbols in module... ("Alex Abreu")
Re: Am I damaging my Monitor !! (Jim McIntyre)
Re: Backup a huge file accross floppies (Leonard Evens)
Re: Real player G2 beta for linux (Leonard Evens)
Re: Kernel Panic: No init found (Chris Madden)
Re: Reading News Offline (Roberto Alsina)
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From: "Tom Furie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH6 timezone
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 16:38:46 +0100
jerrad pierce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> How do you change a system's timezone in RH6 (EST->GMT)? I've heard from
previous versions to use /usr/lib/timeinfo or something, but I have no such
directory on my system.
I don't know if it changed in version 6 but in 5.2 timeconfig does the trick
and doesn't require a reboot.
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
From: JM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Powering down, RH6.0 with new kernel
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 13:23:51 GMT
I think the kernel sources default to disable "Poweroff on shutdown"
in the Advanced Power management settings tab.
Check this option under the "Power management" subsection
in the kernel config.
Steven E Bourland wrote:
> When I first installed RH6.0 and 'shutdown -h now', the machine would
> actually
> power down on its own (I didn't have to hit the power switch). Being
> the lazy boy
> that I am, when I compiled a new kernel (2.2.10) and it quit powering
> down on its
> own, I was quite miffed. I saw earlier posted re: Suse and this problem
> which said
> to add '-p' to the final line in rc.halt. Well, I checked my rc.halt
> and it seems to
> already have the '-p' in there (along with three other switches, which I
> don't recall
> right now as I am at work). The line looked something like:
>
> $eval -i -v -p
>
> (Not super sure I am remember things correctly).
>
> Is anyone else having this occur? Anyone know how to get it back to the
> lazy man's
> situation where I don't have to put all that effort into crawling under
> my table to find
> the silly power button?
>
> TIA,
> Steve
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Stein)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: CD player ?
Date: 28 Jul 1999 15:05:02 GMT
What's a good CD player? I've been using 'xplaycd' which is
mentioned in the CD-ROM HOWTO. It's adequate, but am wondering
if anyone else has compared different players and come up with
a clear favorite.
Peter Stein
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: JM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Need script to convert filenames from UPPER to lower
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 15:24:08 GMT
assuming some kind of linux and bash and
that you have gawk..
ls > upperlist.txt
(or ls --color=no > upperlist.txt if you have the
fancy ansi color settings on for ls in bash)
gawk '{print "mv",$0,tolower($0)}' upperlist.txt > /tmp/renameemall
chmod 700 /tmp/renameemall
/tmp/renameemall
and rm /tmp/renameemall
to clean up.
cheers..
JM
Phil Ward wrote:
> Try this one:
>
> gawk '{print tolower($0)}' lowerlist.txt > upperlist.txt
>
> Phil
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From: Mark Mykkanen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Kernel Panic: No init found
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 10:51:23 -0500
I am trying to setup a MCA 486 with RedHat 6.0 using a ppa Zip drive. I
made the kernel and installed what I thought I would need of rpms to the
zip disk. The system boots on a floppy and stops on the message:
Kernel Panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel.
I have the /etc/fstab and /etc/inittab properly configured (I think). Is
there anything special that I have to do when installing it to a zip
drive? I've read the HOWTOs on the Zip drive and now I am stuck. How do
I tell the kernel where my init is?
I appreciate any help, thanks!
- Mark
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Gnome doesn't work correctly
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 14:56:45 GMT
Hi,
I have just installed RedHat 5.1 and GNOME that
comes with the CD. I have also added "exec gnome-session"
to the end of the .Xclients file.
I was able to start gnome, however, the windows
don't have any frames, scroll bars and title
bars, and they seem to overlap on the top-left
part of the screen.
Is there anything else that I should do to make it
work ?
Thanks
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From: mlw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: Linux has finally crashed
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 16:15:27 +0000
K Kal wrote:
>
> Hello guys,
>
> I have a big problem on my hands!
>
> I think I've crashed my Linux system. I was running some applications
> in the background, and all of a sudden the system froze. I know that
> doesn't make sense, but that's what happened!
>
> I tried to login remotely, but didn't get anywhere. So I hit the reset
> button on the computer. Now the system won't boot up!!
>
> As it is doing its initial boot up it says the following:
>
> Checking root filesystem
> /dev/hda6 contains a file system with errors, check forced
>
> [FAILED]
>
> /dev/hda6: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENSY; RUN fsck MANUALLY
> (ie, without -a or -p options)
>
> *** An error occurred during the file system check
> *** Dropping you to a shell; the system will reboot
> *** when you leave the shell.
>
> Give root password for maintenance
> (or type Control-D for normal startup):
>
> Do you have any clue as to what the problem might be or even how to fix
> it/get around it??? I'm afraid I might have to re-format!!
>
The only time I ever see this is a due to a flakey X server and using
Netscape. It has happened to me four times in three years.
--
Mohawk Software
Windows 95, Windows NT, UNIX, Linux. Applications, drivers, support.
Visit http://www.mohawksoft.com
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Reading News Offline
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 09:11:54 -0600
Tapio Riikonen wrote:
>
> A few days ago I installed slrn and slrn-pull on my solitary home
> machine without troubles. I'm impressed with the systems functionality
> and ease of use. Moreover, slrn has unobtrusive, pleasant console
> colours.
>
> Now I'd like to have the option of reading my news spool with Netscape
> or KRN. After some unsuccessful attempts I give up and ask for your
> help.
>
> How do I access this local news spool (/var/spool/slrnpull/news) and
> subscribe to news groups in Netscape and/or KRN?
AFAIK, you will have to run an nntp server (ie, leafnode,
inn) to read the local spool and make it available to
standard nntp clients.
--
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: Gerald Willmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: Linux has finally crashed
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 09:25:29 -0700
> K Kal wrote:
[...]
> > /dev/hda6: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENSY; RUN fsck MANUALLY
> > (ie, without -a or -p options)
> > *** An error occurred during the file system check
> > *** Dropping you to a shell; the system will reboot
> > *** when you leave the shell.
> > Give root password for maintenance
> > (or type Control-D for normal startup):
> > Do you have any clue as to what the problem might be or even how to fix
> > it/get around it??? I'm afraid I might have to re-format!!
so have you tried checking it manually? log in as root, run fsck manually
and see what it says then. Is hda6 your / ?
Gerald
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From: Gerald Willmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: CD player ?
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 09:28:14 -0700
On 28 Jul 1999, Peter Stein wrote:
> What's a good CD player? I've been using 'xplaycd' which is
> mentioned in the CD-ROM HOWTO. It's adequate, but am wondering
> if anyone else has compared different players and come up with
> a clear favorite.
try xmcd - it's pretty sophisticated, a little too much so IMHO
but you'll see
Gerald
PS: http://metalab.unc.edu/tkan/xmcd/
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From: "Rakesh Mistry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Am I damaging my Monitor !!
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 21:29:16 +0300
Hi all
I am currently running RH6.0 on a PII 350 + 64 MB ram + 16mb Riva TNT
machine. I also have a 15'' monitor that is not listed under Xconfigurator.
the problem 'i think' is that when I switch to different resolutions (Ctrl +
Alt +/- ) the screen seems distorted at different areas (depending on the
resolution). Am I damaging my monitor ? Also when X just starts up (the grey
screen just before the logon) there are horizontal lines moving across the
screen, but once the logon screen appears it looks fine !!
At the moment I have X up and running but I am not sure if I have chosen
refresh rates that may be harmful to my Monitor.
My monitor manual says the following :
'15 inch multi-scanning color monitor capable of resolutions up to 1280 x
1024 (non-interlaced)'
' Multi-scanning at horizontal frequencies of 30KHz to 70 Khz, and vertical
frequencies of 50KHz to 100KHz'
I have chosen a custom monitor type and selected one
'that is capable of 1280 x 1024 at 60Khz'
I have also chosen a few other resolutions that I would like
eg 800x600 etc.
How do I know which one to choose ?
Any info would be great !!
I would appreciate if you could email me directly at
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(remove the REMOVETHIS :)
TIA
Rax
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anthony Ord)
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Shortcomings of Linux?
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 17:03:39 GMT
On Tue, 27 Jul 1999 04:42:00 GMT, "Jeffrey D. Webster"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Anthony Ord wrote:
>> On Thu, 22 Jul 1999 04:48:01 GMT, "Jeffrey D. Webster"
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<snip>
>> > I didn't see him state that "everybody" is using it.
>>
>> --- START INSERT ---
>>
>> On 18 Jul 1999 18:00:18 GMT, Holger Kruse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >But it does work. MS-CHAP was extremely unpopular, broke
>> >some PPP implementations, has major security flaws (even in
>> >V2), yet Microsoft pushed it through by implementing it
>> >in 95/98/NT, and now everybody is using it. Even third parties
>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> >were forced to implement it, or they would have lost market
>> >share.
>>
>> ---END INSERT ---
>>
>> >Making this stuff up
>> >as we go a long, are we?
>>
>> Obviously Chris Lee isn't making it up is he?
>>
>> I believe you have an apology to make to him.
>
> No, I don't believe I do. Note the quotes around "everybody".
>
> In other words, for those less familiar with english, there is a literal
>context, and the figurative (exaggerated) context.
>
> "Everybody smokes Marlboros!" -- I think we know what this means.
> "Everybody loves Bill Clinton!" -- Said quite often, yet we know it's only a
>figurative statement with regards to the majority (72% approval ratings, at one
>time).
>
> Hence, my statement stands: he did not say "everybody" as in "none excluded"
"I don't know what you mean by 'glory'," Alice said.
Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. "Of course you
don't -- till I tell you. I meant 'there's a nice
knock-down argument for you!'"
"But glory doesn't mean 'a nice knock-down
argument'," Alice objected.
"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather
scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean --
neither more nor less."
"Alice in Wonderland" - Lewis Carrol
>Regards,
>Jeffrey D. Webster
--
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| And when our worlds |
| They fall apart |
| When the walls come tumbling in |
| Though we may deserve it |
| It will be worth it - Depeche Mode |
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From: "Alex Abreu" <simonet@(spam? no thanx)bhnet.com.br>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Unresolved symbols in module...
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 11:54:32 -0500
After compiling my kernel and rebooting it, I got the message "Unresolved
symbols in module ..." for a lot of modules. I did everything by the book:
make mrproper ; make menuconfig ; make dep ; make clean ; make boot ; make
modules ; make modules_install
I am using RH 4.2 w/ kernel 2.0.36 and libc 5.4.46 and the message also
shows when I issue "depmod -a" when logged as root.
In the kernel config menu, I chose not to have version information on the
modules. When I compiled with version information and rebooted, I got
several messages that there was a version mismatch between the modules and
the current kernel, although everything was built on the same run.
How can I solve the "Unresolved symbols ...." problem?
Thanks.
Alex
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From: Jim McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Am I damaging my Monitor !!
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 14:24:27 -0300
Rakesh Mistry wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I am currently running RH6.0 on a PII 350 + 64 MB ram + 16mb Riva TNT
> machine. I also have a 15'' monitor that is not listed under Xconfigurator.
>
> the problem 'i think' is that when I switch to different resolutions (Ctrl +
> Alt +/- ) the screen seems distorted at different areas (depending on the
> resolution). Am I damaging my monitor ? Also when X just starts up (the grey
> screen just before the logon) there are horizontal lines moving across the
> screen, but once the logon screen appears it looks fine !!
>
> At the moment I have X up and running but I am not sure if I have chosen
> refresh rates that may be harmful to my Monitor.
> My monitor manual says the following :
> '15 inch multi-scanning color monitor capable of resolutions up to 1280 x
> 1024 (non-interlaced)'
> ' Multi-scanning at horizontal frequencies of 30KHz to 70 Khz, and vertical
> frequencies of 50KHz to 100KHz'
>
> I have chosen a custom monitor type and selected one
> 'that is capable of 1280 x 1024 at 60Khz'
> I have also chosen a few other resolutions that I would like
> eg 800x600 etc.
> How do I know which one to choose ?
>
> Any info would be great !!
>
> I would appreciate if you could email me directly at
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> (remove the REMOVETHIS :)
>
> TIA
> Rax
Hi Rax.
I got rid of a lot my X problems when I chose "generic multisync" for my
monitor type, instead of "custom". i hope this helps
Jim McIntyre
Webmaster Program
Dalhousie University
Haliifax, Nova Scotia
Canada
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: redhat.general
Subject: Re: Backup a huge file accross floppies
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 11:35:22 -0500
Girish Kamath wrote:
>
> Hi Friends,
>
> I want to backup a 5MB file on to floppies. Is there any utility
> on Linux ( Iam using RedHat 5.2) whcih can help me.
> Is there an utility ( like "pkzip.exe" on Dos) on Linux , which can help
> to backup accross floppies.
>
> Thanks in Advance.
>
> Girish Kamath.
>
> ------------------ Posted via SearchLinux ------------------
> http://www.searchlinux.com
tar cvMf /dev/fd0 directory_name
created a multivolume tar backup for me on two floppies for
a 2+MB directory.
tar tvMf /dev/fd0
reported back to me the contents of the tar archive.
I didn't actually try to recover any of the files.
The floppies were originally dos formatted floppies but
after the tar they were no longer so recognized. I
don't see that as a problem.
You probably would want to add the z option to compress the
data.
Do man tar to find out what the options mean.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Real player G2 beta for linux
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 11:39:19 -0500
Knut J Bjuland wrote:
>
> Where can I get Realplayer G2 beta for linux. I tried
> http://proforma.real.com/mario/player/player.html for the download. but
> it seems only possible to get realplayer 5.0 there.
Try
www.real.com/products/player/linux.html
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: Chris Madden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Kernel Panic: No init found
Date: 28 Jul 1999 16:54:33 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc Mark Mykkanen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Kernel Panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel.
> I have the /etc/fstab and /etc/inittab properly configured (I think). Is
> there anything special that I have to do when installing it to a zip
> drive? I've read the HOWTOs on the Zip drive and now I am stuck. How do
> I tell the kernel where my init is?
Make sure init is statically linked, otherwise, it won't be loaded.
--
Chris Madden
I don't speak
for my employer email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Roberto Alsina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Reading News Offline
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 17:03:22 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tapio Riikonen) wrote:
> A few days ago I installed slrn and slrn-pull on my solitary home
> machine without troubles. I'm impressed with the systems functionality
> and ease of use. Moreover, slrn has unobtrusive, pleasant console
> colours.
>
> Now I'd like to have the option of reading my news spool with Netscape
> or KRN. After some unsuccessful attempts I give up and ask for your
> help.
>
> How do I access this local news spool (/var/spool/slrnpull/news) and
> subscribe to news groups in Netscape and/or KRN?
KRN has no support whatsoever for any kind of local news spool.
In fact, I wouldn't expect any newsreader other than slrn to be able
to read the spool created by slrnpull.
--
Roberto Alsina (KDE developer, MFCH)
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