Linux-Misc Digest #319, Volume #21 Sat, 7 Aug 99 12:13:07 EDT
Contents:
Re: Marx vs. Nozick (Richard Kulisz)
Linux BTTV driver problems (Nick C.)
Re: no booting from floppy (Steffen Glueckselig)
Re: What I think of linux. (Terry Porter)
Re: What I think of linux. (Terry Porter)
Re: can't find module st, also 9Gig SCSI disks? OK? (Tim Smith)
Re: Which Multi-port serial for Linux 2.2? (yan seiner)
Re: Linux User Group of Davis - August 10th 6:30pm (William Kendrick)
Linux assembly, etc (JC)
Re: IDE vs scsi? (Stefan Ehlen)
Re: RW ATAPI CDROM how to use (Robin Becker)
Undo Partition ("Scott")
Re: WINE help, please? (Byron A Jeff)
Re: Linux BTTV driver problems ("R.K.Aa")
CDROM driver not supported in RH 6 install ("Bowyer")
RH6+CLE0.8 and Java 1.2 (Raymond Li)
Re: Okidata 6e works under Linux? (Armin Kaiser)
remote printing broke after upgrade. (graywolf)
Re: Extract the first n characters from a stream? (William Burrow)
Re: Linux assembly, etc (Ulrich Weigand)
Re: SUSE 6.1 Permission differences between running a program from rc.d versus root
(Steve Houseman)
Using vgetty as answering machine? ("Eric")
Re: CDROM driver not supported in RH 6 install (System Administrator)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Kulisz)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: Marx vs. Nozick
Date: 7 Aug 1999 10:00:17 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Maciej Stachowiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Kulisz) writes:
>Hmmmm... GNU/Linux is competition for Microsoft Windows (as well as
>for proprietary Unixen, *BSD, MacOS, etc). Does that mean it is
>inherently destructive?
GNU/Linux is /in conflict/ with MS Crudware and though many people
would be happy to blow up Redmond with a tactical nuclear warhead,
I don't believe this is motivated by a desire for Linux to "win"
but a sincere wish to exterminate a plague on modern civilization.
Self-preservation (greed) is sufficient reason to want to eliminate
slavery, you don't need to invoke "competition" with slavers.
Again, to prove that competition is occuring, you must show that
net, overall, destruction occurs or explain why it can't.
>> An employer tells you when you can piss, when you can eat, where you
>> have to sit, and what you have to do for a third of your day. Sure as
>> bloody hell sounds like a dictator to me!
>
>Dude, I think you need to get a new job. Your boss sounds like a real
>asshole.
:-) Thankfully, I'm not subject to that horror yet, but taking a look
at disgruntled.com is enough to turn my stomach.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nick C.)
Subject: Linux BTTV driver problems
Date: 7 Aug 1999 10:33:25 GMT
I'm trying to install the bttv (Bt848 TV Card) driver under kernel 2.2.10,
glibc 2.0.7, bttv driver version 0.6.4e. Whenever I try to install the modules
using the update script for the bttv driver, I get the following:
[root@eustress driver]# ./update
insmod videodev
video_dev: unable to get major 81
./videodev.o: init_module: Device or resource busy
Now, the only devices in my /dev directory with a major of 81 are the video
devices created by bttv. There are a few devices with a MINOR of 81, would this
matter? The problem persists despite trying to use a different major (51).
Any help solving this problem would be much appreciated, as using my TV card is
one of the last reasons I have to use Winblows.
--
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"Stupidity should be painful." | remove IFRICKINHATESPAM to reply
-Anton Szandor LaVey | via e-mail
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steffen Glueckselig)
Subject: Re: no booting from floppy
Date: Sat, 07 Aug 1999 10:50:23 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hey again,
I just bought RedHat 6.0 and now it works.
Just wanted to tell.
Good bye.
Steffen
--
~~~ navTa �pEi ~~~
homepage: http://members.xoom.com/glueckselig/
Go, Buddhismus, Zen, Philosophie, Tee, etc. pp.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Terry Porter)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.linux.sux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: What I think of linux.
Reply-To: No-Spam
Date: 7 Aug 1999 19:36:13 +0800
On Fri, 06 Aug 1999 10:00:00 -0700, Robert Crawford
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I would be interested in a schematic and driver code for this.
>
>Terry Porter wrote:
>
>> Or make up a parallel, port driven (lpt2) LCD display, that shows uptime,
>> mem, swp and cpu free.
>>
>> I did, using a junked LCD from a old hotel billing
>> system and a modified version of LCD4 from Sunsite.
>>
>> It has sat next to my minitor for 2 years, I *must* put it in a box one day
>> ;-)
>>
>> Too easy, Linux at its best :))
>>
http://ftp.globalnet.co.uk/pub/Linux/sunsite.unc-mirror/system/
LED-cpumeter.tar.gz displays cpu status on device given in led-stat.txt
LED-cpumeter.txt
lcdstat4-1.0.tgz display system status on alphanumeric LCD with HD44780
controller
lcdtext-1.0.tgz displays text of your choice on an alphanumeric LCD
with HD44780 controller
lcdtime-0.2.tar.gz schematic and code for displaying system time
led-stat.txt
ledportcard.tar.gz build an expandable interface card
ledstatus-0.1.tgz LED processor meter, based on meter-0.2 but with more
real-time output
meter-0.2.tar.gz drives the LED display described in led-stat.txt
portato-1.2.tar.gz shows status on LED bar
procleds-1.1.tar.gz Display system load with keyboard leds
qmeter-1.0.tar.gz use console LEDs as load meter
The one I referred to above is in fact "Lcdstat4" sorry about the incomplete
name, but its been 2 years since I set it up. :)) The tarball, has all the
info you need, including an ascii circuit, which is just a few connections
nothing complex at all.
The Lcdstat4 meter, displayed "load average", which was too slow for me, so
I nicked the code that displayed "cpu free-time " from LED-cpumeter and it
worked perfectly. Hahahah, Linux is soooooo hard ;-)
I've also built the LED-cpumeter, and thats so simple, and very informative,
kinda like a digital "vu" meter. The leds light up in a tree fashion, as
cpu load increases.
Special Note: For our current crop of trolls :))
Want a lcd meter lads ?, well tough, ya can't have one, as MSWindows, hasn't
caught up to our old technology yet. The Lcd meter tarball is circa 1997!
Don't cry Jeff, just tell us again how great drag n drop is, as you read
your word docs in excell and drag em to your sound icon :))
terry
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Terry Porter)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.linux.sux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: What I think of linux.
Reply-To: No-Spam
Date: 7 Aug 1999 19:46:01 +0800
On Fri, 06 Aug 1999 16:17:58 +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I take up the average age a notch, I'm 62
>
>Cheers
>--
>John Today is only the tomorrow
> you worried about yesterday.
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
WOW, so how about some background John, you would have seen some interesting
stories I'm sure :))))
I'm only 44, but can still remember a R&D lab I worked for developing code,
created by scanning diodes, as solid state ROM, was too expensive!
I see your running the 2 series kernel as well!
This young un, is still blissfully happy with 2.0.36 ;-)
kind regards
terry
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From: Tim Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: can't find module st, also 9Gig SCSI disks? OK?
Date: Sat, 07 Aug 1999 05:02:01 -0700
"Lyndon F. Bartels" wrote:
[CHOP]
> Also, I'm planning on adding 2 9G drives to this system for data storage.
> I have the OS and httpd server setup on the existing 4.5s. I'm merely adding
> the 9Giggers. I read somewhere that either Adaptec doesn't like drives larger
> that 8Gig, or that Linux doesn't. What's the skinny? Am I doomed?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Lyndon
I have a 9+ GB IBM drive running on an Adaptec AHA3940UW controller.
Runs fine with both Slackware and RedHat 5.2. Only caveat I'm aware
of is that old limit about booting an OS from within the 1st x-number
of cylinders, with any OS on the PC (can't recall the number so I
just plugged-in an "x"...somebody here will tel you if you ask).
If you just plan on using the drives for data storage, but have not yet
bought them, look at what Corpsys.com is selling...Seagate 47GB SCSI for
$895...sounds like alot until you realize that's $19/GB! (like getting
several 9-giggers for $170 each). To load an OS on something that big
you'd
have to play partitioning games, but for data...
-Tim
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From: yan seiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Which Multi-port serial for Linux 2.2?
Date: Sat, 07 Aug 1999 11:25:11 +0000
RH 5.2 (2.0.36 kernel) came with a digi driver - but you could also
build a module from digi. The digi module was much better than the
RH-supplied driver. I am not sure about the 2.2 kernels. I think digi
was working on drivers.
digi has a linux mailserv for supporting the linux community.
pretty cool company IMHO.
Yan
Chris Raper wrote:
>
> On Tue, 03 Aug 1999 12:15:18 -0400, Yan Seiner
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >I've had good luck with the digi products. Pricy, but very good and
> >fast.
>
> Hi Yan
>
> Are they 'Linux friendly'? I am looking for a product that any old
> Linux 2.2 kernel will accept without the hassle of hacking 'dodgy'
> drivers into the kernel. :-)
>
> Thanks
> Chris R.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Kendrick)
Crossposted-To:
ucd.general,ucd.life,ucd.cs.club,sacramento.internet,sac.announce,sac.general,sac.internet
Subject: Re: Linux User Group of Davis - August 10th 6:30pm
Date: 7 Aug 1999 12:09:41 GMT
William Kendrick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: WHEN:
: -----
: Tuesday, August 10th, 1999
: 6:30pm - 9:00pm
NOTE! Due to LinuxWorld Expo, our meeting has been moved back one day:
Monday, August 9th, 1999
Same time, place, etc. See our website for details:
http://www.lugod.org/
-bill!
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: JC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Linux assembly, etc
Date: Sat, 07 Aug 1999 12:30:39 GMT
Hello,
(This is probably for those ex-DOS assembly language programmers.)
I've been writing programs in linux and I've been wanting to
port many of DOS programs, mainly graphics-based.
In DOS, you use OS calls extensively, for example, in printing
a character....
.
.
.
mov ah,02
mov dl,'J'
int 21h ;DOS call to print 'J' using function 2 in ah register
int 20h ;DOS call to exit the program
.
the equivalent in linux would probably be:
asm ("movb $2, %ah");
asm ("movb $9, %dl");
asm ("int $0x21");
asm ("int $0x20");
(in inline assembly, which I intend to use)
I know that these calls are totally useless in linux and I was
wondering if these calls have equivalents in linux. I'm not just
talking about those two calls, I'm talking about OS calls in general.
Where can I find them? Also, where can I find a decent assembly
language tutorial for linux?
I also know that many of you would discourage me from using bios calls
like int 10h but I do need to access certain bios calls. Any workarounds?
I need to access mode 'X' you see. (Game developers would know this.)
Is the svgalib up to the task so I don't need to resort to assembly?
Please help me.
JC [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(I would like to thank from the bottom of my heart those who have
been faithfully helping me in this new world. I'm so sorry I cannot
reply to all of you good people individually,
since so many have responded so far.
When I'm as good as you guys, I promise to help the next generation
of Linux programmers. Thank you.)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stefan Ehlen)
Subject: Re: IDE vs scsi?
Date: 7 Aug 1999 13:37:07 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Burrow) writes:
> On Tue, 03 Aug 1999 17:28:35 GMT,
> Rod Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> 35 sectors/track * 512 b/cyl * 10,000 RPM = 179,200,000 bytes/minute/track
>>
>>Since the vast majority of hard drives can only read from one track at a
>>time (per head, anyhow), the two statements are identical in practice. I
>>just didn't bother to make this explicit because it seemed so obvious.
>>As I stated in my original post, adding heads (platters) is the real
>>issue that'll get higher transfer rates.
>
> Yes, and drives can come with multiple platters within the unit. In
> that case, a cylinder is more than one track.
>
> Q: How can you tell if a unit has more than one platter? I don't seem
> to see this datum being tossed around -- the CHS numbers are totally
> fake, so are meaningless for determining how many platters in the
> unit. Can one assume that the larger drives must have more than one
> platter?
Yes, for today, a 3.5 inch hard disc has about 2-2.5 GB per head. Given a
16GB disc, this means 8 heads on 4 platterns.
Of cource this only a rule of thumb. If want to know for sure, you must
have a look at the drives data sheet
CU
Stefan
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From: Robin Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: RW ATAPI CDROM how to use
Date: Sat, 7 Aug 1999 13:34:37 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Aaron Ginn
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>Keith Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> Robin Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>> > I'm running a home brew linux based on 2.0.36. I can read my memorex
>> > crw22 atapi cdrom, but don't know how(or tools) to use it for writing
>> > cds.
>>
>> ftp://ftp.fokus.gmd.de/pub/unix/cdrecord/
>>
>> I am not sure this supports your CD drive, it is meant for SCSI CDs,
>> but includes some kludge that makes ATAPI look like SCSI for some
>> purposes. If it doesn't work you may be SOL, because it's all
>> there is as far as I know. Also look for the CD-Writing-HOWTO.
>>
>> You must build this from source, even if you have RedHat already.
>> RH does not include a package for it. Do they use MicroSoft
>
>
>FYI, you can rpms for cdrecord (and just about anything else) at the
>following URL
>
> http://rufus.w3.org/linux/RPM
>
>Aaron
thanks. I got the CDRW ATAPI going with my old homebrew and eventually
burned a CD with most (if not all of my stuff). Bridges are now burned
and the RH 6.0 is installed. It crashed during the X11 configuration
and twice since so I'm a bit unhappy with RH. I see large numbers of
rpms in the errata section at www.redhat.com; is there any way to tell
what bugs features etc these are intended to replace?
And as for the image testing; in the end I made an ext2 loopback file
system and shoved everything into that.
--
Robin Becker
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From: "Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Undo Partition
Date: Sat, 7 Aug 1999 09:02:11 -0400
I'm going to be installing Linux soon, but am concerned about partitioning
my HD, Is there anyway to unpartition it if I uninstall Linux? I'd
prefer to not have to reformat the entire disk to do it.
Scott
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Byron A Jeff)
Subject: Re: WINE help, please?
Date: 7 Aug 1999 09:39:31 -0400
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Kevin Breit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Hey,
> I am trying to setup WINE to run Photoshop in Linux. Well, whenever
> I try to run WINE, I get this error:
I have a few suggestions none which directly impact your task.
1) You may get better results if you post this to comp.os.emulators.wine
which is the WINE newsgroup.
2) If wine doesn't do the job, which is a distinct possibility, then take a
look a VMWare, which is a virtual machine on which you can run Windows.
3) I'm not a graphics design person, but I really recommmend that you take a
good look at the GIMP, a Linux native image manipulation program for Linux.
Many say that it has comparable features to Photoshop.
Hope that one of these help.
BAJ
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From: "R.K.Aa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux BTTV driver problems
Date: Sat, 07 Aug 1999 16:07:43 +0200
"Nick C." wrote:
>
> I'm trying to install the bttv (Bt848 TV Card) driver under kernel 2.2.10,
> glibc 2.0.7, bttv driver version 0.6.4e. Whenever I try to install the modules
> using the update script for the bttv driver, I get the following:
>
> [root@eustress driver]# ./update
> insmod videodev
> video_dev: unable to get major 81
> ./videodev.o: init_module: Device or resource busy
Hmm... I'm on 2.2.5 here but some ideas..
1: You're sure your kernel is modular for these devices of course...
2: do /sbin/lsmod
Are a set of older drivers loaded already?
if so /sbin/rmmod drivername(s) and try again
K.
--
Step by step guide to TrueType fonts under RedHat6:
http://home.powertech.no/rkaa/Linux_and_tv.html#ttf
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From: "Bowyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: CDROM driver not supported in RH 6 install
Date: Sat, 7 Aug 1999 22:37:30 -0400
I'm trying to install RedHat 6 from a CD, but the installation program only
has about 10 CDROM drivers to choose from and none of them work for me. Can
someone tell me what I'm doing wrong? Thanks in advance and sorry if this is
a dumb question.
Matt Bowyer
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Sat, 07 Aug 1999 22:47:04 +0800
From: Raymond Li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: tw.bbs.comp.linux
Subject: RH6+CLE0.8 and Java 1.2
Hello,
I tried to install Java 1.2 pre-release 2 to my machine, which is
installed with RH6+CLE0.8. When I tried to run the 'java', it complains
about the .../wrap.so.
Has anyone successfully installed and used Java 1.2 pre-release 2 to
RH6+CLE0.8?
Yours,
Raymond Li
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From: Armin Kaiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Okidata 6e works under Linux?
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1999 20:42:03 GMT
Siemel Naran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello. Does Okidata 6e works under Linux? It does PCL 5e emulation.
I have not tried it yet, but it should work.
Bye
Armin Kaiser
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (graywolf)
Subject: remote printing broke after upgrade.
Date: Sat, 07 Aug 1999 14:39:06 GMT
Hi,
I upgraded my system to slackware's 4.0 release. My old version
was patched together so often that I decided to to a clean install.
Well, I realized right away that the security for this release was a
bit tighter. That's where I think my problem lies.
Anyway, I've got a local printer (hp laserjet 6mp) that still prints
prints fine locally. (I retrieved my old printcap file for reference)
Before the upgrade, I used to print to this printer from various
other systems (hp-ux, solaris, vms) Now it's like the print request
(or better yet the network request to print) isn't seen. I've found
all the things to open up ftp and rsh for this system (we are
behind a firewall so I don't need quite as severe a security level)
but I can't get this blankity-blank printer to work. I've compared
serviced, inetd.conf, hosts.allow, hosts.deny, hosts.lpd, securetty,
and termcap. All are the same as before. Oh, I can still print to
the printers that are remote to this system, too. I kinda think
it's still some sort of security issue but am at a loss to pinpoint
it. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Robert Megee
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Burrow)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.unix.misc
Subject: Re: Extract the first n characters from a stream?
Date: 7 Aug 1999 15:22:42 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 6 Aug 1999 06:10:34 GMT,
Kenny Zhu Qili <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Jon Skeet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Um, I expect head will do what you want it to.
>
>But the SUN version of head can't specify number of characters or bytes.
>Any other ideas?
Get the GNU version of head. Try prep.ai.mit.edu or gnu.org for the
textutils, I believe. BTW, you are posting on a Linux group, so it
would have been assumed that you had Linux with GNU head installed.
You might also write a short C program to do the same thing, I can think
of a couple of ways to do it.
--
William Burrow -- New Brunswick, Canada o
Copyright 1999 William Burrow ~ /\
~ ()>()
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ulrich Weigand)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: Linux assembly, etc
Date: 7 Aug 1999 16:21:31 +0200
JC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>I've been writing programs in linux and I've been wanting to
>port many of DOS programs, mainly graphics-based.
[snip]
>I also know that many of you would discourage me from using bios calls
>like int 10h but I do need to access certain bios calls. Any workarounds?
>I need to access mode 'X' you see. (Game developers would know this.)
>Is the svgalib up to the task so I don't need to resort to assembly?
Sorry, but you'll have to rewrite those parts of your DOS programs.
The DOS and BIOS interrupts are simply not available under Linux.
For DOS that should be obvious: DOS isn't even running ;-) But even
the BIOS interrupts cannot be used, because these are designed to
be called while in *real* mode. Under Linux, every program runs in
protected mode, so you cannot call via a real-mode interrupt vector ...
This means you'll have to use the methods available under Linux to
perform tasks such as mode-switching. If you want to display graphics
on the console, you'll have to use the appropriate svgalib facility
(sorry, I'm not familiar with svgalib, so I can't say exactly how
this works ...). You might also try to use GGI, which is a graphics
library that works both on top of svgalib and under X (amongst other
targets).
--
Ulrich Weigand,
IMMD 1, Universitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg,
Martensstr. 3, D-91058 Erlangen, Phone: +49 9131 85-7688
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Houseman)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: SUSE 6.1 Permission differences between running a program from rc.d
versus root
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1999 19:39:57 +0100
Michael Samson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote ....
> I am having a cu /dev/modem "/var/lock/tmpfile" access problem when my
> program runs during startup (from the rc2.d).
Dont know the answer but just a couple of thoughts ...
- is the /var/lock file system mounted when running the cu cmd?
- if so then instead of directly running it use a script to log
debug output to a tmp file say /tmp/cujunk eg
#!/bin/bash
id >> /tmp/cujunk
echo "........" >> /tmp/cujunk # seperator
ls -ald /var/lock/tmpfile >> /tmp/cujunk
env >> /tmp/cujunk
rm /var/lock/tmpfile
echo "file removed etc......" >> /tmp/cujunk
ls -ald /var/lock/tmpfile >> /tmp/cujunk
(beware my script writing is a little lacking)
put in owt else that might be useful and
and then examine this after the boot.
If this doesnt show owt then maybe replace the debug script idea
with a debug strace on the cu cmd
with the output to a temp file ... may show something (and might not).
A problem that appears occasionally , is the lack of PATH with
chron jobs, so maybe something is lacking in the env during the
boot that cu needs ?
Hope you fix it soon,
Cheers,
Steve Houseman
--
currently steve.houseman at virgin net
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Using vgetty as answering machine?
Date: Sat, 07 Aug 1999 15:25:26 GMT
I just started playing with mgetty and vgetty recently, and am extremely
impressed with all the work that went into it. Wow.
Now I know this might be asking alot, but I was wondering if there was a way
of getting messages remotely - ie: using a standard phone to dial into your
"machine" and punching a security code and having the messages play back
over the phone. Is that more a functionality of the mvm? I haven't really
looked at the mvm at all... Or this is more something to do with scripts?
Has anyone already written scripts for this?
I'm trying to see if I can use my computer to replace my answering machine
completely.
Thanks!
Eric
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (System Administrator)
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: CDROM driver not supported in RH 6 install
Date: 7 Aug 1999 15:17:46 GMT
On Sat, 7 Aug 1999 22:37:30 -0400, Bowyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
|I'm trying to install RedHat 6 from a CD, but the installation program only
|has about 10 CDROM drivers to choose from and none of them work for me. Can
|someone tell me what I'm doing wrong? Thanks in advance and sorry if this is
|a dumb question.
If you ask a question like that: IT is a dumb question.
Always tell what model you have and maybe some more info about what you've
tried. Otherwise nobody will be able to help...
CU.
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Loose bits sink chips.
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