Linux-Misc Digest #569, Volume #21 Sat, 28 Aug 99 13:13:10 EDT
Contents:
Re: Possible to RH6.0 on a 486 dx2 w/12MB ram ?? (Paul)
MP3 Player
problem booting real server on RH6 (Micheal)
Re: What's the difference between glibc and libc? (Kenny McCormack)
bios related install problem???? ("aftab")
Re: "starve the rotten little bastards" (Yury Donskoy)
Re: Linux Journal or Linux Magazine (Jim Hill)
2.27. What needs to be recompiled when upgrading from glibc 2.0 to glibc (Eugene
Zharkov)
Re: Latest Kernel... WHERE? (Cameron L. Spitzer)
Replace inetd, it's easy. Re: Inetd errors (Cameron L. Spitzer)
Re: RH 6 and PCMCIA Ethernet: How to get it going after the installation? (Kenny
McCormack)
Re: [Q] message on telnet? (Cameron L. Spitzer)
Re: POP3 server. ("Jeff Grossman")
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From: paul@pagan.#SPAMMENOT#demon.nl (Paul)
Crossposted-To: redhat.config,redhat.x.general
Subject: Re: Possible to RH6.0 on a 486 dx2 w/12MB ram ??
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 14:44:42 GMT
On Tue, 24 Aug 1999 15:30:56 GMT, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am trying to install both with boot.img disk or from cdrom installed to
> DOS but after welcome screen boot: all I get is
> 'loading initrd.img.........
> 'loading vmlinuz........
> and nothing more happens.
>
> I've tried loadlin with & w/out initrd and i've tried changing the rdev
> major/ minors (which on the CD are set to 8,33 ??scsi??) but all to no
> effect. I just can't get it to boot up.
In some CD's with RH6.0 there is a faulty autoboot.bat.
I got things to work by entering this by hand:
loadlin autoboot\vmliuz initrd=autoboot\initrd.img
After that it worked like a charm.
Good luck
Paul
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,redhat.general
Subject: MP3 Player
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 15:30:58 GMT
Using Red Hat 6.0
AMD K6 233
96 MB of ram
Trying to find some way to play my mp3's and nothing is working does anyone
have any suggestions on getting them to work?
Thank you in advance
Thad
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From: Micheal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: problem booting real server on RH6
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 08:51:54 -0600
Having problem booting the real audio 5.0 server on RH6. I'm able
to start and stop the server manually using the init script. Furthermore,
the script should work because it was taken off a RH5.2 server running
read audio. However it doesn't, at boot up it get to that point and
hangs. Any suggestions?
Is there any differences with RH5.2 and RH6.0 boot process?
Thanks beforehand
Micheal
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenny McCormack)
Crossposted-To: alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: What's the difference between glibc and libc?
Date: 28 Aug 1999 10:20:01 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Andrew Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I was wondering what are the main differences (and advantages vs
>disadvantages) of the glibc and libc libraries etc? Which one is better
>(why), which one is more common etc etc.
It is called "progress", which in the computer/software arena means:
"periodically making all your existing software unusable"
Unfortunately, this Microsoft trend seems to have infected the Linux world
to some degree.
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From: "aftab" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: bios related install problem????
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 16:33:57 +0100
Cannot install red hat 5.2
have a qaudtel bios by phoenix technologies.(version 2.01s)
keep on getting CRC error VFS: c annot open root device 08:22
Kernel Panic : VFS: unable to mount root fs on 08:22
after some experimentation I find that the bios control sequence seems to be
causing the problems.
Bios takes control of shadowing the system from ROM to RAm and same for
VIDeo
also one can enable and disable sytem memory cache via the bios.
when the bios is set to shadow the system and video into ROM instead of ram
the booting disk works fine until I get to the section on making partitions
and hey presto its a kernel panic take cover!!
WHat are the technical reasons for this and how can I get around this
any help appreciated, thanks
e mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 11:46:04 -0400
From: Yury Donskoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: "starve the rotten little bastards"
Phillip Lord wrote:
> >>>>> "Yury" == Yury Donskoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Yury> I think we should all remember that Mr. Kulisz's email address
> Yury> is from Carleton University in Ottawa, and together with some
> Yury> of his others posts, this identifies him as an ivory tower
> Yury> intellectual
>
> Judging people by their email addresses is usually a foolish
> thing to do. My email might suggest that I live in Cambridge, whereas
> I dont, or that I work for the MRC, wheras I dont.
As you say, it is foolish to judge people by their email addresses, which
is why I didn't. I specifically read every one of his posts in this
thread. I also looked up Carleton University on the web.
>
>
> Yury> and is therefore to be ignored on general principles.
>
> Its true that some people who work in or for universities
> live in an ivory tower. This is also true of many people who work in
> industry as well.
I agree. The greatest proof that is Marx.
>
>
> If you think that "Mr Kulisz" is a dickhead for what he says,
> or how he says it this is a different issue, and you should fool free
> to say so, but if you comment on what you have decided he may be you
> make yourself look more foolish.
I don't think he is a dickhead at all. I never said that. Everyone's
entitled to their opinions. And I think you will find that what people
say and what they are, are quite often the same thing, since what they say
comes from that they are. After all, if they say something they don't
believe in, they are either liars, or are just stoking the fires of
argument.
>
>
> Yury> He, like the other ITIs, ignores the fact that many millions
> Yury> of people(myself included) have already passed the verdict on
> Yury> wether to live under communism or under an imperfect
> Yury> capitalism/democracy
>
> Indeed. Ive never been asked what my choice was. I was born
> into the system. Incidentally when was is that you decided that
> capitalism/democracy was the way forward? What action of yours was is
> that caused the introduction of the new system into whatever country
> it is/was that you live(d) in.
I decided in February, 1979, when I parents told me they were emigrating
to Canada and I didn't protest at all. That was when I made my choice.
And so did my parents. I was thirteen at the time, old enough to be able
to judge. And I did. Perhaps not as consciously as all the Vietnamese
boat people, but just as valid.
>
>
> Yury> He also has a problem to child poverty. So do I. However, if
> Yury> you pay attention to the much-spouted statistics, you realize
> Yury> that the most of those children come from single-parent(read,
> Yury> female) families. The solution is not to give them more
> Yury> money: that only breeds more child poverty, quite often
> Yury> literally.
>
> I would be interested in how a single parent family can
> breed anything. This Malthusian notion of population control is really
> rather silly in most of the free market countries. The population in
> my country for instance is not going up at a massive rate, although
> the rate of child poverty is going up. The reasons are complex but the
> lack of decent housing, the lack of education, health care, the
> absence of jobs are major factors. However in this wonderous "free
> market" society we seem to have decided that these issues should be
> decided by the magic wand of economics, whereas they should be decided
> by society.
Since the amount of welfare assistance is dependant on the number of
children in the household, what do *you* think happens?
I can't, of course, speak for the UK. I can only speak for Canada. I've
driven through some welfare subdivisions, and the houses there are better
than the ones my parents have after working for a couple of decades in
Canada. College education can be had virtually for free, if you're a
member of a disadvantaged group. Health care is freely available to all
Canadians, even those who just stepped off the plane/boat(I don't disagree
with this, so don't anyone start). The economy is the hottest it has been
in known history. Of course, it is an information economy, and if you've
dropped out of highschool, you're pretty much screwed. That's what adult
education is for, which can also be had for free.
>
>
> Now its possible that I work in an Ivory tower and know
> nothing of what I am talking. This might be true, because I do. But I
> live in an inner city, and have spent much time with people who live
> in other inner cities around the country and the same issues come up
> again and again. Society needs to address the issues so that we can
> stop wasting the talents and lifes of the people born to these areas.
No, society shouldn't address the issues. The issues are only simptoms,
like coughing isn't the disease itself. If you address the underlying
problems, then the issues will go away. Of course, like coughing, you
also can't just ignore the simptoms, or they'll destroy you. But they
shouldn't be the only things you take care of. No one's doing that, I'm
afraid.
Y
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Hill)
Subject: Re: Linux Journal or Linux Magazine
Date: 28 Aug 1999 14:51:09 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Kenny A. Chaffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>>
>> Thing is, you can't form an opinion of a magazine from reading what a
>> bunch of strangers have to say about it. I like Linux Journal. What
>> does that mean to you? Nothing. For all you know, it might rank right
>> behind Reader's Digest and TV Guide on my list of must-reads.
>
>And yes, your opinion IS worth something. We are, after all, a society
>and cooperating, forming opinions, sharing information, and interacting
>is what makes a society work.
My point is simply that you don't know anything about whether my
particular tastes in magazines align with yours. You still have to go
get an issue or two of each and only then can you decide "That Jim Hill
is a bonehead...Reader's Digest sucks." I will grant that from then on
you can safely discount my opinion but for now you're working with a
tabula rasa.
Jim
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Death closes all; but something ere the end,
Some work of noble note, may yet be done,
Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods.
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Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 09:45:11 -0600
From: Eugene Zharkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: gnu.glibc.bug
Subject: 2.27. What needs to be recompiled when upgrading from glibc 2.0 to glibc
Hello,
I am having a problem using object files and shared libraries
compiled on a machine uname=2.0.36 with glibc=/lib/libc.so.6=libc-2.0.7.so
on a machine uname=2.2.5-15 with glibc=/lib/libc.so.6=libc-2.1.1.so.
The FAQ http://sourceware.cygnus.com/glibc/glibc-faq.html#s-2.27
suggests that I probably need to recompile everything, but the suggestion
is somewhat unclear. It tells something about libio, curses, slang, etc.
I do not use neither curses nor slang. It crashes in things like
fflush(stdout) and fprintf(stdout). Does anybody else see this ?
As a user I do not know what libio is, I guess fflush and fprintf
may depend on libio, but then why 2.27 even mentions curses or slang
when the very basics are not compatible ?
Any ideas on what I might be doing wrong ?
Thanks,
Eugene
% cat crash.c
#include <stdio.h>
int main () { fprintf (stderr, "Hello, World!\n"); return 0; }
% uname -a
Linux questa 2.0.36 #1 Tue Oct 13 22:17:11 EDT 1998 i586 unknown
% cc -v -c crash.c
Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/2.7.2.3/specs
gcc version 2.7.2.3
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/2.7.2.3/cpp -lang-c -v -undef -D__GNUC__=2
-D__GNUC_MINOR__=7 -D__ELF__ -Dunix -Di386 -Dlinux -D__ELF__ -D__unix__
-D__i386__ -D__linux__ -D__unix -D__i386 -D__linux -Asystem(unix)
-Asystem(posix) -Acpu(i386) -Amachine(i386) crash.c /tmp/cca00695.i
GNU CPP version 2.7.2.3 (i386 Linux/ELF)
#include "..." search starts here:
#include <...> search starts here:
/usr/local/include
/usr/i386-redhat-linux/include
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/2.7.2.3/include
/usr/include
End of search list.
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/2.7.2.3/cc1 /tmp/cca00695.i -quiet -dumpbase
crash.c -version -o /tmp/cca00695.s
GNU C version 2.7.2.3 (i386 Linux/ELF) compiled by GNU C version 2.7.2.3.
as -V -Qy -o crash.o /tmp/cca00695.s
GNU assembler version 2.9.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu), using BFD version 2.9.1.0.15
% uname -a
Linux belen 2.2.5-15 #8 Fri Aug 6 11:18:24 MDT 1999 i586 unknown
% cc -v -o crash crash.o
Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs-2.91.66/specs
gcc version egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs-2.91.66/collect2 -m elf_i386
-dynamic-linker /lib/ld-linux.so.2 -o crash /usr/lib/crt1.o /usr/lib/crti.o
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs-2.91.66/crtbegin.o
-L/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs-2.91.66 -L/usr/i386-redhat-linux/lib
crash.o -lgcc -lc -lgcc /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs-2.91.66/crtend.o
/usr/lib/crtn.o
% ./crash
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
% gdb crash core
GNU gdb 4.17.0.11 with Linux support
Copyright 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
...
(gdb) where
#0 0x40060f01 in buffered_vfprintf (s=0x8049560, format=0x8048470 "Hello,
World!\n", args=0xbffffc78)
at vfprintf.c:1752
#1 0x4005c856 in _IO_vfprintf (s=0x8049560, format=0x8048470 "Hello, World!\n",
ap=0xbffffc78) at vfprintf.c:1018
#2 0x400646f7 in fprintf (stream=0x8049560, format=0x8048470 "Hello, World!\n")
at fprintf.c:32
#3 0x804840a in main ()
#4 0x4002fcb3 in __libc_start_main (main=0x80483f8 <main>, argc=1,
argv=0xbffffcc4, init=0x80482c4 <_init>,
fini=0x804844c <_fini>, rtld_fini=0x4000a350 <_dl_fini>,
stack_end=0xbffffcbc)
at ../sysdeps/generic/libc-start.c:78
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cameron L. Spitzer)
Subject: Re: Latest Kernel... WHERE?
Date: 28 Aug 1999 15:51:42 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Sir Esteban Patricio wrote:
>Where do I find the latest STABLE kernel???
Go to http://www.kernel.org/ and choose a nearby mirror.
> Do any sites post it in an
>RPM format by chance?
You don't need an RPM. Get 2.0.38 or 2.2.11 (or maybe 2.2.12 by the
time you read this), unpack the tarball, and make according to the
instructions in the README.
Read the kernel HOWTO and modules HOWTO if it's your first time.
>Alao, what is the latest version number??? I have 2.2.5-15....
Whatever it says at kernel.org.
Cameron
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cameron L. Spitzer)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Replace inetd, it's easy. Re: Inetd errors
Date: 28 Aug 1999 15:46:50 GMT
In article <7ppkem$32u$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Danny Aldham wrote:
>X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2]
>
>I have a Redhat5.2 box that occasionally gives errors from inetd. Killing
>& restarting inetd solves the problem, but that requires a trip to site.
>Telnet & ftp are no available when I see this problem.
>Errors in /var/log/messages are :
> inetd[32803] : getpwnam : user : No such user
>and
> inetd[292] /etc/inetd.con : too many open files
>
>Any help is appreciated.
Linux inetd is broken. The quick workaround is to install Secure Shell,
which you should do anyway. Then you can log in when inetd is acting up,
and restart it. See http://www.ssh.fi/.
When you get tired of that, comment telnet, ftp, and smtp out of
/etc/inetd.conf, and install tcpserver to run them instead.
Get tcpserver from the package at
ftp://koobera.math.uic.edu/www/ucspi-tcp.html
If you can get your users to switch to ssh and scp from telnet and FTP,
just disable telnet and FTP and give the script kiddies and password
sniffers one less target.
Cameron
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenny McCormack)
Subject: Re: RH 6 and PCMCIA Ethernet: How to get it going after the installation?
Date: 28 Aug 1999 10:10:21 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Bob Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have it running under RH 5.2, in /etc/sysconfig/pcmcia PCMCIA=yes, and
>PCIC needs to be defined as to what type of pcmcia controller you have.
>For the network adapter configure it in /etc/pcmcia/network.opts, you
>may also want to setup /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
The question is more of an administrative one than a technical/hacker one.
I.e., shouldn't there be a direct (*) way to make this work, given that the
stuff is installed. I.e., it should "just work".
(*) By direct, I guess I mean, w/o editing files, i.e., with a configuration
tool (much as I hate them things).
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cameron L. Spitzer)
Subject: Re: [Q] message on telnet?
Date: 28 Aug 1999 16:04:07 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, NF Stevens wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (student) wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>Hi!
>>
>>I have a question on where I can find the message
>>when you telnet to a linux machine.
>>Specifically, the message is:
>>
>>
>>--------------------------
>>% telnet machine.edu
>>Trying x.x.x.x...
>>Connected to machine.edu.
>>Escape character is '^]'.
>>
>>Linux 2.2.5-15 (machine.edu) <------ *
>>
>>login:
>>--------------------------
>>
>>For the security reason, I need to replace * line.
>>The machine is running RedHat 6.x.
>>I searched several directories, but in vain.
>>Where is the message located?
>
>It's usually /etc/issue.net.
Okay, I commented out the boot-time overwrite, and put an
empty file in /etc/issue.net, and my tcpserver (formerly inetd)
invokes in.telnetd with -h, and my machine *still*
prints its hostname with the login prompt.
I don't want to give the random port scanning script kiddies any clue.
Is there any way to turn off the hostname in the login prompt
short of hacking out a special telnetd?
Ideally, they don't even get a login prompt until they send a return
or two.
Cameron
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From: "Jeff Grossman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: POP3 server.
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 09:04:03 -0700
No, that is incorrect. Sendmail is a Mail Transport Agent. The POP server
that comes with Redhat is part of the IMAP server. They are supplied for
UW. If it did not load during your install, find the rpm for imap, and it
will install the POP server also.
Jeff
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Jeff Grossman ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
"Aaron Lyon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Yes it is called sendmail. It is a pop/smtp server.
>
> Luca Satolli (KaBooM) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Is a pop3 server in Red Hat 5.2/6.0?
> > Thanks a lot & best Regards
> > Luca Satolli
> >
>
>
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