Linux-Misc Digest #639, Volume #21 Thu, 2 Sep 99 07:13:10 EDT
Contents:
Re: RedHat ; Enlightenment Problem ("Robert J. Schweikert")
Re: Optimal Linux RAID Support? Questions. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: lpd question - page removal (L J Bayuk)
Re: Ad-blocking software? (David Bowler)
linux with the intel 810 chipset ??? (fabrice Agnello)
Re: Text Editor (Stephan Houben)
Root as raid1 - how ? ("Dr.Peer-Joachim Koch")
Re: Using AT to schedule remote backups (Lew Pitcher)
ARM Linux on RPC700 (J.D.Holt)
Re: SQUID: Cannot open access.log file (Sven Huster)
Question (Rizwan Syed)
Re: Video4Linux w/ bt878 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
help me, can't get my data out of the zip file! (robert@U)
Netscape 4.6 + JAVA -> freezes (Nils Bluethgen)
Re: WordPerfect cut&paste (Gene Wilburn)
Re: WordPerfect cut&paste (Gene Wilburn)
set up c++ development environment
Random lockup with BP6 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Netscape 4.6 + JAVA -> freezes (Eitzenberger Thomas)
No midi to external device on Soundblaster AWE ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: I'm on, now how do I get off? (Anita Lewis)
Re: LILO (Anita Lewis)
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From: "Robert J. Schweikert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RedHat ; Enlightenment Problem
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 02:27:14 +0000
Andy are you sure that you are starting in the correct run level, should be
5?
When you boot Linux it tells you something like entering run level 5. Don't
ask me where to set this, I don't know of hand and I lend my
book to someone and haven't seen it in 4 weeks.
Good luck.
Robert
Andy Somerville wrote:
> Help - I must have been fiddling because all my desktop settings have
> disappeared. I can login but there are no icons or stuff.
> My KDE and console are fine.
> Can anyone offer any clues as to how I can restore Gnome/Enlightenment ?
> Thanks for any help.
> Andy
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Robert Schweikert
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Optimal Linux RAID Support? Questions.
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 08:17:27 GMT
In article <7qhrph$heg$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In article <7qgbqv$cec$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Hello, I am in the process of configuring and setting up some Linux
> > servers for my company, [snip]
> >
> > The question is this... software or hardware based RAID? And what
> > are the hardware requirements?
>
> I think that setting up software raid in Linux for a company is a
> very bad idea at this time. I have done a kernel patch in kernel
> 2.2.11 to stripe a couple of drives together as an experiment, but
> no way would I do this on a machine used for business.
>
> Depending upon how dead in the water your company would be if the
> RAID array has problems, I'd recommend finding a company that does
> this professionally. You need to decide how fault tolerant the
> system needs to be, and provide for a backup mechanism that is fast
> enough so that you're not backing up during high-usage times.
>
> I know, this isn't exactly the question that you asked, but I felt
> strongly about this and wanted to make sure you had taken these
> factors into account. There's just so many factors to take into
> account when choosing a RAID+backup solution that I'd personally
> stick with proven SCSI hardware, known redundancy, hot-swapping
> of bad disks and fast tape backup. You may find that backing up
> 250Gb of data requires a very expensive tape drive, like digital
> linear tape. Scary to get it wrong!
Well I would rather use Linux for our fileserver than Netware or NT.
From what I have read it seems that there are somewhat reliable RAID
drivers for Linux (in 2.2.x at least), reliable enough that many people
seem to be using them and various distributions such as Red Hat
advertise it as one of its key features. But if software RAID support
is not as stable as you seem to be implying then thats something Linux
needs if its going to be considered a legitimate player in the
fileserver arena.
Anyway the 250gb RAID I mentioned was just the scratch/temporary
filesystem, no backups will be kept of that one and if it fails i'll
just rebuild it, no problem really. It will be a RAID0, just striping.
The RAID that needs backups is the main file server, ~50gb, and I'll
be using RAID5 for that one and I will be keeping backups with multiple
tapes on my DDS3 drive just in case of multiple disk failures.
> As a note, there is a mail archive for linux kernel RAID that's
> worth looking into:
>
> http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-raid%40vger.rutgers.edu/
>
> Good luck with your storage quest.
>
> - Leo
Thanks for the info, i'll post a message there.
Introvert
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (L J Bayuk)
Subject: Re: lpd question - page removal
Date: 2 Sep 1999 00:36:41 GMT
Some (all?) JetDirect cards ignore information to suppress
header/footer/burst pages and print them anyway. After you
try :sf: in addition to :sh:, if it still doesn't work, you
need to telnet to the JetDirect box and disable the burst
page there (follow the instructions in the help screen).
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Try adding the sf option to the printcap entry. I believe it's for suppress
>footer. Read the man page for printcap
>for a better explanation.
>
>
>Hann Wei Toh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:7qipro$6f6$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am using Slackware 3.5 and have set it up to print to a networked
>> postscript HP laserjet which has a JetDirect interface. It is noticed
>> that whenever I print something, besides printing out the target
>> document, the printer also prints an additional page with these things:
>> ==
>> User: hannwei
>> Host: tulips.hannwei.org
>> Class: tulips.hannwei.org
>> Job: form.ps
>> ==
>>
>> Is there any way to remove this additional page?
>>
>> This is the entry for the printer in /etc/printcap:
>> ==
>> ps1:\
>> :lp=:rm=ws1.eee.ntu.edu.sg:sd=/usr/spool/lpps1:lf=/usr/adm/lpd-errs:sh:
>> ==
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any help.
>>
>> Hann Wei
>>
>>
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Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 17:04:32 +0930
From: David Bowler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Ad-blocking software?
Try www.junkbusters.com - we have been using the proxy server for a
while and it is great and speeds up a lot of sites where the ad takes 10
tines as long to load as the information you want
Cameron Simpson wrote:
>
> On 12 Aug 1999, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Edson) wrote:
> | Is there any linux software that blocks ads on web-sites
> | (like AtGuard and Intermute do under Windows)?
>
> Certainly. Try this:
>
> Ad Zapping With Squid
> http://www.zip.com.au/~cs/adzap/index.html
>
> There are some references to other software of similar purpose on the
> web page, too.
> --
> Cameron Simpson, DoD#743 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.zip.com.au/~cs/
>
> You've failed to miss my point entirely, though you've succeeded mostly.
> - Mark Vieselmeyer
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Computing Services Manager
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
The University of Adelaide
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From: fabrice Agnello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: linux with the intel 810 chipset ???
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 10:24:53 +0200
hi folks,
I just have bought an HP Pavilion vith an intel 810 graphical chipset...
I have 2 partitions on my HD, one for Win98 and the other for ... Linux.
The linux distribution I had before I get this computer is the RedHat
5.2 which doesn't want to recognize my motherboard. I'd like to know if
the last version of the kernel ( 2.2.3 methink ), and, say, the RedHat
6.0, will work with my system.
I've ( not that much, I'll accept the blame ) tried to search info on
the internet, but I didn't find anything satisfying.
Thanks in advance.
Crunch. :-)
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From: Stephan Houben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Text Editor
Date: 02 Sep 1999 10:33:58 +0200
Cameron Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> | I telnet into my Linux server from a windows box. I need to work with text
> | files (C++ Source) but I hate the VI editor. Is there any editors that are,
> | well, more user friendly that will work?
>
> Hmm - being a VI-phile myself I'll not suggest something else, but for the
> new VI user there are two vital habits to learn:
>
> - _always_ press escape when you pause in your typing; you will never
> forget which mode you're in once you've learnt this reflex
>
> - try not to use the arrow keys
The `jed' editor is also nice.
It's pretty lightweight (compared to emacs, that is), and can emulate
a couple of popular editors, under which Wordstar key bindings, which
are popularized by the Borland IDE's.
But make sure to get the 0.99 version. It sucks far less than the 0.98 version,
but 0.98 is still included with some quite recent distributions.
Greetings,
Stephan
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From: "Dr.Peer-Joachim Koch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Root as raid1 - how ?
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 09:01:51 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
I have tried to setup a raid 1 (2 scsi disks) as root file system,
but it won=B4t work.
1) Installed everything (suse 6.2) on a third disk (sdc1).
partion setup for the raid disks is
sda1 -> /boot (20M)
sda2 -> part of raid ~ 4.3M
sda3 -> 128MB swap
sdb looks the same (sdb1 not mounted).
2) setup lilo to use /dev/sdc1 or /dev/md0
3) installed a new kernel 2.2.12 and the latest raidpatch
and raidtools (0.90 24-Aug).
4) compiled a new kernel and installed it -> works for /sdc1
5) setup raid1 on md0 (sda2 + sdb2) and made a copy of the
system disk on md0. Changed fstab on md0. changed partion id
to fd.
The kernel do not start the raid on booting (/dev/md0).
What=B4s wrong ? =
Any help will be welcome !!
Has somebody or can somebody build/send me a kernel which
will boot from /dev/md0 ?
I need only support for Adaptec 7xxx and tulip.
Bye, Peer
p.s. please cc answers to my e-mail adress. Thanks.
-- =
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Dr. Peer-Joachim Koch
Tatzendpromenade 1a Telefon: ++49 3461 6437-52
D-07745 Jena Telefax: ++49 3461 6437-10
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lew Pitcher)
Subject: Re: Using AT to schedule remote backups
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 01:37:09 GMT
'at' is handy for one-off jobs; it takes as an argument the date/time that you
want your command to execute. After execution, it wipes it's schedule (assuming
that the executed command didn't invoke 'at' again).
If you are looking for a method to execute commands in a regular, repeating
schedule, look into 'cron'. 'cron' (and it's schedule editor 'crontab') are used
to build schedules (systemwide and/or per-user) of repeating tasks, like "run
the backup script on every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday".
On Sat, 28 Aug 1999 14:43:59 GMT, hawkwynd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>I'm interested in using the AT command to set scheduled tar backups, every
>day or two.
>
>After reading the INFO and MAN pages, I am still confused about AT's
>actual functions, and how to apply them to perform a backup of my windows
>machines.
>
>Does anyone have any information to help shed some light on this?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Scott
>
Lew Pitcher
Master Codewright and JOAT-in-training
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From: J.D.Holt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ARM Linux on RPC700
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 09:31:58 BST
Reply-To: J.D.Holt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I have downloaded the rpc kernel but am unable to run it properly. When I
try to boot the kernel from a floppy somthing loads but the vdu goes black
with green flashing dots. It seems to be running, because ctrl-alt-delete
resets it, but the display is wrong.
Has anyone else had this? Is the linux kernel conflicting with something
(there is nothing out of the ordinary installed)?
I'd be grateful for any help. Thanks
--
John Holt
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From: Sven Huster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SQUID: Cannot open access.log file
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 10:38:43 +0200
hi
i hope i can do it out of mind
look at config which user squid runs on, where access log should go.
check if all dirs exists and squid user has permission to write to
sven
Bas van Weelde wrote:
> Everytime I re-install squid. Why? It does not work for me. All I get is
> the message: terminated abnormally. FATAL: cannot open log file:
> access.log.
>
> Do you know what this problem might be?
>
> Many many thanks in advance, even for reading this already,
>
> Bas van Weelde
> The Netherlands
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rizwan Syed)
Subject: Question
Date: 2 Sep 1999 08:40:49 GMT
Ok.. got a (possibly) very newbie question. I have two Linux
machines. Both are on different domains. One has Linux 4.2, the
other has 6.0. I use (from a third-party site) the 4.2 box as my
smtp server for sending mail, and it works fine. When I try to use
the other machine, it doesn't. Error message says something like
could not route, or something.
Question, is there something I need to ask my ISP to add in the DNS
entry for the new machine? Or is there something I need to do
locally, to allow it to be used?
Appreciate a quick answer.
Thanks
Rizwan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Video4Linux w/ bt878
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 08:57:41 GMT
I have the TV Master + FM version. I haven't been able to get the
sound working on it yet. However the video works fine. Try the below
insmod mess :-)
insmod videodev
insmod i2c verbose=1 scan=1 i2c_debug=0
insmod tuner debug=0 type=2
insmod msp3400 debug=0
insmod tda8425
insmod tea6300
insmod bttv radio=0 card=15
In article <7pup69$gsp$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Jeff Brubaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I recently got a Phoebe TV Master card for my PC - a bt878 based TV
tuner/
> video input device. I have not tested the other inputs yet, but when
I
> try to tune to a station, all I get is static.
>
> I'm using XawTV set to NTSC and NTSC-cable. The device works in
Win98,
> so it's not hardware related.
>
> The static is interesting -- only the first few lines of the display
> are staticky.
>
> Is it possible that the tuner is not supported but the video is? I'm
> going to have to try the other inputs later, when I find a device to
hook
> up.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff
>
>
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From: robert@U
Crossposted-To: comp.compression
Subject: help me, can't get my data out of the zip file!
Date: 2 Sep 1999 01:08:33 -0700
please help me.
I zipped all my data on Linux into a huge zip file, the file size is 1.93 GB,
then I ftp'ed the file (binary) to another PC. Now when I try to unzip
it, I do not get all my files back out, only about 40% of it (800 MB), and
then the unzip stops. I even tried it with winzip, the same thing. No error
shows up either.
But when i try it on Linux, I see this error:
"did not find end-of-central-dir signature at end of
central dir". at the end of the unziping (after it extracts about 40% of
the data).
Now, I spend alot of time researching this on the net. It seems
the directory inside the zip file is somehow corrupted, and it only
see part of the files inside the zip file.
I know I did a binary ftp. so the problem seem to be becuase the file
is large. Linux has a problem with files around 2GB since that is
the max it can handle on intel.
I know my other files are still inside, I can do 'strings' command on
the file, and see my other files names listed. but when I unzip, they
do now get out. I can not even do unzip and select one of those files
that did not come out, becuase I get the above error.
Is there any way to fix a zip file directory? I have all of my life
and most important data in this zip file and I have no idea how to
get my files out. I thought about building the linux unzip program in debug,
and step through it untill it get to the stage it stops, and may be hack
something. I have all the zip related info about its data structure and
the zip file structure.
any ideas? any tools that can help with this? I tried few unzip utilities
and they all do the same. only get out about half of the files. Any
commerical places that may be can restore this?
thanks !
Robert.
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From: Nils Bluethgen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,netscape.public.mozilla.java
Subject: Netscape 4.6 + JAVA -> freezes
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 11:13:57 +0200
Hello out there,
I have a question about NETSCAPE 4.6 / 4.61 and JAVA. On some (not on
all!) of our computers (we run linux-RH6.0) Netscape freezes when I open
the URL
http://www.stadtplandienst.de/query;ORT=b;LL=13.420389x52.54105
with JAVA enabled. Without JAVA there's no problem,
I read about the wrong fontpath-settings, but this does
not seem to be the problem, since chkfontpath --list prints:
Current directories in font path:
1: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc
2: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled
3: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled
4: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1
5: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo
6: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi
7: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi
8: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic
9: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/mytype1
10: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ttfonts
11: /usr/share/fonts/default/Type1
I also upgraded to Netscape 4.61, which gave the same result. Has someone
an idea?
Nils
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gene Wilburn)
Subject: Re: WordPerfect cut&paste
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 09:22:05 GMT
On 2 Sep 1999 03:04:01 GMT, Bill Unruh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gene Wilburn) writes:
>>I live and die by drag & paste. I use this feature of Linux constantly and
>>WordPerfect 8 is the only program I have encountered that did not allow me
>>to paste. I don't have a 3-button mouse, so I always do the L+R thing.
>
>>So, by way of confirmation, you have no difficulty drag + paste from an
>>xterm into WP8?
>
>I just tried it-- works copying from an xterm window into a WP document.
>It does have the annoying feature that the copying is into the mouse
>pointer position, not the cursor position.
I just re-tried it -- doesn't work for me. I get the last thing that was
cut in WP8 itself, not what's in Linux paste buffer. The stuff I dragged
from my xterm window just doesn't copy in.
Gene
--
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gene Wilburn)
Subject: Re: WordPerfect cut&paste
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 09:28:21 GMT
On 2 Sep 1999 03:04:01 GMT, Bill Unruh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gene Wilburn) writes:
>>I live and die by drag & paste. I use this feature of Linux constantly and
>>WordPerfect 8 is the only program I have encountered that did not allow me
>>to paste. I don't have a 3-button mouse, so I always do the L+R thing.
>
>>So, by way of confirmation, you have no difficulty drag + paste from an
>>xterm into WP8?
>
>I just tried it-- works copying from an xterm window into a WP document.
>It does have the annoying feature that the copying is into the mouse
>pointer position, not the cursor position.
Just re-tried it again -- and got it to work. Seems I had to do a cut and
past in WP8 first to release whatever it had in its paste buffer first.
After that I was able to paste in from an xterm window. Weird, but I'm
happy it's working.
Gnene
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: set up c++ development environment
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 09:31:04 GMT
i am learning c++. i want to do c++ program under linux. what packages
(rpm) do i need? what environment variable i need to set? and how i
compile the source code?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Random lockup with BP6
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 09:31:00 GMT
I'm running a custom 2.2.10-smp kernel with HPT-366 (ATA/66)
patch on a Abit BP6 with dual celeron 466. I experience random lockup,
mostly when recompiling the kernel. Sometimes, I just get timeout on
the HPT-366 attached drive.
Lockups seem more frequent when I'm running with graphics console
(framebuffer) for the ATI All-in-wonder 128.
My linux installation is from Mandrake-6.0 (RedHat 6.0 in french)
Any ideas? Anyone having the same problem?
My hardware:
Abit BP6
Dual Celeron 466
Maxtor 7200 rpm 20Gb (5120 Plus) on Master ATA-66 channel 1
Creative Pci 64
ATI All In Wonder 128 16Mb
Pioneer DVD on Master IDE1
128 SDRam
Network card: 3Com Etherlink III Combo ISA
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From: Eitzenberger Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,netscape.public.mozilla.java
Subject: Re: Netscape 4.6 + JAVA -> freezes
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 11:45:38 +0200
Nils Bluethgen wrote:
> Hello out there,
>
> I have a question about NETSCAPE 4.6 / 4.61 and JAVA. On some (not on
> all!) of our computers (we run linux-RH6.0) Netscape freezes when I open
> the URL
>
> http://www.stadtplandienst.de/query;ORT=b;LL=13.420389x52.54105
>
> with JAVA enabled. Without JAVA there's no problem,
>
> I read about the wrong fontpath-settings, but this does
> not seem to be the problem, since chkfontpath --list prints:
>
> Current directories in font path:
> 1: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc
> 2: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled
> 3: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled
> 4: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1
> 5: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo
> 6: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi
> 7: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi
> 8: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic
> 9: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/mytype1
> 10: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ttfonts
> 11: /usr/share/fonts/default/Type1
>
> I also upgraded to Netscape 4.61, which gave the same result. Has someone
> an idea?
>
> Nils
Hi !
It might have something to do with a bug in 4.61 concerning JavaScript Java
LiveConnect.
Check out if it works with NS 4.5
mfg ET
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: No midi to external device on Soundblaster AWE
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 09:45:56 GMT
I can't get midi to be sent to the external midi port of my SB AWE. When I do
playmidi -e xxx.mid it just plays the SB built-in synthesizer, not the
external midi device. All possibilities of playmidi -D 0, 1, etc give the
same not-found-message. Everything else works well, wav-files, CD-audio and
all. Any ideas anyone?
Jos Geluk.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anita Lewis)
Subject: Re: I'm on, now how do I get off?
Date: 2 Sep 1999 10:04:03 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 1 Sep 1999 23:40:46 -0400, Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm using minicom and pppd to access my provider, but after I'm done I can't
>disconnect. I've tried hanging up and quitting and resetting on minicom.
>Only way I can disconnect is by rebooting!!!!
>
>There must be a better way.
>
>Scott
>
>
I type killall pppd to disconnect
Anita
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anita Lewis)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: LILO
Date: 2 Sep 1999 10:13:10 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 1 Sep 1999 23:16:00 -0500, Mark Mykkanen
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have been trying to get a system running RH 5.1 to boot. I receive a
>'LI' when I boot, but that's not the main problem I'm having. The problem
>is that when I try to run LILO to fix the mapping, I receive the following
>message:
>
>First boot sector doesn't have a valid LILO signature
>
>Does anyone know what's causing this and also how to fix it so that I can
>boot correctly?
>
>Thanks,
>Mark
>
I found this at www.redhat.com support with a search on LILO. Hope it
helps
LILO failures (L, LI, etc problems) (REF#990500-0006)
Description:
'At boot time, LILO fails to work properly, giving an
error such as
only printing an ''L'', or ''LI'', etc.
'
Solution:
'
If you have rebooted the system and have gotten a "L",
"LI", or a combination of
this and a lot of scrolling numbers, this indicates that
LILO is having a
problem bootstrapping itself due one or more problems.
Write down the error codes that are being printed and what
letter it stopped on
(L, LI, LIL, etc). Then check the lilo documentation to
see what this error
seems to indicate.
Most of the time, the LILO failures are due to the BIOS
and the hard-drive
mismatching geometries or something similar:
- First the kernel (or parts of it) are above the 1023
cylinder so the BIOS can
not bootstrap the information. If your BIOS has the
capability to use LBA
(Linear Block Addressing) mode and it isnt already
enabled, you should enable it
and then re-run lilo (either by reinstalling or using
rescue mode).
- If you can reinstall and add more partitions, create a
/boot partition and
place it entirely below the 1023 cylinder.
- You have placed the kernel on a drive the BIOS can''t
access. This can be an
IDE drive that is not on the primary chain (IDE0 hda hdb)
or if you have placed
Linux on a SCSI drive it is because the SCSI ID is not 0
(or 1 if you have NO
ide drives in the system).
If you need to gather more information for someone else
(either for official
support or from the mailing lists, news groups, friends,
etc) you can use the
rescue mode
Insert the installation floppy and at the boot prompt
type:
linux rescue
After a couple of screens that ask about hardware you will
get a root
prompt (#). You will need to mount the linux root
partition like is done in
this example which has the / partition as /dev/hda5
mkdir /mnt
mount /dev/hda5 /mnt
Then do the following:
lilo -v -r /mnt
You can add more -v''s if you need more information.
'
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