Linux-Misc Digest #808, Volume #21 Tue, 14 Sep 99 12:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Printing troubles on RH Alpha (Jean-Francois LAHIER)
Best Video Card - Best Sound Card - HELP!! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Help: RH6 Installation Problem ("sham khalil")
Re: Deleting WinNT (Patrick M. Geahan)
Re: General Rant from a Linux Newbie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
SCSI emulation/kernel2.2.5/CDR works? (Esmail Bonakdarian)
Re: Turn off Virtual desktop? ("Sascha Appel")
POP3D question ("Andy Hill")
Re: module-info file in RH 6 /boot - where does it come from? (Hugh Sparks)
Re: Hard-disk freespace problem (Vilmos Soti)
Re: "Freeware" vs. GPL (Robert Heller)
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From: Jean-Francois LAHIER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Printing troubles on RH Alpha
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 16:19:33 +0200
Hi everybody
I have here A Digital 433au Personal Workstation (Alpha CPU)
with RH 5.2 on it. I set it up (among other things)
as a print server for windows boxes with Samba.
While it works fine for small print jobs,
Whenever it prints bigger postcript jobs, the
printing stops with a postscript error message like
'ERROR : undefined; OFFENDING COMMAND : (etc,...)'.
My guess is that some characters get lost on their way to the printer
and of course the postscript interpreter gets confused.
I also tried to cat the postcript file directly to /dev/lp, with
the same result : small files ok, bigger file bombs. So
the problem seems to be with the parallel port.
By the way,
the same printer with the same cable works fine on another NT machine.
And yes, I also tried another cable. Is there anything special
with parallel ports on Digital alpha machines?
my current kernel is 2.2.11.
any clues ?
Jean-Fran�ois LAHIER
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Best Video Card - Best Sound Card - HELP!!
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 12:37:17 GMT
Your 2 cents worth please!
I want 16/32M AGP graphics with good 3D performance, a TV tuner (I
guess this needs a BT848 or similar), realtime video capture & playback
(some form of MPEG compression?). I don't need Linux support for the TV
or Video right away so long as it's in the pipeline. Am I expecting too
much from one card? Am I better off buying a graphics card and a
seperate TV/Video card - if so, please let me have your recommendations.
I am aware that some graphics card manufacturers have been hostile, or
less than helpful, to the open source community and I would prefer not
to buy their products, given a choice.
Regarding sound cards, most of the advice I have received points to the
sound blaster awe64 or such. What of the SoundBlaster Live! value or
quality clones.
All advice gratefully received.
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: "sham khalil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: jaring.os.linux
Subject: Re: Help: RH6 Installation Problem
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 14:57:10 +0800
you could also use loadlin. with loadlin, you'll boot with dos/win95
partition first then go to linux. don't need LILO don't mess around with
your MBR.
with creative script on your autoexec and config.sys, you'll have a menu to
choose to start with win95 or linux.
you'll find mini howto on loadlin to be helpful.
sham khalil
Tan <#[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I don't know where is the packages to be stored, I thought all of
> these are going to be stored under /?
> So, how should I separate my HDD space for these partitions?
> Is there any other ways that I can install LILO beside install it into
> MBR or diskette? I don't like to mess with my MBR.
> Which package I should select for my installation?
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From: Patrick M. Geahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Deleting WinNT
Date: 14 Sep 1999 14:43:49 GMT
Akasi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Hi,
: I'm here today with a matter that's close to the hearts of many here -
: deleting Windows from my hard drive at last. First off - my problem. I
: have an Adaptec 2940 SCSI card, installed on this machine way back when
: OS/2 Warp 3 was new. I'm stumped as to where the program resides, as it
: executes after the option to edit BIOS settings is given but before the
: BIOS config screen and bootloader runs. The problem is that I'm
: tentative about simply obliterating the NT partition due to fear of
: screwing up SCSI. Is there any risk at all?
Well, I have a Diamond Fireport 40 that has a similiar screen, and as far
as I can tell, this is an executable part of the SCSI BIOS. I wouldn't
owrry about it.
--
=======Patrick M [EMAIL PROTECTED]=======ICQ:3784715==========
USENET Quote of the Week: "who makes the best Linux? Microsoft?" - JY on
comp.os.linux.misc
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: General Rant from a Linux Newbie
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 15:29:10 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom Dominico, Jr.) writes:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in <7rc0nk$2n8$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>>Otherwise, the bozo in question should defer to
>>someone who *is* qualified.
>You know, as I have been reading your various posts, I am taken aback by
>the sheer arrogance and rudeness displayed. Why would an issue like this
>make you so angry?
I can't speak for him, but in my case, it has to do with being called in
_after_ someone messed up his (or her) machine doing stuff they shouldn't
have attempted doing in the first place. And it gets aggravated(sp?) when
I have to listen to "that really shouldn't happen, computers should be so
much easier, why don't you guys get this stuff right?" complaints while doing
so.
The car analogy has been overdone, of course, but try cross-threading the
spark plugs on your car's engine, then call out a mobile mechanic and,
while she fixes up your mess, abusing her about how you really shouldn't
have been able to break something, imputing that people designing and/or
maintaining cars are out of touch with the buying public.
>Sadly, I have noted many others who share your elitist attitude that
>only computer "experts" like yourself should be able to own/operate
>one.
I have noted many others sharing your impressive lack of comprehension.
Nobody ever suggested that owning or operating a computer should be
a provilege of the selected few. However, maintaining said computer (i.e.
upgrading of hardware and software, as well as regular system cleanups)
should be left to the ones who know how to do it.
Of course, it's your computer, you can do with it what you want. If you want
to drop it out of your window, well, go ahead. If you want to stuff it full
of paperclips while running, go ahead. If you want to do your own system
maintenance, go ahead. Just don't expect any sympathy if you do any of those
things and end up with a useless piece of plastic and metal.
If you buy a brand new New Beetle, you are free to switch into 1st gear at
100mph. You are also free to drain out all oil and see how far you'll get
before the engine freezes up. You are also free to replace that silly
new-fangled water-cooled motor with an air-cooled one from an original Beetle.
It's your car, go ahead. However, don't expect sympathy (or a warranty
replacement).
>Anyone who does not meet your criteria for being considered a
>competent user is immediately classified a "bozo".
Nope. Anyone who does not meet the criteria for being considered a
competent _system administrator_ and yet does his own system administration,
expecting everything to go right, is a bozo. Has nothing to do with users
at all.
>While I am good with computers, I know virtually nothing about car
>repair. Yet, I am able to drive a car. If something goes wrong, I
>take it to the shop. I wonder if the repair guys consider me to be a
>bozo because I do not know how to make simple repairs?
I don't think so. Now try doing your own repairs first, and _then_ take
it to the shop. You'll be considered a bozo for sure.
Bernie
--
When I want a peerage, I shall buy it like an honest man
Lord Northcliffe
British newspaper proprietor, 1865-1922
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Esmail Bonakdarian)
Subject: SCSI emulation/kernel2.2.5/CDR works?
Date: 14 Sep 1999 14:35:06 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Greetings everyone:
I'm trying to get SCSI emulation to work with my 2.2.5 kernel so that
my new IDE CD-RW shows up as a SCSI device. However, no matter what I
try when I boot it shows up as IDE.
cdrecord -scanbus doesn't see the device until I do a
modprobe ide-scsi
at which point cdrecord -scanbus detects both IDE devices now as SCSI,
but I also get this Warning message with it:
cdrecord: Warning: controller returns wrong size for CD capabilities page.
dmesg now also detects the drives as SCSI.
scsi1 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices
scsi : 2 hosts.
Vendor: NEC Model: CD-ROM DRIVE:28C Rev: 3.02
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Vendor: PHILIPS Model: PCA460RW Rev: 1.0f
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi CD-ROM sr1 at scsi1, channel 0, id 1, lun 0
sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 14x/32x cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.54
sr1: scsi3-mmc drive: 6x/6x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
I can also mount both drives then as /dev/scd0 and /dev/scd1 ok.
My questions:
(1) Is it possible to set things up so that the IDE devices are seen
as SCSI devices automatically without having to manually do a
modprobe?
(2) What's with the warning message?
I've read the CD-Writing-HOWTO but the section dealing with 2.2.x
kernels isn't that clear to me. I've modified my kernel as suggested
by that document.
I'm stuck. Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Esmail
================ Info on my sytem/config files/command outputs =========
My system:
RedHat 5.2 with upgraded kernel to 2.2.5
Dell Dimension R-XPS 450 with (PII 450MHz 256MB)
IDE IBM-DTTA-371290 drive
SCSI SEAGATE ST32155W
IDE NEC CD-ROM DRIVE
yesterday I added a Philips CDRW 400 series 4x4x24 drive
IDE PHILIPS PCA460RW
In addition to the standard IDE controller that came with the system I
also have an Adaptec AHA-2940 Ultra SCSI controller.
============ cdrecord =scan bus (after boot up) ====================
Cdrecord release 1.6.1
scsibus0:
0) *
1) 'SEAGATE ' 'ST32155W ' '0362' Disk
2) *
3) *
4) *
5) *
6) *
7) *
============ cdrecord =scan bus (after modprobe ide=scsi) ===================
Cdrecord release 1.6.1 Copyright (C) 1995-1998
scsibus0:
0) *
1) 'SEAGATE ' 'ST32155W ' '0362' Disk
2) *
3) *
4) *
5) *
6) *
7) *
scsibus1:
cdrecord: Warning: controller returns wrong size for CD capabilities page.
100) 'NEC ' 'CD-ROM DRIVE:28C' '3.02' Removable CD-ROM
101) 'PHILIPS ' 'PCA460RW ' '1.0f' Removable CD-ROM
102) *
103) *
104) *
105) *
106) *
107) *
=========== /etc/conf.modules ===========================
alias eth0 ne
options ne io=0x300 irq=10
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
alias scd0 sr_mod
alias scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi
options ide-cd ignore=hdc
options ide-cd ignore=hdd
=========== dmesg =======================================
Linux version 2.2.5 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 2.7.2.3) #20 Tue Sep 14
01:46:24 CDT 1999
Detected 448064383 Hz processor.
ide_setup: hda=25184,16,63
Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Calibrating delay loop... 447.28 BogoMIPS
Memory: 258020k/262080k available (840k kernel code, 412k reserved, 2776k data, 32k
init)
CPU: Intel Pentium II (Deschutes) stepping 02
Checking 386/387 coupling... OK, FPU using exception 16 error reporting.
Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfd9a3
PCI: Using configuration type 1
PCI: Probing PCI hardware
Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.2
Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0 for Linux NET4.0.
NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP
Starting kswapd v 1.5
parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [SPP,ECP,ECPPS2]
parport0: detected irq 7; use procfs to enable interrupt-driven operation.
Detected PS/2 Mouse Port.
Sound initialization started
<Crystal audio controller (CS4236)> at 0x530 irq 7 dma 0,1
<MPU-401 (UART) MIDI> at 0x330 irq 5
Sound initialization complete
PIIX4: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39
PIIX4: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
ide0: BM-DMA at 0x1420-0x1427, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio
ide1: BM-DMA at 0x1428-0x142f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio
hda: IBM-DTTA-371290, ATA DISK drive
hdc: NEC CD-ROM DRIVE:28C, ATAPI CDROM drive
hdd: PHILIPS PCA460RW, ATAPI CDROM drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
hda: IBM-DTTA-371290, 12395MB w/463kB Cache, CHS=25184/16/63, UDMA
(scsi0) <Adaptec AHA-294X Ultra SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 14/0
(scsi0) Wide Channel, SCSI ID=7, 16/255 SCBs
(scsi0) Warning - detected auto-termination
(scsi0) Please verify driver detected settings are correct.
(scsi0) If not, then please properly set the device termination
(scsi0) in the Adaptec SCSI BIOS by hitting CTRL-A when prompted
(scsi0) during machine bootup.
(scsi0) Cables present (Int-50 NO, Int-68 YES, Ext-68 NO)
(scsi0) Downloading sequencer code... 419 instructions downloaded
scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.1.10/3.2.4
<Adaptec AHA-294X Ultra SCSI host adapter>
scsi : 1 host.
Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST32155W Rev: 0362
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0
scsi : detected 1 SCSI disk total.
(scsi0:0:1:0) Synchronous at 20.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 8.
SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 4197405 [2049 MB] [2.0 GB]
Partition check:
sda: sda1 sda2 < sda5 sda6 >
hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 < hda5 hda6 >
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
Freeing unused kernel memory: 32k freed
Adding Swap: 130748k swap-space (priority -1)
ne.c:v1.10 9/23/94 Donald Becker ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
NE*000 ethercard probe at 0x300: 00 40 05 54 1a d4
eth0: NE2000 found at 0x300, using IRQ 10.
Serial driver version 4.27 with no serial options enabled
ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
tty_io.c: process 599 (dip) used obsolete /dev/cua0 - update software to use /dev/ttyS0
Use of setserial/setrocket to set SPD_* flags is deprecated
----
Esmail Bonakdarian - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/~bonak
-
We must come to see with the distinguished jurist of yesterday that
"justice too long delayed is justice denied." Marting Luther King 1963
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From: "Sascha Appel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Turn off Virtual desktop?
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 13:22:26 +0200
Edit the XF86Config file (usually in /etc/X11).
In the section where the settings for various X-Servers like the resolutions
are made ( I don't remember the section heading but there is e.g. a
"Viewport 0 0"
in) add a line Virtual x y, where x and y represents your actual
resolution. Do this for every color-depth section.
Sascha
Soltzer wrote in message <7rka0j$mnp$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I'm running redhat 6.0 and have GNOME, KDE, etc installed. While the
>"virtual desktop" is a nice feature, I'd like to turn it off so that the
>edge of the viewable screen _is_ actually the edge of the screen. Can
>someone direct me as to how to accomplish this? Many thanks.
>
>--
>Glen McWhorter
>=================================
>I'm so close to Hell I can almost see Vegas!
>=================================
>
>
>
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From: "Andy Hill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: POP3D question
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 16:45:48 +0100
Hi All
I've had this problem before but forgot how I cured it.
We have several workstations (windows) accessing a linux box via POP3 to
read mail using several different mail accounts.
One account keeps giving a mailbox already being read error, this has
suddenly started happening for no apparent reason.
Any Ideas?
TIA
Andy Hill
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From: Hugh Sparks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: module-info file in RH 6 /boot - where does it come from?
Date: 14 Sep 1999 15:15:02 GMT
In comp.os.linux.setup Brian Morrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I note that there is a module-info link pointing to
> module-info-2.2.5-22 in my /boot directory.
> Anyone know how much it matters, I'm in the process of trying out
> 2.2.12 and I was wondering if this is important.
I have searched the archives of this newsgroup and several Redhat
mailing list archives. Your question has been asked many times
but no one has ever provided an informed answer or even a
plausible guess.
Many people delete the file without apparent harm. Some
suggest manually updating the name in the obvious way. Since
no one knows how (or if) the file is used, you can be guided
by whim.
The file is part of the kernel rpm from Redhat. As far
as I can discover, it must be generated by some Redhat
employee who keeps its purpose a well-guarded secret.
To utterly confound the thousands of Linux developers
and users who read these lists for three years is no
small feat.
(Please send me a note if you ever figure this out!)
-Hugh Sparks, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Vilmos Soti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Hard-disk freespace problem
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 15:06:30 GMT
Gareth Chichester wrote:
>
> I have a strange problem I hope someone here can help me with.
>
> When I use df I get:
> Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
> /dev/hdb8 ext2 537M 481M 28M 94% /
>
> For some reason on my root partition the 'Available' space doesn't
> match up with the Size and Used columns. It started when I did run
> out of space on the partition (I badly need a new hard-disk).
> Everything seems to run okay, I'm just not sure it it's a pointer to
> some other problem later on, so if I can fix it I'd like to.
Hi,
This is normal. The ext2 filesystem allocates some space on the root
filesystem for root so if the filesystem fills up then the OS still can
function.
Vilmos
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From: Robert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: "Freeware" vs. GPL
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 15:19:39 GMT
"Steve D. Perkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
In a message on Tue, 14 Sep 1999 02:53:12 -0400, wrote :
"DP> I was wondering if anyone could either explain (or point to a web
"DP> site URL that does), in brief and consise terms (without having to read
"DP> through multi-page legal documents), the jist of the difference between
"DP> "freeware" and software covered under the GPL?
"freeware" is a generic term covering a range of copyright/left
variations. GPL (and LGPL) is a specific sub-set of "freeware".
"DP>
"DP> For example... if I wanted to distribute an application, make its
"DP> source readily available, and give anyone permission to modify and even
"DP> profit from it SO LONG AS THEY GIVE ME RECOGNITION AS BEING AN ORIGINAL
"DP> SOURCE... would that be a freeware app or an app falling within the
"DP> guidelines of the GPL?
Depends on the *exact* copyright notice you choose to use.
"DP>
"DP> Also, is there anything "special" you need to do for covering an
"DP> application under the GPL... or simply declare that it is so?
Visit:
http://www.opensource.org/ -- contains a detailed
explanation of "freeware", with
links to various other
related sites
http://www.fsf.org/ -- Free Software Foundation,
home of GNU -- contains a
detailed explanation of the GPL.
Basically, you need to put in a properly worded copyright notice,
generally in *every* source file. There are links from
http://www.opensource.org/ to a selection of copyright 'boilerplate'.
There is a boilerplate of the GPL and LGPL at http://www.fsf.org/. You
can get these text files and cut-and-paste the proper pieces into your
source files, doc files, etc.
"DP>
"DP>
"DP> Steve
"DP>
"DP>
"DP>
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