Linux-Misc Digest #817, Volume #21 Wed, 15 Sep 99 05:13:10 EDT
Contents:
Re: modem operates slow (Bill Unruh)
Re: How to convert photoshop 7 files (Carl Fink)
Re: Fax software (Carl Fink)
Real Audio segmentation fault (Peter Schaffter)
modem operates slow (rken)
How to query fs on mystery floppy? (W. Tucker)
linux instructor needed ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: MP3 Player ("David B. Kirk")
Re: System.map is screwed up (Paul Kimoto)
Serious Hardware Problem ("Patrick O'Neill")
Re: General Rant from a Linux Newbie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: how do i create a device? (Vilmos Soti)
help with ghostscript / nec 870 ("Kirk R. Wythers")
Re: problems with spaces in directory names (Cameron Simpson)
Re: can't set up emacs (Vilmos Soti)
Linux SCSI and CD Writer ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: can't set up emacs (Jeff Greer)
Re: Best Linux Distro? / Best GUI? (Steve Mading)
can't set up emacs (Jeff Greer)
Help: Can't get login prompt from remote terminal ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: ssh as a process ("Jarand Moen")
IDE66 ("Bjarne Wichmann Petersen")
Re: chsh -s bsh (Villy Kruse)
Re: can't set up emacs (Jeff Greer)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: modem operates slow
Date: 15 Sep 1999 04:25:54 GMT
Well, you do not tell us how you use your modem-- what commands, etc.
Note the the default rate is 9600 bd, and tht is what you will get
unless you use one of recognised serial port rates
1200,4800,9600,14400,28800 57600 115200
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> rken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>I bought a new 56K modem and it only operates at about 14,4k in my LINUX
>system.
>I had no trouble using a 58k modem with Windows, so I know it is with my
>present system.
>I seems to me the trouble is that my LINUX thinks I have a 386 as my as
>my cpu.
This has nothing to do with it. Why do you think it thinks that?
Remember that the default compilation for Linux is for a 386.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carl Fink)
Subject: Re: How to convert photoshop 7 files
Date: 15 Sep 1999 04:05:05 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 14 Sep 1999 04:11:45 GMT Gary R. Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Sombody sent me some image files in Photoshop 7 format. Does anyone know of
>any program that I can use to convert them to JPG or PNG? Preferably for
>Linux or OS/2, but a non-buggy freeware Windows program would be acceptable as
>a last resort
The GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) can open and save .psd
files, but I don't know which versions it supports. It's free (both
senses of the word) so it won't hurt to try it out.
--
Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"This fool wishes to reverse the entire science of astronomy."
-Martin Luther on Copernicus' theory that the Earth orbits the sun
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carl Fink)
Subject: Re: Fax software
Date: 15 Sep 1999 03:58:53 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 14 Sep 1999 16:31:18 GMT Anatoliy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have Caldera Open Linux 2.2,and I want use my computer for faxing.Where I
>can get fax software for my OS?
There are several fax packages for Linux/Unix. If you specify
exactly what you want (single user? server for a LAN?) people might
be able to give better advice.
I've been very happy with the efax package.
--
Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"This fool wishes to reverse the entire science of astronomy."
-Martin Luther on Copernicus' theory that the Earth orbits the sun
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Schaffter)
Subject: Real Audio segmentation fault
Date: 15 Sep 1999 04:44:54 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I downloaded the Real Audio player version 5.0 for Red Hat from real.com
and installed it on my Debian system using Debian's rvplayer
installer. (D/loading the Red Hat version is as per Debian's
instructions, BTW.)
The installation went fine. No depedency problems, no error
messages. However, whenever I try to invoke the player from the
command line with rvplayer, all that happens is that I receive a
cryptic error message saying "Segmentation fault."
Since there's no way to bump up the verbosity level of the error
messages from rvplayer, I have no idea what's causing the
problem. All the libraries are there, in the right place and on
my library path.
Anybody else had this problem? Any suggestions for fixes?
--
PTPi
(Peter Schaffter)
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From: rken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: modem operates slow
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 00:05:58 -0500
Hi
I'm back again with more problems.
I bought a new 56K modem and it only operates at about 14,4k in my LINUX
system.
I had no trouble using a 58k modem with Windows, so I know it is with my
present system.
I seems to me the trouble is that my LINUX thinks I have a 386 as my as
my cpu.
I tried to change my LINUX kernel , but the books say that I have to use
either menuconfig or xconfig.
my /usr/src/linus directory has neither of these. I have reinstalled
LINUX from my cdrom about 5 times selecting different packages and can't
seem to get these two programs.
I'm dead in the water can any one help this old guy?
ken
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (W. Tucker)
Subject: How to query fs on mystery floppy?
Date: 15 Sep 1999 04:58:46 GMT
Hello,
I have an unlabeled floppy disk on my desk and would like to see what files it
contains. The simple answer is to mount it and run the ls command. But the
mount command takes the file system type as an argument and I don't know which
to specify since the floppy could be in either msdos or ext2 format. While I
could mount it each way and see which one works, I was hoping for a more
elegant solution. Is there some handy utility for determining which file
system a floppy is using? Would this also work if the floppy was a boot/root
rescue disk created by copying an image using dd?
Thanks for your help.
Wendy Tucker
Symmetric Research
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: linux instructor needed
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 05:05:46 GMT
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From: "David B. Kirk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,redhat.general
Subject: Re: MP3 Player
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 04:17:46 GMT
The program called winamp comes with Linux 6.0. It plays MP3 files.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: System.map is screwed up
Date: 15 Sep 1999 00:32:41 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Eddy Cooper wrote:
> I installed a new kernel and now when I boot up it tells me like 20
> times that System.map does not have the right kernel version number.
> I tried to make myself a System.map by doing
>
> nm vmlinuz
>
> in /boot but that one didn't work.
You need the uncompressed kernel image "vmlinux". See the top-level
kernel source Makefile to see how to turn the "nm" output into System.map
(although one should already be in that directory ...).
--
Paul Kimoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: "Patrick O'Neill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup,it.comp.linux.setup
Subject: Serious Hardware Problem
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 00:54:21 -0400
Reply-To: "Patrick O'Neill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I'm tried to install RH6.0 on my machine (K6,166, 64mb ram, new hard drive,
etc), installation went as planned, I've installed RH5.2 without problem on
the machine before, and upgraded that installation to 6.0 before.
Unfortunately one of my drives crashed and I was forced to reformat and
start over. My configuration is essentially the same except for a newer
ethernet card (which doesn't have any problems).
As I mentioned, installation goes without a problem. When I reboot and try
to boot into linux, I get these errors....
/****** start **********/
Total of 2 processors activated (330.96 BogoMIPS)
enabling symmetric IO mode... ...done
Enabling IO_APIC IRQs
init IO_APIC IRQs
IO-APIC pin 0, 20, 21, ..., 255 not connected.
...MP-BIOS bug: 8254 timer not connected to IO_APIC
...trying to set up timer as ExtINT... (..found pin 0)... failed.
...trying to set up timer as BP IRQ... failed.
kernel panic: IO_APIC + timer doesn't work!
In sweeper task - not syncing
/****** end **********/
I've checked all my hardware, and not that it's necessarily a good
benchmark, but I have Windows running on the same machine without any (you
know what I mean) problems.
Someone suggested trying a different version of linux (RH5.2, or anything
with a 2.0.* kernel). I haven't gotten around to it, I wanted to see if
there was any input on this problem before I did that.
Soooo, if anybody has any clue as to what's going on, I would love to hear
it. If there are any possible solutions, I would love to hear them as well.
Thanks for any help,
Pat
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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: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 04:17:00 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom Dominico, Jr.) writes:
>The point is that computing is going to get easier, whether
>you like it or not. The popularity of Windows, even though it is
>technically flawed, should attest to that.
I think this is one of the funniest things I have read in quite some time.
Bernie
--
On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own
bottom
Montaigne
French moralist, 1533-92
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From: Vilmos Soti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: how do i create a device?
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 04:28:09 GMT
Steve wrote:
>
> it seems another user on our system deleted our cdrom device. how do i
> create a device in the /dev directory?
Hello,
Take a look at the MAKEDEV script in the /dev directory.
Vilmos
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From: "Kirk R. Wythers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: help with ghostscript / nec 870
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 15:31:20 -0500
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Has anyone got amn NEC superscript 870 working with ghostscript? I am
running RH 6.0 and need some help with the printconfig tool and
ghostscript.
Thanks,
Kirk
--
Kirk R. Wythers
Department of Forest Resources
University of Minnesota
1530 N. Cleveland Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55108
Tel: 612.625.2261
Fax: 612 625.5212
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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<html>
Has anyone got amn NEC superscript 870 working with ghostscript?
I am running RH 6.0 and need some help with the printconfig tool and ghostscript.
<p>Thanks,
<p>Kirk
<pre>--
Kirk R. Wythers
Department of Forest Resources
University of Minnesota
1530 N. Cleveland Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55108
Tel: 612.625.2261
Fax: 612 625.5212
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]</pre>
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From: Cameron Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: problems with spaces in directory names
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 06:00:17 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 7 Sep 1999, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
bruce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| tar cf <tarball> `find -newer /touchfile -print`
|
| This fails on dirs w/ spaces in the name. For example, instead of
| tarring /home/user1/App Data/file1.txt, it logs 2 errors: Could not find
| /home/user1/App & Could not find Data/file1.txt.
|
| Can someone recommend a nice solution to this? thanks.
Yes.
Tar has an option to read names from stdin instead of the command line.
[RTFMs...] Yeah, -T. So...
find .... | tar cTf - tarballfile
or
find .... | tar -T - cf tarballfile
if the GNU folks have stuffed up the option parsing.
--
Cameron Simpson, DoD#743 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.zip.com.au/~cs/
Lady, have you ever seen a cat skeleton in a tree? - Kevin Dunn
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From: Vilmos Soti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: can't set up emacs
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 05:58:43 GMT
Jeff Greer wrote:
>
> I don't know why this program should be so hard to install. I
> got the 12MB rpm and typed:
>
> rpm -i -vv --force emacs-19.34-4.i386.rpm
>
> I don't see emacs anywhere though. How do I install this
> program? I am running RH 5.2.
>
> There is no "emacs" in any binary directory. What gives? Why is
> this program so hard to install?
Hi,
You might have something like emacs-nox instead of emacs. Try typing
"emacs" and hitting the [TAB] key twice or three times. In this case the
names should show up. You can also check if you have emacs installed by
rpm -qa | grep emacs
and see the output. If you have emacs already, then you cannot install
the new one since rpm will say no. In that case, you should upgrade
emacs by
rpm -Uvh emacs-19.34.-4.i386.rpm
Vilmos
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Linux SCSI and CD Writer
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 23:05:52 -0700
Hello everyone:
I have a AHA 2940 SCSI card with a scanner connected to it. The
system is RedHat 5.2.
Now my boss will buy a 12X CD Writer and asks me to install it on a
RedHAt 6.0 system with this SCSI card and scanner.
My questions are
(1) IS there any Linux software which can support 12 X CD writer?
(2) If there is, where to purchase and download it.
Thank you very much
Te-Cheng Shen
ps. Can you post in this news group and also email me back.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff Greer)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: can't set up emacs
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 06:10:27 GMT
[posted and emailed]
Thanks, but now I get a segmentation fault. I removed the whole
emacs directory tree and reinstalled these 2 rpm's and I still
get a seg fault.
emacs-20.2-4.i386.rpm emacs-nox-20.2-4.i386.rpm
output:
===============================
tmp > emacs-nox
Segmentation fault
tmp >
===============================
What should I do now?
--
Jeff Greer
B.S. computer science, University of MO - Rolla
==================================================
Windows NT has crashed,
I am the Blue Screen of Death,
No one hears your screams...
If you don't have anything mean to say about
Microsoft, don't say anything at all.
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From: Steve Mading <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: Re: Best Linux Distro? / Best GUI?
Date: 15 Sep 1999 06:58:47 GMT
In comp.os.linux.advocacy Matthias Warkus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Enlightenment's user interface is infinitely configurable. It can look
: like NeXT, but it can also look like Star Trek. Enlightenment's
: default look is a bit like Windows 95's interface made of dull metal
: and without the taskbar. Very pretty.
That is only the default with the way RedHat ships enlightenment.
That's not the default when you download it and install it yourself,
at least it wasn't the last time I tried that.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff Greer)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,alt.os.linux
Subject: can't set up emacs
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 05:19:17 GMT
I don't know why this program should be so hard to install. I
got the 12MB rpm and typed:
rpm -i -vv --force emacs-19.34-4.i386.rpm
I don't see emacs anywhere though. How do I install this
program? I am running RH 5.2.
There is no "emacs" in any binary directory. What gives? Why is
this program so hard to install?
Thanks in advance.
--
Jeff Greer
B.S. computer science, University of MO - Rolla
==================================================
Windows NT has crashed,
I am the Blue Screen of Death,
No one hears your screams...
If you don't have anything mean to say about
Microsoft, don't say anything at all.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Help: Can't get login prompt from remote terminal
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 07:13:33 GMT
I am using Redhat 5.2 Linux as a server and I want remote logins through
X.25 PADS which is connected to serial Ports on the server and remote
clients.
When I tested the system to connect a Dumb Terminal (Text Terminal)
directly to COM port using "getty", it is working fine. The /etc/inittab
entry were like this :
S1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty ttyS1 DT9600 vt100
But when we connect the COM port to PAD/Asynchronous port and try to
dial into the Redhat 5.2 Server from a remote client using 14 digit
x.121 address, I am unable to get the login prompt.
I would be grateful if someone could help me out.
Thanks in advance.
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From: "Jarand Moen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ssh as a process
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 09:20:12 +0200
Lars Gullik Bj�nnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> "Jm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> | Well it starts ok but i would like to be able to stop it without killing
the
> | process, so this should/could be a lot different.
>
> Why do you want this?
>
> you want to send a -STOP to the process?, or do you mean to terminate
> it without loosing connections to remote computers?
Yes i want to send a STOP to the process.
> | So do any of you have an suggestion to what i could do?
> | Or maybe some refrences to howto?
> |
> | Aloso i'm not quite sue if this is the propper way to do it, so if you
got
> | any hints, reply!
>
> It is a bit unclear what you want, but a staring point is the other
> scripts in /etc/rc.d/init.d/
>
I've looked at the other scripts, but can't make mutch out of it. So if you
got an exsample on how to make a script that start and stop this (or any)
process pls reply.
Thx again
Jm
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Subject: IDE66
From: "Bjarne Wichmann Petersen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 07:50:36 GMT
Hi!
I am about to build my own linux-box and am considering the Epox
EP-51MVP3-G2 motherboard with IDE/66 and buy an IBM Desktstar also
IDE/66.
But then I am told that Linux doesn't support IDE/66 (yet). My
question now is, will such a setup a) don't work at all or b) just
work as a IDE/33?
Bjarne
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Villy Kruse)
Subject: Re: chsh -s bsh
Date: 15 Sep 1999 10:05:08 +0200
MBr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Tried using a rescue disk and correcting the situation?
>SuSE 6.1 disc 1 is also suitable as rescue disc btw..
>
Alternatively, if you specify "init=/bin/sh" on the lilo prompt you
are dumped directly into the shell. Then you need to remount root
readwrite "mount -norw,remount /" and you can modify the password file
including fixing the root password if you forgot what it is.
--
Villy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff Greer)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: can't set up emacs
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 06:33:50 GMT
[posted and emailed]
Thanks for you help. I got the bitch to install and run. I
reverted to emacs-19.34-4.i386.rpm.
Now it is time to learn the most powerful editor in existence.
--
Jeff Greer
B.S. computer science, University of MO - Rolla
==================================================
Windows NT has crashed,
I am the Blue Screen of Death,
No one hears your screams...
If you don't have anything mean to say about
Microsoft, don't say anything at all.
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