Linux-Misc Digest #820, Volume #21 Wed, 15 Sep 99 11:13:10 EDT
Contents:
Netscape 4.61 doesn't respond to button click ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Creating and script file (Nikolei Steinhage)
Re: linux box set up, no cd rom, no modem, need help (Leonard Evens)
Re: Any advice on alternate character set over telnet? ("T.E.Dickey")
Re: Newbie question (Leonard Evens)
Re: Deleting WinNT (Leonard Evens)
Re: Booting 2.3.18 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: How to query fs on mystery floppy? (Pat Heuvel)
Majordomo 1.94.4 ("Jonte Myra")
Re: help--root file repair (Leonard Evens)
Re: Best Video Card - Best Sound Card - HELP!! (Jim Chisholm)
Re: How do you mount Winblows drives? (Leonard Evens)
Re: Creative Labs SCSI CD-R 4XXX ("Dave Sherman")
Re: Real Audio segmentation fault (Leonard Evens)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Netscape 4.61 doesn't respond to button click
Date: 15 Sep 1999 13:14:12 GMT
Hi,
When visiting this page:
https://directnat.bnc.ca/gpfr.asp
Netscape 4.61 doesn't respond to key clicks on the "Poursuivre" button. This
used to work fine when I was using a libc5-based version. For some reason,
moving to a libc6-based version breaks everything. When clicking the button,
the galactical N icon has no response. This is with the US-export version
(needed to access the site).
Has anyone else seen problems like this? How'd you fix it?
L
--
Penguin Power!
Laurent Duperval
CGI - FWFM Project
Phone: (514) 350-3368
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Nikolei Steinhage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Creating and script file
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 14:31:57 +0000
Alvaro Garriga wrote:
> Hi
> Can someone point me to where I can find how to create an script file or C file
> to do back ups at certain date/time.
>
> Thanks so much in Advance
Hi Alvaro,
you can edit the crontab so that the backup is done automatically at a specific
time.
Have a lot of fun with it!
#!/bin/bash
# file backup
# store backups in an own deirectory!!!!
backupdirectory=/daten/backup/nikolei/backups
# directories and files to be backuped
directory="/home/root /boot /etc /System.map /vmlinuz
/usr/local/httpp/cgi-bin/database.dat"
# name of backupfile
backupname=backup_`hostname`_`date|awk '{print $3 $2 $6}'`.tgz
# max days to keep old backups in relation to the new one
maxdays=90
echo backupname is $backupname
echo creating backup from $directory
nice tar cvfz $backupdirectory/$backupname $directory
if ls $backupdirectory | grep $backupname > /dev/null
then echo
echo backup created and saved!!!
echo
# if backup exists, delete old ones
echo deleting backups older than $maxdays days!!!
echo
# script to delete old backups
rmbak $maxdays $backupname $backupdirectory
else echo
echo error: cannot create backup!!!
echo
mail < backuperror -s "backup failed" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
fi
echo Job done!!!
echo
#########################################################
#!/usr/bin/perl
# file rmbak
####################################
# for testing program do not forget
# to save already genereted
# backups
####################################
$maxdays=@ARGV[0] || die "maxdays missing";
$lastbak=@ARGV[1] || die "lastbak missing";
$bakdir=@ARGV[2] || die "bakdir missing";
# scalar to convert sec since epoch (1.1.1970) to days since epoch
$multip=60*60*24;
chdir($bakdir);
# get file information of bakfile (also possible to store information in an array)
($z1, $z2, $z3, $z4, $z5, $z6, $z7, $z8, $z9, $timeref )=stat($lastbak) || die
"backupfile $lastbak does not exist";
closedir(BAKDIR);
# read every file in bakdir and compare
# modification time with actual bakupfile;
# if time difference more than maxdays,
# delete it
opendir(BAKDIR, $bakdir) || die "cannot open $bakdir !";
foreach $name(readdir(BAKDIR)){
if($name ne "." and $name ne ".."){
chdir($bakdir);
($z1, $z2, $z3, $z4, $z5, $z6, $z7, $z8, $z9, $x )=stat($name);
$age=(($timeref - $x) / $multip);
if($age > $maxdays){
print "deleting $age days old file $name \n";
unlink($name) || die "cannot delete $name !";
}
}
}
closedir(BAKDIR);
##############################################################################
# file backuperror
######################################
The backup failed!
######################################
Check the rights given to the
files and directories, the
backup-scripts, and the existence
of the already created backups!
######################################
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux box set up, no cd rom, no modem, need help
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 08:35:01 -0500
"Kenny A. Chaffin" wrote:
>
> In article <z2pD3.9$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> says...
> > Hi, I currently have a windows 98 machine, and a pent 90 with DOS. I was
> > wondering if it was possible to install linux on the DOS computer through a
> > network. Does the network have to be set up first? The hub and all the other
> > stuff are set up, but stuff like samba are not in place since linux isnt
> > installed yet.
> >
> > My question : How do I install linux on a pentium 90 computer which has no
> > modem, and no cd-rom, it only has a network card. Please help me.
> >
> > Orrin Jolly
> >
> >
> >
>
> get a cheap cd-rom.
> or borrow it out of another machine for the install....
>
> --
> KAC Website Design
> Custom Programming, Web Design, and Graphics
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.kacweb.com
If you have a fast internet connection, you can install it all
as an ftp install. If you choose RedHat you will have to use
the boot disk for network installation, called something like
bootnet.img. You can find this and instructions for copying
it to a floppy at the RedHat web site. But you would be
better off using a mirror site for the actual ftp install.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: "T.E.Dickey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Any advice on alternate character set over telnet?
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 12:53:03 GMT
Villy Kruse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Setting TERM to vt100 on Solaris can get you by for a while as this is
> prety close to the linux terminal type.
no - alternate character set, which is what he's asking for is not at all
close.
--
Thomas E. Dickey
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.clark.net/pub/dickey
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie question
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 08:46:57 -0500
Rodrigo D'Almeida Ferreira wrote:
>
> Hi all
> I've already installed Red Hat in two Pcs, the lan boards are configured
> but now, i have to configure tcp-ip in both pcs. How can i do this?
>
> Sorry for my poor english.
>
> Rodrigo Ferreira
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Except for some punctuation, your English is excellent. It
contrasts to many postings incomprehensible to an English
speaker which are very frustrating because one can't understand
what the problem is. I commend you for your effort to make
yourself understood.
To answer your question, you are supposed to do this using
linuxconf, but I've found it easy to call up the program
control-panel (which is still there) and use the network
configuration button. Just exactly what you have to do
may depend on your local installtion. In particular, it will
depend on whether you have a fixed IP address or whether you
are using a DHCP server. It is fairly clear
what to do, but you may have to do
some experimentation. Try it and post further questions if
you encounter difficulties. If you do so, include as much
detail as possible about what happened.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Deleting WinNT
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 08:39:59 -0500
Akasi 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?
> Also, I know there are many people running *nix systems who are rabid
> Star Wars fans. What program do you use to watch the trailers under *nix
> seeing as Apple holds all the codecs and hasn't released QT for Unix?
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> Eric
To the best of my knowledge, the SCSI configuration utility is
run by the SCSI BIOS which is called by the motherboard BIOS
if there is a SCSI adapter present. This is done before any
operating system is loaded. I have installed Linux on a machine
which previously was a dual boot NT/Linux machine without a
problem. Of course, since I had done the original install, I
was never in any doubt about what would happen. I may have the
same card you have, but the nomenclature for cards is so confusing
that I can't be sure. Mine has a 68 pin external plug.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Booting 2.3.18
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 15 Sep 1999 11:22:35 GMT
F. Heitkamp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I've been trying to boot 2.3.18 on my Pentium I,
>Tyan Tomcat II, Tekram SCSI 390 UW. It detects the hardware
>and disks and so forth. Then stops with "cannot find init".
>The system boots and runs fine with 2.2.9; the last kernel
>that works on my hardware.
I got some more information last night after I posted the
previous message. What appears to be happening seems to be
related to some change in the SCSI drivers. I have a Tekram
390 UW controller with the 53C875 chip as controller 0.
I also have a Symbios 875 based fast controller as controller
1. With the older kernels I had only enabled the NCR53C8XX
driver and both cards work together fine. Using that same
driver in the 2.3.XX kernels results in only one SCSI host
being detected or if I have both the new SYM53X8XX and the
NCR53C8XX driver enabled all the disks are detected but out
of order so that is why the init program can't be found.
I've been reading the README.ncr53c8xx file and I see that
there are a couple things I migh try in terms of config
options. Can I just add the options to the .config file
and make dep; make or is there some other way I should do
it like say in the SCSI driver code itself?
--
Fred
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From: Pat Heuvel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to query fs on mystery floppy?
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 21:30:51 +1000
Gday Wendy,
"W. Tucker" wrote:
>
> 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
<...>
First of all, is there is a chance it is an MS-DOS disk? If so, insert
the disk, and type "mdir a: /w". You don't need to mount for that, and
the command will fail if it's not a DOS disk.
Then you can try a "mount /dev/fd0 /floppy -t ext2".
> Thanks for your help.
>
Hope this helps
> Wendy Tucker
> Symmetric Research
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Regards,
Pat
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From: "Jonte Myra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Majordomo 1.94.4
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 13:33:04 +0200
I have installed Majordomo 1.94.9 on my RedHat 6.0.
I can subscribe and unsubscribe the lists and get info about them, but when
I try to mail a list I get "User unknown" from the server.
What have I done wrong?
Do I have to make a user for every list or what?
/Jonte
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: help--root file repair
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 08:20:18 -0500
"mail3.ntu.edu.sg" wrote:
>
> Hi, who can help me?
> When i installed the second netcard, the systems can not reboot normally.
> So i put restart button and restarted it. Then when the system boot, it
> asked me to repair the root file system. What can i do and how to do?
> Thanks.
Whenever you terminate Linux abnormally, the state of the
filesystems (which is in memory) may not have been saved, so
the filesystems have to be repaired. This is usually done
automatically by fsck, but sometimes it can't do it and asks
you to do it manually. In that case you should do exactly
that at the prompt when it asks you. You run the program
fsck. I can remember the
exact details. I think you may have to specify each file
system as an argument. In any case if you give the default
answer to each question it asks, you will almost certainly
be okay. In rare cases, more extreme actions are necessary,
but given what you say, I doubt if you know enough now to
be able to proceed, so let's hope that doesn't happen.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: Jim Chisholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Best Video Card - Best Sound Card - HELP!!
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 13:20:25 +0000
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 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.
Hi..
My $.02 would be to go with a Matrox G200 or a Riva TNT2 and avoid the ATI
products (I have found the Matrox/Nvidia driver support to be much
better).
I'd also go with a separate tuner card.
The SBLive! is a great choice under Windoze but realistically is barely
funtional under Linux
(Again, poor ATI driver support but at least they've released a marginally
useful driver for it.)
My biggest beef with the SBLive! is it's (presently) total non-fuctionality
under vmware.
If it's only Linux on your system you're better off with a cheapy SB16.
Jim
--
=======================================================
Jim Chisholm
Dalhousie University, Dept. Physics Halifax N.S. Canada
http://electron.phys.dal.ca
Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency Service
Lieutenant #2 Bay Road Station 59
http://www.fire-ems.net/firedept/view/HalifaxNSCA
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Your 2 cents worth please!
<p>I want 16/32M AGP graphics with good 3D performance, a TV tuner (I
<br>guess this needs a BT848 or similar), realtime video capture &
playback
<br>(some form of MPEG compression?). I don't need Linux support for the
TV
<br>or Video right away so long as it's in the pipeline. Am I expecting
too
<br>much from one card? Am I better off buying a graphics card and a
<br>seperate TV/Video card - if so, please let me have your recommendations.
<p>I am aware that some graphics card manufacturers have been hostile,
or
<br>less than helpful, to the open source community and I would prefer
not
<br>to buy their products, given a choice.
<p>Regarding sound cards, most of the advice I have received points to
the
<br>sound blaster awe64 or such. What of the SoundBlaster Live! value or
<br>quality clones.
<p>All advice gratefully received.
<p>Sent via Deja.com <a href="http://www.deja.com/">http://www.deja.com/</a>
<br>Share what you know. Learn what you don't.</blockquote>
Hi..
<br>My $.02 would be to go with a Matrox G200 or a Riva TNT2 and avoid
the ATI products (I have found the Matrox/Nvidia driver support to
be much better).
<br>I'd also go with a separate tuner card.
<br>The SBLive! is a great choice under Windoze but realistically is barely
funtional under Linux
<br>(Again, poor ATI driver support but at least they've released a marginally
useful driver for it.)
<br>My biggest beef with the SBLive! is it's (presently) total non-fuctionality
under vmware.
<br>If it's only Linux on your system you're better off with a cheapy SB16.
<p>Jim
<pre>--
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Jim
Chisholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Dalhousie University, Dept. Physics Halifax N.S.
Canada
<A HREF="http://electron.phys.dal.ca">http://electron.phys.dal.ca</A>
Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency Service
Lieutenant #2 Bay Road Station 59
<A
HREF="http://www.fire-ems.net/firedept/view/HalifaxNSCA">http://www.fire-ems.net/firedept/view/HalifaxNSCA</A>
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How do you mount Winblows drives?
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 08:56:36 -0500
Michael Ramey wrote:
>
> Stupid newbie question:
>
> I'm running Redhat 6.0 and want to know how to mount my other hard-drives
> (FAT32) so I can read them in linux.
>
> Michael
Create a directory in your Linux file system to use as
a mount point, say /win
and then use something like
mount -t vfat /dev/Your_Windows_Partition_Designation /win
For example, I have Windows 95 on /dev/sda1, and in my
/etc/fstab, I have the line
/dev/sda1 /win95 vfat defaults 1 2
There is almost certainly a HOWTO on this.
---
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: "Dave Sherman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Creative Labs SCSI CD-R 4XXX
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 16:42:39 +0200
Reply-To: "Dave Sherman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Where do I find the HOWTO? :-)
Thanks.
Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7ro0uo$kg$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Wed, 15 Sep 1999 12:23:36 +0200 Joe Mansfied <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Hmmm,
> >
> >I have a creative labs cd-r and I would love to record some cd-s. I run
> >Linux (of course!) :-)
> >
> >Does anyone know of any software I can do this is. As far as I know,
> >CDRECORD does not support the Creative Labs CDR4XXX system.
>
> I'm using cdrecord with the 4224E, an ATAPI version, but I strongly
> suspect that if one works the other will. I follow the plain
> instructions in the CD Recording HOWTO and they work fine -- have you
> tried it?
> --
> 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: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Real Audio segmentation fault
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 09:03:48 -0500
Peter Schaffter wrote:
>
> 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)
I'm not sure about Debian, but under RedHat 6.0, Real Player
5.0 does exactly that. I suspect this is something related
to libraries and is implementation independent for the most
up to date implementations. You may be able to get the
G2 player at
www.real/com/products/player/linux.html
That works with RH6.0.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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