Linux-Misc Digest #857, Volume #21 Sat, 18 Sep 99 03:13:09 EDT
Contents:
DNS (extrange) Problems !! ("Angel")
Re: Can Linux read Mac files? ("Blacka")
Re: Machine won't utilize swap space (ellis)
Perl Debugger/step by step code Interpreter (J Chamney)
Re: I've got a PCI Winmodem... (Wallace Barnes)
Re: Loadlin nukes APM BIOS save-to-disk feature ( splunty!)
Adding swap space to drive with data... easy? (Mark D'Ascenzo)
Re: <<<Lets face it...Linux is for geeks like u n me>>> ("Blacka")
Re: Loadlin nukes APM BIOS save-to-disk feature (Walter Eric Johnson)
Where's Caldera's libc-pthreads-5.4.46-2.i386.rpm? ("Louie R. Orbeta")
Re: Emacs Auto-Compression/bzip2 question (Andrew M. Bishop)
Re: Caldera 2.3 Install-- Smoooooooth (Stan Barr)
Help! No KDE desktop after upgrading to XFree86-3.3.5 (Kaushik Mallick)
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From: "Angel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DNS (extrange) Problems !!
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 20:10:30 +0200
I have a Linux Box running a DNS service, that works OK.
When I make a FTP o TELNET call to this Linux Box, it takes a long time
to reply, so timeouts denny the access.
Everything works again when I kill the DNS service or when I connect to
Internet !!!???
Has anyone found anything like that ?
Thank you.
Angel Belda
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Blacka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can Linux read Mac files?
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 22:36:53 -0700
How would you read mac files on linux, using netatalk?
William Burrow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On 17 Sep 1999 16:57:49 PDT,
> Matt O'Toole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Well, can Linux read Mac files? Can it mount and read Mac formatted
> >floppies?
>
> Yes.
>
> --
> William Burrow -- New Brunswick, Canada o
> Copyright 1999 William Burrow ~ /\
> ~ ()>()
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ellis)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: Machine won't utilize swap space
Date: 17 Sep 1999 18:16:44 GMT
In article <7rtthh$nhm$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Drydd <someone@special> wrote:
> Odd, and you're sure you did: swapon /dev/hd(sd)xy? Where x is the drive
>designation and y is the partion #? Swapon doesn't work by itself:)
>Wallace Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> I have PII 233Mhz system (multiple SCSI / IDE drives, 98MB RAM) running
>> Slackware kernel 2.0.36. I've allocated a 120MB partition to as swap
^^^
Does 2.0.36 still have the old 128MB swap partition size limit?
--
http://www.fnet.net/~ellis/photo/linux.html
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From: J Chamney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Perl Debugger/step by step code Interpreter
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 00:33:30 -0400
Does anyone know of a Perl debugger, or a utility whereby one can
execute Perlscript one line at a time, with the ability to examine
variable values as you step through the program?
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Jim
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From: Wallace Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I've got a PCI Winmodem...
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 14:11:34 -0400
By the way, alot of CS/CIS majors in college work in CompUSA, Software ETC,
..... Be careful what broad comments you make. While there are definitely
some people who should be better trained and informed as to what they're
selling. I've noticed that there are usually a few employees in those stores
who always seem to have a line of customers waiting for them and not the other
employees. Many times that's because they know what they're talking about. Next
time you go in take a better look around, then get on the the right line.
-Wally
wanda wrote:
> It's true that people working at CompUSA and Best Buy are usually
> brainless morons, but to blame them for road construction, detour, getting
> lost and deers is a little bit too far fetched *g*
> Michel Catudal wrote:
> > Bill Guenthner wrote:
> > >
> > > You can buy Quake for Linux and CivII for Linux at CompUSA. And keep in
> > > mind: Would a intelligent and highly motivated person be working as a
> sales
> > > clerk at Best Buy (or CompUSA)? I don't think so.
> > >
> >
> > There are a couple of them at the CompUSA in Grand Rapids. Unfortunately
> there
> > are more morons. When SuSE 6.2 came out my wife called CompUSA to
> confirm that
> > there were arrived. She repeated a few times "Are you sure it's SuSE 6.2
> and was
> > told yes. So we drove to Grand Rapids that Friday night. We found out
> that it
> > was SuSE 6.1 that they had and not SuSE 6.2. I was pissed! Grand Rapids
> is about
> > 75 miles from here and we were back home way past midnight. To make
> things more
> > interesting, the exit ramp to North US 131 was closed for reasons of
> construction.
> > With darkness and poor visibility missing a turn in an unknown area is
> an easy
> > thing and after a couple circles of 10-15 miles + detour one becomes
> somewhat
> > irritated. Luckily I missed the deers ... I wasn't in the mood for deer
> hunting with
> > the car that night.
> >
> > My wife found SuSE 6.2 at http://www.chumbo.com for $29.95
> > I ordered 3 copies and since they wrongly claimed that it was in stock
> when it
> > wasn't on they apologized and sent the packages federal express at no
> additional
> > cost. I had it the following thursday.
> >
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ( splunty! )
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,tamu.unix.general
Subject: Re: Loadlin nukes APM BIOS save-to-disk feature
Date: 17 Sep 1999 18:29:50 GMT
In article <7roap4$uli$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
George R. Welch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Can anyone offer any suggestions? Why should loadlin
>screw up the APM BIOS in this way?
Get a real computer.
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< > Candyland is real. < >
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From: Mark D'Ascenzo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Adding swap space to drive with data... easy?
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 14:33:47 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I have a plan to reformat my partition table to add swap space. I've
listed my scheme below.
Will it work? Please email or post comments. Your thoughts could save
me tons of time.
Thanks,
Mark
Plan:
I don't wan't to reformat the whole disk.
I may be able to use a program like Partition-It, but would prefer not
to.
If possible, I would like to repartition just the blocks currently in
the dev/hda1 (Blocks 1-131)
Here is my current setup:
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 131 1052226 b Win95 FAT32
/dev/hda2 132 1232 8843782+ 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 132 144 104391 83 Linux native
/dev/hda6 145 863 5775336 83 Linux native
/dev/hda7 864 1080 1743021 83 Linux native
/dev/hda8 1081 1170 722893+ 83 Linux native
/dev/hda9 1171 1190 160618+ 83 Linux native
/dev/hda10 1191 1206 128488+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda11 1207 1219 104391 83 Linux native
/dev/hda12 1220 1232 104391 83 Linux native
I want to create something like this:
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 1232 8843782+ 5
Extended <----- note change
/dev/hda2 1 15 128488 82 Linux
swap <----- note change
/dev/hda13 16 31 128488 82 Linux
swap <----- note change
/dev/hda14 32 131 722893 83 Linux
native <----- note change
/dev/hda5 132 144 104391 83 Linux native
/dev/hda6 145 863 5775336 83 Linux native
/dev/hda7 864 1080 1743021 83 Linux native
/dev/hda8 1081 1170 722893+ 83 Linux native
/dev/hda9 1171 1190 160618+ 83 Linux native
/dev/hda10 1191 1206 128488+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda11 1207 1219 104391 83 Linux native
/dev/hda12 1220 1232 104391 83 Linux native
Is it just as easy as changing the table? Will I aslo need to do
anything about the FAT32 system
or will that happen automatically when the partition table is written?
Any thoughts?
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I have a plan to reformat my partition table to add swap space. I've
listed my scheme below.
<br>Will it work? Please email or post comments. Your thoughts
could save me tons of time.
<p>Thanks,
<p>Mark
<p>Plan:
<p>I don't wan't to reformat the whole disk.
<br>I may be able to use a program like Partition-It, but would prefer
not to.
<p>If possible, I would like to repartition just the blocks currently in
the dev/hda1 (Blocks 1-131)
<p>Here is my current setup:<b></b>
<p><b>Device Boot Start
End Blocks Id System</b>
<br>/dev/hda1
1 131 1052226 b
Win95 FAT32
<br>/dev/hda2
132 1232 8843782+ 5 Extended
<br>/dev/hda5
132 144 104391 83
Linux native
<br>/dev/hda6
145 863 5775336 83
Linux native
<br>/dev/hda7
864 1080 1743021 83 Linux
native
<br>/dev/hda8
1081
1170 722893+ 83 Linux native
<br>/dev/hda9
1171
1190 160618+ 83 Linux native
<br>/dev/hda10
1191
1206 128488+ 82 Linux swap
<br>/dev/hda11
1207
1219 104391 83 Linux native
<br>/dev/hda12
1220
1232 104391 83 Linux native
<p> I want to create something like this:
<p><b>Device Boot Start
End Blocks Id System</b>
<br>/dev/hda1
1 1232 8843782+ 5
Extended <font
color="#FFC100">
</font><font color="#000000"><----- note change</font>
<br>/dev/hda2
1 15 128488
82 Linux
swap
<----- note change
<br>/dev/hda13
16
31 128488 82 Linux
swap
<----- note change
<br>/dev/hda14
32
131 722893 83 Linux
native
<----- note change
<br>/dev/hda5
132 144 104391 83
Linux native
<br>/dev/hda6
145 863 5775336 83
Linux native
<br>/dev/hda7
864 1080 1743021 83 Linux
native
<br>/dev/hda8
1081
1170 722893+ 83 Linux native
<br>/dev/hda9
1171
1190 160618+ 83 Linux native
<br>/dev/hda10
1191
1206 128488+ 82 Linux swap
<br>/dev/hda11
1207
1219 104391 83 Linux native
<br>/dev/hda12
1220
1232 104391 83 Linux native
<p>Is it just as easy as changing the table? Will I aslo need to
do anything about the FAT32 system
<br>or will that happen automatically when the partition table is written?
<p>Any thoughts?
<br> </html>
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From: "Blacka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: <<<Lets face it...Linux is for geeks like u n me>>>
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 22:56:50 -0700
That's Garbage. I have used Windows from the beginning, I even used to use
DOS. I have used windows for about 4 years now, and I am but fed up of it.
My windows 98 crashes almost everyday, you have to buy every piece of
software you need, and linux just seems more promising. I am slowely
migrating from windows to linux,. I just bought a Pc to install linux on,
and soon I will replace everything with linux. Its the linux revolution, you
or an M$ can stop it, people like me are tired of microsoft, and tired of
paying 300 and 700 dollars for software!!
BlaCka MooRe
Andrew Purugganan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7rv67e$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I am looking at the posts here and in other linux-related groups. Isn't
> it true that 99% of the people posting and/or responding have to be a bit
> technically savvy and a bit adventurous with their hardware? That's why
> I'm so inclined to believe that there will always be a market for
> WIndows, and a similar segment for Linux, and Mac, etc much like there
> will always be rock n roll, jazz, polka, etc.
> Maybe it's time we stop this 'Linux will eat M$ for breakfast!'
> trash-talk. The reality is, the OS shouldn't be in your face, but instead
> it's quietly humming in the background, and letting you accomplish your
> work/objective. I'd like to think my kids will grow up using the computer
> in far different ways, thanks to your efforts, and one day even ask,
Daddy,
> What was Windows? before she rushes off to the holodeck to play Quake23:
> The Soldering Iron of Justice...
>
> That said, this will surely make those 'Micro-scared' t-shirts
> collectibles not too long after this post. ANd the 1%? THey're actually
> getting dates in bars even as I type, busily having a social life...
>
> --
> Andy Purugganan
> annandy AT dc DOT seflin DOT org
> e-mail reply always appreciated, but i'll still be lurking here
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Walter Eric Johnson)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,tamu.unix.general
Subject: Re: Loadlin nukes APM BIOS save-to-disk feature
Date: 18 Sep 1999 06:05:51 GMT
splunty! ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: In article <7roap4$uli$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
: George R. Welch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:
: > Can anyone offer any suggestions? Why should loadlin
: >screw up the APM BIOS in this way?
:
: Get a real computer.
Them IBM 360s are just too expensive to keep running.
Eric Johnson
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From: "Louie R. Orbeta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Where's Caldera's libc-pthreads-5.4.46-2.i386.rpm?
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 05:59:51 GMT
Greetings,
Can anyone tell me where I can download Caldera's
libc-pthreads-5.4.46-2.i386.rpm?
The support documentation says that it's in
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/OpenLinux/updates/1.2/010/RPMS
...but the directory only goes up to
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/OpenLinux/updates/1.2/09/RPMS
Thanks very much.
Rgds,
Louie
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IBM Certified Specialist - AIX System Administration
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
WWW : http://travel.to/louieorbeta
The trouble with the profit system has always been
that it was highly unprofitable to most people.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew M. Bishop)
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Emacs Auto-Compression/bzip2 question
Date: 17 Sep 1999 11:48:08 +0100
In newsgroup uk.comp.os.linux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Has anyone out there gotten auto-compression working with bzip2?
>
> Whenever I try it, it gets about halfway through, then complains about needing
> an input file, leaving an uncompressed jka-comp* file in /tmp.
>
> I've checked the jka-compression settings, & everything *seems* to be in order.
> (gnu-emacs 20.3.1)
This is something that I have been meaning to setup for a while, this
question prompted me to do it.
I am using Emacs 19.34 and I added the following to .emacs
==================== .emacs ====================
;; Auto-Compression
(load "jka-compr")
(setq jka-compr-compression-info-list
(append '(["\\.bz2\\(~\\|\\.~[0-9]+~\\)?\\'"
"zipping" "bzip2" ()
"unzipping" "bzip2" ("-d")
t t])
jka-compr-compression-info-list))
(and (jka-compr-installed-p)
(jka-compr-uninstall))
(jka-compr-install)
==================== .emacs ====================
The answer is that you don't want the '-c' option to bzip2 when
reading from stdin. The '-q' option needs to be removed also since
bzip2 does not have one. Other than that the settings are the same as
for gzip.
--
Andrew.
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Andrew M. Bishop [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.gedanken.demon.co.uk/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stan Barr)
Subject: Re: Caldera 2.3 Install-- Smoooooooth
Date: 18 Sep 1999 06:06:38 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 17 Sep 1999 12:40:19 -0500, Lori Holder-Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Stan Barr wrote:
>> I've heard good things about Calderas installation - I was thinking
>> about using for my new box. While I don't mind installing stuff myself,
>> I would like to find a distro I could recommend to complete newbies.
>> Anyone else any comments?
>>
>
[snip]
>The two programs were really different when it came to configuration.
>Caldera did a great job at setting up my internet connection (ethernet)
>and my peripheral storage devices.
[snip]
>I've recommended Caldera to my husband for his computer at home, where
>he doesn't have to mess with the Windows networking interfaces. RedHat
>is what I use at the office.
>
>Lori
That gives me a bit of confidence. I've run Linux for about 3 years now,
and with the current interest in Linux a number of people have asked me
about it. I have visions of them expecting me to install it, set it up
and provide free life-time technical support! If I can say to them "Get this
CD, put it into the computer and answer the questions." it will get me off
the hook......
Many thanks for the comments.
--
Cheers,
Stan Barr [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The future was never like this!
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From: Kaushik Mallick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.windows.x.kde
Subject: Help! No KDE desktop after upgrading to XFree86-3.3.5
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 01:33:17 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I was running Linux Mandrake 6.0 with KDE desktop. I just upgraded the
XFree86 rpms from 3.3.4 to 3.3.5. I got the
new rpms from Linux Mandrake 6.1 (Helios) release. After the upgrade,
when I rebooted the machine and I logged in,
there was no KDE desktop. All I got was a white xterm on a blue gradient
background - no icons, no panel - just
freaked me out! Same thing happened with the root account which was
running GNOME.
I then edited the /etc/inittab to boot into level 3. I rebooted and got
my console prompt. I can login at prompt and then
when I do 'startx' I get my desktop back. But I would hate to start up
my KDE desktop this way everytime.
Can somebody please tell me what can I do to automatically log into KDE
desktop after login? Any help will be greatly
appreciated.
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