Linux-Misc Digest #677, Volume #23 Sat, 26 Feb 00 04:13:03 EST
Contents:
Re: Kernel bzImage and zImage problem (Opinionated)
White Screen during install from boot floppy ("Nikko Odiseos")
Re: printing doesn't work, but it does using Samba (Opinionated)
Re: Storm Linux, installation !? (John Hong)
Re: RedHat 6.1 Linux And PPP Problems (William Pridgen)
KDE (Ian Molton)
Re: Here's why linux programs are so insecure ! (Dan)
redhat 6.0 vs. tplay -- problem with thread library? (Edward A. Falk)
emacs cursor color problem xfree86, nvidia tnt (Tom Shealy)
Re: emacs cursor color problem xfree86, nvidia tnt (Mark Gray)
Re: emacs cursor color problem xfree86, nvidia tnt ("Paul D. Smith")
free isp for linux (elliot jordan)
Boot-up error and mouse problems ("Nikko Odiseos")
Star Office - permission denied (Mike Stroud)
Setting up nn-6.5.x under Red Hat Linux (terminal problems) (william henry hsu)
XFree86 Memory Usage (rob)
dhcpcd crashes ("Eric Peterson")
Re: problems with shutdown 2 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Here's why linux programs are so insecure ! (David Steuber)
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From: Opinionated <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kernel bzImage and zImage problem
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 22:23:36 -0600
GriffD2000 wrote:
> I have kernel 2.2.14 and when doing a "make zImage" or "make bzImage" i run
> into the following problem. Skipping most of the messages, i come to this:
Did you set your linux link to point to linux-2.2.14? I find it interesting that
your make is trying to make all of your targets in the linux-2.0.35 directory
indicating that you have something pointing to 2.0.35 instead of pointing to
2.2.14. Do you have your 2.2.14 source under linux-2.2.14, and you have reset
your linux link to 2.2.14 by doing 'ln -s linux-2.2.14 linux'? Perhaps you
should fix your link, then run make mrproper to get your links pointing
appropriately.
>
>
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.0.35/arch/i386/lib'
> make all_targets
> make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.0.35/arch/i386/lib'
> gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.0.35/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2
> -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -fno-strength-reduce -m486 -DCPU=486 -c -o
> checksum.o checksum.c
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.0.35/arch/i386/lib'
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.0.35/arch/i386/lib'
> checksum.c:200: redefinition of 'csum_partial_copy'
> checksum.c:105: 'csum_partial_copy' previously defined here
> {standard input}: Assembler messages:
> {standard input}:185: Fatal error: Symbol csum_partial_copy already defined
> make[2]: *** [checksum.o] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory 'usr/src/linux-2.0.35/arch/i386/lib'
> make[1]: *** [first_rule] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory 'usr/src/linux-2.0.35/arch/i386/lib'
> make: *** [dir_arch/i386/lib] Error 2
>
> Before this, I did a make dep, clean, and before that even a mrproper. Does
> anyone know what is causing this problem, and how can i fix it?
> Thanx
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Nikko Odiseos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc,alt.os.linux.redhat
Subject: White Screen during install from boot floppy
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 04:35:06 GMT
I just used fips to create an extra partition to install RH 6.1. I boot
from the floppy (could not boot from cdrom) and everything seems to be ok,
the first screen comes up says to hit enter for install ...... but then I
get a white screen with vertical black stripes which then goes totally white
and hangs. WHats going on?? Thanks
[email protected]
GET RID OF '$' to EMAIL ME.
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From: Opinionated <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: printing doesn't work, but it does using Samba
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 22:33:44 -0600
Bob Koss wrote:
> This is a Redhat 5.1 (2.0.34) system with a HP LaserJet 4000
> attached. The printer works fine if I boot the compter to windows. It
> also works fine if I boot into Linux and print through samba from
> another windows machine.
>
> If I try to print a netscape page, or if I try to print a file with
>
> lpr filename
>
> all that happens is a blank page comes out.
>
> I just downloaded and installed magic-filter, but that didn't
> help. Here's my /etc/printcap:
>
> lp:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
> :mx#0:\
> :lp=/dev/lp1:\
> :if=/usr/local/bin/ljet4-filter:
>
> I don't know if that's the right filter or not, but I would think
> something would be printed.
I don't know how to make the entry in text, but if you were to use the
printtool from Redhat and check in the filter selections for your
printer, you might see that the fix stair step option is not checked (in
other words, the filter is only sending Linefeeds, but no Carriage
Returns. Therefore your text is off the page after the first line of
text, and all you get is a blank page). Check the fix stair step option
and print a test ASCII page. You should now see your output.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hong)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Storm Linux, installation !?
Date: 26 Feb 2000 04:58:58 GMT
Edward M Grill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>My question is: during installation after selecting and detecting my
>hardware / networking / monitor / etc. it continues onto the HD partioning.
>It displays something to the affect of arranging INODES. This is where it
>hangs up! It will get anywhere from 20% to 90% complete and just freeze.
>Other occurances have included completely loading and when rebooting to
>finalize the procedure it only says the infamous " LI " at boot time.
How did you do the installation? Boot off the CDROM? Graphical
or text based installation? On my end Storm linux would bomb anywhere
between 25% to 75% percent. What I ended up doing was disabling APM and
booting off the CDROM and choosing the graphical installation, this
worked.
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From: William Pridgen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RedHat 6.1 Linux And PPP Problems
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 23:26:29 -0600
On Wed, 23 Feb 2000 20:06:34 +0200, "Baget" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Hi.
>
>I have RedHat 6.1 (with it's pppd 2.3.10 I think) , when I try to connect to
>the Internet the linux connect but after a ramdom time the connection is
>hangs, the modem is still connected to the ISP BUT I can't pings systems
>(even the Remote Server or DNS Servers), can't get sites in the web and etc.
>Can someone help me? (send to the email if you can)
>
>The internet conntion works under Windows 98 but not under linux.
Take a look at this URL:
http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/gotchas/6.1/gotchas-6.1-6.1.html
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All views expressed above are my own. Nobody else would claim them!
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Bill Pridgen
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From: Ian Molton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: KDE
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 05:41:01 +0000
Can anyone point me at a good source for help/examples/documentation
about learning KDE ?
TIA
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From: Dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Here's why linux programs are so insecure !
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 16:49:19 +1100
I read on Slashdot the other day an article that was saying the French
government heard reports that a US spying organisation <insert Echelon
here> was dealing with Microsoft back in the days of DOS.
Dan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Because you dickheads offer the source code of your programs (!!!)
>
> There is not better present to potential hackers than to offer your source
> code !
>
> Hackers will exploit the bugs to the bone until someone reposts them !!!
>
> http://www.securiteam.com/exploits/archive.html
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Crossposted-To: linux.dev.sound,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: redhat 6.0 vs. tplay -- problem with thread library?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Edward A. Falk)
Date: 26 Feb 2000 05:48:52 GMT
Hi all; just upgraded to RH 6.0 and I've noticed a couple of
problems related to audio. The strangest is the fact that I
can now only run tplay() as root. If I try to run it as myself,
it dies with
tplay: Error: Cannot create thread
Other audio applications that don't use threads can play back
fine.
For those who care, here is the relavent part of the trace
output:
pipe([5, 6]) = 0
clone() = 2912
write(6, "\267\200\3@\5\0\0\0\350,\1@x<\1@"..., 148) = 148
SYS_175(0x2, 0, 0xbffff944, 0x8, 0x2) = 0
write(6, " ?\2@\0\0\0\0\350\371\377\277\314"..., 148) = 148
SYS_175(0x2, 0, 0xbffff8b0, 0x8, 0x2) = 0
SYS_179(0xbffff8b0, 0x8, 0, 0xbffff8b0, 0xbffff8b0 <unfinished ...>
--- (null) (Real-time signal 0) ---
<... SYS_179 resumed> ) = -1 EINTR (Interrupted system call)
sigreturn() = ? (mask now [])
write(2, "tplay: Error: Cannot create thread\n"..., 35) = 35
Does this make any sense to anybody? Once again, tplay works just
fine if I run it as root.
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From: Tom Shealy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: emacs cursor color problem xfree86, nvidia tnt
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 06:12:10 GMT
When I run emacs, the cursor is not visible. The text at the cursor
location is colored, but the rectangular colored block doesn't appear.
When the cursor is at an area with no text, it is invisible making it
difficult to work with. The strange thing is that if I run the same
copy or emacs as the same user and set the DISPLAY to another computer,
the cursor is visible and everything works fine. So, I think the
problem has something to do with my Xserver. I'm running XF86 under
redhat 6.0 with an nvidia tnt card.
The other strange thing is that I can get the cursor to reappear in a
certain region of emacs if I select that region and change the face
color or background color to any other color. (And it doesn't matter
which color I start emacs with using -bg or -fg....the cursor only
appears if i change the color once I'm running).
Also, I've taken a working version of emacs on another computer with
another user and set the DISPLAY to my computer and the same problem
still happens.
That's why I think the problem must have something to do with my X
server. I don't think it's a color depth problem since any color can be
coaxed into working if I change the foreground/background color once
emacs is running. Still, I tried changing my /etc/X11/XF86Config to use
32-bit color, then 16-bit color, but it made no difference.
Does anyone know what's wrong of how to fix this?
Thanks a lot,
-Tom
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: emacs cursor color problem xfree86, nvidia tnt
From: Mark Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 26 Feb 2000 01:27:32 -0500
Tom Shealy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> When I run emacs, the cursor is not visible. The text at the cursor
> location is colored, but the rectangular colored block doesn't appear.
> When the cursor is at an area with no text, it is invisible making it
> difficult to work with. The strange thing is that if I run the same
> copy or emacs as the same user and set the DISPLAY to another computer,
> the cursor is visible and everything works fine. So, I think the
> problem has something to do with my Xserver. I'm running XF86 under
> redhat 6.0 with an nvidia tnt card.
[snip]
> Does anyone know what's wrong of how to fix this?
It is a bug in the server (or more precisely, in the way emacs uses
the server) and only effects certain fonts (one being the one I prefer
to use.) My work around was to change the cursor to a bar, and I have
since come to prefer the bar to the box cursor. Try adding the
following to your .emacs (or choose another font :-)
;;;
;; Change box cursor to bar
;;
(setq initial-frame-alist
(cons '(cursor-type . bar)
(cons '(cursor-color . "red")
(copy-alist initial-frame-alist))))
(setq default-frame-alist
(cons '(cursor-type . bar)
(cons '(cursor-color . "red")
(copy-alist default-frame-alist))))
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From: "Paul D. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: emacs cursor color problem xfree86, nvidia tnt
Date: 26 Feb 2000 01:26:07 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This is an old, old bug that's been fixed for many months. I think any
XFree86 SVGA server better than 3.3.3 or so will not exhibit this
anymore.
The latest official version of XFree86 is 3.3.6, IIRC. I suggest
upgrading your system...
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"Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist
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These are my opinions---Nortel Networks takes no responsibility for them.
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From: elliot jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: free isp for linux
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 06:30:09 GMT
Can anyope recommend a good (free, if possible) ISP for linux? I run
caldera 2.3 and live in LA. Also what modems can you suggest? Thanks!
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http://www.help.com/
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From: "Nikko Odiseos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc,alt.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Boot-up error and mouse problems
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 06:59:53 GMT
I installed RH 6.1 and now whenever it or my win98 boots up, there is an
error message with a red screen (after Lilo) saying something like: "there
is a virus. Does not support OS. Chip Away Virus. Continue boot?" And iif
I select yes, it boot5s away no problems. Whats that?
Also, my mouse seems to be ill-configured, though I have tried every optiojn
using mouseconfig. I can only move it to the top of the screen where it
stays. What is this about? Thanks! Please "reply to all"
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From: Mike Stroud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Star Office - permission denied
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 07:19:19 GMT
I get a permission denied error when I try to run "./soffice" command
from my "/home/username/local/office51/bin" directory. I have checked
the permissions on this file and the permission is "rwxr_xr_x", 755.
The files are owned by the user and are in the root usergroup as
follows:
soffice rwxr_xr_x username root ......
Does anyone have any ideas why I can't run the program and why I get the
permission denied error when I try to run it from my user account. I am
running RH 6.1 and Star Office 5.1.
Thanks
Mike Stroud
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Crossposted-To:
news.software.nn,news.software.readers,news.software.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Setting up nn-6.5.x under Red Hat Linux (terminal problems)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (william henry hsu)
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 07:21:40 GMT
Last July, I installed an encap binary of nn-6.5.1 on my Linux (Red
Hat 6.0) systems, and it was able to connect to the local news servers (at
UIUC and at KSU) with no trouble. It generated some display problems,
however. Specifically, it wrapped text in an irregular way (apparently,
without putting hard linefeeds). My TERM environment variable is "vt100", and
nn reported the columns as 80 and the charset as "US-ascii", but both messages
and titles were unreadable.
I circumvented this problem at the time by getting the nn-6.5.4
sources and compiling them from scratch using the "s-linux.h" include, but
recently, this problem has recurred in my installation. Several packages in
/usr/share have been removed, most notably Emacs, but I'm not sure whether
(or why) this would affect nn.
Has anyone installed nn under Linux before, and if so, did you have to
change any of the settings in its lib/nn/conf or any other config file? I'd
also like to learn how to permanently fix the sources (or get a newer source
or Red Hat binary package if they now exist).
Thanks,
Bill
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William H. Hsu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of CIS, Kansas State University
Research Scientist, Automated Learning Group, NCSA
[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.cis.ksu.edu/~bhsu ICQ: 28651394
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From: rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: XFree86 Memory Usage
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 20:41:44 -0700
I am using the SVGA server for my TNT card. It
uses a whole lot of memory, like 40 meg. Switching
from 32 bpp to 16 bpp reduces memory usage almost
by half. Thus I wonder if a screen buffer is being
kept in main memory. Why would that be done? Can
anyone confirm whether this is the case and if so, why
isn't everything just rendered into the video card's memory?w
thanks.
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From: "Eric Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: dhcpcd crashes
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 08:01:18 GMT
Hi,
I am having a problem with my Red Hat 5.2 installation.
I am running the Linux box as a gateway/firewall for the rest of my home
network via a cable modem connection with @home. I run dhcpcd with ipfwadm
firewalling.
My problem is this: when it comes time for dhcpcd to renew the lease,
it crashes. Restarting dhcpcd does not work, but a reboot of the machine
does.
/var/log/messages is full of messages saying: "dhcpcd[312] RENEWING:
operation not permitted"
followed by lots of:
"dhcpcd[312] REBINDING: operation not permitted"
dhcpcd then crashes, and can not be restarted.
I have searched Deja News, and have found a few messages describing this
problem, but no solutions.
Does anyone know why dhcpcd is crashing on me, and how to fix it?
Thanks
--
Eric F. Peterson
Politically Incorrect and Proud!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: problems with shutdown 2
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 08:36:53 GMT
Ben Upcroft wrote:
> I am having problems shutting down in Redhat 6.1. After the message 'System halted'
>is printed, I get another message 'stopping all md devices' and then a whole lot of
>numbers scroll down the screen which then stalls the system. However, on reboot the
>scrolling of no.s does not occur. I tried the updates of init-scripts but this did
>not work. I was told md device had to do with RAID . So I tried recompiling the
>kernel with all the RAID stuff turned off. I did this using xconfig, and looking
>under the menu
> 'Block Devices'. All the things mentioning Raid were switched to 'n'. The new
>kernel showed the same error messages on shutdown. Would anyone know anything else
>that I should be changing in the kernel? Thanks in advance.
> Ben
On my RH6.0 , I got an unable to handle pageing request.......... from shutdown -h
,but not from shutdown -r
removing the -p switch from the last line of /etc/rc.d/rc0.d/@S00halt gives me system
halted twice-but no power off blurb. on the next boot the partitions are marked clean,
no e2fsck.
I've been attributing it to my AT power supply.
Hope it helps,
Scott
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Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Here's why linux programs are so insecure !
From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 08:59:59 GMT
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