Linux-Misc Digest #693, Volume #23 Sun, 27 Feb 00 18:13:05 EST
Contents:
Re: Redhat 6.1? (Hal Burgiss)
Re: free isp for linux (Iceman)
Re: Lowercase all the files in a directory (Erik de Castro Lopo)
HINT: LCR:FAILED (Timo Benk)
Re: good mp3 player for linux (fconte)
Re: uninstall linux (Dances With Crows)
Re: good mp3 player for linux (Dances With Crows)
Bandwidth ("Allan K")
Bandwidth ("Allan K")
please help! still can't login! (Yonatan Mittlefehldt)
Re: Xcdroast and SuSE 6.3? (Herbert Niederle)
tasks on shutdown (Tyler Moon)
Re: LINUX GAME: Circus Linux! initial release (v 0.0.0) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
KDevelop 1.1 released (Martin Piskernig)
Re: VMWare questions... ("jeff")
compiler can't find linux/errno.h (Marcel Gsteiger)
Re: what is the ideal video resolution ("Matt O'Toole")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: Redhat 6.1?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 20:09:44 GMT
On Sun, 27 Feb 2000 14:56:50 -0500, Jason Villemaire
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm currently running RH 6.0. Is is worth upgrading to 6.1? I've been
>advised for and against an upgrade. Let me know what you think!
Yes.
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From: Iceman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: free isp for linux
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 13:50:42 -0800
Try http://www.frewwweb.com
As they cover 95% of the US and Canada, I'm sure they have
local access numbers in LA. I've found them to be extremely
reliable, with few dropped connections and NO banner ads.
The only drawback is busy signals at peak times (usually on
Friday nights from 5 to 9 PM.
* Sent from AltaVista http://www.altavista.com Where you can also find related Web
Pages, Images, Audios, Videos, News, and Shopping. Smart is Beautiful
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From: Erik de Castro Lopo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Lowercase all the files in a directory
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 20:23:13 +0000
s. keeling wrote:
>
> Ray Leung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> [whiz-bang perl script snipped]
>
> Oh geez. You don't have to use the same tool for everything. Try:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> #
> for f in *; do
> NEW=$(echo $f | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z')
> mv $f $NEW
> done
>
> Of course a little error checking might help.
>
> For small things, perl pre-compilation will slow the process down. A
> one-liner C program can be better still if you do this often.
My solution was to add the following function to my .bashrc file:
function lower_case_filenames {
while [ $# -ne 0 ]
do
temp=`echo $1 | tr A-Z a-z`
if [ $temp != $1 ]; then
mv "$1" "$temp"
fi
shift
done
}
Works wonders.
Erik
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 22:01:50 +0100
From: Timo Benk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HINT: LCR:FAILED
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Hi,
I just changed my Internet Provider and now I can't establish a
Connection anymore. I use Suse 6.3 and configured my ISDN connection
using YaST.
With my old Provider and the same configuration everything worked
fine, but now I can't dial in to my new provider (who is using the same
Protocol - syncPPP and HDLC - as the old).
The only Hint I get is the message "HINT: LCR:FAILED" in
/var/log/messages.
Anyone now what went wrong?
Ciao,
Timo
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From: fconte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: good mp3 player for linux
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 21:19:21 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Which works well with KDE?
Dances With Crows wrote:
>
> On Sun, 27 Feb 2000 18:07:38 GMT, fconte <<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
> shouted forth into the ether:
> >Can anyone recommend a good MP3 player for linux?
>
> xmms is nice, as Jan Schumann pointed out. It's the fully graphical thing
> that supports Winamp skins and nifty visualization plugins. However, for
> some situations, it could be overkill. mpg123 is a bare-bones
> command-line mp3 player with lots of options. mp3blaster has a curses-
> based interface, which is perfect for use in an xterm or something.
> http://www.freshmeat.net has info on both mpg123 and mp3blaster; check
> them out....
>
> --
> Matt G / Dances With Crows \ In the MS-DOStrix,
> There is no Darkness in Eternity \----\ there is no fork().
> But only Light too dim for us to see \
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: uninstall linux
Date: 27 Feb 2000 16:21:49 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 27 Feb 2000 19:30:18 GMT, R <<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
shouted forth into the ether:
>I have Corel Linux on my laptop. When I installed it I did a full
>install. Now when I go back to reinstall windows 98 I am unable too.
>Linux has renamed my drives.
Linux does not use "drive letters" or anything silly like that. If you
left the WinXX partition as /dev/hda1, which you should've, then WinXX
should still see "C:" and nothing else. Some laptops, though, have
/dev/hda1 and /dev/hda5 ("C:" and "D:") and VAIOs have a strange little
partition at the very end of the disk for suspend mode. What did the
partition table look like before you installed? For laptops, it's a good
idea to keep track of these things, since laptop manufacturers feel free
to flout standards and do undocumented things.
>How do I reinstall Windows after linux.
>Need a explantion in dummy form.
Boot Linux. As root, enter
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1
and have that WinXX install CD ready, as the hard drive will act as though
it's been completely wiped. This will essentially fry all data on the
drive; you have been warned.
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Matt G / Dances With Crows \ In the MS-DOStrix,
There is no Darkness in Eternity \----\ there is no fork().
But only Light too dim for us to see \
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: good mp3 player for linux
Date: 27 Feb 2000 16:42:36 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 27 Feb 2000 21:19:21 GMT, fconte <<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
shouted forth into the ether:
>Which works well with KDE?
xmms is a GTK application, so you'll have to install a recent version of
glib and gtk to get things going, but once you do that, it works fine
under KDE, at least for me. More recent distros probably include
gtk and glib 1.2.X and install them automagically when you install
the GNOME series of things. If not, well, gtk.org has source
tarballs. mpg123 and mp3blaster don't give a rat's about the GUI.
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows \ In the MS-DOStrix,
There is no Darkness in Eternity \----\ there is no fork().
But only Light too dim for us to see \
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From: "Allan K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Bandwidth
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 21:51:19 -0000
Anybody know of a program that allows bandwidth limiting to allow eaqual
shares of limited modem download speed?
or a way to limit number of ftp sessions?
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From: "Allan K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Bandwidth
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 21:51:40 -0000
Anybody know of a program that allows bandwidth limiting to allow eaqual
shares of limited modem download speed?
or a way to limit number of ftp sessions?
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From: Yonatan Mittlefehldt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: please help! still can't login!
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 16:46:18 -0500
help!!! i'm running redhat linux 6.0. when i try to boot linux, during
the normal boot process, it tells me that the kernel logger fails (so does
http). and when it comes to a login prompt, it won't let me log in with
any users... not even root. how can i fix this? thanks in advance!
yono
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From: Herbert Niederle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Xcdroast and SuSE 6.3?
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 22:45:13 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Thanks for the response.
>
> Did a secure on the executable with chmod +s. Xcdroast starts as nonuser now,
> but there's a new error that happens down the road. When I start to read tracks
> as a nonser, I get the message:
> Some error occurred!!!
> open: permission denied
>
> Ever seen this before? I thought it might have to do with the user
> accessibility of the directory used to store the image files, but all users
> have access to this directory.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
run xcdroast as root, in an other window do "ps ax" and have a look at
the "cd-processes".
There you will see two devices involved "/dev/...". Do a "chmod 666"
concerning both
devices. After this you should be able to run xcdroast as non root user.
An other possibility is, to set also the commands used by xcdroast set
uid root.
> Thanks
>
> Ken
>
Hope that helps,
Herbert
> (remove "nospam" to reply via email)
>
> >>
> >>I'm having problems running Xcdroast under non-user mode, and I'm not
> >>sure what additional measures should be taken.
> >> I got the Suse6.3 binary from Thomas Niederreiter's site and installed
> >>it without a problem. Xcdroast now works as root. However, even after doing
> >> chmod +s xcdroast-0.96ex-1.suse63.i386.rpm
> >>as root, the program won't run as nonroot and gives me the error:
>
> >You've made the .rpm SUID, when you wanted to make the xcdroast
> >*executable* SUID. Do this:
>
> ># chmod +s /usr/X11R6/bin/xcdroast
>
> >I think you'll find that works much better... Also note that SuSE has a
> >"paranoid permissions" setting that checks for non-official SUID programs
> >and changes their permissions. If you've set the "paranoid" option using
> >YaST, you may have to fiddle with the /etc/permissions.paranoid file to
> >prevent the nightly cron job from thwacking your xcdroast binary....
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From: Tyler Moon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: tasks on shutdown
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 16:00:16 -0600
I have a few questions.
I have a duel boot system Linux Mandrake7/win98.
I would like to automate some commands on system bootup and shutdown.
What files could add some tcsh commands to?( the commands would be
like cp -u /dev/hda1/somefile.o /home/user/somefile.o)
Also I would like to do the same for login and logout.?
And also how can I add a directory to a the path of all users?
I installed a program in an odd place
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: LINUX GAME: Circus Linux! initial release (v 0.0.0)
Crossposted-To:
rec.games.video.atari,rec.games.video.classic,alt.games.video.classic,alt.os.linux
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 21:17:28 +0000
And verily, didst Rodrigo Andrade hastily scribble thusly:
>>If these are the types of games I would play if I installed Linux... no
>>thank you. I'll stick with windoze and play Half Life
> Chill out, Linux will be dead after Windows 2000 and its consumer-oriented
> counterpart start flying off the shelves. Remember OS/2?
Yeh, right. I really see home users forking out hundreds on buying win2000
when linux is available for free...
Any schmuck that falls for the Windose millenium crap deserves everything
they get.
Now begone troll, I banish thee.
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From: Martin Piskernig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: KDevelop 1.1 released
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 23:32:15 +0100
Hi!=20
We are proud to announce the 1.1final version of KDevelop
(http://www.kdevelop.org) . This version contains several new features a=
nd many
bugfixes. It is intended to be the last release for KDE 1.1.2. We want to
concentrate our effort now for KDevelop 2.x (which will work on KDE 2.x).
Summary of changes (between 1.0final and 1.1final):
- 7 new application templates
- KDE1 OpenGL
- KDE2 SDI,KDE2 mini,KDE2 MDI
- QT2 SDI, QT2 MDI/QWorkspace, QT2 MDI/QextMDI
- complete integrated internal debugger
- extended documentation, inclusive a KScribble tutorial and example code
- improved editor: visible bookmarks, comment/uncomment code in editor
window,support for multibyte character
- improved other components: dlgeditor, classviewer
- Htdig search engine support
- translations (online help, manual) into many languages
- better OS support: KDevelop is now available for Linux, NetBSD, FreeBSD=
, Solaris and Unixware.
Please see http://www.kdevelop.org for further information (requirements =
and
download addresses) and
http://fara.cs.uni-potsdam.de/~smeier/www/pressrelease1.1.txt for the off=
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press release.
Have fun!
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The KDevelop Team www.kdevelop.org
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From: "jeff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: VMWare questions...
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 14:33:11 -0800
"Dave Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I'm surprised at the lack of discussion of VMWare. It would seem
> to be the perfect solution to salvaging a bunch of Windows software
> to be able to run it on top of a decent operating system.
No lack of discussion - you're just not looking in the right place :) Set
your nntp server to news.vmware.com.
> That said, I've tried the version 1.1.x demo that can be downloaded.
> It was not obvious that it could use an existing Win98 partition, and
> I was afraid to use the "raw disk" option for fear that it might
> screw up my current Win98 partition. On the other hand, it seems
> unreasonable to have to do a new Win98 install and any apps that
> you need to run. Has anyone faced this dilemma and come up with the
> "right" solution?
You can certainly use an existing Win98 installation as a VMware rawdisk.
This works fine with the caveat that you should define a separate Widows
"Hardware Profile" to allow relatively easy use of Win98 either inside of
VMware, or via normal hardware boot. See lots and lots of details on
www.vmware.com.
> Is there any access, when in the virtual machine, to other filesystems?
> I could not find a way to copy anything into the "virtual disk" that
> was created in the "virtual machine".
This is possible using several different methods, but I wouldn't advise
doing this unless you have a good deal of system expertise, or have some
reliable backups. A virtual machine can be configured to "see" any
partition. Or, the host machine and guest machine(s) can communicate with
each other via bridged networking.
> VMWare seems to want a ton of resources. I tried to put a DOS 6.22
> install in a virtual machine, it seemed to gobble up almost all
> free memory (on a 128 MB machine). I then tried to "pkunzip" a
> group of files, and the "virtual machine" crashed, and crashed Linux
> as well. Has anyone had any success with VMWare and DOS 6.22? (I
> have a DOS application that I'd really like to be able to use--DOSEMU
> can't do it, and I had high hopes for VMWare, but I couldn't even
> extract the necessary files to try it out.
VMware is not shy about using resources, to be sure. If you're going to use
Windows 98 guest virtual machines on a regular basis, I'd recommend at least
256MB of RAM. Also, try to "fine tune" the guest system's memory
allocation. If that's set way too high or low, probably performance will
suffer. Finally, try the VMwar V2.0 beta version. Looks like the
developers have boosted performance noticably.
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From: Marcel Gsteiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: compiler can't find linux/errno.h
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 23:56:12 +0100
Hi,
I just downloaded gcc 2.95.2 and wanted to build and install this
compiler on my caldera open linux 2.3 box. I have two questions that
arise when I proceed as indicated in the readme files:
1) ./configure does not automatically recognize my CPU type (it's a
pentium II/266 MHz on a ISA/PCI PC). Is this a i686-linux-pc or a
i586-linux-pc? Can I safely override the --HOST setting?
2) When I try to 'make bootstrap', I get an error message indicating
that linux/errno.h ist not found. This comes from
/usr/include/bits/errno.h (this file contains a directive to include
linux/errno.h). I think that something very basic (probably kernel
sources?) is not installed on my system.
Can anybody point me to the right direction?
TIA
--Marcel
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Reply-To: "Matt O'Toole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Matt O'Toole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: what is the ideal video resolution
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 14:16:45 -0800
"S. Park" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Conventionally, the following resolutions look good enough to me
> (assuming you have modern(!) graphich controller which can handle a way
> over the limit of monitors).
> 12" LCD: 800x600
> 13-14" LCD: 1024x768 (not 748)
> 14" CRT: 800x600 (due to smaller viewing area)
> 15" CRT: 1024x768
> 17" CRT: 1152x864
> 19" CRT: 1280x1024
> 21" CRT: 1600x1200
You must have really good eyes. One of my frustrations with Linux/X is that
most GUI programs seem to be designed to run at higher resolutions, making
the fonts hard to read unless you have a really big monitor. It doesn't
help that X' fonts aren't too crisp, either.
> Herry wrote:
> > Years ago I have read somewhere that 1024x748 may not be the ideal
> > resolution to use.
Ideally, I'd like to be able to run X/KDE at 800x600 (so I can read without
a microscope), but then most programs won't fit on the screen. Windows open
too tall, and it's a royal pain to try to resize them, with their tops and
bottoms getting "stuck" under the panel and taskbar, or off the screen
altogether. Sometimes they won't fit no matter what you do, as buttons will
disappear, etc. (I think this is just plain bad design, but that's another
thread.) So, it seems necessary to run at least 1024x768, which *would be*
a pretty nice resolution for KDE. For example, I can then run Netscape big
enough to hold most pages and see all the buttons, while still having plenty
of room for a terminal window, plus a couple of other little things.
Unfortunately, then the fonts become so small that I'm sitting with my face
6" from the screen, squinting. I can use Windows at this resolution,
because the fonts are a lot clearer. I guess what I really need for KDE is
a 19" monitor! So much for running Linux on an old, "cheap" computer!
> But again it depends on your taste. Try raise or lower the resolution to
> see which one you like. And if your graphic card is old, the size will
> affect the color depth, too. 1MB Video RAM will limit to 800x600 for
> 16bits, but 2MB will allow up to 1024x768 for 24 bits, etc. Over 8MB,
> usually monitor limits the resolution.
I should be able to run 24 bit color at 1024x768 with 2MB video, but for
some reason I can't. I was able to before. Mandrake's Xconf, or whatever
it's called, will only let me run 16 bits. If I had several hours to waste,
I could probably get it running like I did before.
Matt O.
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