Linux-Misc Digest #860, Volume #23 Wed, 15 Mar 00 21:13:06 EST
Contents:
spurious ETXTBSY - known bug? (Dan Stromberg)
Re: iso image question (William Park)
Re: Learning Linux ("Garen Erdoisa")
Re: Newbie question ("Garen Erdoisa")
Re: Best way to find out the cpu load or computer load? (Steve)
Re: Older Dell Pentium 90 won't recognize 10G Hard Rive (Steve)
Re: Web-Address with more than 2 dots: problem in SuSE 6.2 (Steve)
Re: Older Dell Pentium 90 won't recognize 10G Hard Rive (Chris Ward)
Can not find hard drive after half a linux install. (diet)
Re: login incorrect...What now!? (Bit Twister)
Re: Unix commands (Bit Twister)
Re: RH Linux on a Labtop (blariz)
Re: determine processor speed (Dave Thompson)
Re: unkillable linux box (Pjtg0707)
Re: determine processor speed (Dave Thompson)
Re: My rc.local file won't run.... (Murphy)
Re: What is the best way to mirror my Web/mail/FTP server ("Richard F. Jr.")
Re: Installing to a DAC 960e RAID controller (Cokey de Percin)
Re: preferences [Netscape newsreading] (Diego Berge)
Sound -- can't configure OTI-605 under RH6.0 (Diego Berge)
Re: problem with mounting cdrom drive ("Jason Byrne")
Caldera OpenLinux 2.2: How to set the KDE resolution/colors??? (Song WS)
Re: Travan-5 Internal IDE Tape Drive Problems. ("Keith M. Smith")
Help with Linux advocacy (John Loukidels)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dan Stromberg)
Subject: spurious ETXTBSY - known bug?
Date: 15 Mar 2000 22:03:19 GMT
A really strange thing just happened, and it almost has to be a kernel
or amd bug. I am interested to see if it is a known bug, and if it
has been fixed in later releases of the kernel or amd.
What happened:
I created a small shell script in my home directory (I don't normally
put scripts in my homedir, but this one's an exception). I tried to
run it. I get the error "Text file busy" when I try to run the
script. Wait, that's weird, I just created it. Knowing nothing
should be using it, I cp it to a new name, rm the old name, and mv it
back to its original name. I still get "Text file busy". strace
shows the expected; my shell is getting ETXTBSY from the kernel.
This is just bizarre.
So I fuser the script. fuser says I have two pids that are holding
the file open. No suffices are given by fuser, just the pids.
I look up the pids reported. They are both netscape processes. There
is no way these netscape processes had any legitimate business opening
this file I'd just created. I can't imagine that two netscapes (out
of about 5) would just randomly open a file I'd just created without
being told to.
In disbelief, I killed the two netscape processes. And the script ran
fine after that.
The machine is running Redhat 5.2, with the stock redhat kernel.
uname -r reports 2.0.36. The shell was bash; $BASH_VERSION reports
2.02.1(1)-release.
My home directory is NFS mounted from a Solaris 7 system. The
filesystem is automounted via amd.
/usr/sbin/amd -v reports:
am-utils version 6.0.1s11 (build 1).
Built by [EMAIL PROTECTED] on date Sun Aug 29 20:41:36 EDT 1999.
Is this a known problem? Has it been fixed in later releases? If it
is not a known problem, is reporting it on linux-kernel the best
course of action? Would I need to subscribe (drink from the firehose)
to send a message to said list?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Park)
Subject: Re: iso image question
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 21:43:56 GMT
Duy Duong ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: hi,
: Is is possible to open a iso image file without burning it to a CD?
: I'd like to do a HD install.
Yes, just mount it using loop-back device,
mount /tmp/whatever.iso /mnt -o loop
--William
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From: "Garen Erdoisa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Learning Linux
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 15:27:08 -0700
http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/linux/doc/LDP
I'd start with the "Site Administration Guide", "Network Administration
Guide", "Users Guide" then start with the Howto's on subjects that interest
you. The above link is for the "Linux Documentation Project" (LDP).
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:8aotqr$8ht$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Can someone tell me where to go to learn about Linux/Unix, either
> through books, or on the net(preferably free) even tutorials/courses.
> Would like to understand stand such things as Kernels, how to set up a
> server etc. Have only ever operated in a windows or macintosh
> environment, but would like to try Linux. Please help!!
>
> Thanks - Marc
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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From: "Garen Erdoisa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie question
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 15:42:07 -0700
ncftp some.archive.site
help get
get -R directory/
If you want to automate this, you can use an ftp mirror program. There are
several out there, mirror, fmirror, etc.
If you do use a mirror program be carefull that you deticate the local
target directory to that particular remote directory.
I've made the mistake in the past of designating an wrong local directory
and had the mirror program (working as intended) delete everything locally
in that directory tree that wasn't also on the remote site. No major harm
done, but something to keep in mind. :)
fmirror can be gotten from ftp://ftp.guardian.no/pub/free/ftp/fmirror/ which
is what I use sometimes and is suitable for running out of cron with the
apropriate switchtes.
WL <will@$pammer$.net (my email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED])> wrote in
message news:8aotlk$3prk2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to get nctp to download all directoried - I tried using
bgget -R
> * which I thought downloaded all directory levels (as
> deep as you can go), but it didn't. Anyone know another switch?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Will
>
> --
> Web Developer and Programmer for Lukrative Media Ltd
> http://www.lukrative.com
> Domain Names-> http://CreativeNames.co.uk
> Classified Ads-> http://www.LocalAds.Net
>
>
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Subject: Re: Best way to find out the cpu load or computer load?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 15 Mar 2000 22:48:14 GMT
On Wed, 15 Mar 2000 12:20:54 -0500, mike wrote:
>Hi,
> What is the best indicator to show what the load is on the
>computer in terms of its ability to run programs?
If you've got a fast processor the programs run fast, if you've
got a slow computer the program will run slow. I've got one
program that started running back in November and hasn't finished
yet.
To findout how much of your CPU is being used do an uptime at the
command prompt, and to find out what the output means read the man
page for uptime.
Ust top to see what programs are using the most of the processor etc.
--
Cheers
Steve email mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
%HAV-A-NICEDAY Error not enough coffee 0 pps.
web http://www.ndirect.co.uk/~sjlen/
or http://start.at/zero-pps
6:27pm up 15:53, 5 users, load average: 1.00, 1.00, 1.00
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Subject: Re: Older Dell Pentium 90 won't recognize 10G Hard Rive
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 15 Mar 2000 22:48:15 GMT
On Wed, 15 Mar 2000 15:51:25 GMT, Vlar Schreidlocke wrote:
>I have an older Dell Pentium 90 computer that I want to make into a
>Linux firewall box. I got a 10G hard drive for it, but the BIOS
>apparently won't recognize anything above 2G, so Linux Mandrake can't
>create the file system because no acceptable devices are recognized. I
>can't find any 2G drives new. How can I make this box recognize the
>larger drive so I can install Linux?
I've got a 535M HD here, I'll swap you for your 10G drive and won't
charge you a penny.
--
Cheers
Steve email mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
%HAV-A-NICEDAY Error not enough coffee 0 pps.
web http://www.ndirect.co.uk/~sjlen/
or http://start.at/zero-pps
9:54pm up 19:21, 2 users, load average: 1.70, 1.21, 1.07
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Subject: Re: Web-Address with more than 2 dots: problem in SuSE 6.2
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 15 Mar 2000 22:48:15 GMT
On Wed, 15 Mar 2000 11:48:11 +0100, Marcus Gemeinder wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I am using SuSE-Linux 6.2 with Netscape 4.61. The Navigator is not able
>to locate servers with more than two dots in their name (like
>www.stud.fernuni-hagen.de), exept I explicitly register the
>corresponding IP in /etc/hosts - but this is not workable in most cases.
Just a long shot, but are you seeing your DNS servers, make sure you have
the correct ip addresses in /etc/resolv.conf also see if you can ping these
servers by name in an xterm ie ping www.ndirect.co.uk.
Hope this helps.
--
Cheers
Steve email mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
%HAV-A-NICEDAY Error not enough coffee 0 pps.
web http://www.ndirect.co.uk/~sjlen/
or http://start.at/zero-pps
9:54pm up 19:21, 2 users, load average: 1.70, 1.21, 1.07
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From: Chris Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Older Dell Pentium 90 won't recognize 10G Hard Rive
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 23:05:23 +0000
On Wed, 15 Mar 2000, Vlar Schreidlocke wrote:
>I have an older Dell Pentium 90 computer that I want to make into a
>Linux firewall box. I got a 10G hard drive for it, but the BIOS
>apparently won't recognize anything above 2G, so Linux Mandrake can't
>create the file system because no acceptable devices are recognized. I
>can't find any 2G drives new. How can I make this box recognize the
>larger drive so I can install Linux?
You can probably download a patch for the BIOS from Dell's website. I had to
do this recently for the very same reason, but you might want to get advice
first from Dell technical support. The number of patches seems to be huge, and
finding the right one can be difficult without a pointer in the right
direction.
Chris Ward.
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From: diet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Can not find hard drive after half a linux install.
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 23:30:11 GMT
Hi,
I was trying to revive an old Win 3.11 Packard Bell by reformatting the
hard drive and installing linux with some added memory. From 8 to 24
meg. When installing the Linux 5.2 I had gotten all the files copied, and
then I received a signal 11 error.
I tried the reinstallation with the increased memory now at 24 meg from 8
meg, and now it will not find my hard drive at all. I switched cables
etc, but no luck. What can I try next?
--
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http://www.help.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bit Twister)
Subject: Re: login incorrect...What now!?
Reply-To: The news group
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 23:57:37 GMT
Had the same problem twice.
1: Installed Mandrake 7 with the security setting set on
high. Would not let me login as root.
Re-installed using medium and was able to login.
2: Later I added export XAUTHORITY=~bittwister/.Xauthority
to /root/.bash_profile so when I su'ed to root
I could run gui programs like linuxconf, netcfg,...
from my user account. Could not login as root at gui console.
Had to back it out.
On Wed, 15 Mar 2000 16:44:25 -0800, John Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>After installing a new version of bash from the "cooker" ftp site I rebooted
>to find that my Linux Mandrake 7.0 installation had forgotten my password.
>I can't login....other than as guest, but then I don't have root access to
>get at the problem. Is there anything to be done short of re-installation?
>Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
>
>
--
The warrenty and liability expired as you read the message.
If the above breaks your system, it's yours and you keep both pieces.
Practice safe computing. Backup the file before you change it.
Do a, man every_command_here, before doing anything or running a script.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bit Twister)
Subject: Re: Unix commands
Reply-To: The news group
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 00:02:46 GMT
try man -k '('
On Wed, 15 Mar 2000 14:52:14 +0100, dEUS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>
>Who has a list of all the unix commands with their options
>Or a good URL where I can find them.
>
>Especially the command to know who's fingering you.
--
The warrenty and liability expired as you read the message.
If the above breaks your system, it's yours and you keep both pieces.
Practice safe computing. Backup the file before you change it.
Do a, man every_command_here, before doing anything or running a script.
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From: blariz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH Linux on a Labtop
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 23:56:47 GMT
I am pretty sure XF86 will work with Neomagic, not sure about the
touchpad. As for the partitions, you will need to make them primary
not extended.
blariz
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a Dell Latitude labtop with a Syntapics Touchpad (mouse) and a
> Neomagic
> graphics card. Is RH 6.0 compatible with this hardware?
> #
>
> Also using Linux FIPS, I have a hard drive with 3 partitions. The
> extended partition
> (D drive) I would like to split and install Linux there. FIPS gave me
an
> error message,
> cannot install to extended partitions. Is there a way round this
> problem?
> Thanks in Advance,
> Andy
>
>
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: Dave Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: determine processor speed
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 00:21:55 GMT
you should also be able to see the boot time messages in
/var/log/messages
Dave Thompson
Ben Donnelly wrote:
> Does anyone know a way to determine processor speed of a box
> from within linux. You can reboot and look at the bios
> messages, but re-booting is so distastfull...
>
> Bendy
> --
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Benjamin Donnelly <<>> UNC-CH Med School
> Computer Consultant <<>> (919) 966-1325
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pjtg0707)
Subject: Re: unkillable linux box
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 00:35:11 GMT
On 15 Mar 2000 13:49:48 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>>>> I inherited an old 486 Red Hat 5.2 box,
>>>>> password. I've set the BIOS to boot to the A: drive, rebooted with a
>>>>> bootable DOS disk (to trash the partitions with) and watched as Linux
>>>>> cheerfully booted from the hard drive. How can I kill this Linux off
>>>>> so I can get on with my fiendish plan to create a better Linux box?
>>>>>
>>cathyy
That ought to teach ya. You can't kill Linux, ever!!!!!
>
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From: Dave Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: determine processor speed
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 00:41:56 GMT
oh, and I forgot, dmesg
Dave
Ben Donnelly wrote:
> Does anyone know a way to determine processor speed of a box
> from within linux. You can reboot and look at the bios
> messages, but re-booting is so distastfull...
>
> Bendy
> --
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Benjamin Donnelly <<>> UNC-CH Med School
> Computer Consultant <<>> (919) 966-1325
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <<>> fax: (919) 966-6923
> vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Murphy)
Subject: Re: My rc.local file won't run....
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 00:48:09 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss) made this comment earlier...:
> [hal@feenix /hal]# ll /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/*local
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Oct 12 17:45 S99local -> ../rc.local*
>
>The 'S' means 'start' at this runlevel. The 99 makes this the last one
>started. Might be able to use tksysv to set this up.
Thanks for the info.
it sure is up and running now.
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From: "Richard F. Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.linux.isp,alt.linux.slakware,alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: What is the best way to mirror my Web/mail/FTP server
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 17:50:34 -0500
I also say RSYNC
http://rsync.samba.org
Or Mirror (the program)
http://sunsite.org.uk/packages/mirror/
for web / FTP, you will also need Perl 5
My .02 $
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:8am7fm$84c$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> NFS is evil. You have many NFS exploits on the net. This may be cleared
> up with NFS v3, but not currently.
>
> Lookup RSYNC.
>
> http://rsync.samba.org
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Just wonder,,
> > whats wrong with nfs?
> >
> > "G. Asch" wrote:
> >
> > > check sitecopy
> > > --
> > > _________________________________________________________
> > >
> > > Gabriel Asch
> > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
> > > !!! Note: to foil spammers,
> > > if you reply by email, your message must either contain a
> > > proper Reference header or you must quote !this line!
> > >
> > > "in a sense, you are already dead"
> > > J. L. Borges
> > >
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> >
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> Before you buy.
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From: Cokey de Percin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installing to a DAC 960e RAID controller
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 01:17:21 GMT
David Trimmell wrote:
>
> Hi, I was wondering if anyone here has any experience installing RH6.1 (or
> anyother distribution) to a HP Netserver LM with a DAC 960e RAID
> controller. I am just using RAID 0 with a single 10 gig partition (2 gig X
> 5), but I cannot get Linux to recognise the DAC controller. I am getting
> desparate here! I have looked at the Root RAID cookbook by Micheal
> Robinton, but it is out of date, and I am not a expert... Are there any
> distributions that have "out of box" support for this configuaration? NT
> 4.0 supports this machine out of box, but I don't want to go that route.
> Anyone have any sugestions? Please e-mail me at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or post
> reply here.
>
> Thanks,
>
> David Trimmell
Rh 6.1 does support Mylex raid as I'm running a Accelleraid configured
for raid 5 and it installed just fine. I'm not a DAC960 expert, but
I believe that the bios on the card must be at or above a revision
level. I don't know what that is, but there's been threads about this
in the recent past so I would suggest www.deja.com and search. You
might also go to the web site of the driver author at:
http://www.dandelion.com/Linux
Best
Cokey
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Diego Berge)
Subject: Re: preferences [Netscape newsreading]
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 01:07:28 GMT
On Sun, 12 Mar 2000 23:50:26 -0500, Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>root wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>> I'm a recent Linux convert, it's just great.
>> I'm using Netscape V4.6.
>> Can anyone tell me how to have Netscape
>> download message bodies and not just
>> the headers, at the moment I'm having to
>> stay logged on to the internet to read
>> messages cos Netscape is only download
>> the headers, I can't see anywhere where I
>> can change this!!.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Karen
>
>
>thats b/c Netscape isnt an offline newsreader, only online
However, what the OP wants can be done. I know because I used to do
it when using the laptop to connect to the internet -- I downloaded
all of the new messages in the newsgroups I was subscribed to, and
read them later during travel time, lunch time, etc.
Unfortunately, not having used Netscape for newsreading for quite a
few months, I can't remember how it was done. I suppose I could look
it up tomorrow in my linux machine in the morning and report back.
Regards,
Diego Berge.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Diego Berge)
Subject: Sound -- can't configure OTI-605 under RH6.0
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 01:07:30 GMT
Hi,
I've been trying to configure the soundcard in the P75 machine I
have installed RH6.0 on. The soundcard in question is a Mozart /
OTI-605, and I can't seem to get it to work once and for all.
Occassionally, I've been successful at getting linux to play CD's,
and even sound files (I tried with WAV files and, yesterday, with
MP3).
The situation is as follows:
As root, using the sndconfig utility, I first try to select the
"Mozart..." option as a soundcard. It asks me for port, IRQ, etc., of
which I'm not sure (it's supposed to be at port 0x220, but I don't
have that option when I choose "Mozart", so I tried different choices,
all with the same result). It says it's going to play a test sound
file, and then nothing is heard and it reports a problem with
modprobe. It says something like:
/lib/modules/.../*.so: can't find it
init_module /dev/audio: device or resource busy
Those are _not_ the actual error messages -- note that in the first
line I haven't given a true path and file name. Sorry about that, I'm
not in front of the linux machine right now, but I though the problem
might sound familiar enough to others. Also, I'm not sure if it
complains about not being able to find the library file (sb.so for
soundblaster, some other name for other cards, they do exist), or
about "resource busy" as in the 2nd line.
Note: According to fuser, none is using /dev/audio, /dev/dsp, or
the *.so modules either immediately before or immediately after I run
sndconfig. In general, assume I do the above first thing after
booting. X server not running -- runlevel 3.
Then, if I try with other soundcard models, I _sometimes_ succeed
with the "Sound Blaster" or the "Windows Sound System" options. It's
either one or the other that will work, or neither -- I haven't been
able to get reproducible behavior so far. When it doesn't work, the
error message is that about modprobe failure, and about
device/resource busy.
But the real problem is that when it does work, as yesterday, and a
few other times before that, it doesn't stick between reboots. When I
tried to use the sound system after a reboot, it no longer worked, and
sndconfig didn't help.
For the moment, I'm re-reading the Sound-HOWTO and whatever man
pages seem even remotely related to this problem, but I have the
feeling I'm not the first one in this situation, so I tough I would
ask here for pointers.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Diego Berge.
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From: "Jason Byrne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: problem with mounting cdrom drive
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 17:57:29 -0800
it would be helpful to see your /etc/fstab... and what you tried
(command)... that didn't work... what type of cdrom you have, etc...
root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
Hello,
When mounting my CDROM I get the following error messages: mount: the
kernel does not recognize /dev/cdrom as a block device (maybe �insmod
driver�?).
Does anyone know what this means?
cheers Stefan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Song WS)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup;
Subject: Caldera OpenLinux 2.2: How to set the KDE resolution/colors???
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 01:59:00 GMT
Hi all,
I have just installed the Caldera OpenLinux 2.2 and the KDE's
resolution is set to 800x600 @ 256colors? How do I change the
resolution?????
Pls help me if you can.
Thank you.
SONG
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From: "Keith M. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Travan-5 Internal IDE Tape Drive Problems.
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 01:59:39 GMT
John:
How often should I retension? So the tar doesn't put any eofs on the
tape huh?
What if I want to do 3 tars in succession without rewinding?... (using
TAPE=/dev/nht0)
tar cvf ....
mt eof
tar cvf ...
mt eof
tar cvf ...
mt rewind
does writing an eof with mt flush the buffers too?
When I write an eof, is the tape head now sitting just after the eof ?
Is there a way to make tar flush and then write the eof?
Have you ever played with outher tools e.g. ufsdump etc.?
Thanks
Keith
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Loukidels)
Subject: Help with Linux advocacy
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 02:06:38 GMT
I work in the corporate world where Linux is only a far off rumour, at
least as far as the vast majority of users are concerned. To help me
illustrate the power of Linux to my colleagues, if I were so
inclined, I though I could give the following example.
Let's assume I want to set up a small office computer system. Let's
say there will be two consultants in the office and one secretary. It
seems to me that I have two alternatives:
1. I could go out and buy three standard desktops loaded with the
usual suspects when it comes to software (Win NT with MS Office).
Total cost: about CDN$9,000. I'd have to network them, and because
I'm not that technologically sophisticated, I would hire a
consultant to do it for me. I don't know how much that would cost,
but let's say it would be another CDN$1,000.
2. As an alternative, I could go out and buy one kick-ass machine, a
Linux distribution that includes Netscape and StarOffice 5.1 and
two legacy machines (say 486 66's with 24MB RAM each etc). My
guess is that that would cost me about CDN$4,000. I would hire a
Linux consultant to network the machines (also for CDN$1,000?) so
that the legacy boxes would be X terminals used by the consultants.
Not only is this solution much cheaper, but I get easier software
administration, no-headache intra-office email, no-headache net
access, no-headache file sharing, no-headache printer sharing etc.
The question is, is it realistic to expect the kick-ass box to be
able to run three X sessions where each session is running SO 5.1
and Navigator (these programs are mighty big pigs after all)?
Thoughts anyone?
--
John Loukidelis
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