Linux-Misc Digest #957, Volume #23 Sun, 26 Mar 00 15:13:02 EST
Contents:
Re: strings (Ian Mortimer)
wmsound at login trouble (Jan Schaumann)
How to auto start some programs when I start XFCE WM (Oktay Altunergil)
Re: strings (Ian Mortimer)
Re: Apm problem - please help (James song)
Re: Upgrading SuSE v6.0 to v6.3? (John Hasler)
Re: Backup Strategy Question (Yan Seiner)
Re: LICQ file receive using InJoy FireWall for OS/2 Warp 4 ("William L. Hartzell")
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From: Ian Mortimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: strings
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 20:13:59 +0000
Duh ! - why didn't I think of that.
Just one thing, tail didn't quite capture it correctly so I used cat
instead
Now all I have to do is figure out how to plot a load of
left,right,forwards and backwards commands on a timescale !
Ta,
Ian.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Ian Mortimer wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Is there any way that I can log strings of characters (coming from a PIC
> > attached to my serial port) to a file ?
> >
> > The PIC is sending plain ascii chars at 9600 bps, 8N1.
> >
> > Any ideas ?
>
> Make sure the device is readable by your uid, then I would try something
> like:
>
> tail -f /dev/ttyS2 >>/home/userid/log/logilename.log
>
> Where /dev/ttyS2 is your serial port.
>
> I have not done this but in theory it should work. Bes of luck...
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From: Jan Schaumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: wmsound at login trouble
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 14:17:06 -0500
Greetings all,
my problem:
When I log in on the shell and then startx by hand (using WindowMaker),
the wmsound starts fine right away and all's peachy.
But when I log in from runlevel 5, WM starts fine, but the sound doesn't
work, even if I start wmsound by hand.
Now when I open a virtual console and log in, the sound works just fine.
I've gone crazy looking for the file which calls wmsound, but I can't
find it. I searched my .xinitrc, my .Xsession, my .bashrc and
.bash_profile (since I don't have a .profile) and my
GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/autostart as well as the systems default
files in /etc and /usr/local/share/WindowMaker/autostart.sh
to no success.
Does anybody have a clue which file might be executing the wmsound when
I log in via console?
it seems to me as if it must be executed by the system itself, as if I
start wmsound by hand once I'm in WM, it doesn't work either...
Hints and help will be greatly appreciated,
thanks,
-Jan
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From: Oktay Altunergil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to auto start some programs when I start XFCE WM
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 19:30:24 GMT
Hi,
I am using XFCE as a window manager. There are a few things I do after I
start it such as
fetchmail -k -U (putting in rc.local doesn't work)
gnomeicu (I use this to only start the gnome panel but I don't know
the command for just the panel)
kfm&
Now, where should I put these to make them start automatically just after
XFCE boots?
thanks
Oktay
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From: Ian Mortimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: strings
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 20:33:39 +0000
Duh ! - why didn't I think of that.
Just one thing, tail didn't quite capture it correctly so I used cat
instead
Now all I have to do is figure out how to plot a load of
left,right,forwards and backwards commands on a timescale !
Thanks,
Ian.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Ian Mortimer wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Is there any way that I can log strings of characters (coming from a PIC
> > attached to my serial port) to a file ?
> >
> > The PIC is sending plain ascii chars at 9600 bps, 8N1.
> >
> > Any ideas ?
>
> Make sure the device is readable by your uid, then I would try something
> like:
>
> tail -f /dev/ttyS2 >>/home/userid/log/logilename.log
>
> Where /dev/ttyS2 is your serial port.
>
> I have not done this but in theory it should work. Bes of luck...
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From: James song <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Apm problem - please help
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 13:20:04 -0500
"S. Park" wrote:
> James song wrote:
> >
> > I am running RH 6.0 on my compaq 5035 machine but I have problem with
> > apm. There is a button in front of machine, it
> > works under win98 - ie. when you press it, the machine will sleep, press
> > again, the machine will wake up.
> >
> > But for linux, press the button will hang the machine. Any suggestions?
> > If I will compile the kernel, how do I know whether
> > my machine's RTC store time in GMT or not?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > james
>
> RH6.1 kernel include APM, but I don't know about 6.0. If you check the
> file /proc/apm, you can see if it supports APM. You may need to run
> apmd, too.
>
> Check /etc/sysconfig/clock for UTC (=GMT) or not.
>
> Cheers.
thanks for the reply, I haven't found rh6.1. My /proc/apm is
1.9 1.2 0x03 0x01 0xff 0x80 -1% -1 ?
and the /etc/sysconfig/clock is
UTC=false
ARC=false
Apmd used to work fine with Rh 5.2, ie. when you press the button it will
sleep, press again
or any key it will wake up. Now I have to kill -9 135 ( the process id for
apmd ) to stop this
function, otherwise after a while it will hang the machine. thanks.
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Upgrading SuSE v6.0 to v6.3?
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 18:42:39 GMT
Stewart Honsberger writes:
> I know that upgrading Linux distros is generally not the better way to
> go,...
Who told you that?
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John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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From: Yan Seiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Backup Strategy Question
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 14:16:36 -0500
How do you get rsync to delete files that are on the mirror but have
been deleted on the primary? I have never been able to do that using
rsync. Some sort of script other than rsync must run to purge the
mirror of dead files.
--Yan
Robert Heller wrote:
>
> "Bob Cent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> In a message on Sun, 5 Mar 2000 12:51:58 -0800, wrote :
>
> "C> I have conceptually developed a backup strategy that would suit our lab's
> "C> fileserver, but I haven't worked out all the details or whether it is even
> "C> possible using Linux commands. I welcome your suggestions and criticisms.
> "C>
> "C> Set up my Linux system with two ~20gb drives. I'll refer to them as primary
> "C> and secondary. My users will only store files on the primary drive and fill
> "C> it with no more than ~10gb of files. I will use the secondary drive as a
> "C> 30-day backup device. Here's how...
> "C>
> "C> Using cron nightly, I'd delete all files on the secondary drive that are 31
> "C> days old. Then copy any file on the primary drive, to the secondary drive
> "C> if the primary file was not found on the secondary drive or if the file on
> "C> the primary drive was newer than the file on the secondary drive.
> "C>
> "C> I could not find all the Linux commands and options that would accomplish
> "C> this. Perhaps, one of you is more experienced than me and see a way to do
> "C> it, or maybe there is a utility that does what I need. Either way I am
> "C> eager to hear from you.
> "C>
> "C> Granted this backup scheme is imperfect, but I'm mostly trying to protect
> "C> myself from disk failure while giving my users a bit of short-term deletion
> "C> protection. Please note that my users are responsible for backing up their
> "C> files, for long-term purposes, from their Macintosh.
>
> All you need is rsync. It will do *everything* you want to do with a
> single command. I think rsync comes with most Linux distros, but you
> can fetch it from under <http://rsync.samba.org/rsync/>. It comes with
> an *execelent* man page.
>
> "C>
> "C> Thanks....
> "C>
> "C> _____________________________
> "C> Bob Cent
> "C> University of Washington
> "C> Box 357330
> "C> Seattle, WA 98195-7330
> "C>
> "C> mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> "C> voice: 206.543.1433
> "C> fax: 206.685.0305
> "C> _____________________________
> "C>
> "C>
> "C>
>
>
> --
> \/
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From: "William L. Hartzell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: LICQ file receive using InJoy FireWall for OS/2 Warp 4
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 19:56:42 GMT
Steward:
I'm an OS/2 wiseguy, and you're in the wrong newsgroup.
Bill
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