Linux-Misc Digest #967, Volume #23 Mon, 27 Mar 00 04:13:03 EST
Contents:
=?big5?B?TUlTQ6xPpLC78rdOq+Q=?= ("slave of linux")
Re: How do I uninstall Corel Linux ? (Dances With Crows)
Re: Q3 Win32 on Linux? (Rick 'r3tina' Laman)
Can't ping outside world? ("Edward Morgan")
Re: HP LaserJet 5L Printer Prints Blank Pages (Dowe Keller)
error, can't find shared library... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: sed and substitute newline--how? (Michael Powe)
Adaptec ADP1505A and Linux RH6.1 SCSI (IgoR)
Re: Linux RAID support on Compaq Servers ("Ezio Paglia")
Sendmail problems (Mads Kristensen)
Re: I want to send EOF to FIFO. (Villy Kruse)
Help: backup_config in Thinlinux is killed before completion.
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: thanks allot ! ("Fernando Delgado")
hosnames in title var of Xterm (Neil)
Re: HP PCL- Postscript converter (Dietmar)
CDRW as floppy (Henrik Enqvist IB)
invalid superblock (PC [EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "slave of linux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: =?big5?B?TUlTQ6xPpLC78rdOq+Q=?=
Date: 27 Mar 2000 05:22:32 GMT
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: How do I uninstall Corel Linux ?
Date: 27 Mar 2000 00:28:51 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 27 Mar 2000 03:30:08 GMT, sven <<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
shouted forth into the ether:
>Thanx for the advice, dances with crowes, It worked with /mbr, but what
>exactly is that supposed to mean:
The /MBR switch is *undocumented* but has been there since at least DOS 5.
It's designed to rewrite the first 446 bytes of the Master Boot Record
with a standard DOS bootsector, which does nothing but look for the first
"active" partition, and begin executing the code on the first sector of
that partition.
>I am a complete newbie to Linux, but quite happy on the soft- and hardware
>side of windows (as happy as you can be with windows), I still want to
>give linux a go, since windows p.... me off, but maybe not Corel linux,
>got redhat here, which one would you recommend ?
RedHat pisses me off, compared to SuSE, but I'm not the average consumer.
If you're going the RedHat route, I'd try Mandrake instead. It's kind of
nice for the new user and doesn't have quite as many problems as Corel
does. ("If Corel's installer works, it works great. If not, you're
skr00d.")
Since you mentioned hardware problems in the previous post, here's some
advice: Linux doesn't support quite as much hardware as Winblows does,
because the kernel developers refuse to sign NDAs just to get hardware
working and either have to reverse-engineer stuff or beg the hardware
companies for specs.
Internal PCI modems ("LoseModems") are often impossible to use under
Linux. If you have a Lucent or Rockwell WinModem, you have a better shot
at getting it working. Almost every SCSI device should work.
Parallel-port scanners won't work. Almost every NIC should work.
Printers might work, might not... tough to be sure without knowing the
exact model number. Anything USB will not be supported without a bit of
effort on your part. Check the canonical documentation sites:
http://www.linuxdoc.org
http://www.linuxnewbie.org
HTH, HAND, bonne chance.
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows \###| Programmers are playwrights
There is no Darkness in Eternity \##| Computers are lousy actors
But only Light too dim for us to see \#| Lusers are vicious drama critics
(Unless, of course, you're working with NT)\| BOFHen burn down theatres.
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From: Rick 'r3tina' Laman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.setup,rec.games.computer.quake.editing,rec.games.computer.quake.misc,rec.games.computer.quake.playing,rec.games.computer.quake.servers,sunyab.os.linux
Subject: Re: Q3 Win32 on Linux?
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 07:34:40 +0200
Its very well possible. Just download the 1.16n pointrelease for Linux, install
it (it contains the essential executable), and just copy all other nessecary
files from your CD (pak0.pk3 e.a.: so basically every file you have installed on
your windows machine). Only the executable is platform depended (long live
virtual machines) and this you can rip from the pointrelease.
Good luck,
r3tina
Edward M Grill wrote:
> Dear Quakers,
>
> i was wondering if anyone know how to, if at all possible, or perhaps
> lead me to information on installing the Win32 version of Quake 3 : Arena to
> Linux? i have a Official Liscensed version of Q3 for Win9X and was curious
> if i could port it to Linux ( Mandrake 7.0 ) ? All i want to do is set up a
> dedicated server, so perhaps just downloading the demo would be
> possible.....however, there are not patches for the demo and most people
> wouldn't want to connect to a old version....1.16n is the latest and the
> demo goes wayyyy back.
>
> any help will be greatly appreciated.
>
> eddie
>
> --
> *********************************
> SUNYAB CSE major
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> "beware of the penguin....."
> (remove lma_ to reply)
> **********************************
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From: "Edward Morgan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Can't ping outside world?
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 23:30:52 -0600
Hello group, hope you can help.
i am running a basic TCP/IP network at home, sharing a cable modem.
My default gateway:192.168.0.4
DNS : 192.168.0.4
SUB : 255.255.255.0
[root@fw /root]# netstat -r
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window
irtt Iface
199.X.X.X * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0
0 eth1
192.168.0.4 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0
0 eth0
199.X.X.X * 255.255.255.252 U 0 0
0 eth1
192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0
0 eth0
127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0
0 0 lo
default user-XXXX.ca 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0
0 eth1
This is the Route table from my first Linux box, setup to be my firewall
((MACHINE A))
[root@redhat /root]# netstat -rn
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS
Window irtt Iface
192.168.0.6 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0
0 0 eth0
192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0
0 0 eth0
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0
0 0 lo
0.0.0.0 192.168.0.4 0.0.0.0 UG 0
0 0 eth0
This is the routing table of my Linux workstation.((MACHINE B))
I can ping from any of my workstations back to MachineB. No problem. But
machine B can only ping
itself and 127.0.0.1.
When I run:: [root@redhat /root]#route add default gateway 192.168.0.4
This happens:: SIOCADDRT: File Exists
Can anyone tell me why MachineB can not ping outside of itself, but other
machines on the network are able to ping MachineB?
TIA
Edward
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dowe Keller)
Subject: Re: HP LaserJet 5L Printer Prints Blank Pages
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 05:51:18 GMT
On Sun, 26 Mar 2000 20:00:41 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello.
>Would very-much appreciate any "straight-up" advice, from any
>benevolent/generous Linux users, that might bring my subject-printer to
>life!
>Cannot get my HP LaserJet 5L b/w printer locally configured properly.
>"Goes through the motions", but output pages are completely blank; no
>printed chars. whatsoever.
>I am a Linux newbie, with SuSE Linux 6.3 installed on my pc (has an AMD
>K6-2 450MHz with 32MB PC100 SDRAM and a 4.3GB UDMA ATA/33 hard drive).
>I've attempted configurations via YaST, and apsfilter. I've setup as a
>device at /dev/lp0 and /dev/lp1 (... separately; not both active
>configs., at same time). Printer drivers attempted thusfar, as a
>'Postcript'-type printer, include ljet4; as an 'Other'-type printer,
>include (? spelling not necessarily correct on my part. Sorry!):
>ljet5gray, ljet5mono, ljet4mono, ljet4gray, pxlmono, pxlgray,
>ljet4Lgray, ljet4Lmono, lj4dith.
>However, upon command 'tunelp /dev/lp0' (altern. 'tunelp /dev/lp1'), I
>get the following stdout: "/dev/lp0 [sic. /dev/lp1] using IRQ -1."
>When I attempt to data-print directly to my HP LaserJet 5L, via command
>'cat /var/log/boot.msg > /dev/lp0 [sic. cat /var/log/boot.msg >
>/dev/lp1]", my HP LaserJet 5L does process, ...but again, all output
>pages are blank pages. What am I doing wrong?
>Sincerely,
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Do you have a full ink cartridge?
Just making sure that it's not one of those oft overlooked 'obvious'
things.
Dowe Keller [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: error, can't find shared library...
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 06:23:45 GMT
Hello,
i wanted to install pv-wave (wave) on linux and
when I wanted to start wave I got the following
errormsg:
$> wave
..error in loading shared libraries :
libtermcap.so.2
then I searched all used libraries:
$> ldd /opt/vni/wave/bin/bin.linux/wave
..
libtermcap.so.2 => not found
...
then I looked, whether libtermcap.so.2 is there:
$> ldconfig -p | grep libtermcap.so.2
libtermcap.so.2 (libc5) => /usr/i486-linux-
libc5/lib/libtermcap.so.2
Question: how can I tell the program wave to find
libterm.so.2
in the directory /usr/i486-linux-
libc5/lib/libtermcap.so.2 ??
Thanks
Cornel
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From: Michael Powe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: sed and substitute newline--how?
Date: 26 Mar 2000 22:01:19 -0800
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>>>>> "shmartonak" == shmartonak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
shmartonak> On Tue, 21 Mar 2000, Ron wrote:
>> How do you put in a newline character in a sed substitution?
>> I'm doing something subtly wrong, and haven't figured it out
>> from the man/info pages.
>> Here's one of the many ways I've tried:
>> sed s/this/"\n"/ <input.txt >output.txt
>> Thanks in advance! Ron from Michigan
shmartonak> sed does not recognize '\n' as replacement text.
shmartonak> Replacement text is raw text with two exceptions, '&',
shmartonak> which represents the RE that was matched, and '\d', d
shmartonak> an integer, which is a back reference.
In fact, this is not correct. From the Sed FAQ:
4.6. How do I insert a newline into the RHS of a substitution?
Six versions of sed permit '\n' to be typed directly into the RHS,
which is then converted to a newline on output: gsed-3.02.80,
gsed-3.02a, gsed103 (with the -x switch), HHsed (a/k/a sed14),
sedmod, and UnixDOS sed. The easiest solution is to use one of
these versions.
For other versions of sed, try one of the following:
(a) Insert an unused character and pipe the output through tr:
echo twolines | sed 's/two/& new=/' | tr "=" "\n" # produces
two new
lines
(b) Use two backslashes (\\) from the shell prompt. Using bash:
[bash-prompt]$ echo twolines | sed "s/two/& new\\
>/"
two new
lines
[bash-prompt]$
(c) Write a multi-line script and use the backslash (\) in the
middle of the "replace" portion:
sed -f newline.sed files
# newline.sed
s/twolines/two new\
lines/g
Some versions of sed may not need the trailing backslash. If so,
remove it.
(d) Use the "G" command:
G appends a newline, plus the contents of the hold space to the end
of the pattern space. If the hold space is empty, a newline is
appended anyway. The newline is stored in the pattern space as "\n"
where it can be addressed by grouping "\(...\)" and moved in the
RHS. Thus, to change the "twolines" example used earlier, the
following script will work:
sed '/twolines/{G;s/\(two\)\(lines\)\(\n\)/\1\3\2/;}'
mp
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that Visual Basic was a good product." -- Linus Torvalds
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From: IgoR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.periphs.scsi,it.comp.hardware.scsi,linux.dev.scsi,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Adaptec ADP1505A and Linux RH6.1 SCSI
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 23:01:44 -0800
I would like to use my SCSI CDWR on my Linux box
( stock RH6.1 kernel 2.2.12-20 ).
More than a week I am trying to make my SCSI card running.
I have Adaptec AHA1505A card. It is an ISA card.
It does not matter what I do , I am not able to load module
for this card. I am always getting the following
message:
/lib/modules/2.2.12-20/scsi/aha152x.o: init_module: Device or resource
busy
According to info I have the correct module for this card is
'aha152x.o'.
What did I try to do 'til now:
- I did try to set ALL combinations of addresses and IRQs
using 'pnpdump' and 'isapnp'. 'isapnp' recognizes
the card and sets IRQ. The output of the 'isapnp' is
ADP1505/849934698[0]{SCSI Controller }:
Port 0x340; IRQ10 --- Enabled OK
- I did try to put an append line into lilo.conf
The line was : append="aha152x=0x340,11,7,1,1"
Yes, I did try other combinations also. I was able
to boot the system without any error messages,
but 'lsmod' did not show module 'aha152x.o' loaded.
- I read ALL available RTFM I found on the NET,
- I read SCSI-HOWTO
- I read a lot of messages related to the 1505 on deja.com
BUT
I am still 'lost'... I am not able to load that
SCSI module..
Any hint, link, advice, URL, pointer is more than
welcome
Thanks
Igor
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From: "Ezio Paglia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Linux RAID support on Compaq Servers
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 09:16:11 +0200
Hi Andrew,
perhaps you already read the pages under
http://www.compaq.com/products/servers/linux.html. We need to have answers
to the same question in the future. If you get interesting answers, could
you sent them to me.
Ezio.
e-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Andrew Habgood wrote in
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Does anyone know of any support for booting directly to a hardware RAID
set?
>Instead of using a system disk, then the RAID set for data I would like to
>boot directly to the RAID.
>Also, does anyone know if there is any support for Compaq proliant servers
>with RAID. Specifically a Smart Array 221 RAID controller.
>Any help is appreciated.
>
>
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From: Mads Kristensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sendmail problems
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 09:45:39 +0200
I've installed a eServer 2.3, and I having some problems with my
sendmail..
My problem is that I can only send mail to the domains listed in the
/etc/mail/relay-domains file.. I want to be able to send mail to
everyone!
Is there something I can write in the relay-domains file that will allow
me to send mail to everyone I wan't to? Or is there some other solution
to my problem?
I've tried to use the m4 files under sendmail (ie.
/usr/share/sendmail/cf/feature), but when I try to add the
realy_entire_domain.m4 file to my sendmail.cf I get an OSTYPE error.
Any help will be appriciated :-)
Mads
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Villy Kruse)
Subject: Re: I want to send EOF to FIFO.
Date: 27 Mar 2000 07:58:42 GMT
On 25 Mar 2000 18:41:10 GMT, David Efflandt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Sat, 25 Mar 2000 12:04:06 GMT, Aleksey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>I run pipe getting data from the FIFO file like this
>>
>>prog1 < fifo_file | prog2 | prog3 &
>>
>>How can I send EOF character to FIFO or close my pipe?
>
>Not quite sure what you are trying to do here. A pipe usually closes at
>EOF, but a fifo can remain open indefinitely. I am not even sure if
>sending EOF (Ctrl-D) to a fifo would make prog1 close unless it is set up
>to recognoze that.
>
If you send ctrl-D to a fifo the receiving sees a ctrl-D not different
from any other character.
The ctrl-D character is only magic on a tty driver and only if the tty
is in icannon mode.
The receiving end of a fifo sees an EOF when the sending end closes the
fifo. Then the reader must close the fifo and open it avain before it
can be used. If the reader has opened the fifo in RDWR mode it will
never see an EOF, as the write end of the fifo is kept open by the
reader process.
Villy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Help: backup_config in Thinlinux is killed before completion.
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 08:01:43 GMT
I've tried floppy and hard drive install on two separate machines and
after installing the drivers for the network cards, backup_config is
killed before completion. I have tried new floppies and run scandisk
on them to reduce the chance they are the problem.
The machine I am trying to use as a firewall is a Compaq Deskpro 575
with AMD ethernet onboard (pcnet32) and a 3c509.
The other is generic: Gigabyte MB, Mastor hdds (15 and 3.2 gig),
3c900b. This is my main box - I just used it to see if the fault was
the computer or the software.
I am in rather desparate need of a firewall as I have been hacked
about four times in the last two days. Once, I reinstalled Linux and
was not up 10 seconds and they were in again!! I guess I shouldn't
have enabled network at boot 8-/
Wade Segade
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (remove the obvious)
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From: "Fernando Delgado" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: thanks allot !
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 08:02:38 GMT
JCA escribi� en mensaje <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Fernando Delgado wrote:
>
>> I am not an expert, I did some code to fix the Y2K problem. But any way,
>> AS/400 is as we say over here (spain) a "green dog", or as least as
diferent
>> to PC as a green dog will be to a regular one.
>
> ?Perro verde? Never heard that one. Is it a new idiom?
No, is just an spanish expresion that means bizarre or extrange. I
don't know if is use in latinamerica but is Spain is common.
Fernando.
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From: Neil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: hosnames in title var of Xterm
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 09:08:12 +0100
Hi
In Suse linux, tcsh is configured in such as way as to display hostname and path
in the title bar of Xterms.
Is there a way to do this in bash for remote systems ? I've trawled around all
the usual places but to no avail.
Neil
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From: Dietmar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HP PCL- Postscript converter
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 08:30:06 GMT
Pat Terry wrote:
>
> Does such a thing exist, and if so, where might I find it?
>
> I have a whole lot of stuff in HP's PCL format that I can print on _my_
> Hp Laserjet, but it would be nice to be able to read it on screen too.
>
> --
> Pat Terry [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
> +27-46-603-8292 (voice) +27-46-636-1915 (FAX)
There is a vendor, Visual, that provides such a Filter. Try
www.visual.co.uk . Unfortunately, the filter does work only if you have
the latest Red Hat distribution. It doesent work with my SUSE 6.1
distribution, get a seg fault.
Cheers
Dietmar
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Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 11:46:49 +0300
From: Henrik Enqvist IB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: CDRW as floppy
Is it possible to use a cd-rw disc as a floppy. I mean, just put the
disc
in the writer, mount in some way and use it as any other filesystem?
Henrik.
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From: PC [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: invalid superblock
Date: 27 Mar 2000 10:17:36 +0200
Hello
It seems that my hard disk crashed so I can't boot the system and even
if I use the rescue discette I can't mount my partitions due to an
'invalid superblock' message
So I tried the command
e2fsck -f -b 8193 /dev/hda3
In order to use the copy of the superblock, but it did not work
neither.
Does anybody know about some tools to at least partially recover the
data of the hard disk.
Thanks in advance
Uwe Brauer
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