Linux-Misc Digest #983, Volume #23 Tue, 28 Mar 00 20:13:03 EST
Contents:
Re: Software RAID-0 causes jitters (Stuart R. Fuller)
Re: Linux installation (Alexander K)
PPP can only start as root? (vsteel)
Re: free isp that support linux ("Michael Faurot")
Problems with Corel WordPerfect (Roni Choudhury)
Re: PPP can only start as root? ("J. C.")
Re: Anyone have RH 6.2 i386 ISO yet? ("J. C.")
Re: More resolution probs ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Installation/Xwindows ("Moliere F.")
HELP! Can't reboot w/ new glibc! (Jean-Sebastien Morisset)
Re: SCSI tape jukebox: how to change tape? (Eyal Lebedinsky)
Re: Problems with Corel WordPerfect (Rod Smith)
Re-sizing partition -- What's the best tool? (Jean-Sebastien Morisset)
Re: free isp that support linux ("Dan Bye")
Re: Game of Life - I love Vi (was: Do you hate vi?) (Ralf Arens)
Re: Problems with Corel WordPerfect (Cory Kempf)
Run DOS programs in Linux (Umashankar)
Run DOS programs in Linux (Umashankar)
Re: Newbie questions: (Mike Redan)
reading ntfs partition ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
How to install the SYM53C8xxx driver with Redhat 6.1? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Run DOS programs in Linux (Hal Burgiss)
Re: reading ntfs partition (Vilmos Soti)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stuart R. Fuller)
Subject: Re: Software RAID-0 causes jitters
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 22:10:05 GMT
Jehsom ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: I have a problem that no one else seems to be having, and I can't
: figure out what's going on.
: I have a 40gb and a 27gb maxtor hard drive, on /dev/hdc and /dev
: /hdd, respectively. I'm running an ABIT BH6 with a celeron 300a.
: I had these two hard drives set up in linear append mode, and
: everything seemed to work fine. One of my friends told me, though,
: that I could use raid 0, and test the speed on various different
: chunk sizes until I found the one that performed best, according
: to hdparm -t /dev/md0. Well, they all performed the same (3.57 MB
: /s), and now I have the drives raid 0'd (this is striping, btw),
: with a chunk size of 4.
: The problem now is almost unbearable. Whenever anything accesses
: the drive, the whole system jitters. The mouse movement becomes
: extremely jittery, and everything stops responding until the HD
: access has finished.
: What's the story? I want to use RAID-0, but not if it's going to
: act like this!!
Welcome to the wonderful world of cheap IDE drives.
The whole system "jitters", because while the drives are transferring data,
interrupts are disabled. So, since the system can't get the interrupt from
the serial port for the mouse, the pointer appears to jitter.
If you were using a modem at the time of the "jitters", you'd find that you're
losing data there, too.
Stu
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From: Alexander K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux installation
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 01:37:22 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> What is an ISO image?
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
isn't that a cd-image?
simply all the info on a prospective/hypothetical compact disk?
and ISO-something would be the "filesystem" (if that's the correct
term).
but that's just a guess.
peace / alex
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From: vsteel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: PPP can only start as root?
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 15:52:54 -0700
I have caldera 2.3, with a recompiled kernel 2.2.14
I have PPP compiled internal to the kernel and not as a module.
Root can access the internet fine.
when a regular user tries to access the internet with kppp an error
message is generated about ppp not available in the kernel or the module
can't be found. A regular user can't run kppp but if he runs pppd and
lets it try to negotiate ppp while there is no connection and fail, kppp
will then work.
I can also log in as a regular user, open a shell, then su to root and
start everthing fine. I know that there has to be something not passing
the right permissions but I just can't find it. Here are how my kppp
and pppd files are set.
-rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 371796 Aug 10 1999 /opt/kde/bin/kppp
-rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 139768 Aug 10 1999 /usr/sbin/pppd
I have used the chmod u+s on both of them (logged in as root).
I am out of idea's.
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From: "Michael Faurot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: free isp that support linux
Date: 28 Mar 2000 22:19:41 GMT
jtborg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I want to know if there is any free isp that support linux.
I have no personal experience with this company but they do support Linux:
http://www.teledyn.com/
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==============================================================================
Michael | mfaurot | The important thing is not to stop questioning.
Faurot | atww.net |
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From: Roni Choudhury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problems with Corel WordPerfect
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 17:06:36 -0600
Hello. I've got a severe problem with WordPerfect 8. I'm running
RedHat Linux 6.1, Kernel 2.2.14. My problem is that when I print a
document from WordPerfect, the words come out smushed together. The
beginning of each word is superimposed on the end of the last one. It's
really annoying...does anyone know how to fix this, or even what might
cause it? Thanks.
roni
ps My printer is an HP612C.
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From: "J. C." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: PPP can only start as root?
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 23:07:41 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, vsteel
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Root can access the internet fine.
: when a regular user tries to access the internet with kppp an error
: message is generated about ppp not available in the kernel or the module
: can't be found. A regular user can't run kppp but if he runs pppd and
: lets it try to negotiate ppp while there is no connection and fail, kppp
: will then work.
Does Caldera use PAM authentication?
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From: "J. C." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Anyone have RH 6.2 i386 ISO yet?
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 23:10:16 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Hovell
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: But I know there are only like 10 or so mirrors internationally right
: now for RH 6.2 Zoot.
What's in RH 6.2? I would have thought that they'd wait for an
official kernel 2.4 release before they put it out. What's it got that
I can't install myself?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: More resolution probs
Date: 28 Mar 2000 18:10:53 EST
an occasionally, It's been my experience with very LARGE drives, that
don't have a partition table at all, that the drives can be partitioned,
but linux won't recognize beyone 2Gigs, until restarting linux.
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From: "Moliere F." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installation/Xwindows
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 22:57:20 GMT
In step 3, you selected a custom install, and apparently you have failed
to check all the Xwindow components.
Step 4 obviously did not take into account all Xwindow related components.
I suggest you reinstall RH6.1 and if you decide to do a custom install, then
make
sure all Xrelated components are selected.
"Icon-x" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8bqn3f$7qd$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I`m trying to load linux Redhat 6.1
>
> The procedure i go through is
>
> 1) Boot from the CD
> 2) select Text install
> 3) Select custom install
> 4) select "everything" from the components install
>
> It installs and says that my video card is a riva 128 and it never
> probes my monitor or card and never comes up with the Xconfigurator,
>
> When i start up after install and login and type 'Startx' I get
>
> Startx:Command not Found
>
> If I type 'xconf' I get
>
> Sh: /usr/X11R6/bin/Xf86config: No such file or directory
>
> I did a find for Startx and xf86config and couldn`t find it anywhere,
> Yet I installed the everything package
>
> If I do 'kdestart'
> it trys to start but it cant find the Xfree etc components,
>
> Why does it do this or how can I install these components manually?
>
> Thanx
>
>
> --
> � I��n-x�
> $ PATH=pretending! /usr/ucb/which sense
>
> --
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> $ PATH=pretending! /usr/ucb/which sense
>
>
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From: Jean-Sebastien Morisset <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: HELP! Can't reboot w/ new glibc!
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 18:34:48 -0500
This is really frustrating. I installed glibc v2.1.3 on a RH 6.1 Linux, and
no matter where I install it (prefix of /usr/local or /opt/glibc-2.1.3 as I
usually do it), when I reboot, there are some library files which remain
open (verified with lsof). This means umount can't un-mount /usr or /opt
(depending on where it's installed). The /etc/rc.d/rc6.d/S01reboot script
gets stuck and the system sits there.
Can anyone provide any suggestions?
Hm. Could a loaded module be using glibc? Perhaps I could unload this module
before the umount command? How would I go about finding out which module
this is?
Thanks,
js.
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Jean-Sebastien Morisset, Sr. UNIX Admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Personal Homepage <http://www.jsmoriss.dyndns.org/>
UNIX, Internet, Homebrewing, Cigars, PCS, CP2020 and other Fun Stuff...
This is Linux Country. On a quiet night you can hear Windows NT reboot!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eyal Lebedinsky)
Subject: Re: SCSI tape jukebox: how to change tape?
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 23:57:16 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <8br0r7$9ja$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris J/#6) writes:
> Hiya,
>
> I have a Sony TSL-9000 DAT autoloader, that holds eight tapes. What I cannot
> work out how to do is how to get the device to change tape. When the SCSI
> is probed, it reports two luns on the device: 0, which is sequential access,
> and 1, which is marked as a media changer - is there a standard way to change
> tapes, or is it device specific (ie, will I have to look to Sony for a
> solution?). I have a feeling I should be able to use lun 1 with ease,
> but I can't find anything (yet) to do this.
I use mtx as in:
mtx load 1
mtx unload
You can grab 'mtx-1.1.tar.gz' from "ftp://dandelion.com/".
--
Eyal Lebedinsky ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Problems with Corel WordPerfect
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 00:05:52 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Roni Choudhury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello. I've got a severe problem with WordPerfect 8. I'm running
> RedHat Linux 6.1, Kernel 2.2.14. My problem is that when I print a
> document from WordPerfect, the words come out smushed together. The
> beginning of each word is superimposed on the end of the last one. It's
> really annoying...does anyone know how to fix this, or even what might
> cause it? Thanks.
>
> roni
> ps My printer is an HP612C.
My guess is that you're using an HP WordPerfect driver for a printer
that's not quite properly matched to your printer. My suggestion is to
switch to a PostScript driver (like the QMS magicolor if this is a color
printer) and print via a normal Linux printer queue, that can parse
PostScript. I've got more information on this topic on my web page:
http://www.rodsbooks.com/wpfonts/
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux networking & WordPerfect for Linux
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From: Jean-Sebastien Morisset <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: Re-sizing partition -- What's the best tool?
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 19:08:06 -0500
Are there any good tools to re-size partitions on Linux? I'm talking about
shrinking/growing "on the fly" w/o needing to backup/restore, etc.
Thanks,
js.
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Jean-Sebastien Morisset, Sr. UNIX Admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Personal Homepage <http://www.jsmoriss.dyndns.org/>
UNIX, Internet, Homebrewing, Cigars, PCS, CP2020 and other Fun Stuff...
This is Linux Country. On a quiet night you can hear Windows NT reboot!
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From: "Dan Bye" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: free isp that support linux
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 01:16:37 +0100
jtborg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi! all,
> I want to know if there is any free isp that support linux.
>
> I currently is using win98 with free isp,(excite), it not very good.
>
> if anyone out there that know of any please contact me.
>
> thanks
>
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
Do you mean simpy "allow you to connect with Linux" or "their support staff
know Linux"? If the first, then the ukgateway.net, frgateway.net,
degateway.net (you get the idea...) support (i.e. allow) CHAP connections
from any OS, and telinco.co.uk actually have some info about configuring
your setup to talk on the 'Net (www.telinco.co.uk). But if you're not in
the UK, this is probably of very limited appeal :-(
As for support staff knowing Linux? Can't help there... But with enough
demand, who knows WHAT we can get them to do.;-)
Dan
Chop off the no.spam.today.for. if you want to e-mail me. If you don't,
that's cool too!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ralf Arens)
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux,comp.editors,comp.unix.misc
Subject: Re: Game of Life - I love Vi (was: Do you hate vi?)
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 22:20:49 +0200
Bob Dunlop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ralf Arens wrote:
>>> who, nor where it was posted though. It was probably about ten
>>> or fifteen years ago... Anyone remember it, or is my memory
>> Wow, it was written 15 years ago? It didn't even know that Vi existed
s,It,I,
>> at that time. :-)
> Vi is more like 20 years. Used it circa 1980 on a VAX running BSD4.1
> problem was only about four terminals on campus supported cursor
> addressing so went back to ed.
I didn't express myself clearly, sorry. I know that Vi is older than
15 years. But in 1985 *I* didn't know it existed, at that time I got
my first computer, a C64.
[...]
> Early vi sources had the comment that the cursor addressing idea had
> been ripped off from the game of life program.
I didn't know that.
Ciao,
Ralf
PS: Please don't mail and post. I usually read the newgroups I post
to.
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Subject: Re: Problems with Corel WordPerfect
From: Cory Kempf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 23:18:10 GMT
Roni Choudhury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello. I've got a severe problem with WordPerfect 8. I'm running
> RedHat Linux 6.1, Kernel 2.2.14. My problem is that when I print a
> document from WordPerfect, the words come out smushed together. The
> beginning of each word is superimposed on the end of the last one. It's
> really annoying...does anyone know how to fix this, or even what might
> cause it? Thanks.
Pure guess here, but I would look to see if your printer has a copy
of the font you are using... if so, you migth be seeing a problem where
WP is looking at the local font, say Courier, and the printer is printing
with its copy of Courier, but they are not the same Courier.... the font
metrics may be different.
You can try printing a hosed paragraph with a different font, and see
what that does.
+C
--
Status Web Site: <http://www.enigami.com/~csegedy/CoryInfo>
Cory Kempf Macintosh / Unix Consulting & Software Development
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.enigami.com/~ckempf/>
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From: Umashankar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Run DOS programs in Linux
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 19:34:25 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
I am new to Linux.
- I have a dos application ( I donot have the source) which I need to
run from Linux operating system . Is there any utility which would
simulate the dos environment to enable me run this program ?
- If I wish to run this from a servlet - will I be able to achieve that
?
Any pointers to help me will be greatly appreciated
regards
Uma.
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From: Umashankar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Run DOS programs in Linux
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 19:35:55 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
I am new to Linux.
- I have a dos application ( I donot have the source) which I need to
run from Linux operating system . Is there any utility which would
simulate the dos environment to enable me run this program ?
- If I wish to run this from a servlet - will I be able to achieve that
?
Any pointers to help me will be greatly appreciated
regards
Uma.
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From: Mike Redan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie questions:
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 00:39:40 GMT
Erlend Str�msvik wrote:
>
> How can you find out how much space there is left on the Harddrive?
> And how do you find out how much space the files in a directory and
> sub-dirs use?
>
> Any help appreciated :)
df will tell you how much free space (and used space) is on each of your
mounted partitions. df -h makes it a little easier to read.
du will tell you how much disk space is being used by your current
directory, and all sub directories, again du -h is a little nicer
for more info on each of them type
man du
and
man df
Mike
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: reading ntfs partition
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 00:35:22 GMT
Hi,
just wondering if there is a tool that lets me read my ntfs partition
from my ext2 partition. if so, please tell me how i can acquire such
tool.
tia,
sn0brdr
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install
Subject: How to install the SYM53C8xxx driver with Redhat 6.1?
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 00:48:13 GMT
Hi, there,
I have an Asus SC875 SCSI card which is based on Symbios/LSI 875.
I just installed Redhat 6.1. The installation program detected it
and it used the NCR53C8XX driver instead.
I want to try the new SYM53C8XX. I visited ftp.tux.org but it
doesn't any a patch for kernel 2.2.12.
If anyone know how to install SYM53C8XX on Redhat 6.1 machine,
please tell me the procedure.
Thanks!
--
Regards,
Roger Shum
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: Run DOS programs in Linux
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 01:03:59 GMT
On Tue, 28 Mar 2000 19:34:25 -0500, Umashankar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>- I have a dos application ( I donot have the source) which I need to
>run from Linux operating system . Is there any utility which would
>simulate the dos environment to enable me run this program ?
>
>- If I wish to run this from a servlet - will I be able to achieve that
>?
>Any pointers to help me will be greatly appreciated
www.dosemu.org. Maybe ... just depends.
--
Hal B
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: reading ntfs partition
From: Vilmos Soti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 01:06:46 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> just wondering if there is a tool that lets me read my ntfs partition
> from my ext2 partition. if so, please tell me how i can acquire such
> tool.
This makes no sense. If you want to read ntfs under Linux, then you need
support for this in the kernel. Either as a module or as compiled in.
Vilmos
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