Linux-Misc Digest #997, Volume #23 Thu, 30 Mar 00 10:13:02 EST
Contents:
Re: fatal signal 11 (Andreas Kahari)
Re: HELP AGAIN! (Hans Dumbrajs)
Re: HELP! RIGHT NOW! (Hans Dumbrajs)
Re: HELP! Can't reboot w/ new glibc! (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?=)
Re: MPEG Player (mircea)
Re: fatal signal 11 (Andrew Williams)
Re: fatal signal 11 (Andrew Williams)
Re: Eth. cards with more than on interface? ("Michael Faurot")
Please help extracting a file (Brad)
Re: i'm an idiot and sorry for wasting your time (Martijn Brouwer)
Re: pgcc (Johan Kullstam)
Re: Question on a new Red Hat 6.0 Linux install (Dave LaPorte)
Re: HELP! RIGHT NOW! (Yan Seiner)
Re: Please help extracting a file (Dances With Crows)
RedHat vs. Mandrake? (Bill Delphenich)
Re: unkillable linux box (LFessen106)
xdm login (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Bego=F1a?= Llorente)
Re: Using dd to copy copy-protected floppies (Dances With Crows)
Re: Running Linux 6.1 ("Joseph")
Re: qmail? (Neil)
Re: Suggestions on AMD box? (Jacek =?iso-8859-2?Q?Pop=B3awski?=)
Re: MPEG Player (Neil)
Re: I/O and IRQ port conflicts (The Scotts)
Re: Please help extracting a file (Leejay Wu)
Re: Using dd to copy copy-protected floppies ("Martin Beier")
Re: Eth. cards with more than on interface? ("Martin Beier")
Re: HELP! RIGHT NOW! ("jeff")
Need a "process counter" ("Henrique Pantarotto")
Screen Saver for GNOME Display Manager Login Screen (Jinsong Ouyang)
Screen Saver for GNOME Display Manager Login Screen (Jinsong Ouyang)
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From: Andreas Kahari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: fatal signal 11
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 11:56:38 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi
> I have a problem which has been around for a while now and I have yet
to
> work out what is causing it.
>
> gcc: internal compiler error: program cc1 got fatal signal 11
>
> This error usually comes when I am compiling the kernel. The machine
> has 64MB EDO (it's an original Pentium 200) and about 112MB swap. This
> error is not entirely reproducable, but happens more frequently when
the
> system is under load. This made me think I had a sporadic memory
> problem.
>
> So far, I have replaced:
> - the memory - this seemed to fix it for a while
>
> - the motherboard - no difference
> - the disc used for root, boot and usr (but not swap)
>
> the first motherboard was scsi+ide, the second just ide
>
> The nic is a 3C905B
> The sound-card is an Aztech PCI 168 (don't think Linux even supports
it)
>
> The modem is US Lobotics and external
> The Video Card is PCI and from Elsa
>
> Any clues ?
>
>
You're giving us all the info on the computer, but non on the compiler
although it is a compiler error ("internal error"...). What gcc are you
using. Does the error go away if you upgrade to a newer version of the
compiler?
/A
--
# Andreas K�h�ri, <URL:http://hello.to/andkaha/>
# Scandinavinans, without us "thursday" wouldn't exist!
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: Hans Dumbrajs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HELP AGAIN!
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 15:21:59 +0300
Joey Le wrote:
> How do I install my drivers? Modem, Video, etc.
> It can read windows installation disk, right? like for modem, I have a
> floppy disk in windows format, can it run?
no. RTFM! www.linuxdoc.org
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From: Hans Dumbrajs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HELP! RIGHT NOW!
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 15:24:15 +0300
Joey Le wrote:
> I need help on how to:
> change my screen resolution, run my MindSpring.DUN under linux, change
> wallpaper, change screen saver, access my floppy, access two of my CD Drive
> (seperatly), run browser, restart computer, add user, ....(hey, please, but
> I can go on until morning).
There is this smart thing that people invented some time ago.. it is called
documentation. You can actually read
it and get information out of it....smart..eh? Just give it a shot and stop
whining.
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: HELP! Can't reboot w/ new glibc!
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 14:34:55 +0200
On Tue, 28 Mar 2000, Jean-Sebastien Morisset wrote:
> 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?
Try to boot to runlevel 1 ('init 1' at the (root) command prompt or 'linux
single' at the lilo boot. Then there are no locked files, and every
partition should be able to unmount (except the root partition, which will
be remountable in read-only mode, 'mount -o remount,ro /').
But be careful to upgrade glibc. If you are upgrading from glibc 2.0 to
glibc 2.1.3, most of your software (all?) will be broken. If you upgrade
from 2.1.x to 2.1.3 there __SHOULD__ be binary compatibility, but don't be
100% sure (it worked for me when upgrading from 2.1.1 to 2.1.2).
Rasmus B�g Hansen
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From: mircea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MPEG Player
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 08:34:02 -0500
Aurelien Jarno wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am looking for a FREE mpeg player, with full-screen support, and a
> progress-bar to choose the position of the video.
>
mtv is the best there is out there; however it's not free, but shareware
(the license is $10).
http://www.mpegtv.com
MST
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From: Andrew Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: fatal signal 11
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 15:41:50 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I suspect hardware because it happens at random and at different places in
the 'make'. I also believe that it happened with SuSE 6.0 *and* SuSE 6.2.,
not sure though. SuSE 6.4 will confirm this when it comes out (which is
soon). It happened today with kernels 2.2.10 and 2.2.14. (when I finally
got the compile through).
The other response looks very promising. If that finally draws a blank,
then I'll wait for SuSE 6.4 to come to me and upgrade immediately.
Another reason for me to suspect hardware (I really should have said this
before) is that the machine is dual-boot. I had horrible random errors with
Win95 that vanished as soon as I replaced the memory. Removing half of the
memory (I had and have 4 x 16MB) also helped the 'make zImage', two modules
seemed to be ok, the other pair caused problems. They were fast-page and I
then swapped the whole lot for EDO.
Andreas Kahari wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Hi
> > I have a problem which has been around for a while now and I have yet
> to
> > work out what is causing it.
> >
> > gcc: internal compiler error: program cc1 got fatal signal 11
> >
> > This error usually comes when I am compiling the kernel. The machine
> > has 64MB EDO (it's an original Pentium 200) and about 112MB swap. This
> > error is not entirely reproducable, but happens more frequently when
> the
> > system is under load. This made me think I had a sporadic memory
> > problem.
> >
> > So far, I have replaced:
> > - the memory - this seemed to fix it for a while
> >
> > - the motherboard - no difference
> > - the disc used for root, boot and usr (but not swap)
> >
> > the first motherboard was scsi+ide, the second just ide
> >
> > The nic is a 3C905B
> > The sound-card is an Aztech PCI 168 (don't think Linux even supports
> it)
> >
> > The modem is US Lobotics and external
> > The Video Card is PCI and from Elsa
> >
> > Any clues ?
> >
> >
>
> You're giving us all the info on the computer, but non on the compiler
> although it is a compiler error ("internal error"...). What gcc are you
> using. Does the error go away if you upgrade to a newer version of the
> compiler?
>
> /A
>
> --
> # Andreas K�h�ri, <URL:http://hello.to/andkaha/>
> # Scandinavinans, without us "thursday" wouldn't exist!
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
--
Mielipiteet omiani - Opinions personal, facts suspect, especially on my
http://home.germany.net/101-69082/samba.html
Simple Samba Solutions web page. ICQ 1722461
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From: Andrew Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: fatal signal 11
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 15:48:10 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
bingo
thank you very much. I will print this link, cherish it and apply it's
suggestions :-)
Paul Black wrote:
> Andrew Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Hi
> > I have a problem which has been around for a while now and I have yet to
> > work out what is causing it.
> >
> > gcc: internal compiler error: program cc1 got fatal signal 11
>
> This will tell you all you need to know:
> http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/
>
> Paul
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http://home.germany.net/101-69082/samba.html
Simple Samba Solutions web page. ICQ 1722461
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From: "Michael Faurot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Eth. cards with more than on interface?
Date: 30 Mar 2000 13:17:13 GMT
Bj?rn T Johansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Hi.
: Does Linux support network cards with more than 1 ethernet interface,
: e.g 4 interfaces? And if it does, which ones?
I've not used these myself, but they look like they are supported and
would do what you want.
http://www.znyx.com/
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From: Brad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Please help extracting a file
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 23:44:13 +1000
Hi all.
I have a file that i want to extract and I have no idea what kind of
compression has been appied to it and therefore, no idea how to extract
it.
The file is called 'pingus-0.3.1.tar.bz2..bz2'
No, I didn't miss type it. It's a .tar.bz2..bz2 file.
I have a grip on tar, but what is a bz2 and how do i extract this thing?
mmmm just when I thought I was getting the hang of Linux....
Thanks
Brad
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martijn Brouwer)
Subject: Re: i'm an idiot and sorry for wasting your time
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 00 15:12:40 GMT
In article <8bsi45$1qu$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Corry Parrott"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
if anyone uses a PCI modem with linux..... I would like to know what it
>is, how much it cost's, and where I can get that model. or if any of you
>have information on a good external modem to use that info would also be a
>great help. thanks and later.
I tried to find a good pci modem too, but now I have a external (E-tech
bullet, relative cheap). But recently I read about the a Phoebe modem. It was
said that is was a real modem, just as the $ 120 3com/us-robotics pci modem.
It costs $ 50. You should check this: I only read is somewhere.
P.S. don't call yourselve idiot to soon, just read first before you buy
anything.
Martijn
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From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: pgcc
Date: 30 Mar 2000 08:55:50 -0500
Baton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi !
>
> Can somebody tell me what is a difference between -mpentium option and
> -march=pentium option in pgcc ? I want to compile programms optimized
> for speed on my pentium 166 (no mmx). Which option should I use ?
i would use -march=pentium. this sets both cpu=pentium and arch=pentium.
the former means that compiler schedules instructions for pentium.
the latter means that it is ok to use pentium op codes which might not
be present in all ia32 processors.
that said, i have two more comments
1) the classic pentium adds *no* new instructions to the i486 set.
hence arch=pentium will not add anything to arch=i486.
furthermore, gcc does not emit mmx instructions (except in special
cases, mmx is a performance loser).
2) if you have a pentiumpro, celeron, pentium ii/iii, these are all
pentiumpro. scheduling for classic pentium hurts performance on
these processors.
--
johan kullstam l72t00052
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave LaPorte)
Subject: Re: Question on a new Red Hat 6.0 Linux install
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 14:19:09 GMT
Joe:
Sorry, I should have been more clear. Only the files which I
have made executible are showing up with the * at the end, which is
the way it should be, I just want to find out how to turn of the
alias for ls -F I have looked in my .bashrc file, and still havn't
found it. This isn't a huge problem, just anoying!
Dave.
On 29 Mar 2000 20:40:52 -0500, Joe Schottman
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Dave LaPorte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> 1. Why, after doing a ' ls ' from the root dir ' / ' do all
>> the sub dirrectorys have a / after them. ie: etc/, dev/, home/. I
>> have another server that's the exact same os, ( only a consultant set
>> that one up ) yet that server doen't have the trailing slash's.
>> 2. Why, after createing a new file on the server that I
>> loaded the os on, do all filenames end with an '*' ie: firstfile*
>> secondfile* etc. After doing a ls in any dir, where I created files,
>> the files end with a *.
>
>As other people have noted, your ls command has been aliased to 'ls -F'.
>But when you say creating files, do you mean compiling code, or creating shell
>scripts that you make executable? Or do you mean creating any file, such as
>a text file? If everything is being given executable permission by default,
>then this could present a serious security risk.
>
>Joe Schottman
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Yan Seiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HELP! RIGHT NOW!
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 08:47:01 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Read the manual, right now!
Joey Le wrote:
>
> I need help on how to:
> change my screen resolution, run my MindSpring.DUN under linux, change
> wallpaper, change screen saver, access my floppy, access two of my CD Drive
> (seperatly), run browser, restart computer, add user, ....(hey, please, but
> I can go on until morning).
--
Think different
ride a recumbent
use Linux.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Please help extracting a file
Date: 30 Mar 2000 09:26:46 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 30 Mar 2000 23:44:13 +1000, Brad
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>
>I have a file that i want to extract and I have no idea what kind of
>compression has been appied to it and therefore, no idea how to extract
>it.
>
>The file is called 'pingus-0.3.1.tar.bz2..bz2'
"bunzip2 BLAH.tar.bz2 ; tar xvf BLAH.tar"
or
"tar --use-compress-program=bunzip2 xvf BLAH.tar.bz2"
.bz2 is used for files compressed with the bzip2 program, which is a bit
more efficient than gzip but not quite the standard yet. You might not
have bunzip2 installed on your system; RPMs, tarballs, .debs are available
at freshmeat.net...
--
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: Bill Delphenich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RedHat vs. Mandrake?
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 09:26:39 -0500
How is Mandrake different from RedHat? They seem so similar; there must
be a basic difference in emphasis somewhere but its not obvious to me.
I am setting up a new mail / ftp server using postfix and Mandrake seems
to come with that as part of the base installation.
Thanks for any advice.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (LFessen106)
Subject: Re: unkillable linux box
Date: 30 Mar 2000 14:28:00 GMT
>>I can't kill the Red Hat 5.2! No one knows the root password, or any other
>>password.
Start up the redhat box at Lilo with a linux -s
That will start the box into a shell (no login) and you can cheerfully fix the
/etc/passwd files to gain access.
-Linc.
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Bego=F1a?= Llorente <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: xdm login
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 16:28:01 +0200
Hello all,
We're using RedHat 6.1 and we have turned on the autostart to X window.
We are launching xdm in the /etc/inittab.
We're trying to connect to the Linux server from our Windows NT PC's
using NCD PC-Xware. We do an Xdm Broadcast and we get the response from
the Linux server as well as from a Sun Server with Solaris. If we
connect to the Linux server we get the login screen, but we can only
login as root and not as a normal user. If we try to login as a normal
user, after giving login name and password the connection is reset and
this message is written in the xdm-error.log file:
xdm error (pid ......): Unknown session exit code 2816 from process
........
Normal users can telnet without problems.
In the Sun server with Solaris everything is working without problems.
I would appreciate any help.
Thanks in advance.
Bego�a
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Using dd to copy copy-protected floppies
Date: 30 Mar 2000 09:32:13 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 30 Mar 2000 04:29:41 -0700, Duane Evenson
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>I have an old DOS game on a copy protected diskette (720 kB). I thought
>dd would allow me to make a backup -- no good. I'm guessing that I need
>to change the floppy dirk parameters using setfdparm. Is this right?
>Does anyone know how to get the needed disk parameters?
$ dd if=/dev/fd0D720 of=diskimage.raw bs=1k
Your system may call the device file "fd0d720". Also, keep in mind that
sometimes, older games/whatnot used very strange means of reading/writing
the disks, all in the name of copy protection, so it might not work
regardless....
--
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: "Joseph" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Running Linux 6.1
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 09:32:23 -0500
Oops!
Forgot some important things:
1) Shutting down a Linux computer :
Don't just kick the power switch : It is very bad for the hard disk -
imagine what happens when you turn off a windows computer without shutting
it down (!).
Log in as root and type 'halt'. If you have an ATX system, it will do the
shut down procedures and turn itself off. ( By the way Win2000 -or NT5 if
you prefer that name- still can't power off on shut down. You have to do
the honours)
If you are in a regular user account, type 'su' ( for super user) and type
in the root password.
now type '/sbin/halt'. when you go su, you have to give the absolute path
to the program. This is usually a good idea.
To reboot it, type '/sbin/reboot' or 'reboot'
2) environment variables are a somewhat like dos, but there is a lot to it.
3) Running a program in the current directory:
type "dot forward-slash" ( ./<program>)
4) commands :
cd : change dir just like in dos
ls : list ( a bit like dir
ls -al : like "dir /a"
ls -alh : this lists all files and gives the sizes in "human readable"
format i.e. it will add a "k" or an "m" for a kilo- or mega-byte for the
file size column.
if you want to get a listing of just the directories :
"ls -al | grep ^d" should do the trick:
It gets list of all files and sends it to a pattern processing program
look up "grep" like so:
man grep
I may have left out some important stuff...
5) If you can't boot the computer properly after doing some changes,
At the lilo prompt , type "linux single" , which will boot it and dump
you into a root shell where you can poke around and repair what ever the
problem is
The DOS like look of the command line is just that. There are only so many
variation on a text mode interface :) .
Beneath that simple looking interface is the power to do anything with that
system. One of the nicest things I find is that,
If you don't attach a keyboard and monitor and mouse, you can access it
through telnet. I did just that, and after hooking in a new HDD( for which I
had to power down my computer) I was able to prepare it and bring it on
line. At the same time I was doing an ftp down load throught the same
computer !
Oh, and one more thing : If you hook up a HDD with an EZ BIOS , it will
work just fine. Even fdisk will recognize it and work with the EZBIOS.My 6.0
does it. :)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message ...
>I just install linux, and config it completely. After I type in my login
>name, and pass, what do I do to get to the OS? Just dont tell me that
>Linux 6.1 is look-a-like MS-DOS, because if it is, I m gonna throw all my
>linux and, bang it. I m so fustrated that I cant (or should I say: No
>manual for using linux). Can some one tell me what to do, or some web
>sites?
>
>
>--
>Posted via CNET Help.com
>http://www.help.com/
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From: Neil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: qmail?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 09:22:37 +0000
On Wed, 29 Mar 2000 23:00:29 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Anyone using qmail on Linux for a large scale email host?
www.hotmail.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jacek =?iso-8859-2?Q?Pop=B3awski?=)
Subject: Re: Suggestions on AMD box?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 14:46:33 GMT
Henrik Becker wrote:
>Lien-Fei Alex Chu wrote:
>>
>> have SB 128 but I had a little trouble with it. But, it will also work.
>
>how did you do it? Alsa? OSS?
SB 64/128 works good with OSS from kernel and with ALSA
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From: Neil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MPEG Player
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 09:24:17 +0000
On Wed, 29 Mar 2000 23:22:22 +0200, Aurelien Jarno <ajarno@[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>I am looking for a FREE mpeg player, with full-screen support, and a
>progress-bar to choose the position of the video.
www.freeamp.org
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From: The Scotts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I/O and IRQ port conflicts
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 14:47:08 +0000
Use MS Windows system information to determine the actual IRQ for your
modem. Then in Linux use setserial to tell Linux that information. My
bios insisted on assigning a non-standard IRQ and this was how I got it
to work.
Bob Scott
Corry Parrott wrote:
>
> does any one know how to fix an IRQ port conflict.... i cant configure my
> PCI modem correctly because it is trying to use the same IRQ as my video....
> in kppp: i get the response "devise is busy" or something like that..
>
> help
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From: Leejay Wu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Please help extracting a file
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 09:35:16 -0500
Excerpts from netnews.comp.os.linux.misc: 30-Mar-100 Please help
extracting a file by [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I have a file that i want to extract and I have no idea what kind of
> compression has been appied to it and therefore, no idea how to extract
> it.
>
> The file is called 'pingus-0.3.1.tar.bz2..bz2'
Hrrrrm. .tar.bz2 would be more normal; perhaps somebody was using
a program that automatically tacked on the extension or something.
> No, I didn't miss type it. It's a .tar.bz2..bz2 file.
>
> I have a grip on tar, but what is a bz2 and how do i extract this
> thing?
bzip2, another compression utility, usually uncompressed with a
'bunzip2' prog. If you don't already have it, check out
http://sourceware.cygnus.com/bzip2/index.html
which appears to be the official site.
Once you bunzip2 it (once), try 'file' on it. I'd be surprised if
it was bzip2'd twice, so it could just be a misnamed .tar.bz2.
> mmmm just when I thought I was getting the hang of Linux....
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|--------------------------| he writes really bad haiku |
| #include <stddiscl.h> | readers all go mad |
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From: "Martin Beier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Using dd to copy copy-protected floppies
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 16:47:34 +0200
> I have an old DOS game on a copy protected diskette (720 kB). I thought
> dd would allow me to make a backup -- no good. I'm guessing that I need
> to change the floppy dirk parameters using setfdparm. Is this right?
> Does anyone know how to get the needed disk parameters?
> What should I do?
Hmm, which device are you using? Consult
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt.
You may want to try some different ones (/dev/fd?[h|u]720). Perhaps this
helps.
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From: "Martin Beier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Eth. cards with more than on interface?
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 16:53:21 +0200
Bj�rn T Johansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag:
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> Hi.
>
> Does Linux support network cards with more than 1 ethernet interface,
> e.g 4 interfaces? And if it does, which ones?
The SuSE distribution does, and it doesn't depend on the device type
(I have a Linux box runnig one fddi and two ethernet cards)! May be
that you have to edit your /etc/conf.modules if your sysadm tool
cannot insert the settings for you! I had to alter the following lines for
my router:
alias fddi0 skfp
alias eth0 ne
alias eth1 ne
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From: "jeff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HELP! RIGHT NOW!
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 07:01:30 -0800
"Yan Seiner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Think different
> ride a recumbent
> use Linux.
walk sideways
eat standing up
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From: "Henrique Pantarotto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Need a "process counter"
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 11:51:37 -0300
Hello friends,
we've a high-load POP3 server, and the daemon runs from inetd. We'd like to
measure the use of the pop3 daemon.
/etc/inetd.conf:
pop-3 stream tcp nowait.900 root /usr/bin/popper popper
I would like to create some kind of "counter" that is incremented every time
the inetd starts a new "popper" process. Like a GAUGE counter, so that I
can create cool graphic using MRTG.
I came up with these two approaches:
1) Implementing this in the popper daemon, messing with the sources.
2) or creating some kind of "process wrapper", that runs *before* the popper
process, increments the counter and *then* runs the popper daemon
I wouldn't like to mess with popper sources.
Is the second idea "smart" or does anyone know a better way of doing this?
Perhaps someone alread knows a util that does this...
Thanks,
Henrique Pantarotto
Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil
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From: Jinsong Ouyang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Screen Saver for GNOME Display Manager Login Screen
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 10:03:44 -0500
For RedHat 6.1, if you log out and have the GNOME Display Manager login
screen, that screen will stay there forever. Does anyone know how to
setup a screen saver or make it blank for this login screen? Thanks in
advance.
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From: Jinsong Ouyang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Screen Saver for GNOME Display Manager Login Screen
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 10:05:55 -0500
For RedHat 6.1, if you log out and have the GNOME Display Manager login
screen, that screen will stay there forever. Does anyone know how to
setup a screen saver or make it blank for this login screen? Thanks in
advance.
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