Linux-Misc Digest #18, Volume #24 Sat, 1 Apr 00 15:13:02 EST
Contents:
I messed up my MBR ("Catilina")
dumm x86 question... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: I messed up my MBR (Dances With Crows)
RedHat Linux v6.2
Re: I messed up my MBR ("Catilina")
Re: Smail - mailing list - Security Violations
Re: SuSE 6.2, Kernel 2.2.14, GCC 2.95.2, and no more sound ("Gene Heskett")
ctwm window manager Icon manager? (steve)
segmentation fault? (Drew Krause)
Re: segmentation fault? ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: loadlin (John in SD)
Re: Strange KDE lib location for RH6.1 (Diederick van Dijk)
HELP!! kernel configuration problems (asage)
Samba: NT can see me but not read.... (Ken Yasuda)
Re: When will Mandrake ship new distro? (Oktay Altunergil)
Re: dumm x86 question... (Paul Kimoto)
Re: RedHat Linux v6.2 (Leonard Evens)
Re: I messed up my MBR (Leonard Evens)
Re: RedHat 6.2 and XEmacs (Leonard Evens)
lprm: permission denied (peter pilsl)
Re: HELP!! kernel configuration problems (Paul Kimoto)
Re: Version numbering question (Paul Kimoto)
Re: Distro Dystopia (Paul Kimoto)
Re: Linux/Unix What is the difference? (Paul Kimoto)
Bash prompting... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "Catilina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: I messed up my MBR
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2000 20:13:17 +0200
I've installed lilo (but it failed, saying partition 5 was not a valid
number), so now I can't boot from HD anymore (normally, win98 started when
booting from HD, Linux from floppy)
Partition:
hda1 = Win
hda5=linux
Any ideas?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: dumm x86 question...
Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2000 18:14:47 GMT
Hey I am trying to put on the patch from 3.3.5 to 3.3.6 and it says to
run the patch from the directory that contains the "xc" directory, well
where the hell is the "xc" directory on a vanilla install, thanks...
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: I messed up my MBR
Date: 01 Apr 2000 13:30:07 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 1 Apr 2000 20:13:17 +0200, Catilina
<<954612785.701864@marvin>> shouted forth into the ether:
>I've installed lilo (but it failed, saying partition 5 was not a valid
>number), so now I can't boot from HD anymore
>hda1 = Win, hda5=linux
Er... hmm. Did you read the documentation before you did whatever you
did? Post your /etc/lilo.conf and the output of "fdisk -l /dev/hda" and
someone will probably be able to help.
You see, there are a couple of things that could be going wrong. The DOS
boot sector that is in the MBR of most hard disks is not entirely
comfortable with booting from a logical partition's bootsector, so there
are problems there. However, your assertion that you can't boot from the
HD now leads me to believe that you tried to install LILO on the MBR and
failed in some way. I'd say your lilo.conf should look like this:
boot=/dev/hda #install on the MBR
map=/boot/map #loading map location
prompt
linear #might help if hda5 is above the infamous 1024-cyl limit
timeout=100
image=/boot/vmlinuz # or where your kernel's stored
label=linux # or whatever
root=/dev/hda5 # root partition
read-only
other=/dev/hda1 # that Other OS
label=dos
table=/dev/hda # this line is important
So boot your Linux system from a floppy, put that in /etc/lilo.conf, and
run /sbin/lilo. Then try booting from the hard drive. It won't mess up
anything worse than it already is, and it might help.
--
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: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RedHat Linux v6.2
Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2000 18:30:04 GMT
Could apply to any version.
I just upgraded from v6.1 to v6.2 and have the following error display in
my "messages" file.
Apr 1 11:48:32 server inetd[533]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already in use
Jim
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From: "Catilina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I messed up my MBR
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2000 20:38:06 +0200
Never mind, fdisk /mbr fixed my problem :-)
Now I only need to figure out how to install LILO in a way this doesn't
happen again...
Sorry for the fact I've posted this question without looking for the answer
myself first!
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.mail.smail
Subject: Re: Smail - mailing list - Security Violations
Date: 1 Apr 2000 18:41:14 GMT
In comp.mail.smail Donal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am trying to set up a mailing list with about 200 entries. Whatever I try
> I hit a brick wall. It looks as if Smail does not want to allow external
> mail or commands from /etc/aliases.
>
> Majordomo. I have put the pipe command in my aliases file but Smail gives a
> security violation error ERR104 and doesn't run the majordomo wrapper.
>
> Also tried a file in /etc/smail/lists with the addresses in seperated by
> commas. I get the same security violation error if I include
Make an 'smail -bP smtp_remote_allow' - there you'll find it..
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Date: 1 Apr 2000 11:20:48 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SuSE 6.2, Kernel 2.2.14, GCC 2.95.2, and no more sound
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Unrot13 this;
Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Gene Heskett sends Greetings to David Steuber;
DS> I've been trying to build some packages on a PPro 200 (Gateway 2000
DS> G6-200) that happens to have a Creative Labs Soundblaster 64 AWE Gold
DS> installed. Due to missing files, I tried to fix some things. Well, I
DS> broke my sound in the process. Under a canned kernel, I was using
DS> oss. Oss wouldn't recompile or work for the 2.2.14 kernel. When I
DS> switched back to the 2.2.10 kernel, it would work for that anymore.
DS> When I try to put sound in the kernel, I can get some noise out of the
DS> speakers, but nothing useful.
DS> Here's what I got:
DS> GCC 2.95.2 (from gcc.gun.org)
DS> Kernel 2.2.14 (from ftp.kernel.org)
DS> oss (from the SuSE 6.2 distro)
DS> The sound card is the SB AWE 64 Gold, a PnP ISA bus card.
DS> I need this working. I know it can be made to work. I can't really
DS> afford to buy the professional OSS.
DS> Please help.
You will find a driver for the awe cards at:
<http://opensource.creative.com>
Its being actively developed, so check back every 2-3 days for the
latest version.
Cheers, Gene
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (steve)
Subject: ctwm window manager Icon manager?
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2000 19:57 +0100 (BST)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi
How do I get the icon manager to work in ctwm. I'm using SUSE 6.2.
It won't work at the moment.
regards Steve Jarvis
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From: Drew Krause <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: segmentation fault?
Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2000 13:45:13 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
What does it mean when I get a 'segmentation fault (core dump)' message?
Is there anything I can do to fix the problem?
Thanks --
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: segmentation fault?
Date: 1 Apr 2000 18:58:02 GMT
Drew Krause <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: What does it mean when I get a 'segmentation fault (core dump)' message?
It means a program has segfaulted - improper attempted memory access.
You probably have core (i.e. memory) dumps disabled, but it'll still
give you the message.
: Is there anything I can do to fix the problem?
Read a unix FAQ. Possibly the linux FAQ also.
Boy, people are getting too young to remember that computer memory used
to consist of "core": little ferrous rings on a woven matrix of address
wires and sense wires. Look at the diagram in the How Things Work
encyclopedia on your desk ...
Peter
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From: John in SD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: loadlin
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2000 19:00:14 GMT
On Fri, 31 Mar 2000 13:30:05 GMT, noel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have already installed mandrake to my computer, but I had to put the
>partition at the end of the hard disk, over the limit to be able to put
>LiLo in the MBR. At the moment, I am booting in to linux from a boot disk.
>Am I able to boot to linux using loadlin.exe if I can't write LiLo to the
>MBR and if so, how do I do it?
LILO has been updated in version 21.4 to boot from all parts of large
disks, provided you BIOS has support for large disks thru the EDD
packet call interface (post 1998 bios).
The source code for this update to LILO is at:
ftp: sd.dynhost.com /pub/linux/lilo <developer site>
or
ftp: metalab.unc.edu /pub/Linux/system/boot/lilo <mirror>
--John Coffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: Diederick van Dijk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Strange KDE lib location for RH6.1
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2000 14:07:43 +0200
Daniel Ng wrote:
> Because of the unusual KDE include and library location for RedHat
> 6.1, I have a hard time
> in compiling many of the free software applications in the net.
>
> For example, I could not compile the kdbg source file. Any suggestion?
>
> Daniel
>
You have to give ./configure some parameters. Something like this :
./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin
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From: asage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HELP!! kernel configuration problems
Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2000 14:01:29 -0500
I'm trying to compile kernel 2.3.51. I read the Configure.help file
right through, and took note of all recommendations. I've tried to
configure this thing twice now, and have gotten the same error:
drivers/parport/parport.z(parport_pc.o): In function 'parport_pc_init':
parport_pc.o(.text.init+0x107): undefined reference to
'parport_pc_init_pci'
Thanks
Allison
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ken Yasuda)
Subject: Samba: NT can see me but not read....
Date: 1 Apr 2000 19:14:33 GMT
I've got Samba configured in such a way that NT machines can find me
on the local net, including the directory I've decided to make public.
However, when I click on the directory from a Windoze machine, I get a message
that I'm not sure what to make of:
\\[my linux computer's name]\[the directory's name] is not accessible.
The network name cannot be found.
After reading the Samba HOW-TO, I find no reference to anything that
can account for this behavior.
Any suggestions on what is going on? Any suggestions on how I might fix it?
Thanks,
Ken
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From: Oktay Altunergil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: When will Mandrake ship new distro?
Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2000 19:30:11 GMT
They ship a new version everytime Redhat does so.
Since redhat just released a new version (6.2) I was wondering when
Mandrake would relase theirs.
Edmund wrote:
>
> Oktay Altunergil wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Redhat released version 6.2 a few days ago. Does anybody have any
> > information about when Mandrake will release the never version of its
> > distribution?
> >
> > Oktay
> >
>
> Which version is this? I'm having trouble keeping up to which version
> Mandrake
> is up to. Last time I checked at a local software store, it's at 7.0
> (apparently,
> shipped in a standard and Deluxe version...).
>
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: dumm x86 question...
Date: 1 Apr 2000 14:34:59 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <8c5eac$64$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hey I am trying to put on the patch from 3.3.5 to 3.3.6 and it says to
> run the patch from the directory that contains the "xc" directory, well
> where the hell is the "xc" directory on a vanilla install, thanks...
It is wherever you unpacked the X 3.3.5 source code. Maybe you need to
get and unpack it. (If so, it would probably be easier to get the 3.3.6
source code.)
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Paul Kimoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RedHat Linux v6.2
Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2000 13:27:30 -0600
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Could apply to any version.
>
> I just upgraded from v6.1 to v6.2 and have the following error display in
> my "messages" file.
>
> Apr 1 11:48:32 server inetd[533]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already in use
>
> Jim
>
> --
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> http://www.help.com/
I don't know what caused that, but are you sure you should be
running bind?
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Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I messed up my MBR
Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2000 13:25:37 -0600
Catilina wrote:
>
> Never mind, fdisk /mbr fixed my problem :-)
> Now I only need to figure out how to install LILO in a way this doesn't
> happen again...
> Sorry for the fact I've posted this question without looking for the answer
> myself first!
You SHOULD normally install lilo in the MBR. That is the most
convenient way to do in most cases. If you insist, however,
you can install it in a primary Linux partition or in an
extended partition, but not usually a logical partition.
You must also make that the active partition on the disk.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RedHat 6.2 and XEmacs
Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2000 13:22:24 -0600
Andy9701 wrote:
>
> I just installed RedHat 6.2 yesterday, and I'm having some problems
> with Emacs, I think. Before I had RedHat 6.2, I was running 6.0, and
> when I ran Emacs it came up in a nice window, with a nice font, colors,
> etc. However, now when I run it, it still works, but it doesn't look
> as nice. I think that I didn't install XEmacs, just emacs, but I'm not
> entirely positive (I did click to select Emacs during setup, but I
> didn't install individual packages inside it). Do you think that is
> why I'm not getting a "pretty" version of emacs in a window? If that's
> the case, is XEmacs available from the gnu ftp site?
>
> Thanks,
> Andy
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
Xemacs appears to be a separate package from emacs. To see what
you have try
rpm -qa | grep emacs
That will show all the emacs packages you have installed.
If you don't have it, you should be able to find it in the
RPMS directory on the CD. Otherwise,
you should be able to get xemacs and related packages from
the RedHat web site or a mirror site. It is a bit difficult
connecting these days, so you may want to work.
When you are connected to the web, gnoRPM's web find option
seems to allow for reasonably rapid downloads and installs.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: peter pilsl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: lprm: permission denied
Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2000 19:39:06 GMT
lpr works fine, but whenever a user different than root wants to remove
his own printjob with lprm he gets the error "permission denied".
[stefan]$ lpq
Rank Owner Job Files
1st stefan 713 printtest
[stefan]$ lprm 713
cfA713Aa01244: Permission denied
the spool-directory is /var/spool/lpd/lp0 where I find:
-rw-rw---- 1 bin lp 72 Apr 1 21:32 cfA713Aa01244
-rw-rw---- 1 stefan lp 24 Apr 1 21:32 dfA713Aa01244
ok the cfA713Aa01244 seems to have the wrong permission, but why ?
I give a list of printcap and the fileperms:
---printcap----
lp:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp0/:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:\
:lp=/dev/lp0:\
:if=/var/spool/lpd/lp0/filter:
---endprintcap---
-r-sr-sr-x 1 root lp 22212 Oct 2 1998 /usr/sbin/lpc
-rwxr--r-- 1 root root 42108 Oct 2 1998 /usr/sbin/lpd
-r-sr-sr-x 1 root lp 15068 Oct 2 1998 /usr/bin/lpr
-r-sr-sr-x 1 root lp 14732 Oct 2 1998 /usr/bin/lprm
drwxr-xr-x 2 root lp 2048 Feb 22 21:33 /var/spool/lpd/lp0
any help appretiated
peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: HELP!! kernel configuration problems
Date: 1 Apr 2000 14:38:40 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, asage wrote:
> I'm trying to compile kernel 2.3.51.
Why? This kernel is seventeen days out of date. You should try
2.3.99-pre3, the second pre-patch of 2.3.99-pre4, or whatever is newer.
Remember that 2.3.* kernels are still in development and it is not unusual
for things to be broken.
> I read the Configure.help file
> right through, and took note of all recommendations. I've tried to
> configure this thing twice now, and have gotten the same error:
>
> drivers/parport/parport.z(parport_pc.o): In function 'parport_pc_init':
> parport_pc.o(.text.init+0x107): undefined reference to
> 'parport_pc_init_pci'
Is this the correct error message? I don't see any files with suffix ".z".
--
Paul Kimoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: Version numbering question
Date: 1 Apr 2000 14:40:54 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Rob Nikander wrote:
> Most programs in the open source world have version numbers like
> nn.nn.nn. I know that the first one represents a major version, and
> that the last one is minor fixes, but I was wondering if there was a
> more detailed rationale behind the numbers. How do these version
> numbers relate to "iterations" -- or does open source software not
> really use an iterative/incremental process? And how do the numbers
> relate to the version numbers on source files assigned when you "cvs
> commit" a file? Or do the exact meanings of the numbers depend on
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> whoever is leading the project?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Exactly.
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Paul Kimoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: Distro Dystopia
Date: 1 Apr 2000 14:46:00 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Steuber wrote:
> Anyway, it turned out to be easy to
> simply download and build the latest GCC from the GNU ftp site. Now I
> have two versions of GCC on my system. My brain is of very limited
> capacity and this confuses me. Which include files will be used? I
> don't know! I put the new version in /usr/local/bin. The SuSE
> version is in /usr/bin. I can fix the path to put /usr/local/bin
> ahead of /usr/bin, but that probably doesn't settle the include file
> problem. Or the lib file problem.
Why is this a problem? Both should look in /usr/include for the files
taken from glibc. Each should look in its own, version-specific directory
(/usr/{local,}/lib/gcc-lib/i*-linux*/version_number) for gcc-specific
files.
> Binutils. What are binutils?
The assembler, linker, and other support files. These are documented in
the binutils info pages.
> I hate rpms. What the hell was wrong with tar files? Isn't there a
> file system heirarchy standard now that tells us where different files
> should go? Aren't there ways of dealing with version issues?
> Dependencies? Ah yes. It makes no sense to install A and B. Or you
> need D, E, and F for C to work. Fine.
Debian tries to take care of all your dependency needs:
# apt-get update; apt-get install package_name
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: Linux/Unix What is the difference?
Date: 1 Apr 2000 14:49:01 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Grant Edwards wrote:
> So how do SCO and Sun get away with giving away free copies of
> their versions of "Unix" (I assume their both still officially
> "Unix")?
Didn't Sun acquire the right to the name "unix" before all these rules took
effect? I thought that is why (the quite BSDish) SunOS4 could call itself
"unix". I don't know whether the right extended to (the operating system
commonly called) Solaris.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Bash prompting...
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2000 20:01:57 GMT
I want to set my bash prompt to display the machine name in bold (i.e.
colour) print. I can do this in csh/tcsh by using the command:
set prompt="%B%m%b:%/> "
My prompt in bash is currently set by:
PS1="[\u@\h \w] > "
but I dont know how to set bold as an option. I notice the man page says
that \[ will begin a sequence of non-printing characters... Is there
a terminal control sequence that will make the prompt text bold?
Thanks in advance,
Mark
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