Linux-Misc Digest #22, Volume #24 Sun, 2 Apr 00 08:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: Linux database newsgroups (Pete Lamasney)
Re: Printer, no printing (jygjyg)
Re: redirecting output question (fred smith)
Re: Distro Dystopia ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Apache and PHP3 ("Andy Hill")
Re: DVD-Player and Linux ? (Erik Mortensen)
Re: DEFRAG OR NOT? (Uwe Ohse)
Re: When will Mandrake ship new distro? (Jon Martin Solaas)
Re: Foulup (Patricia)
Windows fonts ("Uffe")
WinLinux + Starting K desktop environment ("JD")
Re: Linux vs MS; point-n-click (Vivek Vaid (RA/PS))
Re: Windows fonts (Prasanth Kumar)
Linux & SMP ("Avi Kavas")
Re: saving newgroup (Diego Berge)
add ppp0 in Redhat (jygjyg)
Re: Linux/Unix What is the difference? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Dual-booting between DOS/Win and Linux ("Tom Craig")
Help me! (mixed 16-32bits code) ("JKFang")
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From: Pete Lamasney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux database newsgroups
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2000 06:22:16 GMT
Neal wrote:
>
> Why aren't there any Linux database newsgroups?
There's
mysql.general
on
news.netimages.com
Pete
Everything I say is factual unless I'm wrong or lying.
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Subject: Re: Printer, no printing
From: jygjyg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2000 22:25:20 -0800
Thanks Philipp
It is a nice document but does not make sense in my situation.
I am using RadHat 6.1 and my first problem is that the lp has
not been driven properly. "turnlp /dev/lp0" told me "No such
device" and "insmod lp" told me "a module named lp alread
exists".
I even re-build my kernel to try to solve this. When I "make
xconfig", what I see about parallel port is "M" instead of a
gray "Y".
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From: fred smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: redirecting output question
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2000 23:19:01 GMT
Craig Shields <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Hi all,
: I have a script I need to set up a cron job for and would like to have
: the output redirected to a file named according to today's date. I know
: how I will use the 'date' command, but don't know how to insert that in
: the redirect line. <script name> > date +%D doesn't work. Anyone have
: any suggestions? BTW, this is Solaris 7 using csh.
Try:
<script name> > `date +%D`
Note those are NOT apostrophes.
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Distro Dystopia
Date: 2 Apr 2000 07:26:16 GMT
David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
: ' Nothing. As you noticed, rpms are an advertising gimmick that don't do
: ' anything except obscure dependencies by placing them in a binary
: ' database that never corresponds to the facts anyway. It has always beat
: ' me as to what people see in them.
: It starts innocently enough. It's supposed to be easier, right?
: Well, I don't find it that way. I am dealing with the fact that
: dependencies are not being satisfied.
: How hard should it be to grab the QT source and build it? When the
Depends which QT. Was libqt source available before 2.0? I generally
have no trouble with libqt up to about 1.42. Beyond that in the 1
series and you get into some serious problems as they opened the code
up, withholding parts. It's like the ssh problem (_avoid_ ssh2 for
the time being).
As to building KDE. Also depends. I used to build all my KDE myself.
But one has to be careful. Snapshots, for example, can be incredibly
hard to build all of, because some authors insist in depending on the
latest library features all the way through. I either revert their code
to sanity, write them to piss them off about how pissed off I am, or
don't compile their gizmo.
: compiler complains that X11/Xlib.h is missing, among other include
YOu must have that file. It comes with X.
oboe:/usr/oboe/ptb% locate Xlib.h
/usr/local/interviews/include/IV-X11/Xlib.h
/usr/X11R6/include/X11/PEX5/PEXlib.h
/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xlib.h
: files, my first thought was, "didn't I install that stuff?" The
: package in YaST was clearly labeled as xdevelopment. I guess they
: lied.
Well, let's see where I got it from. It looks like a straight dump of X
source.
oboe:/usr/oboe/ptb% grep /Xlib.h /var/log/packages/*
/var/log/packages/X332prog:usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xlib.h
/var/log/packages/iv3.1dist:usr/local/interviews/include/IV-X11/Xlib.h
/var/log/packages/x312inc:usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xlib.h
Yes, it comes from the "prog" tar on the XFree86 distribution sites.
Let me check on a suse system .. (how does one use rpm ... ahh)
organo:/usr/oboe/ptb% rpm -qf /usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xlib.h
xdevel-3.3.4-14
So yes, it should be in suse.
: distro mentality altogether. It's too Microsofty. I've got GCC
: 2.95.2. I've used it to build kernel 2.2.14. Although there were
: warnings, it seems to run. Fine. I'll make 2.95.2 my only compiler
: until a newer version makes it worth the upgrade effort. And I will
: build that from source like I did with 2.95.2.
Part of the problem (for me) is that kde uses templates in a way that
only particular compilers understand. I use g++ 2.7.3 and some "fixing"
of their include files. You MUST use the same compiler as your other
C++ libraries are compiled with. Hence the problem. It's a c++ binary
format thing.
: As for the binutils, is there a single place to get them all? I'm
They're on any archive site. You shouldn't need any new ones. I use
ld-1.9.5.
: figuring I can go to freshmeat and find 'em there. Build those from
: source too. Also, where do the standard libraries come into play?
: GCC seemed to include some. Is that where they come from, or are
: there others?
: I really should know this stuff.
: The bottom line is I don't want any distribution specific stuff. I
Go with debian or slackware. Debian are very good and responsive and
well maintained. Slackware is very well compiled.
: want to go with some standard that lets me build from the author's
: source without too much dancing around. I also want to be able to
: provide source that anyone can build without dancing around.
: When it comes to dependencies, I want them spelled out in a README
: file. Tell me what else I need, and I will go get it. It's not like
There generally is a readme that comes with source. And one pretty
quickly gets good at spotting the dependencies.
OTOH if you can recompile apache to accept a new dynamic module, I'd
like to know how. Use rpm spec files and debian patches as guides.
: I want to spend all my time installing software anyway. If it needs
: to be automated, why not use sh scripts?
That's what slackware always did. Both .deb and .rpm (and sw .tgz)
are capable of executing arbitrary install code, however.
: Maybe Debian does have the answer. Maybe FreeBSD does with Ports. I
: don't know. It seems unlikely a canned process will fit everyone's
: needs.
Peter
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From: "Andy Hill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Apache and PHP3
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2000 09:39:04 +0100
Hi Patrick
I had similar problems on a Slackware 3.3 system.
I got the latest apache source, php3 source, libc source and a few others
Each time I got a new library and tried to compile it, I found I needed a
later version of something else!
In the end I gave up, I'm going to try again shortly with a new installation
of the latest Slackware.
Sorry about the grim news, but just wanted to warn you of what you may have
to come! May be better just to go to the latest Slack first.
Andy Hill
Webmaster
www.ontheroadclassics.co.uk
Patrick Keys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hello
>
> I'm having problems with Apache 1.3.12 and php3 compiled as a
> DSO. Basically, the php3 installation modifies the httpd.conf file... when
> the server is restarted, it refuses to do so. Running testconf gives the
> following errors:
>
> httpd: can't resolve symbol 'open64'
> httpd: can't resolve symbol '__lxstat64'
> httpd: can't resolve symbol 'fopen64'
> Syntax error on line 207 of /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf: cannot load
> /usr/local/apache/libexec/libphp3.so into server: Unable to resolve
> symbol
>
> My guess is that this is due to a missing library... although this is a
> fairly new Slackware installation. I've seen this in other applications
> recently as well.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Patrick
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Erik Mortensen)
Subject: Re: DVD-Player and Linux ?
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2000 11:13:53 +0200
Joey Le <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> when you receive any informations, please email me, I m not thinking that I
> will check back here.
According to DVDCCA a licensed player is in the works. I wonder if that
is true.
Erik
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Subject: Re: DEFRAG OR NOT?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Uwe Ohse)
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2000 09:06:27 -0000
>It also runs (by default) every ten times you reboot without having
>run it on a filesystem.
20.
Regards, Uwe
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From: Jon Martin Solaas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: When will Mandrake ship new distro?
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2000 11:46:44 +0200
Oktay Altunergil wrote:
>
> Yeah and that was Redhat 6.1 with diskdrake,lothar and some other stuff
> added. They will do the same again.
Mandrake 7.0 is more up-to-date when it comes to package versions than
RH 6.1, so it's not just a repacked RH 6.1. Also the kernel is more
recent and patched for enhanced security, Mandrake has configurable
security levels, different installation procedure, use a
pentium-optimized compiler and so on. It's not _just_ a repacked RH 6.1
(but still it's supposed to be RH-compatible, so it can't be entirely
different either...)
A new Mandrake distro based on RH 6.2 would look pretty much like the
current Mandrake 7.0 (at least when it comes to package versions), so I
bet we won't se a new Mandrake before kernel 2.4 is released. And as RH
is pretty good at keeping their 6-month release cycle, a new RH 7.0 with
2.4 kernel won't appear until after summer ...
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From: Patricia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Foulup
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2000 11:51:28 +0200
On Sun, 02 Apr 2000, Don wrote:
>I was trying to set up Netscape for my Email and now, when I use UserNet, I
>connect to the Internet, but then I just sit there. When I start Netscape I
>get this message:
>Warning: the following hosts are unknown.
> localhost.localdomain
> home.netscape.com
> home6.netscape.com
> internic.net
>This means that some or all hosts will be unreachable.
>
>Perhaps there is a problem with your name server?
>If your site must use a non-root name server, y ou will need to set the
>$SOCKS_NS environment variable to point at the appropiate name server. It
>may (or may not)be necessary to set this variable, or the SOCKS host
>preference, to the IP address of the host in question rather than its name.
>Consult your system administrator."
>
>What did I do wrong and how can I fix it?
>Thanks,
>
>Don
Don
Does etc/resolv.conf exist?
If no create it.
If yes, add the following lines.
nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
search
where x is the dns of your provider
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HTH :)
Patricia
http://www.crosswinds.net/~beginnerslinux
Red Hat Linux release 6.0 (Hedwig)
Kernel 2.2.5-15
11:53am up 21:10, 2 users, load average: 0.15, 0.17, 0.26
Sun Apr 2 11:53:09 CEST 2000
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From: "Uffe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Windows fonts
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2000 12:24:32 +0200
Is it possible to use windows fonts in Linux?? like verdana and many others
that are on many webapages... how?
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From: "JD" <j*NoSpam*[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux
Subject: WinLinux + Starting K desktop environment
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2000 10:40:49 GMT
When trying to boot WinLinux 2000 final, it stops after the message
'Starting K desktop environment'. It even rebooted itself one time. I read
that this is a video card issue but i've already double checked my settings
in Config Utility and it correctly detected RIVA TNT/TNT2 as my video card
(I have a Creative Labs TNT and they do not specifically have this choice in
the 'Force Settings'). The TNT is one of most popular video cards out there
so i'm not sure why it would cause this.
My system :
Celeron 300A
128Mb ram
Creative Labs TNT
Win98 SE
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vivek Vaid (RA/PS))
Subject: Re: Linux vs MS; point-n-click
Date: 2 Apr 2000 09:52:30 GMT
Get "Linux for Dummies"
David Lewis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Trying out a switch to linux, and I have some frustrations.
: How is linux going to be a successful replacement to NT if
: I gota RTFM every time I want to do something simple like
: install a program. I am trying to setup a ftp server on a RR cable
: modem cuz NT/WarFTP isn't doing what I want. So far I finally
: got linux installed <what a hastle, I thought NT was picky on hardware>
: After that I am trying to figure out how to get on the net let alone install
: glftpd and get user accounts setup. From what I have read I gota download
: some C code and compile it and then jump through some other hoops
: to get my cable modem to work on linux. Of course my provider says
: I'm SOL since they do not support linux. So then how difficult is it going
: to be to get a linux ftp box up and running. BTW with winblows I could
: get my mom to install it and she has never even been on a puter.
:
: thankx for reading....
:
:
:
:
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From: Prasanth Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Windows fonts
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2000 10:51:09 GMT
Uffe wrote:
>
> Is it possible to use windows fonts in Linux?? like verdana and many others
> that are on many webapages... how?
Yes if you use the truetype font server that comes with many
distributions.
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Prasanth Kumar
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From: "Avi Kavas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux & SMP
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2000 12:52:57 +0200
1. Are there any SMP related system calls ?
2. What is the efficient number of processors when using Linux SMP?
3. Do you know of any papers talking about Linux SMP ? Linux SMP vs. NT SMP
?
thanks,
Avi Kavas.
p.s.
Please reply also to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Diego Berge)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: saving newgroup
Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2000 13:40:01 GMT
On Fri, 31 Mar 2000 16:44:27 +0200, Patricia
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Fri, 31 Mar 2000, Maurizio Palesi wrote:
>>Hi all,
>> Is possible to save a newgroup and consult it off-line with netscape
>>4.7?
>>Bye,
>> Maurizio
>Maurizio
>No, Netscape can not be used as a off-line newsreader.
>try using KRN in KDE .
>(use the latest version 0.6.1.1)
>works great.
I have a feeling of seeing that exact same thread before, but
anyway -- are you sure Netscape 4.7x can't be used as offline
newsreader? I can positively tell I did use Netscape 4.something to do
that last year for a while (I used to d/load the news and then read
them while conmuting) I might look it up in the linux machine
tomorrow, just to be sure.
Regards,
Diego Berge.
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Subject: add ppp0 in Redhat
From: jygjyg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2000 04:35:49 -0700
Hi,
I am running RedHat 6.1 and setup a modem for dialup. I can
successfully dial-up to the ISP and obtain a IP address, but I
can not ping any host in internet. I happen to find an error
message -- "cound not find ppp0, No such device", it seems like
I have not installed a dial-up netwrok card yet.
I want to know how to install a ppp0 device in RedHat. Do I need
configure any routing information for ppp0 in kppp of KDE?
BTW, the ppp module is modulable in my kernel. If do not want to
re-build it to "Y", how can I load this module everytime when
the machine start?
Thanks in advance.
James
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Linux/Unix What is the difference?
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2000 11:41:20 GMT
And verily, didst Jim Fuller hastily scribble thusly:
> Prasanth Kumar wrote:
>>
>> Linux stands for "Linux Is Not UniX" ;-)
> Thank you.
> I'm constantly amazed at the number of otherwise almost intelligent
> people who don't know that.
It never occurred to me. I always saw it as "LINUs uniX" or something like
that, based entierly on his name.
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From: "Tom Craig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.linux
Subject: Dual-booting between DOS/Win and Linux
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2000 12:48:48 +0100
I have a 50MHz 486 with 20Mb RAM, a VESA local bus, PnP support, a 340Mb
FAT16 hard disk, 1Mb VESA local graphics and a 4x Toshbia CD-ROM running
Windows 95. I have DOS 6.2 and Windows 3.1 installation disks, and a CD of
SuSE Linux 6.3 (kernel 2.2.13). I want to dual-boot between DOS/Windows and
Linux. What should I install first, and how do you install Linux? Is there
anything I should know about before installing?
Thanks for your time.
--Tom Craig
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From: "JKFang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help me! (mixed 16-32bits code)
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2000 19:58:21 +0800
db 0x66,0xea ! prefix + jmpi-opcode
code32: dd 0x1000 ! will be set to 0x100000 for big kernels
dw KERNEL_CS
Can somebody tell me what the Assambly code above perform ??
It is extracted form Linux-Source in Setup.S
I feel strange aboute second line ==> zImage is put on 0x10000, why it read
0x1000 ???
Help me , don't let me confuse.... thanX
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