Linux-Misc Digest #51, Volume #24 Wed, 5 Apr 00 15:13:03 EDT
Contents:
? comp.os.linux.announce ? (Robert Lynch)
mkfs: 'command not found' ("Simon H.")
Re: Hosts File (Bob Tennent)
probs. w/cdrom&floppy w/Mandrake 7 ("Robert Weaver")
Re: Suse Linux 6.3 or RedHat 6.1 whats better (Lincoln Yeoh)
Re: mkfs: 'command not found' (Hal Burgiss)
lilo NTFS (Mark Guzzo)
GNOME terminal and color text? (John H. Chauvin)
Redhat 6.2 Installation lockup on HP OmniBook 5500... (Jeff Volckaert)
Re: mkfs: 'command not found' ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Hosts File ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Redhat 6.2 Installation lockup on HP OmniBook 5500... (Mickey Stein)
Floppy Disk Access under Linux (Bob Moore)
where is install-menu (Patrick O'Neil)
Re: Suse Linux 6.3 or RedHat 6.1 whats better (Martin Vonwald)
Re: Problem setting up printer with Linux (Grant Edwards)
Re: Linux Reliability (Tim Hockin)
Re: Floppy Disk Access under Linux (Dances With Crows)
Re: bash prompt (Unclebob)
Re: Problem setting up printer with Linux (Unclebob)
Re: Bloody clock is an hour fast (Unclebob)
Re: making ppp redial (Unclebob)
Re: probs. w/cdrom&floppy w/Mandrake 7 (Dances With Crows)
Re: WINTV ? (Robie Basak)
backups and cd's ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Dish Network's site is DOWN if you don't use M$'s browser. (Joe Schottman)
Re: Visio (Microsoft vs. Unix) (David Steuber)
Re: updating Suse 6.3 (David Steuber)
Re: Suse Linux 6.3 or RedHat 6.1 whats better (David Steuber)
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Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 09:08:44 -0700
From: Robert Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ? comp.os.linux.announce ?
Hiya-
I've always enjoyed reading comp.os.linux.announce. Starting a couple
of weeks ago (?) it seems to be missing. Is it still active, to
anyone's knowledge?
It could very well be a problem with my ISP's news service (Best.com;
these days == Worst.com). I took a look on Deja.com and it doesn't
appear there either.
TIA for any update on this.
Bob L.
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Robert Lynch-Berkeley CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Simon H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: mkfs: 'command not found'
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 17:28:40 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm trying to get my floppy drive to work (using RH6.1). I know I need
to fdformat the disk, make the filesystem, and mount the thing (assuming
fstab is in order). I was told to use 'mkfs' (with a whole bunch of
options) but just get 'command not found'. Is this the wrong command, or
do I need to get hold of this utility from somewhere?
Thanks,
Simon
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Tennent)
Subject: Re: Hosts File
Date: 5 Apr 2000 16:37:20 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 05 Apr 2000 10:43:57 -0400, usr loco wrote:
>Jeff Grossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> What is the correct format for a hosts file? I can't seem to get mine to
>> work properly. I am running Redhat 6.2.
>>
>Here is an example of my /etc/hosts file. Hope it helps.
>
>127.0.0.1 localhost
Might be a good idea to add loopback to that line.
Bob T.
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From: "Robert Weaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: probs. w/cdrom&floppy w/Mandrake 7
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 16:55:10 GMT
Can anyone help me to get my floppy & cdrom working.
I get an Input/output or device is busy error when mount the cdrom.
I can mount the cdrom, but cannot see the contents.
I looked in Lothar and it indicated my cdrom was on /hdd
I went to dmesg(?) it indicated that it was sr0.
I went to fstab it indicated it /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount
fs=iso9660, dev=/dev/cdrom
Mtab I keep put the line in for the cdrom and saving it and then running
lilo, but disappears the mtab.
This is a CDR/W and is a slave unit.
How can I mount them?
thanks,Robert
email:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lincoln Yeoh)
Subject: Re: Suse Linux 6.3 or RedHat 6.1 whats better
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 16:59:51 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 05 Apr 2000 17:51:53 +0200, Rafael
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I heard that Suse is better is it true?
Well it's better if the people around you know Suse better than Redhat.
It's not if it's the other way round.
Link.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: mkfs: 'command not found'
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 17:03:25 GMT
On Wed, 05 Apr 2000 17:28:40 +0100, Simon H. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm trying to get my floppy drive to work (using RH6.1). I know I need
>to fdformat the disk, make the filesystem, and mount the thing
>(assuming fstab is in order). I was told to use 'mkfs' (with a whole
>bunch of options) but just get 'command not found'. Is this the wrong
>command, or do I need to get hold of this utility from somewhere?
Maybe it is not in your PATH. Normally this is a root command, and
root's PATH is traditionally different.
[hal@feenix bs]$ which mkfs
/sbin/mkfs
See man mkfs
SEE ALSO
fs(5), badblocks(8), fsck(8), mkdosfs(8), mke2fs(8),
mkfs.ext2(8), mkfs.minix(8), mkfs.msdos(8), mkfs.xiafs(8)
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Hal B
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From: Mark Guzzo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: lilo NTFS
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 12:03:07 -0500
OK, here it goes.
I'm a DTS at Lucent and we have a user that installed RH6.1 on his NT4
box. Now I know that lilo will take over the MBR and screw up the NT
boot loader (which is just what happened :-) ). So my question to all of
you.. Is there a way to remove lilo or would I have to (MicroCraps best
phrase) REINSTALL NT4 and then put lilo on the boot sector?
Any and all help would be great.
PS.
Thanks for the info on my other question that was about /usr overload
:-)
Mark Guzzo
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John H. Chauvin)
Subject: GNOME terminal and color text?
Date: 5 Apr 2000 17:08:40 GMT
I am running Redhat Linux and have a question regarding the use of
color and the GNOME terminal. I like the look and feel of the GNOME
terminal but would like to define terminal options such that any text
shown as bold (using the tput bold command) will show in color
(yellow). This is easy to achieve using a xterm but I am not sure this
can be done with a GNOME terminal.
Is it possible to display text in color using the GNOME ternminal? The
man page gives no obvious hint.
Thanks,
John C.
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John H. Chauvin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Netcom - Online Communication Services San Jose, CA
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From: Jeff Volckaert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Redhat 6.2 Installation lockup on HP OmniBook 5500...
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 13:15:07 -0400
Hello Everybody,
I have installed Redhat 6.2 on my desktop just fine, but have tried 3
times to install to my HP Omnibook 5500 via FTP. Everytime I get to
bootdisk creation (just after installing all the packages) the machine
is locked up. I have to pull the plug and battery to reboot. I tried
disabling power saving, but no luck. Redhat 5.2 & 6.1 run flawlessly on
this machine so I know it's probably something with 6.2 and possibly APM
(now part of the kernel?).
Anybody else having troubles like this?
TIA,
Jeff Volckaert
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: mkfs: 'command not found'
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 17:02:37 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'm trying to get my floppy drive to work (using RH6.1). I know I need
> to fdformat the disk, make the filesystem, and mount the thing
> (assuming fstab is in order). I was told to use 'mkfs' (with a whole
> bunch of options) but just get 'command not found'. Is this the wrong
> command, or do I need to get hold of this utility from somewhere?
try
bash$ locate mkfs
and
bash$ mkfs[TAB]
Maybe you need to be root. KFloppy is good.
hth/hand
alexd
--
www.cragside.uklinux.net/alex
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Hosts File
Date: 5 Apr 2000 17:01:45 GMT
Bob Tennent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: On 05 Apr 2000 10:43:57 -0400, usr loco wrote:
: >Jeff Grossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
: >
: >> What is the correct format for a hosts file? I can't seem to get mine to
: >> work properly. I am running Redhat 6.2.
: >>
: >Here is an example of my /etc/hosts file. Hope it helps.
: >
: >127.0.0.1 localhost
: Might be a good idea to add loopback to that line.
Is "loopback" an alias used by anyone? "loghost" I can understand.
Anyway, the more aliases the merrier! But please not
"localhost.localdomain".
Peter
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From: Mickey Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Redhat 6.2 Installation lockup on HP OmniBook 5500...
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 10:17:14 -0700
just a thought..
what about going over to metalab.unc.edu and heading over to the
distributions and to RH 6.0, since that was the last version that supported
the old rescue floppy image. Ftp boot.img and rescue.img and boot off these
guys. Somehow, you'll have to have access to another kernel that used to
work (2.2.13?) but when you've booted, go off using the command prompt and
copy the old 'working' kernel to /boot, which , since you would have had to
mount it somewhere would be /(6.2fs-mountpoint)/boot. Then try booting. *(of
course: you'll have to do a "rm /boot/vmlinuz" before the copy, even though
it's just a symbolic link) If it lets you boot, you should be able to ignore
the zillions of boottime errors and get over to the /usr/src/2.2.14-x and
make it to your liking.
Have no idea how feasable this is but I know I've used that 6.0 rescue
floppy on every version they've had since then<g>
Mick
Jeff Volckaert wrote:
> Hello Everybody,
>
> I have installed Redhat 6.2 on my desktop just fine, but have tried 3
> times to install to my HP Omnibook 5500 via FTP. Everytime I get to
> bootdisk creation (just after installing all the packages) the machine
> is locked up. I have to pull the plug and battery to reboot. I tried
> disabling power saving, but no luck. Redhat 5.2 & 6.1 run flawlessly on
> this machine so I know it's probably something with 6.2 and possibly APM
> (now part of the kernel?).
>
> Anybody else having troubles like this?
>
> TIA,
> Jeff Volckaert
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From: Bob Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Floppy Disk Access under Linux
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 17:20:58 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi I am fairly new to Linux, and I am running Mandrake Release 7.0
(kernal 2.2.14-15mdk)
I formatted a floppy disk using the following command:
fdformat /dev/fd0H1440
I watched as it formatted and verified 80 tracks etc.
My problem is that I cannot seem to list any files that I copied across
afterwards. Am I formatting it correctly?
Bob Moore
P.S. remove "xx" in above email address....
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From: Patrick O'Neil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: where is install-menu
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 17:22:04 -0600
OK, I downloaded the RPM for XFree86-4.0 for my system but when
I try to install them, I get a failed dependency for
/usr/bin/install-menu. Doing an rpmfind for install-menu
turns up nothing. Where does install-menu come from?
I am using Mandrake 7.0 and downloaded the Mandrake Cooker
XFree86 rpms.
patrick
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From: Martin Vonwald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Suse Linux 6.3 or RedHat 6.1 whats better
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 19:34:07 +0200
Rafael wrote:
> I heard that Suse is better is it true?
>
> Rafael
>
The most important argument gave Lincoln: If your friends know SuSE, buy
SuSE, if your friends know Red Hat buy Red Hat.
The reason why I like SuSE more is that more software is already included.
Of course you can download most of it, but especially for beginners it is
easier to start the setup programm, select what you want and that's it.
Martin
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From: grant@nowhere. (Grant Edwards)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,uk.comp.linux
Subject: Re: Problem setting up printer with Linux
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 17:45:02 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Pete Cathcart wrote:
>I've recently installed RedHat 6.1 onto my PC and I'm having a problem with
>it. Probably because I'm new to running Linux (although I have been using it
>for a while, just never setting it up).
>
>Basically, it's installed and running fine, but I can't use the printer.
>Running the control-panel tool reports that it can't find a printer connected
>to any port.
>
>It's a local printer (an HP Deskjet), connected to the PCs only parallel
>port. When I run the test 'print directly to port' it reports that the device
>can't be located.
>
>File lp0 and lp1 do exist in /dev.
IIRC, there's a parallel-port module that needs to be
installed. There's an "alias" line missing from the modules
configuration file in RH6.1, so it doesn't know which .o file
to load for the parallel port device.
Somebody posted the details within the last day or so in one of
the Linux newsgroups. Search for "module" and "alias" and
("parallel" or "printer") and see what you can find.
--
Grant Edwards grante Yow! HUMAN REPLICAS are
at inserted into VATS of
visi.com NUTRITIONAL YEAST...
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From: Tim Hockin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Reliability
Date: 5 Apr 2000 17:51:47 GMT
Saurabh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I have Windows 95. I am planing to add LInux in my PC but the problem is
: there are frequent power cuts ion our city. The power cuts does not create
: any problem even if my PC is on in case of windows 95 as it simply runs the
errm, a good UPS costs < 200 USD and will give you at least a few minutes
to cleanly shutdown - for a bit more money, you can get one that will
shutdown linux for you.
--
Tim Hockin
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
This program has been brought to you by the language C and the number F.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Floppy Disk Access under Linux
Date: 05 Apr 2000 14:14:08 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 5 Apr 2000 17:20:58 +0100, Bob Moore
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>I formatted a floppy disk using the following command:
>fdformat /dev/fd0H1440
>I watched as it formatted and verified 80 tracks etc.
>
>My problem is that I cannot seem to list any files that I copied across
>afterwards. Am I formatting it correctly?
Nothing wrong with the fdformat command, but you forgot the other step in
formatting a floppy: Creating a filesystem. After doing a lowlevel
format with "fdformat", you have to write a filesystem to the floppy with
"mkdosfs /dev/fd0" or "mke2fs /dev/fd0" depending on what you want to do.
DOS FORMAT.EXE combines fdformat and mkdosfs, making things easier but
less flexible.
Then after you've formatted and mkfs'ed the floppy, you can mount the
floppy under /mnt/floppy, or if you made a DOS filesystem on it, you can
use the mtools (mcopy, etc) to work with files on the floppy without
mounting it. "man mtools" for more info on that; they work very similarly
to DOS commands.
This is convoluted because handling removable media is a bit trickier on
multi-user systems than on DOS.
--
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] (Unclebob)
Subject: Re: bash prompt
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 18:19:45 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On or about 4 Apr 2000 05:28:15 GMT
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[....Posted....]
>Or read the Bash-Prompt-HOWTO in /usr/doc/HOWTO .
>
>--
>Fr�d�ric L. W. Meunier [Tel: +55-21-620-7173 - Niter�i-RJ Brasil]
>fredlwm@{olympiquedemarseille.org,{marseille.}nitnet.com.br}
Actually, I don't care if he never even reads the posts.
No one else seems to or they would attribute correctly.
--
unclebob icq 3347043 (see headers for e-mail)
"Sure, Bill Gates may have sixty-four billion dollars,
"but is he happy? He IS?? AH, SHIT!!" {Dennis Miller}.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Unclebob)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,uk.comp.linux
Subject: Re: Problem setting up printer with Linux
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 18:19:44 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On or about Wed, 5 Apr 2000 13:16:32 +0100
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[....Posted....]
>Hi,
>
>I've recently installed RedHat 6.1 onto my PC and I'm having a problem with
>it. Probably because I'm new to running Linux (although I have been using it
>for a while, just never setting it up).....................{clip}
put this line in /etc/conf.modules;
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
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unclebob icq 3347043 (see headers for e-mail)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Unclebob)
Subject: Re: Bloody clock is an hour fast
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 18:19:43 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On or about Wed, 05 Apr 2000 13:01:11 GMT
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[....Posted....]
>I'm running Mandrake 7.0. Daylight Savings (summer time) finished here a
>couple of weeks ago and ever since, my PC has been booting up an hour fast!
>I run date to set the time back and all is OK until the next reboot!
>I'm running a Toshiba laptop and it doesn't let me set the clock in the BIOS
>so date's the only way to go. I'm running NTP but it dies because the variation
>is too great.
>Any ideas?
>--
>Mark Ferraretto Phone: +61 8 8396 2448
>Ferraretto IT Services Fax: +61 8 8396 7176
>26 Observation Drive Mobile: +61 407 959 719
>Highbury SA 5089 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Put the line 'export TZ=EST5' in .bashrc, if you use bash.
Change the 5 to your offset from GMT.
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unclebob icq 3347043 (see headers for e-mail)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Unclebob)
Subject: Re: making ppp redial
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 18:19:44 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On or about Tue, 04 Apr 2000 21:43:05 GMT
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[....Posted....]
>I have the opposite problem. On Redhat it always redials. We had it redial
>a long distance number every minute or two for a whole day! Tried changing
>PERSIST to "no" and making maxconnect 3, but it still happens. Any
>suggestions would be appreciated.....................}
As root use linuxconf or in X, netcfg, to change the redial option.
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unclebob icq 3347043 (see headers for e-mail)
"Sure, Bill Gates may have ninety-four billion dollars,
"but is he happy? He IS?? AH, SHIT!!" {Dennis Miller}.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: probs. w/cdrom&floppy w/Mandrake 7
Date: 05 Apr 2000 14:25:18 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 05 Apr 2000 16:55:10 GMT, Robert Weaver
<<OdKG4.1093$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>Can anyone help me to get my floppy & cdrom working.
> I get an Input/output or device is busy error when mount the cdrom.
>I can mount the cdrom, but cannot see the contents.
>I looked in Lothar and it indicated my cdrom was on /hdd
>I went to dmesg(?) it indicated that it was sr0.
>I went to fstab it indicated it /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount
>fs=iso9660, dev=/dev/cdrom
Since the unit is a CD-RW, you really should be using ide-scsi emulation
so that you can burn CDs. I'd guess that you need to put the line
append="hdd=ide-scsi"
in /etc/lilo.conf, re-run lilo, and reboot :-( because the IDE CD-ROM
driver likes to grab CD drives and not let go of them. That option will
prevent the IDE driver from grabbing things, and allow the IDE-SCSI
emulation to take over. The CD-RW will then be on /dev/scd0 or /dev/sr0.
(Both should exist and have the same major and minor numbers, but for some
reason, sr0 doesn't work on RedHat!) You can then burn CDs using /dev/sg0
and the cdrecord program... read the CD-Writing HOWTO for a detailed guide
to that. http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/CD-Writing-HOWTO.html
That's a really strange /etc/fstab line there. I'd think it'd be like so:
/dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,user,ro 0 0
unless Mandrake has done something odd with its mount program.
>Mtab I keep put the line in for the cdrom and saving it and then running
>lilo, but disappears the mtab.
/etc/mtab and lilo shouldn't have much to do with each other. Doing that
will neither work nor 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] (Robie Basak)
Subject: Re: WINTV ?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 5 Apr 2000 18:35:23 GMT
On Mon, 03 Apr 2000 07:49:36 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>Thanks for your last reply Robie.
Your welcome; sorry for the late reply this time, going to school is a
pain (and getting loads of homework). Anyway, I finish in a few weeks
(hurray!).
>
>After I sent you my last post, I wondered if the Linux Documentation
>project would have anything on bttv. I found they had a nice small easy
>to understand howto on the subject.
>
>However I'm still having some trouble with xawtv. I've got a picture and
>stero sound however:
>
>a) I can't go full screen - the screen blanks out but I still have
>sound.
That happens to me too; my solution is to use fbtv (which also comes
with xawtv) to display the TV in a framebuffer (a kind of graphical
console). Unfortunately, this is a new (experimental) thing in the
later 2.2.x kernels so you'll have to recompile, and worse, only
certain video cards are supported (my Matrox G200 is, luckily). This
way, I also have it so that an additional LILO option (tv) just boots
the computer into Linux and starts up the TV automagically (and the TV
button on the remote switches the computer off again). So it works out
better, really (boots much faster than Windows :-). It can run
side-by-side with X11; it just uses another virtual console.
>b) The picture is at a much slower frame rate than under wintv in
>windows.
Sounds like xawtv is running in grabdisplay mode rather than overlay
mode; xawtv is having to do video processing instead of just passing
some memory and graphics card details to the TV card so that it can do
it itself. X11, depending on the driver you are using (which one?),
may not provide the necessary info to xawtv (it's an optional
extension). fbtv won't have these problems; and it uses the same
config file as xawtv so you can use both (not at the same time, of
course).
>c) I can't get sound when I tune into my video - the video player is
>mono.
Sorry, I can't help you with this one; my TV card is mono. Is your
video linked in to the TV card through a special lead or just the
'chain' method (whatever it's called). If you do it by connecting the
aerial into the video and then the video into the TV card, I can't see
any reason why it should be any different, as the video is producing a
standard TV signal; as far as the computer is concerned, it's just
another radio station.
Robie.
>
>Do you have any ideas on sorting these problems out? At the moment I'm
>just using the bttv suff that came with Red Hat 6.1, so I suppose I
>could update them. I'll try that tonight.
>
>Cheers for the howto compile a kernel, I might do that so I can get a
>more upto date one, it doesn't look too hard now.
>
>Duncan
>
>
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> On Fri, 31 Mar 2000 12:07:37 +0000, Ian Mortimer said:
>> >It works perfectly with xawtv - if you use windowmaker you can even
>get
>> >a dockapp for it - wmtv
>> >
>> >Rgds, Ian
>>
>> You may need to recompile the kernel - see the Kernel HOWTO at
>> linuxdoc.org. Add support for Video4Linux, the bttv driver and (for
>> teletext, if you have it) saa5429, IIRC.
>>
>> Then xawtv works perfectly. Also, if you have a remote control, a
>> program called lirc (search freshmeat.net) lets you work it.
>>
>> Robie.
>>
>> >
>> >
>> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Has anyone got Hauppage's wintv to work with Linux. (RedHat 6.1)
>> >>
>> >> Wintv is about the only reason I use windows now, so if someone
>could
>> >> help me, I will never have to see the blue screen of death ever
>again -
>> >> yeh!
>> >>
>> >> Duncan
>> >>
>> >> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
>> >> Before you buy.
>>
>> --
>>
>
>
>Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
>Before you buy.
--
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: backups and cd's
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 18:29:56 GMT
Greetings,
I'm wondering how to do backups to my cdrw. I don't think I can create
a ext2fs file system on the cd, so what is the best way to do this? I'm
thinking a gzip'ed tar file that I save somewhere and then burn it to
the cd. Is this the only way?
All suggestions welcome.
-- Kevin
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: Joe Schottman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dish Network's site is DOWN if you don't use M$'s browser.
Crossposted-To: rec.video.satellite.dbs,rec.video.satellite.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Date: 5 Apr 2000 13:33:56 -0500
In comp.os.linux.misc Randy Crawford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I just tried to visit http://www.dishnetwork.com, but every
> time it crashed Netscape within visiting one, or at most two
> links off the main page. (I'm running Linux Redhat 6.0,
> Netscape 4.61, and I'm no newbie to Living Without Windows.)
<snip>
Incidentally, if you'd like to call them and let them know what your opinion
is, the number is 800-333-3474.
Joe Schottman
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Crossposted-To: comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Visio (Microsoft vs. Unix)
From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 19:00:10 GMT
Richard Caley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
' Eg. if they think MS is in a bad monopoly position, the government
' shouldn't be buying so much from them. Imagine what a US govt. and EU
' decision to multi-source all software purchases would do. If every
' government office had to operate to a rule which said `no more than
' 1/3 of desktop systems running an OS from any one supplier', imagine
' what that would do to the market.
Come to think of it, isn't the US Gov required by law to have multiple
vendors? Isn't the DOD? If so, then perhaps there is legal recourse
to force the gov to obey the law.
As another poster pointed out, we have POSIX for a reason. The gov
should be required to use POSIX compliant systems.
Imagine the cost savings if the entire gov used free software (beer
and liberty, you can't have a better combo!!!). I'm sure the FSF
could use a million bucks donation from the fed.
--
David Steuber | Hi! My name is David Steuber, and I am
NRA Member | a hoploholic.
http://www.packetphone.org/
To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
-- Thomas Edison
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Subject: Re: updating Suse 6.3
From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 19:00:11 GMT
"Robin Becker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
' I think that Slackware can be updated automatically using FTP; can this be
' done for SuSE 6.3 when 6.4 appears? I guess it must involve checking which
' packages are out of date and downloading these.
I'm not certain of this, but I think the ftp site is always a rev or
two behind the CD release.
I've still got SuSE 6.2. I've started doing my upgrades the hard
way. I download the sources and compile them. I've done this for GCC
2.95.2, kernel 2.2.14, and glibc-2.1.3 as I type this is building.
--
David Steuber | Hi! My name is David Steuber, and I am
NRA Member | a hoploholic.
http://www.packetphone.org/
Bureaucrat, n.:
A politician who has tenure.
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Subject: Re: Suse Linux 6.3 or RedHat 6.1 whats better
From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 19:00:11 GMT
Rafael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
' I heard that Suse is better is it true?
Yes, it is true. SuSE 6.4 should be shipping.
--
David Steuber | Hi! My name is David Steuber, and I am
NRA Member | a hoploholic.
http://www.packetphone.org/
"Our vision is to speed up time, eventually eliminating it."
-- Alex Schure
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