Linux-Misc Digest #56, Volume #24 Thu, 6 Apr 00 00:13:03 EDT
Contents:
ALSA Help Please! (Justin Schelle)
Re: please help if you can!!!!!!! (Dances With Crows)
Re: Did I kill my monitor?? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
I did it :) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
what important I missed for bash? (Chan Yick Wai)
Re: fetchmail does not work (James Franklin)
Re: Review: Corel Office 2000 (Christopher Browne)
Re: Visio (Microsoft vs. Unix) (Christopher Browne)
High Encryption (James Franklin)
Re: Converting filenames (Paul Kimoto)
Re: Bloody clock is an hour fast (Paul Kimoto)
Re: Review: Corel Office 2000 (David Steinberg)
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From: Justin Schelle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: aus.computers.linux
Subject: ALSA Help Please!
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 13:09:30 +1000
i have a Aztech PCI 64-Q3D sound card it is not yet supprted by Redhat
neither are 4D Wave DX TRIDENT. on a Cyrix 200+ My problem has been
when i install the
Alsa driver's, libraries, and utilities. my kernel is not working how
it was i can not mount my vfat and msdos file systems. The some of the
other file systems are still able to be mounted but vfat can't. also
the ppp interface does not work after this. Do i have to re-complie
the kernel. has anyone faced these problems before what am i doing
wrong.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: please help if you can!!!!!!!
Date: 05 Apr 2000 23:12:45 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 06 Apr 2000 02:30:04 GMT, jonathan neal
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>I downloaded some songs and they are mp3 files is there any way to change
>them to a wav file. please help me i have done everything i can think of.
...except read the man pages/online help for {xmms,mpg123}, obviously.
mpg123 -w crud.wav crud.mp3
Change output plugin from {OSS, Esound} to "Disk Writer" in xmms.
--
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: Re: Did I kill my monitor??
Date: 5 Apr 2000 22:31:58 -0400
There are a number of things to go wrong in a monitor, but the low/HV
sections seem to work for you, you hear the high pitched whine? If so then all
is not lost yet. When modes are switched there is quite a heavy load on the
power system and sweep circuits, you can see this if you have poor wiring in
your house and an incandescent bulb in the same outlet (it flickers as your
monitor does).
Now a solution, if you're up to it you can CAREFULLY remove the cover, do
not bend the circuit boards by yanking, look through the side with a
flashlight if necessary. The power is unplugged of course, take a screwdriver
and CAREFULLY turn EVERY trim pot (small knobby thing on the board, I mean no
offence by this) back and fourth and RETURN it to EXACTLY where it came from.
These are the adjustments for width/height/sync etc, they get corroded over
time. I suspect these since the monitor incorrectly synced before it 'died'.
The other reason is that the sync circuit is dead, bad power transistor
usually, though it did sync weirdly for a bit, which means that the problem is
a little higher in the chain... It is also worth your while to check for bad
solder joints, they should be nice and shiny. Anything with a lot of
power through it (is usually bolted to something creating stress) can get
stressed and appear as a black circle around the lead through the board, bend
the board and the lead is seen to be disconnected.
Good luck, if you've never done this, it's probably at least worth the
trouble to try trim pot quick fix.
-John
ps. Safety FIRST.
In article <8cgk40$24vv$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Chetan Ahuja <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
u> writes:
>Hi,
> I have just had a horrifying thing happen to me. I am running
> Mandrake7.0-2 with xfree3.3.6-4. The graphics card is a Nvidia RIVA
> 128 (4MB memory) using the SVGA server and the monitor is a Pansonic
> SL70 ( 17 inch). I was running X windows at 1152x864 ( Xvidtune
> made me that modline). Everything was running within specs (hsync
> vsync etc). I have been running at this resolution for a couple
> of weeks and before that have been running at other high
> resolutions for months with the exact same hardware software
> combo.
>
> So here's what happened just now. For some reason, I switched to
> console 2 (from the X console 7). I've been doing this commonly without any
> problems for years with all sorts of hardware running linux and in
> particular with this combination of hardware for months. The
> display.. instead of switching to the console mode, just flickered
> in a wierd way. I hurriedly went back to console 7. But now, it
> seemed as if the display had been switched to a very low resolution
> automatically somehow, i.e. the xterm that I had open was huge
> and I could see only part of it. And the image was twiseted in a
> wierd way. I exited the xwindows using the
> windowmaker exit function but the display never went to the console
> mode. It just went blank. The monitor automatically switched to the
> power save mode it goes into when there's no signal. I could not get
> it back to showing me anything. So ultimately I telnetted in from
> another machine on the network and shut down the machine.
>
> Now here comes the real stinker. The monitor would not show me
> anything now. I switch on the computer but monitor never switches
> to display mode (that is it stayes in the power save
> mode). Thinking ( almost wishing) that I might have burnt out my
> display chip somehow, I connected the monitor to another
> computer... no go. The monitor has gone OFF. And by the
> way... there was no visible smoke or any smell or a noise to
> indicate that the monitor had actually "blown up" or
> anything. It's just... off.
>
>
> Anybody has any idea what might have happened.... Its a pretty good
> monitor and I would hate to lose it. Anybody had similar
> experience...?? Anybody had experience with Panasonic with regard to
> monitor repair... Is there any hope of repairing it or should I just
> give it up as a lost cause???
>
> Any hints clues etc would be appreciated.
> Thanks
> Chetan
>
>
>
>
>
> My question is, obviously the monitor has
>
>
>
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: I did it :)
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 03:06:20 GMT
Hi everyone ,
Ok so, I did install the version of Linux --- Phat Linux on my
Windows machine
Here's what I did.
Downloaded the .zip distribution to my NT directory which was FAT
formatted. Unzipped the files . Exited to MS-DOS using a Win95
formatted diskette.
That's it. I goto the LINUX directory (since it was FAT partitioned I
could see it from DOS) and I run linux.bat.
It brings up PHAT LINUX and I could even run X-Windows in like 10
minutes after I gave it a few config info about my video memory and
stuff like that.
So you are right Rod it doesn't run inside Windows NT, but I anywayz
didn't want that. All I wanted to have was to run LINUX without
partitioning my existing NT machine. So far so good.
If anyone has had any bad experiences after this step let me know. Im
right now not working in C: -- I installed it in another drive H: -- so
I figure if things do really go bad now it will mess up my H: -- which
is not a big deal.
Thanks,
Anil
In article <s3zG4.182$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> [Posted and mailed]
>
> In article <8ce79r$e2r$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > Hi Guys,
> >
> > Im sure many of you must have tried the "Linux under
> > Windows" distributions. Here are some I know of:
> > a> WinLinux 2000
> > b> Armed Linux
> > c> Phat Linux
> > Im sure there are a lot more. I have two Q's:
> >
> > 1> Which on of these will work properly under Windows NT.
> > 2> How do I compare the merits / demerits of one vs. the other to
make
> > my choice of platform. Are there any of the above that have better
> > support and/or have more stability than the other.
>
> None of these do what you think. Linux doesn't run under Windows, be
it 9x
> or NT. Linux takes over the computer completely. The distributions to
> which you refer include utilities to start the installation under
Windows,
> and they may include programs you can run in Windows to restart the
> computer using Linux, but they don't run Windows and Linux
simultaneously.
>
> In order to do what you want, I suggest you check out VMware
> (http://www.vmware.com). This is an emulator that lets you run one OS
> inside another. There's a version for Linux and another version for
NT. If
> you want to run Linux from NT, you'd get the NT version, then install
any
> version of Linux in the VMware virtual machine. The OS that runs in
the
> emulator won't run as quickly as normal, though.
>
> --
> Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.rodsbooks.com
> Author of books on Linux networking & multi-OS configuration
>
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chan Yick Wai)
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.shell,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: what important I missed for bash?
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 03:24:36 GMT
Morning,
I'm really bewildered by bash though it says it's compatible with sh.
I used my admin scripts they are previously written by sh. I find all
of them could not run successfully.
Hope experts can give me some hints. Details attached at the end.
Thanks.
Chan Yick Wai
=========================
1) this script is call dbup.
2) when I give dbup, it tells me
bash: /usr/local/admin/bin/dbup: no such file or directory.
though, PATH is confirmed by echo $PATH.
3) then I give bash dbup, script can start but at the end, it says
:command not found
'bup: line 19: syntax error near unexpected token `do
'bup: line 19: `for fs in $CLSERV1FS; do
Below is the script
============================
BACKUP_LOG=/tmp/backup.log
CLSERV1FS="/httpd /home /usr/local"
DUMPDEV=/dev/st0
FLAGS=" 1uf "
if [ ! -f $BACKUP_LOG ]; then
touch $BACKUP_LOG
fi
/bin/mt -f ${DUMPDEV} rewoffl
for fs in $CLSERV1FS; do <--------- this is line 19 !!!
if [ -d $fs ]; then
/usr/sbin/dump ${level}${FLAGS} ${DUMPDEV} $fs >>
$BACKUP_LOG 2>
&1
fi
done
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Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 22:30:26 +0000
From: James Franklin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: fetchmail does not work
George Bell wrote:
>
> If I try to fetch mail from my ISP, via
>
> fetchmail -p POP3 pop.myisp.com -u me
> Enter password for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: mysecret
>
> fetchmail does not work, gives error
>
> " fetchmail: POP3 connection to pop.myisp.net failed: temporary name
> server error
>
> fetchmail: Queary status = 2
>
> I can fetch mail just fine from pop.myisp.com with windows.
>
> What does this mean? What is a temporary name server?
>
> It appears that fetchmail never communicates across the serial port
> because I get
> time out due to inactivity messages.
>
> I seem to be able to send messages ok.
I think you are using a PPP connection and fetchmail did not initiate
the connection when trying to retrieve you mail. I am having the same
problem but have not figured out the way to get fetchmail to start the
connection, get the mail, and close the connection.
Can someone help me with that?
--
Love,
Brian and Misook
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Browne)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Review: Corel Office 2000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 03:32:24 GMT
Centuries ago, Nostradamus foresaw a time when Craig Kelley would say:
>The first time you run an application it takes a while to setup the
>system. It gives you your own configuration settings, and then it
>plays font games. It comes with it's own font server, called
>"Fontastic", which I assume is meant to mediate between X11 and
>printer fonts.
Fontastic is a True Type Font Server for X, produced by a company
called Gallium. [Check out Gallium's physical address, and then look
at Corel's. It's *not* a wonder that Corel would use Gallium's
product...]
>The widgets are definately kde. It looks like I'm running kwm inside
>the application's MDI. The are some Window-isms here to (not
>surprising, considering the winelib they used. Well, let's see what
>other libraries it uses:
>
>$ ldd `which paradox`
> not a dynamic executable
>$ ldd `which wordperfect`
> not a dynamic executable
>
>Whoa! Statically linked everything. Not very nice for an office
>*suite*..
Static linking means that they can deploy the same binaries on all
sorts of distributions without needing to fight with "library
versionitis." Hopefully GLIBC will stabilize sufficiently,
sufficiently soon, that library version proliferation will diminish...
>Paradox performs very quickly. It is much faster than gawd-awful
>Netscape on the same machine. I was very surprised. Let's move on to
>something more exciting (*sniff*, I couldn't see an ODBC linker in
>Paradox).
It sounds to me as if Paradox is likely to be the *only* component I'm
likely to care to install.
[It could represent a way of transitioning my Dad off of Win98 to
Linux, as he's got some crucial apps that run on Paradox. If he runs
Linux, I can *usefully* do system administration from a thousand miles
away, which is rather different from the sadly too-common situation
where he bounces out tech questions to his sons in far flung places
where we don't even necessarily have Win9x systems around that would
allow us to know what's going on...]
>Frankly, I'm surprised they boxed this puppy. It needs quite a bit
>more polishing -- yes, it works, but c'mon guys.
Oh, dear. That's regrettable.
When the *major point* of this package is to provide a way for the
"naive WinTel folk" to migrate away from Microsoft, it is *not* going
to be a good thing if it's got significant stability and "polish"
issues.
--
"We use Linux for all our mission-critical applications. Having the
source code means that we are not held hostage by anyone's support
department." -- Russell Nelson, President of Crynwr Software
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.ntlug.org/~cbbrowne/lsf.html>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Browne)
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Visio (Microsoft vs. Unix)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 03:32:25 GMT
Centuries ago, Nostradamus foresaw a time when Grant Edwards would say:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Steuber wrote:
>
>>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.
>
>They often are. If you add enough crud to NT, you can make it
>minimally Posix complianc (to what level I don't know). That
>is apparently enough to let various agencies buy NT and stay
>within regulations.
But usually the result of this is that they take "all the crud and add
it to NT," and put that "crud" onto a CD.
The CD is then shipped *with the server* to the customer, who says,
"Yes, this system conforms to FIPS Standard Whatever. See? Here's
the CD to prove it!"
and then proceeds to use SQL Server and Word instead...
--
If the odds are a million to one against something occuring, chances
are 50-50 it will.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.ntlug.org/~cbbrowne/lsf.html>
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Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 22:41:32 +0000
From: James Franklin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: High Encryption
How do I change my 40 bit encryption Communicator that came with my
Mandrake v7.0 to the 128bit?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: Converting filenames
Date: 5 Apr 2000 23:53:39 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, James Franklin wrote:
> How would I convert Windows filenames (with spaces) into Linux
> acceptable filesnames (with underscores). I have a lot of files I want
> that have poor Linux names, so a shell script or similar approach is
> needed. I do not know what program will substitute underscores for
> spaces.
The general solution is to use sed(1); see its documentation.
* sed 's/THIS/THAT/' is a filter that turns (the first occurrence of)
THIS (on each line) into THAT ("s" for "substitute").
* sed 's/THIS/THAT/g' is a filter that turns all occurrences of THIS
into THAT.
So one (untested!) way to do this uses find(1) and sed(1) to write a little
series of commands:
$ touch change_filename.script
$ for filename in `find . -name '* *' -print`; do
replacement=$(echo $filename | sed 's/ /_/g')
if [ -e $replacement ]; then
echo problem: $replacement already exists
else
echo mv -i $filename $replacement >> change_filename.script
fi
done
$ less change_filename.script
Read the file (change_filename.script) containing the commands to make sure
that they look okay, then execute the commands using the current shell:
$ source change_filename.script
--
Paul Kimoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: Bloody clock is an hour fast
Date: 5 Apr 2000 23:56:29 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Brady Montz wrote:
> There's two ways people use their hardware clocks. Set it to GMT, or set it to
> the local time.
>
> If it's set to GMT, then linux uses the timezone info in
> /etc/localtime to figure out what the difference is, and adjusts accordingly.
> When the offset changes (such as it did last week), it's all accounted for.
>
> However, if you run windows on the same machine, it doesn't like this one
> bit.
If Linux is your main operating system, you can tell Windows that your
machine keeps GMT. (You just have to remember that you, the user, must
apply the appropriate adjustment to get the local time.)
--
Paul Kimoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Steinberg)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Review: Corel Office 2000
Date: 6 Apr 2000 04:09:04 GMT
Christopher Browne ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: When the *major point* of this package is to provide a way for the
: "naive WinTel folk" to migrate away from Microsoft, it is *not* going
: to be a good thing if it's got significant stability and "polish"
: issues.
You are VERY correct. And WordPerfect Office for Linux definately has
issues. I attended the Corel Linux Roadshow last night, which featured an
hour-long demonstration of the suite. I was quite disappointed: it didn't
make it through the demo without dying.
The nastiest part: they tried to cover the fact that it choked. It
happened when they attempted to demonstrate the feature of Corel
Presentations that exports a presentation to HTML. A dialogue half-drew
before coming to a halt. The presenter made a comment about this one
being a little slow to come up, then jumped up from her seat and offered
the audience a chance to win a little stuffed penguin. She asked a
question about the Corel File Manager, and while the penguin was being
delivered to the person who answered correctly, the screen flickered
once, and the dialog box was gone. She returned to her seat, brought up
the dialog box again and proceeded with the demo. However, she was not
using the same laptop. And one bit of formatting she had just
applied had changed.
Presumably, the person sitting next to her had been following along
(though not too closely) on another laptop, and they gave away the penguin
to distract the audience while they switched over the screen to the other
machine.
One crash per hour? That's not acceptible stability for this Linux
user. And that was on a carefully planned demo. The fact that they were
anticipating a crash, with slick plans to cover it up is not encouraging
either.
There's way too many "features" that second-guess the user (for
example, when you type "Total:" into a cell in Quatropro, it automatically
sums the adjacent columns)...it makes Microsoft Office look restrained by
comparison.
If it ever becomes reasonably stable, and if such ridiculous features can
be disabled, I'll give it another look. For now, there's no way I'd spend
$150 on that.
--
David Steinberg -o) Boycott Amazon.com! Fight
Computer Engineering Undergrad, UBC / \ the "1-Click Order" patent:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v http://www.nowebpatents.org
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