Linux-Misc Digest #57, Volume #24 Thu, 6 Apr 00 03:13:04 EDT
Contents:
Re: lilo NTFS ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
RH 6.1 boot error ? ("RON ROUSE")
Parallel Port not detected ("Russell")
Re: Review: Corel Office 2000 (Christopher Browne)
exmh question (Michael Powe)
Re: Did I kill my monitor?? (Chris Jackson)
BSD / Linux ISO image ("C")
Re: Dish Network's site is DOWN if you don't use M$'s browser. (Dave Clemans)
Re: what important I missed for bash? ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: lpr printing error. copy file too large ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: please help if you can!!!!!!! ("Beny Spensieri Jr.")
cs4236 ("Shahriar Mokhtari-Sharghi")
Real threads implementation under Linux? ("Paul J. Lucas")
Re: 5250 Emulator for Linux (Koos Pol)
network configuration problem (Jingang Yi)
Re: Playing Wav @ boot (Lew Pitcher)
How do i install linux on a computer with Win98SE? (Greg May)
Re: Visio (Microsoft vs. Unix) (David Steuber)
Re: Visio (Microsoft vs. Unix) (David Steuber)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: lilo NTFS
Date: 6 Apr 2000 04:19:48 GMT
> Mark Guzzo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spoke thusly:
>> 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?
Are you sure LILO toasted the NT boot loader, instead of just overwriting the MBR?
If you have a disk with the NT boot partition as /dev/hda1, you can point LILO
to /dev/hda1 using the 'other' directive.
Your actual situation depends on what the user instructed the installer to do. I think
that it recommends installing to the MBR, in which case the above should work.
Otherwise,
the repair disk would be a good bet, if it's updated. If not, try backing everything up
with the NT backup tool (from another machine perhaps?), format the partition using the
NT format tools, and restore the backup. Any partition formatted by NT looks for the
ntldr
file.
jeremy
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From: "RON ROUSE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH 6.1 boot error ?
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 04:32:29 GMT
After what I thought was a good install of Linux and Xconfigurator the
system asked me if I wanted to start Xwindows automatically after booting. I
said yes.
The system shut down correctly after "sending termination" messages etc. It
went through the normal machine initialization, accessed the harddrive and
displayed LI on the screen with the cursor flasning after the I
and the system is hung. Any ideas?
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From: "Russell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Parallel Port not detected
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 14:35:03 +1000
Parallel port is not been detected in RH6.1, what can i do to resolve this
problem, what I've done so far is created a line in the /ect/conf.modules
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc. this has made no difference to the
printtool util.
what is needed to get the parallel port to be recognized
thanks in advanced
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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 04:49:49 GMT
Centuries ago, Nostradamus foresaw a time when David Steinberg would say:
>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.
I might pull in a license or two specifically for Paradox; I have *zero*
interest in Yet Another Spreadsheet when Gnumeric is coming along as well
as it is.
--
"What did we agree about a leader??"
"We agreed we wouldn't have one."
"Good. Now shut up and do as I say..."
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - - <http://www.ntlug.org/~cbbrowne/spreadsheets.html>
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From: Michael Powe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: exmh question
Date: 05 Apr 2000 20:52:41 -0700
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After installing exmh, all my mail folders appear in the display with
a plus sign in front of them, e.g., `+in.procmail' or `+infobeat'.
Clicking on these produces the error message `Folder +infobeat does
not exist.' Naturally, it doesn't exist; there are no folders that
begin with a plus. Anyone seen this before? Any idea where it's
getting these folder names? As it stands, only inbox is available for
usage.
mp
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"For example, I've always liked PowerPoint, and I've always thought
that Visual Basic was a good product." -- Linus Torvalds
Michael Powe Portland, Oregon USA
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From: Chris Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: Did I kill my monitor??
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 05:08:03 GMT
Usually you'll get a rousing zap or plink with a monitor dying. Check the cables
thoroughly, you might have just had a pin go bad on the db9 connector.
Chetan Ahuja wrote:
> 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: "C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.setup,comp.publish.cdrom.hardware,comp.publish.cdrom.multimedia,comp.publish.cdrom.software
Subject: BSD / Linux ISO image
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 00:31:10 -0500
Hello!
If I download an ISO image (say FreeBSD / Linux) how do I burn that onto the
CD in WinNT?
The software I have (CeQuadrat) merely shows me the file ( redhat6_2.iso) if
I drag and drop it in. I tried Nero
too but it doesn't know how to handle it.
Maybe I'm doing something wrong......
I know I could extract it using winimage and then burn it, but then I'm
probably going to lose the bootable
nature of the image.
Pl. advise.
TIA
C.
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From: Dave Clemans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
rec.video.satellite.dbs,alt.satellite.tv,rec.video.satellite.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.infosystems.www.browsers.x,comp.infosystems.www.browsers,comp.infosystems.www.browswers.misc
Subject: Re: Dish Network's site is DOWN if you don't use M$'s browser.
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 05:33:19 GMT
In rec.video.satellite.dbs Randy Crawford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Simply amazing.
> 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.)
Just fyi... I tried www.dishnetwork.com today with the new preview release of
Netscape V6.0. No crashes, but the url "hot spots" (or whatever you call them)
didn't necessarily line up with the graphics.
I didn't see that problem on any other site.
dgc
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.shell,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: what important I missed for bash?
Date: 6 Apr 2000 05:08:54 GMT
In comp.os.linux.setup Chan Yick Wai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: 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.
: 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.
Nothing to do with it. It's complaining that the first line isn't an
interpreter. Execute as
bash -x dbup
to see what's up. Or put "set -x" in the second line. Leave firs line
blank.
Call as "sh -x ..." in any case!
: 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
: ----------------------------
First line should be:
#! /bin/sh
: 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 !!!
Nothing wrong here.
: if [ -d $fs ]; then
: /usr/sbin/dump ${level}${FLAGS} ${DUMPDEV} $fs >> $BACKUP_LOG 2>&1
: fi
: done
When I run it:
lm001:/usr/oboe/ptb% bash ./foo
/bin/mt: /dev/st0: No such file or directory
Peter
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: lpr printing error. copy file too large
Date: 6 Apr 2000 05:28:50 GMT
Robert Megee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I I try to print a file that is over 1meg I get an error
: saying that the copy file is too large. I've set the
It is. Use the -s switch to lpr (like the message says?).
: mx=#0 switch in my printcap file to no avail
: (even remembered to stop and restart lpd!)
: if you would, please copy me at this email
: address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Peter
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From: "Beny Spensieri Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: please help if you can!!!!!!!
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 01:40:40 -0400
jonathan neal wrote:
>
> 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.
Xmms mp3 player will output them to a wave file. It sould be installed
as part of RH 6.1. or pick it up at www.xmms.org
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From: "Shahriar Mokhtari-Sharghi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: cs4236
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 02:00:17 -0400
I am running Rhat 6.0 on my machine which has the card sound CS4236.
Here is my problem. Whenever there is a sound which is played by speakers at
the very
begining there is a very irritating sudden and sharp sound. It is only at
the very begining that
a wave sound is being palyed. This could happen for many situations: CD
playing,
system sounds, using real players and ...
Is there a way I can manage the problem?
Shahriar Mokhtari
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Crossposted-To: comp.programming.threads
Subject: Real threads implementation under Linux?
From: "Paul J. Lucas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 06 Apr 2000 06:14:14 GMT
I noticed that when running a multi-threaded program (using
POSIX threads) under Linux that it spawns multiple processes
(via ps -ef). Is it really doing that? Are threads
implemented or are they somehow "faked" by using multiple
processed? What's going on with threads?
(When I compile and run the same program under Solaris, it only
shows up once in the process list.)
- Paul
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Koos Pol)
Subject: Re: 5250 Emulator for Linux
Date: 6 Apr 2000 06:08:10 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 04 Apr 2000 12:30:05 GMT, Greg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
|
| I figure that someone, somewhere has a answer to this. I can't be the only
| person in the world who wants to run Linux and AS/400...
|
|
| > Greg wrote:
| >
| > > I'm looking for a 5250 X-emulator that will enable a user to connect
| to an
| > > AS/400. I don't need file transfer, just a terminal emulation session.
| > >
| > > Any clues? I haven't been able to find one.
| > >
Appearantly you haven't checked freshmeat. There is a 5250 project running
somewhere on the net.
Koos Pol
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From: Jingang Yi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: network configuration problem
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 23:24:28 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi, there,
I have one network configuration problem maybe someone could
help me out:
I just installed RedHat 6.0 on my system which has Ethenet card
on the machine. I have already setup the network configuration stuffs
such as IP address etc by using linuxconf and/or control-panel. It
seems that the system can detect the hardware and it activates the
driver for the Ethenet card. I started network related daemons. But
network does not work. I used "ping" to check the network and it
stalked and gave me no response. I donot know what is wrong with
this.
Could you anyone help me and give me some hints to debug it? Thanks.
Jingang
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From: Lew Pitcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Playing Wav @ boot
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 06:31:04 GMT
Dances With Crows wrote:
>
> On Tue, 04 Apr 2000 18:26:10 GMT, Lance Hoffmeyer
> <<8cdc3e$f8l$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
> >Anyone know of an easy way to play a wav file during the boot process?
> >I sound drivers are loaded relatively early in the boot process and it
> >takes about another 30 seconds to boot. I was wanting to play a wav
> >file during that time. I tried putting a file in rc.boot that says:
> >wavp audio.wav
> >but I get an error. I would like to play the wav as soon after loading
> >the sound drivers as possible.
>
> You probably need to put the full path to the "wavp" command and the
> audio.wav file in the rc.boot script. F'rexample,
> /usr/bin/wavp /usr/share/sounds/audio.wav
> and see if that works. Of course, you will have to have the partition
> those files live on mounted at that point in the boot process. See if
> that works...
Like....
~ $ cat /etc/rc.d/rc.local
#!/bin/sh
#
# /etc/rc.d/rc.local: Local system initialization script.
#
# Put any local setup commands in here:
# Running gpm
echo "Running gpm..."
gpm -t mman
#
# Make sure that lp devices use IRQs
/usr/bin/tunelp /dev/lp0 -i 7
#/usr/bin/tunelp /dev/lp1 -i 5
#
# Play intro wav file
(sleep 15; /usr/local/bin/wavplay /etc/sound/bbking.wav 1>/dev/null
2>&1) &
~ $
--
Lew Pitcher
Master Codewright and JOAT-in-training
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From: Greg May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How do i install linux on a computer with Win98SE?
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 06:30:07 GMT
I have a laptop with win98se on it and i would like to split the hard drive
between windows and linux but i cant figure out how to repartition my FAT32
hard drive. Please help me. Thanks in advance
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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: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 07:00:00 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Timothy J. Lee) writes:
' Doesn't Windows NT have a minimal amount of POSIX to fulfill
' such government purchasing rules, even though it isn't very
' usable without lots of expensive added stuff?
There is (or was) a POSIX subsystem in NT. However, I don't think
anyone uses it. If you target Win32, you are definitely _not_ using
it. If an application is not POSIX compliant, then what is the point
of POSIX?
It stands to reason that if you are to require a POSIX system, all the
software you run should also run in a POSIX system. If you don't
require the software to run in a POSIX system, you aren't requiring
POSIX.
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NRA Member | a hoploholic.
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Did I say 2? I lied.
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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: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 06:59:59 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (david parsons) writes:
' > Another answer is for the software industry to
' >file a class action law suit against Microsoft. We shouldn't be
' >running to Big Brother for help.
'
' What do you think ``file a class action law suit'' means? There's
' no class action law suit fairy who will wave magic pixie dust and
' make things all better; the only reason class action law suits work
' is because Big Brother(I am presuming you mean the government when
' you say this) has been granted authority to enforce the law.
It is a bit different from asking the DOJ to do it. And the Court is
really not supposed to be a part of the government per se. If the
court is part of the government, then the prosecution is playing with
a stacked deck.
Oh. I see your point.
OK. Why don't we grab our guns and attack Microsoft in a truly
effective way?
I think Microsoft is going to do themselves in. Free Software (in the
GNU sense) exists because of sufficient annoyance with proprietary
software. I think that in time, people and businesses will become
sufficiently annoyed with Microsoft to look at the alternative, eg
Free Software. With luck, this will include the hardware vendors who
we really need on our side. It takes software to make hardware work,
and that software should be Free.
I think we will also find a need for Free Hardware Standards. Not
that I have anything against Intel, but how are we to move on from the
80's PC architecture if we don't?
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