Linux-Misc Digest #66, Volume #24 Fri, 7 Apr 00 06:13:02 EDT
Contents:
news problem ("pc")
Re: Review: Corel Office 2000 (Chip Salzenberg)
question about Oracle for linux ("Eddy")
Re: Netscape 6 (termite)
Good way to copy my system (David Lippe)
THE ANSWER TO VIRTUAL POP HERE (RH6)!!! (Dominik)
Re: Good way to copy my system (Yves Bellefeuille)
Help Yahoo Messenger Java Version (Bob Ridges)
New Linux Site Needs Experienced Users (Norman Jordan)
Not funny ("FreeBSD")
Re: Good way to copy my system (Bill Unruh)
help with fonts ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Help Yahoo Messenger Java Version (Glitch)
Re: WINTV ? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Does anybody know a gzip-compressor in hardware ? (Andreas Vierengel)
Can linux act as apps server? (Sim Grant)
Re: how to mount a second hard drive (Tux Da'Pen)
HP DeskJet - Too Much Ink (Aharon Schkolnik)
Re: Good way to copy my system (Yves Bellefeuille)
Re: non destructive partition utility ("David ..")
Setting Network media type? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [Q]: Shell Script to generate an array of 1, 2, ... n (G. Asch)
ESC-command to printer (Michael Hofmann)
Installing Red Hat Linux 6.1
lexmark z51 printer and linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: X server does not start (Diethard Ohrt)
Re: Q: pax (UNIX 98) for Linux? (Diethard Ohrt)
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From: "pc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: news problem
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 13:39:55 +0800
I receive this email everyday.
/usr/bin/news.daily: /var/lib/news/.news.daily: Permission denied
How can I handle it ?
Thanks
pc
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chip Salzenberg)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Review: Corel Office 2000
Date: 6 Apr 2000 23:00:02 -0700
According to Frank Pittel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I just got office 2000 today. While the installation went smoothly
> nothing else would start. All I got was a window that told me a
> fatal error had occured and I should contact corel it the trouble
> persists.
Hm. I've had trouble with CorelCentral (it just won't run), but the
rest seems OK. Though it did first throw fits when I had no printer
support programs installed (lpr, lpq, lpc, lprm).
--
Chip Salzenberg - a.k.a. - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"What country is this?" "Europe." "Oh." //MST3K
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From: "Eddy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: question about Oracle for linux
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 14:09:28 +0800
>From the Oracle web site, there is Oracle 8i for Linux.
Have anyone tried it ? Has it any limitation for time and funcations ?
Eddy
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (termite)
Subject: Re: Netscape 6
Date: 07 Apr 2000 06:17:42 GMT
There are a billion stories in the Naked City. From the pen of
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Minko Markov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> this is one of them :
> The problem is resolved. It is not libjpeg.*
> I had an old "~/.mozilla" directory. Once it
> was deleted, netscape6 ran.
Hmm. I had to download libjpeg.62 - on my SuSE 6.3 system it didn't want
to update so I had to force it. The Netscape installation is about 35 megs
(so much for small!) - I kind of wish I knew what was necessary and what's
not. It also seems to be taking a little more CPU and memory - but with
an AMD300 and 64 megs, it's not bad ...
It seemed extremely pokey for the first minute and then speeded right up.
Fonts seem to be better and more readable - no tiny letters on some of the
pages I had been going to. Also a couple of pages that I had to load in
IE5 in Win98 (slap!) because Netscape 4.* couldn't handle them, now seem to
be loading.
It's too early to say much else, but I do wish they'd have come up with a
more compact version for Linux.
--
Fnord is all around.
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From: David Lippe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Good way to copy my system
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 06:23:39 +0000
I have a full, working linux system on one hard drive and basically want
to make an exact replica of it on another hard drive. I have already
partioned the new hard drive and set up the file systems and swap
partitions. But I don't know a good program to copy, e.g., my old /home
partition to my new /home partition keeping everything intact (symbolic
links, file access dates, etc.) Of course I could just pipe tar into
itself but this seems like a rather cumbersome (and slow!) solution.
Are there any good utilities out there for doing this sort of thing
quickly?
Thanks.
David
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From: Dominik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: THE ANSWER TO VIRTUAL POP HERE (RH6)!!!
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 06:30:30 GMT
Guys,
I see a lot of people are wondering how to make virtual POP email work.
Most of us got the DNS right, the sendmail right. The problem that
everyone seems to get stuck on is that you can send email to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] but you cannot retreive your email from 'user'.
1. Take care of DNS. Make sure the virtual domain has an MX recored
pointing back to your main mail server.
===================================================================
EXAMPLE---> @ IN MX 10 pointcomm.net.
===================================================================
2. Double check with nslookup: type nslookup virtualdomain.com and make
sure it points to the correct IP address. Also nslookup
ipaddress.of.virtual.domain and make sure that points to fqdn.
3. Setup sendmail. I am assuming that you have setup sendmail to accept
mail for the virtual domain. If not, I'm not going to go into it. Use
LINUXCONF to set it up.
4. This is the point that people screw up. They say they can send mail to
the virtual box but they get "bad login/password" errors trying to
retrieve email from virtual box. That's because you have IPOP3D checking
the main server PASSWD/mail file and directories. So, you will have to
install VPOP3D to handle all your virtual email boxes. The VPOP3D file
comes with RH6.
Enter the following statement into your /etc/inetd.conf file (It might get
wrapped, but it's all on one line):
___start____
pop-3 stream tcp nowait
root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/lib/linuxconf/lib/vpop3d /usr/sbin/ipop3d
____end____
*!!!!* If you already have POP-3 server running, just comment (#) the
existing pop-3 statement and copy/paste the one above into inetd.conf file.
5. Restart the inetd services.
$ kill -HUP `cat /var/run/inetd.conf`
6. Done. If done properly all should work. Test out the POP3 email.
Whenever you telnet to your virtual domain's POP3 port you should get
output that says "virtual POP-3 Server...".
I hope this clears a lot of confusion out there. I ran across a lot of
people wanting this info and I was in the same position.
dominik@<nospam>pointcomm.net
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yves Bellefeuille)
Subject: Re: Good way to copy my system
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 02:54:15 -0400
Reply-To: Yves Bellefeuille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Fri, 07 Apr 2000, David Lippe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a full, working linux system on one hard drive and basically want
> to make an exact replica of it on another hard drive.
If the two hard disks are identical, you can use "dd". Otherwise, see
the Hard Disk Upgrade Mini How-To, by Konrad Hinsen and myself.
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Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 07:59:40 +0000
From: Bob Ridges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help Yahoo Messenger Java Version
Am using Linux Mandrake 6.1 and Netscape 4.61 Am committed to
using Yahoo messenger and and I'm unable to obtain connection to
pager server. ISP has confirmed that port 5050 is available and
should not present a problem. Any assistance or advice would be
greatly appreciated as I am at my wits end with this problem. Any
and every suggestion would be greatly appreciated.
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From: Norman Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: New Linux Site Needs Experienced Users
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 07:23:27 GMT
I would like to announce a new Linux site called "Redefine The Fine
Manual" or RTFM for short. It is located at
http://rtfm.phpwebhosting.com
This site is designed for Linux newbies. Users can post tips to help
newbies out. The tips can be anything Linux related, from how to set up
a network in Linux to how to use a SoundBlaster Live in Linux. The site
currently contains very few tips, but with your help it can become the
perfect resource for Linux newbies.
If you have any comments about the website, feel free to email me at
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (remove "no-spam_" from the email address).
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From: "FreeBSD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Not funny
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 00:28:08 -0700
http://www.techtalkusa.com Can you believe these guys, they are essentially
telling us that Redhat support sucks! Damn that pisses me off. They made
some tech support call audio stream and said it was a Red Hat Linux support
call. They even had Redhat placed with Windows. I told the webmaster I owuld
post this everywhere until I got them to remove it!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: Good way to copy my system
Date: 7 Apr 2000 07:37:43 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> David Lippe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
]I have a full, working linux system on one hard drive and basically want
]to make an exact replica of it on another hard drive. I have already
]partioned the new hard drive and set up the file systems and swap
]partitions. But I don't know a good program to copy, e.g., my old /home
]partition to my new /home partition keeping everything intact (symbolic
]links, file access dates, etc.) Of course I could just pipe tar into
]itself but this seems like a rather cumbersome (and slow!) solution.
]Are there any good utilities out there for doing this sort of thing
]quickly?
That is what tar is designed for.
cd /home
tar -cf - .|(cd /newhome;tar -xpf -)
Why do you think it is slow?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: help with fonts
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 07:36:49 GMT
hi,
I am having a hard time following the HOWTO of fonts . I have
successfully installed xfs and xfstt. (or so I think, since I can see
it getting started during bootup) and have added in my XF86Config file
the neccessary lines, i.e.unix/:7101 to display truetype for xfstt and
unix/:7100 for xfs but my fonts became even worse!!! before, I just
changed the fontpath to display 100dpi before 75dpi etc, and it worked
fine but still not good enough. I want to be able to display truetype
fonts. what am I doing wrong? please advise
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Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 04:01:09 -0400
From: Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help Yahoo Messenger Java Version
i have trouble with the java version even in windows, it NEVEr wants to
connect to yahoo's server.
use gtkyahoo, it connects a little better, not as good as the YM for
windows but it IS better than java version
I think i found it at linuxberg.com
brandon
Bob Ridges wrote:
>
> Am using Linux Mandrake 6.1 and Netscape 4.61 Am committed to
> using Yahoo messenger and and I'm unable to obtain connection to
> pager server. ISP has confirmed that port 5050 is available and
> should not present a problem. Any assistance or advice would be
> greatly appreciated as I am at my wits end with this problem. Any
> and every suggestion would be greatly appreciated.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: WINTV ?
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 07:49:45 GMT
Find the "linux documentation project"'s web page. Search for the mini
how-to on bttv. It quite good - personaly I want a bit more info, cos I
still can't get the TV to work perfectly.
Robie - where do I find fbtv. Will this get me past the grabing problem.
I've tried all the different setting with bttv when I modprobe it, but
the picture still runs slow.
Cheers
Duncan
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Im sorry, but I seem to be missing most of the thread for this
question.
> So good someone please reiterate it for me...
>
> Can someone help me please.
>
> I am a newbie to linux. Having installed mandrake 7.0 on Tuesday.
> (using KDE) I have managed to get all of my hardware working except
for
> my Hauppauge PCI TV card (mono, teletext, no radio version). (with a
> voodoo3 2000 PCI)
>
> I have downloaded both the bttv and xawtv from the site. However the
> install notes are not clear. (I wish all install notes were like those
> with xchat, step by step console commands...)
>
> After tar them, I can't ./configure or gmake or make them. ./configure
> doesn't exist, and I get error reports for the make commands.
>
> Can someone please help me. As the TV drivers for win2K are worse than
> useless, and I was hoping that linux would/could do it better.
> I can't seem to find any decent documentation regarding this issue.
> Any help would be appreciated, and the simpler the better.
>
> Thanks in advance..
>
> (PS. Is licq compatible with ICQ? ie. can I see my contacts from my
win
> ICQ list...)
>
> --
> Dan
> UK
> Shaolin ICQ #37847165
> THE AGHLTFC NG SITE
> http://www.aghltfc.co.uk
> "You hip hop you hip it to the hop and you hip hip hop
> and you don't stop rockin to the bang bang boogie
> say up jump the boogie to the rhythm of the boogada beat."
>
> "Okay brain you don't like me and I don't like you, but
> lets get through this and I'll get back to killing you with beer"
> Homer Simpson
>
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From: Andreas Vierengel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.compression,de.comp.os.unix.linux.hardware,comp.lang.perl.misc
Subject: Does anybody know a gzip-compressor in hardware ?
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 10:06:05 +0200
Hi,
my company's business relies heavily on the gzip compression algorithm.
I was thinking about a PCI-card, with a small driver for let's say: linux, which
does only gzip, but really fast !!
Does anybody know a company or somebody who sells or can develop such a thing ?
However it must be x-times faster than today's top pentium !
--Andy
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From: Sim Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Can linux act as apps server?
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 12:57:51 +1000
Hi,
Can linux act as apps server let say for M$SQL 7 or something
? Else what is the main advantage for Samba ?
Thanks
Falcon
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tux Da'Pen)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.caldera
Subject: Re: how to mount a second hard drive
Date: 7 Apr 2000 08:37:10 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 6 Apr 2000 22:08:11 -0400, Deterrant
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm new to Linux in general, and I'm running Openlinux 2.3 with KDE. What I
>can't figure out is how to access my second hard drive - it's like it
>doesn't even exist.
>
>If anyone could e-mail me, and explain in very simple terms how to access or
>mount the hard drive, it'd be much appreciated.
Read 'man mount' It should tell you all you need.
>Additionally, I'm looking for a way to find out how much space I have on the
>drive(s) - free and used.
'df' and 'du' is one alternative.
--
/Tux Da'Pen
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
UIN 218871
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From: Aharon Schkolnik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HP DeskJet - Too Much Ink
Date: 07 Apr 2000 08:42:30 +0000
Hi.
When I use the cdj500 driver, I get way too much ink on the page even
if I use -dDepletion=2. If I use djet500, I get less ink, but no
color. Does anyone have a working setup ?
TIA.
P.S.: Fabio S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, if you're reading this - I've emailed
you several times - it always bounces !
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impatient. - Ethics Of The Fathers Ch. 2 |
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yves Bellefeuille)
Subject: Re: Good way to copy my system
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 04:47:47 -0400
Reply-To: Yves Bellefeuille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On 7 Apr 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh) wrote:
> That is what tar is designed for.
> cd /home
> tar -cf - .|(cd /newhome;tar -xpf -)
>
> Why do you think it is slow?
Actually, tar *is* slower than simply using cp, in my experience.
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: non destructive partition utility
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 03:58:36 -0500
Yes FIPS will partition FAT32 drives.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Setting Network media type?
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 09:11:47 GMT
I would like to set the ethernet media type and speed (for example 10
mbit tp half duplex) for the network card.
Where is the place/file to configure that?
Thanks in advance!
Timo
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Subject: Re: [Q]: Shell Script to generate an array of 1, 2, ... n
Reply-To: G. Asch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: G. Asch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 07 Apr 2000 00:49:44 -0400
Peter T Breuer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
do an ftp search on a small c program called
jot that outputs a list of numbers in a for-like style
than you can use bash's foreach on the output.
PTB> Young4ert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : I need to find out
PTB> the equivalent sh (Bourn) script to mimic the C : language
PTB> routine to do a "for" loop. For instance, in a C language,
PTB> man bash.
PTB> : given some integer variables i and lenght, one can print out
PTB> the : incremental value of i as follows:
PTB> : for (i=0;i<lenght;i++) : printf ("%d ", i);
PTB> : Can anyone please tell me how to achieve such a thing in sh
PTB> script that : will accept a parameter from the shell command and
PTB> passes it to the : integer lenght to perform as shown on the
PTB> above C program?
PTB> It's slightly difficult to use a counter. But you want something
PTB> like
PTB> i=0 while [ $i -lt $length ]; do echo $i i=$[ $i + 1 ] done
PTB> Peter
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From: Michael Hofmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ESC-command to printer
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 11:26:09 +0200
I'm occasionally using an old 9-pin printer (Citizen 120D) for listings
etc. I'd like to switch it to 'letter mode' to improve the print
quality.
How do I do this in the printcap or print filter?
Man printcap wasn't very helpful with this problem.
TIA,
Michael
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Installing Red Hat Linux 6.1
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 09:30:04 GMT
Hello everybody, I started to install Linux on my 20GB Hard drive which has
three partitions. 4.5 GB is for Linux. When I started to install, I got
stuck when I have to insert Mount Points, yet when I create "/boot" it
tells me that partition is too big. I gave it 16MB as it said in manual,
but it still didn't work. What can be the problem?
Thank you very much.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: lexmark z51 printer and linux
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 09:53:17 GMT
Hi All
Has anyone had any success in getting the lexmark z51 printer working under
linux? I noticed a driver written by a 3rd party, but don't won't to go out
and buy this printer if its not going to work correctly.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Regards Nick
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From: Diethard Ohrt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: X server does not start
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 11:57:21 +0200
LFessen106 wrote:
>
> >I installed SuSE 6.2 on an i486/66. I tried to configure XFree86 (using
> >SaX). When the test starts (or when I try to run startx from the command
> >line), I get an error saying something like "Fatal error [...] no
> >screens found".
> [...]
> Yup, the problem is that X can't find any suitable screen depths and sizes for
> your current configuration. Resolution is easy... Run xf86config as root user
> and input your correct settings for video card and monitor. After that run
> startx and you should be in business.
> -Linc.
Thank you. My main problem is: This machine is assembled from various
parts, and I don't have any documentation. So I need a screwdriver for
installing it ... I mean, I let the case open in order to have a precise
look at the devices I currently configure ...
I finally made it with XF86Setup, which gave me many helpful hints.
Diethard
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From: Diethard Ohrt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Q: pax (UNIX 98) for Linux?
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 12:02:36 +0200
fred smith wrote:
>
> Diethard Ohrt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> : [...]
> : So, does anybody know, if there is a pax(1) for Linux? Where?
>
> I'd assume you could find one on sunsite, er, ah, I mean metalab, though
> I've not looked.
>
> If all else fails I've got an old PAX here I could send you. [...]
Thank you Fred, I haven't looked for an answer to my posting until today
...
I meanwhile found a pax with tomsrtbt (http://www.toms.net/rb/; a
one-diskette Linux, if you don't know it)
Diethard
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