Linux-Misc Digest #81, Volume #24 Sat, 8 Apr 00 18:13:04 EDT
Contents:
Re: File permission effects (Dances With Crows)
Re: linux, redhat and printing (Robie Basak)
Re: Installing Red Hat Linux 6.1 (wayne rattz)
ps2df limited to 100 pages (Carl Crawford)
Re: Converting Files From Win 98 to Linux (Leonard Evens)
Re: newbie question (Leonard Evens)
Re: Installing Red Hat Linux 6.1 (David Efflandt)
Re: newbie question (Arun Keswani)
Tape drive write errors using TAR cmd. ("Keith M. Smith")
Re: lexmark z51 printer and linux (David Efflandt)
acrobat for linux (ps -> pdf) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: acrobat for linux (ps -> pdf) (James Kilfiger)
Re: PPP through TCP? ("Adi Masputra")
Why wont init start??? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Good way to copy my system (Leslie Mikesell)
Re: acrobat for linux (ps -> pdf) (Pjtg0707)
Re: Why wont init start??? (Bob Hauck)
Re: news problem (Steve)
Re: Voodoo3, X4 and 24 bits ("D. Stimits")
Re: Cannot connect to leafnode server (George Bell)
Image files for Launcher ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: File permission effects (Coy A Hile)
Re: acrobat for linux (ps -> pdf) (Jonathan Baron)
Re: need help to use minicom to connect to console using ttyS0 (David Efflandt)
Re: Installing Red Hat Linux 6.1 ("Peter T. Breuer")
MIDI/Red Hat 6 How to set up?
AfterStep mouse scroll. (Paul)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: File permission effects
Date: 08 Apr 2000 15:12:48 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 08 Apr 2000 19:01:11 GMT, Andy Smart
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>I copied
>the fstab file to my 'user' account as a way of protecting it while I
>edited the original. I didn't change the owner of the file when I
>moved it.
>
>When I later logged in as 'me' - and tried to copy the file to a
>diskette it very properly wouldn't let me, presumably because the
>owner of the file was 'root' - however it did let me both rename it
>and delete it from my user area.
>
>While non-root users had read access to this file, they did not have
>write or execute rights. Surely then only root should have been able
>to delete or rename the file?
"man chmod chown", and pay close attention to the bits about what it means
to have write permission to a directory. This is, oddly enough, a
Feature.
--
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: linux, redhat and printing
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 8 Apr 2000 19:24:52 GMT
On Sat, 08 Apr 2000 10:35:21 -0400, Ralph C Blach said:
>[reformatted]
>I love linux, but where Linux needs some improvements is in its
>printing subsystem. Its not flexable enough. I like the printing
>subsystem on AIX the best. Its just super.
Then change it. That's the whole point. What don't you like? Most
likely someone thought the same and there's a way to make it do what
you want.
Robie.
>
>BTW, I now have my HP Win printer printing in spetcaulare Color on
>Linux! With wordperfect and Applixware, its just super!
>
>Chip
>
>--
>Ralph "Chip" Blach
>KF4WBK
>Chapel Hill, North Carolina
>
>
>
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From: wayne rattz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installing Red Hat Linux 6.1
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 19:30:20 GMT
HELLO:Sounds like to me that your boot partition for linux is not within
the first 500mb(1024 cylinder)of your drive.What its likely calling your
boot partition is a dos partition you have at the front of the drive.What
I do when using only one drive is make a small boot partition at the front
part of the drive of about 10mb.Then make a root(/)partition and swap
partition for linux.The fourth partition I make for windows.All are
primary partitions.Extended/logical partitions should only be used if you
plan to add other partitions later such as maybe deviding up linux into
smaller partitions for linux which is a good idea if you know what youre
doing but can cause problems for a beginner.You should install windows
first.The way to do this is you can use dos fdisk to make the
partitions.Then format only the partition being used for windows.Then
windows will see it and install to that partition as c:drive.Then when you
get to the part about partitions in linux change the other partitions you
made in dos fdisk to linux partitions.The first one will be the 10mb boot
partition and the next two root(/)and swap.Leave the windows partition
alone, dont change it in any way.good luck wayne! linux site
http://www.geocities.com/wrattz/linux1.html
=?iso-8859-1?Q?S=E9bastien?= Cottalorda
wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> The problem is that /boot partition begins at a cylinder > 1024.
> You need to repartition your hard drive as follow :
> 1st partition : Windows (3 or 4 Go max) created with DOS FDISK
> 2nd partition : Linux /boot (39Mo) created with diskdruid
> 3nd partition : Extended one (all the free space) created with
> diskdruid
> - Logical partition , Linux ...... created with
> diskdruid
> - Logical partition WIN FAT32 created with
diskdruid
>
> Then install Linux.
> When you've done the entire install, reboot your computer under Windows
and
> format D:, ....
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Sebastien
>
>
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > 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.
> >
> > --
> > Posted via CNET Help.com
> > http://www.help.com/
>
--
Posted via CNET Help.com
http://www.help.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carl Crawford)
Subject: ps2df limited to 100 pages
Date: 8 Apr 2000 15:47:31 -0500
i am trying to convert a 150-page postscipt document from postscipt to
pdf using ps2df. however, the pdf file only contains ~100 pages. what's
up? thanks.
Carl R. Crawford Voice: 978-977-3000 x3519
Analogic Corporation Fax: 978-977-6805
8 Centennial Drive E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Peabody, MA 01960-7987 Home: 617-566-0286
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Converting Files From Win 98 to Linux
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 15:39:48 -0500
Michael Matthews wrote:
>
> Where can I get a program to convert stuff I download in windows to Linux.
> I have a "winmodem" and can't aford at the time a "Real" Modem.
If you have a dual boot machine, you can mount your windows
partition under Linux. If you put an appropriate entry in
/etc/fstab, you can arrange to do it at boot time. Then
you can read files on the windows partition and copy them.
(Unless you arrange it differently, you can to be root to copy
files from a Linux partition to a windows partition.) Binary
files such as rpm packages or other such files are the same
under windows as under LInux. Text (ASCII) files under
DOS/Windows end each line with a CR/LF. Under Linux, each
line ends with a newline character (LF). So you must use
a program to remove the extra CR or your file will appear to
have extra Ctrl-M s in it. There are a variety of simple
commands or shell scripts available to do this.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: newbie question
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 15:49:06 -0500
Arun Keswani wrote:
>
> I recently acquired cable modem service. I use both Linux and Windows on
> my machine
> but the cable company does not support their product for Linux. I
> proceeded to try
> and setup the networking options under Linux. I put in all the
> information about
> ip addresses, gateways, dns (primary), dns(secondary), netmask etc, but
> i cannot get
> my machine to see the network.
>
> I tried using ifconfig, but when I use this option, it tells me that the
> device
> eth0 is not found. Does this mean that Linux (Redhat 6.0) is not
> recognizing
> my Ethernet card or that I have specified some settings incorrectly. Any
> help
> would be greatly appreciated.
>
> a.
>From what you say, it sounds as if they are providing you
with a static IP address. Are you sure that is the case and
that you aren't supposed to be using DHCP?
Be that as it may, your first problem is that you haven't
identified which module to use for your ethernet card.
When you do, you need to put a line of the following type
in your /etc/conf.modules file
alias eth0 XXXXX
where XXXXX.o would be the module for your card. The modules
are listed in
/lib/modules/2.2.????/net
where ???? is the rest of the name of your kernel. (See /boot.)
You can find out which module works for some cards at
www.redhat.com/support/hardware/
For more extensive information try
cesdis1.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: Installing Red Hat Linux 6.1
Date: 8 Apr 2000 19:55:44 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 07 Apr 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>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.
RH 6.1 is broken, and Disk Druid has always been. Not sure what
problems are fixed by the updated anaconda boot images for RH 6.1, but you
might try downloading and using those. But do not insert your CD until it
asks where you want to install from, or it may lock up looking for things
on the CD that it should get from the updates floppy.
It could be that you are trying to put the /boot partition above cyl 1024.
Or it could be that you made your swap partition first, per instructions
in the RH manual, and Disk Druid has sucked up the rest of the disk with
an extended partition leaving no room for a primary /boot partition.
For RH 6.1 either your primary /boot partition or the partition containing
boot must be entirely below cyl 1024. I had to switch to a different vt
during install (Crtl-Alt-F2) and use fdisk to make my /boot partition. But
first I had to 'mknod /dev/hda b 3 0' because there were no hd devices.
See /usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt for major minor numbers of
other hd devices.
Once you get it installed, make sure you do all the errata updates.
--
David Efflandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.de-srv.com/
http://www.autox.chicago.il.us/ http://www.berniesfloral.net/
http://hammer.prohosting.com/~cgi-wiz/ http://cgi-help.virtualave.net/
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From: Arun Keswani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: newbie question
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 16:13:31 -0400
Leonard,
Thanks for the input. It turns out that they have given me an IP address,
so I thought it was static, but when the person setting up the cable modem
came in, he did not put in an IP address, not a subnet mast etc, but he
did check the box that says Use DHCP for Wins . This is under Windows
of course. So I am really confused now. It seems that they have assigned
me an IP address, but they want me to use DHCP. Does that make any
sense. It does not to me . Maybe it is for consistency, so that they do not
give out more IP addresses than they have. The @Home network does
not support Linux, so I cannot get any help from them. I will try what you
said and let you know what happens.
A.
Leonard Evens wrote:
>
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From: "Keith M. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Tape drive write errors using TAR cmd.
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 20:22:01 GMT
Hi folks:
I have a Seagate STT20000A intenal ide tape drive which takes Travin-5
tapes (10/20G capacity). I am currently using tar to backup by hard
disk.
Everything works find using tar to copy filesystems. I rewind the tape
and move to a certain point on the tape (e.g. mt -f /dev/nht0 fsf 8 or
asf 8). This operation is successful, however when I attempt to perform
another tar operation (after having performed the mt cmd), I get the
following message.
tar: Cannot write to /dev/nht0: Input/output error
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
mt -f /dev/nht0 status:
Unknown tape drive type (type code 0)
File number=0, block number=3504168.
mt_resid: 0, mt_erreg: 0x0
mt_dsreg: 0x200, mt_gstat: 0x0
General status bits on (0):
This comand succeeds (irrespect of the unknown tape drive) however I
still cannot use tar to access the device.
/var/log/messages reveals:
Apr 8 15:56:55 Firesnacks kernel: ide-tape: Couldn't write a filemark
Apr 8 15:56:56 Firesnacks kernel: ide-tape: ht0: I/O error, pc = a,
key = 5, asc = 80, ascq = 81
Apr 8 15:56:57 Firesnacks last message repeated 46 times
Apr 8 15:56:57 Firesnacks kernel: ide-tape: ht0: I/O error, pc = 10,
key = 5, asc = 80, ascq = 81
Apr 8 15:56:57 Firesnacks kernel: ide-tape: Couldn't write a filemark
Any ideas as to why this tape fails at this point? I've replaced the
tape and still the same situation occurs. Are there special
tape-specific arguments that I should be passing to tar? e.g.
-[0-7][lmh]
Keith
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: lexmark z51 printer and linux
Date: 8 Apr 2000 20:29:17 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 07 Apr 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>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
I have a Lexmark 5700 and while it prints excellent color, it is Windows
only and support in Linux is slow in coming, since it is totally brain
dead and will not even print text without a bitmap driver. In fact even
the Win driver crashes Win95, although, it seems to work in Win98se. The
z51 appears to be the update/replacement for the 5700.
z51 details say:
Operating Systems Supported:
Windows 3.1x, Windows 95/98, Windows NT 4.0,
OS/2 and DOS through Windows
Read "through Windows" as ONLY in a DOS window, NOT if you boot to DOS,
and not in Linux. They may say it emulates an HP Deskjet, but that is
only in a DOS window through the Lexmark Windows driver. When I last
talked to Lexmark, they seemed to have no interest in Linux. Although, I
imagine the printers they have marked "Solaris ready" should be suitable
for Linux.
--
David Efflandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.de-srv.com/
http://www.autox.chicago.il.us/ http://www.berniesfloral.net/
http://hammer.prohosting.com/~cgi-wiz/ http://cgi-help.virtualave.net/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.text.tex
Subject: acrobat for linux (ps -> pdf)
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 20:17:22 GMT
I want a good utility for converting dvi or postscript files
(generated from latex documents) to pdf files. There is free software
(dvipdfm), but the TeX faq claims that Acrobat's distill utility is
better and inexpensive (at least for academics). I have two questions:
1. Does Adobe have Acrobat for Linux?
2. Is it worth the money?
Appreciate any help.
Atul
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James Kilfiger)
Crossposted-To: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: acrobat for linux (ps -> pdf)
Date: 8 Apr 2000 20:44:36 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>1. Does Adobe have Acrobat for Linux?
no
>2. Is it worth the money?
I'd say no but that's just my opinion. Ghostscript can do most of what
acrobat can do.
Adobe web page: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/
James
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From: "Adi Masputra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.protocols.ppp,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc
Subject: Re: PPP through TCP?
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 13:47:59 -0700
Yes, the freeware pppd (ftp://cs.anu.edu.au/pub/software/ppp) which comes
as part of standard major Linux distributions is capable of such feature.
One can use it to run over rsh, ssh, or even raw socket.
As for Windows, I'm not so sure whether the PPP that Micro$oft ships
is capable of running over any arbitrary transports. Go figure.
Adi
"Timothy J. Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Are there PPP programs for Linux and Microsoft Windows that can
> send the PPP through a TCP connection (instead of the serial port),
> like how the user-level ppp program in BSD can?
>
> Motivation: to be able to do PPP through TCP through ssh port
> forwarding.
>
> --
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Timothy J. Lee timlee@
> Unsolicited bulk or commercial email is not welcome.
netcom.com
> No warranty of any kind is provided with this message.
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Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 23:19:07 +0200
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Why wont init start???
hullo...
here's the problem...i'm trying to create a bootdisk, but for some
reason, init wont start. I've copied a kernel image to disk, and set
the root device correctly with rdev. I've created bin, dev, sbin, etc,
root and usr directories and i've copied init and some other useful
utils (like cp, mv etc) to my boot disk. But...when i try to boot from
the floppy....the kernel starts loading, then says:
kernel panic: init not found. Try passing init= as kernel parameter.
I thought the kernel automatically looked for init in /sbin (that's sbin
on the floppy disk in this case). BTW, i'm using init 2.74.
what's the problem...and how can i fix it?
thanx (in advance)
ali
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Leslie Mikesell)
Subject: Re: Good way to copy my system
Date: 7 Apr 2000 23:08:52 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
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. 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?
You could duplicate the whole disk to another of exactly the
same size using dd but copying partitions is more flexible.
Just make the partitions, mke2fs them and mount somewhere,
then for each:
cp --one-file-system -a old_partition new_mount_point
If you have many partitions, you can type all the commands into
a shell script so you don't have to wait for each to complete.
Note that this does not make the drive bootable - if you plan
to swap drives or move the new one to a different computer,
make a boot floppy to bring it up the first time, then run
/sbin/lilo.
Les Mikesell
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pjtg0707)
Crossposted-To: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: acrobat for linux (ps -> pdf)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 21:20:11 GMT
On 8 Apr 2000 20:44:36 GMT, James Kilfiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>1. Does Adobe have Acrobat for Linux?
>no
Actually, Adobe does have a version of Acrobat for Linux. I am running one
right now.
>
>>2. Is it worth the money?
>I'd say no but that's just my opinion. Ghostscript can do most of what
>acrobat can do.
>Adobe web page: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/
>
> James
Ditto.
gv does read pdf file quite well, and fonts on gv seems to mre pleasing to
the eye than the Acrobat.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Hauck)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Why wont init start???
Reply-To: bobh{at}haucks{dot}org
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 21:21:43 GMT
On Sat, 08 Apr 2000 23:19:07 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>kernel panic: init not found. Try passing init= as kernel parameter.
>
>I thought the kernel automatically looked for init in /sbin
On Caldera OpenLinux 2.3:
[bobh@nebo bobh]$ ldd /sbin/init
libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x40019000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x40000000)
In other words, init is dynamically linked so you need libc and the
loader. Could be that your error message really means "got an error code
back when I tried to start init".
--
-| Bob Hauck
-| To Whom You Are Speaking
-| http://www.bobh.org/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Subject: Re: news problem
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 8 Apr 2000 22:22:09 GMT
On Fri, 7 Apr 2000 13:39:55 +0800, pc wrote:
>I receive this email everyday.
>
>/usr/bin/news.daily: /var/lib/news/.news.daily: Permission denied
>
>How can I handle it ?
Give us some more info, like what news stuff you've got set up, have
you set a cron job to retrieve news in the middle of the night, then
deleted or moved that news server and decided to use something else
and forgotten to stop the cron job.
More info.
--
Cheers
Steve email mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
%HAV-A-NICEDAY Error not enough coffee 0 pps.
web http://www.ndirect.co.uk/~sjlen/
or http://start.at/zero-pps
10:05pm up 5 days, 39 min, 4 users, load average: 1.00, 1.01, 1.00
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Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 15:25:56 -0600
From: "D. Stimits" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Voodoo3, X4 and 24 bits
Bruno Barberi Gnecco wrote:
>
> Have anyone successfully run X4.0 in 24 bits using a Voodoo 3? Here
> weird things happen. I need 24 bits for some applications, even if there's no
> 3D acceleration support.
>
> --
> Bruno Barberi Gnecco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> http://www.geocities.com/RodeoDrive/1980/
> Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore". - Poe
I'm wondering if the Voodoo 3 itself supports 24 bit. I was thinking
somewhere I saw it works only at 16 bit or less. This might not be
right, but it would be worth checking out.
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From: George Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cannot connect to leafnode server
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 17:27:11 -0400
Replying with own solution.
Mystery sovled.
It was not the leafnode config file that was parsed incorrectly, it was the
inetd.conf file. The entry
for nntp was incorrectly formatted.
I ran inetd -d again and took a closer look at the output. I noticed that nntp
was not on the
list of things running(along with time, ftp, telnet, shell, pop3, finger,...). I
had to place the line
nntp stream tcp.... beginning on the first column, and all other fields had to
begin one tabspace
over.
This is kind of a newbie mistake I suppose, but I was confused by the fact that I
copied the incorrect line
directly from the Suse Help file. This mistake should be corrected on future
releases.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> George Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
> > I have installed Leafnode as a local NNTP server, with SuSE Linux. When
> > I try to access the server,
> > wheather from PINE or telnet localhost 119, I get the error:
>
> > Unable to connect to remoted host: Connection refused.
>
> > It appears that my own server refuses to connect me.
>
> > I have gone through all the troubleshooting steps that came with
> > Leafnode. Everything is in working order.
>
> So... You installed it.
> Did you add leafnode to inetd.conf?
> If so, did you restart inetd?
>
> The message you got usually means that the server isn't running, so the
> connection fails because there's nothing on the port to connect to.
>
> Another possibility is that there's something wrong with your
> /etc/leafnode/config file. If leafnode fails to parse it or can't find it, it
> will fail to start.
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Image files for Launcher
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 21:23:28 GMT
Is there a repository for image files of standard linux applications
like ghostview, acrobat reader, mathematica, star office, etc? I would
like to put some of these launchers on my GNOME panel.
Regards,
Atul
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Coy A Hile)
Subject: Re: File permission effects
Date: 8 Apr 2000 17:32:07 -0400
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Andy Smart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>While non-root users had read access to this file, they did not have
>write or execute rights. Surely then only root should have been able
>to delete or rename the file?
>Andy Smart
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
no, the ability to *delete* a file from a directory is controlled by the
permissions on the directory in which it is located. if a person can write
to a directory, he can both create and delete files in that directory.
Coy
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And that has made all the difference." --Robert Frost
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonathan Baron)
Crossposted-To: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: acrobat for linux (ps -> pdf)
Date: 8 Apr 2000 21:33:54 GMT
Recent versions of ghostscript (such as 6.0, which just came out
recently, but also 5.5) include ps2pdf as well as pdf2ps. So you
just install ghostscript (probably installed already) and say
ps2pdf file.ps file.pdf
This works beautifully.
Jon
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,linux.redhat.misc,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: need help to use minicom to connect to console using ttyS0
Date: 8 Apr 2000 21:36:22 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 06 Apr 2000 21:15:27 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have a linux box with two comm ports which we used under Win95 to
>connect to console port of network equipment, e.g. routers, using
>Hyperterminal.
Wouldn't it be easier to use telnet or rlogin on the network and and setup
so you can rsh (or rcp) or tftp files?
>I am trying to duplicate this effort under Linux with Minicom. Please
>advise as to what is needed.
>
>1. I have connected my com1 or /dev/ttyS0 to a console of Cisco router.
>2. I have used minicom -s and assigned the serial setup to /dev/ttyS0
>with 9600 8N1 and hardware and software control
Have you tried just software flow control. That usually works if you do
not have the wiring for hardware flow control.
>3. I did not use any callin or callout programs
Make sure you also remove any modem init strings, reset commands, etc.
from the minicom setup.
>Once I completed and saved, I get a blank response from minicom and I am
>unable to connect. Please let me know what I need to do. I would like to
>also
>have the option of sending text files using minicom to the connected
>device(s).
I don't recall how to copy files from a terminal session with a Cisco
router since I normally connect by network or ppp.
>Thank you,
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installing Red Hat Linux 6.1
Date: 8 Apr 2000 21:41:52 GMT
David Efflandt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: For RH 6.1 either your primary /boot partition or the partition containing
: boot must be entirely below cyl 1024. I had to switch to a different vt
: during install (Crtl-Alt-F2) and use fdisk to make my /boot partition. But
: first I had to 'mknod /dev/hda b 3 0' because there were no hd devices.
Indeed, this has always been one of the most immediate, apalling bugs
of RH to strike the newcomer. I have no idea how newbies are supposed
to make their partitions. It's difficult enough for experienced people
given that sort of handicap.
And where did they put ifconfig and other useful items!
: See /usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt for major minor numbers of
: other hd devices.
Peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: MIDI/Red Hat 6 How to set up?
Date: 8 Apr 2000 15:39:22 -0700
Hi. I am using Red Hat 6 Linux (soon to be 6.1) and would like to use some
MIDI sequencing software for music composition. I have an old Gravis
Ultrasound classic and a synth connected to the PC via MIDI.
How do I set up Linux to use the MIDI port?? I checked if I have the
/dev/midi device installed and it isn't. I also tested the soundcard via
the sndconfig utility and it said it couldn't open the audio device file
or something like that.
Any assistance would be appreciated.
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From: Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: AfterStep mouse scroll.
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 22:59:31 +0100
Does anyone know how i turn this off? My mouse behaves erratically in
afterstep which i know i can turn off but how?
Paul
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