Linux-Misc Digest #142, Volume #24 Thu, 13 Apr 00 20:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation (Grant Edwards)
Re: Dial Up Problem ("Gavin Liquorish")
Re: mkfs: 'command not found' (jerbear)
Re: Files just stops downloading at random (egretmark)
Re: Q: migrate OS/2 to Linux ? (Karel Jansens)
name server ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: blender (Scott Francis[Mechaman])
Can you get slrn anywhere else? (George Bell)
Clean kernel source won't compile (Scott Francis[Mechaman])
Re: Restoring files from tape with afio (Allen Wong)
Re: What the heck is linux doing? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: LILO stops at LI (metaboy)
Re: Linux Installation Problems ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Cheap/Free alternatives to Hummingbird eXceed (Victor Wagner)
Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation ("craig")
Trouble Video setup - system hangs (Patton Echols)
Re: Can you get slrn anywhere else? (Harlan Grove)
Re: Cd writing problem (Dave Brown)
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From: grant@nowhere. (Grant Edwards)
Subject: Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 22:12:32 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>You can go out and buy a Chevy engine from a junk yard. That,
>ipso facto, shows that it is a separate product. However,
>you're not going to be able to buy it from General Motors.
Why not? I've not dealt much with GM dealers, but Ford and
Mazda dealers will certainly sell you whatever parts you want.
They're not cheap, but you can get them.
>They're going to insist you buy the rest of the car too. And
>most of the things they sell you will only work on their
>products. So should GM be busted up into a bunch of separate
>companies that only make engine blocks, carborators, or axles?
a) GM isn't a monopoly.
b) Those already are all separate companies.
c) You _can_ buy an engine block, an axle, a carburetor, etc.
--
Grant Edwards grante Yow! I'm EXCITED!! I want
at a FLANK STEAK WEEK-END!! I
visi.com think I'm JULIA CHILD!!
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From: "Gavin Liquorish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Dial Up Problem
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 22:20:03 +0100
Hi
/dev/modem is only a symbolic link to either /dev/ttyS0 (com1) or /dev/ttyS1
(com2).
you can either make a symbolic link using "ln" - read the man page, or use
/dev/ttyS0[1] in place of /dev/modem
Gavin
Mr. Wing Kai, Ho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hello all,
>
> I am a beginner of Linux user. I just installed REDHAT 6.0 into my
> computer but I come across a dial up problem. There are two way to
> connect to the internet via modem. One is using "DIP" and the other is
> "MINICOM" but both require to specify "/dev/modem" for port setup. When
> I install the Linux, I have not be asked for any questions about the
> modem setup. I don't know how to set it up and connect to internet. Once
> dial up procedure is completed, can I just invoke a browser then I can
> connect into internet? Are there any more user friendly means to setup
> dial up networking in Linux? Thanks in advance.
>
> Nelson
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> �@
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (jerbear)
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: mkfs: 'command not found'
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 22:17:15 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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?
>
>Thanks,
>Simon
>
I had the same problem. After playing around with it I finally got it
to work by calling the command 'mkfs' using its full path. i.e.
/sbin/mkfs ....bla.bla.bla
Why this is needed when the path is correctly set up in root is beyond
my newbie knowledge.
jerbear
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Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 23:58:02 +0100
From: egretmark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.dial-up
Subject: Re: Files just stops downloading at random
Tim,
You can rest assured that you are not the only person with weird problems!
The best of luck,
Ian.
"TIM B�KSTR�M LAURSEN" wrote:
> Why do I always have to have the weird problems?
>
> The set up:
>
> RedHat 6.1
> LT Win Modem PCI (driver found at http://linmodems.org/linux568.zip)
> 400 MHz K6-II
>
> I know that a Win Modem is not the best thing to use with Linux, but if my
> problem is not related to the modem type, I don't want to go out and spend
> money on another modem that won't solve my problem.
>
> When ever I dial up the first attempt always fails. Second attempt usually
> goes through just fine. Already here I get a bit suspicious.
>
> Most web sites downloads just fine, but sometimes, especially if there is a
> lot of data on the page, the activity on the line just dies. If I hit the
> reload button, the download stops at exactly the same point again. The
> problem is not restricted to http access, most big ftp downloads fail as
> well.
>
> This is really strange. I've been through the set up several times, and I
> can't see what I might have done wrong. Under Windows the TCP/IP set up is
> quite straight forward. The only things I can see is different from the
> Linux set up is that Windows uses IP header compression, which I can't find
> any references to in Linux, and that I had to set the DNS to a fixed address
> under Linux.
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From: jansens_at_ibm_dot_net (Karel Jansens)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Q: migrate OS/2 to Linux ?
Date: 13 Apr 2000 23:24:39 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anthony) wrote:
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Hello,
> >
> >is there a way to migrate a OS/2 System to a Linux System ?
> >I.e. to run OS/2 *.exe under linux ?
>
> If you are experienced in OS/2, learning Linux would be
> very easy. A lot of Unix apps like emx, info, gcc
> already run on OS/2.
>
> The OS/2 exe format is not compatible with Linux.
> However, it is possible to port C or C++ code to Linux
> without too much trouble if the app was written in emx
> and does not use PM.
>
> With Linux you get a MUCH more stable system, even if
> you dont do 24/7, you can login in the morning and
> logoff at night without crashing, day after day.
Or keep'em both!
Warp 4 and SuSE coexist quite happily on a relatively meagre 4.3 gig
disk and OS/2's Boot Manager doesn't mind launching Linux at all.
You get the best of both worlds: the world's best user interface
(which, sadly, isn't with Linux) and the most stable operating system
the desktop has ever seen (OK, Linux is more stable than OS/2, but
"MUCH"? Really now...).
Karel Jansens
jansens_at_attglobal_dot_net
========================================================
"How to make God laugh?"
"Tell Him your plans."
(paraphrased from "Foundation's Fear" - Gregory Benford)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: name server
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 22:23:29 GMT
Hi,
I am running a name server (BIND) on my linux (redhat 6.1)
box for domain xxx.com. Now I have to set up a name server
for another domain yyy.com.
Can I maintain the two domains on one server ? Or do I
have to set up another box for this purpose ?
Thanks
HH
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Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Francis[Mechaman])
Subject: Re: blender
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 22:25:29 GMT
On Tue, 11 Apr 2000 12:08:58 +0000, Ian Mortimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>Is there a specific newsgroup for blender questions ?
>
>I just want to know if it's possible to put a circular hole through a
>mesh object (I can't see anything about it in the manual)
Depends on the object. For a plain-n-simple mesh plane, simply
subdivide it a bunch, then delete the points in a circle-shape in the
middle in edit mode. Turning on "draw faces" will help.
As for the first question, are you aware of the Blender web-based news
server at blender.nl? Works just as well as usenet, and as long as it
isn't a covered-in-the-manual question, you'll get it answered by
someone.
Scott Francis IS [EMAIL PROTECTED]!
Now Loading! -- welcome.to/nowloading
"You say you let your guard down? I think you're just a weenie!"
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From: George Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Can you get slrn anywhere else?
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 18:33:29 -0400
Hello,
I have downloaded slrn from the site
ftp://space.mit.edu/pub/davis/slrn.
Twice,
with the same result:
gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data - crc error
tar: Archive slrn-0.9.6.2.tar.gz EOF not on block boundary
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
using the command tar xvzf slrn-0.9.6.2.tar.gz
Is there any other site that slrn is available?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Francis[Mechaman])
Subject: Clean kernel source won't compile
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 22:32:45 GMT
Possibly one of the odder problems I've had.
I put 2.2.6 on my machine last year(originally a heavily modified
RedHat 5.0). No problems; I put everything in and it's worked fine.
A few weeks ago, I decide to recompile to put Minix and AGP support
in. Clean full copy of 2.2.14, patched or not with apgart(tried with
and without).
Never works, complains about "PAGE_OFFSET_RAW undeclared" errors at
the first go. I can't figure it out; there should be no symlinks it's
following, the gcc output indicates that it's looking in
usr/src/linux. Has anybody had this problem, and if so, how to fix?
It's getting really annoying, especially since anything else that
depends on source(like the ALSA drivers) fails as well when it's time
to build.
Gcc output:
[root@sanosuke linux]# make zImage
scripts/split-include include/linux/autoconf.h include/config
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes
-O2
-fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -fno-strength-reduce -m486 -malign-loops=2
-malign-jumps=2 -malign-functions=2 -DCPU=686 -c -o init/main.o
init/main.c
/usr/src/linux/include/linux/pagemap.h: In function `page_address':
In file included from /usr/src/linux/include/linux/locks.h:8,
from /usr/src/linux/include/linux/blk.h:5,
from init/main.c:23:
/usr/src/linux/include/linux/pagemap.h:17: `PAGE_OFFSET_RAW'
undeclared
(first use this function)
/usr/src/linux/include/linux/pagemap.h:17: (Each undeclared identifier
is
reported only once
/usr/src/linux/include/linux/pagemap.h:17: for each function it
appears
in.)
/usr/src/linux/include/linux/pagemap.h:18: warning: control reaches
end of
non-void function
/usr/src/linux/include/asm/pgtable.h: In function `get_pgd_slow':
In file included from /usr/src/linux/include/linux/vmalloc.h:7,
from /usr/src/linux/include/asm/io.h:101,
from init/main.c:26:
/usr/src/linux/include/asm/pgtable.h:408: `PAGE_OFFSET_RAW' undeclared
(first use this function)
/usr/src/linux/include/asm/pgtable.h: In function `pte_alloc_kernel':
/usr/src/linux/include/asm/pgtable.h:497: `PAGE_OFFSET_RAW' undeclared
(first use this function)
/usr/src/linux/include/asm/pgtable.h: In function `pte_alloc':
/usr/src/linux/include/asm/pgtable.h:515: `PAGE_OFFSET_RAW' undeclared
(first use this function)
/usr/src/linux/include/asm/io.h: In function `virt_to_phys':
In file included from init/main.c:26:
/usr/src/linux/include/asm/io.h:112: `PAGE_OFFSET_RAW' undeclared
(first
use this function)
/usr/src/linux/include/asm/io.h: In function `phys_to_virt':
/usr/src/linux/include/asm/io.h:117: `PAGE_OFFSET_RAW' undeclared
(first
use this function)
/usr/src/linux/include/asm/io.h: In function `check_signature':
/usr/src/linux/include/asm/io.h:175: `PAGE_OFFSET_RAW' undeclared
(first
use this function)
make: *** [init/main.o] Error 1
Scott Francis IS [EMAIL PROTECTED]!
Now Loading! -- welcome.to/nowloading
"You say you let your guard down? I think you're just a weenie!"
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From: Allen Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: Restoring files from tape with afio
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 15:54:23 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hello there,
>
> I have a travan SCSI tape drive under /dev/tape.
>
> I have a script that uses mt and afio and backups well.
>
> I tried kbackup but cannot seem to get it to work, so I am relying on
> simple scripts and afio commands to backup and restore. afbackup is
> total overkill for me, too, since I just need to backup nightly and
> restore occasionaly from /dev/tape to the host machine - nothing else.
>
> My questions are these:
>
> 1. How do I restore an individual file from the tape to the hard drive
> using afio? (I can restore the whole archive using afio -ivz /dev/tape,
> but cannot figure out how to restore one file)
>
I haven't tried this myself yet, but look at the -y and -w options in
afio.
> 2. How do I restore one file to an alternate location using afio?
>
"afio" restores the file relative to your current directory. If you
prefer something different, then I can't help you. Sorry.
Allen
--
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3:00pm up 4 days, 14:01, 1 user, load average: 1.00, 1.00, 1.00
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: What the heck is linux doing?
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 23:07:06 GMT
Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
> Excuse the ignorance, but what is the difference between a
> "little endian" and a "big endian" machine?
It's the way the CPU stores its numbers.
The sensible way would be MSB ... LSB (This is Big endian and the way good
CPU architectures like motorola does it.)
The stupid way is LSB ... MSB (Little endian).
Another one of the many reasons why x86 architecture is shite.
WHY did Intel do that anyway? Was there ever ANY advantage in adopting that
screwed up was of doing things?
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From: metaboy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO stops at LI
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 23:13:18 GMT
I;m no expert, but you should probably boot from a LILO boot floppy if
you still have one and run the following commands:
lilo -P fix
liloconfig
I had the same problem when I resized my Linux partition using PM5. This
process recreates your system.map and boot.p files and reinstalls LILO on
the superblock of the root partition.
Hope this helps.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> Henry wrote:
> >
> > Dear folks
> >
> > I've Redhat 6.1 installed as a partition on a HD, sharing with Win95. It
> > works fine during the "LILO boot:", where i can choose
> > between "windows"(win95) and "linux" until i use Partition Magic to reduce
> > the size of my redhat partition. I was trying to transfer some empty space
> > within the main redhat partition (not the swap linux swap partition) to
> > the Windows partition. The notebook then stops at "LI" whenever i try
> > booting up the machine again.
> >
> > Looking through the postings yield no result as no one seems to face the
> > same problem as me, though suffering the same fate. I do not have any
> > backup of my data or any info on those /dev/hda..etc info.
> >
> > I do not know how to create a boot disk to get ito Windows again, except
> > the Windows created one, which when i tried, gets me to A:\. However i
> > couldn't get into Win95 again fom C:\. The error message i got was "VFAT
> > device initialization faied. A device or resource required by VFAT is not
> > present or is unavailable. VFAT cannot continue loading. System Halted."
> >
> > Can anyone kindly help me please? I don't really understand the other help
> > files.
> >
> > Henry
> >
> > --
> > Posted via CNET Help.com
> > http://www.help.com/
>
> If you need to get into Windows quickly, boot from a DOS/Windows
> (startup) floppy and run the (DOS) command
> fdisk/mbr
> This should restore your master boot record to the default and
> you should be able to boot Windows.
> Someone else has already pointed out that you changed the absolute
> addresses of some critical files that lilo uses to boot Linux.
> So you have to run lilo again. If you never made a boot
> floppy, you will have to use a rescue disk. You can do this
> with the RedHat CD, but it is a bit subtle, so I recommend instead
> getting Tom's Root/Boot disk. I'm pretty sure this can be
> installed under Windows and it may be found at
>
> www.toms.net/rb/home.html
>
> This will give you a boot floppy which will load a form of Linux
> in a ramdisk in memory which is independent of your system.
> Then I think the following should work. Make a mount point by
> mkdir /a
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Linux Installation Problems
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 23:08:25 GMT
I'm a newbie as well so be forewarned of my ignorance.
I installed OpenLinux 2.3 (also obtained as a 3rd party distribution)
on a spare 486 and had an interesting time getting kde, or perhaps more
specifically, the kde desktop to start and stay up. There seemed to be
a problem when the kde "greeter" initialized the desktop. kde would
load the desktop background, toolbar, taskbar then bam! it would abort
and return me to the console. the last console messages logged or
displayed would be misleading, something like "can't find /tmp/kfm-
cache-0/index.txt" or later something referening xinitrc and twm.
I read suggestions where one should modify xinitrc and replace its
contents with one statement "startkde." But doing this affects the x-
windows initialization process when you invoke "startx"; I wanted to
keep the starx windows environment more-or-less intact.
Anyway, the video/display parameters for your monitor are obviously
crucial to kde graphics; I couldn't even get XF86Setup to intialize
when I first started; Had to use xf86config and lizardx to tweak my
video parameters, especially scan rates and clocking options, to get
past the 1st wall. You can run xf86config or lizardx (used the root
logon for all of this) from the console prompt. When running lizardx,
if you've specified the correct or at least compatible video settings
with your actual display adapter/monitor, the you should be able to
select the "test" button to display a simulation of the kde desktop.
The test option is on the page which lists available monitor modes.
Next, I found running startx and then executing kdewizard allowed me to
access the kde control panel to tweak some other settings which may
have been affecting the kde startup process. Of course, you already
know the kde layer sits on top of the x-windows graphics engine. That's
why kde suggests you run "startkde" if you're having problems; but they
don't remind you that startkde needs the x-windows components to be up
and running, otherwise the startkde procedure will also crash. But
BEFORE you run kdewizard, IF you've already hit a wall trying to get
kde to start--remove the .kde and .kderc libraries in your /root AND
each /home/usr/ direcotry. I used "rm -r .kde*"; Then I ran startx,
typed in kdewizard at the 1st x-window session prompt. Deleting
the .kde and .kderc libraries, which apparently contain kde-related
user/config parameters, causes kde to recreate its template environment
when you run kdewizard the 1st time. You will get a dialogue window
prompt asking if you want to "create new templates" yes or no.
The kde control panel allows you to tweak "application" components
including the login manager, file manager. The login manager controls
certain greeter options. You can turn off browser-window caching(for
testing purposes) in the windows section.
After recreating templates & tweaking stuff using the kde control
panel, I was able to get kde running under the root logon. I then copied
(cp command) my .kde and .kderc libs to each user lib (/home/usr/)
AFTER I logged on as each uuser to recreate(I removed all .kde/.kderc
occurrences for each user)my templates.
The trickiest, most time-consuming thing in this whole process has been
familiarization with the Linux/bash-shell environment and its editors.
I've administered DEC Vax's before so there are architectural
similarities; but VMS is a lot more straightforward than the convoluted
shorthand of bash. I'll be playing with other shells to see which gives
me the simplest means to an end. The vi editor is another headache.
Good grief. I'll be picking up other editors assuming we continue our
Linux experiment.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am a Linux Newbie for less than a week. I am having trouble
getting
> KDE working in OpenLinux 2.3. When installing the probe recognizes my
> video card to be a S3 Virge rev 6 but it is a Diamond Stealth 3D 2000
so I
> change to card. I test the settings and all appears fine. I then
finish
> installing. I get to the login screen, after installation, but when I
hit
> Ok I have a blue screen. I have tried letting the computer set for 20
> minutes due to the fact my computer is only a Pentium 60 mhz. I have
got
> KDE to work before but cannot remember what I did to get it to work.
> I bought this distrib. through cheapbytes.com and since it didn't
come
> with the commercial software I do not have OSS. When I had a running
> system of linux I unable to get my Aztech Washington Sound Galaxy 16
card
> working in Linux
>
> Any Help would be Appreciated
>
> Thanx
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Victor Wagner)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: Cheap/Free alternatives to Hummingbird eXceed
Date: 13 Apr 2000 08:56:49 +0400
In comp.os.linux.misc Gast Primus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Hi
: I have been testing an evaluation copy of exceed but my boss says it's too
: expensive and telnet sessions are next to useless for what we want to do.
: Does anybody know of a cheap / free alternative to exceed bearing in mind I
: really only want xterms.
Try TeraTerm or Putty.
Both are free telnet/ssh clients.
Putty emulates xterm type of terminal.
Teraterm either emulates vt220 or lets you install special terminfo
entry, but it also supports tektronics graphics, i.e. programs like
gnuplot or dvigt would be able to show something graphical.
Of course, colors, proper box drawing, mouse support etc,etc.
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Reply-To: "craig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "craig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 09:32:26 +1000
"Harlan Grove" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In article <uAVgxdNp$GA.231@cpmsnbbsa03>, "Ermine Todd"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >The simple answer is that you have the user logon as a
> >generic user and not with Admin rights. You install the
> >apps as Admin, you protect the OS files - what's the
> >problem?
>
> Looks like you haven't heard of the Windows Registery.
> Applications run by mere users on NT systems can modify the
> Registery. Some improper registery settings can bring down
> that application and possibly others relying on the changed
> settings. How does one prevent improper Registery settings
> while allowing applications run by non-admin users to store
> settings from one session to the next?
>
You put acls on the keys in the registry that you dont want users to
access - just like a file system!!!!
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From: Patton Echols <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Subject: Trouble Video setup - system hangs
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 16:31:47 -0700
I have a new RH 6.1 install. I've run Xconfigurator with about every
configuration I can think of. when attempting startx, either manually
or when Xconfigurator tries it the screen goes blank and the system
locks up. Only solution is to turn it off.
The video is a S3 that Xconfigurator appears to recognise and that I
find in the Xconfigurator's list of supported cards. The box is a 1994
vintage 486DX IBM.
Any ideas?
Is this a video card problem or moniter? If moniter, then I should be
able to kill X and gnome desktop blind but I don't know how to do that.
[Kind of a newbie, huh :)]
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From: Harlan Grove <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can you get slrn anywhere else?
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 16:18:14 -0700
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, George Bell
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<snip>
If you're willing to deal with rpm's, you could try
http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/rawhide/1.0/i386/RedHat/RPM
S/slrn-0.9.6.2-4.i386.html
There are links for i386 binary and source rpm's.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Brown)
Subject: Re: Cd writing problem
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 13 Apr 2000 18:46:54 -0500
In article <8d4o5i$iah$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I have a problem with writing a cd with debian.
>i have a hp cdwriter of HP (9110i) (ide), when i enter the following
>command: cdrecord -checkdrive dev=hcd it return a error message like:
>WARNING: device not valid, trying to use default target...
>scsidev: 'hcd'
>scsibus: 0 target: 6 lun:0
Assuming you have SCSI-emulation compiled in your kernel,
and activated by lilo:
append = "hdc=ide-scsi"
your device is probably something like:
dev=0,0,0
To check it, try:
cdrecord -scanbus
When you have the correct "scsi" address,
cdrecord dev=0,0 ...
( or maybe try "dev=0,0,0"--seems like I do that on one of my machines..)
--
Dave Brown Austin, TX
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