Linux-Misc Digest #152, Volume #24 Sat, 15 Apr 00 02:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: Why linux will never go beyond geekdom (JCA)
Re: what is clock skew? (Juergen Heinzl)
Re: Microsoft (Bastian)
PCMCIA modem problem ("Alexei Pankin")
Re: mp3 problems (Buchan Milne)
Re: Question About GNOME Menus ("Tom Hoffmann")
Re: pppd non-root access (Graham Bosworth)
Running install/setup under Wine ( [EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Attaching a loopback device to a file on an smbmounted filesystem (Ahmet Ocakli)
Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation ("Charles R. Lyttle")
Re: LILO troubles with mixed SCSI/EIDE disks (Grahame M. Kelly)
Re: Which backup software to use? ("Rev. Don Kool")
Re: Microsoft (Juergen Heinzl)
Re: do i need Partition Magic? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Ghostscript & Ghostview ps files problem (Frank Hahn)
Lost+found dir How to fix? ("Matt")
Re: setterm and color ls (David Efflandt)
Re: mp3 problems (Jeff Workman)
Re: time keeping correct (David Efflandt)
Re: Is this OK - mount /home on loop device (Jeff Workman)
Wrote audio CD -- Only Windows can play it it ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Copying NTFS, ext2 partitions ("Jake")
Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation (Pjtg0707)
Re: small web server hardware (Jeff Workman)
Re: Question About GNOME Menus (Vladimir Florinski)
Re: mp3 problems (Ian Molton)
Re: Lost+found dir How to fix? (Dances With Crows)
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From: JCA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Why linux will never go beyond geekdom
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 15:59:04 -0700
Spike wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Purely because it sucks the big one, no games ! no word !
> > KDE....it stinks....Gnome.....amateur hacks with pretty graphics
> >
> Man, you're just as freaky as the idiots who love Linux who mindlessly
> critisize Microsoft. There is room for everyone's tastes. Bill Gates
> and Microsoft are essentially modern day hero's without who's efforts
> the computing world would be very poor indeed.
Whether the (home) computing world would be very poor had Microsoft
not stepped in is purely speculative, and subject to debate. But
categorizing
Bill Gates and Microsoft as modern day heroes is ludicrous. BG et al. got
into this game for the potential economic rewards, and they succeeded
beyond
their wildest dreams. I.e. they have already got their reward. We owe
them no
debt of gratitude: this is the way the capitalist system works.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Juergen Heinzl)
Subject: Re: what is clock skew?
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 23:11:08 GMT
In article <8d84lm$c6e$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bill Unruh wrote:
>In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>> when I try to complile such a source like kernel
>>> I use to see these warnings
>>> clock skew dectected. your build may not completed.
>>> what does clock skew mean?
>
>I believe it means that there are files on the system which were
>compiled tomorrow (ie, at a time later than the time shown on the
>clock.) Since timetravel is not a known technology, the makers of linux
>assumed that this state indictes an error situation, and warn you about
>it.
[...]
... and it can happen, as an example, if files reside on a NFS volume
with the machines in question not synchronising their system time. Some
other option would be the day where the system changes to daylight saving
time.
A Q&D solution is to do (in your case) a ...
cd /usr/src/linux
find * -exec touch {} \;
... and then the usual make config, make dep, make clean etc. to
be on the safe side later on too.
Cheers,
Juergen
--
\ Real name : J�rgen Heinzl \ no flames /
\ EMail Private : [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ send money instead /
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bastian)
Subject: Re: Microsoft
Date: 14 Apr 2000 23:12:05 GMT
On Fri, 14 Apr 2000 12:53:50 -0500, Robert Wiegand wrote:
>"David .." wrote:
>
>> > Old joke: Windoze is "Where do you want to go today", OS/2 was "Where do you
>> > want to run today", and linux is "Where do you want to fly today".
>
>> Hmmm! I thought Linux was "Where you will be tomorrow". ;o)
>
>I heard: Linux - "Do you actually want to get there"
>
I heard: Windoze - "Do you actually want to be chained to it?" :-)
Bastian
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From: "Alexei Pankin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.sys.laptops
Subject: PCMCIA modem problem
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 18:40:03 -0400
I installed Redhat 6.2 on my Compaq Armada 7800. PCMCIA driver loads
and cardctl recognizes successfully my modem, but it looks like it does not
connect with any serial port and minicom does not work.
I would appreciate any suggestions.
Alex.
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Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 01:24:23 +0200
From: Buchan Milne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: mp3 problems
Chances are it's you r disk access is not running optimally. Try hdparm in a
console (after reading the man page) to fix it and use udma33
If I remember, something like
hdparm -m16 -d1 -X34
should work, but be careful (ie read twice, run once)
Are you running 98 ? 95 has the sameproblem as you linux, since it doesn't
run UDMA33 drives properly.
Will Joyner wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am running a 250 mhz Cyrix II processor with 64 megs of RAM. When I
> run xmms or gqmpeg and begin to play a mp3 it runs fine. But as soon as
> I startup netscape or any other application, it slows the mpeg down or
> audible static is heard. I have tried switching the output module from
> esound to OSS in xmms, but no avail. I have chosen to give each player
> priority, which seems to work a little. Is there a way that I reduce
> the amount of processing/ram that these applications use or is there
> another way I can optimize my computer to run the fastest? I have
> enabled all the stuff I know to make it run faster.
>
> In WINDOZE I didn't have this problem, so I am hoping that it is
> something I can fix in Linux.
>
> Thanks
> Will Joyner
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Tom Hoffmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Question About GNOME Menus
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 23:26:41 GMT
Can't you do what you want by using the Menu Editor?
In article <H_JJ4.25035$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Bracy"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Does anyone know where the non-GNOME application information in the
> GNOME menus are stored?
>
> I know it's a small thing, and not critical at all, but the reason why I
> ask is that when I was running RH 6.1, all of my non-GNOME applications
> were either included in the Another Level menus or not included in the
> GNOME menus at all. I liked that, because that allowed me to keep them
> organized, and separate my GNOME applications from my non-GNOME
> applications.
>
> However, once I upgrade to RH 6.2, all of those non-GNOME applications
> are included in my GNOME
> menus and there doesn't seem to be a way to move
> them or remove them.
>
> Is there a config file somewhere that I can edit?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Bracy
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From: Graham Bosworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: pppd non-root access
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 23:41:52 GMT
Bill Unruh wrote:
> ---snip---
> ] "Serial line is looped back".
>
> This means that the remote end has not answered at all, and all info is
> simply reflected back. It is a totally and entirely different error from
> the former. The two errors are completely incompatible. One indicates
> that ppp negotiation has not even started while the former that it has
> started, and proceeded quite far and then not succeeded at
> authentication.
> ---snip---
There is another possible explanation. I had the same error, and
eventually traced it to the server not responding quickly enough. It
then echoed packets straight back to my computer, which thus noted that
outbound packets were the same as inbound ones - so claiming loopback.
I have never found out the cure - possibly it was to ensure that
/etc/hosts did not contain the remote I.P. number (though I doubt that
this made a difference), and to read and apply information from
/usr/src/packages/SOURCE/ppp-2.2.0f.tar.gz. Alternatively, it may
simply be that the particular I.S.P. improved its response time.
Eventually, I simply transferred to another I.S.P. and the problem
seemed to vanish (sorry if this is not an option).
Whatever it was, I don't think that it now matters, since I currently
used "wvdial" to make connections. It sorts out the protocol
negotiation, but is less reliable than the old method (this was an
"improvement" caused by upgrading the O.S.).
I hope that some part of this helps.
--
Graham
If I hadn't seen such poorness, I could live with being rich.
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From: <Bryan Hoyt> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Running install/setup under Wine
Date: 15 Apr 2000 11:44:54 +1200
I want to run various install programs under Wine, but it hangs X (not system).
Are there some dll's or something I need to copy over from Windows to do this?
Thanks for any help
--
Bryan Hoyt
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.crosswinds.net/~artmusic
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From: Ahmet Ocakli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.protocols.smb
Subject: Re: Attaching a loopback device to a file on an smbmounted filesystem
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 01:24:08 +0200
Hello Austin,
use nbd (network block device) instead of the loopdevice
for more info you can check Pavel's page at
http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/nbd/nbd.html
-ahmet
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From: "Charles R. Lyttle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Subject: Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 00:00:47 GMT
Ermine Todd wrote:
>
> Are you maybe thinking of the early "3-D mouse" that was supposed to allow
> for scanning of 3-D objects?
>
> I also has one of the optical mice (for the PC) back in the '80s (still have
> it actually - I've turned it over and use it as a sensor switch at the
> finish line on pinewood derby race tracks).
>
> --ET--
>
I don't recall the 3-D aspect, but I do believe I saw it at an
Intergraph or some such show. A model usful for scanning without the
tablet was demonstrated.
> "Charles R. Lyttle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
> > >
> > > Eric Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > > news:HxrJ4.2775$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > > > The aforementioned mouse.
> > > >
> > > > Sorry, but I saw a similar mouse advertised in the late 80s.
> > > > It failed because it was too expensive, but MS did NOT innovate it.
> > >
> > > Interesting. Nobody else in the universe except for you has seen this
> > > mythical mouse. You have no names and no way to prove your statements.
> > > Name the mouse and manufacturer or retract your statement.
> > >
> > > > > Squiggly-underline spellchecking.
> > > > > Squiggly-underline grammar checking.
> > > >
> > > > So a squiggly line is innovative?
> > > > Spell and grammar checkers existed long before MS adopted them.
> > >
> > > On-the-fly correct-as-you type grammar checking did not exist before.
> >
> > I saw it. It was very clunky and very expensive. I think it was later
> > 80s though. The Sun mouse was already out. This one was suppose to
> > eliminate the need for the special optical pad.
> >
> > --
> > Russ Lyttle, PE
> > <http://www.flash.net/~lyttlec>
> > Thank you Melissa!
> > Not Powered by ActiveX
--
Russ Lyttle, PE
<http://www.flash.net/~lyttlec>
Thank you Melissa!
Not Powered by ActiveX
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grahame M. Kelly)
Subject: Re: LILO troubles with mixed SCSI/EIDE disks
Date: 14 Apr 2000 23:59:11 GMT
> What can be wrong?
> Why it works fine booting from /dev/hda and not from
> /dev/sda?
> It just changes where LILO is stored and what drive BIOS is
> looking first for booting...
>
> Some ideas?
I have a mixure of IDE and SCSI disks on my system(s). You have three
alternatives.
1> Turn off BIOS seeing the IDE's - This will then autoboot the
SCSI driver (When the LILO/MBR of 1st SCSI is installed)
2> Use a disk tray device to insert/remove IDE drive from system
and set BIOS to "Automatic", so if the IDE drive is in it will
see it and boot from its MBR, is not in it defaults to the SCSI
3> Keep IDE drive in, modify its MBR with LILO and boot either the
IDE system or SCSI at LILO prompt.
I use alternative #1 & #2. #1 because it allows me to "hot swap"
IDE drives (via mount & umount) with the same size & physical
makeup - great for backups etc. #2 because it allows me to boot
directly from SCSI without worrying about IDE system. ie. My kids
if they need to can insert their IDE drive in (with their school
s/w) and run it this way - The BIOS auto detects the drive (even if
its a different size/physical makeup) and boots it - leaving my
SCSI's alone.
Hope this helps.
Grahame
--
SLUG (Sydney Linux User Group) www.slug.org.au
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From: "Rev. Don Kool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.admin
Subject: Re: Which backup software to use?
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 00:07:12 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I don't know how much you want to learn, but I would truly suggest
> learning how to use the tar program. Yea its cryptic, but
TAR is "cryptic"????
Don
--
********************** You a bounty hunter?
* Rev. Don McDonald * Man's gotta earn a living.
* Baltimore, MD * Dying ain't much of a living, boy.
********************** "Outlaw Josey Wales"
http://members.home.net/oldno7
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Juergen Heinzl)
Subject: Re: Microsoft
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 00:08:12 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bastian wrote:
>On Fri, 14 Apr 2000 12:53:50 -0500, Robert Wiegand wrote:
>>"David .." wrote:
>>
>>> > Old joke: Windoze is "Where do you want to go today", OS/2 was "Where do you
>>> > want to run today", and linux is "Where do you want to fly today".
>>
>>> Hmmm! I thought Linux was "Where you will be tomorrow". ;o)
>>
>>I heard: Linux - "Do you actually want to get there"
>>
>
>I heard: Windoze - "Do you actually want to be chained to it?" :-)
"Windows - Which one are you going to jump out of today?"
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: do i need Partition Magic?
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 19:07:52 -0500
make a backup of your data before you try it, if you do.
brandonkylecarter wrote:
> i have tried to install linux mandrake 7.0 to no avail. but when i was
> trying to setup the partition i messed up my windows partition. i
> physically have a 20.4 GB hard drive in my PC. now when i click on my
> computer to see my drives, it shows two hard disks plus all of the normal
> stuff. one of the disks shows 10.5 GB and the other 17.5 GB!! now the
> contents of the 10.5 GB is the normal disk, appears as always. the 17.5 GB
> disk has funky stuff in it. i want my plain old 20.4 GB ONE DRIVE BY
> ITSELF!
>
> would partition magic solve this problem??
>
> thanks
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank Hahn)
Subject: Re: Ghostscript & Ghostview ps files problem
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 00:10:00 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 13 Apr 2000 19:30:08 GMT, Joseph Borg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm having a problem viewing .ps files in ghostview and in any other
>application that uses ghostscript to open .ps files. I'm getting an error
>Unknown device: x11. As a result I cannot open any .ps files on my system
>(Linux Mandrake 7.0). Does anyone have any idea what this error could be
>and how it can be solved. Is there a way of installing this 'x11' device on
>my system?
>
Try the following:
% gs -help
I get something like the following:
[Stuff snipped]
Available devices:
x11 x11alpha x11cmyk x11gray2 x11gray4 x11mono appledmp iwhi iwlo
laserjet ljetplus ljet2p ljet3 ljet4 epsonc st800 stcolor uniprint faxg3
faxg32d faxg4 pcxmono pcxgray pcx16 pcx256 pcx24b pcxcmyk pbm pbmraw pgm
pgmraw pgnm pgnmraw pnm pnmraw ppm ppmraw pkm pkmraw tiffcrle tiffg3
tiffg32d tiffg4 tifflzw tiffpack tiff12nc tiff24nc psmono psgray psrgb
bit bitrgb bitcmyk pngmono pnggray png16 png256 png16m jpeg jpeggray
pdfwrite bbox pswrite epswrite pxlmono pxlcolor nullpage
[Stuff snipped]
If you don't have something like the first line, then support for
"x" has not been compiled in. You will need to find the correct
ghostscript binary or compile your own.
--
Frank Hahn
This fortune is inoperative. Please try another.
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From: "Matt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Lost+found dir How to fix?
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 00:11:48 GMT
Hi,
I had a hardware failure that killed my Linux box. As a result I now have
files in my lost+found directory. Question is: How do I put these
files/dir's back where they belong?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: setterm and color ls
Date: 15 Apr 2000 00:30:07 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 14 Apr 2000 14:41:43 -0230, Neil Zanella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Hello,
>
>I tried out setterm for setting the background and foreground colors on a
>linux console but every time I do an ls --color the colors are set back
>to white on black. Is this a bug or a "feature"?
Each color in ls ends with \033[0m which sets color back to default.
Dumping the output if color ls to a file is actually how I figured out
some of the ansi codes.
You could put setterm commands in your prompt or ansi screen codes in
~/.bash_profile. Following are two different methods I used to do a color
prompt (I used red for root), but I am not sure what sets the prompt in
xterm (gnome terminal) because there is no PS1 in env there unless you su:
# using setterm
export PS1="`setterm -foreground blue -bold on`$PS1`setterm -default`"
# or using ansi Esc codes
export PS1="\033[01;34m$PS1\033[0m"
Perl script showing some ansi color codes (not sure how to set background
colors, but you could see 'man terminfo' and play with the numbers).
Note: \033 (sometimes displayed as ^[) is Esc:
#!/usr/bin/perl
print <<EOF;
\033[01;30mBlack\033[0m
\033[01;31mRed\033[0m
\033[01;32mGreen\033[0m
\033[01;33mYellow\033[0m
\033[01;34mBlue\033[0m
\033[01;35mMagenta\033[0m
\033[01;36mCyan\033[0m
\033[01;37mWhite\033[0m
EOF
--
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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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: mp3 problems
From: Jeff Workman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 14 Apr 2000 19:35:03 -0400
Buchan Milne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Chances are it's you r disk access is not running optimally. Try hdparm in a
> console (after reading the man page) to fix it and use udma33
>
> If I remember, something like
> hdparm -m16 -d1 -X34
> should work, but be careful (ie read twice, run once)
>
After you get UDMA set up. Look into xmms's "Realtime Scheduling" feature.
I can't remember how to turn it on, but it's documented *somewhere* Also,
your xmms binary needs to be suid root (possible security hazard) for it to
work.
HTH,
Jeff
--
Jeff Workman | [End of diatribe. We now return you to your
UNIX System Administrator | regularly scheduled programming...]
Gibralter Publishing |
(910) 455-6446 ext. 3034 | -- Larry Wall, in "Configure" from the
http://www.gibralter.com | perl distribution.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: time keeping correct
Date: 15 Apr 2000 00:35:41 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 14 Apr 2000, Chris Carovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>what's the easiest way to sync my linux box with our timeserver on the lan?
>the timekeeper runs NTP
ntpdate from the xntp package. To set the hardware (CMOS) clock to same
time as system clock use setclock (RedHat), or possibly clock -w in other
distros.
--
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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Subject: Re: Is this OK - mount /home on loop device
From: Jeff Workman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 14 Apr 2000 19:48:17 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John McKown) writes:
>
> Anyway, is it overly stupid to put a filesystem on a loop device? It seems
> to be working fine.
I imagine that a loopback filesystem isn't as fast as a "native" filesystem,
but I wouldn't call using one on a home machine as being "overly stupid",
especially for a /home partition. In fact, you can do some neat things with
loopback that aren't possible with a "native" filesystem, such as encrypted
home directories.
- Jeff
>
> John
--
Jeff Workman | [End of diatribe. We now return you to your
UNIX System Administrator | regularly scheduled programming...]
Gibralter Publishing |
(910) 455-6446 ext. 3034 | -- Larry Wall, in "Configure" from the
http://www.gibralter.com | perl distribution.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Wrote audio CD -- Only Windows can play it it
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 00:35:17 GMT
Installed a TEAC CD-W54E CD-RW, got data read/write working just fine.
So I got cocky and tried to make an audio CD. Ripped a couple tracks
from a CD with cdparanoia (release 9.7). The .wav files play from the
hard drive OK. Wrote the tracks out with cdrecord (1.8a24) using the
command 'cdrecord -v dev=0,0 speed=4 -audio *.wav'. cdrecord goes
through all the right motions, no errors noted. Trouble is, the CD is
not recognized by a CD player, or by the CD player in Linux (Mandrake
6.1). And, to rub salt in the wounds, the CD *does* play under win95.
Obviously the music is there on the disk. Am I missing something? Is
it maybe a problem with this CD-RW drive?
I've tried other music tracks, recording at 1x speed, including '-pad'
in the cdrecord command... I'm stumped. Any suggestions?
Bruce Halco
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: "Jake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: nz.comp,comp.os.ms-windows.nt,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc
Subject: Re: Copying NTFS, ext2 partitions
Date: 14 Apr 2000 20:54:09 EDT
Partition Magic 5 (run from floppies) works very well, also. I've used this
a number of times.
Jake
"Robin Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> use ghost,
> you can download a 14 day trial version from symantics web site
> Should be able to do it in that time frame..........
>
> Donald Gordon wrote:
>
> > I have a new HDD, and would like to copy the NTFS partition (it has NT4
> > inside) from my old HDD onto the new one, while increasing its size.
> > How can I do this? Or should I just give up and reinstall on the new
> > HDD?
> >
> > Ditto for the Linux/ext2 partition. Will a plain cp -dpR from a boot
> > floppy work (i'm worried about hard links, mainly) or should I use
> > something else?
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > --
> > Donald Gordon / donald at dis dot org dot nz / wellington, new zealand
> >
> > "Unix-to-Unix Copy Program," said PDP-1. "You will never find a more
> > wretched hive of bugs and flamers. We must be cautious."
> > -- decwars
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pjtg0707)
Crossposted-To:
comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Subject: Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 00:55:44 GMT
On Fri, 14 Apr 2000 12:23:57 -0700, Ermine Todd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Are you maybe thinking of the early "3-D mouse" that was supposed to allow
>for scanning of 3-D objects?
>
>I also has one of the optical mice (for the PC) back in the '80s (still have
>it actually - I've turned it over and use it as a sensor switch at the
>finish line on pinewood derby race tracks).
I had one of those optical mouse on an IBM PC XT back in the mid 80's.
I can't recall the name of the company now, but I think it was 'pc?? mouse'
. It had three buttons and rides on a special pad with cross patterns on it.
The sensors on the bottom of the mouse counts the reflections off the patterns.
it was a real nifty thing; no moving parts whatsoever!
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Subject: Re: small web server hardware
From: Jeff Workman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 14 Apr 2000 19:59:55 -0400
Alexis Bilodeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> My questions are: what is really important to upgrade?
> Is it sufficient for a small access server (don't we all start small? :
> ) )?
> How much requests could it handle before going down?
This machine will give you real good service if it's set up properly. The
only upgrades you may need to do any time in the near future would be RAM.
About a year ago, I ran a web site via cable modem that got 5,000 - 7,000
hits/day. All this machine had was a P75 and 64 MB RAM. The load average never
got about 0.12 unless myself or another user was logged into the box compiling
something or doing something else CPU intensive.
- Jeff
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From: Vladimir Florinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Question About GNOME Menus
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 18:03:31 -0700
Bracy wrote:
>
> Does anyone know where the non-GNOME application
> information in the GNOME menus are stored?
>
> I know it's a small thing, and not critical at
> all, but the reason why I ask is that when I was
> running RH 6.1, all of my non-GNOME applications
> were either included in the Another Level menus or
> not included in the GNOME menus at all. I liked
> that, because that allowed me to keep them
> organized, and separate my GNOME applications from
> my non-GNOME applications.
>
> However, once I upgrade to RH 6.2, all of those
> non-GNOME applications are included in my GNOME
> menus and there doesn't seem to be a way to move
> them or remove them.
>
> Is there a config file somewhere that I can edit?
>
Gnome menus are in /usr/share/gnome/apps
non-Gnome menus are in /etc/X11/applnk (at least in 6.1, I don't know if this
has changes since).
--
Vladimir
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From: Ian Molton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: mp3 problems
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 02:16:37 +0100
Jeff Workman wrote:
>
> Buchan Milne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Chances are it's you r disk access is not running optimally. Try hdparm in a
> > console (after reading the man page) to fix it and use udma33
> >
> > If I remember, something like
> > hdparm -m16 -d1 -X34
> > should work, but be careful (ie read twice, run once)
whats this? could my linux not be using UDMA33 ? how do I find out if it
is or not?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Lost+found dir How to fix?
Date: 14 Apr 2000 21:31:26 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 15 Apr 2000 00:11:48 GMT, Matt
<<8tOJ4.5286$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>Hi,
>I had a hardware failure that killed my Linux box. As a result I now have
>files in my lost+found directory. Question is: How do I put these
>files/dir's back where they belong?
Use "file" and/or "less" to figure out what the files were, and use "mv"
or "cp" to put them back... you DID have a fairly recent backup, didn't
you? If there are more than 20 or so files in /lost+found, then restoring
from backup would be the easiest and fastest way.
Since files ending up in /lost+found are ref'ed by inode number, it might
be a good idea to do an "ls -iR > inode.txt" for each filesystem, and save
that file somewhere safe Just In Case.
--
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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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