Linux-Misc Digest #170, Volume #24 Sun, 16 Apr 00 19:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: Software to draw geometric figures? (Andres Soolo)
Email for linux console ( [EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: 5250 Emulator for Linux (Cokey de Percin)
Re: soundcard driver ("Louis E. Walker")
Re: uninstaling corel linux ("Tim Hicks")
Re: Just wondering... (Robie Basak)
Re: Which backup software to use? (Leslie Mikesell)
Re: Hard Disk Upgrade Mini How-To: New Version (Kenny McCormack)
Re: Programming Languages on Linux (agricola)
Re: Copying NTFS, ext2 partitions (Leslie Mikesell)
Gnome + GTK+ + GLIB + Glade development under RedHat 5.2 ??? (Robert Heller)
Re: A few questions -> help!! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: how to disable console boot messages (Eric Melville)
Re: Linux Crashed and Can't Get Up (Bob)
Re: mkfs: 'command not found' (Dave Brown)
Redhat 6.2 broke! ("KP")
Re: Linux Crashed and Can't Get Up (Peter T. Breuer)
Re: EIDE CD-RW kernel panic can't mount root (Jan Schaumann)
Re: mkfs: 'command not found' (Tim Haynes)
Re: unrecognized password (Dave Brown)
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From: Andres Soolo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Software to draw geometric figures?
Date: 16 Apr 2000 21:29:33 GMT
Igor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I need some easy piece of software that would help me create .gif files
> with geometric drawings (triangles, rectangles etc).
Try xfig.
> Gimp does not seem
> to be able to do it. it is mostly for photo manipulation (am I wrong?).
Gimp is certainly able to do it, but it's probably much harder.
--
Andres Soolo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
does your DRESSING ROOM have enough ASPARAGUS?
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From: <Bryan Hoyt> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Email for linux console
Date: 17 Apr 2000 09:34:52 +1200
Any advice on what program I should use to download and send email from the linux
console?
I want something relatively powerful, like Netscape Messenger, but for the console.
Thanks
--
Bryan Hoyt
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.crosswinds.net/~artmusic
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From: Cokey de Percin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 5250 Emulator for Linux
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 21:32:58 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Check http://www.anota.com . Simple web based
> TN5250, TN3270 and Telnet. Works in a Browser on
> Linux. Windoz and Mac. Cool.
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Greg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I'm looking for a 5250 X-emulator that will
> enable a user to connect to an
> > AS/400. I don't need file transfer, just a
> terminal emulation session.
> >
> > Any clues? I haven't been able to find one.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Greg
> >
> > --
> > Posted via CNET Help.com
> > http://www.help.com/
> >
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
Try RPMFIND or FreshMeat. There is a tn5250 package that's been
around for awhile, will run in an Xwindow and seems to be maturing.
I've seen reference to an x5250 package also, but haven't had my
hands on it. Also, you should be able to connect to an AS/400 with
tn or x 3270 packages. These use more resources on the 400, but they
do work. My wife was a systems programmer on those beasts for a number
of years and had users connecting with either type of package.
Best
Cokey
--
==================================================================
Cokey de Percin, DBA Email:
Policy Management Systems Corp. Work - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Columbia, South Carolina Home - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Louis E. Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: soundcard driver
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 21:49:44 GMT
Big M wrote:
>
> I'm having a prob setting up the driver for my Aureal Vortex s/c...
> I've got the tarball onto my drive and expanded it, entered the directory it
> setup and become root. According to the readme file, the next step is the
> command: make install20 but.... it's not having any - it says no such
> command, or similar, so it appears that I'm stuck.
> As I'm a novice, I was wondering if some kind soul had any solutions?
> I'm running Mandrake 7.0 from a coverdisk.
> One other thing.... sorry, but as I'm a bit unsure of myself, could you
> spell it out - if poss. It would be greatly appreciated by a humble newbie
> looking for help and encouragement.
> Thanks in advance,
> Cheers!
> M
I had all kinds of problems with Aureal Linux Drivers so I got an
SBLive! Value. If you are looking for high quality sound and
great Linux support, you should getting a different card a shot.
I have heard of other people with Aureal driver problems so it
wouldn't supprise me that it is the driver. If there are
different versions of the driver on their website, you may want
to try others.
--
Louis E. Walker
University of Louisville
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From: "Tim Hicks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: uninstaling corel linux
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 22:50:40 +0100
I was just about to post a very similar question regarding Rh6.1. I assume
that the fdisk /mbr method will work for that as well. My question now is,
what exactly does that do? I always get a little nervous when I'm using
fdisk, and I don't want any surprises when I do it! My Win98 partition
won't be affected by that operation will it?
Thanks for any pointers
tim
"Prasanth Kumar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> SaNaTiZeR wrote:
> >
> > how ?
> >
> > i have a duel boot win98 corel linux
> > linux is installed on seperate hard drive.
> >
> > ne1 help please?
>
> If you are asking for Corel Linux to be no longer booted,
> do either "fdisk /mbr" in the Windows dos prompt OR
> "lilo -u" in the Linux shell. After than, you should go
> directly into Windows. Of course you will need to repartition
> the Linux paritition if needed for other uses.
>
> --
> Prasanth Kumar
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robie Basak)
Subject: Re: Just wondering...
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 16 Apr 2000 21:55:06 GMT
On 16 Apr 2000 19:25:32 GMT, Bastian said:
>On 16 Apr 2000 17:01:11 GMT, Robie Basak wrote:
>>>Tried it, but didn't work ("another fetchmail job is running in foreground")
>>>or something similar. I tried bg'ing them, but didn't work either.
>>
>>Hmm. The man page refers to ~/.fetchmail.pid as the lock file; try
>>removing this before running fetchmail for a new server. Just make sure
>>that you don't try to access the same server twice, and I think you
>>should be alright.
>>
>>Robie.
>>--
>
>I guess I'm too stupid: I tried to kill the lockfile before a new fetchmail
>is called, but then the following happened: the script terminated (no error),
>but after I got back to my computer like two hours later, I happened to notice
>that some tasks eat my entire CPU power (I have 2 cpus). It were several
>fetchmail tasks... Of course I didn't receive the mail I was supposed to get.
>Removing the lockfile doesn't seem to be the best idea....
Oh, well. There is an alternative called getmail, but I don't know if
it supports concurrent connections:
http://www.qcc.sk.ca/~charlesc/software/getmail/
Robie.
--
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Leslie Mikesell)
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.admin
Subject: Re: Which backup software to use?
Date: 16 Apr 2000 16:59:13 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Alexander Bochmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>...on Wed, 12 Apr 2000 19:04:27 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > I have a SCSI-DAT drive and look for the optimal software for
> > making backups of my Linux-Box (SuSE 6.3).
> > I have figured out that there is amanda, cpio and star.
>
>To back up full filesystems, stick with dump / restore, and
>probably tar otherwise. If you blow away the system, you will
>have the least problems restoring stuff with these simple
>tools from a boot floppy or rescue CD.
Tar isn't bad for full filesystems too.
> > recover any special file from the tape as quick as possible.
> > And to be able to store several backups on one tape.
>
>Well, IMHO, both tar and restore will have to go through the
>complete tape to find specific files; I don't currently know
>of a program that can address files on DAT tapes directly
>(although that should be possible).
There is dds2tar at http://www.cs.uni-duesseldorf.de/~weule/sfw/eindex.html
that builds and index so it can use the fast positioning mode
to get to any file quickly.
I think KDAT provides a GUI front end.
Les Mikesell
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenny McCormack)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Hard Disk Upgrade Mini How-To: New Version
Date: 16 Apr 2000 10:59:35 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <8da9lq$rng$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Bill Unruh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In <8da26q$nr4$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenny McCormack)
>writes:
>]>Principal changes in this version: Use of "tar" to copy hard disks no
>]>longer recommended due to a bug.
>
>]Just out of curiosity, which bug is this? I'm curious because I don't use
>]tar b/c of a bug that I am aware of - and want to know if yours is the same
>]as mine.
>
>You are as bad as each other. You also do not state what your bug is. Is
>this some secret society handshake being conducted in public?
I have posted about them at length - in this very NG. I didn't feel like
repeating myself.
Learn how to use Deja - it can be your friend.
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From: agricola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Programming Languages on Linux
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 00:00:21 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In article <8d2apt$qfa$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Kelly) wrote:
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > Lew Pitcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > Peet Grobler wrote:
> > >>
> > >> What programming languages are there on linux? I know about C++,
> Fortran and
> > >> Pascal. But anything else? Anything that's "own" to Linux?
> > [snip]
> [..]
> > btw-anyone use the free version of Eiffel recently?
>
> Yes. The compiler is known as SmallEiffel (The GNU Eiffel compiler):
>
> http://smalleiffel.loria.fr/
>
> with a Repository of useful libraries available from here:
>
> http://smalleiffel.loria.fr/general/repository.html
>
> SmallEiffel interfaces with existing C libraries very easily
> and I have recently added support to GD, jpg and Zlib.
>
> > I read Object
> > Oriented Software Construction years back and was always curious
> > about it.
>
> There is now a second edition:
>
> * OOSC2: Object-Oriented Software Construction, Second Edition
> http://www.elj.com/elj.cgi?article=19990810b
>
> > Care to share any thoughts about Eiffel code writing
> > experience and maybe how it feels similar or different than C++
> > or Smalltalk or other OO languages etc.??
>
> * [C++ Report] Eiffel for Native Speakers of C++
> http://www.elj.com/eiffel/cpp/cpp-report-pd/
>
> * Eiffel vs C++ : One language designer's view - (from 1989 !)
> http://www.elj.com/eiffel/bm/eiffelvscpp89/
>
> * C++??: A Critique of C++ (3rd Ed.) and
> Programming and Language Trends of the 1990s
> http://www.elj.com/cppcv3/
>
> > Also maybe how easy
> > or difficult it is to install and use on a Linux PC would be
> > of interest.
>
> It is very easy to install on most platforms including Linux:
>
> * [SmallEiffel] SmallEiffel Linux Installation
> http://www.elj.com/elj.cgi?article=19991018d
>
> If there are problems then you can always ask the active SmallEiffel
> Mailing list:
>
> http://smalleiffel.loria.fr/support/mailing-list.html
>
> Other good Eiffel resources includes Cetus Links:
>
> http://www.cetus-links.org/oo_eiffel.html
> http://www.cetus-links.org/oo_eiffel_libraries.html
>
> Hope this helps ..
>
> Geoff Eldridge
>
> -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> -- http://www.elj.com/elj-daily.cgi
>
> > TIA
> >
> > --
> >
> > Mike
> > --
> > "I don't want to belong to any club that would have *me* as a member!"
> > -- Groucho Marx
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
what about forth ????????
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Leslie Mikesell)
Crossposted-To: nz.comp,comp.os.ms-windows.nt,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc
Subject: Re: Copying NTFS, ext2 partitions
Date: 16 Apr 2000 17:07:12 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Sun, 16 Apr 2000 13:10:11 +1200, Alex Jenner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>>
>>> >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?
>>>
>>> No. Bad, bad idea: cp does not properly copy block devices, symbolic links,
>>> or file ownership.
>>
>>Hi, I would probably use tar myself, but isn't that's what the "-dpR"
>>options in GNU cp are for?
>
>Shoot! The GNU or Linux people severely modified cp! Good! (I come from
>a BSD 4.x, SunOS background).
cp -a gets things right in GNU cp, but since rcp doesn't match
exactly and I hate remembering obscure differences I usually
install rsync everywhere and use it for both local and remote
copies.
Les Mikesell
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Robert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Gnome + GTK+ + GLIB + Glade development under RedHat 5.2 ???
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 22:14:28 GMT
There is a strong possibility that I will need to develop a Gnome / GTK+
C++ application to be run under RedHat 6.1 (or later). However, my
development machine is presently running RedHat 5.2. There are a pile
of reasons why I cannot just upgrade my machine to Red Hat 6.1 (don't
ask -- you don't really want to know). I have not developed a *pure*
C++ w/GUI application in some time -- generally, I have been using
Tcl/Tk to create a GUI front-end for non-GUI C++ class libraries, but
this job will be different.
I have done some poking around and have found that I cannot just
download the current SRPM release of Gnome, GTK+, GLIB, and Glade and do
a rpm --rebuild, some some parts (gnome-libs in particular) seem to want
some extra stuff: gnome-libs wants utmepter, which needs something from
glibc 2.1, for example. I have no interest in actually running the
Gnome desktop on my RedHat 5.2 box (I personally have no use for the
excessive eye-candy), I just want to create the GUI easily and quickly.
I have upgraded *some* pieces (I am running current versions of the GTK+
and GLIB development packages:
sauron.deepsoft.com% rpm -qa | grep ^gtk
gtk+-1.0.6-3
gtk+-devel-1.2.3-2
gtk+-1.2.3-2
sauron.deepsoft.com% rpm -qa | grep ^glib-
glib-devel-1.2.3-2
glib-1.0.6-3
glib-1.2.3-2
And I am running an older version of gnome:
sauron.deepsoft.com% rpm -qa | grep ^gnome
gnome-core-0.20.1-2
gnome-libs-0.20-3
gnome-libs-devel-0.20-3
gnome-linuxconf-0.14-4rh
And I don't have glade installed at all.
Is there a version of the gnome development libraries and a version of
glade available that can be installed on a more or less stock RedHat 5.2
system? I would *prefer* RPMs (or SRPMs), but I have no trouble with
tarballs of sources.
--
\/
Robert Heller ||InterNet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://vis-www.cs.umass.edu/~heller || [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.deepsoft.com /\FidoNet: 1:321/153
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: A few questions -> help!!
Date: 16 Apr 2000 22:28:46 GMT
"Mr. Bojangles" wrote:
>
> Hi there. I am trying to make the complete switch from Windows to Linux,
> and have made great strides, but need help with a few things.
-- Snip --
>
> 2) I am running RH 6.0, and was invoking X from the command line(startx).
> I had gkrellm and panel in my .xinitrc file, and then switched to runlevel
> 5(graphical login). Now gkrellm does not start. Does it use a different
> init script with the graphical login?
-- Snip --
I recommend against runleve 5. If things go wrong it can get
rather messy. Instead put the following lines at the end of your
.bash_profile file:
# start X on login
if [ $TERM = "linux" ]
then
startx >~/.startx.out 2>&1
exit
fi
You have to login anyway. This will cause you to initiate X without
using the startx command. It will also allow you to telnet in without
starting X. Hope this helps ...
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From: Eric Melville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,redhat.x.general
Subject: Re: how to disable console boot messages
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 15:34:24 -0700
if someone has physical access to your machine, then they can break into
it (think boot floppy, hard drive removal, etc). get over it.
hiding bootup messages is not something that you want to do. there is no
sensitive information that is printed to the screen during bootup. if
you want security, don't use redhat.
-E
> How can I make sure that after booting LILO the screen
> stays blank until X is up? I do not want the typical
> boot messages to appear, which in this case give away
> information on how to break into my system.
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From: Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Crashed and Can't Get Up
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 22:30:07 GMT
Thank you gentleman for siding with the "Newbies" out there trying to
learn a new system, and doing it with kindness. Linux is hard to learn at
first and the "Newbies" need all the help they can get.
youngej wrote:
>
> "Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > : > [ptb wrote]
> > : > Should one stop telling people to "read the instructions" on the
grounds
> > : > that they are not used to reading the instructions? (or perhaps in
> > : > having instructions that can be read, as you seem to imply). One
has to
> > : > bootstrap oneself into a new o/s, and that's a matter of basic
> > : > intelligence, as well as seeking out the instructions in order to
read
> > : > them. The first time I got a unix system, I executed every binary
that
> > : > was executable and that I could find, just to see what it did.
Thus I
> > : > discovered "man". No, I didn't read the instructions either. They
came
> > : > in two wall-shelves of bound printouts. "cd" was enough, plus the
help
> > : > output from most executables.
> >
> > : Arrogance is unbecoming, and you are displaying a fine example of
> > : it to the world. We all have to start somewhere. The man pages
> >
> > I'm sorry? What's arrogant about the above? I'm pointing out that
> > anyone has to bootstrap themselves up to speed. Do it your way, but
> > do it! There's no royal road to knowledge. Learning is always up to
> > you.
> >
> > : are excellent for someone with a wealth of background knowledge.
> >
> > They're excellent for anyone. I can personally testify that you don't
> > need any klnowledge at all to use them. I didn't have any knowledge
> > before I read them. Above I pointed out that I executed every binary
> > on the system just to _find_ what later I knew as the man pages.
> > man intro(1) I recall as particularly useful.
> >
> > : Newbies are trying to get that. Help them along with kindness.
> > : They are your friends, not your rivals. After all, the intelligence
> > : you insult today may build a progam you enjoy tomorrow...
> >
> > Where is intelligence being insulted? What are you on about? And people
> > respond to challenge, not to being patronized!
>
> Your learning style, being able to read and understand manuals, is
> common to about 12% (NT) of the general population according to
> Myers-Briggs. The three other learning styles are: learn by doing (SP),
> learn by repetition (SJ), and learning through interaction with others
(NF).
> They compromise the other 88% of the general population. I suspect
that
> the general programming population is skewed slightly toward NT. But not
> completely.
>
> NT's, especially young ones, or ones who have chosen to shy away from
> interaction with other folks, can be seen as arrogant. And they are,
> until they realize that not everyone experiences the world as they do.
>
> When you are offering help to the general public, you are dealing with
> many types of personalities. Some (NF), are quite sensitive to personal
> criticism, however well intended.
>
> When you answer questions in this forum you are an ambassador not only
> to Linux and open source, but also to yourself. Do you really want to
> intentionally turn off another person? I doubt it. You did after all
> offer useful help. Pointing out where and how to find answers is much
> better received when not accompanied with "Now what was the mote in your
> eye that prevented you doing or seeing that?" (which would be construed
> by a sensitive person as an insult to their intelligence).
>
> Just a thought ...
--
Posted via CNET Help.com
http://www.help.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Brown)
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: mkfs: 'command not found'
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 16 Apr 2000 17:36:48 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Phil Jones wrote:
> Are you logged in as root when trying as "command not found"
>can be caused by permissions. On several Linux Systems I have tried
>you need to be root before you can format a floppy disk. In KDE 1.2
>there is a Kfloppy a format program which any user can use.
If you are logged in as root, this cannot be caused by permissions.
The root account bypasses permissions (with the exception of files owned
by root). If it is a permission problem, the error message would be
"permission denied" not "not found". (You have to be able to "find" it
before you can check its permissions.)
--
Dave Brown Austin, TX
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From: "KP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Redhat 6.2 broke!
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 14:39:48 -0700
Reply-To: "KP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I switched to the GNOBE from KKE and now, it doesn't work. I can move the
mouse around and nothing happens! I tried to use the command prompt to
switch back to the KKE interface, but it won't work, nothing opens! I
suppose I should just unistall Linux and wait until it gets better.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter T. Breuer)
Subject: Re: Linux Crashed and Can't Get Up
Date: 17 Apr 2000 00:48:50 +0100
Michael Powe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: >>>>> "Peter" == Peter T Breuer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
: Peter> Bob ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: : My question to the
: Peter> Linux users that gave all their answers, Why do you : have
: Peter> to be so rude when a guy asked for help? Attitude like that
: Peter> will not
: Peter> Hello .. have I missed somebody referring to me? Please
: Peter> mail me if you want to insult me personally :-).
: Peter> The answer to your question, whatever you are referring to:
: Peter> it's probably not rudeness but truth. If the truth hurts
: Peter> you in any way at all, then it's your problem.
: The truth is not a weapon -- although you would make it one. Because
I'm sorry, truth IS a weapon. A very potent one, I hope!
: you are rude does not mean you are more "truthful" than people who
Hey, it's rude to call people rude! Kindly keep your personal opinions
to yourself and concentrate on the facts :-).
: aren't. It means you are more rude. Period. There are many, many
: people in technical newsgroups who can answer a question without
: sneering or treating the questioner like an idiot. The fact that you
Sneer? Treating like an idiot? These are your attributed qualities. They
bear no relation to reality, only to your idea of "social norms". I
won't bother telling you what I think of them or the rationalization
that allows you to present your feelings in those terms.
: can't do that doesn't mean you are "more truthful" -- it means you
: have poor control over yourself and your language.
That's your insult, and you are entitled to it!
Personally I prefer to call an idiot an idiot. It saves on whitewash.
And I have no problem with being called an idiot myself. If I'm wrong,
I'm wrong, and I'll be glad to be corrected and shown an error in
my thinking or hypotheses. There's no shame attached. It's simply
a fact.
Now just what is the slight that you have imagined?
: mp
Pete
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From: Jan Schaumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,com.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: EIDE CD-RW kernel panic can't mount root
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 18:49:30 -0400
Eugene wrote:
>
> You probably disabled IDE HD support when you compiled the kernel. That is
> not a good idea ;-)
>
Yeah, okay, okay - not so smart...
Now I recompiled and seem to have done everything correctly. it boots
nicely and recognizes the cd-rw and all. However, when it comes to
"finding module dependencies" it hangs. I have to interrupt with Ctrl-C.
It continues to boot and all systems function normally. Only, I lost
sound.
I have the cd-rw as a slave to my normal cd-rom, which is connected to
the soundcard.
Any further hints?
TIA,
-Jan
> Jan Schaumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > so I bought myself a nifty new toy: an E-IDE Yamaha CD-RW (I don't know
> > which model, but I checked it, and it's supported).
> >
> > Following the cd-writing-howto and the README.ATAPI from xcdroast, I
> > recompile the kernel with scsi-support and so on and try to reboot.
> > But the kernel panics andtells me it can't mount root:
> >
> > request_module[block-major-8]: Root fs not mounted
> > Can't mount root on 3 00
> >
> > or something like that.
> >
> > Is there anybody out there who can enlighten me or direct me to further
> > reading?
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > -Jan
> >
> > --
> > Jan Schaumann
> > http://jschauma-0.dsl.speakeasy.net
> >
> > Listen, you big, stupid space-creature. Nobody, but nobody, eats the
> > Simpsons!
> >
> > -- Homer Simpson
> > Treehouse of Horror
--
Jan Schaumann
http://jschauma-0.dsl.speakeasy.net
don't have to remember anything.
-- Mark Twain
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tim Haynes)
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: mkfs: 'command not found'
Date: 16 Apr 2000 23:54:17 +0100
Reply-To: "Tim Haynes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Brown) writes:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Phil Jones wrote:
> > Are you logged in as root when trying as "command not found"
> >can be caused by permissions. On several Linux Systems I have tried
> >you need to be root before you can format a floppy disk. In KDE 1.2
> >there is a Kfloppy a format program which any user can use.
>
> If you are logged in as root, this cannot be caused by permissions.
> The root account bypasses permissions (with the exception of files owned
> by root). If it is a permission problem, the error message would be
> "permission denied" not "not found". (You have to be able to "find" it
> before you can check its permissions.)
You would get permission problems as root if something you're relying on as
executable isn't, or you're screwing around on NFS with norootsquash.
As a general point, if the thing you're executing is a script and is giving
you grief, check out that it's not got DOS cr/lf line-endings ("cat -v" is
useful here) and that the #! line points to a valid interpreter (see first
point again - if you've got ^Ms on the end of the lines, the chances are
your interepreter isn't what you think it is).
~Tim
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Brown)
Subject: Re: unrecognized password
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 16 Apr 2000 17:54:00 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Robie Basak wrote:
>Quite often /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow are readonly for safety; when
>saving in vi, type :w! to override.
>
>This all assumes that the root partition is mounted read-write, if
>not, type:
> mount -o rw,remount /
>to fix (make sure you unmount it afterwards).
Incidentally, I've had difficulty in doing this on RedHat. In order
to delete the password, it seems necessary to remove the encryption in
/etc/shadow; simply removing the "x" in /etc/passwd doesn't seem to
work with the shadow suite. But trying to use the "!" override in
vi doesn't seem to override anything when root is editing a read-only
file owned by root. (Maybe it's vim...) So I have to "chmod +w" on the
shadow file first.
--
Dave Brown Austin, TX
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