Linux-Misc Digest #309, Volume #24 Sat, 29 Apr 00 09:13:01 EDT
Contents:
Re: Booting DOS6.1 on a second IDE drive (Svend Olaf Mikkelsen)
Re: par. IOmega ZIP: wrong major or minor number
Re: Wine no longer work under RH 6.2 (Marcel Pol)
Re: local ftp install ("Tim Hicks")
Re: Problem with running windows98 and linux5.2 (Hans Dumbrajs)
Re: Disabling the boot logo ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Seeking URL for modem setup list (sleddog)
Re: RH 6.1 install says not enough memory (Graham Daniell)
Re: Strange Netscape Behavior with RH 6.2 (Graham Daniell)
Netscape profiles under Linux? (Graham Daniell)
Re: How can I tell Linux-Intel from Linux-Alpha (Robert Heller)
How can I add a remote terminal via a modem ? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: RH 6.1 install says not enough memory ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Linux and SCO (Tony Lawrence)
Re: book of love (Axel)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Svend Olaf Mikkelsen)
Subject: Re: Booting DOS6.1 on a second IDE drive
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 09:17:43 GMT
Nick van Stigt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>other=/dev/hdb1
>label=dos
http://inet.uni2.dk/~svolaf/part.txt
--
Svend Olaf
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: par. IOmega ZIP: wrong major or minor number
Date: 29 Apr 2000 09:51:23 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> This is strange, since major and minor number are correct for sda4
> (see manpage for sd)
> how does the partition table of sda look?
>
Thank you for answering!
The two disk I tried had no partition table at all
I must have blown that sometime before. Had I tried a third disk,
I might have found the solution (or blow that one too;-).
By creating the partition table all problems are gone
Thanks again
Jacob
------------------------------
From: Marcel Pol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Wine no longer work under RH 6.2
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 12:21:15 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yibing Fan wrote:
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I upgraded from RH 6.1 to RH 6.2. The good news is my sound card is
> automaticlly detected
> and works great :)
> The bad news is wine is not working any more, I got
>
> err:seh:EXC_DefaultHandling Unhandled exception code c0000005 flags 0
> addr 0x407b7625
>
> I have no clue what went wrong. It was working under RH 5.2 6.0 and
> 6.1
Wine is still in development. It keeps changing.
Sometimes it happens that something that didn't work before, does work
now. Sometimes it is the other way around.
You might try a previous version if that worked fine for you.
****************
<> Marcel Pol <>
<> <>
<> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <>
****************
------------------------------
From: "Tim Hicks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: local ftp install
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 11:19:01 +0100
I have tried (and failed!) to do what you want to do. What I do know is
that you need to get hold of the 'net' boot image for your boot disk. I
think it's on the RH6.1 cd, but it's definitely on www.redhat.com
tim
"Alex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
> I have a working RedHat 6.1 dist installed on a PII. I have a 486 that
I
> want to use as a gateway, but has no CD access.
> I have tried an ftp install, using the PII in which I will host the
> RedHat
> CD. A previous RedHat 5.2 bootdisk gave me the option of installing from
> ftp, but 6.1 did not.
> I am trying to do this using one of those PCNet adaptors (cheap network
> cards that plug into the COM port). Has anyone successfully installed
off
> a
> local ftp? Will there be suitable drivers for the network card?
> Thanks for your time,
> Alex
>
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
------------------------------
From: Hans Dumbrajs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem with running windows98 and linux5.2
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 14:49:23 +0300
jason wrote:
>
> After installing linux5.2,
Wow! I want a copy of that! Where did you download linux 5.2? (As far as I know the
latest
linux version is 2.3.99prexx.
>everytime i double click 'my computer', it
> takes several minutes to open it.
As far as I know not even KDE has no "my computer" icon(maybe it has.. haven't usd
it).. are you
possibly running windows?
If yes, then what does this have to do with linux?
> when i use the internet explorer, it's
> even worst. it takes ages to open the site. everytime i click the links,
> it has the same problem.
Hmm.. there is definatly no internet explorer for linux, so yes it seems your problem
is that
you're running windows and you are mistaking it for linux (5.2??)
> i'm using overclocked pentium pro 200mhz, 32mb
> ram and 2.4gb quantum hard disk.
Congratulations!
> please help.
>
try asking in a microsoft newsgroup. Maybe they can make something out of "strange"
questions like
yours.
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
--
Hans Dumbrajs / [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tel: +358-9-88176060
Fax: +358-3-31390898
GSM: +358-5-05941341
ICQ: 16859609
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Disabling the boot logo
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 11:37:26 GMT
Hi everyone,
Thank your for your replies. But my problem is that I want to use the
framebuffer, but I need to disable the logo, else my screen stays
small... I have looked at the sources but I couldn't decide what I
should comment out ... :-)
Can you give me any tips on editing the kernel source in order to
achieve my goal?
Candidates are
/usr/src/linux-2.2.13/include/linux/linux_logo.h
/usr/src/linux-2.2.13/include/asm-i386/linux_logo.h
/usr/src/linux-2.2.13/include/asmh/linux_logo.h
/usr/src/linux-2.2.13/drivers/video/fbcon.c
I would greatly appreciate any help on this! :-)
Bye,
Joane
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (sleddog)
Subject: Seeking URL for modem setup list
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 12:00:18 GMT
I once saw here a link to a page that had a list of internal modems with
installation help. Unfortunately I've lost the link.
I have a 56k USR internal that I need help installing in RH 6. I don't
think it's a winmodem -- at least it functions fine in WinNT without
installing any additional software.
Does anyone know the internal modem help page I'm referring to?
--
sleddog
------------------------------
From: Graham Daniell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: RH 6.1 install says not enough memory
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 19:58:12 +0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I found out what it was that caused my problem. With RH 5.2, if you
chose "server" in the install process, you got a server installed WITH
fvm (or whatever the X interface was called).
With RH 6.1, if you choose "server" as an install option, you get NO
GUI! Only a TEXT-BASED server system!
This is progress?
Regards,
Graham Daniell
==========================
Graham Daniell wrote:
>
> I am trying to install Redhat 6.1 on a PC with a Pentium 100 processor,
> 32 MB EDO RAM, 256k cache, a 4 MB video card and a 3GB HDD with 2GB free
> space.
>
> Each time I install, it comes up with a message saying I don't have
> enough memory, and drops from Graphical install mode to text install
> mode. After the install, I find that startx and Xconfigurator are not
> installed.
>
> It seems that RH 6.1 thinks I don't have enough memory for graphics, but
> it is MORE THAN adequate for Windoze, so why not for Linux?
>
> Can anyone give me a clue why this is happening?
>
> Graham Daniell
> Perth, Western Australia
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
Graham Daniell
Perth, Western Australia
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
------------------------------
From: Graham Daniell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Strange Netscape Behavior with RH 6.2
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 19:43:42 +0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Five minutes before reading your message I had a similar problem
creating new address book entries in Netscape 4.72 under Win95! When I
added a name to the address book, it didn't show up until I shut down
the address book and then opened it again!
I think this must be a more basic problem with netscape than just a
Linux problem.
Graham Daniell
================
Charles Tryon wrote:
>
> Here's one that's got me stumped!
>
> I just installed RH 6.2 Linux on a Dell Latitude laptop. After fiddling
> for a long time getting the display to come up at 800x600, everything seems
> to be working great...
>
> ...except for one really strange thing....
>
> When I run Netscape (4.7 or 4.72), the address book is completely
> torqued!
>
> I can add names, but they don't show up when I try to send mail. If I
> try to click on names in the address book, about half will create the
> modify dialogue, but half don't respond at all. Then, when I hit the OK
> button, it adds another duplicate entry to the list, but it DOESN'T DISMISS
> THE DIALOGUE. For every OK I hit, I get another duplicate name in the
> list, but the window doesn''t go away until I hit CANCEL.
>
> I've tried multiple copies of Netscape (all of which run fine on my RH
> 6.1 desktop). I've blown away the .netscape directory *and* the
> /usr/local/netscape directory and started over from scratch. I've tried
> multiple kernels (2.2.10 and 2.3.99-pre5). They ALL give the same
> behavior. I'm wondering if there is something strange with the X server
> that runs with the Neomagic video subsystem.
>
> --
>
> Your Servant, <><
> B. Baggins [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> _________________________________________________________________________
> "Never laugh at live dragons, Bilbo you fool!"
> --Bilbo, after a scorching from Smaug.
--
Graham Daniell
Perth, Western Australia
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
------------------------------
From: Graham Daniell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Netscape profiles under Linux?
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 19:51:05 +0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have Linux 6.0 installed on my PC and when I log on as root, I have
Netscape set up to access my work SMTP server email address.
When i log on as myself, I have Netscape set up to access my HOME email
address.
This works OK, but is inconvenient. To change from my work email to my
home email I have to shut down X, log out and log in as myself, and
restart Netscape.
Is there any way I can set up separate user "Profiles" in Netscape for
Linux as I can do under Netscape for Windows?
Thanks,
Graham Daniell
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
------------------------------
From: Robert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How can I tell Linux-Intel from Linux-Alpha
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 12:26:40 GMT
U.V. Ravindra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
In a message on Sat, 29 Apr 2000 01:00:46 GMT, wrote :
UR> It works :) Thanks. There isn't a pre-existing utility
UR> which will give me this, is there? I mean, I don't want
UR> to distribute the compiled binary on to *all* my current
UR> (and - more dreadful - future) Linux machines, if I have
UR> an alternative.
You do: distribute the *source*.
UR>
UR> Thanks!
UR>
UR> :-R
UR>
UR> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
UR> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
UR> > On Fri, 28 Apr 2000 21:13:21 GMT,
UR> > U.V. Ravindra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
UR> >
UR> > >Thanks for the note, but `uname -m` on Intel returns "i?86" (?=4/5/6
UR> etc)
UR> > >on Compaq-Alpha returns "alpha", which still means I have to *know*
UR> that
UR> > >'Alpha' is a 64-bit processor and the i?86-s are 32-bit chips. I
UR> could
UR> > >easily hardcode this in my script with a case-esac, but that may fall
UR> > >apart when the ia64 comes out! :)
UR> >
UR> > sizeof(void *) * CHAR_BIT
UR> > ?
UR> >
UR> > it seems to work on my i686 box, but i don't have a 64 bit machine to
UR> test
UR> > it on.
UR> >
UR> > --
UR> > Chance is irrelevant. We will succeed. -- Seven of Nine
UR> >
UR>
UR>
UR> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
UR> Before you buy.
UR>
--
\/
Robert Heller ||InterNet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://vis-www.cs.umass.edu/~heller || [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.deepsoft.com /\FidoNet: 1:321/153
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: How can I add a remote terminal via a modem ?
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 12:31:36 GMT
I have just Install Linux redhat 6.0 on a computer at my office, and I
need to use another computer at home to dial in this computer for doing
some tasks, but I don't know how to set up that . ( I have already set
up a modem for this computer and run minicom telecommunication program
well)
please help me with setting up the computer at my office, as much
detail as possible ( such as checklist)
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Ha
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
------------------------------
From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: RH 6.1 install says not enough memory
Date: 29 Apr 2000 12:53:54 GMT
In comp.os.linux.help Graham Daniell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I found out what it was that caused my problem. With RH 5.2, if you
: chose "server" in the install process, you got a server installed WITH
: fvm (or whatever the X interface was called).
: With RH 6.1, if you choose "server" as an install option, you get NO
: GUI! Only a TEXT-BASED server system!
: This is progress?
Well, at least RH have made a step in the right direction, then. Anyone setting
up a server should be going through the packages one by one. Apparently you
are now starting to do that. Sounds good.
Peter
------------------------------
From: Tony Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.sco.misc
Subject: Re: Linux and SCO
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 13:04:39 GMT
Linus Torvalds wrote:
> T.E.Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >ASCII backspace is control/H, aka BS (127 is DEL).
>
> This is an old, and totally bogus argument.
>
> ASCII BS (the character) is indeed \010, aka character 8, aka ^H.
>
> But that has absolutely nothing to do with the _keyboard_button_ that
> often has a back arrow on it, and also often these days has the text
> "Back Space" on it.
>
> And guess what? People _expect_ it to _delete_ the preceding character.
Yes, they do. And that's why erase is set to CTRL-H on the
SCO box I am using this very moment as I write this. On the
Linux box that sits half naked beside it awaiting
installation of tape drive and other things I need before it
can become my desktop machine, erase is, of course, CTRL-?
or 127. When I telnet from a SCO machine to a Linux
machine, resetting erase and intr is only the beginning of
what I need to do to avoid driving myself crazy.
Of course, once I switch to Linux as my deskop, the problem
will be reversed when I access customer's SCO machines from
that box. And if I happen to be at the client's site, who
knows which machine I'll be sitting at and which machines
I'll need to get to- increasingly I have more and more
clients running both SCO and Linux.
Admittedly, it's SCO's damn fault. It would have been
smarter to make the SCO console and xterms act like a vt100
as you did with Linux. But what's done is done, and it was
done a long time ago, so it's much too late now,
What I need is a terminal emulator, ideally open source, and
that has the usual ansi, vt100 and perhaps wyse emulations,
but more importantly, has both Linux and SCO console
personalities (and it would have to account for Unixware
peculiarities too, I guess). When going from SCO to Linux it
also would need to take care of those damn color issues that
leave me blindly typing purple text on a purple background.
With that, I could work comfortably cross-platform without
constantly screwing up. I'm not sure what other issues
might come up going from Linux to SCO; I guess I'll find out
as I start doing that more..
I just had a thought- I have Merge on my SCO box and Win4Lin
( http://aplawrence.com/Reviews/win4lin.html ) on Linux. I
can run one of the Windows terminal emulators- just kidding
:-)
--
Tony Lawrence ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
SCO/Linux articles, help, book reviews, tests,
job listings and more : http://www.pcunix.com
------------------------------
From: Axel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.non.sequitur,alt.music.joe-carta-band
Subject: Re: book of love
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 08:07:45 -0700
hoKEy wOLf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> proves the law of fives:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (The
>Queen of Cans and Jars) wrote:
>
>> Beekeeper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> > On Thu, 27 Apr 2000 16:21:10 -0400, "counterpoint: jim carleton"
>> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >
>> > >This, from Axel:
>> > >
>> > >>David Castrodale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> proves the law of fives:
>> > >>
>> > >>>
>> > >>>
>> > >>>hoKEy wOLf wrote:
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Castrodale
>> > >>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>> > Nealworm wrote:
>> > >>>> > >
>> > >>>> > > On Mon, 24 Apr 2000 16:15:03 GMT, David Castrodale
>> > >>>> > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake thusly:
>> > >>>> > >
>> > >>>> > > >
>> > >>>> > > >
>> > >>>> > > >Fred Levi-Addison wrote: > > David Castrodale
>> > >>>> > > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> enjoys the great taste of beef: >
>> > >>>> > > >> >
>> > >>>> > > >> >
>> > >>>> > > >> >Nealworm wrote:
>> > >>>> > > >> >>
>> > >>>> > > >> >> On Sun, 23 Apr 2000 13:36:21 -0400, the portable jim
>> > >>>> > > >> >> carleton
>> > >>>> > > >> >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake thusly:
>> > >>>> > > >> >>
>> > >>>> > > >> >> >This, from hoKEy wOLf:
>> > >>>> > > >> >> >
>> > >>>> > > >> >> >>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David
>> > >>>> > > >> >> >>Castrodale
>> > >>>> > > >> >> >><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > >>>> > > >> >> >>
>> > >>>> > > >> >> >>> Nealworm wrote:
>> > >>>> > > >> >> >>> >
>> > >>>> > > >> >> >>> > On Sun, 23 Apr 2000 04:32:31 GMT, David Castrodale
>> > >>>> > > >> >> >>> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> > >>>> > > >> >> >>> > spake thusly:
>> > >>>> > > >> >> >>> >
>> > >>>> > > >> >> >>> > >hey, i just realized that this newsgroup is
>> > >>>> > > >> >> >>> > >completely
>> > >>>> > > >> >> >>> > >TROLL-RESISTANT.
>> > >>>> > > >> >> >>> > >think about it, it's impossible.
>> > >>>> > > >> >> >>> >
>> > >>>> > > >> >> >>> > I respond this to refuse troll obvious
>> > >>>> > > >> >> >>>
>> > >>>> > > >> >> >>> blatant respond troll refush I this
>> > >>>> > > >> >> >>
>> > >>>> > > >> >> >>refush troll this I blatant response
>> > >>>> > > >> >> >
>> > >>>> > > >> >> >i hace teh baltant torll resposh refush guh.
>> > >>>> > > >> >>
>> > >>>> > > >> >> Cape cod
>> > >>>> > > >> >
>> > >>>> > > >> >WHITNEY HOUSTON: driving a boat! driving a boat!
>> > >>>> > > >>
>> > >>>> > > >> DONALD FAGEN: Them cats from Hartford/Sure loved the
>> > >>>> > > >> nightlife
>> > >>>> > > >
>> > >>>> > > >HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON: i probably shouldn't get my wallet wet
>> > >>>> > >
>> > >>>> > > RONNIE SEWAGE: So dis fucken kid asks me if I like dese new
>> > >>>> > > fucken
>> > >>>> > > bands like U2... U2? I sez...fuck you too buddy!!! Buncha
>> > >>>> > > fairies!!
>> > >>>> >
>> > >>>> > ALFRED ADLER: i hate this stupid song, it's just the same thing
>> > >>>> > over and over again and the story's not even that good
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>> you're right that IS a good song then
>> > >>>
>> > >>>he's chipped his tooth on a microphone
>> > >>
>> > >>Gone swimming. Be back in a hour or so.
>> > >
>> > >try shifting your cole slaw
>> >
>> > am i allowed to play with the problem machine? it causes problems
>>
>> no, we're putting you over here with the automatic bocce generator.
>> it's safer. just...generate some bocce. i'll be back in a few minutes
>> to check on you.
>>
>> is that sawdust i smell? gross.
>
>meet the gnu bocce
The correct term is gnu/linux bocce.
--
| This little nugget of wisdom brought to you by: |
| -------------------->Axel<--------------------- |
| mhm23x3 |
| @ |
| hotmail.com |
| |
| "Meow. Even if you have no place to do it but |
| your own newsgroup in alt.bonehead.*" |
| --Ayatollah Meow |
---------------------------------------------------
------------------------------
** FOR YOUR REFERENCE **
The service address, to which questions about the list itself and requests
to be added to or deleted from it should be directed, is:
Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You can send mail to the entire list (and comp.os.linux.misc) via:
Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Linux may be obtained via one of these FTP sites:
ftp.funet.fi pub/Linux
tsx-11.mit.edu pub/linux
sunsite.unc.edu pub/Linux
End of Linux-Misc Digest
******************************
