Linux-Misc Digest #310, Volume #24 Sat, 29 Apr 00 13:13:05 EDT
Contents:
BEWARE thelinuxstore.com , also known as msquaredsystems.com CUSTOMER ("change")
Re: how to start x-server automatically? (Patricia)
Re: Netscape profiles under Linux? (Tom Pfeifer)
Re: Netscape profiles under Linux? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
scsi dds2 bakup ("ChemSoft GmbH")
Re: scsi dds2 bakup (Gustav Kristoffer Ek)
Re: XFree86 4.0 rpms (Me)
Re: book of love (hoKEy wOLf)
Re: VT102 or VT220 emulation ("T.E.Dickey")
Re: Linux and SCO (Bill Vermillion)
Re: Linux and SCO (Tony Lawrence)
Re: Strange Netscape Behavior with RH 6.2 (Carter Brey)
Re: Disabling the boot logo (Robie Basak)
Storm Linux takes control? (mh)
HP 8100i CDRW Setup Help (Milton Vega)
Re: scsi dds2 bakup (Phil Jones)
Re: scsi dds2 bakup (Marc Andre Selig)
Re: Linux Problem ("Peter Hutchison")
Re: Linux and SCO (Frank da Cruz)
Re: Netscape profiles under Linux? ("Gareth Da Man")
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From: "change" <changeme@changeme>
Subject: BEWARE thelinuxstore.com , also known as msquaredsystems.com CUSTOMER
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 02:38:13 -0400
BEWARE thelinuxstore.com , also known as msquaredsystems.com CUSTOMER
SERVICE BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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From: Patricia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to start x-server automatically?
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 15:54:04 +0200
On Sat, 29 Apr 2000, David Waffen wrote:
>How can I toggle starting x at boot up? I did not configure x to start
>so I type "startx" and get enlightenment gnome'ish. I would like know
>how to make the system start x automatically and then unconfigure so it
>won't.
>
>Is there something like /usr/dt/bin/dtconfig -[ed], like on Solaris?
>
>Thanks David
David
login as root or su
edit /etc/inittab
replace id:3:initdefault: (default startup in tekstmode)
with id:5:initdefault: (default startup in X mode)
--
Good Luck
Patricia
http://www.crosswinds.net/~beginnerslinux
Red Hat Linux release 6.0 (Hedwig)
Kernel 2.2.5-15
3:55pm up 3 days, 2:22, 2 users, load average: 1.53, 1.20, 1.06
Sat Apr 29 15:55:48 CEST 2000
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From: Tom Pfeifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Netscape profiles under Linux?
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 14:00:29 GMT
There's no support for profiles in Linux Netscape unfortunately, but
there's a couple ways you could improve on the situation you have now.
First of all, it's not necessary to shut down Netscape and X to get to
your other account. For example, if you're logged in as root and running
Netscape (which isn't a real good idea to begin with), you can start up
a 2nd X session by:
1) Ctrl + Alt + F2 to get to a tty2 login prompt
2) Login under your user account
3) Type 'startx -- :1' to start a 2nd X session
4) Start up a 2nd instance of Netscape which will have your user
settings
You can toggle between the two X sessions by using Ctrl + Alt + F7 to
get to the 1st session, and Ctrl + Alt + F8 to get back to the 2nd
session.
What may be even better is to access both accounts using one instance of
Netscape. To do that, you can use a program like fetchmail to retrieve
mail from multiple email accounts to your user mail box in
/var/spool/mail, and then set up Netscape to use "MoveMail" as the
incoming mail server under Preferences - Mail Servers. This will bring
all your mail into Netscape's Inbox, where you can set up filters to
sort it if you want. Fetchmail can run on demand from the command line,
or can also be run as a daemon to automatically retrieve mail every so
often. The use of fetchmail also requires a Mail Transport Agent, such
as exim, to be set up to deliver local mail.
This is the way I do it. I'm not all that experienced with email under
Linux myself, so others may have some better ideas, including using
other email clients such as Mutt instead of Netscape
Tom
Graham Daniell wrote:
>
> 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]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Netscape profiles under Linux?
Date: 29 Apr 2000 14:01:13 GMT
Graham Daniell wrote:
>
> 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?
You could have two .netscape directories in your home
directory,
~/.netscape-home
~/.netscape-work
Then have two buttons, menu selections, whatever accesses
to netscape, one for work, and one for home. Instead of
calling up netscape, first symlink the directory of choice
to ~/.netscape, then invoke netscape. I haven't tried this
but it should work. It's worth a try.
I wouldn't run root any more that I had to If I were you.
It's just too easy to make a system damaging mistake.
I do most of my admin from a root window in my user login.
I use Eterm, and my root windows are tinted very red. You
really want to think twice, act once, for every command
you run as root. Casual use of root will bite you.
(said as I lick old wounds ;-)
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From: "ChemSoft GmbH" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: scsi dds2 bakup
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 16:12:52 +0200
hi all,
i have got an 2gb scsi hp surestore tape.
now i try to use it to backup my system but something goes wrong.
the tape is detected as /dev/st0.
i can backup files on it using tar and i can restore them. but when i try to
append other files, tar overwrites the first backup files cause of the
tape-drive spools to the beginning of the tape.
another questions is how is it possible to backup more files then 2gb with
this 2gb tape-drive.
thanks in advanve
Tobias
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From: Gustav Kristoffer Ek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: scsi dds2 bakup
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 16:20:37 +0200
In article <8eeqb1$qpp$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "ChemSoft GmbH"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> i have got an 2gb scsi hp surestore tape.
> now i try to use it to backup my system but something goes wrong.
> the tape is detected as /dev/st0.
> i can backup files on it using tar and i can restore them. but when i try
> to
> append other files, tar overwrites the first backup files cause of the
> tape-drive spools to the beginning of the tape.
You have to use /dev/nst0 Its the non-rewinding edition of /dev/st0
- gustav
====================================================================
Gustav Kristoffer Ek, Netcetera, Brol�ggerstr�de 4, 1211 K�benhavn K
Telefon +45 33 14 70 00 / +45 20 40 00 05 - Faximile +45 33 14 62 00
Webdesign, Webhotel, Mailhotel, UUCP & mere http://www.netcetera.dk/
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From: Me <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: XFree86 4.0 rpms
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 09:05:42 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Martin Sanborn wrote:
> I plan on installing the binary packages from xfree86.org that correspond to
> the files contained in XFree86-4.0-0.x.i386.rpm. Specifically, these are
> Xman.tgz, Xmod.tgz, Xbin.tgz, Xlib.tgz, and Xetc.tgz. I won't install the
> others since the rest of the XFree-4.0 RPMs (fonts, board-specific server,
> docs, devel, extra libs) are all OK.
Mixing the X binaries and rawhide RPMs worked just fine. I did need to install
the Xxdm.tgz package as well, since the XFree-4.0-xdm-0.x.i386.rpm was also
broken. After removing all the old Xfree packages, I installed all the RPMs
with --nodeps. With the rpms installed, I proceeded to install the X???.tgz
files. I used xf86conf to get the basic configuration, and then tweeked the
XF86Config file myself. By default, the load "glx" line is commented out in the
XF86Config file, so make sure to uncomment it.
The improvement over the old drivers is quite impressive, even on my very modest
(and nearly ancient) Pentium 200 MHz sans MMX.
Marty
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: hoKEy wOLf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.non.sequitur,alt.music.joe-carta-band
Subject: Re: book of love
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 10:37:28 -0400
In article <8eemnj$jmh$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Axel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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.
i dotn even kwno how to raed
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From: "T.E.Dickey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: VT102 or VT220 emulation
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 15:09:49 GMT
Clifton T. Sharp Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Wife needs either VT102 or VT220 emulation for her real estate comms.
> Seems like all the 'term' things (xterm, gnome-term, rxvt, etc.) sport at
> least VT102, but:
The XFree86 xterm supports ANSI color and VT220 emulation
There's an faq at
http://www.clark.net/pub/dickey/xterm/xterm.faq.html
ftp://ftp.clark.net/pub/dickey/xterm
> * only rxvt will print on the requested command (KP-period);
? (attached printer doesn't have much to do with the keypad)
> * only gnome-terminal gives a consistent PF4 for shift-F4 key
that's incorrect anyway (assuming that you're talking vt102/vt220).
> * NONE seems to have any documentation on keyboard mappings
(it's a table in ctlseqs.ms in xterm)
--
Thomas E. Dickey
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.clark.net/pub/dickey
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Crossposted-To: comp.unix.sco.misc
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Vermillion)
Subject: Re: Linux and SCO
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 14:56:23 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Tony Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>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.
Since I don't have any Linux systems running here at the moment -
let me ask this. Does the Linux implementation accuratly
emulate the VT100 - where the <-- key is ^? and shift <--
is ^H.
So many of the terminal emulation programs I've seen (and the real
VT102 I've used - which really could be called finger muscle
builders) have shift BS as the erase. Some also have the ability
to 'flip' the behaviour.
I think it would be better to leave the VT100 emulation alone and
build an alternate emulator than to muck with the VT100 'standard'.
--
Bill Vermillion bv @ wjv.com
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From: Tony Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.sco.misc
Subject: Re: Linux and SCO
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 15:57:20 GMT
Bill Vermillion wrote:
> Since I don't have any Linux systems running here at the moment -
> let me ask this. Does the Linux implementation accuratly
> emulate the VT100 - where the <-- key is ^? and shift <--
> is ^H.
"The" Linux implementation? :-)
The Corel Linux machine that I happen to have up and running
this second does not distinguish twixt BackSpace and
Shift-BackSpace
--
Tony Lawrence ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
SCO/Linux articles, help, book reviews, tests,
job listings and more : http://www.pcunix.com
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Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 12:07:27 -0400
From: Carter Brey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Strange Netscape Behavior with RH 6.2
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.
I run NS 4.72 on a Dell Inspiron 7500 laptop. I can't use the address book at
all. I can save addresses to it, but if I type in a nickname, I do not get
address completion. If I try in any way to open or edit the address book,
Netscape crashes with a bus error.
Anyone??
--
Carter Brey ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Powered by Linux + XFree86
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robie Basak)
Subject: Re: Disabling the boot logo
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 29 Apr 2000 16:23:58 GMT
On Sat, 29 Apr 2000 11:37:26 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>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 ... :-)
First, as I said before, I don't think it'll do you any good. It's the
action of switching to the framebuffer (ie. going to graphics mode) that
causes the screen to resize, not the display of the logo.
>Can you give me any tips on editing the kernel source in order to
>achieve my goal?
If you still want to do it, try commenting out the line which says
fbcon_show_logo();
which is at at line 1367 in my source (2.2.14), in
/usr/src/linux/drivers/video/fbcon.c
You could also try changing the logo; there's a program on freshmeat.net
which allows you to replace linux_logo.h.
Robie.
--
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Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 16:26:08 +0000
From: mh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Storm Linux takes control?
I recently installed Storm Linux on my testbed system. I needed to
install MSDOS on this system so I slipped a boot disk into A: then
rebooted. To my total surprise the Storm Linux boot loader came up.
How is this possible? My BIOS is set to boot sequence: A: CDROM C:
The floppy drive is NOT faulty, and I CAN boot from CDROM, but the
system simply will not boot from A:
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From: Milton Vega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux
Subject: HP 8100i CDRW Setup Help
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 16:31:32 GMT
Hello:
Not sure which particular forum this goes to, so forgive me if the
audience is too wide.
I have a HP8100i IDE CDRW in my PC (I actually have two CD drives in my
PC;
one is a X6 Read Only drive, and the other the HP8100i). After following
the
instructions in the CD-Writing-HOWTO, it still get an error when I query
the bus
looking for the CDRW drive. Here it is:
====================================================
root@linuxpc# cdrecord -scanbus
Cdrecord release 1.8a29 Copyright (C) 1995-1999 J�rg Schilling
cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open SCSI driver.
root@linuxpc# cdrecord -inq
Cdrecord release 1.8a29 Copyright (C) 1995-1999 J�rg Schilling
scsidev: 'yamaha'
devname: 'yamaha'
scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2
cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open SCSI driver.
====================================================
Im not very familiar with linux (Solaris is my thing) so I dont know
how
to test whether any of my CD drives are visible. How do I do that,
and how do I fix the error above? Below is some info that might help you
help me:
TIA
NYCeyes
root@linuxpc# uname -r
2.2.12-20 (redhat)
root@linuxpc# ls -l /dev/sg*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Apr 27 22:01 /dev/sg0 -> sga
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Apr 27 22:01 /dev/sg1 -> sgb
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Apr 27 22:01 /dev/sg2 -> sgc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Apr 27 22:01 /dev/sg3 -> sgd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Apr 27 22:01 /dev/sg4 -> sge
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Apr 27 22:01 /dev/sg5 -> sgf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Apr 27 22:01 /dev/sg6 -> sgg
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Apr 27 22:01 /dev/sg7 -> sgh
crw------- 1 root sys 21, 0 Apr 27 22:01 /dev/sga
crw------- 1 root sys 21, 1 Apr 27 22:01 /dev/sgb
crw------- 1 root sys 21, 2 Apr 27 22:01 /dev/sgc
crw------- 1 root sys 21, 3 Apr 27 22:01 /dev/sgd
crw------- 1 root sys 21, 4 Apr 27 22:01 /dev/sge
crw------- 1 root sys 21, 5 Apr 27 22:01 /dev/sgf
crw------- 1 root sys 21, 6 Apr 27 22:01 /dev/sgg
crw------- 1 root sys 21, 7 Apr 27 22:01 /dev/sgh
root@linuxpc# cat /etc/conf.modules
#----------------------------------------------
#Alias for eth0 placed here by mvega. This is
#for the 3c905b 3COM Card in the lower slot.
#----------------------------------------------
alias eth0 3c90x
#----------------------------------------------
#Alias for eth1 placed here by mvega. This is
#for the 3CR990 x3 3COM Card in the upper slot.
#The card is not supported at the moment, but
#we'll give this one a try until it is. Doesnt
#work... need to wait for a new driver for the
#3COM 3CR990x3 card (top slot).
#----------------------------------------------
alias eth1 3c90x
alias sound sb
pre-install sound /sbin/insmod sound dmabuf=1
options opl3 io=0x388
alias midi awe_wave
post-install awe_wave /bin/sfxload /etc/midi/GU11-ROM.SF2
options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=5 mpu_io=0x330
# ----------------------------------------
# Stuff to get the HP8100i CD-RW to work.
# ----------------------------------------
#alias scd0 sr_mod # load sr_mod upon access of scd0
alias scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi # SCSI hostadaptor emulation
options ide-cd ignore=hdb # if /dev/hdb is your CD-writer
END
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From: Phil Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: scsi dds2 bakup
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 17:25:01 +0100
"ChemSoft GmbH" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>hi all,
>
>i have got an 2gb scsi hp surestore tape.
>now i try to use it to backup my system but something goes wrong.
>the tape is detected as /dev/st0.
>i can backup files on it using tar and i can restore them. but when i tr=
y to
>append other files, tar overwrites the first backup files cause of the
>tape-drive spools to the beginning of the tape.
>another questions is how is it possible to backup more files then 2gb wi=
th
>this 2gb tape-drive.
>
>thanks in advanve
>
>Tobias
Tobias
You can use /dev/nst0 which will not rewind after tar file is w=
ritten
or you can use the mt fsf command ( see man page ) to go to start of=20
next file. If you have 1 tar file on tape mt -f /dev/st0 fsf 1 will go=
to
position to write next tarfile, by changing fsf x where x =3D number of
file you want to go to the end of.
Phil Jones
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: scsi dds2 bakup
From: Marc Andre Selig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 29 Apr 2000 17:52:21 +0200
"ChemSoft GmbH" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> i can backup files on it using tar and i can restore them. but when i try to
> append other files, tar overwrites the first backup files cause of the
> tape-drive spools to the beginning of the tape.
This was already answered by somebody else (/dev/nst*).
> another questions is how is it possible to backup more files then 2gb with
> this 2gb tape-drive.
Split the backup. If you use GNU tar, try options -L, -M, and -F: -L
is used to specify the length of one tape, -M switches on multi-volume
mode, and a script can be executed at the end of each tape with -F.
This script might send mail to the operator, requesting the next tape,
and pause operation until it is inserted.
This is documented in tar(1), tar.info, and the help screen you get
with `tar --help'.
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From: "Peter Hutchison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Problem
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 20:59:51 +0100
Lim Kian Tee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I forgot to mention that I installed my Linux on the logical drive of an
extended
> dos partition. Could this be the cause of my "permission denied" message?
Just making
> a wild guess.
>
> Kian Tee
Check the file permissions esp. the `r` read and `x` execute ones and ensure
its enabled so that you can
load and run the XF86Setup program. Use chmod to reset the flags.
Peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank da Cruz)
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.sco.misc
Subject: Re: Linux and SCO
Date: 29 Apr 2000 16:56:28 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Bill Vermillion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
: Tony Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: >Linus Torvalds wrote:
: >> T.E.Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: ...
: I think it would be better to leave the VT100 emulation alone and
: build an alternate emulator than to muck with the VT100 'standard'.
:
And your wish came true. PC-based Unixes like Linux and SCO each
have their own unique console terminal definition that is definitely
not VT100, although it shares the VT100's ANSI X3.64 basis. SCO has
SCOANSI and Linux has Linux Console. Also there is AT386 used by
Interactive Unix and later (I think) Unixware. The problem with
these "emulations" is that they aren't emulations at all, since they
aren't emulating anything and there is no physical terminal (like
the VT100) to check them against. Their specifications can be hard
to come by, and even when found, incomplete and/or inaccurate.
To this day, we discover undocumented sequences used by applications
that were designed for SCOANSI, AT386, etc.
As for the Backspace/Delete controversy... This is decades old.
The best policy (by the Principle of Least Astonishment) is to treat
them the same by default, as many Unix variations now do, and use
them to erase the character left of the cursor. People who truly
need to distinguish between Rubout (127) and Backspace (8) will have
enough of a clue to be able to do so.
Those of us who still use command shells are left with the remnants
of two ancient cultures: the original Unix culture and the
once-mighty DEC culture. Remember that Unix was first developed in
the late 1960s, and predates the DEC heyday. The Unix guys picked
certain keys to do certain things. DEC picked other keys to do the
same things:
Unix DEC
Erase Character ^H ^?
Erase Line @ ^U
Interrupt Process ^? ^C
The differences might largely have been because Unix was originally
accessed from Teletypes, which (if memory serves) did not have a
proper Ctrl key, whereas DEC systems (PDP-11, PDP-10, etc) were
mainly accessed from terminals that did have a Ctrl key (LA34,
LA36, VT05, VT50, VT52, VT100, ...) (although it is also true that
early DEC systems were delivered with Teletype consoles.)
After the fall of DEC culture, most of its people were absorbed into
and influenced by Unix culture, and we began to see DEC usage
predominate. Still, many Unixes are delivered with some or all of
the default original Unix setups. The result being that when you
Telnet to different Unix systems, you never know what Ctrl-H or
Del/Rubout will do.
For that reason, terminal emulators always give you a choice for the
mapping the Backpace (<-) key.
Of course matters are even more cofusing when we throw in EMACS/Vi
conventions, Function keys, the arrow keypad, and so forth, not to
mention keys with promising labels like "Insert", "Page Up", "Find",
"Select" and "Help", but that's a different story! Wouldn't it be
great if, after all these years, keys actually did what their
keytops say they do?
- Frank
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From: "Gareth Da Man" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Netscape profiles under Linux?
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 17:36:58 +0100
>I have Linux 6.0 installed on my PC and when I log on as root, I have
I take it you mean Redhat 6.0.
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