Linux-Misc Digest #313, Volume #24 Sun, 30 Apr 00 00:13:03 EDT
Contents:
.xsession-errors (monred)
Problem with running windows98 and redhat5.2 (jason)
Re: Disabling the boot logo ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux and Windows98 partitions ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux Journal Python supplement (Michael Powe)
Problem with ls -lR (Philip J. Koenig)
Re: Adding memory option to lilo.conf (Tony Reutter)
Printing Japanese on Linux? (Ken Arromdee)
Re: [HELP] Multiple SCSI cards (Cokey de Percin)
Re: VT102 or VT220 emulation ("Clifton T. Sharp Jr.")
Re: Storm Linux takes control? (Thaddeus L. Olczyk)
kbackup and zip drive (Gerald Pollack)
Re: sshd from inside a firewalled net. Wierd problem ("Jason")
Re: Problem with ls -lR ("Clifton T. Sharp Jr.")
Re: Problem with running windows98 and redhat5.2 (Dances With Crows)
Re: Problem with ls -lR (Philip J. Koenig)
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From: monred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: .xsession-errors
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 00:25:20 GMT
I have a question about an error that keeps coming up whenever I log
into Linux 6.0 by Redhat.
The error msg reads as follows:
Gdk-Message: Got event for unknown window: 0
Gdk-Message: Got event for unknown window: 0
X Error of failed request" BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)
Major opcode of failed request: 20(X_GetProperty)
Resource id in failed request: 0x3400001
Serial number of failed request: 79
Current serial number in output stream: 79
Xscreensaver disabling server builtin screencaver
Xscreensave: you can re-enable it with "xset s on"
Gdk-Message: Got event for unknown window: 0
subshell.c: couldn't get terminal settings: Inappropiate ioctl for
device
rm: cannot remove '.\/root/.gnome//gmc-rVQLzH': No such file or
directory
Can someone please tell me what this means and how I would go about
fixing it?
TIA,
Stevn Kirby
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From: jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problem with running windows98 and redhat5.2
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 00:30:06 GMT
Sorry for confusing you. Well I've already removed Redhat5.2. After
installing that and running with Windows98, everytime I used Windows98 and
I double clicked 'My Computer' in Windows98, it took ages to open the
window. I have the same problem with using Internet Explorer5.5 as well.
Well after removing Redhat5.2, the problem didn't come out anymore. Why is
that? Does that mean I can't use Linux anymore? Please help. Thanks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Disabling the boot logo
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 00:41:51 GMT
Hi Robie,
Thank you for the tip; I shall try it out in a few minutes.
Bye,
Joane
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Linux and Windows98 partitions
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 00:48:24 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Derek Jolly) wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joseph Dale), in message
>
> Someone has. explore2fs allows you to access Linux partitions from
> within Windows.
>
And I know a 'fsdext2' utility in win95, which can 'mount' a ext2
filesystem as a win95/win98's drive letter.
http://www.yipton.demon.co.uk/
A lot of filesystem infoes are available on
http://www.penguin.cz/~mhi/fs/Filesystems-HOWTO/Filesystems-HOWTO.html
But when sometime I run it, I encounter some VXD error.
Do somebody know about it?
pubb
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From: Michael Powe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Journal Python supplement
Date: 29 Apr 2000 17:14:49 -0700
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>>>>> "A" == A M Kuchling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
A> I've seen no discussion of the Python supplement included with
A> this month's Linux journal, either in comp.lang.python or in
A> any of the Linux groups. What did people think of it?
Yet another interminable article by Eric Raymond. It seems there is
no topic in the known technological universe on which he is not
qualified to bore us.
mp
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Philip J. Koenig)
Subject: Problem with ls -lR
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 18:36:24 -0700
When I try to do a recursive directory search (shell is
bash) for a particular filename spec, it doesn't work.
IE if the command line is:
ls -lR *.abc
It always says
"ls: *.abc: No such file or directory"
..unless the file(s) are in the current directory.
If I use ls -lR by itself, it works fine.
Is there any better way to do this, other than piping
the output through grep? I looked at the manpage and
info page and couldn't find any explanations for this
behavior.
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From: Tony Reutter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Adding memory option to lilo.conf
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 20:59:41 -0500
Mandrake 7.0 read my bios perfectly at 192M UNTIL I updated my
bios to handle a HD bigger than 8.4G..then it read it as 64M when
I reinstalled with the new h.d...Same software,mobo,memory...must
have been a changed parameter in the bios..Go figure...When I reinstalled
I just used "expert mem=192M" for the beginning setup and it installed
the right amount from the start.
Tony
On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, Leonard Evens wrote:
>jafgon wrote:
>>
>> Greetings group,
>>
>> I'm running 128MB of RAM yet according to free it shows only 64MB.
>> Normally I would go into /etc/lilo.conf and add the option mem=128m
>> only this will not take. I run the lilo command after I add it and it
>> claims it as a syntactic error. I'm typing it verbatim from Matt
>> Welsh's Running Linux but it won't take. The distro is RH6.1 w/ a
>> 2.2.12 kernel. I shouldn't even be having this problem yet I am. Is
>> there an alternative command or something I'm overlooking? Thanks in
>> advance for the help.
>>
>> jafgon
>>
>
>I wish someone would explain why this appears to happen for some
>systems. The 2.2.12 kernel should certainly recognize 128 MB.
>Is it some special characteristic of the BIOS/
>
>--
>
>Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
>Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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Crossposted-To: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Printing Japanese on Linux?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ken Arromdee)
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 02:07:41 GMT
For this supposedly simple subject there's an awful lack of resources
explaining what to do. The best I could find is the Linux-Nihongo page
at http://www.tlug.gr.jp/~craigoda/writings/linux-nihongo/ but it's last dated
1998, and helpfully says that if you're using plain Ghostscript you can
install Japanese fonts, without explaining how to do so or where to get them.
(I'm using Red Hat 6 and Ghostscript is part of the printer driver. It claims
to be version 5.10.)
I'm interested in printing the occasional web page or Japanese text file,
nothing heavy. cnprint looks promising for text (though I can't reach the
site with the fonts or font converters) but I can't find information about
printing in general.
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From: Cokey de Percin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [HELP] Multiple SCSI cards
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 02:25:30 GMT
Lam Dang wrote:
>
> I've installed RedHat 6.2 in "expert"
> mode to have the initio module loaded
> for my SCSI boot disk.
>
> In addition to the Initio card my box
> also has a Tekram card. I would like to
> be able to load the dc395x_trm module at
> boot time too. Looking at
> /etc/conf.modules, I see
>
> alias scsi_hostadapter initio
>
> So I'm wondering what to do about
> dc395x_trm. Can I just add another
> alias? How? Any suggestions will be
> appreciated.
>
> --
> Lam Dang
> dangit AT ix DOT netcom DOT com
Try:
alias scsi_hostadapter1 tekram
^
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Best
Cokey
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From: "Clifton T. Sharp Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: VT102 or VT220 emulation
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 21:53:29 -0500
T.E.Dickey wrote:
> Most of the problems reported with printing deal with not being
> able to get a printout until the printer is closed. (But there's
> not a lot of request for this, so it's not something I've dealt with
> at length in my FAQ).
I spent a long time requesting printouts from the app on the other end,
and I got exactly one printed sheet of paper; lpr queueing has always
been fine, so I'm assuming the *terms didn't grok the command the other
end was sending it.
> that's a design choice: lose the NumLock key, or (as I did) put PF1-PF4 on
> F1-F4 (a real vt220 doesn't "have" F1-F5). I'm aware that some emulators
> use the top row of the keypad for this (but in either case, they still come
> show by one key - the way I did it is easier for me to remember what the
> keys do).
Actually, with every one of the *term programs I have to use SHIFT-F4
to get the PF4 "effect". Just F4 sends something, but it isn't what the
other end wants to see as PF4.
Wish I could give you access to the other-end app, but I can't.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thaddeus L. Olczyk)
Subject: Re: Storm Linux takes control?
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 02:53:27 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 29 Apr 2000 16:26:08 +0000, mh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>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:
One thing to do is to disable booting from the hard drive at all.
Then if it boots it must be from a floppy or a cd. If it doesn't, then
there is something wrong with you floppy drive.
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From: Gerald Pollack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: kbackup and zip drive
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 02:56:54 GMT
I'm unable to get kbackup to successfully perform a backup to multiple=20
zip disks. After writing nearly a full disk's worth, it aborts,=20
reporting that a command returned an error, but no error message. The=20
configuration includes options for commands to be executed at the end=20
of a "tape", and at the beginning of the next one (presumably,=20
"tape"=3D=3Ddisk ). The sample configuration for zip disk has the entrie=
s=20
for these set to DEFAULT. Should there be commands here, e.g. to=20
prompt for the next disk?=20
Thanks,
--=20
Gerald Pollack, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dept. Biology, McGill University
Tel:(514) 398-6418, Fax:(514) 398-5069=20
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From: "Jason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: sshd from inside a firewalled net. Wierd problem
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 22:09:14 -0500
I will go with the assumption you have an ipchains firewall with a default
deny rule.. In this scenario if the host you are sshing from is not able to
access port 16000 it can't be redirected in the first place.. I would also
make sure that the internal linux machine doesn't have a firewall configured
on it as well.. Firewalls usually cause most of these type problems.
"Chetan Ahuja" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8efbhf$2bk6$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
> Wierd ssh problem. Connecting to an sshd server running
> inside an ipmasqed network.
>
> I have the following setup:
>
> in-host
> running sshd----firewall running ipmasq ----- out-host
> (kernel 2.0) (ssh-client)
>
>
> First of all, I can run the ssh client on the in-host (to connect
> to sshd on out-host) just fine. This is part of the problem statement.
>
> I have a fulltime internet connection at home (DSL). I want
> to be able to get inside my home network through ssh. I run sshd only
> on one computer inside my subnet and want to "punch a hole" through
> the firewall to allow that. I have succeeded partially. Using the
> following scheme:
>
> On the firewall, I use the following rule:
>
> ipautofw -A -r tcp 16000 16000 -h 10.0.0.3
>
> where 10.0.0.3 is the in-host, sshd runs on port
> 16000 ( via setting in sshd_config on in-host)
>
> Also, I have setup RSA authentication stuff as explained in the
> manual. I generate a public key on my out-host and place it in
> authorised_keys file on the in-host etc etc.. ( if any more details
> needed, plase ask.)
>
> OK. Now I want to test the connection. I am sitting at home, so I
> just ssh out to the outhost. Then try to ssh back to my in-host from
> there. Works beautifully. No problem. Just to make things doubly
> sure, I ssh out to some completely different host on the internet,
> then telnet from there into out-host. And THEN ssh from out-host
> into my home network. Works again. So far so good.
>
>
> Here's the Wierd part. Now when I am physically out of the house,
> Login to out-host from its own subnet. And now try to ssh into my
> home network ( that was the whole point ) No go. The ssh client just
> waits for something... never connects. No messages... I wait and
> wait... then just ctrl-C it. I try it many different times, on
> different days... just doesn't work. The home DSL connection is up
> (I can ping the firewall.)
>
> This is a quite baffling. Can anybody throw some light on what could
> be going on... or at least where I can start some diagnosis
> procedures... On solution might be to run sshd on the firewall itself
> but that is a slow old diskless computer running off of a floppy and
> it's not a very appealing solution for me. Besides, the mystery still
> remains... What could be happening here??
>
> Chetan
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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From: "Clifton T. Sharp Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem with ls -lR
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 22:17:12 -0500
Philip J. Koenig wrote:
>
> When I try to do a recursive directory search (shell is
> bash) for a particular filename spec, it doesn't work.
> IE if the command line is:
>
> ls -lR *.abc
>
> It always says
>
> "ls: *.abc: No such file or directory"
>
> ..unless the file(s) are in the current directory.
>
> If I use ls -lR by itself, it works fine.
Try this:
echo *
echo *.abc
The ls program itself doesn't deal with wildcards in file names; ditto
for nearly all other programs. If the glob you give it is expandable,
the shell expands it and substitutes the expansion for it; if not, it
passes the glob to the program as is. The program has no idea what to
do with it; try chdir'ing to a directory with an .abc file in it and
issuing "ls -lR \*.abc" and you should get the same thing.
> Is there any better way to do this, other than piping
> the output through grep? I looked at the manpage and
> info page and couldn't find any explanations for this
> behavior.
find . -name \*.abc -exec ls -l {} \;
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Problem with running windows98 and redhat5.2
Date: 29 Apr 2000 23:34:43 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 30 Apr 2000 00:30:06 GMT, jason
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>Sorry for confusing you. Well I've already removed Redhat5.2. After
>installing that and running with Windows98, everytime I used Windows98 and
>I double clicked 'My Computer' in Windows98, it took ages to open the
>window. I have the same problem with using Internet Explorer5.5 as well.
>Well after removing Redhat5.2, the problem didn't come out anymore. Why is
>that? Does that mean I can't use Linux anymore? Please help. Thanks.
Something similar happened to me a long time ago... my first Linux
install, I somehow screwed up the partition table of /dev/hda, and while
Win98 would boot and run, the symptoms were exactly as you describe. I
suggest doing this if you want to use Linux:
0. Get something newer than RedHat 5.2--like SuSE 6.4 :-)
1. Use FIPS20 to shrink the Win9x partition if the Win9x partition fills
the whole disk.
2. When you install, delete the partition FIPS20 made. Leave the first
partition alone; it contains all your Win9x files!
3. Don't install LILO in the MBR. Install LILO in the bootsector of a
partition, and mark that partition "active" using the install tool or
Linux fdisk.
4. Read the documentation.
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Installation-HOWTO.html
Persevere. Experience and knowledge are directly proportional to the
number of times you've screwed up.
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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
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Philip J. Koenig)
Subject: Re: Problem with ls -lR
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 20:39:53 -0700
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Clifton T. Sharp
Jr.) writes...
> Philip J. Koenig wrote:
> >
> > When I try to do a recursive directory search (shell is
> > bash) for a particular filename spec, it doesn't work.
> > IE if the command line is:
> >
> > ls -lR *.abc
> >
> > It always says
> >
> > "ls: *.abc: No such file or directory"
> >
> > ..unless the file(s) are in the current directory.
> >
> > If I use ls -lR by itself, it works fine.
>
> Try this:
>
> echo *
> echo *.abc
>
> The ls program itself doesn't deal with wildcards in file names; ditto
> for nearly all other programs. If the glob you give it is expandable,
> the shell expands it and substitutes the expansion for it; if not, it
> passes the glob to the program as is. The program has no idea what to
> do with it; try chdir'ing to a directory with an .abc file in it and
> issuing "ls -lR \*.abc" and you should get the same thing.
>
> > Is there any better way to do this, other than piping
> > the output through grep? I looked at the manpage and
> > info page and couldn't find any explanations for this
> > behavior.
>
> find . -name \*.abc -exec ls -l {} \;
Thanks for the suggestion, but that prints every single
directory name (even those with nothing matching the
filespec) on the system that it checks.
I tried adding "|grep abc" at the end and while it
reduced the junk, it shows anything that contains "abc".
If I use "|grep .abc" it acts as if the period isn't there.
I may have a long way to go in learning the command
syntax and infrastructure on linux (or any *nix for
that matter), but if there isn't a simple way to do a
recursive directory search on a filespec, it seems
like a *glaring* omission in ls. Even ancient versions
of MSDOS can do that with a simple command.
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