Linux-Misc Digest #349, Volume #24 Wed, 3 May 00 09:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: Sorry, need help with simple linux questions from a newbie (Eric)
Re: Sorry, need help with simple linux questions from a newbie (Eric)
Re: how to move DHCP info to ipchains? (Steven Yap)
Problem with Syslogd ("Thomas Plant")
Re: What is ssh (Dances With Crows)
Re: Problem with Syslogd (Dances With Crows)
Re: adduser -p glitch (Villy Kruse)
Howto use a funtion in a struct ???????? (Bonny Gijzen)
XDM problem on Red Hat 6.1 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
ScreenSaver for login screen ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Howto use a funtion in a struct ???????? (Chris Lowth)
Re: Interested in purchasing a Linux OS (Richard Steiner)
Re: KDE vs Gnome? (Richard Steiner)
Re: X configuration ("Tom")
Dos preguntas sueltas. ("J. L.")
Re: Dos preguntas sueltas. ("Peter T. Breuer")
Any distro that supports UDMA66 out of the box? (Allen Ashley)
mp3 decoder (illegal)
Re: libsafe and WordPerfect (Bob Tennent)
Re: mp3 decoder (Jaap van Hengstum)
Re: mp3 decoder (Thomas Zajic)
mounting error in mandrake 7 (mugu)
Re: Any distro that supports UDMA66 out of the box? (Astri)
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Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions
From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sorry, need help with simple linux questions from a newbie
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 06:28:44 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Damon wrote:
>
> Thanks Eric, but i got this error when i tried the command you give
>
> mount: /dev/fd0 is not a block device (maybe try '-o
> loop'?)
>
> when i tried with the option -o loop, i got an even longer error message
>
> mount: wrong fs type, ..............
>
> Regards
> Damon
>
> P.S. - remove DONT_MASS_WITH_ME to correspond
>
> Eric wrote:
>
> > > 2) How to use DOSEMU to copy files from Linux to a DOS formatted
> > > floppy disk.
> >
> > Why would you want to use DOSEMU for that?
> > just mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
> > and then copy the files to /mnt/floppy
> > umount /mnt/floppy when you're done
> >
What does ls -l /dev/fd0 report?
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Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions
From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sorry, need help with simple linux questions from a newbie
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 06:27:29 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Damon wrote:
>
> Hi Joachim,
>
> I didn't mount the floppy. When i used mcopy, there was no error messages, but
> the LED lights for drive A did not blink as when you copy a file to a floppy
> either.
>
> I got a dos partition on one of my three harddisk that has a mount point in
> Linux, so i suppose i got fat support in my kernel. Funny thing is that i can
> see the file in /mnt/floppy when i do a ls after mcopy even though it is not
> physically copied to the floppy!
>
> Regards
> Damon
>
> Joachim Feise wrote:
>
> > Damon wrote:
> > >
> > > Thanks Joachim,
> > >
> > > But i don't know why mcopy didn't work. When i go to /mnt/floppy and do a
> > > ls, i can see the file but it's just not on the floppy diskette.
> >
> > When using the mtools, *don't* mount the floppy.
> > And your kernel of course needs to have fat support compiled in, but I think
> > all distros have their kernel built this way.
> >
> > -Joe
Don't mcopy to /mnt/floppy, but to /dev/fd0
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Subject: Re: how to move DHCP info to ipchains?
From: Steven Yap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 07:18:23 GMT
MrJack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...]
> I have barely begun to get into this scripting business and wasn't even
> aware for a while that that's how ipchains "runs"! I thought it was a
> program that one installed, fed some rules to, and then forgot about.
It is! :)
When talking about ipchains, you need to keep in mind that its
actually 2 things:
1. ipchains - the firewall mechanism, which is already in the kernel.
2. ipchains - the program. This is what you run to fill in the data
that ipchains (the mechanism) uses to decide what to do with IP
packets it received.
If you reboot your machine, the ipchains rules in the kernel that you
had entered is now gone, and you need to "refill" again. That's why
you would need a script to be run as part of your startup sequence, so
that it will "restore" the rules.
You could also try the program pmfirewall which will write out the
ipchains rules needed based on your answers to its questions.
Now with kernel 2.4.x, the kernel is getting a new firewall mechanism
called ... iptables! But, you don't have to throw away those ipchains
rules because the new ipchains program for 2.4 will translate the
ipchains rules into iptables rules.
Best of luck...
Steven
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From: "Thomas Plant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Problem with Syslogd
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 08:37:58 +0200
Hi,
my Syslog Daemon has stopped logging to the /var/log/secure file,
when I stop and start the syslogd I get the following messages:
May 3 08:30:08 firewally syslog: syslogd startup succeeded
May 3 08:30:08 firewally syslog: klogd startup succeeded
May 3 08:30:08 firewally kernel: klogd 1.3-3, log source = /proc/kmsg
started.
May 3 08:30:08 firewally kernel: Cannot find map file.
May 3 08:30:08 firewally kernel: Loaded 4 symbols from 5 modules.
What is the message in the 4th line, what map file ? is this my problem ?
thanks for every help
Thomas
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: What is ssh
Date: 03 May 2000 03:41:50 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 03 May 2000 03:30:39 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<<8eo6h0$ngj$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>Hi everybody,
>I 'd like to set up ssh in my system, but I don't know where to
>download it, and where I can get documentary about this program. Please
>direct me .
Use any decent search engine like http://google.com , enter "ssh" as the
query, pick the obvious choice. Or go to http://www.freshmeat.net and do
the same thing. I thought the first option would be immediately obvious
to even the rawest AOL newbie; guess I was wrong. Remember the second
site; it's one of the first places you should look when you want software
for Linux/*BSD.
Once you've found it and downloaded it,
tar xvzf ssh-X-Y-Z.tar.gz
cd ssh-X-Y-Z
less README* INSTALL (always do this so you don't miss things)
./configure
make
make install (must be done as root)
Keep in mind that ssh2 is the latest greatest thing but some places
haven't updated their ssh1 installations yet. ssh2 is supposed to be
backwards combatible, but I didn't find that to be the case....
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows \###| You have me mixed up with more
There is no Darkness in Eternity \##| creative ways of being stupid,
But only Light too dim for us to see \#| as I have to run nothing but a
(Unless, of course, you're working with NT)\| burp in the butt. --MegaHAL
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Problem with Syslogd
Date: 03 May 2000 03:48:42 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 3 May 2000 08:37:58 +0200, Thomas Plant
<<8eohh0$m58$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>Hi,
>my Syslog Daemon has stopped logging to the /var/log/secure file,
>when I stop and start the syslogd I get the following messages:
>
>May 3 08:30:08 firewally syslog: syslogd startup succeeded
>May 3 08:30:08 firewally syslog: klogd startup succeeded
>May 3 08:30:08 firewally kernel: klogd 1.3-3, log source = /proc/kmsg
>started.
>May 3 08:30:08 firewally kernel: Cannot find map file.
>May 3 08:30:08 firewally kernel: Loaded 4 symbols from 5 modules.
>What is the message in the 4th line, what map file ? is this my problem ?
The map file referred to here is a text file containing information about
the kernel you're running. It's generated at compile time, and you
usually move it to /boot/System.map. Error messages about missing or
incorrect map files are usually harmless. The main use for the map file
is discovering what happened when the kernel crashes, but stable kernels
don't crash. The userspace program "lsof" makes use of the map file,
though, so you might want to fix the problem.
Check /etc/syslog.conf to take care of the other problem, I think....
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows \###| You have me mixed up with more
There is no Darkness in Eternity \##| creative ways of being stupid,
But only Light too dim for us to see \#| as I have to run nothing but a
(Unless, of course, you're working with NT)\| burp in the butt. --MegaHAL
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Villy Kruse)
Subject: Re: adduser -p glitch
Date: 3 May 2000 07:55:07 GMT
On Wed, 03 May 2000 03:30:05 GMT, Rick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>adduser -p <password> <username> is supposed to create a new account and
>assign the given password. However, when using shadowed passwords, this
>command writes the new password in plain text to /etc/shadow and the new
>user cannot log in.
>
RTFM (sorry) , but the manual page clearly says the password supplied
to the -p option must be encrypted before being used as an argument to
this function. In other words, whatever you specify
to option -p will be inserted into the passwd/shadow file as is.
You could for example dig out the pasword field from another passwd/shadow
file and use that as an argument to -p.
Villy
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From: Bonny Gijzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Howto use a funtion in a struct ????????
Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 09:53:57 -0400
Hello,
I want to use a function in a struct :
struct _Appstruct
{
char *Name;
void SomeFunction();
}
Then I could use :
App->SomeFunction();
I know this is possible in a class, but I'm using C so ????????
Regards Bonny Gijzen,
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: XDM problem on Red Hat 6.1
Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 07:55:55 GMT
My Reflection X 7.1 fails to connect to the the server installed with
Red Hat 6.1. I've already replecaed line "x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm
-nodaemon" with "x:5:respawn:/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" and
"id:3:initdefault" with "id:5:initdefault" in /etc/inittab" as what I
did on Red Hat 6.0. But it still doesn't work. I get a message "The
specified XDM host is unwilling to manage" when I use Direct Connect
method to connect.
Anyone knows the answer?
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ScreenSaver for login screen
Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 08:19:55 GMT
My home computer which originaly had RedHat 6.1 on it. This seems to
provide a screensaver for the login screen. And when I upgraded to RH6.2
the screensaver was still there.
My work computer originaly had RH6.0 on it which didn't have a
screensaver for the login screen. When I upgraded to RH6.2 it still
doesn't have a screensaver.
So how do I turn on the screensaver for the login screen?
Cheers
Duncan
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From: Chris Lowth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Howto use a funtion in a struct ????????
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 09:41:55 +0100
try:
struct _Appstruct
{
char *name;
void (*SomeFunction)();
}
void MyFunction()
{
do_something_useful();
}
App->SomeFunction = MyFunction;
(*(App->SomeFunction))();
Chris
On Wed, 3 May 2000, Bonny Gijzen wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I want to use a function in a struct :
>
> struct _Appstruct
> {
> char *Name;
> void SomeFunction();
>
> }
>
> Then I could use :
>
> App->SomeFunction();
>
> I know this is possible in a class, but I'm using C so ????????
>
> Regards Bonny Gijzen,
>
>
>
--
>From Chris Lowth
---
My Real e-mail address is (roughly):
chris
<AT> lowth
<DOT> com
(Silly over-parnoid anti-spam measure)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Steiner)
Subject: Re: Interested in purchasing a Linux OS
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 03:18:36 -0500
Here in comp.os.linux.misc, Romanator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake unto us, saying:
>I am very interested in learning and installing a Linux OS on my
>computer. However, after checking out various web sites, I seem more
>confused than before. I am not sure which Linux OS purchase and install.
>As a newbie, can any one recommend a Linux brand name and book for a
>new user?
I would recommand a number of distributions depending on your desires
and requirements. The ones I've played with and like include Slackware,
Mandrake, SuSE, and Red Hat.
I currently prefer Mandrake on my own desktop, but Slackware might be a
better way to learn if you're willing to be a little more patient.
--
-Rich Steiner >>>---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>---> Bloomington, MN
OS/2 + BeOS + Linux + Solaris + Win95 + WinNT4 + FreeBSD + DOS
+ VMWare + Fusion + vMac + Executor = PC Hobbyist Heaven! :-)
Garbage in, Gospel out. (Oops, is that backwards?)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Steiner)
Subject: Re: KDE vs Gnome?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 03:21:31 -0500
Here in comp.os.linux.misc, Pal Dahle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
spake unto us, saying:
>Can anyone please inform me what the differences between KDE and Gnome
>*really* are?
Since each of those is a relatively complex set of desktop features and
utilities, such a comparison would be a lot of work.
Since each can run the others software for the most part, I'd suggest
trying each one and coming to your own conclusions.
Just to be difficult, I'd recommend AfterStep 1.0. Or icewm. :-)
--
-Rich Steiner >>>---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>---> Bloomington, MN
OS/2 + BeOS + Linux + Solaris + Win95 + WinNT4 + FreeBSD + DOS
+ VMWare + Fusion + vMac + Executor = PC Hobbyist Heaven! :-)
Can Dukakis still drive that tank?
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From: "Tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: X configuration
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 10:26:51 +0200
Usually it should work. Are you logged in as root.
try /usr/X11R6/bin/xf86config
or XF86Setup
You installed the X package?
Tom
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I'm trying to get X windows up and running on
> my machine. I've installed Debian 2.1 from the
> Cheap Bytes single CD version. When I enter
> the 'xf86config' command, I get a 'command not
> found' response. What additional steps need to
> be taken to configure X?
>
> Greg
>
>
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From: "J. L." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Dos preguntas sueltas.
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 11:57:50 +0200
1.- "Clonar" un Linux. Tengo un segundo disco duro. Quisiera tener un Linux
para hacer experimentos sin miedo a chapuzas tipo instalar las XFree 4,
probar programas, aprender y otro montado en serio para cosas del curro.
�Ser�a posible copiar Linux a particiones del segundo disco duro y hacerlo
arrancar con solo modificar el /etc/fstab y el lilo?. �O me dejo de
historias e instalo otra vez en el segundo disco?.
2.- Actualizar a Xfree 4.0 en SuSE 6.4. En el directorio FTP
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/X/XFree86/XFree86-4.0-SuSE/suse64/ ) donde
est�n los paquetes veo que para un mismo paquete rpm hay:
a.- PaqueteTal.rpm
b.- PaqueteTal.versi�n.xxx.i386.rpm.
Supongo que no sean los mismos. �O si?. �Es "PaqueteTal.rpm" el estable y
"PaqueteTal.versi�n.xxx.i386.rpm" el de desarrollo?. ���???.
Gracias... J.L.
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dos preguntas sueltas.
Date: 3 May 2000 10:22:31 GMT
J. L. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: 1.- "Clonar" un Linux. Tengo un segundo disco duro. Quisiera tener un Linux
: para hacer experimentos sin miedo a chapuzas tipo instalar las XFree 4,
: probar programas, aprender y otro montado en serio para cosas del curro.
: Seria posible copiar Linux a particiones del segundo disco duro y hacerlo
: arrancar con solo modificar el /etc/fstab y el lilo? O me dejo de
Si. Exacto. Es el proceso normal. Cambia el hostname y la direccion IP
si hace falta.
: historias e instalo otra vez en el segundo disco?
: a.- PaqueteTal.rpm
: b.- PaqueteTal.version.xxx.i386.rpm.
: Supongo que no sean los mismos. O si? Es "PaqueteTal.rpm" el estable y
No se. Mira dentro. Es normal tener la version en el nombre.
Peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Allen Ashley)
Subject: Any distro that supports UDMA66 out of the box?
Date: 3 May 2000 11:05:40 GMT
I plan to install linux on a friends newly purchased machine. My
version of linux is too old to support the newer disk drives. Is
there any current distribution that supports DMA66?
TIA
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (illegal)
Subject: mp3 decoder
Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 11:29:57 GMT
Anyone know of a good mp3 decoder. I have been unable to find a
program that will convert mp3 files to wave files.
otis
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Tennent)
Subject: Re: libsafe and WordPerfect
Date: 3 May 2000 11:41:29 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 02 May 2000 20:18:37 -0700, Russell Perkins wrote:
>Bob Tennent wrote:
>>
>> Just a warning to those interested in trying libsafe from bell-labs.
>> I installed the libsafe rpm today on a RedHat 6.2 box. Everything seemed
>> to work OK until my daughter fired up WordPerfect: it immediately segfaults
>> without leaving a trace in the log file. After uninstalling libsafe, WP is
>> back to normal.
>>
>Seems xview is doing the same thing on my machine.
>--
A bell-labs person has confirmed to me that WP won't work with libsafe
because it (WP) uses libc.so.5. I now unset the environment variable
LD_PRELOAD before calling WP (in an alias of course). You could
try this with xview if your version uses libc.so.5 (check using ldd).
Or upgrade to a more recent version.
Bob T.
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From: Jaap van Hengstum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mp3 decoder
Date: 3 May 2000 12:03:44 GMT
illegal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Anyone know of a good mp3 decoder. I have been unable to find a
> program that will convert mp3 files to wave files.
> otis
mpg123 does that. xmms too if you like a gui. look for them on
www.freshmeat.net
--
Jaap van Hengstum [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wakeupthe.net
To obtain my PGP key, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a
dark side, and it holds the universe together."
- Carl Zwanzig -
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Zajic)
Subject: Re: mp3 decoder
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Zajic)
Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 12:25:06 GMT
On Wed, 03 May 2000 11:29:57 GMT, illegal wrote:
> Anyone know of a good mp3 decoder. I have been unable to find a
> program that will convert mp3 files to wave files.
<http://www.mpg123.org/>
HTH,
Thomas
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Subject: mounting error in mandrake 7
From: mugu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 05:43:16 -0700
hi,
i just installed mandrake 7 on my pc and i'm having problems
mounting the dos partitions in linux. linux is installed on the
5th partition (hda8) of my drive, and i use LoadLin to boot into
linux.
anytime i try mounting a drive (including the floppy and cd) i
get the following error :
/dev/hda1 has wrong major or minor number
any help would be appreciated !!
thanks
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From: Astri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Any distro that supports UDMA66 out of the box?
Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 14:56:41 +0200
Allen Ashley wrote:
>
> I plan to install linux on a friends newly purchased machine. My
> version of linux is too old to support the newer disk drives. Is
> there any current distribution that supports DMA66?
>
> TIA
I just stumbled across a howto file that gives you directions
on how to get an IDE controller chip, called HPT366, to work.
You can check it out...
http://www.csie.ntu.edu.tw/~b6506063/hpt366/
-MFA
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