Linux-Misc Digest #368, Volume #24 Fri, 5 May 00 09:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: ls --color command (Kousik Nandy)
Re: Linux woes (Compaq for one) on the horizon (Yanglong Zhu)
Comparison of different distributions (Diethard Ohrt)
Re: Linux woes (Compaq for one) on the horizon (Yanglong Zhu)
Re: Linux woes (Compaq for one) on the horizon (Yanglong Zhu)
Re: What does 'susewmif' do? ("Marc")
Re: make config problems ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Tgif and .obj files?? (Rainer Krienke)
Re: Help: VIA 686A sound chip!! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Insearch of a backup utility ("PG")
Is a file opened by another process ? ("Sebastian Smolarczyk")
[HELP] Mounting Macintosh fileserver on Linux ("Paul Harman")
Re: TERM=linux equal to TERM=vt220 ? / was: Re: Help, argh.... backspace/delete
xterm telnet broken... ("T.E.Dickey")
Re: ramdisk > 4MB (Dances With Crows)
Con't find module block-major-8 ("Stuart Grimshaw")
Linux Windows Managers (George Bell)
Re: VPN server for linux (Lee Allen)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kousik Nandy)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,comp.unix.misc
Subject: Re: ls --color command
Date: 5 May 2000 09:17:19 GMT
In my ~/.bashrc I have:
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alias ls='ls -CF --color=yes'
# all of the following should be in one continuous line.
LS_COLORS='no=00:fi=00:di=01;34:ln=01;36:pi=40;33:so=01;35:bd=40;33;
01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:ex=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.arj=01;
31:*.taz=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.gz=01;
31:*.deb=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;
35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.mpg=01;37:*.avi=01;37:*.mp3=00;
32:*.jpeg=01;35:*.rpm=01;33:*.ps=00;33:*.pdf=00;33:*.gl=01;37:*.dl=01;
37:*core=01;31:';
export LS_COLORS
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On Thu, 04 May 2000 14:39:47 -0400, C.E.G. wrote:
> when I use this option there *are* colors. the problem is that they are
> horribly eye offending colors. does anyone know what file I can change
> in order to set the defaults of these colors to a more pleasing
> combination?
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From: Yanglong Zhu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Linux woes (Compaq for one) on the horizon
Date: Fri, 05 May 2000 04:54:24 -0700
There is nothing on Compaq web site regarding this kind of problem.
Edward Jong wrote:
> You should register then log into http://forum.compaq.com for your
> help on your Compaq.
> I am a little annoyed that Compaq is no longer upgrading my bios of my
> Compaq 5536. A pentium without PCI slots!!!
> The bios cannot see harddisk larger than 8GB. I have to use a disk
> overlay for my 11.5G harddisk which is killing the performance of my
> computer.
> I also have to wire it as a 2G harddisk because the Compaq would
> report a error when booting up when there is none.
> I am having lilo problem up and down because of this weird hard disk
> configuration tor an obsolete bios.
> My bios can enable or disable floppy disk access.
>
> Yanglong Zhu wrote:
>
>> "Tim B�kstr�m Laursen" wrote:
>>
>> > On Mon, 01 May 2000, Yanglong Zhu wrote:
>> > >Hi all,
>> > >
>> > >I wake up to a horrific reality that some computer manufacturers
>> > may be
>> > >trying to suppress and uproot Linux and all other free Operating
>> > >Systems. How? They make computers that do not read nor write those
>> > free
>> > >OS bootdisks in drive A. It is a very bad trick upon us free OS
>> > users.
>> > >We must wake up and get together to fight this war.
>> > >
>> > >I bought a Compaq Presario 5834 two weeks ago. I bought this
>> > computer
>> > >with Linux in mind. But after days of trying and calling support
>> > service
>> > >reps, I'm left stranded with a computer not at all of any use to
>> > me. At
>> > >this moment, I don't know how widespread this phenomenon is. But I
>> > urge
>> > >everybody who loves these free OS and free softeware in general do
>> > a bit
>> > >investigation to monitor this computer industry's new move.
>> > >
>> > >I suspect that this kind of restriction of Linux and other free
>> > OSes are
>> > >implemented through BIOS and/or Hardware, therefore it could
>> > defeat the
>> > >Free Software Movement if we don't get together to fight it. Or
>> > are we
>> > >ready to devise FREE BIOS and FREE OS COMPATIBLE HARDWARE???
>> > >
>> > >This may be an over reaction. But it does pose the threatening
>> > >potential.
>> >
>> > Another conspiracy theorist I see...
>> >
>> > Considering Compaq's statements about Linux I find it hard to
>> > believe that they
>> > deliberately tries to make life more difficult for non MS users.
>> > However they do
>> > stuff their PC with custom hardware for witch you often need the
>> > standard
>> > Compaq drivers for, but that is mostly a problem with their
>> > portable PC's. Not
>> > being able to boot a Linux floppy sounds a bit strange to me. Have
>> > you tried
>> > the disc in another (non Compaq) machine? It could be that
>> > something is wrong
>> > with the disc, or (highly unlikely I know) that you did something
>> > wrong with it.
>> >
>> > - Tim -
>>
>>
>> I urge you to try install RHLinux on a Presario 5834 (or some thing
>> similar) to verify what I'm saying.
>>
>> Its not so much a conspiracy against Linux. But this is for their
>> profit, I guess.
>
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From: Diethard Ohrt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Comparison of different distributions
Date: Fri, 05 May 2000 12:05:46 +0200
Can anybody show, or compare, respectively, the main differences between
the various Linux distributions (features, usability, installation
process, ...)?
Does anybody know an article anywhere on the net?
TIA
Diethard
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From: Yanglong Zhu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Linux woes (Compaq for one) on the horizon
Date: Fri, 05 May 2000 05:10:45 -0700
Eric wrote:
> "Yanglong Zhu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> I urge you to try install RHLinux on a Presario 5834 (or some thing
> similar) to verify what I'm saying.
> Its not so much a conspiracy against Linux. But this is for their
> profit, I guess.
>
> I have a Compaq Presario 5152, it's a year old, but it works just fine
> with Linux. Debian/GNU linux, Mandrake Linux, Storm Linux, and
> TurboLinux. Maybe they changed since my compaq was made, but you are
> probably doing something wrong.
>
> Eric
I found one more Compaq model with exact the same problem. Watch out for
incompatibility in Compaq new PCs. eg. Presario 5834, Presario 7478 ...
Don't just talk. Go and find out what is going on NOW!
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From: Yanglong Zhu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Linux woes (Compaq for one) on the horizon
Date: Fri, 05 May 2000 05:21:12 -0700
Michael Borgwardt wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Yanglong Zhu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I wake up to a horrific reality that some computer manufacturers may be
> > trying to suppress and uproot Linux and all other free Operating
> > Systems. How? They make computers that do not read nor write those free
> > OS bootdisks in drive A. It is a very bad trick upon us free OS users.
>
> I really don't think it's intentional, it may just be a technical problem.
>
> I've recently run into the same phenomenon in a Toshiba notebook.
> Linux installation bootdisks tend to use Syslinux as a bootloader, and
> the Toshiba couldn't boot it, despite having no problems with LILO
> or a Kernel written raw to floppy.
Hey, I'm not talking about Toshiba or anything else. I have tried quite a few
different things. I'm not that new to Linux any more. I'm not saying I exhausted
all possible solutions. But it doesn't worth it any more. Why should I spend so
much time on something Compaq's own support reps don't have a clue? Yes their
Linux knowledgeable support reps even strongly recommended not installing Linux
on Presarios.
It seems old (more than a year old) Presarios still support Linux. Only the new
ones. Eg. Presario 5834, Presario 7478 ... I tested personally with exactly the
same Linux boot.img disks. Not intentional?? Go figure.
>
>
> --
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> ANT - Animeclub fuer Deutschland: http://www.anime.no.tomodachi.de/
> --------------- Let`s shake the dew off this lily, shall we ? ---------------
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From: "Marc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What does 'susewmif' do?
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 12:23:18 +0200
Hi,
I'm not sure but I think it is program which configures the window-manager
menus and thereby adds the SuSE-entries.
BR,
Marc
John Scudder schrieb in Nachricht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I noticed that on the SuSE KDE desktop the 'yast' applnk executes the
>following:
>
>'susewmif yast'
>
>What is does 'susewmif' do? Is it some type of window manager for
>console programs? Can it be used with other options beside yast?
>
>John
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: make config problems
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 11:04:02 +0100
Reply-To: no_replyto@oursite
This message has been posted by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Ewart)
On Thu, 4 May 2000 23:02:11 +0100, Eagle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Is anything special required to be loaded in for this command to run?
>I'm using Slackware 7.0 distro ..... without X
>In /usr/src/linux, typing the command make config or make menuconfig gives
>error message that arch/i386 ...... (sorry trying to remember this from
>memory) .... cannot be found and quits on me.
>Any ideas than on how I can recompile the kernel?
Do you actually have the kernel source in /usr/src/linux ?? You should
see directories called arch, drivers, fs, ibcs etc.
Dave.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rainer Krienke)
Subject: Re: Tgif and .obj files??
Date: 5 May 2000 12:54:29 +0200
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Matthew B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello, ,,,, using RedHat 6.1 on an i686.
>
> Does anyone know about the program Tgif?
> I need to be able to convert the saved .obj file into either .JPG or .bmp.
>
> I have managed to do it ;accidently.
> I cannot remember exactly what I did, tried to repeat it , 200 times.but >zilch.
>
Load the .obj file by tgif and then print it (CTRL P). Before printing you can
adjust the
printing format to use. This can be a real printer or a local file in different
formats (default is usually eps).
Rainer
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Help: VIA 686A sound chip!!
Date: Fri, 05 May 2000 10:45:53 GMT
I just installed an Aopen AK72 with this sound chip and this procedure
worked for me. This procedure however is not for the faint of heart.
I had to compile 3 different set of source and add the lines listed
below to get it to work. Why does it have to be this difficult?
Nowhere in the ALSA documentation does it show you how to properly
install the drivers. I love linux, but these install procedures (all
of them not just this one) need to be simplified. Thanks ALSA for the
drivers they work great once installed.
In article <MdjL4.2210$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> [Posted and mailed]
>
> In article <8dk7v1$u4$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Kenny Zhu Qili <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > I recently bought a PC with a ATX VA5 motherboard. It has an on-
board VIA
> > VT82C686A southbridge. When I first installed linux on this
machine, I used the
> > default via82cxx.o that comes with my slakware distribution. I
could load the
> > module with no error but I got no sound. I checked on device dsp,
audio, mixer.
> > Everything seems OK, just no sound. Then I recompiled kernel and
installed ALSA
> > driver written by you. The module could be loaded, too. But I can't
find device
> > /dev/dsp or audio or mixer. The situation looks even worse. Could
you guys tell me what went wrong? Your early response is much
appreciated.
>
> Your problems with the ALSA drivers sound like you're trying to use
> OSS-style tools without OSS emulation running. Try this:
>
> modprobe snd-pcm-oss
> modprobe snd-mixer-oss
>
> Then try again. Alternatively, use the ALSA sound utilities, like
aplay,
> instead of OSS sound utilities. Also, note that ALSA mutes all
channels by
> default, so you'll need to unmute them with the amixer before you can
do
> anything. One of my systems has the following in its startup script:
>
> /sbin/modprobe snd-card-via686a
> /sbin/modprobe snd-pcm-oss
> /sbin/modprobe snd-mixer-oss
> /usr/bin/amixer set Synth 90% unmute
> /usr/bin/amixer set 'DSP Input' 90% unmute
> /usr/bin/amixer set PCM 90% unmute
> /usr/bin/amixer set Aux 90% unmute
> /usr/bin/amixer set Master 90% unmute
>
> This works quite well for me.
>
> --
> Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.rodsbooks.com
> Author of books on Linux networking & multi-OS configuration
>
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Before you buy.
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From: "PG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Insearch of a backup utility
Date: Fri, 05 May 2000 11:50:46 GMT
"Robert Hagg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8esj2v$j24$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I'm in search of a backup utility that runs under Linux, and capable of
> operating over a TCP/IP based LAN.
> The network is small, 15 nodes consisting of various Linux/NT/9x/Mac
> systems. I would like to be able to backup a complete system, multiple
> drives/boot partition etc.
> I'm interested the various utilities available and first hand experience,
> good or bad.
> Thanks.
> Feel free to cc me direct at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> -----------
Robert,
Have a look at Perfect Backup+ from Merlin Software. For
backing up drives on the network, you will need to install SAMBA. You can
even backup to devices on your network. So far, only complaint would be the
selection of files to backup could be made a bit easier.
pg
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From: "Sebastian Smolarczyk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Is a file opened by another process ?
Date: Fri, 05 May 2000 11:55:35 GMT
How can I get information if a file is opened by a remote process (over
NFS). I tested fuser and lsof, but there was no answer.
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From: "Paul Harman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.protocols.appletalk,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: [HELP] Mounting Macintosh fileserver on Linux
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 13:00:09 +0100
I have a very large picture archive stored on an Apple Mac server, which I
would like to be able to mount (nfs style) onto a Linux server. The Mac
server already exports volumes to many other Macs in my organisation, so
effectively I just want my Linux box to "pretend" to be a Mac.
I've had some experience with netatalk, but as I understand it netatalk does
the exact opposite of what I require here - copying all of the files off
this large Mac server just isn't an option.
Has anyone had any experience doing something like this, and if so could
they point me in an appropriate direction?
Many thanks,
Paul
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From: "T.E.Dickey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: TERM=linux equal to TERM=vt220 ? / was: Re: Help, argh....
backspace/delete xterm telnet broken...
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.windows.x.apps
Date: Fri, 05 May 2000 12:24:48 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc Roland Mainz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> David Efflandt wrote:
>> if ("$TERM" == "linux") then
>> setenv TERM vt100
> Uhm, we use TERM=vt220 ...
> Question is which one of both solutions is better/the right one... ?
It all depends on what he's trying to do - neither is correct if he's
trying to see line-drawing characters for instance.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: ramdisk > 4MB
Date: 05 May 2000 08:35:58 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 05 May 2000 07:34:31 GMT, Sparkzz
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>Hello,
>I need to set up a ramdisk (/dev/ram0, etc) for 16MB, but I can only get a max
>of 4MB. (kernel 2.2.14).
>Does anyone know what I have to change??
insmod rd 16384
will probably do what you want...
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From: "Stuart Grimshaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Con't find module block-major-8
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 13:43:50 -0000
Ever since I upgraded from Redhat 6.0 to RH6.2, I get the following series
of entries in my logfile :
May 1 12:55:08 garner kernel: cdrom: open failed.
May 1 12:55:08 garner modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module block-major-8
May 1 12:55:08 garner last message repeated 6 times
Does anyone know what they are and where they might be coming from?
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From: George Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux Windows Managers
Date: Fri, 05 May 2000 08:46:04 -0400
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Hello out there in Linux land..
I started Linux on my computer about a year ago with Redhat. Then I
became disgusted with it and got rid of it in favor of SusE. I am much
more satisfied with the SuSE distribution, but I was dissapointed that I
could not find the same kind of window manger I found with the RedHat.
I think it was the Afterstep, it had a dark grainy background and a wide
"toolbar" attached to the right of the screen. Is this merely an
alternative configuration file for afterstep? Does anybody know of this
and point me where to find it?
Also any comments on favorite windows mangagers would be
interesting.
George
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lee Allen)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: VPN server for linux
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 05 May 2000 12:53:33 GMT
"H.T. Sun" wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone know of any VPN (Virtual Private Network) server
> applications for Linux ? Any info. will be very helpful.
>
> Thanks a million
If you mean, how to set up a VPN using Linux as the VPN server...
Have you read the VPN-HOWTO?
http://howto.tucows.com/LDP/HOWTO/VPN-HOWTO.html
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