Linux-Misc Digest #458, Volume #24 Sun, 14 May 00 11:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Pb:Scanner Hp 4P SCSI sane (Bruno)
phone calls with voice modem (Rene Windiks)
Re: "From" in elm and mutt (Micke)
Distribution "for" CD-urning w/ IDE? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Help->Colourised Login (The Ghost In The Machine)
Re: German Govt says Microsoft a security risk (Matthias Warkus)
Re: pppd died unexpectedly!!! (Eddy Young)
tv (mitja)
WYSIWYG web page generator (Rick)
Re: Benchmarks and relative speeds (Raj Rijhwani)
need help on creating kernel image (mugu)
Re: FreeBSD and Linux (Paul David Fardy)
Re: WYSIWYG web page generator ("Patrick")
Re: sysadmin book (James Silverton)
Boot Disk ("Scott")
Re: mySql ? (joe 90)
Re: Benchmarks and relative speeds (Tim Haynes)
Re: Kernel 2.2.14 and Sound problems ("Erik A. Mogensen")
Re: Netscape 4.72 bus error...YIPEE! ("Erik A. Mogensen")
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From: Bruno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Pb:Scanner Hp 4P SCSI sane
Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 12:19:57 +0200
Hi everybody. I have a problem with my scanner (scanjet 4P form HP)
I installed packages from sane.
I've tried
xscanimage
but it tells me
no aviable devices
then i tried
make xconf
or
make menuconfig
to put the right SCSI module support
but it tells me
no rule to make target xconfig STOP
What should i do
Thanx a lot and sorry for my bad english.
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From: Rene Windiks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: phone calls with voice modem
Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 12:25:09 +0200
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Hi,
is it possible to make phone calls with voice
modem (intern/extern) under linux?
I do not mean voice-over-ip, i.e. phone calls
via the internet. I mean modem-to-telephone
connections.
Please send answers also to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thank you.
--
Rene Windiks
Phone/Fax: +49-30-6821962
E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Micke)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: "From" in elm and mutt
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 10:39:28 GMT
Konnichi wa Gary Dolan-san! About `Re: "From" in elm and mutt` you wrote:
In elm you just create a file named elmheaders in your ~/elm
$touch ~/.elm/elmheaders
then
$echo "From: your name <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" > ~/.elm/elmheaders
$
thats it
micke
>>>Quentin PHILIPPE wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I have a problem with elm and mutt: If I send an email with them, the
>>>> answer address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] (easynet is my provider, and
>>>> quentin my user under linux). And it should be as underneath:
>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>Why not just put
>>my_header From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>my_header Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>in your .muttrc
>>--
>>Gary Dolan
>>Debian GNU/Linux, Kernel 2.2.14
--
micke
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Distribution "for" CD-urning w/ IDE?
Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 10:31:23 GMT
Hi guys!
I thought I'd throw out my old installation, RedHat 6.0, and do a
completely new installation with some new distribution, I don't know
which.
The thing I would like some help with is the following:
I have 2 IDE-HD (6 and 13GB) and one Sony CRX-100E CDWriter(IDE).
Is there any distribution that allows me to just start burn audio CD's
from the start or must I go through this "generic SCSI"-thing with
whichever I'd choose?
If I have to, could you recommend a distribution that makes this easy
at the installation procedure?
Thanks in advance,
Caj Zell
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (The Ghost In The Machine)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Help->Colourised Login
Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 10:42:54 GMT
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Jackie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote on Sat, 13 May 2000 11:49:50 +0800 <8fij96$dp1$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>Hi there, I know BLUE="$ESC[44;37m" and NORMAL="$ESC[40;37m". But how about
>the others, such as read, yellow....? Pls point me to the right doc.
>Thx in adv - Jackie mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Well, the table appears to be as follows, colorwise:
Foreground Background
Black 30 40
Red 31 41
Green 32 42
Yellow 33 43
Blue 34 44
Magenta 35 45
Cyan 36 46
White 37 47
You can also use codes 0 (reset), 1 (bold), code 4 (bright/underline),
code 5 (blink), and code 7 (reverse video). Note that the codes
are processed in order:
echo -e '\033[0;31;42;5m'
which is an aesthetically ugly display, but illustrates the concepts
fairly well.
Note that these also work on Xterms (except for the blink, which changes
to bold), for those so inclined -- at least on RedHat 6.0, anyway.
However, you may also want to check out the curses library.
Programming against the curses library allows one to attach
e.g. a WYSE 60 or ADM or other such serial terminal, and any
properly written program using the curses library would just
need to change the TERM environment variable, and away you go,
as opposed to rewriting all of the escape codes. (It's not clear
how well serial terminals will support all the colors, I'll admit,
and the curses library isn't exactly the easiest thing to
program with.)
Followups reset.
--
[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- we now return c.o.l.a. to its regularly scheduled
programming, which consists of screaming, ranting,
and raving about Linux and Windows :-)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Warkus)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: German Govt says Microsoft a security risk
Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 00:28:04 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It was the Sat, 13 May 2000 12:06:22 -0700...
...and Salvador Peralta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Matthias Warkus wrote:
> >
> > The values and ideals held up by Scientology aren't exactly compliant
> > with the German constitution either.
>
> This is what I'm interested in. Most everything else in this discussion
> is a red herring. IMO, it's on-topic (if only tangentially) because
> many technology companies are funded, in part, by scientology, and many
> more use management principles that are consistent with scientology.
> Yes, even open source shops.
Tell me which ones so I can boycott them.
> So I ask again, what values and ideals are
> you referring to?
- Internally, Scientology isn't democratically organised.
- People who want to leave the "church" are often put under severe
pressure. There are cases of ex-members who have been terrorised for
months and years after they left.
- Scientology's official policies on anything regarding leadership or
collection of data on subaltern personnel are pretty fascist
- ...
This is what's on top of my brain, I've got no intention on wasting
valuable time to inform you for the sake of a point that's clear
anyway. You can ask the responsible German officials for further
information if you're interested. I'm sure they've got a web presence.
> WRT allowing your government to "protect you" from exposure to
> alternative points of view, Gods save us from such noblesse oblige. I
> don't think it's healthy.
Bullshit. Stop contorting the meaning of what I've said. The
government is not protecting *me* from anything, but protecting the
constitution from offenders.
And yes, it is very American to think that letting a criminal and
anticonstitutional organisation like Scientology act freely is just
"exposing the people to alternative points of view".
I've got no interest on continuing this conversation with someone as
naive as you.
mawa
--
Teaticket, Massachusetts | Tightwad, Missouri | Hot Coffee,
Sleepy Eye, Minnesota | Peculiar, Missouri | Mississippi
Dinkytown, Minnesota | Jerk Tail, Missouri |
-- U.S. placenames
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Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 14:49:22 +0400
From: Eddy Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: pppd died unexpectedly!!!
> I am having a hard time with kppp, every time i call my isp i get an error
> message after logging on the network. the error message says that: The pppd
> daemon died unexpectedl, i have no clue why is that. i running redhat linux
> 6.1 and kde.
> any ideas ???
Hello Mark,
I suspect you have to turn on PAP authentication. Many ISPs use this
mode.
I hope my suggestion works :)
--
Eddy Young
Web Applications Developer (ASP, VBScript, JavaScript, PHP, SQL)
tel: +230 247 3266
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: mitja <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: tv
Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 12:56:52 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have Flyvideo 98 FM and now finally working but without sound.
Please help me.
Mitja
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From: Rick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.powerpc,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: WYSIWYG web page generator
Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 07:15:48 -0400
Are there any WYSIWYG web page generators for Linux/LinuxPPC? It would
need to be able to generate frames, input forms and secure pages.
Any and all he;p appreciated.
--
Rick
To reply by email remove the obvious from my address.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Raj Rijhwani)
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Benchmarks and relative speeds
Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 10:16:13 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <8fl8k8$aq$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[EMAIL PROTECTED] "Jon Plews" writes:
> IIRC SETI relies heavily on the FPU so I'd guess the K6-2 has a
> weak FPU.
This would certainly seem to be the case. (Now regretting having
bought AMD - something I would never have thought I would say...)
> VX and TX Pentium support chipsets from Intel could only cache
> the first 64M of memory. Dunno if that's what your thinking of.
Given the implications, I'm guessing it is (and thanks for the answers
peeps).
--
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] | ... We know that you can hear us Earthmen
| "Lieutenant Green: Launch all Angels!"
http://www.courtfld.demon.co.uk/raj/ (demon, and gods, willing...)
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Subject: need help on creating kernel image
From: mugu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 04:44:00 -0700
Hi,
I want to use LOADLIN to load linux on my machine. but i'm
having a problem with the kernel on the mandrake installation cd
(vmlinuz). I want to make an image of my kernel to use with
LOADLIN. How can I do that ??
Thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul David Fardy)
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Linux
Date: 14 May 2000 12:11:59 GMT
Christopher Browne wrote:
>>>> <http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-project-9911/msg00042.html>
>>>> has a discussion thread entitled "Stop Debian/FreeBSD," so evidently
>>>> some people aren't thrilled with the idea...
"John S. Dyson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>> That is kind of interesting, because it would be good to have a
>>> Linux-style OS with a freely redistributable (in the sense of
>>> developer free), non-redistribution encumbered kernel.
Christopher Browne wrote:
>> I'm sure that's the _exact_ objection in the thread; doubtless the
>> Debian developers have, as the most important thing in their minds
>> to ensure that there couldn't _possibly_ be a "non-redistribution
>> encumbered kernel."
"John S. Dyson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> That position is imponderable to me, unless it is a result of a
> social-engineering or paranoid mentality... By allowing
> innovation in the kernel (as needed), it allows the same
> development freedom in the kernel as in userland.
> There are various forms of 'inertia' that will keep people from
> forking excessively (for example, XFree86, FreeBSD), while if
> needed, the proprietary forking can happen. More often than not,
> there is little reason for being fearful of minor, proprietary
> forks -- the only reason that I can ponder is paranoia :-).
Perhaps "more often than not", but that's not "always".
"Kerberos, PACs And Microsoft's Dirty Tricks"
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/05/02/158204
Paul Fardy
--
Paul David Fardy | Computing and Communications
Systems Administrator | Memorial University of Newfoundland
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | St. John's, NF A1C 5S7 CANADA
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Reply-To: "Patrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Patrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.powerpc,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: WYSIWYG web page generator
Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 12:36:18 GMT
Linux people don't believe in WYSIWYG! They are a bunch of command line
fools. I however like how Frontpage does that automatic navigation buttons
but I really don't like Frontpage. Is there anything else that does they
navigation stuff?
Patrick
"Rick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
: Are there any WYSIWYG web page generators for Linux/LinuxPPC? It would
: need to be able to generate frames, input forms and secure pages.
:
: Any and all he;p appreciated.
: --
: Rick
: To reply by email remove the obvious from my address.
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From: James Silverton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: sysadmin book
Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 08:46:05 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> In article <8fkueo$l8$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >Is there a comprehensive book on linux/unix system administration that
> >would explain the tasks of a system administrator from the time the
> >system is installed through adding new users/terminals? I need a book
> >that explains the why's of systems administration not just the what's
> >and the how's.
> >
> >If this is the wrong forum to ask, where should I ask?
> >
> >Thanks in advance
> >
> >MTOV
> >
> >
> >Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> >Before you buy.
>
> Essential System Administration
> published by O'Reilly
As you say, Aileen Frisch's book "Essential System Administration" is
very good and I have used it for years. However, I recently bought
Jochen Hein's "Linux Companion for System Administrators" and have to
like it even better than Frisch's book. For Linux systems anyway, it is
a real mine of information.
Jim.
--
James V. Silverton
Potomac, Maryland.
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From: "Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Boot Disk
Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 08:42:42 -0400
I have a problem. I've got two hard drives (one Windows, one Linux). The
computer boots using LILO. I would like to get rid of LILO an boot to my
windows disk, but still have the option of booting to my Linux disk using a
floppy. Anyone know how to go about doing this?
I have to do it because running both drives makes my Linux disk overheat and
not operate. Then, because, I guess, it is the disk that's actually
booting, I can't boot the windows disk no matter what (not even with a
Windows Startup disk).
Any help would be appreciated.
Scott
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From: joe 90 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mySql ?
Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 13:30:07 GMT
Adrian Mann wrote:
> Does anyone knwo how to develop databases in this ?
Linux os distro & kernel version?
Mysql version?
Did you install from a source rpm?
Have you ch
I take it you are planning to do web based stuff, i.e html front end for
applications.
After a succesful installation there should be a test database, that you
can access: mysl test
at the mysql console you can 'show tables', which should list the tables
in the test database. You can also ask mysql to 'describe' a specific
table in a database.
You need to learn some sql, or at least have an understanding and a
handy reference available, so you can create databases, tables & fields.
For cgi interaction with mysql over the web, php would may be easier to
learn if you are a newbie as it has a shorter learning curve, but if you
are more experienced, are prepared to put in the hours to learn or who
would like a more powerful scripting tool, perl would be a better
choice, using DBI/DBD to interact with mysql.
>
> Be able to get into it ?
> I can log on as mysql and get into the server but thats about it !
> rpm also says its not installed when I have installed it .
>
How did you install it, (user & commands), what syntax did you use to
query rpm?
>
> Any ideas ?
>
> Adrian M
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tim Haynes)
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Benchmarks and relative speeds
Date: 14 May 2000 14:42:00 +0100
Reply-To: "Tim Haynes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Raj Rijhwani) writes:
> In article <8fl8k8$aq$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Jon Plews" writes:
>
> > IIRC SETI relies heavily on the FPU so I'd guess the K6-2 has a
> > weak FPU.
>
> This would certainly seem to be the case. (Now regretting having bought
> AMD - something I would never have thought I would say...)
This is something I thought I heard once or twice before - AMD K6-* FPUs
might not be quite up to scratch compared to the Intel ones, or something
like that. In any case, it depends what you want to do - I know that for
having a notebook sitting onna knee recompiling a kernel, I'd choose AMD
any day. (Or rather, a G3, but so it goes ;)
~Tim
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From: "Erik A. Mogensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kernel 2.2.14 and Sound problems
Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 10:26:34 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I just downloaded and compiled the 2.2.14 kernel. I have a few
> problems, i would appreciate help on:
>
> b) at some point when the machine is loading all it has to load I
> get numerous messages saying that the kernel version in my System.map
> file doesn't correspond to the actual kernel version.
>
I can only help you with this one.....
cp /usr/src/linux/System.map /boot/System.map
Erik A. Mogensen
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From: "Erik A. Mogensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netscape 4.72 bus error...YIPEE!
Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 10:31:46 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Stewart Honsberger wrote:
>
> On Sat, 13 May 2000 06:06:33 -0700, Richard wrote:
> >Have you found a solution to this? I've got the same problem, and
> >I don't see any replies to your question. The annoying thing is
> >that the first time I installed Linux, this did not happen.
>
> I found that after installing the RealPlayer 7 plugin for Netscape as
> my normal user, this would happen. My solution was to delete my ~/.netscape
> directory and let Netscape re-create it.
>
> --
> Stewart Honsberger (AKA Blackdeath) @ http://sprk.com/blackdeath/
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Remove 'thirteen' to reply privately)
> Humming along under SuSE 6.4, Linux 2.2.14
I had the same proble. Netscape would run as root but crashed with a
bus error as a normal user. Try this as root....in the normal users
.netscape directory, delete the plugin-lst file. Then, copy plugin-lst
from root's .netscape directory to the user's .netscape directory.
Change the permissions on the file to reflect those of the normal user.
Netscape should then have no problems.
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