Linux-Misc Digest #600, Volume #24 Thu, 25 May 00 18:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: my startx needs help!!! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Apache user rights (Parminder Lehal)
Re: Help with syslogd/syslog.conf (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22Bj=F6rn-Bernhard_Schad=22?=)
Want more on linux? ("SEATTLE")
Re: how to enter a bug report against linux? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: how to enter a bug report against linux? (Frank McKenney)
Re: how to enter a bug report against linux? (Leslie Mikesell)
Re: Make dep errors on compiling kernel 2.2.12 (Paul Kimoto)
Re: pls help me. cannot open -lcrypt (Paul Kimoto)
ghostscript/aspfilter help (Kirk Filley)
Re: Need ideas for university funded project for linux (Nix)
Re: ghostscript/aspfilter help (Kirk Filley)
AMD K6-III -why i586? (Rafael)
UNIX Linux only ISP (Sparc)
Re: Apache user rights ("Jeffrey Tubes")
Re: Linux hangs (Rafael)
Re: my startx needs help!!! (Dances With Crows)
Re: how to enter a bug report against linux? (Paul Kimoto)
Re: how to enter a bug report against linux? (s@-)
Re: Need ideas for university funded project for linux (Jonathan Abbey)
Help updating ncurses (Flounder)
Re: Adaptec 19160 (crs)
Re: removing LILO from mbr (Chris Norris)
statfs64 or 2gig limit problem
Re: linux + dsl + pacific bell (Ivan Pour)
Re: Printer reccomendations? (Rod Smith)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: my startx needs help!!!
Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 19:56:16 GMT
thanks for your replies. but i was unable to fix that problem.
when i ran sax, it started to telling me that "an error has occured,
for more info have look at startlog & serverlog."
also i reinstalled the whole os but the problem remains.
is thier any hope for me now???
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Thu, 25 May 2000 10:56:09 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <<8gj0s4$f8$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>
> [snip]
> >(**)FontPath set
>
>to "usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc, /usr/X11r6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi, /usr/
X
> >
> >You must provide a "screen" section in XF86 for at least one of the
> >following graphic drivers: accel
> >Fatel server error:
> >No configured graphic devices
> >
> >X connection to: o.o broken (explicit kill or server shutdown)
> >
> >SO ALL ABOVE IS THE ERROR I GET WHENEVER I TRIED TO RUN GRAPHICAL
> >INTERFACE.
>
> Don't SHOUT. It's rude.
>
> >please help me to solve this problem. thank you for your precious
time.
> >SUSE 6.3
>
> Log in as root, then enter "SaX" at the prompt. Follow the
directions and
> configure your ATi graphics card. Don't mess around with the
contents of
> /etc/XF86Config until you know what you're doing--from the error
message,
> it looks like a chunk near the end of the file got wiped out.
>
> After you have gone through SaX, enter "init 3" at the prompt. You
should
> get a standard X graphical login screen. Changing /etc/inittab for a
> graphical login on startup requires only one change:
>
> id:2:initdefault
> to
> id:3:initdefault
>
> --
> 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 \#| Beer is a vegetable.
WinNT
> (Unless, of course, you're working with NT)\| is the study of cool. --
MegaHAL
>
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: Parminder Lehal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Apache user rights
Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 15:55:46 -0400
Rafael wrote:
>
> I have Apache 3.12. Each users have pages at their home directories in
> public_html folder. To enable access to their web pages I had change
> rights of their home folders to 755. I don't want them able to look at
> theirs home folders. How to do this. To make at the same time their web
> pages be visible.
>
> Rafael
try chmod 711 that 'll disable autoindexing but all the html
files with read permissions will be browsable.
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From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22Bj=F6rn-Bernhard_Schad=22?=
Subject: Re: Help with syslogd/syslog.conf
Date: 19 May 2000 14:57:54 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> At work I have been asked to capture syslog messages being run by a non=
> daemon user (we'll call it jdoe). There is a script in /etc/rc.d owned=
> as user jdoe to permit it to run as jdoe. Now, I need to update
> /etc/syslog.conf to capture messages (such as level0 - 7, error, debug,=
> etc) from the program run by user jdoe. Everything is running on
> Slackware 7, kernel 2.2.14.
> =
> What updates do I need to make to /etc/syslog.conf to permit this
> logging?
Syslog messages belong to an service/ application (facility) and they
have a servirity level (priority). You have to find out, as which
service the program logs its messages, then you can edit syslog.conf
approprietly. E.g. add a line like this:
your_program.* -/var/log/your_program.log
This will put all messages of facility your_program into the given
file. =
man syslog.conf
CU
Bj=F6rn
-- =
Bj=F6rn-Bernhard Schad
fon: +49 30 47531504
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From: "SEATTLE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Want more on linux?
Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 20:20:14 GMT
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: how to enter a bug report against linux?
Date: 25 May 2000 12:22:13 -0700
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mark says...
>
>Nevertheless, if 'Linux' insists that there is no agreed interface, it
>sounds to me that more work is being created than necessary. But
>whatever works, I suppose...
you don't get it, do you? Linux is developed by thousands of hackers
all over the world, setting up some bloody contracts and specs
for every interface in the kernel, not only will slow us down,
it will be a nightmere to maintain. Who the hell is going to maintain
all those specs and tests? you want one, you write your own.
Linux does not follow those procedures, becuase linux does not need 'em.
Everything you ever wanted is in the code. you want to find something,
get the source code and see how it works. no bloody specs or test suites
will ever be as good as looking at the source code.
Many people want to change the way linux is written, but it will never
change, that is how it works and that is how it will always work. if
you do not like it, go write your own OS.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank McKenney)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: how to enter a bug report against linux?
Date: 25 May 2000 20:34:50 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mark Wilden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Frank McKenney wrote:
>>
>> Rodney "Mythical Man-Month" Brooks
>
>Fred.
...Nevermind!
(Sorry, Fred (;-))
Frank McKenney, McKenney Associates
Richmond, Virginia / (804) 320-4887
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Leslie Mikesell)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: how to enter a bug report against linux?
Date: 25 May 2000 15:35:30 -0500
In article <8gjuh5$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mark says...
>
>>
>>Nevertheless, if 'Linux' insists that there is no agreed interface, it
>>sounds to me that more work is being created than necessary. But
>>whatever works, I suppose...
>
>you don't get it, do you? Linux is developed by thousands of hackers
>all over the world, setting up some bloody contracts and specs
>for every interface in the kernel, not only will slow us down,
>it will be a nightmere to maintain.
That is pretty much the definition of an interface. And it is
not having stable interfaces that makes something a nightmare
to maintain.
>Linux does not follow those procedures, becuase linux does not need 'em.
You don't need them as long as it is a one-man-show. But even a
brilliant man has limits.
>Everything you ever wanted is in the code. you want to find something,
>get the source code and see how it works. no bloody specs or test suites
>will ever be as good as looking at the source code.
Without stable interfaces, no two people can work on different
parts at the same time. You also can't test both sides of
the interface separately to isolate problems.
>Many people want to change the way linux is written, but it will never
>change, that is how it works and that is how it will always work. if
>you do not like it, go write your own OS.
Fortunately it doesn't have to be that drastic because there already
are alternatives that are pretty much compatible at the application
level. So, there is no great risk involved in waiting to see
how far this approach can go.
Les Mikesell
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: Make dep errors on compiling kernel 2.2.12
Date: 25 May 2000 16:44:28 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Brent Turner wrote:
> I'm currently running 2.2.5-15; and having downloaded 2.2.12
> scripts/ makdep.c.c13: sys/stat.h.: No such file or directory
> scripts/ makedep.c.c14: sys/types.h: No such file or directory
> scripts/split-include.c:c22: sys/stat.h; No such file or directory
You need to install the libc development package, which contains these
files. (Also make sure that you have installed the binutils.)
Also: the current kernel version is 2.2.15. There are release notes
for 2.2.{11,12,13,14,15} at http://www.linux.org.uk/ .
--
Paul Kimoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: pls help me. cannot open -lcrypt
Date: 25 May 2000 16:48:11 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <8gjhcn$d4i$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have a strange problem. In spite of I have crypt lib
>
>> ldconfig -v | grep "crypt"
> libcrypt.so.1 => libcrypt-2.1.1.so
> libcrypt.so.1 => libcrypt-2.1.1.so
>
> /usr/bin/ld: cannot open -lcrypt: No such file or directory
The "-lcrypt" makes the linker look for files by the name of "libcrypt.so"
and "libcrypt.a" AND NO OTHERS (such as "libcrypt.so.SOME_NUMBER"). You
need a symbolic link from /usr/lib/libcypt.so [*] to /lib/libcrypt.so.1.
You may also want to investigate why your distribution or installation did
not make this link.
(*--The usual place for libcrypt.so.1 is /lib, but ld(1) does not search
there, but rather in places like /usr/lib.)
--
Paul Kimoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: Kirk Filley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ghostscript/aspfilter help
Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 15:49:39 -0500
I'm a newbie, so handle me with kid gloves...
I ran setup for the aspfilter and it informed me that it had found
ghostscript 5.10 and I should upgrade to 6.01. I did so and reran
setup... whereupon it informed me yet again that I had 5.10 and should
upgrade.
I executed gs from the prompt and the version number came up as 6.01.
I've deleted all references to ghostscript 5.10 in the file structure,
yet when I run aspfilter setup... same message. Where am I going wrong
here??? Someone help please!
Kirk
P.S. I realize I could run setup anyway, but I want to find out WHY
setup detects the old version...
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From: Nix <$}xinix{[email protected]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Need ideas for university funded project for linux
Date: 25 May 2000 21:46:51 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (JEDIDIAH) writes:
> Given the non-package specific dependency checking tools already in
> Linux, one would think that you could build a dependency database
> quite independent of rpm or deb.
You can. It's called `the filesystem'.
(GNU stow, opt-depot, STORE and similar programs automate this process.)
--
`Q: Why did they deprecate a.out support in linux?
A: Because a nasty coff is bad for your elf.' --- James Simmons
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From: Kirk Filley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ghostscript/aspfilter help
Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 15:56:06 -0500
Oh yeah... email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks!
Kirk Filley wrote:
>
> I'm a newbie, so handle me with kid gloves...
>
> I ran setup for the aspfilter and it informed me that it had found
> ghostscript 5.10 and I should upgrade to 6.01. I did so and reran
> setup... whereupon it informed me yet again that I had 5.10 and should
> upgrade.
>
> I executed gs from the prompt and the version number came up as 6.01.
> I've deleted all references to ghostscript 5.10 in the file structure,
> yet when I run aspfilter setup... same message. Where am I going wrong
> here??? Someone help please!
>
> Kirk
>
> P.S. I realize I could run setup anyway, but I want to find out WHY
> setup detects the old version...
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From: Rafael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: AMD K6-III -why i586?
Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 22:59:07 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Why Linux recognized AMD K6-III as i586 and not as i686? Can I use i686
kernel for this AMD? When trying install new i686 kernel from rpm
instalation program says :
"Wrong architecture"
and abort instalation
Rafael
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sparc)
Subject: UNIX Linux only ISP
Date: 25 May 2000 20:59:12 GMT
Rebel Net is the UK's first UNIX and Linux only
ISP.
No windoze users allowed to connect to us, we have
designed a service with UNIX an Linux only in mind.
We hope you will be interested, join the rebellion!
http://www.rebel-net.co.uk/
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From: "Jeffrey Tubes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Apache user rights
Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 16:00:03 -0500
If you have them setup the standard public_html directory or whatever you
use (I use www) and set 711 permissions on the www directory you may have
forgotten to also set the same permission on their home directory. i.e. for
/home/jtubes/www don't forget to chmod 711 /home/jtubes as well.
"Rafael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I have Apache 3.12. Each users have pages at their home directories in
> public_html folder. To enable access to their web pages I had change
> rights of their home folders to 755. I don't want them able to look at
> theirs home folders. How to do this. To make at the same time their web
> pages be visible.
>
> Rafael
>
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From: Rafael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Linux hangs
Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 23:04:27 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I tried without network cards, and linux still hangs! I am getting crazy!
Could be the problem in Procesor or memmory? Do you know some software on
linux which can find the problem. Which will help to debug, I realy don't
want spend next mounths fighting with hanging Linux.
Maybe.........
Rafael
Grahame Jordan wrote:
> Rafael,
>
> What sort of hang. Can you ping it or telnet into it from another
> machine?
> Sometimes X can hang but the rest is OK. In this case it may be related
> to your video card Driver. If in the casae the thing is completely dead
> it may be an irq conflict. Ethernet cards don't like to be on the same
> irqs as other devices.
>
> From much experience Linux itself has never been the problem, either
> hardware or driver. Maybe you could try another video card and remove
> other cards and bring them in one at a time (noting irqs) until you can
> pinpoint the problem.
>
> Good Luck
>
> Yoda
>
> Rafael wrote:
> >
> > My Linux (Red Hat 6.2, kernel 2.14 and 6.1) hangs. I run on the same
> > computer Windows 98 and it works without hangings. I would like use
> > only Linux on this computer but I can't. It hangs (freeze), the reset
> > button could not restart computer (black screen). I have to turn power
> > of. Please help me. What could be the reason.
> > I have:
> > AMD K6-3 400 Mhz running on 100Mhz bus ( 4x100)
> > S3 868 (2Mb) graphic PCI card
> > 128 Mb Ram ( 2x64 Mb)
> > HD IBM GXP 27GB ( Linux on hda2 (boot- below 1024) and hda6 and swap on
> > hda7)
> > Screen Nokia 447M
> >
> > When I changed bus speed to 95Mhz ( 4x95) i stop hanging. But next day
> > I add additional PCI network card and it start hanging again. Than I go
> > down to 83 Mhz bus speed and it seems to not hang. But what is the
> > problem , with Windows 95 , 98 and NT I can run eaven in overclocked up
> > to 450Mhz with bus speed 112Mhz.
> > What kind of the problem it could, is it related to Linux, or to
> > hardwareor other problem. Somebody should now this?
> > Please help!
> >
> > Addotional information:
> > I had Linux with the same hardware, but with other motherboard and 486
> > 120Mhz, and it worked perfect.
> >
> > Please send answer to my email too
> >
> > Rafael
>
> --
> -----------------------
> - I see, I forget; -
> - I read I know; - (Understanding Year 1&2 Maths)
> - I do, I understand. - (Alan Horsfield)
> -----------------------
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: my startx needs help!!!
Date: 25 May 2000 17:11:26 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 25 May 2000 19:56:16 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<<8gk0gm$p33$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>thanks for your replies. but i was unable to fix that problem.
>when i ran sax, it started to telling me that "an error has occured,
>for more info have look at startlog & serverlog."
And did you do this? What does it say? If it says "errno=111", then the
important parts are right *before* that message.
>also i reinstalled the whole os but the problem remains.
Don't do that. This isn't Windows; you need to fight that ingrained
reflex. Usually, it just wastes time.
>is thier any hope for me now???
Looking back through this thread, I now realize that you never mentioned
your graphics card. What kind of card is it? Make, model, and chipset,
please. Your first message referred to ATi at some point--do you have an
ATi Rage 128 card? (Often sold as "Fury" and "Fury Maxx" among other
things...) These are not supported well in Xfree86 3.3.5, which SuSE 6.3
shipped with. However, you can grab an updated package from SuSE itself,
which might be the easiest way:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse_update/6.3/xsrv3/xsvga.rpm (1392 K)
Download that package and install it with the command
rpm -Uvh xsvga.rpm
while working as root. Then try SaX again, using the SVGA server if SaX
doesn't detect the card automatically.
If that doesn't work, SuSE 6.4 shipped with Xfree86 3.3.6, which does
support Rage128 cards, or you can download packages from xfree86.org.
Here are a couple of links for guides on updating the entire xfree86
package:
http://xfree86.org/3.3.6/RELNOTES.html
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mhgraham/UpgradeXfree.html
--
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 \#| Beer is a vegetable. WinNT
(Unless, of course, you're working with NT)\| is the study of cool. --MegaHAL
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: how to enter a bug report against linux?
Date: 25 May 2000 17:17:42 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <8giu23$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, s@- wrote:
> If you are not happy with the source control system you
> are using, get a better one. The answer is NOT not to use one.
>
> Can you imagine working on 500,000 lines program without source
> control system??
There have been attempts to track bugs and patches, and control source,
but they have failed because Linus didn't like how they worked. Larry
McVoy promised to build him a new, custom system. It is called
"BitKeeper", and (presuming that it turns out to be real and not an
extended form of vaporware) it will be used at some date in the (distant?)
future.
There is an article at http://lwn.net/1999/features/BitKeeper.phtml, mostly
about the non-OpenSource-ness of this product. In any case, it tells us:
: Some background is in order. Larry has built up an impressive resume
: over the years, with stints at places like SCO, Sun, SGI, and
: Cobalt. Much of that time has been spent hacking on one kernel or
: another, and, at Sun, putting together configuration management tools.
: BitKeeper provides all of the features of systems like SCCS or CVS, and a
: lot more. BitKeeper was designed from the beginning to work with
: multiple source repositories, and to facilitate moving patches from one
: repository to another.
: The multiple repository scheme is designed to work well with large,
: globally-distributed development teams. The patch management allows for
: the handling of changes, and for filtering these changes on their way up
: to the "master" repository. In the Linux kernel case, this means that
: Linus can benefit from much greater peer review of patches before he has
: to see them. With some luck, the result should be a reduction in the
: number of "Linus does not scale" burnouts that have occasionally halted
: kernel work in the past.
--
Paul Kimoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: s@-
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: how to enter a bug report against linux?
Date: 25 May 2000 13:41:12 -0700
>In article <8gihq9$58g$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>Peter T. Breuer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Bugs are fixed
>>by communication and contribution among the many many developers
>>involved. The kernel is too complex for most anyone to be able to
>>work on in isolation. It's an interacting system. It needs an
>>interacting medium as the conduit for work on it. A bugtrack system
>>is not that.
What a MORON you are.
That is exactly what a bug-tracking system do.
A bug-tracking system is a vehicle to manage progress towards solving
a defect in a product.
Communication between interested party about the specific bug is done
via this system. This way, all communications, information, and
final resolution is kept in one centralized place for ever and is
not lost.
compare this to the idiotic process of people in the dark sending
email to doug and alan asking questions and wasting time.
I just hope that peter is the exception to the rule, and linux
programmers are more mature and expeirenced software engineers
than this particular idiot project them to be.
/s
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonathan Abbey)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Need ideas for university funded project for linux
Date: 25 May 2000 16:18:57 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Nix <$}xinix{[email protected]> wrote:
| [EMAIL PROTECTED] (JEDIDIAH) writes:
| > Given the non-package specific dependency checking tools already in
| > Linux, one would think that you could build a dependency database
| > quite independent of rpm or deb.
|
| You can. It's called `the filesystem'.
|
| (GNU stow, opt-depot, STORE and similar programs automate this process.)
You can find links to a whole bunch of these things at
http://www.arlut.utexas.edu/csd/opt_depot/opt_depot.html
Jon (one of the primary authors of opt_depot)
--
===============================================================================
Jonathan Abbey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Applied Research Laboratories The University of Texas at Austin
Ganymede, a GPL'ed metadirectory for UNIX http://www.arlut.utexas.edu/gash2
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From: Flounder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: redhat.general,linux.redhat
Subject: Help updating ncurses
Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 16:26:01 -0500
I am running Redhat 6.2 and I want to update the ncrurses package that
came with it to the newest ncurses but I also have to keep the old
version because about a billion programs require it to run. So I have to
keep both versions and if I can I would like to install the new version
through a RPM package and not .tgz.
Please send the response to me at my e-mail.
Thanks in advance
flounder
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From: crs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.linux,comp.periphs.scsi,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Adaptec 19160
Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 22:35:07 +0100
Chris West wrote:
> Does anyone know if there's a Linux driver available for the Adaptec 19160
> SCSI card?
I've been using this card with the aic7xxx adaptec module and it seems to
work OK.
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From: Chris Norris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: removing LILO from mbr
Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 21:30:05 GMT
Philo wrote:
>
>
> it will only restore your mbr, dont worry it will NOT do a fdisk!!!
>
> Chris Norris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > I have read sevral times that I can remove LILO from the mbr by using
the
> > command "fdisk /mbr" from a DOS prompt. This will replace the mbr with
> > DEFAULT values. What I would like to know before doing this is, will
these
> > default values overwrite my partition information, restoring my disk to
> > its original "whole disk" partition?
> >
> > thanks, Chris
> >
> > --
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> > http://www.help.com/
>
>
Thanks for your advice. In fact I'm using "Nuts & Bolts" on the Win 95
partition. It's scandisk type program noticed that the dos was missing
from the boot mbr and offered to fix it for me. All went well and I'm now
booting from the boot zone of the Linux partition.
Thanks anyway, Chris
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: statfs64 or 2gig limit problem
Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 21:30:07 GMT
I am running RH6.2 on an intel box,
compiling with -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE (dont know if I need this),
and the following code snippit, the problem is I am trying to see
a drive larger than 2 gig and get the information from it, seems to not
return the correct data.
Has anyone come accross this one before? Do you have an example?
Thanks ahead of time.
////////////////////////
struct statfs64 buf;
if (statfs64("/usr", &buf) == -1)
exit(0);
printf("%llu\n", buf.f_blocks);
///////////////////////
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From: Ivan Pour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux + dsl + pacific bell
Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 17:44:59 -0400
I recently got ADSL service from SNET, another SBC company. They gave
me a choice of an external SpeedStream modem that had a USB connection
(I said no), or a regular LAN modem with a PCI ethernet card (I said
yes). They supplied me with a Kingston 110 NIC card, and a SpeedStream
5260 ADSL external modem. They suppled the Windows software
(Enternet). With this setup, which uses a dynamic IP via a PPPoE
connection. for my Linux connection, I found Roaring Penguin
(www.roaringpenguin.com) has a great little program that connects very
nicely to my ADSL.
I spoke to someone in their emerging products area - I really did not
expect them to have any expertise in Linux. I stayed away from USB only
becuase the 2.4 kernel isn't out yet, and I knew I would have a better
chance with a regular network card. BTW, they use filters on the lines
instead if a splitter - it works very nicely.
They may not use these brands - Alcatel modems are also a favorite.
Hope this helps!
Ivan
John Molitor wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm going to get Pacific Bell DSL installed in my apartment
> in L.A. (I'm moving there shortly).
> I asked the guy on the phone about Linux support,
> and he didn't even know what Linux was! He asked his
> boss and told me that Linux is not supported at this time.
>
> Has anybody had success using Linux and DSL? I know have
> my network card setup properly since I use Linux on a Lan
> network in my office at school.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> John Molitor
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Printer reccomendations?
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.redhat
Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 21:45:12 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Nick Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm looking to buy a printer to use with my linux box running Red Hat
> 6.2. I really don't have any experience with Linux printing. All I
> really want is a decent color printer that will be easy to setup and use
> with Linux. Cost is a major concern. I can't spend much more than $200,
> and if I can spend less that's even better. Which brands and/or models
> should I be looking at?
If you can find one in a closeout bin somewhere, a Lexmark Optra 40 is an
excellent choice. I bought one for about $85 from buy.com about a month
ago, but I think they've run out. (Egghead.com was reputed to have some
not too long ago, too.) Failing that, you may want to check what's
available in your price range from your favored stores and then
cross-reference that against the database at:
http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/printer_list.cgi
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux networking & multi-OS configuration
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