Linux-Misc Digest #652, Volume #24 Tue, 30 May 00 12:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: SuSE 6.2 install on EIDE CDROM drive (Andrew Williams)
Windows98 FAT32 partition
Re: no sound from audio CDs in SuSE6.4 (Thomas Nowak)
Dial in Server ! (Smart Star)
Re: Windows98 FAT32 partition (eljayh)
Dumb Question ("TJ")
Composite characters through ASCII code (Luca Zancan)
fetchmail socket error ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Epson Printer Setup (Dave)
Re: Linux setup for @home cable modem (Leonard Evens)
how to work with minicom? (kai wierzoch)
Clustering sparcs? "Pirahna?" ("G. Fenstermacher")
Re: 6 certifications in 30 Days and 15+ College Credits!!! (Bernie)
Re: Dumb Question (Nicholas Murison)
Re: 2.4.0-test1 Keeps Crashing (Robert Lynch)
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From: Andrew Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SuSE 6.2 install on EIDE CDROM drive
Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 16:22:53 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
hehe
just had a similar problem.
I had added 'lock' to my lilo.conf so it would remember my last choice. It
remembered it too well, after I had booted to Windoze once, lilo then always
went straight to Win without waiting.
I said 'restart win95 under Dos mode' (I have the CD drivers loaded when I
do that), did a change-directory to the CD-Rom, executed 'setup' and all
worked fine.
That is the reason I seldom bother with floppies - the other way works fine
as well.
Helge Preuss wrote:
> hi all,
> i got 2 problems which add up to a real bitch.
> 1) my 5 year old harddisk which contains my root partition recently
> finally smoked itself up. well i won't ask you for advice on that...
> 1a) when i try the boot disk i made my kernel panicks because it can't
> find the root partition. looks like i did something wrong then but no
> need dwelling on that, it has happened.
> 2) the SuSE 6.2 distro i have on CD doesn't get read by my EIDE CDROM.
> more specifically: i need the SCSI CDROM emulation kernel module to read
>
> it at all (system completely hangs with default CD support). i can't
> read the module from the distro CD, so there goes catch 22...
> when i first installed 6.2 i needed 3 days cursing, swearing, sweating
> and a final (but brief) enlightenment to get it to work. i didn't write
> down then, how i finally made it (WRITE monkey WRITE! well maybe that
> teaches me a lesson...). i don't have as much time now as i had half a
> year back. also lacking the spirit of that time...
> i have an ancient slackware boot/root disk set ready. the 2.0.27 kernel
> has no problem with my CD drive...
> so, has anyone had this install problem too and REMEMBERS how to solve
> it?
> thanks,
> helge
--
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http://home.germany.net/101-69082/samba.html
Simple Samba Solutions web page. ICQ 1722461
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Windows98 FAT32 partition
Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 14:30:08 GMT
I have a dual boot WIN98/Redhat Linux system. Through trial and error I
can mount a WIN98 FAT32 partition in Linux using
mount -t umsdos /dev/hda5 /mnt/winhd
This allows me to access the partition but I only get the short (XXXXXX~1)
file names. This is not the end of the world since I can rename the file
to its long name if necessary but,
Is there a way to mount a FAT32 partition and maintain the long file names?
Thank you, JH.
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From: Thomas Nowak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: no sound from audio CDs in SuSE6.4
Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 16:26:06 +0200
JC Vollmer wrote:
>
> Hello.
> I've just installed SuSE Linux 6.4 on my PentiumII/450.
> I've noticed that when I try to play an audio CD with Kscd,
> I can see the readout indicating that it is playing, but I
> get no sound.
> I have no difficulty playing .wav files, so I know that the
> SoundBlaster16 is working. Still, I'd like to be able to play
> audio CDs.
>
> Is there something I've neglected to enable?
>
> --
> JC VOLLMER TEXT REFS DOUBLEPLUSUNGOOD DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] SELFTHINK VERGING CRIMETHINK DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER
> FARCEUR&RACONTEUR IGNORE FULLWISE DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER
I dont know if this solve the problem but....
To play Audio CD you must initialize your soundcard (load the kernel module) For
wav this is done automaticaly, but not for CD-Audio.
After you had played a WAV file, your Audio-CD should work fine.
If you have installed rplay in my cases I only run "rplay xxx"
xxx shoud be a audio file, but it dont need to exist!
rplay open some devices from the soundcard und the kerneld load all needed
kernel modules.
Bye Thomas
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From: Smart Star <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Dial in Server !
Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 22:23:48 +0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello !
I have been setup a linux server , for dial in and share internet , but
now dial in user can't connect to internet ?
What's the problem ?
Eth0 --> connect to internet
Eth1 --> connect to local network , ( Use ipchains work fine, all PC's
in subnet 200.200.130.0/24 can access internet)
ppp0--> for user dial in ( i have been connect it , it can't ping
anywhere , include local netwrok PC's and accesss internet,
need add route and add any rule
in ipchains ? )
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:A0:C9:2E:3F:E1
inet addr:210.177.55.244 Bcast:210.177.55.255
Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1069 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:791 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:85 txqueuelen:100
Interrupt:11 Base address:0x6400
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:A0:C9:2E:18:99
inet addr:200.200.130.1 Bcast:200.200.130.255
Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:29853 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:387 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:4 txqueuelen:100
Interrupt:10 Base address:0x6800
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1
RX packets:15 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:15 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:200.200.130.251 P-t-P:192.168.1.1
Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:3206 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2690 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:10
Best Regards
Smart Star
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From: eljayh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Windows98 FAT32 partition
Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 22:38:50 +0800
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have a dual boot WIN98/Redhat Linux system. Through trial and error I
> can mount a WIN98 FAT32 partition in Linux using
> mount -t umsdos /dev/hda5 /mnt/winhd
>
> This allows me to access the partition but I only get the short (XXXXXX~1)
> file names. This is not the end of the world since I can rename the file
> to its long name if necessary but,
>
> Is there a way to mount a FAT32 partition and maintain the long file names?
>
> Thank you, JH.
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
File type should be vfat, not umsdos
regards
LJH
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Reply-To: "TJ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "TJ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Dumb Question
Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 15:50:34 +0100
I'm new to Linux and having installed the SUSE version it only boots to a
command line prompt
Dumb question is : Can I launch it into a GUI from the command line or do I
need to reinstall it differently ?
To prevent such dumb questions in future is there a good online resource
which will get me going ?
Thanks
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From: Luca Zancan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Composite characters through ASCII code
Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 16:57:07 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello everybody,
I have got the need of using composite characters in a shell script. I'm
on a RedHat 6.1, with X Windows. I've tried with LEFT-ALT + decimal
value ASCII code (numeric pad) + LEFT-ALT-release, but this does not
work.
How is it possible to write a character through its ASCII code? I've
read the Keyboard HOWTO, but with no results...
Thank you very much,
__________________________________________________
Luca Zancan
Logica S.r.l.
e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
URL http://www.logicaonline.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: fetchmail socket error
Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 14:59:03 GMT
I have qpopper 3.0.2 running on a machine here (RH6.2), but when I try
to connect using fetchmail, I get part of the way into the
download-session and then the following occurs:-
[fm@ourpop fm]$ fetchmail -p pop3 -v ourpop
Enter password for fm@ourpop:
fetchmail: 5.3.1 querying ourpop (protocol POP3) at Tue, 30 May 2000
15:45:10 +0200 (CEST)
fetchmail: POP3< +OK QPOP (version 3.0.2) at ourpop.our.com starting.
fetchmail: POP3> USER fm
fetchmail: POP3< +OK Password required for fm.
fetchmail: POP3> PASS *
fetchmail: POP3< +OK fm has 2 visible messages (0 hidden) in 729 octets.
fetchmail: POP3> STAT
fetchmail: socket error while fetching from ourpop
fetchmail: Query status=SOCKET
fetchmail: normal termination, status 2
I�ve just spent the best part of eight hours trying to solve this one,
does anyone know what could be causing the error? It happens from both
localhost (ourpop) and client machines. All other network connectivity
to the machine seems fine (Xwindow, etc).
MTIA,
FM
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Epson Printer Setup
Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 23:12:36 +0100
I have Slackware 7.0 installed on my system and am using a Epson Stylus
Color 600. I've configured the printer and it is able to print ascii
text fine. I've installed apsfilter to generate the printcap file.
However, now, whenever I print, the line
%%[ stcolor.ps: interpreted not by Alladdin Ghostscript - ignored ]%%
appears at the top of the printout. Just wondering whether there's
anything wrong with the configuration.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Dave
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux setup for @home cable modem
Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 10:16:18 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I have AT&T @home cable modem. I am not sure how to set up Linux to use
> the cable modem. I have read a couple of articles and tried what they said
> but to no avail.
>
> I would like to hear from someone who has @home running on their Linux
> system.
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
I have a cable modem provided by AT&T. All I had to do
was find the proper module for my network card, put in the
proper alias statement for it in /etc/conf.modules, and then
set upt the networking for dhcp. But I also set up a computer
with Linux just north of me where AT&T is using @home. This
particular cable modem had a static address, and after following
the network installation instructions with the proper addresses
everything worked fine.
It may be that AT&T and @home are using different types of
cable hookups in different parts of the country.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: kai wierzoch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: how to work with minicom?
Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 15:30:06 GMT
Hello,
it is possible to use minicom with normal user-rights?
I can use minicom as root. When I try it with a normal user, I get the
Error-Message No rights to access....
Please help.
Regards Kai
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From: "G. Fenstermacher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Clustering sparcs? "Pirahna?"
Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 11:34:29 -0400
I've got myself a stack of old sparcstations (two 10's, two IPX's), that I
figure would be a worthwhile timekiller project to cluster together. I'm not
even sure if beowulf will work under non-i386, but someone tells me there's
a simpler clustering system called "pirahna." However, I've been able to
turn up nothing on it. Anyone?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bernie)
Crossposted-To:
alt.certification.cisco,alt.certification.mcse,alt.certification.network-plus,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: 6 certifications in 30 Days and 15+ College Credits!!!
Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 15:27:32 GMT
Reply-To: abuse@[127.0.0.1], see signature@[127.0.0.1]
On Sat, 27 May 2000 12:21:48 +0200, "Sebastiaan"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Whats all the fuss about?
>I think these camps are excellent, only the material u need, why would
>somebody wanna study years and years when its possible in one month.
Why would anyone want to spend $20,000 dollars when it can all be
learned for free? Unless you have been in this industry for a while
and already know all this stuff (in which case you don't need the camp
because you already know it), you wouldn't be able to afford the fee
based on your helpdesk salary.
Also your equating years of self study to a month of classroom study
is fundamentally flawed and contradicts a rather large body of
evidence that suggests classroom learning is much slower due to the
fact that the teacher has to move at the pace of the lowest common
denominator in the room. So unless you are the dumbest person in the
class, you will be learning slower than your full potential. If it is
possible to get all these certs at a bootcamp in one month, I
garauntee that someone could do it on their own if they took off work
for a month and holed up with a bunch of books, routers, servers, etc.
>If you aint talented enough than just dont do it and mind your own business.
I make it my business when I know that people who don't know any
better (because they haven't been in the IT industry yet) are going to
get ripped off to the tune of $20,000. I'm not the type of person who
stands by while a little old lady gets clubbed by a purse snatcher in
broad daylight.
Of course I'd never dream of stopping a fool who knowingly gives away
his money--go sign up for a few more camps, knock yourself out!
>This is excellent for people that really wanna learn something, its heavy
>alrite but atleast it gets you somewhere.
Where does it get you? Name one employer willing to state that they
hire sysadmins, network engineers, security engineers, etc. based
*only* on certs.
>I dont understand what all the noise be about.
>Yall linux gurus afriad you wasted al ur time experimenting with "real-world
>experience".
Hmmm. A lot of people are reading this that *aren't* Linux gurus.
This was crossposted to several groups, some of which have nothing to
do with Linux. Personally speaking, I'd take a self learned Linux
guru any day over someone who has to be *taught* how Linux works.
Linux is a hacker's OS, and many people have learned how it works
inside and out by tinkering with it--no books, no class. I'd say that
is quite a bit more impressive than being able to regurgitate
spoon-fed learning in a classroom. So if you want to compare your
brain to a Linux guru's...are you afraid that you can't learn
something unless you have a nursemaid feeding you all the right
answers?
If you have spent anytime with Linux/UNIX, then you'd know that even a
month class (dedicated entirely to Linux/UNIX) might not be sufficient
to learn all the intricacies of those OSs. If the goal is simply
certification, that time can be shortened quite a bit, but if it is to
learn it inside and out, including all the shells and scripting
languages, etc. then expect to spend a *lot* of time, even if you eat,
drink, and sleep Linux.
>I guess some people just dont understand the real meaning of studying or
>even whats studying is about.
Lets analyze this. The only people who know anything about studying
are those who go to bootcamps, right? Hmmm. That point doesn't even
stand on its own so there is no need for me to knock it down.
>when i read all the replies: old farts with oldfashioned opinions who just
>need something to discuss about.
Oh, everybody that disagrees with you is an old fart with old
fashioned opinions. The problem with this statement is that it works
off of three assumptions that are not correct in the first place.
1. Anyone that thinks differently is an old fart. That assumption is
rediculous to make in a NG, where people are nameless and faceless.
2. Old fashioned opinions are incorrect. Not everything that is new
is better. Sometimes it is, sometimes it isn't. Try this: get
married, have a few kids, and then see how much more you start
agreeing with your "old fashioned" parents--in most parts of the world
this is called gaining wisdom, not getting stupid.
3. Your ideas are new, as opposed to everybody that disagrees with
you. They are not. Someone in this thread aptly quoted, "there is
nothing new under the sun", and they are absolutely right. Bootcamps
are not new, they are only relatively new to the IT industry. The
bootcamp concept has basically failed in almost any instance it has
been tried. If the subject matter is trivial enough, a bootcamp may
work, but the more demanding the learning is, the less effective the
camps are. How do you feel about going to see a doctor who only went
to a 1 year (1 year to be generous to the greater amount of material
to be crammed) medical bootcamp? If you can honestly say that your
doctor is such a person, then your point is not invalidated by your
own actions, otherwise, even you don't agree with your own statements.
>i'd say go critisize about something that really deserves critic.
Like what? The little old lady being robbed by some dude twice her
size? Thats what we are talking about here.
>Kind regards
>
>Bas
>(somebody who did a couple o boot camps with success and is happy he did
>them)
>
>Harold S. Frydman heeft geschreven in bericht
><3QzX4.450$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>>Don't let people fool you. THIS is NOT brain surgery. There are lots of
>>people out there that will tell you all that counts is Real-World
>>experience...and they wouldn't be wrong...but they wouldn't be 100% right
>>either.
>>
>>Doctors spend years learning the basics before they are allowed to practice
>>medicine. Lawyers must have years of education before they're allowed to
>>practice law. Why should the IT profession be any different?
>>
>>Nobody is saying that certification is the end...in fact, think about it as
>>premed or prelaw...the more you know the better you'll do in a real word
>>environment later. The CMA course is a great BEGINNING....what you do with
>>it afterward is everyone's personal choice. As an experienced admin for
>many
>>years I'd have to say I'd rather someone with no experience AND
>>certification, rather than no experience and no education.
>>
>>
>>
>>Bernie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>>>
>>> Since they are providing people to do the "students" cooking, laundry,
>>> and their cleaning, I wonder if they also provide professional test
>>> takers to take their tests for them as well.
>>>
>>> Does this "real-world" lab environment also have simulated "dumb
>>> end-users", simulated unreasonable bosses, and simulated crackers to
>>> break into the servers or use make use of the email server as a relay
>>> point for spam? I'm just about curious how "real world" it is.
>>>
>>> One other question: Who gets to fix the laptops when the "students"
>>> inadvertently break them when fiddling around with fdisk? Is a *real*
>>> desktop support person on hand to wipe their butts in that way too?
>>>
>>> > "Harold S. Frydman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>>news:wTuX4.129$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>>> > http://certcoach.homestead.com
>>> >
>>> > MCSE, MCP+I, CCNA, LPI (Linux Professional Institute), A+, Network+
>>> > 15 College Credits from Regents University, a fully accredited program
>>offered by the State University of New York.
>>> >
>>> > Hello...
>>> >
>>> > I'd like to introduce a new concept in Certification Boot Camps.
>>CMAdmin, Inc. is proud to announce the Certified Master Administrator
>>program. The CMA program has been designed for those who wish to get all,
>or
>>most, of the IT Certifications quickly and with the most hands on
>>experience.
>>> >
>>> > This program is not for everyone. But if you have the time to devote,
>>we guarantee not only that you will pass all the exams, but that you will
>>get the real-world experience that 30 HARDCORE days will provide.
>>> >
>>> > How can we accomplish this? By providing the highest level of service
>>the industry has to offer. Our instructors are top of the line, our classes
>>are limited to 10 students with 3 Certified Instructors...that's 3 students
>>per Instructor...noone even comes close. State-of-the-art Labs and
>>classrooms, including Cisco Routers.
>>> >
>>> > All your needs are taken care of. From first class accomodations (your
>>own villa with full kitchen, cable TV, quiet, Jacuzzi, Laptop for extra
>>study. Full meals (customized meal plans available), transportation,
>laundry
>>and maid service. In other words we leave nothing to chance. The only thing
>>you have to worry about is learning, training, studying and passing the
>>tests.
>>> >
>>> > For more info please email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> > or call (718) 544-2234.
>>> >
>>> > Thank you and good luck.
>>>
>>>
>>> --Bernie
>>
>>
>
--Bernie
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From: Nicholas Murison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dumb Question
Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 17:32:27 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Dumb question is : Can I launch it into a GUI from the command line or do I
> need to reinstall it differently ?
By writing "startx" the X Windows System (i.e. the GUI) will be launched
from the command line, provided the X server has been set up correctly,
which I believe you most probably did during the installation.
> To prevent such dumb questions in future is there a good online resource
> which will get me going ?
Have a look at http://www.linuxhelp.org/, it seems to be a good place to
start.
--
Nicholas John Murison
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Don't mess with penguins
Registered Linux User #153895 http://counter.li.org
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Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 08:32:00 -0700
From: Robert Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: 2.4.0-test1 Keeps Crashing
Young4ert wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am wondering if anyone has tried to run their Linux system with the latest
> kernel, namely 2.4.0-test1, sucessfully. I have been having one hell of a big
> problem using this 2.4.0-test1 with the Netscape-4.7.2 in which the system
> keeps crashing after the netscape has been launched within 30 minutes. Any
> idea what might have caused the system to crash once the netscape is launched?
>
> TIA.
FWIW, I run this kernel continously with Netscape 4.7.3. Both 4.7.2 &
.3 crashed precisely when I tried to access the address book (which is
why I upgraded to 4.7.3; I'm now using LDAP for my address book and
avoiding the builtin one.)
So, everything is hunky-dory with this kernel.
HTH, Bob L.
--
Robert Lynch-Berkeley CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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