Linux-Misc Digest #664, Volume #24 Wed, 31 May 00 11:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: Redhat 6.0 - kppp connects but nothing else sees the connection
Re: Epson Printer Setup (Edwin Johnson)
New Gnome and E and Sawfish? (ray)
Re: Help
keyboard woes
Re: 2.4.0-test1 Keeps Crashing (Johan Kullstam)
Re: Matlab or MathCad Like Programs (Johan Kullstam)
Re: SAMBA (Dustin Puryear)
Re: democracy? (Johan Kullstam)
Re: PS Editor? (NDQ)
Slow reponse to http, ftp and telnet (Stearns25)
Re: Matlab or MathCad Like Programs (Uwe Brauer)
Re: partition table lost (Arnaud Kok)
Re: Backing up to CDRW (mst)
Re: Slow reponse to http, ftp and telnet (NDQ)
Re: Help (Andreas Kahari)
Mandrake X Server Problem (Bob Coe)
Re: 2.4.0-test1 Keeps Crashing (Andreas Kahari)
Re: Kernel Building Question (eu)
Random letters all over my screen ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
*.doc viewer? (Jan Houtsma)
Re: how to enter a bug report against linux? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Slow reponse to http, ftp and telnet (LFessen106)
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Redhat 6.0 - kppp connects but nothing else sees the connection
Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 09:14:10 -0400
have you set up the name servers ?
in resolv.conf, there should be atleast one entry.
Add
# Primary DNS server from ISP
nameserver xxx.yyy.zzz.aaa
# Secondary DNS server from ISP
nameserver bbb.ccc.ddd.eee
If your ISP is nice, they will tell you the ip numbers .
Otherwise you will have to find out the IP's some other way.
Or you could enter IP's of a well known DNS server
try pinging a well known site
$ ping www.yahoo.com
If that fails with "Unknown host" or something like that,
then you need to set DNS
try pinging some well known ip numbers , and if that works, the ppp link is
working, but you don't have DNS working.
What happens when you type in a website's address :
1) Browser takes that and sends to some known DNS server whose address is in
the dotted quad notation ( like 207.106.98.24 - that's a random number I
picked out of the air. )
it says ,
"Hey ,207.106.98.24, Give me IP address of www.yahoo.com"
2 ) DNS server replies , giving the ip address of the site
"IP address of www.yahoo.com is 207.167.98.10"
3) Now your browser tries to contact 207.167.98.10 , and you get the
default page.
Probably you just have to plug in the ip address's of the DNS servers. into
the resolv.conf file, just under " nameserver 127.0.0.1" ( 127.0.0.1 is a
number that refers to the loop back interface i.e. it refers back to you )
good luck.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Edwin Johnson)
Subject: Re: Epson Printer Setup
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 31 May 2000 13:18:31 GMT
Dave,
I have Slackware4.0 and am unfamiliar with 7.0, but do have a Epson Stylus
600 printing at 360x, 720x, and 1440x on my system. For the best printing
and colors you should be using the .upp drivers instead of the old
stcolor.ps. There are several for the different resolutions. I hacked by
copy of apsfilter to allow all three resolutions and then setup the same in
the /etc/printcap.
As I said, I'm unfamiliar with the utilities available in 7.0 and this may
all be more automatic, but I'll be glad to send you my apsfilter and
printcap files for you to see if you email me. If need be, you could take
the applicable portions out of mine for your use.
...Edwin
On Tue, 30 May 2000 23:12:36 +0100, Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>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: ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: New Gnome and E and Sawfish?
Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 13:22:59 GMT
I LOVE IT!. Wonderfully productive environment. Sawfish seems
lighter on resources than E, and I want to run it. I MISS the iconbox
and the little pager app I had in E. But, I think those are Gnome
thingies, not E specifics. What are their names, and how can I get them
back in Sawfish? Thanks, Ray
--
Ray R. Jones
The Computer Shop
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
HTTP://gordo.penguinpowered.com
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help
Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 09:41:57 -0400
#include <conio.h>
ch = getch() ;
perhaps ?
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:8h2c58$lh5$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm programming in C under Linux, and I want to
> get a character from stdin without waiting for
> a CR, could anyone help me how to implement ?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: keyboard woes
Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 09:40:27 -0400
I have a bit of a problem with the keyboard.
Here goes:
I use the numeric keypad's arrow and functions so much that I turn off num
lock .
In Linux , I chose the US keyboard
Now, I can use the arrow keys ( and the END, DEL HOME etc.. keys )to the
*left* of the numeric keypad just fine, but the numeric keypad sends me to
some other tab while in gnotepad and does not behave as expected.
So , how would I go about changing things so that the END , home, pgup,
pgdown and the arrow keys work on the numeric keypad ?
Is it just a matter of selecting someother keyboard type in kbdconfig , and
then setting X to use that same type ?
TIA
joseph
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From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 2.4.0-test1 Keeps Crashing
Date: 31 May 2000 09:36:50 -0400
Young4ert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 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?
you will want to subscribe to the linux kernel (l-k) mailing list. be
prepared -- it shovels an *unbelievable* volume of mail at you.
alternately, just send in your question to l-k and follow the
responses
<URL:http://www.kernelnotes.org>
describe your problem in more detail, especially mention your
hardware, e.g., motherboard/chipset and disk drive interface. check
your logs (like /var/log/messages) and see if anything likely looking
turns up. send it in to l-k.
--
johan kullstam l72t00052
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From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Matlab or MathCad Like Programs
Date: 31 May 2000 09:31:30 -0400
Harlan Grove <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> > fyi octave is not just for unix-likes. it runs on windows too.
>
> Yeah, but doesn't it require cygwin.dll?
and?
matlab (and every other software package) requires its excecutables
and shared libs too.
with a bit of porting effort, you may even get octave to compile in
microsoft visual C++ and fortran.
neither matlab nor octave seem to require internet explorer so that is
a relief.
--
johan kullstam l72t00052
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dustin Puryear)
Subject: Re: SAMBA
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 14:30:39 GMT
On Mon, 29 May 2000 22:47:02 +0200, Rafael
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am running samba at our institution. We was using before WIndows NT
>and Pcounter program for counting pages people was printing. How to do
>this on Linux
Use the 'print command' option in smb.conf to run a custom script that
logs the print job and then calls lpr. Very easy.
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From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: democracy?
Date: 31 May 2000 09:47:29 -0400
Mark Wilden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> "Andrew N. McGuire" wrote:
> >
> > + However, my point was that this issue is simply not important enough for
> > + most people to worry about strict accuracy. And why should they? The
> > + rollover to 2000 is much more interesting to them.
> >
> > I suppose, I for the life of me do not see why though.
>
> Here's the thing. To me and to most people, the year 2000 is a really
> big deal. 2001 doesn't even come close (except to rabid Kubrick fans).
> There aren't many of us who haven't watched our car's odometer roll over
> another 10,000 miles. It's fun. And only a tiny fraction of the people
> who've ever walked the earth have ever seen a new x000 pop up on their
> calendars. A new x001 is about as meaningful to us as a new x943.
but your odometer starts at 0. traditionally, years start at 1.
however, you are free to make your own interpretation. why not just
add a year 0 AD *before* 1 AD. fill in with negative AD years for
past events. thus
2 AD
1 AD
0 AD = 1 BC
-1 AD = 2 BC
now you have a system with
1) same current year as now.
2) starts with year 0.
3) 2000 really is the new millenium.
4) doesn't conflict with old nomenclature (0 AD and -42 AD have
unambiguous meaning).
5) the year of jesus birth being somewhat unknown anyhow using 0 AD
instead of 1 AD is probably not less accurate.
btw if 25 dec is (at least officially purported to be) the birthday of
jesus, how come the year doesn't start until nearly a week later?
thus even with the traditional reckoning, jesus is born during 1 BC.
> This is why they (and I, frankly) ignore the 'fact' that the new
> millenium (by the arithmetic definition) doesn't start until 2001. It
> wouldn't be _fun_ not to recognise 2000 as a much more important thing.
> And limiting fun is not an intelligent thing to do, no matter how
> logical it may be. :)
yes, but using your logic, why not celebrate the millenium *again*?
--
johan kullstam l72t00052
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From: NDQ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: PS Editor?
Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 16:13:05 +0200
Reply-To: NDQ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Juho Snellman wrote:
> pstoedit can convert most PostScript files into formats editable
> with most of the vector drawing packages available on Linux.
> You can then edit the output in (for example) Xfig or Sketch,
> and export back to PostScript.
Where one can found "pstoedit" for Linux ?
Thanks,
Q.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stearns25)
Subject: Slow reponse to http, ftp and telnet
Date: 31 May 2000 14:17:07 GMT
hello all,
We have a network of 4 RH Linux servers, 2 have 6.0 others are running 6.1.
One of the RH 6.1 servers responses very slowly to internet requests, be they
http, ftp or telnet. Often time, it takes 3 to 3.5 min for ftp (wu-ftp 2.6.x)
to display the welcome message and equally long for telnet to show the login
prompt. Some ftp clients just could not wait that long and timed out after 2.5
minutes.
Httpd's responses vary. Sometime very quick, but often it takes so long that
the browser times out.
However, when we ftp or telnet from other Linux servers in the LAN to this
problem server, we get connected almost instantly (in 3-4 seconds).
What can be the problem? If the network card is faulty, then it should not
response to other Linux servers in the LAN so quickly. Am I missing something?
Thanks for any suggestions or insight. We really appreciate that.
Stearns
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From: Uwe Brauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Matlab or MathCad Like Programs
Date: 31 May 2000 15:39:49 +0000
Jon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello all,
>
> Anyone here knows of a MatLab or MathCad like program
> which will work in Linux?. Thanks.
>
> Jon
There is also scilab, with which I have played little but not much,
looks similar to matlab, but at least the graphic is not as good as
the one from Matlab.
Uwe Brauer
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From: Arnaud Kok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: partition table lost
Date: 31 May 2000 14:20:32 GMT
Arnaud Kok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> MAP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I have a linux hard drive with 4 partitions, but unbeliavably my partition
>> table gone away.
>> There is any way to restore it, and restore all my data??
> If you like I can email a copy of this program to you.
As I will not be able to be reached by email the coming 4 days, I have put
both a binary and the source code on the web. They can be downloaded at
http://www.phys.uu.nl/~akok
On monday they will be removed again.
Grt,
Arnaud.
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From: mst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: Re: Backing up to CDRW
Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 10:19:47 -0400
Jean-Sebastien Morisset wrote:
>
> I'd like to backup my Linux box onto CD. I first have to create 650MB files.
> I thought of using tar or cpio (followed by pgp and gzip) and then splitting
> the files, but my kernel (2.2.14) has a 2GB file size limit. I have to find
> a way to backup while creating 650MB files at the same time.
>
> Anyone have any suggestions?
>
Do a search on freshmeat.net for "backburner" - I think it's exactly
what you're looking for.
MST
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From: NDQ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Slow reponse to http, ftp and telnet
Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 16:29:22 +0200
Reply-To: NDQ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Stearns25 wrote:
>
> hello all,
>
> We have a network of 4 RH Linux servers, 2 have 6.0 others are running 6.1.
>
> One of the RH 6.1 servers responses very slowly to internet requests, be they
> http, ftp or telnet. Often time, it takes 3 to 3.5 min for ftp (wu-ftp 2.6.x)
> to display the welcome message and equally long for telnet to show the login
> prompt. Some ftp clients just could not wait that long and timed out after 2.5
> minutes.
>
> Httpd's responses vary. Sometime very quick, but often it takes so long that
> the browser times out.
>
> However, when we ftp or telnet from other Linux servers in the LAN to this
> problem server, we get connected almost instantly (in 3-4 seconds).
>
> What can be the problem? If the network card is faulty, then it should not
> response to other Linux servers in the LAN so quickly. Am I missing something?
>
> Thanks for any suggestions or insight. We really appreciate that.
>
> Stearns
I think this is DNS problem.
Check your DNS config and your DNS server.
Q.
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From: Andreas Kahari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help
Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 14:20:00 GMT
In article <8h34kg$oeg$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> #include <conio.h>
>
> ch = getch() ;
>
> perhaps ?
Since when did <conio.h> become a standard header file on GNU/Linux
systems? As far as I know, <conio.h> is only available in the Borland
compiler on Windos systems and it has *never* been a standard header
file (the C standard doesn't know about consoles, but that might not be
a real issue in this NG).
/A
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From: Bob Coe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mandrake X Server Problem
Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 14:30:07 GMT
When loading the current release of Mandrake right after it gets to the
console screen the screen flickers and the numb lock blinks. Hard boot is
the only way to clear. How do I get to run Xconfigurator (or whatever I
need) to cure the problem?
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From: Andreas Kahari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 2.4.0-test1 Keeps Crashing
Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 14:33:15 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Young4ert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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.
>
"2.4.0-test1" (note the "test1")
And you are surprised?
/A
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From: eu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.questions,alt.linux
Subject: Re: Kernel Building Question
Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 15:37:31 +0100
<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en">
<html>
make xconfig (on X11) select what you want
<br>make dep
<br>make bzImage
<br>make modules
<br>make modules install
<br>cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/kernel
<p>modify /etc/lilo
<p>that's it...
<br>
<p>elmig
<br><a href="http://www.alunos.ipb.pt/~ee3931">http://www.alunos.ipb.pt/~ee3931</a>
<br>
<p>"Walter L. Williams" wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Good Morning
<p>Kernel building isn't the mysterious thing it used to be for me.
<br>However, there are some curiosities that crop up now and
<br>again and this is one of them.
<p>I have recently built a new kernel to include my 3C905B
<br>network card and exclude the IDE stuff as I am now all
<br>SCSI. I get the following message during boot up:
<p><font color="#FF0000">Mounting /dev/pts.modprobe : modprobe ; can't
locate module devpts</font>
<br><font color="#FF0000">mount : fs type devpts not supported by kernel</font>
<p><font color="#000000">Now I looked and looked for any reference to a
</font><font color="#FF0000">devpts</font><font color="#000000">
in my</font>
<br><font color="#000000">kernel setup, especially the "file system" part
and have come</font>
<br><font color="#000000">up empty. I have tried different thing in the
kernel setup and</font>
<br><font color="#000000">get the same results.</font>
<p><font color="#000000">Is there anyone out there that knows what this
is? I'm baffled</font>
<p><font color="#000000">I am on kernel version 2.2.13 (SuSE 6.3) on a
450mhz K6-2</font>
<br><font color="#000000">I am now all SCSI as far as HDs are concerned.
I don't supposed</font>
<br><font color="#000000">this is related to the IDE stuff is it?</font>
<p><font color="#000000">Any way, Thanks in advance</font>
<p><font color="#000000">Walt in Colorado</font></blockquote>
</html>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Random letters all over my screen
Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 14:48:45 GMT
This is a problem I've had for a few weeks.
I think it first came about when I installed the 0.16 release of
Enlightenment.
The problem occurs when I'm scrolling up or down a window. Randomly a
line will vanish from the window I'm scrolling in and then appear
somewhere on the screen.
I hoped the problem would go when I upgraded to RH6.2 and GNOME1.2 but
the problem still seems to be there.
I'm using SAWFISH at the moment not enlightenment and my graphics card
is if I remember correctly an ATI RAGE 3D.
I assume the problem is with XFree86, but has anyone seen anything
similar?
Duncan
p.s The reason I haven't just upgraded to XFree86 4.0 is it was a bit of
a hassle getting the graphics card to work in the first place. I
therefore don't want to go through all that if I can avoid it.
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From: Jan Houtsma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: *.doc viewer?
Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 17:03:07 +0200
Hi,
Is there something like a micro$oft.doc viewer for linux?
I receive lots of mails with .doc attachments and dont wanna
run staroffice or so because they are beasts!
I know that at work we have some commercial program that starts
whenever i click in netscapemail on .doc, excell and ppt files.
Thanks,
jan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: how to enter a bug report against linux?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 15:04:51 GMT
bb@bb writes:
>In article <8h0lk5$b9b$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>b) Bridges cost *money*, not just time.
>I guess then it is true what they say about linux. it is free for those
>whose time is worthless.
>Time is money. Are you so worthless that your time is worth nothing?
No, time *is not* money. Time is time.
My time is worth a lot. Time I "waste" (note quotation marks!) on design
is worth a lot, just like the time spent writing code.
However, equating designing and authoring software to designing and building
a bridge would only be reasonable if I had to actually *pay* for each keypress,
and each compiler run --- the way I'd have to *pay* for each bag of concrete
and for the services of the people pouring the concrete.
I don't. If the job is to write a piece of code to do a given job, and I am
the one writing it, then *how* I spend my time doesn't matter at all, just
*how much* time I spend. It doesn't really matter what I *do* during that
time --- whether I design, or code, or meditate in preparation.
Bernie
--
An activist is the guy who cleans the river, not the guy who
concludes it's dirty
H. Ross Perot
Independent Presidential candidate in the 1992 US election
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (LFessen106)
Subject: Re: Slow reponse to http, ftp and telnet
Date: 31 May 2000 15:07:17 GMT
>We have a network of 4 RH Linux servers, 2 have 6.0 others are running 6.1.
>
>One of the RH 6.1 servers responses very slowly to internet requests, be they
>http, ftp or telnet. Often time, it takes 3 to 3.5 min for ftp (wu-ftp
>2.6.x)
>to display the welcome message and equally long for telnet to show the login
>prompt. Some ftp clients just could not wait that long and timed out after
>2.5
>minutes.
>
>Httpd's responses vary. Sometime very quick, but often it takes so long that
>the browser times out.
>
>However, when we ftp or telnet from other Linux servers in the LAN to this
>problem server, we get connected almost instantly (in 3-4 seconds).
>
>What can be the problem? If the network card is faulty, then it should not
>response to other Linux servers in the LAN so quickly. Am I missing
>something?
Try adding this line as the very first line in all your /etc/resolv.conf files:
hostresorder local bind
That might just do it - I know it worked for me when I was having the same
sorts of problems...
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