Linux-Misc Digest #693, Volume #24 Fri, 2 Jun 00 22:13:04 EDT
Contents:
Re: Console font (best of my). ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: mounting ide-scsi device (Dances With Crows)
Re: PostgreSQL vs. MySQL vs. mSQL (John McKown)
REDHAT LINUX6.2 INTEL I810 @$!$@!$$@!
Re: New Linux user needs a better browser ("Buck Turgidson")
NTFS-LINUX LINUX-NTFS ("colin richardson")
problems with fips partitioning (Ted)
Re: modem not responding (Mark Bratcher)
Re: Question About Embedded Linux (Mark Bratcher)
Re: how to enter a bug report against linux? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
? EXT2-fs error !!! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: PS Editor? (Jim Land)
Re: ? EXT2-fs error !!! (Hal Burgiss)
Re: Drivers for Caldera OpenLinux v2.3 ("Lonni J. Friedman")
Re: 128-bit encryption (John Collier)
Re: problems with fips partitioning (Dances With Crows)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Console font (best of my).
Crossposted-To: comp.misc,comp.os.misc
Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2000 00:12:24 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc Alt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
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> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> This is my alternative font I create it after a number of experiments.
> I use it at my machine with SlackWare Linux installation.
> I like it, because it reads easy.
Oh god... Here we go again...
I'll say it in BIIIIG LETTERS so you might UN-DER-STAND....
# # #######
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# # # # #
# # # # #
# ## # #
# # #######
###### ### # # # ###### ### ####### ##### ###
# # # ## # # # # # # # # # ###
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###### # # # # # # ###### # ##### ##### #
# # # # # # ####### # # # # #
# # # # ## # # # # # # # # ###
###### ### # # # # # # ### ####### ##### ###
GOT THAT????
It doesn't MATTER how big (or small) the file is!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: mounting ide-scsi device
Date: 02 Jun 2000 20:15:19 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 02 Jun 2000 22:50:23 GMT, John
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>I cannot beleive that I am having so much trouble with this. I thank
>you all for you patients and replies.
> I must be doing something wrong since cdrecord sees it and can use it
>Here is my information from CDrecord.
># cdrecord -scanbus
>Cdrecord release 1.8 (i666-pc-linux-gnu)Copyright (C) 1995-2000 J�rg
>scsibus0:
> 0,0,0 0) 'IDE-CD' 'ReWriteable-2X2X6' '3.01' Removable
>
>There was previous dicussion about cd-roms being character devices and
>scsi being block. I would guess that ide-scsi driver might be the
>converter from character to block. Is there an order to loading these
>drivers?
A CD-ROM is generally *read* as a block device, while it's *written* as a
character device. Writing to a CD-R(W) uses the Generic SCSI Interface,
since the kernel wants it that way, and the Generic SCSI Interface is a
character device for maximum flexibility since there's no guarantee that a
SCSI scanner, for instance, will be able to deal with the buffer caching
the kernel does for block devices. CD-RWs must be fed a constant stream
of data once burning's started, therefore buffer-caching isn't a good idea
for them. The whole thing can bend your brain a bit.
The order of loading modules goes like this:
# insmod ide-scsi
# insmod scsi_mod
# insmod sr_mod
# insmod cdrom (? This is here on 2.3.99-pre8, don't remember it
being there in 2.2.x)
# insmod sg
# insmod iso9660
The ide-scsi module makes your IDE CD-RW emulate a SCSI CD-RW. This is
necessary with Linux because no one's written a native driver for an IDE
CD-RW, as the SCSI emulation seems to work great once you've gotten it set
up right. scsi_mod is for SCSI support. sr_mod is for SCSI CD-ROM
support. cdrom is apparently a generic CD-ROM driver that makes IDE,
SCSI, and old proprietary interface CD-ROMs look the same to higher
levels. (May not be there in 2.2.x, I honestly don't remember!) sg is
for generic SCSI devices, basically anything that's not a disk, CD-ROM, or
tape drive. iso9660 is the filesystem used on CD-ROMs, as the kernel
must have a driver available to read that filesystem.
Check the actual device file for /dev/scd0. On my system:
brw-r--r-- 1 root disk 11, 0 Mar 24 16:57 /dev/scd0
If it doesn't exist, or looks different, do a quick
# mknod -m 644 /dev/scd0 b 11 0
(create device file, permissions 644, filename /dev/scd0, block device,
major number 11, minor number 0.)
--
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] (John McKown)
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL vs. MySQL vs. mSQL
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 18:23:08 -0500
On Fri, 02 Jun 2000 22:03:57 GMT, milanuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
>I am interested in learning some basic SQL skills. I have been digging
[snip]
>I am interested in _learning_ SQL, and as such I don't have a
[snip]
Well, this is just me and my opinion, for whatever it is worth - probably
exactly what you paid for it <grin>.
I, personally, like PostgreSQL. Why? It seems more feature rich and
closer to "real" SQL. That is, conforming to the SQL standard. As for support,
you might find more support for MySQL, simply because it seems to be a bit
more popular. A PostgreSQL newsgroup has just recently started (or was just
recently picked up by my newsserver). The people in that forum seem to be
fairly supportive. However, I don't really recall seeing a lot of messages
there yet.
However, whichever you use, when you ask a "newbie" question, somebody is
likely to either flame you or give an RTFM response. That seems to be
almost universal. Not a lot, but some.
Oh, I almost forgot, there are list servers to which you can subscribe which
are very helpful. Look at http://www.postgresql.org to find out how to
subscribe. Very little flaming. But fairly active, so your email inbox may
get some heavy action.
Hope this helps at least a bit,
John
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: REDHAT LINUX6.2 INTEL I810 @$!$@!$$@!
Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2000 00:30:03 GMT
I INSTALLED REDHAT LINUX 6.2 3WEEKS AGO,
BUT I STILL CAN'T STARTX. BECAUSE INTEL810 CHIPSET HAD A PROBLEM......
PLEASE HELP ME
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From: "Buck Turgidson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: New Linux user needs a better browser
Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2000 00:51:48 GMT
I understand Microsoft has a linux version of IE due out Q3 of this year.
Pricing to be announced.
Jin Rid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8h73ir$8he$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> hi
> No flame intend. I am used to Internet Explorer 5.x under Windows and I
find
> the Netscape Communicator 4.7x that comes with my SuSE6.4 not as friendly
> and can't run some of the cocoon samples well. Is there a replacement for
> Netscape browser?
> Regards
>
>
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From: "colin richardson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: NTFS-LINUX LINUX-NTFS
Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2000 01:47:04 +0100
Reply-To: "colin richardson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hello,
I am currently dual booting Suse 6.2 and NT, and have no problems mounting
and reading my NTFS partitions.
My question is:- has anyone had any major problems writing to NTFS
partitions or does anyone know of any software available for NT that will
allow you to read the Linux partitions.
Regards
Colin Richardson
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ted)
Subject: problems with fips partitioning
Date: 3 Jun 2000 00:44:54 GMT
I am having problems partitioning my c drive with the fips program off of
the Debian Linux cd and was hoping someone could help.
I followed the directions and defragmented the drive first. I also
temporarily renamed config.sys and autoexec.bat to config.fip and
autoexec.fip, as the O'Reilly book recommended. I have attempted to create
the partition in a number of places, but at the end when I type 'y' to save
my changes, I get the following error message:
Memory allocation error
Cannot load COMMAND, system halted
I then reboot my computer into windows, and discover that microsoft has
assigned new letters to my drives to accomodate the new partition. For
example, d: has become e:, and e: has become f:. The latter makes it so
that windows 98 can not find my cd rom drive.
Can anyone tell me how I can partition my hard drive, hopefully with fips,
to avoid changing my drive letters? Also, what does the error mean? At
this point I have tried a few times and have had to use restorrb.exe each
time to delete the attempted partition. I would rather not go out and buy
a copy of partition magic.
I am a brand new Linux user, so any comments would be much appreciated.
Thank you,
Ted Schuman
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From: Mark Bratcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: modem not responding
Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2000 20:58:02 -0400
Matt Crabb wrote:
>
> Hi All,
> I am running mandrake 7 and have set up sendmail etc. So far so good. Very
> pleased with Linux, one problem though, I dial my ISP via Kppp and it
> connects fine first time, but when I disconnect and try to reconnect later I
> get an error message telling me my modem is not responding. The only way I
> have found to bring it back to life is to actually reboot the computer. A
> little inconvenient to say the least.
> Anyone know of this problem and a solution?
> Thanks in advance
> Matt
Hmm. That sounds like either on disconnect it's not really going on hook
properly, or it's sending a bum init string.
Have you tried using minicom to talk to the modem by hand? You could run
through a connect/disconnect/connect sequence manually and watch what
happens.
Also, check your /var/log/messages file to see if kppp stuck any other
complaints in there.
--
Mark Bratcher
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Escape from Microsoft's proprietary tentacles: use Linux!
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From: Mark Bratcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Question About Embedded Linux
Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2000 20:54:15 -0400
Chic Wack wrote:
>
> Hi, I'm trying to port embedded linux to Matsushita(Panasonic)
>
> AM33(MN10300). Does anyone know if there is any solution ready
>
> or any information about it? Thank you.
>
There are several vendors who provide "embedded linux". Are you trying
to use one of them in particular?
I'd recommend starting at one of their web sites.
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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: Sat, 03 Jun 2000 01:06:31 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dowe Keller) writes:
>Yea, I get pretty tired after about 100 lines of code with comment's in
>this vien:
>print "\t$header\n"; # Print the header.
>This probibly comes from people who had programming instructors like mine
>that would take points away if you didn't have a comment for every
>instruction.
Just to balance the scale --- If one of my students did this sort of
thing, I'd first tell them nicely to stop it, then forcefully, and then
I'd take points away for doing it. Nothing worse than missing the one
important comment in all that noise....
Bernie
--
It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it
and remove all doubt.
Mark Twain
American writer, 1835-1910
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ? EXT2-fs error !!!
Date: 3 Jun 2000 01:09:59 GMT
Hi all,
While fiddling to install an extra HD, something went wrong !
I've got 2 'installations' on the old HD.
The more valuable installation (with important files) gives this error
at boot:-
EXT2-fs error ....bad entry in directory #2 ...
..offset=1024, inode=163...;rec_len=...
The other installation runs OK and
fdisk shows the partitions - look OK.
Can I possible 'fix' the apparently damaged partition from the good one ?
Thanks for desperately needed advice.
Chris Glur.
Also email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] please
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Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: PS Editor?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Land)
Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2000 01:19:43 GMT
[posted and mailed]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nicola Attico) wrote in
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>Hello,
>
>a lot of people use postscript files for
>images and documents but (alas) I don't know
>a PS Editor able to open, show a postscript file
>and allow modifications on the file (a ``WYSIWYG'').
>I would like some free software able to do that
>(even if I don't know ``proprietary'' software too).
>......
>Finally, someone thinks a Linux project working
>on this kind of software is interesting?
GIMP is the impressively versatile GNU Image Manipulation Program, able to
create, edit, and convert images in a variety of formats, including PS and
EPS.
http://www.gimp.org/the_gimp.html
Many other drawing editors are available for UNIX platforms, including
Idraw, Drawtool, Sketch, Tgif, and Xfig. Follow the links on this page:
http://www.vectaport.com/ivtools/faq.html#OtherDrawingEditors
Jim Land
PostScript/Ghostscript Internet Resources Web Page
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/5682/postscript.html
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: ? EXT2-fs error !!!
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2000 01:47:56 GMT
On 3 Jun 2000 01:09:59 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>While fiddling to install an extra HD, something went wrong !
>I've got 2 'installations' on the old HD.
>The more valuable installation (with important files) gives this error
>at boot:-
>EXT2-fs error ....bad entry in directory #2 ...
>..offset=1024, inode=163...;rec_len=...
>
>The other installation runs OK and
>fdisk shows the partitions - look OK.
>
>Can I possible 'fix' the apparently damaged partition from the good one
>?
You can certainly run e2fsck -c on it. Then see.
--
Hal B
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Lonni J. Friedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Drivers for Caldera OpenLinux v2.3
Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2000 21:15:25 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> Could you please let me know where I can download the drivers
> for the following devices to work on Caldera Open Linux v2.3 (Creative
> donnot have anything for Linux):
>
> Creative Vibra 128 - sound card
> DEXXA 4800 - flatbed Scanner
> Epson Stylus Color 600 - color printer.
>
> Thanks in advance
GO here:
http://netllama.ipfox.com/stepbystep.htm
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Collier)
Subject: Re: 128-bit encryption
Date: 3 Jun 2000 01:38:54 GMT
Bill Unruh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> NTK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
:
: >for PC banking, it requires 128-bit encryption. It doesn't look like there
: >is such support for Netscape if you are using linux. Is there any way to
: >use PC banking or am I stuck with Windows if I want to do some banking.
:
: From My Netscape 4.7 on a Mandrake Linux 6.1
:
: This version supports U.S. security with RSA Public Key
: Cryptography, MD2, MD5, RC2-CBC, RC4, DES-CBC,
: DES-EDE3-CBC .
:
: As far as I recall, US security is 128 bit.
Bill, you are in Canada, which is considered part of the US
for the security issues. My 4.73 version recently downloaded
has international encription.
Another thing, I believe banking is excluded from the 40 bit
limit. I can bank with the Commonwealth Bank at 128 bits.
:
: Also go to www.fortify.net.
Best solution. There are widespread mirrors as well.
--
John Collier Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Philosophy -- U. of Newcastle Fax: +61 49 216928
Callaghan, NSW, AUSTRALIA 2038 http://bcollier.newcastle.edu.au
http://www.newcastle.edu.au/department/pl/Staff/JohnCollier/collier.html
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: problems with fips partitioning
Date: 02 Jun 2000 22:02:53 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 3 Jun 2000 00:44:54 GMT, Ted
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>I am having problems partitioning my c drive with the fips program off of
>the Debian Linux cd and was hoping someone could help.
>Memory allocation error
>Cannot load COMMAND, system halted
>I then reboot my computer into windows, and discover that microsoft has
>assigned new letters to my drives to accomodate the new partition. For
>example, d: has become e:, and e: has become f:. The latter makes it so
>that windows 98 can not find my cd rom drive.
The "Memory allocation error" appears to be normal, or at least I've
gotten that error every time I've used FIPS. The reassigning of drive
letters is something LoseXX does automatically--how clever of it.
This is exactly what FIPS is designed to do--shrink an MS-DOS partition
and create another MS-DOS partition in the free space. The canonical
thing to do after using FIPS is to boot from your distribution's CD-ROM
and follow the on-screen instructions. You generally delete the MS-DOS
partition that FIPS created and use the space to make at least a Linux
swap partition and a Linux root partition, all by following the on-screen
directions.
>Can anyone tell me how I can partition my hard drive, hopefully with fips,
>to avoid changing my drive letters?
When you turn that DOS partition into Linux partitions, LoseXX will no
longer realize those partitions exist, and will leave your drive letters
alone.
--
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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