Linux-Misc Digest #713, Volume #24 Mon, 5 Jun 00 01:13:03 EDT
Contents:
Re: Can't use HTML mail with netscape (Craig McCluskey)
Re: Zip for Linux (brian moore)
How to Screen Capture? ("Kenny Leong")
Re: How to Screen Capture? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: (**********S.O.S.***********) (Valentin Guillen)
Resetting Video Card from console (John Scudder)
Re: Make FAT32 visible in Linux? (Mark Bratcher)
Problem with direct cable connection :( ("Jeremy Low")
Re: Problem with direct cable connection :( (Dances With Crows)
Re: Resetting Video Card from console (Dances With Crows)
Re: forgot root password (Stewart Honsberger)
help on X-window over toshiba tecra 8100 notebook ("porsche")
Re: How to Screen Capture? (Bev)
Red Hat 6.2 and Old a.out Binaries (Jim)
Re: forgot root password (Vilmos Soti)
Re: Can't use HTML mail with netscape (Grant Edwards)
Re: Bad Blocks. (Cameron L. Spitzer)
Re: Bad Blocks. (Hal Burgiss)
Weird messages on shutdown ("Punyanjan Sen")
Re: samba troubles (Akira Yamanita)
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From: Craig McCluskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't use HTML mail with netscape
Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2000 20:09:17 -0500
I wrote:
> but right now I'm at home using 4.72 and Netscape for
> some reason won't email anything (immediately after clicking, "OK," it
> says the connection was refused by the mail server -- oddly, though,
> I can post to newsgroups).
I fixed it. It turned out I had filled in the "incoming email server"
section correctly, but did not fill in the "outgoing email server"
section. Now if we only had Eudora on Linux ...
Craig
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (brian moore)
Subject: Re: Zip for Linux
Date: 5 Jun 2000 01:42:26 GMT
On 05 Jun 2000 00:37:54 GMT,
Matthew W. Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 4 Jun 2000 03:29:18 GMT, brian moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >On Sat, 03 Jun 2000 04:54:51 GMT,
> > Jim McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> www.pkware.com
> >Use the 'INFO-ZIP' version (if you must compile source, you can get it
> >at ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/src/zip23.tar.gz and the companion
> >unzip540.tar.gz in the same directory). This is free, both as 'free
> >beer' and 'Free Speech'.
>
> 'If'?! Compiling from source is almost a necessity, since most of the
> binary distros of zip are compiled without encryption capability, and most
> of the binary distros of unzip are compiled with neither encryption nor
> ability to decompress archives with compression techniques of questionable
> legality (unshrinking, which is a LZW variant, and unreducing, which is
> copyrighted by Sam Smith).
Yes, if. 'apt-get install zip-crypt' if you need that.
Most people don't pass around encrypted zip files. Most distributions
-do- include zip and unzip. So, for the vast majority of people,
compiling isn't needed.
> Nevertheless, I'd recommend info-zip over pkzip, even if you jump
> for one of the emasculated binary distros, since at least the sources
> *are* readily available if/when you need them.
If you need encryption, use -real- encryption, not zip.
--
Brian Moore | Of course vi is God's editor.
Sysadmin, C/Perl Hacker | If He used Emacs, He'd still be waiting
Usenet Vandal | for it to load on the seventh day.
Netscum, Bane of Elves.
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From: "Kenny Leong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to Screen Capture?
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 10:01:48 +0800
Reply-To: "Kenny Leong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
How to Screen Capture? I'm using RH6.1.
Thank in advance!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: How to Screen Capture?
Date: 04 Jun 2000 19:24:15 -0700
"Kenny Leong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> How to Screen Capture? I'm using RH6.1.
>
> Thank in advance!
xwd (and it's converse xwud) are a pair of utilities for
capturing and displaying X, probably the original utilities, you can
use "man xwd" to find out about it. But I like to use imagemagick,
which is actually a suite of programs, for capturing I use the program
named "import" from the suite, which lets you choose different formats
for the file doing the saving, (i.e. "import window1.jpg" would save
it in jpeg format, "import window1.png" would save it in png format,
etc).
---Remove "UhUh" and "Spam" to get my real email address---
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From: Valentin Guillen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: (**********S.O.S.***********)
Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2000 20:29:28 -0600
Dear Object....
After you've logged on as root, try manually running one of your X
configuration utilities. Ones which may be on your system are
XF86Setup, or perhaps LizardX (might be spelled lizardX), or
xconfigurator. All of these are case sensitive so watch how you type
them. This might enable you to easily reset the configuration, without
having to manually edit files. Before you do that, make sure you've
read the information you have about your monitor's freqencies
specifications, and about which video chipset is in your computer.
Good Luck,
Valentin Guillen
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From: John Scudder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Resetting Video Card from console
Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2000 22:35:34 -0500
Every once in a while running DOSEMU from the console, a DOS VGA program
will take liberties with my video card. When I exit DOSEMU my console
screen is gone, replaced by colored blocks where the text should be. I
can startx and DOS-In-A-BOX looks fine. Exiting X, the console is
still messed. The only way to reset my video to normal seems to be
shutting down and restarting. There must be another way to reset the
video. Is there????
John
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From: Mark Bratcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Make FAT32 visible in Linux?
Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2000 22:37:27 -0400
feng chen wrote:
>
> Does anybody know how to make FAT32 filesystem
> visible to Linux?
1) Make sure you have vfat support built into your kernel
2) Make sure that 'mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /dosc (for example) works as
you expect
3) Read 'man fstab' and make an entry for your mounts
--
Mark Bratcher
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Escape from Microsoft's proprietary tentacles: use Linux!
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From: "Jeremy Low" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problem with direct cable connection :(
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 10:32:25 +0800
Configuration
Laptop
PIII 450
3COM PCMCIA Network Card
OS : Redhat 6.2
Host Name : Archangel
Domain : domain
IP : 192.168.1.1
Active Networking Protocols : TCP/IP, DHCP
Desktop
Novell NE2000 Compatible Network Card
OS : Window98
Host Name : jerry
Domain : domain
IP : 192.168.1.2
Active Networking Protocols : TCP/IP, NetBeui
Hello there,
For the past month I have tried to link up my laptop and pc
using a network cable with the above configuration. In my laptop, I assigned
the ip address for my eth0 and also told it to run dhcp protocol. I could
successfully ping myself at address 192.168.1.2 or simply ping "Archangel"
on my laptop and it worked. However when I tried to ping "jerry" (my pc) or
tried pinging 192.168.1.1, I was told that the network was not available.
Also tried to ping my laptop from pc and was also told that the address was
not reachable. another clue is that at boot-up, I was told that
initialization of eth0 has failed, therefore delayed, yet I can still ping
myself.Any idea what went wrong ??? Really desparate
already...really sad here :(
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Problem with direct cable connection :(
Date: 04 Jun 2000 22:56:03 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 5 Jun 2000 10:32:25 +0800, Jeremy Low
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>Laptop
>
>IP : 192.168.1.1
>Active Networking Protocols : TCP/IP, DHCP
>
>Desktop
>IP : 192.168.1.2
>using a network cable with the above configuration. In my laptop, I assigned
>the ip address for my eth0 and also told it to run dhcp protocol. I could
If you have the IP addr assigned manually, don't run DHCP. DHCP is for
getting an IP addr when you don't have one already. The DHCP client will
fail rather nastily if it can't find a server, and I'd be somewhat
surprised if you're running a DHCP server on your Lose98 box.
>successfully ping myself at address 192.168.1.2 or simply ping "Archangel"
>on my laptop and it worked. However when I tried to ping "jerry" (my pc) or
>tried pinging 192.168.1.1, I was told that the network was not available.
Is the subnet mask set correctly? Bring up the laptop's ethernet card
like so:
ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.0.0 broadcast 192.168.255.255 up
Also make sure the connector cable you're using is a crossover cable, or
that you're using a regular cable and going through a hub. Connecting two
Ethernet cards directly with a regular cable will not work at all.
If you've really been trying to get this working for a month... ouch.
Next time, you really should check out the HOWTOs available at
http://linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/ since they have a lot of useful info and can
spare you a lot of pain.
--
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] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Resetting Video Card from console
Date: 04 Jun 2000 22:59:50 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 04 Jun 2000 22:35:34 -0500, John Scudder
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>Every once in a while running DOSEMU from the console, a DOS VGA program
>will take liberties with my video card. When I exit DOSEMU my console
>screen is gone, replaced by colored blocks where the text should be. I
>can startx and DOS-In-A-BOX looks fine. Exiting X, the console is
>still messed. The only way to reset my video to normal seems to be
>shutting down and restarting. There must be another way to reset the
>video. Is there????
Hmm. Have you tried entering the following line from a shell prompt? You
have to type blindly, but it's possible to do:
echo -e '\033c'
This will force the tty driver back into a sane state. It might or might
not help with the problem, but the above always seems to work when I've
accidentally cat'ed a binary file to the screen. If DOSEMU is directly
poking at the console VGA driver and corrupting it, this may not
work. Good luck...
--
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] (Stewart Honsberger)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: forgot root password
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 03:00:57 GMT
On 31 May 2000 23:08:39 EDT, Dances With Crows wrote:
>(Re)Boot the system, and at the LILO: prompt, enter
>linux S
I've discovered recently that this won't work on a recent SuSE distro. I tested
it with SuSE 6.4, and it prompted me for the root password before continuing.
I booted from the install media to the 'rescue system' and then had the ability
to mount the root partition.
That's my suggestion if anybody asks; installation media or a boot ("rescue")
disk.
--
Stewart Honsberger (AKA Blackdeath) @ http://sprk.com/blackdeath/
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Remove 'thirteen' to reply privately)
Humming along under SuSE 6.4, Linux 2.2.14
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From: "porsche" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: help on X-window over toshiba tecra 8100 notebook
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 11:16:51 +0800
Hi,
need Help!!
Does anyone successfully running X-Window on thoshiba Tecra 8100 notebook?
I tried xf86config several times and still failed.....
I'd like to ask some questions about the correct settings.
thanks!!
porsche
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From: Bev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to Screen Capture?
Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2000 20:17:02 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> "Kenny Leong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > How to Screen Capture? I'm using RH6.1.
> >
> > Thank in advance!
>
> xwd (and it's converse xwud) are a pair of utilities for
> capturing and displaying X, probably the original utilities, you can
> use "man xwd" to find out about it. But I like to use imagemagick,
xv, which you probably already have. A curious thing: xv usually grabs
the desired chunk of a netscape screen, but sometimes it doesn't. This
sounds too much like windows behavior to be entirely comfortable...
--
Cheers,
Bev
*******************************************
My computer doesn't have to be friendly;
civil is entirely sufficient.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Red Hat 6.2 and Old a.out Binaries
Date: 5 Jun 2000 03:20:17 GMT
I just upgraded Red Hat 6.1 to 6.2, and lost the ability to execute ancient
a.out type binaries. The "6.2" a.out compatibility library package IS
installed, so that's not the problem. I may have lost the path to it
somewhere though. As I recall, I had the same problem for awhile with 6.1,
and finally found how to make the libraries available at run time. But I
can't locate the notes for that.
Does anyone recall the trick to this, making these libraries available, or
is this possibly some new problem?
Thanks,
Jim
remove "attack" for email
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Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: forgot root password
From: Vilmos Soti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 03:31:59 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stewart Honsberger) writes:
> I've discovered recently that this won't work on a recent SuSE distro. I tested
> it with SuSE 6.4, and it prompted me for the root password before continuing.
>
Try at the lilo boot
linux init=/bin/bash
Vilmos
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant Edwards)
Subject: Re: Can't use HTML mail with netscape
Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 03:46:15 GMT
On Sun, 04 Jun 2000 20:09:17 -0500, Craig McCluskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>I fixed it. It turned out I had filled in the "incoming email
>server" section correctly, but did not fill in the "outgoing
>email server" section. Now if we only had Eudora on Linux ...
Don't need it. We've got mutt.
--
Grant Edwards grante Yow! My face is new, my
at license is expired, and I'm
visi.com under a doctor's care!!!!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cameron L. Spitzer)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Bad Blocks.
Date: 5 Jun 2000 01:51:36 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Coffee wrote:
>This is where installing on several partitions comes in very handy. Then you can
>backup the existing good partitions and junk the bad one, Reinstall linux and
>restore what you have. I guess I would boot to single mode and run badblocks.
>This should (?) mark the bad blocks and then you can backup whats left.
The badblocks(8) I've got, version 1.12 July 1998, only produces a list.
It is up to the user to feed the list to mke2fs(8) or e2fsck(8).
Cameron
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Bad Blocks.
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 04:36:33 GMT
On 5 Jun 2000 01:51:36 GMT, Cameron L. Spitzer
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Coffee wrote:
>>This is where installing on several partitions comes in very handy.
>>Then you can backup the existing good partitions and junk the bad one,
>>Reinstall linux and restore what you have. I guess I would boot to
>>single mode and run badblocks. This should (?) mark the bad blocks and
>>then you can backup whats left.
>
>The badblocks(8) I've got, version 1.12 July 1998, only produces a
>list. It is up to the user to feed the list to mke2fs(8) or e2fsck(8).
Mine, a somewhat newer version, says the same thing. But, according
e2fsck man page, running it with '-c' option:
-c This option causes e2fsck to run the badblocks(8)
program to find any blocks which are bad on the
filesystem, and then marks them as bad by adding
them to the bad block inode.
--
Hal B
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Punyanjan Sen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Weird messages on shutdown
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 14:50:07 +1000
Hi all,
When I do a "shutdown -r now" I occasionally lots of these messages on
the screen:
"{<C23r234523> <C13412412> ......................}
It then finally stops after a while.
Any idea what's going on?
Punyanjan
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From: Akira Yamanita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: samba troubles
Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 04:53:38 GMT
Geoff Sullivan wrote:
>
> Thanks to your suggestions and some more research I was able to get the
> following results from smbmount. My version is 2.0.3. Using this command
> line I am able to mount the Win98 machine.
>
> [root@penguin /root]# smbmount //sunfish/c -c 'mount /mnt/Sunfish'
> Added interface ip=192.168.0.1 bcast=192.168.0.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
> Added interface ip=127.0.0.1 bcast=127.255.255.255 nmask=255.0.0.0
> Server time is Sat Jun 3 13:41:20 2000
> Timezone is UTC-4.0
> security=share
> [root@penguin /root]#
>
> My smb.conf is *very* basic so far...
>
> [global]
> workgroup = maine
> max log size = 50
> socket options = TCP_NODELAY
> bind interfaces only = yes
> interfaces = 192.168.0.1/24 127.0.0.1
> local master = yes
> dns proxy = no
>
> I still cannot get penguin to show up in NetworkNeighborhood though.
Where's the netbios name? :)
netbios name = penguin
Also add: hosts allow = 192.168.0. 127.
> Results from nmblookup....
>
> [root@penguin /root]# nmblookup sunfish
> Sending queries to 192.168.0.255
> 192.168.0.1 sunfish<00>
> [root@penguin /root]#
>
> Another problem has developed too. I have Internet Modem Sharing set on
> the Win98 box. With this I can use this machine's modem to dial out on.
> When it's disabled or powered down the Linux box should be able to use
> its own modem to dial out, but it won't. KPPP will access the modem and
> dial, but no ppp connection is made. Innvoking pppd from the console
> does nothing.
>
> I guess negotiations are attempted through eth0 and everything just
> croaks! How can I redirectto the modem instead of eth0 when my little
> network is disabled?
Are you certain that no PPP connection is made or are you just not
able to access anything on the Internet? If ICS assigns the default
route via DHCP, you need to remove the default route before brining
up PPP. "route del default" Make sure that you have "defaultroute"
in /etc/ppp/options. Try brining up the PPP interface again. Run
"ifconfig" to make sure everything worked and then type "route -n"
to make sure that the route to 0.0.0.0 is through ppp0.
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