Linux-Misc Digest #753, Volume #24 Thu, 8 Jun 00 18:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: Winmodems )Re: Need ideas for university funded project for linux) (Jan Knutar)
Problems with kppp under RedHat 6.2 (Silviu Cojocaru)
Linux kernel builds on different platforms (Tom Williams)
Re: How to delete a directory that refuses to die? (Andreas Kahari)
Re: Building an install floppy... (Dave Brown)
Xconf and IBM Thinkpad ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
TN3270 emulator for Linux ("Larry")
Re: TN3270 emulator for Linux (Andreas Schweitzer)
Re: Linux Sound Spikes (Mail and News lists)
Re: RH6.1 and /etc/cron.daily question (Mail and News lists)
*** $300USD Contract: Linux "CHVT" Modification *** (Prarit Bhargava)
Re: May I use your Real Server? (Miguel Cruz)
Re: RealJukeBox for Linux? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Printing through tcp/ip to Xerox 4517 (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Lars=2DG=F6ran?= Andersson)
Re: Winmodems )Re: Need ideas for university funded project for linux) (Erik Max
Francis)
redhat machines appear as NT bdc's ? (mike welch)
Re: How do I create a simple server to accept requests on a port? (Robie Basak)
Recommend a Web BBS? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Open Source Windows Based X Server? (Robie Basak)
Re: TN3270 emulator for Linux (Harold Stevens ** PLEASE SEE SIG **)
Re: where to find a linux dictionary? (Robie Basak)
Linux needs a better browser (Jim Harkins)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jan Knutar)
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: Winmodems )Re: Need ideas for university funded project for linux)
Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2000 11:55:56 GMT
On 2 Jun 2000 14:59:14 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Donal K. Fellows) wrote:
>In article <3934f551.1073003@news>, Jan Knutar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> My 33.6 modem often passes 128Kb/s when sucking usenet posts.
>
>Your USENET newsgroup set must be more compressible than mine; I
>rarely get more than 90Kb/s through a faster connection (and yes, it
>is going full tilt...)
>
>(Perhaps I read groups with more new signal in them and less repeated
>noise. :^)
Hmm.. I did mean to write 128 Kilo bits per second and not bytes per
second, can't remember what 'b' stands for bit and what b stands for
byte...
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JK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Any attempt to stretch fuel is guaranteed to increase headwind.
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From: Silviu Cojocaru <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problems with kppp under RedHat 6.2
Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2000 19:30:03 GMT
I have installed RedHat 6.2 on my PC.I configured kppp as root.I loged
in as a normal user and after starting X I tryied to launch kppp.There was
a pop-up screen requesting to input root' password...so I did (and I typed
it right).Kppp was killed telling me that it couldnt connect to the X
server.Now what could be the problem here? Can anyone help me?
Thanks for reading this.
P.S. these are the messgaes I received:
AUDIT:Thu Jun 8 21:30:22 :602 X:client 14 rejected from local host
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key
kppp: cannot connect to X server :0
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From: Tom Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux kernel builds on different platforms
Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2000 20:11:04 GMT
Hi! I'm in the process of upgrading my RedHat 6.0 box to the latest
2.2.16 kernel and I asked myself: has does the Linux kernel
configuration process (I'm using xconfig and Tcl/Tk) know what hardware
platform I'm running on?
When I choose the processor I have, I only get Intel x86/Pentium
choices. No PPC. No MIPS. No Sparc. Does these platforms have
different source trees from which those kernels are built or is the CPU
type info dynamically determined somehow.
Does anybody know?
Thanks in advance for your time.
Peace....
Tom
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Subject: Re: How to delete a directory that refuses to die?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andreas Kahari)
Date: 8 Jun 2000 22:26:53 +0100
In article <bSw%4.40$v3.596@uchinews>,
Nancy J. Lai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I am trying to delete a directory that is taking up a lot of space on my
>shared Linux machine (Redhat 6.1), but I am not finding any success. I am
>logged on as root, of course, and this is what happens:
>
>bash# ls -l
>total 21
>drwxr-xr-x 2 root sys 2048 Feb 22 17:01 666bogus666/
>(and other stuff)
>bash# cd 666bogus666/
>bash# ls -l
>total 135116176
>c--SrwS--T 1 12083 46544 0, 24 Dec 31 1969 preamble.mk
>b--x--Srw- 1 29545 46080 0, 24 Dec 31 1969 srt_super.mk
These are not "files", 'preamble.mk' is a "character special file" and
'srt_super.mk' is a "block special file". They were created using the
'mknod' command.
Hmmm... can you change the permissions on them?
Try "chmod a+rw preamble.mk srt_super.mk" and then rm'ing them.
...but I'm not at all sure it works.
/A
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Brown)
Subject: Re: Building an install floppy...
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 8 Jun 2000 15:28:38 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, fred smith wrote:
>Dave Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>: You can't pass "boot parameters" to a module. In fact, you can't boot with
>
>Isn't that exactly what the concept of initrd (initial ram disk) is for?
Well, yes, if you're booting off of a device that doesn't need a module.
If you have a SCSI drive that needs a module, there's no place to store
an initrd file and have it accessible at boot time. But modules installed
from an initrd still don't have access to parameters passed by lilo to
the kernel (as far as I can tell).
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Dave Brown Austin, TX
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Xconf and IBM Thinkpad
Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2000 20:16:17 GMT
Re: Thinkpad 770z, RH 6.0. After going thru the xconf program many
times, the following error occurs:
"Config error: /root/XF86Config: 208
Protocol "null"
Mouse type not supported by this OS
X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server
shutdown).
The mouse is a PS/2, but this IS a laptop...
All the video settings are fine, the video card is on the HCL for RH6.
Any help is appreciated.
dave
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From: "Larry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: TN3270 emulator for Linux
Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 15:10:19 -0500
Anyone know of a TN3270 emulator that runs under Linux?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andreas Schweitzer)
Subject: Re: TN3270 emulator for Linux
Date: 8 Jun 2000 20:36:30 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <8houjd$5fj$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Larry wrote:
>Anyone know of a TN3270 emulator that runs under Linux?
>
>
Try x3270 or tn3270
Andreas
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mail and News lists)
Subject: Re: Linux Sound Spikes
Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 21:52:35 +0530
Perhaps it's the soundcard itself. Check by putting the card on your other machine. It
seems there is a leaky capacitor somewhere. It might also be a problem with
initialisation, check if the card is being initialised properly if it is an ISA one.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi all,
> I'm running Red Hat 6.2 and Gnome/WindowMaker. I've successfully set-up
> my sound card. However, a peculiar thing is happening. Whenever a
> sound is emitted after a period of silence, the speakers "spike" at the
> beginning of the sound. By this, I mean that they emitting a short
> cracking sound. If sounds are immediately emitted afterwards, no
> cracking sound is observed. Once a period of silence (on the order of
> seconds) has elapsed, emitting a sound once again causes this spike at
> the beginning.
> Any ideas? I have a similar set-up at home which doesn't do this, so
> I'm thinking that perhaps it's just the speakers.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mail and News lists)
Subject: Re: RH6.1 and /etc/cron.daily question
Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 22:02:13 +0530
Show a part of your /etc/crontab Basically you have to do
0 1 * * * <command> <arguments>
see=20
man cron
Also you can use=20
crontab -e
to edit and place your cronjobs (you do need to know how to set up cronjob=
s for that) if the jobs are done by users. System cronjobs are defined in =
/etc/crontab
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> Hi,
> I use RH6.1. In directory /etc/cron.daily I see a lot of script for
> daily executing.
> But my daily cron job now runs at 10:00 AM !
> I would like to redefine the executing time at 1:00AM, how to do that ?
> Thanks in advance,
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From: Prarit Bhargava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,linux.dev.x11
Subject: *** $300USD Contract: Linux "CHVT" Modification ***
Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2000 20:38:59 GMT
Wanted: Person(s) who can modify Linux Kernel such that when CHVTing
or CTRL-ALT-FN# from one Xserver to another Xserver, Xserver screen
remains on the not used screen.
Xservers are started with
startx -- :0 -xf86config XF86Config.1 vt07
startx -- :1 -xf86config XF86Config.2 vt08
Using chvt or CTRL-ALT-# to change between vt07 and vt08 one will
notice that the not-used screen switches from Graphics mode to Text
mode. The object is to modify this code such that this switch does
not occur when switching from one X server to another.
**The modifications must be executable over twin video cards, or
preferably, a single multi-head Matrox video card. The Xserver
being used must be Xfree86 4.0. **
Expected Duration: 1-2 days.
Pay: $300USD (DOE) upon presentation of final modifications (does not
have to be a patch, rpm, etc.)
Contact Information: Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] or telephone
1-403-202-2179.
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Crossposted-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: May I use your Real Server?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Miguel Cruz)
Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2000 20:42:53 GMT
Derek Colley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> There once was an internet/media company in the US (er, can't remember the
> exact name) that did this - broadcasting US TV programs to the whole world
> via the net. They are now dead and buried under numerous lawsuites. Be
> careful :-)
ICraveTV. In Canada. They were close enough to the border to get the US
signals.
miguel
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: RealJukeBox for Linux?
Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2000 20:47:59 GMT
> ...and just what was the compelling need wrt to encoding your
> useful data in some proprietary format when more widely
>available
> one's are quite accessable: namely mp3.
Unfortunately, I didn't realize that RealJukeBox was soooo proprietary.
Unfortunately I had already scanned in all my CD's! I *ASS*umed that
RJB would store the files in a somewhat standard format. I *ASS*umed
incorrectly. 8^)
> Look for an mp3 ripper on freshmeat.net or icewalk.com.
Thanks for the idea! I've been lazy about doing the MP3 thing. I have
since grabbed GRIP and Wmxmms and am well on my way. Hopefully now I
can get the sound card working on my IBM thinkpad 600x!
Thanks
Ron
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Lars=2DG=F6ran?= Andersson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Printing through tcp/ip to Xerox 4517
Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2000 21:19:07 GMT
Hello!
I have a XEROX DocuPrint 4517 printer which is connected to my linux box
through the network.
I just want to know what to do to get it to work.
I've used xpadmin to set up the queue and selected tcp/ip and gave it a
hostname that I also added in the hosts-file. But there is no way to
select an ip-port. I don't know if that should be necessary in this
case.
The printer works fine with windows and tcp/ip but in windows I need to
specify a port named "PASSTHRU'"
Can anyone help me?
Hopefully
Lars-G�ran Andersson
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From: Erik Max Francis <[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: Winmodems )Re: Need ideas for university funded project for linux)
Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2000 14:01:39 -0700
Jan Knutar wrote:
> Hmm.. I did mean to write 128 Kilo bits per second and not bytes per
> second, can't remember what 'b' stands for bit and what b stands for
> byte...
Lowercase b stands for bit, uppercase B stands for byte. In SI-like
standards, B stands for byte, but there is no abbreviation for bit, so
yu'd just write 128 kbit/s, or, if the k was meant to mean 1024 and not
100, 128 Kibit/s.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mike welch)
Subject: redhat machines appear as NT bdc's ?
Date: 8 Jun 2000 21:19:19 GMT
We recently brought up two redhat machines and both appear in the server
manager for out nt domain as backup domain conrollers. There is evidence that
they (unsuccessfullly) attempt to authenticate nt users on the same local
subnet. We don't want them to function or look like bdc's. Was there some
simple setup parm or config item that we overlooked or misunderstood to cause
them to assume bdc status ? Thanks for any help references etc
mike welch
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robie Basak)
Subject: Re: How do I create a simple server to accept requests on a port?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 8 Jun 2000 21:28:43 GMT
On Thu, 08 Jun 2000 15:30:09 GMT, Rob Weiss said:
>If it's Linux it's possible.....
>
>
>I want to set up a service, foo, to accept requests on port 999 using tcp.
>I want that service to kick off a Perl script, foo.pl, to append a new
>piece of data to a file, foo.conf...
>
>I can setup the /etc/services and /etc/inetd.conf
>
>inetd.conf:
>foo stream tcp nowait foo /usr/lib/scripts foo.pl
>
>services:
>foo 999/tcp foo #my foo script
>
>What do I need to do to the perl script to extract the data I need to add
>to the file? The data can be any length and all the data should fit into
>one tcp packet. Also, there is only one argument, "foo-data".
>
>Is there a standard script to extract the data portion? Or something
>simple to use or call?
Your perl script will receive any input from the TCP connection on its
standard input and any feed to its standard output will go back
through the TCP connection.
Therefore, just treat/test the script by typing what should go in, and
it'll print what comes out. Then put it into /etc/inet.conf and it's
all done!
Socket programming is _so_ much easier than in Windows :-)
Robie.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Recommend a Web BBS?
Date: 8 Jun 2000 14:32:40 PST
Does anyone have recommendations on a Web BBS app.
It would have to be something that is fairly easy to use
for the Users. Perhaps looking something like Usenet:
QUESTION1?
=====>answer1
=====>answer2
----->response to answer2
QUESTION2?
=====>answer1
I am looking for freeware or reasonably priced shareware that obviously
can run on Linux/Unix.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robie Basak)
Subject: Re: Open Source Windows Based X Server?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 8 Jun 2000 21:38:58 GMT
On Wed, 07 Jun 2000 14:59:59 GMT, David Steuber said:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith) writes:
>
>' [Posted and mailed]
>'
>' In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>' [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Banks) writes:
>' > A lot of people are after windows to linux connectivity via an X
>' > server.
>' >
>' > VNC is pretty good, but gets slow when using graphic intensive apps
>' > and needs the vncserver running on linux.
>' >
>' > MiX is no longer free and I don't know of any other free X servers for
>' > windows. Does anyone know of any projects at the moment for Open
>' > Source X servers for windows?
I did see a site. WeirdX (search http://freshmeat.net) is a Java OSS X
Windows client, though I never got it to work.
>'
>' I don't know of any, but you might want to ask about this on
>' comp.windows.x or one of its sub-groups. Although I'm sure a lot of
>' Linux users would be interested in such a project, it's there that
>' you'll find the real X experts.
>
>Uhm, I've never tried it, and I don't know what sort of development
>platform you need, but XFree86 comes with install instructions and a
>makefile for MSC ( 5.0, I think ). The implication is that XFree86
>can be built for Windows.
As I understand it, you can't build a server, but you can build the
libraries so that you can compile X clients.
Robie
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Harold Stevens ** PLEASE SEE SIG **)
Subject: Re: TN3270 emulator for Linux
Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2000 21:39:44 GMT
Turned up several hits in the 1st pages returned at Google with
tn3270 rpm
and
tn3270 tgz
as search strings.
(Google is an excellent Open Source related engine; http://google.com).
I have used tn3270 on both Vax (IIRC) and Linux platforms where X wasn't
available for x3270.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robie Basak)
Subject: Re: where to find a linux dictionary?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 8 Jun 2000 21:52:28 GMT
On Mon, 05 Jun 2000 15:08:51 GMT, Alexander K said:
>aloha!
>
>
>i installed the slack7 distro, and now see that there is no dictionary
>with it. the one that is supposed to be in /usr/dict/words.
>where do i find one? an english. and a swedish and polish one as well,
>if they exist...:)
>i have looked at freshmeat, and distrosites, and ftp's, but didnt find
>anything. i dont even know how it's supposed too look. just one big
>txt-file with one word on each line?
Try typing 'spell' and type a misspelt word, and see if it repeats it,
and then a correctly spelt word, and it shouldn't - I spent ages
trying to find the dictionary after I confirmed that it existed in
this manner.
Robie.
>
>thanks in adv. / alex
>
>ps. the program 'gnurobots' complains about not finding file test.scm.
>what is that about? i have no such file on my hdd. i think it's
>connected with some random function somehow.
>i installed guile for it, which seemed to be fine after i ran
>'ldconfig'.
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>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Harkins)
Subject: Linux needs a better browser
Date: 8 Jun 2000 22:08:39 GMT
This is a huge market opportunity for someone. I'm investigating running
Embedded Linux on some internet platforms of various kinds. The big hole
right now is lack of a browser. IE is out, Mozilla will be usable Real
Soon Now, Spyglass is, well, spyglass, and Opera isn't quite ready for
embedded Linux.
Anyone have any thoughts on the available browsers, and what the odds are
they will run on beasts like StrongARM, MIPS, and SH-4 processors in the
next few months?
jim
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