Linux-Misc Digest #840, Volume #24 Sat, 17 Jun 00 14:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: Multiple NICs (Dances With Crows)
linux website ("Paul Ashby")
Re: Blocking news servers? (Ken Yasuda)
Re: Lucent Winmodem works for BeOS why not Linux? (Yhetti)
Re: Upgrading from RH 6.0 ---> RH 6.2 (Grant Edwards)
Can't mount device ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux article in PC world ("Larry Ebbitt ")
Annoying oddities after kernel compile... (MH)
Re: democracy? (Larry Tobosh)
Re: samba: files disappearing (Stefano Ghirlanda)
Re: Annoying oddities after kernel compile... (Edward Lee)
How to Mount Win98 Partition? ("Larry")
Re: Lilo Problem (SooperGrover)
Re: DOS for Linux (Carl Fink)
Re: RedHat vs Slackware (Simon Lemieux)
Re: Linux article in PC world (Thomas Luzat)
Re: Helix Gnome (Paul Lew)
Re: trying to record line-in input from soundcard (James Franklin)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Multiple NICs
Date: 17 Jun 2000 11:13:20 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 17 Jun 2000 01:47:58 -0400, Zachary M. Morvik
<<394b10d5$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
[3 NE2000 network cards]
>One card works and is configured now. My intention is to get all three of
>these NICs working and then use IP Masquerade to re-map ports for my DSL
>line. Does anyone have a quick outline of what direction I should head in
>to get these NICs installed?
modprobe ne io=XXX,YYY,ZZZ irq=A,B,C
Match up the values so that the card using irq A is using I/O range XXX.
That should get you started; or you can put the following lines in
/etc/conf.modules:
alias eth0 ne
alias eth1 ne
alias eth2 ne
options ne io=XXX,YYY,ZZZ irq=A,B,C
>configure the IO, IRQ, etc. for the other two network cards? Do I have to
>re-compile the kernel?? I know, for optimum performance, I do, but I would
>just like to work off of modules for now.
You will not need to recompile the kernel, but no matter what you do,
having 3 NE2000 cards bashing around will not give you optimal
performance.
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows /\ "Man could not stare too long at the face
\----[this space for rent]-----/ \ of the Computer or her children and still
\There is no Darkness in Eternity \ remain as Man." --David Zindell "So did
But only Light too dim for us to see\ they become Gods, or Usenetters?" --/me
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From: "Paul Ashby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: linux website
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 15:15:56 GMT
Obviously this is a blatant marketing attempt, but we have just gone
live with a new web site that was developed totally with Linux tools
and runs on Linux servers. MS was not used at all, including all
graphics and code development. I was helped along the way by
many people responding to my questions in these newgroups and
so I decided to feed back the results.
The web site is hosted on two Dell Poweredge servers, running
RedHat 6.0. The first server runs sybase 11.0.3.3 (free for linux),
apache 1.3.9, jserv 1.0 and gnujsp 1.0 to provide dynamic site
content. Works like a dream and really fast (the machine is a
twin pentium, 1GB RAM).
The second server serves images using apache and runs a qmail
mail server for generating mail messages from the web site. We
decided to split the web site across two servers to increase
performance
We use sybase for data storage, java for our back end object model,
jserv for the servlet engine and gnujsp for our pages. All was quite easy
to configure and we are really impressed with the speed of the
apache/jserv/gnujsp combinaton.
We have a 2M leased line, a network of three linux machines
(2 live servers and a development server) which communicate
using a D-link hub. Again config of the network was fairly straighforward.
We developed the code using xemacs for java code development
(jde mode is great) and the graphics were created using the GIMP
(probably the best linux app) and xfig.
The site is www.takeu2.com, and system I have described will definitely by
my
template for the next venture.
Thanks to all who�ve helped me out, it took about 4 months
to get to this stage.
Paul Ashby
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ken Yasuda)
Subject: Re: Blocking news servers?
Date: 17 Jun 2000 15:49:46 GMT
Actually, the reason I ask is because I'm not able to access some news sites
even though I can access others with no problems. The departmental machine is
a Linux box and I'm wanting to familiarize myself with things before I approach
the sysadmin with my access problem.
The exact problem: I can ping news.vmware.com but I can't actually
access for reading with xrn, krn, or Netscape's news program. I always get the
message
"Failed to connect to NNTP server"
I don't have this problem with the local uni sites, so my news access is
definitely site-specific.
Smells to me like the sysadmin has the news.vmware.com site either
blocked out or not explicitly allowed. I want to check my facts first. Things
generally go more smoothly when I can talk specifics...
Any opinions?
Thanks,
Ken
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
The Darkener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
|> Try using ipchains to block out entire IPs. Probably something like:
|>
|> ipchains -A input -s <newsgroupservername/ipaddress> -j DENY
|>
|> That probably isn't the exact context you would use (depending on your
|> existing firewall), but I'm sure that ipchains can block specific
|> hosts. Unless you're talking about specific newsgroups, which I don't
|> think you can do.
|>
|> Ken Yasuda wrote:
|>
|> > Hello fellow users,
|> >
|> > Is it possible to block access to certain news servers?
|> >
|> > Any suggestions on how to do it?
|> >
|> > Thanks,
|> >
|> > Ken
|> >
|> > Remove "nospam" if emailing.
|>
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From: Yhetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,alt.os.dial-up,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Lucent Winmodem works for BeOS why not Linux?
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 15:58:57 GMT
Goofy root wrote:
>
> I was at a LUG meeting last week someone handed me a BeOS 5.0 personal
> edition CD-ROM I immediately installed in one of my Thinkpad. Me
> sometimes don't read README.TXT or manuals so I did this guy said: boot
> Windows 98, insert the CD, install it just like a Windows program, etc.,
> which I exactly did. He didn't say anything about modems so I
> configured PPP just like a Linux KPPP and dialed out using Winmodem. To
> my big surprise it worked. Since BeOS supports POSIX utilities, how
> come Linux vendors can't come up with using Winmodem?
Try http://linmodems.org/linux568.zip
This is the binary driver from Lucent and it works fine on my Presario
1200.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant Edwards)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Upgrading from RH 6.0 ---> RH 6.2
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 16:08:02 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Larry wrote:
>I'm thinking of upgrading my current RH 6.0 install to RH 6.2. Has anyone
>else done this? How hard is it and is there a HOW-TO describing the steps
>required?
You put in the CD, boot from it, press "Enter" once, click "upgrade".
You might want to make sure youve got 10-20% free space on / and /usr
filesystems first.
--
Grant Edwards grante Yow! TATTOOED MIDGETS
at are using ALFREDO in their
visi.com SALAMI FACTORY!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Can't mount device
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 16:05:06 GMT
I'm having a problem mounting a device with SuSe 6.3. YaST says its
there, here's the output:
Device From To Blocks Partition Type
/dev/hda2 262 1020 6096667 5 Extended
But when I try to mount it using:
mount -t ext2 /dev/hda2 /junk
I get:
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda2,
or too many mounted file systems
(aren't you trying to mount an extended partition,
instead of some logical partition inside?)
This error message is so general, it doesn't tell me much. If it is an
extended partition, how do I mount it?
Thanks,
Rick
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From: "Larry Ebbitt " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 12:21:41 -0400 (EDT)
Reply-To: "Larry Ebbitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux article in PC world
On Sat, 17 Jun 2000 14:38:40 GMT, jj2me wrote:
>Hey - speaking of flying planes, that reminds me of an Operating System
>story.
I've seen this before without the Linux paragraph. A very worthy
addition. Thanks.
Larry - Atlanta - IBM Global Services
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From: MH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Annoying oddities after kernel compile...
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 09:27:34 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I recompiled the kernel for my workstation leaving out the NFS server
service, but when I boot up I see "nfss FAILED" (or something to that
effect). Evidently, Linux is attempting to start this service even
though it was left out of the kernel. How do I correct this problem?
Also, on a previous compile I chose to configure PPP as a loadable
module, but when I started kpppd (the KDE dial-up utility) I got a
message "either PPP is not compiled into the kernel or the module was
not loaded" (or something to that effect). Nevertheless, the dialer
worked fine and the PPP service was started. I assumed there was a
problem with KDE recognizing the loading of the module, so when I
recompiled as above I also compiled PPP into the kernel to get rid of
the error message. I still get the same error message. Any ideas on
how to correct this?
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From: Larry Tobosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: democracy?
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 16:21:34 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Mark Wilden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Salvador Peralta wrote:
> >>
> >> let's remember that the United States is not now, nor has it ever
been a
> >> democracy.
> >
> > Yes it is. It's a representative democracy. The people do rule,
through
> > their elected officials (in theory, at least).
>
> Isn't ignorance bliss? The only thing that counts in America is money.
> Your politics are incredibly corrupt. Of course so is the politics of
most
> 1st world countries. The third world is worse for sure. But the USA
should
> set an example and it fails woefully. It appears that in the USA you
can
> fool most of the people most of the time. Very sad.
>
> With regard to the earlier comment, in a previous post, about the
average person
> being stupid, this is unfortunately true. They aren't born stupid but
develop the
> trait through crap educational systems and a life where thinking does
them no
> good at all. Who benefits from this. Institutional religion and big
business.
> Hmm, that desribes the USA perfectly.
>
I'd rather agree with all this (do you like reading Camus or Cioran by
the way?) but what has this to do with Linux ? Please conserve the
bandwidth. There should be other places for this topic as well !
--
Do you know what your software does?
Stay in control, support Free Software Foundation !
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stefano Ghirlanda)
Crossposted-To: comp.protocols.smb
Subject: Re: samba: files disappearing
Date: 17 Jun 2000 16:32:06 GMT
>> $ touch A
>> $ mv A a
>> $ ls a
>> ls: a: No such file or directory
>>
>> is this an intrinsic limitation of the SMB protocol, a misconfiguration
>> on my side, a bug?
>
>I don't know, but I've confirmed it on my network. I've also got a
>workaround: Set the "case sensitive = Yes" parameter for the share.
Thanks for the suggesition! I will try it ASAP,
Stefano
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From: Edward Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Annoying oddities after kernel compile...
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 09:38:13 -0700
Which version? Linux 2.4.0 has new PPP configurations. Your
description sounds very much like the problems I encountered, but
everything works fine after upgrading to ppp 2.4.0b2. I am currently
dialing out on a pctel software modem using ppp 2.4 and Linux 2.4.
MH wrote:
> I recompiled the kernel for my workstation leaving out the NFS server
> service, but when I boot up I see "nfss FAILED" (or something to that
> effect). Evidently, Linux is attempting to start this service even
> though it was left out of the kernel. How do I correct this problem?
>
> Also, on a previous compile I chose to configure PPP as a loadable
> module, but when I started kpppd (the KDE dial-up utility) I got a
> message "either PPP is not compiled into the kernel or the module was
> not loaded" (or something to that effect). Nevertheless, the dialer
> worked fine and the PPP service was started. I assumed there was a
> problem with KDE recognizing the loading of the module, so when I
> recompiled as above I also compiled PPP into the kernel to get rid of
> the error message. I still get the same error message. Any ideas on
> how to correct this?
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From: "Larry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to Mount Win98 Partition?
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 11:59:45 -0500
I have RH 6.0 installed on a dual-boot machine with a Win98 partition. I
set up a mount point of /win98 and can see it when I log into linux.
However I can't figure out how to mount the partition as read-only.
This is a FAT32 partition.
Thanks for any advice,
Larry
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (SooperGrover)
Subject: Re: Lilo Problem
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 17:08:48 GMT
Crossposted-To:
alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.x,nl.comp.os.linux.overig,nl.comp.os.linux.x
On Sat, 17 Jun 2000 13:29:40 +0200, "FROZEN_Steam"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
|Hello,
|
|I'm having some trouble using lilo.
|
|I've configured lilo on mbr, but when it starts, There's only an 'L' on my
|screen and I can do nothing but hit reset...
It seems you have a problem with your harddrive. LILO should probably
be configured to use linear mode. Read on...
>From the LILO README file comes the following:
When LILO loads itself, it displays the word "LILO". Each letter is
printed before or after performing some specific action. If LILO fails
at some point, the letters printed so far can be used to identify the
problem. This is described in more detail in the technical overview.
Note that some hex digits may be inserted after the first "L" if a
transient disk problem occurs. Unless LILO stops at that point,
generating an endless stream of error codes, such hex digits do not
indicate a severe problem.
(<nothing>) No part of LILO has been loaded. LILO either isn't
installed or the partition on which its boot sector is located isn't
active.
L <error> ... The first stage boot loader has been loaded and
started, but it can't load the second stage boot loader. The two-digit
error codes indicate the type of problem. (See also section "Disk
error codes".) This condition usually indicates a media failure or a
geometry mismatch (e.g. bad disk parameters, see section "Disk
geometry").
LI The first stage boot loader was able to load the second stage
boot loader, but has failed to execute it. This can either be caused
by a geometry mismatch or by moving /boot/boot.b without running the
map installer.
LIL The second stage boot loader has been started, but it can't
load the descriptor table from the map file. This is typically caused
by a media failure or by a geometry mismatch.
LIL? The second stage boot loader has been loaded at an incorrect
address. This is typically caused by a subtle geometry mismatch or by
moving /boot/boot.b without running the map installer.
LIL- The descriptor table is corrupt. This can either be caused
by a geometry mismatch or by moving /boot/map without running the map
installer.
LILO All parts of LILO have been successfully loaded.
Disk error codes
- - - - - - - -
If the BIOS signals an error when LILO is trying to load a boot image,
the respective error code is displayed. The following BIOS error codes
are known:
0x00 "Internal error". This code is generated by the sector read
routine of the LILO boot loader whenever an internal inconsistency is
detected. This might be caused by corrupt files. Try re-building the
map file. Another possible cause for this error are attempts to access
cylinders beyond 1024 while using the LINEAR option. See section "BIOS
restrictions" for more details and for how to solve the problem.
0x01 "Illegal command". This shouldn't happen, but if it does, it
may indicate an attempt to access a disk which is not supported by the
BIOS. See also "Warning: BIOS drive 0x<number> may not be accessible"
in section "Warnings".
0x02 "Address mark not found". This usually indicates a media
problem. Try again several times.
0x03 "Write-protected disk". This should only occur on write
operations.
0x04 "Sector not found". This typically indicates a geometry
mismatch. If you're booting a raw-written disk image, verify whether
it was created for disks with the same geometry as the one you're
using. If you're booting from a SCSI disk or a large IDE disk, you
should check, whether LILO has obtained correct geometry data from the
kernel or whether the geometry definition corresponds to the real disk
geometry. (See section "Disk geometry".) Removing COMPACT may help
too. So may adding LINEAR.
0x06 "Change line active". This should be a transient error. Try
booting a second time.
0x07 "Invalid initialization". The BIOS failed to properly
initialize the disk controller. You should control the BIOS setup
parameters. A warm boot might help too.
0x08 "DMA overrun". This shouldn't happen. Try booting again.
0x09 "DMA attempt across 64k boundary". This shouldn't happen.
Try omitting the COMPACT option.
0x0C "Invalid media". This shouldn't happen and might be caused
by a media error. Try booting again.
0x10 "CRC error". A media error has been detected. Try booting
several times, running the map installer a second time (to put the map
file at some other physical location or to write "good data" over the
bad spot), mapping out the bad sectors/tracks and, if all else fails,
replacing the media.
0x11 "ECC correction successful". A read error occurred, but was
corrected. LILO does not recognize this condition and aborts the load
process anyway. A second load attempt should succeed.
0x20 "Controller error". This shouldn't happen.
0x40 "Seek failure". This might be a media problem. Try booting
again.
0x80 "Disk timeout". The disk or the drive isn't ready. Either
the media is bad or the disk isn't spinning. If you're booting from a
floppy, you might not have closed the drive door. Otherwise, trying to
boot again might help.
0xBB "BIOS error". This shouldn't happen. Try booting again. If
the problem persists, removing the COMPACT option or adding/removing
LINEAR might help.
If the error occurred during a write operation, the error code (two
hex digits) is prefixed with a "W". Although write errors don't affect
the boot process, they might indicate a severe problem, because they
usually imply that LILO has tried to write to an invalid location. If
spurious write errors occur on a system, it might be a good idea to
configure LILO to run read-only (see section "Build-time
configuration").
Generally, invalid geometry and attempts to use more than two disks
without a very modern BIOS may yield misleading error codes. Please
check carefully if /sbin/lilo doesn't emit any warnings. Then try
using the LINEAR option (see section "Global options").
|
|I hava a Gigabyte GA71XE mainboard wth an AMD Athlon 700
|
|Could someone pls help?
|
|Thanx,
|Floris
|
|
--
SooperGrover
A tanned skin indicates the beginning of carcinogen melanoma...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carl Fink)
Subject: Re: DOS for Linux
Date: 17 Jun 2000 16:13:23 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 17 Jun 2000 02:20:34 GMT [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I use Geoworks (now New Deal) which runs under Warp 3 and Warp 4 standard
>DOS (full screen)
>It will not even start under dosemu. This has been reported by other with
>no success thus far.
I ran a version a couple of years ago under DOSEMU, actually, but not
in xdos.
--
Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I-Con's Science and Technology Programming
<http://www.iconsf.org/>
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From: Simon Lemieux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: RedHat vs Slackware
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 17:42:02 GMT
> I really don't understand the mix of lnowledge you show. How can you be
> asking about what distros support after showing that you are wanting
> to compile things your way? A distro is just a bunch of compiled
> software (sources provided). Once you start recompiling it and adding
> or deleting stuff, and making things just as you like them to be, you're
> not using the distro, you're replacing it.
I think you didn't understand, I'm a programmer, therefore I program New
applications, but sometimes I need applications that others made, such as X,
since I will make lots of OpenGL programs I need it... I don't want to change
any distribution, I was just asking if a distribution had all I wanted and
that's all...
Thanks,
Simon
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From: Thomas Luzat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux article in PC world
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 19:50:27 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 17 Jun 2000 14:38:40 GMT, jj2me <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>UNIX Airways
>
> Everyone brings one piece of the plane along when they come
> to the airport. They all go out on the runway and put the
> plane together piece by piece, arguing non-stop about what
> kind of plane they are supposed to be building.
[...]
> Linux Air
>
> Disgruntled employees of all the other OS airlines decide to
> start their own airline. They build the planes, ticket counters,
> and pave the runways themselves. They charge a small fee to
> cover the cost of printing the ticket, but you can also download
> and print the ticket yourself. When you board the plane, you
> are given a seat, four bolts, a wrench and a copy of the
> seat-HOWTO.html. Once settled, the fully adjustable seat is
> very comfortable, the plane leaves and arrives on time without
> a single problem, the in-flight meal is wonderful. You try to
> tell customers of the other airlines about the great trip, but
> all they can say is, "You had to do what with the seat?"
IMO it is even worse with Linux than UNIX about what is supposed to be
build. Every distro has it's own "standards". While it's nice not to
be forced to one this also means a lot more of work.
Thomas
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Lew)
Subject: Re: Helix Gnome
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 17:58:07 GMT
On Fri, 16 Jun 2000 16:11:01 -0700, Matthew Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Fri, 16 Jun 2000 14:55:28 -0500,
> David .. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Will the helix-gnome installer update the gnome that is already
>>installed on a system or install a new or second version? Anyone know?
>
>It will update your current system with the newer version of GNOME and related
>files.
>
>On my Mandrake 7.02 system it upgrade just fine. However, I've a couple of
>complaints about newer version of The GIMP, it's crashes too often.
>
Did the Helix-Gnome include "libjpeg.so.62"? or where can one find it
as it won't run without that version.
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From: James Franklin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: trying to record line-in input from soundcard
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 13:03:37 -0500
On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, John wrote:
>Darrel Davis wrote:
>
>> I am trying to record sound on the line-in port
>> on my soundcard. Have tried wavrec, krecord
>> as well as a few other things.
>> Can't seem to find a device that matches for the
>> soundcard line-in. Anyone had any luck?
>>
>> Suse 6.4, Soundblaster AWE64.
>>
>> Soundcard works fine under Linux for play.
>>
>> Any help appreciated.
>> --
>> ==========================================
>> Darrel Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> AudioSonix, Inc [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> ==========================================
>
>Try Electric Ears
>http://www.gdev.net/~torello/news.html
I use Sound Studio that came on the contribs disk of my Mandrake 7.0. It will
let you save your sound file is many different formats as well.
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