Linux-Misc Digest #857, Volume #24 Sun, 18 Jun 00 15:13:01 EDT
Contents:
Re: EMACS RPMs (Colin Watson)
Re: Multi session problems (Henrik Carlqvist)
create a new databse with adabas (Jens Rimkus)
Re: RedHat vs Slackware ("Peter T. Breuer")
Apache Directory Listing (Linus)
Re: Installation problem wth nvidia drivers (Anton Deguet)
Re: Lilo Problem (Anita Lewis)
Re: Error log for boot-up? (Andrew Purugganan)
Re: RedHat vs Slackware ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Help with Partition / Swap ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Fwd: Re: Why Linux suck! (J Bland)
Re: how to share /usr directory? (J Bland)
Re: how to bash redirect stdout stderr without buffering (Dave Brown)
Escaner USB (Pendragon)
Re: xmms ("Stephen E. Hargrove")
Re: Fwd: Re: Why Linux suck! (JEDIDIAH)
Re: Lilo Problem (Anton Deguet)
Re: Escaner USB (Jose Antonio)
netscape appearance (MooR)
Re: Mandrake 7.1 question (Bob Martin)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: EMACS RPMs
Date: 18 Jun 2000 17:00:42 GMT
Patrick Kong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have installed the following package but no use:
> emacs-20.5-7.i386.rpm
>
>with the command
> rpm -ivh emacs-20.5-7.i386.rpm
>
>There are some other packages, ie:
> emacs-el-20.5-7.i386.rpm
> emacs-leim-20.5-7.i386.rpm
> emacs-nox-20.5-7.i386.rpm
> emacs-X11-20.5-7.i386.rpm
>
>Should I also install those packages?
Try using e.g. 'rpm -qip emacs-20.5-7.i386.rpm' to find out the
packager's description of these packages, which should be (and is, in
this case) a reliable source of information.
--
Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
"Go not to Usenet for counsel, for they will say both
'No' and 'Yes' and 'Try another newsgroup'." - Usenet Rule #17
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Multi session problems
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 22:38:45 +0200
William Buchanan wrote:
> A reboot will fix this everytime, but a couple of days
> later it just stops reading multi again. Its in a server, so I cant
> reboot the machine that often. This morning it read a multi session
> cd fine. A few hours later, after some burns, it read only the first
> session on the same cd.
If it helps to reboot, maybe it would help to restart some driver by
unloading it and reload it as a module. Then you would not have to
reboot the entire machine.
regards Henrik
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From: Jens Rimkus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: create a new databse with adabas
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 19:21:54 +0200
hi folks :-)
i don't know, if this is the right group, but i have the following prob:
i am using linux kernel 2.2.10 and "adabas d - personal edition"
whenever i try to create a new database , i get the following messages:
1563 -11706 WARNING: shareddynpool too small in XPARAM
1553 -11987 ABEND: KERNEL CRUSHING
for i am an adabas newbie, i don't know what to do ;-(
perhaps there is anybody out there, who can and will help me?
thx
cu
jens
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RedHat vs Slackware
Date: 18 Jun 2000 17:43:01 GMT
Simon Lemieux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:> 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...
OK, I see. Well, how would I know, and how would you? All
distributions come with applications. All distros have to provide you
with the source to those applications (if they're gpl, as they likely
are). All distros come with at least the minimal set of applications to
get you a working X environment. You'll have to be very very specific
about your question to get a sensible answer. WRT X, that's independent
of distro, as it comes from xfree86.org. But you will likely need an X
toolkit, and there the choice is yours ... you'll need a distro geared
to the power user (such as debian, slackware, redhat, suse), not one
geared to the end user. But you can alsways take whatever you need from
"the source".
Peter
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From: Linus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Apache Directory Listing
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 17:36:27 GMT
What is the Line that I would add to either the httpd.conf or the
srm.conf to DisAllow Directory Listing for web sites?
--
Bill Van Pelt
Systems Administrator
DataPipe - Go With The Flow
www.datapipe.com
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: Anton Deguet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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
Subject: Re: Installation problem wth nvidia drivers
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 17:50:52 GMT
FROZEN_Steam wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to install the nvidia drivers for my tnt2 ultra. (I downloaded
> them from www.nvidia.com)
> But when I do a 'rpm -Uvh NVIDIA-kernel-i386.rpm' I get a message saying
> that the package needs kernel 2.2.0 or above, but I us 2.2.5!
>
> What could be the problem? should I update any other libs?
>
> I have SUSE 6.0 with only the kernel updated (2.2.5)
>
> Thanx,
> Floris
The source code needs a kernel 2.2.0 or above but the binary rpm is for
one release of kernel only and as compiled by Redhat (6.1 or 6.2, don't
remember). If you have an other release/compilation, you need to
download the source rpm and follow the procedure described in the FAQ.
This is rather easy to do.
Anton
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Anton.Deguet<at>inrialpes<dot>fr, JDelury<at>jhu<dot>edu
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anita Lewis)
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
Subject: Re: Lilo Problem
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 17:53:32 GMT
On Sat, 17 Jun 2000 19:50:32 +0200, Thomas Luzat wrote:
>On Sat, 17 Jun 2000 12:59:37 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anita Lewis)
>wrote:
>
>>boot with floppy and go into X if you can. cd /usr/doc/lilo-<number>/doc
>>and do gv User_Guide.ps. If you can't use X then copy User_Guide.ps to a
>>dos formatted floppy and view it with acrobat in windows.
>
>With Acrobat? Acrobat Reader? The Acrobat Reader can only be used to
>view PDF files AFAIK.
>
>
>Thomas
I'm so sorry. I'm wrong and I don't know how to read a ps file in Windows.
I was confused with ghostview in linux which reads both ps and pdf.
Here is an online html version of the doc.
http://www.cs.elte.hu/local/Linux-bible/user/user.html
Anita
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Purugganan)
Subject: Re: Error log for boot-up?
Date: 18 Jun 2000 17:51:12 GMT
Steve Browne ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: I've just installed Mandrake 7.1 (99% RedHat), and while the
: single-CPU kernel boots up fine on my dual-Celeron system, the SMP
: kernel hangs on "checking for new hardware". Both 2.2.15-4mdksmp and
: 2.2.16-4mdksmp hang. Previous versions of Mandrake have not had this
: problem on this machine.
: Is there any way to enable an errorlog.text for a partial boot, so I
: can backtrack and see just what the kernel is looking for and can't
: find? I would guess it is related to the "kudzu" app, but other than
: that I'm stumped.
have you tried thecommand dmesg?
the other would be 'tail /var/log/messages' (without the quotes)
i'm not sure if thisiswhat you're looking forthough
--
jazz annandy AT dc DOT seflin DOT org
Registered linux user no. 164098
Doesn't it bother you, that we have to search for intelligent life
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RedHat vs Slackware
Date: 18 Jun 2000 17:46:17 GMT
Andrew N. McGuire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: On Sat, 17 Jun 2000, Simon Lemieux wrote:
: Also a distribution is much more than a "bunch of compiled software".
: There has to be much thought and planning as to what the primary goal(s)
: of the distribution must be; stability, standards compliance, free
: software, support, bleeding edge software, etc... And as for compiling
But do you really think there is? Sorry, general policy comes down from
"on high", and then people do their best to put it into practice lower
down the compilation ladder. Or ignore it.
: software relacing distributions, that depends, if my distribution does
: not come with freeswan, or lynx, of whatever, I don't feel I am
: replacing the distribution if I build and install that software.
You're not. But recompiling apache to fit into /usr/apache instead of
/usr/local/apache would be a "replacement".
Can anyone still recompile apache these days? Last time I tried it was
a deep mystery involving umpteen upgrades of perl.
: I want a distribution that does things 'my way', just like Burger
: King. Slackware is the closest to my way of doing things, so I use
: Slack. It is nice to have files where they should be, coming from a
: UNIX background (Not a slam to Debian, but to RedHat).
(agreed)
Peter
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help with Partition / Swap
Date: 18 Jun 2000 17:52:53 GMT
A. B. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I have two hard drives, I am trying to install [Turbolinux 3.0.1] on
: the second hard drive which is empty. the manual only tells you how
: to install on a have that has windows on it.I need to know how to
: greate a partition and swap on a empty hard drive. and install from
: there.
Imagine you have windows on it. And do all the steps that involve windows
in your imagination only.
: Thank you. For your help,
Peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (J Bland)
Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: Why Linux suck!
Date: 18 Jun 2000 18:12:06 GMT
>> mucking about generally
>
>(You have to do this alot because you're using Linux)
Maybe we *like* mucking about. There's "mucking about to get it to work" and
"mucking about to see what it can do". Which is usually a damn sight more
than you think when you start.
>> in fact, just about any reason you can think of to run an OS.
>>
>> And Windows? I use it to, erm.. hold on, I'll get back to you on that one.
>
>I'm sure you use it, I don't think ANY Linux user uses Linux only. You're
>just won't admitted.
I use Linux and Linux only (on a few different platforms too) as well as
Solaris. I have never had a Windows machine, don't have one now and never will.
I also teach undergrad IT for the use of Windows and Office type stuff so I'm
not speaking blind here.
Linux does everything I want, well, quickly and easily. And I've yet to find
someone I've introduced to it and let them have some time to learn it not be
impressed by it in one way or another; though they're usually Ph.D. level or
higher so I'd be upset if they didn't ;0).
>> Just because you spent what? 3 days messing about with something, you
>think
>> you know it all. Thats like spending 2 days on a beach in California, get
>> sun burnt, and say that Cleethorpes is better for that one reason.
>
>Weird example, but whatever.
Yes, it's weird, but the point behind it is very valid, Unix will do tonnes
of things you never thought it could until you've learned it a bit.
Quite frankly, if you don't like linux you don't like linux; so what. If
Windows does it for you so well why did you bother in the first place?
Frinky
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (J Bland)
Subject: Re: how to share /usr directory?
Date: 18 Jun 2000 18:13:47 GMT
On Sun, 18 Jun 2000 11:33:26 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In order to save space, I would like to let multiple networked
>computers share a single copy of /usr directory using NFS. However,
>the RedHat installation program seems to insist that each computer
>must have its own /usr directory in the local hard disk. Is there
>any way to do it?
Yes. Create a /usr directory on the local hard disc and mount the /usr from
the server onto it.
Mounts need mount points; where else were you going to put it?
Frinky
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Brown)
Subject: Re: how to bash redirect stdout stderr without buffering
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 18 Jun 2000 13:21:42 -0500
In article <8iheoc$9be$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tim Richardson wrote:
> I have a perl script that is hanging requiring me to ctrl-c it.
>I want to send the output (stdout) to the developer, but because it
>crashes and I have to kill it, the redirect file is always empty, which
>I suppose has something to do with buffering. Is there a way of doing an
>unbuffered redirect from bash?
It could be perl that is buffering, not bash. You might try setting
"$|" to 1 in your perl script. (This is the "flush" variable.)
Although, I don't know why this would make anything "hang", nor do I
know what you mean by "developer". It just sounds like you're getting
hung before the perl script has anything to write.
--
Dave Brown Austin, TX
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From: Pendragon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
es.comp.os.linux.misc,es.comp.os.linux.programacion,es.comp.os.linux.redes
Subject: Escaner USB
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 13:17:22 +0200
Porque al poner scanimage me aparece el siguiente mensaje:
scanimage: no SANE devices found
Cuando arranca linux me detecta el dispositivo USB. Me puede ayudar
alguien. Tengo redhat 6.1. Gracias
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From: "Stephen E. Hargrove" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: xmms
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 13:41:32 -0500
Al Bolduc wrote:
> The following gets my opl3 working.
>
> /sbin/modprobe mpu401
> /sbin/modprobe ad1848
> /sbin/modprobe opl3sa2 io=0x370 mss_io=0x530 mpu_io=0x330 irq=5 dma=0 dma2=1
> /sbin/modprobe opl3 io=0x388
>
> And don't forget to turn the volume up.
>
> /usr/local/bin/aumix -v 75 -w 100 -b 50 -t 50
> chmod 666 /dev/dsp /dev/audio /dev/mixer /dev/cdrom
Thanks Al! That fixed it completely. I guess the commercial OSS is dependable
for getting some basic sound happening, but it doesn't necessarily configure
the sound card correctly.
Thanks again!
--
Steve
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (JEDIDIAH)
Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: Why Linux suck!
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 18:43:57 GMT
On 18 Jun 2000 18:12:06 GMT, J Bland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> mucking about generally
>>
>>(You have to do this alot because you're using Linux)
>
>Maybe we *like* mucking about. There's "mucking about to get it to work" and
>"mucking about to see what it can do". Which is usually a damn sight more
>than you think when you start.
>
>>> in fact, just about any reason you can think of to run an OS.
>>>
>>> And Windows? I use it to, erm.. hold on, I'll get back to you on that one.
>>
>>I'm sure you use it, I don't think ANY Linux user uses Linux only. You're
>>just won't admitted.
For personal use, I use Linux only. The only constraint on that
would be particular applications that are required by my work.
However, such constraints imply no particular characteristics
about a product beyond the mere perception that it is the most
widely used.
This perception also existed for DOS versus Macintosh way back
before Microsoft bothered to bolt Windows onto it.
I have commercial games, commercial 3D acclerated games, image
maninpulation and scanner acquisition, video capture and overlay,
mp3 encoding and decoding as well as drivers to enable my cdrw
drive as well as my 10x DVDROM drive. Oh, and I also have reasonably
complete import filters for both msword and msexcel datafiles as
well as the ability to author files that the unknowing will take to
be msword doc files.
I also have limited access to dvd videos themselves but
much of that functionality is tied up in legal proceedings.
[deletia]
--
If you know what you want done, it is quite often more useful to
tell the machine what you want it to do rather than merely having
the machine tell you what you are allowed to do.
|||
/ | \
Need sane PPP docs? Try penguin.lvcm.com.
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From: Anton Deguet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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
Subject: Re: Lilo Problem
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 18:48:21 GMT
Thomas Luzat wrote:
>
> On Sat, 17 Jun 2000 12:59:37 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anita Lewis)
> wrote:
>
> >boot with floppy and go into X if you can. cd /usr/doc/lilo-<number>/doc
> >and do gv User_Guide.ps. If you can't use X then copy User_Guide.ps to a
> >dos formatted floppy and view it with acrobat in windows.
>
> With Acrobat? Acrobat Reader? The Acrobat Reader can only be used to
> view PDF files AFAIK.
>
> Thomas
There is a version of ghostscript/ghostview for windows.
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/gsview/get30.html
Anton
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From: Jose Antonio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
es.comp.os.linux.misc,es.comp.os.linux.programacion,es.comp.os.linux.redes
Subject: Re: Escaner USB
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 16:10:31 +0200
Pendragon wrote:
> Porque al poner scanimage me aparece el siguiente mensaje:
> scanimage: no SANE devices found
> Cuando arranca linux me detecta el dispositivo USB. Me puede ayudar
> alguien. Tengo redhat 6.1. Gracias
Hola:
� Cambia las l�neas en /etc/sane.d/dll.conf
para que aparezca la marca de tu esc�ner
(HP, agfa...etc).
El contenidio del fichero /etc/sane.d/marca_de_tu_scanner ha de
tener �nicamente las l�neas:
/dev/usbscanner
option connect-device
Si tienes alg�n problema, ten en cuenta que debes montar el sistema de
ficheros USB.
(lee la documentaci�n /usr/src/linux/Documentation/usb./..
�Que tipo de scaner tienes? HP, Agfa , epson?
p�sate por www.linux-usb.org para comprobar si est� soportado
tu sc�ner.
Saludos
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From: MooR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: netscape appearance
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 20:47:17 +0200
I know the appearance of Netscape can be changed by putting some
variables in /home/user/.Xdefaults
Does anyone have a list of these variables and their meaning?
tia,
moor.
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From: Bob Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mandrake 7.1 question
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 13:52:04 -0500
Mauricio Bahamonde Massa wrote:
>
> In the new 7.1 version of Mandrake, is it fixed the lilo problem of the 1024
> cylinder???I have a 18 gigs hard drive and mandrake 7.0 lilo doesn't
> work.......
Just create a root partition for booting < 1024.
--
Bob Martin
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