Linux-Misc Digest #973, Volume #24 Wed, 28 Jun 00 10:13:02 EDT
Contents:
non-root chown system call ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
what is jre and arch?? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
gcc --version ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Problem removing LILO ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Connecting Dumb Terminals ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Viper 770 TNT2 Ultra: which driver? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
linux swap partition? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Capturing Screen images in Linux Environment ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Anyone know these programs/utilities...?? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
tar.gz question ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Red Hat*.kdelnk. Where is it? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Using the mouse scrollwheel ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Using the mouse scrollwheel ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
OpenBSD/FreeBSD/NetBSD/Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Telnet LINUX ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
non-root chown system call ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Connecting Dumb Terminals ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Problem with Star Office 5.2 and SuSE 6.4 (Joost Andrae)
Error using xcin (Fung Wai Keung)
getting software ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
linux swap partition? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
getting software ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Please introduce me a book for linux specific functions.
Cant create a partition with disk druid?? (newbie) ("Trent Cook")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: non-root chown system call
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:32 GMT
From: Marc J. Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I'm writing a program that needs to be able to give a file to someone
else without being root. System V Unix allows the owner of a file to
chown it to someone else, but Linux doesn't.
There's a variable _POSIX_CHOWN_RESTRICTED which is supposed to
control
this behavior, but I can't figure out how to manipulate it. By
default,
it's declared as "1". I thought I should be able to do
#define _POSIX_CHOWN_RESTRICTED -1
to turn off this restriction, but it didn't help.
Ideas?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: what is jre and arch??
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:32 GMT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Villy Kruse)
On Wed, 28 Jun 2000 15:29:47 +1000, Sam Wun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[oracle@swun linux]$ ./runIns.sh\
>>
>/usr/local/jre/bin/jre: arch: command not found
>/usr/local/jre/bin/../bin/checkVersions: arch: command not found
>
>I am not quite understand the above error.
>can anyone enlighten me?
>
$ which arch
/bin/arch
$ arch
i686
Seem that jre needs this command.
Villy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: gcc --version
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:32 GMT
From: "Marc Mezzarobba" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a �crit dans le message news:
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> Hi,
>
> How come gcc that comes with RH6.2 is "egcs-2.91.66", while an
older
> distro, Mandrake7.0 comes with "gcc-2.95" ?
> (I remember that when I was using Mandrake7.0, RH6.2 wasn't out
yet)
afaik: While gcc ic controlled by gnu peaople, egcs is a version that
use the "bazar" developpement model.
Regards,
--
Marc
(I'm using OE because I'm not on my own computer :( )
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Problem removing LILO
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:32 GMT
From: radha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To remove LILO I used "fdisk /mbr" which was supposed to restore
the WIN98 MBR. Now when I boot I get the message:
Type the name of the Command Interpreter (e.g.
C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM)
None of the entries I typed at the A> prompt work.
I tried C:\COMMAND.COM, C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM, A:\COMMAND.COM (with
a floopy containing COMMAND.COM).
I can't access WIN98, so I can't find the proper path to COMMAND.COM
How can I get beyond this? I want to boot to WIN98.
Thanks for any help.
radha
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Connecting Dumb Terminals
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:32 GMT
From: "Russell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I would like to setup a dumb terminal to my linux server, does anyone
know
how to do this, do i need any special software or is there any
software that
needs to be used for connecting server to terminal
I need some ideas
thanx in advanced
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Viper 770 TNT2 Ultra: which driver?
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:32 GMT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Herrman)
Dear reader,
I'm busy configuring an amd athlon machine with a Viper 770 TNT2
Ultra
video card. I installed mandrake 7.1 with XFree86 4.0 and have the
following questions:
1. which driver is better: SVGA or the NVidia driver?
2. can I safely switch from SVGA to NVidia or is it possible some
problems
will occur?
Much thanks in advance,
Martin
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Western Civilization, that would be a good idea!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: linux swap partition?
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:32 GMT
From: Floyd Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"Keith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi, I'm thinking of installing linux and I had a question about
>the linux swap partition. Is it absolutely necessary to have a
>2nd linux partition on your hard drive just for virtual
>memory. I have 128MB of RAM in my PC--what would happen if I
>installed linux without this swap partition.
It is not absolutely necessary; but it would be foolish to do
without swap except under some set of very special circumstances
(and you know extactly what you are doing and why). Swap space
on disk is perhaps best put into a separate partition (recommended),
but a file can also be used (handy for temporary needs or testing).
Virtual memory contributes to the reliability of an operating
system, which is the main reason you want more virtual memory.
Cost is the reason to use swap instead of adding more physical
RAM. You should consider your pocket book when purchasing RAM
(buy as much as you can afford, because Linux _will_ make good
use of it as buffers and for disk caching to allow your system
to run faster). But you should then engage in a bit of fantacy
to select how much swap space to allocated. Imagine the worst
case possible use of memory, and have enough swap space to make
sure more than that amount of virtual memory is available.
(Keep in mind just how cheap 500 Mb of disk space is today too.)
>If it matters
>any, I've pretty much narrowed down my linux choices to either
CorelLinux or
>Mandrake (suggestions?). BTW, I can only install linux using that
"linux
>ext2 file format," right?
You can do other things, but that is the only reasonable thing to do.
>I think I read somewhere that linux can recognize
>the FAT or FAT32 file format--is this true?--Does this mean that I
can also
>install linux to a partition using FAT32? Help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
That means you can have a MicroSoft OS available also (and boot
either
that or Linux), and when you have Linux booted you will be able to
read and write to the MS hard disk partitions and floppy disks.
MS file systems are not suitable for use with unix files.
Floyd
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Floyd L. Davidson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Capturing Screen images in Linux Environment
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:32 GMT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 28 Jun 2000 17:18:48 +0800, "Charles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Does anyone know anyway I can save an screen image in Linux
environment for teaching purposes.
Get the Gimp. As a side effect, you get an excellent graphic program.
http://www.gimp.org/
It should be with your distribution.
>2nd question :
>I happen to know there is a software that can emulate Windows in
Linux but I have forgotten the actual name. Can anyone share the
name of the product perhaps.
I guess you mean Wine (Wine Is Not an Emulator)
It's far from perfect, but some windows programs run nice with it.
http://www.winehq.com/
If you have a fast machine with lot of ram and some spare money,
VMWare may be
what you want. It can run a complete Windows installation under
Linux.
http://www.vmware.com/
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Eggert Ehmke
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Anyone know these programs/utilities...??
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:32 GMT
From: Hendrix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi guys,
I'm looking for copies of the following files... If anyone can tell
me
where to get them, please email... It would save me a lot of
trouble,
and I would greatly appreciate it... Thanks...
1. file
2. flex
I'd like to have the site of the group/individual who maintains these
programs...
Sincerely,
--
Trevor Penney,
A+, Network+ Certified
======================
That's alright, I still got my guitar...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: tar.gz question
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:32 GMT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have downloaded netscape enterprise server from the internet and
now
I want to put the files on tape. The files reside on a linux server.
What I need to know is the commands for putting .gz files onto a DAT
tape (/dev/nst0). Can I use tar cvf /dev/nst0?
Also, once the files are on the tape what is the command to extraxt
them as I want to put them on another Linux machine.
Thanks
Pete
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Subject: Red Hat*.kdelnk. Where is it?
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:32 GMT
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I need to know where exactly it is installed so I can remove it with
the
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Using the mouse scrollwheel
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:32 GMT
From: "Bart van Hest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Is it possible to use the mouse scrollwheel in Linux? Mapping it to
PgUp and
PgDn would be sufficient....
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Software/Hardware engineer
Arcobel ASIC Design Centre
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Personal homepage: http://dabit.trybit.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Using the mouse scrollwheel
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:32 GMT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 28 Jun 2000 11:59:17 +0200, "Bart van Hest"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Is it possible to use the mouse scrollwheel in Linux? Mapping it to
PgUp and
>PgDn would be sufficient....
Get imwheel at
http://jcatki.dhs.org/imwheel/
it can do all mapping you want.
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Eggert Ehmke
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: OpenBSD/FreeBSD/NetBSD/Linux
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:32 GMT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Herrman)
Dear reader,
i'm using linux for about one year now and i'm asking myself: is
there
something better? Linux is much faster and reliable than Windows
Operating
systems, but now i'm reading about the BSD operating systems i would
like
to have some information about the differences between them (OpenBSD,
FreeBSD, NetBSD, Linux and maybe Solaris (is solaris free?)) at the
following subjects:
1. speed
2. reliability
3. networkingspeed
4. hardware support
5. amount of MB needed for installation
6. availability of desktop applications (netscape, licq, pine, slrn,
xanim and
so on)
7. security
I hope someone can tell me more about these other operating systems
or can send
me an URL.
much thanks in advance,
Martin
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Linux RedHat 6.1 Kernel 2.2.14 Toshiba P233 MHz, 32 Mb RAM
12:00pm up 15 days, 4:44, 3 users, load average: 0.03, 0.14, 0.12
Western Civilization, that would be a good idea!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Telnet LINUX
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:37 GMT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (J Bland)
On Wed, 28 Jun 2000 03:09:40 GMT, Herb Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>And that is the ONLY way root should ever get in.
Not if your network connection is insecure in any way. At 'home' it
may be
all right, but most of the time you want any connection which has
passwords
going down it encrypted. Enter (open)ssh.
Frinky
ps And post /after/ the quoted text, or we get threads jumping
around.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: non-root chown system call
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:37 GMT
From: Thomas Hommel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi
Try setting it to 0.
All non-zero values evaluate to TRUE, zero evaluates to FALSE.
Tom
"Marc J. Miller" wrote:
>
> I'm writing a program that needs to be able to give a file to
someone
> else without being root. System V Unix allows the owner of a file
to
> chown it to someone else, but Linux doesn't.
>
> There's a variable _POSIX_CHOWN_RESTRICTED which is supposed to
control
> this behavior, but I can't figure out how to manipulate it. By
default,
> it's declared as "1". I thought I should be able to do
>
> #define _POSIX_CHOWN_RESTRICTED -1
>
> to turn off this restriction, but it didn't help.
>
> Ideas?
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Connecting Dumb Terminals
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:37 GMT
From: Thomas Hommel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi
If you have a serial terminal, you have to run a getty on your serial
port. Have a look at the Text-Terminal-HOWTO.
Tom
Russell wrote:
>
> I would like to setup a dumb terminal to my linux server, does
anyone know
> how to do this, do i need any special software or is there any
software that
> needs to be used for connecting server to terminal
>
> I need some ideas
>
> thanx in advanced
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From: Joost Andrae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem with Star Office 5.2 and SuSE 6.4
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 12:04:57 GMT
Hi Michel,
just use Blackdown JDK 1.1.8
Regards, Joost Andrae
> I had installed 1.1.18 and then 1.2.2 but the install of Star Office s=
aid=20
that there were no
> java runtime on those directory. If the version is a problem, how do I=
=20
force Star Office to recognize
> that version 1.1.18 or 1.2.2 are acceptable? Do I need to remove the=20=
older Star Office and java 1.1.17?
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From: Fung Wai Keung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Error using xcin
Date: 28 Jun 2000 13:08:53 GMT
Hi,
I've installed xcin successfully in RedHat 5.2. However, when I run it, I
get the following message,
wkfung@maemb3:~> xcin
xcin: error: C locale "zh_TW.Big5" is not supported by your system.
How to add the locale "zh_TW.Big5" to my system?
Thanks in advance.
--
Regards,
Wai Keung, Fung
Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
Shatin, N.T.,
Hong Kong.
Tel: (852)26098056 Fax: (852)26036002
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: getting software
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 10:15:14 GMT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H H Chau)
In alt.os.linux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Surprisingly, Pine isn't part of my RH6.2 (I downloaded CD image) -
> "whereis" doesn't find Pine (but finds emacs, e.g.)
I believe it's because of the licence term by University of
Washington prevents distribution of binary or something
similar. In Debian, I need to download the source package,
compile, and install my own .deb package. If my suspicion
is right, I guess you need to do the same with Redhat.
Cheers
Hau Hing
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: linux swap partition?
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 10:15:19 GMT
From: Stanislaw Flatto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Keith wrote:
>
> Hi, I'm thinking of installing linux
Very recomendably!
Actually you can install on/in FAT partition. Slackware has zip files
which contain whole working distro to be unzipped on DOS/Windows file
system.
Those are for "window shopping" as they don't perform optimally,
neither
speed nor hardware usage (GUI in basic 640x480 256 colors).
Swap files - lets say that they are a must for newbie, when you
become a
super-guru then you decide for yourself.
No recomendations on distros, whichever you chose - learn to
administer
it, sounds more scary than it is but once over the steep learning
start
things are easy.
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And quoting SuSE "Have a lot of fun..."
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: getting software
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 10:15:19 GMT
From: Chris Orth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
In alt.os.linux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: Surprisingly, Pine isn't part of my RH6.2 (I downloaded CD image) -
: "whereis" doesn't find Pine (but finds emacs, e.g.)
I find this odd, since it is in the ftp distribution:
ftp.valinux.com (mirror):
/pub/mirrors/redhat/redhat/redhat-6.2/i386/RedHat/RPMS/pine-4.21-8.i38
.rpm
Chris
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: Please introduce me a book for linux specific functions.
Date: 28 Jun 2000 13:48:52 GMT
>I am begginer of linux programing, and looking for some book to be bible for
>linux specific functions.
You didn't say which language. A good bet is to read the man pages on the
given function. As of a book, I found the first edition of Beginning Linux
Programming a great book. Have a look at http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/
ASIN/1861002971/qid%3D962192450/102-6107175-3134504 (one line). I believe,
a Japaneese translation is also available from Wrox <www.wrox.com>,
the publisher.
Cheers,
Akos
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From: "Trent Cook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Cant create a partition with disk druid?? (newbie)
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 01:47:23 GMT
Hi again,
I figured the best way to get out of my linux mess, was a complete fresh
install. Guess not, cause here is my problem:
I have 2 hard drives: one 13gig cut up for windows and one 5gig cut up for
linux.
The problem is that I can only create a swap partion on my 5 gig drive. I
have deleted all partitions in fdisk, disk druid, linux fdisk, delpart etc
etc and every time I come to disk druid in the setup. It says that I have
100% free space on my 5 gig drive, but when I try to create a /boot or a /
root drive it says there isnt enough space.
Oddly enough I can create swap files (as many , or as big as I want with the
5 gig drive?)
Why cant I make any other drives? I tried creating them with fdisk and
converting to linux but no go.
I did an Fdisk /mbr as well (just cause i ran out of things to try) but
nothing.
So I guess Linux doesnt want to go on my machine, but I am sure that there
must be something I can do.....isnt there?
Please Help!
Trent (newbie)
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