Linux-Misc Digest #982, Volume #24 Thu, 29 Jun 00 02:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: Can't compile RTL8139.c; PAGE_OFFSET_RAW error (Akira Yamanita)
RedHat 6.1 - GNOME help tool - segment fault (Craig Ewert)
Re: Xwindows client for Win NT/95/98 (Andrew Purugganan)
Re: Problem removing LILO (Radha Miller)
ip_always_defrag is missing? (tmlin)
Re: SSL Certificates with OpenSSL/mod_ssl... (Doug Godbey)
Re: Problem with Star Office 5.2 and SuSE 6.4 (Michel Catudal)
Re: getting rid of Linux (root)
Re: Problem removing LILO (Leonard Evens)
Re: Kernel rebuilt process? ("David ..")
Re: apropos nothing ("David ..")
Re: Installed WordPerfect on RedHat Linux won't run (Luc Bergeron)
Re: Gnome vs KDE (kamborg)
Re: ip_always_defrag is missing? ("David ..")
Re: Rebuilt kernel, can't find DAC960 module ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
OpenLinux install doesn't recognize my CD-ROM (Javier Estrella)
Re: .mp3's play choppy. (Nelson Muntz)
Re: loadlin setup: win98 boots despite choosing linux in menu (Ted)
Re: Converting to Word files to PDF/HTML? (Stan Barr)
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From: Akira Yamanita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Can't compile RTL8139.c; PAGE_OFFSET_RAW error
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 03:08:50 GMT
"news.compuserve.com" wrote:
>
> I'm trying to compile the rtl8139.c code for an SMC1211TX card, but I
> can't get it to compile. Here is a transcript of the compile session:
>
> <snip>
>
> Can anybody explain the source, and more importantly, the solution to
> this problem? Links to sites on the Web are just fine. For the record, I
> am running an install of Red Hat 6.0, with a kernel version of 2.2.5-15. Is
> this important? Do I need to update my kernel? I searched on Deja for the
> better part of an hour, but I couldn't find a message that came close to
> describing my problem. TIA...
>
> Amiri Jones
I'm just wondering why you're trying to compile it. It's worked
fine for me with RH 5.2 and 6.1 with the defautl modules. Check
/lib/modules/2.2.5-15/net for the rtl8139.o file. If it's there,
you can load it as a module and configure it using netconf or
edit the configuration files manually. I'm upgrading my kernel
and the compilation didn't work when I threw that file in the
kernel source tree. If the module is there, just use it. No
fuss. If you're just curious, I'll try getting the downloaded
source to work sometime this week.
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From: Craig Ewert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RedHat 6.1 - GNOME help tool - segment fault
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 22:12:38 -0500
Anyone -
I installed RedHat 6.1 with the Gnome desktop. Worked fine when I first
tried it as root. Then I logged in as not-root, issued startx, and the
system had a problem. Unfortunately, I did not keep good documentation,
so I cannot tell you what the problem was. But, ever since that time, I
log in as root and the Gnome help tool abends with a segmentation
fault. I used the Gnorpm to query the helptool package - says it isn't
installed, so I click on install, it says it cannot install because it
is already installed. Then I use the Gnome file manager to uninstall
it, then do a re-install. Seems to go fine. But the Gnorpm still says
it is not installed, still says it is installed when I click install,
and still abends every time.
Anyone have any ideas on what is happening here? Please send or copy
replies to my e-mail, as the news server I use is a bit erratic. I
could just do a complete re-install of the entire system, but that seems
ludicrous.
TIA.
Craig
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Purugganan)
Subject: Re: Xwindows client for Win NT/95/98
Date: 29 Jun 2000 03:12:17 GMT
Daniel Giraud ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
[ Hello !
[ I'm looking for a free x-windows client for windows NT/95/98.
[ I want to connect it to my Linux server.
[ Does anybody knows if such a program exists, except of programs like
[ reflection or exceed.
looking at mandrakeuser.org or mandrake's home i picked up a tip to go
and get vnc. A search for vnc in Tucows.com for Win95/98 might turn it up
free, baby!
--
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
--- OUT THERE??
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From: Radha Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem removing LILO
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 20:23:32 -0700
Reply-To: Radha and Adam Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
recycled email from radha -=*%% [EMAIL PROTECTED] %%*=-
On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, Leonard Evens wrote:
> radha wrote:
> >
> > 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
> >
> > --
> > Posted via CNET Help.com
> > http://www.help.com/
>
> Did you run
> fdisk/mbr
> from a DOS/Windows startup disk?
> Yes.
Can you still boot from that disk?
> No. It gives the message: "Disk I/O error. Replace the disk, and
then press any key"
> What happens when you try to boot from the hard drive?
> The message above to type the Command Interpreter appears.
> It is possible that booting from a DOS/Windows startup disk
> and running
> sys c:
> will fix your problem,
It sounds like apossibility if I could make the boot disk work.
but you should check with a windows
> newsgroup and Microsoft. I don't think this has anything to
> do with Linux.
Any suggestions about what newsgroups to try?
Thanks for your help. An aside, Radha is a Northwestern grad.
Any other thoughts would be appreciated.
> --
>
> Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
> Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
>
>
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From: tmlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ip_always_defrag is missing?
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 03:30:04 GMT
hi all,
when i type
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/network restat
it show that
/proc/sys/net/ipv4/op_always_defrag is missing--
cannot control ip defragmentation
how can i fixed this problem, any hint?
Thanks
Frank lin
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From: Doug Godbey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,alt.os.linux,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat
Subject: Re: SSL Certificates with OpenSSL/mod_ssl...
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 22:30:28 -0500
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The others above have answered some of your questions. To gather data
specific to SSL, I suggest doing a web search (ala Yahoo, maybe?) and look
for SSL. Netscape has a very nice SSL 3.0 Spec on line in PDF format that
is really super. Also you might check with Verisign and RSA web sites,
too. There are a few white papers and some good reference material there.
Good Luck!!
Tux wrote:
> Hi there...
>
> I have successfully installed Apache with OpenSSL and mod_ssl with a
> dummy test certificate... Everything seems to be operating properly,
> but I have a few questions about the operations of SSL...
>
> 1. How can I delete the dummy certificate that I created...?? Do I have
> to recompile everything...
>
> 2. If I am hosting multiple websites for different people, do I have to
> have a certificate for each one of those websites, or just one for the
> server that I am using...???
>
> 3. How can I install another certificate without recompiling the
> server...???
>
> 4. Do anyone know of a good book that describes the functions of SSL in
> regards to Apache...???
>
> I'm very new to this, and the server that I've set up is running on a
> single machine for experimental purposes only.
>
> Thanks again guys, all information will be appreciated...
> Trevor...
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From: Michel Catudal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem with Star Office 5.2 and SuSE 6.4
Date: 28 Jun 2000 22:46:27 -0500
Joost Andrae a �crit :
>
> 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 said
> that there were no
> > java runtime on those directory. If the version is a problem, how do I
> force Star Office to recognize
> > that version 1.1.18 or 1.2.2 are acceptable? Do I need to remove the
> older Star Office and java 1.1.17?
This was a typo, I meant 1.1.7 and 1.1.8
You misunderstood what I said.
The 1.2.2 version is from Sun but similar to Blackdown.
With Mandrake I was using 1.1.8 from IBM. What is happening here is that SOffice
doesn't recognize the
directories of the JRE 1.2.2
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history, electronics and genealogy pages.
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Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 02:00:33 +1000
From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: getting rid of Linux
The DOS fdisk dosn't read Linux Partitions. Boot up a new Linux
installation and delete the swap and native partitions. Then restart and do
a fdisk /mbr.
Big Daddy wrote:
> Scribbling furiously, [EMAIL PROTECTED] managed to write....
> : How on earth do I get Linux OFF my computer?
>
> Ah, c'mon; you can't give up that easy!
>
> Boot to a DOS floppy, run fdisk, delete your linux partition. Then, if
> you installed LILO to the MBR (Master Boot Record), which is likely, run
> "fdisk \mbr" (that \ may be a /; I forget. Do 'em both & you're
> straight. ;-) ...)
>
> --
> Big Daddy
>
> The 50-50-90 rule: Any time you have a 50-50 chance of getting
> something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong.
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem removing LILO
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 23:15:19 -0500
Radha Miller wrote:
>
> recycled email from radha -=*%% [EMAIL PROTECTED] %%*=-
>
> On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, Leonard Evens wrote:
>
> > radha wrote:
> > >
> > > 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
> > >
> > > --
> > > Posted via CNET Help.com
> > > http://www.help.com/
> >
> > Did you run
> > fdisk/mbr
> > from a DOS/Windows startup disk?
> > Yes.
>
> Can you still boot from that disk?
> > No. It gives the message: "Disk I/O error. Replace the disk, and
> then press any key"
>
> > What happens when you try to boot from the hard drive?
> > The message above to type the Command Interpreter appears.
>
> > It is possible that booting from a DOS/Windows startup disk
> > and running
> > sys c:
> > will fix your problem,
> It sounds like apossibility if I could make the boot disk work.
>
> but you should check with a windows
> > newsgroup and Microsoft. I don't think this has anything to
> > do with Linux.
> Any suggestions about what newsgroups to try?
>
> Thanks for your help. An aside, Radha is a Northwestern grad.
> Any other thoughts would be appreciated.
> > --
> >
> > Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
> > Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
> >
> >
I can't think of anything that you could have done to the hard
drive which would have prevented you from booting from a bootable
DOS/Windows startup disk. If it worked a short while ago,
in order to run fdisk/mbr, it should still work. Perhaps something
went wrong with the floppy for some reason, or you are inadvertently
using another disk, or there was coincidently some hardware
problem such as a failure of the floppy drive.
You could try
comp.os.ms-windows.misc
for questions about windows. But a bootable disk that stops working
suggests something more basic than a problem with either windows
or linux.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Kernel rebuilt process?
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 23:23:38 -0500
Kheng-Teong Goh wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I need to know which is the best way to build a kernel from scratch.
> And also rebuild the kernel after some complication. This complication
> old need to add extra features into the kernel and not modules. If it is
> so. Do I still need to make modules?
The only time you don't need to run "make modules & make
modules_install" is when you have compiled everything into the kernel.
(No loadable modules)
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: apropos nothing
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 23:28:28 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> After installing RH6.2 I found that "apropos" never returns anything.
> What is wrong? Should I create some sort of index/database or something?
> How?
As root "slocate -u"
Then "makewhatis"
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ID # 123538
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From: Luc Bergeron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installed WordPerfect on RedHat Linux won't run
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 00:33:02 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I recently installed Wordperfect 8 on RedHat Linx 6.2 running xwindows.
> The installation process worked fine; it created the necessary folders,
> installed the necessary files, made them executables, etc. However, when I
> click on any of the executables in the *bin directory where I installed
> WordPerfect 8, nothing happens. I wait for a couple of minutes and still
> nothing happens.
>
> Please help. I'm a newbie in this stuff.
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
you might want to run the binary in a shell to see what's happening
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (kamborg)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Gnome vs KDE
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 04:58:31 GMT
On Tue, 27 Jun 2000 21:09:05 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Hi,
>
>Should I spend time getting used to KDE or Gnome? I tried both and I
>can't say I developed definite preference. Which desktop most people
>use? I've heard KDE is considered to be more promising (with KDE2 to be
>released soon). How come Gnome is RedHat's default desktop?
The quibble over whether TrollTech should loosen up its `QPL' as
KDE's license is still going on this month--check around lwn.net
or LinuxToday if you're interested. I'd say there are still serious
impediments to anyone linking to the QT libs, if they're committed
to keeping faith with the GPL <fsf.org>.
When Gnome 1.20 was recently release <see helixcode.com> the official
wm became sawfish. (There is such a thing as a `gnome-compliant' wm,
I'm not sure how you can tell which ones.) I haven't tried it yet,
but one reviewer wrote that there's a definite improvement (decrease)
in resources used.
If you left Windows to escape closed source bloatware, these might
be two reasons to stay with Gnome.
Enjoy !
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ip_always_defrag is missing?
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 23:59:17 -0500
tmlin wrote:
>
> hi all,
> when i type
> > /etc/rc.d/init.d/network restat
> it show that
> /proc/sys/net/ipv4/op_always_defrag is missing--
> cannot control ip defragmentation
> how can i fixed this problem, any hint?
> Thanks
> Frank lin
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
echo 1 /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_always_defrag
Or in RedHat 6.2 edit /etc/sysctl and make sure these lines are in it.
# Controls automatic defragmentation (needed for masquerading, LVS)
net.ipv4.ip_always_defrag = 1
Then restart the network with:
/etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart
To turn it off you would change the 1 to 0
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Rebuilt kernel, can't find DAC960 module
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 05:14:39 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Cokey de Percin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> It's a 'block' driver, not a SCSI and yes you can. Works fine.
>
Yep, thanks, I found it and built it into the kernel, and it works
great!
>
> Only if you have modules and most of us do. Should be obvious; they
build
> the modules and move them the /lib/modules.
>
Now I've figured this out too. Everything I list as a module in my
config gets built in this /lib/modules tree. Amazing :-)
>
> You have to build the ramdisk file you referred to. The easiest way
is to
> just build the DAC block device into the kernel so you don't need (and
should
> not use) the initrd= parameter.
>
> I suggest that you learn more about building a kernel before you try
it. Also,
> always keep a spair kernel (/etc/lilo.conf) so if your new one craps,
you can
> recover.
>
> Best
>
> Cokey
>
Thanks for your help! My new 2.2.16 kernel works great without any of
that ramdisk stuff. Fortunately this is kind of a "play with" box
anyway, so I'm using it to learn how to do this stuff. Is there any
place you'd recommend to learn about kernel builds in addition to the
kernel how-to?
Aaron
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Before you buy.
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From: Javier Estrella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: OpenLinux install doesn't recognize my CD-ROM
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 05:30:05 GMT
Hello,
I am trying to install Caldera's OpenLinux into an old 486 Intel computer.
My problem is that the first thing I see is a page where the software does
an auto check for installed hardware in order to recognize which media
carries the OS package, but it doesn't recognize my SONY CDU33A-C1
propietary CD-ROM. Any advice on how to overcome this problem?
By the way, the computer runs on an old DOS version and the CD-ROM has been
properlly installed.(Just in case info)
Thanks in advance,
Javier
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Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 22:42:00 -0500
From: Nelson Muntz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: .mp3's play choppy.
it strats skipping if I as much as move the mouse ...
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
>
> On Tue, 27 Jun 2000 07:42:43 -0500, Chris Ripp
> <<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
> >I think the problem has more to do with how the guts of Linux works
> than
> >anything else. I have the same problem on my K6-2-350. Any
> "serious"
> >activity other than just simple viewing or typing makes xmms sound
> like a
> >tape jammed in the rollers. Linux is simply giving up cpu cycles to
> the
> >other processes at the expense of xmms. Not too much you can do
> about it,
> >really. Xmms is a pretty big resource hog by itself (relatively
> speaking).
>
> ?? This is very different from my experiences. For me, xmms on a
> K6-2
> 400 eats 5% of the CPU, and it's possible to run Netscape, Oracle 8i,
> several xterms, distributed.net, serve files to the lan at 300K/s via
> NFS,
> and compile a kernel all at the same time without hearing any
> skipping.
> On a P-150, xmms eats more like 12% of the CPU, but it's possible to
> run
> Netscape and a couple of xterms at the same time without causing
> skipping.
>
> ISTR that certain releases of xmms had problems. Get the latest
> version
> from http://xmms.org/ or if you're using the latest version,
> downgrade a
> couple of steps. I'm using 1.0.1 FWIW.
>
> --
> 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ted)
Subject: Re: loadlin setup: win98 boots despite choosing linux in menu
Date: 29 Jun 2000 05:43:54 GMT
As recommended, I reinstalled loadlin and now things are working fine. I
appreciate everyone's advice, which was right on cue.
Ted Schuman
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stan Barr)
Subject: Re: Converting to Word files to PDF/HTML?
Date: 29 Jun 2000 06:05:18 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 22 Jun 2000 18:26:31 GMT, Andre-John Mas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
>
> Could someone tell me whether there is any command line program that
> will allow me to convert an MS-Word document, and maybe even RTF,
> to PDF or/and HTML. What I need it for is our document server. Most
> people here will write their documents in MS-Word or RTF, and when
> the documents are submitted to the document server, I would like it
> so that PDF and HTML documents are made available so that people
> without MS-Word on their machine can still read the document.
>
> Maybe there is already such a project somewhere?
>
MSWordview... http://www.gnu.org/~caolan/docs/MSWordView.html or
http://skynet.csn.ul.ie/~caolan/docs/MSWordView.html
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The future was never like this!
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