Linux-Misc Digest #27, Volume #25 Sun, 2 Jul 00 22:13:01 EDT
Contents:
Re: Start boot service as different user? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
No cpio, no tar (Mike Fontenot)
Re: autoconf/automake to compile and produce an obkect module file (David Steuber)
Re: Windows Media Player for Linux??? (Richard Steiner)
Re: Mouse not working (Richard)
Re: Host your own site (or email) at home (David Steuber)
Re: Student learning Java (David Steuber)
RH6.1 shutdown: how to add my own script? (UnderDog)
hardware questions (Ben Walker)
Re: 'sendmail' is hanging on bootup.... (Floyd Davidson)
Re: linux programming doubt (John Hasler)
Re: Printer driver (Ed Wilts)
floppy in DOS format ("Bryan Kelly")
Linux & Windows Coexist? (Brian)
Re: floppy in DOS format (Jim McIntyre)
Re: floppy in DOS format (Dex)
Re: TurboLinux Installation ERRORS!!! Help! maybe partitioning problems ("Jeff
Malka")
Re: newsreader for Linux? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: floppy in DOS format ("Bryan Kelly")
Re: floppy in DOS format ("Bryan Kelly")
Re: Wrong major/minor number (Equinox)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Start boot service as different user?
Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2000 23:17:49 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Sun, 02 Jul 2000 16:47:55 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>> I have an Oracle database that needs to be started as the
>> user 'oracle'. How can I make this happen at boot time?
>> I know how to make a process run at boot time, I just need
>> to know how to make it run as a different user. Thanks.
>
> man su
>
> However, I have not figured out how to get su to inherit the user's
> environment AND run a program. So I change to their home dir, set
> their normal PATH and then run the program as them:
>
> #!/bin/bash
> cd /home/efflandt
>
PATH=/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/home/efflan
dt/bin
> /bin/su -c /usr/bin/vncserver efflandt
>
Thanks; I can't believe I didn't think of trying that. I may be
able to help you as well: do you want to use the login option
(with -l or just -)?
--Pete
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Before you buy.
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From: Mike Fontenot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: No cpio, no tar
Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2000 23:29:13 +0000
On SuSE 6.4, I'm not able to use either cpio or tar
to copy a small directory structure from one directory
to another (via the tape device /dev/ht0).
In both cases (tar and cpio), the "write to tape"
operation appears to work OK, but the "restore
from tape" doesn't restore anything (but doesn't
report any errors).
In the case of cpio, I use the "-H ustar" option.
(If I don't, I get "truncating inode numbers"
messages when writing to tape. These messages
occur on both SuSE 6.4 and Redhat 5.0.)
Both of the directories (the "copy from" and the
"copy to" directories) are under /tmp, and I am
running as root.
Using the "-p" option of cpio (copying directly from
directory to directory, without using the tape) works
fine.
One possible clue: When I do a "mkdir temp5" under /tmp,
and then an "ls -ld temp5", I get a different number of
bytes under 6.4 SuSE (4096 bytes) than under my old
Redhat 5.0 (1024 bytes).
The identical experiment under Redhat 5.0 works fine.
Does anyone know what's going on here?
Mike Fontenot
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
July 2, 2000
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Subject: Re: autoconf/automake to compile and produce an obkect module file
From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 00:00:04 GMT
Erik de Castro Lopo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
' Young4ert wrote:
' >
' > This message is in MIME format.
'
' Any your quest is ....?
I think he was just makeing a statement. I guess making a statement
isn't the big deal it used to be in this day and age.
--
David Steuber | Hi! My name is David Steuber, and I am
NRA Member | a hoploholic.
All bits are significant. Some bits are more significant than others.
-- Charles Babbage Orwell
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Steiner)
Subject: Re: Windows Media Player for Linux???
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2000 18:43:18 -0500
Here in comp.os.linux.misc, Dennis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
spake unto us, saying:
>Does anyone know if there is a version for Linux, or a program that will
>read the Media Player's data stream? Seems that these internet radio
>stations don't want to do Linux.
I thought Microsoft had gone so far as to patent the data format and
actively discourage other developers from writing compatible software.
--
-Rich Steiner >>>---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>---> Bloomington, MN
OS/2 + BeOS + Linux + Solaris + Win95 + WinNT4 + FreeBSD + DOS
+ VMWare + Fusion + vMac + Executor = PC Hobbyist Heaven! :-)
"I wish I'd stolen that tagline." "You will, you will!"
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From: Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Mouse not working
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 00:57:43 GMT
Hi:
I had that very same problem 8-). I was using the wrong com port.
>
> Hi,
> I recently installed RH6.2 on my computer
> (433 MHz Celeron) and while everything installed
> fine, the mouse refuses to work...as in...the
> mouse pointer does not move when the mouse
> is moved. X is up and running fine...just the mouse
> pointer is giving problems. Also, the mouse
> pointer does not move in the console though
> gpm is running. I have tried all possible
> mouse settings from mouseconfig
> (Generic, Microsoft Compatible, Logitech....)
> but to no avail. Can someone please suggest
> possible reasons and things i can try to
> make the mouse work?
> I have a 3 button Logitech mouse and a
> SiS graphics card.
>
> Thanks,
> Sarvesh
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Subject: Re: Host your own site (or email) at home
From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 01:00:02 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith) writes:
' > My ADSL service is 640/90. It takes me a while to upload some larger
' > files to my web site. I can't imgine sacrificing that tiny pipe for a
' > server. Not even a *MODEST* web server.
'
' Let's quantify this. Suppose you've got a web server that serves up
' mostly text -- no big graphics, no big sound file, etc. The average file
' size this server dishes out is 10KB. At 90Kbps, it takes about 1 second
' to serve that file. Even assuming 60 hits an hour, therefore, this web
' server consumes only about 1.7% of the upstream bandwidth, reducing
' effective speed from 90Kbps to 88Kbps.
Ok, I can buy this for a dollar. My definition of modest is more
ambitious than what I thought your definition was.
' > Personal e-mail would work.
' > Most traffic would be inbound in that case as e-mail is a push feed.
' > But you would need a proper MX record in DNS for your domain for that
' > to work. OR the advertised service would have to forward mail to you
' > automatically.
'
' Correct. Also, if you DON'T run a mail server, presumably you'll be
' getting the mail via POP, IMAP, or something similar. The same bandwidth
' gets chewed up either way. If you run Fetchmail to get POP or IMAP mail,
' there's not much difference, but if you manually retrieve POP or IMAP
' mail, there'd be an effective REDUCTION in speed, because you'd be
' retrieving mail when you're sitting at the computer trying to do
' something, vs. letting it come in when you might be off doing something
' else. At DSL speeds and typical mail message sizes, this wouldn't be a
' big effect, though. It might be important if you regularly receive
' very large messages, though.
Before I noticed fetchmail bouncing the occasional message, I was
running it with the -d switch so that mail would be checked on a
regular basis. Someone pushing mail to me would not really be
providing me any added value from my point of view. Let's not forget
that when I first replied to the original post, it was more of a
protest against flagrantly advertizing a commercial service here. I
wanted to point out alternatives to that service.
In your replies to me, you have done the same thing :-).
' > Ok, most. Any ISP that censors content on a server wouldn't get my
' > business.
'
' 1) This is a residential account we're talking about. Restrictions on
' the type of server are far better than forbidding servers altogether.
' I believe Speakeasy's concern is that porn sites chew up so much
' bandwidth that they're not willing to let a residential customer run
' one.
This is a legitimate concern. But if bandwidth is going to be an
issue, then you should get an account that allows the bandwidth you
will need for your server. This may well be a commercial account.
If you decide to run Napster or Gnutilla, you can easily fill your
upstream pipe.
So, really the issue should be how much bandwidth do you use? ADSL
offers very little upstream bandwidth, depending on your service. An
ADSL provider is hooked to an ATM which can handle quite a large
number of ADSL connections at full stream ahead. The ADSL services
probably over-subscribe their ATM connection. But there are ways of
dealing with heavy users that don't involve account termination or
blanket prohibitions. Routers are programmable.
' 2) There are situations when an ISP should get involved in the
' customer's online behavior and site content. For instance, if a
' customer spams (even from another ISP) and advertises a web address,
' IMHO the ISP is justified in closing down that web site (assuming the
' ISP has an appropriately tough anti-spam policy, of course).
An ISP is a common carrier. Enforcing site content provisions is no
part of an ISPs business. If it is, there are other ISPs that will be
more accommodating. In any case, an ISP's primary business is
providing network connectivity. There are many cases where the ISP
does not even own the machine that is hosting a site or set of sites.
As for spamming newsgroups to advertise a site ( or using uce ), that
should certainly not be tolerated. Buy due process needs to be
applied. What if someone else decides to get your site pulled by
spamming newsgroups advertising your website?
' > Commercial SDSL accounts can be had for less than $100 /
' > month.
' ...
' > Best of all, you
' > can register a domain so that you can have a proper host name instead
' > of using an IP address.
'
' You can register a domain name and associate it with an ADSL account,
' too, *IF* you've got a static IP address. That's not a characteristic
' that's unique to SDSL among the DSL variants, although it's probably
' more common among SDSL setups than ADSL. For that matter, using a
All the SDSL services I've seen advertised included some fixed IP
addresses. Also, I would consider nothing less for the money. As for
ADSL, virtually all the new ADSL accounts use dynamic IP. Most of
those do it with PPPoE, although bridges and DHCP are still about.
But you know this. I've seen you in comp.dcom.xdsl ;-).
' dynamip IP address and a dynamic DNS service (like http://www.tzo.com,
' http://www.dynip.com, or http://www.dyndns.org), you could do it by
' using CNAME and MX records. For instance, if you get a subdomain called
' foo.bar.com from a dynamic DNS provider, and create a web and mail
' server at www.foo.bar.com, you could purchase a domain name like
' example.com, and set up www in example.com to point to www.foo.bar.com
' via a CNAME DNS entry. Similarly, you'd set up an MX in example.com to
' point to www.foo.bar.com. This adds an extra layer to the name
' resolution process, and it's got all the flaws of the dynamic DNS
' services, but it SHOULD work. (Disclaimer: I've never actually tried
' it, so I'm talking theory here.)
Well, you could be right. I'm familiar with a couple of the services
you mentioned. I haven't tried any of them though.
The bottom line for me is that I prefer to have my server sitting on a
T1 with a fixed IP. From home, I use ADSL. I can use FTP to alter
the content on my site ( which is not much at present because I want
to redo it again ).
I would also recomend to anyone who wants to host there own servers do
so with an SDSL account. That is currently the cheapest way to go for
a small server with what *I* would consider a proper setup, ie domain
registration, DNS, etc. If you are big, then T1 is the next step up.
A very big step price-wise!
My Dad owns and operates his own ISP business with a T1 and two PRI
ISDN lines, so I know what network connectivity can cost. I also know
the benifits of having your own DNS servers. I wouldn't really want
to run a DNS off an SDSL account though. As long as I can send an
e-mail saying to add host foo with ip a.b.c.d to my domain, that is
enough for me.
As for dynamic ip for a server, that is always going to be a bad
idea. Some software, like Netscape Navigator, will cache the ip
address of a host for a while to avoid DNS overhead. It also takes
time for DNS information to propogate. I'm not familiar with DDNS,
but it doesn't sound like the perfect fix. It's that Netscape thing.
Also, many ADSL providers have serious connectivity issues. BA loves
to knock people off the air for two or more days in a row. SDSL
customers will get higher priority for fixing a downed connection. T1
customers get very fast response times. Alarms go off and people are
kicked out of bed!
The bottom line is that ADSL is simply not suitable for running any
server at all. That is what SDSL service is for. Considering the
price difference, I would take the SDSL.
--
David Steuber | Hi! My name is David Steuber, and I am
NRA Member | a hoploholic.
All bits are significant. Some bits are more significant than others.
-- Charles Babbage Orwell
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Crossposted-To: comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject: Re: Student learning Java
From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 01:00:03 GMT
2Funky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
' I'm using Linux and would appreciate if anyone can recommend some Java
' IDE tools for this platform. I am trying to develop a Java application
' for my course.
I haven't tried it yet, but a friend of mine made this recomentation:
' Have you seen this? http://www.sun.com/forte/ffj
' It's a fairly nice IDE for Java development. It needs gobs of memory, but it's
' pretty nice otherwise. If you decide to try it, be sure to get JDK 1.3 first as
' I hear the 1.2.x is really slow.
--
David Steuber | Hi! My name is David Steuber, and I am
NRA Member | a hoploholic.
All bits are significant. Some bits are more significant than others.
-- Charles Babbage Orwell
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From: UnderDog
Subject: RH6.1 shutdown: how to add my own script?
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 00:56:23 GMT
Greetings,
I have a bash script that I want to call each time shutdown -h is run.
I have toyed with adding a script in /etc/rc.d/rc0.d to call my
script, but I'm not sure if that is the best or easiest way to go. I
am running RH6.1
Thanks in advance for helping this newbie.
UnderDog
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ben Walker)
Subject: hardware questions
Date: 2 Jul 2000 19:14:07 -0600
I am presently designing a relatively high end Linux system, and I have some
questions about various hardware support.
Most of my hardware I have used before and know it's supported, but some I
have not been able to find if it's supported or not.
I am leaning toward a Asus K7V Athlon motherboard which has support for
UDMA 66. Is UDMA 66 support in 2.2 kernels, or do I need to use a 2.4
pre release kernel? I would like to use the full capabilities of my
UDMA 66 drives.
I also see that UDMA 100 is out now. Does Linux support or have plans to
support this? The only motherboards I have seen so far that have UDMA 100
are Abit. I have never used any Abit boards. What is the quality of Abit
boards?
I would like to use a newer Soundblaster card, either a PCI 512 or
Soundblaster Live!. Neither Soundblaster's site nor opensound.com says
there is currently support for either of these cards. Has anybody been
able to use either of these cards under Linux successfully?
I am planning to buy a Matrox G400 video adapter. This comes in single and
dual head models. With the dual head, 2 monitors can be used in a split
screen fashion. I really don't have a need for this, but am curious if
XFree86 supports or plans to support this?
Thanks in advance.
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From: Floyd Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: 'sendmail' is hanging on bootup....
Date: 02 Jul 2000 16:23:51 -0800
Akira Yamanita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Michael Nadler wrote:
>>
>> I think sendmail hangs because your network interface is down. Its
>> requests have to time out before the boot up can continue. I would like
>> to know the "solution" however.
>
>Sendmail tries to resolve the hostname and waits until it times
>out. Add your hostname to /etc/hosts and make sure that "hosts"
>is first in /etc/hosts.conf like this: "order hosts, bind"
>
>If your hostname is "somehost.fakedomain" then /etc/hosts should
>have:
>
>127.0.0.1 somehost.fakedomain somehost localhost
The requirement is that the name returned by "/bin/hostname" be
resolved to an IP address. In addition to the above, one could
also use the loopback device like this:
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.2 somehost
And another way is to install the dummy device, configure it with
ifconfig during bootup, and use that IP address.
Of course, if one has an ethernet interface... that works too.
And on systems using glibc2, instead of /etc/host.conf there is
a file /etc/nsswitch.conf which should have these two lines:
hosts: files dns
networks: files dns
All of the above assumes that a DNS lookup will fail and timeout.
If a DNS lookup will succeed, then no delay will be noticed until
the day comes when DNS does fail. Hence even if DNS is normally
available it is still usually wise to configure the system to boot
normally without it, but YMMV.
Floyd
--
Floyd L. Davidson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska)
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux programming doubt
Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2000 23:16:44 GMT
Felipe writes:
> I need to know how i can find the name of a file if all i have is the
> inode of that file...
'ls -i * | grep <inode>'
> Im trying to do a lseek, but i dont have the file descriptor, only the
> inode...
Tell us more about what you are trying to do. There may be a better way.
> Please reply directly to my email address...
No, thank you.
BTW, your '.' key is stuck.
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, Wisconsin
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From: Ed Wilts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Printer driver
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 01:25:05 GMT
Todd Lasman wrote:
>
> Anyone know where I can find a Linux driver for my Epson Stylus Photo 700?
> Nothing on the Epson site for this.
I think the current Ghostscript sources include support for this. You
can also try http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net. They definitely support
the Epson Photo line.
Cheers,
.../Ed
--
Ed Wilts
Mounds View, MN, USA
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Bryan Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: floppy in DOS format
Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2000 19:40:14 -0400
mount a floppy
I am a Windows user and am learning how to use Linux. I now need to copy
files between my Win 98 machine and Linux machine. My only transport
mechanism is floppy, but I cannot seem to get the mount command right. When
I attempt to mount a floppy I get:
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on dev/fd0, or too many
mounted file systems.
Ok, so which is it. The floppy is ok as I just wrote this file to it. (A
Win 98 formated floppy. Will someone please correct this list of commands:
# mount a floppy in the drive many systems call a:
mount /dev/fdo
# copy a file to the floppy
cp /home/bryan/text.txt /dev/fdo
# unmount the floppy
umount /dev/fro
# format a floppy so that Win 98 will like it
?
# format a floppy for this and other unix systems
?
Please feel free to add other items that I may be interested in but don't
know enough to ask. Thanks for your time,
Bryan
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From: Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux & Windows Coexist?
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 01:30:03 GMT
Can I duel boot Linux on the same physical drive as Win 98......Or even
better can I boot to Linux on a seperate physical drive using a boot disk?
What Linux OS should I use? What's the diff. from Red Hat to Mandrake?
Thanks,
Brian
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From: Jim McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: floppy in DOS format
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 01:32:44 GMT
Hi Bryan
Specify the type of file system used on the disk when you mount it. Use:
mount -t vfat /dev/fd0
That shouls do it for you.
Jim
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From: Dex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: floppy in DOS format
Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2000 21:41:13 -0400
Bryan Kelly wrote:
> mount a floppy
> I am a Windows user and am learning how to use Linux. I now need to copy
> files between my Win 98 machine and Linux machine. My only transport
> mechanism is floppy, but I cannot seem to get the mount command right. When
> I attempt to mount a floppy I get:
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on dev/fd0, or too many
> mounted file systems.
>
> Ok, so which is it. The floppy is ok as I just wrote this file to it. (A
> Win 98 formated floppy. Will someone please correct this list of commands:
>
> # mount a floppy in the drive many systems call a:
> mount /dev/fdo
>
> # copy a file to the floppy
> cp /home/bryan/text.txt /dev/fdo
>
> # unmount the floppy
> umount /dev/fro
>
> # format a floppy so that Win 98 will like it
> ?
>
> # format a floppy for this and other unix systems
> ?
>
> Please feel free to add other items that I may be interested in but don't
> know enough to ask. Thanks for your time,
> Bryan
Bryan,
Read man mtools. It will make your task simple.
Dex
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From: "Jeff Malka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: TurboLinux Installation ERRORS!!! Help! maybe partitioning problems
Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2000 21:45:29 -0400
I too purchased TL 6 workstation and gave up on it. It installed fine but
several of its tools are broken and as you found undetected errors occur
during the install. The turboprintcfg is also broken and has no way to
define your printer. The floppy drive is not installed properly, etc. etc.
I have decided to dump it and go to Mandrake 7.1
Put your question in the TL forum. They may be able to help you there.
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Andre Liem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8jesnm$rvm$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I've decided to enter the Linux world by purchasing TurboLinux
> Workstation but so far I have not been able to get it to properly install.
> I'm trying to get it to fit onto my old p100 w/1.2 gigs of space. Later
on
> I'll try to do the fips thing for my p3.
> I'm installing it on a empty HD with no windows running on it but I
> always get errors after installing it. TurboLinux support is very very
weak
> so any help would be greatly appreciated. Here are my general questions.
>
> First of all, I'm unsure of what I should be doing when setting up
the
> partitions. What I've done everytime I've attempted to install TBLinux is
> created a Linux Swap and a Regular Linux partition. I made the swap +32M
> and used the rest for the regular Linux Partition, so about 1100 Megs left
> for Linux.
> I have few errors now during the installation, but in general there
are
> many flaws in the installation program, like the images for the hardware
> disk 2 don't work so I can't add the files for IDE devices. I wonder if
> this is a part of the problem. For any of you guru's out there here's the
> error I get when loading up Linux... FYI LILO boots up fine.
> -----------------------Beginning of
>
Error-----------------------------------------------------------------------
> ---
> Activating swap partitions
> swapon : cannot open /etc/fstab : No such file or directory
> hostname : local host
> checking root filesystem
> parallelizing fsck version 1.18 (11-Nov-1999)
> Warning : couldn't open /etc/fstab: No such file or directory
> [/sbin/fsck.ext2 -- /] fsck.ext2 -a /
> fsck.ext2 : Is a directory while trying to open/
> (null):
> The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2
> filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2
> filesystem (and not a swap or ufs or something else) then the superblock
is
> corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:
> e2fsck -b 8193 <device>
>
> ***An error occurred during the file system check
> ***dropping you to a shell; the system will
> ***reboot when you leave the shell
> ----------------------End of Error
>
Message---------------------------------------------------------------------
> -----------
> So after this I can only do maintenance on my comp and not get X-Window to
> run... and I've tried installing TBLinux 10 times or so already. Any
> suggestions? I'm hoping my faith in the Linux online community can pull
> through for me this time. Should I be making more then two partitions? I
> kinda have a feeling I should be making partitions for /usr/var?? /etc?
> I'm confused because the auto partition makes 9 partitions. Help!!!
Thanks
> in advance.
>
> Andre (PB)
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: newsreader for Linux?
Date: 02 Jul 2000 18:57:37 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Skj�ldebrand) writes:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> > Is there a newsreader available for Linux? I get the news files via UUCP
> > would like to read them in Linux instead of DOS. Thanks.
> >
> > Regards...John
>
> Gnus(in XEmacs) and Leafnode.
>
> M.
> --
> Martin Skj�ldebrand
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sys admin, web designer, tech writer
> Hungry? Visit http://www.bahnhof.se/~chimbis/tocb
Gnus seconded here, though using plain emacs in my case, and I never could
get .gnusrc to do anything. Reading the manual was mostly a waste of time
for me. What's leafnode?
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Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Bryan Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: floppy in DOS format
Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2000 21:42:46 -0400
When I posted the original I could not read the news group. (Something from
my IPS about error 441 and server problem). Since then I tried again and
found an earlier message about copying to floppies.
In there Cliff Pennock wrote to use:
mount /dev/fdo /floppy
and
mount -t vfat /dev/fdo /floppy
I tried both and on the second got the message that only root can do that.
I su'ed to root and got the message
/floppy does not exist
What should I try now?
Bryan
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From: "Bryan Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: floppy in DOS format
Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2000 21:51:20 -0400
I just attempted to post a reply to my own message indicating that I found a
post that said to do exactly that. The first response was to click the
floppy drive then tell me only root can do that. I su'ed to root and tried
again. Then is said
/floppy does not exist.
Well, yes it does. My machine won't boot directly off the hard drive and
boots off the floppy every time. (then automagically switches over to the
hard drive and finishes the boot)
Just in case I tried
umount /floppy
and
umount /dev/fdo
(both as root) The computer continues to parrot "\floppy not found"
What can I do now.
I tried to reply via the usenet but got some idiot message about 441 and
server not configured properly.
Thanks for your reply,
Bryan
Jim McIntyre wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hi Bryan
>
>Specify the type of file system used on the disk when you mount it. Use:
>mount -t vfat /dev/fd0
>
>That shouls do it for you.
>
>Jim
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Equinox)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Wrong major/minor number
Date: 3 Jul 2000 02:05:12 GMT
On Sun, 02 Jul 2000 14:06:01 -0500, Steve Emmett
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> when I execute
>
> mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
>
> i received the error
>
> mount: /dev/fd0 has wrong major or minor number.
>
> I'm assuming I've munged the floppy device and have to use MAKEDEV to
> reconstruct it. The question is how do I go about doing just that?
That would be the obvious conclusion. Though, I've also seen this
error when the drivers for the floppy drive and/or filesystem are
compiled as modules, and are not loaded. Try this:
modprobe floppy.o
modprobe <your-filesystem-here>.o
mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
where <your-filesystem-here> would probably be one of:
ext2
minix
vfat
umsdos
msdos
Messy, I know, but it might get things working for now. You can make
pretty later.
--Russell
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