Linux-Misc Digest #45, Volume #25 Wed, 5 Jul 00 02:13:03 EDT
Contents:
Re: ppp/CVS weirdness (Clifford Kite)
Re: Why is my harddisk so slow? (Hal Burgiss)
Red Hat installation keeps crashing. (Larry_82)
Re: LTWinmodem work with Linux? (Ted)
Re: Netscape and RedHat 6.2 (Charles Leslie)
Re: old "Imakefile" (Markus Kossmann)
Re: repeat over several lines ("Peter T. Breuer")
Command line???!?!?!?!?!?!?! ("Mark M.")
The Big Dogs and the Tech Shitzus. (Mike Warner)
Re: Damn Mandrake! Damn rpmfind! ("Peter T. Breuer")
route and dial up problems ("Darren")
Re: Automated fdisk (Harlan Grove)
.sh file extension
Re: Corel PhotoPaint & RH 6.2 problems (Dave Brown)
Re: memtestx86 - suitable for athlon ? (Dave Brown)
Re: .sh file extension (Akira Yamanita)
Re: Corel PhotoPaint & RH 6.2 problems (Prasanth A. Kumar)
Re: Help!! Ipchains I'm stuck (Greg)
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From: Clifford Kite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: ppp/CVS weirdness
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 19:13:27 -0500
Allin Cottrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is there anything the ISP could have changed that could have
> produced this effect? How do I fix it?
Yes, they could have changed their PPP implementation or configuration.
This *might* be due to a faulty CCP compression algorithm, or less
likely, a faulty VJ header compression algorithm. The pppd option
noccp rejects CCP and the option novj rejects VJ header compression.
If you want opinions on what the PPP link negotiations say then post
the log.
--
Clifford Kite <kite@inet%port.com> Not a guru. (tm)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: Why is my harddisk so slow?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 02:16:48 GMT
On Wed, 5 Jul 2000 00:32:16 +0100, Colin Smith
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Sun, 02 Jul 2000 12:12:16 +0200, Cliff Pennock
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>I've posted this on other newsgroups before, but nobody seems to be
>>able to answer my question so I'll try in this newsgroup too...
>>
>>Enabled SiS5513 support in the kernel, including CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO
>>(yes, and even recompiled and installed the new kernel :) ).
>>
>>hdparm -t /dev/hda gives me on average 8Mb/s (slow!)
>
>This is fairly normal for a 7.2krpm drive.
You seem to be saying 7200RPM drives are slow??? Or that this is
average?
Maxtor 7200 ATA/66:
[root@feenix /tmp]# hdparm -t /dev/hdc
/dev/hdc:
Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 4.64 seconds = 13.79 MB/sec
WD 5400 ATA/33:
[root@feenix /tmp]# hdparm -t /dev/hdb
/dev/hdb:
Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 5.87 seconds = 10.90 MB/sec
WD 5400 ATA/66:
[root@feenix /tmp]# hdparm -t /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 3.41 seconds = 18.77 MB/sec
All these on UDMA33 controllers without any patches, using hdparm -d1.
Interestingly with bonnie the results are quite different, and the
first drive is fastest. I trust bonnie more. Doing copy/remove a large
chunk of files in a timed loop, the first is also fastest
(significantly).
--
Hal B
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Larry_82 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Red Hat installation keeps crashing.
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 02:30:03 GMT
I am currently trying to install red hat linux on a Pentium 90
machien, with a 2.1 gig and a 540 meg hard drive, 16 meg's of ram,
and an ATI Graphics Ultra video card. I can go through the setup
and choose all my options, but when it actually tries to install
all the packages it freezes at 0 files installed and x more to
install. My hard drive is doing something because I can here it,
and I even let it go for a couple hours one time to make sure it
wasn't just taking a real long time. If possible could you give me
some ideas as to what might be making the install freeze up. So
far I have tried all of the following:
- Putting all my hard drives in LBA mode.
- Getting the new boot disk and anaconda update.
- Making my root partion under 2.1 gig.
- Disabling Video Capture and Power Saving
Thanks,
Larry
--
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ted)
Subject: Re: LTWinmodem work with Linux?
Date: 5 Jul 2000 02:49:23 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered in comp.os.linux.misc:
>In article <8jq5ed$h64$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Has anybody ever gotten an LTWinmodem to work with Linux?
>> (Mandrake 6-point-something). Looks like I'm SOL
>> --
>
>SCRATCH THAT, dummy that I am, I found the Winmodem-and-Linux HOWTO
>online
>
>
>
Would you mind posting the link?
Thanks,
Ted Schuman
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From: Charles Leslie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netscape and RedHat 6.2
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.x
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 03:03:43 GMT
At first yes, but now it happens when I have Netscape on the Desktop for=
=20
a long period of time. I'm going to not use Netscape for a few days and=
=20
see what happens.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
On 7/4/00, 5:00:48 PM, Akira Yamanita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wro=
te=20
regarding Re: Netscape and RedHat 6.2:
> Charles Leslie wrote:
> >
> > Wish that was the case, I have 384 Megs of Ram and about 512 Meg of =
swap
> > space running on a PIII 700mhz.
> Does this happen only on certain pages that you try to view? Can
> you reproduce the problem by viewing the same page?
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From: Markus Kossmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: old "Imakefile"
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 04:50:58 +0200
Bill wrote:
>
> I have an old application that includes an "Imakefile" instead of the newer
> "Makefile." GNU's "make" won't build it, and I was wondering how to build
> it.
run a "xmkmf" in that directory . That will produce a Makefile.
You will need to install the X11 development stuff to get xmkmf working.
--
Markus Kossmann
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: repeat over several lines
Date: 5 Jul 2000 03:23:01 GMT
Ian Mortimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: how do I repeat a command over several lines in vi ?
: eg. I want to insert a <li> tag at the beginning of 110 lines without
: resorting to .j.j.j.j. etc.
set marks a and b (ma and mb) and then
:'a,'b s/^/<li>/
This is basic stuff: you need to look at man sed or some such.
Peter
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From: "Mark M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Command line???!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 23:31:05 -0400
Hey all...
I'm a longtime computer user. Back to pre-Win on the x86 side. I've
obviously become comfortable with the technology, but I'm up against it
here, and despite some research on the web, I've yet to find simple,
satisfactory answers to a really basic question. I figured I'd try here.
I'm running a Raq3 server device. I've seen numerous mentions of command
line options with regard to CGI, perl and other add-ons for servers, but
what I have yet to see is how anyone accesses a command line over the NET!
I can change permissions through my FTP program, so that's not an issue... I
can open a DOS window at the drop of a hat, but how the hell do I get to a
command line over the net?
Sincerely,
one humbled guy.
:)
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From: Mike Warner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.turbolinux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: The Big Dogs and the Tech Shitzus.
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 20:42:29 -0700
TurboShitzu is a mess. Have any of you installed a minumum software set
and then gone in and tried to do the REAL install using turbopkg? Have
you noticed that
1. There is no way to select EVERYTHING? That you have to go down the
entire f--king list, checking the packages one at a time? Have you
noticed that turbopkg erupts with a segmentation violation wile trying
to install one of the network packages? EVERY TIME IN THE SAME PLACE?
At least Mandrake has an EVERYTHING option on *its* package installer.
Guess I'm not the only one that things its a NO-BRAINER.
2. Have you noticed that if you select writing the boot loader to the
root partition that you have NO SUBSEQUENT OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A BOOT
FLOPPY? Boy, what a bunch of friggin geniuses.
About the only good thing I can say about TurboShitzu is that it doesn't
hose down any other partitions. Try the "rain" release of Storm--the one
given away in the June issue of Linux Magazine ("Storm" is Sudanese for
"shitzu"--honest). Yea, notice how the place you end up writing the boot
loader is buried in a menu option rather than being out front where it
should be. Notice how, even if you write the boot loader to the root
partition, it hoses the MBR on C: anyway. Thank god that, compared with
*these* wankers, I *AM* a bloody genius, so I was able to get the MBR
back without reinstalling NT. Thank god for *them* that is, because I'm
quite capable of making a special trip right to their office door where
I would show them that it is in the long-term interest of their personal
physical well being that they pull their little pin heads out of their
pukey little asses. Now where was I?
Now I will give you the short course on how a CORRECT installation
architecture should proceed.
To begin with,
- the initial installation is NOT the place to be installing monster
software packages. How many of you have loaded down the platter with a
gig of software only to find out that you can't boot? The *initial*
installation should be concerned with ONE THING ONLY: creating
partitions, setting up recovery mechanisms, and installing a bare-bones
bootable system. THEN, when you find that everything is copasetic, and
you've actually logged-in and are grinning from pie-hole to ass-hole,
NOW start installing the platter-busting mega-system. Fawk. Do I have to
do everything myself? Apparently.
- Furthermore, the installation should have a TEST MODE that allows you
to simply create partitions and do a pseudo-boot into the root where you
would sit and be able to do nothing but reboot. After finding that, yes,
Margaret, I can create partitions and boot into them using whatever boot
system I HAVE ALREADY SELECTED, then and only then would the
installation continue. In essence, the Installation would not be
SEQUENTIAL; it would be DIRECT-ACCESS and have enough intelligence to
know what has to be done before what.
- The installation should be able to restore the system to the state it
was in just before the moment of installation. GUARANTEED. Installing a
linux system should be COMPLETELY WITHOUT RISK. Period f--king end.
-- If you can't give a WRITTEN GUARANTEE that your distro will NOT
NEGATIVELY IMPACT the current state of your box, then get out of the
game. You got no business in it. You're a piss-ant. You can't run with
the Big Dogs. You're a Tech Shitzu. Get off my leg.
Mike
--
http://www.bigfoot.com/~warnerm
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Damn Mandrake! Damn rpmfind!
Date: 5 Jul 2000 03:32:28 GMT
Praedor Tempus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: checking for gettext in -lintl... no
: checking for dbopen... no
: checking for dbopen in -ldb1... yes
: checking for rpmReadConfigFiles in -lrpm... no
: configure: error: *** rpm lib not found
: I checked AGAIN and librpm IS in /usr/lib, which IS listed in
So what? That's not the error. Look at the configure script. It's
testing for the presence of the rpmReadConfigFiles symbol in librpm.so
or librpm.a. Which of the .a or the .so do you have? What's in them?
(use ls -l and nm to answer these questions).
Peter
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From: "Darren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: route and dial up problems
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 10:53:12 -0500
I have been working on a problem with dial up on Mandrake 7.1. After
reading from various sources, it seems as though I am having a routing
problem. I can connect to my ISP, but I can not do anything once connected
(no pinging, telneting or viewing web pages). I do not experience this on
my local network.
I checked (#route -n.) Finding gateways with the 0.0.0.0, I figured this
was bad, so I gave (#route del default) a try. But, (#route del default)
doesn't seem to have any affect. Note the results of (#route del default)
below.
[root@bigdaddy /root]# route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
Iface
192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0
eth0
192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0
0 eth0
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0
0 0 lo
[root@bigdaddy /root]# route del default
SIOCDELRT: No such process
I don't know what SIOCDELRT is. But, does anyone have a suggestion for what
I should be trying to do?
TIA,
Darren
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From: Harlan Grove <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Automated fdisk
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 03:46:18 GMT
In article <8jtdg9$r9b$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I wish to create a linux kernel that will serve a single purpose:
>To automatically create a 2GB partition and format with vfat table so
>that I can later use to install Windows 98 onto this partition.
>
>I will be using Linux netboot to execute this kernel. This ultimately
>will be use to automate Windows 98 rollouts.
Why do you need a special purpose _kernel_ to do this? A shell script
would suffice. But why use linux at all? Windows 98 comes with
Microsoft's FDISK and FORMAT, and it's possible (maybe not easy) to
automate them to recreate 2GB partitions and format as VFAT.
Presumably all these drives would be the same (2GB - rather small by
current standards, no?) and already physically formatted.
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: .sh file extension
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 04:30:05 GMT
I am new to linux, I have installed a few programs, but i cannot install
the quake3 demo. How do you use the .sh file extension as in :
linuxq3ademo-1.11-6.x86.gz.sh? Thanks.
--
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http://www.help.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Brown)
Subject: Re: Corel PhotoPaint & RH 6.2 problems
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 4 Jul 2000 23:33:37 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Prozessor wrote:
>Did anyone of you succeed in running PhotoPaint using a
>preassuresensitve graphicstablet?
>There are tablet settings in the Options Dialog but they are inactive.
>Cursormovement works but preassuresensitivity don�t.
>i�m running a Wacom Artpad II using the XFree Wacom Driver.
No, I think you reread our postings, you see that we haven't gotten it
to run at all. If you've got an "Options Dialog", you're way ahead of us.
--
Dave Brown Austin, TX
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Brown)
Subject: Re: memtestx86 - suitable for athlon ?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 4 Jul 2000 23:40:47 -0500
In article <8jtco0$qnv$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Homer Jay wrote:
>> I maybe have a problem with an Asus K7V 700MHz , 128 MB RAM System
>> (Erazor X, Soundblaster Live! 1024) which might be caused by a
>> bad RAM module. I already tested the ram module using the
>> programm "ctram" which is available from the german computing
>> magazine c't (http://www.heise.de/ct/ftp --> ctRAMtst ) and found
>> some problems when using a prolonged refresh cycle.
>>
>> To gather more evidence, I would like to use memtestx86 as
>> well. Is it safe to do this on an athlon based system ????
>
>Sure. Keep in mind that the prolonged refresh cycle settings in
>memtest86 can and do find errors that will not crop up in normal
I had an ASUS P5A with AMD K6-2/400, a 64MB DIMM and 2-32MB DIMMs.
It passed bootup tests, and memtest86. But applications were flaky,
occasional lockups, etc. Finally replaced the 3 DIMMS with one
128MB DIMM, and problems cleared up. Convinced me of the limitations
of memory testers. (Those 3 DIMMs are operating happily in other
machines, but not together.)
--
Dave Brown Austin, TX
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From: Akira Yamanita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: .sh file extension
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 04:47:12 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I am new to linux, I have installed a few programs, but i cannot install
> the quake3 demo. How do you use the .sh file extension as in :
> linuxq3ademo-1.11-6.x86.gz.sh? Thanks.
Make sure it's executable.
chmod 755 linuxq3ademo*
(Or really, just 700 will suffice).
Then: ./linuxq3ademo-1.11-6.x86.gz.sh
That runs the installation script.
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Subject: Re: Corel PhotoPaint & RH 6.2 problems
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Prasanth A. Kumar)
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 04:51:34 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Brown) writes:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Prozessor wrote:
> >Did anyone of you succeed in running PhotoPaint using a
> >preassuresensitve graphicstablet?
> >There are tablet settings in the Options Dialog but they are inactive.
> >Cursormovement works but preassuresensitivity don�t.
> >i�m running a Wacom Artpad II using the XFree Wacom Driver.
>
> No, I think you reread our postings, you see that we haven't gotten it
> to run at all. If you've got an "Options Dialog", you're way ahead of us.
>
> --
> Dave Brown Austin, TX
FWIW, I downloaded and installed the PhotoPaint today on my Redhat 6.2
system. It installed pretty easily without any problems and I was able
to play around with lots of the features. I must say there is quite a
bit there to try out! I don't have a graphics tablet so cannot provide
any help on that part.
The program seems to run on top of winelib so while the speed was
okay, it was not a fast as native libraries like gtk or qt. What I
didn't like was the size of the program, which was around 100MB in
compressed rpms! There were some 2 dozen rpms which were installed in
all by the install utility. But want I really didn't like is that it
started adding additional items into my KDE menu unrelated to any
Corel products...things which I installed myself like octave and
such. I think it is something which went past their quality control
department. I'm not much of a artist and needed to clear some drive
space so I uninstalled the program using their uninstall script. While
it removed most of the rpms, there were a few minor ones they didn't
remove. Luckily, the rpm program can be handy enough to bring the
system back to near 'pristene' form. I think all this is because Corel
stuff is based on the Debian pkg system and they have more experience
with that.
--
Prasanth Kumar
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From: Greg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help!! Ipchains I'm stuck
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 05:38:20 GMT
yes i have it on....... how many gateways can you have in your route
command? each cable modem ip has a gateway..... I think thats my problem.
if manualy add yhe other in i loose the connectivity to the network it seems?
Jim Turnbull wrote:
> Do you have forwarding turned on? I think the command is something like:
>
> echo "1" > /proc/something/ipv4/something
> I don't have a Linux machine in front of me at the moment, so I can't look.
> I'll post actual command here in morning from work.
>
> Jim
>
> "Greg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Subject:
> > HELP!! IPCHAINS i'm stuck
> > Date:
> > Mon, 03 Jul 2000 15:33:52 GMT
> > From:
> > Greg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Organization:
> > @Home Network
> > Newsgroups:
> > uk.comp.os.linux
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I'm running a linux rh6.1 box with 3 working nic cards as follows.
> >
> > 1. eth0 internal 192.168.1.1
> > 2 eth1 @home cable modem 24.x.x.169
> > 3 eth2 @home cable modem 24.x.x.166 (not on the same subnets)
> >
> > I have a lan setup attached to the network all working fine.
> > using 192.168.1.2...... 3....... 4...... 5........ windows pc's
> >
> > Currently i have ipchains/masq setup ok giving internet acecess from
> > eth1(cable) to all the pc's
> > on the network.
> >
> > I would like to route traffic from eth2 ( 2nd cable ip) to one or more
> > of the windows
> > pc's. I'm currently using ipchains w/masq. Basic setup listed below:
> >
> > Can you tell me how to route the second cable IP eth2 to another
> > internal IP address on my lan. My guess was I needed to add the 2nd
> > gateway.
> > But i'm confussed when i added the 2nd gateway and rebooted..... my box
> > hung at the SENDMAIL for a few minnets and then moved on. when i got
> > into the box the other pc's could not see the Internet at all. my
> > route table had both gatways ass the default like this
> > destination gateway genmask iface
> > default 24.x.x.169 0.0.0.0 eth1
> > default 24.x.x.166 0.0.0.0 eth2
> >
> > Notes: My cable goes into a switch/hub see below:
> >
> > CABLE
> > (24.x.x.169) -------- | --------- (24.x.x.166)
> >
> > |
> > HUB
> > |
> > |
> > |
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > | |
> > | | |
> > PC2 PC3 LINUX
> > PC4 PC5
> > 192.168.1.2 192.168.1.3 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.4
> > 192.168.1.5
> >
> >
> > Ok with/without the second gateway defined I can ping all the IP
> > addresses including the 2 external cable IP's
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated.
> >
> >
> > IPCONFIG RULES I HAVE
> >
> > ipchains -F input
> > ipchains -F output
> > ipchains -F forward
> >
> > ipchains -P forward DENY
> >
> > ipchains -A forward -i eth1 -s 192.168.1.0/024 -d 192.168.1.0/24 -j
> > ACCEPT
> > ipchains -A forward -i eth2 -s 192.168.1.0/024 -d 192.168.1.0/24 -j
> > ACCEPT
> >
> > ipchains -A forward -i eth1 -s 192.168.1.2 -j MASQ
> > ipchains -A forward -i eth1 -s 192.168.1.3 -j MASQ
> >
> > ipchains -A forward -i eth2 -s 192.168.1.4 -j MASQ
> > ipchains -A forward -i eth2 -s 192.168.1.5 -j MASQ
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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