Linux-Misc Digest #60, Volume #25 Thu, 6 Jul 00 23:13:02 EDT
Contents:
/depmod erorr message (Jim McIntyre)
Re: floppy in DOS format ("Bryan Kelly")
line number in vi ("Devon Harding")
Re: Who's got the Best Documentation? (scavenger)
html print filters (News Reader)
Re: Netscape news ("Andrew N. McGuire ")
Re: old "Imakefile" (Markus Kossmann)
Re: convert .jpg & .gif to HP PCL5 (Vilmos Soti)
-- MARK -- (Somsak Limavongphanee)
Re: line number in vi (C.J.)
Re: line number in vi (Dowe Keller)
Re: <newbie>Shell script? change filenames in a directory?</newbie> (Akira Yamanita)
Re: -- MARK -- (Hal Burgiss)
Re: Who's got the Best Documentation? ("Andrew N. McGuire ")
Re: adding SCSI tape drives to red hat installation (Marc D Bumble)
Finding and installing modules ("Hiawatha Bray")
Help! Mandrake and token ring ("M. Ansari")
Re: Netscape news (Mike Frisch)
Re: line number in vi (Holly)
Re: Clearing MBR (Malcolm)
JDK1.3 beta leaking memory in Linux? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
SB 16 PCI ? Sound card suggestions. Please. (Chetan Ahuja)
Re: Writing to CD-RW (alex)
Re: Imteresting video mode - newbie question (Frederick Artiss)
Re: Finding and installing modules (Dances With Crows)
What does this /var/log/messages line mean?
Majordomo with one alias ("Nigel Sim")
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From: Jim McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: /depmod erorr message
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 01:15:14 GMT
I get the following message when I run /sbin/modules -a:
/lib/modules/2.2.12-20/NET Wanpipe.0: unresolved symbols
Any idea what this means
TIA
Jim
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From: "Bryan Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: floppy in DOS format
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 15:36:28 -0400
I think I did want to hear that. There are probably a few others that did
also.
Thanks for the time you spent. I have printed it and will work it as soon
as
I shut down Win98 and crank up Linux.
Thanks again,
Bryan
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From: "Devon Harding" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: line number in vi
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 21:32:24 -0400
How can I see the line numbers in vi
Thanks,
-Devon
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (scavenger)
Subject: Re: Who's got the Best Documentation?
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 01:34:42 GMT
Thanks for the link, in fact forgot about it and got it buried in a
bookmark file. O'Reilly/Stevens, gotchya. Appreciate it. Running
NT/Novell, and want to fireup a RedHat 5.2 that had uneducated setup
problems with before. thnx.
scav
On Thu, 06 Jul 2000 19:51:21 GMT, Vilmos Soti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (scavenger) writes:
>
>> Howdy. Who is the Linux Guru of the published world? I had seen some
>> posts some time back about who's books to get for overall system setup
>> etc, but I know I lost those references. What text's does everybody
>> rely upon or suggest? Who's the Mark Minasi or David James Clark of
>> the Linux world?
>
>For overall and pretty much distro independent config, get
>"Running Linux". It is published by O'Reilly. Usually O'Reilly books
>are the best. For TCP/IP, get "TCP/IP Illustrated" by Richard W. Stevens.
>
>Don't forget to check out http://www.linuxdoc.org which has almost
>all the documentation you will ever need.
>
>Vilmos
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (News Reader)
Subject: html print filters
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 01:33:39 GMT
I have the following problem:
My bot wants to print one (paper) page from a web page it fetches
periodically.
I also have a solution on linux:
feed the page to lpr
If I want html formatting I will use something like htmltops
and feed it to a postscript printer.
But I also want this bot to work on windblows machine or
print to a nonpostscript printer.
I should not really be asking for help on how I can make this on a
winblows machine but does any one know I can print an html file
to a nonscript printer if I want more than the raw html source code
on paper.
Also can I send a raw postscript file to a samba printer (which of course
understands postscript etc)?
Thanks in advance
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From: "Andrew N. McGuire " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netscape news
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 20:40:41 -0500
On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Mike Frisch quoth:
[] On Wed, 5 Jul 2000 21:43:32 -0500, Andrew N. McGuire
[] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[]
[] >Not necessarily. I have seen the same behaviour before, through no
[] >fault of my own ( afterall I am limited by the interface ). I suggest
[]
[] Interesting. I've been using Netscape for news off and on for several
[] years now and it has never done that to me. Guess I'm just lucky :-)
[]
[] >I 'cured' it. We do sadly need another browser in the Linux community,
[] >or at least Netscape needs a major overhaul. I hope that that the final
[] >release for Netscape 6 is better than the preview.
[]
[] I've been using the nightly builds since M16 and things are looking
[] up. In fact, I am now seeing decent stability (ie. doesn't crash every
[] other page) and most pages render properly.
That is good to hear, someone else here asked why Netscape crashed
on every other page on an SMP platform... I was tempted to answer:
"It does that on every platform!!!"
I refrained, and if what you said is true, then there is still hope.
anm
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From: Markus Kossmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: old "Imakefile"
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 19:52:54 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[...]
> It depends if the program is an X application...
> Or are imake and xmkmf interchangable?
xmkmf is a script , which invokes imake with the right options .
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Markus Kossmann
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Subject: Re: convert .jpg & .gif to HP PCL5
From: Vilmos Soti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 01:45:35 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> anybody know a program to convert .jpg & .gif to PCL5 ?
> I have a C program reading text files & inserting PCL5 code.
> When I find a filename of .jpg or .gif, I want to call a program
> to convert to PCL5, then read the output & merge into my text file
> & PCL5 output file. I would be willing to pay a reasonable amount
> for such a program. Thanks Owen Townsend, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Take a look at "convert" from the ImageMagick package.
Vilmos
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From: Somsak Limavongphanee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: -- MARK --
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 08:34:11 +0700
What is the meaning of -- MARK -- in messages log?
Thank
Somsak
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Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (C.J.)
Subject: Re: line number in vi
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 00:49:13 GMT
You can find out the current line number with Ctrl+g
You can jump to a specific number by typing a colon (:) followed by the line
number and pressing enter.
:102
I'm not sure this question should have been posted in comp.os.linux.admin and
I definately don't think it's appropriate in comp.os.linux.networking.
In article <Yoa95.10229$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Devon Harding"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>How can I see the line numbers in vi
>
>Thanks,
>
>-Devon
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dowe Keller)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: line number in vi
Date: 6 Jul 2000 19:09:09 -0700
On Thu, 6 Jul 2000 21:32:24 -0400, Devon Harding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>How can I see the line numbers in vi
:set nu
or optionally if you are using vim
:set ruler
vi has many of these kinds of options, some other favorites of mine are:
:set ai # auto-indent
:set sm # show-matching (), [], and {} (this is nice if you program
# mutch lisp, or C, or perl, or java ...
If you want your settings to be on when you start vi, put them in
your .exrc file.
BTW: This doesn't even scratch the surface of the options that some vi clones
(notably vim) give you.
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In Pocatello, Idaho, a law passed in 1912 provided that "The carrying
of concealed weapons is forbidden, unless same are exhibited to public view."
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From: Akira Yamanita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: <newbie>Shell script? change filenames in a directory?</newbie>
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 02:06:40 GMT
Dave Brown wrote:
>
> True... so that could be fixed by changing the $() statement to:
> $(echo $i | sed 's/^M/m/')
> if that's really what's wanted.
Thanks. I knew I was overlooking something. After reading some man
pages, that makes a lot of sense now. It also clears up what ^\.ht
in httpd.conf means. It's all coming together. :)
> But the second solution provided has another problem which "on-the-fly"
> scripters should be aware of: be careful in using "ls" to create a
> list of filenames. "ls" is often aliased to something, maybe to
> provide colors or add the "-F" option. When that's the case, the output
> of "ls" includes all the color-control characters, etc. One possibility
> is something like $(\ls), where the backslash will prevent the substitution
> of the alias.
Good to know as well. I don't have it aliased so I didn't see
the effects of that.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: -- MARK --
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 02:11:38 GMT
On Fri, 7 Jul 2000 08:34:11 +0700, Somsak Limavongphanee
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>What is the meaning of -- MARK -- in messages log?
man syslogd. Just letting you know it's there. It can be turned off.
--
Hal B
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From: "Andrew N. McGuire " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Who's got the Best Documentation?
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 21:11:19 -0500
On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, scavenger quoth:
[] Howdy. Who is the Linux Guru of the published world? I had seen some
[] posts some time back about who's books to get for overall system setup
[] etc, but I know I lost those references. What text's does everybody
[] rely upon or suggest? Who's the Mark Minasi or David James Clark of
[] the Linux world?
There are many good books on Linux. There is no particular author I
would recommend, however I would recommend reading all the HOWTO's.
http://www.linuxdoc.org is a great place for documentation.
If you run your own Linux box, it goes without saying that you are
your own System Administrator. To this end I would recommend
"Linux Companinion for System Administrators" by Jochen Hein.
It is printed by Addison-Wesley ( famous for such great books
as "The C Progamming Language" [ a must ] and "The Practice of
Programming" [ another must ]). Anyway, the book is well laid
out and covers a broad range of topics. It is hard-bound and runs
about US $40 ( shelf price ).
Best Wishes,
anm
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Subject: Re: adding SCSI tape drives to red hat installation
From: Marc D Bumble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 06 Jul 2000 22:18:45 -0400
The two drives are probably already listed as devices under
/dev/st0
/dev/st1
Try running a retension using
/bin/mt -f /dev/st0 retension
and
/bin/mt -f /dev/st1 retension
with a tape in the drive and see what happens
backup is just something like:
/usr/local/bin/tar --create --file=/dev/st0 --verbose \
/boot /home /etc /usr/local 1>>/tmp/logfile 2>&1
hope it helps,
marc
>>>>> "Myra" == Myra Hager <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Myra> I need to add 2 SCSI tape drives to a red hat server. I am
Myra> used to the SCO command mkdev tape to view, change, or add
Myra> scsi tape devices. I have looked at linuxconf and mknod and
Myra> neither of these seems to be what I need. Can someone
Myra> please point me in the right direction to do this. Thanks.
Myra> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.
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From: "Hiawatha Bray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Finding and installing modules
Date: 06 Jul 2000 22:23:21 EDT
I need to install the module that lets my Linux box use an ATAPI CD burner.
Where do I get the module and how do I install it? Thanks!
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From: "M. Ansari" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help! Mandrake and token ring
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 02:26:05 GMT
Hello all,
Can anyone tell me why my ibm pcmcia token ring card is
not working in mandrake. im running following:
ibm thinkpad 390
mandrake linux kernel 2.2.15
card services 3.1.14
and ive got following in /etc/pcmcia/config.opts:
alias tr0 ibmtr_cs mmiobase=0xd3000 srambase=0xd8000 ringspeed=16
srambase=16 irq=10
it seems in /var/log/messages i get a lot of "modprobe:
Note:/etc/conf.modules is more recent than ..."
insmod: Note:/etc/conf.modules is more recent than ..."
M. Ansari
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
any thoughts anyone?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Frisch)
Subject: Re: Netscape news
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 02:32:00 GMT
On Thu, 6 Jul 2000 20:40:41 -0500, Andrew N. McGuire
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>That is good to hear, someone else here asked why Netscape crashed
>on every other page on an SMP platform... I was tempted to answer:
>
>"It does that on every platform!!!"
>
>I refrained, and if what you said is true, then there is still hope.
Well, Netscape on the whole is terribly unstable, but some things actually
do work for a short period of time :-)
Mike.
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From: Holly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: line number in vi
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 02:37:50 GMT
I use Ctrl-G .to start at a line <line number>G .
Holly
Devon Harding wrote:
>
> How can I see the line numbers in vi
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Devon
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From: Malcolm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Clearing MBR
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 22:34:38 -0400
jkauffman wrote:
>
> I recently attempted to install Redhat 6.2 on a WinNT box
> and, well things didn't go exactly according to plan and I
> ended up with a broken linux installation and no NT (there
> wasn't anything on the machine anyway). My problem is how do
> I reset the MBR so I can start from scratch? Lilo seems to
> have taken up permanent residence and insists on booting
> straight into the failed linux install. Even if I try and
> re-install NT from floppys when I get to the first reboot
> lilo sends me straight back into the failed linux. What can
> I do?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Jeremy.
>
Hi Jeremy,
Look for a file called "mbrwork.exe" on the shareware sites. This will
write all zeros to the MBR and you can start clean with a new install.
If you have trouble finding it e-mail me and I will send you a copy. I
have used it several times with no problems. It is a freeware file.
Malcolm
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject: JDK1.3 beta leaking memory in Linux?
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 10:43:07 +0800
Hi folks,
Can i check if anyone got similar experience? I am running JDK1.3 beta
for Linux with BlueJ and BDK1.1. I noticed that the memory consumption
just keep climbing till i have to reboot my Linux. Checking the
processes running, turn up nothing. I used the Linux "top" command to
see the memory usuage.
Thank you.
Regards
Nicholas
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From: Chetan Ahuja <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: SB 16 PCI ? Sound card suggestions. Please.
Date: 7 Jul 2000 02:38:34 GMT
{
I posted this a couple of days ago... no replies yet. So reposting.
with additions:
I've also seen good prices on
1) Creative Ensoniq 128 PCI and some
2) Yamaha Y724 based cards
recently in a local store. Any opinions about these cards.
}
Hi,
I need to buy a couple of good PCI full duplex sound card. The most
important application I'm looking for is telephony. (hence the
importance of full duplex). I don't have much money to spend on
these... about US $40-$50 per card would be the top price I'm
willing to pay (but prefer somthing closer to $30) . SB16 cards seem
to be rather popular also seem to have good support under
linux. I'd prefer that they have good ALSA support of course for
full-duplex as I hear that the free OSS drivers are all half
duplex. (I'm looking for the SB16 PCI card by the way. ISA is not an
option for me)
Some other cards I have under consideration are:
The diamond sonic imapct S100
Some Trident 4Dwave NX/DX based cards ( from brands like Hoontech,
Aztec etc.)
I'm open to suggestions. In fact you could say I'm desperate for
good suggestions as my experience in getting sound working with
linux has not been a good one in the past (and I've been using
linux for more than 5 years!!!). So please please write any
good/bad experiences you have with a particular card.
By the way, another thing I'm looking for is good microphone
input quality as I'd really like to experiment with via-voice
toolkit from IBM. But telephony is the main thing at the moment.
Thanks a lot
Chetan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (alex)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Writing to CD-RW
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 02:54:58 GMT
On 7 Jul 2000 00:10:06 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Yes. cdwrite does both.
>
>Chris
>
I use cdrecord w/o any problems. For me, it works so much better than
windoze. I had some CD-RWs that I could not erase in windoze; thought
they were coasters. cdrecord blanked them in a minute -- no sweat.
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From: Frederick Artiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Imteresting video mode - newbie question
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 02:56:22 GMT
When you install X, try going up in monitor setting until you get one
that no longer works, then back off. I wish it would tell you refresh
rates, but it doesn't in most versions. Another way is the eye test. At
less than 70 Hz you'll see flicker. As for the screen moving to the
right, it's probably a combination of resolution and refresh rate not
seen before, so just adjust for it and you'll be fine, as long as you
have one of the newer monitors.
Justas wrote:
>
> I've just finished with installation of RH 6.2, and I've found very
> interesting video mode.
>
> Viewing screen is moved to the right, monitor doesn't tell me about refresh
> rates in video mode it uses.
>
> Where can I fix this ?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Finding and installing modules
Date: 06 Jul 2000 23:02:30 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 06 Jul 2000 22:23:21 EDT, Hiawatha Bray
<<8k3eup$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>I need to install the module that lets my Linux box use an ATAPI CD burner.
>Where do I get the module and how do I install it? Thanks!
If this is a normal Linux install, the source code for the module is
already there in /usr/src/linux/ ... it just needs to be compiled.
The question you're asking indicates that you're extremely new to this
sort of thing. Please take a look at the Linux Documentation Project and
the Linux Newbie Site.
http://linuxdoc.org/
http://linuxnewbie.org/
http://linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/CD-Writing-HOWTO.html
http://linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.html
--
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] ()
Subject: What does this /var/log/messages line mean?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 03:02:54 GMT
98% of my /var/log/messages is filled with messages like:
Jul 6 19:22:45 C298344-A inetd[1609]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already in use
Jul 6 19:32:45 C298344-A inetd[1609]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already in use
Jul 6 19:42:45 C298344-A inetd[1609]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already in use
Jul 6 19:52:45 C298344-A inetd[1609]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already in use
Jul 6 20:02:45 C298344-A inetd[1609]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already in use
Jul 6 20:12:45 C298344-A inetd[1609]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already in use
Jul 6 20:22:45 C298344-A inetd[1609]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already in use
Jul 6 20:32:45 C298344-A inetd[1609]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already in use
Jul 6 20:42:45 C298344-A inetd[1609]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already in use
Jul 6 20:52:45 C298344-A inetd[1609]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already in use
Whatzit mean?
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From: "Nigel Sim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Majordomo with one alias
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 13:03:21 +1000
I was woundering if it would be possible to configure Majordomo to work off
one email address in the following situation.
The list is for announcements (ie no posts from the list)
All subscriptions/unsubscriptions get sent to the main list, but are
processed as required
All other messages are bounced to another address to be delt with manually.
Is this possible? I have it configured to use 2 at the moment, but there is
really little real need for the list-request address.
Thanks
Nigel
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