Linux-Misc Digest #80, Volume #25 Sun, 9 Jul 00 12:13:04 EDT
Contents:
Re: Names and Definitions of C functions? (Krzys Majewski)
window manager troubles (Robert Schweikert)
linux and staroffice (altus)
Re: Add pictures to LyX (Alex Fitterling)
Re: ZIP100, imm.o, ppa.o, Debian (Krzys Majewski)
Linux login on H/PC running WinCE (Andrew Purugganan)
Re: linux and staroffice (Larry Ebbitt)
Re: NTP trouble... GOT IT!!! (Stuart Rauh)
Automounting FAT32 Hdd's on Redhat 6.2 boot up (root)
Re: How to run Lview under Wine (Karl Garrison)
Re: linux and staroffice (Robert Jones)
pppd problems ("Jeroen de Vries")
Re: ZIP100, imm.o, ppa.o, Debian (Dances With Crows)
Re: Samba problem (Pete Barrett)
Re: Automounting FAT32 Hdd's on Redhat 6.2 boot up (Fabian Gebhardt)
Re: linux and staroffice (Fabian Gebhardt)
Re: Incorrect Kernel Version in System.map (Equinox)
Sound problem (Bastian)
Re: Easiest to install? (Rod Smith)
Re: NIC Blowout???NEWBIE (Rod Smith)
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From: Krzys Majewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Names and Definitions of C functions?
Date: 9 Jul 2000 11:19:42 GMT
Try 'man', as in 'man 3 printf' or 'man -s3c printf'.
Otherwise you'll have to look for the .h files for the
library (they should be in a directory called 'include', for example
/usr/include). -chris
> Where or how does one find out what functions are available in the
> various C libraries, what they do and how they are invoked? I have
> checked the /usr/doc/FAQs and found nothing.
> I know I can get the names of the functions that are in a specific
> library with the nm command, but this only gets me the names.
> Any help is appreciated.
> Craig
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From: Robert Schweikert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: window manager troubles
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 07:22:28 -0400
I've upgraded to GNOME 1.2, which run the sawfish window manager by
default. I have also installed icewm using the tarball, not the rpm and
set it up as the default WM instead of sawfish. All appears well until
I reboot the machine, then GNOME starts sawfish anyway. Looking through
the ".gnome" directory I found a config file that specifies the window
manager, in there it also specifies icewm, thus I would like to figure
out why the hell sawfish is running after reboot.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
Robert
--
Robert Schweikert MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU
[EMAIL PROTECTED] LINUX
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From: altus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: linux and staroffice
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 11:30:02 GMT
How can I get Staroffice 5.1 to work under linux read-hat (kde ore Gnome)
I have installed it, but what now
--
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http://www.help.com/
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From: Alex Fitterling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Add pictures to LyX
Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2000 13:49:33 +0200
References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Organization:
J Bland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yes, but PS should at least render in some way (eps is essentially ps with a
> different bounding box</generalisation>).
> I would suggest checking your ghostscript installation (lyx uses it for
> rendering on screen) and maybe your latex install as well. Just had someone
> I know have this same problem, it disappeared after she had a bit of a
> fiddle with ghostscript (using a more general version than she was using)
> and general checking of latex setup.
> Basically it does work, but you need to make sure your installation has
> everything LyX needs. And to reiterate other people's recommendations, the
> lyx mail lists are very helpful indeed.
Thanks for advice, I checked the GS installation and figured out that on my
system are different Ghost script interpreters... LyX and KLyX are pointing
in their configuration to exactly the wrong one... there are
GS_X11, GS, GS_BOTH... what are these ? why so many ? I use now GS_X11
fortunately it works now... that's well...
--
Thx...
Alex Fitterling
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From: Krzys Majewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ZIP100, imm.o, ppa.o, Debian
Date: 9 Jul 2000 12:08:55 GMT
I've almost got my parallel-port ZIP100 drive working,
but I can't get linux to detect it at boot time, only if
I manually load the appropriate module.
I first compiled the kernel with both the ppa.o and
imm.o modules. Eventually linux was recognizing the parallel port
at boot time, but it would print something like this:
Jul 7 15:06:57 buka kernel: ppa: Version 2.03 (for Linux 2.0.0)
Jul 7 15:06:57 buka kernel: ppa: parport reports no devices.
So on a hunch I tried a 'modprobe imm' and what do you know, it
worked (even though my cable doesn't say the things it's supposed to say
for the drive to be imm- rather than ppa- compatible).
So then I recompiled the kernel, taking out the ppa driver and leaving
only imm. The zip drive still works if I do 'modprobe imm', but
nothing interesting happens at boot time.
Any suggestions? I don't really understand the mechanism whereby
devices are detected at boot time and the appropriate modules loaded.
There are scripts in /etc/init.d which go through /etc/modules,
but I don't have any modules listed in this file.
-chris
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Purugganan)
Subject: Linux login on H/PC running WinCE
Date: 9 Jul 2000 12:42:07 GMT
I have set up
#!/bin/sh
pppd -detach crtscts lock 192.168.0.1:192.168.0.37 /dev/ttyS0 115200 &
on my Mandrake 6.0 (Venus) with kernel 2-2-13.22mdk
and added
s0:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty ttyS0 115200
I have also set up a dial-up connection with 115200, 8-N-1 Hardware flow,
local telephone number 1 on the WinCE handheld PC. I run the script above
and get this
Using interface ppp16
Connect: ppp16 <---> ttyS0
can't locate module ppp16
ioctl(SIOCSIFMTU): No such device(19)
tcflush failed: Input/output error
Exit
what's weird is that on the H/PC these strange hash signs appear, one
long stream, and I realize it's trying to paint the Linux penguin logo, and
somewhere there appears the login, and a password. But because of the
scrambled way it appears, I can't get the password right.
What am I missing, is it because 115200 for serial port is too high? Is
there a way to omit the logo for the mingetty on serial port? Is mingetty
the right thing to use?
Any help would be appreciated.
--
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: Larry Ebbitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 13:56:01 GMT
Subject: Re: linux and staroffice
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
On 7/9/00, 6:30:02 AM, altus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding=20
linux and staroffice:
> How can I get Staroffice 5.1 to work under linux read-hat (kde ore=20
Gnome)
> I have installed it, but what now
My installation put three entries under the Start -> Private menu.
Larry
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From: Stuart Rauh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: NTP trouble... GOT IT!!!
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 12:57:31 GMT
In article <MPG.13cf18f24a256634989680@news>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> Using Redhat 6.2 and Xntp-5.93-14 to keep the server clock on time.
>
> Xntpd doesn't complain but doesn't update the clock either. When trying
> to update manually with "ntpdate clock.psu.edu" it responds with "No
> server suitable for synchronization found".
>
> I can ping clock.psu.edu from the Linux box. An NTP client on a Win98
> machine connected through IP masq on the Linux box updates fine. I just
> can't get the Linux box to sync up!
>
> Any suggestions???
>
--
The answer to this was in ipchains. For some reason an NTP client on the
internal net is allowed to get through but the server was not.
I added a chain to allow UDP traffic on port 123 and the problem is
resolved!
Thanks for everyone's help.
Stuart Rauh
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Automounting FAT32 Hdd's on Redhat 6.2 boot up
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 22:32:06 +1000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To this newsgroup,
I am seeking a way/method to automatically mount hda1 and hdd1 when I boot up
linux, so that I
don't have to log in as root each time, mount them, then logout and back in a a
standard user.
Is there a simple way in which to do this as I am new to Linux and chose to install it
on my system
in hdc1 (a FAT32 DOS partition) so as not to risk damage to Win98SE on hda1.
Any help would be appreciated,
Cheers,
Tim Lyth
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From: Karl Garrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to run Lview under Wine
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 13:20:49 GMT
I'd try asking this question on comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine; the
developers there may be able to help you with your problem. Make sure
that you are using the current version of Wine, and run your application
under Wine with the --debugmsg +relay options to provide more
information, e.g.:
wine --debugmsg +relay lview.exe
Do you really need to run Lview though? There's a number of fine image
apps for Linux; you probably already have xv installed. If xv doesn't
do everything you need, then I'm sure the Gimp will fill in the gaps.
-Karl
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I have RedHat 6.1 and I run Win Eudora and Win Agent
> under Wine without a problem. Today I tried to run
> Lview Pro 2.0 under Wine and I got error:
> err:win32:DeleteCriticalSection Deleting owned critical section
> (0x7803fea8)
>
> Any idea what does it means?
> Anyone have any experience runnin Lview under Wine?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Zalek
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From: Robert Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux and staroffice
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 08:43:32 -0500
Larry Ebbitt wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>
> On 7/9/00, 6:30:02 AM, altus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding
> linux and staroffice:
>
> > How can I get Staroffice 5.1 to work under linux read-hat (kde ore
> Gnome)
> > I have installed it, but what now
>
> My installation put three entries under the Start -> Private menu.
>
> Larry
Mine did, too, plus there is a link in /home/rj/Desktop:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 rj rj 29 Dec 19 1999 soffice ->
/home/rj/Office51/bin/soffice
This is under KDE.
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From: "Jeroen de Vries" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: pppd problems
Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2000 15:42:12 +0200
Hi,
I want fetchmail reading my mail every hour...
The problem is that i have to make a connection to the internet
using a modem.
For making this connection a have several scripts which can make the
connection for me.
The problem is that i don't know when there is a usable connection so
that i can start the command fetchmail.
When i run the script ip-up (which use pppd adn chat) it returns
immediatly whith the prompt, and there is no exit code for 'connection made'
for e.g.
The question is: How can i check wether there is a connection so that i can
start
fethmail...
With regards
Jeroen de Vries
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: ZIP100, imm.o, ppa.o, Debian
Date: 09 Jul 2000 09:59:27 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 9 Jul 2000 12:08:55 GMT, Krzys Majewski
<<8k9q0n$7tu$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>I've almost got my parallel-port ZIP100 drive working,
>but I can't get linux to detect it at boot time, only if
>I manually load the appropriate module.
[snip]
>only imm. The zip drive still works if I do 'modprobe imm', but
>nothing interesting happens at boot time.
Why should it, and why would you want it to? It's not really necessary or
even a good idea for removable media to be mounted at boot time--what if
you don't have any media in the drive? Plus, media that are mounted
automatically on boot will be owned by root, which isn't a good thing if
you're doing work as a normal user! Modify /etc/fstab and make it so that
ordinary users can mount the media....
>Any suggestions? I don't really understand the mechanism whereby
>devices are detected at boot time and the appropriate modules loaded.
>There are scripts in /etc/init.d which go through /etc/modules,
>but I don't have any modules listed in this file.
The only devices that can be reliably autodetected upon boot are
PCI devices. Other things require some assistance from the user. Which
distro are you using, anyway? RedHat/Linuxconf seem to do a number of
silly things to the standard files in /etc.
Generally, only the things that absolutely have to be compiled into the
kernel (ext2 filesystem support, ELF binary support, support for the disk
the root filesystem is on) are compiled in, and all other drivers are set
as modules. Loading of modules on demand is configured through the file
/etc/conf.modules , or it should be. I have a couple of lines about imm
in the /etc/conf.modules on my laptop:
alias scsi_hostadapter imm
pre-install imm modprobe lp
Then, any attempt to access a SCSI disk such as /dev/sda4 (traditional
location for parport ZIPs) will result in the loading of first the
parallel-port stuff, then the imm module, then the SCSI disk module, and
everything should work.
--
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: Pete Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Samba problem
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 15:59:42 +0100
On Fri, 07 Jul 2000 19:30:05 GMT, Heinz Ruffieux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Pete,
>
>I experienced the same problem but with Windows 2000. I did not loose too
>much time on this issue and returned to good old nfs. Why would you want to
>use a "3rd party" protocoll when there is nfs, which is offered with the
>OS?
>
>This is how I got around the problem.....but I assume this is not what you
>where looking for :-).
>
Thank you!
No, it wasn't quite what I wanted, but I've actually solved it by
recompiling the kernel with NFS support compiled in, instead of loaded
as a module. Quite why that should make a difference, I'll leave to
those who know more about the internals of Linux, but SMB mounts are
now working fine.
Pete Barrett
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From: Fabian Gebhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Automounting FAT32 Hdd's on Redhat 6.2 boot up
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 17:06:40 +0200
root wrote:
^^^^
"root" is only for admin things. You should use a normal user for postings etc
(security).
>
> To this newsgroup,
> I am seeking a way/method to automatically mount hda1 and hdd1 when I boot
>up linux, so that I
> don't have to log in as root each time, mount them, then logout and back in a a
>standard user.
edit your '/etc/fstab'
for example add: /dev/hda1 /MyWindowsPartition vfat auto,user
0 0
If you type for 'auto' 'noauto' it will not be mounted on startup, but every
user can mount it by typing mount /MyWindowsPartition.
HTH
--
CU, Fabian Gebhardt
E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ICQ#: 77948091
Homepage: http://www.ki.tng.de/~gebhardt
Schul-Seite: http://www.ebg.org
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From: Fabian Gebhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux and staroffice
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 17:00:41 +0200
I think you have to run setup first. It will create entrys in the menu.
--
CU, Fabian Gebhardt
E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ICQ#: 77948091
Homepage: http://www.ki.tng.de/~gebhardt
Schul-Seite: http://www.ebg.org
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Equinox)
Subject: Re: Incorrect Kernel Version in System.map
Date: 9 Jul 2000 15:01:24 GMT
On Sun, 09 Jul 2000 08:15:43 GMT, Akira Yamanita
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Copy the new System.map file from the kernel source tree.
> ex. cp /usr/src/linux-2.2.16/System.map /boot/System.map-2.2.16
>
> The specific location of where to place it depends on your system.
> Just look for the existing System.map file.
>
> find / -name System.map
>
> If the old System.map file is just System.map and not
> System.map-kernel.version then rename it as such.
>
> Then create a new symbolic link to the file.
>
> ln -fs /boot/System.map-2.2.16 /boot/System.map
What, exactly, is the purpose of the System.map file? What does it
do? Why is it needed?
--Russell
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email (spam-disabled):
rdh *at* dibbs *dot* net
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bastian)
Subject: Sound problem
Date: 9 Jul 2000 15:18:59 GMT
I download MP3's from the net (full albums), and there's that
annoying problem with the pre-gaps on live CD's: there's a little
pause between the tracks when I convert them to WAV's. Does anyone
know a crossfader or something to put two WAV's together?
Bastian
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Easiest to install?
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 15:31:52 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Rob Blomquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> In article <O5395.310283$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>> [Posted and mailed]
>>
>> In article <tK295.248$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonathan Brimsfield) writes:
>> >
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > Which flavor of linux (RedHat, Debian, Mandrake, SUSE,
>> > Slackware, etc...) is the easiest to install?
>>
>> For ease of installation, I'd have to say the top three are:
>>
>> 1) Caldera
>> 2) Corel
>> 3) Mandrake
> From my understanding, the list is:
>
> 1) Corel
> 2) Storm
> And the rest are still working on being easy to install.
This implies that there's a binary cutoff; it's either easy or not. This
isn't true.
Also, in my experience Caldera is easier to install than Corel. Corel,
although it's pretty, is too limiting in the installation, and this can
lead to trouble. Of course, these things are partially subjective;
reasonable people can disagree on these matters, because they've got
different needs, preferences, and experiences.
> I installed Storm on my machine, and it was very easy. it even formats
> and partitions your drive during install.
I've never installed Storm Linux, although I've got a free CD sitting
around somewhere. Automatic partitioning and formatting sounds like a
negative for me, at least if there's no way to override it.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux networking & multi-OS configuration
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: NIC Blowout???NEWBIE
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 15:34:19 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <AiS95.698$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Trent Cook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a linux system running.
[much snippage]
You posted this same message separately to at least one other group. I
answered it there. In future, when you post to multiple groups, please
cross-post rather than post separately. Cross-posting ensures that
people see (and download) a message only once, and allows for a more
unified thread of responses. In other words, it's far less wasteful of
peoples' time. Of course, you shouldn't post a message to more than one
or two groups, normally, by ANY means.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux networking & multi-OS configuration
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