Linux-Misc Digest #153, Volume #25 Sun, 16 Jul 00 20:13:03 EDT
Contents:
nn newsreader - screen display problem (jsum)
Re: Help with cdrecord ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Help with cdrecord (Dances With Crows)
HELP - OpenLinux 2.3 LOADING ("djlmb")
Re: vnc help Can't connect: errno = 111 (Matt)
Re: Help with cdrecord ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Installed INN 2.3 beta (July 15, 2000 build), now what? (Russ Allbery)
Re: Help with cdrecord ("kc")
Re: What's lost+found (Alex Chudnovsky)
Re: CDrecord (Alex Chudnovsky)
Re: What's lost+found (Prasanth A. Kumar)
Re: mgetty and dial in (John-Paul Stewart)
Re: How to uninstall in Linux (John Thompson)
Telnet and Backspace Problem (Tom Hoffmann)
Re: 98 and Linux (Paul E. Larson)
Re: numerical computations under Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
GNOME C/C++ Compile Question (Abe Waranowitz)
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Subject: nn newsreader - screen display problem
From: jsum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 21:19:55 GMT
Hi,
I've just built nn on my Linux box back home. Upon
startup, nn's display of subjects is all messed up.
It almost looks like there are no <CR>s anywhere
OS: Redhat Linux v6.2
NN: nn 6.5.6 #3 (NOV)
Thanks for any help.
Joey
PS: Below is an example of the jumbled text output.
Enter 3b (70 unread)? N
ewsgroup: 3bArticles: 56 of 9651520/37149a Andrew 3 yahoo!b
pudhinder 3 what disc Anita Fowler 9 Free, ele
gant self-promotiond Ben 13 Wanted, Talented individuals
and groups!!e ssssssss 3 [2] okf ssssssss 9 ss
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Help with cdrecord
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 21:23:26 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Prasanth A. Kumar) wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> Use an application like 'Xcdroast' which wraps the command in an easy
> to use interface.
>
> --
I'm trying! I can't get xcdroast to work either. It says it needs
a .conf file, but it won't let me create one! When I try to tell it
the image-partition and mountpoint, it doesn't save the data I enter.
There isn't even a "Save" button on screen, so I can't see how to tell
it what to do. Help!
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Help with cdrecord
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 21:53:00 GMT
[followups set]
On Sun, 16 Jul 2000 21:23:26 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>I'm trying! I can't get xcdroast to work either. It says it needs
>a .conf file, but it won't let me create one! When I try to tell it
>the image-partition and mountpoint, it doesn't save the data I enter.
>There isn't even a "Save" button on screen, so I can't see how to tell
>it what to do. Help!
Xcdroast tends to have bogus/silly error messages. After having problems
with it, I just gave up and merely use cdrecord + mkisofs or cdparanoia
from the command line--easier to tell what's wrong, and faster to execute
besides. Have you made sure that cdrecord (and xcdroast, if you want to
use it) itself is SUID root? If you have a reasonably fast machine, you
don't need to write the ISO image to disk; you can use pipes sort of like
so:
mkisofs -r -J /path/to/data | cdrecord -v speed=Y dev=/dev/sgX -
BTW, if you want to send the same message to more than one NG, CROSSPOST!
Don't post the same message to more than one NG individually, it makes it
much harder to keep track of a discussion. Also keep in mind that if you
crosspost to more than 3 NGs, you're going to Hell :-].
--
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: "djlmb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.linux.stormix,comp.os.linux.setup,z-net.alt.linux,alt.os.linux.best,alt.linux.storage.moderated,ahn.tech.linux,borland.public.interbase.linux
Subject: HELP - OpenLinux 2.3 LOADING
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 00:13:14 +0200
Hi
Yesterday I have tried to install Caldera Open Linux 2.3. My problem:
bios make his operations and he tries to load system, they jump me out:
L01 01 01 01 01 01 01. without finish and Linux system doesn't burden.
My Hardware
PIII 450 Mhz, A HD 1.6 GB connected alone, where I have installed Linux. 96
MB RAM, CD, CDR, etc.
Linux after installation works without problems, but when I get out of the
system and after poweron computer, written problem jumps me out above.
what must I do? Help me!
Attention, I on my computer want to install only LINUX systematize me they
don't interest, you then exclude information, thing do when I am installed
two systems.
THX
Czeslaw DJLMB Jursza
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From: Matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: vnc help Can't connect: errno = 111
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 23:36:18 -0700
Hi Brian,
Xvnc is in the path.
so is every thing else, but the connection is still the same
(Cant get no connection).
Are there any permissions in any .conf files to set
SAMBA is working fine.
The environment setup is the same too.
Any ideas ?
Regards
Matt
brian moore wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Jul 2000 02:37:24 -0700,
> Matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Please help vnc problem...
> >
> > How can I correct these errors in SuSE6.4
> >
> > The VNC faq mentions that maybe is because of the
> > xrdb file but when I do a what on xrdb it returns ok...
> >
> > matt:~/.vnc # which xrdb
> > /usr/X11R6/bin/xrdb
> >
> > When I run the server I get the following....
> >
> > sh: /usr/local/bin/Xvnc: No such file or directory
>
> Perhaps you should fix that?
>
> > _X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
> > _X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
> > _X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
> > xrdb: Connection refused
> > xrdb: Can't open display 'matt:1'
> > _X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
>
> #define ECONNREFUSED 111 /* Connection refused */
>
> Sure looks like you're not running Xvnc.
>
> --
> Brian Moore | Of course vi is God's editor.
> Sysadmin, C/Perl Hacker | If He used Emacs, He'd still be waiting
> Usenet Vandal | for it to load on the seventh day.
> Netscum, Bane of Elves.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Help with cdrecord
Date: 16 Jul 2000 15:31:28 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I've got cdrecord set up on a Linux box, but for the life of me I can't
> figure out how to tell it to record! What is the correct command?
> Anybody?
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
You didn't say whether you were trying to create an audio cd or
create a cdrom for data (like linux distributors send out.) Let's say
you have some files you want to archive. They aren't enough to fill up
a whole CD and you hope to be able to add more files to the CD later,
until it is filled up. In that case you want to create a multi-session
CD.
Create a directory (in my example it will be /home/CDs, you don't
need to use full path names but I will to eliminate possible confusion.)
Put your data in sub-directories under /home/CDs. (ie
/home/CDs/personal/diary /home/CDs/personal/letters
/home/CDs/code/x.c ...
Create an iso file system using mkisofs:
mkisofs -R -o /home/iso.raw /home/CDs
burn this into a blank CD:
cdrecord -v speed=4 dev=6,0 -eject -multi /home/iso.raw
The dev=6,0 is because my CD-R device is nr 6 on the SCSI bus.
Note that nothing is mounted. The "speed=4" is because my CDR, a Teac 55S
supports 4 times speed when writing. To be really safe you wouldn't use
a speed= argument. If you don't have a SCSI CDR, I've seen postings on
usenet about people use IDE-SCSI emulation to get it to work. Cdrecord may
not recognize the type of your cdr either. The command:
cdrecord -driver=help
lists the supported drivers.
Once cdrecord is done, you can try mounting the cd to see if it worked.
On my system that would be mount /dev/scd0 /cdrom.
You can delete /home/iso.raw and /home/CDs. Later you want to add something
to the CD.
Create a directory, it can be /home/CDs again or /home/X or whatever.
Create a subdirectory WITH A DIFFERENT NAME. i.e. /home/CDs/newstuff.
Put the new stuff under that directory. This time, when you do the
mkisofs it needs additional information from the original CD. You put
the CD in the drive and use the command:
mkisofs -o iso.raw -R -C `cdrecord -msinfo dev=6,0` -M /dev/scd0 /home/CDs
Note that iso.raw is an optional name, the '6' should be changed to
whatever your device nr is for your drive, and /dev/scd0 may not be
where your device is on your system either. Also, I'm assuming you put
everything under directory /home/CDs.
Finally, you record the new data with the cdrecord command:
cdrecord -v speed=4 dev=6,0 -multi iso.raw
If you then mounted the CD on node /cdrom, an ls /cdrom should reveal
something like:
personal
code
newstuff
where personal and code were from the first recording session.
To do audio, you'd get a collection of wav files (wavrec works for this,
be sure to record stereo at 44100 bps) and put them in a directory. Go to
that directory and use a command like:
cdrecord -audio -speed=4 -pad -v dev=6,0 *wav
You can't do multi-session for audio, though some drives (not mine) may
support a nofix option so that you can incrementally add wav files until
you finally 'fix' it.
---- Remove "UhUh" and "Spam" to get my real email address ----
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From: Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: news.software.nntp
Subject: Re: Installed INN 2.3 beta (July 15, 2000 build), now what?
Date: 16 Jul 2000 15:42:06 -0700
In news.software.nntp, Fan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Ok, I ./configure ; make ; make install'ed it (I also followed the
> directions in INSTALL for initializing the database, etc). Now what?
> This is a standalone NNTP service, no propogation to other servers.
> What's the simplest way to create a group called "MyGroup" and have it
> be accessible without any IP restrictions? (im not worried about
> moderation or anything like that)
ctlinnd newgroup MyGroup as the news user. Then edit readers.conf and add
something like:
auth "everybody" {
hosts: "*"
default: "<everybody>"
}
access "everybody" {
users: "<everybody>"
newsgroups: "*"
}
> p.s. - It seems to work fine (lists groups) from the local Linux machine
> with Netscape's newsreader. I want to use Outlook Express as the client
> on my Windows 2000 machine to test it though (currently it says I have
> no permission).
By default, out of the box, INN 2.3 only allows connections from
localhost.
--
Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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From: "kc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help with cdrecord
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 17:22:49 -0600
In article <8kt4cl$co9$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I've got cdrecord set up on a Linux box, but for the life of me I can't figure
> out how to tell it to record! What is the correct command? Anybody?
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.
It really depends upon what you are trying to write (audio, data).
For writing a directory of data files, I do it like so:
nice --18 mkisofs -V TITLE -R /dir/to/write | cdrecord -v speed=1 dev=0,0,0 -
The 'nice' gives mkisofs a high enough priority to prevent cdrecord's buffer from
starving.
The "/dir/to/write" is the path to the directory which you wish to burn.
The "TITLE" is just the disk's volume title (you can safely omit the -V TITLE part).
The speed and dev need to be set according to your system.
I forget off-hand the specifics I use for audio.
You an do a "man cdrecord" for more info and examples.
Also, you could try one of the many gui frontends which do the dirty work for you:
Just try a search on freshmeat.net for "cdrecord frontend"
Personally, I prefer gnometoaster http://gnometoaster.rulez.org/
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From: Alex Chudnovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What's lost+found
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 23:23:54 +0300
Chew GH wrote:
> Though the lost+found directory does not appear to do anything to my RH
6.1
> system, what's the function of this ubiquitous directory? Everytime I
make a
> file system on the floppy, this directory is automatically created. Why?
How
> could I disable the creation of this directory everytime I mkfs?
>
>
As far as I remember :
- If some "lost files" are found during filesystem check , i.e some blocks
are registered as belonging to file, but this file is not found, then this
file is created in lost+found directory, so that you can look at it and
decide what to do with it. There is some resemblance between lost+found of
UNIX & 'lost chains' converted to '.chk' files in DOS/Windows.
--
Regards,
Alex Chudnovsky
e-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ICQ : 35559910
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From: Alex Chudnovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CDrecord
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 23:27:52 +0300
Aaron Ginn wrote:
> "Hiawatha Bray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I don't get this. I've recompiled my kernel (RH 6.0) to support
SCSI-IDE
> > emulation for a CD burner. According to dmesg, it seems to have worked.
> > The bootup message says the emulator is running and it says it's
detected my
> > Ricoh burner as a SCSI CD-ROM device. In fact, it says so 8 times,
refering
> > to it as sr0 through sr7.
>
> > So why is that when I run "cdrecord -scanbus" I get an error message
saying
> > "cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open SCSI driver."? What
am I
> > doing wrong? Thanks.
>
>
> Here's what I do to tune my kernel for IDE-SCSI emulation:
>
> 1) Enable Generic SCSI support
> 2) Enable SCSI CD-ROM support
> 3) Disable IDE CD-ROM support *** Maybe this is the problem? ***
> 4) Enable SCSI emulation
>
As I remember, it is very advisable to disable "Probe all LUNs for each
device" for some kernels. This doesn't work correct with SCSI emulation,
causing the very same situation you describe.
One more point :
- Check which modules are loaded : 'lsmod' as root.
- Check the permissions of /dev/sg* & /dev/sr*. If you try to reach those
devices as regular user, you must have appropriate permissions.
- Check if the cdrecord binary is setuid root.
> If you do these four things, you shouldn't have a problem. I have a
> CD-RW as the master on my secondary IDE controller, and a CD-ROM as
> the slave on the same controller. cdrecord -scanbus finds them both
> as sr0 and sr1 respectively.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Aaron
>
>
>
> --
> Aaron J. Ginn Motorola SPS
> Phone: (480) 814-4463 SemiCustom Solutions
> Fax: (480) 814-4058 1300 N. Alma School Rd.
> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Chandler, AZ 85226
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Subject: Re: What's lost+found
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Prasanth A. Kumar)
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 23:01:30 GMT
"Chew GH" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Though the lost+found directory does not appear to do anything to my RH 6.1
> system, what's the function of this ubiquitous directory? Everytime I make a
> file system on the floppy, this directory is automatically created. Why? How
> could I disable the creation of this directory everytime I mkfs?
When the system does a periodic filesystem check (fsck) on bootup, it
puts any stray file fragments it find in that directory so the user
can later manually try to make sense of it. It usually is of no use
unless it is some text files which got garbled up. It is akin to the
Windows scandisk program producing '.chk' files.
If you don't want that directory, you can delete it as root but if you
want to recreate it, you need to run the 'mklost+found' command
instead of 'mkdir'.
--
Prasanth Kumar
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: John-Paul Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: mgetty and dial in
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 23:22:41 GMT
"John G. Sandell" wrote:
>
> From the laptop I can dial the PC and the PC doesn't answer.
>
> All of this has nothing to do with using ppp - I haven't even though
> about trying ppp with mgetty running. Of course mgetty is started in
> inittab. I'm using the same inittab on both computers. Same
> /etc/mgetty+sendfax files.
>
> The US Robotics 56K modem on the PC doesn't answer.
>
> The mgetty log file shows mgetty is talking to the modem:
>
...
>
> So it's probably related to the commands sent to the modem....
>
> John Sandell
Sounds right to me. Is the modem internal or external? My USR External modem
has a light labelled 'AA' for AutoAnswer. If your modem has such a light and it
is NOT lit, then the modem has not been told to answer.
Query the modem itself with ATS0? (that's a zero before the question mark).
S-Register 0 is the auto-answer control. If the modem returns 0, then it is not
set to auto-answer calls. If it returns a number other than 0, then the modem
will answer after that many rings. You can set it with ATS0=n where n is the
number of rings you want before it answers.
Also, for an external modem, check the DIP switches. Typically DIP switch 5
must be UP to enable answering. The factory default is DOWN (never answer) with
current USR externals.
Good luck. HTH.
J-P Stewart
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to uninstall in Linux
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 13:08:54 -0500
"t.n" wrote:
> what is the common way to uninstall programs in linux ?
That depends on how you installed them in the first place. If
you're using rpm (the RedHat package manager) just use "rpm -e
[package_name]". If you compiled from source, you can usually do
a "make uninstall" to uninstall a program.
--
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom Hoffmann)
Subject: Telnet and Backspace Problem
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 23:53:13 GMT
When I telnet into our HP-UX and AIX boxes from Linux, neither the
backspace key or left-arrow key erase the previous character as they do
when I am in a normal bash shell.
I have looked in man telnet and did not see anything there that would
help. I did see a reference to a .telnetrc file, but can not locate
anything of substance regarding it. It is possible the answer lies
there. Can someone point me to a source of information that I could
use to solve this problem. I am getting tired of CTRL-C'ing every time
I make a typo and having to retype the entire command. Thanks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul E. Larson)
Subject: Re: 98 and Linux
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 23:52:47 GMT
In article <8kt649$ng3$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Todd Knarr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In comp.os.linux.misc <xjnc5.14027$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Paul E.
> Larson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> It sounds like you have a old version(pre-FAT32) of format and/or fdisk!
>> Fdisk and format have had the ability to create and format FAT32 partitions
>> since Win95B.
>
>Nope, this is the format utility from Win98SE. I cannot find any command
>switch, GUI checkbox or mention of anything in the documentation that
>would enable FAT32.
>
That is because there isn't, it is the default format until you go below the
540mb line!
Paul
--
"Mr. Rusk you not wearing your tie." -- Frenzy 1972
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: numerical computations under Linux
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 00:19:00 +0100
David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant Edwards) writes:
> ' I've always thought it rude to use gcc to malign so many useful
> ' concepts.
> Such puns are punishable by law. You are sentenced to a severe noodle
> whipping.
Is that all? I'd sentence him to a week with nothing but windows...
(Or am I being just a tad too sadistic???)
:)
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| in | "THAT WOULD BE AN ECUMENICAL MATTER!...FECK!!!! |
| Computer Science | - Father Jack in "Father Ted" |
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From: Abe Waranowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: GNOME C/C++ Compile Question
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 17:08:42 -0700
Hello!
I'm trying to use C++ with GNOME/GTK. One small problem:
main.c:51: conversion from `int' to `enum GdkModifierType'
main.c:58: conversion from `int' to `enum GdkModifierType'
main.c:65: conversion from `int' to `enum GdkModifierType'
main.c:71: conversion from `int' to `enum GdkModifierType'
main.c: In function `int main(int, char **)':
main.c:139: conversion from `int' to `enum GtkAttachOptions'
main.c:140: conversion from `int' to `enum GtkAttachOptions'
main.c:159: conversion from `int' to `enum GtkAttachOptions'
main.c:160: conversion from `int' to `enum GtkAttachOptions'
Where lines 51-71 are GnomeUIInfo menus,
and lines 139 - 160 are gtk_table_attach functions.
What do I need to do differently to compile my program under g++?
Thanks!
-Abe
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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