Linux-Misc Digest #162, Volume #25 Mon, 17 Jul 00 22:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: awk usuage ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Kernel compile...it just gets worse (Dave Brown)
Re: Video Capture Card for Linux? ("Dan")
Re: Hard Linux Crash ("John Smith")
Re: Just a Few Kwestionz..... (Thomas Zajic)
Re: Can't compile kernel!! ("David ..")
Re: Tarball definition (Robert Heller)
Re: Video Capture Card for Linux? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: No response to Save Yourself command ("Darcy Kahle")
Re: Just a Few Kwestionz(get ready)......... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
HELP: Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:06 (mandrake 7.1) ("Norman
Black")
Re: PROBLEM: KERNEL 2.2.14 (Tom Adams)
No Audio on SuperMicro DM3 Dual PP3 board ("Robert L. Klungle")
confusing PAM_pwdb system log message ("Darcy Kahle")
Re: Telnet and Backspace Problem (Tom Hoffmann)
Re: Which distro for newbie? (Martin Brown)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: awk usuage
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 22:57:11 GMT
Thx I appreciate that.
In article <8kvnur$8nu$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Harlan Grove <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In article <8kvgh2$2gu$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >Can anyone help me out with an awk usage? I have a tab separated data
> >file.
> >-----------------------------
> >Tom Jones 4424 5/12/66 543354
> >------------------------------
> >I have to write an nawk command that prints two tabs the
string "Have a
> >nice day." followed by the first and lastname, if the line contains
the
> >pattern "Jones".
> >Also if possible I have to print
> >The Name is:firstname lastname ID is idnumber
>
> Have you tried the manual, man awk(1) ? Also, you may get quicker
> responses posting to comp.lang.awk .
>
> If your file has tab-separated fields with first and last names as
> separate fields, then awk will parse each input line (record) into
> fields for you. I'll give you the first, but you should try to figure
> out the second based on the manual.
>
> awk '/Jones/{printf("\t\tHave a nice day, %s %s\n", $1, $2)}' filename
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
>
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Brown)
Subject: Re: Kernel compile...it just gets worse
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 17 Jul 2000 18:10:22 -0500
In article <8kor3p$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Hiawatha Bray wrote:
>I finally got my recompiled kernel to see my CD burner. Now it won't see my
>NIC card. I didn't touch the part about supporting networks, so I can't see
>how I compiled it out of the kernel. Anyway, anybody know what to do?
>Please?
Deja Vu? Didn't I just read this message with a different header?
Well, you probably won't get an answer unless you give enough information
with your problem description.
You might start with which distribution, and how your NIC was set up
originally. And then, go into what you added to your kernel configuration.
Let us know exactly what messages show up on the screen when you boot, and
what errors are being logged in /var/log/messages and /var/log/syslog, etc.
Without that kind of info, any suggestions would have to be very general,
(like "RTFM") or pure guesses. There are lots of folks willing to help,
including me.
--
Dave Brown Austin, TX
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From: "Dan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Video Capture Card for Linux?
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 09:15:01 +1000
The Brooktree line of cards have some good drivers. They're also the
cheapest video capture card, and probably the most popular. Check the
package of the cheapest capture cards, and see if they have a Brooktree
chipset. Viewing quality is great in X or on a frame-buffer console. Capture
isn't quite there yet (not in mine anyway) but it's getting better...
Dan
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Brian Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:963860775.307675@sj-nntpcache-3...
> Hi,
> Has anyone found a Video Capture Card (e.g. Intel Smart Video Recorder
III)
> that has Linux drivers?
>
> Thanks,
> Brian
>
>
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From: "John Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Hard Linux Crash
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 16:19:25 -0700
Get a UPS and reinstall Linux
"Charlie Pritt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I have a serious problem with my Red Hat 6.0 Linux. I was using Gnome
> last night, when the power flickered and my computer rebooted. When it
came
> back on, Linux would not complete the boot process. The last message shown
> was "Freeing unused kernel mem: 60K freed" then it stopped. I am new to
> linux and do not know what to do now. Please send me some suggestions.
>
> Thanks,
> Charlie Pritt
>
>
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Zajic)
Subject: Re: Just a Few Kwestionz.....
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Zajic)
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 23:23:30 GMT
On Mon, 17 Jul 2000 20:30:08 GMT, N/A wrote:
> [ ... ]
Could you *please* finally stop posting one and the same article
three times with a different subject? Thanks.
Thomas
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Can't compile kernel!!
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 18:29:45 -0500
root wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I've just installed 2.2.16 source + the newest ide patch. I've done
> make clean, make dep, and make config. Now when I do make bzdisk, I get
> the following:
>
> gcc -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -02 -fomit-frame-pointer -o
> scripts/split-include scripts /split-include.c
> In file included from /user/include/errno.h:36
> from scripts/split-include.c:26:
> /usr/include/bits/errno.h:25: linux/errno.h: No such file or directory
> make: *** [scripts/split-include] Error 1
make mrproper
make menuconfig
make dep
make clean
make bzImage
make modules
make modules_install
The error messages may be due to not finding the links to the files. You
can do the following to fix the links.
cd /usr/include
rm -rf asm linux scsi
ln -s /usr/src/linux/include/asm-i386 asm
ln -s /usr/src/linux/include/linux linux
ln -s /usr/src/linux/include/scsi scsi
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From: Robert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Tarball definition
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 00:00:34 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Brown),
In a message on 17 Jul 2000 10:38:40 -0500, wrote :
DB> In article <8kf75a$p35$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Big Daddy wrote:
DB> >
DB> >TYPICALLY SPEAKING, .tar.gz file are referred to as tarballs; however,
DB> >as it is just simple convention, there is no real "right" or "wrong".
DB> >Additionally, it's relatively rare that a file that is tar'ed won't be
DB> >gzip'ed. That is not to say you won't come across that, but I'd say in
DB> >>95% of the time, a .tar file will also be gzip'ed if it is made
DB> >available on the web.
DB>
DB> Except that .tar files are very portable, say from Linux to AIX or vice
DB> versa. But many "standard" Unixes do not support gzip compression/
DB> decompression in their tar command. (And probably have no gzip command
DB> either--the old Unix standard was "compress" which creates a ".tar.Z"
DB> file.)
One can download gzip's source from the FSF and compile it on any flavor
of UNIX. GZip is effectively available for any flavor of UNIX. There
is ALSO a version of both tar and GZip for MacOS. MS-Windows' WinZip
understands .tar.gz files as well.
DB>
DB> --
DB> Dave Brown Austin, TX
DB>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Video Capture Card for Linux?
Date: 17 Jul 2000 17:39:50 -0700
"Brian Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
> Has anyone found a Video Capture Card (e.g. Intel Smart Video Recorder III)
> that has Linux drivers?
>
> Thanks,
> Brian
Check out http://penguin.lvcm.com/ click on "Video Capture" in the
sidebar. There is a family of chipsets from Brooktree (Bttv this and
that) that are used in a lot of video tuner cards (including my own
STB TV card), and well supported under linux. If you know how to rebuild
a kernel, when doing a "make config" or better, a "make menuconfig" or
"make xconfig", there is a section in the build devoted to TV cards.
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From: "Darcy Kahle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: No response to Save Yourself command
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 00:45:22 GMT
On my Linux box, I get that same error whenever I start X, but I concluded
that it was due to the fact that the pc is a 486sx with 16 mb of ram. X is
still useable for me once I cancel out of the box, but I probably won't use
X on that pc for much anyway, so I have ignored it. Perhaps your issue is
also related to how slow the pc is?
Darcy Kahle
"Warren Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8k5ooj$pkf$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> When I start a Gnome session, I see these symptoms:
>
> 1. The file manager is hung, and doesn't repaint
> itself after being obscured and then uncovered.
>
> 2. Desktop icons appear as blank masks,
> and are not filled in.
>
> 3. Within about 60 seconds of logging in,
> a pop-up appears with this message:
>
> Warning: gmc
> No response to the Save Yourself command.
> The program may be slow, stopped or broken.
> You may wait for it to respond or remove it.
>
> 4. "top" shows that gmc is using about 66%
> of CPU cycles.
>
> To see if perhaps my Gnome start-up files were corrupted,
> I removed them from my home directory:
>
> rm -rf ~/.gnome* ~/.enlightenment ~/.mc
>
> These files were re-generated the next time I logged in,
> but symptoms persisted.
>
> I'm running Red Hat 6.2, and KDE works just fine, but I'd
> like to be able to use Gnome too. Searching deja.com and
> the bug database at www.gnome.org, I see that quite a few
> other people have had similar problems, but no one has
> posted a solution.
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> Warren Jones | To keep every cog and wheel is the first
> Fluke Corporation | precaution of intelligent tinkering.
> Everett, Washington, USA | -- Aldo Leopold
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Just a Few Kwestionz(get ready).........
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 00:33:53 +0100
N/A <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
> i have a few questions about Corel Linux Delux if you could answere them
> maybe:
> 1) how do i change that virtual desktop stuff so i can see my whole
> desktop display in one screen?
Edit /etc/XF86Config
Search for the lines that contains the word "Virtual"
Put a # before them all.
> 2) what does xvidtune do and how can i run it?
It allows you to fine tune the X server for your moniter by pressing buttons
that move the picture up/down/left/right and increase/decrease the size of
the picture horizontally/vertically.
Then the picture is centred and the right size, you hit another button, and
it outputs a modeline to standard out that you can cut and paste into the
/etc/XF86Config file in the correct place.
> 3) when running XF86Setup how do i apply the changes or does it do it
> automitically?
If you continually have trouble with XF86Setup, go primative.
Use xf86config. This is text only, asks a string of questions and is usually
MUCH more reliable than Setup. It's just underrated 'cos it's not pretty.
> 4) how can 'virtual' help me?
Virtual desktops are usefull because X has the ability to switch resolutions
on the fly. At the highest res, it might take up the full screen, but
hitting CTRL ALT +/- cycles through the resolutions and without a virtual
desktop scheme, most of the desktop would be inaccessable at lower
resolutions. (Usefull if you find a web page with VERRRRY small text for
example).
> 5) are there any linux commands that would be helpful?
yes.
xf86config.
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From: "Norman Black" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HELP: Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:06 (mandrake 7.1)
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 17:55:23 -0700
Reply-To: "Norman Black" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I have an old PPro 200 machine and I recently installed a 20Gb HD. The
motherboard controller is old and only supported 8Gb so I purchased an SIIG
ATA-100 controller and now I can access all 20Gb. All the store sold was
ATA-100 controllers. The machine dual boots with Win98 and Win98 has no
issues.
The distribution is Mandrake 7.1
The error message given during boot is.
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:06
At boot time if I press F1 during the controller bios boot-up the controller
apparently does something that enables Linux to boot but the HD is dragged
down to 1980's IDE speed, 1.9MB per second. This exact same IDE HD in
another machine with a motherboard UDMA 33 controller (Intel) gets 20MB per
second using the hdparm test (-t).
Any ideas.
--
Norman Black
Stony Brook Software
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From: Tom Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: PROBLEM: KERNEL 2.2.14
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 00:53:10 GMT
I want to thank you for your patience.
I went back and examined my kernel files.
My problem came from the way I copied
my unpacked files to linux-2.2.14.
Seems I copied each unpacked directory
except for 'net'. I had some good stuff in the
old 'net' directory, so I put off copying the rest
of the new 'net'. (Don't ask me why I did
something so dumb.) So naturally, xconfig
wasn't finding Config.in in the old 'net' directory.
It was still in the new but unmoved 'net' directroy.
Again thank you for your patience (/embarassed).
Tom Adams
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From: "Robert L. Klungle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: No Audio on SuperMicro DM3 Dual PP3 board
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 01:11:07 GMT
I have an SMP SuperMicro DM3 board with SlackWare 7.1 (Linux-2.2.16)
installed.
The documentation says there is an AC97 Codec installed and the BIOS
says it is enabled.
I can modprobe the AC97_codec.o module and it seems to install (no
responses). lsmod shows it installed but not used.
None of Gnome, KDE, or FVWM are able to make any sound come out of the
speakers.
The only time a sound comes out is when the power is turned on.
A continuing series of messages saying "/dev/dsp not found or you may
not have permission".
I am root so this should not be a problem (checked permissions and I
have crw_rw_rw_).
This is the only thing left for a completely running system (except
playing with the RW CD a little more).
Anyone think where I should look next:
bob@rat:/proc> cat modules
soundcore 2564 0 (autoclean) (unused)
ac97_codec 6948 0 (unused)
eepro100 15856 1
bsd_comp 3828 0 (unused)
ppp 20908 0 [bsd_comp]
slip 7516 0 (unused)
slhc 4472 0 [ppp slip]
lp 5412 0 (unused)
parport_pc 7492 1
parport 7468 1 [lp parport_pc]
bob@rat:/proc>
Nothing in HowTos says anything about AC97 (that I could find).
TKSIA......bob
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From: "Darcy Kahle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: confusing PAM_pwdb system log message
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 01:19:14 GMT
Could someone help me decode the following message from my syslog? As far
as I can determine, it has something to do with my adsl connection, since it
shows up when I am surfing from my win 98 box. I have RH 6.0 on 486 sx
acting as a firewall machine with samba setup for communication purposes.
Jul 9 12:22:08 Linux PAM_pwdb[1562]: get passwd; pwdb: structure is no
longer valid
Darcy Kahle
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom Hoffmann)
Subject: Re: Telnet and Backspace Problem
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 01:44:09 GMT
On 17 Jul 2000 09:22:55 GMT, Thomas Dickey wrote:
>David Efflandt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> BSDi seems to automatically use the right character regardless of what it
>> is (as do RH to Mandrake and Mandrake to RH). I wish I could figure out
>> how to do that on Solaris so both RH and Mandrake xterm would work
>> properly.
Thanks to all for the suggestions. As it turns out, my erase starts
out in bash as a ^H. When in telnet if I change it to ^? as was
suggested, the backspace and left arrow key give me what I want so it's
a lot better. I just need to remember to change it back after I
telnet. Wish it was easier, but ... I guess that's Linux. Thanks again.
than it was.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Brown)
Subject: Re: Which distro for newbie?
Date: 18 Jul 2000 01:51:48 GMT
http://www.linux.org/ has a section comparing distro's. See the link at
the upper left on the first page.
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