Linux-Misc Digest #231, Volume #25 Mon, 24 Jul 00 21:13:04 EDT
Contents:
Re: C compiler cant create executables (Andrew Purugganan)
Re: Please sign the "Grand Prix Legends" petition! ("Andrew N. McGuire ")
Re: porn filter for linux ("Andrew N. McGuire ")
porting from libc5 & ncurses (Kevin E Cosgrove)
Re: Dumb tar question (John McKown)
Re: USB Support - Does Linux provide it yet (Gordon Gilbert)
hdparm help please - Invalid argument?? (Glenn)
Anyone have Intermute for Linux? (Gordon Gilbert)
Re: porting from libc5 & ncurses (ljb)
Re: UPS with serial port (David C.)
Re: C compiler cant create executables (Michel Catudal)
ps2 mouse problem with portege 7020 running win98 ("U. Moon")
Re: Dumb tar question (Robert Jones)
Re: Configure error x... (Daniel)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Purugganan)
Subject: Re: C compiler cant create executables
Date: 24 Jul 2000 23:59:19 GMT
Michel Catudal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
[ Andrew Purugganan a �crit :
[ >
[ > WHat can I (re)install so that this error won't appear again? RIght now
[ > I'm forced to use binary installs all the time.
[ >
[ > If I do reinstall, will I break something in the process, is there
[ > something I have to watch out for?
[ > --
[ If you got errors during compile that is another issue. It is very important
to specify exactly
[ what the problem is in order to get a valid response to your problem.
The subject line says it all, that's exactly what appears during ./configure
BTW, my PC did not issue any error messages when I did "Hello world", in
fact it created a.out. a.out runs fine
DId I have to run ./configure ;-) for the Hello world, am only a script
kiddie, not a C++ programmer heh
--
jazz
Registered linux user no. 164098 +--+--+--+ Litestep user no. 386
Doesn't it bother you, that we have to search for intelligent life
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Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,rec.autos.simulators
From: "Andrew N. McGuire " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Please sign the "Grand Prix Legends" petition!
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 19:17:05 -0500
On 24 Jul 2000, Andy Shearman quoth:
][ I'd be a bit careful with the car analogy - what is said about windows is true but
]with a linux powered car?
Not necessarily?
][ Where do you put the petrol - /usr/petrol or /usr/local/petrol?
There would be a Fluid Hierarchy Standard (FHS) to decide where the
petrol would go. You would not have to worry about petrol maker
extensions.
][ Not withstanding that alot of stuff you get as a "kit" and have to compile it into
]a car..
Or you could get the precompiled parts in RPM (Revolutions Per
Minute) format. With the Linux car you have the choice, which makes
buying a new^H^H^HGNU car alot easier, and cheaper.
][ Also, until recently your car couldn't have more than 1024 cylinders..
Yes, but the car community and car makers fixed that. We would have
had to wait much longer for Microsoft to upgrade its engine.
][ The list goes on - I think discussions between Windows vs Linux are fruitless and
]often border on religeous fanatiscism (sp?)...
Quite true. But we are talking about cars here, get with it!! Have
you ever heard anyone argue over which car is better, sheesh. ;^)
anm
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From: "Andrew N. McGuire " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: porn filter for linux
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 19:17:44 -0500
On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Mike Murphy quoth:
][ Is anybody awhere of any porn filter solution available for Linux ? (Man
][ 7.1)
To block it or find it? ;^)
anm
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin E Cosgrove)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: porting from libc5 & ncurses
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 00:23:24 GMT
Has anyone ported the curses based spreadsheet "sc" to glibc-2.x
and a modern version of ncurses? Same question for the curses
based mini-database "index"?
Assuming that no-one has, could anyone point me to resources that
might help me to port these two programs? That would include
letting me know of a better newsgroup on which to post this
question.
Many thanks....
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John McKown)
Subject: Re: Dumb tar question
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 19:29:37 -0500
On Mon, 24 Jul 2000 18:39:38 -0500, Robert Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
]>Yesterday I made a full backup of my system using an HP35480A DAT drive
]>connected to an Adaptec 2940 SCSI card with the command:
]>$ tar -cvvf /dev/nst0 -M / -V 'Full Backup including DOS 7-23-00'
]>Works fine; lasts a long time. My question is this: How does one read
]>the volume label written on the tape? The only thing I've come up with
]>so far is to do a
]>$ tar -tvvf /dev/nst0
]>and stop that sucker with a cntrl-c before the label has scrolled out of
]>the buffer. That seems terribly crude. Surely, there must be another
]>way of doing it!
Well, as a quick test, the following seemed to work:
tar -tvvf /dev/nst0 | head -1
You get a "broken pipe", but so what?
John
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From: Gordon Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: USB Support - Does Linux provide it yet
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 20:31:33 -0400
Dances With Crows wrote:
>
> On Sat, 22 Jul 2000 11:37:59 GMT, Jon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Does Linux support USB yet or is that still coming in Linux 2.4?
>
> http://linux-usb.org/
>
> USB support for a lot of devices has been integrated into the
> development kernel (2.4.0-test4 as of a few days ago.) The above URL
> has information on backports for the stable kernel series. Also,
> Mandrake's latest distro shipped with a patched 2.2 kernel that could
> handle at least USB keyboards and mice.
Mandrake 7.1 also handles USB Printers (I've heard it works with a
few other devices too, like modems supposedly). I got my HP 812C
Deskjet printer working with it. Unfortunately it does not get
along with my ARK 7-port USB Hub.
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From: Glenn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: hdparm help please - Invalid argument??
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 00:34:37 GMT
Hi,
I'm having trouble getting hdparm (3.6-4) to work on RedHat 6.2 with a
home built 2.2.15 kernel. I have two IDE hard drives the smaller a
Maxtor 4.3, with linux hdb9, etc.; and the larger a Western Digital
WD68AA- with Windows, hda1, etc.
Starting with the -i option:
# hdparm -i /dev/hda1
/dev/hda1:
HDIO_GET_IDENTITY failed: Invalid argument
# hdparm -i /dev/hdb9
/dev/hdb9:
HDIO_GET_IDENTITY failed: Invalid argument
If I access the drives directly using the -I option I get this:
# hdparm -I /dev/hda1
/dev/hda1:
Model=DW CDW86AA , FwRev=281.A028,
SerialNo=DWW-6M18004106 6
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec SpinMotCtl Fixed DTR>5Mbs
FmtGapReq }
RawCHS=13176/16/63, TrkSize=57600, SectSize=600, ECCbytes=40
BuffType=3(DualPortCache), BuffSize=2048kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
DblWordIO=no, OldPIO=2, DMA=yes, OldDMA=0
CurCHS=13176/16/63, CurSects=-1468006198, LBA=yes, LBAsects=13281408
tDMA={min:120,rec:120}, DMA modes: mword0 mword1 mword2
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, PIO modes: mode3 mode4
UDMA modes: mode0 mode1 *mode2 mode3 mode4
and for the linux drive with the Maxtor ----
# hdparm -I /dev/hdb9
/dev/hdb9:
Model=aMtxro9 40233D , FwRev=AW8S5283,
SerialNo=3K30P1AL
Config={ Fixed }
RawCHS=8374/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=29
BuffType=3(DualPortCache), BuffSize=256kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=off
DblWordIO=no, OldPIO=2, DMA=yes, OldDMA=2
CurCHS=8374/16/63, CurSects=-861929344, LBA=yes, LBAsects=8440992
tDMA={min:120,rec:120}, DMA modes: mword0 mword1 mword2
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, PIO modes: mode3 mode4
UDMA modes: mode0 mode1 *mode2
I'm trying to run these options and have tried many variations but I
keep geeting "Invalid argument" as shown:
# hdparm -c1 -d1 -k1 -m16 -u1 -X66 /dev/hdb9
/dev/hdb9:
setting 32-bit I/O support flag to 1
HDIO_SET_32BIT failed: Invalid argument
setting multcount to 16
HDIO_SET_MULTCOUNT failed: Invalid argument
setting unmaskirq to 1 (on)
HDIO_SET_UNMASKINTR failed: Invalid argument
setting using_dma to 1 (on)
HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Invalid argument
setting keep_settings to 1 (on)
HDIO_SET_KEEPSETTINGS failed: Invalid argument
setting xfermode to 66 (UltraDMA mode2)
multcount = 0 (off)
I/O support = 0 (default 16-bit)
unmaskirq = 0 (off)
using_dma = 1 (on)
keepsettings = 0 (off)
Here is my kernel config for IDE block devices:
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=m
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640_ENHANCED is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000 is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y <-------
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OFFBOARD is not set
CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y <-------
# CONFIG_IDE_CHIPSETS is not set
Thanks for any help,
Glenn
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From: Gordon Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Anyone have Intermute for Linux?
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 20:38:10 -0400
I bought a license for Intermute last year before I had Linux and at
the time they had a Linux version and the author told me if I
installed Linux that the Linux version would also work with my same
license code. Since then, some company bought the program out and
changed the name to Add-Subtract. Well, they also decided to screw
all the old Intermute users by charging them to upgrade (even though
all Intermute upgrades were supposed to be free for life). They
also nixed the Linux version completely and removed it from their
site. Well, I now have Linux and I despise ads in Netscape with
Linux as much as in Win98 and I have the license to use Intermute,
but I can't get it at this point since they removed it.
Does anyone happen to have the Linux Intermute package that could
send it to me? I'd really appreciate it. Alternatively, are there
any other ad blockers for Linux I could try?
Thanks,
Gordon
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ljb)
Subject: Re: porting from libc5 & ncurses
Date: 25 Jul 2000 00:39:46 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Has anyone ported the curses based spreadsheet "sc" to glibc-2.x
>and a modern version of ncurses? Same question for the curses
>based mini-database "index"?
>
>Assuming that no-one has, could anyone point me to resources that
>might help me to port these two programs? That would include
>letting me know of a better newsgroup on which to post this
>question.
The version of sc included in Slackware, sc-7.2, is built with
glibc-2.1.3 and libncurses-5.0, which I think is what you are
looking for.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: UPS with serial port
Date: 24 Jul 2000 20:43:01 -0400
David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.) writes:
>> David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>>
>>> I'm looking for recomendations for UPSs that Linux can work with to
>>> do a proper shutdown. Does Tripplite support Linux? I've been told
>>> to avoid APC because it only puts out 90v on battery. I don't want
>>> to waste my power supply.
>>
>> Please post a source for this crazy notion that APC's UPSs cut your
>> voltage by 25% when on battery.
>
> A friend of mine used APCs and noticed problems when they switched
> over. He measured the voltage output at only 90v.
Then he's got a broken UPS. Or his batteries need replacing. I can
assure you that mine (a BackUPS Pro 1400 and a cheap BackUPS 300) don't
do this.
>> I use APC UPSs at home. During full power outages, I can assure you
>> that I'm not getting reduced voltages when on battery. If I was, the
>> monitor's picture would get smaller and go out of focus.
>
> That was the problem he experienced. Perhaps you have a better line
> of APCs than my friend had. It could very easily be that he had the
> bottem end models or something.
I think I can be reasonable certain of being correct when I say that no
brand or model of UPS (designed for the US, that is) is designed to only
provide 90v while on batteries!
What does it report when you do a self test?
I can think of three possibilities for the problem you've observed.
1: The unit may be defective. If it's new, perhaps you can get a
warrantee replacement.
2: The unit may have bad batteries. Try replacing them.
3: He may have accidentally purchased a Japanese UPS. Japan's
electricity runs at 100v. No reputable dealer should have sold him a
Japanese UPS, but there are plenty of disreputable dealers out there.
-- David
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From: Michel Catudal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: C compiler cant create executables
Date: 24 Jul 2000 19:43:47 -0500
Andrew Purugganan a �crit :
>
>
> DId I have to run ./configure ;-) for the Hello world, am only a script
> kiddie, not a C++ programmer heh
Whenever you have some source code from someone
Check for a readme file
If there is a configure file, usually you will have to run it
If there isn't a configure but a Makefile, usually "make" will compile everything
and "make install" will install the binary on /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin
If there isn't any Makefile on configure you are on your own and must either write a
makefile
or invoke the compiler and linker directly.
I you didn't install the proper libraries, makefile and compilers you will have
problems compiling
as well.
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From: "U. Moon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.sys.laptops,japan.comp.toshiba,comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: ps2 mouse problem with portege 7020 running win98
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 01:00:49 +0000
I have a Toshiba laptop Portege 7020 that initially came with Windows NT
operating system. Since then I have installed commercial version of
Windows 98 SE in order to get USB and IR ports working. But through
this process, PS2 mouse stopped working. This is when the BIOS is set
to "simultaneous" which is suppose to allow both PS2 and "accu-point" on
my laptop to work at the same time. Setting the BIOS to "auto detect"
will make PS2 mouse work, but of course the "accu-point mouse" on my laptop
is disabled in that mode.
I have downloaded all that is available on Toshiba website (to my best
knowledge), and Toshiba tech support was not able to help me.
PS2 and accu-point mouse worked together just fine in NT. And in my
dual boot setup, Linux mode also works fine.
Q1: Anyone have any idea how I can fix this problem?
Q2: Anyone know if the commercial version of Windows 2000 would fix this?
I would appreciate anyone's help/pointers regarding this.
Regards,
Un-Ku Moon
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From: Robert Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dumb tar question
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 20:04:45 -0500
John McKown wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Jul 2000 18:39:38 -0500, Robert Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ]>Yesterday I made a full backup of my system using an HP35480A DAT drive
> ]>connected to an Adaptec 2940 SCSI card with the command:
> ]>$ tar -cvvf /dev/nst0 -M / -V 'Full Backup including DOS 7-23-00'
> ]>Works fine; lasts a long time. My question is this: How does one read
> ]>the volume label written on the tape? The only thing I've come up with
> ]>so far is to do a
> ]>$ tar -tvvf /dev/nst0
> ]>and stop that sucker with a cntrl-c before the label has scrolled out of
> ]>the buffer. That seems terribly crude. Surely, there must be another
> ]>way of doing it!
>
> Well, as a quick test, the following seemed to work:
>
> tar -tvvf /dev/nst0 | head -1
>
> You get a "broken pipe", but so what?
>
> John
I'll buy that "so what"! I wasn't looking for anything elegant, just something
that would eliminate my having to stay poised with fingers on the cntrl and c
keys and this does the trick.
Interestingly,
tar -tvvf /dev/nst0 | head -1
and
tar -tvf /dev/nst0 | head -1
produce identical results.
Thanks for the quick reply.
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From: Daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
linux.misc,linux.help,alt.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,alt.binaries.warez.linux,alt.comp.linux
Subject: Re: Configure error x...
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 21:05:42 -0400
I download the Xprod.tgz and unpack in my usr/local
I tried to install a programm again, this I got a different error message:
checking for X... configure: error: QT >=1.42 (headers and librairies) not found.
Please
check your installation
> Huh!?
>
> ./configure can be run on any user (if you have write permission in your
> current directory). Since configure is generating error messages, it is
> being found in the path. Generally you unpack your sources in a directory
> that is not in your path (because it will never contain any executable you
> will want to run) and type "./configure" to set it up for your system's
> specifics. It looks to me like Daniel got this far.
>
> The problem is what it is saying: you are probably missing your "X
> includes". These are a bunch of declarations of X routines and need to be on
> your system if you plan on building anything that will run with X windows.
> They are usually installed separately so that only people who need them
> have to install them.
>
> You should be able to get them from wherever you got your linux from, or
> here (an XFree86 mirror):
>
>
>ftp://ftp.freesoftware.com/pub/XFree86/3.3.6/binaries/Linux-ix86-glibc21/Xprog.tgz
>
> Since your version of X on your linux distribution may differ, you should try
> to find the X headers where you got linux.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Chris
>
> In alt.linux Ted Kegebein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> : Daniel wrote:
>
> :> I'm a new user of Linux (Open Linux 2.4)
> :>
> :> I tried to install a files and when I make the ./configure I get this
> :> error message:
> :>
> :> checking for X... configure: error: Can't fing X includes. Please check
> :> your installation and add the correct path.
> :>
> :> Thank you in advance
>
> : Make sure that you are logged in as "root".
> : Also, the directory you are trying to configure a program has
> : to be in a "path" recognized by your compiling files. If it is not under
> : the "/" partition, your compiling files may not be available.
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