Linux-Misc Digest #246, Volume #25 Thu, 27 Jul 00 00:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: Flash Plugin for netscape+xmms = Netscape freezing? (Michel Catudal)
Re: complaints (Robert Jones)
Re: !! Gnome Questions and others !! (Steven Yap)
Re: X-Window must die! What's alternative? (Christopher Browne)
Re: prob with Part Magic for Omnibook, alternatives. (Dances With Crows)
Re: Data CDROM and 'gid=' mount option ("G. Frank Paynter")
Re: UID vs. EUID (Tim Hockin)
LinuxSecurity.com Quick Reference Card (Dave Wreski)
Re: Flash Plugin for netscape+xmms = Netscape freezing? (Fung Wai Keung)
Re: Using printcap fax with wordperfect and star office (E J)
Re: Best Linux distribution for newbie (Grant Edwards)
Re: complaints (Grant Edwards)
Solaris 1.x bar (Gordon Farquharson)
Re: MP3's skip : How I solved it (Gordon Gilbert)
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From: Michel Catudal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Flash Plugin for netscape+xmms = Netscape freezing?
Date: 26 Jul 2000 20:12:12 -0500
Fung Wai Keung a �crit :
>
> Hi,
>
> I encounter a strange experience. My linux box is Linux-MAndrake 7.1 with
> netscape-communicator-4.73-6mdk package installed. I downloaded flash plugins from
>Macromedia
> and installed it. The flash plugin works great only if I'm NOT playing mp3 file
>with xmms
> (xmms-1.2.2-1mdk package). When I'm playing mp3 with xmms, my netscape freezes
>while it is
> downloading a page with flash support. When I stop playing mp3, the flash supported
>page
> immediately comes out. The same happens no matter what output plugin (OSS Driver
>and ESound) I
> use in xmms. I wonder whether there is relationship between xmms and flash plugin.
> Does anyone has similar experience? Can you solve it?
>
I think this is because you can't share the sound card device.
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From: Robert Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: complaints
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 20:29:37 -0500
oneal nichols wrote:
> I was interested enough to install redhat 6.0 on my computer. I had
> difficulty, but it's now in there along with Win 98. I had trouble with
> setting up resolution, now after long time, got it working. Now I find
> that modem won't work if it's PCI or winmodem (according to
> documentation). My printer won't work either.
> I installed linux to learn the system but have spent all my time just
> trying to get all components to work (which don't). Even if Win 98 is
> unfair monopoly, it works with comparatively little fuss.
> I'm disillusioned with Linux. I'll leave it on my system (probably
> difficult to even uninstall it) and tinker with it in spare time but it
> just ain't what it's cracked up to be!
> Oneal
To each his own. I run a file from autoexec.bat that backs up my Windows
registry and some data files each time I boot Windows. As you can see, I
don't boot Windows very often any longer.
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1075632 Jan 20 2000 01-20-00.zip
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1076110 Jan 25 2000 01-25-00.zip
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1076086 Feb 8 05:32 02-08-00.zip
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1076090 Mar 4 04:41 03-04-00.zip
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1076085 Mar 9 05:15 03-09-00.zip
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1076085 Mar 18 09:14 03-18-00.zip
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1076054 Mar 21 04:07 03-21-00.zip
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1076027 Mar 22 19:54 03-22-00.zip
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1076124 Mar 26 05:39 03-26-00.zip
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1075716 Apr 1 13:52 04-01-00.zip
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1076637 Apr 2 08:54 04-02-00.zip
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1076675 Apr 3 06:33 04-03-00.zip
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1076637 Apr 15 08:13 04-15-00.zip
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1077015 Apr 23 15:39 04-23-00.zip
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1077032 May 25 04:35 05-25-00.zip
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1077005 May 30 07:02 05-30-00.zip
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1077067 Jun 11 17:35 06-11-00.zip
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1077053 Jun 17 13:23 06-17-00.zip
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1079232 Jun 18 18:47 06-18-00.zip
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1079403 Jun 29 20:27 06-29-00.zip
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1079443 Jun 30 07:22 06-30-00.zip
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1079452 Jul 12 06:18 07-12-00.zip
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1079439 Jul 22 15:50 07-22-00.zip
Now, if I had a store-bought system, as you likely do, that incorporated
the latest & greatest^H^H^H^H^H^H^H cheapest built-in peripherals, I would
very likely be just as disgruntled as you are. (And quite likely a lot
more vocal about it!) As it is, though, it feels pretty good to me to be
relieved of the obligation to kneel facing Redmond when I fall outta bed
each morning.
Good luck, whichever way you turn!
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Subject: Re: !! Gnome Questions and others !!
From: Steven Yap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 01:47:10 GMT
"Steve Buxton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Steve Rasputin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <Steve Buxton> wrote:
> >
> > >I have four questions:
> > > 1. How can I get rid of the Gnome Help Browser that starts when
> > > I login?
> >
> > Close it and save the session.
> >
> How do I save the session?
>
When you logout using the Gnome "foot" menu, remember to check "Save
current setup" before clicking on OK. You can also do
"foot"|Settings|Save current session.
> > > 2. How can I get rid of the File Manager program that starts
> > > when I login?
> >
> > See 1. above; but you'll still get those icons, unless you run
> >
> > panel& exec windowmanager
> >
> > instead of :
> >
> > exec gnome-session
> >
> > in your .xinitrc.
> >
The other way to make sure gmc is "dead" is to select Command|Exit
from its menu. Of course, this makes the desktop icons go away as
well. Remember to save your session to make it stick.
--
Steven
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Browne)
Subject: Re: X-Window must die! What's alternative?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 01:47:23 GMT
Centuries ago, Nostradamus foresaw a time when Hans would say:
>Is there X-Window alternative?
No.
While there are projects that like to _claim_ that they represent
alternatives to X, none provide an equivalent set of functionality,
and thus there is no realistic replacement to be expected.
--
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - <http://www.hex.net/~cbbrowne/xbloat.html>
Long computations which yield zero are probably all for naught.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: prob with Part Magic for Omnibook, alternatives.
Date: 27 Jul 2000 01:51:24 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 26 Jul 2000 18:58:14 +0000, Uwe Brauer wrote:
>So far I have installed Linux on various PC clones and a Dell
>Notebook. When trying a HP Omnibook I was faced with the following
>problem. When executing partition Magic in order to part the hard
>disk I got an error Message: error 255 in Partition table.
>
>Indeed MS fdisk showed me 2 partitions. The first small one without a
>format and the second one with FAT32.
>Now I now that for example Compaq Notebook have a special partition for
>their configuration files and it seems that this Omnibook has the same
>features. However I am surprised that this partition has no format.
>
>Now does anybody know what to do with this particular problem: are
>there other partitions programs around which can deal with such a situation?
Partition Magic is usually not necessary; there's something called
FIPS.EXE that can shrink a FAT32 partition, and it won't care about the
little weird partition the Omnibook has. Defrag the Windoze partition,
boot from a bootable DOS disk that has FIPS on it, run FIPS. Then boot
from the Linux install CD, delete the partition FIPS created, and
partition the resulting free space with Linux fdisk or the distro's
partition tool.
FIPS is on every Linux distro CD in the dosutils directory. Read its
documentation before beginning. Also check out
http://www.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/
and see if you can find info on your particular make/model as that might
help you in your future endeavors....
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Tyranny is always better organized
http://www.brainbench.com / than freedom.
=============================/ ==Charles Peguy
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From: "G. Frank Paynter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Data CDROM and 'gid=' mount option
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 02:02:00 GMT
Matt,
Thanks for the quick and informative reply! I'll go see if I can round up a
Clue Stick, but it will have to be a loooonnnng one. I'm in Ohio, and the
CD-Burner is now in Korea ;-)
Frank
"Dances With Crows" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Mon, 24 Jul 2000 17:08:13 -0400, G. Frank Paynter wrote:
> >We have a data CD with a bunch of files, all with uid=502, gid=502. When
> >can mount the cdrom successfully as a user, but can't access the files.
> >When we (as root) look at the file ownership, we see that the files are
> >'owned' by whoever is uid 502 on the system on which the cdrom is
mounted.
> >If (as is usually the case) the user who mounted the cdrom *isn't* uid
502,
> >then that user can't access the files.
> [snip]
> >And the line that worked (sort of) was: (where 501 was the test user's
uid)
> >
> >/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660
> >owner,uid=501,noauto,ro 0 0
> >
> >We would much prefer not to have to have a separate fstab line for each
user
> >that wants to mount this particular cdrom and access the files. Anyone
have
> >a clue what we are doing wrong here?
>
> Well, whoever made that CD should be hit with a Clue Stick... the
> Rock Ridge permission bits should be set to 555 for every file, and
> every file should be owned by UID 0, GID 0 since the UIDs don't
> translate from machine to machine.
>
> If nothing else, you can disable all the UID/GID stuff by putting
> "norock" in the options field of the fstab line. That will disable the
> Rock Ridge extensions and allow everyone to read all the files, though
> the filenames *may* revert to 8+3 MS-DOS land. If the burners of that
> CD were smart (doubtful!) and included the TRANS.TBL, then you'll get
> long filenames as well. Good luck, HTH.
>
> --
> Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to
see
> Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin/ That which does not kill us
> http://www.brainbench.com / makes us stranger.
> ----------------------------/ --Trevor Goodchild
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From: Tim Hockin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: UID vs. EUID
Date: 27 Jul 2000 01:55:54 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: Can anybody tell me what is the differences between user ID and
: effective user ID? Under what situation are these two values different?
Start a task as root
have that program call setuid() to a plain user
uid = 0, euid = user uid
Start a setuid program
uid = yours, euid = 0
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Tim Hockin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Wreski)
Subject: LinuxSecurity.com Quick Reference Card
Date: 26 Jul 2000 22:42:35 -0500
Hi all,
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improving the security of your system. Contained within include references
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From: Fung Wai Keung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Flash Plugin for netscape+xmms = Netscape freezing?
Date: 27 Jul 2000 02:42:07 GMT
Michel Catudal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:>
:> Hi,
:>
:> I encounter a strange experience. My linux box is Linux-MAndrake 7.1 with
:> netscape-communicator-4.73-6mdk package installed. I downloaded flash plugins from
:Macromedia
:> and installed it. The flash plugin works great only if I'm NOT playing mp3 file
:with xmms
:> (xmms-1.2.2-1mdk package). When I'm playing mp3 with xmms, my netscape freezes
:while it is
:> downloading a page with flash support. When I stop playing mp3, the flash
:supported page
:> immediately comes out. The same happens no matter what output plugin (OSS Driver
:and ESound) I
:> use in xmms. I wonder whether there is relationship between xmms and flash plugin.
:> Does anyone has similar experience? Can you solve it?
:>
: I think this is because you can't share the sound card device.
How do I share the sound card device?
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Wai Keung, Fung
Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
Shatin, N.T.,
Hong Kong.
Tel: (852)26098056 Fax: (852)26036002
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,alt.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Using printcap fax with wordperfect and star office
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 19:59:24 -0700
Thanks I got Star Office 5.2 to fax out using efax and printcap fax.
Now I have to get Word Perfect to fax out.
Here is what I did on Star Office 5.2
Using SPAdmin, I added the <Generic Printer> and using the "Rename" button I
renamed it <Fax Printer>
I used the "Connect" button
I had a selection of "default_queue=lpr, fax_queue=(FAX), fax=lpr -P fax,
lp=lpr -P lp"
I picked "fax=lpr-P fax" and edit the "lpr -P fax -J (Phone) (Tmp)" to "lpr-P
fax -J" and clicked on "Configure Fax Output" and select "Pipe" instead of
"File" but it did not work, when I tried printing a fax.
I picked "fax_queue=(FAX) and edit the "lpr -P fax -J (Phone) (Tmp)" to "lpr
-P fax -J (Phone)" and clicked on "Configure Fax Output" and select "Pipe"
instead of "File" and it worked., when I tried printing a fax.
Wolfgang Fritz wrote:
> E J wrote:
> >
> > I can use many linux application that prints such as abiword to generate
> > fax using the command lpr -P fax -J "555-1212".
> > I installed efax and created a fax entry for printcap.
> > I cannot seem to find a place to send a fax in word perfect or star
> > office to put lpr -P fax -J "555-1212"
>
> Hi,
>
> I don't know word perfect, but for Star Office (I'm using 5.1a) it's not
> possible to change the lpr command from inside SO, so you can't enter
> the fax number this way. I use the builtin fax printer of SO. You can
> install it via the spadmin command (you have to be root for this).
> spadmin is located in the SO bin directory, so it may not be in your
> $PATH.
>
> In spadmin create a new printer "Generic printer", rename it to "Fax
> printer" and connect it to the fax_queue. Then configure the fax command
> string. You can use the efax send command here, but it should be
> possible to use your lpr command like "lpr -P fax -J (PHONE) (TMP)".
> (PHONE) is the placeholder for the fax number, (TMP) for the fax file.
> You may try the pipe option; remove the "(TMP)" in this case.
>
> To send a fax from SO, choose "Fax printer" and start printing. A small
> window pops up and asks for the fax number. Works nice for me (I'm
> running HylaFAX BTW).
>
> Wolfgang
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant Edwards)
Subject: Re: Best Linux distribution for newbie
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 03:23:28 GMT
On Sat, 22 Jul 2000 13:30:19 GMT, Edward R Hartung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello to all!!! I'm looking to make a career change into computers (I
>hope!!) and in addition trying to teach myself HTML and Visual Basic 6,
>I've been looking into Linux so I can really learn about what an operating
>system is all about and take a break from Windows. I was wondering which
>would be the best Linux distribution for someone like myself who is
>looking to use it both as a WIN98 replacement for my desktop needs and as
>a way to really learn about an operating system?
Any of the big name distros will be fine: RedHat, Suse,
Caldera, Debian, Mandrake. Pick one that you can find help on.
If you've got any friends or coworkers running Linux, start
with whatever they run -- that way they can answer questions.
If you have problems you've got another system with which to
compare.
--
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at GAME I want to know your
visi.com FAVORITE PLANET! Do I get
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant Edwards)
Subject: Re: complaints
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 03:28:33 GMT
On Wed, 26 Jul 2000 20:29:37 -0500, Robert Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>To each his own. I run a file from autoexec.bat that backs up my Windows
>registry and some data files each time I boot Windows. As you can see, I
>don't boot Windows very often any longer.
Depends on your definition of "often", I guess. To a lot of us
old-time Unix geeks, more than a few times a year is considered
often. ;)
I've got to admit you're doing a lot better than most of the
Windows users I know. One company where I interviewed about a
year ago rebooted all their NT fileservers every night because
that's the only way the could keep them running.
--
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at of the GENETIC POOL!
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From: Gordon Farquharson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Solaris 1.x bar
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 23:26:20 -0400
Hi
How do I unarchive an archive created with the Solaris 1.x bar utility ?
I have tried Linux's cpio, but it doesn't do bar.
Thanks in advance.
Gordon
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University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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From: Gordon Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: MP3's skip : How I solved it
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 00:09:39 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I've been using X11Amp most of the time., and noticed the skips when the hdd
> was being accessed . it was more like a stuttering.
> I used hdparm to activate dma transfers, and the problems went away.
> Once I got the settings to work, I put them into one of the rc.* files .
>
> Hope this helps.
Actually, it screwed up my filesystem! (hdparm -d 1) Now, I can't
boot properly. I changed it back, but now something is still messed
up. Things stop when it gets to the part where it's supposed to got
to the graphical login. Or if I use runlevel 3, it simply stops
after I enter my password and sits there. I can only get in if I do
a alt-sysrq-E to kill and reload various processes, but even then a
few things don't work right. I have no idea how to fix this at this
point short of reinstalling. And that's almost unthinkable since I
have put so much work into getting everything running right and what
not. This just plain sucks. :(
I *highly* recommend that people don't mess with the dma flag.
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