Linux-Misc Digest #253, Volume #25 Thu, 27 Jul 00 17:13:04 EDT
Contents:
Re: is oracle free on linux(once for all or for a limited time) (Somsak
Limavongphanee)
Re: Please sign the "Grand Prix Legends" petition! (alex)
kernel upgrade won't allow non-root process. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: SuSe kernel [was Re: Use "force" with rpm?] (John Hasler)
running linux in GUI
Re: problems running Linux Mandrake in GUI
fixing MBR to see linux again (post Win2K install...) ("colinr")
Re: ftp automated batch copy (-ljl-)
printing rtf documents ("clear")
2.2.16 / kernel-message: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for klogd... ("Christian
Kuehn (Hostmaster)")
Re: 'Possible to remotely run root through telnet? (David Steuber)
Re: running linux in GUI
Re: Operating systems for personal-computers? (Kelly and Sandy)
Re: ftp automated batch copy ("clear")
Setting defaults for emacs font/geometry (Andrew J. Perrin)
FWD: FreeBSD 4.1 RELEASE is out.IPSEC,IPv6 etc. included. (blowfish)
Lilo error? (nick)
W2K NTFS resized to install Linux (Sandhitsu R Das)
Does VB and SQL work under linux? (YAWN)
user group in N Calif? (Potter Wickware)
Re: Redhat 6.2 and fork problem. Urgent Help needed!!!!!!!!!!!! ("Mohammad Khan")
Re: Debian system swapping since glibc update (John Hasler)
Re: ftp automated batch copy (John Hasler)
gcc compiling error (BJW7TOAEM)
Re: Which IDE linux C programers use? (Chris J/#6)
Re: Building a Linux Server from scratch: Experiences? (David Steuber)
Re: Building a Linux Server from scratch: Experiences? (David Steuber)
Re: MP3's skip : How I solved it (Gordon Gilbert)
Re: Lilo error? (John in SD)
e2fsck problem (Marco Baiocco)
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From: Somsak Limavongphanee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: is oracle free on linux(once for all or for a limited time)
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 18:36:26 +0700
E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: For Oracle8, it is a beta copy for linux.
: I have not tried Oracle8i. You need lots of memory and plenty of
: horsepower.
: Oracle will not time out, but don't use it for any commercial purposes.
: I use my Oracle8 for personal educational purposes.
Free for evaluation and delveloping, not for deployment.
I have it on my 486DX2-66 with 40M of RAM, It is working fine.
The speed is very impressive.
Somsak
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (alex)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,rec.autos.simulators
Subject: Re: Please sign the "Grand Prix Legends" petition!
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 19:16:26 GMT
On 24 Jul 2000 08:03:01 GMT, Andy Shearman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
>I'd be a bit careful with the car analogy - what is said about windows is true but
>with a linux powered car?
>
>Where do you put the petrol - /usr/petrol or /usr/local/petrol?
Neither. It's definitely /dev/petrol :-)
>Not withstanding that alot of stuff you get as a "kit" and have to compile it into a
>car..
>
>Also, until recently your car couldn't have more than 1024 cylinders..
That was a lilo problem due to a bios problem ( And an approporiate
analogy would be that you could only use 1024 cylinders to start the
car; once it is running, you could use more . . . but would you want
to :-)
>The list goes on - I think discussions between Windows vs Linux are fruitless and
>often border on religeous fanatiscism (sp?)...
True, it is pretty hard to have an intelligent discussion about the
topic. The problem is that for the most part, windows users do not
know much about linux and linux users use it because they hate
windows. I have to admit that for the general public, windows is
probably the better OS. True, it is about as stable as a whale on a
tightrope but its point and click basics are important for some
people. There are people who used Microsoft Word for the last five
years and are still unaware of the presense of the "options" dialogs.
Can you really expect them to use linux?
Some people have no interest in hacking an OS and are more willing to
put up with windows than try to understand the 500 modules of the
kernel.
I use both(but hope to use linux exclusively in a few months due to a
change of circumstances.) I like linux better but I have no
difficulty understanding why to some, the concept of using the command
line seems ancient, complex and useless.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: kernel upgrade won't allow non-root process.
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 19:05:25 GMT
On a 6.1 machine, upgraded from 2.2.12-20 to the recommended
( RHSA-2000:037-05 ) 2.2.16-3, using the binary rpms.
Upon reboot, comes up fine but ordinary users cannot login
getting permission denied on /bin/bash. A logging program
that does a setgid to an ordinary user, can't, getting permission
denied.
Perms unchanged from orginal 2.2.12-20, going back to old
kernal all is fine.
Looks like whatever that setuid problem that it fixed has
disabled any setuid or setgid capability...GRRRRRRR.
There must be something simple to do to allow non-root
processes????
Thanks in advance,
Bill
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SuSe kernel [was Re: Use "force" with rpm?]
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 17:09:08 GMT
Jan writes:
> Your system will run faster if you take out all the crap you don't need
> and just compile stuff you do need into the kernel.
That won't make the kernel faster: just smaller.
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, Wisconsin
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: running linux in GUI
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 19:30:04 GMT
Hello again!
I tried the "Xconfigurator" and made changes for the monitor,
graphics card and resolution but every time I did a test, it would
give me an error like this " Could not open default front 'fixed'
I tried typing "linux 5" at the "LILO boot: prompt" and didnt
work.
When i typed "startx" or "xinit" in the console, I get this error:
Error loading keymap /var/tmp/server-0.XKM Could not load XKB keymap,
falling back to keymap, pre-XKB Keymap-FontTransSocket UNIXConnet: Can't
connect: errno = 111 failed to set default font path 'unix/:-1'
Fatal server error:
could not open default font 'fixed'
I would appreciate your help!
--
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: problems running Linux Mandrake in GUI
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 19:30:04 GMT
Hello again!
I tried the "Xconfigurator" and made changes for the monitor,
graphics card and resolution but every time I did a test, it would
give me an error like this " Could not open default front 'fixed'
I tried typing "linux 5" at the "LILO boot: prompt" and didnt
work.
When i typed "startx" or "xinit" in the console, I get this error:
Error loading keymap /var/tmp/server-0.XKM Could not load XKB keymap,
falling back to keymap, pre-XKB Keymap-FontTransSocket UNIXConnet: Can't
connect: errno = 111 failed to set default font path 'unix/:-1'
Fatal server error:
could not open default font 'fixed'
I would appreciate your help!
--
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http://www.help.com/
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From: "colinr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: fixing MBR to see linux again (post Win2K install...)
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 12:33:29 -0700
I had RedHat up and running real nice---dual booting between Linux and Win2K
using LILO as boot manager.
Then I reinstalled Win2K. Now it boots directly into Win2K without the
slightest regard for Linux.
I assume M$ was nice enough to overwrite my MBR info.
How can I restore this? My kernel vmlinuz is on the third partition (I
believe /dev/hda2)
I have access to rawrite, fips, restorrb, etc... I don't have an existing
LILO bootdisk.
What do I need to do to make things happy again?
thanks,
Colin
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From: -ljl- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ftp automated batch copy
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 19:30:12 GMT
In article <gyYf5.3061$63.63583@zonnet-reader-1>,
"m.hoes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Currently, I am trying to do a automated/batched/scripted copy of a
> directory tree and all files in it from one system to another. I do
not know
> in advance what the files are called, so i will have to be using
wildcards
> like *.
A long time ago, some ftp-sites support tar. You could tar a whole
directory and download it, anonymously. That was how I grabbed
Linux distributions from the Inet.
--
Louis-ljl-{ Louis J. LaBash, Jr. }
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Before you buy.
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From: "clear" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: printing rtf documents
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 20:56:36 +0100
Can anyone tell me how to print rtf documents from Linux
Thanks in advance,
steve.
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Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 21:58:10 +0200
From: "Christian Kuehn (Hostmaster)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 2.2.16 / kernel-message: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for klogd...
Hi !
My linux-machine with kernel 2.2.16 freezed sometimes with error
VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for klogd... in warn/message-log.
Any idea why ?
Any idea hot to avoid this ??
Thanks in advance!!
Christian
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Subject: Re: 'Possible to remotely run root through telnet?
From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 20:00:03 GMT
Michel Catudal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
' For a computer hooked to the internet you should never permit login from other
computers as there are
' too many assholes just looking for a way to break into your system.
Which is why you can configure IP Chains to say, "there is no computer
here."
--
David Steuber | Hi! My name is David Steuber, and I am
NRA Member | a hoploholic.
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=hoplite&submit=Look+it+up
The problem with AI is that it has a mind of its own
--- Devon Miller
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: running linux in GUI
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 16:03:07 -0400
sounds like you need the xfont server to be running.
I am not sure where it is started, but have a look in the /etc/rc.d/init.d/
later,
joseph
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> Hello again!
> I tried the "Xconfigurator" and made changes for the monitor,
> graphics card and resolution but every time I did a test, it would
> give me an error like this " Could not open default front 'fixed'
>
> I tried typing "linux 5" at the "LILO boot: prompt" and didnt
> work.
>
> When i typed "startx" or "xinit" in the console, I get this error:
> Error loading keymap /var/tmp/server-0.XKM Could not load XKB keymap,
> falling back to keymap, pre-XKB Keymap-FontTransSocket UNIXConnet: Can't
> connect: errno = 111 failed to set default font path 'unix/:-1'
> Fatal server error:
> could not open default font 'fixed'
>
> I would appreciate your help!
>
>
>
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
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From: Kelly and Sandy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.lang.oberon,comp.os.lynx,comp.os.mach,comp.os.misc,comp.os.os2.misc,comp.sys.be.misc,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.psion.misc
Subject: Re: Operating systems for personal-computers?
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 20:59:27 +0100
In a alt.os.linux.mandrake newsletter entitled "Operating systems for
personal-computers?", tolan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>> Solaris Intel version was free at JavaOne.
> ANy idea were i can get a d/load of this, i havent been able to find
>one ;o)
http://www.sun.com/solaris/freesolaris.html
"Thanks for your interest and welcome to the Solaris 8
Free Binary License Program. Now you can use the .com-
grade Solaris[tm] 8 Operating Environment at home or at
work - without paying a license fee. For only the cost
of media ($75 US) plus shipping, you can use the
software on an unlimited number of computers with a
capacity of 8 or fewer CPUs."
With kind regards,
Sandy
P.S. Yes, it does indeed runs on Intel x86 architectures.
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From: "clear" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ftp automated batch copy
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 21:10:56 +0100
You will need to use the .netrc file to automate the ftp login - see:
http://www.linuxcentral.com/linux/man-pages/ftp.1.html
steve
m.hoes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:gyYf5.3061$63.63583@zonnet-reader-1...
> Currently, I am trying to do a automated/batched/scripted copy of a
> directory tree and all files in it from one system to another. I do not
know
> in advance what the files are called, so i will have to be using wildcards
> like *. Due to security restrictions which are enforced by other parties
> which I am unable to influence, the only available connection method to me
> between these systems is by ftp.
>
> Currently I seem to be facing two issues.
>
> The first is that, as far as i can tell, ftp seems to be unable to copy
> subdirectorys. Is there a way to make ftp copy subdirectorys as well, or
is
> there an enhanced ftp client available which is able to do this?
>
> The second issue is that, when i use ftp using the mput/mget * command,
ftp
> seems to want a manual confirmation of each file i am trying to copy. This
> makes it unpractical for automated/scripted purposes. Is there a way
around
> this?
>
>
> All suggestions are more than welcome.
>
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew J. Perrin)
Subject: Setting defaults for emacs font/geometry
Date: 27 Jul 2000 16:09:37 -0400
Greetings-
I have linux (debian) on a laptop whose screen is too small for the
default font and geometry of emacs; I have to start emacs with the
line:
emacs -geometry 80x30 -font <very long font string here> &
I'd like to set these as the defaults - I tried putting:
emacs.font: <very long font strong>
emacs.geometry: 80x30
in ~/.Xresources
but there's no change.
Any advice?
Using fvwm2, by the way, if that matters.
--
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Consulting: Solaris-Linux-NT-Samba-Perl-MS Access-Postgres
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://demog.berkeley.edu/~aperrin
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From: blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: ..
Subject: FWD: FreeBSD 4.1 RELEASE is out.IPSEC,IPv6 etc. included.
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 13:15:03 -0700
FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE released.
IPSEC,IPv6 etc. included.
http://www.appwatch.com/Linux/App/987/S/1/history.html
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From: nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Lilo error?
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 20:16:01 GMT
Hole found in map file (alloc_page)
What did I do wrong-)
Thanks
Nick
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From: Sandhitsu R Das <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,alt.os.linux
Subject: W2K NTFS resized to install Linux
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 16:34:38 -0400
I have W2K with NTFS on a single 30 gig hard drive. What's the best way to
go about resizing/partitioning and installing Mandrake 7.1. I heard that
DiskDrake can't resize NTFS. Also, is there a problem with LILO dual
booting with this configuration ? Do I need to have FAT for W2K ?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (YAWN)
Subject: Does VB and SQL work under linux?
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 20:37:40 GMT
hi all:
i am thinking of putting Linux on my laptop (32MB RAM, P200, 2.0GB),
and i am wondering if i can run Visual Basics and SQL in Linux. the
reason being that i have classes in school that require the usage of
these softwares. i am aware of that i can run VMWare, but i don't
think my hardware can handle it.
please direct answers to my email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
TIA
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From: Potter Wickware <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: user group in N Calif?
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 20:44:27 GMT
Anyone know of a user's group where people get together in person to
talk (and cry) in Marin County or SF?
Thx
Potter
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Potter Wickware
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From: "Mohammad Khan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Redhat 6.2 and fork problem. Urgent Help needed!!!!!!!!!!!!
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 14:55:52 -0500
Vahe Sarkissian wrote in message ...
>In article <397dcc99$0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>says...
>> Hi,
>> We have a customer who is using our paging software, which uses the
cu
>> command to connect to paging terminals. Our Software uses the fork
command
>> and pipes to call and communicate with cu command, respectively. This
>> software runs fine on Redhat 5.x and 6.0 version, but on 6.2 version, it
as
>> soon as it calls cu, it get SIGCHLD signals as shown below from the
logfile.
>>
><snip>
>From where I sit, the problem doesn't appear to be with SIGCHLD or fork.
>The cu program is dying as soon as it is started. Using the line
>verbatim from your log file, try typing "/usr/bin/cu -e ..." at the shell
>prompt and see what happens. Follow the thread from there.
>
>Hope this helps.
>--Vahe Sarkissian
>Remove nospam to email
We were able to run cu from command line, fine.
Thanks
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Debian system swapping since glibc update
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 17:41:37 GMT
Detlef writes:
> Debian system swapping since glibc update
Post your question on the debian-user mailing list. Go to www.debian.org
to subscribe.
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John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, Wisconsin
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ftp automated batch copy
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 17:38:55 GMT
m.hoes writes:
> ...is there an enhanced ftp client available which is able to do this?
You want ncftp. Should be included in any decent distribution.
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (BJW7TOAEM)
Date: 27 Jul 2000 20:52:38 GMT
Subject: gcc compiling error
Ok, before I get flame mail, I am asking this here because it seems like the
error I am getting is a general error and is because of some how my Linux
system is setup, I am getting similar errors compiling other programs also.
I was trying to compile kmysql and this is the error I get:
In file included from /usr/include/bits/posix1_lim.h:126,
from /usr/include/dirent.h:191,
from /usr/include/kdir.h:31,
from kwview.cpp:35:
/usr/include/bits/local_lim.h:27: linux/limits.h: No such file or directory
In file included from /usr/include/sys/socket.h:34,
from /usr/include/ksock.h:123,
from /usr/include/kfmclient_ipc.h:27,
from /usr/include/kfm.h:30,
from kwview.h:24,
from kwview.cpp:39:
/usr/include/bits/socket.h:252: asm/socket.h: No such file or directory
make[3]: *** [kwview.o] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/linux/kmysql-1.2.1/kmysql/kwrite'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/linux/kmysql-1.2.1/kmysql'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/linux/kmysql-1.2.1'
make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2
I was also trying to compile mysql also and got a similar error about no such
file or directory. What is the problem, and what does Error 1 and Error 2 mean?
I am running Redhat 6.0. Thanks for your time!
John H.
Twinkling Of An Eye Ministries Web Site
http://members.aol.com/BJW7TOAEM/index.html
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris J/#6)
Subject: Re: Which IDE linux C programers use?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 27 Jul 2000 18:59:34 +0100
In article <XhJ=OSDwl3O56i8wQJzluIh6LIuU@wingate>,
Luis Yanes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Which are the IDE used by the linux C programmers? Free or not.
>73's de Luis
>
>mail: melus0(@)teleline(.)es
>Ampr: eb7gwl.ampr.org
>http://www.terra.es/personal2/melus0/ <- PCBs for Homebrewed Hardware
vi :)
Chris...
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Building a Linux Server from scratch: Experiences?
From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 21:00:02 GMT
DeAnn Iwan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
' Abit boards and Celerons go very well together, BTW. Are you
' planning to try overclocking? :-)
The throught had crossed my mind. Or to be more accurate, it
stampeded across my mind like a stampeding heard of wildebeest with
the expected effects.
I'm not sure I'm ready for that territory yet.
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The problem with AI is that it has a mind of its own
--- Devon Miller
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Building a Linux Server from scratch: Experiences?
From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 21:00:03 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andreas Schweitzer) writes:
' However, I also found www.resellerratings.com and found out that
' my original choice for mailorder had a real bad reputation.
I just bookmarked this site. I see that the vendor I am having
problems with placed rather poorly on the survey.
One thing is for sure. I am never using them again. I won't know
until Saturday if they can keep their promise about getting me my
CPU. It's a good thing there is buyer's protection in credit cards.
It's a bad thing that this outfit is too far away to drive on over
and...
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NRA Member | a hoploholic.
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=hoplite&submit=Look+it+up
The problem with AI is that it has a mind of its own
--- Devon Miller
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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 15:50:10 -0400
J Bland wrote:
>
> >[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.
>
> I highly recommend that people use the latest kernel, with the latest ide
> patches, sync their disc before switching to dma and be prepared for the
> system freezing.
> As always, do it on a quiet machine and be prepared for the worse but
> there's nothing against at least trying.
Yeah, unless it corrupts your system. I've finally gotten my
machine to work in run level 3 mode again, but runlevel 5 still
doesn't work for some reason. It just stops when it gets to the
console prompt instead of starting up the graphical menu. If anyone
has an idea how I can fix that, let me know.
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From: John in SD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Lilo error?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 21:08:16 GMT
It is very hard to respond to an inquiry where you haven't told us what you
did. What LILO version; what kernel version; what hard disk configuration?
On Thu, 27 Jul 2000 20:16:01 GMT, nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hole found in map file (alloc_page)
>
>What did I do wrong-)
>
>Thanks
>Nick
LILO version 21.5 (18-Jul-2000) source at
ftp: brun.dyndns.org dir: /pub/linux/lilo
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From: Marco Baiocco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.setup,alt.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: e2fsck problem
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 23:09:32 +0200
Hello everybody,
I've got a problem that I hope you may help me to solve.
I have a linux box running on a 3 partitions filesystem: 1 for root,
1 for /usr and 1 for /home. They all stay on the extended partition
after the first, primary, win98 one. The flavor of linux is red hat
version 6.2. It has always run fine till now, and it still does, but
today I have noticed a small warning during the boot messages.
It says something like the checking time has arrived, and that it
should be wise to run e2fsck on the linux partitions. It has nothing
to do with the maximal mount count, though, because it was written
before, during and after the "forced check" due to the mount count.
I started linux in single user mode, unmounted all the three
partitions and run e2fsck manually, but nothing happened. BTW, I used
the options -c -f on /dev/hda[5-7]
But then the warning still popped out. What should I do to convince
linux I'm a good guy and I regularly check my filesystems, and that I
just checked them?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you very much
Marco
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