Linux-Misc Digest #268, Volume #25 Sat, 29 Jul 00 01:13:05 EDT
Contents:
"at" command on't work in rc.local ("Micromans")
Re: sys notification and CRON ("Andy")
Re: "at" command on't work in rc.local (brian moore)
Re: What distro comes with a boot manager (not LILO) (brian moore)
Re: MP3's skip : How I solved it (Gordon Gilbert)
mpg123 (linux) playback errors ("David J. Topper")
Looking for a good tutorial page... (Wesley Wong)
Re: Quicktime player? (Sorenson Video) (Carl Fink)
Re: cant return to xwindow? (Carl Fink)
Re: mpg123 (linux) playback errors (Dances With Crows)
Re: In search of a good mpeg video player... (Janet)
Re: What distro comes with a boot manager (not LILO) (John Hasler)
Re: Token Ring Network card on Linux (Gene Wiggins)
Re: Slackware 7.1 asks for Disk A, B , C , D .... during install ?
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship. (brian moore)
<XVidTune> (N/A)
.<'XVidTune'>. (N/A)
<'XVidTune'> (N/A)
Re: Cannot install Linux, any help appreciated (Gene Wiggins)
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From: "Micromans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: "at" command on't work in rc.local
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 19:22:28 -0700
I have RedHat 6.0. I have a command that starts a program, and the command
is in a file as follows:
/usr/local/squid/bin/squid &
The above line (stored in a file called squidbatchstart) can be successfully
run with the "at" command from the command prompt as follows:
at now + 1 minute < /usr/local/squid/bin/squidbatchstart
I can use "atq" to show the job in the batch queue, and it runs successfully
after exactly one minute. However, when I put this same sequence into
/etc/rc.d/rc.local it doesn't work properly. It gets into the batch queue
alright, but sits there foreever, even past the scheduled time of execution.
Here is the line I put into rc.local:
at now + 1 minute < /usr/local/squid/bin/squidbatchstart &
Why does the "at" command not work properly when executed from rc.local, but
works just find when executed from the command prompt???
Thanks for help,
Micromans
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From: "Andy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: sys notification and CRON
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 22:39:20 -0400
Amazing!
"-ljl-" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8lpuvl$ugv$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > jtoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >When stuff gets done on my system such as job notification from CRON
> > >that the job was completed, I get an email to root. I have cron jobs
> > >that run every hour, so after a day I get around 50 emails that I
> delete
> > >by hand. How can I surpress certian system emails such as CRON job
> > >emails? Thanks
> >
> > You need to specifiy what you want done with stdout and stderr. As an
> example
> >
> > 50 23 * * * /home/wrm/bin/make-gif hd6 >/dev/null 2>&1
> >
> > redirects stdout to /dev/null and the 2>&1 says to lump stderr into
> stdout.
>
> You have offered a better alternative to using 'MAILTO=""', which
> sends _all_ of cron's messages to null. Your method can be applied
> selectively.
>
> Also, I've used procmail's (.procmailrc) ability to send cron's
> message to different mailboxes, this creates logs without junking
> up your mailbox. Although I have never done it, think procmail's
> ability to filter Header and Body could be used to direct important
> mails to root's mbox.
>
> --
> Louis-ljl-{ Louis J. LaBash, Jr. }
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (brian moore)
Subject: Re: "at" command on't work in rc.local
Date: 29 Jul 2000 02:52:27 GMT
On Fri, 28 Jul 2000 19:22:28 -0700,
Micromans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have RedHat 6.0. I have a command that starts a program, and the command
> is in a file as follows:
>
> /usr/local/squid/bin/squid &
>
> The above line (stored in a file called squidbatchstart) can be successfully
> run with the "at" command from the command prompt as follows:
>
> at now + 1 minute < /usr/local/squid/bin/squidbatchstart
>
> I can use "atq" to show the job in the batch queue, and it runs successfully
> after exactly one minute. However, when I put this same sequence into
> /etc/rc.d/rc.local it doesn't work properly. It gets into the batch queue
> alright, but sits there foreever, even past the scheduled time of execution.
> Here is the line I put into rc.local:
>
> at now + 1 minute < /usr/local/squid/bin/squidbatchstart &
>
>
> Why does the "at" command not work properly when executed from rc.local, but
> works just find when executed from the command prompt???
( sleep 60 ; /usr/local/squid/bin/squidbatchstart ) &
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (brian moore)
Subject: Re: What distro comes with a boot manager (not LILO)
Date: 29 Jul 2000 02:53:38 GMT
On Fri, 28 Jul 2000 20:49:44 -0400,
Lonni J. Friedman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Andrew Purugganan wrote:
> >
> > So they're selling thesePCs that come preloaded with Win98 (personally
> > I'd go for the refund and send the OS back in its shrinkwrap :-) and a
> > friend of mine wants to be able to dual boot to Linux with it
> >
> > "You need System Commander that comes with Turbo Linux" Not that I object
> > to TurboLinux, but do any of the distros come with boot managers that'd
> > work hand-in-hand with Win98?
>
> No. Most people want to work with Linux when they install Linux, not
> work with windoze.
Um, so?
You don't need System Commander. LILO will boot Windows.
> >
> > I know ppl have been having problems doing these dual boot installs
> > themselves, but hey the store is doing it for my friend, and I'd like to
> > know if any other distro comes with a bm shipped
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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: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 23:19:08 -0400
Kent Perrier wrote:
>
> Gordon Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> >
> > 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.
>
> Sure. restore from the backup that you made before you started messing
> the hdparm settings. You did make a backup, didn't you? You did follow
> the recommendations in the hdparm man page (specifically in the BUGS
> section)? If you didn't, and you munged your hard drive and file
> systems, then you deserve what you got....
Backup? Buy me a big enough tape drive and I'll gladly back it up.
Otherwise, I hope you get what you deserve for being an asshole.
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From: "David J. Topper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: mpg123 (linux) playback errors
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 23:30:25 -0400
Just grabbed mpg123-0.59r. When I try and play back, I get what sounds
like byte swapped data ... but choppy too. I'm playing back directly
from numerous files. All sound the same.
Here's an example:
pawn:~$ mpg123 -v mp3\\rush\\jacobs_ladder.mp3
High Performance MPEG 1.0/2.0/2.5 Audio Player for Layer 1, 2 and 3.
Version 0.59r (1999/Jun/15). Written and copyrights by Michael Hipp.
Uses code from various people. See 'README' for more!
THIS SOFTWARE COMES WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY! USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!
Playing MPEG stream from mp3\rush\jacobs_ladder.mp3 ...
MPEG 1.0, Layer: III, Freq: 44100, mode: Joint-Stereo, modext: 2, BPF :
417
Channels: 2, copyright: Yes, original: Yes, CRC: No, emphasis: 0.
Bitrate: 128 Kbits/s, Extension value: 0
Audio: 1:1 conversion, rate: 44100, encoding: signed 16 bit, channels: 2
Frame# 150 [17020], Time: 00:03.91 [07:24.60],
[0:03] Decoding of mp3\rush\jacobs_ladder.mp3 finished.
pawn:~$ cd /usr/local/src/mpg123-0.59r
Seems like there should be no problems ... but there sure are.
I'm using commercial OSS drivers ... which are working fine. Also
Slackware 7.1 with kernel 2.2.16.
DT
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From: Wesley Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Looking for a good tutorial page...
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 03:30:17 GMT
for writing tcshell script. Thanks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carl Fink)
Subject: Re: Quicktime player? (Sorenson Video)
Date: 29 Jul 2000 03:20:21 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 29 Jul 2000 00:00:02 GMT David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] () writes:
'
>' If Sorenson and Apple chose not to blow us off, Xanim would
>' likely do complete QT4 by now. Podlipec even is willing to
>' BUY specs, so I doubt it is for lack of effort.
>
>I'll see if I can find the latest version of Xanim. I'm using the one
>from SuSE 6.2, so I guess it is pretty out of date by now.
The Xanim home page is http://xanim.va.pubnix.com/home.html, but I'll
save you a trip: Podlipec *cannot* include the Sorenson codec
because Sorenson won't give him the necessary source code, even on a
for-pay basis.
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Manager, Dueling Modems Computer Forum
<http://dm.net>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carl Fink)
Subject: Re: cant return to xwindow?
Date: 29 Jul 2000 03:14:27 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 29 Jul 2000 01:30:10 GMT dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>hello im a new user and still learning about linux. i was once able to use
>the function startx, and i just went to shutdown something and went back
>to like a windows dos prompt. when i use startx again it said that a
>graphical error occured and waiting for x server to shutdown. how can i go
>back to x windows mode again?
You need to post the exact error. It would also be nice if you
posted what distribution of Linux (and what version) you're using.
What hardware you have would be nice too.
Oh, and try hitting Alt-F7. It's possible that X is running, but
you're currently not looking at it.
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<http://dm.net>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: mpg123 (linux) playback errors
Date: 29 Jul 2000 03:41:31 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 28 Jul 2000 23:30:25 -0400, David J. Topper wrote:
>Just grabbed mpg123-0.59r. When I try and play back, I get what sounds
>like byte swapped data ... but choppy too. I'm playing back directly
>from numerous files. All sound the same.
>pawn:~$ mpg123 -v mp3\\rush\\jacobs_ladder.mp3
[snip]
>Frame# 150 [17020], Time: 00:03.91 [07:24.60],
>[0:03] Decoding of mp3\rush\jacobs_ladder.mp3 finished.
>Seems like there should be no problems ... but there sure are.
Try the -y option... a *LOT* of mp3 files are encoded with wretched
software and/or corrupted in transmission somehow. -y enables resync on
errors. If mpg123 doesn't work even with -y, xmms seems able to handle
broken mp3s even more easily.
BTW, \rush\jacobs_ladder\blah doesn't look like a Linux pathname at all.
\ is a backslash, / is a slash--they are very different.
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http://www.brainbench.com / than freedom.
=============================/ ==Charles Peguy
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From: Janet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: In search of a good mpeg video player...
Date: 28 Jul 2000 20:49:18 -0700
"Zomby Woof" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> No offense to the author of aKtion! that came with my
> mandrake 7.1 distro, but it... sucks.
> The picture is terrible - extremely choppy, and I'm not getting
> any sound (the fact that there is no sound could be my fault, though...)
>
> Would anyone out there be able to recommend a good
> video player?
You might want to try SMPEG, developed by Loki:
http://www.lokigames.com/development/smpeg.php3
On my machine, performance is about the same as MpegTV, but this one is
free =).
Janet
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What distro comes with a boot manager (not LILO)
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 02:34:02 GMT
Andrew Purugganan writes:
> I'd like to know if any other distro comes with a bm shipped
Debian provides GRUB as an alternative to Lilo.
--
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, Wisconsin
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From: Gene Wiggins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Token Ring Network card on Linux
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 23:09:03 -0500
Madge makes several token ring cards with drivers.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I've used older IBM cards and older 3Com ISA cards.
>
> > Only IBM ISA cards that are NOT LAN_Streamers are supported. A very
> few other cards will work because they use the IBM
> > chipset. The very latest PCI card from IBM is also supposed to work,
> but I have not tried them yet. I have TR running
> > on a number of Linux PC's, including my laptop, but they all use IBM
> brand, older model cards.
> >
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Simon He wrote:
> > > From: "Simon He" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Newsgroups:
> comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.
> os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.misc
> > > Subject: Token Ring Network card on Linux
> > > Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 09:49:51 +1000
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I was trring to setup Red Hat Linux 6.2 on a Token Ring Network,
> somehow the
> > > token ring card could not be initialized at bootup even after
> editing the
> > > conf.module file. The error message I'm getting is:
> > >
> > > localhost insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.14-12/net/ibmtr.o: init_module:
> Device or
> > > resource busy
> > > localhost insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.14-12/net/ibmtr.o: insmod tr0
> failed
> > > localhost kernel: ibmtr: register_trdev() returned non-zero.
> > >
> > > I have tried both ISA and PCI card but to no avail, could anyone
> provide me
> > > with solution to this problem ?
> > >
> > >
> > > Simon
> > >
> >
> > Werner Kliewer
> > in Winnipeg
> >
> >
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Slackware 7.1 asks for Disk A, B , C , D .... during install ?
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 04:20:41 GMT
tvn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've just read the FAQ on slackware's webpage .... but that still doesn't
> help to solve the problem. Where can I find those packages ?
If you downloaded and burned "install.iso" onto a CD-R/RW it should contain
all the packages, except for the ones on the "contrib.iso" (which you
probably don't need and won't be asked for anyway). The packages are located
in: <cdrom_mountpoint>/slakware/<software_series_name>/
ie. a1 = /cdrom/slakware/a1/
But I'm curious as to why the install program asked you where the packages
were. It should know already. Did you tell it you were installing from a
cdrom?
> The distribution I had was downloaded from the net (iso image and burn to
> CD) ... it's merely 640 megs
And how precisely is that a problem? Your average cdrom only hold about
650MB maximum. The file-system on a cdrom doesn't always fill the entire
capacity of the disk. I haven't check the size of the install.iso but that
sounds about right.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (brian moore)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship.
Date: 29 Jul 2000 04:23:26 GMT
On Fri, 28 Jul 2000 12:47:24 -0700,
blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Red Hat is a sinking ship?
>
> Red Hat's CFO is abandoning ship.
Or he got a better offer. Or he likes California more than North
Carolina.. or lots of things.
> http://www.it-director.com/00-07-28-3.html
Gads, you get business analysis from an IT trade rag? That's akin to
using Penthouse as a dating guide.
Get a clue.
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From: N/A <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: <XVidTune>
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 04:30:04 GMT
how do i run the 'xvidtune' command on corel linux delux cuz i am trying
to adjust my screen size so i can see it all. i ran it in the run command
and nothing happened.
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From: N/A <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: .<'XVidTune'>.
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 04:30:04 GMT
how do i run the 'xvidtune' command on corel linux delux cuz i am trying
to adjust my screen size so i can see it all. i ran it in the run command
and nothing happened. thanx
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From: N/A <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: <'XVidTune'>
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 04:30:04 GMT
how do i run the 'xvidtune' command on corel linux delux cuz i am trying
to adjust my screen size so i can see it all. i ran it in the run command
and nothing happened. thanks
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From: Gene Wiggins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Cannot install Linux, any help appreciated
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 23:36:10 -0500
By any chance, are the keyboard and mouse USB?
Robert Schumacher wrote:
>
> I am having a problem installing Linux (tried four distributions thus far).
> Keeping the differences between distributions in mind, basically what is
> happening is that the installers either a) freeze at language selection or
> b) the keyboard and mouse will not work in the installer. I can't tell for
> sure which is the case, but at any rate I boot up with the Linux CD in the
> drive, the installer runs, I get the language selection screen and that is
> it...I have no way to provide any input or continue the installation
> process. I don't believe it's a hardware problem, at least not with the
> keyboard or mouse (and the computer itself is less than a year old and
> performs flawlessly in Windows). That is the dilemma. I've poured through
> www.linuxnewbie.org, and the sites for the distributions I've tried
> (Mandrake 7.1, Red Hat 6.2, WinLinux 2000, and Corel), and found no answers
> (I haven't even seen a similar problem listed). Has anyone encountered
> this, or have any suggestions for a workaround. My computer setup is as
> follows:
> Pentium III 450 MHz
> 96 MB RAM
> 6.8 GB HDD (6.0 GB Windows, 1.8 GB Linux partition with 125 MB Linux swap
> partition, set up using Partition Magic 5)
> Toshiba 40X CDROM and HP 8210i CDRW
> 3Com EtherLink 3C905C-TX NIC with Internet access via cable modem
> Microsoft Intellieye Explorer PS/2 mouse (but tried each installation with a
> "plain" PS/2 mouse also, no difference).
> Plain, garden variety 102 key US keyboard
>
> Thanks in advance.
> --
> Robert Schumacher
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> "I've always wondered why the needle is sterilized for execution by lethal
> injection."
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