Linux-Misc Digest #316, Volume #25 Wed, 2 Aug 00 13:13:05 EDT
Contents:
Help: lost input channel (Paul)
Re: Goosing the Mouse ("D. C. & M. V. Sessions")
Re: window$ en Linux Netscape bookmarks connected? ("D. C. & M. V. Sessions")
Napster 4 Linux w/ proxy support (Curt Hesher)
Re: MP3's skip : How I solved it (Stewart Honsberger)
Re: Syslog Server (Steve Fosdick)
netscape4.6 (Jochen Witte)
Re: problem with Sound Blaster (Peter Gantner)
Re: Can't run ftp (sideband)
Re: new GNOME panel? ("Samuel Irlapati")
need Linus driver!! ("Manuel Meinersmann")
Can't start GNOME as root ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: lm_sesors' reading. ("Tom Brinkman")
Re: Syslog Server ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: netscape4.6 (Al Jarvi)
fetchmail: domain name must exist?! (Peter Bismuti)
Re: Dual NICs of same type? ("Clifton T. Sharp Jr.")
computer automated phone answering system? (sz)
Re: need Linus driver!! (Andreas Kretschmer)
the psychology of linux and the hacker ethos (shawn)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul)
Subject: Help: lost input channel
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 14:10:39 GMT
Hi,
above message has been logged in maillog by sendmail. does anyone have
any knowledge?
Thanks
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From: "D. C. & M. V. Sessions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Goosing the Mouse
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 07:10:38 -0700
DeAnn Iwan wrote:
>
> "D. C. & M. V. Sessions" wrote:
> >
> > I hate mouse acceleration. The nonlinearity throws me
> > off every time. What I really want is just a mouse with
> > adjustable sensitivity, so that moderate mouse movements
> > map to a full screen movement.
> >
> > Yeah, gpm can be set to report a multiplier, but that just
> > means that you skip every other pixel or whatever. What I
> > want is a more sensitive mouse. Rumor has it that some mice
> > can actually be told to increase their sensitivity.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
>
> I like the optical logitech trackball. The have optical mice,
> too. One of the problems with most (cheap) mice is that they depend on
> pressure of the rubber ball against a roller, and so have a lot of
> "slop" the mouse drivers have to ignor. Especially if you are moving
> the mouse in the direction "away" from the roller. Optical
> mice/trackballs do not have this slop.
Trackballs are out -- they're even worse than mice in terms of
having to take your hand off of the thing several times for large
movements, and EVERY motion, large or small, requires moving the
hand back and forth between the ball and the buttons. Eeeeeyew!
I used optical mice back in the mid 80s and again a couple of years
ago. They have the same problem as roller mice, in that you have to
take the mouse off of the pad and move it over to the other side to
make large cursor movements. On top of that the optical beasts
are Procrustean; they are the new 'ergonomic' designs that work
fine if you have exactly the hand shape that the designer has but
range from painful to totally useless otherwise.
I just want a more sensitive mouse.
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From: "D. C. & M. V. Sessions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: window$ en Linux Netscape bookmarks connected?
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 07:12:52 -0700
Vanmeerbeek Koen wrote:
>
> Hallo,
>
> Yesterday I (or better a friend) installed Mandrake Linux. Now I have a
>Netscape-bookmark file on my Window$ partition and one on my
> Linux partition and I'm wondering if it's possible to link (or something else) those
>files so that I'll have the same bookmarks on both
> systems?
Goed Morgen --
Yes, they are totally compatible.
Netscape bookmark files are plain HTML.
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From: Curt Hesher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Napster 4 Linux w/ proxy support
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 10:16:39 -0400
I'm looking for a Napster client for Linux with proxy support and I
haven't found one yet. Can someone point me in the right direction?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stewart Honsberger)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: MP3's skip : How I solved it
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 14:24:37 GMT
On Wed, 2 Aug 2000 11:31:26 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Have you read the documentation for cron? It's not limited to the wee
>> hours of the night when you're curled up with your teddy bear.
>
>Not to mention the replacement for cron that can catch up with jobs it
>missed while the computer was turned off...
Yeah, I'd heard about that but thought it was a cron option. Good thing
I didn't open my mouth and make an arse of myself. :>
JOOC - what's the name of this other product? (Perhaps he'll see it, too?)
>> You're trying to make Linux into Windows, and that's just not going to
>> happen.
>
>GOD I hope not... KDE is big and bloaty enough as it is...
>But at least WE have a choice to use something else... fvwm95 in my case...
I don't use either of them. KDE is far too big and bloated, yeah, and as
for the latter, I don't want to even think I'm using Windoze. That's why
I use WindowMaker. Nice and robust, with all the features I like. (When
I use a GUI, I want pretties. Superfluous animations, backgrounds, pretty
blinking lights, etc..). An exclusively-Windows-using friend of mine saw
my WindowMaker up and running, with half a dozen dock apps of all sorts
running, and was awestruck. "Wow! That looks nice! How'd you do that?"
All this time she was under the impression that Linux was either a text
only OS, or a Windoze knockoff.
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Humming along under SuSE 6.4, Linux 2.4.0-test5
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From: Steve Fosdick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Syslog Server
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 15:29:29 +0000
In article <8m8j8e$ov9$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Simon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> People.....
>
> I've been trying to setup my RH6.2 as a Syslog Server for some Cisco
> routers, but don't seem to be getting it right.
> I've been through the man pages for syslogd, but am not getting very far,
> can someone please give me an idiots run down coz I must be missing
> something simple.
It looks to be like you need to specify the -r option to syslogd when it is
started (you may have to edit the script in /etc/rc?.d that starts it. Then the
resto of the setup is to tell each router to log to the machine running syslogd.
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From: Jochen Witte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: netscape4.6
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 16:43:07 +0200
Hello,
I need a Netscape 4.6-Version for linux glibc.
Does anybody know where to find it?
Thanks
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Jochen Witte
fon +4930726203183
fax +4930726203222
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Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 16:47:08 +0200
From: Peter Gantner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: problem with Sound Blaster
Did you compile the kernel module (es1371.o I think)? do a "modprobe -l
| less" to check that!
are the settings ind /etc/conf.modules correct?
did you check the README files in /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sound/ ?
I personally think the redhat sndconfig tool is crap
But the PCI128 is a fine card, I am very happy with it, except that it
dont play MIDI, but who needs MIDI?
If all else fails: the ALSA drivers (http://www.alsa-project.org/) work
fine too,
and you will be able to use the joyport (IF, and only if you enable it
in the alsa config file)
Steve Kleene schrieb:
>
> I'm running Red Hat Linux 6.0 and can't get my Sound Blaster PCI128 to work.
> I pulled the card, and it says:
>
> Creative Labs Model Number CT4750
> Serial No. T4750930018824
>
> Sndconfig says that it finds a PCI sound card of type ES1371. (I gather that
> the card is a successor of the Ensoniq 1371.) It sets up the /etc files to
> use the es1371 driver. When it tries to play a test sound, I hear nothing.
> The sndconfig window goes away, and the shell prompt doesn't come back.
> I can interrupt out of it.
>
> If I run lspci, it reports the following:
>
> Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1371 (rev 07)
> Subsystem: Unknown device 1274:8001
>
> A friend of mine has a Sound Blaster working under Red Hat 6.0. lspci tells
> him that he has the following:
>
> Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1371 (rev 06)
> Subsystem: Unknown device 1274:1371
>
> i.e. a different revision and device tag.
>
> Note that if I boot off the Windows partition, the sound works. This rules
> out a number of stupid user errors (e.g. volume too low, cabling wrong).
> I did not see any interrupt conflicts looking at /proc/interrupts.
>
> Does anyone know how to make the card work under Red Hat 6.0? If not, is
> there another card that will work reliably with Red Hat 6.0?
>
> Thanks.
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From: sideband <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't run ftp
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 10:59:44 -0400
Do you have a file /etc/ftpshut?
If you do, delete it. That will fix your problem... If not, reinstall ftpd
-SSB
kev wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just tried to start ftp the same way I've done a thousand times before
> but it won't allow me to connect.
> To start ftp I uncommented the ftp line in /etc/inetd.conf and then
> issued a 'killall -HUP inetd' command. This usually is all I need to do,
> but when I try to connect using 'ftp localhost' I get this:
>
> Connected to localhost.localdomain.
> 421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection
>
> Someone told me I should have a /etc/ftpaccess file (though I've never
> had one before and it's always worked fine) - I tried adapting one from
> a friend, but this made no difference whatsoever.
> Anyone know what could be happening?
>
> thanks,
>
> - Kev
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From: "Samuel Irlapati" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: new GNOME panel?
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 10:57:13 -0400
If you can bring up another terminal window, then type 'panel &'. When you
get the desktop the way you like it, you should save the session.
Potter Wickware <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi all --
>
> How do you create a side or bottom panel on the GNOME desktop? Somehow
> the one that used to be there went away (and never said goodbye) (OK I
> confess, I was fooling around with controls (don't ask me which ones).
>
> Thx
>
> Potter
> ============================================
> Potter Wickware
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> ============================================
>
>
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From: "Manuel Meinersmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: need Linus driver!!
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 17:02:03 +0200
hi, a german has two problems
1. my english is not so good
2. i need a linux-driver for an Adlib Jetscan630!!
can anybody tell me where i can find it????
thanks manuel
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Can't start GNOME as root
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 15:11:19 GMT
Hello
I can't start GNOME when loged in as root. startx executes KDE.
I tryed to change to GNOME with Desktop Switching Tool, but when startx
is executed KDE start up??
Only got the problem when loged in as root.
Jimmi
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Before you buy.
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From: "Tom Brinkman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: lm_sesors' reading.
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 10:39:58 -0600
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Alex
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear all:
>
> The bios and the lm_senors' reading are different... Which one
> should I pay more attention to? temp1: +37 C (limit = +60 C,
> hysteresis = +50 C) temp2: +48.0 C (limit = +60.0 C,
> hysteresis = +50.0 C)
>
> temp2 is the cpu temp... If I reboot right away and check the temp
> from bios, it's about 55 C or higher...
What cpu?, motherboard? If you're using an Intel cpu, you should
be using the internal diode to get the cpu's core temp, but your mobo
must support this also. Cpu temps from a thermistor border on useless,
or at best are 10 to 15C less than the actual cpu core temp. eg.,
35C from a well placed cpu probe == 45 to 50C core temp.
55C in bios is too high, but you must also factor in that the cpu is
not getting 'hlt' instructions. When you have booted Linux, assuming
'hlt's are enabled in your kernel, the cpu should be cooler while
receiving idle instructions (hlt's). So you should see a lower temp.
Check 'dmesg' after boot up to see if 'hlt's are enabled, they
prob'ly are.
On avg., cpu at idle (with 'hlt's) should be close to room temp.
This of course depends on how well your case is ventilated. Case temp
should also be close to room temp. Normal core temps should be in
the 25 -> 30C at idle, <= 45C under extreme load (eg., 'cpuburn').
50C core temps are marginally close to too high for error free operation.
Depending on the cpu, you will most likely begin to have errors at
> 55C. 'memtest86' (L2 0n) or 'prime95' (16 hour self test) can check
for errors, altho any software test is actually gonna test the ram/
cpu/cache working as a system.
To illustrate, I have a p3-450 oc'd to 608mhz at 2.18 (+10%) Vcore.
As I type, the internal diode is reporting 24C. Under extreme load
it never goes over 43C. My motherboard (Soyo 6ba+III) temp is 33C as
reported by a thermistor built in near the BX chipset. This temp is
usually in the 30 to 40C range (with the BX chipset running at 135%)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Syslog Server
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 16:15:18 GMT
Individual syslog logfiles are defined in /etc/syslogd.conf
On Wed, 2 Aug 2000 11:50:32 +0100, "Simon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>FYI...
>
>I got it working by editing the /etc/init.d/syslog and put in the -r
>param... Not the next question is...
>
>How do I get the messages from the cisco routers to go into a separate log
>file from the messages ??
>
>TIA
>
>Simon
>
>"Simon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:8m8j8e$ov9$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> People.....
>>
>> I've been trying to setup my RH6.2 as a Syslog Server for some Cisco
>> routers, but don't seem to be getting it right.
>> I've been through the man pages for syslogd, but am not getting very far,
>> can someone please give me an idiots run down coz I must be missing
>> something simple.
>>
>> Simon
>>
>>
>
>
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From: Al Jarvi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: netscape4.6
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 12:06:14 -0400
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Jochen Witte wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I need a Netscape 4.6-Version for linux glibc.
> Does anybody know where to find it?
>
> Thanks
>
> --
> Jochen Witte
> fon +4930726203183
> fax +4930726203222
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Try here:
http://home.netscape.com/download/archive/client_archive46x.html#4.61
English
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Bismuti)
Subject: fetchmail: domain name must exist?!
Date: 2 Aug 2000 16:13:19 GMT
I've got sendmail/fetchmail working, I can pull off my mail from the pop
server and read it in elm, but I can't reply or send email out, when I
try I get this message, can anyone tell me how to fix this? Thanks!
----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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... while talking to nu.cs.fsu.edu.:
>>> MAIL From:<peterb@roughneck> SIZE=1182
<<< 501 <peterb@roughneck>... Sender domain must exist
501 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Data format error
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From: "Clifton T. Sharp Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Dual NICs of same type?
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 11:26:15 -0500
L Slade wrote:
> > 3c905s are PCI cards. PCI cards have their IRQs and I/O addresses
> > auto-configured by the BIOS so they don't step on each other's I/O
> > ports, assuming you have the BIOS "I have a PnP OS" option set to NO.
> > PCI cards can share IRQs as well.
Sort of. I played a lot last week when I installed my second Linksys
LNE100TX. The only configuration that didn't work was when the BIOS
assigned the same IRQ to both cards; then eth1 wouldn't work at all.
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From: sz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: computer automated phone answering system?
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 11:48:52 -0500
Reply-To: none
Hi, all,
I am wondering if there is such an application that can anwser the
incoming phone calls
differently according to the CallerID (assuming CallerID is subscribed).
With a voice mail capable modem, can modem pass CallerID info to the
application
or does the firm ware of the modem need to be modified?
Thanks a lot.
-SZ
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From: Andreas Kretschmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: need Linus driver!!
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 18:54:31 +0200
Manuel Meinersmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hi, a german has two problems
> 1. my english is not so good
> 2. i need a linux-driver for an Adlib Jetscan630!!
I'm too a german ;-)
Please look at www.suse.de, <so, und nun in deutsch>
die ist deutsch und dort gibt's eine Hardwaredatenbank.
Du solltest auch mal in die .infos - Gruppe reinschauen.
Andreas
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From: shawn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: the psychology of linux and the hacker ethos
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 17:08:16 GMT
Greetings to one and all,
Now, I dont really know how to approach this subject, but... well Im
having trouble with my whole learning
process. I possess no great love of an operating system that crashes
frequently, which is the main driving force for my learning linux as
opposed to using Windows. Other than that though I have very little
motivation. This problem also plagues my quest to learn a programming
language, ANY programming language... Ive tried to learn c, c++, perl,
python, even HTML causes me to stumble and turn into a vegetable...
these things seem to me like lack of motivation, or laziness, or perhaps
im am just not at the right age to start cramming all of these things
into my cranium. I know this is a bit off-topic, and also that its not
really a question one can answer in concrete terms, but im making this
call out to all listening; my path to linux is obscured, show me the
light!
=)
shawn
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