Linux-Misc Digest #351, Volume #25 Sat, 5 Aug 00 12:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Newbie going to LinuxWorld - anyone else? (Michael Russell)
Re: xcdroast problems (Michael Tefft)
Cannot guess host type (Michael Tefft)
Re: partitions (Robert Heller)
Re: "ln -s" on dos partition (Robert Heller)
Re: dump and hardware compression (Robert Heller)
Re: DTC463e SCSI card driving me insane! (dpace)
Re: DTC463e SCSI card driving me insane! (dpace)
Re: creating users and groups (David Rysdam)
Re: Netscape popups (-ljl-)
Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship. (Jonathan Thornburg)
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From: Michael Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Newbie going to LinuxWorld - anyone else?
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2000 13:57:41 GMT
Hi, I'm relatively new to Linux, but I've decided to buckle down and
get involved. I've done a lot of reading, now I'm headed out to
LinuxWorld Con/Expo in San Jose to interact with other users and see
some new tech. (I live in a very rural area, where most people haven't
even seen Windows 98, let alone Linux).
So, I'm wondering, for those of you in the know, is LW as awesome as it
sounds? This is my first conference of this size, should I bring a
duffel bag for collecting all the propaganda (er, promotional) items
from exhibitors?
Thanks,
Michael
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Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2000 10:04:10 -0400
From: Michael Tefft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: xcdroast problems
Steffen Katzner wrote:
> hi there,
>
> after successfully creating an audio-cd once
> I have never managed to do so again.
> Strange - it only worked fine for the first time.
> Everytime I start xcdroast again I am asked to enter the setup
> because some settings had changed.
> During fixation then the program terminates with the output:
> "some error has occured"
> Is anybody familiar with the following error messages
> produced by xcdroast?
>
> I would be happy to get a hint if somebody knew
> how to handle this...
> steffen.
>
> Input/output error. close track/session:
> scsi sendcmd: retryable error
> status: 0x2 (check condition)
> warning: some drives don't like fixation in dummy mode
>
> CDB: 5B 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00
> Sense Bytes: F0 00 03 FF F2 E2 08 0A 00 00
> 00 04 15 00 00 00
> Sense Key: 0x3 Medium error, segment 0
> Sense Code: 0x15 Qual 0x00 (random positioning error) Fru 0x0
> Sense Flags: Blk - 859640 (valid)
> cmd finished after 30.978s timeout 480s
>
> fifo 17038 puts and 17038 gets
> fifo was 0 times empty and 15669 times full,
> min fill was 95%
> Fixating time: 31.496s
I have xcdroast and it seems to me that if you don't have media in both
drives (if you have two drives) that it tells you the setup has changed.
Make sure you have a CD in the drive and that it is mounted before
running xcdroast.
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Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2000 10:11:58 -0400
From: Michael Tefft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Cannot guess host type
When running ./configure while trying to install parted-1.0.13 (and
several other programs) on Mandrake 7.0 I get the message:
checking host system type... configure: error: can not guess host type;
you must specify one. Huh ? I do not know what it means
when it says host type. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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From: Robert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: partitions
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2000 14:22:42 GMT
"K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
In a message on Fri, 4 Aug 2000 15:38:29 -0400, wrote :
"> Linux Mandrake has grub which seems to be able to boot beyond 1024
"> cylinders.
Is is *still* a good idea to have a *small* root file system -- this is
simply good system admin practice. It always has been.
MS-DOS/MS-Windows's idea of having 'one big partition' is mostly because
of the fact that MS-DOS/MS-Windows's don't have any sane way of dealing
with multiple physical file systems as a single logical file system,
which UNIX (and Linux) does.
">
"> "Robert Heller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
"> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
"> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Prasanth A. Kumar),
"> > In a message on Fri, 04 Aug 2000 07:00:38 GMT, wrote :
"> >
"> > PAK> "constants" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
"> > PAK>
"> > PAK> > Hello
"> > PAK> >
"> > PAK> > I want to manually set my partitions for an 8.4 gig hard drive
"> using
"> > PAK> > Linux Mandrake 7.1. Could anybody tell me what partitions need to
"> be made
"> > PAK> > and the size each should be. I will only have linux on the hard
"> drive. I
"> > PAK> > know a couple of partitions are /tmp, /usr, /home, /. Are there
"> any I am
"> > PAK> > forgetting? Thanks in advance.
"> > PAK>
"> > PAK> There is no requirement that you make additional partitions. You
"> could
"> > PAK> easily stick with a / and a swap partition. Additional ones you could
"> >
"> > Be careful: an 8.4gig WILL have more than 1024 cylinders, so unless one
"> > is booting from floppy or wants to hunt for the updated lilo, you need /
"> > (or /boot) as a smaller partition early in the disk geometry space.
"> >
"> > PAK> make beyond the above are /var, /opt, /usr/local. Well, you could
"> very
"> > PAK> much make any directory into a partition but don't go overboard
"> > PAK> because it is possible for one of them to fill up too fast because
"> you
"> > PAK> made it too small.
"> >
"> > Some partititions are by their nature small and stable -- / (/boot),
"> > /var, etc. /usr is also generally a 'stable' partition. There are
"> > security, backup, and system admin (and system recovery) reasons for
"> > having / (/boot), /usr, /var separate from everything else.
"> >
"> > PAK>
"> > PAK> --
"> > PAK> Prasanth Kumar
"> > PAK> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"> > PAK>
"> >
"> >
"> >
"> >
"> >
"> >
"> >
"> > --
"> > \/
"> > Robert Heller ||InterNet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"> > http://vis-www.cs.umass.edu/~heller || [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"> > http://www.deepsoft.com /\FidoNet: 1:321/153
">
">
">
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From: Robert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: "ln -s" on dos partition
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2000 14:22:42 GMT
Vinod Gupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
In a message on Fri, 04 Aug 2000 19:44:03 +0200, wrote :
VG> We can't create symbolic links on dos/fat partition
VG> using linux "ln -s <dst> <src>".
VG> Is there any way around?
Nope. Blame Microsoft.
VG>
VG> Vinod.
VG>
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From: Robert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: dump and hardware compression
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2000 14:22:43 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED],
In a message on Fri, 04 Aug 2000 21:59:37 GMT, wrote :
j> Hi all,
j> Can anyone tell me whether the Dump command supports
j> the hardware compression on my HP C1554A Dat tape drive?
j> I don't think I'm getting anywhere near the 24gb that I
j> should be able to get onto these DDS3 tapes. Any info
j> would be greatly appreciated! RH Linux6.2
j> Please reply directly to:
j> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
'dump' cares not about compression. You might need to use the mt
command to set compression on or off:
(from man mt):
compression
(SCSI tapes) The compression within the drive can
be switched on or off using the MTCOMPRESSION
ioctl. Note that this method is not supported by
all drives implementing compression. For instance,
the Exabyte 8 mm drives use density codes to select
compression.
j>
j> JD
j>
j>
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j> Before you buy.
j>
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From: dpace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: DTC463e SCSI card driving me insane!
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2000 14:09:42 +0000
Gregory Propf wrote:
> I bought a scanner (UMAX Astra 1220S) about two years ago and it has
> never worked right under Linux (Windows is not an option as I purged the
> last copy of it a while ago). It comes with a cheap Taiwanese SCSI
> card, a DTC436e. I recently found that by changing a jumper on the card
> I can convert it into a true isa PNP card from its former brain dead
> memory mapped state (the Linux driver module 'dtc' doesn't seem to work
> memory mapped). The system now recognizes the card at boot time.
> isapnp also seems to see the card and makes a log entry about it in
> /var/log/messages - at least when it runs at boot time. This is the log
> entry:
>
> Aug 4 11:21:39 photon isapnp: Board 2 has Identity 7f ff ff ff ff 6e 43
> 83 12: DTC436e Serial No -1 [checksum 7f]
>
> The sound card has a similar entry. Problem is I still can't load the
> driver! I have been using the dtc driver that comes with the kernel.
> This is using RedHat 6.2 and kernel 2.2.14-5.0. Pnpprobe and pnpdump
> are no help. They tell me about the sound card but are silent about the
> SCSI card. Are there any other better isapnp tools out there?
> sndconfig was very helpful in creating an isapnp.conf file for the sound
> card. Is there a similar utility for generic PNP cards? Anyone have
> any other ideas? Please CC my email address if you can. Thanks - Greg
>
> --
> Moon is following me, must...run...faster...
I read this in the /usr/src/linux/scsi/dtc.c source code:
2. With command line overrides - dtc=address,irq may be
* used on the LILO command line to override the defaults.
Try this /etc/lilo.conf option instead of the autodetection that is currently
not working for you. Also, the driver mentions that it is doing memory mapping.
So, it should work.
I had a similar problem with Adaptec1542 and I found some code changes
on the internet to disable auto-detect just like I suggest you do with the dtc.
Also, the source code mentions that dtc is the same as an NCR card
(something else to try).
Also, get "sane". It is excellent with scanners on Linux !
I have a Microtek and it is great.
--
David Pace - Free commodity/stock graphing software
and Linux links at http://www.daveware.com
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From: dpace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: DTC463e SCSI card driving me insane!
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2000 14:15:23 +0000
dpace wrote:
> Gregory Propf wrote:
>
> > I bought a scanner (UMAX Astra 1220S) about two years ago and it has
> > never worked right under Linux (Windows is not an option as I purged the
> > last copy of it a while ago). It comes with a cheap Taiwanese SCSI
> > card, a DTC436e. I recently found that by changing a jumper on the card
> > I can convert it into a true isa PNP card from its former brain dead
> > memory mapped state (the Linux driver module 'dtc' doesn't seem to work
> > memory mapped). The system now recognizes the card at boot time.
> > isapnp also seems to see the card and makes a log entry about it in
> > /var/log/messages - at least when it runs at boot time. This is the log
> > entry:
> >
> > Aug 4 11:21:39 photon isapnp: Board 2 has Identity 7f ff ff ff ff 6e 43
> > 83 12: DTC436e Serial No -1 [checksum 7f]
> >
> > The sound card has a similar entry. Problem is I still can't load the
> > driver! I have been using the dtc driver that comes with the kernel.
> > This is using RedHat 6.2 and kernel 2.2.14-5.0. Pnpprobe and pnpdump
> > are no help. They tell me about the sound card but are silent about the
> > SCSI card. Are there any other better isapnp tools out there?
> > sndconfig was very helpful in creating an isapnp.conf file for the sound
> > card. Is there a similar utility for generic PNP cards? Anyone have
> > any other ideas? Please CC my email address if you can. Thanks - Greg
> >
> > --
> > Moon is following me, must...run...faster...
>
> I read this in the /usr/src/linux/scsi/dtc.c source code:
>
> 2. With command line overrides - dtc=address,irq may be
> * used on the LILO command line to override the defaults.
>
> Try this /etc/lilo.conf option instead of the autodetection that is currently
> not working for you. Also, the driver mentions that it is doing memory mapping.
>
> So, it should work.
>
> I had a similar problem with Adaptec1542 and I found some code changes
> on the internet to disable auto-detect just like I suggest you do with the dtc.
> Also, the source code mentions that dtc is the same as an NCR card
> (something else to try).
>
> Also, get "sane". It is excellent with scanners on Linux !
> I have a Microtek and it is great.
One other point:
pnpdump -c > /etc/isapnp.conf
works great. BUT, you must manually edit the file to select
one of many choices after creating the file this way.
Next, use isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf AFTER manually editing the file,
to register the configuration.
--
David Pace - Free commodity/stock graphing software
and Linux links at http://www.daveware.com
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From: David Rysdam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: Re: creating users and groups
Date: 05 Aug 2000 10:31:33 -0400
David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> How do I create users and groups without using yast? What are the
> canonical commands to do this?
adduser/useradd groupadd
> Also, do I have to set up a home directory for users? I want Apache,
> PostgreSQL (which requires it) to have their own users and groups
> without having an unnecessary /home directory or shell assigned to
> them.
According to the adduser man page, "The default is to not create the
directory and to not copy any files." However, I wouldn't stake my
life on this.
> I am using SuSE 6.2. I am setting up Apache and PostgreSQL from
> source, not from the distribution.
>
> While I'm here, how does a user normally change his password?
passwd
--
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From: -ljl- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Netscape popups
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2000 15:19:00 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Tim Haynes wrote:
> >
> > -ljl- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > > David Rysdam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > JCA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > >
> > > > > How does one get rid of popup windows in Netscape? It
> > > > > annoys me big time when visiting (or leaving) a site I get
> > > > > an obnoxious, unsolicited popup window.
> > > >
> > > > Don't visit porn sites.
> > >
> > > And just how does one tell a porn from a non-porn site? Not all
> > > porn sites have sex, body-parts ... in their URLs. Even if one
> > > could divine all the present porn URLs, by tomorrow some of them
> > > would change. Redirection is the game they play: Seriously.
> >
> > I never knew that <http://home.netscape.com/> was a porn site...
damn thing.
>
> Likewise there are popups in places at ibm.com. You check out specs
on a new
> computer and they give you a popup advertising their participation in
the
> Olympics. Does that make IBM a computer porn site or an Olympic porn
site?
Only if the Olympics has a sexual athletic event, bed hopping;
then Guilt by association applies :-)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonathan Thornburg)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship.
Date: 5 Aug 2000 17:35:58 +0200
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Robert Krawitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[[referring to Red Hat]]
>what difference does it make? At the end of the day,
>they're selling boxed sets containing a few CD's and a manual.
>Microsoft is selling boxed sets containing a few CD's and a manual.
>The difference is that Red Hat allows copying of said CD's and
>Microsoft doesn't.
I responded
| And that Red Hat allows you to use the same boxed set for more than
| one machine. (This makes a *big* difference in the cost when you have
| a network of N machines.)
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, blowfish <..> commented
>The arguement of costs is not important at all.
>
>At least for any real businesses.
>
>You see. Business software is part of the business expenses, so, they're
>tax deductable.
As is business hardware, and you'll notice the computer hardware market
is rather price-sensitive!
Tax laws vary from one country to another, but in the ones I'm familiar
with, 100% of business expenses are tax deductible, and typical marginal
corporate tax rates are around 50%, so the public at large ends up paying
50% of the cost (as a tax deduction from govt revenue), and the business
ends up paying the other 50% of the cost. 50% of the cost difference
between (say) a fully loaded-up Microsoft Windows 2000, and Red Hat
GNU/Linux, multiplied by the number of computers in a large corporation,
is a rather substantial chunk of cash.
That said, the cost advantages of free software are even more dramatic
for small users. Having worked around a number of small businesses as
both employee and contractor, I can assure you that tight cash-flow
positions are _very_ common, so the difference between
(a) cheap PC + free software, and
(b) cheap PC + Microsoft software,
matters a lot.
>It only matters to the free beer drunken college geeks who zero real
>income, and too much free time on his/her hands.
To switch every university-owned PC in the building in which I'm sitting,
from Red Hat GNU/Linux to (say) Microsoft Windows 2000, would cost
considerably more than our annual computer hardware budget.
You might also consider non-profit organizations, and those in countries
less wealthy than your own, for whom $200 for software may be a _huge_
cost.
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-- Jonathan Thornburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Universitaet Wien (Vienna, Austria) / Institut fuer Theoretische Physik
Q: Only 5 countries have the death penalty for children. Which are they?
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