Linux-Misc Digest #382, Volume #25 Tue, 8 Aug 00 11:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Fortune won't run ("Michael")
Re: psychology of linux (Stephen Hui)
Re: Run Linux from a CD only (Lew Pitcher)
Re: Fortune won't run (Tino Keitel)
Re: reclaiming the master boot record? (Leonard Evens)
Re: !!! Kenrnel message !!! ("Fortis")
Re: reclaiming master boo block?
Re: RH 6.2 Network Trouble ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: i need help uninstalling redhat linux 6.2!!! (Leonard Evens)
Map Data and Software Development Kit (Willie Peloquin)
Re: Backup /usr files (permissions?), repartition, restore?
Re: !!! Kenrnel message !!! (Troutman)
"Turbo" and X-windows. (Stanislaw Flatto)
Have a Linux or geek website? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Kernel compile fails early at main.c (Adam Williams)
Kernel compile fails early at main.c (Adam Williams)
Kernel compile fails early at main.c (Adam Williams)
/lib/modules/2.2.14 - unresolved symbols (Christoph Kukulies)
initrd - necessary? (Christoph Kukulies)
Re: SAMBA password problem ("Frank Hofmann")
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From: "Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Fortune won't run
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 09:00:32 -0400
Hi.
I am trying to get fortune to work in a startup script.
Before putting it in a script, I thought I would run it from the command
line.
When I ran it in Bash, I got the error message that "command not found".
I went to the directory where the fortune command was (it is marked
executable), and still got the same error when I ran it.
I re-installed the RPM from Redhat 6.2 (had to force reinstall it
because it said it was already present).
Still the same answer.
If I go to the directory where thefortunes are kept (which is different
from where the fortune executable is (by default, I didn't change it) ,
and double-click one of them, the fortune comes up.
Any ideas? I know I will have to put it in the profile script (i think),
but it should run from the command line.
Michael
Linux newbie
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From: Stephen Hui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: psychology of linux
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 08:13:04 -0500
That is an excellent point, and I guess I should clarify myself.
If my job is "self-contained", then that leaves me free time outside of
work to fiddle and prod and tinker (and perhaps even fiddle, prod and
tinker with stuff I'm working on at work). That's actually what is
happening with my job now: work stays at work, home becomes playtime.
But I do agree that a person should be continually challenged, even at
work. That's what makes the work fun.
Stephen.
Greg Norz wrote:
>
> A small piece of unsolicited advice: if you learn everything you need to
> know for your job on the job, go find another job. Only then will you stop
> getting paid to work and start getting paid to learn and play. It's the job
> that forces you to learn and grow outside of the confines of the office that
> truly ignite your passion for the kind of stuff you/we talk about in
> newsgroups.
>
> --
> Greg Norz
> Software Engineer - Enabling Technologies
> Macromedia
--
Stephen Hui, ARL:UT, Austin, Texas
Computer Terms: Programmer - A red-eyed, mumbling mammal
capable of conversing with inanimate objects.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lew Pitcher)
Subject: Re: Run Linux from a CD only
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 13:15:34 GMT
On Tue, 08 Aug 2000 12:45:18 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I can find quite a few floppy based Linux projects.
>
>I'm after a linux version which mounts itself and runs without a
>harddisk, using a ramdisk solution like the floppies. I know I can't
>save any config changes. But I'm after more programs than can be
>distributed with just a floppy.
>
>Pref .bin download for easy CD creation.
Slackware Linux (http://www.slackware.com/) _used to_ provide an
install that would run directly from the CD. Since I never used it, I
cant tell you either how well it ran, or if the latest Slackware
releases support it. I can tell you that I last saw it on Slackware
3.3 (I've since upgraded to Slackware 7.0).
Lew Pitcher
Information Technology Consultant
Toronto Dominion Bank Financial Group
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
(Opinions expressed are my own, not my employer's.)
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From: Tino Keitel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Fortune won't run
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 15:26:53 +0200
Michael wrote:
>
> Hi.
> I am trying to get fortune to work in a startup script.
> Before putting it in a script, I thought I would run it from the command
> line.
> When I ran it in Bash, I got the error message that "command not found".
>
> I went to the directory where the fortune command was (it is marked
> executable), and still got the same error when I ran it.
>
> I re-installed the RPM from Redhat 6.2 (had to force reinstall it
> because it said it was already present).
> Still the same answer.
>
> If I go to the directory where thefortunes are kept (which is different
> from where the fortune executable is (by default, I didn't change it) ,
> and double-click one of them, the fortune comes up.
>
> Any ideas? I know I will have to put it in the profile script (i think),
> but it should run from the command line.
>
> Michael
> Linux newbie
Put /usr/games in your PATH variable or execute /usr/games/fortune
If you have any spare time, read an introduction to UNIX shells. ;-)
Tino
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: reclaiming the master boot record?
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 08:15:02 -0500
Peter Mitchell wrote:
>
> Your system may be like mine, which is
>
> Partition 1 - Win95 C: = hda1
> Partition 2 - DOS extended -> Win95 D: = hda5
> Partition 3 - Linux native = hda3
> Partition 4 - Linux swap
> I have LILO installed on partition 3.
>
> If partition 1 is set active, Windows boots with no sign of
> Linux. If partition 3 is set active, the LILO prompt gives
> me a choice of booting Linux or Windows.
>
> If yours is like this you need to use fdisk (the DOS one
> will do) to set the Linux partition active.
>
> regards - Peter
>
> * Sent from AltaVista http://www.altavista.com Where you can also find related Web
>Pages, Images, Audios, Videos, News, and Shopping. Smart is Beautiful
If the lilo boot loader was put in the master boot record, lilo
should boot from the hard disk and of course lilo.conf can be
set so one has a choice. It sounds as if the lilo boot loader
was put instead in /dev/hda3. In that case, that partition would
have to be made the active partition.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: "Fortis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: !!! Kenrnel message !!!
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 15:16:52 +0200
Never ever do anything internet related while in root (it is just an advice)
Sorry, can't help with your question...
Best regards
Fortis
root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Dear Newsgroup,
>
> Aug 8 11:13:58 tux kernel: stuck on TLB IPI wait (CPU#0)
>
> My Kernel Version: Linux version 2.2.17pre15 (root@tux) (gcc version
> 2.95.2 19991024 (release)) #1 SMP Fri Aug 4 10:39:17 CEST 2000
>
> what does this mean ??? Every day my system hang for 1 to 2 minutes and
> the cpu is very, very high. After the 1 to 2 minutes all is fine.
>
> My System: Abit BP6 (motherboard)+ 2 Celron533 CPU + 254MB RAM
>
> so long, Patrick M.
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: reclaiming master boo block?
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 09:36:45 -0400
You can uninstall windows 98. The uninstall program will reset the mbr to
what it was when the installation started.
Or , you will have to change things so that you have a /boot paritition with
the linux kernel and lilo in it.
Set it to active, and lilo will work.
Then put in another primary partition, make it as active and put in dos on
that. Install win 98 on this one. when all is done, set the /boot partition
as active, and edit lilo.conf to include the win98 partition.
hope this helps.
Peter Bismuti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8mn3io$3gg$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> I tried installing win98 on a dos partition and overwrote
> the MBR, I booted using a floppy and then ran lilo as root, but it
> still wants to boot into win98.
>
> Is there any way of reclaiming it without reinstalling?
>
> Thanks
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: RH 6.2 Network Trouble
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 13:25:24 GMT
thanks for the hint.
I had to install the "telnet-server" and wu-ftpd rpms to get these.
regards
srini
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Prasanth A. Kumar) wrote:
> srini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > folks,
> >
> > My RH 6.2 installation appears to be working ok in general. One
strange
> > thing though is that I cannot telnet or ftp to the box. Nor is
apache
> > running. I seem to remember that previous RH distributions by
default
> > made all this automatic. (I can telnet out, ftp out and netscape to
the
> > www etc)
> >
> > Any clues/pointers would be appreciated.
> >
> > regards
> >
> > srini
>
> Most network services are not installed(or even running) on recent Red
> Hat Linux by default unless you do a server install I think. So go
> into 'ntsysv' to enable what you want and if any are missing, then
> install those rpms. You will probably need the inetd rpm if it isn't
> installed.
>
> The reason for all this is because people complained that running
> servers by default will it too easy for unknowledgable people to run
> unnecessary services and weaken the security of their systems.
>
> --
> Prasanth Kumar
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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Before you buy.
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: i need help uninstalling redhat linux 6.2!!!
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 08:20:14 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> hello if anyone out there is using redhat linux 6.2 i need help
> uninstalling it i've tried the command /sbin/lilo -u and it isn't
> working it sais in the redhat install guide that it would store an
> older version of lilo in a text file but it isn't working if anyone out
> there knows any other way of uninstalling redhat linux 6.2 then email
> me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Thanks deja member omega_666x and solo519!!!
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
To actually delete Linux from the disk, you will have to use
fdisk. You may have to call it with the had drive device,
e.g., /dev/hda, as argument. Then use the enclosed help to
figure out how to delete the Linux partitions.
/sbin/lilo -u
is normally used to remove the lilo boot loader from the master
boot record. If it doesn't work for some reason, try booting
from a DOS/Windows startup floppy disk and running
fdisk/mbr
This is an undocumented feature of the DOS fdisk command which
should restore the master boot record (without changing the
partition table).
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: Willie Peloquin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Map Data and Software Development Kit
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 13:42:13 GMT
Hi Gang,
I am interested in getting map data along with a SDK to produce my own
applications. I have seen a lot of map databases, but the only vendor
to have a SDK is Chicago Mapping. Anything available that is public
domain?
Thanks,
Willie
--
Willie Peloquin
Senior Software Engineer - Contract
http://www.ismi.net/~wpeloqui
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Backup /usr files (permissions?), repartition, restore?
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 09:53:47 -0400
Strange.
I had a 500 MB drive slowly filling up . So I moved everything onto a 2.5
GIG drive using cp. For the first 2 minutes, I was hand copying files and
changing the user and group ID's . Then I got tired of it and checked the
man pages.
I moved all of it into new partitions using cp , and all I had to do was
a) /etc/fstab had to be changed .
b) Rerun lilo for the new drive.
Of course, the computer was in *single user* mode while all this was done.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Troutman)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: !!! Kenrnel message !!!
Date: 8 Aug 2000 10:11:43 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Fortis) graced us with the following:
>Never ever do anything internet related while in root (it is just an
>advice) Sorry, can't help with your question...
>
>Best regards
>Fortis
Ummm....why would that be exactly?
--
___________________________________________
Mike Troutman
http://www.troutman.org
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From: Stanislaw Flatto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: "Turbo" and X-windows.
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 00:12:30 +0000
Hi Linux users!
Was browsing through Award BIOS setup on motherboard that I intended to
buy when I came to "Ctrl+Alt+ +/-" as a way to
change the "Turbo" status.
OK I know this from past, but to find it on mobo which boasts 112M bus
clock was a little odd.
Anyway, how would this affect the changing of resolution in X-windows
and what will respond to it - mobo speed or screen or both?
Thanks for answers...
--
Stanislaw on Slak 7.1
Registered on Linux counter No.162760.
Even put Ulladulla on their database.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Have a Linux or geek website?
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 14:38:26 GMT
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From: Adam Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Kernel compile fails early at main.c
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 10:57:27 -0400
Hello all,
I recently upgraded from RH 6.0 to 6.2 and am tying to recompile the
kernel. The reason is that I had been having printing problems and
learned thatinexplicably
printer support had been disabled in the kernel. Once I re-enabled it, I
attempted to recompile but got the following error:
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.2.14/include -Wall
-Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe
-fno-strength-reduce -m486 -malign-loops=2 -malign-jumps=2
-malign-functions=2 -DCPU=586 -c -o init/main.o init/main.c
init/main.c: In function "start_kernel':
init/main.c:1273: too few arguments to functon 'dcache_init'
make: *** [init/main.o] Error 1
This is the first "step" in the compilation process, but doesn't get
past it. I run a pentium 120 w/ 64 megs of RAM and a relatively full 1.2
Gig HD. I would imagine that something else was changed in the kernel
configuration that I'm not aware of that's bringing this on. On a
separate note, I was also wondering how to clean up my HD so that I can
get rid of unneeded stuff that may have been left over since the
upgrade. I have virtually NO data on the HD besides what's been put
there by the RH
installation CD's, but instead of taking up only ~ 800 MB of space, the
system now takes up around a GB or so. I would appreciate any
ideas.Thanks in advance.
Adam
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From: Adam Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Kernel compile fails early at main.c
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 10:57:57 -0400
Hello all,
I recently upgraded from RH 6.0 to 6.2 and am tying to recompile the
kernel. The reason is that I had been having printing problems and
learned thatinexplicably
printer support had been disabled in the kernel. Once I re-enabled it, I
attempted to recompile but got the following error:
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.2.14/include -Wall
-Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe
-fno-strength-reduce -m486 -malign-loops=2 -malign-jumps=2
-malign-functions=2 -DCPU=586 -c -o init/main.o init/main.c
init/main.c: In function "start_kernel':
init/main.c:1273: too few arguments to functon 'dcache_init'
make: *** [init/main.o] Error 1
This is the first "step" in the compilation process, but doesn't get
past it. I run a pentium 120 w/ 64 megs of RAM and a relatively full 1.2
Gig HD. I would imagine that something else was changed in the kernel
configuration that I'm not aware of that's bringing this on. On a
separate note, I was also wondering how to clean up my HD so that I can
get rid of unneeded stuff that may have been left over since the
upgrade. I have virtually NO data on the HD besides what's been put
there by the RH
installation CD's, but instead of taking up only ~ 800 MB of space, the
system now takes up around a GB or so. I would appreciate any
ideas.Thanks in advance.
Adam
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From: Adam Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Kernel compile fails early at main.c
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 10:59:36 -0400
Hello all,
I recently upgraded from RH 6.0 to 6.2 and am tying to recompile the
kernel. The reason is that I had been having printing problems and
learned thatinexplicably
printer support had been disabled in the kernel. Once I re-enabled it, I
attempted to recompile but got the following error:
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.2.14/include -Wall
-Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe
-fno-strength-reduce -m486 -malign-loops=2 -malign-jumps=2
-malign-functions=2 -DCPU=586 -c -o init/main.o init/main.c
init/main.c: In function "start_kernel':
init/main.c:1273: too few arguments to functon 'dcache_init'
make: *** [init/main.o] Error 1
This is the first "step" in the compilation process, but doesn't get
past it. I run a pentium 120 w/ 64 megs of RAM and a relatively full 1.2
Gig HD. I would imagine that something else was changed in the kernel
configuration that I'm not aware of that's bringing this on. On a
separate note, I was also wondering how to clean up my HD so that I can
get rid of unneeded stuff that may have been left over since the
upgrade. I have virtually NO data on the HD besides what's been put
there by the RH
installation CD's, but instead of taking up only ~ 800 MB of space, the
system now takes up around a GB or so. I would appreciate any
ideas.Thanks in advance.
Adam
------------------------------
From: Christoph Kukulies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: /lib/modules/2.2.14 - unresolved symbols
Date: 8 Aug 2000 14:58:38 GMT
In the course of moving an existing kernel from one ssystem to another
including all files in boot I got a message during boot that /lib/modules
could not be found. I then copied /lib/modules/2.2.14
over to the target machine and the error message went away.
Instead I now have a bunch of unresolved symbols from the .o files
in the subdirectories of /lib/mosules/2.2.14.
--
Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Christoph Kukulies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: initrd - necessary?
Date: 8 Aug 2000 14:59:17 GMT
What is the initrd for?
How is it generated?
--
Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Frank Hofmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SAMBA password problem
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 16:47:09 +0200
First you need to add a machine account to your /etc/passwd file and after
this, you need to add the machine account also to your smbpasswd file. If
you are using samba 2.07, the samba book is readable via swat utility. There
are all informations that you need. A good idea is man smbpasswd :-)
try to set the security to user in your smb.conf file.
Grretings Frank
"Stewart Honsberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hello All!
>
> I'm trying to setup SAMBA so that I can access some of my files under a
Win'98
> system as a shared drive, but am running into a problem. Every time I try
to
> access my computer from the Win'98 system it tells me I need a password
for
> \\BLACKDEATH\IPC$ and I have NO IDEA what to tell it!
>
> I've tried my own password, the password I've entered as my Samba password
> with smbpasswd (both the same PW), but it doesn't work.
>
> What do I need to do to be able to atleast LOOK at the available shares?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> --
> Stewart Honsberger (AKA Blackdeath) @ http://tinys.cx/blackdeath
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Remove 'thirteen' to reply privately)
> Humming along under SuSE 6.4, Linux 2.4.0-test5
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