Linux-Misc Digest #442, Volume #25 Mon, 14 Aug 00 07:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: SCSI CDRW Locks up Redhat 6.1 (hac)
Repost: bind key(combinations) to functions (Eric)
Re: Simple question about CD-Writing for Linux (Craig Bingman)
Note From the Cathedral... ("Brian Kirkby")
Re: Upgrade RH 5.2 to 6.2 (Mike)
Re: Linux on AMD (Craig Bingman)
export-command ("Hubert Ming")
Re: Problem w/jdk 1.1.7 ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Saving and Restoring an MBR (Villy Kruse)
Re: export-command (Eric)
Re: imwheel autostart (Grischa Stegemann)
starting xdm as backround process (T.Wuelfing)
Re: INIT: Id "x" respawining too fast: disabled for 5 minutes -- and it (John
Allen)
Debian GNU/Linux upgrade to Debian GNU/Hurd??? (Kim Taewoo)
Re: imwheel autostart (Grischa Stegemann)
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From: hac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: SCSI CDRW Locks up Redhat 6.1
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 06:38:46 GMT
bernieo wrote:
>
>
> RedHat 6.1.
>
> INITIO Ultra SCSI PCI card which has been in the system for 2-3 months
> without
> problems. Has a scanner set on id 2, cd recorder on id 3.
>
> In the SCSI BIOS, I had to set the drive to be allowed to use
> ASynchronous
> transfer for things to be stable under Windows. Either way, Linux does
> not work.
>
> Any clues. Is there some other parameter that need to be configured for
> this
> SCSI drive under linux?
>
> After setting the SCSI BIOS to Async transfer mode, it works great under
> Win98.
> Made 3 different CDs.
>
I suspect the usual cable or termination problems. My Initio card
works fine with my CD burner, and did not require any changes from the
default BIOS settings, other than termination.
Linux is well known for finding hardware faults that Windows hides.
Make sure that you are using short, high quality cables. Terminate
both ends of the bus. Use an active terminator. My scanner caused
problems until I pitched the cable and passive terminator that came
with it. It was OK if only the scanner was connected, but not if
anything else was connected. A better cable fixed that.
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Repost: bind key(combinations) to functions
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 08:50:40 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi there,
Is there a way to bind certain keys/keycombinations to start a function
when pressed. My keyboard has an extra button to start a calculator in
windows, and I'd like this button to function in linux (in X) too. And
what about other keycombinations. press <ctrl><alt><g> to start gimp
eg.?
Does anyone know how to do this, or if it is even possible?
Eric
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Craig Bingman)
Crossposted-To:
linux.apps.cdwrite,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Simple question about CD-Writing for Linux
Date: 14 Aug 2000 03:22:16 -0400
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Quiney, Philip [HAL02:HH00:EXCH] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I feel the need to prune out some incorrect information here.
>Sounds like an IDE CD Writer... You will need to build a kernel with the
>SCSI emulation switched on. Check out the file
>/usr/doc/HOWTO/CD-Writing-HOWTO for details.
With RedHat, I strongly suscpet that he just needs to load the ide-scsi
module and that a kernel compile is not necessary unless he has
compiled his own monolithic kernel in the past.
>If possible I would put the Writer on the master jumper and the CD
>reader on slave. Last time I tried XCDroast it wasn't happy about a
>'slave' writer even though it showed up in the list of devices.
It seems happy enough with my writer running as hdb
>You will need to change the link /dev/cdrom to point to /dev/scd0 (I
>think that is what the emulated disks become). No doubt the HOWTO will
>mention this...
No, I don't think that he needs to muck around with his fstab to
in that way. This is my fstab, and cd recording works just fine.
/home/cbingman> more /etc/fstab
/dev/hde1 /windows/C vfat noauto,user 0 0
/dev/hde5 /windows/D vfat noauto,user 0 0
/dev/hde6 /windows/E vfat noauto,user 0 0
/dev/hde7 /windows/F vfat noauto,user 0 0
/dev/hde8 /windows/G vfat noauto,user 0 0
/dev/hdf2 swap swap defaults 0 2
/dev/hdf1 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2
/dev/hdf10 /work ext2 defaults 1 2
/dev/hdf11 /vmware ext2 defaults 1 2
/dev/hdf3 / ext2 defaults 1 1
/dev/hdf5 /usr ext2 defaults 1 2
/dev/hdf6 /usr/local ext2 defaults 1 2
/dev/hdf7 /opt ext2 defaults 1 2
/dev/hdf8 /var ext2 defaults 1 2
/dev/hdf12 /tmp ext2 defaults 1 2
/dev/hdf9 /home ext2 defaults 1 2
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
usbdevfs /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs defaults 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts defaults 0 0
/dev/cdrom /cdrom auto ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0
/dev/cdrom1 /cdrom1 auto ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0
/dev/fd0 /floppy auto noauto,user 0 0
# entries below this point made manually
# to establish mount points for zip drive
/dev/hdb1 /zip ext2 noauto,user,nosuid,sync 0 0
/dev/hdb4 /dzip vfat noauto,rw,user,nosuid,sync,mode=0777 0 0
/home/cbingman> ls -la /dev/cdrom
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Aug 8 02:36 /dev/cdrom -> /dev/scd0
/home/cbingman> ls -la /dev/cdrom1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Jul 27 04:49 /dev/cdrom1 -> /dev/hdc
Prior to getting the cdrw drive working properly, it was set up as a
typical read-only drive, and /dev/cdrom was linked to /dev/hdb
Craig Bingman
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From: "Brian Kirkby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Note From the Cathedral...
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 01:26:53 -0600
http://www.themestream.com/gspd_browse/browse/view_article.gsp?c_id=141014&i
d_list=141014,140022
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From: Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Upgrade RH 5.2 to 6.2
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 07:29:44 GMT
I wouldn't recommend upgrading from 5.2 to 6.2. I tried it and a large
number of problems occured regarding my previous configuration. I think
you'd have better luck with just backing up your important files, erasing
5.2 and then installing 6.2.
-Mike
>
>
> Looking for opinions and experiences on upgrading RedHat 5.2
> to Redhat 6.2. Any major problems or has it gone smoothly ?
>
> Jon
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Craig Bingman)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Linux on AMD
Date: 14 Aug 2000 03:36:02 -0400
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, blowfish <..> wrote:
>If they just want everything by default, and .RPM every apps. Why
>not just stick with Windoz?
>--
>- Alex / blowfish.-
Maybe it is their first experience with linux. Maybe they are just sick
of using an operating system that falls apart when its web browser crashes.
There are as many reasons for starting with a stock distribution of linux
and keeping it relatively simple at first as there are disgruntled
Microsoft Windows users.
If you have an interest in Linux becoming truly mainstream, then this
attitude is really counterproductive.
Craig
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From: "Hubert Ming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: export-command
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 10:17:01 +0200
dear lingurx
i'd like to export a few environments-variables on linux-box. so i created a
small script (export_it) which contains my exports:
export http_proxy=http://proxy.s1.ch:8080/
export ftp_proxy=http://proxy.s1.ch:8080/
.........
to run the script now i simply can activate my export_it-script. but the
export's are not set in bash-shell from which i started the script. how can
i export the 'export-script' in my shell...
thanx alot
hubert
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem w/jdk 1.1.7
Date: 14 Aug 2000 08:20:26 GMT
Gordito Rascali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: "Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
:> William W. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:> : I've installed the version of jdk1.1.7 that's part of the current Debian
:> : stable release. I let apt set everything up, and it didn't produce any
:> : errors. Whenever I try to run javac, java or any of the other binaries,
:> : I get the following error (newlines added by me):
:>
:> : /usr/lib/jdk1.1/bin/../bin/i686/green_threads/java: error in loading
:> : shared libraries:
:> : /usr/lib/jdk1.1/bin/../lib/i686/green_threads/libjava.so: undefined
:> : symbol: _dl_symbol_value
:> The debian binaries are libc6.
:>
:> doc008:/usr/oboe/ptb% ldd /usr/lib/jdk1.1/bin/ia32/native_threads/java
:> /lib/nfslock.so.0 => /lib/nfslock.so.0 (0x40002000)
:> libjava.so => not found
:> libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x4000a000)
:> libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x4001b000)
:> libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x40038000)
:> libawt.so => not found
:> libXpm.so.4 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4 (0x4003b000)
:> libXt.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6 (0x40049000)
:> libICE.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libICE.so.6 (0x40091000)
:> libSM.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libSM.so.6 (0x400a7000)
:> libXext.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6 (0x400b0000)
:> libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x400bc000)
:> libXp.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXp.so.6 (0x4015d000)
:> libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x40166000)
:> /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x2aaaa000)
:>
:> The missing libs are defined by LD_LIBRARY_PATH in the script. By any
:> chance are you running the binaries directly? Nooooooooooo.
: There's a difference between native and green threads. Sun has some info on their
: page regarding this.
Yes .. I've never had much luck with native threads, and I always use
green. It IS the default, according to the scripts, but he can force it
with "setenv THREADS_FLAG green" (look in the .java script itself for
the details).
A wild guess ... maybe he hasn't set up the symbolic links for his
architecture. He needs to link ia32 to i686 i586 i486 i386 in the
java lib dir ...
Peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Villy Kruse)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Saving and Restoring an MBR
Date: 14 Aug 2000 08:32:18 GMT
On Sun, 13 Aug 2000 18:46:58 GMT, John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Randy Cooper writes:
>> That will only work if you want a generic DOS MBR. What if you want to
>> recover the MBR after Linux has been installed and overwritten the MBR to
>> use with LILO?
>
>'lilo -u' of course. man lilo.
The backup files are named /boot/boot.0300 where the 03 is the major
device number, ie. ide disk; and 00 is the minor disk, ie. /dev/hda
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 0 May 5 1998 /dev/hda
^^^ ^^^
major minor
For /dev/hda1 the save file would be /boot/boot.0301 and
for /dev/hda2 the save file would be /boot/boot.0302
and so on.
This file will be created only if it does not already exists, which
means that you won't loose it if you re-run lilo.
Villy
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: export-command
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 11:00:03 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hubert Ming wrote:
>
> dear lingurx
> i'd like to export a few environments-variables on linux-box. so i created a
> small script (export_it) which contains my exports:
>
> export http_proxy=http://proxy.s1.ch:8080/
> export ftp_proxy=http://proxy.s1.ch:8080/
> .........
>
> to run the script now i simply can activate my export_it-script. but the
> export's are not set in bash-shell from which i started the script. how can
> i export the 'export-script' in my shell...
>
> thanx alot
> hubert
source it, (ie. put a dot in front)
. Your_Script.sh
If you don't do this, the script will be executed in a new shell, set
your variables there and then exit, thus destroying the shell where you
set the variables too.
Eric
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From: Grischa Stegemann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: imwheel autostart
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 18:35:06 +0200
vanepelw wrote:
> does anyone know of a way to start imwheel
> automatically as a standard user??
How about just putting it into your ".xinitrc" or ".xsession"?
These files will be executed as soon as you start your X session.
So just start all the X stuff you want here. This will also work for
any other windowmanager while this autostart thing is very KDE
specific.
--
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From: T.Wuelfing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: starting xdm as backround process
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 09:18:13 GMT
Hi,
How can you start xdm from command line without switching to the
graphical user interface? After starting I want to stay in the text
console.
Thanks,
T.Wuelfing
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From: John Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: INIT: Id "x" respawining too fast: disabled for 5 minutes -- and it
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 11:45:10 +0100
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Dave Brondsema wrote:
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:3B%j5.3166$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > What's in the logs ?
> >
> > /var/log/messages ??
> > Any thing ther about why "x" was dying as soon as it starts ?
>
> gateway xfs: Warning: The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc" does not
> exist
> gateway xfs: Entry deleted from font path
>
The fixed font is in the misc directroy, and X will not start without it.
Re-install X from the rpm, or at least install the RPM that includes the
misc font directory.
Do an rpm -qf /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc to find out what RPM
the directory came from.
> # 5 fonts did this
> gateway xfs: xfs startup succeeded
>
> # also found this
> gateway httpd: httpd: cannot determin local host name
> gateway httpd: Use the ServerName directive to set it manually.
> gateway httpd: httpd startup failed.
>
> any idea where the "ServerName directive" is?
>
> Thanks.
>
> >
> >
> >
> > Dave Brondsema <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:pw%j5.61257$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > >
> > > "K. Posern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > > Hi.
> > > >
> > > > Dave Brondsema wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Now I get the following message after everything boots and starts
> (no
> > > > > problems):
> > > > >
> > > > > INIT: Id "x" respawining too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
> > > >
> > > > something wrong with your /etc/inittab - but can not tell you what
> > exactly
> > > > (perhaps post the inittab-file).
> > >
> > > Here's some:
> > >
> > > # lots of comments
> > >
> > > id:5:initdefault:
> > >
> > > si::sysinit:/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit
> > >
> > > # stuff that doesn't seem to have any affect
> > >
> > > x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > > so the windows system will automatically launch after
> > > > > everything boots???
> > > >
> > > > This is done by putting the following two lines in your inittab (or
> > > > correcting an existing initdefault-entry to runlevel 3).
> > > >
> > > > # default runlevel
> > > > id:1:initdefault:
> > > >
> > >
> > > But I want to start at runlevel 5.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Hope this helped.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Ciao,
> > > >
> > > > Knuth.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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Dave Brondsema wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
<br><a
href="news:3B%j5.3166$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:3B%j5.3166$[EMAIL PROTECTED]</a>...
<br>> What's in the logs ?
<br>>
<br>> /var/log/messages ??
<br>> Any thing ther about why "x" was dying as soon as it starts ?
<p>gateway xfs: Warning: The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
does not
<br>exist
<br>gateway xfs:
Entry deleted from font path
<br> </blockquote>
The fixed font is in the misc directroy, and X will not start without it.
<p>Re-install X from the rpm, or at least install the RPM that includes
the
<br>misc font directory.
<p>Do an rpm -qf /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc to find out what RPM
<br>the directory came from.
<blockquote TYPE=CITE># 5 fonts did this
<br>gateway xfs: xfs startup succeeded
<p># also found this
<br>gateway httpd: httpd: cannot determin local host name
<br>gateway httpd: Use the ServerName directive to set it manually.
<br>gateway httpd: httpd startup failed.
<p>any idea where the "ServerName directive" is?
<p>Thanks.
<p>>
<br>>
<br>>
<br>> Dave Brondsema <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
<br>> <a
href="news:pw%j5.61257$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:pw%j5.61257$[EMAIL PROTECTED]</a>...
<br>> >
<br>> > "K. Posern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
<br>> > <a
href="news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]</a>...
<br>> > > Hi.
<br>> > >
<br>> > > Dave Brondsema wrote:
<br>> > >
<br>> > > > Now I get the following message after everything boots and
starts
<br>(no
<br>> > > > problems):
<br>> > > >
<br>> > > > INIT: Id "x" respawining too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
<br>> > >
<br>> > > something wrong with your /etc/inittab - but can not tell you
what
<br>> exactly
<br>> > > (perhaps post the inittab-file).
<br>> >
<br>> > Here's some:
<br>> >
<br>> > # lots of comments
<br>> >
<br>> > id:5:initdefault:
<br>> >
<br>> > si::sysinit:/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit
<br>> >
<br>> > # stuff that doesn't seem to have any affect
<br>> >
<br>> > x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon
<br>> >
<br>> >
<br>> > >
<br>> > > > so the windows system will automatically launch after
<br>> > > > everything boots???
<br>> > >
<br>> > > This is done by putting the following two lines in your inittab
(or
<br>> > > correcting an existing initdefault-entry to runlevel 3).
<br>> > >
<br>> > > # default runlevel
<br>> > > id:1:initdefault:
<br>> > >
<br>> >
<br>> > But I want to start at runlevel 5.
<br>> >
<br>> > >
<br>> > > Hope this helped.
<br>> > >
<br>> > >
<br>> > > Ciao,
<br>> > >
<br>> > > Knuth.
<br>> > >
<br>> > >
<br>> >
<br>> >
<br>>
<br>></blockquote>
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From: Kim Taewoo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Debian GNU/Linux upgrade to Debian GNU/Hurd???
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 19:49:35 +0900
is it possible?
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From: Grischa Stegemann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: imwheel autostart
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 13:03:44 +0200
Sorry for the double posting!
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