Linux-Misc Digest #796, Volume #25 Mon, 18 Sep 00 03:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: First (Attempted) RH Installation Woes (MH)
Re: Newer versions of CDRECORD no longer work... (MH)
Re: error loading shared libraries (Glitch)
Re: Modem connection interferes with X11 (Dances With Crows)
Re: Newer versions of CDRECORD no longer work... (Dances With Crows)
Re: What's the largest machine in the world that uses Linux ? (Glitch)
how do i delete my linux partition? ("Kim Burton")
Re: The Truth About the Kursk Disaster ("Tomas Kroown")
Re: Swapfile problem (Fung Wai Keung)
Supported video cards list/site??? ("ssparky")
My Linux box got cracked (Rafael)
Re: Disk utilities for Linux ("Martin Duspiva")
Re: Help: batch renaming files - stripping bogus extensions (Steffen Kluge)
Labeling Tapes.. ("Tim Koopman")
Re: how do i delete my linux partition? ("Andrew N. McGuire ")
Re: Modem connection interferes with X11 (Bill Unruh)
Re: Modem connection interferes with X11 (Bill Unruh)
Re: X-Server problem when changing back to console (Marc Bartsch)
Re: kde config / startup help needed. (Bill Unruh)
Re: xfree 4.0.1 (Eric)
Re: Good MPEG player for Linux? (Eric)
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From: MH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: First (Attempted) RH Installation Woes
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 20:26:17 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Michael Figg wrote:
>
> This sounds reasonable, but one thing I forgot to mention
> is that when i try and boot I do get the Compaq logo displayed
> as is normal, then a BIOS looking screen saving configuration.
> I get this saving configuration when powering down.
>
> I would think if I get this then the display might be alright, correct?
>
Well, then your display is fine. What happens after the COMPAQ logo?
In any case, check your BIOS settings. Make sure your floppy, HDD, CD,
and boot settings are correct. There should also be a setting that
toggles the display of boot information. Make sure its on. When you
restart, try and read the boot information as it scrolls by on the
screen and see if there are any error messages. If you have problems
finding any of this stuff, refer to your manual.
I think you need to press <F2> during boot to get into a COMPAQ BIOS.
--
Don't waste your vote. Vote Green, or don't vote at all.
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From: MH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newer versions of CDRECORD no longer work...
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 20:28:50 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Grant Edwards wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, MH wrote:
> >Dances With Crows wrote:
>
> >Cdrecord 1.8 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 J�rg Schilling
> >cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open SCSI driver.
> >cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. Make sure you
> >are root.
> >
> >Note THAT I AM logged on as root.
>
> Are you sure you've got a SCSI driver runing? Can you mount a CD in the
> SCSI drive? If that works, make sure you've got the SCSI-generic module
> installed -- I think it's called "sg".
>
I'm booting from SCSI. And, yes I can mount a CD.
--
Don't waste your vote. Vote Green, or don't vote at all.
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Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 23:47:13 -0400
From: Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: error loading shared libraries
as i have no clue what else u can try, type 'ldconfig' at the prompt and
then try SQL tool again
dick dijk wrote:
>
> I installed the Ingres database on Suse 6.4, but when I tried to use the SQL
> tool (sql or isql) I get the following error msg:
>
> itm: error in loading shared libraries: libframe.1.so: cannot open shared
> object file: No such file or directory
>
> when I do:
>
> ldd libframe.1.so
>
> I get:
>
> libcompat.1.so => not found
> libq.1.so => not found
> libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6
> libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6
> /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2
>
> Although there are a few "not found" they do actually exist in the same
> directory as libframe.1.so which is ( in my case):
>
> /opt/tngfw/ingres/install/ingres/lib
>
> My LD_LIBRARY env. var does contain this path (so I would expect the libs
> can be found.
>
> Does anyone have any idea why the librariy libframe.1.so could not be
> loaded.
>
> Bye,
> Dick Dijk
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Modem connection interferes with X11
Date: 18 Sep 2000 03:45:14 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 18 Sep 2000 02:12:11 GMT, Brett W. Denner wrote:
>I recently purchased the SuSE version (6.4) of Linux, and discovered a
>problem that arises only when I use my modem to connect to the Internet.
>After I dial my ISP with the modem (using kppp in the KDE environment, I
>believe) I cannot start up most (if not all) programs that use Xlib.
>brett@linux:~ > xsky
>Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
>This behavior only starts once the modem is finished connecting. After
>I disconnect the modem, I can use xsky and other graphical programs as
>before.
When you start your PPP connection, the hostname of your machine is
getting switched to something like "12.13.145.178-ppp.isp.blah". This
makes X all confused, because X uses the hostname of your machine (among
other things) to determine whether or not a client program like xsky can
connect to the X server. (Had a similar problem when hot-plugging a
PCMCIA card into my laptop and connecting to a LAN...)
You can most likely fix this by unchecking the "Auto-COnfigure hostname
from this IP" option in kppp. If that doesn't work for some reason, you
can try doing "xhost +" from a command-line. That isn't really
reccommended for security reasons, though.
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Those who do not understand Unix are
http://www.brainbench.com / condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
=============================/ ==Henry Spencer
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Newer versions of CDRECORD no longer work...
Date: 18 Sep 2000 03:45:16 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 18 Sep 2000 03:05:18 GMT, Grant Edwards wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, MH wrote:
>>Dances With Crows wrote:
>
>>Cdrecord 1.8 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 J�rg Schilling
>>cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open SCSI driver.
>>cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. Make sure you
>>are root.
>>
>>Note THAT I AM logged on as root.
>
>Are you sure you've got a SCSI driver runing? Can you mount a CD in the
>SCSI drive? If that works, make sure you've got the SCSI-generic module
>installed -- I think it's called "sg".
What he said.
modprobe scsi_mod (may be unneccessary if SCSI support is built in)
modprobe sg
*THAT* information you posted above is the reason I made about 4
references to "cdrecord -scanbus" in my original post. The info that
command gives is almost always essential to get cdrecord working right.
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Those who do not understand Unix are
http://www.brainbench.com / condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
=============================/ ==Henry Spencer
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Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 23:50:53 -0400
From: Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What's the largest machine in the world that uses Linux ?
try www.top500.org, it might help
be sure to put the www as part of the url or it wont work
Yeung Ming wrote:
>
> do anyone know the ans or where i can find it by myself?
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From: "Kim Burton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: how do i delete my linux partition?
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 14:45:56 +1000
hi!
recently on my computer, i partitioned my hard drive for linux
i couldn't get linux to work properly for various reasons and i need the
space back now
can somneone please tell me how to delete my linux partition?
i don't have partition magic and i've already tried fdisk
thanks a lot in advance
-burto
"blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed"
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From: "Tomas Kroown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,redhat.general,alt.linux
Subject: Re: The Truth About the Kursk Disaster
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 14:53:02 +1100
Spelling is correct.
"Andrew P. Billyard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> You nailed it on the head. Satire. Before anyone comes down on David ..
> anymore they should read some Jonathan Swift (sp?)
>
> Tomas Kroown wrote:
>
> > Best bloody satirical story I have read for a long time.
> >
> > Check out www.chaser.com.au for more...
> >
> > "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > Some new information has come to light over the Kursk disaster. For
> > > those with short attention spans, the Kursk was the submarine that
blew
> > > up and sank in the Artic Ocean killing all 118 on board. The Russians
> > > tried to blame the incident on a collision with an unidentified
object.
> > > However, sonar tapes which recorded the blasts (a small one at first,
> > > then a much larger one two minutes later) cast doubt on these claims.
A
> > > whistle blower within the Russian military has leaked that the crew of
> > > the Kursk was testing a new type of torpedo when the accident occured.
> > > It seemed very likely that the test didn't go quite as planned.
> > >
> > > While rescue efforts to save the survivors of the Kursk failed,
salvage
> > > crews were able to recover a 'Black Box' from the submarine which
> > > contained detailed accounts of the events leading up to the explosion.
> > > As luck would have it, we got a copy of those tapes.
> > >
> > > It turns out that the submarine crew was trying to load Microsoft
> > > Windows on their fire control computer. Their intent was to replace
the
> > > aging CP/M operating system with the flashier Windows OS. Apparently,
> > > the Russians didn't know about the legendary stability problems
> > > exhibited by Windows. The log tapes make this painfully obvious:
> > >
> > > Captain: Is the new fire control Windows OS installed yet Comrade?
> > >
> > > Seaman: Almost Sir. We just need to finish filling out the
registration
> > > card.
> > >
> > > Captain: Excellent. Soon we will be able to point and click our
enemies
> > > into oblivian.
> > >
> > > [evil laughter in background]
> > >
> > > Seaman: Comrade Captain! It is booting! Look, it says "Preparing to
run
> > > Windows for the first time".
> > >
> > > [long pause]
> > >
> > > Seaman: Arrgh! Sir, it wants me to reboot again. That makes the 27th
> > > time.
> > >
> > > Captain: Hmmm. This is not encouraging. Go ahead and reboot again.
> > >
> > > Seaman: Aye Sir.
> > >
> > > [another long pause]
> > >
> > > Seaman: Captain, it is up again. It says it found new hardware ... A
> > > CD-ROM drive and that it needs drivers.
> > >
> > > Captain: Where are the drivers?
> > >
> > > Seaman: On the CD-ROM.
> > >
> > > Captain: You are joking, right?
> > >
> > > Seaman: No Sir.
> > >
> > > Captain: Reboot the damn thing again. I am starting not to like this
> > > Windows.
> > >
> > > [another long pause]
> > >
> > > Seaman: Sir! It is back! It says it found the Gorby2000 Torpedo and
is
> > > looking for the device drivers. Do we have a driver disk?
> > >
> > > Captain: I do not think so.
> > >
> > > Seaman: I will tell it to use the default drivers.
> > >
> > > [another long pause]
> > >
> > > Seaman: Crap. It wants to reboot again.
> > >
> > > Captain: How many times are we going to reboot today? This is taking
> > > forever. Our hull is going to rust out before this works.
> > >
> > > [another long pause]
> > >
> > > Seaman: Sir! It is up and this time it is not asking for anything!
> > >
> > > Captain: Really? No device drivers? No registration cards? No user
> > > profiles?
> > >
> > > Seaman: No Sir. I think it is ready.
> > >
> > > Captain: Good work comrade. Now click on the fire control icon and
let
> > > us see how this works.
> > >
> > > Seaman: Clicking now, Sir.
> > >
> > > [another long pause]
> > >
> > > Captain: Why does the fire control screen have a dancing paper clip
on
> > > it?
> > >
> > > Seaman: I have no idea Sir.
> > >
> > > Captain: Hmmm, well try clicking on the menu.
> > >
> > > Seaman: Aye Sir. Let us see; Open E-mail, Spam a friend, Mail a
Virus,
> > > Fire a Torpedo.
> > >
> > > Captain: We will spam a friend later. Let us fire a torpedo.
> > >
> > > Seaman: Aye Sir.
> > >
> > > [another long pause]
> > >
> > > Seaman: It is asking us to load the torpedo and to click when ready.
> > >
> > > Captain: Torpedo room, load a torpedo in tube number 1!
> > >
> > > [intercom:] This is the Torpedo room. The torpedo is loaded Sir.
> > >
> > > Captain: Click on the continue button.
> > >
> > > Seaman: Aye Sir.
> > >
> > > [another long pause]
> > >
> > > Seaman: It is asking for a target Sir.
> > >
> > > Captain: Hmmm, target the Rainbow Warrior.
> > >
> > > Seaman: Aye Sir. Damn! It says the torpedo is low on ink.
> > >
> > > Captain: Click ignore. We will get some ink when we return to base.
> > >
> > > Seaman: Aye Sir. We are ready to fire.
> > >
> > > Captain: Very good. You may fire when ready comrade.
> > >
> > > Seaman: Firing torpedo Sir.
> > >
> > > [another really long pause]
> > >
> > > Captain: Well?
> > >
> > > Seaman: I am trying Sir. Nothing is happening. Wait a minute....
> > >
> > > [a loud explosion is heard in the background followed by screaming on
> > > intercom]
> > >
> > > Captain: WTF was that?!?!?
> > >
> > > Seaman: Captain! A new screen has appeared!
> > >
> > >
> > > Outlook Express Fire Control has performed an illegal operation and
> > > will be shut down.
> > >
> > > Click 'OK' to continue.
> > >
> > >
> > > Seaman: Oh my God! The paper clip has died! What should I do?
> > >
> > > Captain: Shut it down! Shut it down!
> > >
> > > Seaman: It is not responding Sir!
> > >
> > > Captain: Try 'CTRL-ALT-DELETE'!
> > >
> > > Seaman: Aye Sir. We are in luck! The task manager is still operating.
I
> > > am instructing the task manager to shut down Outlook Fire Control.
> > >
> > > [another long pause]
> > >
> > > Seaman: The task manager says that Outlook Fire Control is not
> > > responding.
> > >
> > > Captain: Well no shit. Tell it to 'end task'.
> > >
> > > Seaman: Nothing is happening Sir.
> > >
> > > Captain: Try 'CTRL-ALT-DELETE' again.
> > >
> > > Seaman: Aye Sir.
> > >
> > > [sounds of frantic pecking on keyboard.]
> > >
> > > Seaman: Oooh! What a pretty blue screen!
> > >
> > > Captain: Holy Shit! Not the blue screen of dea....
> > >
> > > [ KABLAM! A really big explosion. More screaming and the sound of
> > > rushing water.]
> > >
> > > --------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > The tape ends at this point.
> > >
> > > During the week long rescue effort, divers reported hearing tapping
in
> > > the form of morse code coming from survivors inside the damaged sub.
The
> > > rescuers couldn't understand why a group of men would spend the last
of
> > > their strength tapping out "windows sucks" in morse code. The tapes of
> > > the last moments of the Kursk may offer some insight into this.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Where do you want to go today?
>
> --
> Please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
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From: Fung Wai Keung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Swapfile problem
Date: 18 Sep 2000 04:01:21 GMT
Hi,
My swapfile is not hidden. I create the swap file in /tmp. I think the
inode structure was refreshed during the periodic cleanup operation of
/tmp.
When I run "swapon -s", I get
wkfung@maemb3:/tmp>swapon -s
swapon: /proc/swaps: No such file or directory
wkfung@maemb3:/tmp>su root
Password:
root@maemb3:/tmp>swapon -s
swapon: /proc/swaps: No such file or directory
root@maemb3:/tmp>
: The file should still be where you left it... I assume you did something
: like this:
: # dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1024 count=65536 (64M swap)
: # sync
: # mkswap /swapfile
: # swapon /swapfile
: ...so the file should just be in /swapfile and you should be able to
: just rm it. If you called the swapfile something like "/.swapfile" then
: it naturally won't show up in a normal ls command ("ls -a" will show all
: files) What does "swapon -s" show?
: --
: Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
: Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Those who do not understand Unix are
: http://www.brainbench.com / condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
: -----------------------------/ --Henry Spencer
--
Regards,
Wai Keung, Fung
Department of Automation and Computer Aided Engineering,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
Shatin, N.T.,
Hong Kong
Tel: (852)26098056 Fax: (852)26036002
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "ssparky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Supported video cards list/site???
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 21:29:07 -0700
I;m brand spankin' new to linux. Where can I find a website that lists
supported video cards for linux? Thanks in advance for help with my dumb
question. mark
P. S. My real e-mail address has only one 'S'. I hate spam!
([EMAIL PROTECTED] )
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Rafael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: My Linux box got cracked
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 07:28:30 -0700
Hello !
I know what happen. My computer was attacked. Files like login, ls,
portmap an ps
was substituted by scripts. Real files was founded on created folder by
intruder.
Can I follow who it was, or more precise from where it was. I am not
interesed to
find intruder but I would like to know where he is locate. If he is
dangerous.
What should I do? I work us NetworkAdministor and from this computer
(home) I was
login to work servers. I do not want cracker to find my password on this
servers.
What shell I do now?
Cheers
Rafael
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From: "Martin Duspiva" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Disk utilities for Linux
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 07:38:49 +0200
>
>Is this damage physical damage, or filesystem damage?
It's physical damage :-(
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steffen Kluge)
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Help: batch renaming files - stripping bogus extensions
Date: 18 Sep 2000 05:30:53 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
John Doherty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> $ for i in * ; do mv "$i" `print "$i" | sed 's/\.jpg.*/.jpg/'` ; done \
> 2>/dev/null
>[...]
>There's probably a better way to do this, but it does work.
Very similar, just saving the sed invocation (let the shell do
the work):
for n in *; do mv "$n" ${n%% *}; done
Cheers
Steffen.
--
Steffen Kluge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Fujitsu Australia Ltd
Keywords: photography, Mozart, UNIX, Islay Malt, dark skies
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From: "Tim Koopman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,redhat.general
Subject: Labeling Tapes..
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 16:26:43 +1000
Hi all,
I would like to be able to write a label to a tape so that I know if the
right tape is in the drive with out having to use tar to display all the
files on the tape. I was hoping that I could just echo a label to the device
but it doesn't seem to work. It doesn't report any errors but cat will not
get the label back. Here is what i tried
#Write label
echo "Label" > /dev/nst0
mt -f /dev/nst0 weof
#now you can do backup
#Read label
mt -f /dev/st0 rewind
cat /dev/nst0
Neither return errors cat just doesn't display anything at all.
Thanks
Tim Koopman
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Andrew N. McGuire " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how do i delete my linux partition?
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 01:23:29 -0500
On Mon, 18 Sep 2000, Kim Burton quoth:
KB> hi!
KB> recently on my computer, i partitioned my hard drive for linux
KB> i couldn't get linux to work properly for various reasons and i need the
KB> space back now
KB>
KB> can somneone please tell me how to delete my linux partition?
KB> i don't have partition magic and i've already tried fdisk
KB>
Try booting from the installation media and use 'cfdisk' or
try M$'s fdisk.
Regards,
anm
--
# Only works with 'use strict'
foreach (qw~Just another Perl Hacker~) {!$|=~m~\d+~&&
++$.&&eval&&(@$=split?\s{1}?,$@);$@=~s[.*?"(.*?)".*$]
{$.<4?$1." ":$1."\n"}gmse;$\=$@;local $_="";print if!
!!!!! defined !$ENV{'HOME'} and @INC = ('.' or '/') }
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: Modem connection interferes with X11
Date: 18 Sep 2000 06:28:14 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Brett W. Denner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
]I recently purchased the SuSE version (6.4) of Linux, and discovered a
]problem that arises only when I use my modem to connect to the Internet.
]After I dial my ISP with the modem (using kppp in the KDE environment, I
]believe) I cannot start up most (if not all) programs that use Xlib.
]Here's the sample output from
]'xsky' started from the command line:
You forgot to give your computer a name when you installed, thinking it did not
matter. As a result, kppp is giving your computer a name when it connects with ppp.
Thus the name of your computer has changed. Your X session thinks it is owned by the
old name, and new X sessions try to open an X window under the new name. Out of luck.
Go to /etc/sysconfig/network
and fill in the
HOSTNAME=mickey.mouse.xx
(or whatever) line.
There may be a kppp option not to gie your system a new name when it connects. Why
they ever thought giving it a new name would be a good idea I will never know.
]brett@linux:~ > xsky
]Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
]Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
]Error: Can't open display: :0
]This behavior only starts once the modem is finished connecting. After
]I disconnect the modem, I can use xsky and other graphical programs as
]before.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: Modem connection interferes with X11
Date: 18 Sep 2000 06:29:43 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With
Crows) writes:
]You can most likely fix this by unchecking the "Auto-COnfigure hostname
]from this IP" option in kppp. If that doesn't work for some reason, you
]can try doing "xhost +" from a command-line. That isn't really
]reccommended for security reasons, though.
I assume that is why Mandrake in their X startup scripts has the line
xhost +
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From: Marc Bartsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: X-Server problem when changing back to console
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 08:35:02 +0200
Jean-David Beyer-valinux wrote:
> I have an NEC MultiSync FE700 monitor, Red Hat Linux 6.0, and a Matrox G200
> AGP video card. The monitor has a relay in it that clicks off the power to
> the CRT if the synch is not right. When I do C-A-F1, etc., to go from
> X Window System to CLI, it clicks off and back on within a second (my
> impression, not timed). I never thought to see what was going on, though.
> Perhaps the video driver takes a moment to set up and the synch detector
> notices the gap and flicks off for a moment.
>
Hello Jean-David,
Thanks a lot for your reply. The problem is not, however, that the
monitor clicks off
the power and flicks off for a moment, that's ok when the X-Server is
turned off, but
I cannot read the screen since everything is flickering and flying
around on
the monitor. I always turn it off immediately and shut down my machine
as fast
as I can. AND: It doesn't happen every time.
So, any more clues?
Thanks a lot,
Marc.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: kde config / startup help needed.
Date: 18 Sep 2000 06:43:42 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With
Crows) writes:
]On Sun, 17 Sep 2000 17:14:56 GMT, Roy F. Cabaniss wrote:
]>4. Is it at all possible to replace the pager used in kde with the one
]>used in fvwm2? I LOVE that old pager..... and it has been the main
]>reason I have not switched yet.
I assume you mean the little graphical representtion of the four (or more) desktops
which contain little representations with titles of the apps running on each of the
desktops. Yes I love that as well. I have been using Anotherlevel till now primarily
for that reason. Unfortunately Mandrake has decided not to support AnotherLevel, and
Redhat;s version does not run on Mandrake for some reason ( the title bar buttons or
any mouse clicks on them do not work)
]Can't help you there, but check http://freshmeat.net/ for "pager" and
]see if someone's ported it. Any application can run under KDE if the
]proper libraries are present; the old fvwm pager may work if you just
]start it up using the Alt-F2 command line or ~/Desktop/Autostart ....
Not sure if "pager " is the right term. Anyway freshmeat was of no help.
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: xfree 4.0.1
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 08:45:21 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Norman Zhang wrote:
>
> After I installed the XFree4.0.1 for Linux using xfree.org's binary
> distribution I get the following error message. Does anybody know what
> gives? Your help is greatly appreciated.
>
> XFree86 Version 4.0.1 / X Window System
> (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6400)
> Release Date: 1 July 2000
> If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer
> than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting
> problems. (see http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
> Operating System: Linux 2.2.15-urw1 i686 [ELF]
> Module Loader present
> (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Sat Sep 16 09:44:51 2000
> (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config"
> Parse warning on line 78 of section Keyboard in file /etc/X11/XF86Config
> Ignoring obsolete keyword "LeftAlt".
> Parse error on line 78 of section Keyboard in file /etc/X11/XF86Config
> "Meta" is not a valid keyword in this section.
> (EE) Problem parsing the config file
> (EE) Error from xf86HandleConfigFile()
This log tells you exactly what is wrong, your XF86Config file isn't
correct.
Run eg. xf86config to correct the errors.
Eric
>
> Fatal server error:
> no screens found
>
> When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
> the full server output, not just the last messages.
> This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log".
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Good MPEG player for Linux?
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 09:09:16 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MH wrote:
>
> Anyone know of a good MPEG player for Linux? Would be nice if it also
> played AVI files.
>
> --
> Don't waste your vote. Vote Green, or don't vote at all.
mtv, xanim, mpeg2play, and there a several more (also for divx, but I
don't recall the name of that prog.) You can find all of them at
freshmeat.net or use google to locate them.
Eric
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