Linux-Misc Digest #798, Volume #25 Mon, 18 Sep 00 11:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: you can turn the power off now (Ray Fencey)
Re: Labeling Tapes.. (-ljl-)
Re: Basic networking question. (With Mustard)
Re: cd query (John Hasler)
Re: Kernel 2.2.17 ( problem to get vfat support) ("Lonni J. Friedman")
bus error (sandra fobel)
Re: POP & SMTP servers (sysadmin)
Accidently replaced a very important directory with a symlink (Otto Wyss)
Re: syntax error in silo.conf (Tino Keitel)
Help with Mandrake installation (Stewart Gibson)
German keymap, GNOME, RH-6.1 (Christoph Kukulies)
Re: bus error (Andreas K�h�ri)
Re: RPM builder (instmon, installwatch) ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: monitor off ("Jason")
Re: Newer versions of CDRECORD no longer work... (Grant Edwards)
Sound card recommendations (Patrick M Geahan)
Re: As of right now I dedicate my life to linux ("Jason")
RPM builder (instmon, installwatch) (Uwe Brauer)
Re: RPM builder (instmon, installwatch) ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: RPM builder (instmon, installwatch) (Uwe Brauer)
swprintf ("Ludwig Stroobant")
Re: SCSI tape drive problem w/ RH 6.1 (David C.)
Problems with Big partitions? (GianPiero Puccioni)
RH 6.2 internet connection and config. ("Roger")
Re: RH 6.2 internet connection and config. ("Simon")
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From: Ray Fencey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: you can turn the power off now
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 12:26:57 GMT
In article <8pjkmn$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Dan Jacobson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Recommendation: whereas windows has the comfy 'you can safely turn the
> power off now' screen [funny, why doesn't it also tell us when to turn
the
> power back on? :-)]; and whereas Linux seems to only have the two
words
> "power off" come out on the screen [is it telling me to turn the power
> off, or is it saying that it turned the power off, and if so, why is
my
> computer still whirring?]
> Therefore: Linux should be more clear. [At least my distribution and
> probably yours.]
> --
> www.geocities.com/jidanni E-mail: restore ".com." �n����
> Tel:+886-4-5854780; starting in year 2001: +886-4-25854780
>
>
its telling you, "you can power down your machine now". it would be
pretty good if your machine had the power turned off yet, you still have
your box whirring! :)
as an aside, with an apm compliant bios and a recent kernel, you can
compile _into_ the kernel apm so that it will physically power-off the
box when you say things like
shutdown -h now
however if you dont have an apm compliant bios (check your motherboard
manual) then the kernel cant send a msg to the bios requesting the power
to be cut even if you can compile apm support into the kernel
also, if you have some understanding of what is happening when you tell
your linux (or indeed unix box) to shutdown, then once all the shutdown
scripts are run, then the msg that you are presented probably isnt very
confusing at all.
ray
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Before you buy.
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From: -ljl- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,redhat.general
Subject: Re: Labeling Tapes..
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 12:48:38 GMT
In article <%xix5.86$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Tim Koopman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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.
Have you tried tar's label feature, --label or its synonym -V.
You might look at "man tar" and "info tar" for more detail.
You can cat text to a tape but have to be careful not to over-
write something.
> 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
Try issuing this command a second time. You can use mt's status
command to see where the tape is positioned; before and after you
write the label. Also, I don't think you have to write EOF. The
writting should occur upon device closure, movement will do this.
--
Louis-ljl-{ Louis J. LaBash, Jr. }
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: With Mustard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Basic networking question.
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 13:11:05 GMT
Jean-David Beyer-valinux wrote:
> Why get a hub until you need one? To get practice choosing and ordering
> hubs?
>
> I have a long straight cable and a 12 inch crossover cable in series (why
> get stuck with a lot of long crossover cables?). Only when I get a third
> device on my LAN will I need a hub. So I will have wasted only the cost of
> a 1 foot long crossover cable. Meanwhile, the cost of a hub can be used
> elsewhere, or invested.
Your Mileage May Vary. Hubs are getting pretty cheap these days. Sometimes
a crossover cable and a female/female RJ45 adaptor can cost as much as a
hub. If you can find a crossover cable at all. Crossover cables are never
advertised as loss leaders in the Sunday newspaper ad supplements, but a
hub ... you never know.
Pricing is insane. The last couple of ethercards I bought included 6'
straight cables. Similar cables packaged separately were priced higher than
the ethercards! I finally got irritated enough by the pricing that I went
to a lumberyard and spent $100 on a crimper, a couple of bags of RJ45
connectors, and a big roll of Cat 5 cable.
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: cd query
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 12:29:37 GMT
Neil Shadrach writes:
> I can mount it and wander the directories but any attempt to copy files
> from it fails with i/o errors ( detail below ).
Sounds to meas if you've got a bad CD.
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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From: "Lonni J. Friedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kernel 2.2.17 ( problem to get vfat support)
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 08:40:19 -0400
Josef Oswald wrote:
>
> Hi:-)
>
> In my desperation I am asking this question here.
>
> Since 2 days I am trying to compile a new kernel ( several versions
> like 2.2.17 which should be a stable version and 2.4.0-test8)
>
> The problem is that even though I do select MS-DOS and vfat support
> during the configuration, at start up I read the message:
>
> vfat not supported by kernel, also that no modules cant be found.
> yet if I cd into /lib/modules/2.2.17/fs those models are being listed
> there.
>
> So what is the problem here?
>
> I need access to my winXX partition form Linux because I moved a lot of
> files there ( as a sort of back-up, now they are save even from me
have you bothered to actually load the vfat module with "modprobe vfat"?
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From: sandra fobel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: bus error
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 14:10:20 +0200
Hello there,
we've recently installed Suse Linux 6.4 on my PC. Unfortunatly when I
try to start Netscape it tells me 'Bus Error'. What does it mean and
does anyone has an idea how to get rid of that problem?
Thanks in advance
Sandra
__________________
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (sysadmin)
Subject: Re: POP & SMTP servers
Date: 18 Sep 2000 09:36:01 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <W2Pv5.4741$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Steve Yelvington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>At your favorite prompt, type:
>
>man tcpd
Works like a champ.
Adam
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Otto Wyss)
Subject: Accidently replaced a very important directory with a symlink
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 15:42:14 +0200
Now it happend to me, I accidently replaced a very important directory
with a symlink. Since any file below should be okay it should be
possible to restore this directory. Does anybody know how?
O. Wyss
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From: Tino Keitel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: syntax error in silo.conf
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 15:47:55 +0200
"Andreas K�h�ri" wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Tino Keitel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Hi folks,
> >
> >I modified something in /etc/silo.conf of an old Sparc Station 2 running
> >RedHat 4.2 and typed "/sbin/silo", no errors. After rebooting SILO
> >aborts because of a syntax error in silo.conf and asks for a path to the
> >kernel at the command line. I neither know where the kernel is nor what
> >the filename is. What can I do? Has someone a boot floppy whith a kernel
> >so I can boot from floppy and repair silo.conf? How can I boot a Sparc
> >Station 2 from floppy?
> >
> >Tino
>
> Some common names and locations of the kernel (alas, maybe not on
> Sparc systems): '/vmlinuz', '/boot/vmlinuz' or '/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.15'
> (where "2.2.15" is the version number of the kernel).
>
> Does SILO display the erroneous line?
No, it only reports the error. It would also help if SILO would display
the silo.conf file, since i could see the path to the kernels.
Tino
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From: Stewart Gibson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help with Mandrake installation
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 11:05:59 -0230
Hi
I have the OS installed and seem to be having trouble with Printer
drivers in Star Office 5.2 The Cannon Drivers are not included in the
distribution and though I have installed the Cannon drivers using
Package manager Star Office does not see them.
The question is, where does package manager put the drivers on
installation?
Any help greatfully appreciated.
Stu
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From: Christoph Kukulies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: German keymap, GNOME, RH-6.1
Date: 18 Sep 2000 13:54:22 GMT
Unfortunately a few of the 5 installations of RH6.1 I recently did
came out with US keymapping while the keyboard is a german keyboard.
Where is determined which keyboardmapping is
taken for GNOME (X11) and vtys as well?
--
Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: bus error
From: Andreas K�h�ri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 18 Sep 2000 15:54:41 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
sandra fobel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello there,
>
>we've recently installed Suse Linux 6.4 on my PC. Unfortunatly when I
>try to start Netscape it tells me 'Bus Error'. What does it mean and
>does anyone has an idea how to get rid of that problem?
>
>Thanks in advance
>Sandra
>__________________
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>
You typically get a bus error from accessing a misaligned pointer. You
can not correct it without access to the source code.
Try waiting for a smarter reply than mine, or get another version of
Netscape.
/A
--
Andreas K�h�ri, <URL:http://hello.to/andkaha/>. Junk mail, no.
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Reformat is a state of disk...
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RPM builder (instmon, installwatch)
Date: 18 Sep 2000 13:55:54 GMT
Uwe Brauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
:> Uwe Brauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:> : I am looking for a tool which should simplify
:> : building RPM packages. I am aware of instmon and installwatch which
:> alien.
:> Build a tar file and run alien -r over it.
: Well I know about alien. But I would do it the other way around from
: rpm to the tar file. Because producing a tar file, ie the possibility
: you suggest I found hairy.
What's difficult? Put all the files in the place you want them as a
final situation, list them, and run tar cvfCT mystuff.tgz / list_of_files.
run alien --to-rpm over the result.
To build Red Hat packages, alien must be called with the --to-rpm
parameter, and the name of the alien package to be converted. Alien
will then generate a spec file, and call rpm to build the package.
Note that rpm will by default place the new package under
/usr/src/redhat/ .
: Suppose you want to build say emacs, then ./configure will create you
Yes, but so what? You want to build a binary package.
: So after running make you must modify the install option and this I
: find risky. But you are right it is possible this way.
I don't understand. It sounds like you are trying to build a source
rpm, not a binary one! I clearly got the impression you wanted to
build binary ones.
Peter
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From: "Jason" <Jason(AT)cyborgworkshop.com>
Subject: Re: monitor off
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 09:14:49 -0500
man setterm
--
Jason
www.cyborgworkshop.com
...and the geek shall inherit the earth....
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant Edwards)
Subject: Re: Newer versions of CDRECORD no longer work...
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 14:30:15 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, MH wrote:
>> 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.
Does your kernel have the "sg" module loaded?
--
Grant Edwards grante Yow! Catsup and Mustard
at all over the place! It's
visi.com the Human Hamburger!
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From: Patrick M Geahan<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sound card recommendations
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 14:32:02 GMT
I'm looking for a good soundcard with composite output that runs nicely
under Linux. My plan is to use this to add to my Linux box to play MP3
audio through my home stereo.
I've heard good things about the SBLive, but have also heard that it has
problems under Linux.
Specifically, I'm planning to use RH 6.2, but kernel upgrades are not out
of the question.
Any advice appreciated. Thanks.
--
=======Patrick M [EMAIL PROTECTED]=======ICQ:3784715======
Quote of the Week: "Compared to the Black Plague European Tour, nothing of
note has happened in Europe since the Germans got uppity a couple of times
earlier this century." - Natural Born Cereal Killer in alt.peeves
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From: "Jason" <Jason(AT)cyborgworkshop.com>
Subject: Re: As of right now I dedicate my life to linux
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 09:31:44 -0500
see Koos Pol.
--
Jason
www.cyborgworkshop.com
...and the geek shall inherit the earth...
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From: Uwe Brauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RPM builder (instmon, installwatch)
Date: 15 Sep 2000 09:27:10 +0000
Hello
I am looking for a tool which should simplify
building RPM packages. I am aware of instmon and installwatch which
allow the creation of a RPM packages once the packages is installed in
the usual way. I have difficulties with both though for libc > 5
Does somebody know another tool?
Thanks in advance
Uwe Brauer
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RPM builder (instmon, installwatch)
Date: 15 Sep 2000 11:09:01 GMT
Uwe Brauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I am looking for a tool which should simplify
: building RPM packages. I am aware of instmon and installwatch which
: allow the creation of a RPM packages once the packages is installed in
: the usual way. I have difficulties with both though for libc > 5
: Does somebody know another tool?
alien.
Build a tar file and run alien -r over it.
Peter
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From: Uwe Brauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RPM builder (instmon, installwatch)
Date: 15 Sep 2000 16:04:26 +0000
"Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Uwe Brauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> : I am looking for a tool which should simplify
> : building RPM packages. I am aware of instmon and installwatch which
> : allow the creation of a RPM packages once the packages is installed in
> : the usual way. I have difficulties with both though for libc > 5
>
> : Does somebody know another tool?
>
> alien.
>
> Build a tar file and run alien -r over it.
>
> Peter
Well I know about alien. But I would do it the other way around from
rpm to the tar file. Because producing a tar file, ie the possibility
you suggest I found hairy.
Suppose you want to build say emacs, then ./configure will create you
an appropriate Makefile:
where to look for the libraries where to
install things etc.
So after running make you must modify the install option and this I
find risky. But you are right it is possible this way.
Uwe
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From: "Ludwig Stroobant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: swprintf
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 14:49:57 GMT
I'm porting a program from solaris to linux. When linking in linux, it seems
there is an undefined reference to 'swprintf' and 'wprintf' in a library I
created myself. Using the 'nm' command, I see that there is indeed a
reference in my library to these functions.
My guess is that I simply need to link another standard library, but I don't
know which one. (Being a new linux user, I don't know my way around these
libraries yet!)
(for the moment, I link with the following libraries: pthread, nsl, rt and
dl, and my own library)
What the simplest way to find out in what library I can find a certain
function?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: SCSI tape drive problem w/ RH 6.1
Date: 18 Sep 2000 10:52:41 -0400
-ljl- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Also, you will need 'st' (SCSI Tape) support compiled in or as a module.
> I suspect that you have "st.o" and it should be loaded automagically.
Every commercial distribution provides this. You shouldn't be missing
the st driver unless you explicitly compiled your kernel without it.
-- David
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From: GianPiero Puccioni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.list
Subject: Problems with Big partitions?
Date: 18 Sep 2000 14:52:34 GMT
Hi,
I still have the problem I asked about time ago, that is, a big
partition (around 50 Gbytes) gives a lot of problems. I followed the
suggestion to upgreade the kernel from 2.2.12 (RH 6.1) to 2.2.16 without
any improvement. I tried to upgrade NFS too as it is possible the
problem is triggered by the fact that the filesystem is accessed by NFS
(even if it is mounted read-only). No success, and anyway it seems the
corruption happens even when NFS is not used. After some time the
filesystem is unreadable both from NFS and from the local system, I can
umount it but it doesn't remount (it gives a "bad fs") and even fsck
cannot read it ("short read"). This keeps happening even after a reboot,
fsck, or even fdisk, can't read the partition . After a while I was able
to reread the disk (just retrying or maybe it was that I left the
machine off for a while resetting something?). I suppose one solution
could be to split the disk in two smaller partitions but I'd rather try
to avoid that as it could give problems organizing the content.
Summing up the hardware:
OS RedHat 6.1 (no X-win and / on a separate IDE disk)
with kernel 2.2.16 and nfs update
disc SEAGATE Model: ST150176LW
scsi Adaptec AHA-294X Ultra2 SCSI
the partition is (given by sfdisk -s /dev/sda1)
48845601
the filesystem is (given by df)
/dev/sda1 48078504 10178036 35458188 22% /vol00
Any suggestion?
Thanks,
GianPiero
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From: "Roger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: RH 6.2 internet connection and config.
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 23:24:50 +0800
Reply-To: "Roger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi.
Can you please help me to config a network connection (sept by step) so that
i can surf the net?
I have a Pcmcia Xircom Card.
Thanks.
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From: "Simon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: RH 6.2 internet connection and config.
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 14:59:36 GMT
Do you have gnome installed ???
Simon
"Roger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8q5ag2$b6t$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi.
> Can you please help me to config a network connection (sept by step) so
that
> i can surf the net?
> I have a Pcmcia Xircom Card.
> Thanks.
>
>
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