Linux-Misc Digest #801, Volume #25 Mon, 18 Sep 00 18:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: End-User Alternative to Windows (Yannick)
Re: CD Writers and Macs - discuss (John Winters)
Re: Labeling Tapes.. (-ljl-)
Re: End-User Alternative to Windows (Michael Mitchell)
Profiler and timing tool (Doug Angus)
Dual Boot Problem ("GreatSage")
Re: Cobalt RaQ3/RedHat ("Florian Effenberger")
Re: aic7xxx 2.4.0 kernel module...gone (Jonathan)
Re: SCSI tape drive problem w/ RH 6.1 (Harshal)
gnome/gtk not displaying fonts in menus etc. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Newer versions of CDRECORD no longer work... (MH)
Re: Newer versions of CDRECORD no longer work... (MH)
Re: ethernet gaurenteed to work? (Eric Y. Chang)
Re: Lilo?Confused-Help (John in SD)
Re: Permission Woes - can't add write permission ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: circuit layout program (Glenn Trigg)
Re: zip-drive problems ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: VCR - MATROX G 400 TV ("Marcel Janssen")
Interface eth0 won't come up on boot.... (Dave Barcelo)
Re: My Linux box got cracked ("fogman40")
Re: Can't get any network card to work (Eric Y. Chang)
Re: Labeling Tapes.. (Juergen Heinzl)
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From: Yannick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: End-User Alternative to Windows
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 19:58:41 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sure...just put it in a shutdown script.
> But...with unix..the utility of shutting down machines is nil.
It is. It's called saving energy. Unless you have teams working 24h/24h
7 days a week.
Yannick.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Winters)
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: CD Writers and Macs - discuss
Date: 18 Sep 2000 21:11:42 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
James Campbell Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Alisdair McDiarmid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Um, no, I'm afraid. The MacOS user on the LAN uses Adaptec's Toast
>> software to create the CD image, then copies it across here for
>> burning.
>>
>> I can only suggest you either get a copy of Toast, or read man
>> mkhybrid.
>>
>> Sorry to be of little help,
>
>No, actually that's exactly what I needed to know - thanks! It never
>occured to me to create the image *on the Mac*, then copy it across.
>You learn something new every day. Cheers.
Except that that isn't necessarily enough. I've tried to burn the
image of MkLinux with cdrecord and it doesn't come out right. According
to the MkLinux home page it needs to be *burnt* on a Mac, but they're
cagey as to exactly why. I'd like to know.
John
--
John Winters. Wallingford, Oxon, England.
The Linux Emporium - the source for Linux CDs in the UK
See http://www.linuxemporium.co.uk/
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From: -ljl- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,redhat.general
Subject: Re: Labeling Tapes..
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 20:07:39 GMT
In article <8q52uu$8vh$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
-ljl- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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
That should of been "mt tell".
> 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.
Here is what I get:
Script started on Mon Sep 18 13:28:38 2000
[root@lou2 /root]# echo "Louis" >/dev/nst0
[root@lou2 /root]# mt rewind
[root@lou2 /root]# cat /dev/nst0
Louis
[root@lou2 /root]# mt rewind
[root@lou2 /root]# echo "Louis" >/dev/nst0
[root@lou2 /root]# mt weof
[root@lou2 /root]# mt rewind
[root@lou2 /root]# cat /dev/nst0
Louis
[root@lou2 /root]# exit
exit
Script done on Mon Sep 18 13:30:42 2000
Note: I have the environment variable "TAPE=/dev/nst0" defined
and therefore don't have to use mt's -f option..
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From: Michael Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: End-User Alternative to Windows
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 16:15:30 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yannick wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Sure...just put it in a shutdown script.
> > But...with unix..the utility of shutting down machines is nil.
>
> It is. It's called saving energy. Unless you have teams working 24h/24h
> 7 days a week.
Energy will be saved to a degree but my old SCSI hard drives don't like
to spin up
and down alot. I leave em on all the time for better reliability.
Besides, you never know when you'll wanna dial in or telnet to your box
from work
or from the road etc :P
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From: Doug Angus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Profiler and timing tool
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 14:14:51 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Anyone know where I can download a profiler and timing tool for Red Hat
6.2?
Thanks,
Doug
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From: "GreatSage" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Dual Boot Problem
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 13:47:55 -0700
Hi,
I have a computer that has one SCSI hard drive which I have partitioned for
WIN2000 and Red Hat Linux. I first installed WIN2000 on the first partition
and then installed Linux on the second partition. I had LILO installed in
the Linux partition and NOT in the master boot record. I can currently boot
to Win 2000 and can also boot to Linux but to linux via a boot disk. I am
currently trying to utilize the Win2000 boot loader to load both Linux and
Windows but Im having problems. This is what I did:
1) I stripped from the Linux partiiton the bootsector (dd if=/dev/sda6
of=/LINXLOAD.LNX bs=1300 count=1).
2) I copied this to a floppy.
3) Then in Windows 2000 I copied this file to the root directory c:\
4) I edit the boot.ini file (after removing the system and read only
attributes) to add the following line (C:\LINXLOAD.LNX="Linux")
So, when I reboot, I indeed get the boot menu and can successfully load
Win2000 but when I select "Linux" the screen goes black and just prints the
two leters "LI" at the left of the top most line. The computer never loads
Linux and seems to just hang ??
Does anyone have any insight into what I have done incorrectly.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
Jerry
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From: "Florian Effenberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cobalt RaQ3/RedHat
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 22:54:38 +0200
Hi Bill,
> look in the directory /etc/cron.daily for a file named 'core'. I
think
> you need to remove it.
Thanks for your help, but I listed with ls -la and I only found the
following files:
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Sep 14 23:04 .
drwxr-xr-x 35 root root 4096 Sep 18 04:13 ..
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 51 Sep 2 1999 logrotate
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 402 Jul 27 23:26 makewhatis.cron
-rwx------ 1 root root 331 Sep 14 23:04 ntpdate.auto
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 102 Sep 20 1999 slocate.cron
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 64 Oct 27 1999 tmpwatch
-rwx------ 1 root root 130 May 16 13:48 vacuumdb
Any other ideas?
Thanks a lot,
Florian
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From: Jonathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: aic7xxx 2.4.0 kernel module...gone
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 20:49:59 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Josef Oswald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Remember Darren those Kernels are _unstable_ Versions :-(
>
> I tried to kompile one 2.4.test8 now three times and for some reason
> when I want to access my fvat partitions I get the message vfat not
> supported by kernel...... ( and yes I even compiled it fix in the
kernel
> and not as a module)
>
> I know that is not a answer to your question though..:-( Sorry
>
> Darren Welson wrote:
> >
> > Every time I recompile 2.4.0-test 6,7, and 8 kernel, I cannot seem
to
> > successfully load the AIC7XXX module, or at least have it made.
Anyone know
> > how I can check to make sure I am actually making this module, or
find a way
> > I can to compile it into the kernel? I have added it as a module
and IN the
> > kernel in all three test versions as a low-level SCSI option, but
what am I
> > missing?
> >
> > darren
>
> --
> Josef Oswald [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> registered-linux-user # 13.818 at http://counter.li.org
>
Offtopic from the top-level post, but ...
I had that problem with the vfat modules also. Read
/Documentation/Changes. I had to upgrade modutils and rename
conf.modules to modules.conf.
As you said, however - this also does not address the aic7xxx problem ;)
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From: Harshal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: SCSI tape drive problem w/ RH 6.1
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 20:53:32 GMT
In article <8q5oqs$4fn$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, -ljl- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> You can try and load your adapter's module by hand using "insmod".
> Keep an eye out for error messages, check "dmesg | less" too.
I can add both aic7xxx and st using insmod (dmesg confirms this) but I
still can't use the tape.
mt -f /dev/st0 rewind gives:
/dev/st0: No such device
> You only have one module loaded?
Yep. This is a very minimal web server. I want to back it up on a SCSI
DLT drive that works fine on a couple of other Red Hat 6.1 systems we
have.
2 things still puzzle me:
1. I can't figure why a reboot is not loading the aic7xxx module
2. And why can't I use the tape after manually loading the module.
Thanks for all your help so far. I am pretty sure I am missing
something simple but I can't figure out what.
Any HOW-TOs or FAQs I should look at?
Thanks again,
Harshal
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: gnome/gtk not displaying fonts in menus etc.
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 21:00:51 GMT
I have a problem with all gnome/gtk apps. They have stopped displaying
text. All the menus are blank, and the buttons are blank except for for
the icons they contain. Gtk/gnome apps have worked fine for a long
time, until this problem appeared.
It's making things very difficult.
I've tried to solve the problem by reinstalling all ofHelix Gnome
(latest) and ALL its dependancies (packages with 'rpm -qp --requires
*' in the dir that contained all the Helix Gnome rpm's, and then 'rpm
-q --whatprovides' on all the libraries and files that command gave to
show thich packages would satisfy those file dependancies). I have also
reinstalled the X server (The 3dfx's 4.01 rpms), and my fonts, just in
case those were te problems.
The problem still remains.
There is a screenshot at http://www.rawmeat.org/screenshot.jpg - it may
show the problem a bit clearer.
There are a few apps that seem to be unaffected. For example - the
preferances dialogue and menus in xmms.
A few apps give warnings when started from the command line. I have
included the warnings that Pan gives on startup.
---
GnomeUI-WARNING **: gnome_app_insert_menus_custom: couldn't find
insertion
point for menus!
Gtk-WARNING **: invalid cast from (NULL) pointer to `GtkCheckMenuItem'
Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkcheckmenuitem.c: line 143
(gtk_check_menu_item_set_active): assertion `check_menu_item != NULL'
failed.
---
I have also made sure all the fonts are working by opening the gimp font
dialoge. However, KDE only seems to haev a few fonts in its font
dialogue.
Further, gnucash displays odd characters when I type in it. I rebuilt
all the fonts.dir files just in case. If this is a font problem, how do
I diagnose it?
I am hoping that someone knows if there is anything I can do to help
diagnose what is wrong, or perhaps someone even knows how to fix it. I
have completely run out of ideas.
Rikard
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From: MH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newer versions of CDRECORD no longer work...
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 14:23:45 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dances With Crows wrote:
>
>
> The Linux SCSI subsystem is split up into several parts: lowlevel
> drivers for each SCSI card (Adaptec 1542, Symbios 53c8xx, IDE-SCSI
> emulation), basic SCSI support (scsi_mod), support for SCSI disks
> (sd_mod), support for SCSI CD-ROMs (sr_mod), support for SCSI tapes
> (st_mod) , and support for SCSI generic devices like CD-RWs and scanners
> (sg). A SCSI CD-ROM is treated as a block device, while a SCSI generic
> device is treated as a character device. Reading a CD-ROM goes through
> the block device, while writing to a CD-R(W) goes through the character
> device, because the timing problems that can occur with a block buffer
> cache make it much more difficult to burn a good CD. That requires the
> sg module to load.
>
> Also, just because it boots from a SCSI device doesn't mean that the
> appropriate SCSI modules are even available. Booting always uses the
> SCSI card or the machine's BIOS, and RedHat by default puts all the SCSI
> stuff into an initial RAMdisk. The BIOS loads the kernel image and the
> RAMdisk, then passes control to the kernel. If the SCSI modules aren't
> there, you'll get a kernel panic, but that's obviously not happening.
>
> The sg module should be under /lib/modules/$VERSION/scsi/sg.o
>
OK. So I've got to recompile my kernel to include the special SCSI
driver. It would be nice if stuff like this was documented. Note the
following quote from the cdrecord package description:
"The cdrecord distribution contains a SCSI user level transport
library. The SCSI library is suitable to talk to any SCSI device
without having a special driver for it."
There are no dependencies listed for this package. One would therefore
assume, as I did, that there would be no problems using this package
with a functioning SCSI CD-ROM. In spite of the clever admonishment
about making assumptions, I don't think I was an ass for making that
particular assumption, under the circumstances.
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From: MH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newer versions of CDRECORD no longer work...
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 14:26:08 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Grant Edwards wrote:
>
>
> For the _third_ time:
>
> DO YOU HAVE THE "sg" MODULE LOADED?
>
Nope (at least I don't think so). See reply above.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Y. Chang)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: ethernet gaurenteed to work?
Date: 18 Sep 2000 21:26:32 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
David Rysdam ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
...
: It's pretty difficult to find a card that ISN'T automatically
: detected. Try an NE2000 (or clone) or a 3Com card (3c5xx or 3c9xx).
^^^^^
Will be detected, but may not work.
Will work with the following patch:
problem: 3c507 uses incorrect interrupt (irq)
--- /root/old.c Thu Aug 31 07:01:13 2000
+++ 3c507.c Thu Aug 31 07:02:05 2000
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
static const char *version =
"3c507.c:v1.10 9/23/94 Donald Becker ([EMAIL PROTECTED])\n";
-
#include <linux/module.h>
/*
@@ -282,6 +281,7 @@
extern int el16_probe(struct device *dev); /* Called from Space.c */
static int el16_probe1(struct device *dev, int ioaddr);
+static void el16_patternout(void);
static int el16_open(struct device *dev);
static int el16_send_packet(struct sk_buff *skb, struct device *dev);
static void el16_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id, struct pt_regs *regs);
@@ -329,18 +329,12 @@
__initfunc(int el16_probe1(struct device *dev, int ioaddr))
{
static unsigned char init_ID_done = 0, version_printed = 0;
+ unsigned short inputbyt;
int i, irq, irqval;
if (init_ID_done == 0) {
- ushort lrs_state = 0xff;
- /* Send the ID sequence to the ID_PORT to enable the board(s). */
outb(0x00, ID_PORT);
- for(i = 0; i < 255; i++) {
- outb(lrs_state, ID_PORT);
- lrs_state <<= 1;
- if (lrs_state & 0x100)
- lrs_state ^= 0xe7;
- }
+ el16_patternout();
outb(0x00, ID_PORT);
init_ID_done = 1;
}
@@ -364,6 +358,38 @@
the S.A. for the manufacturer's code. */
irq = inb(ioaddr + IRQ_CONFIG) & 0x0f;
+ if (init_ID_done == 1 && dev->irq !=0 && irq != dev->irq)
+ { /* The user selected an irq that does not match with the card
+ irq. Attempt to reset it */
+ outb(0x00, ID_PORT);
+ el16_patternout();
+ el16_patternout();
+ outb(0xff, ID_PORT);
+ inputbyt = inb(ioaddr + IRQ_CONFIG);
+ /* get rid of the last 5 bits (4 is reset) */
+ inputbyt = inputbyt & 0xe0;
+ inputbyt = inputbyt | dev->irq;
+ printk("Attempting to set irq to %x\n", dev->irq);
+ outb(inputbyt, ioaddr + IRQ_CONFIG);
+
+ /* reset the port (but not restart) */
+ outb(0x00, ID_PORT);
+ el16_patternout();
+ outb(0x00, ID_PORT);
+
+ /* check to see if new irq is in */
+ inputbyt = inb(ioaddr + IRQ_CONFIG);
+ inputbyt = inputbyt & 0x0f;
+ if (inputbyt == dev->irq)
+ printk("succeeded to reset irq to %x\n", dev->irq);
+ else
+ {
+ printk("failed to reset irq to %x\n", dev->irq);
+ return EAGAIN;
+ }
+ irq = dev->irq;
+ init_ID_done = 2; /* no need to reset twice */
+ }
irqval = request_irq(irq, &el16_interrupt, 0, "3c507", dev);
if (irqval) {
@@ -432,6 +458,20 @@
return 0;
}
+__initfunc(void el16_patternout(void))
+{
+ ushort lrs_state = 0xff;
+ int i;
+
+ /* Send the ID sequence to the ID_PORT to enable the board(s). */
+ for(i = 0; i < 255; i++) {
+ outb(lrs_state, ID_PORT);
+ lrs_state <<= 1;
+ if (lrs_state & 0x100)
+ lrs_state ^= 0xe7;
+ }
+}
+
static int el16_open(struct device *dev)
{
/* Initialize the 82586 memory and start it. */
@@ -885,6 +925,7 @@
{
if (io == 0)
printk("3c507: You should not use auto-probing with insmod!\n");
+printk("3c507: setting io %x irq %d\n", io, irq); /* ericc */
dev_3c507.base_addr = io;
dev_3c507.irq = irq;
if (register_netdev(&dev_3c507) != 0) {
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From: John in SD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Lilo?Confused-Help
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 21:31:21 GMT
I see a problem with the "initrd=" specifications below. They are kernel
images, not initial ramdisks.
On Sun, 17 Sep 2000 18:28:31 GMT, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am learning linux by installing a linux (LFS).
>
>I have three levels of same linux in different partitions.
>One I mess around, one before I mess around and one all tested.
>I can boot any of them via lilo. I am running out of space so,
>
>1. I formated one of them which has 2 gig. with P-Magic .
>2. I commented out the that partition in lilo.conf and ran lilo -v -t and
>every thing OK. So I update MBR with lilo -v. Went well.
>3. When I boot it,I got "ERROR- You should have 'ro' on the looplinux.bat"
>file. I can not boot the other partitions too, except Win95 and floppy.
>
>Help! Can some one educate me? Old dog for new tricks.
>Where is looplinux.bat. I can not find any where?
>
>APPRECIATE ALL THE HELP.
>RGDS.
>MYINT
>
>
>Here is my mess, lilo.conf
>#lilo
># general section
>#
>boot = /dev/hda
>install = /boot/boot.b
>message = /boot/message
>prompt
>
># wait 20 seconds (200 10ths) for user to select the entry to load
>timeout = 200
>
>#
># Dev linux 2.2.16 create 8/5/00
>#
>image = /boot/vmlinuz
> label = dev
> initrd = /boot/vmlinuz
This line is not an INITRD image; delete it.
> read-only
> root = /dev/hda9
>#
># BurRel
>#
>image = /boot/vmlinuz
> label = burrel
> initrd = /boot/vmlinuz
Ditto.
> read-only
> root = /dev/hda6
>#
># BurLinux 2.2.6
>#
># this may be the problem for booting THIS IS THE ONE i FORMATED.
>#image = /boot/vmlinuz
># label = burlinux
># initrd = /boot/vmlinuz
Ditto.
># read-only
># root = /dev/hda10
>#
>
># BurDev 2.2.16 rel 8
>#
>image = /boot/vmlinuz
> label = burdev
> initrd = /boot/vmlinuz
Ditto.
> read-only
> root = /dev/hda11
>#
># TinyLinux
>#
>#mage = /boot/vmlinuz
>#label = tiny
>#initrd = /boot/vmlinuz
Ditto.
>#read-only
>#root = /dev/hda7
>
>#
># OpenLinux
>#
>#image = /dev/hda6/boot/vmlinuz-2.0.35-modular
># label = linux
># root = /dev/hda6
># read-only
>#
># RedHat
>#
>#image=/dev/hd19/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.12-20
># label=redhat
># initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.12-20.img
># read-only
># root=/dev/hd19
>#
># additional entries Win95
>#
>other = /dev/hda1
> label = win95
> table = /dev/hda
> loader = /boot/chain.b
LILO version 21.5 (18-Jul-2000) source at
ftp: brun.dyndns.org dir: /pub/linux/lilo
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Permission Woes - can't add write permission
Date: 18 Sep 2000 17:31:32 -0400
Duncan Cameron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am trying to have Netscape use the Mail folder on one of my DOS
> partitions, so as to keep all the mail in one place. This works fine for
> root, but as a user Netscape can't do this because the user lacks write
> permission for the file.
A DOS partition is not an ext2 partition. The file system does
have/store/allow permissions (now, if it were UMSDOS...).
What is the entry in fstab for that partition? Does it allow "user" (of
course, this means the users can write to that partition using any
software)?
setuid? Having your users run Netscape *as* root? That is not a good idea
either.
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Subject: Re: circuit layout program
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Glenn Trigg)
Date: 19 Sep 2000 08:34:24 +1100
Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Can anyone recommend a good circuit layout program? I am taking my
> first 2 electronics classes and would
> like to make some 'virtual' circuits in class with my laptop. I tried
> klogic but I don't like it much (but maybe that was because it was
> before I actually started to take my classes and knew what I was doing).
>
> Can anyone point me to some good ones out there?
Have a look at the Eagle Layout Editor at http://www.cadsoft.de it's
quite good and is free for small schematics/circuit boards.
Glenn
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: zip-drive problems
Date: 18 Sep 2000 17:35:56 -0400
Christian Verbeek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> d00000.rar
> verbeek@RISA:~ > umount /zip
> exchanging the zip-disk
> verbeek@RISA:~ > mount /zip
> verbeek@RISA:~ > ls /zip
> d00000.rar
> but there is no d00000.rar on this disk.
Hmmm ... the same sort of thing happens in Windows. If you swap zip disks,
the system does not notice. Unless the disks have been given different
disk/volume labels (does Linux cache the directory information just in
case you remount the same volume or does it flush the old directory
information when you umount? Well, in this case, it is clearly *not*
flushing the directory info when you umount).
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From: "Marcel Janssen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: VCR - MATROX G 400 TV
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 21:41:44 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Christian Duclou
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Can i record a TV-program with a MATROX G 400 TV on a Linux Box ?
Have you checked : http://marvel.sourceforge.net/ ?
> My problem is to record periodically a TV program on (little) video file
> server and to read it on MacOs or window$ boxes with programs like
> Quicktime.
Check out : http://heroinewarrior.com/
-Marcel Janssen
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From: Dave Barcelo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Interface eth0 won't come up on boot....
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 17:10:36 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
I have an RH 6.2 system and I have my nic configured to come up on
boot but it isn't working. I have the ONBOOT flag set to yes in
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0. What is the deal. I can
bring it up manualy but can't bring it up on boot.
Thanx in advance.
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From: "fogman40" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: My Linux box got cracked
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 16:47:14 -0500
I would nuke the system and reinstall everything. Hope you have everything
backed up. Did you have a firewall on your machine or a firewall box between
your computer and whatever before this happened? And would change all your
passwords to whereever. Somebody else might be able to tell you how to trace
the person(s) that did this but to me it is not worth the time or effort. I
would also work on making your system more secure.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Y. Chang)
Subject: Re: Can't get any network card to work
Date: 18 Sep 2000 21:51:44 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Got some kernel logs? Make sure that the irq is really being set.
You may need to trace source code. I just patched 3c507.c. Accepts
irq, drops it silently.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: Got a problem and can't figure out what to do. I've got both an Intel
: EtherExpress Pro/10 and a generic NE2000 card, and I can't get either
: to work on a 386/25 running RedHat 6.2. I've gotten the cards to work
: under Windows 95 on the machine, and have also gotten them both to work
: on a different machine running Mandrake 7. However, whenever I try them
: on the 386, I get "Device or Resource Busy, delaying initialization"
: when it tries to get ETH0 to start...
: The 386 is my baby, the first IBM-compatible I ever got, I've got
: several more powerful machine, but I've got a soft spot for this one
: and just want to get it on the network... :)
: I have the cards set for IRQ 10, IO 300, but no luck. I've tried them
: on different IRQs and IO numbers, but no luck...
: Anyone have any ideas what else to try. This is really weird. Running
: Intel SoftSet on the Intel card has no problems, it runs through all
: the tests perfectly, but Linux cannot figure out how to talk to them.
: It's a slow machine, perhaps there is a timeout setting for the
: initialization or something??
: Thanks for any help!
: Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
: Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Juergen Heinzl)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,redhat.general
Subject: Re: Labeling Tapes..
Date: 18 Sep 2000 21:54:38 GMT
In article <%xix5.86$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tim Koopman 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. 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
[-]
Some things ::
- you do not need to run mt -f /dev/nst0 weof.
- make sure the blocksize is not 0 by running mt -f /dev/nst0 status
with a tape loaded. If it is 0 you should set one. Use 512 or 1024.
- if you want to seek, then a mt -f /dev/st0 stsetoptions scsi2logical
may be required.
- I'd trouble using the shell in the past and god knows what reason
for as it changed over time / kernel versions. Using a self made
backup solution I'm labeling my tapes too. Here the blocksize is
512 bytes and the label is written this way ..
label[MTBUFSIZ];
write( fd, label, sizeof( label ) );
.. using a MTBUFSIZ of 512 bytes. Yup, the text itself is not
as long as MTBUFSIZ but no trouble since then. It might have been
a minor glitch due to my software / hardware combination, that is
true, so see the first two things first. In any case make sure
you can read back from the tape.
Cheers,
Juergen
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