Linux-Misc Digest #806, Volume #25 Tue, 19 Sep 00 10:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: unresolved references in modules ("Taras Ciuriak")
Re: Labeling Tapes.. (Jean-David Beyer-valinux)
Re: Change the users' group under shadow password system? (Jean-David Beyer-valinux)
Re: It would seem that Redhat is a bit of a bugger! (Jean-David Beyer-valinux)
oldLOGIN missing. Unable to login to machine ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Finding total size of files in directory tree? (Neil Shadrach)
how to delete a column in a table in Postgresql ?
linux then windows (massimiliano)
Re: Labeling Tapes.. (-ljl-)
Re: Undefined reference (-ljl-)
Re: Newer versions of CDRECORD no longer work... ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Newer versions of CDRECORD no longer work... ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Finding total size of files in directory tree? (Aldo Pignotti)
Q: Best Open Motif version? ("Jonathan Gift")
Re: virus found after a fresh installation (Robert Heller)
Re: linux then windows (Robert Heller)
Re: cdrecord with ATAPI/IDE problem (aflinsch)
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From: "Taras Ciuriak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: unresolved references in modules
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 11:11:09 +0100
"-ljl-" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> After building the modules did you do a "make install_modules". I'm
> thinking you are trying to use old modules with the new kernel.
> Modules built with the same kernel source should work with that kernel.
Yes, ran make install_modules.
> Of course this assumes the kernel built without errors.
Yes, kernel built without errors. Even stranger, I have a driver for my
Maestro-2 soundcard that I compiled and installed under 6.0 without any
problems. When I explicitly recompile it and try and install it
post-upgrade, I get the same error of unresolved references! It's not at
all clear to me why!! ..../Taras
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From: Jean-David Beyer-valinux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Labeling Tapes..
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 06:56:47 -0400
Tim Koopman wrote:
> Hi,
> Thanks for your help so far.
> I think I have tracked where my problem is but not sure how to fix it.
> Here is what I do...
> # mt -f /dev/nst0 status
>
> SCSI 2 tape drive:
> File number=0, block number=0, partition=0.
> Tape block size 512 bytes. Density code 0x47 (unkown to this mt).
> Soft error count since last status=0
> General status bits on (41010000):
> BOT ONLINE IM_REP_EN
>
> # echo "Tape1" >/dev/nst0
>
> # mt -f /dev/nst0 status
>
> SCSI 2 tape drive:
> File number=0, block number=0, partition=0.
> Tape block size 512 bytes. Density code 0x47 (unkown to this mt).
> Soft error count since last status=0
> General status bits on (41010000):
> BOT ONLINE IM_REP_EN
>
> The block number doesn't change. I know the tape drive works cause I can use
> tar to write to it with no problem. What could be causing echo not to write
> to the tape?
Beats me. I get:
valinux:root[/home/jdbeyer]# echo Test >/dev/nst0
valinux:root[/home/jdbeyer]# mt -f /dev/nst0 status
SCSI 2 tape drive:
File number=1, block number=0, partition=0.
Tape block size 0 bytes. Density code 0x24 (DDS-2).
Soft error count since last status=0
General status bits on (81010000):
EOF ONLINE IM_REP_EN
valinux:root[/home/jdbeyer]# mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind
valinux:root[/home/jdbeyer]# cat /dev/nst0
Test
valinux:root[/home/jdbeyer]#
I use BRU for may backups and it automatically labels the tapes. It even
prevents your overwriting them before they expire. Mine are set to expire after
6 days, since my daily tapes are rotated on a weekly basis. But you need not
run BRU of course. You can get the same results with find and cpio and a little
other programming.
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From: Jean-David Beyer-valinux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Change the users' group under shadow password system?
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 07:05:03 -0400
Hans wrote:
> Hello,
>
> my system use shadow password system.
> I made two general users without making a group named 'user.'
> Each user has their own group name, the same as user_name.
>
> I want to change the users' group as 'user' not 'user_name.'
> For example, user_a is the member of user_a group.
>
> It's enough if I edit the /etc/group file? or modify the shadow password
> related files?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
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> Before you buy.
Red Hat (I do not know about other distributions) puts each user into a
group of his own. It is a simple matter to make a new group named 'user'
and add the two users you want to the /etc/group file. Here is a line from
my /etc/group file:
seti:x:501:jdbeyer,seti2
This means that users jdbeyer and seti2 have the same group permissioins as
the rest of the seti group.
You need not change anything in /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow for this.
I believe Red Hat have a reason to put each user into his own group, but I
forget what it was. It seemed like a good idea at the time, but it does not
mean it will be best for you. Is there a reason why you want them all in
the same group?
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From: Jean-David Beyer-valinux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: It would seem that Redhat is a bit of a bugger!
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 07:18:00 -0400
Darren Keirle wrote:
> Reading through this newgroup all i can see is people having problems with
> redhat!
That may be because people using Red Hat and are not having problems are not
posting complaints and questions.
> Could this be that the over commercialized Distro is only made to run on
> its developers pcs, and any other specced pc is not fit!
I have used only Red Hat 5.0 and 6.0. I put Red Hat 5.0 on my first computer
after my knowledgeable nephew got tired of hearing my complaints about
Windows 95. He did not say Red Hat was the best distribution, but he did say
that it was the easiest for a Linux newbie to install and get running. (That
was in early 1988.) It was pretty easy to install, though I did have to do it
twice because I screwed up the first time. But it worked well enough that I
did not try any other distributions, since I want to use my machines, not
play around with installing and configuring operating systems.
My second machine came with Red Hat Linux 6.0 preinstalled. I reinstalled it
after a day or so of testing, because I did not like the partitioning the
vendor set up, and it was easier to reinstall than to figure out another way
to adjust the size of / and to move /home to the other disk drive. On this
machine, an install takes about 15 minutes.
> I would seriously turn people away if they were thinking of getting
> redhat, as it is not too good at all! and Riddled with buggs!
What bugs? I do not say it has no bugs, but I have experienced very few. Few
enough that this machine has been up over 40 days and nights. I rebooted it
back then because I had to power down to replace my tape drive. I have had
only one crash on this machine since I got it in February, and it was not a
true crash, just that the windowing system locked up completely and I could
not get to it. The OS was up (I have other evidence about that), so I waited
until the background job completed (I could tell by watching the light on the
disk controller), and hit the panic button.
I now have the two machines networked together, so if it happens again, I
should be able to login with ssh and fix it without hitting the panic button.
I never get the equivalent of the Blue Screen Of Death, as I did three times
a week with Windows.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: oldLOGIN missing. Unable to login to machine
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 11:11:53 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
HI all, I have hunted round for a solution to this problem but haven't
found any documentation on it.
When i try to login into my Linux box, via telnet or the console, I
receive the following error message 'dev/sdc0/.infs01/oldLOGIN missing'
and it will not let me login. I can ftp to the server and also use
Webmin.
I am trying to find the equvilint file on another box but can't find
one.
Any suggestions, ideas??? If possible could you cc: me as i would like
to get this problem sorted ASAP!
Thanks
Alex
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From: Neil Shadrach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Finding total size of files in directory tree?
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 12:36:19 +0100
du
Ken Yasuda wrote:
> This is probably an easy question for you die-hards out there.
>
> How do I find the total size of files contained under a directory tree?
> I would like to do this without any GUI tools...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ken
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: how to delete a column in a table in Postgresql ?
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 12:30:07 -0000
Hello !
Is there a way to delete a column from a table in Postgresql ?
Or do I have to recreate a new table ?
Moritz
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From: massimiliano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: linux then windows
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 14:05:18 +0200
I have installed WIN-NT on a PC with Linux installed, but at the boot
only linux starts and WIN has not yet finished its setup.
How can In do if I don't want to uninstall LinuxOS ?
thanx
Massimiliano
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From: -ljl- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Labeling Tapes..
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 12:49:39 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Jean-David Beyer-valinux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Tim Koopman wrote:
...
>> Thanks for your help so far.
>> I think I have tracked where my problem is but not sure how to fix
>> it. Here is what I do...
>> # mt -f /dev/nst0 status
>>
>> SCSI 2 tape drive:
>> File number=0, block number=0, partition=0.
>> Tape block size 512 bytes. Density code 0x47 (unkown to this mt).
>> Soft error count since last status=0
>> General status bits on (41010000):
>> BOT ONLINE IM_REP_EN
>>
>> # echo "Tape1" >/dev/nst0
>>
>> # mt -f /dev/nst0 status
>>
>> SCSI 2 tape drive:
>> File number=0, block number=0, partition=0.
>> Tape block size 512 bytes. Density code 0x47 (unkown to this mt).
>> Soft error count since last status=0
>> General status bits on (41010000):
>> BOT ONLINE IM_REP_EN
>>
>> The block number doesn't change. I know the tape drive works cause
>> I can use tar to write to it with no problem. What could be causing
>> echo not to write to the tape?
>
> Beats me. I get:
>
> valinux:root[/home/jdbeyer]# echo Test >/dev/nst0
> valinux:root[/home/jdbeyer]# mt -f /dev/nst0 status
> SCSI 2 tape drive:
> File number=1, block number=0, partition=0.
> Tape block size 0 bytes. Density code 0x24 (DDS-2).
> Soft error count since last status=0
> General status bits on (81010000):
> EOF ONLINE IM_REP_EN
> valinux:root[/home/jdbeyer]# mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind
> valinux:root[/home/jdbeyer]# cat /dev/nst0
> Test
> valinux:root[/home/jdbeyer]#
>
> I use BRU for may backups and it automatically labels the tapes.
> It even prevents your overwriting them before they expire.
> Mine are set to expire after 6 days, since my daily tapes are
> rotated on a weekly basis. But you need not run BRU of course.
> You can get the same results with find and cpio and a little
> other programming.
Here a little more detail on my setup:
[root@lou2 /]# ls -l /dev/nst0
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 128 May 5 1998 /dev/nst0
[root@lou2 /]# echo $TAPE
/dev/nst0
[root@lou2 /]# mt rewind
[root@lou2 /]# mt status
SCSI 2 tape drive:
File number=0, block number=0, partition=0.
...
[root@lou2 /]# mt tell
At block 0.
[root@lou2 /]# echo Test >/dev/nst0
[root@lou2 /]# mt status
SCSI 2 tape drive:
File number=1, block number=0, partition=0.
...
[root@lou2 /]# mt tell
At block 2.
[root@lou2 /]# mt rewind
[root@lou2 /]# mt status
SCSI 2 tape drive:
File number=0, block number=0, partition=0.
...
[root@lou2 /]# mt tell
At block 0.
[root@lou2 /]# cat /dev/nst0
Test
Note: "File number" changed after echo Test; but "block number"
didn't. Also, "mt tell" track this action.
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From: -ljl- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Undefined reference
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 12:56:36 GMT
In article <IOFx5.34621$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Ludwig Stroobant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I got an undefined reference to wprintf and swprintf in a library I
ported
> from Solaris.
> In the man pages I read that I need to include <wchar.h> or <stdio.h>.
>
> Problem is, if I try to find the reference of these functions in an
include
> file, I can't find them.
> I thought the functions would be included in libc, but if I try to
find a
> reference of them in any library using the command
> "grep -l function_name /usr/lib/lib* /lib/lib* /usr/X11R6/lib/lib*", I
get
> nothing as a result.
Try "nm libxxx | grep some-symbol"; change libxxx & some-symbol.
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newer versions of CDRECORD no longer work...
Date: 19 Sep 2000 13:10:20 GMT
MH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Grant Edwards wrote:
:> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, MH wrote:
:> >Grant Edwards wrote:
:> >> For the _third_ time:
:> OK, now we're getting somewhere. What happens when you do (as root):
:> # /usr/sbin/modprobe sg
:> # /usr/sbin/lsmod
:> >See reply above.
:> Dude, "above" is an utterly meaningless concept on Usenet. You've no way
:> to know in what order your articles show up. If you want to refer to
:> another Usenet article, either quote it or refer to it by message-ID.
: If you can't figure out "see reply above", then I don't want your "help".
We don't know what you mean by above. The message you posted contained
the words "yes [..] at least I think so" which makes it exactly useless
as a debugging datum, so we have to presume you are not referring to
that if you are trying to be helpful.
That leaves us with the idea that you may be referring to some previous
message of yours. If so quote it! There is no before or after on
usenet; we see what you quote and nothing more. Try and appreciate
that.
Peter
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newer versions of CDRECORD no longer work...
Date: 19 Sep 2000 13:05:55 GMT
MH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Bill Unruh wrote:
:> In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
: Here is what I get when I do "modprobe sg":
: "Command not found"
Fer goodness' sakes man, put the directory where modprobe resides in
your PATH or call the executable using its full path. If you want to
sulk just say so, instead of trying to waste peoples time ...
(hint: /sbin/modprobe sg; /sbin/lsmod;)
Peter
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From: Aldo Pignotti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Finding total size of files in directory tree?
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 13:06:40 GMT
I like to use:
du -sk * | sort -rn
and if there are a lot of directories and files:
du -sk * | sort -rn | head
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From: "Jonathan Gift" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Q: Best Open Motif version?
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 15:30:01 +0200
Hi,
I've found several versions to dl from IST, MotifZone and Metro Link. All
are different sizes. Only the MotifZone one had man pages.
Which is the best, are there others? Is a CD Version better?
I'm looking for:
rpm Red Hat/Mandrake compatible
end user (not developer) binaries
Pentium compiled (long shot)
Thanks.
Please email copies
Jonathan
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From: Robert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: virus found after a fresh installation
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 13:34:39 -0000
"Frank X.M. Cheng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
In a message on Tue, 19 Sep 2000 05:49:35 GMT, wrote :
"XC> A really weild thing. I did a fresh installatio of RH6.2. New Computer box.
"XC> New CD Media and Boot disk. When I finish installation and reboot the
"XC> machine, it alert me that there is a virus found in boot sector. Gosh. Where
"XC> does it come from?
"XC>
"XC> Could you give some suggestions on how to kill this virus in a Linux/Unix
"XC> system?
It is not a real virus. Your BIOS is brain dead (not uncommon). It is
detecting LILO in the MBR, and *thinks* it is a virus. Viruses under
Linux/Unix are rare to non-existent.
You should disable the BIOS virus detection code.
"XC>
"XC> TIA
"XC>
"XC> Frank
"XC>
"XC>
"XC>
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From: Robert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux then windows
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 13:34:40 -0000
massimiliano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
In a message on Tue, 19 Sep 2000 14:05:18 +0200, wrote :
m> I have installed WIN-NT on a PC with Linux installed, but at the boot
m> only linux starts and WIN has not yet finished its setup.
m> How can In do if I don't want to uninstall LinuxOS ?
You need to update /etc/lilo.conf and add a section like:
other=/dev/hda1
label=NT
table=/dev/hda
re-run lilo and reboot. Then select NT at Lilo's Boot: prompt.
(adjust 'hda1' and 'hda' to suit your system.)
m>
m> thanx
m>
m> Massimiliano
m>
m>
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m> Before you buy.
m>
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From: aflinsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.publish.cdrom.software
Subject: Re: cdrecord with ATAPI/IDE problem
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 09:41:36 -0500
Roger Davis wrote:
>
> Not only is the CD-RW not visible as a SCSI device, it no longer works as
> an ATAPI/IDE either when I load it with an ISO-9660 CD:
>
> # mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom
> mount: /dev/hdc is not a valid block device
That's because it isn't /dev/hdc anymore (ide-scsi makes it look like
it is a scsi device).
Try "mount -t iso9660 /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom" and see if that works
>
> One potential complication with my system is that it does have a real SCSI
> bus (via an Adaptec SlimSCSI 1480 card) but my ATAPI/IDE CD-RW is obviously
> not on that bus:
>
> # cdrecord --scanbus
> Cdrecord 1.8 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 J�rg Schilling
> Using libscg version 'schily-0.1'
> scsibus0:
> 0,0,0 0) *
> 0,1,0 1) *
> 0,2,0 2) *
> 0,3,0 3) *
> 0,4,0 4) *
> 0,5,0 5) *
> 0,6,0 6) 'EXABYTE ' 'EXB-85058HE-0000' '0112' Removable Tape
> 0,7,0 7) *
>
Odd, it should still show up here. Is the ide-scsi module actually
loaded at this point?
Try insmod ide-scsi then cdrecord -scanbus and see if it shows up
then.
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