Linux-Misc Digest #817, Volume #25 Wed, 20 Sep 00 14:13:05 EDT
Contents:
Re: Can't install LILO when Linux > 8 GB limit with PC with BIOS restriction (-ljl-)
Forwarding Linux mail to MS SMTP/Exchange server ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Red Hat 6.2 Monitor problem (Leonard Evens)
Re: fsck help (Leonard Evens)
Re: startx problem with the normal user ("Dr. Tu Yu")
Re: formatting bootable dos/fat16 from linux (Christian Verbeek)
Re: Suse 6.4 / 7.0 (Ulrich Brachvogel)
portmap and nfs problem (Allan Tingey)
Re: Help: Kernel hang/coredump analysis (Michel Talon)
Re: SCSI tape drive problem w/ RH 6.1 (Leonard Evens)
Re: Help: Kernel hang/coredump analysis (Andreas K�h�ri)
Re: End-User Alternative to Windows (John Thompson)
Re: How do i screengrab (John Thompson)
Linux and Windows versioned Email Client ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: mail server problem ("Andrew N. McGuire ")
Re: cdrecord with ATAPI/IDE problem (Duane)
Services: Intalling/startup? ("Dirk Taylor")
my rpm is screwed up (Cevat Ustun)
Re: End-User Alternative to Windows ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: help with modem ("Lonni J. Friedman")
Re: problems booting up (Marshall Wren)
Re: problems booting up (Marshall Wren)
Re: Is there a WIndowmaker Sound HOWTO (Andrew Purugganan)
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From: -ljl- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Can't install LILO when Linux > 8 GB limit with PC with BIOS restriction
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 15:57:22 GMT
In article <L6Gx5.125$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Wouter Bovelander" <wbovelander@*nospam*antares.nl> wrote:
> hmmm,
>
> the bios restriction is really no problem for linux once it is
running. it
> will only bother you when linux boots. the linux boot partition has to
> reside below cylinder 1024 if i'm not mistaken.
LILO version 21 by Werner Almesberger has been updated to support
booting from disks > 1024 cylinders using a new 'lba32' option
(-L new command line switch). Version 21.5.1 now adds a menu-driven
user interface to the Linux boot process.
Note: booting beyond cylinder 1024, something new.
Full text ... at:
ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/boot/lilo/lilo-21.5.1.announce.txt
--
Louis-ljl-{ Louis J. LaBash, Jr. }
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Forwarding Linux mail to MS SMTP/Exchange server
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 16:03:40 GMT
I have a Linux machine which is (unfortunately) trapped in a MS Windows NT
environment. I need to forward e-mail from the Linux box to an Exchange
client (or SMTP), so it can be distributed to other users on the Windows net.
My question is this: what should the .forward file on the Linux machine look
like? I tried many combinations, including my Exchange (Outlook) username--
both with a fully-qualified domain name and without; I tried a straight IP
address, I tried an external Internet address, and I tried several other
wacky guesses. Nothing worked, and MS SMTP is just stuffing them into a
queue "for later delivery". Hello?
There are plenty of posts in this group about doing things similar to this,
but I can't find any clear-cut answers... any help is appreciated.
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Red Hat 6.2 Monitor problem
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 11:04:04 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I just installed Red Hat Linux 6.2, but the resolution is 640x480.
> Everything is too big. Is there anyway to change the resolution while
> in Linux, or do I have to re-install and make sure I pick a different
> monitor and resolution? Thanks.
>
> -gsr_100
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
Reboot in non GUI mode if you automatically come up in GUI mode.
Do this by entering
linux 3
at the LILO boot prompt. Then run Xconfigurator. You may have
to experiment to get a reasonable configuration. If you have
trouble, let us know what video card and monitor you have.
There is a good chance that someone has already done it for
your setup.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: fsck help
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 11:00:57 -0500
D G wrote:
>
> I had my first crash resulting in file system corruption today. After
> running fsck, the /home/lost+found directory contains a file "#20422".
> I looked at the file and found out that it was my netscape bookmarks
> file. I looked at my netscape bookmarks file and found out it had some
> other data in it. So naturally, I copied the file "#20422" over my
> bookmarks file and everything works fine (at least everything I've
> checked so far). Now I can't delete the file "#20422" out of the
> lost+found directory. Is there something special I need to do?
>
Try the following. While in the lost+found directory do
rm \#20422
If that doesn't work, try
rm ./#20422
> Also, occasionally fsck complains about dtimes on inodes or something
> like that and fixes them automatically. Is this something to worry
> about? (I was going to cut-n-paste the messages, but apparently they
> aren't making it into the logs.)
It is probably nothing to worry about. As a result of one of the
recent package upgrades---I can't remember which--- the first time
you reboot, you get an error message, and when you reboot, fsck
is run and fixes the file system with exactly such a message.
Subsequently all is well. It might be worth determining just
what precitates the problem in your case.
> --
> DG
> e-mail is: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> (remove the Z's--they're what I do when I read SPAM!)
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: "Dr. Tu Yu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: startx problem with the normal user
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 16:25:19 GMT
Thanks for the replies. Need more help with this though. I have the same
problem as Chakravarthy, except other ordinary users can startx without the
same problem, i.e., gray screen, x mouse only.
Tried this solution and it doesn't help. In fact copied all .X*, .xauth,
.esd_auth files from root to users dir and it still doesn't work. Removed
all .X*, .xauth, .esd_auth and it still doesn't work.
Without .xserverrc doesn't X use the /etc/X11/.xserverrc? None of the other
users have .xserverrc in the directory so will moving a copy to the user dir
help? I will try that solution though.
"Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Chakravarthy Sannedhi wrote:
> >
> > We at UAB are using Redhat linux for a particular project on VoIP. We
got a
> > problem with the console permissions. X is working only with the root
and
> > when i try to run with my user name it is displaying
> > *Perhaps you do not have console ownership?*,
> > and it is prompting for some command!
> > I tried the following 3 things to get around this problem.
> > 1. Added the following line in the /etc/pam.d/xserver
> > *account required /lib/security/pam_permit.so* to the existing lines.
> > 2. chmod go+w /dev/console
> > 3. rpm --freshen *.rpm
> >
> > still not happy. I mean startx runs fine as root, just not as any other
> > normal user!
> > what else could be done.
> >
> > thanks
> > Chakravarthy K Sannedhi
>
> I'm not sure if it'll work (nor if it is a wise thing to do) but you
> could try to copy /root/.Xauthority to your homedir.
>
> Eric
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From: Christian Verbeek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: formatting bootable dos/fat16 from linux
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 01:27:45 GMT
> I have a project where I boot a PC using a linux floppy with root NFS
> access and use it to partition, format and install DOS + Windows +
> Custom Software. I have the DHCP and root NFS access working just fin=
d
> and have completed the first part of my project (Linux + Custom
> Software). None of the linux tools I can find seem to be able to do t=
he
> job I need. The partition / MBR / boot sector combination seems to be=
> unable to boot.
what about installing lilo? theres a version for fat16 filesystems.
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From: Ulrich Brachvogel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Suse 6.4 / 7.0
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 08:57:36 +0200
Dan Chirica wrote:
> Does anybody know a place where I can download Suse 6.4 or 7.0
>
> I tried suse's home site, but all I could find was the whole thing which
> is over 3Gb in size.
>
> What I want is something that will fit on one CD-ROM.
>
> Thanks to all of you.
> Dan
In some German papers (PC-Intern, Chip, PC-Online, Linux-User) which
contain CD-Roms frequently are published Evaluation versions of SuSE 6.x,
7.0). Maybe you can get one of them in international paper shops.
Have fun
// <( )
// \______//
// \____/ Ulrich Brachvogel
// / \ "Save The Curlew!"
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From: Allan Tingey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: portmap and nfs problem
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 10:31:03 -0600
Hi,
We are setting up a new redhat 6.2 server and we need other machines
to nfs mount this server. A week ago it worked fine. Now when
we try to mount it we get back a the following message...
Cannot get NFS port from portmap server at bla.bla.bla.bla
RPC not registered
I have restarted portmap, nfs, and nfslock. They all come up
without complaint. I have also run portmat in debug and verbose
mode and it acknowledges when a remote machine makes a request for
the nfs port.
We don't know how we broke this. A reboot does not fix it.
I am new to linux but have been working with most flavors of unix
for the last 15 years.
If you have any ideas on what might be wrong please pass them
along.
Thanks,
Al Tingey
University of Utah
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Michel Talon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: Help: Kernel hang/coredump analysis
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 18:32:41 +0200
In comp.os.linux.development.system Andy Jeffries <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>I have midified and recompiled the Linux kernel for my project. I can
>>>reboot from my new kernel image successfully, and it works happily.
>>>However, the system will hang from time to time. How can I debug, as I
>>>could not repeat the bug at my will?? Is it any tool that I can use to
>>>analyse coredump? Any book or article I can read more about coredump
>>>analysis?
>>>
>>
>> $ gdb -c ./core
>>
> Just for people's interest the "file" utility will also tell you which binary
> generated a core dump. Very cool little utility that file command.
Yes fine, but how do you capture a coredump of the kernel? I did not know such
a possibility existed in Linux. Is it new? For reference this functionnality
exists in *BSD. On panic a coredump is written to the swap area, and can be
examined by gdb after reboot with a working kernel.
--
Michel Talon
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: SCSI tape drive problem w/ RH 6.1
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 11:29:36 -0500
Harshal wrote:
>
> Thanks for all your help.
>
> I can now use the tape drive if I manually load the aic7xxx and st
> modules.
All we had to do was to put
modprobe scsi_hostadapter
in rc.local. Apparently it took care of loading the st module
itself.
>
> But even though I have the 'alias scsi_hostadapter aic7xxx' line in
> /etc/conf.modules, the module is not automatically loaded on re-boot.
>
> Do I have to use '/sbin/mkinitrd' to generate a new ramdisk image?
I still don't understand just when the scsi host adapter module
is loader. Clearly if you are going to boot from a SCSI hard
disk, you will have to load something first to access the drive.
You can't rely on the kernel using the module before it is loaded.
But it would seem overkill to use an initial ramdisk if you don't
need it. If someone can explain exactly what happens in each
circumstance, it would be interesting.
>
> Thanks again,
> - Harshal
>
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> Before you buy.
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Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: Help: Kernel hang/coredump analysis
From: Andreas K�h�ri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 20 Sep 2000 19:06:53 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Michel Talon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In comp.os.linux.development.system Andy Jeffries <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>I have midified and recompiled the Linux kernel for my project. I can
>>>>reboot from my new kernel image successfully, and it works happily.
>>>>However, the system will hang from time to time. How can I debug, as I
>>>>could not repeat the bug at my will?? Is it any tool that I can use to
>>>>analyse coredump? Any book or article I can read more about coredump
>>>>analysis?
>>>>
>>>
>>> $ gdb -c ./core
>>>
>
>> Just for people's interest the "file" utility will also tell you which binary
>> generated a core dump. Very cool little utility that file command.
>
>Yes fine, but how do you capture a coredump of the kernel? I did not know such
>a possibility existed in Linux. Is it new? For reference this functionnality
>exists in *BSD. On panic a coredump is written to the swap area, and can be
>examined by gdb after reboot with a working kernel.
>
>--
>Michel Talon
I was under the impression that the OP *had* a kernel core dump... My
answer was quite general and concerned debugging core dumps in
general. One might have to do "special things" to debug GNU/Linux
kernel core dumps, I don't know...
/A
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: End-User Alternative to Windows
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 10:07:11 -0500
Christopher Browne wrote:
> Nathan Culwell-Kanarek wrote:
>
> >On 20 Sep 2000 00:58:58 GMT, "Anthony D. Tribelli"
> ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >>You do realize that OS/2 1.x was Microsoft's second attempt to dump DOS
> >>and that Microsoft's first attempt to dump DOS was Xenix? WinNT (aka OS/2
> >>NT) a third attempt? But those damn end users ...
> >
> >I thought that OS/2 was IBM, not Microsoft.
> I knew people who did co-op work terms in Redmond, Washington, working
> on OS/2 back in the late 1980s.
OS/2 started as a joint project between IBM and Microsoft to
develop the successor to MS-DOS.
> IBM may have _funded_ it, but roughly until the time of version 1.3,
> Microsoft was contracted by IBM to write a whole lot of the _code._
The work load was split between the two: Microsoft was to write
the filesystem (HPFS) and applications while IBM was to write the
kernel and user interface (Presentation Manager) and the two
companies would share in the revenues. As it happened, IBM and
Microsoft had their own ideas about how this was to work. IBM
wanted OS/2 to be exclusively pre-loaded on IBM hardware.
Microsoft wanted to license OS/2 to other manufacturers in a
similar way to how they licensed MS-DOS (heh!). Nor was
Microsoft particularly interested in splitting this revenue
stream with IBM.
Now, the joint agreement for the project allowed each company
access to each other's code, so Microsoft used IBM's Presentation
Manager code to develop their own GUI user interface for Windows
(Program Manager) that had significantly lower hardware
requirements than OS/2 (also less capable, but that's another
story). They then used their exclusive MS-DOS licensing
arrangements with manufacturers to tie Windows to DOS and force
manufacturers to bundle Windows with their PC's. Meanwhile, MS
kept delaying in their own applications projects for OS/2.
Needless to say, IBM was not pleased with this and felt Microsoft
was diverting resources that should have been used for the OS/2
projects to Windows instead and thereby undercutting IBM's
potential revenues from the project.
To make a long story short, the OS/2 joint project fell apart in
1989 when IBM wanted to make OS/2 fully 32-bit while Microsoft
insisted on keeping it 16-bit. The companies parted ways, but
the divorce left IBM with access to the Windows v3.x source code
and Microsoft with license revenues for copies of Windows bundled
with OS/2 and for the HPFS filesystem. Microsoft later went on
to develop their own 32-bit operating system (Windows NT v3.1 --
what happened to v1, you may ask? Ask the MS Marketing Dept.)
using OS/2 code jointly delevoped in the earlier project.
OS/2 became 32-bit with v2.0 (released c.1991) and thanks to
their access to the MS Windows code, they were able to do what
was thought to be impossible: run Windows programs seamlessly
from inside OS/2. Although Microsoft was undoubtably irritated
with this, in hindsight it appears that allowing OS/2 to run
Windows applications may have seriously stymied the development
of native OS/2 applications. And with Microsoft's now-illegal
exclusive licensing contracts ensuring that virtually all PC's
sold would have Windows installed, the Windows market looked
considerably more profitable to developers than the OS/2 market.
And the rest is history.
--
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How do i screengrab
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 10:09:35 -0500
David wrote:
> How do i screengrab with red hat 6.2
"man xwd"
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-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Linux and Windows versioned Email Client
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 17:04:57 GMT
Does anyone know of a good email client that has
Linux and Windows versions? I know about
Netscape, but I am looking for a stand alone
email client. I have a Linux PC and a Windows PC,
and I want put my email on a server and access it
from either PC.
Thanks
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From: "Andrew N. McGuire " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mail server problem
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 12:12:34 -0500
On Wed, 20 Sep 2000, sriram ganesan quoth:
sg> i am able to send mail from my account but i am not receiving any
sg> emails...would you guys know what the problem is
No.
anm
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From: Duane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.publish.cdrom.software
Subject: Re: cdrecord with ATAPI/IDE problem
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 09:39:23 -0700
Roger Davis wrote:
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> I'd like to use cdrecord with an ATAPI/IDE recorder on my Dell I7500 laptop
> running RedHat Linux 6.2 (kernel 2.2.14) but am not having any success in
> getting the IDE SCSI emulation to work. The situation hasn't been made
> clearer by the various HOWTOs, etc., some of which state that I *must*
> enable IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM support and others which say that I should do the
> opposite. (Jorg Schilling's README.ATAPI on his cdrecord pages says both! ;-< )
> Which is it?
Try both? I went the recompile route on RH 6.1 and compiled the kernel
without IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM support. That is the ide-cd driver, and you are
replacing it with the ide-scsi driver (SCSI emulation). So if you want
to recompile, here is what I did:
N Include IDE/ATAPI CDROM
Y SCSI emulation
> My kernel is currently configured as follows:
>
> Y Enhanced IDE/MFM/RLL...
> Y Include IDE/ATAPI CDROM
> M SCSI emulation
> M Loopback device support
>
> Y SCSI support
> Y SCSI CD-ROM suppport
> Y Enable vendor-specific CD-ROM extensions
> Y SCSI generic support
>
> Y ISO-9660 CDROM filesystem support
> Y Microsoft Joliet CDROM extensions
>
> This is pretty much in accordance with the CD-Writing HOWTO. My lilo.conf entry
> reads
>
> image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14-5.0rbd
> label=cdr
> read-only
> root=/dev/hda5
> append="hdc=ide-scsi"
>
> When I boot I see the following in /var/log/messages:
>
> ...
> Sep 18 04:50:46 ctrobot kernel: ide_setup: hdc=ide-scsi
> ...
> Sep 18 04:50:46 ctrobot kernel: PIIX4: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39
> Sep 18 04:50:46 ctrobot kernel: PIIX4: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs
>later
> Sep 18 04:50:46 ctrobot kernel: ide0: BM-DMA at 0x1050-0x1057, BIOS
>settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio
> Sep 18 04:50:46 ctrobot kernel: ide1: BM-DMA at 0x1058-0x105f, BIOS
>settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio
> Sep 18 04:50:46 ctrobot kernel: hda: IBM-DARA-225000, ATA DISK drive
> Sep 18 04:50:46 ctrobot kernel: hdc: UJDA310, ATAPI CDROM drive
> Sep 18 04:50:46 ctrobot kernel: ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
> Sep 18 04:50:46 ctrobot kernel: ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
> Sep 18 04:50:46 ctrobot kernel: hda: IBM-DARA-225000, 24207MB w/418kB Cache,
>CHS=3278/240/63
> ...
> Sep 18 04:51:19 ctrobot modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module ide-cd
> Sep 18 04:51:19 ctrobot kernel: hdc: driver not present
This looks to me like you do not have an entry in /etc/modules.conf, or
maybe it is incorrect? I am a bit puzzled by the mention of the ide-cd
module, since you compiled ide-cd into the kernel. Do you have a line in
modules.conf (or conf.modules) that mentions ide-cd?
You compiled ide-scsi as a module, so it needs to be loaded somehow.
Probably the easiest is an explicit invocation in /etc/rc.d/rc.local,
which can also be executed from the command line:
modprobe ide-scsi
Or you could put a line into modules.conf to tell it to be loaded. I
believe there might be a special invocation when you already have a SCSI
interface, but I really don't remember. It would be something like:
alias scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi
> Sep 18 04:51:33 ctrobot modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-97
>
> 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
As someone else pointed out, with ide-scsi you no longer use /dev/hdc.
After you execute the command "modprobe ide-scsi", type "dmesg", and if
the module loading worked then somewhere there should be a line similar
to:
Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
The sr0 means that /dev/sr0 is the device to use for mounting. /dev/sr0
is generally identical to /dev/scd0, so either one would work.
--
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From: "Dirk Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Services: Intalling/startup?
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 17:23:33 GMT
I'm developing for multi-platforms.
In Win32, there are registry entries or NT Service entries to manage the
automatic startup of a (service) program when the os loads.
Q: How is this done in Linux/unix?
THanks in advance,
Dirk Taylor
Lead Software Engineer
Cardac Inc.
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From: Cevat Ustun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: my rpm is screwed up
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 13:25:56 +0000
What could be the problem behind rpm
deciding not to work all of a sudden?
More specifically, querying returns nothing,
--rebuilddb seems to have no effect and the installation
of even the simplest of packages returns
with a bunch of dependency errors (so I cannot
reinstall the rpm package itself among other things)...
Cev.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: End-User Alternative to Windows
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 17:25:56 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc Nathan Culwell-Kanarek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I thought that OS/2 was IBM, not Microsoft.
Twas originally a joint venture, until M$ stabbed IBM in the back.
--
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"You're one of those condescending UNIX users! ...."
"Here's a nickel kid ... get yourself a real computer."
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From: "Lonni J. Friedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: help with modem
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 13:23:40 -0400
NO CARRIER errors are almost always problems at the remote end where the
connect is abruptly dropped. Has this connection ever worked?
Bastian wrote:
>
> hello!
>
> i need some help with setting up a dial-up connection with our
> favorite OS. i get the "NO CARRIER" message after the modem dials
> and negotiates. the logfile excerpt is below.
> i already tried to increase/decrease modem speeds, replace the
> ATZ command by AT&F, etc. the modem and the connection work with
> another ISP. does anyone know whats going on?
>
> thanks
> bastian
>
> Sep 20 17:26:50 lhost ifup-ppp: pppd started for ppp0 on /dev/ttyS1 at 57600
> Sep 20 17:26:51 lhost chat[1505]: abort on (BUSY)
> Sep 20 17:26:51 lhost chat[1505]: abort on (ERROR)
> Sep 20 17:26:51 lhost chat[1505]: abort on (NO CARRIER)
> Sep 20 17:26:51 lhost chat[1505]: abort on (NO DIALTONE)
> Sep 20 17:26:51 lhost chat[1505]: abort on (Invalid Login)
> Sep 20 17:26:51 lhost chat[1505]: abort on (Login incorrect)
> Sep 20 17:26:51 lhost chat[1505]: send (ATZ^M)
> Sep 20 17:26:51 lhost chat[1505]: expect (OK)
> Sep 20 17:26:51 lhost chat[1505]: ATZ^M^M
> Sep 20 17:26:51 lhost chat[1505]: OK
> Sep 20 17:26:51 lhost chat[1505]: -- got it
> Sep 20 17:26:51 lhost chat[1505]: send (ATDT019106440^M)
> Sep 20 17:26:52 lhost chat[1505]: expect (CONNECT)
> Sep 20 17:26:52 lhost chat[1505]: ^M
> Sep 20 17:27:19 lhost chat[1505]: ATDT019106440^M^M
> Sep 20 17:27:19 lhost chat[1505]: CONNECT
> Sep 20 17:27:19 lhost chat[1505]: -- got it
> Sep 20 17:27:19 lhost chat[1505]: send (^M)
> Sep 20 17:27:19 lhost chat[1505]: timeout set to 5 seconds
> Sep 20 17:27:19 lhost chat[1505]: expect (~)
> Sep 20 17:27:19 lhost chat[1505]: 46667/LAPM/V42BIS^M
> Sep 20 17:27:19 lhost chat[1505]: ^M
> Sep 20 17:27:19 lhost chat[1505]: NO CARRIER
> Sep 20 17:27:19 lhost chat[1505]: -- failed
> Sep 20 17:27:19 lhost chat[1505]: Failed (NO CARRIER)
> Sep 20 17:27:19 lhost pppd[1496]: Connect script failed
> Sep 20 17:27:20 lhost pppd[1496]: Exit.
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From: Marshall Wren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: problems booting up
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 17:30:04 -0000
SOMERTON KENNEDY wrote:
>
> irecently installed linuxmandrake7.1on my system and idecided to install
> slackware7 on it to the message iget is this stage1 thats it and now my
> computer will not reboot to any operating system please help thanks in
> advance
The problem here involves the fact that GRUB is apparently written to CMOS
if you have designated LINUX as your primary boot OS. I have a similar
problem where I created a dual boot of Windows 98 with Linux Mandrake
7.1. I designated Linux to be my primary boot OS via Boot Magic. Windows
was already installed and after I install Linux, I could not get a proper
boot of Linux due to my incorrect entry of the mounting point. Therefore,
I decided to start over and deleted the partitions created for both
operating systems and reformated the drive with the intent of reinstalling
Windows 98 first, followed by repartitioning remaining space to Linux
using Partition Magic. However, even though the drive has had fdisk
executed against it and reformated with a DOS operating system, CMOS still
tries to boot Linux via GRUB without ever looking at my operating system
on the drive. I am posting this situation as a question as well as
passing it on as an answer and clarification of Somerton Kennedy's
question. Hope to hear from someone soon!
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From: Marshall Wren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: problems booting up
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 17:30:07 -0000
SOMERTON KENNEDY wrote:
>
> irecently installed linuxmandrake7.1on my system and idecided to install
> slackware7 on it to the message iget is this stage1 thats it and now my
> computer will not reboot to any operating system please help thanks in
> advance
I just discovered that you can remove GRUB from your boot loader by
booting your machine with a DOS or WINDOWS boot disk to get to an A>
prompt. Assuming your floppy has FDISK.EXE on it, you can type fdisk /MBR
and this will overwrite the GRUB boot loader with a DOS/WINDOWS boot
loader. Then you can begin all over trying to do whatever it is you want
to do.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Purugganan)
Subject: Re: Is there a WIndowmaker Sound HOWTO
Date: 20 Sep 2000 17:25:54 GMT
Jan Schaumann ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
[ "Andrew Purugganan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[ P.S.: A sig-delimiter is "-- " and NOT "--".
Thanks for the tip, bu tthis is the public library freenet! I can't seem
to find the file where that double-dash thingie is! Or how to change it!
Grrrr! (not at you)
It winds up in my mail AND newsgroup postings. But my .signature file
doesn't have it. I'll go check on pinerc or something...
--
jazz
Registered linux user no. 164098 +--+--+--+ Litestep user no. 386
Doesn't it bother you, that we have to search for intelligent life
--- OUT THERE??
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