Linux-Misc Digest #936, Volume #25 Tue, 3 Oct 00 18:13:04 EDT
Contents:
Re: Respawning too fast (M. Buchenrieder)
so what do I do with my spare modem bandwidth? ("Dan Jacobson")
Re: Printing man pages (Robert Heller)
Re: Migrating from ide to scsi (Robert Heller)
ppp setup in SuSE 6.2 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Galeon won't run anymore: "goad.c" crash (Alan Hoyle)
Re: samba and windoze 98 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: WTF is up with LinuxConf under RH7?!!??! (Patrick F Harris)
Re: Should I jump into Linux? (William W.)
Re: HELP:Automatic turn off at shutdown (andi smart)
Re: Please help with last step before remove windows (Dances With Crows)
Re: Wich Linux version is best for a small business (Dances With Crows)
Re: boot panic when removing second hard drive (marvin greenberg)
Re: rpm confusion ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Installing a desktop icon ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: slow? (Hal Burgiss)
Re: Respawning too fast (John Todd)
endnote to bibtex converter (Praedor Tempus)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: Respawning too fast
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 18:35:16 GMT
Tony Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Donnaw wrote:
>>
>> I've set up my modem according to the HOW-TO in the LDP section of the
>> linux.org website (eventually adding
>> S1:345:respawn:/sbin/uugetty ttyS1 F33300 vt100
>> to the bottom of inittab). Once all the instructions were completed, I got
>> an error message on my linux console saying:
>> INIT: id "S1" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes.
>>
>> What do I need to change to make the init stop respawning so quickly to
>> ttyS1?
>Fix whatever is killing uugetty when it tries to open the serial
>port..
Exactly.
Hint1: There is no modem speed of 33300.
Hint2: You don't want uugetty.
Michael
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From: "Dan Jacobson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.windows98,comp.dcom.modems,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: so what do I do with my spare modem bandwidth?
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 10:42:45 +0800
Dudes, in a previous post (Re: so what do I do with my spare CPU cycles?) We
saw many suggestions for useful way to put my spare cycles to work.
Apparently decoding for alien radio signals is the fad at the moment [SETI
project].
Now I would like to turn to spare modem connect time.
Let's say I have to connect to the net on a pay per minute situation, for say
about an hour day to browse. It sure seems a waste not to maximize the flow
of info into my computer during this time.
One could possibly download software, or 'syncronize' newsgroups, of course
all in the background.
But I've already got too much software that I don't understand. Aside from
downloading newsgroups that I don't seem to finish reading, what other ways
are there not to leave my precious modem time unmaximized? Yes, one would
say that if everyone were like me, there would be no bandwidth left, but hey,
got to get those bytes to where it counts: the brain of #1.
I might indeed download all of ftp.gnu.org little by little over time and
then learn it piece by piece.
But that isn't too orderly a way to learn something. Hmm, one could download
the gnu emacs lisp manual and learn that, would that take a month at that
rate...
Apparently there are those who pay in terms of number of bytes transferred
instead of/and connect time. What would a good strategy for them be? Use on
line applications instead of downloading them for off-line use etc., I guess.
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From: Robert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Printing man pages
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 20:34:01 -0000
Dave Barcelo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
In a message on Tue, 03 Oct 2000 09:53:33 -0500, wrote :
DB> How do I print man pages. I tried your standard redirect to an output
DB> file but all I got was garbage.
If you have a PostScript printer (or a ghostscript filter), you can do:
man -t <manpage> | lpr -P<printer>
(i.e.
man -t man | lpr
to print man's man page to the default (PostScript) printer.)
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From: Robert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Migrating from ide to scsi
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 20:34:02 -0000
"Retro Grouch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
In a message on Tue, 03 Oct 2000 10:41:14 -0400, wrote :
"G> I'm about to move my system from IDE to SCSI.
"G>
"G> I know I can't just do a cp -a - for one thing, the /dev files won't make
"G> it.
"G>
"G> What's the best way to simply take a system from a bunch of partitions on
"G> /dev/hda and stuff them into /dev/sda?
If /dev/sda has much the same partitioning as /dev/hda, you can use
dump:
assuming:
/dev/hda1 is mounted as /,
/dev/hda3 is mounted as /usr
/dev/hda5 is mounted as /var
/dev/hda6 is mounted as /home
*and*
/dev/sda1 is mounted as /mnt/newroot
/dev/sda3 is mounted as /mnt/newroot/usr
/dev/sda5 is mounted as /mnt/newroot/var
/dev/sda6 is mounted as /mnt/newroot/home
(/dev/hda2 and /dev/sda2 as assumed to be swap partitions and /dev/hda4
and /dev/sda4 are extended partitions.)
dump 0f - / | (cd /mnt/newroot; restore rf -)
dump 0f - /usr | (cd /mnt/newroot/usr; restore rf -)
dump 0f - /var | (cd /mnt/newroot/var; restore rf -)
dump 0f - /home | (cd /mnt/newroot/home; restore rf -)
"G>
"G> TIA,
"G>
"G> --Yan
"G>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ppp setup in SuSE 6.2
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 20:44:53 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
I configured my modem and dialling options (number to
dial, userid, password etc.) under ppp. The modem
was auto detected with no problems. When I try
ro run WvDial as suggested in the wvdial configuration
section of the manual, it tries to start the ppp daemon
process which dies with an error code of 10 .
Any idea what could be wrong with the configuration? Any
help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
RM
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From: Alan Hoyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Galeon won't run anymore: "goad.c" crash
Date: 3 Oct 2000 19:01:26 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I had been running Galeon 0.7.4a and decided to upgrade to 0.7.6 this morning.
The RPM installed fine, but when I tried to run it, I got the following error:
=================
$ galeon
** WARNING **: Could not get name service!
** ERROR **: file goad.c: line 660 (real_goad_server_activate): assertion failed:
(name_service != CORBA_OBJECT_NIL)
aborting...
Aborted (core dumped)
$
=================
I tried reinstalling the 0.7.4a .rpm, but now I get that same error
with the older version. 0.7.5 also gives me the same error message.
Any ideas?
-alan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: samba and windoze 98
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 20:54:49 GMT
I am able to ping and ftp. It was suggested to enable encrypted
password, so I did, then I restarted samba and hit the F5 key to
refresh the neighbor window and the linux machine poped up. Then I
double clicked on it and it said that \\linux was not available.
Is this information of more use?
Please help
On Tue, 03 Oct 2000 13:23:12 GMT, Patrick M Geahan<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> The following is my smb.conf file. I have run through the tests on
>> the samba page. I believe that eveything is correct on my linux box
>> and that there is something wrong on the windoze side.
>
>That is possible. However, without more information as to precisely what
>the problem is, it will be very difficult to assist you in diagnosing it.
>
>> If there is something wrong here, could someone please point it out.
>
>Everything in your smb.conf looks OK, but I can't guarantee that. Have
>you checked the smb.conf manpage to ensure that your options are being
>used properly?
>
>
>--
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>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: Patrick F Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: WTF is up with LinuxConf under RH7?!!??!
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 15:44:54 -0500
I used the text based version and added the modules to config. - Actual I have
never been that fond of linuxconf.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William W.)
Subject: Re: Should I jump into Linux?
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 21:06:50 GMT
In our last episode (Mon, 02 Oct 2000 15:56:59 -0400),
the artist formerly known as Tony Lawrence said:
>
>Stability is an issue, of course, but that's not what I meant.
>Yes, it's childishly easy to do simple things. However, it's
>horribly complex or completely impossible to do any more than
>that. There are so many things I can do in an instant at the
>command line that you either cannot do at all or can do only with
>great difficulty. I don't understand how anyone who really uses a
>computer can ever stand to run Windows- it's so pathetically
>weak.
People have been remarkably well-trained not to expect much from their
computers. They still regard them as glorified typewriters.
In the days when non-computer people just wanted to use a computer as a
supplementary tool and couldn't afford to spend a lot of time and effort
learning a sophisticated system, the ease of the Macintosh interface
made sense. But now, we have lots of people using computers for several
hours a day every day with designs and interfaces that were optimized
for infrequent users. Unfortunately, the mentality hasn't caught up
with the needs. Most computer users would probably be better served by
learning how to use a more powerful and controllable system, but it's
hard to explain the benefits of a command line to someone who still
thinks about what a computer does in very simplistic terms.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (andi smart)
Subject: Re: HELP:Automatic turn off at shutdown
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 21:12:32 GMT
Mine doesn't even do that, it just reboots - even if you specifically
tell it shutdown -h now :(
On Mon, 02 Oct 2000 20:07:13 GMT, Jean-Philippe
=?iso-8859-1?Q?C=F4t=E9?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>(I apologize if this questions gets asked frequently, but
>I couldn't find any information on this).
>
>Hello,
>
>I upgraded to RH 7 a few days ago. Everything is fine,
>except for one thing. My machine used to turn itself off
>automatically at the end of the shutdown process. But
>now, this nice feature is gone, and I have no idea why.
>I admit that's not a big problem, it's just a bit annoying to have
>to wait 15 or 20 seconds before manually turning the computer
>off. Obviously, my hardware supports automatic turn off.
>Is there a way of configurating my system so that I get it back ?
>
>Any help, ideas, links, pointers appreciated.
>Thanks,
>J-P
andi smart
"A single open mind, can open any door"
Sonia Rutstein
"never give up"
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Please help with last step before remove windows
Date: 3 Oct 2000 21:12:59 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 03 Oct 2000 14:29:59 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>1) How can I copy mixed music cd's??
> I mean music cds without a dead space on the track changes??
Use cdrdao to burn them. The standard for audio CDs specifies a
2-second gap between tracks, so getting around this requires that you
burn the CD in "Disk At Once" mode.
>2) I run a design bus. and I need a way to send out bills
> something like quickbooks pro.
Take a look on http://freshmeat.net/ and search for "finance" or
"billing". You will find something, but it won't be exactly like
Quickbooks Pro.
>IF YOU CAN HELP PLEASE SEND EMAIL TO [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If you post here, you are expected to read replies to your posts on this
NG. If your time is so valuable that you can't spend 5 minutes with
http://deja.com/home_ps.shtml or $NEWSREADER, many people will figure
that their time is too valuable to waste 5 minutes answering your
question. And don't SHOUT; it's annoying.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Wich Linux version is best for a small business
Date: 3 Oct 2000 21:13:00 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 3 Oct 2000 10:06:38 -0400, E. Dumont wrote:
>I'd like to know if there is a version of Linux that is easier to implement
>(and use) in a small business and wich offers a good technical support...
Hmmm. There are more similarities than differences among Linux distros.
Maybe if you could give some specifics about your business and what you
want to do, someone could give you a more complete answer. Plus, asking
a question like "Which distro is best?" can start a religious war.
Anyway, most of the major distros have "Professional" versions which cost
more, include some commercial software, and have extended tech support
(6 months instead of 2 or 3, phone support instead of E-mail.) One of
those might serve your needs. You can buy a support contract from
Linuxcare, too. Or you can hire an experienced Linux user to come in
and set things up (check your local LUG or college campus).
You may wish to stay away from RedHat 7.0 until they've squashed the
most recent bugs to crop up. RedHat is used by lots of people and has a
number of things going for it, but their .0 releases tend to be a bit
flaky. SuSE is popular in Europe, offers extended tech support
contracts, and comes with a huge and very useful manual. Mandrake is
very easy to install and comes pre-optimized for Pentium (and higher)
machines. Debian and Slackware are geared more for experienced users
and tend to assume that you know what you're doing already, but Debian
has very nice package-management.
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From: marvin greenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: boot panic when removing second hard drive
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 17:30:10 -0400
When you remove (I assume) an IDE drive, the device names change. So what was
/dev/hdb with linux on it becomes /dev/hda. But the boot disk you have still thinks
that the root partition os somewhere on /dev/hdb. You can change the boot partition
on a
boot disk with the rdev command. Put the system together so it boots, find out what
your boot partition is (like /dev/hdb1), then "lie" to the boot diskette like: rdev
/dev/fd0 /dev/hda1
Then when you take out the other drive the boot floppy should work. Probably make a
totally new boot floppy to do this on, just in case...
pip wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I would like to get rid of my second hard drive, but when I physically
> remove this drive (with winnt on it) and try to reboot linux (which is
> on the second hard drive), I get only 1 and 0 at boot time (I boot with
> the same floppy disk).
> Can someone tell me how to proceed properly?
>
> thanks in advance
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: rpm confusion
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 21:17:28 GMT
Hi
I have the same problem but I am told but tech support at RedHat that
this is normal and MySql is installed.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Carsten Mohr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi out there,
>
> I think I confused rpm.
>
> 1) I try to install MySQL:
> 'rpm -ihv mysql-3.22.32-36.i386.rpm'
> I get: 'package mysql-3.22.32-36 is already installed'
>
> 2) I try to query MySQL:
> 'rpm -q -i MySQL'
> I get: 'package MySQL is not installed'
>
> 3) I try to update MySQL:
> 'rpm -Uhv --force mysql-3.22.32-36.i386.rpm'
> Everything seems to be ok, but
>
> 4) I try to query MySQL:
> 'rpm -q -i MySQL'
> I get: 'package MySQL is not installed'
>
> Is there anybody out with an idea ??
>
> Best regards,
> Carsten Mohr
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Installing a desktop icon
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 21:21:50 GMT
Can you programatically (how) install a desktop icon when using rpm
when installing software??
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: slow?
Reply-To: Hal Burgiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 21:48:46 GMT
On Tue, 03 Oct 2000 13:22:20 +0200, Jeph Herrin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>i'm a new linux/old unix user who has just installed redhat 6.2 on a
>cyrix 686/166Hz machine with 64MB ram. it's not top dollar hardware,
>but I'm still a bit discouraged by how slow linux runs. using the
>Gnome/Enlightenment combination, it takes palpable seconds to get shell
>window open, on the order of a minute for graphical apps. is this
>normal?
Hmmm...I have RH6.2 + Gnome on P166 with 64M, and 128 swap, and it seems
pretty peppy to me.
>the system monitor shows all the ram, with most of it (~55mb) in use
>with no apps running. i don't seem to have any hoggy processes running
>in the back, and i've got a 250MB swap file (which, however, sometimes
>is flagged as FAILED for shut down while halting the machine). the
Something wrong here. Use 'free' to make sure swap is being used. If
not, things can really drag. You might try recreating the swap partition
too. See 'mkswap' man page.
>video card has 1MB, not a lot, but it shouldn't make the machine crawl
>(should it?).
Not if the card has good support from Xfree86 and is configured right.
Go to their website and check your card/chipset. Sometimes there are
surprising comments, and tricks to get better performance.
Gnome + E is a memory hog combo. You might try a lighter weight window
manager. Also, if you have NS always open, this is a severe memory hog.
If running some fancy theme or background, you might try toning that
down too.
>my last unix box was an old sparc with 32mb of ram and solaris 5, it
>flew in comparison to this. is there something i should look for?
>should i bag the hardware, the os, or both?
>
>addendum: i installed with 32mb of ram, but doubled this shortly
>thereafter; do i need to tell the kernel something about this? i
>figured since the system monitor tool picked it up, i was set.
No, it should be recognized.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Todd)
Subject: Re: Respawning too fast
Date: 3 Oct 2000 21:05:31 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Using /sbin/getty, you can add a time term to the line,
s1:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -t30 ttyS1 ...etc.
I don't know about uugetty.
On Tue, 3 Oct 2000 12:58:06 -0400, Donnaw
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I've set up my modem according to the HOW-TO in the LDP section of the
>linux.org website (eventually adding
> S1:345:respawn:/sbin/uugetty ttyS1 F33300 vt100
>to the bottom of inittab). Once all the instructions were completed, I got
>an error message on my linux console saying:
> INIT: id "S1" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes.
>
>What do I need to change to make the init stop respawning so quickly to
>ttyS1?
>
>Thanks.
>--
>Donnaw
>
>
>
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From: Praedor Tempus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: endnote to bibtex converter
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 16:00:06 -0600
I have great need of a converter to convert an endnote bibliographic
database to a bibtex format. I have found several scripts/apps that
purport to do this but thus far, I have yet to find one that
actually works as advertised.
Can anyone point me to a FUNCTIONAL converter? The version of
EndNote that I am needing to convert from is EndNote 3.1 (Mac).
praedor
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