Linux-Misc Digest #939, Volume #25 Wed, 4 Oct 00 00:13:03 EDT
Contents:
Re: Mandrake is a Piece Of Shit!! ("Pixelised")
Re: SQL database connection fail ? ("Les Mikesell")
How to make a useful backup of the /boot partition? (Jean-David Beyer)
Re: Hauppauge WinTV model 401 (Pete Zaitcev)
Dedicated Linux Employment Site (Dan)
Re: PATH (Jean-David Beyer)
linux (Dan)
Re: so what do I do with my spare modem bandwidth? ("Michael Westerman")
Dedicated Linux Employment Site (Dan)
Where are Binaries for Konqueror (George)
Re: Perl : ODBC and DBI with ActivePerl on Linux ("Les Mikesell")
Re: Kernel version in Slackware circa 1995 and RedHat 4.x (Bob Martin)
Re: PPP and routing. (John Hasler)
Re: slow? (moonie;))
Re: Netscape navigator on linux (Bob Martin)
Re: Thanks (Bob Martin)
Re: Mail API for Linux ("Les Mikesell")
Re: Monitor goes blank after undetermined amount of time. (RogerB)
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From: "Pixelised" <pixelised@hotmail(DOT)com>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Mandrake is a Piece Of Shit!!
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 14:15:31 +1000
"Brandon Hoppe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Henry Kruuskopf wrote:
> >
> > I dunno why your copy of this nice dist. screws up. I installed it and
> > everything went fine. I didn't use lnx4win, but i installed it by
booting
> > from cd-rom. I have also installed it from dos using autoboot.bat.
> >
> > I think your problems might come from lnx4win.
> > Just boot from cd-rom or use autoboot.bat from dos (remember to have
cd-rom
> > drivers loaded it u use autoboot.bat)
> >
> > Only problem i encountered was that Mandrake altered my extended dos
partion
> > to linux extended partion and i couldn't accsess to it from windows.
This
> > had simply solution. Just change the type of extended partion from linux
to
> > win and everything is cool.
> >
> > For my opinion, Mandrake is realy good dist. to workstation computer for
> > generic daily use. With right piece of hardware you can do everything on
> > Linux that you did in windows.
> > For right piece of hardware i mean right display adapter with right 3D.
> > (3DFX works better on Linux than other OpenGL boards. correct me if im
wrong
> > :)
> >
> > -Wmute
>
> Perhaps your right. lnx4win does sound like the culprit here. I have
> installed LM 7.0 on another machine with no problems. That's why I came
> back to put 7.1 on this laptop. I didn't have to use lnx4win last time.
> So, I'll take your suggestion and try autoboot.bat and give that a shot
> and post the results.
>
> CORRECTION: lnx4win is a Piece Of Shit!! :)
If autoboot.bat method fails, and I am assuming that you downloaded Mandrake
here; it might be possible that the iso image you downloaded could be
corrupt. I've had similar problems with Redhat Linux 6.2 for the Alpha
having corrupted python scripts. So I bought a copy of the Install CD, and I
haven't encountered any of the earlier problems since :o)
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From: "Les Mikesell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SQL database connection fail ?
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2000 03:20:15 GMT
"tips" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8rcr1m$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> SQL database server connection fail ?
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> hello,
> I'm using Redhat 6.2 . I installed it with " Everything " option in my
> computer.
>
> When I type % psql ( I want to do my SQL homework at home)
> It shows an error message:
> SQL database connection fail ........ Is postmaster at local host ? or
> Unix socket 5432.........
>
> I confused with this condition .
You need to start the 'postgresql' service at boot time, or run
/etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql start
as root to start it manually.
Les Mikesell
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Jean-David Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to make a useful backup of the /boot partition?
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 23:23:19 -0400
I have two SCSI hard drives, /dev/sda and /dev/sdb. Since I have
lots of space on each, the first partition on /dev/sda is /boot.
The first partition on /dev/sdb is /boot2, to which I have
copied all the files from /boot. Thus, in principle I could boot
from there if the /boot partition were trashed (and /dev/sda5,
which is /, is left intact).
But my /etc/lilo.conf reads:
boot=/dev/sda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
linear
timeout=50
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.12-0.1smp
label=linux
root=/dev/sda5
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.12-0.1
label=linux-up
root=/dev/sda5
read-only
image=/boot2/vmlinuz-2.2.12-0.1smp
label=linux2
root=/dev/sda5
read-only
image=/boot2/vmlinuz-2.2.12-0.1
label=linux-up2
root=/dev/sda5
read-only
>From this, I infer that Lilo will try to get the map from /boot
instead of /boot2, and likewise for boot.b. I infer that I am
getting much less backup protection than I originally though
when I set this up. (Of course, I should also copy / over to the
other drive as well, but I begrudge the space. If it is crashed
that bad, I should buy a new drive right away and restore from
tape.)
Has anyone else tried to do anything along this line? Can Lilo
be instructed on an image basis which boot, map, and install to
use instead of globally? Is there any point to this? If the
/boot partition is messed up, perhaps I should just give it up
and use a boot floppy with a new hard drive. Any ideas?
--
.~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642.
/V\ Registered Machine 73926.
/( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey
^^-^^ 11:10pm up 2 days, 14:31, 2 users, load average: 2.29, 2.19, 2.11
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pete Zaitcev)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Hauppauge WinTV model 401
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2000 03:27:55 GMT
> #bttv
> alias char-major-81 videodev
> alias char-major-81-0 bttv
> options bttv card=10 radio=1
> options tuner debug=1
Hmm... are you sure your card index is 10? The way bttv.c is written
very many people mistake by one (one of descriptions occupies 2 lines).
Try to use autodetect. I have 401 too and it autodetects perfectly
by stock RH 6.2 and all custom 2.2.16 kernels that I had built.
> So I decide to try xawtv instead. It compiles and starts without a
> problem, but the picture is AWFUL - black & white, grainy, severe
> ghosting, and rolling - and there is no sound.
Hmm... If you are sure that your card is 10 (or use autodetect),
then make sure norm is set right. I saw what you describe trying
to capture NTSC signal while in PAL norm.
> Does ANYBODY have this beast working under Mandrake?
Mandrake is known to ship broken compilers sometimes (even pgcc!!).
It is highly unlikely, but try to find a friend with RH 6.2,
compile a kernel with modules and xawtv there, then try it.
(if all else fails :)
--Pete
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From: Dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Dedicated Linux Employment Site
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2000 03:29:33 GMT
If you're looking for a job where you can utilize your skills in Linux
or open source software, check out http://www.mojolin.com?usenet
Mojolin is FREE. For everyone. Period. Because of this, you will see a
greater number of the small, growing Linux companies posting their jobs
here. Yes, you will also see recruiters searching for the big firms.
My thought was, "Why penalize a company for trying to get me a job" ?
You can post resumes and open
positions if you're registered. You can search either without being
registered. I will be adding more features like email notification and
international job postings in the near future.
Check it out and let me know what you think!
thanks,
Dan
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From: Jean-David Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PATH
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 23:31:05 -0400
John Fu wrote:
> I am kind of new to Linux, but I have read on www.linuxnewbie.org about
> setting the path variables in the .bash_profile and the /etc/profile
> files...
>
> It says that whatever path I wanna add to the PATH, all I have to do is just
> put in a ':' and then put in whatever path I want to put in.
>
> I am trying to set my java compilers in the path, which is held in
> /usr/java/jdk1.3/bin
>
> So in the PATH line, which is something like:
>
> PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
>
> I have put added my java path as follows:
>
> PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin:/usr/java/jdk1.3/bin
>
> I have done this in both the .bash_profile and /etc/profile, but even if I
> put in this line, and try to access the compiler through the command
> "javac", bash still gives me the statement as if the path is not set! Can
> someone please give me some insights of how to do this? And yes... I have
> double checked the path where the java files are held, as well as closing
> the console and opening it again, I've even tried rebooting the computer!
> And still no good..
>
> Please... give me an answer soon.
>
> John.
Is there an "export PATH" in there after the PATH=$PATH... statement?
You must log out and log back in for .bash_profile to be re-applied (this is
not the whole truth).
--
.~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642.
/V\ Registered Machine 73926.
/( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey
^^-^^ 11:25pm up 2 days, 14:46, 2 users, load average: 2.12, 2.11, 2.09
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From: Dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: linux
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2000 03:31:33 GMT
linux rules!
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From: "Michael Westerman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.windows98,comp.dcom.modems,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: so what do I do with my spare modem bandwidth?
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 13:38:49 +1000
listen to multiple radio channels.
broadcast your own channel...
Dan Jacobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8rdfbl$53p$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> 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.
> --
> www.geocities.com/jidanni E-mail: restore ".com." �n����
> Tel:+886-4-5854780; starting in year 2001: +886-4-25854780
>
>
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From: Dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Dedicated Linux Employment Site
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2000 03:36:33 GMT
If you're looking for a job where you can utilize your skills in Linux
or open source software, check out http://www.mojolin.com?usenet
Mojolin is FREE. For everyone. Period. Because of this, you will see a
greater number of the small, growing Linux companies posting their jobs
here. Yes, you will also see recruiters searching for the big firms.
My thought was, "Why penalize a company for trying to get me a job" ?
You can post resumes and open
positions if you're registered. You can search either without being
registered. I will be adding more features like email notification and
international job postings in the near future.
Check it out and let me know what you think!
thanks,
Dan
------------------------------
From: George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Where are Binaries for Konqueror
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2000 03:38:23 GMT
Hi
Im looking for an RPM or tar.gz file for Konqueror. I have been going
in circles from kde.org, konqueror.org, koffice.kde.org. The best link
I can find is http://people.redhat.com/bero/experimental/ but the server
does not respond. Im on Redhat 6.1 KDE 1.1.2
For that matter I would also like KDE2 & latest Koffice stuff, but
kde.org also gives me the same link
http://people.redhat.com/bero/experimental/
Please let me know where I can just download this stuff
Thanks peoples
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From: "Les Mikesell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Perl : ODBC and DBI with ActivePerl on Linux
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2000 03:40:42 GMT
"Etienne Laverdiere" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:2OlC5.313061$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi all, I just installed Red Hat 7.0 on my system, and it works very well.
> This system is very cool. But I am very "newbie" right now.
>
> I installed Apache and it works very well too even with cgi-bin scripts.
> I use to work with ActiveState Perl on Win Nt. I installed DBI and
DBI:ODBC
> to work with a Oracle Database.
> I was wandering : what is the -- best -- implementation of Perl on this
> system?
There is only one implementation of perl for all unix-like systems -
ActiveState
just deals with the quirks of Win32. Any version around 5.005_03 or above
should be fine.
> I want to migrate all my works from Nt to a Linux Server. I never tried
to
> installed any module with the "make, make install" commands, but only via
> PPM from ActiveState. I just installed ActivePerl on my Linux server, and
I
> haved a little problem to make it run from Apache's cgi-bin.
The normal way to handle perl module installation is to first configure
the CPAN module. Just run 'perl -MCPAN -eshell' and the first time
it will prompt for config info or you can let it autoconfigure if you don't
have to deal with firewalls. Then you can run the same command anytime
and type 'install module' and it will pull the latest version from the
internet and install it for you. The 'r' command will tell you what
modules currently installed are out of date, and 'i /pattern/ will list
modules that match the pattern.
> Question 1 : Does ActivePerl works well on Linux? At a first glance, it
does
> seems to have DBD:Oracle or DBD:ODBC distribution for the Linux's
> ActivePerl. I really need these
Install from CPAN if they are missing.
> Question 2 : How can I tell my apache system to use the ActivePerl
> distribution of Perl and not the original Perl?
>
> Question 3 : Should I forget ActivePerl and use the default Perl
> distribution? (Perl 5.6.0)
Yes, but you will probably want to use mod_perl with apache if your
server is busy enough that starting a copy of perl for each cgi run is
a problem. A dynamic-loadable module comes with RedHat that
may or may not work. In earlier releases people have had trouble
mixing the stock rpm installed programs with custom compiled
components. If you have any trouble with the distribution versions
you can always grab source for perl and apache and build them from
scratch. There is a mailing list for mod_perl if you need additional
help.
Les Mikesell
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Bob Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kernel version in Slackware circa 1995 and RedHat 4.x
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 22:43:47 -0500
Bruce wrote:
>
> Can someone remember off the top of their head what kernel version
> shipped with Slackware back in late 1995? And also in RedHat 4.x?
>
> I'm trying to get some versions of libraries, etc. from both distros for
> my own knowledge.
>
> Or, if someone can locate a detailed history of each distro, I would
> like to know the URL.
>
> Thanks,
> Bruce
Probably the 1.2 series, 2.0 was shipping in '96
--
Bob Martin
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: PPP and routing.
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 02:31:47 GMT
Lavinius writes:
> just add this line to /etc/ppp/options defaultroute
He already has it. Pppconfig takes care of that.
> that should be it .. I hope
It won't. Pppd will not replace an existing default route.
> oh and in /etc edit resolv.conf and add nameserver 0.0.0.0
He already has that: pppconfig takes care of it as well.
> I run Slack7 but I guess its not that much diff then Debian
While Debian allows you to edit config files by hand, it does not force you
to do so.
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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From: moonie;) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: slow?
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 23:52:04 -0400
On Tue, 03 Oct 2000, James Fitzgerald wrote:
>I recently installed Mandrake 7.1 on a 1 year old Dell Optiplex 500 MHz PIII
>(the first machine I ever ran that took the doze out of Windows). I find
>the graphics based programs that came with Mandrake (both KDE and Gnome)
>rather slow-loading, 20 to 30 seconds and more sometimes (especially
>Netscape!). Most commands executed at the command line are reasonably fast,
>though loading a small file in emacs took longer than I thought it would.
>My own non-expert guess is that some aspects of this version of Linux,
>particularly the GUI based elements, are not fully optimized to exploit the
>hardware. So do not expect miracles just from a hardware upgrade. I
>suspect that the improved versions of KDE and gnome that are becoming
>available may make some real difference.
>
>I am trying to learn Linux in order to use emacs in a fully enabled unix
>environment (as opposed to Windows versions of emacs), so I can wait for the
>graphical stuff to become better optimized for speed. Right now the
>graphical interfaces basically make it possible for me to get a system
>installed and up and running without having to learn how to configure all
>the tables and configuration files that need tweaking manually--that is
>truly the most formidable aspect of unix-type systems for those of us who
>are not primarily interested in computers for their own sake. If I had to
>learn to do all of that myself, I would be forced to stay with Windows.
>
>Cheers,
>Jim Fitzgerald
I honestly believe that most of the problems with the speed of Linux comes from
not having your HD optimised. I run RAID 0 striped and everything flys on just
a K6-III/450 with 128MB RAM. Look into hdparm.
--
moonie ;)
Registered Linux User #175104
http://counter.li.org
KDE2
Kernel 2.4.0-test5
XFree86 4.0 Nvidia .94 drivers
RAID 0 Striped
Test-Pilots-R-Us ;)
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From: Bob Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netscape navigator on linux
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 22:53:12 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I believe what I asked for was help on installing the software.
> I'm sure theres more to it than just unpacking a tar file.
>
> jerbear
>
No that's pretty much it, after unpacking the tar file cd to the
directory it created and './ns-install'. If you are using the RH rpm of
NS that is on the CD, then 'rpm -i filename.rpm'
--
Bob Martin
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From: Bob Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Thanks
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 22:55:02 -0500
Nightshade wrote:
>
> There is no how to do this or that now I have manage to get linux Mandrake
> up and runing now ansd I am in the middle of a long proses of inorning out
> all the little rinkles now.
>
> I would just like to say thanks to all the ppl that helped me out in this
> pain full task.
>
> mmm now I have windows and linux what other os can i pu t on my computer??
>
> Anywere thanks goto go now.
>
> laters
>
> Nightshade
>
Another one can get now for free is QNX, www.qnx.com
--
Bob Martin
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From: "Les Mikesell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mail API for Linux
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2000 04:03:32 GMT
"John Lodge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hello,
>
> Is there a c API for Linux, equvivalent to MAPI, that I can use to send
> mail direct to a POP3 server from
> a program.
>
> Any help or example code would be greatly appreciated.
>
The usual c api would be something like:
fp = popen("/usr/sbin/sendmail -t");
followed by writing the message
(headers, blank line, body) to the open
pipe and pclose()'ing it.
Les Mikesell
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (RogerB)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Monitor goes blank after undetermined amount of time.
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2000 04:03:44 GMT
Sounds like APM. Try turning it off in the bios and on the kernel.
On Tue, 03 Oct 2000 17:21:56 -0500, Jeff H <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>I've recently installed RH6.0 for the first time, and I'm having a problem.
>After a period of time, greater than 2 hours, and less than 12 hours, the
>monitor will no longer come back on with keyboard or mouse activity. I am
>logged on with my user level account into Gnome (don't know version #,
>whatever
>is default with RH6.0) when this happens. The only way I've found to get my
>system back is to reboot.
>
>It is set up as my IP Masq machine. I can get to the internet on my Win box
>and
>the apache service is still running when this occurs, so I know the machine
>itself is running ok.
>
>Here's the specs on it: AMD K6/2-300, 128megs ram, 16Meg Creative Labs
>RivaTnT,
>hooked to a Nokia 447xPro monitor, resoultion is set to 1600X1200, 32bit,
>75 mhz
>refresh, two 3com NICs, a Sound Blaster 16-SCSI2, and a partridge in a pear
>tree. Kernel version is 2.2.17, not sure of which options to include here.
>
>Anyone know how to stop thise from occuring?
>
>Jeff
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