Linux-Misc Digest #949, Volume #25 Thu, 5 Oct 00 10:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: Your RedHat 7.0 impressions? (Mogens Kjaer)
apache/mod_perl problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
what's the problem with my netscape? ("����}")
Re: irq problems? pt II (Jean-David Beyer)
Re: malloc() (Pat Heuvel)
Re: so what do I do with my spare modem bandwidth? (Bernhard Reiter)
Re: loading graphical interface, linux 6.2 (Eric)
Xsane and mgetty+sendfax (Robert Jones)
Re: Newbie need help (Jacek)
LM 7.1 : hidden partition ("Fabrice, dit F@bz ;o\)")
Re: Newbie question (John Lodge)
Re: Printing man pages (James Silverton)
Re: Logger for Hardware-Traps? (-ljl-)
Re: Installed Helix-Code, and now no xdmcp from Windows x-server (Michael Segulja)
Re: Need terminal emulator (Frank da Cruz)
RH7 X problems with number nine imagine 128-t2R (shane)
Aiee, killing interrupt handle! (genkai wa doko da)
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From: Mogens Kjaer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Your RedHat 7.0 impressions?
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 12:16:02 +0200
David_C wrote:
>
> Robert Clayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > Yes this machine has had many linux installs on it, it is sort of a
> > linux test box for me. Perhaps repeatedly wiping the drive clean
> > contributes to these problems.
> >
> > FWIW the second install was succesful, in text mode. I still have not
> > gotten X running.
>
> XFree86 4.0 has not (yet) ported all of their video drivers from the 3.x
> release. But your virge chipset should be supported.
>
> Here's the driver status for XFree86 4.01:
>
> http://www.xfree86.org/4.0.1/Status.html
My experience is, that rh70 doesn't run the xfree 4.0.1
server by default, even when it is installed.
One has to:
cd /etc/X11
mv X X.old
ln -s /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 X
And note, the configuration is in: /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
(note the "-4").
Mogens
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: apache/mod_perl problem
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 10:14:21 GMT
Hi,
I recompiled mod_perl 1.24 and Apache 1.3.11 on my Slackware 7.0 system
and I get the following error :
Constant subroutine XHTML_DTD redefined at /usr/lib/perl5/constant.pm
line 175.
/bin/apachectl start: httpd could not be started.
this was basically the reason that I recompiled it. It was working fine
earlier. I installed all the perl modules required for slashcode prior
to getting this error. I would be grateful if you could help me out
with this. thanx in advance.
anuradha.
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From: "����}" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: what's the problem with my netscape?
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 18:39:56 +0800
it keeps showing me the message everything time it boots up
"can't fdopen stderr : success"or something like this
what's the problem,any advice would be appreciated
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From: Jean-David Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: irq problems? pt II
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 06:51:22 -0400
asage wrote:
> On Tue, 03 Oct 2000 14:47:34 -0400, asage wrote:
> >>Sorry if this has been covered before (ad nauseum even).
> >>I finally got my 3com modem working - yay. Now my Wacom tablet won't
> >>work. Previously, when I installed the Wacom, I lost the modem. So it
> >>must be an irq conflict, right?
> [snipp]
>
> (DancesWithCrows replied...)
>
> >Plenty of info, but where is the Wacom tablet? Do you have 2 serial
> >ports on this machine? Is this an internal or external modem?
>
> [snipp]
>
> >If you do have 2 serial ports and you have the Wacom plugged in to the
> >second one, the device is /dev/ttyS1 (not S3, even if DOS thinks it's on
> >COM4) and it uses IRQ 3 by default. No conflicts there!
>
> Okay... I've figured out that I have 2 serial ports. It's an internal
> modem.
> In Linux, the modem just won't work on any other port than ttyS0.
There is probably a link: /dev/modem -> ttyS0 that you could change to
whatever you need. Most of the modem stuff looks for /dev/modem, so it must
be linked to the device you wish (need) to use. This is normally handled by
the modem configuration section of control-panel in Red Hat Linux. YMMV.
> DOS
> does think
> that the Wacom is on COM4 (ttyS3), but I have tried to configure it for
> ttyS1, and
> ttyS3.
>
> Nothing at all happened when it was configured for ttyS3.
> When it was configured for ttyS1, when X was starting, it tried to
> initialize the Wacom,
> and then there was the error message:
>
> Wacom tcgetattr error
> Threshold = -80
> New Threshold = -80
>
> I'm guessing that that means it still can't find it on ttyS1?
>
> Would it help if I just removed the Wacom and re-installed it?
>
> TIA
>
> Allison Sage
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Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 22:31:37 +1000
From: Pat Heuvel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: malloc()
Gday Ludwig,
Please note that it would be SOOOO much easier to help if a code
fragment were included :)
Ludwig Stroobant wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I have a problem with malloc(). At some time in my program I do a malloc of
> two pointers, and now it seems that, if I do a free on the second pointer
> first, and then a free of the first pointer, I get a segmentation fault. If
> I skip the freeing of the second pointer, the freeing of the first one is
> ok.
I assume that you only use the pointers while they are in scope and that
you check that the malloc()s completed successfully:
void myfunc(void)
{
char *ptr1;
char *ptr2;
ptr1 = (char *)malloc(buffsize_1);
if (ptr1 != NULL)
{
ptr2 = (char *)malloc(buffsize_2);
if (ptr2 != NULL)
{
/* do some stuff with the pointers */
free((void *)ptr2);
}
free((void *)ptr1);
}
}
>
> If I look at the memory space of the pointers, it seems that, on freeing one
> or the other pointer, one byte, that they have in common, is changed. So, if
> I free the second pointer first, some bytes are changed, and if I skip this
> one, the free operation on the other pointer changes some other bytes,
> except for this one byte that they both change on their free operation. (I
> don't know if I'm explaining it good).
>
> What can I do about this problem?
> How is the information about the size of pointer kept in Linux. If you do a
The size of a pointer is constant. The size of a region _pointed to_ by
a pointer is not - see below...
> malloc on, lets say, 20 bytes, where is the size of that pointer being kept.
> And is there any other info about that pointer being stored somewhere.
>
If memory serves (pardon the pun), the pointer returned by malloc()
"conceals" a field which holds the malloc()ed size. The size of this
field should be system dependent. free() uses this to work out how much
memory to return to the heap.
> Ludwig
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bernhard Reiter)
Crossposted-To: alt.windows98,comp.dcom.modems,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: so what do I do with my spare modem bandwidth?
Date: 5 Oct 2000 11:45:00 GMT
In article <8rdfbl$53p$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Dan Jacobson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 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.
You might pay by the minute, but the overall price
contains the volume prices of your service provider somehow.
You could be responsible and conserve bandwidth. :)
(Okay this is only half serious.)
Bernhard
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: loading graphical interface, linux 6.2
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 13:46:44 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I have loaded Linux 6 I am going to be useing as
> a test server and have installed the OS as a
> server install. I would like to add that I put
> this test server machine together from scratch.
> When I loaded the OS the login in and password
> prompts came up in a console mode. I would like
> to load the graphical interface instead. How can
> I do this while I am at my login prompt, is it to
> late or do I have to reinstall? While I'm at it,
> what are the differences between X Window, GNOME,
> and KDE, aren't they all inter related? Sorry,
> I'm a brand new user.
> Thanks
>
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> Before you buy.
As you did a server install (I'm assuming RH now) you did not get X
installed.
It's on the installation disk though. install the RPM's that include
XFree86.
Eric
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From: Robert Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Xsane and mgetty+sendfax
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 06:57:11 -0500
If anyone here has configured xsane and sendfax to work properly with
each other (and I'm sure a lot of people have), I'd really appreciate
some pointers. I have been trying for several days to send my first fax
and have yet to succeed. Obviously, I *can* scan documents or selected
portions, saving the images as files.
TIA
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From: Jacek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie need help
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 23:10:25 +1000
Martin Racette wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I have installed Mandrake 7.1, and when I start KDE, I must redo all the
> mouse set-up everytime. I'm left handed and I set-up the trackball (yes
> it's a trackball ansd not a mouse), to be use as left-hand, and
> accelerated to 4x.
>
> Is there a file that I can edit manually so it will keep those set-up ???
>
> Thank you in advance
>
> Merci a l'avance
>
> Martin
Hi,
try /etc/X11/XF86Config
there is section refering to the mouse.
Jacek.
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From: "Fabrice, dit F@bz ;o\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: LM 7.1 : hidden partition
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 14:39:59 +0200
I have one hard drive, separated in two partitions : C: & D:
Windows is on C:
I installed Mandrake 7.1 wich has reduced D: and created a new partition for
linux.
Now, from windows I can't access anymore D: , whereas from linux it is well
detected as a FAT32 windows partition.
How can I restore my partition to access it from windows ???
Fabrice
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From: John Lodge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie question
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 13:11:52 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
CK wrote:
> In my PC i did install the Redhat Linux 6.2 and the Windows 98. And i
> did format my hardisk and reinstall Win98. And now i found that , i
> can't boot the Linux anymore. Can anyone give me some advice how to boot
> the Linux again? Is it i need to reinstal lthe Linux again? Thanks.
>
> My email is: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Thanks again.
The best (IMHO) approach to acieve what you want is to use PartitionMagic
to partition the disk and then use either LILO or BootMagic as the boot
manager. If you use BootMagic, you install Win98 first then Install
BootMagic, then install Linux remembering to install LILO on the Linux
partition and NOT in the MBR. You can then boot into Win98 and configure
BootMagic to recognise both boot partitions.
J
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From: James Silverton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Printing man pages
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 09:16:04 -0400
Floyd Davidson wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Deletions >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >Incidentally, the bold headers in the document print correctly but if I
> >use "man -t find | lpr", the printout is much the same but the
> >previously bold characters become doubled, normal weight and separated
> >by by about a half letter space; not satisfactory at all!
>
> Hi Jim,
>
> Hmmm... I think you might want to take this to one of the gnu
> groups, or where ever you can get help with Ghostscript. It
> sounds to me like a problem with font generation/selection in
> the conversion from Postscript to HPCL for the HP backend
> to ghostscript.
>
> What do the files look like viewed with Ghostview?
>
> I've never used an HP 4L, so I can't really help much. I have
> used several different HPCL printers, both color and monochrome
> and both DeskJet and LaserJet, and did not experience that with
> any of them. There usually are some slight differences, but
> nothing that ugly.
Thnks for the suggestions but, as I mentioned, the problem only seems to
occur when printing man pages. Since that's not a thing I do very often,
it's hardly worth worrying about.
Jim.
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Potomac, Maryland.
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From: -ljl- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Logger for Hardware-Traps?
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 13:16:22 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Stefan Meister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
> is there anything (already included to Linux) what can log
> Hardware-Errors?
Check out The Linux Lab Project :
http://www.llp.fu-berlin.de/
it is probably where the hardware people hang out.
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From: Michael Segulja <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installed Helix-Code, and now no xdmcp from Windows x-server
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 13:24:56 GMT
Thank you so much for you help. That was exactly what I needed. This
isn't the first time I've run into this, so now I know what I need to
do in the future. I wonder why it is disabled like that by default?
Security reasons I guess.
Anyway, thanks again.
Michael
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Chris Ripp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If you were previously using xdm, helix will replace it with the gnome
> version, gdm.
>
> look for gdm.conf, and set XDMCP to be enabled in that file, get gdm
> restarted and
> you should be good. There's also a enable indirect flag if you use
that.
>
> I believe they're disabled by default.
>
> "Michael Segulja" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:8rg0p6$fl0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > I use X-Win32 to access my Linux server's graphical desktop, but
after
> > installing the Helix-Gnome code, it does not show up anymore.
Anybody
> > ran into this before? Usually I find it by doing an XDMCP
broadcast,
> > but neither that not telling it what IP address to use will work
> > anymore.
> >
> >
> > Thanks for any help.
> >
> > Michael
> >
> >
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank da Cruz)
Subject: Re: Need terminal emulator
Date: 5 Oct 2000 13:43:21 GMT
In article <CaOC5.4125$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I'm looking for an X11 serial terminal emulator. Something
: like seyon or minicom, but:
:
: 1) I'd like to see status of modem control lines.
:
: 2) I'd like to be able control modem control lines.
:
: 3) All I want is a terminal emulator. I don't need something
: that tries to initialize modems, dial phone numbers or
: anything like that. I just want it to act like a terminal.
:
C-Kermit:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/
It lets you see the status of modem control lines ("show comm").
As to controlling modem signals, that's mostly a driver issue.
Kermit can toggle DTR ("hangup"), but RTS is controlled by the
driver (for flow control), and of course CD, DSR, RI, and RTS
are incoming signals. Special effects can be achieved with
creative wiring.
C-Kermit also lets you automate communications tasks with its
scripting language, which includes commands to test modem signals
and variables that return their current status.
- Frank
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From: shane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH7 X problems with number nine imagine 128-t2R
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 09:49:07 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm trying to get XFree86 to run with a Number Nine
Revolution 3D 128-t2R, and I'm having problems.
During the redhat custom install, it recognizes the card,
monitor (dell D1025TM) and videoram ok.
I've tried clockchip none, ramdac none, no probe,
like it says on the nine.com website.
That didn't work. So I tried all the options of the
above (ie clockchip I5xx ramdac, probe/noprobe. Probe says" failed:
procedding w/
default values".)
When Xconfigurator starts the test-config it pops up with
"There is a problem with your X configuration"
When I look at what RPM's have been installed
the XF86_I128 is installed.
I'm not very good with X. If this weren't a test
workstation I wouldn't even bother with it. But I need
to get this running and be stable.
When I run Xconfigurator
PCI Entry: Number 9|Imagine 128 T2R [Ticket to Ride
X Server: XF86_I128
XFree4 Driver: No match
Any suggestions?
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From: genkai wa doko da <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Aiee, killing interrupt handle!
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 13:39:50 GMT
ok in recent weeks my main linux box has been panicing every day or 2
for no reason the msg is usually:
--ton of stack dump crap--
Aiee, killing interrupt handle!
panic: Attempted to kill the idle task!
(the above statements are in kernel/error.c which doesn't really tell me
anything at all.)
nothing appears in /var/log/message ever (I grepped every file under
/var no mention of panic anywhere.) I have syslogd logging *.err which
as far as I know should catch panics. Is there a way to get more verbose
logging?
This is a Slackware 7.1 box btw.
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