Linux-Misc Digest #6, Volume #26 Wed, 11 Oct 00 14:13:02 EDT
Contents:
NFS giving "not enough memory available now"? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Where did XMPS go ??? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
modem and RH 6.2 ("Peter Robinson")
Re: Root password problem (Fil Sapienza)
Errors in Mandrake 7.1 (Josef Oswald)
Re: modem and RH 6.2 (Josef Oswald)
Re: Root password problem (The Darkener)
Re: getting rid of mingetty (Mihai Cartoaje)
net2phone for linux? (Norbert Wegener)
No more PTY's for screen 3.09.08 (Salim Qadri)
HELP! ttyS0, external modem problem ("Guennadi V. Liakhovetski")
Redhat 7.0 users in Staten Island NY ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
enlightenment crashes with new X server (me)
Re: Why doesn't rm -R *.obj work? ("Aitch")
Re: Linux on hard disk larger than 8.4 gb? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Redhat 7.0 locks up on shutdown or reboot ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
my /dev/mouse->psaux is corrupt, help!!! (Al)
user privileges ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux from scratch.... ("Aitch")
alsa SBLive drivers on RH7 ("Michael Matthews")
Re: Why doesn't rm -R *.obj work? (Bob Tennent)
Re: my /dev/mouse->psaux is corrupt, help!!! ("David ..")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.aix,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: NFS giving "not enough memory available now"?
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 15:17:58 GMT
Hello,
I'm mounting a directory exported from a Linux box to my AIX
4.3.2 box. I can mount the directory fine, but when I try
to ls -l the directory from AIX, it gives "there is not
enough memory available now". What's going on here, anyone
have a clue? Thanks,
-Jay
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Where did XMPS go ???
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 15:43:17 GMT
Bryan Christ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Does anyone know what happened to the XMPS homepage ? I have unsuccessfully
> tried the go to the old site at
> http://www-eleves.enst-bretagne.fr/~chavarri/xmps/pres.php3 . All
> refrences to the XMPS homepage list this URL. What's the deal ?!? Anyone?
Just found it on sourceforge. Looks like it was moved around the 6th of Oct.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/xmps/ There aren't any tarballs up yet, but you
can get the code via cvs (just remember that you have to run autogen.sh with
the code from cvs, not configure).
--
Noah Romer | I have built a castle from the evening fog,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | and now the dawn
PGP key available | has come.
by finger or email | - Noah Romer
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From: "Peter Robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: modem and RH 6.2
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 11:38:12 -0400
I'm unable to gat a winmodem on an IBM laptop to register with Redhat Linux.
I was wondering if anyone has had similiar problems, and a solution.
Thanks,
Peter Robinson
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From: Fil Sapienza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Root password problem
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 09:30:45 -0600
I have to agree with the xterm / terminal procedure -- I've had some difficulty
using the
windows-like interfaces with linux. Command-line procedures seem to be more
reliable and time-tested.
Fil Sapienza
Michael Westerman wrote:
> get to a xterm or a terminal as root
> type passwd
> follow steps
> done
> log out and try it.
>
> Jay <jayp@*spamfree*datainn.co.nz> wrote in message
> news:QSPE5.3762$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > I am new to Linux so could be doing something wrong......
> > I am trying to change the root password (I am logged in as root) it asks
> me
> > for the new.. I enter it, it asks me to repeat so I do.
> > Then I close the dialogue box and it asks me do I want to quit or activate
> > the changes so I activate the changes then it quite.
> > I tried numerous times to log in as root using the new password without
> > luck - so for the hell of it I entered the old and I'm in!!!
> > Did I miss a step?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Jay
> > Oh Red Hat 6.2 BTW
> >
> >
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Subject: Errors in Mandrake 7.1
From: Josef Oswald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 16:12:05 GMT
HI:-)
Last week I installed Mandrake 7.1 via ftp.
Now when Mandrake ( on a dual boot-box) starts up I get the following
messages during the boot process.
var/lock/subsys/ kudzu, network, portmap, apmd,
syslog, identd, atd,
crond, inet, lpd files are missing.
Xconfigurator got me this message:
/usr/lib/libDrakX/auto/c/stuff/stuff.so for module c: stuff. libgdk-1.2.so.0....
cannot open shared object file, no such file or
directory at
/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0/i386-linux/
Dynaloader.pm
Also it seems that I installed the wrong driver
for the Video-card ( Ati Rage IIC AGP) and when the KDE is running it is
very fuzzy. Under SuSE I use a Mach64...
I wanted to replace SuSE with Mandrake, but now I
am very glad I did not
do it yet.... with all the problems I run into it....
Josef Oswald [EMAIL PROTECTED]
registered-linux-user # 13.818 at http://counter.li.org
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Strange it works but we don't know why: it's Windows it does not have bugs
only features....
the lie of the 20th. century..... will it continue in the third Millennium?
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Subject: Re: modem and RH 6.2
From: Josef Oswald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 16:15:16 GMT
"Peter Robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm unable to gat a winmodem on an IBM
Sorry you will have to get a modem that runs under Linux.....do a
search on Read Hat which modem will work for you :-)
> laptop to register with Redhat Linux.
> I was wondering if anyone has had similiar problems, and a solution.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Peter Robinson
>
>
--
Josef Oswald [EMAIL PROTECTED]
registered-linux-user # 13.818 at http://counter.li.org
Strange it works but we don't know why: it's Windows it does not have bugs
only features....
the lie of the 20th. century..... will it continue in the third Millennium?
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From: The Darkener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Root password problem
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 16:18:05 GMT
I'm guessing he's talking about linuxconf. You can change the root password from that
as
well.
Bill Unruh wrote:
> In <QSPE5.3762$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Jay" <jayp@*spamfree*datainn.co.nz>
>writes:
>
> ]I am new to Linux so could be doing something wrong......
> ]I am trying to change the root password (I am logged in as root) it asks me
> ]for the new.. I enter it, it asks me to repeat so I do.
> ]Then I close the dialogue box and it asks me do I want to quit or activate
> ]the changes so I activate the changes then it quite.
> ]I tried numerous times to log in as root using the new password without
> ]luck - so for the hell of it I entered the old and I'm in!!!
> ]Did I miss a step?
>
> ]Thanks
> ]Jay
> ]Oh Red Hat 6.2 BTW
>
> Using what? What dialog box? The way to change the password is to run the command
> passwd
> from a command line.
--
- The Darkener
It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
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From: Mihai Cartoaje <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: getting rid of mingetty
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 16:28:18 GMT
also sprach Fester,
> edit /etc/inittab and comment out any unnecessary references to
> mingetty. You want to keep at least 1 (otherwise the problem above will
> occur).
I kept two and saved 500KB. Thanks!
Mihai
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From: Norbert Wegener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: net2phone for linux?
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 18:58:27 +0200
Hello,
net2phone is a program which lets you make telephone calls via the
internet. Unfortunately this software is available only for windows.
Is there a linux clone of that program available?
Thanks
Norbert Wegener
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From: Salim Qadri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: No more PTY's for screen 3.09.08
Date: 11 Oct 2000 12:54:00 -0400
Hi,
I have Turbolinux6 system based on their 2.2.13-12 and now running my
own 2.2.17 kernel. The 2.2.17 kernel has 256 pty support.
Screen used to work right out of the box, but now i have somehow
fucked it up so that it can't run and gives an error saying "No more
PTY's". I think i screwed things up when I tried installing a new
version of screen from the sources. The README asks me to put termcap
and terminfo files in their proper locations, but I'm not quite sure
what they are. Could someone please point me to some info.
tia,
salim
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
00 should be removed from addr to mail
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From: "Guennadi V. Liakhovetski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HELP! ttyS0, external modem problem
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 17:50:18 +0100
Hello
So, here is the problem: I first installed SuSE 6.3 using a standard
kernel, and the modem worked fine. But the soundcard didn't. Then I had to
re-configure and recompile the kernel (I've never done it myself
before...), I read all those dox about isapnp, but eventually I found out
that the soundcard (ONLY) works if no isapnp.conf file is present and that
linux sets up IRQs, IOs and DMAs correctly (exectly in accordance with
Win... yeah, I had it before on this machine, and I still have this disk
in case of trouble...). But now my modem does not work. So, either:
1) I misconfigured my kernel and either did not include support for it or
included something that I shouldn't really...
or
2) the soundcard and the modem conflict. However a quick check did not
show any conflicts. But maybe I was not doing a right check...
Now, could anybody, please, tell me shat EXACTLY components I MUST
configure my kernel for on a standalone computer, having, among optional
hardware ONLY a soundcard and a modem (including PPP networking, of
course). And how EXACTLY can I check if there are any conflicts? And do I
REALLY need isapnp.conf? When I did try to use it I only got some conflict
messages...
dmesg (boot-time messages) show 'approximately' the same ttyS* records for
both kernels, but at different stages... I am away from that computer now,
so, can't tell exactly.
Can I find out how the kernel on the cd was configured?
Please HELP!
Thanks
Guennadi
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Dr. Guennadi V. Liakhovetski
Sheffield Centre for Earth Observation Science
Department of Applied Mathematics
University of Sheffield
Hicks Building, Hounsfield Road
Sheffield S3 7RH
phone: +44-(0)114-222-3798
fax: +44-(0)114-222-3739
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Redhat 7.0 users in Staten Island NY
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 17:02:36 GMT
Redhat 7.0 users in Staten Island NY
I am trying to find some other redhat 7.0 users in Staten Island NY to
talk to and work with. If you are from Staten Island NY please email me
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Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 19:39:05 +0200
From: me <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: enlightenment crashes with new X server
hi
i'm using slackware 7.1 and i've decided to upgrade my X server from
3.3.6 to 4.0.1.
The X server successfully installs, but when i try to run enlightenment
(0.16.4), it reports the error:
"Xlib: This server does not support the shape expansion.
Either your Xserver is too old or misconfigured.
Exiting"
When compiling the Xserver i performed the routine make World and make
install. I used this server on
an older redhat 6.0 system with enlightenment 0.16.3 and i had no
problems.
What's the problem?
thanks
ali
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Reply-To: "Aitch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Aitch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Why doesn't rm -R *.obj work?
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 17:16:58 GMT
You don't have the correct syntax.... Try: rm -r *.obj or rm -rf
*.obj
the f will simply allow it to recursivley delete without prompting you.
Simple eh? And it didn't take 40 steps either..
"Ken Schrock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Or ls -R *.obj for that matter...
>
> Please e-mail me, I can't get through all these groups everyday.
>
> --
> Ken Schrock
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Linux on hard disk larger than 8.4 gb?
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 17:14:34 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've looked in the forums and can't find this
> > answer, although I'm sure it's here somewhere...
> >
> > I have a 15.3 gb drive and want to install Linux
> > on it. I would like to have a 4 gb root
> > partition and at least 3 other partitions. My
> > computer only recognizes up to 8.4gb. When I try
> > to install the overlay software (EZ Drive for
> > Western Digital), it asks me for the diskette of
> > my OS. What can I do?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
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> > Before you buy.
>
> Ignore it.
> Try to install linux, it doesn't trust the BIOS anyway, so linux will
> detect the HDD size on it's own (and correctly)
I did just that. It worked fine. The system's BIOS didn't grok
drives bigger than 8.5 GB, while the smallest drive I could
buy at the local computer store was 10 GB. It auto-detected
the drive at 8.5 GB - important to DOS, irrelevant to Linux.
The usual gotchas apply: Windoze, if you install it, will insist
on being in the first partition on the first drive. LILO needs
to be accesible from BIOS - I cut a 2 GB partition for Windoze
(found the hard way that you must use a DOS-based version of
fdisk for this), put Linux in the rest (1 GB root, 128 MB
swap, the rest as /usr), installed LILO in the MBR, and every-
thing was well.
Laura Halliday VE7LDH "Que les nuages soient notre
Grid: CN89mg pied a terre..." - Hospital/Shafte
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Redhat 7.0 locks up on shutdown or reboot
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 17:16:16 GMT
Redhat 7.0 locks up on shutdown or reboot
the last command I see on the sceen is Starting Killall:
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From: Al <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: my /dev/mouse->psaux is corrupt, help!!!
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 17:22:49 GMT
Hi.
Somehow my /dev/mouse->psaux got corrupt. How can I re-generate it?
when I try to start gpm manually I get: /dev/mouse no such device
when I try startx, no X, but a message: cannot open mouse(no such
device).
Any assistance will save my linux box from being tossed out through the
window.
Thank you much
Alfredo
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: user privileges
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 17:20:32 GMT
as a veteran UNIX / newbie LINUX admin - I need some help!
in UNIX i had the options of rksh or rsh to restrict to their home
directory path and access only to commands that were in their
readonly PATH.
How do I implement these types of user restrictions under LINUX
Also, where can I read up on setting up a secure ftp site.
I will soon need to set up a site where a ftp user can only get and
put from their own environment/directory
Thanks in advance
Dave
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Reply-To: "Aitch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Aitch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux from scratch....
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 17:31:32 GMT
Then consider Slackware's ZipSlack. It's only 100mb. No sure if thats what
your looking for though.
www.slackware.com.
"Michael Westerman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:39e3ff3a$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> yes but what is the minimun system to start with eg i have a small hard
disk
> and installing a distro just to make my own is messy and to big.
> i only have redhat 5.2, 6,6.2 caldera open 2.3n and turbolinux distros
> and they are very big to install a consol delelopment installation.
>
> and i wan't to compile using the latest versions possible.
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From: "Michael Matthews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: alsa SBLive drivers on RH7
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 13:43:36 -0400
Install instructions not much help. Drivers compiled and installed
apparently with no problem. People have stated that they have gotten this
working. HELP!
How did you get it to load? Do you have to setup the card IRQ somewhare? Is
The snd_index the PCI slot number? Tried 0, that didn't work either.
alsa-driver-0.5.9c
Linux 2.2.16-22
modules.conf:
alias char-major-116 snd
alias snd-card-0 snd-card-emu10k1
options snd-card-emu10k1 snd_index=4 snd_id="SBLive" \
snd_dac_frame_size=128 snd_adc_frame_size=128
# OSS/Free portion
alias char-major-14 soundcore
alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
when loading (/sbin/modprobe) get errors:
Oct 12 00:19:30 mjmsys kernel: snd: EMU10K1 soundcard #1 not found or device
busy
Oct 12 00:19:30 mjmsys insmod:
/lib/modules/2.2.16-22/misc/snd-card-emu10k1.o: init_module: Device or
resource busy
Oct 12 00:19:30 mjmsys insmod: Hint: insmod errors can be caused by
incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters
Oct 12 00:19:30 mjmsys nsmod:
/lib/modules/2.2.16-22/misc/snd-card-emu10k1.o: insmod sound-slot-0 failed
Any help would be appreciated.
thanks
M Matthews
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Tennent)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Why doesn't rm -R *.obj work?
Date: 11 Oct 2000 17:48:32 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 11 Oct 2000 17:16:58 GMT, Aitch wrote:
>You don't have the correct syntax.... Try: rm -r *.obj or rm -rf
>*.obj
>the f will simply allow it to recursivley delete without prompting you.
Warning: especially if you're root, be very careful with
rm -rf *.obj
If by mistake you type
rm -rf * .obj
you can kiss all your files good-bye.
Bob T.
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: my /dev/mouse->psaux is corrupt, help!!!
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 12:40:30 -0500
Al wrote:
>
> Hi.
> Somehow my /dev/mouse->psaux got corrupt. How can I re-generate it?
> when I try to start gpm manually I get: /dev/mouse no such device
> when I try startx, no X, but a message: cannot open mouse(no such
> device).
> Any assistance will save my linux box from being tossed out through the
> window.
> Thank you much
> Alfredo
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
Have you tried "mouseconfig"?
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