Linux-Misc Digest #54, Volume #26 Mon, 16 Oct 00 19:13:03 EDT
Contents:
ISO image of RH 7.0 ("M. W.")
Re: linux kernel mailing list archive - where? (Paul Kimoto)
Re: RH6.2 + Travan tape drive (gkrpan)
Re: Sound Utility (Bruce Forsberg)
Re: Is there a MS Word (or substitute) for Linux? (root)
Re: Unable to load interpreter /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (Juergen Heinzl)
Re: linux kernel mailing list archive - where? (Chris J/#6)
Help, can't navigate Linux.... (Bo Berglund)
rpm major numbers ?? (David Jonathan)
Re: Howto empty log files ("Wan_Be")
max crontab entries? (MDM)
Re: Help, can't navigate Linux.... (PB)
Re: Crontab PPP problem (David)
Re: compiling trouble ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: What is a good graphical mail client? (IBMackey)
Re: file management questions (David)
Re: Stupid Newbie Question (Leonard Evens)
Re: Stupid Newbie Question (Leonard Evens)
Re: IPChains and Cable Modems - Fequently loosing connectivity to the Internet
("time traveller")
Re: Two IP Addresses - 1 NIC - Possible? ("Web Enthusiast")
2 X-CD-Roast Problems (Metropolis)
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From: "M. W." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ISO image of RH 7.0
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 17:11:29 -0400
I found there are two ISO image for each disc of RH 7.0. e.g.
one is 7.0-i386-respin-disc1.iso
another one is 7.0-i386-disc1.iso
which one should I use? what does respin mean? thanks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: linux kernel mailing list archive - where?
Date: 16 Oct 2000 17:15:15 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Johan Kullstam wrote:
> where can i find an html linux kernel mailing list archive with
> reasonably current entries?
http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/index.html
http://www.lib.uaa.alaska.edu/linux-kernel/archive/
--
Paul Kimoto
This message was originally posted on Usenet in plain text. Any images,
hyperlinks, or the like shown here have been added without my consent,
and may be a violation of international copyright law.
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From: gkrpan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH6.2 + Travan tape drive
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 21:12:41 GMT
Thanks for the help. ht0 is the one I was looking for. I ended up finding the
entry in /proc for it shortly after I saw your posting.
Much appreciated.
Tony Lawrence wrote:
> "Andrew E. Schulman" wrote:
> >
> > > I've got a machine running RH6.2 and am trying to configure a Travan
> > > tape drive on it. I don't have entry in /dev for /dev/tape, so any
> > > utilities I try fail. There are entries for rmt8 and rmt16, but I get
> > > invalid device when I try using them. Does anyone know what major/minor
> > > numbers I'd need to create a tape device of this type, or has anyone
> > > else had any experience setting one up? Any help/ideas would be
> > > appreciated.
> >
> > If it's a SCSI drive, the devices are /dev/st0 (rewinds after use) and
> > /dev/nst0 (doesn't rewind). Can't remember for IDE.
>
> IDE is /dev/ht0
>
> --
> Tony Lawrence ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> SCO/Linux articles, help, book reviews, tests,
> job listings and more : http://www.pcunix.com
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From: Bruce Forsberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound Utility
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 21:14:39 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Herminio Alvarez, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Does anyone know of a sound utility for Linux that can control the
> "speed" at which a sound or song plays? It would be equivalent to the
> "Pitch Control" on a turn-table.
I have a C++ library (Open Source Audio Library Project) that includes
a pitch control for playing audio. This library also has a sample
application called player that implements this pitch control.
Bruce Forsberg
http://osalp.sourceforge.net
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Before you buy.
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From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Is there a MS Word (or substitute) for Linux?
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 21:23:07 GMT
Ask them to send it in RTF, the result being little or no formating
loss.
matt
jazz wrote:
>
> In article <qEqG5.3541$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Jan
> Schaumann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >
> > Well, then you probably want to take a look at
> > -abiword
> > -StarOffice (BLOATware)
> > -ApplixWare (payware)
> >
> > Or you can just distribute your documents as pdf's...
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> > -Jan
>
> Please tell me more. For example, I just wrote a paper with someone in LA.
> I'm in New Jersey. I wrote a draft, emailed it to them, they revised it,
> resent it to me, I revised and made additions, sent it back, he revised,
> and I sent some additional parts, he put it all together, and sent it out
> to all the other authors, as a word attachment they all can read and make
> changes to.
>
> So these would have to import/export files in word-readible format.
>
> Can they do that? I doubt Bill would put up with that, and would instruct
> his minions to make a couple of tweaks in Word for insurance.
>
> Thanks
> Jim
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Juergen Heinzl)
Subject: Re: Unable to load interpreter /lib/ld-linux.so.2
Date: 16 Oct 2000 21:45:24 GMT
In article <8sfh1i$rsf$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Hi,
>
>my linux server suddently started to put this message in
>my /var/log/messages log file :
>
>"kernel: Unable to load interpreter /lib/ld-linux.so.2"
>
>This after 1 or 2 days up . If I let it go, it crashes completly and
>the only solution is a hardware reboot . If I reboot it every 2 days,
>it's Ok 'except that I need to reboot every 2 days ! ;-) )
[-]
Let top run in some terminal window as that can happen if the
machine runs out of memory due to some application leaking memory
and no limits enabled.
Cheers,
Juergen
--
\ Real name : J�rgen Heinzl \ no flames /
\ EMail Private : [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ send money instead /
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris J/#6)
Subject: Re: linux kernel mailing list archive - where?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 16 Oct 2000 22:43:59 +0100
Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>where can i find an html linux kernel mailing list archive with
>reasonably current entries?
>
>i was using http://www.kernelnotes.org but since the flag day when
>vger died, they don't seem to be archiving any more. ditto for tux.
>what are people using?
>
If you want a good summary without having to read everything, look at Kernel
Traffic... http://kt.linuxcare.com/kernel-traffic/latest.epl
Chris...
--
Chris Johnson \ "If not for me then, do it for yourself. If not
[EMAIL PROTECTED] \ for then do it for the world." -- Stevie Nicks
www.nccnet.co.uk/~sixie/ ~---------------------------------------+
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bo Berglund)
Subject: Help, can't navigate Linux....
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 21:51:24 GMT
Probably stupid, but a few hints would be appreciated...
Installed RH6.2 a couple of days ago (shall be used as Internet
firewall but so far unconnected on all interfaces). I am used only to
WinNT environment before.
After logging in there is a fairly usable graphic interface (KDE) to
use also for a person like me, even with a File Manager to navigate
the disk with.
So start doing things:
I want to move a firewall script file from the WinNT machine that has
Internet access to the so far isolated Linux machine. It is a small
file so I use a floppy. Copy file to floppy on NT machine, insert in
drive on Linux.
Problem:
How can I see the file? Clicking on the Floppy icon brings up the file
manager with an empty window! I positively know that there are files
on that floppy, still nothing shows up. Why? Even tried the command
line command ls -l /mnt/floppy/*.* it comes up blank....
Another one:
How can I copy a file from one location to another?
Third:
In the firewalling section of usenet I have seen mention of a file
called rc.firewall, it apparently contains information on firewalling.
Where exactly can I find it? I have looked in /etc and a few other
places w/o success.
Bo Berglund
Software developer in Sweden
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
PGP: My public key is available at the following locations:
Idap://certserver.pgp.com
http://pgpkeys.mit.edu:11371
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From: David Jonathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: rpm major numbers ??
Date: 16 Oct 2000 22:02:14 GMT
I have RedHat 6.x.
When I try to query or install rpms I get the following:
# rpm -q -p /tmp/net-tools-1.56-2.src.rpm
only packages with major numbers <= 3 are supported by this version of RPM
query of /tmp/net-tools-1.56-2.src.rpm failed
My rpm is version 3.0.3.
Can anyone enlighten me?
Thanks.
-David
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From: "Wan_Be" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Howto empty log files
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 22:04:26 GMT
Andrew N. McGuire wrote in message ...
>On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Tobias Schenk quoth:
>
>TS> Hi,
>TS>
>TS> How can I archive log files?
>TS> When I rename an existing log file then still messages will be written
>TS> in it.
>TS> I exspected that a new file would be created and filled.
>TS> How does this mechanism work?
>TS> How to archive correctly?
>TS> I have seen this effect in vbox log file and in messages.
>
>You can:
>
>a:
> copy logfile logfile.1
> cat /dev/null > logfile
>b:
> Use a program written for this task such as logrotate or savelog.
>
>b is the better idea.
>
>anm
>--
>$ # = "%.6g" ; stat $0 or die $! ;
>_ = q.Just another Perl Hacker. ;
>print $ # ;
>main'_ . v10 ;
>
>
Or try:
:>logfile
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From: MDM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: max crontab entries?
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 22:03:39 GMT
Possibly an odd question, however....
Is it possible to have too many entries in crontab for a specific
time/day? For example if I have 25 entries in crontab to execute a
script that updates a web stats page from logfiles at 00:05 everyday of
every month for a group of virtual domains things should work ok - late
at night - low machine load - etc .. but is there a point at which maybe
there is a better way of handling things than using crontab?
tnx
MDM
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Before you buy.
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From: PB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help, can't navigate Linux....
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 18:25:32 -0400
Reply-To: pboin @ mindspring com
Bo Berglund in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>Probably stupid, but a few hints would be appreciated...
>Installed RH6.2 a couple of days ago (shall be used as Internet
>firewall but so far unconnected on all interfaces). I am used only to
>WinNT environment before.
>After logging in there is a fairly usable graphic interface (KDE) to
>use also for a person like me, even with a File Manager to navigate
>the disk with.
>
>So start doing things:
>I want to move a firewall script file from the WinNT machine that has
>Internet access to the so far isolated Linux machine. It is a small
>file so I use a floppy. Copy file to floppy on NT machine, insert in
>drive on Linux.
>
>Problem:
>How can I see the file? Clicking on the Floppy icon brings up the file
>manager with an empty window! I positively know that there are files
>on that floppy, still nothing shows up. Why? Even tried the command
>line command ls -l /mnt/floppy/*.* it comes up blank....
In RH6x, removable media (floppies) weren't automagically mounted.
You'll need to do something like "mount /mnt/floppy" so that the OS
recognizes that the floppy has been inserted. (You should umount when
you're done too.)
man mount
man umount
Newer distributions have automount. I know Mandrake 7 does for
example.
>Another one:
>How can I copy a file from one location to another?
man cp
>Third:
>In the firewalling section of usenet I have seen mention of a file
>called rc.firewall, it apparently contains information on firewalling.
>Where exactly can I find it? I have looked in /etc and a few other
>places w/o success.
Typically you have to create it. It will be a series of ipchains
commands, each one adding a rule to your firewall.
There's a dandy interactive tool to get you started at:
http://www.linux-firewall-tools.com
>
>Bo Berglund
>Software developer in Sweden
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>PGP: My public key is available at the following locations:
>Idap://certserver.pgp.com
>http://pgpkeys.mit.edu:11371
--
PB
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Crontab PPP problem
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 17:16:51 -0500
Micer wrote:
>
> And this will cause the ppp to redial whenever the line is dropped?
>
> Micer
>
It works for me.
Mileage may vary depending on system config, phone co., ISP.
--
Confucius say: He who play in root, eventually kill tree.
Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
ID # 123538
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: compiling trouble
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 22:31:32 GMT
One of my books told me to do this to get lilo to recognize the new
kernel. I too use bzImage to compile the kernel. My system doesn't
move them to the boot diretory, I have to move them myself.
Do you know anything about installkernel, it looks like it will
install the kernel and system.map in place.
Do you know anthing about the initrd-VERSION NUMBER.img in the boot
directory. Is a new one created each time I compile. When I switch
versions how do I create a new img file.
On Mon, 16 Oct 2000 00:19:16 +0400, "dann s washkod" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>I did not know there was a bzlilo option, I usually use bzImage. Why did
>you move the System.map and vmliuz files to boot? They should already
>have been there.
>
>
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> I have RH 6.1 and just installed Kernel version 2.3.8 compiled and make
>> bzlilo, moved the System.map and vmlinuz file both to boot. When I
>> reboot with the new kernel and it bombs at saying "In swapper task - not
>> syncing".
>>
>> Any one have any idea what I did wrong.
>>
>> John
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From: IBMackey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.debian.user
Subject: Re: What is a good graphical mail client?
Date: 16 Oct 2000 17:49:06 -0500
John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Tom Huckstep wrote:
> >
> > Is there such a thing as a decent graphical mail program for Linux,
> > which supports POP3 and SMTP? I have spent all day looking through
> > dselect for such a thing.
> > I would like a simple interface which will let me save messages in an
> > outbox, to be sent when I connect to the internet via my modem. I
> > have tried both balsa and spruce, but both seem to be very early in
> > development, and I can't get either to work with any degree of
> > success. Emacs doesn't seem to offer any easily configured mail
> > clients either. I don't want to have to go through exim or sendmail,
> > but straight to my ISP's server.
> > Ashamed as I am to admit it, Outlook Express does nearly all that I
> > want. POP3 and STMP, easy folder management, along with an outbox for
> > saving messages when offline, and a sent items folder. (The search
> > facility is also excellent).
> > If you use a program that has these features, or know of one, please
> > let me know. (I will also be happy to use a text-based one, if it is
> > any good).
>
> Mail clients are like religion, or editors. You'll probably want
> to try a few to see what suits you. Some fairly decent mail
> clients I've tried are tkrat, arrow and polarbar (java). The
> first two would probably show up in a search on
> http://www.freshmeat.net and polarbar can be had from
> http://www/polarbar.org
>
You might also try XFMail. I think its one of the best.
i.b.
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: file management questions
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 17:23:04 -0500
andi smart wrote:
>
> Two simple questions, to which I can't find the answers
>
> 1) How do I copy the contents of a directory to another directory
> taking any subdirectories too. I know how to copy the isolated files
> but any directories get left behind
cp -r /path/to/dir/* /path/to/new/dir/
would copy all files in old/dir/ and place a copy into the new/dir/
though it doesn't copy old/dir just the files & dir's in it.
> 2) How do I take my rm and rmdir commands out of interactive mode. I
> know that rmdir -r will delete a directory and all its contents
> including subdirectories. However my copy of RedHat has gone into
> interactive mode by default and makes me confirm each deletion (I was
> forced into GUI mode today by a directory containing 1095 files in
> many subdirectories :)
rm -rf /path/to/dir
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Stupid Newbie Question
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 17:33:13 -0500
Dean P wrote:
>
> Forgive me, oh wise Linux users.
>
> Though I have entertained myself with linux for the last 2 years, I know
> next to nothing about it and I am trying to learn by reading all the HowTo's
> etc.
>
> Here is the stupid question: RH 6.2, user folder has a yellow "bomb" with a
> sad face that is called "Core". What the heck is that. I fear that opening
> it could be evil!
>
> Thanks in advance for your input.
>
> Dean
A core file is what the system dumped from memory of a program
which crashed. If you were a real Linux guru, you could in
prinicple use debugging tools to find out exactly what went
wrong, but you don't sound like one, and in any case it probably
wouldn't be worth the effort. Using a terminal window and
the command line interface, cd to the directory containing the
core file and use
file core
That will probably tell you which program produced the core dump,
and it might be useful to know what it was. You might also look
at the date of the file. But otherwise you should remove it
because core files can take up quite a lot of space which you
don't want to waste.
If you want to work at it, you can prevent core files from being
produced in your own directories with a ulimit comand put in
.bash_profile. Study the gash manual page to see how. |But
that won't kee[ the system from making core dumps in other
directories.
One common cause of core dumps is netscape crashing.
--
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: Stupid Newbie Question
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 17:36:19 -0500
Dean P wrote:
>
> Forgive me, oh wise Linux users.
>
> Though I have entertained myself with linux for the last 2 years, I know
> next to nothing about it and I am trying to learn by reading all the HowTo's
> etc.
>
> Here is the stupid question: RH 6.2, user folder has a yellow "bomb" with a
> sad face that is called "Core". What the heck is that. I fear that opening
> it could be evil!
>
> Thanks in advance for your input.
>
> Dean
P.S. There are a couple of files or directories in your system
which have core as part of their names but which are
not core dumps. But as far as I know none of these is simply
named core
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: "time traveller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: IPChains and Cable Modems - Fequently loosing connectivity to the Internet
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 22:55:20 GMT
Well, I have similar problem. My Setup.....
Cable Modem
|
|
RH 5.1 Linux Eth1
RH 5.1 piLinux Eth0
|
|
Hub___________________
| |
Win98 Box Win95 Box
My problem is the Linux box seems to lose the connection. And it just seems
to happen while it's just sitting there. But when it goes, all the
connections on both interfaces die. Right now, I can't seem to resolve DNS
from the Win95 box, but I can from the Win98 box.
I'm sure someone has some idea what's going on here?
len ralph
Vinson Armstead wrote in message ...
>I am almost embarrassed to say I am a SR Net ENG for a large International
>organization. I have been working with Ethernet since 90'..in this case I
>know what works I just don't understand why???
Gads, what hope do the rest of us have....
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From: "Web Enthusiast" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Two IP Addresses - 1 NIC - Possible?
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 19:01:50 -0400
Thanks, I found it under Server Tasks
Works like a charm now
Rootman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8s8ac4$k59$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Yes, using the command:
>
> /sbin/ifconfig eth0:0 XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
>
> Where XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX is the IP you want to assign to the eth0 device,
> substitue eth1 if this is the SECOND eth device (i.e. second NIC), use
> high numbers after the ethX: to add more IP's.
>
> To make permanent add this command to the end of your
> /etc/rc.d/rc.local. I think that linuxconf even allows you to assign
> additional IP's as well under SERVER TASKS, IP ALIASES FOR VIRTUAL
> HOSTS.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> "Web Enthusiast" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I have both Red Hat Linux and Corel Linux installed on my machine.
> >
> > I want to have both an external, and private IP address on my machine
> to
> > enable me to access my Intranet Website, 192.168.0.*
> >
> > In NT, this is child's play, but I am interested in learning Linux,
> and
> > other OS's for that matter, and would like to know if it is possible
> to
> > have two IP addresses assigned to one NIC
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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From: Metropolis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 2 X-CD-Roast Problems
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 19:11:18 -0400
Hey folks...
Running RedHat 7.
I'm having problems getting either the newest release version of
X-CD-Roast (.96ex2) or the latest devel release (.98alpha6) working
properly.
For the alpha release (which I'd prefer to use), everything works fine
except for copying audio CDs. The only option is for "On-the-fly"
copying and it won't let me change to creating an image first. I
don't want to have to extract the tracks individually if I can help
it. I've got the correct versions of cdrecord, cdda2wav, etc.
I can't even get the .96ex2 release to compile. I have newer versions
of the dependencies (TCL, Tk, and Tix) and the ./configure script
doesn't seem to find them. Here's the output:
# ./configure
Autoconfiguration of X-CD-Roast 0.96ex:
Checking for S.u.S.E.-Distribution: no
Looking for TCL 8.0-Library: not found
Looking for TK 8.0-Library: not found
Looking for Tix 4.1-Library: not found
Looking for Tix 4.1-SAM-Library: not found
Looking for TCL 8.0 lib-directory: not found
Looking for TK 8.0 lib-directory: not found
Looking for Tix 4.1 lib-directory: /usr/lib/tix4.1/
Looking for TCL/TK/Tix include-files: /usr/include/
No TCL 8.0 Library found. Please install TCL 8.0. (further information
can be found in the README.Compile-file)
RPM -q reports I have the regular RH7 versions already installed:
tcl-8.3.1
tk-8.3.1
tix-4.1.0.6
and I verified this. Is there any way to reference these installed
libraries instead of having to build new (actually, old) libraries?
Any suggestions on either (or both) issues would be much
appreciated... Thanks..
Adam
alpine1 (-at-) mindspring (-dot-) com
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