Linux-Misc Digest #124, Volume #26 Mon, 23 Oct 00 22:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: IPChains and Cable Modems - Fequently loosing connectivity to the Internet
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Diabolical plot uncovered... (Andrew Purugganan)
Re: Microsoft's Anti Linux Page (Jerry McBride)
Re: Where are the drivers to be put in a rescue diskette ("Stuart D. Gathman")
RedHat GUI install not support dvorak (Arctic Storm)
install on old laptop (curious)
Please help me! I'm having great compiler difficulty. (Victor Dods)
Re: Cyclades - Cyclom-Y howto ? (Bob Hauck)
Newbie ("vamshi raghu")
Epson Sytlus Color 880 and Linux? ("Eric B. Marquez")
Redhat ypbind question (Smelly D)
Re: hosts.lpr (Robert Clayton)
Re: Microsoft Linux? (Garry Knight)
newbies help (jenaknight)
Re: Problems with linuxconf (Robert Schweikert)
Where can i get CLE+RedHat (Alan)
Re: bash question (Robert Schweikert)
Printer Woes (Jim Jerzycke)
Re: HELP: Boot / HD problem (E J)
Re: mv multiple files revisited (Dances With Crows)
Re: System spends too much time in X, but only sometimes...? (Dances With Crows)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: IPChains and Cable Modems - Fequently loosing connectivity to the Internet
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 22:59:17 GMT
In article <K65G5.48264$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Vinson Armstead" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This is a strange problem...Any suggestions or advice would be greatly
> appreciated
>
> I have been having a problem with keeping my cable modem connection
active
> when using my RH (first 6.2 now 7.0) server as a Firewall (running
IPChains
> 1.3.9-17)
>
> **Background**
>
> I have a home LAN running a few different workstation/server (for
FUN). All
> the workstation/server are connected to a 10/100 Ethernet switch. The
RH
> server had two interfaces one Internal (192.168.x.x) and one external
> (y.y.y.y).
>
> With the original configuration I had the cable modem directly
connected to
> the same switch as all the other workstation/server interfaces
(including
> both RH server interfaces). I know technically I have two Layer 2
domains
> connected to one Layer 2 device but I didn't have an extra switch ;)
>
> ------------------------------------
> | Ethernet Switch |
> ------------------------------------
> | | | | | |
> | | | | | |
> RH ws1 ws2 ws3 CM
>
> This worked fine until I added another system to the home LAN. I ran
out of
> ports and decided to connect the cable modem directly to the external
> interface of the RH server.
>
> ------------------------------------
> | Ethernet Switch |
> ------------------------------------
> | | | |
> | | | |
> RH ws1 ws2 ws3
> |
> |
> CM
>
> I know this is a "more correct" way of connecting my little network
and
> probably more secure, but I have been having problems maintaining
> connectivity to the Internet ever since.
>
> **Problem**
> It seems that (frequently) my cable modem looses connectivity to the
> Internet but after running several tests it seems that the cable
modem may
> not be the actual problem.
>
> When I noticed that no one on the LAN could get to the Internet I
would
> (from the workstation) ping the LAN side of the RH server (this was
always
> successful), then the external side of the RH server (this was always
> successful), then the IP address of the actual cable modem (10.x.x.x)
(this
> always failed) , then the external network default gateway (this
always
> failed).
>
> I then checked and re-seated all the cables (all OK but did not
restore
> service). I ran the same test from my RH server and got the same
results as
> above. I would stop/start the IPChains FW (still service was down). I
> rebooted the RH server (still service was down). The only way to
restore
> services was to power off/on the Cable modem.
>
> I had the cable company check all my coax cables (they fixed a few
problems
> and my signals to the modem are "crystal clear) and replace the cable
modem
> and am still having the same problem. Strange but true!!!!
>
> I them removed some of my workstation from the LAN and connected the
cable
> modem and the internal and external interfaces of my RH server
(running
> IPChains) to the Ethernet switch and all worked!! I was able to
download all
> five RH 7.0 ISO files (over 2.5 GB) from the Internet without
intervention.
> Prior to this last change I would have to power off the cable modem
every 15
> or 20 minutes because I would loose connectivity to the Internet.
>
> At this point I thought I had it licked...but no such luck.
>
> I bought a 5 port 10MB Ethernet Hub and tried to connect the cable
modem and
> the external interface of the RH server to the hub while all the other
> devices were connected to the 10/100 Ethernet switch. This setup also
began
> to fail!!! I tried a number of different configuration and better
luck.
>
> It seems that when I have the cable modem connected to the Ethernet
switch
> everything works fine, when I connect it to the HUB things fail.
>
> I have no idea why, the only difference I can see is that the Hub
will have
> more Ethernet collisions than the switch, but that is normal everyday
> Ethernet networking. If there are collisions then everyone pauses for
a bit
> then begins again.. IEEE 802.3 CSMA/CD.
>
> 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???
>
>
>From the descriptions of more than one similar problem, I might have
the solution. When connecting directly to the computer from the cable
modem did you use a direct connect cable. Some cable modems require
this (others due the wire swapping in the modem connector). My cable
modem requires such a cable when directly connected to the computer but
uses a standard cat5 cable when connected to a hub or switch.
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Purugganan)
Subject: Re: Diabolical plot uncovered...
Date: 23 Oct 2000 23:01:15 GMT
jeff ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
[ How has everyone else in the world avoided this diabolical plot?
[ -jeff
Trace complete. Jeff, please stay where you are. </static>
We have a ...erm...a cable guy will be contacting you shortly ;-)
--
jazz
Registered linux user no. 164098 +--+--+--+ Litestep user no. 386
Doesn't it bother you, that we have to search for intelligent life
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jerry McBride)
Subject: Re: Microsoft's Anti Linux Page
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 23:34:26 GMT
>> I don't know if anyone's looked at this page before (It's currently on
>> Slashdot).
>>
>> 'Linux cannot deliver on the hype', indeed...
>
Ok... Ok... Everybody say it together now... Fear Uncertainty Doubt... FUD...
MicroSoft has made BILLIONS on that...
Here where I work it's refered to as "MSVOODOO" or "ms. voodoo"... we even have
a receptionist that will page a Ms. VooDoo when a MicroSoft rep walks in the
door. :') We all know who's comming to lunch.
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From: "Stuart D. Gathman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Where are the drivers to be put in a rescue diskette
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 12:21:05 -0400
Ezio PAGLIA wrote:
>
> I backuped my Linux system onto a tape that obviously my RH6.2 treats
> very well. I made a rescue diskette with the compressed kernel and a
> numer of utilitities. Everythig would go quite well, but how can you
> make the booted system understand the presence of a tape on /dev/st0
> after the boot from diskette ? Adding /dev/st0 to the diskette and
> making the correct mknod is not enough. Where are the drivers to be
> installed in the rescue diskette ? I apologize for my intrusion and
> incompetence. Thank you in any case.
You need to locate the kernel modules needed for the tape. Runing
'lsmod' before and after accessing the tape should help with this. If
you put the kernel modules on your rescue diskette along with insmod
(and other module utilities), you can manually insert the tape modules
and restore the tape. I did this with no problems.
It would be nice to have the rescue diskette automatically load the tape
modules, but I haven't figured out what is required for this.
It would be escpecially nice to have a "restore" diskette that
automatically loads the tape modules and runs a script to present the
user with menu options offering to format/partition/restore backup.
On AIX, mksysb creates bootable backups which offer to overwrite all
attached disk drives with the restored system. While our users have
accidently done this a few times, it just sets them back a day :-)
--
Stuart D. Gathman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Business Management Systems Inc. Phone: 703 591-0911 Fax: 703 591-6154
"Microsoft is the QWERTY of Operating Systems" - SDG
"Confutatis maledictis, flamis acribus addictis" - Mozart background
song
for a Microsoft sponsored "Where do you want to go from here?"
commercial.
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From: Arctic Storm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RedHat GUI install not support dvorak
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 00:21:29 GMT
When I originally installed RedHat Linux 6.2 using the GUI mode, I was
disappointed. When I got to the point where the keyboard layout is
chosen, I was not presented with the dvorak keyboard layout option. I
circumvented this *defifiency* by installing RedHat using the text mode;
type "text" after inserting the installation floppy. During the text
mode installation process, when I get to the point where keyboard layout
is chosen, one of the choices in the menu is dvorak.
When RedHat Linux 7.0 was released, I was pretty confident that you guys
picked up on this defect in the GUI installation process. Lo and
behold, the same defect persists. When I choose the GUI installation
option, I'm not presented with the option to choose dvorak in the menu
for the keyboard layout. I stopped the installation process, and
restarted, and second time, I chose the text mode installation. As
expected, the dvorak keyboard layout option is present.
I don't know when you'll release the next version of RedHat Linux, but
please don't disappoint me the third time. The dvorak keyboard layout
option must be included in the GUI installation process, as it is in the
text mode installation process.
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From: curious <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: install on old laptop
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 00:30:05 -0000
I have an old gateway laptop. It is 100 mhz, with 16 megs of ram, and I
want to install linux on it so that it might have some use again!!! The
only problem is that the sucker is soooooo old that it is one with the
swapable cdrom and floppy drive. My delima is that
1. If I boot with a linux floppy I cannot insert the cdrom without
removing the floppy drive. By removing the floppy drive I force the
computer to powerdown.
2. The bios has no option to boot from a cdrom.
is there a way to make the harddrive bootable into linux(similar to the
bootdisk before instal)? Or does anyone have a better alternative? I am
open to anything so throw it at me
thanks in advance to all that took the time to read this, and many more
thanks to the ones that respond.
john3
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Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 17:33:09 -0700
From: Victor Dods <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Please help me! I'm having great compiler difficulty.
Hi,
I have tried to compile a few different programs recently and have got
mostly the same errors. Two of the programs' compiles ended like
this:
/usr/X11R6/lib/libkfile.so: undefined reference to
`CCorelComboBox::setBackgroundColor(QColor const &)'
/usr/X11R6/lib/libkdeui.so: undefined reference to
`CCorelLineEdit::setText(char const *)'
/usr/X11R6/lib/libkfile.so: undefined reference to
`CCorelComboBox::keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent *)'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[4]: *** [ktranslator] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory
`/root/Desktop/kdk-1.2/ktranslator/ktranslator'
make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory
`/root/Desktop/kdk-1.2/ktranslator/ktranslator'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/Desktop/kdk-1.2/ktranslator'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/Desktop/kdk-1.2/ktranslator'
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
with about 20 more compile errors referring to CCorelXXXXX::BLAH calls.
The other program gives me this:
kfmclient.cpp:232: no matching function for call to
`KfmIpc::openProperties (char *&)'
/usr/X11R6/include/kfmclient_ipc.h:54: candidates are: void
KfmIpc::openProperties(const char *, bool, bool)
make[3]: *** [kfmclient.o] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/root/Desktop/kdebase-1.1.2/kfm/client'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/Desktop/kdebase-1.1.2/kfm'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/Desktop/kdebase-1.1.2'
make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2
I run Corel Linux Second Edition with KDE 1.1.2 (I think, some version
of 1.X), and I just installed QT 1.44, which was a requirement for all
of the programs I am trying to compile. I have gcc version 2.95. If
anyone could help me, I would appreciate it greatly.
Thank you.
Victor Dods
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Hauck)
Subject: Re: Cyclades - Cyclom-Y howto ?
Reply-To: bobh{at}haucks{dot}org
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 00:43:46 GMT
On Mon, 23 Oct 2000 17:01:25 +1000, Dennis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Just wondering if anyone has come accross a Cyclades-Cyclom-Y howto ?
>I've looked through all the LDP howtoz but found nothing.
The drivers come with standard kernels, the manuals are at:
<http://www.cyclades.com/support/downloads.htm>
--
-| Bob Hauck
-| To Whom You Are Speaking
-| http://www.haucks.org/
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From: "vamshi raghu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Newbie
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 06:18:34 +0530
I want to implement a text editor in linux.
1) Can I use Lex and/or Yacc for generating pattern matching routines. How ?
2) Where can I find documentation on programming under X ?
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From: "Eric B. Marquez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Epson Sytlus Color 880 and Linux?
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 17:56:32 -0700
Does anybody know if the Epson 880 works with RH 7.0, and Kernel
2.2.16-22 .
I was unable to find any 860's anywhere. Has anybody been able to get
this printer to work?
Eric
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Smelly D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Redhat ypbind question
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 20:09:23 -0500
Every time I shutdown my server I see a message that says the following:
Starting killall ypbind forget to set AF_INET in udp sndmesg. FIX IT!
I am running RH6.2 and I am very curious to see how I might get this
message off my shutdown screen. I am an incredibly annal person and a
messy shutdown screen irks me to know end.
Thanx in advance
Dave
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From: Robert Clayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: hosts.lpr
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 13:15:25 -0400
Hope it helps...Good Luck
Robert
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Robert- thanks for the reply. I'll check the lpd<->lpr filename
> tonight. I'll also try putting names in the hosts file rather than IP
> numbers, although I thought the numbers would work.
>
> I have the printer on my firewall box because there is also an iMac on
> the network that needs to print. My machine is a dual boot and the
> iMac wouldn't be able to print while I'm in Windows playing a game.
> This may seem like a dumb thing to do, but its the only way I could get
> all the machines printing.
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Robert Clayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > PS, I haven't done this on Linux to be sure, but on AIX, it was
> > "/etc/hosts.lpd" not "/etc/hosts.lpr"
> >
> > HTH
> > Robert
> >
> > Robert Clayton wrote:
> > >
> > > The printer is hosted on the firewall you say? Is the firewall
> allowing
> > > lpr connections or denying them? Your hosts.lpr file sounds valid.
> > >
> > > BTW, not being preachy but why does firewall box double as print
> server,
> > > it is better not to do this.
> > >
> > > Robert
> > >
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Can someone please post an example of a valid hosts.lpr file?
> > > > I have a two machine network at home. One machine (192.168.0.1
> running
> > > > RedHat 6) hosts the printer and is little more than a firewall.
> My
> > > > second machine (192.168.0.3 running RedHat 7) is the machine I do
> all
> > > > of my work on.
> > > >
> > > > From what I have read so far, I need a hosts.lpr file the /etc
> > > > directory of the machine with the printer. I've tried making a
> file
> > > > containing just 192.168.0.3 but that didn't work.
> > > >
> > > > I set up the printing on the 192.168.0.3 machine using the
> printtool
> > > > program. It looks like everything is okay, but when I try to test
> > > > print an ASCII page, nothing comes out. I'm assuming it has
> something
> > > > to do with the hosts.lpr, but if anybody has any other ideas, I'd
> be
> > > > glad to hear them.
> > > >
> > > > The printer is an HP DeskJet and is hooked up through lpd.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Steve
> > > >
> > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > > > Before you buy.
> >
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
--
Robert Clayton - System Administrator - ACTiX
"It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our
humanity. "
- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
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From: Garry Knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Microsoft Linux?
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 01:14:32 +0100
Microsoft? Just say "no". And continue to say "no".
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Garry Knight
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From: jenaknight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: newbies help
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 01:30:05 -0000
ok i admit it i was a average user with windows, but now i can't resolve
my own messes with linux so where can i get some documets that can really
introduce me into linux!?
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From: Robert Schweikert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problems with linuxconf
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 21:38:31 -0400
There is no 6.2 kernel. The latest release series of kernels is 2.2x and
upcoming is 2.4.x which is currently in pre release tes mode.
Sounds like you didn't compile all the necessary stuff into your kernel. To
my knowledge linuxconf has nothing to do with the kernel itself. It
couldn't care less which kernel you are running. linuxconf is used to write
set up files for various services/devices etc.
Have fun.
Robert
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> iuse RedHat linux 6.2 with kernel 6.2 .After kernel recompilation ,
> linuxconf simply refuses to come up and says Module identdconf not found
> Also my ethernetcard does not respond to any ping requests and leaves
> without an error message.
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
--
Robert Schweikert MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU
[EMAIL PROTECTED] LINUX
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From: Alan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Where can i get CLE+RedHat
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 09:18:20 +0800
Can some tell me where can i find CLE+Redhat
Thanks
Alan
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From: Robert Schweikert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: bash question
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 21:42:04 -0400
I do not want to change my shell if not absolutely necessary. I would like to
stick with bash. However, I do have this csh script which is supposed to set
up a bunch of environment variables and I need to run it and get the
environment variables being set pushed back into the bash environment. All of
this on a global level if possible.
Thanks,
Robert
Zen Sorcerer wrote:
> If you want to change your shell to csh then just do this:
>
> chsh -s csh
>
> For more info: man chsh
>
> I think this is what you want...right?
>
> /etc/profile is used by bash and ksh only. csh uses /etc/csh.cshrc and
> /etc/csh.login Note that these are global config. files. Local config file
> for csh is in $HOME/.cshrc
>
> Zen
>
> Robert Schweikert wrote:
> >
> > How do I run a csh script from within my /etc/profile and get the
> > environment variables that will be set up in the csh script into my bash
> > environment?
> >
> > Converting the csh script is not an option, it gets updated, out of my
> > control and I am not interested in keeping a duplicate in Bash format
> > and then keep running after any changes.
> >
> > I made the csh script executable and added #! /bin/csh as the first line
> > in the script. Then I provided the fully qualified path to the script in
> > /etc/profile but I am not sure if the script is running or if the
> > environment variables it sets are not available in the bash environment.
> >
> > Any help is appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Robert
> >
> > --
> > Robert Schweikert MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] LINUX
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] LINUX
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From: Jim Jerzycke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Printer Woes
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 01:43:22 +0000
Greetings all.
I'm going bonkers trying to get my Stylus 600 printer going on my SuSE
6.4 install. I can print by echoing to lp0, and I can print by using
cat to lp0, but it WON'T print using any other method. When I send
something to the printer by clicking on "Print" in Netscape, for
example, I get a "Connection Refused jobs queued, but cannot start
daemon". When I do "lpc status", I get a listing of my filters "ascii,
lp, lp-mono, raw" etc, and lp shows a job queued, but also shows "no
daemon present". I've gone through all my manuals, the SuSE on-line
docs, and just can't seem to make it print using lpr.
I'm confused.....! I've setup printers many times before, and I've never
run in to this.
Any deas?
TIA, Jim
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HELP: Boot / HD problem
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 18:47:06 -0700
I don't know if this will work, but give it a try.
It looks like Windows 98 partition is messed up.
Boot up with the Windows 98 floppy.
This may not work but remove the master boot record from the windows
partition.
A:> fdisk /mbr
Now transfer the Windows98 operating system onto the hard drive
A:> sys c:
Hopefully you can boot up in Windows98 but not in Linux.
If you can, boot with linux floppy and apply lilo.
If windows is really screwed up,
you might have to reinstall windows, then boot with linux floppy and apply
lilo.
Bernd Rellinghaus wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I have a problem with booting my notebook (Gericom Silver
> Seraph) that is installed for dual boot (Windows98 / Linux):
> Normal boot is no longer possible and the system tells me:
> <No Operating System>. I cannot boot from the hard disk,
> nor can I access it via DOS or Windows utilities. (LILO is
> supposed to do the boot job and is thus installed in the MBR
> [and it worked well for more than half a year]).
>
> However I CAN boot via Linux boot disk to start linux on the
> hard disk. (Trying the same with Windows98 results in an
> error message: <Error: 0x01>). Now, here comes the
> question: During the (Linux) boot sequence I obtain a message
> from the partition check program saying:
>
> < hda: [PTBL] [789/255/63] hda1 hda2 ..... >.
>
> Does anybody now what this means??? (Probably, it wants to
> tell me that the partition table is somehow corrupt!?). Attempts
> to re-install LILO or to re-write the actual partition table (error
> message: <... Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table. Re-read
> table failed with error 16: Device or resource busy. ...>)
>
> I would appreciate you sending me any regarding informations!
> Thanx in advance,
>
> Bernie.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Dr. Bernd Rellinghaus
> Experimentelle Tieftemperaturphysik
> Gerhard Mercator Universitaet Duisburg
> Lotharstr. 1 (ME 349)
> 47048 Duisburg,Germany
> phone: +49 203 379 2076
> fax: +49 203 379 2098
> email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> WWW: http://ttphysik.uni-duisburg.de/html/personal/brell/
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: mv multiple files revisited
Date: 24 Oct 2000 02:05:07 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 23 Oct 2000 19:25:10 GMT, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote:
>When we last left off I was trying to figure a way to rename multiple
>files changing "-" to ":". The answer in bash:
>do i in *-*;mv $i `echo $1 | sed 's/-/:/'`;done
>
>The problem is that the files have spaces in them such as
>this is a name.txt
>How can I adjust this script to accomidate spaces in the filenames?
>
>I tried
>do i in *-*;mv "$i" `echo $1 | sed 's/-/:/'`;done
>but I still get the same error about multiple files.
`echo $1 | sed 's/-/:/' ` performed on blah - blah.txt results in:
blah : blah.txt
and what gets executed is therefore:
mv "blah - blah.txt" blah : blah.txt
when what you want is:
mv "blah - blah.txt" "blah : blah.txt"
One solution is:
j=`echo $i | sed 's/-/:/' `
mv "$i" "$j"
and there are most likely others. The intermediate variable j may be
ugly, but it does work.
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Workin' in a code mine, hittin' Ctrl-Alt
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: System spends too much time in X, but only sometimes...?
Date: 24 Oct 2000 02:05:09 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 23 Oct 2000 10:13:42 -0500, Dances With Cows wrote:
>
>>Do not worry about this unless you're having performance problems, and
>>if SETI is that important to you, get rid of X, most of the daemons, all
>>but one virtual console, and any interrupt-generating hardware you can
>>part with.
>
> I have a bunch of virtual consoles running gnome. I'd like to run
>gnome on alt-F1 and have alt F2 thru alt F4 running txt mode. How
>can I do that?
Edit /etc/inittab. There should be a few lines like so:
1:123:respawn:/sbin/mingetty --noclear tty1
2:123:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty2
3:123:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty3
4:123:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty4
5:123:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty5
6:123:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty6
(SuSE; RedHat has "2345" not "123" but fugghedaboutit--it matters not for
our purposes.)
Comment out the lines starting with 5, 6, and 1. This reserves virtual
consoles 5, 6, and 1 for other things. Then, look in
/etc/X11/xdm/Xservers . (Warning: It may be elsewhere; "locate
Xservers" to make bloody well sure.) There should be a line in that file
that says
:0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X :0 vt07
Change the 07 there to 01. If the line doesn't have the ":0 vt07" at
the end, put in ":0 vt01".
"init 1" followed by "init 3" (SuSE) or "init 5" (RedHat/Mandrake).
Yippee!
>DWC
??! Whatever you like, but when a cow steps on your foot, you *know*
it's been stepped on. Crows are a bit less clumsy ;-)
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Workin' in a code mine, hittin' Ctrl-Alt
http://www.brainbench.com / Workin' in a code mine, whoops!
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