Linux-Misc Digest #134, Volume #26 Tue, 24 Oct 00 23:13:03 EDT
Contents:
Re: Linux killed my computer ("Philo")
Re: dd command, cd-rom (The Ghost In The Machine)
Re: RH7 and Crystal CS4237B (Dances With Crows)
Re: Still need help with audio cd burning!!! (Dances With Crows)
quick help! ldconfig gone in debian, cannot install anything! (Jon Busey)
linux memory problem ("jobar9")
Fun with OpenLinux 2.3 crashing (Juleen Jenkins)
disk defrag? (dan)
How to create & execute a script ? (Arctic Storm)
Re: Diamond Stealth III S540 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Determinig functions build in Kernel ("The infamous \"Brian\"")
Re: /opt? (MH)
Re: Microsoft Linux? ("Michael Westerman")
problems compiling Kde applications
Netscape generates a bus error on RedHat 6.2 (Te-Cheng Shen)
Re: copying a disk (E J)
Re: Microsoft Linux? (Christopher Browne)
format the swap patition (* Tong *)
Re: Diabolical plot uncovered... (Andrew J. Perrin)
Re: problems compiling Kde applications ("Brendan Murphy")
Re: /opt? (Mark Post)
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From: "Philo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux killed my computer
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 18:49:02 -0500
i would try to reinstall as you should not have been asked to reboot at that
point.
you would normally partition, then select packages...and then install.
i'd suggest to give it another try...it took me a while to get the hang of
it...believe me.
also...don't panic about your machine being a paper weight as there is a
real nice utility
called aefdisk.com which you can download free from www.bootdisk.com
it's more powerful than dos fdisk and you can remove your linux partitions
and do a fdisk/mbr
if you do want to go bak to windows or something...
but just because it didn';t work the first time. don't give up.
you may also want to post exactly how you tried your install and what
hardware you have
as someone might be able to tell if there are some incompatiblities
--
Philo
website: www.plazaearth.com/philo
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (The Ghost In The Machine)
Subject: Re: dd command, cd-rom
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 01:07:40 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc, martin
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote
on Mon, 9 Oct 2000 16:01:09 +0100
<8rsmke$dlq$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>Hi,
>
>I have used the dd command to create an image of simple (RedHat 7.0
>installation) data-only CDs on disk. e.g.
>
>dd if=/dev/cdrom of=cdimage
>
>It works fine. But given a more complex disk (data AND audio, multiple
>sessions, etc)would this capture the entire contents of the cd, or just the
>data track in the first session?
It would only capture the data track. Dunno how to capture audio.
>
>Thanks,
>MarMan.
>
>
>
>
--
[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- insert random misquote here
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: RH7 and Crystal CS4237B
Date: 25 Oct 2000 01:24:33 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 24 Oct 2000 14:50:58 -0700, Charlie Zender wrote:
>I'm trying to get RealPlayer audio/video streaming on my RedHat Linux
>7.0 intel system, a dual processor Dell PIII Precision 610 with an
>integrated Crystal CS4237B soundchip (soundblaster compatible).
It may *say* "SB compatible", but the CS423x chips are very different
from SB chips. Did you run "sndconfig"? If that fouls up, try the
following set of commands:
modprobe sound dmabuf=1
modprobe cs4232 io=0x534 irq=5 dma=1 dma2=0 mpuio=0x330 mpuirq=9
modprobe opl3 io=0x388
You may have to use 0x530 and not 0x534 for the io= in cs4232. After
executing those commands, the speaker(s) should click, and you should be
able to play a sound through /dev/dsp using, f'rinstance, "wavplay
$SOMEFILE.wav".
>How can I determine what other application, if any, is indeed using
>the audio device? Is there a test program which will tell me
>whether the problem is a hardware or software problem?
There's a useful utility called "fuser" which can tell you what (if
anything) is using a file. Your audio device is almost always /dev/dsp,
so "fuser /dev/dsp"? This sounds to me like your sound is configured
incorrectly, unless you can already use your sound card with wavplay or
xmms or any other sound-playing program.
If you can already play sounds via programs other than RealPlayer, the
problem is with RealPlayer. Search comp.os.linux.* for "Realplayer 7.0"
with http://deja.com/home_ps.shtml for info--I don't use it and so can't
help you with configuring it. HTH,
--
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!
=============================/ I hit a seg fault....
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Still need help with audio cd burning!!!
Date: 25 Oct 2000 01:24:37 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[posted and mailed]
On Tue, 24 Oct 2000 14:43:01 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I posted this question a number of times in a number of spaces and
>noone got back to me with anything that works. I am trying to post is
>again to see if anyone can help.
>I am a DJ and I make mix-audio cds. what I mean by mix is that the cd
>does not have a gaps on the track breaks. the music does not breaks.
>I have on cd-burn. I use a audio cd-writer to make the master but I am
>still trying to find a way to copy them on linux.
I and at least one other person posted here saying, "Use cdrecord -v
-dao -audio *.wav". The -dao gets rid of the track gaps by writing in
Disk At Once mode.
>if you can help me please help me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Post here, read here--one of the fundamental rules of ettiquette on
Usenet, and one you would do well to learn since if you say, "I don't
have time to read the group," no one will have time to answer your
questions.
I see that you posted this using Deja. Do you know about
http://deja.com/home_ps.shtml ? Now you do. Make use of it.
--
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!
=============================/ I hit a seg fault....
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From: Jon Busey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: quick help! ldconfig gone in debian, cannot install anything!
Date: 24 Oct 2000 21:20:07 -0500
I just tried to downgrade from libc6 2.1.95 to 2.1.3-10, and after the
newer version was deinstalled, the older version wouldn't install
because ldconfig is now missing. I can't install any other packages
anymore, and when I ran locate (mine is updated every morning at
7:45), it said ldconfig was in /sbin. Then I ran updatedb and it was
gone! Must have happened during this downgrade. So how to get it
back? Ldso is still there, and no libc6 package can be installed.
What to do? Have to get report done tonight and am at wits' end.
Any ideas?
Jon
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From: "jobar9" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: linux memory problem
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 09:36:09 +0800
Hi
I have just installed Redhat 7.0 in one of the partitions in my hard disk.
Since the beginning, the installation was very slow but eventually the
installation was done. I have 128 M of RAM but when I used free command, it
showed that the RAM was only 14 M. I tried adding append="mem=127M" in
lilo.conf as a first line but to no avail. My computer is Gateway E-1400 and
I have check BIOS to see if there is anything that I can do but I can't even
highlight the memory option. Someone please help. Thanks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Juleen Jenkins)
Subject: Fun with OpenLinux 2.3 crashing
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 01:38:09 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Howdy all!
I have installed Open Linux 2.3 on a 200MHz Pentium with 80 Mg of Ram.
This afternoon, I came to it and flipped on the monitor (I left in on
last night) and the machine was frozen. No Mouse, No keyboard,
nothing. I ended up rebooting.
I have a couple of questions. Because Caldera dumps me right into KDE,
if KDE freezes, how do I kill it and start over, or at least get to
the point that I can gracefully close down?
Also, is there a systems log that will give me an idea of what has
happened when it crashed? Thanks!
Jimbo
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Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 22:08:12 -0400
From: dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: disk defrag?
Hi,
I was just wondering, if there's such a thing as "disk defragmenter" in
linux, or something similar to windows', "disk defragmenter"
Dan
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From: Arctic Storm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to create & execute a script ?
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 01:58:16 GMT
I have RedHat Linux 7.0.
I often type
su - <enter>
"password" <enter>
type some command
type some more commands
exit <enter>
etc., etc., etc., ...
Is there a way to automate this repetitive process?
For example, through a script. I'll write all the stuff that needs to
be typed, and all I'll do is execute this automated script when ever I
want to.
Thanks in advance.
=====
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Diamond Stealth III S540
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 02:00:09 GMT
In comp.os.linux.x Albert A Arendsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>> In comp.os.linux.x Filipe Bonjour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>>
>> > A friend of mine is planning on buying a new computer, and the
>> > one he's interested in comes with a Stealth III S540 video
>> > card.
>>
>> > He's not a gamer, so the card's quality isn't top priority,
>> > but he would like to be sure Linux supports it before buying.
>> > Could anyone please tell me if it is the case? (It if helps,
>> > he's planning on installing Red Hat 6.2.)
>>
>> > Thanks,
>>
>> > Fil
>>
>> Yes, it is supported under XFree86 3.3.6. The author of the driver
>> for 3.3.6 also has a website with newer binaries and source code.
>>
>> He's in the process of rewriting the driver for XFree86 4.0.* but
>> doesn't plan to have it done till some point in November.
> As a member of the European S3/Diamond Technical Support Team I can
> confirm that as the truth :)
It feels great to be reaffirmed :-)
Adam
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From: "The infamous \"Brian\"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,alt.os.linux.mandrake,alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: Determinig functions build in Kernel
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 01:19:01 GMT
Hi Jodel:
jodell bumatay wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I have been trying to
>make config
>and I get errors about
>Makefile: Makefile:91:/Rules.make: No such file or directory
>make: *** No rule to make target '/Rules.make'. Stop.
>I cannot find an xconfig or menuconfig
>do these come in a package of another name?
I think you have to install a Linux kernel source. It is likely your present
Linux source tree is incomplete.
Try this as root;
cd <enter>
puts you in /root directory
mkdir kernel <enter>
cd kernel <enter>
wget ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.2/linux-2.2.17.tar.bz2 <enter>
You should now have linux-2.2.17.tar.bz2 compressed kernel tree.
Lets clear the way for a fresh install;
rm -r /usr/src/linux <enter>
tar yxvf linux-2.2.17.tar.bz2 -C /usr/src <enter>
Rename the present kernel source tree;
cd /usr/src/ <enter>
mv linux linux-2.2.17 <enter>
Make a symbolic link;
ln -s linux-2.2.17 linux <enter>
Now have a look;
cd linux <enter>
Now;
make menuconfig <enter>
When you have picked out everything you want to include in your kernel,
place a fresh clean floppy disc in your drive and;
make mrproper dep bzdisk modules modules_install <enter>
When it's done;
mv System.map /boot <enter>
Reboot using the image on the floppy.
If there are problems, don't worry, your original Kernel is still on the
harddrive and will boot like always.
You may want to edit your /etc/rc.d/rc.modules file, commenting out
references to modules you no longer are using and un-commenting out those
that you do need.
If you want to make your new kernel the default just compile "make bzlilo"
instead of "make bzdisk".
Best regards,
Have fun.
Best regards,
The infamous "Brian"
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From: MH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: /opt?
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 19:05:30 -0700
Tijmen Stam wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I'm (again, *sigh*) planning on completely reformatting and partitioning
> my disk, mainly because half of it is used up by dos partitions, but I
> don't do anything dos/w*yeck anymore.
>
> I plan on 32 meg /boot, 500meg /, 1.5 giga /usr and the rest (6 giga)
> /home.
> But More and more programs advice to install in /opt, how much space
> should I reserve for that one? (or would it be easiest to make a simlink
> /opt --> /usr/local/opt ?
> By the way, What is the function of /opt? why not /usr/bin? I couldn't
> find any info on it?
>
> BTW, as I'm repartitioning anyway, do you think I should use ReiserFS,
> or stick with good ol' ext2? I found some info, But I wonder if the
> (minor) advantages outweigh the lots of fiddling and maybe even
> unstability infolved (i'm no top user, i'm more about stability, and as
> this pc is our home internet server too, it can't be offline for more
> than, say, a day. If I need too much fiddling, it'll cost too much time)
>
> BTW2 All the mp3's on my hd (4gig now), wher should I put it? /home/mp3
> sounds good, but it's got to be accessible via the network too, without
> compromising safety. There's no convention on this... suggestions?
>
I think your simlink idea should work, though I've never used the
technique myself. I would reconsider your partitioning scheme, however.
16 MB for /boot is more than enough. Also, 64-128 MB for / is plenty,
assuming you are also going to partition /var /tmp, for which that size
would also be more than adequate. If you plan on installing more than a
few applications, you might want to bump /usr up to 2 GB, even more if
you are into gaming--though it doesn't sound like you are going to be
using this box for that purpose. Give the rest to /home which can be
exported to your clients via NFS.
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From: "Michael Westerman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Microsoft Linux?
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 12:20:32 +1000
> > If Linux is a system used by a small community of hobbyists and
> > experimenters and can't get any serious work done because it can't
> > communicate with the rest of the computer world, it won't go anywhere.
>
> Since none of that is true, however...
Linux is ahead when it can
force microsoft to design drivers to access linux resources
not the other way around.
forcing others to complie with your standards now
Thats market dominance.
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: problems compiling Kde applications
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 02:30:11 -0000
I have Redhat 6.2 with Kde installed. I have got all the standard
libraries like gcc,etc., installed. and have got Qt 2.1 beta libraries
(all) and Qtx - backward compatibility libraries. Whenever, i try to
install(./configure) any Kde application(compatible with RH 6.x systems),
I get the following message:
'checking for kde libraries installed... configure: error: your system
fails at linking a small KDE application! Check, if your compiler is
stalled correctly and if you have used the same compiler to compile Qt and
kdelibs as you did use now'
I think the prob may be due to the reason, i had installed 2 diff version
of QT from 2 different distributions.I uninstalled the older QT &
reinstalled Kde, but still the bug persists.
Pramod.
--
Posted via CNET Help.com
http://www.help.com/
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From: Te-Cheng Shen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Netscape generates a bus error on RedHat 6.2
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 19:25:38 -0700
Hello
My platform is
RedHat 6.2 original kernel
Installed software: StarOffice 5.2, JBuilder, JDK1.2.2, and Oracle
8.1.6
When I write an email and click on ADDRESS button then select an
email address, Netscape 4.72 will disapper with a bus error? I solved
this problem before but forgot how? Can anyone give me a hand?
Thanks
Te-Cheng Shen
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: copying a disk
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 19:36:07 -0700
When you partition the disk, make sure the partitions are the same.
for example.
old -> new partition
hda1->hdb1 /boot
hda2->hdb2 swap
hda3->hdb3 /
lilo: linux single
# mount /mnt/new_harddisk
# # copy all directories under / to your new harddrive except you might want to
skip /proc because it is a virtual filesystem.
# cp -a /boot /mnt/new_harddisk
# cp -a /bin /mnt/new_harddisk
# # and so on and so on.
Roy Cabaniss wrote:
> I have a nice clean install of linux. I want to make an exact copy of the
> entire hard drive to another hard drive, copying the partitions exactly ect.
> What command would I use?
>
> --
> Dr. Roy F. Cabaniss Chairman, Division of Business
> Huston Tillotson College Austin, Texas 78702
> ph : 512-505-3130 fax : 512-505-3190
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Browne)
Subject: Re: Microsoft Linux?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 02:44:44 GMT
In our last episode (Wed, 25 Oct 2000 12:20:32 +1000),
the artist formerly known as Michael Westerman said:
>> > If Linux is a system used by a small community of hobbyists and
>> > experimenters and can't get any serious work done because it can't
>> > communicate with the rest of the computer world, it won't go anywhere.
>>
>> Since none of that is true, however...
>
>Linux is ahead when it can
>force microsoft to design drivers to access linux resources
>not the other way around.
>
>forcing others to complie with your standards now
>Thats market dominance.
Microsoft has had to comply with at least some portions of the
standards for TCP/IP, HTTP, SMTP, and such, in interoperating with
Internet-based systems, so it's by no means as one-sided as you seem
to be implying.
In the end, the movie Highlander is _fictional_; it is not forcibly true
that "There Can Be Only One."
--
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - <http://www.ntlug.org/~cbbrowne/lsf.html>
Rules of the Evil Overlord #80. "If my weakest troops fail to
eliminate a hero, I will send out my best troops instead of wasting
time with progressively stronger ones as he gets closer and closer to
my fortress." <http://www.eviloverlord.com/>
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From: * Tong * <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: format the swap patition
Date: 24 Oct 2000 23:55:33 -0300
Hi,
How can I format a linux swap partition for linux to use?
I found that one of my swap linux is not functioning (is it so?):
$ cat /proc/swaps
Filename Type Size Used Priority
/dev/hda1 partition 514040 2344 -1
/dev/hdb1 partition 514040 0 -2
Thanks
--
Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply)
http://members.xoom.com/suntong001/
- All free contribution & collection & music from the heavens
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew J. Perrin)
Subject: Re: Diabolical plot uncovered...
Date: 22 Oct 2000 13:11:23 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (jeff) writes:
> Sheesh... I spent much of the last month trying to get my otherwise
> fine-and-dandy Debian Potato to recognize my serial ports. Along the way
> I... lost sleep, fried a motherboard, doubted my sanity, seriously
> considered writing Linus out of my will, and, in general, fumed and pouted.
> But WAIT! I JUST FOUND THE PROBLEM...
>
> I was trying to use ttys0, and I _should_ have used ttyS0!!!
>
> How has everyone else in the world avoided this diabolical plot?
>
> -jeff
er... by reading the directions, which clearly specify ttyS{0..3}?
ap
======================================================================
Andrew J Perrin - Ph.D. Candidate, UC Berkeley, Dept. of Sociology
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA - http://demog.berkeley.edu/~aperrin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Brendan Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: problems compiling Kde applications
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 12:52:35 +1000
Hi,
I'm a pretty clueless newbie, and have had this problem also. Someone far
from clueless helped me out, and you can get around this problem by using
the 'nodeps' option when you configure.
cheers
Brendan
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I have Redhat 6.2 with Kde installed. I have got all the standard
> libraries like gcc,etc., installed. and have got Qt 2.1 beta libraries
> (all) and Qtx - backward compatibility libraries. Whenever, i try to
> install(./configure) any Kde application(compatible with RH 6.x systems),
> I get the following message:
> 'checking for kde libraries installed... configure: error: your system
> fails at linking a small KDE application! Check, if your compiler is
> stalled correctly and if you have used the same compiler to compile Qt and
> kdelibs as you did use now'
> I think the prob may be due to the reason, i had installed 2 diff version
> of QT from 2 different distributions.I uninstalled the older QT &
> reinstalled Kde, but still the bug persists.
> Pramod.
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Post)
Subject: Re: /opt?
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 02:53:47 GMT
On Wed, 25 Oct 2000 02:48:43 +0200, Tijmen Stam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
-snip-
>By the way, What is the function of /opt? why not /usr/bin? I couldn't
>find any info on it?
Well, ordinarily, I would refer you to the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard at
http://www.pathname.com/fhs but I keep getting an error saying that the
server doesn't have a DNS entry. A whois check shows that the registration
record for pathname.com expired last month, so I don't really know what's
going on there.
Mark Post
Postmodern Consulting
Information Technology and Systems Management Consulting
To send me email, replace 'nospam' with 'home'.
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