Linux-Misc Digest #337, Volume #26 Sat, 18 Nov 00 19:13:03 EST
Contents:
Re: libXpm needed? (Paul Kimoto)
newbie: lpr unwanted formfeed problem (Kirill Sapelkin)
Re: Creative Ensoniq AudioPCI Model CT4810? (Olaf Zaplinski)
still same question: how to limit cache mem? (Olaf Zaplinski)
Can't see hidden dir on cdrom from linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Delaying eth0 initialization problem with RH7 (Doug Angus)
Re: newbie: lpr unwanted formfeed problem (Jean-David Beyer)
Re: still same question: how to limit cache mem? (Jean-David Beyer)
Re: Apache-forbidden access to html files (Tyler Larson)
Re: still same question: how to limit cache mem? (Olaf Zaplinski)
Re: Delaying eth0 initialization problem with RH7 (Doug Angus)
numlock and ports ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
numlock and port watch ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: the relation between Linux and GCC (Hartmann Schaffer)
Re: Delaying eth0 initialization problem with RH7 (Dances With Crows)
Re: Can't see hidden dir on cdrom from linux (Dances With Crows)
Re: Can't see hidden dir on cdrom from linux (Neil Cherry)
!! PLEASE HELP THIS NEWBEE ("Circles")
Re: file is not found - but I know it exists! ("Garry Knight")
Re: Linux installation ("Garry Knight")
exclusive linux installation (cj)
Re: !! PLEASE HELP THIS NEWBEE (Black Dragon)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: libXpm needed?
Date: 18 Nov 2000 14:25:02 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <6dzR5.14252$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Flej Ling wrote:
> Checking for libXpm (needed by gd1.8+) ... no
>
> Yet when I do a "locate libXpm" I get the following:
>
> /usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4.10
> /usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4
> /usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib/libXpm.so.4.9
> /usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib/libXpm.so.4
>
> Does this mean that I have libXpm installed but PHP can't find it?
This suggests that you have the runtime part of Xpm installed, but not the
development part. To link to the cited shared libraries, you need (the
symbolic link) libXpm.so. The development package would also contain the
relevant #include files and so forth.
--
Paul Kimoto
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From: Kirill Sapelkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: newbie: lpr unwanted formfeed problem
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 19:49:17 GMT
Hello !
The lpr command seems to ad a form feed to the end of anything I print.
Even a one line file is printed out on a seperate page.
How can I filter out the form feed that seems to be appended?
Thanks for any help.
Kirill
--
Kirill Sapelkin
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Olaf Zaplinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Creative Ensoniq AudioPCI Model CT4810?
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 20:49:45 +0100
Hi,
fred smith wrote:
>
> John Scudder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> :> is a plug'n'pray card you may need to fool with isapnptools by hand
> :> if sndconfig doesn't do the trick.
>
> : We must be talking about 2 different cards..mine is a PCI not ISA. The es1371
> : configuration doesn't work for me.
>
> Nope, it is PCI as is yours. But it's also plug'n'pray, and unless you've
> got a 2.4.x kernel, isapnp is the only way I know of to handle those things.
> [...]
It's not necessary. My ISA free PC runs fine w/o isapnp and an ES1370 card.
Olaf
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From: Olaf Zaplinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: still same question: how to limit cache mem?
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 20:54:43 +0100
Hi *,
I still need a quick solution for my problem: the Kernel (2.2.17) swaps out
programs just to keep cache memory. But it should just decrease cache memory
when an application allocates more memory. I don't see any advantage when 90
MB of my 128 MB are used for caching while 20 MB are swapped out. Are there
any simple "echo ... > /proc/..." commands for it?
TIA
Olaf
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Can't see hidden dir on cdrom from linux
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 20:09:32 GMT
With Windows98, a directory on a CDROM is hidden. However, with
Linux I can't "see" the directory at all. Even 'ls -al' doesn't
show it. What's up?!? Is this an is09660, ext2 or my system probelm?
Any help appreciated,
Kurt
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From: Doug Angus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Delaying eth0 initialization problem with RH7
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 16:32:09 -0500
I'm getting a "delaying eth0 initialization" problem when booting up
after updating to RH7. The module-info file is pointed in the right
direction. Any ideas of what the problem is?
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From: Jean-David Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: newbie: lpr unwanted formfeed problem
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 15:53:54 -0500
Kirill Sapelkin wrote:
> Hello !
>
> The lpr command seems to ad a form feed to the end of anything I print.
>
> Even a one line file is printed out on a seperate page.
>
> How can I filter out the form feed that seems to be appended?
>
> Thanks for any help.
It depends on what you mean. For example, some printers require a
form-feed at the end of the last page. In Red Hat Linux, it is an option
to put one there or not. You normally do want a form-feed after each print
job to separate one from another. If you are running Red Hat Linux with a
graphical interface, start up control-panel and just configure the printer
to not put out the form feed.
OTOH, if you want to print a lot of very small (less than a page) onto a
single page, you might just doL
car filenames | lpr
I believe lpr would just thing it a long file coming into its standard
input. It would be difficult to tell what file produced each line, though.
--
.~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642.
/V\ Registered Machine 73926.
/( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey
^^-^^ 3:50pm up 4 days, 6:34, 2 users, load average: 2.08, 2.12, 2.09
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From: Jean-David Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: still same question: how to limit cache mem?
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 15:56:35 -0500
Olaf Zaplinski wrote:
> Hi *,
>
> I still need a quick solution for my problem: the Kernel (2.2.17) swaps out
> programs just to keep cache memory. But it should just decrease cache memory
> when an application allocates more memory. I don't see any advantage when 90
> MB of my 128 MB are used for caching while 20 MB are swapped out. Are there
> any simple "echo ... > /proc/..." commands for it?
>
> TIA
>
> Olaf
I would let it alone on the theory that the more you try to outsmart an
operating system, the more it will outsmart you.
I have so much memory that the swapping my machine does is mostly for my
amusement. Sometimes I get 11 Megabytes of stuff swapped out even though I have
512 Megabytes of main memory. But even if the buffer space and the cache space
drop a lot, the memory manager does not necessarily bring swapped programs back
in unless I actually want them to run. It brings the swapped stuff back in only
at the last moment.
--
.~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642.
/V\ Registered Machine 73926.
/( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey
^^-^^ 3:50pm up 4 days, 6:34, 2 users, load average: 2.08, 2.12, 2.09
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From: Tyler Larson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Apache-forbidden access to html files
Date: 18 Nov 2000 20:55:30 GMT
K.Zielinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've just installed linux RedHat 6.2 with apache,postgres and php.
> When i want to try my www server i can see in my browser a webpage saying
> "403 Forbidden". I have checked the rights to apache home directory and
> index.html file and they are 644. So it schould work, why it doesn't ?
One thing to check is the permissions on the home directory and the ones above
it as well. For instance, if my web directory is called
/usr/docs/web/documentRoot/ and docs/ is set to 700, apache won't be able to
get to my page, even though I have the right permissions on all the files
and all the other directories. Apache needs at least execute permissions
on your web directory, and read permissions on all the files.
The other thing that can cause 403 errors is settings in the httpd.conf file
or .htaccess file (if you have one). But unless you're using the
http://foo.mydomain.com/~myname/ method of accessing your files (the UserDir
option) your default httpd.conf file shouldn't give you that trouble.
Without more information, it's tough to give any helpful suggestions-- all
I can offer is solutions to problems that I've seen on other systems.
> A month ago i installed the same distribution of linux (except postgres and
> php) and apache was working correctly (i could access index.html in my
> browser after installation).
--
Tyler Larson | http://www.tlarson.com | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Time as he grows old teaches all things.
-- Aeschylus
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From: Olaf Zaplinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: still same question: how to limit cache mem?
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 22:04:12 +0100
Jean-David Beyer wrote:
>
> Olaf Zaplinski wrote:
>
> > Hi *,
> > [...]
> I would let it alone on the theory that the more you try to outsmart an
> operating system, the more it will outsmart you.
>
> I have so much memory that the swapping my machine does is mostly for my
> amusement. Sometimes I get 11 Megabytes of stuff swapped out even though I have
> 512 Megabytes of main memory. But even if the buffer space and the cache space
> drop a lot, the memory manager does not necessarily bring swapped programs back
> in unless I actually want them to run. It brings the swapped stuff back in only
> at the last moment.
Hmmm... but then... VMware ran fine with 128 MB RAM on some WinNT 4.0 box...
but now when things are reversed (running VMware on Linux, NT as a guest OS)
memory usage seems to be less efficient... at least for a *workstation*. Is
there a kernel patch available out there, let's say
"low-mem-workstation-2.2.x-patch"? Or is there any source on the web where I
can get information about Linux' memory management? The few I found were far
too technical (nope, I am not a Linux newbie).
Olaf
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From: Doug Angus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Delaying eth0 initialization problem with RH7
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 16:59:05 -0500
Doug Angus wrote:
> I'm getting a "delaying eth0 initialization" problem when booting up
> after updating to RH7. The module-info file is pointed in the right
> direction. Any ideas of what the problem is?
I've narrowed it down further. Apparently during the upgrade the
release hasn't changed?? It shoud be 2.2.16-22 but in actual fact it's
2.2.14-5.0. This should explain why it was having module
decrepencies.
How can I get the OS release to 2.2.16-22??
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: numlock and ports
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 21:18:09 GMT
hi there, i just have to simple questions...i am using debian potato
how do i set the numlock status (on) at startup, and how can i watch
tcp/ip ports under linux, check on pings and stuff...(good program to do so)
thnank you ppl in advance,
M
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: numlock and port watch
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 21:29:03 GMT
hi there...i am running debian potato
and am trying to figure out how to set the numlock on start up ... where
do i do that??
and how can i monito ports (for ping and ftp and such) {program}
thnx in advance
M
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hartmann Schaffer)
Subject: Re: the relation between Linux and GCC
Date: 18 Nov 2000 14:14:56 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ...
>Probably GCC, yes. GCC is not JUST a compiler for linux. Linux has been
>around for about 10 years. Unix, on the other hand, has been around for
>faaar longer (closer to 40 years). The linux kernel could just as easily
make that 25 - 30
>have been cross compiled on a unix system and transferred to a PC.
>
>I *THINK* GCC is older than linux. If not, CC might have been used.
it is older
hs
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Delaying eth0 initialization problem with RH7
Date: 18 Nov 2000 22:23:00 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 18 Nov 2000 16:59:05 -0500, Doug Angus wrote:
>I've narrowed it down further. Apparently during the upgrade the
>release hasn't changed?? It shoud be 2.2.16-22 but in actual fact it's
>2.2.14-5.0. This should explain why it was having module
>decrepencies.
>How can I get the OS release to 2.2.16-22??
Edit /etc/lilo.conf and make sure you have a section in there kind of
like so:
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.16-22
root=/dev/XXX
label=linux
And edit the entry that points to the old kernel so it'd like so:
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14
root=/dev/XXX
label=old
The image= section for the new kernel should be before the image=
section for the old kernel if you want to boot the new kernel by
default. The upgrader probably wouldn't update /etc/lilo.conf if you've
changed it yourself. Of course, if a vmlinuz-2.2.16 kernel isn't in
/boot, then you should probably find it and install 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: Can't see hidden dir on cdrom from linux
Date: 18 Nov 2000 22:23:01 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 18 Nov 2000 20:09:32 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>With Windows98, a directory on a CDROM is hidden. However, with
>Linux I can't "see" the directory at all. Even 'ls -al' doesn't
>show it. What's up?!? Is this an is09660, ext2 or my system probelm?
When you mount the filesystem, some messages should be sent to the
kernel's message buffer. You can see the latest messages in this buffer
by hitting Ctrl-Alt-F10 on some systems, or entering "dmesg" on all
systems. The messages should say something like:
ISO9660 Extensions: Joliet
Switching to secondary root
if it's a Joliet CD. Windoze doesn't use Rock Ridge for anything. If
you don't have Joliet support compiled into your iso9660 module, you may
have to recompile that module. That's unlikely, as every distro I've
seen puts Joliet support into their iso9660 module.
Or you could try something like the following:
mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom -o nojoliet,norock
which will disable all Rock Ridge and Joliet extensions. The filenames
will all be in 8+3 format, but you should be able to see everything on
the CD no matter what.
This is strange--why would anyone mark a directory on a CD-ROM as
"hidden"? Oh well, 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] (Neil Cherry)
Subject: Re: Can't see hidden dir on cdrom from linux
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 22:26:41 GMT
On 18 Nov 2000 22:23:01 GMT, Dances With Crows wrote:
>On Sat, 18 Nov 2000 20:09:32 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>With Windows98, a directory on a CDROM is hidden. However, with
>>Linux I can't "see" the directory at all. Even 'ls -al' doesn't
>>show it. What's up?!? Is this an is09660, ext2 or my system probelm?
> mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom -o nojoliet,norock
>which will disable all Rock Ridge and Joliet extensions. The filenames
>will all be in 8+3 format, but you should be able to see everything on
>the CD no matter what.
>
>This is strange--why would anyone mark a directory on a CD-ROM as
>"hidden"? Oh well, HTH,
It could be one other thing, if the CD is a multisession CD and the
drive is not. I had this problem with a photo cd and one of my old
CD drives.
--
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Reply-To: "Circles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Circles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.linux,alt.comp.linux.isp,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.dial-up,alt.os.linux.suse,casema.linux,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.admin.isp,linux.help,linux.misc
Subject: !! PLEASE HELP THIS NEWBEE
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 12:07:39 +0100
Hi,
Can anyone tell me how i can login to a linux box as root
by a telnet client ?
Thanx
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From: "Garry Knight" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: file is not found - but I know it exists!
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 23:28:42 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> while I can see the file with
> ls, and filename completion works ok, bash complains that it cannot
> find such a file or directory when I try to execute the file.
This is one of those FAQs. Your current directory isn't on your search
path for executables. If you want to run a program in the current
directory you must specify the path to the program. The simplest way to
do this is to use . to refer to the current directory. So, you run the
program with something like:
./program
You could tell bash to check your current directory by altering the
PATH variable but this is not recommended for reasons of security.
--
Garry Knight
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Garry Knight" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux installation
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 23:28:42 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Leonard Evens"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Eugene Fetbroyt wrote:
>> On my computer I have 2 hard drivers: first for windows and it
>> contains linux installation files, second is empty and I want install
>> linux on it. Is it possible create start up disk which load *.img
>> from first HD.
> Normally, you use rawrite.exe to make an installation boot floppy. All
> this should be explained in the documentation that comes with the
> distribution.
Or you could just let the installation process put a bootloader such as
LILO or Grub on the first hard drive. This would allow you to dual-boot
between Windows and Linux without the need for a boot floppy.
--
Garry Knight
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: cj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: exclusive linux installation
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 23:30:03 -0000
i have a pentium 75 with a 1.2 gig hardrive that was running win 95 i have
just reformatted the drive and was going to do a win98 linux dual boot but
have found that i cant install 98. can i install linux by itself on this
machine and how would i do this as i only have a distribution cd and the
cdrom is not bootable.
would appreciate any help
cj.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Black Dragon )
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.linux,alt.comp.linux.isp,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.dial-up,alt.os.linux.suse,casema.linux,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.admin.isp,linux.help,linux.misc
Subject: Re: !! PLEASE HELP THIS NEWBEE
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 23:27:10 GMT
On Sat, 18 Nov 2000 12:07:39 +0100 in alt.os.linux,
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> `Circles' said:
> Can anyone tell me how i can login to a linux box as root
> by a telnet client ?
First, it was quite silly to cross post to so many groups. If you're gonna'
cross post, please limit it to two or three groups.
Second, I know how but I'm not going to tell you 'cause it's a bad idea.
Instead, login as a user and use the command "su - root".
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Black Dragon
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