Linux-Misc Digest #362, Volume #26 Tue, 21 Nov 00 08:13:02 EST
Contents:
Compiling Dia on Mandrake 7.1 (Jonathan McBrien)
Re: How can I dual-boot between Red Hat and SuSE distributions? (Lars Oergel)
Re: pine locally through dialup? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: How should I install Linux and Win2K (dual boot) (Sebastian Palm)
Re: Compiling Dia on Mandrake 7.1 (Harald Wagener)
Tomacat, Apache and Redhat 6.2 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Proftpd maintenance error (Robert)
wu-ftp group permissions help ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
flushing mail (Andrew Gretton)
Wouldn't this make a nice Linux PDA/phone? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
cron: rmmod: out of memory (Axel Christiansen)
Re: True GTK+ will eliminate Qt in next few years? (Mike J Tietel)
Re: RedHat 7 eth0 module problems (Robert Surenko)
Re: Why does linux keep crashing? (Roger Blake)
New user (Andre)
Re: cdrecord and multi-session (Thomas Ruedas)
Re: Lan user log (Sebastian Hans)
Re: Video Driver ("Richard Snow")
Re: Frame Buffering and Red Hat 7.0 (Harold Stevens ** PLEASE SEE SIG **)
Re: Why does linux keep crashing? (Robert Kiesling)
Re: flushing mail (Sebastian Hans)
Re: flushing mail (Harald Wagener)
Onstream DI30 (Janus Loo)
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From: Jonathan McBrien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Compiling Dia on Mandrake 7.1
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 09:09:13 GMT
Hi,
I've been trying to compile Dia 0.86 on Mandrake 7.1 but get reports of
missing config scripts during ./configure.
The last messages output by configure are:
*** The libart-config script installed by LIBART could not be found
*** If LIBART was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in
*** your path, or set the LIBART_CONFIG environment variable to the
*** full path to libart-config.
checking for gdk-pixbuf-config... no
checking for GDK_PIXBUF - version >= 0.7.0... no
*** The gdk-pixbuf-config script installed by GDK_PIXBUF could not be found
*** If GDK_PIXBUF was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in
*** your path, or set the GDK_PIXBUF_CONFIG environment variable to the
*** full path to gdk-pixbuf-config.
checking for imlib-config... no
checking for IMLIB - version >= 1.8.0... no
*** The imlib-config script installed by IMLIB could not be found
*** If IMLIB was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in
*** your path, or set the IMLIB_CONFIG environment variable to the
*** full path to imlib-config.
I can query the RPM database and see that the packages related to these
config scripts are installed, but I still can't find the actual scripts
themselves.
I'd appreciate some insight on how to resolve this situation.
Thanks,
- Jonathan
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From: Lars Oergel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How can I dual-boot between Red Hat and SuSE distributions?
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 10:24:53 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> But how do I add them to LILO. I'm very new to Linux, but experienced
> in DOS and Windows and I know about partitions. Could you please
> explain how I would go about adding the correct parameters to LILO?
Suses Yast contains a LILO-Config-Tool, which you can use.
Manually it would something like:
/etc/lilo.conf:
boot=/dev/hda
read-only
prompt
timeout=100
# Suse 6.2
image=/boot/vmlinuz (use _your_ kernel-image file from Suse6.2 here!)
root=/dev/hda1
label=Suse6.2
# Suse 7
image=/mnt/path_to_mounted_suse7/boot/vmlinuz
root=/dev/hda2
label=Suse7
Note: Use _one_ version of Suse to configure LILO or adapt _both_
lilo.conf-files accordingly. Don't forget to run lilo after editing
/etc/lilo.conf.
Hope it helps,
Lars
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: pine locally through dialup?
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 09:45:49 +0000 (UTC)
In comp.os.linux.portable Rick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How would I send mail?
you would send it to local mailserver, and it would queue it and
send away when link comes up. You have two options - you may send it
directly to recipients (which may be time consuming and not recommended
for dialup hosts) or define SMART_HOST, i.e host which knows how to send
mail further in your mailserver configuration. Of course, you should use
SMTP server of your provider as smarthost.
>> Check out fetchmail.
>>
>> means you set up a mailserver on your own pc. fetchmail collects mail
>> from your ISP and sends it to your local mailserver. You can then use
>> pine to collect mail from there.
>>
>> I love it, as it means I can check more than one ISP's mail at once!
>>
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From: Sebastian Palm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: How should I install Linux and Win2K (dual boot)
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 09:21:14 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Brando <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I have a 6 GB HD (Laptop) and I want to dual boot Linux and Win2K. I
have a fresh disk to
> install on so I don't have to save any data.
>
> What's the best way to go about doing this? Which OS should I install
first and how should
> I set up the partitions. I want about 2.5 GB for Windoze and 3.5 for
Linux. I do have
> Partition Magic.
>
First, you'll have to check the cylinder arrangements for the hard
drive while it's in LBA mode. My 10GB disks are reported as having
around 950 cylinders each, which effectively ends the "large disk
problems". Any really new and flashy BIOS should do the same for a
6GB disk (and that large a disk in a laptop in the first place
tells me the BIOS should be new enough).
If the BIOS _does_ list a ridiculously low number, then install
Windows 2000 as normal, and follow up with Linux. Else, you'll
have to use Redhat (as it's the only distro I can remember which
puts the kernel in /boot instead of /) to create a 20 MB partition
the beginning of the drive, exit setup and install Windows, and
then install linux, mounting the /dev/hda1 partition as /boot.
The first option might work anyway, if you use the redhat setup
I mention above, especially if the cylinders number in the low
to mid 1000's (1200-1500 cylinders). I have no clue as to how
this can be made to work with other distro's though, the slack-
ware box I'm using at home has Win2K on hda, general files on
hdb, linux on hdc, and a cdrom on hdd.
Sebastian
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From: Harald Wagener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Compiling Dia on Mandrake 7.1
Date: 21 Nov 2000 10:40:43 +0100
I guess You have to install the appropriate -devel rpms as well. They
have the same name as the other RPMs
(i.e. libart-<version>-<release>.<arch>.rpm), but with -devel appended to
the name (libart-develt-<version>-<release>.<arch>.rpm). Install those
and dia should compile.
H.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Tomacat, Apache and Redhat 6.2
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 09:41:08 GMT
I have got Apache and tomcat working together on a RH6.2 box but I was
wondering if I have done it correctly. I have used the FAQ's and
Manuals but I am not sure.
When I start Linux up Apache Starts and then I have to so start.sh
which starts up Tomcat, but I cannot the do anything else with that
session, I assumed it would start in the back ground as a process and
that I would get the session back, I would also like to automate the
start up but am having problems working out how to do it.
Has anyone out there managed this? It is my last sumbling block before
dumping NT and moving to Linux completely, which I am dying to do.
Thanks in advance.
Neil
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From: Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Proftpd maintenance error
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 10:09:16 GMT
I'm running Proftpd on RedHat 7.0. It has been working ok for a while
now. After a reboot the server is started, when connecting from a
client the server returns 'error 500 server maintenance in progress'.
What's that and how do I get rid of it? =)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: wu-ftp group permissions help
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 10:32:56 GMT
I am trying to set the permissions for a group
of web editors to work on a site on a server
running RHL 7.0 and wu-ftp 2.6.1-6.
I have a group called webadmin and I want
any user in that group to be able to edit any file
or folder in the site.
I have set the defumask to 0002 and the main
folder permisioins are drwsrwsr-t with user
and group webadmin... files can be written to
the server by user a with -rw-rw-r--
permissions but can not be deleted by
another user in the group.
has anyone any pointers.
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From: Andrew Gretton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: flushing mail
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 10:32:41 +0000
Sometimes when I get too zealous playing with my procmail script, I mess
things up, and my mail becomes stuck in /var/spool/mail/acctname
when I repair the script, and verify that mail delivery is working
again, the messages remain there (although I can read them as
rawtext, of course).
Is there any way to flush this mail into my nice lil Pine inbox again?
Or am I condemned forever to try and read through the header mess, hand
extract mime attachments, etc
cheers for any help
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Wouldn't this make a nice Linux PDA/phone?
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 10:44:05 GMT
CDMA cellular radio phone
Bluetooth
Compact Flash slot
256 color 640x480 touchscreen (4", backlit)
206Mhz SA-111 CPU
32MB RAM
16MB ROM
The only thing I'd add is an 802.11 wireless ethernet card for the CF
slot.
Don't get too excited though, the price is $1499-$1999. (yow!)
http://www.pdabuzz.com/Features/Comdex2000/PC-EPhone.html
http://www.pc-ephone.com/product.html
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From: Axel Christiansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: cron: rmmod: out of memory
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 12:15:14 +0100
hello,
does someone has an idea to solve this problem?
the box hat plenty of memory.
thx, axel
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike J Tietel)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.x,comp.unix.solaris
Subject: Re: True GTK+ will eliminate Qt in next few years?
Date: 15 Nov 2000 16:31:02 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> look at Windows' API. Don't tell me the Motif or GTk APIs could be any worse
> than the Windows API and/or MFC. You have to wonder how Windows programmers
> can stand working with that.
>
They don't have a choice and haven't used anything else so they don't know
that it needn't be that way...
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From: Robert Surenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RedHat 7 eth0 module problems
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 14:52:50 GMT
what kind of NIC do you have?
In comp.os.linux.misc Doug Angus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've just installed RH 7 and everything seems fine except for the fact
> that my ethernet connection fails. I keep on getting "Finding module
> dependencies: depmod: can't open /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/modules.dep for
> writing". I've have 2.2.16(? can't remember rest) but not 2.2.14-5.0.
> Has anyone experienced anything remotely similar.
> I've re-upgraded several times and downloaded different iso files. I've
> attempted to link 2.2.14.5 to 2.2.16 with no success either.
> Any ideas?
> Thanks,
> Doug
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Roger Blake)
Subject: Re: Why does linux keep crashing?
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 15:13:08 GMT
On Mon, 20 Nov 2000 02:00:28 GMT, Bob Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>It does the same thing. That's why I tried going to the newest kernels in
>the first place.
I would suspect a hardware problem or device conflict. If possible,
boot up on a DOS diskette and use HIMEM.SYS to test memory. (HIMEM's
built-in test is fairly good at spotting flaky memory.)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andre)
Subject: New user
Reply-To: poster
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 11:41:04 GMT
Hello. I'm new to linux and I have a few doubts. I have noticed a few
comp.os.linux.* groups. Which one would be the best for posting new users
questions?
Thanks in advance
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Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 12:50:44 +0100
From: Thomas Ruedas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: cdrecord and multi-session
>I wasn't sure of the sequence you used from your post. Did you eject
>the CD after each session? Some CDRs (including mine) won't show the
>new stuff until you've ejected and re-inserted the CD.
No, but possibly that will help. Unfortunately I couldn't verify it yet,
because at the end of the 3rd session of my new attempt (after which I
would have controlled it) a hardware error appeared during the eject and
the process wasn't finished properly. The CD-R wasn't ejected at the
end, and the writer won't open to give it back; looks like we will have
to reboot the machine :-(
Thanks so far,
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From: Sebastian Hans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.security
Subject: Re: Lan user log
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 13:06:11 +0100
Regent Linus wrote:
>
> Thanks
>
> I have checked the related documents and I could set Samba to
> log the user connecting time from the window clients to Samba.
>
> Actually what I want to log is the time that window users
> login to the window machines, is it still possible? My boss
> want me to a attendant log by PCs' login time.
You could try to use WinPopup in login and logout scripts to send a
message to your Linuxbox and log these msgs at the Samba end.
HAND
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From: "Richard Snow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.x.video
Subject: Re: Video Driver
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 12:13:08 GMT
I have this chipset. You must add Option "no_accel" to
your device section. Also it may not recognize all of your
video ram. Try adding the option for the video ram size
(can't recall what this is right off since my ISP is Windows-based).
If you are getting no readable display at all when you run
XConfigurator or the X portion of the RedHat install you
may have selected a video mode which your monitor does
not support. Try using 640x480 standard VGA to get your system up, then
trying higher resolutions that you know your monitor should support.
For the mouse cursor not working right also add the option "sw_cursor"
"K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:J3BM5.48683$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Has anyone got a clue on how to make a generic AGP video card with an
> SIS6326 chip. It's not a new card. The closest I can get is getting
xwindows
> up to what is a blank screen, usually blue or green, and sometimes with a
> vertical line from top to bottom for the mouse.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Harold Stevens ** PLEASE SEE SIG **)
Subject: Re: Frame Buffering and Red Hat 7.0
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.linux,linux.redhat
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 12:19:33 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dances With Crows:
[Snip...]
|> The framebuffer device is marked "EXPERIMENTAL" in the 2.2.x kernel
|> series. I have no idea why this is so, but I imagine it's so people who
|> don't know what they're doing don't shoot their systems in the foot with
|> it.
YMMV. My recent experience is framebuffer still is very "EXPERIMENTAL" when
it comes to simplifying my life keeping servers running full function.
I appreciate all the developer time costing me nothing to have these rather
sophisticated tools available. My complaint is that short of taking various
tedious kernel recompiles there seems to be no way at boot to opt out of it
to keep production systems running X on "obsolete" video hardware.
I just did two RPM kernel 2.2.16 upgrades on production Turbolinux boxes as
security measures for the lower kernel bugs. It went flawlessly, except for
bugs starting X services in both, apparently because framebuffer won't play
nice with the "obsolete" or "unsupported" ATI Mach video card in each. Some
of us in the real workaday world cannot run down to Fry's on the weekend to
see what might work with new "features" in kernel upgrades, or particularly
enjoy recompiling kernels on production machines just for the helluvit.
The framebuffer HOWTO I looked at notes ATI cards are a problem because the
developer(s) didn't have ready access to them. Ergo, that's at least a good
reason from the start to know there should be consideration for keeping the
kernel hooks in place for some minimal "obsolete" video/X functions.
It just seems it would have been a nice courtesy for a failsafe way to bail
out of framebuffer bleeding edge video development as a *stock* boot option
(as, vga=obsolete or whatever in lilo.conf or whatever) rather than another
tedious kernel recompile on production systems.
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Subject: Re: Why does linux keep crashing?
From: Robert Kiesling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 12:26:36 GMT
"Bob Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> It doesn't seem to be the same things. It is almost always an error about
> accessing virtual memory. I though it might be my swap so I created
> another one on a different drive but had the same problems.
> This is driving me bonkers as I've been bettling it for a month now. :(
This would indicate that those memory chips are faulty. If true,
replace them as soon as possible if you want a functioning system.
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From: Sebastian Hans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: flushing mail
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 13:30:44 +0100
Andrew Gretton wrote:
>
> Sometimes when I get too zealous playing with my procmail script, I mess
> things up, and my mail becomes stuck in /var/spool/mail/acctname
>
> when I repair the script, and verify that mail delivery is working
> again, the messages remain there (although I can read them as
> rawtext, of course).
>
> Is there any way to flush this mail into my nice lil Pine inbox again?
> Or am I condemned forever to try and read through the header mess, hand
> extract mime attachments, etc
Depends on the MTA you are using. For sendmail or postfix it would be
/usr/sbin/sendmail -q
which causes the MTA to try and deliver queued messages. This should
flush the queue when everything else is working.
HTH
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From: Harald Wagener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: flushing mail
Date: 21 Nov 2000 13:32:31 +0100
Andrew Gretton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Sometimes when I get too zealous playing with my procmail script, I mess
> things up, and my mail becomes stuck in /var/spool/mail/acctname
>
> when I repair the script, and verify that mail delivery is working
> again, the messages remain there (although I can read them as
> rawtext, of course).
>
> Is there any way to flush this mail into my nice lil Pine inbox again?
> Or am I condemned forever to try and read through the header mess, hand
> extract mime attachments, etc
>
> cheers for any help
>
You could respool the mail with formail, IIRC. The details and some
examples for the use of formail can be found in the man page.
hlw
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Janus Loo)
Subject: Onstream DI30
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 13:02:15 GMT
Hi everyone,
I have SuSE7.0 and am using 2.2.16 kernel. Just bought the Onstream
DI30 yesterday and installed it. SuSE detected it alright becos I can
see that in /var/log/boot.msg. When I tried to backup, I keep getting
the error message: localhost kernel: ide-tape: ht0: failed to find
valid ADRL header. I DID not install the driver patch from Onstream
website becos I know SuSE 7.0 supports the DI30 version out of the
box. Or am I missing something here? Can someone help me, please?
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