Linux-Misc Digest #591, Volume #26 Tue, 19 Dec 00 21:13:02 EST
Contents:
Looking for a Fax Solution ("Peter Depuydt")
Re: shell script online docs (Jan Schaumann)
Re: Mr. No swap (Neuromancer)
Re: mkbootdisk errors: vmlinuz-2.2.5-15 not found ("Dan White")
Re: how to set up fetchmail/mailreader/sendmail? (John Todd)
Re: my list of RH7.0 bugs ("Chris Ovenden")
Re: Pb with RealTek LAN Adapter ("Nicolas VIGOGNE")
Newbie: Problems with permissions....please help!!! ("Daniel Zalcman")
Re: Gnome Libs Installation ("Austin")
Re: Cd writing problem ("Austin")
Re: install the netscape-browser !! ("dom")
Re: Pine configuration (David Efflandt)
Re: Setting up a dual processor system with Redhat (Johan Kullstam)
Re: Need help with library files, Do I have the right version? (Paul Kimoto)
Newbie: Problems with permissions....please help!!! ("Daniel Zalcman")
generating kernel crash dumps? (Mike Lee)
Re: chmod -R a+r(x) * (Bill Unruh)
Re: Serial port (Bob Hauck)
can't execute file on local drive (John Hunter)
Re: Dead keys (Michel Catudal)
Re: Question about KDE2 ("theFrog")
Re: sendmail (Wayne Pollock)
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From: "Peter Depuydt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Looking for a Fax Solution
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 22:33:50 GMT
Hello world,
I guess the subject say it all.
I'm looking for a Client/linux-server based fax solution that also has
windows clients.
Something in the genre of GFI's Faxmaker -> www.gfifax.com
Basicaly I want want to run the run the fax-server on a Linux box (Incomming
and outgoing). But I need a client software that runs under windows as well.
Does such a piece of software exist ?? Is it being developed ??
Or is it still a DIY-project (Do It Yourself)??
Kind regards
Peter Depuydt
IT System Architect
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2630 Aartselaar
Belgium
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jan Schaumann)
Subject: Re: shell script online docs
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 22:39:19 GMT
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to learn writing shell scripts. Where can I find recommendable
> online docs to this topic ??
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO.html
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Adv-Bash-Scr-HOWTO/index.html
-Jan
--
Jan Schaumann <http://www.netmeister.org>
Bender: "In the event of an emergency, my ass can be used as a floatation
device."
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From: Neuromancer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: Mr. No swap
Date: 19 Dec 2000 22:46:29 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thus spake Dan Jacobson about Life, the Universe, and,
Mr. No swap:
> "Neuromancer" said:
> > ...... Also, I have NO swap (of course, I have 512MB of ram...).
>
> What's it like living with no swap? I suppose your disks are much quieter that
> the average users'?
I'm not sure how to take that... Hmm.
Well, I have a couple of IBM UltraStars in there. 80MB/s U2W SCSI, 10k
rpm, so they're pretty loud. And fast, I might add, so even when there
IS a disk write, the clanging is over almost before it starts.
As for the 4am cron slamming, It's all over in about 10 seconds or so.
As far as no swap... Well, I have never used all of my ram all at once.
Even using the Gimp (which I use quite often), so I don't think it's a
problem. Of course, with the way memory prices are dropping, I may just
slap another 512MB in there for the full 1 gig... ;)
-Russ
--
I went into a McDonald's yesterday and said, "I'd like
some fries." The girl at the counter said, "Would you
like some fries with that?"
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From: "Dan White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mkbootdisk errors: vmlinuz-2.2.5-15 not found
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 23:13:01 GMT
mkbootdisk is just looking for your kernel and assumes it is named
/boot/vmlinuz-x.x.xx. Just link your 2.2.17 kernel to that name and it
should work.
- Dan White
In article <91o680$5m6$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "jgiles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
>
> I have RH 6.0 installed running kernel v2.2.17. I want to make a boot
> disk for my new 2.2.17 kernel. I have a floppy in /dev/fd0 and enter
> `mkbootdisk --device /dev/fd0 2.2.17` I get an error looking for
> /lib/modules/2.2.17.
> That dir doesn't exist because I'm not using modules in my kernel, I
> turned it off. So I mkdir /lib/modules/2.2.17 and run the same
> mkbootdisk command again and it fails again looking for
> /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.17 The only similar file is /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.5-15, as
> that is the kernel version with RH 6.0... I guess I need this file and
> probably others... When I compiled 2.2.17 I found
> /usr/src/linux/System.map and put it in the /boot dir correctly... Where
> can I find the vmlinuz-2.2.5-15 and any other files needed, not sure
> about the /boot/vmlinux-2.2.5-15...
>
> Thanks in advance...
> -jgiles
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Todd)
Subject: Re: how to set up fetchmail/mailreader/sendmail?
Date: 19 Dec 2000 22:28:07 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
There is a script available to ease the setup,
called "install-sendmail", which does both fetch- and send-.
Search for it on google.com.
Kmail is a good, usable GUI, if you run KDE its in the
menu tree.
On Tue, 19 Dec 2000 16:40:02 -0500, Rick
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'd like to be able to use my ISP to GET my my from... I want to use a
>mail app, probably PINE, to read, reply and originate, anf then
>preferably be able to send mail out directly from my machine.
>
>Can someone tell me how to accomplish this? I have fetchmail, sendmail,
>PINE and kmail on my machine.
>
>Any and all help appreciated.
>
>--
>
>Rick
>
>* To email me remove theobvious from my address *
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The lap of Linuxury
|<de in RH6
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From: "Chris Ovenden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,linux.redhat
Subject: Re: my list of RH7.0 bugs
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 23:08:31 -0000
> 7) In KDE, I always configure the panel to be "tiny". Sometimes it goes
> back to being "normal" without asking for my permission.
Today is my very first day of Linux. I am using RH 6.2, and I have already
found this bug. Saddened it hasn't been ironed out in v7...
Chris
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From: "Nicolas VIGOGNE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Pb with RealTek LAN Adapter
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 01:06:28 +0100
I use ne2k-pci as an external module. And it is loaded...!
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a �crit dans le message :
91nua2$u55$[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> In article <91nplr$4v6$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "Nicolas VIGOGNE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I just want to submit you a little problem :
> > I can't ping any host on my LAN with a RealTek 8029 adapter under
> Mandrake
> > 7.2.
>
> What driver are you using? Is it compiled into the kernel or a module?
>
> >
> > Here are the symptoms : configuration is OK through netconf or
> DrakConf. But
> > when I try to type an "ifconfig eth0 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx ...", system
> replies
> > "Ressource temporary Unavailable".
> >
> > I can ping myself, but I can't see any other Win98 hosts with fixed
> > adresses.
> >
> > What's the matter ?
> >
> > Nicolas
> >
> >
>
>
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From: "Daniel Zalcman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Newbie: Problems with permissions....please help!!!
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 11:13:08 +1100
Good morning, I hope someone can help me.
I'm trying to access our Linux server via FTP to transfer files to our NT
server. I can login as any manner of users, but none that give "across the
board" access to all files/directories. The only FTP login that I've tried
that DOESN'T work is 'root'.
What do I need to do to have full access to all files and directories? (a
bit like 'Administrator' login on NT).
Thanks in advance,
Daniel
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From: "Austin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Gnome Libs Installation
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 19:29:36 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a problem when I try to install gnome-libs when I run the
> ./configure script.
>
> First, it complained about imlibs and then I installed that at first and
> set
>
> export IMLIB_CONFIG=/usr/local/imlib-1.9.8.1/imlib-config
>
> and I passed that phase in ./configure.
>
> Then ./configure complains about ORBIT and I installed it and did
>
> export ORBit_CONFIG=/usr/local/ORBit-0.5.5/orbit-config
>
> but I still get
>
> checking for orbit-config... no checking for orbit-idl... no checking
> for working ORBit environment... no configure: error: ORBit not
> installed or installation problem checking for orbit-config... no
> checking for orbit-idl... no checking for working ORBit environment...
> no configure: error: ORBit not installed or installation problem
>
>
> Caj Zell
It's always good to run "ldconfig" after you install libraries, whether
this will solve your problem, I don't know, but it never hurts.
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From: "Austin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cd writing problem
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 19:32:05 -0500
"Mike Thurlow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I have a problem in trying to burn cds and I am not entirely sure if it
> is a hardware or software problem.
>
> I am using cdrecord 1.9 on a pc running redhat 6.2 with scsi hard disc
> and cd-rw. The cd is apparently burnt with no errors (although it is a
> bit slow to get started) but it cannot be read. Looking at the burnt
> tracks I can see a gap a few mm wide just after the beginning of the cd
> which I presume is why it can't be read.
>
> Guessing it might be a problem with the cd-rw (which was new and in a
> new computer) I swapped it with a tried-and-trusted (and older) cd-r
> which worked on another computer. The same problem again!
>
> Any help would be very much appreciated
>
> --
> Mike Thurlow Dept of Physics & Astronomy University of Manchester, UK
>
> --
> Mike Thurlow Dept of Physics & Astronomy University of Manchester, UK
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Did you use "-nofix"?
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From: "dom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: install the netscape-browser !!
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 19:32:21 -0500
You are right, you should just install the two packages mentioned below if
you want just the browser. Netscape is a hog, so the less components you
install the better. Plus, isn't it the most frustratoing thing in the
world when you right-click on a web link and netscape gives you a dialogue
with about 43 different choices of what to do with the link? GEEZ just
gimme the "open in new window" and leave it at that, fer chrissakes !!
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
.In article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Stephen Hui
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> IIRC, you would install the netscape-common and netscape-navigator
> packages. That *should* do it (although I could be wrong; it's been a
> while since I've installed the netscape-navigator package).
>
> Hope this helps! Stephen.
>
>
>
> Christian Wenz wrote:
>>
>> i like to install the netscape-browser of a rpm-package, but only the
>> browser. no composer, no messenger !!! is their a way to do this via
>> rpm ???
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: Pine configuration
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 01:02:05 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 19 Dec 2000, kristian ragndahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>>> "kr" == kristian ragndahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>>>>>> "PR" == Peter Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> PR> Can anyone tell me how to set up Pine to receive messages,
> PR> please? I have got the "compose", "send" and newsreading parts
> PR> working OK, but I can't find where to enter details of my pop3
> PR> server.
>
> kr> Pine -> SETUP -> Config ->
> kr> inbox-path = {your_popserver/pop3/user=your_username}
>
> Sorry, should be
>
> inbox-path = {your_popserver/pop3/user=your_username}INBOX
I didn't realize that pine could do POP3, but apparently version 4 can.
http://www.washington.edu/pine/faq/config.html#9.3
But if you have a working smtp server, you might want to use fetchmail,
which can grab mail from multiple POP3 servers and redirect it though your
local mail server where you can read it all at the same time with pine.
I heard that fetchmail can also save received mail to a file instead of
your mail server.
--
David Efflandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.de-srv.com/
http://www.autox.chicago.il.us/ http://www.berniesfloral.net/
http://cgi-help.virtualave.net/ http://hammer.prohosting.com/~cgi-wiz/
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Subject: Re: Setting up a dual processor system with Redhat
From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 01:03:30 GMT
mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
> I was wondering if Redhat Linux versions 6.1, 6.1, and 7.0 are
> able to use a dual processor board out of the box or whether
> one has to recompile the kernel to set up the system or if
> there is any special selections that one has to make on installation
> or special optimization.
yes. redhat supports SMP. they will load two kernels, a
uniprocessor and an SMP one. the SMP is set to the default. however,
it can be good to have a uniprocessor in reserve in case there are any
problems.
on the other hand, compiling your own kernel is not difficult. it
usually doesn't matter all that much if a distribution supports it out
of the box.
--
J o h a n K u l l s t a m
[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Don't Fear the Penguin!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: Need help with library files, Do I have the right version?
Date: 19 Dec 2000 20:10:39 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <91nnf3$o4j$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'm getting started to re-compile my kernel. I have untar'd the new
> Kernel and am doing the version checking in the Changes file. The 4th
> and 5th lines are about the C Library file, it says:
>
> - Linux libc5 C Library 5.4.46 : ls -l /lib/libc*
> - Linux libc6 C Library 2.0.7pre6 : ls -l /lib/libc*
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4776568 Aug 30 16:56 /lib/libc-2.1.92.so
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Oct 6 01:18 /lib/libc.so.6 ->
>libc-2.1.92.so
> My question is, I don't see anything about libc5 or libc6, do I need to
> install some library files?
"libc6" is a funny way of referring to the library installed as
/lib/libc.so.6. You have version 2.1.92, which is newer than 2.0.7pre6.
If your system works now without libc5, then you don't need to worry
about Documentation/Changes advising you to upgrade it.
--
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: "Daniel Zalcman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Newbie: Problems with permissions....please help!!!
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 11:13:08 +1100
Good morning, I hope someone can help me.
I'm trying to access our Linux server via FTP to transfer files to our NT
server. I can login as any manner of users, but none that give "across the
board" access to all files/directories. The only FTP login that I've tried
that DOESN'T work is 'root'.
What do I need to do to have full access to all files and directories? (a
bit like 'Administrator' login on NT).
Thanks in advance,
Daniel
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From: Mike Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: generating kernel crash dumps?
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 15:18:53 -0800
Hello:
I would like to setup a few RH6.2 boxes to save any crash information. In
Solaris one can enable crash dumps (to /var/crash) and/or use the savecore
command to dump it to a file. After which you can anaylze the dumps with
adb/kdb and other tools to determine the system's instructions leading up to the
crash.
I cannot seem to find any similar command or configuration in linux. I have
searched and read many documents, but have not found an answer. The closest I
have come was to find a crash dump analysis kit at:
http:://www.missioncriticallinux.com/technology/crash/
This requires recompiling the kernel with a core dump patch.
I am looking for a way to generate crash dumps without patching and recompiling
the kernel.. If anyone knows how to do this, could you please post/email me
instructions or point me to some documentation describing the procedure.
Thanks in advance,
Mike Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Systems Admin Homegain.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: chmod -R a+r(x) *
Date: 20 Dec 2000 01:33:49 GMT
In <91ogfn$fkl$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>I often need to make all files and directories readable, while making
>all directories executable.
chmod -R a+rX *
man chmod
X means change to x if this file/directory already has at least one x
defined.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Hauck)
Subject: Re: Serial port
Reply-To: bobh{at}haucks{dot}org
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 01:43:46 GMT
On Sun, 17 Dec 2000 15:24:51 +0200, mu6sys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I need some program that can read data from serial port.
You could use "cat /dev/ttyS0". Or maybe minicom.
>I wrote a C program as described at Serial Programming Guide for POSIX
>Operating Systems but it doesn't work.
>Can anybody help me?
Maybe, if you describe what you did (maybe post a code snippet) and
define "doesn't work" for us.
--
-| Bob Hauck
-| To Whom You Are Speaking
-| http://www.haucks.org/
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Subject: can't execute file on local drive
From: John Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 19 Dec 2000 19:56:55 -0600
I am working on a networked linux client with a solaris NIS password
server and NFS file server. When I try to execute a script on one of
the NFS drives, it runs fine. When I try and execute it on a local
drive, I get a permission denied.
Here are a few commands that may illustrate why I find this
perplexing:
video:/video/hunter/optsolve> ./testexe
./testexe: Permission denied.
video:/video/hunter/optsolve> ls -lF
total 1608
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jdhunter 120 50 Dec 19 12:35 testexe*
video:/video/hunter/optsolve> head -1 testexe
#!/usr/local/bin/perl
video:/video/hunter/optsolve> ls -lF /usr/local/bin/perl
-rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 733995 Apr 14 2000 /usr/local/bin/perl*
video:/video/hunter/optsolve> grep video /etc/fstab
/dev/hdb7 /video ext2 defaults,noauto,user 1 2
Is there some feature of a mounted filesystem that makes it impossible
to run executables? Could this be caused if my user/group ids are
somehow now properly in sync w/ client and server?
Thanks for any advice,
John Hunter
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From: Michel Catudal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dead keys
Date: 19 Dec 2000 20:02:11 -0600
Andre a �crit :
>
> How do I make dead keys work ?
http://users.netonecom.net/~bbcat/DeadKeys.html
http://users.netonecom.net/~bbcat/TouchesMortes.html
--
Tired of Microsoft's rebootive multitasking?
then it's time to upgrade to Linux.
http://www.netonecom.net/~bbcat
We hava all all kinds of links
and many SuSE 7.0 Linux RPM packages
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From: "theFrog" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.questions,alt.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Question about KDE2
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 02:08:59 GMT
I found the easiest thing to do to get KDE2 going, is when you install RH
7.0 select Gnome as your desktop environment. Then open up the File Manager
and double click the KDE2 rpms. Do not force anything! The first thing you
should do is install htdig, then install QT. Then install the KDE2 files.
When there are no dependencies you are installing it in the correct order.
It should also let you know what files are dependent upon each other and you
can work your way up the ladder. OR you could read the correct order to
install the files on http://www.kde.org.
"David Liana" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I just bought Red Hat 7.0 and would like to upgrade to KDE 2.0.1. I
> downloaded all the files from their ftp server for it... Just have a
> few questions:
>
> 1. It complains about dependencies.. how do i fix?
>
> 2. I force the install, and some of the menu icons are bigger than the
> others. How do i fix it?
>
> 3. KDE is the default desktop on my system. How do i fix the login
> screen because it looks messed up? (some of the graphics arent there)
>
> Dave
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From: Wayne Pollock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: sendmail
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 12:45:20 -0500
No.
You need to adjust your mail sending software (MUA), not the
mail routing software (MTA). Once a mail message is sent, there is
no easy way to change it. I suppose you could set sendmail to queue
all outgoing mail, then process the mail files in the mqueue (mail
queue) with a Perl script. But don't do it! Instead use a custom
program to generate the email (say using a web page and CGI Perl
program).
-Wayne Pollock
Igor Borisovsky wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> Whether it is possible so to adjust sendmail, that he at transfer
> Mail changed a field " Subject: " as necessary?
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