Linux-Misc Digest #597, Volume #26 Wed, 20 Dec 00 16:13:03 EST
Contents:
"package README not listed in file index" during upgrade/install (Kevin)
too many logins (Michael R. Fox)
Re: 2.2->2.4 pppd error: Couldn't set tty to PPP discipline: Invalid argument
(Clifford Kite)
Sound Recording using ALSA? ("frank")
Re: Pb with RealTek LAN Adapter (Wine Development)
Re: How can I chat with my friend online? (GYULAI Mihaly)
Stty questions for serial port modem ("Scott M. Navarre")
Re: text under icons in gnome (David)
Re: DSL connection? (Jay&Shell)
Re: MODEM SPEED; chump kppp retarded it, no? ("Hooda Gest")
Re: too many logins ("Joe (mvjap3) Philbrook III")
Re: alsa (Kevin)
Re: MODEM SPEED; chump kppp retarded it, no? (Bob Hauck)
Username/Password Error On Export from Linux to Windows NT (Scott Eiler)
Question About Timing Functions Under Linux ("H. P. Friedrichs")
Re: Sound Recording using ALSA? (Kevin)
Re: depmod: unresolved symbols in 2.2.17 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Applix 5.0 is crap (Christopher W. Aiken)
i/o errors with scsi tape backup (Peter Moore)
Re: Pb with RealTek LAN Adapter (Richard Watson)
Re: Question About Timing Functions Under Linux (Aniket Malatpure)
How to change the color in lynx/elvis (Otto Wyss)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.rpm,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: "package README not listed in file index" during upgrade/install
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 18:19:03 GMT
What does this error message really mean, and how do I correct
the problem causing it:
package README not listed in file index
I get this from time to time when installing or upgrading RPMs.
A number of these RPMs are Mandrake updates.
Thanks....
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael R. Fox)
Subject: too many logins
Date: 20 Dec 2000 13:23:38 -0500
how do you end unwanted logins? there are three logins of mine. when i do a ps it
only shows me my current login. how do i kill the others?
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From: Clifford Kite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: 2.2->2.4 pppd error: Couldn't set tty to PPP discipline: Invalid argument
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 10:56:30 -0600
newuser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> # Linux 2.4.0testxx
> Dec 21 01:33:48 localhost pppd[539]: pppd 2.4.0 started by root, uid 0
> Dec 21 01:34:29 localhost pppd[539]: Serial connection established.
> Dec 21 01:34:29 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module tty-ldisc-3
> Dec 21 01:34:29 localhost pppd[539]: Couldn't set tty to PPP discipline:
> Invalid argument
> Dec 21 01:34:30 localhost pppd[539]: Exit.
Excerpt from the README.linux file in the top directory of pppd 2.4.0:
# mknod /dev/ppp c 108 0
# chmod 600 /dev/ppp
If you use module autoloading and have PPP as a module, you will need
to add the following to your /etc/modules.conf or /etc/conf.modules:
/dev/ppp ppp_generic
alias char-major-108 ppp_generic
alias tty-ldisc-3 ppp_async
Or maybe there is a Unix98 pty problem. Read the Documentation/Changes
file in the 2.4.0testxx kernel source directory.
> # Linux 2.2.x (same script, but pppd works)
> Dec 21 01:49:09 localhost pppd[556]: pppd 2.4.0 started by root, uid 0
> Dec 21 01:49:45 localhost pppd[556]: Serial connection established.
> Dec 21 01:49:45 localhost pppd[556]: Using interface ppp0
> Dec 21 01:49:45 localhost pppd[556]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/modem
Maybe "Invalid argument" is a clue. Is the 2.4.0testxx kernel used
with a different system intallation that may not have /dev/modem
defined?
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From: "frank" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sound Recording using ALSA?
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 18:40:29 GMT
Hi:
I installed ALSA drives and all my sound works great. However, I can't use
sound recording. It says : sox not installed. I can't find any information
about sound recording device in ALSA documentation or their web site. Could
anyone give me some help? Thank you very much.
Frank
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From: Wine Development <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Pb with RealTek LAN Adapter
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 20:03:57 +0000
Nicolas VIGOGNE 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.
>
> 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".
As I understand it the 8029 is not supported under Linux. the 8129 and
8139 are.
You could also be rather more selective in the number of groups you post to.
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From: GYULAI Mihaly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How can I chat with my friend online?
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 18:42:15 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> How can I chat with my friend online?
>> I've heard about ICQ and IRC and such as 'chat',
>> What is suitable for me? What program do you recommend?
> well, u might want to tell us what program your friend is using
Nothing yet, he is also a newbie in this field... (actually he'll
accept if I can recommend him a program).
> Obviously you are new to this field and don't realize you have to
> use the same program in order for the 'chat' to take place.
As I said, I'm new in this field...
In other sentence you said that it's irrelevant what the other side
uses... (now, which is true??)
>> PS. the other side, where my friend sits, is an MS-based PC...
> that is irrelevant
???
Anyway: which is better for one-to-one talk ICQ or IRC??
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http://gyulai.freeyellow.com
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From: "Scott M. Navarre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Stty questions for serial port modem
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 18:54:16 GMT
Hello,
I have a modem connected to a serial port and need to suppress the EOT
(End Of Transmission) signal. Under SCO OpenServer, you could use the
command 'stty' on the port with the option 'raw' which would take care of
this. Linux (at least RH7) does not seem to define 'raw' the same way for
'stty'?
I want the modem to stay connected after the transmission. We are using
the modem to print to a remote printer connected directly to a modem at the
remote site. When we print to the serial port (through the modems to the
printer) it works... but as soon as the program that is doing the printing
ends, the modem hangs up regardless of whether it finished printing
everything in it's buffer. We are using BASIS Pro5 program to do the
printing, which we have done successfully in the past under SCO
OpenServer...
Thanks for any help or tips,
Scott Navarre
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: text under icons in gnome
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 19:09:12 GMT
John Molitor wrote:
>
> I'm sure this is easy to do, but I just can't figure out how to do it.
>
> How does one make the text under the icons in gnome blend in the with
> backgound? Currently, the text is in a white block that shows up on a blue
> background.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
Right click on the desktop:
Choose: Desktop Properties
Choose: Use shaped text
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From: Jay&Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DSL connection?
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 19:09:43 GMT
"Douglas E. Mitton" wrote:
> I use Sympatico's HSE (DSL) service via Linux and I like it as it
> works exactly like my old dial up service. HSE uses ppp-oe ... that
> is it uses the ppp protocol to communicate over the ethernet card and
> DSL modem.
>
Nice to see another HSE user in the Linux group.
Are you using Roaring Penguin (rp-ppoe)?
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From: "Hooda Gest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: MODEM SPEED; chump kppp retarded it, no?
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 14:21:52 -0500
"Dan Jacobson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:91qnoa$dtq$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > I manage to connect to the internet but I saw that my modem speed is
> > > different I'm loggin at 33600 and with windows I connect at 52000
> > > In the set up I put at 57600
> >
> > What it says your connected at doesn't mean much. To gauge your
> > connection speed, download something from your ISP, time it and do the
> > math. That's the only accurate way to test your download or
> > connection speed.
>
> <The modem to modem speed is negotiated between the modems and you have
> <little control over it.
>
> like, excusamente,
>
> why in my modem log does it have
>
> CONNECT 36000 V42bis
>
> on linux, whereas in windows98
>
> CONNECT 57600 V42bis
Init strings. The initialization in Win98 is not being messed with by
whatever you put in Extra settings or you have the wrong INF file installed
for the modem. In your case, someone has modified the Registry to change the
default result code command to one which reports port speed instead.
>
> Is it true that "it's OK, don't worry, no biggie."?
It isn't very important unless you actually want to know the initial connect
speed.
>
> And furthermore, I noticed in kppp, gnome-ppp, and linuxconf,
> they _assume_ that one at most would need to squeeze one line
> of a modem initialization string into their glitzy little x-windows
> form, where as we see below that whatever win98 was using had
> flexibility to break the initialization string into as several step
> process, _just incase_ it might be better that way.
Win9x's DUN is what sets up the init strings based on what changes you make
when establishing the dialup configuration for the ISP.
>
> Lucent Venus Serial Voice Modem
> Modem inf path: ASKVENUS.INF
> Modem inf section: Modem_Venus_EX
> 57600,N,8,1
> 57600,N,8,1
This ought to be changed to 115200 but it probably doesn't matter since the
port speed doesn't seem to matter to internal modems.
> Initializing modem.
> Send: AT<cr>
> Recv: AT<cr>
> Recv: <cr><lf>OK<cr><lf>
> Interpreted response: Ok
> Send: AT &F E0 &C1 &D2 V1 S0=0\V1w0<cr>
> Recv: AT &F E0 &C1 &D2 V1 S0=0\V1w0<cr>
Here's why your modem is only reporting the port speed instead of the
Connect speed.
You, or some "friend" or "tech", hacked teh registry and put in "w0" for who
knows what reason. Perhaps you ran one of those snake oil utilities that
claim to improve your internet speed and it changed it.
Here's the options for the "Wn" command parameter:
Wn Result Code Option
W0: CONNECT result code reports DTE receive speed. Disable protocol result
codes.
W1: CONNECT result code reports DTE receive speed. Enable protocol result
codes.
W2: CONNECT result code reports DCE receive speed. Enable protocol result
codes (default).
Correct that in your Registry or just add W2 to Extra settings and you will
get the actual connect speed reported.
Hooda
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From: "Joe (mvjap3) Philbrook III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: too many logins
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 14:54:25 -0500
Reply-To: mvjap3 at work <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
man ps ; man kill
I'm not sure exactly what argument/options you fed ps...
And it does depend on the ps version...
On the SunOs unix I use at work, And I want the process id numbers of
other login sessions I do both a
ps -j
and a
ps -u username
and then start killing the lowest pid numbers on the ps -u username list
that don't show up on the ps -j list...
But on my slackware linux (the 3.5 distribution) at home, it works a
little differently...
<I think>
ps j
and <I think>
ps aj
The man page there said something about NOT putting a - in front of the
options... And I think I had to select all users to get a listing of other
settings... but since I'm at work, I can't be sure which options I needed
there... I always wind up doing a man ps first...<g>
of course, if I'm "root" I'd need to make sure I'm not killing other users
processes by mistake... so if the "ps aj" is correct I might want to
ps j>tmpfilename1
ps aj>tmpfilename2
grep username tmpfilename2>>tmpfilename1
cat tmpfilename1
<selectively kill some pid numbers>
rm tmpfilename1 tmpfilename2
--- ___
<O> <-> Joe (theWordy) Philbrook
^
\___/ < [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
On 20 Dec 2000, Michael R. Fox wrote:
> how do you end unwanted logins? there are three logins of mine. when i do a ps it
>only shows me my current login. how do i kill the others?
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin)
Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: alsa
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 20:05:12 GMT
I'm about to try installing ALSA 0.5.10 on Mandrake 7.02, so I've
been reading the Alsa-sound-mini-HOWTO, which says in part:
You need to load the module for your card (or use kmod)
and if you want sound to be backwards compatible with
the Linux kernel sound drivers (yes you want this)
you need two other modules called snd-pcm1-oss and
snd-mixer-oss. See the section Which module for which
card to find out which module to load. After loading,
you can look in /proc/asound for various information
about the ALSA drivers.
A few remarks. ALSA has it's own devices in /dev/snd,
for example /dev/snd/pcmC0D1 is Card 0, Device 1. You
can use the old /dev/pcmXY devices if you loaded
snd-pcm1-oss for backwards compatibility. You'll also
want to use /dev/mixer, so load snd-mixer-oss as well.
It sounds (no pun) to me like you didn't install the OSS
compatibility modules. Did you? Please let us (ME!) know how
you get this to work.
G'luck....
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Anyone want to wager a guess as to why teh hell ALSA won't let me use my
> sound card? I've compiled everything I need to and insmodded all the
> modules I need but apps keep telling me they can't open the mixer device
> when i got the damn OSS modules running. Sowhat the hell gives?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Hauck)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: MODEM SPEED; chump kppp retarded it, no?
Reply-To: hauck[at]codem{dot}com
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 20:06:47 GMT
On Thu, 21 Dec 2000 00:32:44 +0800, Dan Jacobson
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>why in my modem log does it have
>
>CONNECT 36000 V42bis
>
>on linux, whereas in windows98
>
>CONNECT 57600 V42bis
Probably Windows configures the modem to report the serial port speed
rather than the line speed. This is the default for some modems.
>Send: AT &F E0 &C1 &D2 V1 S0=0\V1w0<cr>
>Send: ATS7=60S30=0L0M1\N3%C1&K3B0B15N1X4<cr>
The first line sets the defaults (AT&F), most of the rest is likely
redundant. The \V1 is probably what sets the reporting mode. Check
your modem manual.
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-| Codem Systems, Inc.
-| http://www.codem.com/
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From: Scott Eiler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Username/Password Error On Export from Linux to Windows NT
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 20:14:12 GMT
I've read the FAQ and the NFS-HOWTO file, and I still have the
following problem.
Problem Description:
====================
When I try to access a Linux-exported directory via Windows NT
Explorer, I get the following error message:
"Incorrect password or unknown username for \\<hostname>\<directory>"
It then prompts me for username and password. When I enter one, it
gives me another error:
"\\<hostname>\<directory> is not accessible.
The remote system refused the network connection."
I don't get this problem when I access an HP-Unix machine the same way;
it gives me a directory listing in NT format.
OS Versions:
============
Windows NT Version 4.0 (Build 1381: Service Pack 6)
Linux <hostname> 2.2.13-4mdk #1 Tue Sep 7 18:23:11 CEST 1999 i686
unknown (output from 'uname -a')
Config Files:
=============
/etc/exports on Linux box:
/<directory> *.<my.domain>(rw,insecure) 204.107.<xx>.*(rw)
=============
Post any responses to the newsgroup if you like. I'll be watching.
Thanks in advance.
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From: "H. P. Friedrichs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.embedded,comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux
Subject: Question About Timing Functions Under Linux
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 13:19:54 -0700
Hello:
I am working on an application for the closed-loop control of a
pneumatic system. The plan is for an A/D board to read the value of a
pressure sensor, perform some control-law calculations, and then output
a control value through a D/A to a valve. I set up a bench-top version
of this system running in Quickbasic under DOS, and found acceptable
performance with a 3 mS frame rate, i.e., measure, calculate, and
control at 3mS intervals.
My goal is to migrate this to Linux, and then later enhance it with
2-channel control, a nice user interface, GPIB support, and network
capability. Through the courtesy of the Linux Lab Project, I found a set
of board drivers that I have tweaked for use with my I/O boards. With
the modules installed, I can read from the A/D's, and I can write to the
D/A's. What I need now, is a way to pace this process.
Is there a system timer function that could somehow trigger the process
described above with reasonable precision at the prescribed 3mS frame
rate? If so, how would this be accomplished? Any URL's or code examples
you could point me to?
It bears mentioning that I would still classify myself as a "newbie"
where Linux is concerned, so be gentle! Many thanks in advance.
Pete Friedrichs
Honeywell
Tucson, AZ
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin)
Subject: Re: Sound Recording using ALSA?
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 20:22:52 GMT
You can find SoX here http://home.sprynet.com/~cbagwell/sox.html
G'luck....
P.S.: When you installed your drivers, what documentation were
you following? I'm about to install ALSA 0.5.10 on my
Mandrake 7.02 system and I'm planning to follow the
Alsa-sound-mini-HOWTO. Is this a good plan? Thanks...
In article <x2706.2014$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"frank" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi:
> I installed ALSA drives and all my sound works great. However, I can't use
> sound recording. It says : sox not installed. I can't find any information
> about sound recording device in ALSA documentation or their web site. Could
> anyone give me some help? Thank you very much.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: depmod: unresolved symbols in 2.2.17
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 20:27:16 GMT
What do I do if that does cause problems? I have had problems loading
the module that loads my network adapter becasues of this. When I run
modprobe or insmod for that module, I get some kind of message like:
Unresolved symbol best_?????. So how do I actually fix the problem?
In article <3a1c1e38$0$1521$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andy Smith) wrote:
> If you are not having any problems as a result of unresolved symbols
> just tell depmod to be quiet. Edit the rc file that runs depmod at
> boot time and add a -q to the depmod options. Most of the RH flavors
> (Red Hat, Mandrake, et al) start depmod in "/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit" I
> think.
>
> Andy
>
> On Fri, 03 Nov 2000 00:31:33 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >I've compiled my own 2.2.17 kernel under RH6.2,
> >i.e. got the source from kernel.org, then
> >make mrproper, make xconfig, make dep, make clean,
> >make bzImage, make modules, move old modules
> >out of the way, make modules_install, copy new
> >kernel to boot, run lilo etc.
> >
> >When booting the new kernel, I get lots of
> >depmod: Unresolved dependencies messages.
> >
> >depmod -a gives:
> >/sbin/depmod -a
> >Warning: modutils is reading from /etc/conf.modules because
> > /etc/modules.conf does not exist. The use
of /etc/conf.modules
> >is
> > deprecated, please rename /etc/conf.modules to
> >/etc/modules.conf
> > as soon as possible. Command
> > mv /etc/conf.modules /etc/modules.conf
> >depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/aten.o
> >depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/bpck.o
> >depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/comm.o
> >depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/dstr.o
> >depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/epat.o
> >depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/epia.o
> >depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/fit2.o
> >depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/fit3.o
> >depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/friq.o
> >depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/frpw.o
> >depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/kbic.o
> >depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/ktti.o
> >depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/on20.o
> >depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/on26.o
> >depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/pcd.o
> >depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/pd.o
> >depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/pf.o
> >depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/pg.o
> >depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/pt.o
> >
> >Any suggestions?
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Tom
> >
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
> >Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> >Before you buy.
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher W. Aiken)
Subject: Re: Applix 5.0 is crap
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 20:42:13 -0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gerald Willmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
->Hi there: have now started to use your applixware 5.0 and thought I let
->you know how crappy it is. Tried to insert a graphic into a word
->document. Have done that countless times with version 4. First of all it's
->no longer possible to move a single number once you typed it somewhere
->into the graph. Then I saved and exited and a nice symbol appeared in my
->word document but not the graph. Clicked on it and get error message that
->it's already open for editing - well, it isn't. Then saved the word
->document, reopened it, nice symbol again. Printed it - no graph only your
->stupid symbol. Clicked on it and applixgraphics comes up empty. Great,
->thanks for wasting my time. Pls refund my money. Being in the software
->industry does not excuse everything. Ciao,
-> Gerald
->
And this is posted in a Linux news group, why???
Contact ApplixWare...
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Current O/S: SuSE 7.0 Professional Linux
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Moore)
Subject: i/o errors with scsi tape backup
Date: 20 Dec 2000 20:41:26 GMT
I'm trying to get a scsi tape drive working in debian (potato). Any attempt to use the
drive (mt, tar, etc) results in:
/dev/nst0: Input/output error
The tape is an HP Surestore T20.
The output from dmesg is:
Detected scsi tape st0 at scsi1, channel 0, id 4, lun 0
sym53c896-1-<4,*>: target did not report SYNC.
sym53c896-1-<4,*>: target did not report SYNC.
...
The fact that it is detected on channel 0 is odd, since this machine has the following
cable setup:
"SCSI A" on mainboard -----[hotswap 1][hotswap 2][hotswap 3]----terminator
"SCSI B" ------[scsi tape]--[empty scsi attach]---terminator
Each of the hotswap drives is detected on channel 0 as well:
Vendor: HP Model: 9.10GB A 80-SA40 Rev: SA40
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi disk sdc at scsi0, channel 0, id 8, lun 0
I have compiled scsi support into the kernel. scsi tape support is a module and is
loaded
with default params. I've tried turning off syncronous mode with:
echo "setsync 4 255" > /proc/scsi/sym53c8xx/0 (I tried 1 as well)
Still nothing. Anyone, please help.
-Peter
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From: Richard Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Pb with RealTek LAN Adapter
Date: 20 Dec 2000 20:58:42 +0000
Wine Development <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> As I understand it the 8029 is not supported under Linux. the 8129 and
> 8139 are.
Not so.
ne2k-pci.c:v1.02 10/19/2000 D. Becker/P. Gortmaker
http://www.scyld.com/network/ne2k-pci.html
eth0: RealTek RTL-8029 found at 0x7000, IRQ 11, 00:00:E8:F0:5F:92.
All you need it to modprobe ne2k-pci and there it is.
--
Richard Watson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG/PGP:0xAE411550 ICQ:65274884
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From: Aniket Malatpure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.embedded,comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Question About Timing Functions Under Linux
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 12:54:21 -0800
Hi
I would suggest you to use RTLinux (real time linux) to get very
accurate control over timing.
If you would wanna use normal linux, the gettimeofday() func. gives
microsecond resolution but it has a tendency to lose time when system is
under heavy load.
Another choice is to use /dev/rtc under ordinary linux but you get only
sec. resolution here. (hwclock uses this). You can use it with the
rdtscl() macro to get very precise times.
In ordinary linux your process execution is at the mercy of the linux
scheduler ( not so in RTLinux).
I hope this helps..
Thanks
Aniket
"H. P. Friedrichs" wrote:
>
> Hello:
>
> I am working on an application for the closed-loop control of a
> pneumatic system. The plan is for an A/D board to read the value of a
> pressure sensor, perform some control-law calculations, and then output
> a control value through a D/A to a valve. I set up a bench-top version
> of this system running in Quickbasic under DOS, and found acceptable
> performance with a 3 mS frame rate, i.e., measure, calculate, and
> control at 3mS intervals.
>
> My goal is to migrate this to Linux, and then later enhance it with
> 2-channel control, a nice user interface, GPIB support, and network
> capability. Through the courtesy of the Linux Lab Project, I found a set
> of board drivers that I have tweaked for use with my I/O boards. With
> the modules installed, I can read from the A/D's, and I can write to the
> D/A's. What I need now, is a way to pace this process.
>
> Is there a system timer function that could somehow trigger the process
> described above with reasonable precision at the prescribed 3mS frame
> rate? If so, how would this be accomplished? Any URL's or code examples
> you could point me to?
>
> It bears mentioning that I would still classify myself as a "newbie"
> where Linux is concerned, so be gentle! Many thanks in advance.
>
> Pete Friedrichs
> Honeywell
> Tucson, AZ
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Otto Wyss)
Subject: How to change the color in lynx/elvis
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 22:08:03 +0100
Lynx and elvis and probably some more do use too dark colors so I can't
read them on my monitor. Where can I change these colors either for all
or for each programm?
O. Wyss
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