Linux-Misc Digest #650, Volume #26 Thu, 28 Dec 00 07:13:03 EST
Contents:
fsck (Shawn Smith)
How to modify Profile? ("tszeto")
Re: VCD player on Linux (Anonymous)
Re: Can any1 tell me why I can't print postscript ? ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: lean kernels run faster, right? (Robert Kiesling)
Setting locale failed ("Nikola")
PPP over serial line (w/ Win98 & Linux) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: lean kernels run faster, right? (Phlip)
linux printing question ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
/usr/kerberos?? (Peter Bismuti)
Re: ...wrong major or minor number (M. Buchenrieder)
Re: unset password (Luis Miguel Arteaga =?iso-8859-1?Q?Mej=EDa?=)
Re: unset password (Glitch)
Re: installing wordperfect (Glitch)
Re: files #foo# (Dave Brown)
Re: Setting locale failed (Chris Albert)
Re: Setting locale failed (SivaramaKrishnan Nageswaran)
Graphical characters (Alain Reymond)
Re: Problem to understand entry in inittab (Dave Brown)
Re: .exe (Heinz Rawe)
Re: ...wrong major or minor number ("Steffen Schulz (pepe)")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Shawn Smith)
Subject: fsck
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 06:17:31 GMT
Hello all,
Anyone know how to run fsck interactively? I would like to add the -c
switch to the startup script that runs fsck so that every now and then
when I am rebooting I can check for bad blocks, if I want to.
__
Shawn Smith
My freeware: http://sites.netscape.net/shawnspad
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From: "tszeto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to modify Profile?
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 22:28:13 -0800
I'm trying to set my path to recognize the jdk1.3 I just installedm,
so that the change will be permanant from boot to boot.
I open the file /etc/profile and change the path to this:
PATH="$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/java/jdk1.3/bin"
But when I echo $PATH, the jdk path that I added doesn't appear.
I've tried logging out and logging in again but still nothing.
Any help appreciated. BTW I'm using Redhat 7.
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Subject: Re: VCD player on Linux
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 01:07:58 -0600
From: Anonymous <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
In article <90sbp8$mae$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Mohd-Hanafiah Abdullah"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi:
>
> Is there a VCD player on Linux, free or commercial?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Napi
mtv
its free (as in beer) to use the command-line version, but shareware for
the GUI controls (pretty inexpensive though)
www.mpegtv.com
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can any1 tell me why I can't print postscript ?
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 07:04:55 GMT
In alt.os.linux.mandrake Jon A. Schmuland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
>> In comp.os.linux.misc Bill Unruh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > In <91il8n$280v$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Emmanuel Beranger"
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>> >>While gs is installed, and I can print ASCII
>> >>Am I missing something ?
>> > How can anyone know? You have given close to zero information here. --
>> > What OS, how you set up printing, etc.
>>
>> A naive person would suspect that he doesn't know how, or his printer
>> doesn't know how [to print PS].
> Very helpful, as always. Bravo.
And what's your answer?
As far as I recall, Emanuel responded by giving more info. Now
he has learned something about reporting - which is a useful advance.
Peter
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Subject: Re: lean kernels run faster, right?
From: Robert Kiesling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 07:45:23 GMT
John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Phlip writes:
> > If I did that [compiled a minimal kernel], the kernel would be smaller,
> > right?
>
> Right.
>
> > Then it would spend less time even just jumping over the hooks where
> > modules are not even plugged in, right?
>
> Wrong.
Right. You won't save time on features you don't use.
>
> > And it would occupy less permanent memory, so the user-mode memory
> > wouldn't need to swap so often, right?
>
> It would save you a few bytes, but it wouldn't solve your problem. If you
> run a Gnome desktop in 32M it _will_ swap. Gnome is a hog.
So what? The kernel is _not_ the bottleneck. Nor is the X server.
Gnome probably does not make a difference in functionality and most
people can do with out all the bloat. The OP should try a
light(er)weight window manager like fvwm or afterstep. And then keep
scaling down until the system reaches at an acceptable speed. 32 Megs
should provide plenty of room to run X without all of these memory
hogs weighing it down.
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From: "Nikola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Setting locale failed
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 08:53:24 +0100
I had Linux Red Hat 6.2. When I enter command Perl, the answer is next:
perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
LANGUAGE = (unset),
LC_ALL = (unset),
LANG = "en_US"
are supported and installed on your system.
perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
How can I set this?
Nikola
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: PPP over serial line (w/ Win98 & Linux)
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 08:09:29 GMT
Hi all,
I got a cheap laptop recently (running Win98) and I am
trying to let it access the network. My server is a
RedHat Linux 7 box. The ethernet card is just too
expensive for the cheap laptop so I am trying to
connect 2 computers with a serial cable. I followed
some doc on the web and got getty working on my linux
box. With pppd and a chat script, I also "fooled" the
Win98 box that it's dialled a number and connected to
a dialup server successfully. However, pppd doesn't
run successfully during the login; it complains that
"Could not determine local IP address"...
<headache...help...>
Here is debug message the /var/log/messages:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dec 25 14:22:07 dookie pppd[1909]: pppd 2.3.11 started
by root, uid 0
Dec 25 14:22:07 dookie chat[1910]: expect (AT)
Dec 25 14:22:09 dookie chat[1910]: AT
Dec 25 14:22:09 dookie chat[1910]: -- got it
Dec 25 14:22:09 dookie chat[1910]: send (OK^M)
Dec 25 14:22:09 dookie chat[1910]: expect (ATE0V1)
Dec 25 14:22:09 dookie chat[1910]: ^MATE0V1
Dec 25 14:22:09 dookie chat[1910]: -- got it
Dec 25 14:22:09 dookie chat[1910]: send (OK^M)
Dec 25 14:22:09 dookie chat[1910]: expect (AT)
Dec 25 14:22:09 dookie chat[1910]: ^MAT
Dec 25 14:22:09 dookie chat[1910]: -- got it
Dec 25 14:22:09 dookie chat[1910]: send (OK^M)
Dec 25 14:22:09 dookie chat[1910]: expect (AT)
Dec 25 14:22:09 dookie chat[1910]: ^MAT
Dec 25 14:22:09 dookie chat[1910]: -- got it
Dec 25 14:22:09 dookie chat[1910]: send (CONNECT^M)
Dec 25 14:22:09 dookie pppd[1909]: Serial connection
established.
Dec 25 14:22:09 dookie pppd[1909]: Using interface
ppp1
Dec 25 14:22:09 dookie pppd[1909]: Connect: ppp1 <-->
/dev/ttyS0
Dec 25 14:22:16 dookie pppd[1909]: Could not determine
local IP address
Dec 25 14:22:16 dookie pppd[1909]: Connection
terminated.
Dec 25 14:22:16 dookie pppd[1909]: Connect time 0.2
minutes.
Dec 25 14:22:16 dookie pppd[1909]: Sent 304 bytes,
received 353 bytes.
Dec 25 14:22:16 dookie pppd[1909]: Exit.
And the following is my ppp options file:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-detach
crtscts
lock
asyncmap 0
proxyarp
noccp
192.168.1.1:192.168.1.5
/dev/ttyS0 115200
ipcp-accept-local
netmask 255.255.255.0
connect '/usr/sbin/chat -v AT OK ATE0V1 OK AT OK AT
CONNECT'
modem
Have any of you ever got PPP to run successfully over
a serial cable? This is really a headache for me...
Sorry for bothering you in Christmas!!! I really
appreciate your help... Thanks in advance...
Regards,
Brian
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From: Phlip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: lean kernels run faster, right?
Date: 28 Dec 2000 08:45:08 GMT
(20:05) > > > smaller, right?
> >
(20:54) > > Right.
> >
(21:11) > > Wrong.
>
(23:45) > Right.
DON'T YOU PEOPLE EVER SLEEP?
(Seriously thanks for the threadmentation here...;)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: linux printing question
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 09:00:28 GMT
Dear all,
What is the simplest way for a win9x client
sending print jobs to a linux print queue without
setting samba ??
Many thanks !
Mike
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Bismuti)
Subject: /usr/kerberos??
Date: 28 Dec 2000 09:39:41 GMT
I found a directory on my Redhat7.0 /usr/kerberos with directories:
bin/ include/ lib/ man/ sbin/
Anyone know what this directory is all about?
Thx
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: ...wrong major or minor number
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 08:59:35 GMT
"Steffen Schulz (pepe)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>On Wed, 27 Dec 2000 08:39:36 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
>wrote:
[...]
>>200 quatloos that you recompiled your kernel and didn't load
>>the vfat module prior to invoking the "mount" command.
>>
>>Michael
>vfat and msdos are compiled into the kernel.
Doubtful, as the error message will show up every time you try to
mount a DOS partition without having support for the vfat filesystem
loaded.
Try "insmod vfat" first.
Michael
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From: Luis Miguel Arteaga =?iso-8859-1?Q?Mej=EDa?=
Subject: Re: unset password
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 11:48:03 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Michael Heiming wrote:
> > > passwd username
> > that would only change the password. i want the password "unset",
You mean, you want the old password back ? Please give us more details.
Luis Miguel Arteaga.
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Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 06:00:32 -0500
From: Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: unset password
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> how can i unset password, or do i have to recreate the account?
>
you change it
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Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 06:01:41 -0500
From: Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: installing wordperfect
Kevin Paul wrote:
>
> Aargh! I recently upgraded from RH 5.2 to RH7.0 (cheapbytes
> CD's) actually a reformat and clean install and am trying to
> reinstall Wordperfect. I downloaded it and also have an Infomagic Cd
> with the dl version. I unzip the file and run the Runme script.
> Then I get lots of error messages about directories and files not
> being found. Meanwhile it creates all the WP directories under /
>
> Once upon a time I installed and ran WP8 happily but now I have no
> idea what's goin on. Any help is much appreciated.
>
> --
> Kevin Paul
well you didn't tell us which files it complained about so what do u
want us to do? read your mind?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Brown)
Subject: Re: files #foo#
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 27 Dec 2000 17:10:43 -0600
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Andrew N. McGuire wrote:
>
>another option would be:
>
> shopt -u interactive_comments
>
>in .bashrc. from then on rm #foo# will suffice.
>wondering why that option is enabled by default, very rarely
>(if ever) have i had a need for comments in an interactive shell.
>does anyone else use them?
Often. Didn't you ever type in a long command, and then realize that
before you execute it, you need to execute another command first? If
you put a "#" at the beginning of the command line, and hit enter, the
commandline will not be executed, but will be saved to your command history.
Then after you execute the forgotten command, you can retrieve the saved
command, delete the # and execute it.
(If you're using vi-editing in the shell, you simply have to hit <Esc>
and then the #-key, and you'll automatically insert a "#" at the beginning
of the line.)
--
Dave Brown Austin, TX
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From: Chris Albert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Setting locale failed
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 12:02:44 +0100
Nikola wrote:
> I had Linux Red Hat 6.2. When I enter command Perl, the answer is next:
>
> perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
> perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
> LANGUAGE = (unset),
> LC_ALL = (unset),
> LANG = "en_US"
> are supported and installed on your system.
> perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
>
> How can I set this?
>
> Nikola
Nikola,
One way to stop this message is to set one of those environment variables,
for example set
LC_ALL=C
in your bash shell and the messages will go away.
For a full answer have a look at
perldoc perllocale
especially in the section "LOCALE PROBLEMS" .
Cheers,
Chris
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From: SivaramaKrishnan Nageswaran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Setting locale failed
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 16:29:43 -0500
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Give "locale --help". I think this will help you.
Regards
siva
Nikola wrote:
> I had Linux Red Hat 6.2. When I enter command Perl, the answer is next:
>
> perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
> perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
> LANGUAGE = (unset),
> LC_ALL = (unset),
> LANG = "en_US"
> are supported and installed on your system.
> perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
>
> How can I set this?
>
> Nikola
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Give "locale --help". I think this will help you.
<p>Regards
<br>siva
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<blockquote TYPE=CITE>I had Linux Red Hat 6.2. When I enter command Perl,
the answer is next:
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<br> LC_ALL = (unset),
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<p>How can I set this?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alain Reymond)
Subject: Graphical characters
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 11:09:41 GMT
Hello,
I am porting programs from SCO to Linux RedHat.
I have many IBM graphical characters in the code to draw boxes for
example (double stricke chars, etc...).
When I download the sources on the Linux box, I can't see these chars
any more, nor the accentuated chars like �,�,�,�, etc...
I tried many different TERM configuration without success.
Does someone has an idea how to solve this problem.
I thank you in advanve.
Alain Reymond
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Brown)
Subject: Re: Problem to understand entry in inittab
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 27 Dec 2000 17:28:54 -0600
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Michael Velten wrote:
>Hello.
>
>I've got a little question regarding two entries in my inittab file.
>
>f1:0:respawn:/sbin/sulogin
>f2:6:respawn:/sbin/sulogin
>
>I don't understand why "sulogin" will be invoked when switching to
>runlevel (0|6). What's the sense of this?
You didn't mention which distro you found this on... I'd be curious.
On some distros, I've seen something like :"su:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin".
The idea being here, that if you booted-up into single-user mode
(runlevel 1), you'd be prompted for a root password. This is to protect
that fact that Linux is usually installed by default with runlevel 1
being enabled from the lilo boot prompt, allowing anyone with physical
access to the machine the ability to access it with root authority
absent the root password.
I'm wondering if attaching sulogin to runlevels 0 and 6 are to
request a root password in the event that shutdown is invoked by
a non-root user. (But without some experimentation, I'm not sure
if this would work.)
--
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From: Heinz Rawe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: .exe
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 16:06:18 +0000
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb:
>
> hi all. i'm trying to find how to open a .exe file in RH 6.2. I'm sure
> it's easy, but i cannot do it. i downloaded 'filename.exe' and when i
> double-click, i'm prompted to "select an application to open" it with?
> suggestions appreciated.
>
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Hi there,
".exe" is used in M$-WinXX for executable files. I don`t know what
happens with wine, vmware or anything else, if You want do make a file
executable under linux, look at the manpage of chmod.
I think, this special file doesn`t work on a linux-box.
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Heinz
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From: "Steffen Schulz (pepe)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ...wrong major or minor number
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 13:08:28 +0100
>
>>>200 quatloos that you recompiled your kernel and didn't load
>>>the vfat module prior to invoking the "mount" command.
>>>
>>>Michael
>
>>vfat and msdos are compiled into the kernel.
>
>Doubtful, as the error message will show up every time you try to
>mount a DOS partition without having support for the vfat filesystem
>loaded.
>
>Try "insmod vfat" first.
I just compiled a new kernel with vfat static in it and got no errors
any more....
It seems I got confused by all these kernels in my /boot directory and
accidently activated one of my "does it boot?"-kernels instead of the
final one...(wich has static vfat supp.)
But just noticed that it's not possible to load any module.
("loop.o not found")
I heard, that module-management is changed since 2.4... ?
If so, what do I have to change?
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