Linux-Misc Digest #671, Volume #26 Sun, 31 Dec 00 10:13:02 EST
Contents:
Re: environment variable ("Eric en Jolanda")
Re: VMware and Voodoo3? (E J)
Re: Linux version of Dos's debug (DualIP)
OT: It's 2001 & M$ refuses to 'see' Linux partitions (Andrew Purugganan)
Re: php + apache on redhat problem (Derek Colley)
Re: OT: It's 2001 & M$ refuses to 'see' Linux partitions (Steve Lamb)
Re: Installing KDE problem with libXm.so.1... (Derek Colley)
Disk I/O Monitoring ("Buck Turgidson")
ext2 recovery, incorrect partition table, URGENT! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: OT: It's 2001 & M$ refuses to 'see' Linux partitions (Jean-David Beyer)
Re: Internet Filtering (John Thompson)
Re: echo a date value to a log... (John Thompson)
Re: How to stop X? (John Thompson)
Re: powerpoint, linux and wine?? (John Thompson)
Re: OT: It's 2001 & M$ refuses to 'see' Linux partitions ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: ext2 recovery, incorrect partition table, URGENT! ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Installing KDE problem with libXm.so.1... ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: ext2 recovery, incorrect partition table, URGENT! (Svend Olaf Mikkelsen)
Re: ext2 recovery, incorrect partition table, URGENT! (Svend Olaf Mikkelsen)
Re: powerpoint, linux and wine?? (Eirik Newth)
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From: "Eric en Jolanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: environment variable
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 10:12:43 +0100
> I just wrote a script (test.sh) which contains onky one command invoking
the
> perl interpreter:
> perl?${HOME}/dev/test.pl
> It has the execution rights but when I kaunch it, it doesn't make the
> replacement for HOME variable.
> I checked my environment variables and noticed that HOME varaible is
> correctly set.
>
> Can anybody help me ?
I don't know perl, but try inside the script to `echo $HOME`
There it is set right :-)
Each script you run is started in a subshell, all shell modifications it
makes are in this subshell. If that script terminates, the subshell is
destroyed. If you want modifications to take effect in your current shell,
you must source the script.
Eric
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: VMware and Voodoo3?
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 09:48:00 GMT
I think it is a limitation of VMware not able to emulate Direct X.
Mike wrote:
> Hi. I'm trying to switch to Linux but have some programs that will only
> run in windows. I am using RedHat 7 and VMware 2.0 with windows 98SE. I
> can set up VMware and install 98SE but I cannot get my Voodoo3 3000 to run
> inside 98 - the resolution stays a 640x480 & 16 colours. Is there a
> setting I need to change or is it a limitation of VMware or my Voodoo3?
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (DualIP)
Subject: Re: Linux version of Dos's debug
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 10:23:48 GMT
On Sun, 31 Dec 2000 00:17:44 GMT, "Jack Kaufmann"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Is there a Linux equivalent to Dos's debug which allows viewing of binary
>files in hex format?
Midnight Commanders view function has a binary mode
DualIP
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Purugganan)
Subject: OT: It's 2001 & M$ refuses to 'see' Linux partitions
Date: 31 Dec 2000 03:10:59 GMT
What's wrong with this picture?
COREL Linux canshow me the windows partitions, and I'm even able to move
or copy a file from my Windows C: dir into Linux in D: I get all my
d/loads this way using my Win98SE free internet access.
Now it's the year 2001 and there are lots of dual-boot PCs now. Why
doesn't microsoft let Windows Explorer 'see' into my Linux partitions?
Does it have somethig to do with the architecture of Windows, or is it
just plain stubborn refusal to acknowledge the non-Redmond OS?
--
jazz
Registered linux user no. 164098 +--+--+--+ Litestep user no. 386
Doesn't it bother you, that we have to search for intelligent life
--- OUT THERE??
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From: Derek Colley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.development,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: php + apache on redhat problem
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 12:00:53 +0000
Londonboy wrote:
> I am running RedHat 7, and I installed the PHP 4.0.3 (rpm) but it seems do
> not come with the modules for Apache (I am running 1.3.16)? I only have the
> command line version I assume.
>
> Anyone know where can I download the PHP modules for Apache on RedHat? I
> don't want to compile the source code. Anyone help? thanks a lot.
>
> NB
You DON'T need to recompile Apache!
You can get mod_php-4.0.3pl1-1.i386.rpm from http://www.rpmfind.net or use the
'Web Find' in gnorpm to get it for you.
Once you have installed this, amend your httpd.conf file as follows:
<IfDefine HAVE_PHP4>
LoadModule php4_module modules/libphp4.so
</IfDefine>
Change this to:
#<IfDefine HAVE_PHP4>
LoadModule php4_module modules/libphp4.so
#</IfDefine>
Restart httpd ... and the .php files get parsed by php - woo hoo!
Test it with the following scrip in <wwwroot>:
<---start of script
<HTML>
<HEADER>
<TITLE> Test PHP script </TITLE>
</HEADER>
<BODY>
<p> this is not php! </p>
<?php
echo "<p> this is php! </p> \n";
?>
<p> this is not php! </p>
</BODY>
</HTML>
<---end of script
Regards,
Derek
http://www.netsimple.co.uk
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Lamb)
Subject: Re: OT: It's 2001 & M$ refuses to 'see' Linux partitions
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 12:10:13 -0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 31 Dec 2000 03:10:59 GMT, Andrew Purugganan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Now it's the year 2001 and there are lots of dual-boot PCs now. Why
>doesn't microsoft let Windows Explorer 'see' into my Linux partitions?
>Does it have somethig to do with the architecture of Windows, or is it
>just plain stubborn refusal to acknowledge the non-Redmond OS?
Why not ask why the Win95/95/ME strain can't see NTFS? :)
--
Steve C. Lamb | I'm your priest, I'm your shrink, I'm your
ICQ: 5107343 | main connection to the switchboard of souls.
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From: Derek Colley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installing KDE problem with libXm.so.1...
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 12:30:34 +0000
Guy Parry wrote:
> I'd like to install KDE - which I *thought* I already had! But
> apparently I need file libXm.so.1. Anyone know which package I need
> to install to have it?
> tia...
You can also search http://www.rpmfind.net for the .so file.
It'll list the RedHat packages that contain the file. Just grab the
relevant rpm file, or go to the <insert distro> web site and get the
required package from there.
HTH.
Rgds,
Derek
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From: "Buck Turgidson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Disk I/O Monitoring
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 12:31:08 GMT
I notice a fair amount of disk activity, even though my server is supposedly idle. Is
there any utility, similar to "top", that can
let me know what processes are hitting the disks at a given time?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ext2 recovery, incorrect partition table, URGENT!
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 12:47:41 GMT
Hi all,
on this beautifull day I wanted to start this morning with chaning my
RedHat desktop system into a nice Debian system. So first making a boot
and root flop for debian install and then backing up my hd. WRONG
DECISION! When I had to type 'dd if=resc1440.bin of=/dev/fd0' I
accidentally typed 'dd if=resc1440.bin of=/dev/hda' .. I did 'cd /' and
to my surprise all seems okay. Went to /mnt/mydocs.. A lot of hd noise,
lost of weird text, no responses.. I turned off the power button. When
I boot the machine, It shows me the debian bootdisk, as is to be
expected of course. The rescue1440.bin is 2,8 MB big and the beginning
of my hd contains my partition info and then a 300mb windows partition.
When booting toms rescue boot disk, it only recognizes hda1,2 and 4,
while there were originally 6 partitions available. I do have a 1 month
old backup, but would be very pleased when I could recover the data. I
was thinking about just make one new big ext2 partition using fdisk and
then run fsck on that partition. Would this be a right solution? Any
other ideas? Please help..
greets,
Martin
Sent via Deja.com
http://www.deja.com/
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From: Jean-David Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: OT: It's 2001 & M$ refuses to 'see' Linux partitions
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 08:30:59 -0500
Andrew Purugganan wrote:
>
> What's wrong with this picture?
>
> COREL Linux canshow me the windows partitions, and I'm even able to move
> or copy a file from my Windows C: dir into Linux in D: I get all my
> d/loads this way using my Win98SE free internet access.
>
> Now it's the year 2001 and there are lots of dual-boot PCs now. Why
> doesn't microsoft let Windows Explorer 'see' into my Linux partitions?
> Does it have somethig to do with the architecture of Windows, or is it
> just plain stubborn refusal to acknowledge the non-Redmond OS?
>
Actually, I have an old dual-boot machine with Windows 95 on it. I am
perfectly delighted that Windows cannot see the Linux partitions.
Anything it can see, it can damage. This way, Windows has to get more
messed up than usual to take out the Linux partitions. (Of course this
does not mean it is impossible for Windows to do that, but it has not
happened in almost 3 years.)
This machine has never had any Microsoftware on it, and never will.
--
.~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642.
/V\ Registered Machine 73926.
/( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey
^^-^^ 8:25am up 4 days, 10:34, 3 users, load average: 2.21, 2.13, 2.06
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Internet Filtering
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 06:38:06 -0600
Bob Simon wrote:
> I have @home (cable) service and am setting up network access for my
> family. Although I am a unix newbie, I was able to plug 2 NICs into
> an old PC, loaded RH7, and successfully enabled simple masquerading.
>
> My wife now wants me to block all porn, violence, and hate sites. I
> know that there are Internet filter programs for Windows that do this
> (NetNanny, CyberSitter, etc) but have not found a program for Linux.
> I believe I'd prefer a program that evaluates content "on the fly",
> rather than via predefined lists of inappropriate sites.
>
> Is this practical? If so, would someone please point me to a suitable
> product?
Although it's intended to filter advertising and cookies,
Internet Junkbuster (http://www.junkbuster.com) can be configured
to block specific sites. You have to add the sites manually,
however.
--
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: echo a date value to a log...
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 07:04:34 -0600
HellNo wrote:
> I'm running on a RH6.2 i386
>
> I've written a basic batch file and at the end of it, i'd like to add a
> line that will add an event to /var/log/messages
>
> Problem is, I just can't output the date to "messages"... By now you
> should realise I am very very new to all of this.
>
> Anyway... this is what I did:
> echo date $HOSTNAME "Yi["$PPID"]: Starting Yi.org" >> /var/log/messages
>
> What I get:
> date fw-loki Yi[3345]: Starting Yi,org
>
> What I'd like:
> Dec 30 17:45:30 fw-loki Yi[3345]: Starting Yi,org
>
> Any idea how to do this?
How 'bout:
logger whatever
Check out "man logger" for details.
--
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to stop X?
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 07:08:36 -0600
Joop Muis wrote:
> "John Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > > Could someone tell me how to stop the X server from running. I know that
> > > it's possible to "telinit 3" in Red Hat-based disrtibutions. However,
> > > I'm using a debian-based distro, Storm Linux 2.06, and I can't figure
> > > how to do that. Changing the runlevel won't work because my inittab (see
> > > below) has no "Console Mode". Hitting "Ctrl-Alt-Backspace" is also no
> > > use.
> >
> > Are you running xdm to manage logins in the X environment? If
> > so, CTRL-R will shutdown xdm and leave you at a text console
> > login: prompt.
> Try ALT+CRTL+BackSpace
The problem with that is that if you're running xdm (and probably
other x display managers like kdm or gdm) another x process will
immediately spawn and bring up the x login widget again. If you
really want to kill x and have it stay killed, you need to shut
down the display manager, which is what CTRL-R does in xdm.
--
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: powerpoint, linux and wine??
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 07:10:13 -0600
Bob van der Poel wrote:
> I need to view some MS powerpoint files. I can't seem to find a native
> linux app to do this...
How 'bout StarOffice? I'm not a big powerpoint user, but
StarOffice has handled all the powerpoint files I've thrown at it
so far.
--
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: OT: It's 2001 & M$ refuses to 'see' Linux partitions
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 14:48:34 +0100
Jean-David Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Andrew Purugganan wrote:
> Actually, I have an old dual-boot machine with Windows 95 on it. I am
> perfectly delighted that Windows cannot see the Linux partitions.
Except of course that "it" can. Linuxtools and also that http access
stuff whose name I forget ...
> Anything it can see, it can damage. This way, Windows has to get more
> messed up than usual to take out the Linux partitions. (Of course this
Peter
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ext2 recovery, incorrect partition table, URGENT!
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 14:52:51 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> and root flop for debian install and then backing up my hd. WRONG
> DECISION! When I had to type 'dd if=resc1440.bin of=/dev/fd0' I
> accidentally typed 'dd if=resc1440.bin of=/dev/hda' .. I did 'cd /' and
you need findpart, or gpart, or norton.
Peter
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installing KDE problem with libXm.so.1...
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 14:50:30 +0100
Derek Colley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Guy Parry wrote:
>> I'd like to install KDE - which I *thought* I already had! But
>> apparently I need file libXm.so.1. Anyone know which package I need
That's the motif library, surely! No you don't need that for kde. Maybe
one or two of the extra stuff in might use it, but you won't suffer if
they don't work.
>> to install to have it?
lesstif, presumably! Or opentif, or whatever it is now ....
> You can also search http://www.rpmfind.net for the .so file.
amen.
Peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Svend Olaf Mikkelsen)
Subject: Re: ext2 recovery, incorrect partition table, URGENT!
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 14:36:28 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>on this beautifull day I wanted to start this morning with chaning my
>RedHat desktop system into a nice Debian system. So first making a boot
>and root flop for debian install and then backing up my hd. WRONG
>DECISION! When I had to type 'dd if=resc1440.bin of=/dev/fd0' I
>accidentally typed 'dd if=resc1440.bin of=/dev/hda' .. I did 'cd /' and
>to my surprise all seems okay. Went to /mnt/mydocs.. A lot of hd noise,
>lost of weird text, no responses.. I turned off the power button. When
>I boot the machine, It shows me the debian bootdisk, as is to be
>expected of course. The rescue1440.bin is 2,8 MB big and the beginning
>of my hd contains my partition info and then a 300mb windows partition.
>When booting toms rescue boot disk, it only recognizes hda1,2 and 4,
>while there were originally 6 partitions available. I do have a 1 month
>old backup, but would be very pleased when I could recover the data. I
>was thinking about just make one new big ext2 partition using fdisk and
>then run fsck on that partition. Would this be a right solution? Any
>other ideas? Please help..
>
>greets,
>
>Martin
Do not say urgent New Year's eve.
I do not understand that you see any partitions if you wrote to hda.
I guess you should not attempt the fsck solution.
You could get Findpart at http://inet.uni2.dk/~svolaf/utilities.htm,
do from DOS:
findpart all fp.txt
and insert (not attach) the output into a follow-up to this message.
If you attempt to use the output data for using Linux fdisk (not
recommended for non experts), note that Linux fdisk numbers cylinders
from 1, while other tools, including Findpart, numbers cylinders from
0.
--
Svend Olaf
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Svend Olaf Mikkelsen)
Subject: Re: ext2 recovery, incorrect partition table, URGENT!
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 14:41:33 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>on this beautifull day I wanted to start this morning with chaning my
>RedHat desktop system into a nice Debian system. So first making a boot
>and root flop for debian install and then backing up my hd. WRONG
>DECISION! When I had to type 'dd if=resc1440.bin of=/dev/fd0' I
>accidentally typed 'dd if=resc1440.bin of=/dev/hda' .. I did 'cd /' and
>to my surprise all seems okay. Went to /mnt/mydocs.. A lot of hd noise,
>lost of weird text, no responses.. I turned off the power button. When
>I boot the machine, It shows me the debian bootdisk, as is to be
>expected of course. The rescue1440.bin is 2,8 MB big and the beginning
>of my hd contains my partition info and then a 300mb windows partition.
>When booting toms rescue boot disk, it only recognizes hda1,2 and 4,
>while there were originally 6 partitions available. I do have a 1 month
>old backup, but would be very pleased when I could recover the data. I
>was thinking about just make one new big ext2 partition using fdisk and
>then run fsck on that partition. Would this be a right solution? Any
>other ideas? Please help..
>
>greets,
>
>Martin
Do not say urgent New Year's eve.
I do not understand that you see any partitions if you wrote to hda.
I guess you should not attempt the fsck solution.
You could get Findpart at http://inet.uni2.dk/~svolaf/utilities.htm,
do from DOS:
findpart all fp.txt
and insert (not attach) the output into a follow-up to this message.
If you attempt to use the output data for using Linux fdisk (not
recommended for non experts), note that Linux fdisk numbers cylinders
from 1, while other tools, including Findpart, numbers cylinders from
0.
PS. In cases where the MBR contains wrong data, the BIOS might read
the disk wrong. Then Findpart can read directly from the disk. For
primary master this will be:
findpart pm fp1.txt
--
Svend Olaf
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From: Eirik Newth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: powerpoint, linux and wine??
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 15:50:30 +0100
Bob van der Poel wrote:
> I need to view some MS powerpoint files. I can't seem to find a native
> linux app to do this...
Or you could try Applix Presents - it's part of the commercial Applix
software package but has a free trial period...
Regards,
Eirik Newth
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