Linux-Misc Digest #713, Volume #26 Fri, 5 Jan 01 11:13:01 EST
Contents:
Re: Linux 6.2 (Heinz Rawe)
Re: Red Hat dead/dying? (Carl Fink)
Re: Increasing file descriptor for Informix with Linux (Brett Randall)
Re: Linux 6.2 (Jean-David Beyer)
Re: Increasing file descriptor for Informix with Linux (Thomas Parsli)
Binary output on serial port ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
kernel or disk error (Patrick Lamb)
Re: Red Hat dead/dying? (John Hasler)
syncing inside a kernel module (Mario Kemper)
Re: Compiling the Linux Kernel (David)
Re: Compiling the Linux Kernel ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
inetd versus chkconfig ("Tom Edelbrok")
Re: Red Hat dead/dying? (John A. Stewart)
cannot startkde ("blix")
wu-ftp question ("Tom Edelbrok")
Re: Xfree sux, in any form (Jeffrey James Lee)
Re: Xfree sux, in any form (John Peach)
Re: Red Hat dead/dying? ("Aaron R. Kulkis")
Re: wu-ftp question ("Tom Edelbrok")
Rlimit problem? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Travan tape drive (Frank Miles)
Re: problem with linux as printserver for mac via netatalk (Rod Smith)
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From: Heinz Rawe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux 6.2
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 17:09:52 +0000
spawn schrieb:
>
> 1.How do i change user, and user password,and root password.
> on a linux 6.2 machine.
What does it mean, linux 6.2?
--
Gruss/Regards
Heinz
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carl Fink)
Subject: Re: Red Hat dead/dying?
Date: 5 Jan 2001 12:02:53 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 05 Jan 2001 07:35:36 GMT [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Which takes us back to the old story about "Would you sleep with me
>for a million dollars?" where if the answer is "yes," then the fact
>that the price was $1M merely means that the woman is a higher priced
>prostitute than the one willing to do it for $20.
So if a *guy* will sleep with someone for a million, he isn't a
prostitute?
--
Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I-Con's Science and Technology Programming
<http://www.iconsf.org/>
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From: Brett Randall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.databases.informix
Subject: Re: Increasing file descriptor for Informix with Linux
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 23:39:58 +1000
Leandro Dardini wrote:
>
> I try to install Informix IDS 7.3 for Linux, and as written in "release"
> there is a problem with the small number of fd Linux (Redhat) offers to
> Informix, only 1024 instead of 3000 advised. Informix seems to runs well
> with only 1024 fd, but before to use it in production, I'd like to correct
> the problem. One way is to install an old kernel provided by redhat with
> 3000 fd defined, but it is an old kernel (2.0.36) and I want to use the new
> ones.
>
> Any idea how to raise the fd limit?
Just a thought, but how about :-
1) find where the fd limit is defined in the kernel source
2) change it
3) recompile the kernel
Worth a try I think. But what is more important to you / least risky -
complying with the 3000 fd where 1024 seems to work OK (but have you
load tested), or having a "unmodified" kernel source?
Brett Randall
>
> Leandro
>
> ----------------------------------
> Dott. Leandro Dardini
> Assistente Tecnico Programmatore @ Azienda USL n.4 di Prato
> Centro Amministrativo Organizzativo
> Viale della Repubblica, 240 - 59100 Prato (Italy)
> Tel: +39 0574 434836
> Fax: +39 0574 570013
> email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Jean-David Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux 6.2
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 07:51:33 -0500
Heinz Rawe wrote:
>
> spawn schrieb:
> >
> > 1.How do i change user, and user password,and root password.
> > on a linux 6.2 machine.
>
> What does it mean, linux 6.2?
>
Red Hat Linux users seem to think the Red Hat release numbers have
meaning to the broader Linux community. "linux 6.2" almost certainly
means the stuff you get with the Red Hat Linux 6.2 package.
--
.~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642.
/V\ Registered Machine 73926.
/( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey
^^-^^ 7:50am up 1 day, 14:29, 2 users, load average: 2.03, 2.12, 2.09
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Crossposted-To: comp.databases.informix
Subject: Re: Increasing file descriptor for Informix with Linux
From: Thomas Parsli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 05 Jan 2001 14:06:09 +0100
Brett Randall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Leandro Dardini wrote:
> >
> > I try to install Informix IDS 7.3 for Linux, and as written in "release"
> > there is a problem with the small number of fd Linux (Redhat) offers to
> > Informix, only 1024 instead of 3000 advised. Informix seems to runs well
> > with only 1024 fd, but before to use it in production, I'd like to correct
> > the problem. One way is to install an old kernel provided by redhat with
> > 3000 fd defined, but it is an old kernel (2.0.36) and I want to use the new
> > ones.
> >
> > Any idea how to raise the fd limit?
>
> Just a thought, but how about :-
>
> 1) find where the fd limit is defined in the kernel source
> 2) change it
> 3) recompile the kernel
Documented in http://www.volano.com/linuxnotes.html
> Worth a try I think. But what is more important to you / least risky -
> complying with the 3000 fd where 1024 seems to work OK (but have you
> load tested), or having a "unmodified" kernel source?
I'd install RedHat 6.2 and compile my own 2.2.18 or 2.2.17+LVM
Thomas
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Binary output on serial port
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 13:30:01 GMT
Hello,
I am investigating writing some software to control a small serial-port
data acquisition device and I need some help.
The device is set up in such a way that each command given to it must
be preceded by a null (x00) character. I would like to verify I can
talk to the device using a program like minicom or the like, but I do
not know how to get minicom to send binary data.
I have looked in the help file, and at the HOWTOs, but nothing seems to
be mentioned about this. Is there something I am missing, or some other
utility that can do this interactively? I have written a small C
program to attempt this, but probably have someting wrong with it.
Any help would be appreciated
Duane
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From: Patrick Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: kernel or disk error
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 14:20:23 GMT
I've got a pile of lines in /var/log/message like:
Jan 3 09:54:41 dwarfdog kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device
Jan 3 09:54:41 dwarfdog kernel: 03:01: rw=0, want=8549516,
limit=8056597
Jan 3 09:54:41 dwarfdog kernel: dev 03:01 blksize=512 blocknr=17099031
+sector=17099031 size=512 count=1
Just started late last week, apparently. Can anyone tell me what it
means, and how to fix it?
TIA!
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.solaris
Subject: Re: Red Hat dead/dying?
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 13:08:09 GMT
> I say this because Berkeley produced a fine unix distribution like this,
> and I don't see why the trend couldn't continue.
Because the US DoD is no longer paying for it.
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, Wisconsin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mario Kemper)
Subject: syncing inside a kernel module
Date: 5 Jan 2001 14:33:51 GMT
Hi,
i don't know if this the right group but our newserver has no kernel specific
comp.os.linux group.
I have written a kernel module that can switch the computer off
(via machine_power_off())
My problem is, that i want to sync the fs'es before shutting off to prevent
data loss. What is to be done when you want to sync everything from inside
a kernel module?
--
Mario Kemper omp computer gmbh, Paderborn +49 5251
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Xlink-PoP Paderborn 15098-123
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Compiling the Linux Kernel
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 14:34:29 GMT
"Gerard H. Pille" wrote:
>
>
> You still haven't installed everything you need for development, in this
> case: as86. But I'm not sure what the exact package is, I'll have a
> look on a RedHat, nothing starting with as86 ... Ah, found it: it is in
> dev86.
>
> Good luck
>
> Gerard
It's in the "dev86" package on redhat.
--
Confucius say: He who play in root, eventually kill tree.
Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
ID # 123538
Completed more W/U's than 98.982% of seti users. +/- 0.01%
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Compiling the Linux Kernel
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 14:39:35 GMT
Hello,
I appreciate the advice from Peter and Gerard! You guys gave
me good tips! As you guys explained, I installed a few files from
the CD-ROM, and the problem I was having is gone!
Anyway, I now have another problem. I think the problem this
time is something to do with header files, but I don't know which
ones to install. The following is the screen message, and these
messages are displayed at the very end of make dep; make clean;
make boot operations:
: tools/build.c:25: stdio.h: No such file or directory
: tools/build.c:26: string.h: No such file or directory
: tools/build.c:27: stdlib.h: No such file or directory
: tools/build.c:28: sys/types.h: No such file or directory
: tools/build.c:29: sys/stat.h: No such file or directory
: tools/build.c:30: sys/sysmacros.h: No such file or directory
: tools/build.c:31: unistd.h: No such file or directory
: tools/build.c:32: fcntl.h: No such file or directory
: tools/build.c:35: errno.h: No such file or directory
: make[1]: *** [tools/build] Error 1
: make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-2.0.35/arch/i386/boot'
: make: *** [boot] Error 2
: [root@localhost linux]#
Once again, I'd appreciate any tip. Thanks in advance!
baccus7
In article <93497f$7l0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to have some help on compiling the linux kernel.
>
> 1. First, I did "rpm -ivh make*
> Since I had not installed it on the computer, I had to
> install the program.
>
> 2. Secondly, I did "rpm -ivh gcc*"
> Also, the same reason as the previous one.( By the way,
> are these two the programs I have to install on the machine
> to build the kernel? Do I have to install library files as well?
> If so, which ones?)
>
> 3. Then I did "make config" anwering many lengthy questions.
> (/usr/src/linux)
>
> 4. Then "make dep; make clean; make boot"
>
> 5. The computer displayed on the screen at the very last:
> : as86 -0 -a -o bootsect.o bootsect.s
> : make[1]: as86: Command not found
> : make[1]: *** [bootsect.o] Error 127
> : make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-2.0.35/arch/i386/boot'
> : make: *** [boot] Error 2
> : [root@localhost linux]#
>
> According to the book "Red Hat Linnux Secrets <2nd ed.>" by Naba Barkakati,
> the file "zImage" shoud becreated after the process in the
> /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot directory, but the file is not there!
>
> Then I did like:
> : "make dep > out_dep"
> : "make clean > out_clean"
> : "make boot > out_boot"
>
> After creating these three files, I used grep to find error messages, but
> didn't find any. The previous error messages I mentioned above were not
> captured in the files, but they were displayed on the screen.
>
> I would appreciate any inforamtion on how to correct this problem. Thanks in
> advance!
>
> baccus7
>
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From: "Tom Edelbrok" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: inetd versus chkconfig
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 06:52:51 -0800
What is the difference between using inetd to start up a process, and using
chkconfig to start up a process?
For example, I installed Apache webserver and had to add it to chkconfig.
However when I installed wu-ftp it automatically got set up via inetd to run
ftpd.
How would one choose whether to use inetd or chkconfig when starting
applications at boot time?
Tom
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John A. Stewart)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.solaris
Subject: Re: Red Hat dead/dying?
Date: 5 Jan 2001 14:58:51 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Donn Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>James Hutchins wrote:
>>
>> http://www.wired.com/news/linux/0,1411,40513,00.html
>Typical business downsizing. I've always maintained that the best jobs
>were with universities doing research. At CMU (Carnegie Mellon
>University) in Pittsburgh, certain staff/research positions involving
>hacking on the Linux kernel, and getting paid to do it. That would be a
>decent job to have, seeing as to how a lot of people do hacking on the
>Linux kernel in their free time. I think universities should be doing a
>lot more of this. I say this because Berkeley produced a fine unix
>distribution like this, and I don't see why the trend couldn't
>continue. I'm not saying run the colleges' budgets dry developing
>Linux, BSD or whatever. Rather, unix open source development should be
>fit in where ever possible. The result is that they would get a return
>on their own research, that is, a great operating system for free.
When I started working in the Academic Support Group at Carleton University
almost 20 years ago, we were able to spend a considerable portion of our
time on software development and research type work. Since then we've
gone from having a single mainframe computer on campus, to having thousands
of networked desktop and server machines. Demand for service has
exploded -- from perhaps 10% of the university community using computing
facilities to close to 100%. The net result is that we have difficulty
maintaining a basic service level even though there are more staff
involved in computer support than ever before. I don't know of anyone
on campus nowadays who has time to do any significant amount of software
development. I think you'll find the same story at just about any other
university except perhaps the wealthiest ones such as Stanford.
--
John Stewart -- Computing and Communications Services, Carleton University
Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 613-520-2600x3707
"you are incompetent bloodlusting idiot pirates. -- CCS student feedback"
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From: "blix" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: cannot startkde
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 15:04:41 GMT
I installed xfce, gnome, and twm and have tried each. Right now I am
using twm... seems fast and easy.
But I'd like to go back into KDE. I have a .xinitrc in my home directory
I was using to start twm. I rename that so that when I type 'startkde"
KDE will start. But it doesn't... I su'd to root and get the same errors
below:
[blix@CX562133-F]1 ~> startkde
/etc/profile.d/lang.sh
kcontrol: cannot connect to X server
kbgndwm: cannot connect to X server
kaudioserver: Can't connect to the X Server.
kaudioserver: Audio system might not terminate at end of session.
Using old audio server with talk id 416768
/usr/X11R6/bin/xdpyinfo: unable to open display "".
kwmsound: cannot connect to X server
krootwm: cannot connect to X server
kpanel1: cannot connect to X server
kfm: cannot connect to X server
kwm: cannot connect to X server
What has happened? When I remove the .xinitrc file from my home directory
'startx' starts Gnome.
How do I fix this so that KDE starts?
Steve
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From: "Tom Edelbrok" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: wu-ftp question
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 07:14:10 -0800
My wu-ftp works when I open someone elses ftp site but no one can ftp in to
my site. Here's what I've done:
I installed wu-ftp on one Redhat 6.0 box and it works perfectly for opening
other ftp sites, and for being opened by other ftp sites.
However, on a second Redhat 6.0 box I had an older version of wu-ftp
installed, so I erased it and installed the newer version (wu-ftpd-2.6.1)
exactly the same way as for the box above (the one that actually works).
After installation I can ftp out to anyone's ftp site, but no one can ftp in
to me. When a person ftp's inbound to me they get the following, (a simple
example using another machine on our network):
#ftp
ftp>open 172.17.1.2
connected to 172.17.1.2.
421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection
ftp>quit
#
In /var/log/messages on the target machine (172.17.1.2) I get the following
error message:
"Jan 5 06:58:57 rev ftpd[3582]: exiting on signal 4: Illegal instruction"
What puzzles me is that I am using a script to install the wu-ftp with
identical options as on the other Linux box, and the identical ".tar.gz"
file, yet this Linux box doesn't have ftp working properly. Perhaps I didn't
erase the older version of wu-ftp entirely (should this even matter). Also I
got rid of the anonymous ftp RPM before installing.
Thanks for any help,
Tom
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From: Jeffrey James Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.unix.bsd.misc
Subject: Re: Xfree sux, in any form
Date: 5 Jan 2001 15:10:52 GMT
I've actually had better resolution on my monitor after tweaking XF86Config.
You've probably just got some settings wrong somewhere.
--dibble
: And MS is about to release an absolutely kick butt font rendering system
: that about doubles the "apparent" resolution of screen fonts. I've seen
: it in beta and it's absolutely stunning. It'll be out with this years
: 37th new release of win.
--
###########################
Jeff Lee
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Peach)
Subject: Re: Xfree sux, in any form
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.unix.bsd.misc
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 15:28:25 GMT
In article <934o5s$bjp$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Jeffrey James Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
|>
|>I've actually had better resolution on my monitor after tweaking XF86Config.
|>You've probably just got some settings wrong somewhere.
I've ALWAYS managed to get better resolution with XFree. For some reason
windoze always seems to think it knows the capabilities of the card and
monitor better than I do......
|>
|>--dibble
|>
|>: And MS is about to release an absolutely kick butt font rendering system
|>: that about doubles the "apparent" resolution of screen fonts. I've seen
|>: it in beta and it's absolutely stunning. It'll be out with this years
|>: 37th new release of win.
|>
|>
|>
|>--
|>###########################
|>Jeff Lee
|>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
|>
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From: "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.solaris
Subject: Re: Red Hat dead/dying?
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 10:30:28 -0500
"John A. Stewart" wrote:
>
> In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Donn Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> >James Hutchins wrote:
> >>
> >> http://www.wired.com/news/linux/0,1411,40513,00.html
>
> >Typical business downsizing. I've always maintained that the best jobs
> >were with universities doing research. At CMU (Carnegie Mellon
> >University) in Pittsburgh, certain staff/research positions involving
> >hacking on the Linux kernel, and getting paid to do it. That would be a
> >decent job to have, seeing as to how a lot of people do hacking on the
> >Linux kernel in their free time. I think universities should be doing a
> >lot more of this. I say this because Berkeley produced a fine unix
> >distribution like this, and I don't see why the trend couldn't
> >continue. I'm not saying run the colleges' budgets dry developing
> >Linux, BSD or whatever. Rather, unix open source development should be
> >fit in where ever possible. The result is that they would get a return
> >on their own research, that is, a great operating system for free.
>
> When I started working in the Academic Support Group at Carleton University
> almost 20 years ago, we were able to spend a considerable portion of our
> time on software development and research type work. Since then we've
> gone from having a single mainframe computer on campus, to having thousands
> of networked desktop and server machines. Demand for service has
> exploded -- from perhaps 10% of the university community using computing
> facilities to close to 100%. The net result is that we have difficulty
> maintaining a basic service level even though there are more staff
> involved in computer support than ever before. I don't know of anyone
Replace Windows with Linux....
Seriously. I recently did a contract with EDS. We supported over
5,000 Unix workstations at GM sites scattered all over Michigan and
even farther away from one room with a staff of less then 20 people.
This took care of all problems other than hardware failures.
For those situations, each GM site has a couple of people on duty
during business hours to do things like keyboard/mouse/spaceball
replacement, and escorting the vendors' Service Engineers to the
workstation in question if more extensive work needed to be done.
These people are barely Unix-literate.
> on campus nowadays who has time to do any significant amount of software
> development. I think you'll find the same story at just about any other
> university except perhaps the wealthiest ones such as Stanford.
> --
> John Stewart -- Computing and Communications Services, Carleton University
> Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 613-520-2600x3707
> "you are incompetent bloodlusting idiot pirates. -- CCS student feedback"
--
Aaron R. Kulkis
Unix Systems Engineer
DNRC Minister of all I survey
ICQ # 3056642
H: "Having found not one single carbon monoxide leak on the entire
premises, it is my belief, and Willard concurs, that the reason
you folks feel listless and disoriented is simply because
you are lazy, stupid people"
I: Loren Petrich's 2-week stubborn refusal to respond to the
challenge to describe even one philosophical difference
between himself and the communists demonstrates that, in fact,
Loren Petrich is a COMMUNIST ***hole
J: Other knee_jerk reactionaries: billh, david casey, redc1c4,
The retarded sisters: Raunchy (rauni) and Anencephielle (Enielle),
also known as old hags who've hit the wall....
A: The wise man is mocked by fools.
B: Jet Silverman plays the fool and spews out nonsense as a
method of sidetracking discussions which are headed in a
direction that she doesn't like.
C: Jet Silverman claims to have killfiled me.
D: Jet Silverman now follows me from newgroup to newsgroup
...despite (C) above.
E: Jet is not worthy of the time to compose a response until
her behavior improves.
F: Unit_4's "Kook hunt" reminds me of "Jimmy Baker's" harangues against
adultery while concurrently committing adultery with Tammy Hahn.
G: Knackos...you're a retard.
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From: "Tom Edelbrok" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: wu-ftp question
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 07:47:51 -0800
Have it figured out! I was using an option in "./configure" that specified a
more advanced processor type than my new Linux box was actually had. What I
did was "-mcpu=pentiumpro -march=pentiumpro", but the new box is a Pentium
150!
Tom
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Rlimit problem?
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 15:39:35 GMT
I am running a VAlinux system and I am trying to install the latest
Legato Client. After the install, the nsrexecd will not start. If I
run and strace on the command "nsrexecd -s <hostname>" the last 3
lines show:
getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, {rlim_cur=32*1024, rlim_max=1024}) = 0
--- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) ---
+++ killed by SIGSEGV +++
It seems like it faults right after getrlimit. Has anyone seen this
before?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank Miles)
Subject: Re: Travan tape drive
Date: 5 Jan 2001 15:44:46 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Orren Battle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am running Red Hat Kernel 2.2.12-20 and have installed an HP 4-8Gig
>Travan IDE Tape Drive for backup purposes. I have a Windows-95 boot on
>the machine as well, and I am able to use the drive perfectly using the
>Windows App supplied by the manufacturer. Under Linux, I set the
>environment variable TAPE=/dev/nht0 and also made a link from
>/dev/tape->/dev/nht0 and then tried to use mt to rewind and retension
>the tape successfully. I was even able to write single files and small
>directories to it using the command tar -cvf /dev/tape * or by copying
>the file to /dev/tape. However, when I attempt larger directories, it
>writes a few files and then gives me the message: tar: Cannot write
>to /dev/tape followed by tar: Error is not recoverable, exiting now.
>The files it writes are on the tape and can be copied back to the hard
>disk, but it seems to be overrunning a buffer or something and
>choaking. Any help will be greatly appreciated. If anyone can suggest
>any appropriate experiments to get further information I will happily
>try them. Thanks in advance.
Have you tried a different tape?
What is the largest size file that works? What's the smallest size
file that doesn't work?
What version of ftape are you using? Did you compile the code or was it
part of the stock kernel?
Have you tried doing a retension first? (see mt man page)
I use a similar drive and have had no such problems. Good luck!...
-frank
--
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: problem with linux as printserver for mac via netatalk
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 15:59:17 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <3a5584a0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Ingo Brand" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> My problem:
> I want to use a linuxbox as a printserver in a windows and mac-environment. The
> printersetup is working without any problems from the linuxbox and from the
> windowsboxes. But if I want to print from the macs I get the following output in
> /var/log/messages:
>
>
> Jan 4 20:46:58 linux papd[4002]: restart (1.4b2+asun2.1.3)
> Jan 4 20:47:04 linux papd[4002]: register Laserwriter:LaserWriter@*
> Jan 4 20:47:38 linux papd[4002]: child 4003 for "Laserwriter" from 65280.128
> Jan 4 20:47:39 linux papd[4003]: read_ppd .ppd: No such file or directory
This is almost certainly your problem. I suspect that the name of the
PPD file doesn't match what you've specified.
> netatalk-configuration:
>
>
> /etc/atalk/papd.conf
> Laserwriter:\
> pr=|/usr/bin/lpr -Premote:\
> pd=/etc/atalk/APLWMGS1.PPD
Check that this file exists. If you're new to Linux, be aware that Linux
treats its filesystems in a case-sensitive way, so aplwmgs1.ppd won't
do. You might also try renaming the file to be all-lowercase and
changing the entry in papd.conf to match. It's rare, but occasionally a
Linux program throws a fit if it expects a filename to have a lowercase
name (or a lowercase extension) and it's uppercase, even if you specify
it in the uppercase form. Finally, check that the PPD file's contents
use Linux- or DOS-style end-of-line characters, not Mac-style. If the
file uses Mac-style end-of-line characters, it won't work, although I
don't recall if it'd produce the error message above.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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