Linux-Misc Digest #761, Volume #26 Tue, 9 Jan 01 12:13:02 EST
Contents:
USB and Sony DSC-P1 ("A.Bev")
Re: changing linux OS form 7.0 to 6.2 (Anita Lewis)
Re: Converting filesysetem (reiserfs,ext2,ext3). (Thaddeus L Olczyk)
HELP! : mysterious ext2 undeletable directory (Dorin Ioan MARINCA)
Re: where is theme manager ("William R. Lorenz")
php4 problems on suse 7.0 (DC)
Re: Converting filesysetem (reiserfs,ext2,ext3). (Rod Smith)
Re: latest XFree and TNT. (moonie;))
Re: Linux on a 64MB flash disk ("Rufus Smith")
Getting Linux server WAP enabled (Nicholas)
Re: Mandrake 7.2 and KDE? (Cubic Decimeter)
Re: No sound card... (Cubic Decimeter)
Re: MP3 to wav or audio cd ("Jan Schaumann")
Re: Mandrake 7.2 and KDE? ("A.Bev")
Re: HELP! : mysterious ext2 undeletable directory (Robert Lynch)
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From: "A.Bev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: USB and Sony DSC-P1
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2001 15:29:54 +0100
Hello people,
So i have this following problem. I have a sony digital camera with
memory stick. Under windows you just plug the USB, install usb drivers
and the card is lie a removable HDD of 64 Mb.
Now, under linux, i plug the camera and with usbview it recognizes it.
But i have no idea on wich device it corresponds, so i am not able to
mount it. Also i have no idea what the filesystem is so i can give the
order mount. Anyone has any idea ?
Thank you all
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anita Lewis)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: changing linux OS form 7.0 to 6.2
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2001 01:10:21 GMT
On Mon, 08 Jan 2001 16:59:40 -0500, Don wrote:
>Here's a question that I doubt I'll get a positive response but here's
>hoping.
>
>I'm using RedHat Linux 7.0 and NOT liking it. Many problems trying to
>run Perl modules that don't seem to function in 7.0
>
>I've verified that they function on a 6.2 platform.
>
>My question is, can I downgrade from 7.0 to 6.2 without losing
>everything? If not, what suggestions are there for doing so
>efficiently.
>
>Thanks,
>Don
>
I don't think you can downgrade, but if you have a separate /home partition,
you could do a clean install without initializing /home. If you do not have
a separate /home, but have some unpartitioned space, you could move the
contents of /home to a new partition with 'cp -a' which will save the links,
permissions and is recursive. You could put /etc in /home to save it so
that you would be able to access config files you might want after the
install.
Anita
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thaddeus L Olczyk)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: Converting filesysetem (reiserfs,ext2,ext3).
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2001 14:31:41 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 09 Jan 2001 08:10:58 -0500, "Meat-->Plow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>On Tue, 09 Jan 2001 05:12:33 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] some idiot by
>the name of (Thaddeus L Olczyk) begs for attention by writing the
>following:
>
>>Are there any tools out there which allow one to convert a filesystem
>>from one format to another without losing data. Similar to the kind of
>>thing Partition magic does?
>
>No, moron. None that can guaranty integrity with reiserf or ext3.
>
>You know for someone who thinks they're pretty smart, you ask ALLOT of
>STUPID questions. Questions that you could have found answers for by
>using a search engine.
Well, let's experience shows that it takes at least 20 minutes to find
something by search engines, many are slow in response and they often
have advertisors come up first or something toally unrelated. Often
the key words are to simple to do a good search. In all if I have a
question which I think others might ask then I go search the
newsgroups. If I think the question is unique enough I ask.
I don't go around asking questions like "what is slocate" ( a
wonderful tool btw I can't help thinking of all the people I pissed
off bogging down systems by doing "find / -name" back before it
existed.
This saves me considerable amounts of time. When downtime is rare
and my time is expensive ($120/hr ) it saves me lots of money.
With the money i swaved in the last few days ( along with the money
I will save not replying to you, now that you are killfiled ), I am
now going to go buy myself a new postscript laser printer.
You might call that stupid, I call it smart.
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From: Dorin Ioan MARINCA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: HELP! : mysterious ext2 undeletable directory
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2001 14:38:48 GMT
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Hi!
I need help for the following problem:
Context: RH 6.2 original kernel
First symptom: ext2 root filesystem full.
I have searched for a big file (+10M).
Result: a (mysterious) junkbuster (web browsing filter) log directory:
/var/log/junkbuster : size +11M
'drwxr--r-- 2 73 73 11067392 Jan 8 14:04 junkbuster'
the directory and not the contents!!!
a 'ls' inside blocks...
a '# rm -rf /var/log/junkbuster' run in a infinite loop.
How can I remove this file?
I have tried (forced) fsck without results. No bad blocks also...
Thanks for any sugestions...
d.i.m.
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From: "William R. Lorenz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: where is theme manager
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2001 15:02:05 GMT
"Kevin Marshall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I am running Mandrake 7.2 with pre-installed KDE 2. I just recently
> upgraded to 2.0.1 in hopes of finding the kde Theme Manager, but to no
> avail. I would like to basically find out if I can somehow install KDE
> theme manager for 2.0 somwhere and if so, how.
>
> Otherwise, if not, how can I take a theme downloaded at Themes.org for
> KDE 2 and impliment it??
Kevin, complete documentation is available at
http://kde.themes.org/php/docs.phtml?docid=48.
-- William R. Lorenz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> :: Pantek, Incorporated
http://www.pantek.com/ or Toll Free at 1-877-LINUX-FIX
24x7 Linux Security, Commercial Support, and Solutions Center
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From: DC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: php4 problems on suse 7.0
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2001 15:21:42 +0000
I've installed php4 as a module for apache 1.3.12 on suse 7
When it apachectl start i get an error stating
"Cannot load /usr/local/apache_1.3.12/libexec/lipphp4.so into server:
/usr/local/apache_1.3.12/libexec/lipphp4.so: undefined symbol: isfinite"
The file exists in the appropriate directory with rwx permissions for
root.
If I remove the "LoadModule php4_module libexec/libphp4.so" line from my
httpd.conf file the httpd starts without a problem.
Any advice gratefully appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
--
_______________________________________________
DC
"You can not reason a man out of a position he did not reach through
reason"
"Don't use a big word where a diminutive one will suffice."
Have you visited the hunger site today?
http://www.hungersite.com/index.html
Your visit donates grain to the United Nations world food program.
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Converting filesysetem (reiserfs,ext2,ext3).
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2001 15:21:25 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thaddeus L Olczyk) writes:
> Are there any tools out there which allow one to convert a filesystem
> from one format to another without losing data. Similar to the kind of
> thing Partition magic does?
The last I heard, ext3fs was ext2fs with a journal tacked on. As such,
you can run a couple of commands to start using an ext2fs partition as
ext3fs. You can't go backwards, though; once you start using a
partition as ext3fs, you can't use it as ext2fs (at least, not for
writing, although it's supposed to work for reading). Note that I've
never used ext3fs, so this is just from reading various things. Check
the ext3fs documentation for details.
AFAIK, there's no way to dynamically convert ext2fs to ReiserFS, XFS,
JFS, or anything else; you'll need to do a backup, make a new
filesystem, and restore.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: moonie;) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: latest XFree and TNT.
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 10:25:51 -0500
On Tue, 09 Jan 2001, Meat-->Plow wrote:
>On 09 Jan 2001 21:00:05 +1000, Kevin Hayes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
>
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thaddeus L Olczyk) writes:
>>
>>> On Mon, 08 Jan 2001 08:40:03 -0500, "Meat-->Plow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> >On Mon, 08 Jan 2001 12:02:07 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thaddeus L
>>> >Olczyk)wrote:
>>> >
>>> >>I heard that there were troubles with the TNT drivers for
>>> >>XFree 3.* primarily because nvidia was not releasing information.
>>> >
>>> >Bullshit, my TNT works great using 3.3.6
>>> >
>>> >>They did release a library which was used to build one set of drivers,
>>> >>but that was a long time ago.
>>> >>Now that XFree has been upgraded ( to XFree 4.0 as I understand )
>>> >>is there still driver support for TNT in there?
>>> >>I would like to upgrade, but haven't yet because I fear I may not have
>>> >>the drivers.
>>> >>TIA.
>>> >
>>> >Why in the fuck don't you vist xfree86.org and look up the info on
>>> >your own,, moron.
>>> >
>>> >http://www.xfree86.org/current/Status22.html#22
>>> Yep. Definitely an internet idiot.
>>
>>Ahhh.. internet rage!
>
>I simply reciprocate the treatment I receive by others. Ignore me and
>I will ignore you. Treat me with a bit of dignity and you will get the
>same from me. Insult or belittle unnecessarily? Then be prepared for
>the pretty much the same from me.
>
>Simple concepts huh?
>
>"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you". (where have I
>heard that before?)
Or you can do as I try to do, turn the other cheek, and ignore the idiots.
Life is too short.
--
moonie ;)
Registered Linux User #175104
(Registered at: http://counter.li.org)
KDE2
Kernel 2.4.0-test5
XFree86 4.0 Nvidia .94 drivers
RAID 0 Striped
Test-Pilots-R-Us ;)
ICQ #83003404
AIM mooniesdl3
MSN [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Rufus Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.embedded
Subject: Re: Linux on a 64MB flash disk
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 10:30:48 -0500
Svend Erik Nissen wrote in message <93epkf$8du$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>
>"Nils M. Lunde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:93entu$ugp$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> Hello!
>>
>> I'm about to install Linux on a PC/104 card with a 64MB flash disk.
>> Most of the Linux distributions I've seen requires a lot more than 64MB,
>so
>> I'm wondering if anyone have suggestions on a Linux distribution I can
>use.
>>
>> -Nils Magne
>>
>Well - one suggestion could be an 'embedded' Linux.
>Look at LynuxWorks BlueCatLinux
>
>Svend Erik Nissen
>
You're probably looking at what a reasonable desktop system would
need including many optional modules, documentation, etc...
If you are just running a Linux application and don't need the full
bells and whistle add-ons that go in a distribution, you can make
do with a lot less.
I saw an IBM technology demo at the Embedded Linux conference and
they were running a version of Linux (I think even with X-windows, but
don't quote me) in 8Mb on a "wristwatch".
If you want at least some operating system functions, look into Busybox.
It puts a bunch of Linux commands into a single program.
Rufus
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From: Nicholas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Getting Linux server WAP enabled
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2001 23:35:57 +0800
Hi,
I suppose this question had been asked....but what would it takes to get
a Linux server WAP enabled? Any hardware or special software needed?
Thanks!
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From: Cubic Decimeter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mandrake 7.2 and KDE?
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 11:27:24 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ken Knecht wrote:
> Does the current version of Mandrake 7.2 include the release
> version of KDE? The Mandrake web site isn't clear, though it
> says 'latest' version of KDE. I found 7.2 for sale in Staples
> but the box says KDE Beta. I have a slow dial-up and unreliable
> ISP so would prefer to get everything on the original CDs, not
> have to DL upgrades, patches, etc. later.
>
> If there is a version with the release KDE where can I get it -
> preferablely the boxed version with manuals and on-line?
>
> TIA
>
> Ken
Apparently, there is no boxed version with the latest version, however,
according to the Linux-Mandrake site, when you register your product, they
tell you that you have a beta version and offer to send you an update CD in
the mail. I'm still waiting on mine. Though, the boxed version of KDE isn't
bad at all.
Cubic Decimeter
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From: Cubic Decimeter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: No sound card...
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 11:38:39 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Remi Villatel wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> I just bought a SoundBlaster128 to put in my Linux-box. In order to let it
> make some noise, I dig deep in the ALSA docs and I ended up in modifying
> my /etc/modules.conf. I changed the ALSA section to looks like:
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> alias char-major-14 es1370
> options es1370 joystick=1
> alias snd-card-0 snd-card-ens1370
> options snd-card-ens1370 snd_index=0 snd_id=card0
>
> (Followed by some garbage.)
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
> Then, as said in the docs:
>
> # depmod -a
> # rcalsasound restart
>
> All I succeeded to obtain so far is a frustrating error message:
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> Starting sound driver: snd-card-ens1370
> /lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/snd-card-end1370.o: init_module: Device or
> resource busy
>
> Hint: this error can be caused by incorrect modules parameters, including
> invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
>
> /lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/snd-card-end1370.o: insmod
> /lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/snd-card-end1370.o failed
>
> /lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/snd-card-end1370.o: insmod snd-card-end1370
> failed done
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
> What did I do wrong? I spent the whole day on this for no result... :'-(
>
> See ya,
>
> =====================
> Remi Villatel
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> =====================
>
What you should do, as I had to do, is get a copy of the SNDCONFIG app for
Red Hat. It will probably work on almost any version of Linux, since it
worked with my Mandrake 7.2. I tried all that ALSA crap, but it never
worked. I installed SNDCONFIG from my distro CD, ran it in a shell, told it
all it wanted to know, and viola!. I tried for two straight weeks to get
the damn ALSA to work, but SNDCONFIG did it in two minutes.
Cubic Decimeter
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From: "Jan Schaumann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MP3 to wav or audio cd
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 22:13:35 -0500
* "R.Constantine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Anyone know of a program that will make wav out of mp3 so I can burn
> them on a cd?
check out mp3burn - a short perlscript that combines cdrecrod and mpg123
available at freshmeat, I'd guess.
-Jan
--
Jan Schaumann <http://www.netmeister.org>
Golly, I'd hate to have a kid like me!
-- Calvin
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From: "A.Bev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mandrake 7.2 and KDE?
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2001 17:56:08 +0100
I bought mandrake 7.2, restred and 2 weeks later got my CD. The bad is that
the mandrake update didn't work as it should, and had to install packages
manually
Cubic Decimeter wrote:
> Ken Knecht wrote:
>
> > Does the current version of Mandrake 7.2 include the release
> > version of KDE? The Mandrake web site isn't clear, though it
> > says 'latest' version of KDE. I found 7.2 for sale in Staples
> > but the box says KDE Beta. I have a slow dial-up and unreliable
> > ISP so would prefer to get everything on the original CDs, not
> > have to DL upgrades, patches, etc. later.
> >
> > If there is a version with the release KDE where can I get it -
> > preferablely the boxed version with manuals and on-line?
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Ken
>
> Apparently, there is no boxed version with the latest version, however,
> according to the Linux-Mandrake site, when you register your product, they
> tell you that you have a beta version and offer to send you an update CD in
> the mail. I'm still waiting on mine. Though, the boxed version of KDE isn't
> bad at all.
>
> Cubic Decimeter
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From: Robert Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: HELP! : mysterious ext2 undeletable directory
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2001 17:07:40 GMT
Dorin Ioan MARINCA wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> I need help for the following problem:
>
> Context: RH 6.2 original kernel
> First symptom: ext2 root filesystem full.
> I have searched for a big file (+10M).
> Result: a (mysterious) junkbuster (web browsing filter) log directory:
> /var/log/junkbuster : size +11M
> 'drwxr--r-- 2 73 73 11067392 Jan 8 14:04 junkbuster'
> the directory and not the contents!!!
> a 'ls' inside blocks...
> a '# rm -rf /var/log/junkbuster' run in a infinite loop.
>
> How can I remove this file?
>
> I have tried (forced) fsck without results. No bad blocks also...
>
> Thanks for any sugestions...
>
> d.i.m.
I had this problem, which I decided was due to junkbuster's
logrotate being wonky. I filed a bug report at the junkbuster
site, which was never answered.
When I looked inside the directory (not easy!) I found that it
was a jungle logrotate .gz's, like:
junkbuster.1.gz.3.gz.1.gz...
I wish I could give you some hints, but the delete of this
monster was a nightmare, for example, doing some step on the way
to delete I hung my system after which I had to boot with a
recovery disk and my recall of what I did is dim.
After somehow deleting the file I turned off junkbuster logging
by setting debug=0 in /etc/junkbuster/config
Bob L.
--
Robert Lynch-Berkeley CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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