Linux-Misc Digest #857, Volume #26 Fri, 19 Jan 01 11:13:02 EST
Contents:
Re: [xcdroast] why does my mouse hangs? ("Richard Kimber")
Re: woody, reiserfs, and kernel compilation (Paul Kimoto)
Re: Linux not free anymore? (Isaac)
Re: Sendmail - missing .cw file ?? (Michael Heiming)
Re: Kernel Parameters For Using HPT370 (Kenneth R�rvik)
Re: Bios upgrade in linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Kernel Parameters For Using HPT370 (Gerald Schnabel)
Re: 'force user' on console level ? (Michael Heiming)
Re: The Future of Corel Linux (Andrew Purugganan)
Re: woody, reiserfs, and kernel compilation (John Hasler)
Re: The Future of Corel Linux (John Hasler)
SOLVED Re: linux 2.4.0 cannot mount root filesystem (Steve Connet)
Re: nfs & redundancy ("ratpak")
Running imapd from rc script ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
semaphores,mutex,spinlocks,rw_lock ("Massimiliano Caovilla")
Re: Kickstart creation (Lee Allen)
Re: LQ 670 (Yvan Loranger)
Xerox DocuPrint P8 (john calison)
Re: change mouse pointer? (Niranjan)
Re: mpeg layer 3 wavs (Andres Soolo)
Re: Running imapd from rc script (Villy Kruse)
Strange messages (Eric Ho)
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From: "Richard Kimber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [xcdroast] why does my mouse hangs?
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 14:09:39 -0000
Reiner Griess wrote in message ...
>whatever. This sucks! xcdroast takes a lot of CPU power and I'm still
>asking me: why does I have a SCSI Controller? Why? This thing is
>worthless to me. I can not work the same time write a CD? I have never
>had these probs on my NT machine (but it sucks otherwise ;)). Ah,
>I'm using a PS/2 mouse.
>
>bye
>Reiner
>--
Does this mean we shouldn't use PS/2 mice?
- Richard Kimber.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: woody, reiserfs, and kernel compilation
Date: 19 Jan 2001 09:11:13 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Jeff Strunk wrote:
> I am having a lot of trouble compiling a custom kernel. I just completely
> redid my
> system yesterday, with reiserfs and woody. So, I have all of the necesarry
> versions of what is required to compile 2.4.0. I patched the kernel source
> that i got from kernel.org to support reiserfs. Then i did the usual make
> menuconfig, dep , etc. During make bzImage, there seem to be errors that
> stop compilation in random places(I never get the same error).
Could this be a hardware problem?
http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/
(P.S. The most recent 2.4.1-pre* kernels have reiserfs already in place.)
--
Paul Kimoto
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Isaac)
Crossposted-To: gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: Linux not free anymore?
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 13:57:20 GMT
On Thu, 18 Jan 2001 14:11:16 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>The feds seem pretty greedy too; the amount of tax being assessed on a
>single CD-R seems to keep rising, from what I hear. A couple weeks
>ago, I bought a 50-pack of CD-Rs for $10. I gather that, in Canada, I
>would have been assessed a tax of somewhere around $15 on that.
The feds don't get any of that money. So calling them greedy doesn't
seem quite appropriate. That extra money goes to Metallica or Bryan
Adams.
Isaac
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From: Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sendmail - missing .cw file ??
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 16:26:10 +0100
Kevin Davis wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm rather confused.
> I recently purchased Redhat 7 installed it and have got 2 servers and a work
> station running pretty well!
> OK it does what i want.
> I'm pretty new to linux and now i need to set up a system where my gateway
> to the internet recieves all email and then will disribute that email to my
> workstation. eventually that one workstation will be 50 or so.
>
> Now i have borrowed a book called redhat linux 6 in small business. Written
> by sery and harper.
>
> It says i can use IMAP, SENDMAIL and FETCH MAIL to do what i want and it
> details for me what files i need to configure!
> so i start.
>
> It mentions configuring a SENDMAIL.CW file in /etc/
>
> it's not there! now has it changed name in version 7 or redhat? i'm
> confused.
> Can anyone help me , is there a website which i have not found that explains
> what i have to set up to get this working???
>
> Thanks very much for your help on this matter.
>
> Kindest Regards
>
> Kevin Davis
> cis-tools.co.uk
Hello,
what says:
cat /etc/sendmail.cf | grep .cw
Should give you something like:
Fw/etc/mail/sendmail.cw
If it's not there you have to create a new sendmail.cf, using m4 macro
with FEATURE(`use_cw_file') enabled to get it working,
then you can create/use sendmail.cw.
More info:
www.sendmail.org
comp.mail.sendmail
If you're serious about sendmail I would recommend buying/reading
a good book about sendmail, like "Help for UNIX System Administrators" sendmail
from O'Reilly.
It's a huge book (~1000 pages) that gives some info, as sendmail is a really
great but complicated package,
don't expect to understand how sendmail works in a short time...
But if you set it up right, you have no more trouble, it just works...:-)
Good luck
Michael Heiming
Sysadmin
--
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www.vbag.de Michael Heiming ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Kernel Parameters For Using HPT370
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenneth R�rvik)
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 14:17:12 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jason Ng) wrote in
<949erf$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>Hi,
>
>My motherboard has 2 ordinary IDE controllers and 2 RAID controllers
>supported by HPT370.
Abit KT-7 RAID?
>I found from Redhat Linux's web site that the kernel can automatically
>detect the HPT370 chip for me if I can specify some kernel parameters
>during boot time. But what should I enter for the kernel parameters?
>e.g linux ide2=0x1e8
I'd strongly recommend mandrake 7.2, as it has built in support for the
HPT370 chipset. Otherwise, you will need to to some research. You should
read the HPT 366 howto at http://www.csie.ntu.edu.tw/~b6506063/hpt366/.
Most of the info there relates to the HPT370 as well.
--
Kenneth R�rvik 91841353/22950312
Nordbergv. 60 A [EMAIL PROTECTED]
0875 OSLO home.no.net/stasis
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Bios upgrade in linux
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 14:19:59 GMT
Jean-David Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> David wrote:
> >
> > Warren Bell wrote:
> > >
> > > I want to upgrade my bios on a machine that's just running Linux. The
> > > MB company has the flash utility and the .bin file but the utility is an
> > > .exe file. How do I boot to and run that to upgrade the bios under
> > > Linux?
> >
> > Boot with a windoz/DOS boot disk and run it from the command line should
> > work if the upgrade files will fit on a floppy.
>
> What if you do not have a Windows or DOS boot disk because you have no
> Microsoft software and no license? I.e., what if you really have a
> Linux-only system?
.. Then you might consider running one of the Incredible Emulations
thereof.
FreeDOS comes to mind; see <http://www.freedos.org/>
--
(concatenate 'string "cbbrowne" "@acm.org")
http://vip.hex.net/~cbbrowne/sgml.html
"Besides, I think [Slackware] sounds better than 'Microsoft,' don't
you?" -- Patrick Volkerding
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From: Gerald Schnabel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Kernel Parameters For Using HPT370
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 15:18:46 +0100
Jason Ng wrote:
>
> My motherboard has 2 ordinary IDE controllers and 2 RAID controllers
> supported by HPT370.
> I found from Redhat Linux's web site that the kernel can automatically
> detect the HPT370 chip for me if I can specify some kernel parameters during
> boot time. But what should I enter for the kernel parameters?
> e.g linux ide2=0x1e8
Yes, you have to add the two additional HPT channels via kernel parameters.
The I/O-address(es) may vary. Read the HPT366 mini-HOWTO at:
http://www.csie.ntu.edu.tw/~b6506063/hpt366/
Gerald
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From: Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 'force user' on console level ?
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 16:38:59 +0100
Andre Quinkertz wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> How can I tell the system to always set the same user of a created file in
> a specific directory (no matter who creates this file). In the smbd.conf
> there is an option called 'force user', which is exactly what I'd need. How
> do I do that if the file is not created via samba, but on the normal linux
> level ? Can anybody help ?
>
> Many thanx in advance,
>
> Andre
>
> --
> _____________________________________
> Andre Quinkertz, Dipl.Biol.
> Institut fuer Entwicklungsbiologie
> Universitaet zu Koeln
> Gyrhofstrasse 17
> 50931 Koeln
> Germany
> email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> lab phone: +49 221 470-4327
> lab fax: +49 221 470-5164
>
> Support PGP!
Hello,
IMHO, you can only force the creation mode of a file:
man umask
If you want to have always the same user who owns the file, which I don't
understand why you want this,
as you could set an umask like 022 to make it accessable for the group.
You could write a small script that searches with find (-type d) for
directorys and changes them with
chown to your needs, this script has to be run as root of course, from
crontab...
Good luck
Michael Heiming
Sysadmin
--
__ __ __ Virtueller Bau-Markt AG
\ / [__) [__] [ __ Meerbuscher Strasse 64
\/ [__) | | [_./ 40670 Meerbusch
www.vbag.de Michael Heiming ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Confucius say: He who play in root, eventually kill tree.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Purugganan)
Subject: Re: The Future of Corel Linux
Date: 19 Jan 2001 13:25:20 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[ Signs of a Klingon Programmer #1: "Our users will know fear and cower
[ before our software. Ship it! Ship it and let them flee like the dogs
[ they are!"
LOL! I didn't realize that the Klingons I work with have adapted human form
because I have SEEN the software that gets shipped
--
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: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: woody, reiserfs, and kernel compilation
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 13:41:55 GMT
Steve Withers writes:
> You don't say what distro and version you are using....
He's using the 'testing' version of Debian. Sounds like hardware problems
to me.
BTW is is better not to refer to Debian distributions by their code names.
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, Wisconsin
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: The Future of Corel Linux
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 13:38:04 GMT
cbbrowne writes:
> At some point, it's liable to be simpler to do a reinstall than an
> upgrade, when the set of things that break and need to be remedied get
> extensive enough.
I've been upgrading since Debian 1.1 and see no sign of anything breaking.
Debian upgrades work.
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, Wisconsin
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Subject: SOLVED Re: linux 2.4.0 cannot mount root filesystem
From: Steve Connet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 14:52:56 GMT
The problem was I compiled the IDE driver as a module. And it
specifically says that if your root filesystem is on an IDE drive, do
not compile it as a module.
I spent hours reading every single thing in the xconfig options... but
I guess after hours some things just start to blend and don't make
sense.
It works now.
--
Steve Connet ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "ratpak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: nfs & redundancy
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 08:59:54 +0700
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>Where I work we do this under HPUX with "MC Service Guard" (sp?) You set
>>up two identical machines sharing a redundant disk array and if one
>>machine dies, the IP is assigned to the other. The clients freeze
>>briefly, as if the network load spiked, then they resume, never knowing
>>anything happened.
>>
>>I was asked a few months ago to look into such a package for Linux, and
>>I found plenty of hits with Google and deja.com. I think I use
>>'"fail over" linux', or something similar to search. It looked like
>>this technology is starting to really take off, but it's still a bit
>>early.
>>
>>I can't say too much more, as the project was canceled before it got off
>>the ground, so I never got further. (Other Linux uses are still being
>>pursued, thank goodness!)
>
> Thanks for your input. I was kinda hoping I wouldnt have to but any
> software to make this work. What I've been trying is
>
> 1: webserver mounts a dir on the primary nfs server
> 2: I disconnect the primary nfs server from the network
> 3: right away I bring up the secondary nfs server with the IP of the
> primary nfs server
>
> I then try and do a "ls" from the web server. I get the error ls: .:
> Stale NFS file handle I'm guessing this cant be done with NFS like this.
> I must be missing something. I took a look at the linux-ha project but
> it doesnt look like it's all finished yet. Anyone have any other ideas?
>
> Thanks Brian
>
It seems like NFS needs a new handle to the backup (secondary) server.
Have you tried unmounting (umount) from the webserver, then remounting
via NFS?
--
Bryan Parker
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Running imapd from rc script
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 15:03:10 GMT
Linux gurus,
I am trying to have my linux box run imapd in "standalone" mode, rather
than using xinetd to spawn it. I can't find any information on this
anywhere. I've tried adding the line /usr/sbin/imapd in rc.local, and
it doesn't work. I figured it wouldn't, because I know there's got to
be more to it than that. Can somebody either point me in the right
direction or shed some light on this please?
Running RedHat 7.0, IMAP4rev1 v12.264
Thanks for your help!
rz
*if I had a profound quote, it would go here*
Sent via Deja.com
http://www.deja.com/
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From: "Massimiliano Caovilla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: semaphores,mutex,spinlocks,rw_lock
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 16:29:56 +0100
Hi
I'm porting a filesystem from solaris to linux: I need to find linux's
equivalent of various semaphores the original code uses, such as mutexes (I
found them in the linuxthread), rw_lock/rw_entry and rw_exit.
Can you suggest me at least where to find some docs?
Thanks in advance...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lee Allen)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Kickstart creation
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 15:33:43 GMT
On 18 Jan 2001 19:54:34 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (bill davidsen) wrote:
>
>I have to install a bunch of servers, and for various reasons will be
>using Redhat. I see how to install using a kickstart file, but how do I
>create the kickstart file? There are references to a utility which takes
>the current installation and creates the ks.cfg file based on the
>current install. Obviously there is such a thing, but I sure don't see
>the name of it.
>
>I have several 600+ page Redhat books, but they all want to tell me how
>to use a ks.cfg, not how to create one in some way better than by hand.
Here's the URL of an online manual for RedHat 6.2, section F is the
kickstart documentation. I am sure there is an equivalent doc for
RedHat 7.0.
http://www.redhat.com/support/manuals/RHL-6.2-Manual/ref-guide/
I highly recommend kickstart. It is a great way of creating identical
or reproducible system configurations, especially when the hardware
varies.
I also recommend building the kickstart configuration file from
scratch -- it's not that hard.
There are some undocumented features and workarounds so post something
if you get stuck.
-Lee Allen
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yvan Loranger)
Subject: Re: LQ 670
Date: 19 Jan 2001 15:49:19 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yvan Loranger)
"Puchta Milos" ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes:
> Has anyone installed Epson LQ 670 printer? It is not on the HOWTO list
> and is expected to have a workable equivalent....
If that's the same as Epson Stylus Color 670:
from within an app., I print to a postscript file, then use ghostscript:
gs @stc_h.upp -sOutputFile=\|lpr TheFile.ps
(or use @stc.upp for 360 resolution)
Not the most beautiful output but,
Of course you can just lpr a straight text file.
The SC670 is similar to the SC440 [I'm using SC440 driver in WinOS/2]
--
Merci.........................Yvan Pour le plein air: Club Vertige
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ncf.ca/vertige
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From: john calison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Xerox DocuPrint P8
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 10:47:48 -0500
Hi, hope someone can help with configuring a "Xerox DocuPrint P8" to
work with 7.0 which was a 6.1 upgrade. I'll first submit relevant info
and then submit what problem I'm encountering.
1. The OS was an upgrade form 6.1 to 7.0.
2. I added "alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc" to "/etc/modules.conf"
3. In Gnome's Printer Tool I configured the input filter with both "text
only" and "postscript printers" to no avail.
4. I restarted "lpd" each time I changed the configuration in Printer
Tool.
5. "/var/log/messages" shows "localhost kernel: parport0: Unspecified,
Xerox Docuprint P8"
6. I finally selected the "text only" input filter as there is no entry
for the P8.
The problem is that when I try to print a test page in Printer Tool, I
get a dialog box saying the test page is being printed, but nothing
happens. All physical connections are ok, I using this printer
successfully in WinMe. I get no mail upon boot indicating any printer
problem or the inability to print.
Any help would be appreciated.
thanks,
john
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From: Niranjan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: change mouse pointer?
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 15:45:42 GMT
Yes... I would like to know that too... My mouse pointer just became
a "transparent" block. Now I can't see it, but I know it's there and
working fine. Something went wrong with the pointer pix map maybe ? did
anyone have this problem ?
I am using Redhat 6.2
nghate
In article <93pafq$7s9$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> How does one change the mouse pointer in X, ala windows? In windows
you
> can change to a different "something.cur". Is it possible to use a
> cursor from windows in X? Are cursors just bitmaps?
> frplinx
>
> Sent via Deja.com
> http://www.deja.com/
>
Sent via Deja.com
http://www.deja.com/
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From: Andres Soolo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mpeg layer 3 wavs
Date: 19 Jan 2001 15:56:25 GMT
Dances With Crows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> (Does anyone know *why* the above misfeature exists? An OS that depends
MS defines that RIFF files are actually containers which can contain
arbitrary stream data. I don't know why, but MS seems to think .wav has
to refer to audio, be it compressed or not.
--
Andres Soolo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I never loved another person the way I loved myself.
-- Mae West
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Villy Kruse)
Subject: Re: Running imapd from rc script
Date: 19 Jan 2001 16:07:33 GMT
On Fri, 19 Jan 2001 15:03:10 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Linux gurus,
>I am trying to have my linux box run imapd in "standalone" mode, rather
>than using xinetd to spawn it. I can't find any information on this
>anywhere. I've tried adding the line /usr/sbin/imapd in rc.local, and
>it doesn't work. I figured it wouldn't, because I know there's got to
>be more to it than that. Can somebody either point me in the right
>direction or shed some light on this please?
>
>Running RedHat 7.0, IMAP4rev1 v12.264
>
Suggest you ask in comp.mail.imap for a imap server that is designed to
run this way.
Villy
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From: Eric Ho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Strange messages
Date: 19 Jan 2001 16:08:48 GMT
Hi,
In my /var/log/messages, there are some strange messages :
Jan 19 18:52:52 bbs -- MARK --
Jan 19 19:12:52 bbs -- MARK --
Jan 19 19:32:52 bbs -- MARK --
Jan 19 19:52:52 bbs -- MARK --
Jan 19 20:12:52 bbs -- MARK --
Could someone tell me what they mean ?
Best Regards,
Eric Ho
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