Linux-Misc Digest #898, Volume #26 Tue, 23 Jan 01 12:13:02 EST
Contents:
Re: Linux compatible of Quicken ? ("Armond Perretta")
problems connecting to a postgresql database via odbc
Re: XFree86 and WM? (Eric)
Re: Konqueror speed ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Gnome locking up? (Mark Hewitt)
Re: Linux not free anymore?
Difficulties with kickstart (Soren Dayton)
Re: gcc environment question ("Sam Liddicott")
Re: instrumentation displays (question) (Steve Allen)
Re: backup for NT and linux over the network (Dustin Puryear)
Re: max-files?? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux not free anymore? ("Peter T. Breuer")
Can I backup all my data of my partition with cpio? (Carfield Yim)
Re: ipchains log entry -- meaning? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: gcc environment question (Joe Durusau)
Re: mounting extended partition (Erik Max Francis)
Ret Hat vs. Linux - libraries and such? (Ken)
/etc/resolv.conf being overwritten with Red Hat Linux 6.2.3 (Jean-David Beyer)
Re: nfs-utils kernel dependency ("Andrew Clayton")
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From: "Armond Perretta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux compatible of Quicken ?
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 10:16:45 +0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "John Hasler"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> David writes:
>> You might want to check "moneydance" or "gnucash" I think one of them
>> can convert Quicken files but don't quote me on it.
>
> Gnucash can.
Gnucash did an "OK" job converting my Quicken accounts (all within a
single file) but required quite a bit of hand-holding in the process,
and several iterations. Gnucash seems to have a fundamental
superiority over Quicken itself in the way Gnucash handles double entry
bookkeeping. However feature-wise it trails Quicken significantly.
I am still keeping one or two win98 partitions on both computers, but I'm
patient. Intuit will probably take a look at unix/linux versions soon.
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: problems connecting to a postgresql database via odbc
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 15:30:05 -0000
Hello,
I'm running postgresql 7.0.3-4, on debian unstable, and I have trouble to
connecting databases via odbc. I use unixodbc 2.0.3-1, and I can see the
data
source in the DataManager, but when I try to connect I get the following
error:
'[unixODBC]Could not connect to the server;
Could not connect to remote socket.'
People have suggested to me that the problem might be that the postmaster
was
not started with the -i option. The only place I could find to do this was
in
the postmaster.init file by setting PGALLOWTCPIP=yes. Is this the correct
way
to do this ?
I've also tried stopping the postmaster and the launching it with
postmaster
-i, but this does not change anything concerning the error message.
Anybody can help me ?
Moritz
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: XFree86 and WM?
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 16:35:46 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Peter C. Giardina, Ph.D. wrote:
>
> Hello all.
>
> I just loaded KDE under Mandrake 7.2. How do I tell X to use KDE? Which
> file contains that information?
>
In RedHat you'd use switchdesk
Not sure if that's a commom tool.
Eric
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.windows.x.kde
Subject: Re: Konqueror speed
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 15:26:15 GMT
In article <94k5rb$s00$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On my home Linux box (Mandrake7.2 on AMD K6-2 300), Konqueror is a lot
> slower than Netscape 4.75. It takes about 5 - 10 times longer to
display
> JPEGs that stored locally (on HD) with Konqueror than it does with
> Netscape. I was told that one can try to optimize the libraries
> Konqueror is using to get better performance. How can I do that? And
> shouldn't they already be optimized ? (I have a fresh Mandrake 7.2
> install)
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Wroot
First, scrap Mandrake, it is a piece of junk, from experience(at least
Mandrake 7.1), and it does not upgrade well or easily. Grab the sources
off KDE's web site and edit the configure files in all the directories
replacing the "-O2" flags with "-O3" flags. This will increase
optimization for your processor, which will make it optimized for only
your machine, no older machines can run it now. Now, do a make and make
install on each directory, starting with kdesupport, then kdelibs, then
kdebase and the others. It must be done in that order, b/c kdebase
requires libraries from kdelibs, and kdelibs requires some stuff from
kdesupport. Now it should work better.
If you are a programmer, e-mail me about a new DE, called BDE, which
uses a radically new toolkit, developed by me, which uses shared
libraries to handle all the functionality of the widgets, including
drawing them and returning events. Read about the DE @
http://black-hole.iwarp.com/bde_announce.html (a little out of date,
since I haven't changed it to match my new plans).
Justin Hibbits
"Hack the planet!" - Hackers(1995)
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From: Mark Hewitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Gnome locking up?
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 15:48:37 +0000
Had RedHat 7.0 installed for a few days now and I am trying to use the
Enlightenment window manager with Gnome however after a few minutes it
locks up, the mouse pointer moves but you cannot select anything, however
it is still possible to type in the currently active window.
It was working fine for the first few days but now happens all the time,
anyone have any ideas?
Thanks
Mark
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux not free anymore?
Date: 24 Jan 2001 00:43:46 +0900
>>>>> "JCA" == JCA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
JCA> Remember that the Polish public administration is by and
JCA> large dominated by former communist individuals and
JCA> organizations. This is the kind of repressive action one is
JCA> to expect from such people.
yes, well, since as we know from another brilliant post, the u.s. is
also run by people who indoctrinate kids with "marxist" (sic) versions
of 'mmurican history, can you really expect more from poles?
but one thing bugs me about all this: so if the commies are still in
power and doing commie things, what was all that 1989 stuff? was it
just a ruse to get 'mmurican defenses down. can we 'spect a sneak
tack any moment a la perl harbour? or did it happen and i missed it
cuz it was too suttle? please tell.
love ya,
g.m.
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From: Soren Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Difficulties with kickstart
Date: 23 Jan 2001 09:51:50 -0600
Hi,
I'm trying to set up kickstart (Redhat 7.0) to run off of a floppy and
get the packages via NFS or HTTP.
My problems are:
1. A kernel panic when installing with NFS or URL (HTTP).
The machines that are athlons and similar things. They all have the
same network cards: Intel Ether Express 10/100. They all have run of
the mill IDE controllers. And kickstart successfully identifies both
the hard drive and the CDROM drive.
So what's my problem? A kernel panic:
Partition check:
hda: hda1 hda2 < hda4 .... hda10 >
VFS: cannot open root device 08:41
kernel panic: unable to mount root fs on 08:41
Note that the install with the RPMS on the CD works fine. However, my
network is not detected (however an ifup eth0 just works)
any ideas???
2. No DHCP requests ever hit my DHCP server.
I've tried, for giggles, a kickstart configuration that goes to the
network. I can't get the thing to ever hit the network.
Again, any ideas?
Thanks,
Soren
Here's the ks.cfg file.
### Language Specification
lang en_US
### Network Configuration
network --bootproto dhcp
### Source File Location
#cdrom
url --url http://63.93.29.31/kickstart/test
#nfs --server 63.93.29.31 --dir /mnt/cdrom
### Ethernet Device Configuration
#device
### Keyboard Configuration
keyboard us
### Partitioning Information
### Whether to clear out the Master Boot Record (yes/no)
### Which partitions to format (--linux/--all)
### --linux - only format existing linux partitions
### --all - format all existing partitions
### Which partitions to set up on new system as well
### as size of those partitions
zerombr yes
clearpart --all
#part /boot --size 16
part swap --size 1024
#part / --size 1000 --grow --maxsize 1400
part / --size 128
part /tmp --size 256
part /var --size 1024
part /usr --size 2048
part /TEST --size 2048
part /scratch --grow
### Mouse Configuration
mouse microsoft
### Time Zone Configuration
### Will get set to 'US/Eastern' if ZONE is missing
### from /etc/sysconfig/clock or if file is missing entirely
#timezone --utc US/Eastern
timezone --utc America/Chicago
### X Configuration
### Will set up system for minimal resolution and color depth;
### may wish to run Xconfigurator manually after system installation
#xconfig --server "SVGA" --monitor "viewsonic g773"
### Root Password Designation
rootpw apassword
### Authorization Configuration
auth --useshadow
### Lilo Configuration
lilo --location mbr
### Package Designation
### The package names, as well as the groups they are a part of can be
### found in the /RedHat/base/comps file; individual packages can be
### specified by entering their names one per line;
### groups (e.g. 'X Window System') can be specified
### by appending a "@" in front of the group name;
### e.g. '@ X Window System'
%packages
filesystem
[snip]
Mesa-devel
### Commands To Be Run Post-Installation
%post
echo thanks
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From: "Sam Liddicott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,gnu.gcc.help
Subject: Re: gcc environment question
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 14:54:58 -0000
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:948r3u$r78$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
>
> After being forced to build gcc-2.95.2 from source (to replace
> Redhat's buggy gcc-2.96), I can only get it to run if I add
>
> -L/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/2.96/
> and
> -I/usr/include/g++-3/
>
> to the command line options. This is a bit of a drag when compiling
> other people's code (have to edit Makefile, etc.).
Did you look at the .spec file for the original redhat package to see how
they did it?
Sam
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Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.security,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Allen)
Subject: Re: instrumentation displays (question)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 15:54:00 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (H.Bruijn) writes:
> On Fri, 19 Jan 2001 18:23:54 GMT, Steve Allen allegedly wrote:
>>What I want is to have the display be presented on the RH systems without
>>having to log in to them. What do I need to do to accomplish this? In
>
> I wouldn't use xdm but rather do the following:
> Use ssh for secure connections to the remote machine running the app
An interesting concept; I'll have to try it sometime. (BTW, we're a lab,
running 100Mbit, so don't really need the security or compression.)
Vincent Zweije got me pointed in the direction I needed to go, though.
Adding `xhost +` to /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0 let me put up displays without
having to have anybody log in.
Thanks to everybody for their help.
~Steve
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http://www.eskimo.com/~wormey/
Contrary to popular belief, Unix is user friendly.
It just happens to be selective about who it makes friends with.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dustin Puryear)
Subject: Re: backup for NT and linux over the network
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 16:22:15 GMT
On 22 Jan 2001 07:19:56 GMT, Christoph Kukulies
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>: Christoph Kukulies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>: : I'm seeking for a network backup system allowing to
>: : backup NT, Win2k and Linux systems to a DLT tape.
>
>: : IBM ADSM? $?
>
>: SAMBA, smbtar, mt, cron and a few shellscripts. :)
>
>Backup isn't just 'tar'. Backup also contains a strategy, like tower of hanoi,
>incremental backup and such. And I would like to use something 'out of the box'
>with some NT client users can operate themselves.
I could have sworn I already suggested Backup Exec for this. It will backup
your NT and Linux boxes with no problems. Agents for Linux and UNIX are even
free.
Regards, Dustin
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Integrate Linux Solutions into Your Windows Network
- http://www.prima-tech.com/integrate-linux
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: max-files??
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 16:16:57 GMT
I asked this question about 3 months ago, with no answer, does anyone
know?
In article <94i0ll$229$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Lo' There...
>
> How do I change the default max-files when compiling a new kernel?
> I can't seem to find any info anywhere.
>
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux not free anymore?
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 16:35:38 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> power and doing commie things, what was all that 1989 stuff? was it
> just a ruse to get 'mmurican defenses down. can we 'spect a sneak
> tack any moment a la perl harbour? or did it happen and i missed it
Uh, is that "pearl harbor" (guessing wildly at the american spelling
of harbour)?
Peter
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From: Carfield Yim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Can I backup all my data of my partition with cpio?
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 00:34:56 +0800
I wonder that can I backup all data of my linux partition with cpio with
boot files and device file.
Once there is any serious problem in my system, I can boot up my machine
with a boot disk and restore everything, can I do this?
Besides, is there any cpio file viewer so that I can retore individual
file but not the whole partition?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: ipchains log entry -- meaning?
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 16:28:19 GMT
If the default policy for the input chain is reject and there is no
matching rule, the packets will be rejected. You need a rule to match
packets coming from the broadcast address:port with "-j ACCEPT"
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In article <93uu0q$fhr$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Werner Brockhoven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I had these kind of messages when I was messing with the ip_always_defrag
> parameter.
> It happens when your ipchains receives fragments from open
connections, such
> as streaming or ftp and the ip_always_defrag is at zero.
>
> Have a look in the ipmasq mailing list. There was held a discussion about
> the exact thing.
>
> Regards,
>
> Werner
>
> "Luben Tuikov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > RH7, 2.2.18
> >
> > This is the /var/log/messages log entry I get when using
> > realplayer/msmediaplayer from an internal machine (masquaraded):
> >
> > Jan 14 14:53:03 lt1 kernel: Packet log: input REJECT eth1 PROTO=2
> > 24.43.3.1:65535 224.0.0.1:65535 L=32 S=0x00 I=43404 F=0x0000 T=1
> > O=0x00000494 (#5)
> >
> > lt1 is my linux box, eth1 is the external if.
> > What does this exactly mean?
> > My guess is: input chain, on eth1 (my external NIC), guessing that proto
> > 2 is TCP, .... and then is a mystery.
> >
> > My default policy for the input chain is REJECT, and the reject rules
> > are:
> >
> > ipchains -A input -i $extint -s $intnet -d 0.0.0.0/0 -l -j REJECT
> > and
> > ipchains -A input -s 0.0.0.0/0 -d 0.0.0.0/0 -l -j REJECT
> >
> > I can't see how the first reject mathces so then it must be the
> > second...
> > So what does this log file mean and how can I fix this to work?
> >
> > Module ip_masq_raudio is alredy in the kernel. I'm on a @home network so
> > it is possible that they are doing some tricks and redirecting realaudio
> > streams through a different machine, namely 24.43.3.1 ...)
> >
> > TIA.
> > --
> > Luben
>
>
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From: Joe Durusau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,gnu.gcc.help
Subject: Re: gcc environment question
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 11:30:52 -0800
At one time, there was an RPM file for gcc2.95.2 on RHat's website.
If it's stil there, it should be easier than rebuilding the compiler.
Speaking only for myself,
Joe Durusau
Sam Liddicott wrote:
>
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:948r3u$r78$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Hi,
> >
> > After being forced to build gcc-2.95.2 from source (to replace
> > Redhat's buggy gcc-2.96), I can only get it to run if I add
> >
> > -L/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/2.96/
> > and
> > -I/usr/include/g++-3/
> >
> > to the command line options. This is a bit of a drag when compiling
> > other people's code (have to edit Makefile, etc.).
>
> Did you look at the .spec file for the original redhat package to see how
> they did it?
>
> Sam
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From: Erik Max Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: mounting extended partition
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 08:41:01 -0800
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Can somebody tell me if it is possible to mount
> an extended FAT32 partition in linux(RH6.1) ?
Do you have support for that filesystem built into your kernel?
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From: Ken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Ret Hat vs. Linux - libraries and such?
Date: 23 Jan 2001 15:51:17 GMT
Hi, I am running the WebTrends Enterprise Reporting Server on a Debian
system here at work. According to the WebTrends site it is for 'Red
Hat Linux". My feeling is that it is simply a marketing thing. But
the thing is that though it runs fine, it doesn't seem to release the
memory that it uses. Tech support won't help me because the system is
Debian. Personally I think this sucks and wouldn't use it if they
didn't want it so much here at work. But I digress. So this is their
reason. Anyone know if this is valid and there are real differences
between Debian and Red Hat besides the obvious of package management,
etc.? The kernel is the source I got from kernel.org even.
Thanks.
"Bad news, Ken. You are running Debian. I see why you were inquiring
on the marketing thing earlier. I did ask for your benefit as to why.
I am not sure of the specifics, but there is a differenct in the
libraries and kernel configuration between Redhat and Debian. The
fact is, we can't support the install at this point unless it is
switched to Redhat. I apologize for the inconvenience this creates
for you.
Thank you
Webtrends Technical Support"
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From: Jean-David Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: /etc/resolv.conf being overwritten with Red Hat Linux 6.2.3
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 12:04:20 -0500
I have been running this machine with VA Linux's version of Red Hat
Linux 6.0 for almost a year now, and it works pretty well except for a
few problems that I have bored you with before. But the pile of RPMs I
have installed has started to get too confusing, and some of them seem
incompatible others, and so on, so I decided to start over. Besides,
there is a remote possibility that I was hacked, and doing a fresh
install, and running tripwire before ever connecting to the Internet may
enable me to keep a handle on these things.
BUT I have a big problem connecting to my dial-up ISP. I push the
ModemLights applet to connect, and that runs /usr/sbin/usernetctl ppp0
up to make a connection. This part works. What does not work is that
whenever I connect, it overwrites my /etc/resolv.conf with the addresses
of my ISP's primary and secondary name servers. Since I want the
resolver to use my name server (and have that use the ISP's name server
if necessary), this confuses my name server and nothing works. It is
simple enough to fix /etc/resolv.conf to what I want, but my machine
sometimes connects using a script run by cron, and I cannot be around
for those. Besides, it sucks.
I suppose this is a great feature for those who do not run named (bind)
on their machines, but for me, it is a serious problem. I assume there
is some configuration trick to prevent this from happening, but I have
not figured out what it is. Any ideas?
--
.~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642.
/V\ Registered Machine 73926.
/( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey
^^-^^ 11:55am up 3:11, 3 users, load average: 2.39, 2.20, 2.05
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From: "Andrew Clayton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: nfs-utils kernel dependency
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 16:22:34 +0000
In article <94jeto$248$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Christoph Kukulies"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Mark Post <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> : On 22 Jan 2001 07:23:57 GMT, Christoph Kukulies
> : <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> : Apparently, you didn't install the 2.2.14 kernel using rpm. If you
> don't
> : use rpm, it can't tell if it is installed, and will give you a failed
> : dependency.
>
> Ah, yes, I compiled the kernel. Is there a way to 'cheat'?
>
Try rpm -Uvh --nodeps nfs-utils-0.1.9.1-1.i386.rpm
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