Linux-Misc Digest #44, Volume #27 Wed, 7 Feb 01 01:13:02 EST
Contents:
Re: mounting bloc device (Dances With Crows)
Re: Not using Lilo with Mandrake 7.2 (Hugh Lawson)
ipchains permissions (Bob Simon)
I need ideas... (Mikes1024)
Need a little help IMG files (Skoal)
Re: Which Linux distribution is best? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Why is Disk Usage Applet Wrong? (M.Knight)
Setting up a shell server ("Dan Kulpa")
Slow boot up with Red Hat Linux 7.0 (Jim Parker)
Setting up a shell server ("Dan Kulpa")
Re: Scanning on Redhat Linux 7.0 (E J)
Re: Can't umount (Marcus Lauer)
Re: Need a little help IMG files (Dances With Crows)
Re: Scanning on Redhat Linux 7.0 (bullwinkle)
Re: MS to Enforce Registration - or Else ("Aaron R. Kulkis")
Re: Need a little help IMG files (Skoal)
Re: RedHat 7.0 and WABI (E J)
how to configure NEWSSERVER in intranet (niketan sharma)
Re: imwheel and 5 button IBM mouse? (E J)
Re: From an ex Microsoft devotee (Richard Steiner)
Re: win2k/red hat dual boot problem (mike)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: mounting bloc device
Date: 7 Feb 2001 01:31:38 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 06 Feb 2001 22:22:35 GMT, Mark Bratcher staggered into the Black
Sun and said:
>In article <95pqnh$abf$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Frédéric Hoerni wrote:
>>is it possible to mount /dev/sga (cd writer) which is in bloc mode, as a
>>filesystem ?
>>
>Yes, it's possible.
(insert data CD)
# mount -t iso9660 /dev/sg1 /cdrom
mount: /dev/sg1 is not a block device
SO no, you can't do it that way. You're looking for /dev/scd0 , the
first SCSI CD-ROM block interface, most likely. /dev/sg0 is the first
SCSI generic interface, and it's a character device. The mount program
does not allow character devices; you have to go through some trickery
at the kernel level to make a ZIP drive (block device) connected to the
parallel port (character device) show up correctly. The name /dev/sga
is deprecated; use /dev/sg0 .
>What format is the CD? Is it a "normal" data CD (like a program disk),
>or is it a music CD?
To follow up on Mark's points, you cannot mount an audio CD; audio CDs
do not have filesystems on them. To grab audio tracks from an audio CD,
use cdparanoia or one of its frontends like grip.
http://xiph.org/paranoia/ for cdparanoia itself.
(subject: You can access a political faction via a device node? Holy
rusted metal, Batman, rm /dev/idiots !)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hugh Lawson)
Subject: Re: Not using Lilo with Mandrake 7.2
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 01:32:10 GMT
In article <V9%f6.407$ig2.8940@news1-hme0>, Chris Gordon-Smith wrote:
>Sooner or later I may have another go with LILO, but for the present
>booting from floppy is fine.
Maybe you have seen the program 'mkboot'. I makes a nice, fast-booting
boot floppy.
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Hugh Lawson
Greensboro, North Carolina
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From: Bob Simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ipchains permissions
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 01:58:18 GMT
I have RH 7. I changed the file access permissions of
/sbin/ipchains to 777. When I try to execute ipchains
from my own account, I get the following message:
ipchains: Permission denied (you must be root)
I thought chmod took care of this but apparently not.
Is there anything I could do (besides su) to run ipchains
while logged in as other than root?
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From: Mikes1024 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: I need ideas...
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 02:13:11 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm in a bind. I need ideas for new, useful software and/or libraries
to write. Please help me.
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From: Skoal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Need a little help IMG files
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 02:22:55 GMT
I have a linux boot disk that I need to send out on a CD. How can I turn the Linux boot
disk into an img file that rawrite can put on to a floppy?
I tried winimage
I looked for info on rawrite, but I think it's only for writing. I also looked at "dd"
but
couldn't find any references to creating an img file
TIA!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Which Linux distribution is best?
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 01:57:03 +0000
. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
>> I think this is an issue of patience. When does your patience run out as
>> you stare at the desktop for Netscape 6 to load,
> If youre running netscape6 on 32 megs of ram, you are an idiot.
If you're running netscape 6 at all you're...
I'll get me coat.
> No, it wont. Heres what you propose:
> Running pine, tin, pico, etc. all at once. The three together will hardly
> take up more than a few megs by themselves.
Or elm, tin, joe, etc...
pine can do both news and mail, remember...
:)
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From: M.Knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Why is Disk Usage Applet Wrong?
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 02:36:42 GMT
I'm using Redhat 7.0 and running Gnome/Sawfish that comes with that
installation.
I'm have the Disk Usage Applet (v 1.2.1) that comes with the Gnome
distribution running in the panel.
I have 3 drives:
6 GB mounted on /dos
2.5 GB mounted on /
20 GB mounted on /home
The applet reports the space used/available correctly on the two smaller
drives, but not the 20 GB drive.
I assume it has something to do with the large size of the drive. I've
noticed if I place large files on it, the applet actually shows more
space available, but it is still very incorrect.
Any idea how to correct this problem?
Gdiskfree reports the space used/available correctly.
-Michael
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From: "Dan Kulpa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Setting up a shell server
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 02:50:45 GMT
Can anyone point me in the right direction for setting up a full-featured
linux-based (FreeBSD, RedHat, Debian, whatever) shell server?
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From: Jim Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Slow boot up with Red Hat Linux 7.0
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 21:54:53 -0500
I have installed Red Hat Linux twice. First, version 6.1, on an old
machine and second, version 7.0, on a new machine. In both cases I
didn't want to risk messing up my existing multiboot capability so I
created LILO boot disks. The version 6.1 boot disk takes about 30
seconds to load and another 20 seconds or so to boot up the rest of
Linux. However, the version 7.0 boot disk takes 4.5 minutes to load
after which the rest of the boot up occurs quicker than the version 6.1.
Why does the version 7.0 boot disk take so long to load? Anyway to speed
it up?
I currently use OS/2 Boot Manager. Can I get Boot Manager to boot up
either version of Linux with out reinstalling Linux? If so, how?
Thanks
Jim
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From: "Dan Kulpa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Setting up a shell server
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 02:50:37 GMT
Can anyone point me in the right direction for setting up a full-featured
linux-based (FreeBSD, RedHat, Debian, whatever) shell server?
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Scanning on Redhat Linux 7.0
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 03:08:46 GMT
Are you insane?! Get kernel 2.4.x which has full USB support.
Get sane from the RH7.0 CD or http://panda.mostang.com/sane/
alan simes wrote:
> I have an HP Scanjet 4200C (USB) and loads of patience, can anyone point
> in the right direction of getting it working under Linux.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> simes
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From: Marcus Lauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't umount
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 19:40:07 -0800
Steen Suder wrote:
> Dedicated to all Manson Fans wrote:
> >
> > When I try try to umount /dev/hda5 (mount-point: /usr) Iget the error
> > message 'device is busy'. This happens anytime, on shutting down,
> > rebooting or manual umounting (mad sentence, sorry for my english).
> > Any Ideas...
>
> Before shutdown, bring the system to single user mode (init 1).
Which is done by just typing "shutdown" instead of, say, "shutdown -h
now" (just so it's clear :)
Marcus
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Need a little help IMG files
Date: 7 Feb 2001 03:55:54 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 07 Feb 2001 02:22:55 GMT, Skoal staggered into the Black Sun and
said:
>I have a linux boot disk that I need to send out on a CD. How can I
>turn the Linux boot disk into an img file that rawrite can put on to a
>floppy?
>
>I tried winimage I looked for info on rawrite, but I think it's only
>for writing. I also looked at "dd" but couldn't find any references to
>creating an img file
(insert disk)
dd if=/dev/fd0 of=bootflop.img
This is a pretty common use for dd, but not obvious until it's been
pointed out. dd , unlike rawrite, works both ways, and since it works
below the filesystem level, is handy for doing other things:
(insert data CD)
dd if=/dev/scd0 of=/tmp/cdrom.iso
(remove data CD, insert blank CD-R(W) )
cdrecord -v dev=0,0,0 /tmp/cdrom.iso
(eject CD-R(W) blank, which is now an exact copy of the data CD)
HTH,
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From: bullwinkle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Scanning on Redhat Linux 7.0
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 04:30:04 -0000
alan simes wrote:
>
> I have an HP Scanjet 4200C (USB) and loads of patience, can anyone point
> in the right direction of getting it working under Linux.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
>
>
> simes
>
Greetings from Bullwinkle
>> I don't have any first hand experience with scanners, but
>> http://www1.jump.net/~dnelson/linux/usb/ looks promising.
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From: "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: MS to Enforce Registration - or Else
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 23:42:33 -0500
Steve Mading wrote:
>
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy Tom Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> : "Steve Mading" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> : news:95fl3c$dju$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> :> In comp.os.linux.advocacy Dan Mercer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> :> : Could you please take this conversation private or at least to
> :> : a more appropriate newsgroup. While I believe God advocates Linux
> :> : (Bill Gates being the antiChrist)
> : comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy
> :> : are not appropriate forums for this discussion.
> :>
> :> When insults are made in public, the responses must be equally public.
>
> : Must the responses be made ad nauseum, though?
>
> : This sort of debate has been going on for as long as humanity and it sure
> : as hell isn't going to be solved in COLA...We can't even agree on something
> : so simple as a distro around here!
>
> This is not an argument over whether or not atheists are correct.
> It is an argument over who the label "atheist" applies to. Aaron
> is picking a definition that atheists themselves don't agree with,
> and then using that definition to make claims about what atheists
> believe. That's a classic strawman fallacy.
If you were born of Korean parents in Korea, calling yourself
Mexican doesn't change the facts....no matter how much you
disagree with the definitions of "Mexican" and "Korean"
--
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Unix Systems Engineer
DNRC Minister of all I survey
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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: Skoal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Need a little help IMG files
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 05:04:53 GMT
Big THANKS!
BTW, will a rawrite bat file put this on to a floppy?
Again, thanks for the needed help...
On 7 Feb 2001 03:55:54 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
wrote:
>On Wed, 07 Feb 2001 02:22:55 GMT, Skoal staggered into the Black Sun and
>said:
>>I have a linux boot disk that I need to send out on a CD. How can I
>>turn the Linux boot disk into an img file that rawrite can put on to a
>>floppy?
>>
>>I tried winimage I looked for info on rawrite, but I think it's only
>>for writing. I also looked at "dd" but couldn't find any references to
>>creating an img file
>
>(insert disk)
>dd if=/dev/fd0 of=bootflop.img
>
>This is a pretty common use for dd, but not obvious until it's been
>pointed out. dd , unlike rawrite, works both ways, and since it works
>below the filesystem level, is handy for doing other things:
>
>(insert data CD)
>dd if=/dev/scd0 of=/tmp/cdrom.iso
>(remove data CD, insert blank CD-R(W) )
>cdrecord -v dev=0,0,0 /tmp/cdrom.iso
>(eject CD-R(W) blank, which is now an exact copy of the data CD)
>
>HTH,
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RedHat 7.0 and WABI
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 04:57:53 GMT
There are other options to consider:
1) Get the source code for WABI and unix2dos and recompile for Redhat 7.0
2) Install the libraries that WABI and unix2dos was built.
>From my personal experience, my Wordperfect 8 worked on RH6.2 and when it
was upgraded to RH7.0.
When I blew away my upgraded RH7.0 to a clean install of RH7.0, Wordperfect
8 did not work.
I installed libc-5.3.12-31.i386.rpm and ld.so-1.9.5-13.i386.rpm from Redhat
6.2 CD and my Wordperfect 8
because it was built on libc-5.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> That is all well and good, however, my use for wine is to run just two
> apps at the office. WINE may have matured a lot since I last looked at
> it (about a year ago), however, WABI has served me very well for four
> years. The error I am getting is telling me that the binary (or more
> likely some shared library) is missing. The binary naturally is not
> missing. Furthermore, I receive the same error when trying to run an
> old utility (unix2dos).
>
> I certainly can investigate whether WINE will now run the two apps that
> I need (lotus notes and an off-the-shelf trouble-ticketing tool), but I
> would still like to know that I can fall back on running WABI too.
>
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From: niketan sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: how to configure NEWSSERVER in intranet
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 05:30:08 -0000
i want to configure newsserver in the intranet how will i creat newsgroup
etc. etc....
help help
niketan
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: imwheel and 5 button IBM mouse?
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 05:18:37 GMT
I hope you are not rioting in Lansing, when the Spartans lose :)
$ man imwheel
It has configuration for more than 3 buttons.
Terry Gliedt wrote:
> I've bene using imwheel with a new black IBM mouse with a
> scroll wheel. The middle button is pretty useful to me and
> while pressing the wheel often works, sometimes it also
> scrolls, messing up the operation.
>
> This particular mouse has 3 small buttons near the thumb which
> I'd love to enable so I can use one of these as an alternative
> middle button. Has anyone managed to enable these three
> buttons? Please respond to me directly (as well as the group)
> so I don't miss your response. TIA
> --
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> Biostatistics, Univ of Michigan Personal Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Steiner)
Subject: Re: From an ex Microsoft devotee
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 23:30:16 -0600
Here in comp.os.linux.misc, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Bratcher)
spake unto us, saying:
>Borland (er... Inprise) is working on a project called Kylix, which
>is their Delphi environment placed on Linux. I would expect that
>C++Builder would follow not long after that.
I think they recently regained their sanity and went back to calling
themselves Borland again. :-)
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From: mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: win2k/red hat dual boot problem
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 05:52:46 GMT
Hi mm886,
you didn't give other details about your system.
Do you have a special hard drive controller card?
I have known some hard drive controller cards or bios upgrade
cards that need the hard drive settings in the bios to be set to
"none".
I think the common bios hard drive settings, if you can change it
is "auto" (auto detect)
Have you tried to use "bios defaults"?
Usually there one or two bios default type settings which
brings you to factory or basic default bios settings.
This might allow a change of hard drive settings.
If all else fails, you might put the drive on another system
and install Linux from there and then put the drive back in
the system.
Mike
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