Linux-Misc Digest #52, Volume #27 Wed, 7 Feb 01 22:13:02 EST
Contents:
HELP! mkisofs problem: can't create iso image! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Which Linux distribution is best? (Yvan Loranger)
Re: ReiserFS - ACL's? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: syntax highlighting in emacs (James Silverton)
Re: syntax highlighting in emacs (Paul Kimoto)
movie_software? (arau)
Re: syntax highlighting in emacs (arau)
Re: USB -> CompacFlash -> fstype? (B.F. Thornborrow)
Re: From an ex Microsoft devotee (Dave Martel)
Re: Dual Processor advantage? (Hartmann Schaffer)
Mandrake and RedHat (Rafael)
Which distribution? ("Chaz")
Re: Lilo (John in SD)
Re: Open Source databases.... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
VIA AC97 sound trouble (Peter Petersen)
Re: Print in Landscape mode - how? ("Charles Sullivan")
Re: rp-pppoe, kernel 2.4.x and DSL (PacBell) (Jay & Shell)
Re: USB -> CompacFlash -> fstype? (David Efflandt)
Chroot shell ("Daniel L. Srebnick")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.cd-rom,mailing.comp.cdwrite
Subject: HELP! mkisofs problem: can't create iso image!
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 22:58:43 GMT
I'm using mkisofs-1.13-3mdk on RedHat 6.2 Linux. I'm trying to create
the iso image of a directory tree:
# mkisofs -J -r -o /mnt/dos/distr.iso /mnt/dos/distr
I get a strange error during the ISO creation. This is one example:
(...)
69.80% done, estimate finish Wed Feb 7 20:47:41 2001
71.64% done, estimate finish Wed Feb 7 20:48:03 2001
mkisofs: No such file or directory. cannot read from
/mnt/dos/distr/linux/squid.kit/ncsa_auth
At this point the command is aborted.
The particular dirtree in on a DOS/FAT mounted partition, but I also
tried copying it entirely to a ext2 partition and it didn't help: same
error exactly in the same point.
The file "with problem" has no problem: I can read, edit, copy it etc.
normally. It is there and I don't know why mkisofs cannot find it.
I had this error with several different files. What worked most was:
- renaming the file to something else
- moving the directory to another level
I almost thought the problem was related to files that had, in their
filenames, the same first characters as the directory name (e.g.
/mnt/dos/distr/qmail/qmail.gz). Thus renaming them usually worked. But
the example above does not have this characteristic, as some other cases
don't have it either.
If I try hard (renaming and moving), I'm able to create the iso image
and burn a CD with no problems. But this is a tiring process, since the
errors tend to show up further and further to the end of the mkisofs
process (in the example above, I got rid of several previous errors and
I got this one at 71%).
I had the same problem with mkisofs-1.8 (the original one with RH 6.2).
Upgrading to version 1.13 was no help. I'm using the 2.2.16-3 kernel
(the one available in the errata site of Red Hat).
Any help will be appreciated.
Bill.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yvan Loranger)
Subject: Re: Which Linux distribution is best?
Date: 7 Feb 2001 23:17:00 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yvan Loranger)
no, no, no need! As long as you put Linux's bootables (/boot) within the
8.4GB [first 1024 cyl?], Linux can access other partitions beyond since it
no longer uses the bios after booting.
bhogak ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes:
> Thanks Mike. I will try with the DriveMax Card. I have EDO RAM and I
> think they are pretty expensive to upgrade.
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I believe that Linux does not have bios limitations.
>> I have a Pentium 166 and it has a bios with an 8.4 GB limit.
>> I purchased a Promise Bios DriveMAX card that allows up to
>> mayb 128 GB. The card cost about $17. It works great. Well
>> worth it.
--
Merci.........................Yvan Pour le plein air: Club Vertige
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ncf.ca/vertige
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ReiserFS - ACL's?
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 23:08:46 GMT
So are there plans in the future for ACL's. I just read something about
NSA doing security mods which I would guess include ACLs. Anyone know?
Dan
In article <T77e6.302159$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Dan Star <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Does ReiserFS have support for access control lists or must the
> > kernel support this natively? If not is there hope in the future
> > for this feature?
>
> The Linux kernel only has vestigal support for ACLs, and the fact that
> NFS v2 doesn't support ACLs means that people have limited interest in
> it if they need to share filesystems.
>
> In effect, support of ACLs will require the combination of:
> a) The kernel VFS supporting it well;
> b) Filesystems supporting good places to store ACL info;
> c) Network filesystems supporting ACLs;
> d) Useful userspace tools to manipulate the ACLs;
> e) Looking forward, support by packaging tools like RPM/dpkg for
ACLs.
>
> The FS support issue _is_ really a small part of it...
> --
> (concatenate 'string "cbbrowne" "@ntlug.org")
> http://www.ntlug.org/~cbbrowne/languages.html
> "There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your
> face." -- Ben Williams
>
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From: James Silverton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: syntax highlighting in emacs
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 18:22:07 -0500
BBB wrote:
>
> How can I enable the syntax highlighting in different colors in emacs (when
> I write c++ files)?
> Thanks a lot in advance.
Use jed; at least 80% of the features of emacs at 20% of the footprint.
It comes with SuSE. The KDE editor also has syntax highlighting.
Jim.
--
James V. Silverton
Potomac, Maryland.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: syntax highlighting in emacs
Date: 7 Feb 2001 18:49:15 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <sEjg6.11737$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, BBB wrote:
> How can I enable the syntax highlighting in different colors in emacs (when
> I write c++ files)?
M-x font-lock-mode
Or read /usr/*/emacs/*/lisp/font-lock.el about
(global-font-lock-mode t)
--
Paul Kimoto
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and may be a violation of international copyright law.
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From: arau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: movie_software?
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 23:50:57 GMT
Hi,
anybody knows a free Linux software to convert a sequence of images
(tiffs or whatever) into a common movie format (mpeg, avi, rpl....).
So far I have only a dinosaur mpeg-code from U. of Berkeley.
Thanks
--
Andreas Rau
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre / Medical Imaging
U of T, Dept. Medical Biophysics
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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From: arau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: syntax highlighting in emacs
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 00:06:28 GMT
> How can I enable the syntax highlighting in different colors in emacs
(when
> I write c++ files)?
> Thanks a lot in advance.
A least from emacs 20.x.x on there is the help->customize->... menu.
Here you can make the generic setups, like hilit etc.
With increasing experience and fascination you will look into simple
lisp-programming and fine tune the .emacs file.
It is a slowly rising fascination, but there is nothing more powerful
than emacs (only my opinion, of course)
--
Andreas Rau
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre / Medical Imaging
U of T, Dept. Medical Biophysics
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (B.F. Thornborrow)
Subject: Re: USB -> CompacFlash -> fstype?
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 00:56:15 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Chris Webster
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>I've got a Lexar Jumpshot USB cable and media hooked up. Everything is
>recognized in the USB & SCSI drivers, however when I try to mount the
>device:
>
>[root@agave /root]# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/pix
>mount: /dev/sda1 has wrong major or minor number
>
>Anyone know what the fs type is for these cards?
>
>--Chris
Most CompactFlash cards use a FAT16 compatible file system. Should work as
FAT, although I've never tried what you are doing.
Brad
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From: Dave Martel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: From an ex Microsoft devotee
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 18:02:00 -0700
On Wed, 07 Feb 2001 15:43:02 -0500, "Lewis M. Dreblow"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Have you heard about kylix from Borland... here is their recent
>announcment.
Here's some additional information from the pre-order page at
<http://shop.borland.com/Category/0,1257,3-15-1080,00.html>
Kylix Server Developer $1,999.00
Kylix Desktop Developer $999.00
Borland's products also have a high cost of ownership. Speaking from
personal experience with Borland C++ Builder, they essentially abandon
each version shortly after it hits the market and then try to sell you
the revised product at 50% of the full-product price. If they continue
this strategy under linux, then we're looking at $1000 up-front plus
roughly $500 every 12-18 months to keep kylix up-to-date.
No doubt they'll eventually release a hobbyist-oriented version
that'll be more-reasonably priced. Like C++ Builder Standard for
Windows it will probably be little more than a stripped-down
educational tool, and useless for serious development.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hartmann Schaffer)
Subject: Re: Dual Processor advantage?
Date: 7 Feb 2001 20:15:44 -0500
In article <95s5it$efr$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Vishal Ailawadhi wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I'm new to this NG, and I'm just about to order some PC's for our
>department. I was wondering how much of an advantage there was in getting a
>dual machine (800 P3) as opposed to a single processor. In Linux, can you
>specify which processes run on which processesor? Or is it automatic? Is
afaik you can't, and i really don't see why you would want to. linux supports
only smp (symmetric multiprocessing), where both processors are pretty much
identical
>there really a benifit?
depends on the work load. if you have several compute intensive programws (or
only one that you use frequently) it is a good idea (for servers i would
always go for it). in typical workstation settings it is less likely that
you benefit
>Also, as a side question, I would like the machines to be dual bootable, but
in my experience this is more a hassle than it is worth it. installing on
separate systems an networking them probably would be better. you can also
install wine (windows emulator; but check first how your apps do under it)
or vmware (a commercial virtual machine that lets you install windows and lets
you run it under linux; appr. $US 400)
> ...
hs
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From: Rafael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mandrake and RedHat
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 02:15:34 +0100
I have instaled RH and Mandrake on my computer but there is one bad
think about Mandrake. Hardrive speed is 4 times slower than in RH. I
set in both hdparm -c 1 -d 1 /dev/hda
How to correct things in Mandrake. I have UDMA 100 on CUSL2 mainboard
Help
Rafael
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From: "Chaz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Which distribution?
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 01:20:56 -0000
Hi i want to install linux on a pc with 2meg of edo ram and a 386 25mhz cpu.
The hard disk is 10meg. I would like to know what version/distribution i
should install. Thanks in advance.
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From: John in SD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Lilo
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 01:39:27 GMT
Read the file CHANGES for lilo 21.6.1.
--John
On Tue, 6 Feb 2001 15:52:04 -0500, "Neil West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>When trying to run lilo -v -t I get the error "device 0x0304 exceeds 1024
>cylinder limit". After running the "df" command I get the following output:
>
>Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
>/dev/hda5 3534096 1672048 1682524 50% /
>/dev/hda2 15554 2464 12287 17% /boot
>/dev/hda6 3534096 1779860 1574712 54% /home
>/dev/fd0 1412 1084 256 81% /mnt/floppy
>
>
>The /boot partition is clearly under the 16 meg limit. My theory is that
>because it does not occurr first on the drive, it crosses over the 1024
>cylinder limit. THanks in advance for all of your help.
>
>Neil West
>
LILO version 21.6.1 (16-Dec-2000) source at
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/boot/lilo
patches at ftp://brun.dyndns.org/pub/linux/lilo
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Open Source databases....
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 01:40:25 GMT
>>>>> "Andreas" == Andreas Spengler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Andreas> Hi, Nils O. Sel�sdal schrieb:
>> What open source RDBMS are out there? We have successfully used
>> MySQL in some projects, however for our next requirements are
>> diffrent, among other things we need stored procedures.
Andreas> PostgreSQL
Well, PostgreSQL allows "registering functions," which might then be
attached to triggers.
See:
<http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/7.0/postgres/sql-createfunction.htm>
It would also be worth looking at InterBase, which supports stored
procedures in more traditional form.
It should also be worth looking at SAPDB,
<http://www.sap.com/solutions/technology/sapdb/> which is essentially
a renamed, repackaged version of the fairly well-known Adabas-D RDBMS.
It is not yet available in "open source" form, but SAP's project plan
is for the release of the DB "kernel" under (I believe) the GPL to
take place in April, which is not very far away.
They're running a _little_ behind schedule, as they anticipated having
the LGPLed source distribution for tools and interfaces available in
January, which does not seem to have taken place yet, but otherwise
seem to have been playing pretty straight thus far.
These releases of well-known, mature commercial DBMSes are extremely
encouraging...
--
(concatenate 'string "aa454" "@freenet.carleton.ca")
http://www.ntlug.org/~cbbrowne/rdbms.html
`I am convinced that interactive systems will never displace batch
systems for many applications.' - Brooks, _The Mythical Man-Month_
(And this does indeed seem true. MVS/CICS systems have *NOT* gone
away...)
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From: Peter Petersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: VIA AC97 sound trouble
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 17:55:54 +0100
Hello!
Using Suse 6.4, Kernel 2.2.14 with a VIA AC97 soundchip I have some
problem with sound under linux.
The kernel drivers don't support the chip, so I had to find out that
ALSA might be helpful (and OSS, which for various reasons proves to be
an even inferior solution for me).
With ALSA I can listen to wav, au, mp3, cd audio, but not to midi,
which, however, is not the real problem I am talking about (there is a
program called "timidity" which gives me midi sound by on-the-fly
converting midi to wav without touching the midi files, so that is
o.k.).
Here is - finally - my problem:
I can't get sound to work with the quake games series (especially quake
and quakeworld), and ALSA even mentions that quake has to segfault
because there is a problem with "mmap" (whatever that means). So without
sound I am unable and unwilling to play these games.
Is there any realistic alternative to get quake sound under linux with a
VIA AC97 (and without upgrading the kernel to 2.3.x or 2.4, where I
found some experimental stuff with www.google.com)?
Someone of you all with VIA AC97 got a good solution? Or is this
hopeless?
Thanks
Peter
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From: "Charles Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux
Subject: Re: Print in Landscape mode - how?
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 02:18:09 GMT
Chris Webster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> > I occasionally have ASCII text files which I'd like to print
> > in Landscape mode, but can't figure out how to do this, either
> > from the command line or from any of the text editors running
> > under Gnome. Years ago under Unix I seem to recall there was
> > a command line switch for lpr or pr, but can find nothing in the
> > man pages.
> >
> > Anyone have any suggestions?
>
> You can use the enscript program....
Thanks, I'll give it a try.
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From: Jay & Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: rp-pppoe, kernel 2.4.x and DSL (PacBell)
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 02:34:39 GMT
Robert Lynch wrote:
> Jay & Shell wrote:
> >
> > Robert Lynch wrote:
> >
> > > Hiya-
> > >
> > > I am sure if I really had thoroughly RTFM at "Roaring Penguin":
> > >
> > > http://www.roaringpenguin.com/pppoe/
> > >
> > > and:
> > >
> > > http://www.math.uwaterloo.ca/~mostrows/
> > >
> > > I would know that with my 2.4.x kernel (with pppoe support
> > > compiled in), to get DSL going with PacBell what I needed to do
> > > was to install:
> > >
> > > rp-pppoe-2.5-4 as an rpm <--------------------- says: "rpm"
> > >
> >
> > RoaringPenguin has rp-pppoe 2.8 out, which is an upgrade for kernel 2.4!
> >
> > And use the RPM it's easier. rpm -Uhv rp-pppoe*.rpm
> > make sure you are in a console window as root
>
> Thanks for the update. If you read my message, even the part you
> snipped, you'll see I did use an RPM.
>
> Stuff sure downloads faster with DSL!
>
> Bob L.
> --
> Robert Lynch-Berkeley CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== NOTE:
> **New address! Please CHANGE your addressbook listing.***
And do you have it up and running???
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: USB -> CompacFlash -> fstype?
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 02:46:22 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 07 Feb 2001, Chris Webster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>I've got a Lexar Jumpshot USB cable and media hooked up. Everything is
>recognized in the USB & SCSI drivers, however when I try to mount the
>device:
>
>[root@agave /root]# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/pix
>mount: /dev/sda1 has wrong major or minor number
>
>Anyone know what the fs type is for these cards?
I have not used USB, but -t vfat should work. In a pcmcia adapter
it shows up in my logs as /dev/hde, and /dev/hde1 is the device I mount.
(my CF was originally used in Cassiopeia and also Win95/98)
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From: "Daniel L. Srebnick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Chroot shell
Date: 8 Feb 2001 02:49:42 GMT
How can I set up a chroot shell under Linux? The Solaris method of using
an * in place of the shell name in /etc/passwd doesn't seem to work.
Remove the nospam from the above address for e-mail replies. Thanks.
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