Linux-Misc Digest #141, Volume #27 Sun, 18 Feb 01 11:13:02 EST
Contents:
Re: keymap or font mismatch (Jean-David Beyer)
Re: mike with SB Live! (Eamon Skelton)
Re: Size of LINUX (Yvan Loranger)
Re: Size of LINUX (Yvan Loranger)
Re: Can't delete file (Eric Ho)
Re: Can't delete file (Eric Ho)
Re: Simple fax program (Eric Ho)
Re: User permissions for vfat mount (Yvan Loranger)
Re: Installing Problem (Lee Webb)
[OT] Re: I need software recommendations: (Lee Webb)
Re: Automatic server status watch? (Jari Huovila)
Re: Printer in debian: (cups and kups?) (Mike Perry)
installation of red hat 7.0 ("Raymond So")
Display multipage TIFF files? (Adrian Mariano)
RPM segfault, I'm stuck (Peter Eddy)
RedHat 7.0 ld.so missing ?? ("Naveen Goud")
Re: Can't delete file (Yvan Loranger)
Disk Druid (Ferg)
OSTYPE=linux-gnu under make?? ("WL")
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From: Jean-David Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: keymap or font mismatch
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 07:13:04 -0500
Mike Mcclain wrote:
>
> Howdy All,
> Every once in a while I see a message here where there
> is a mismatch between the system of the guy that wrote the
> message and mine where the message is displayed, like so:
>
> All today{s OS, I{m sure. This is what he sent.
> All today's OS, I'm sure. This is what he meant.
>
> My question: Where is the misconfiguration?
> His system or mine? What's not set right?
>
His system is misconfigured because it is running the wrong software
(probably Microsoftware) that insists on using non-standard
character codes. These are usually related to Microsoft Word's
"Smart Quotes" feature which distinguishes between opening and
closing double-quotes and opening and closing single-quotes (` and
'). On my Linux software, the troublesome undefined characters are
rendered as question marks by Netscape, and silently suppressed by
some other programs.
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.~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642.
/V\ Registered Machine 73926.
/( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey
^^-^^ 7:05am up 20 days, 15:32, 4 users, load average: 2.13, 2.11,
2.09
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From: Eamon Skelton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mike with SB Live!
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,linux.redhat
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 11:41:35 +0000
wroot wrote:
> Can I do sound input with it (via microphone)? Do I need to specifically
> buy some Linux-compatible microphone?
No. Your microphone will work fine. Make sure that your mic input
is unmuted and that the input gain is set to the correct level.
> And is there software that will
> encode sound input directly into mp3's or do I need to construct my own
> command using pipes, etc.?
I don't remember the name but I saw a program on www.freshmeat.net
today, that does exactly what you want.
Have fun.
E.S.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yvan Loranger)
Subject: Re: Size of LINUX
Date: 18 Feb 2001 13:15:49 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yvan Loranger)
Grant Edwards ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes:
>
> Any fool can build a bridge that will stand up. Engineering is being able
> to build bridge that you know will just barely stand up.
I've never heard it put quite *that* way before. Is that the "I'm not
drunk yet" model?
Maybe we should forward this to some other unsuspecting newsgroups -
consumer, ufo, religious? :)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yvan Loranger)
Subject: Re: Size of LINUX
Date: 18 Feb 2001 13:28:01 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yvan Loranger)
"Harlan Grove" ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rolie Baldock) wrote:
> ...
>> . . . We engineers should have kept computers for the exclusive
>>use of engineers. Engineers used to have a code of excellence in my
>>days in the profession. The PDP-6 operating system reflected this
>>excellence.
>
> Gee, I'm a mathematician by education. Should I never have been given a
> computer?
Don't worry, computers were invented by mathematicians, not engineers;
remember Boole, Babbage, Von Neuman? & you can theoretically implement
them using other physical phenomena besides electricity such as hydraulics,
quantum mechanics. So you might be able to play the different bodies of
engineering one against the other?
Of course it's all science.
Oops i've just started another battle :)
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From: Eric Ho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't delete file
Date: 18 Feb 2001 13:33:14 GMT
bash-2.03# ls -l plusnode.gif
ls: plusnode.gif: Value too large for defined data type
bash-2.03# lsattr plusnode.gif
lsattr: Value too large for defined data type while stating plusnode.gif
bash-2.03# cp /dev/null plusnode.gif
cp: plusnode.gif: Value too large for defined data type
bash-2.03#
Best Regards,
Eric Ho
Jeremiah DeWitt Weiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Eric Ho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Nope, still doesn't work :
>> bash-2.03# echo '' > plusnode.gif
>> bash: plusnode.gif: Operation not permitted
>> bash-2.03# rm plusnode.gif
>> rm: cannot remove `plusnode.gif': Value too large for defined data type
> OK, then...what does 'ls -l plusnode.gif' say? What does
> 'lsattr plusnode.gif' say? It's possible that the immutable flag is set,
> although the message you get is not usually "Operation not permitted".
> How about 'cp /dev/null plusnode.gif'?
> JDW
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From: Eric Ho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't delete file
Date: 18 Feb 2001 13:34:44 GMT
Nope, still doesn't work :
bash-2.03# rm -f plusnode.gif
rm: cannot remove `plusnode.gif': Value too large for defined data type
bash-2.03#
Best Regards,
Eric Ho
Doug Forbush <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Eric Ho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> : I am trying to delete a file, but got this error :
> : bash-2.03# rm plusnode.gif
> : rm: cannot remove `plusnode.gif': Value too large for defined data type
> : bash-2.03#
> how bout
> rm -f plusnode.gif
> the -f means to be <f>orceful and delete it no matter what..
> doug
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From: Eric Ho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Simple fax program
Date: 18 Feb 2001 13:39:28 GMT
I am still trying to get efax to work. I can send fax, no problem at all,
but I can't receive fax by simply using the "fax" script. I had success
with "efax -or -d /dev/ttyS1 reply". Anyway, I am still playing with it.
I am using a USR Courier V.Everything external modem, so if anyone is
using the same modem with efax, please email me your "fax" script.
Best Regards,
Eric Ho
Edwin Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The program xfax is a great front end to efax and is easy to configure. I
> use it all of the time.
> ...Edwin
> On 11 Feb 2001 17:39:14 GMT, Eric Ho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Hi,
>>
>>I am looking for a fax program that can simply send/receive faxes.
>>I have looked at Hylafax, but it seems to be an overkill.
>>Could someone suggest other packages that is EASY to configure
>>and use ?
>>I am running Slackware if that matters.
>>
>>Thanks a million.
>>
>>Best Regards,
>>Eric Ho
>>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yvan Loranger)
Subject: Re: User permissions for vfat mount
Date: 18 Feb 2001 13:41:28 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yvan Loranger)
=?ISO-8859-1?Q?J=F6rg_R=FCppel?= ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes:
> Ralph Miguel Hansen wrote:
>> Here a line of my /etc/fstab with umask-entry for read/write-access:
>>
>> /dev/hda5 /Daten vfat defaults,umask=000 0 0
>>
>> man umask (uarrgh !)
>
> What are the last two 0s good for?
One is for file-system checking [i use 1] & i forget the other.
See manpage for mount command ,in the options.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lee Webb)
Subject: Re: Installing Problem
Date: 18 Feb 2001 13:49:57 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 18 Feb 2001 07:30:03 -0000, Swatantra Bhargava wrote:
>hi,
>i want to install windows98/95 and linux (red had) on same hard disk.so
>please tell me full steps for doing this(including partition how i can
>make).
>thanks
>
O.K, here is the full set of steps required to install RedHat & Win95/98:
Step 1: Read http://www.linux.com/howto/mini/Linux+Win95.html
Step 2: You're done.
;-)
However, that HOWTO was written quite some time ago. I'd recommend reading the
http://www.linux.com/howto/mini/Loadlin+Win95-98-ME.html HOWTO as well.
Lee.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lee Webb)
Subject: [OT] Re: I need software recommendations:
Date: 18 Feb 2001 14:12:46 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 18 Feb 2001 06:22:35 -0500, Jean-David Beyer wrote:
>Mike Perry wrote (in part):
>
>Reminded me of the middle-days (like the old days, but not quite
>that old) when all machines were multi-user, before the
>brain-damaged operating system came out.
>
Brain-damaged?
You mean it actually *has* a brain to damage????
Oo 'eck.
;-)
Lee.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jari Huovila)
Subject: Re: Automatic server status watch?
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:19:56 GMT
Thanks guys! =)
- Jari
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Perry)
Subject: Re: Printer in debian: (cups and kups?)
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:25:22 -0000
On Sat, 17 Feb 2001 13:12:20 GMT, Kyle Parfrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello all ::
>
>I have been trying to get my epson stylus photo 700 working with debian 2.2
>with no luck. I have installed cups, and the frontend kups, but I still
>cannot get anything to print. I am using a ppd file from the cupsomatic at
>linuxprinting.org.
>1) What is the "location" of the printer, and is it different from the uri?
>2) When I try to print I get "error 1024". Does anyone know what this
>means?
>
>How do I get and setup a driver for my printer? I cannot get gimp-print to
>compile either.
>
>Is there a better printing solution for debian - one that is really easy to
>setup??
>
>Thanks,
>Kyle
>--
>"For he on honey dew hath fed,
>and drunk the milk of paradaise"
The combo which always worked for me was lprng and magicfilter. Then I
added enscript to the mix to get pretty text output. When you do an apt-get
install lprng magicfilter, you get a script that runs to create a
/etc/printcap file. Never had problems with this combo and my Lexmark E310
laser printer.
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Michael Perry
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From: "Raymond So" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: installation of red hat 7.0
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 23:04:45 +0800
i am using superdisk floppy driver, and using winMe
but now i want to install red hat 7.0 in my harddisk partition, someone says
the /boot can't be place after 8.4 G of the harddisk space (1024 cylinder
something) ,so it needs to use a boot disk at the first time to enter into
Linux and edit the /etc/lilo.cong . but my problem is my floppy drive is not
IDE , so during installation of Linux , it can't create a boot disk , so
what can i do ?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Adrian Mariano)
Subject: Display multipage TIFF files?
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:53:41 GMT
Lately I've been receiving multipage TIFF files. Is there any
software out there that can display these things? I've tried xv, the
PBM utilities, GIMP and imagemagick and none of these can get past the
first page. (However, if I reboot into Windows, which I hadn't had to
do for several months, the file displays automatically using the
default viewer.) Can anybody suggest some way that I can view these
files from within Linux?
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From: Peter Eddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RPM segfault, I'm stuck
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 10:11:52 -0500
Hello,
I attempted to use RPM to upgrade my glibc but, as you can see in the
transcript below, it failed. Worse, it's left itself in a state where
it's now unable to do just about anything. Almost ever RPM operation
results in a seg fault. I can rebuild the database, but it doesn't
solve the problem. This has happened to me now on two different
machines running RH 6.2 and RH 7.0, and for both machines I'm at a loss
for what to do since I can't install new RPMs. I suppose I could forgo
using RPM altogether, or I could reinstall Linux on both machines, but
it seems like there ought to be a way to repair this problem.
thanks for any input,
Peter
[root@acephalous updates]# ls glibc-*
glibc-2.1.3-22.i386.rpm glibc-devel-2.1.3-22.i386.rpm
glibc-profile-2.1.3-22.i386.rpm
[root@acephalous updates]# rpm -Fvh glibc-*rpm nscd-2.1.3-22.i386.rpm
glibc unpacking of archive failed: cpio: Bad magic
glibc-devel ################################unpacking of
archive failed: cpio: Bad magic
[root@acephalous updates]# ls rpm*
rpm-3.0.5-9.6x.i386.rpm rpm-build-3.0.5-9.6x.i386.rpm
rpm-devel-3.0.5-9.6x.i386.rpm rpm-python-3.0.5-9.6x.i386.rpm
[root@acephalous updates]# rpm -q rpm
rpm-3.0.4-0.48
[root@acephalous updates]# rpm -Fvh rpm*rpm
rpm ###############unpacking of archive failed:
cpio: Bad magic
rpm-build
##################################################
rpm-devel
##################################################
rpm-python
##################################################
[root@acephalous updates]# rpm -q --whatprovides cpio
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
[root@acephalous updates]# rpm -q --whatprovides `which cpio`
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
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From: "Naveen Goud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RedHat 7.0 ld.so missing ??
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 15:20:17 GMT
Hi,
When I try to install a rpm package I get the message saying the version of
ld.so should be >= 2.xx. Then I tried to find what version of this shared
library I have and I could not find it on my system running RedHat 7.0. I
know of the linker(loader) program called ld but what is this ld.so and
where to get it.
Any info is appreciated ..
Regards,
Naveen
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yvan Loranger)
Subject: Re: Can't delete file
Date: 18 Feb 2001 15:26:45 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yvan Loranger)
Eric Ho ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes:
> Nope, still doesn't work :
>
> bash-2.03# rm -f plusnode.gif
> rm: cannot remove `plusnode.gif': Value too large for defined data type
> bash-2.03#
>
> Doug Forbush <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Eric Ho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> : I am trying to delete a file, but got this error :
>> : bash-2.03# rm plusnode.gif
>> : rm: cannot remove `plusnode.gif': Value too large for defined data type
>> : bash-2.03#
>
>> how bout
>
>> rm -f plusnode.gif
>
>> the -f means to be <f>orceful and delete it no matter what..
>
>> doug
and moving everything in its directory except plusnode.gif to another dir.
then rm -r original-dir ?
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Merci.........................Yvan Pour le plein air: Club Vertige
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From: Ferg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Disk Druid
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 15:30:07 -0000
HI guys
I am trying to istall linux 6.2 but when i reach disk druid i can't work
out what has to be done, if anyone knows what to do and online install
guide or anything, it would be a great help.
thx
Ferg
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From: "WL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: OSTYPE=linux-gnu under make??
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 15:39:23 GMT
Any idea why the OSTYPE env is "linux" from the command line but "linux-gnu"
from inside GNU make?
[linuxtest ~]> cat Makefile
all:
printenv | grep OSTYPE
[linuxtest ~]> make
printenv | grep OSTYPE
OSTYPE=linux-gnu
[linuxtest ~]> printenv | grep OSTYPE
OSTYPE=linux
[linuxtest ~]> uname -a
Linux linuxtest 2.2.16-22 #1 Tue Aug 22 16:49:06 EDT 2000 i686 unknown
[linuxtest ~]>
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