Linux-Misc Digest #318, Volume #27 Fri, 9 Mar 01 04:13:02 EST
Contents:
Mandrake Question - Simple (Arthur Merar)
cross-posting (wroot)
Re: Netscape eats 100% CPU and hangs when viewing Java pages (David)
Suse Linux 7.0 on LCD + SIS630 ("Christian Pustlauk")
Linux consultant seeks contract ("Michael D. Crawford")
Re: Question: setup cable modem, Linux and Windows ("Chris")
Re: cross-posting (Drew Roedersheimer)
Nixware.com / Everything for your Ultimate Linux Box! 5313 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Regular Expression: leading whitespace search?/ ("kellyboy")
Re: Linux and Windows (Onebest1)
E-mail problems with Netscape 6.0.1 and Linux 6.2 (troubled)
Re: Regular Expression: leading whitespace search?/ (Michael Heiming)
Re: Hard Drive (Mike Mcclain)
Netscape addressbook crashes browser (Siva)
Re: E-mail problems with Netscape 6.0.1 and Linux 6.2 (Michael Heiming)
Help for sound in KDE2.1? (OrangeDino)
Re: Mandrake Question - Simple (Adam =?iso-8859-2?Q?Podstawczy=F1ski?=)
BootBlock !! ? ("shalini jain")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Arthur Merar)
Subject: Mandrake Question - Simple
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 04:58:43 GMT
Hello,
I am real new to Linux. I am running Mandrake 7.2. I have some tape
software and was told by the manufacturer to remove SMP support, which
is automatically compiled into the kernel.
I have no clue on how to do this. I've read a lot of things and FAQ's
and HOW-TO's but I am still lost. Can anyone give me a simple 1-2-3
process to re-compile my kernel without SMP support?
Thanks in advance,
Please CC a copy to my e-mail.
Arthur
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: wroot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: cross-posting
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 00:09:58 -0500
Drew Roedersheimer wrote:
>And, please, don't
> crosspost like this in the future.
I can't think of a topic that would be appropriate in alt.os.linux , but
not in comp.os.linux.misc and vice versa. If, in addition, debian is
discussed, why can't I cross-post to linux.debian.user ??? The NG itself is
rather stale, but I don't see why it should stop me from (cross)posting
there.
Regards,
Wroot
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netscape eats 100% CPU and hangs when viewing Java pages
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 05:13:15 GMT
Prince wrote:
>
> I've seen a few posts on this one but I didn't see any conclusive solutions.
> I
> wonder if someone could throw some light on this problem or direct me to an
> archive.
>
> Netscape hangs (consumes 100% CPU) when I view Java pages. I use RedHat6.2
> and
> have 320Mb Ram and Pentium III. I am able to consistently reproduce the
> problem on many web sites (for example the 'Game of the Day' link on
> www.merriam-webster.com). Initially I thought it was a RAM problem because
> all
> my 64MB would be consumed as well. I also read that netscape did not release
> the memory properly. I upgraded my RAM, but no luck.
>
> The only way out for me is to kill the process (Incidentally does anyone
> know
> wy netscape opens two processess).
I just checked out the "Game of the Day" link and had no problems. Try
disabling java and java script and try it.
--
Confucius say: He who play in root, eventually kill tree.
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Completed more W/U's than 99.098% of seti users. +/- 0.01%
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From: "Christian Pustlauk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Suse Linux 7.0 on LCD + SIS630
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 07:21:40 +0100
Hi there,
I have installed SUSE 7.0 Linux, updated X env. to 4.0a
and still cannot get my LCD screen to work with Xwindows. My card is a
SIS630.
If you have a working XF86Config file ,please let me know !
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From: "Michael D. Crawford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Linux consultant seeks contract
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 01:38:20 -0800
I am an experienced software developer, and do consulting as
GoingWare Inc.
I work in C++, Java, C and other programming languages. I do web
application development as well as cross-platform GUI and systems
programming. The platforms I support are Linux and other POSIX
variants, Windows, Mac OS and BeOS/BeIA. I'm happy to work with other
platforms as well.
You can find out more about what GoingWare has to offer at:
http://www.goingware.com/
and you can see my resume, and a list of some of the products I've
shipped at:
http://www.goingware.com/resume.html
I run Linux both on my laptop and my desktop PC. I've done web
application development with Apache, JServ, Enhydra and MySQL on the
laptop along with the AnyJ source debugger from
http://www.netcomputing.de - it's a pretty nice way to go.
Regards,
Michael D. Crawford
GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting
http://www.goingware.com/
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tilting at Windmills for a Better Tomorrow.
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From: "Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Question: setup cable modem, Linux and Windows
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 06:49:56 GMT
hello all...
a cleaner and cheaper way would be just to put 2 ethernet cards on ur linux
machine... one for ur cable modem and one for the windows machine.
this way, u use linux as the gateway, and it also serves as a firewall.
modem--linux--windows
John Dubchak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I've purchased a Linksys Router/Hub with the capacity to act as a hardware
> firewall, along with necessary ethernet cards for the Windows and Linux
> machine as well.
>
> Do I need to configure the Linux and Windows machines to use DHCP? Is
that
> provided the Router/Hub?
>
> Given this configuration, will it be possible to use the Linux and Windows
> boxes in a normal networked configuration? i.e. share files and ftp from
> Windows to Linux?
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
> Mark Bratcher wrote:
>
> > >>
> > >>cable modem --- Linux --- Hub --- Windows
> >
> > This is the right one if you set up firewall capability on the Linux
> > box. The cable modem probably has no firewall capability. This requires
> > two NICs in the Linux box.
> >
> > If you don't want to make the Linux box a firewall, then you could
> > do this:
> >
> > cable modem ---- FW Box --- Hub --- Windows
> > |
> > *----- Linux
> >
> > Where "FW Box" could be an off-the-shelf firewall/router ($99).
> > They're generally easy to configure. Or use a spare 486 with
> > Linux on it configured for firewall/routing.
> >
> > I highly recommend having a firewall somewhere if you don't
> > want to get hacked easily.
> >
> > --
> > Mark Bratcher
> > To reply direct, remove both underscores (_) from my email name
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> > Escape from Microsoft's proprietary tentacles: use Linux!
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Drew Roedersheimer)
Subject: Re: cross-posting
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 07:04:43 GMT
On Fri, 9 Mar 2001 00:09:58 -0500, wroot wrote:
>Drew Roedersheimer wrote:
>
>>And, please, don't
>> crosspost like this in the future.
>
>
>I can't think of a topic that would be appropriate in alt.os.linux , but
>not in comp.os.linux.misc and vice versa. If, in addition, debian is
>discussed, why can't I cross-post to linux.debian.user ??? The NG itself is
>rather stale, but I don't see why it should stop me from (cross)posting
>there.
>
>Regards,
>
>Wroot
>
>
I'm not the netiquette cops or anything (and my apologies for sounding so
cross about the whole matter), but here's my $0.02 on why crossposting is a
bad idea.
Sometimes it takes quite a while to answer questions... (not in this case,
however) And I have seen, many times, questions in crossposted NGs which
were answered (in NGs I don't read regularly) well before I even began
answering said question. So, in that instance, I have wasted my time
answering a question which someone else has already addressed... Not
saying that I'm not guilty of it myself, nor that you had crossposted to
"illegitimate" NGs, but that's my reasoning behind saying such a thing...
-DR
--
Build a system that even a fool can use and only a fool will want to use it.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems,it.comp.linux.annunci,hannet.ml.linux.rutgers.linux-newbie,alt.os.linux.caldera
Subject: Nixware.com / Everything for your Ultimate Linux Box! 5313
Date: 09 Mar 2001 07:08:44 GMT
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From: "kellyboy" <kellyboy@nospanner>
Subject: Regular Expression: leading whitespace search?/
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 01:15:15 -0600
It maybe an idiotic question....but here goes
I use ...
grep ^[^#] httpd.conf
....to look at file with comment line removed... that might look like
this......
-blah blah blah
-# comment blah line
-blah blah
............becomes:
-blah blah blah
-blah blah
................the comment line is removed with grep above...but
............
-blah blah blah
-# comment blah line 1
- # comment blah line 2
-blah blah
becomes:
-blah blah blah
- # comment blah line 2
-blah blah
...........the second comment line is not removed because the
space/tab/whitespace/<whateveryoucallit> is the first 'character' not '#" so
it doesnt match " ^[^#] "
what grep command do I use to removed those comments that begin with #
(including those whitespace that preceeds '#'?
thanks
kellyboy
--
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replace "nospanner" with "tcac.net" in my address
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From: Onebest1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux and Windows
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 07:30:04 -0000
Thanks for your help.. now that I've decided to get Linux, what is the
best version for a newbie who also wants Windows too?
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From: troubled <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: E-mail problems with Netscape 6.0.1 and Linux 6.2
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 07:30:05 -0000
I have Red Hat Linux 6.2 OS and used Netscape 4.73 I had problems with the
Address book crashing all of Netscape. Since an address book is very nice
to have this is a major problem!! So I decided to upgrade to Netscape
6.0.1 to improve things, but it has a problem also and crashes and closes
all of Netscape. Anybody have any answers to this puzzle? I have a friend
who also had a problem with the same setup, (Linux 6.2 and Netscape 4.73)
Thank you! I use KDE desktop if that matters.
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Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 08:51:41 +0100
From: Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Regular Expression: leading whitespace search?/
kellyboy wrote:
>
> It maybe an idiotic question....but here goes
>
> I use ...
>
> grep ^[^#] httpd.conf
>
> ....to look at file with comment line removed... that might look like
> this......
>
> -blah blah blah
> -# comment blah line
> -blah blah
>
> ............becomes:
>
> -blah blah blah
> -blah blah
>
> ................the comment line is removed with grep above...but
> ............
>
> -blah blah blah
> -# comment blah line 1
> - # comment blah line 2
> -blah blah
>
> becomes:
>
> -blah blah blah
> - # comment blah line 2
> -blah blah
>
> ...........the second comment line is not removed because the
> space/tab/whitespace/<whateveryoucallit> is the first 'character' not '#" so
> it doesnt match " ^[^#] "
>
> what grep command do I use to removed those comments that begin with #
> (including those whitespace that preceeds '#'?
>
> thanks
>
> kellyboy
>
> --
> ----
> replace "nospanner" with "tcac.net" in my address
Hello,
not sure if I understood what you want, and I'm not that "grep expert".
I would use something like this:
cat /path_to/httpd.conf | awk '{if (! ($0 ~ /\ #/ || /[A-Za-z0-9]#/ || /^#/ ||
/\t#/)) print $0}'
Good luck
Michael Heiming
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Mcclain)
Subject: Re: Hard Drive
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 08:00:59 GMT
Howdy,
Pardon me for intruding, but if I understand your
problem correctly you installed on hda then moved your drive.
If this is the case then this is what you need to do
to boot linux.
1) put a copy of your kernel and loadlin on the drive that
WILL BE hda when you're set up the way you want to be.
then at the DOS command line type a line like:
loadlin kernel root=/dev/hdc8 ro
or
h:\linux\boot\loadlin g:\vmlinuz.s70 root=/dev/hdc8 ro
After booting linux on hdc, put a copy of /boot/boot.b on the
hda then in /etc/lilo.conf:
boot = /dev/hda
map=/c/boot/map
install=/c/boot/boot.b
image = /c/vmlinuz.s70
root = /dev/hdc8
label = slak70
read-only
With hda mounted rw, run lilo.
WARNING if /etc/fstab is not correct, you will not get a clean
boot and may even get stuck with a dumb terminal configuration
that keeps you from running an editor like vi, pico or lpe.
So copy fstab to fstab.hda and fstab.hdc then edit fstab.hdc
to correctly describe things as they will be. So that you can
change fstab with 'cp' when an editor is not available and
you won't be reduced to using 'egrep -v' and echo to edit it.
G'Luck,
MiKe
-=> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote to ALL <=-
FU> I know it needs to be on hda, and I am trying to change it so it is,
FU> that's what I need help with.
FU> Also, I tried taking my hard drive off my controller card and hooking
FU> it right to the motherboard's IDE and Linux boots fine and the
FU> harddrive is shows as hda.
FU> But what do I do to fix Linux so I can use the card, its getting to be
FU> a real pain in the ass switching the cable everytime I want to boot
FU> Linux.
FU> "Neil Shaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
FU> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I may be wrong, but I think that you can only have your root partition
> on either hda or hdb
>
> I seem to remember having a similar problem with RH5.2 some time ago
> when I tried to install on hdc, but their installer wouldn't let me put
> the root partition on hdc
>
> "FARFROMN.RMAL" wrote:
> >
> > I have a Quantium Fireball on an ATA66 controller and Phatlinux 3.3.
> >
> > On boot Phatlinux detects my drives in this order:
> > hdc: CD-ROM
> > hdd: CD-RW
> > hde: HDD
> > Then hangs...
> >
> > I have tried changing the boot order in my BIOS, but that changes
FU> nothing. I
> > have disconnected my CD drives and it doesn't change where the hard
FU> drive is
> > placed.
> >
> > But I am new to linux and
> > don't know anything really.
> >
> > HELP!
--- MultiMail/Linux v0.31
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From: Siva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Netscape addressbook crashes browser
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 03:01:52 -0500
Hello,
Anyone faced this problem with netscape mail addressbook on RH 7 box?
I open the mailbox & click on address to goto the addressbook,all broswer
instances and the mail program are closed in the blink of an eye. I think
that
also causes a core dump,though i'm not sure. I have core dumped in my user
directory on and off.
Incidentally, i was using the addressbook,added a few names & then suddenly
this
started. any ideas or do i have re-install again?
regards,
Siva
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Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 09:10:33 +0100
From: Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: E-mail problems with Netscape 6.0.1 and Linux 6.2
troubled wrote:
>
> I have Red Hat Linux 6.2 OS and used Netscape 4.73 I had problems with the
> Address book crashing all of Netscape. Since an address book is very nice
> to have this is a major problem!! So I decided to upgrade to Netscape
> 6.0.1 to improve things, but it has a problem also and crashes and closes
> all of Netscape.
Problem?
I know this is sad, but it's expected with NS-Crashicator..:-(
> Anybody have any answers to this puzzle? I have a friend
> who also had a problem with the same setup, (Linux 6.2 and Netscape 4.73)
> Thank you! I use KDE desktop if that matters.
NS is one big problem, I had your problem with the Adressbook and SuSE 7.0/7.1
and any NS version (4.7x or 6.x), on the machine I'm currently typing this
(SuSE 6.4 - NS 4.74) it works, but NS loves to crash if you go to the "wrong" URL...:-(
Michael Heiming
>
> --
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> http://www.help.com/
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From: OrangeDino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help for sound in KDE2.1?
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 15:43:24 +0800
I upgrade my KDE from 2.0.1 to 2.1. But the art sound server cannot use
my sound card anymore. In 2.0.1, everything is fine but in 2.1,
whenever KDE startup artsd said that it cannot find any 'OSS' type audio
I/O. Even I install the commercial OSS, it said that it cannot find any
audio I/O. Actually other Linux sound application can produce sound
normally. I am using ES1371 with the 2.2.x kernel module as driver,
which should be OSS/Free driver.
Can anyone tell me how to make artsd to find my audion I/O?
Thank you very much!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Adam =?iso-8859-2?Q?Podstawczy=F1ski?=)
Subject: Re: Mandrake Question - Simple
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 09:34:47 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Arthur Merar, napisa�o Ci si�:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am real new to Linux. I am running Mandrake 7.2. I have some tape
> software and was told by the manufacturer to remove SMP support, which
> is automatically compiled into the kernel.
>
> I have no clue on how to do this. I've read a lot of things and FAQ's
> and HOW-TO's but I am still lost. Can anyone give me a simple 1-2-3
> process to re-compile my kernel without SMP support?
>
Go into /usr/src/linux (if you don't have it, install kernel-source and
kernel-headers packages). Type make menuconfig. In the menu you see go into
"Processor type and features" option and remove the X mark from the
following feature:
[X] Symmetric multi-processing support
Exit configuration and answer "yes" when asked about saving changes.
Well, you wanted 3 steps. That would be it :-).
Seriously, there's more to this. After configuration in the same directory
type this longish command:
make dep && make bzImage && make modules && make modules_install
...and if you have anything below PII, go and fetch some coffee, read a
newspaper etc. After you're done, copy /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage
into /boot. Above all other "image" sections in /etc/lilo.conf add the
following one:
image=/boot/bzImage
vga=0x314
label=new_kernel
read-only
root=/dev/hda5
(the vga= or root= options may be different, just copy them from the other
"image" sections in your lilo.conf).
Save lilo.conf and issue 'lilo' command. Should be NO ERRORS (just
"adding..." messages. Reboot and type new_kernel at the lilo: prompt. The
system will boot with your new compiled kernel, without SMP. If you're
happy, change the label in lilo.conf into "linux" and remove the old section
containing that label.
Having practiced with changing this SMP option only (which removes support
for more than one processor in your system), you can also play with other
options (usually switch many unnecessary ones off). There's no danger if
only you remember about naming your new kernel something different and first
testing it.
Have fun,
--
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Linuks�ownik: http://kolos.math.uni.lodz.pl/ap/linukslownik/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ("shalini jain")
Subject: BootBlock !! ?
Date: 9 Mar 2001 09:56:12 +0100
hello,
can anyone tell us where to look for the boot block when we have the address of Linux
partition and how to locate the superblock and the block groups ?
thanx
shalini
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