Linux-Misc Digest #362, Volume #27 Wed, 14 Mar 01 21:13:02 EST
Contents:
Re: USB network card (David Efflandt)
Re: Bizarre message
Re: ping, syslogd, startx woes ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Books on Unix Kernel for non-programmer. ("JosB")
compile error - gcc (Nick Traxler)
Re: pipe to rm? (Carl Fink)
Re: I've downloaded the ISO file. Now what do I do with it? I've burned a CD and
it won't boot with it. ("Billy Watt")
"mail" not sending ("T Sutherland")
Re: access multi-session Cds How? (Dances With Crows)
object DBMS with Internet access (Alexander Lashenko)
Re: pipe to rm? (Brian V. Smith)
Re: RedHat RPM question ("Londonboy")
Lecturing Position Down Under (in a LINUX shop) (ian a. mason)
help with compiling. (Rick)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Crossposted-To: redhat.general
Subject: Re: USB network card
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 00:12:22 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 14 Mar 2001 15:49:31 -0600, Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>My son's system has a USB network card connected to it. It is
>running RedHat 7.0. Kudzu recognizes that there is a USB device
>there, but it doesn't know what it is. The network device is
>labelled as follows
>SMC
>EZ Connect USB
>Fast Ethernet
>Adapter
>2202 USB/ETH
>Does anyone know where I can find a module to drive it?
The closest thing looks like the 'pegasus' module (Note: I am looking at
kernel 2.4.0 docs in SuSE 7.1). If usb support shows up in dmesg or
/var/log/messages when you boot, you might try 'insmod pegasus' and check
logs again to see if it is recognized. Otherwise check
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/Configure.help about this:
USB ADMtek Pegasus-based ethernet device support
CONFIG_USB_PEGASUS
Say Y if you want to use your USB ethernet device. Supported
cards until now are:
ADMtek AN986 Pegasus (eval. board)
ADMtek ADM8511 Pegasus II (eval. board)
Accton 10/100
Billington USB-100
Corega FEter USB-TX
MELCO/BUFFALO LUA-TX
D-Link DSB-650TX, DSB-650TX-PNA, DSB-650, DU-E10, DU-E100
Linksys USB100TX, USB10TX
LANEED Ethernet LD-USB/TX
-> SMC 202
SOHOware NUB Ethernet
--
David Efflandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.de-srv.com/
http://www.autox.chicago.il.us/ http://www.berniesfloral.net/
http://cgi-help.virtualave.net/ http://hammer.prohosting.com/~cgi-wiz/
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Bizarre message
Date: 14 Mar 2001 16:15:16 -0800
"Dennis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Hi
>
>A friend of mine phoned and said he is having a message on his RedHat 6.0
>Linux server.
>
>His Linux guru has left the country a few weeks ago and now he is facing
>this error message on his server :
>
>
>
>Exec : /usr/man/man4/squid : cannot execute : No such file or directory
>
>This message appears at least 10 times, then he gets this :
>
>
>
>INIT : Id "pa" respawning too fast : disabled for 5 minutes
>
>
>
>Since I am also new to Linux I asked him to reboot his server.
>
>However the same message appears after the reboot.
>
>
>
>What is this squid? I found in /etc/passwd an account with this same name..
http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/FAQ/FAQ.html
>But my friend tells me no one uses this account.
>
>Can this be a hacker?
>
>
>
>Thanks in advance for your help for tracking this bizarre message
>
>
>
>Regards
>
>
>
>Dennis
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ping, syslogd, startx woes
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 00:21:06 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 03/14/01
at 10:56 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Juergen Heinzl)
said:
>[-]
>What does your /etc/nsswitch.conf look like ?
>##
># /etc/nsswitch.conf
>#
>....
>hosts: files dns [NOTFOUND=return UNAVAIL=return] ....
Don't have one; I haven't set up DNS on this computer. I didn't
think it was necessary in order to go through hosts. I was
getting ready to set it up but never got around to it.
>Say try /etc/hosts first, then dns and the rest is documented
>somewhere 8-)
Yep. Two how-to's I've found so far.
I did something that got me back to startx and syslogd, not sure
what. I think it was lying via linuxconf and saying that dns was
necessary.
That's nice - I can get on with my work - but the ping issue
persists.
F.
===========================================================
Felmon John Davis
Union College / Schenectady, NY
os/2 - ma kauft koi katz em sack
===========================================================
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From: "JosB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.solaris
Subject: Re: Books on Unix Kernel for non-programmer.
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 01:21:08 -0000
"J.Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:qivr6.8829$43.65361@zonnet-reader-1...
> Dear all,
>
> Im looking for some books or web-resources that will help me understand
the
> *nix kernel in some more detail, and was hoping that posting here would
get
> me some good tips ;). Im looking for books that will help me understand
the
> concepts and design decisions, rather than show me the source code. Since
im
> not a programmer but a simple *nix system administrator, Lions' Commentary
> on Unix probably is not what im looking for here. Books that cover the
*nix
> kernel in general (like BSD or SysV) rather than a specific implementation
> (like Solaris kernel) would also be preferred.
>
>
> Any and all suggestions are more than welcome,
>
> Thanks in advance.
The book I have on this is : Operating Systems: Internals and Design
Principles by W. Stallings.
Good book, not about source, more about the working of the OS.
Jos Buurman
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From: Nick Traxler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: compile error - gcc
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 19:23:18 -0500
I am trying to replace the compiler packaged with redhat
7 (gcc 2.96) with the current stable release, 2.95.2.
But, the compile dies with what appears to be incorrect
code. I'm running a pentium2/300 w/ 192 MB.
Does anyone have suggestions? Or, are there RPMs
anywhere? (I've looked on gcc.gnu.org, but I didn't
see anything)
Any help is appreciated!
Here's the error dialog:
../../../gcc-2.95.2/libio/indstream.cc:82: `struct streampos' used where
a `int' was expected
../../../gcc-2.95.2/libio/indstream.cc:85: `struct streampos' used where
a `int' was expected
../../../gcc-2.95.2/libio/indstream.cc:87: `struct streampos' used where
a `int' was expected
../../../gcc-2.95.2/libio/indstream.cc:89: conversion from `int' to
non-scalar type `streampos' requested
../../../gcc-2.95.2/libio/indstream.cc: In method `struct streampos
indirectbuf::seekpos(_G_fpos64_t, int = 3)':
../../../gcc-2.95.2/libio/indstream.cc:99: `struct streampos' used where
a `int' was expected
../../../gcc-2.95.2/libio/indstream.cc:102: `struct streampos' used
where a `int' was expected
../../../gcc-2.95.2/libio/indstream.cc:104: `struct streampos' used
where a `int' was expected
../../../gcc-2.95.2/libio/indstream.cc:106: conversion from `int' to
non-scalar type `streampos' requested
make[2]: *** [indstream.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/build/i686-pc-linux-gnu/libio'
make[1]: *** [all-target-libio] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/build'
make: *** [bootstrap-lean] Error 2
--
Nick Traxler
Computer Science, Purdue University
http://www.cs.purdue.edu/people/traxlend
"The two most common things in the Universe are Hydrogen and Stupidity."
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carl Fink)
Subject: Re: pipe to rm?
Date: 14 Mar 2001 23:44:49 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 14 Mar 2001 12:53:31 -0800 Steve Bui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Is there an easy way to remove a list of files generated by a command
>such as locate?
rm `locate match_this_pattern`
That is, of course, fantastically dangerous.
--
Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I-Con's Science and Technology Programming
<http://www.iconsf.org/>
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From: "Billy Watt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,uk.comp.os.linux,alt.os.linux.suse,linux.redhat
Subject: Re: I've downloaded the ISO file. Now what do I do with it? I've burned a
CD and it won't boot with it.
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 00:42:20 -0000
"Newbie from Win98" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:98kb1f$rh3$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Thank you everybody, I worked it out with some help from a useful post in
a
> hardware newsgroup on CD's.
>
> Nero - Nero wil try to launch a CD writing wizard. This wizard removes
the
> option to "Burn Image" from the File menu list. Cancel the wizard and
then
> the Burn Image option is back in the list. There is no mention of this in
> the Nero help file - Nero ver 4.0.5.0. Nero is now on version 5 so maybe
> this has been addressed.
Ahead allow free download of upgrade to ver 5 and beyond, at least it worked
wuth my copy that came with a Ricoh drive
>
> The version of Nero that I have came with my Creative CD-RW package. No
> doubt there are thousands of other people out there having this same
> problem - Creative are probably one of the biggest sellers of CD-RW
> solutions, at least in the UK.
>
> Thanks again everyone for offering your suggestions and time, you are
> appreciated.
>
> Regards.
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From: "T Sutherland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: "mail" not sending
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 19:53:08 +0500
the "mail" program is not sending mail. Everything else works, but
"mail" does not.
--details--
OS: Redhat 7
--
error message in returned mail...
The original message was received at Wed, 14 Mar 2001 19:26:54 -0500
from taylor@localhost
----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(reason: 572 [EMAIL PROTECTED] host name is unknown)
----- Transcript of session follows -----
... while talking to mail.charter.net.:
>>> MAIL From:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> SIZE=47
<<< 572 [EMAIL PROTECTED] host name is unknown
554 5.0.0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Service unavailable
...and...
Status: 5.0.0
Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 572 [EMAIL PROTECTED] host name is unknown
--/var/log/maillog--
Mar 14 19:47:48 nivdome sendmail[27592]: f2F0lm027592: from=taylor,
size=51, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<200103150047.f2F0lm027592
@nivdome.localdomain>, relay=taylor@localhost
Mar 14 19:48:06 nivdome sendmail[27594]: f2F0lm027592:
[EMAIL PROTECTED], ctladdr=taylor (500/500), delay=00:00:18,
xdelay=00:00:17, mailer=relay, pri=30051, relay=mail.charter.net.
[24.216.159.222], dsn=5.0.0, stat=Service unavailable
Mar 14 19:48:06 nivdome sendmail[27594]: f2F0lm027592:
f2F0m6x27594: DSN: Service unavailable
--two entries in my /etc/sendmail.cf--
# "Smart" relay host (may be null)
DSmail.charter.net
# who I masquerade as (null for no masquerading) (see also $=M)
DMmail.charter.net
--
What's going on? Why will "mail" not send any mail?
Thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: access multi-session Cds How?
Date: 15 Mar 2001 01:19:30 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 14 Mar 2001 17:59:16 GMT, Lyndon Bartels staggered into the
Black Sun and said:
>I have a multi-session cd-rom. By reading the readme.txt file in the
>data session. It looks as though the data session is the first session
>and the audio is in the second session.
>
>I've tried xcdroast to pull the session(s) off the cd, but that doesn't
>seem to do the trick. I tried "dd" and that errored out on me.
>
>What other methods can I use? I've been reading how-tos, and I haven't
>found anything yet.
Audio in the second session? Er, what format is the audio in? If the
burner of the CD put regular CDDA tracks in the second session, they
should be whacked with a Clue Stick, because standard audio CD players
are not multi-session capable and so won't see the second session at
all. (The proper approach is to burn one session consisting of 1-98
CDDA tracks as the first session, then write an ISO9660 filesystem image
as the second session.)
cdparanoia is the thing to use for reading CDDA. If the first session
is data, it should be track 01, and the second session should consist of
track 02..whatever in standard CDDA format. Try using cdparanoia on
track 2 first and see what that gets you.
If that doesn't work, "readcd" takes a sector range. You can use
"cdrecord -msinfo" to find the sector range of the first session, then
use readcd to slurp in the entirety of the second session. I don't know
how well that will work if the second session consists of CDDA, but it's
something to try.
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Workin' in a code mine, hittin' Ctrl-Alt
http://www.brainbench.com / Workin' in a code mine, whoops!
=============================/ I hit a seg fault....
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From: Alexander Lashenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: object DBMS with Internet access
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 01:28:49 GMT
Take a look at http://www.unixspace.com/context
This is an object DBMS ConteXt with an Internet access. If you click on
"Live connection" -> "connect as guest" you will connect to a real
database application.
DBMS ConteXt has an interesting technology connecting the client (user)
and the application. The client is using a standard Web browser.
Connection is accomplished by means of a Java applet which is loaded
from the database server. Java applet emulates a SSH protocol.
Differences from a standard java SSH/Telnet applets include:
1. ConteXt uses only one port (80) both for loading of the applet and
for communication.
2. ConteXt has an ability of not only operating in the alphanumeric
mode, but is also capable of drawing lines, circles, outputting GIF and
JPG images, use a programmed graphic color palette (64 colors), etc.
3. The applet has an ability to activate some Java classes by means of
Esc sequences coming from an application written in C/C++.
Thus ConteXt implements a GUI interface without the increase of traffic
for transmission of graphic information and ability to use Java AWT
classes directly from C/C++ applications.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brian V. Smith)
Subject: Re: pipe to rm?
Date: 15 Mar 2001 01:22:08 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carl Fink)
writes:
|> On Wed, 14 Mar 2001 12:53:31 -0800 Steve Bui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
|> >Is there an easy way to remove a list of files generated by a command
|> >such as locate?
|>
|> rm `locate match_this_pattern`
|>
|> That is, of course, fantastically dangerous.
Or very exciting :-) Go ahead, just do it!
--
===============================================================
Brian V. Smith ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www-epb.lbl.gov/BVSmith
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
I don't speak for LBL; they don't pay me enough for that.
Check out the xfig site at http://www-epb.lbl.gov/xfig
To the optimist, the glass is half full. To the pessimist, the
glass is half empty. To the engineer, the glass is twice as big
as it needs to be.
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From: "Londonboy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.redhat,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: RedHat RPM question
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 01:38:16 GMT
Thanks very much, Chris. Although I haven't tried out your solution yet,
but you are so kind. Thanks again for your help. I am newbie to Linux,
sometimes I am getting mad at myself. Hope I can learn more about it.
N.B.
"Christopher Albert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Londonboy wrote:
> >
> > I am running the RPM installation of Apache 1.3.14 on RedHat 7.0, for
some
> > reasons, I have to get additional support and most articles on the
Internet
> > said that I have to re-compile the source code.
> >
> > Detail: I need to connect PHP (from Linux) to MS SQL (on NT/w2000)
under
> > Apache, so I have to install the Sybase driver and everything has to get
> > re-compiled as I was told.
> >
> > The problem:
> > -------------
> >
> > I downloaded all the source code, and compiled it followed the
instructions.
> > Now, I found that the installation was TOTALLY different from RPM. for
> > example, the Apache config file is located somewhere and it didn't
install
> > the service in /etc/init.d/httpd
> >
> > Even worst, I didn't even get it working. Got some error message in the
log
> > file.. still couldn't fix it. even lookup apache FAQ. (RPM was so much
> > easier)
> >
> > Questions:
> > -----------
> >
> > RPM supposes to make people's life easier, but feel like I don't have
enough
> > support. Everyone in these newsgroup or articles on the Internet tell me
to
> > re-compile the source code instead. Oh man... it is a pain. I am just a
web
> > designer trying to get a web server going. These stuffs wasted all my
time.
> >
> > Why can't people just release some binary for RedHat, download it and
plug
> > and play? or have sort of install shield shit like Windows? Can anyone
tell
> > me why? Linux makes newbie's life difficult.
> >
> > N.B.
>
> Londonboy,
>
> 1. Stay calm. You're in the world of open source, you compile, which
> ususally
> just means #./configure;make;make install . In addition, making
> invidious comparisons
> with MS products or features is considered bad form.
>
> 2. If I have understood you correctly, you need to add sybase
> connectivity to PHP.
> Then there is no need to recompile apache. You do however need to
> rebuild mod_php.
> What I suggest is that you get the src rpm for the php rpm that you have
> been using.
> You will also need to get and install the apache-devel rpm and the
> sysbase rpms.
>
> 3. Now install the php src rpm. Change dir to /usr/src/redhat/SPECS. You
> should see
> a file php.spec . Edit that file and in the section that begins with
> %build you
> need to add a line in the ./configure portion to build it with sybase-ct
> support,
> which you can find the documentation at the php site, which is probably
> something
> like
> --with-sybase-ct=/opt/sybase-11.9.2 \
> If that is where your sybase stuff is and its the right version number.
>
> 4. I suggest you upgrade the release number in that spec file, and then
> build it
> with #rpm -ba php.spec . If all goes well you'll have a new php rpm in
> /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386 (I think) witch you can install with rpm -Uhv
> .
> If that doesnt work you can uninstall it with rpm -e and try again.
>
> 5. FInally, have you searched thoroughly on sites like rpmfind.net for
> prebuilt rpms with the features you want? Lots of people make redhat
> compatible
> rpms. For example, H.Gomez is rather prolific for apache related stuff
> (including
> losts of Java tools you might need). I noticed that he has a
> php-sybase-ct rpm. You
> could get the src rpm from there and use its spec file as a starting
> point.
> http://rpmfind.net/linux/falsehope/home/gomez/php/
>
> Chris
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ian a. mason)
Subject: Lecturing Position Down Under (in a LINUX shop)
Date: 15 Mar 2001 12:50:47 +1100
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND
LECTURER IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY/
COMPUTING SCIENCE
School of Mathematical and Computer Science
The School seeks a new lecturer who will contribute to the development
of teaching and learning in IT in this large and dynamic school. It
is at the forefront of UNE's flexible teaching and learning strategies
and the School is committed to extending its IT/CompSc offerings. The
successful candidate will contribute to the ongoing development of
teaching of internal, external and offshore students in a range of
programs including the School's own highly popular Bachelor and
postgraduate programs in IT and Computer Science.
The successful candidate will also be expected to contribute to the
School's research programs in the areas of IT, Parallel and
Distributed Computing, Software Engineering, Object Orientated
Programming and Program Semantics. Interdisciplinary research and
collaboration with industrial organisations is particularly
encouraged.
A generous `start-up' research/travel grant and market loading may be
negotiated with this position.
Applicants must have a PhD or equivalent in an appropriate discipline;
an established program of ongoing research; and teaching or industry
experience. It is desirable to have experience with distance
education; and experience in online teaching.
Informal enquiries may be directed to Dr Chris Radford, Head of
School, telephone (02) 6773 3231, or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] or
Dr Ian Mason, telephone (02) 6773 2327, or email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Salary: $49,299 to $58,544 pa (Level B)
plus up to 17% employer superannuation
Closing Date: 2 April 2001
Position No: 201/023
An application package must be obtained from
http://www.une.edu.au/personnel/recruit or Personnel Services on
telephone (02) 6773 2024. Further information about the School can be
found at http://mcs.une.edu.au
Applications (submitted in duplicate) should be addressed to:
Personnel Officer, Personnel Services, University of New England,
Armidale NSW 2351, facsimile (02) 6773 3404, and should include the
names, addresses, telephone numbers, facsimile numbers/email addresses
of three relevant referees and should state the relevant position
number. Applications will be received up until 5pm on the closing
date. The University reserves the right not to fill a position.
Equity principles underpin all UNE policies and procedures
http://www.une.edu.au
--
Dr Ian A. Mason.
Convener and Postgraduate Coordinator
Computer Science Division
School of Mathematical & Computer Sciences
University of New England
Armidale 2351
N.S.W
Australia
phone: +61 (0)2 6773 2327
fax: +61 (0)2 6773 3312
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://mcs.une.edu.au/~iam/
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From: Rick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.powerpc,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: help with compiling.
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 21:02:50 -0500
I have compile dmy first app. I stopped after make, before make install.
I am very uneasy to install without know where all these files are
going, and without know if I can uninstall the app and its files.
So, how do I know where all these are going, and how do I uninstall it?
I didnt see any makeuninstall directions.
Any and all help appreciated.
--
Rick
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