Linux-Misc Digest #407, Volume #27 Wed, 21 Mar 01 00:13:01 EST
Contents:
Re: bash environment (Goodyear)
Re: Repartitioning Linux Partitions
How to disable the "call waiting feature" of the modem ? (Shaozheng Zhou)
Re: What is where in Debian? (John Hasler)
Re: slackware (David)
Re: howto, manpages don't help with cfdisk ("japhilp")
Re: RAID under kernel 2.2.18: mkraid aborted (Markus Kossmann)
Wireless network cards (David Spence)
xawtv problem: "no DGA support" (CrACKeD)
gtk tutorial
GET RACIST SIPHER42 OUT OF THIS GROUP! ("Brian L. McCarty")
Re: cdrecord 1.8a29 and Yamaha CRW6416S (David Efflandt)
Re: Instructions for installing 3com NIC Driver (Dances With Crows)
Trying to reply via email in tin ... ? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Where to get GNOME desktop background wallpaper ? (Jay & Shell)
Re: How to disable the "call waiting feature" of the modem ? (David Efflandt)
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From: Goodyear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: bash environment
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 21:16:45 -0500
Peter T. Breuer wrote:
> Goodyear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Harlan Grove wrote:
>
> >> Did you check if your own ~/.bash_profile contains a line that changes
> >> KDEDIRS back to /opt/kde? If so, that would override anything set in
> >> /etc/profile.
> >>
>
> > Nothing there. It and .profile basically point to another file in which
> > I in desperation put the bla=bla export bla thing.
>
> There is no magic. It is there. Look again. You are probably not
> noticing the includes of the contents of directories. Run with set -x
> to debug.
>
> Peter
set -x doesn't do anything visible. I couldn/t find a man page for it.
--
thanks....Brian
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Repartitioning Linux Partitions
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 02:30:12 -0000
The reason why I want to do this is to install Minix on my computer.
Minix requires a primary partition.
Yes, you are right. Only 4 partitions are allowed. The only solution
that I can think off is to move the 3rd partition, which is occupied now
by the root(/) of Linux, into the extended partition. Then, I can use the
3rd partition by Minix. I don't know if that is possible though. I am
not sure if Linux can boot from an extend partition or even move its root
to an extended partition.
AL
Rod Smith wrote:
>
> [Posted and mailed]
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Hi,
> >
> > My computer currently has 3 primary partitions and 1 extended
partition.
> > The first 2 are used by Win2K. The 3rd is used by Linux. I would
like to
> > create a 4th partition by getting some space from the extended Linux
> > partition. How can I do this without destroying any of my data ?
>
> The x86 partitioning scheme only supports four primary partitions, and
> the extended partition counts as one of these. Therefore, you can't do
> what you're asking about -- at least, not without using unusual
> utilities that essentially store multiple incomplete partition tables
> and swap them in and out to make different sets of primary partitions
> available.
>
> I suggest you post information on why you want to do this. Unless it's
> to boot another OS that requires a primary partition, chances are you
> can do it in a logical partition. For that, there are various partition
> resizing programs available, like Partition Magic
> (http://www.powerquest.com).
>
> --
> Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.rodsbooks.com
> Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: Shaozheng Zhou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to disable the "call waiting feature" of the modem ?
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 13:49:02 +1100
Hi, All:
When I use the modem for PPP connection to ISP, I should disable the
"Call Waiting" feature.
In Win95, it is easy to disable the configuration of the Modem. But how
could
I disable this "call waiting feature' of the modem when I configure PPP
for linux to connect to my ISP.
Thanks in advance.
Zhou
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What is where in Debian?
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 01:46:44 GMT
Rick Griffiths writes:
> Is there a program that displays an ascii map of the directory tree?
tree and ncdt both do that.
The best way to see just what you've got is with dselect, though. There is
no need to try to keep track of all the files yourself. That's what the
package manager is for. If a program is installed you'll be able to run it
without knowing exactly where it is, and it will be able to find its files.
> And how do I find out how much disk space I have left?
df
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: slackware
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 03:05:38 GMT
Richard Suggs wrote:
>
> i need a site where i can download Slackware 7.1
> all the sites in the states are to slow
>
> richard
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.linuxiso.org
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From: "japhilp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.debian.user
Subject: Re: howto, manpages don't help with cfdisk
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 03:36:00 GMT
The advantage of cfdisk ( if I may ) is that it puts down a partition table
that is compatable with MS windows' world view.
There are two ways to specify partitions, IIRC.
1) by start & end chs values
2) by start and offset- to-end-of-partition values.
IIRC , 2 is what fdisk uses on a virgin disk.
1 is what cfdisk puts on a virgin disk.
Either of them, if they find an existing partition table, will follow the
conventions found, be it (1) or (2) .
when using cfdisk, there is a set of selections at the bottom of the screen
that may be used to do the necessary operations.
most people ( including me ) forget to use the up and down arrow keys to
hi-lite the part that is free before "creating a new one" .
Somewhere in there, is an option to create an extended partiton.
"Rick Griffiths" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> The HOWTO pages for partitioning I found only deal with fdisk, not
> cfdisk. The *man* pages for fdisk say to use cfdisk and not fdisk if
> possible. Go figure. The man pages for cfdisk don't explain adaquately
> how to make logical/extended partitions.
>
> Here's what I want to do on a 10-gig disk:
>
> I've got a 500M primary partition hda1
> I've got a 40 M swap partition hda2
>
> I want to split up 9.5 gigs of remaining space into 1-gig linux
> partitions (one will be 1.5 gigs).
>
> I've tried making hda5-13 in cfdisk. It makes the logical partitions,
> but I see no way to make a containing extended partition.
>
> I've tried making the 9 gigs a primary partition and changing the type
> to extended, but cfdisk returns an error saying I can't do that.
>
> I've tried mounting the logical partitions I could create, but I get an
> error.
>
> Does cfdisk not need to make an extended partition into which to put
> the logical partitions? How does it do this?
>
> How do I do this?
>
> --
> Use reply-to address.
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From: Markus Kossmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: RAID under kernel 2.2.18: mkraid aborted
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 04:02:42 +0100
Dan Smith wrote:
>
> Can you elaborate on the solutions to problem #2?
>
> What is devfs-isation?
>
> My raidtab is good, and I am using raidtools 0.9; isnt' that the most current
>version? My kernel (d/l 2.2.18 from kernel.org) already has raid support in it).
Did you patch your kernel sources with the patch for raid-0.90 before
building it ?
--
Markus Kossmann
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From: David Spence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.suse
Subject: Wireless network cards
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 19:59:06 -0800
Does anyone have any experience with wireless network cards and linux. Are
there any that work, are there some to be avoided, etc?
I have one computer with SuSE7.0 and one with Win2k and I would like to
network them. Unfortunately we live in a rental house so I cannot easily
start installing wires.
Thanks
Dave
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From: CrACKeD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: xawtv problem: "no DGA support"
Date: 21 Mar 2001 04:11:00 GMT
i'm having trouble getting xawtv working with kernel 2.2.16. this is the
output:
cracked@linux /home/cracked: xawtv
This is xawtv-3.17, running on Linux/i586 (2.2.16)
visual: id=0x22 class=4 (TrueColor), depth=24
visual: id=0x23 class=5 (DirectColor), depth=24
x11: 1152x900, 32 bit/pixel, 0 byte/scanline
WARNING: Your X-Server has no DGA support.
WARNING: couldn't find framebuffer base address, try manual
configuration ("v4l-conf -a <addr>")
waitpid: No child processes
WARNING: Your X-Server has no DGA support.
WARNING: couldn't find framebuffer base address, try manual
configuration ("v4l-conf -a <addr>")
waitpid: No child processes
v4l: 1152x900, 32 bit/pixel, 4608 byte/scanline
ioctl VIDIOCCAPTURE: Invalid argument
ioctl VIDIOCCAPTURE: Invalid argument
it will run but just with a blank screen. help?
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: gtk tutorial
Date: 20 Mar 2001 20:23:03 -0800
Is anyone aware of an info version of this document?
I much preffer reading this type of thing from inside XEmacs
mhenever possible.
Thanks
jik-
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Subject: GET RACIST SIPHER42 OUT OF THIS GROUP!
From: "Brian L. McCarty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.food.wine,rec.autos.makers.ford.mustang,alt.movies,rec.collecting.coins,alt.autos.porsche,alt.tv.sopranos
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 04:30:33 GMT
in article RVdt6.122817$[EMAIL PROTECTED],
[EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 19/3/01
12:12:
> You are a complete moron if you think I made those statements. What is more
> likely some guy randomly searches deja news to dig up dirt on random people
> or he simply fakes the posts?
It has already been PROVEN that the racist posts you make AREN'T FORGED.. .
. One look at the headers proves that to a "T". That's why Road Runner
disconnected you for ten days. That's why you're HOTMAIL address is dead. .
.
That's why you're real address is [EMAIL PROTECTED], the site for
losers and lamers you host on Road Runner. Because in addition to being
RACIST, you're also a SEXIST. Probably repressed homosexual. When are you
coming out?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: cdrecord 1.8a29 and Yamaha CRW6416S
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 04:31:40 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 20 Mar 2001 23:45:23 GMT, AJL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi folks,
>
>I am running Slackware 7 (2.2.13) and cannot figure out the problem
>here... BTW, the only account on the system is root.
>
><start>
>yggdrasil:~# cdrecord -scanbus
>Cdrecord release 1.8a29 Copyright (C) 1995-1999 Jrg Schilling
>cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open SCSI driver.
><end>
>
>Ok, so i read the CD-writing howto, run his setup scripts (i know the
>/dev/ entries are there, as well as the proper modules, but what the
>heck...) still nothing. I /think/ this version of cdrecord is compatable
>with this drive. If you are positive that it is not, please let me
>know...
Try compiling SCSI support (CONFIG_SCSI, scsi_mod) and SCSI generic
support (CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG, sg) into the kernel and see if that helps keep
track of the scsi devices. I don't know much about SCSI, but I do know
that I had to do this to use SCSI emulation for my ATAPI dvd-cdrom.
Everything else can be modules, since you do not appear to be booting from
the scsi hard drive.
If dmesg is during boot, and these are not mounted then, maybe the system
forgets about them (if scsi_mod and friends autoclean).
><start dmesg clip>
>(scsi0) <Adaptec AHA-294X SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 11/0
>(scsi0) Narrow Channel, SCSI ID=7, 16/255 SCBs
>(scsi0) Downloading sequencer code... 406 instructions downloaded
>scsi: <fdomain> Detection failed (no card)
>NCR53c406a: no available ports found
>sym53c416.c: Version 1.0.0
>scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.1.20/3.2.4
> <Adaptec AHA-294X SCSI host adapter>
>scsi : 1 host.
>(scsi0:0:0:0) Synchronous at 10.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 15.
> Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST12400N SUN2.1G Rev: 8720
> Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
>Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
>(scsi0:0:1:0) Synchronous at 10.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 15.
> Vendor: YAMAHA Model: CRW6416S Rev: 1.0c
> Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
>Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0
>scsi : detected 1 SCSI cdrom 1 SCSI disk total.
>sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 16x/16x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
>Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.56
>SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 4194685 [2048 MB] [2.0
>GB]
><end dmesg clip>
>
><start>
>yggdrasil:~# lsmod
>Module Size Used by
>ide-scsi 6924 0
>sr_mod 16380 0 (unused)
>iBCS 135456 0
>sg 14872 0 (unused)
>scsi_mod 58280 3 [ide-scsi sr_mod sg]
>natsemi 9248 1
>pci-scan 2632 0 [natsemi]
>es1370 22364 1
>soundcore 2116 4 [es1370]
>lp 5660 0 (unused)
>parport_pc 5588 1
>parport 6724 1 [lp parport_pc]
><end>
>
>Note: the ide-scsi is not necessary and never loaded until I ran the
>aformentioned scripts, e.g., ide-scsi doesn't load at boot, and I know it
>isn't needed.
Shouldn't there be aic7xxx module above for your SCSI host adapter? Since
there is no host adapter, maybe that is why ide-scsi loads.
>This next part is what really confuses me, is this normal?
>
><start>
>yggdrasil:~# cat /proc/scsi/scsi
>Attached devices: none
><end>
Apparently at that time your system is not seeing any scsi devices, hence
the error from cdrecord -scanbus. It should look something like this,
only showing your devices above (but these are ATAPI and USB emulated):
Attached devices:
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
Vendor: TOSHIBA Model: DVD-ROM SD-C2202 Rev: 1021
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
Vendor: Model: CD-R/RW RW8040A Rev: 1.13
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
>Any ideas? I'll try to check back, but please drop me an email at
>ajlutzow at netscape.net as well as the group.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Andy
>
> I thought pico was the
>default UNIX editor!?
>
>root at yggdrasil.27south.com
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Instructions for installing 3com NIC Driver
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 21 Mar 2001 04:30:22 GMT
On Tue, 20 Mar 2001 11:04:49 -0500, Jerry Gluck staggered into the Black
Sun and said:
>arman96 wrote:
>> I just rebooted and put in the same line to mount the floppy "mount
>> -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy" and now it say "fs type not supported
>> by kernel. I work last time What is going on?????
>>
>You want to use "-t msdos". vfat is for hard disks greater than (I believe)
>512 Mbytes. If you use mdir and mcopy, you do NOT mount the drive.
No, you don't. Type vfat is the extension to FAT that allowed for
filenames longer than 8+3. You can mount a large FAT32 partition as
msdos, and all the filenames will be 8+3. vfat should be the default
type for DOS partitions; type msdos is just about obsolete.
The original poster should check his distro; from the difficulties he's
having, it sounds like he's using something fairly old. All the recent
distros I've seen create a sane /etc/fstab that allows users to mount
floppies with type "auto" by default, and puts vfat ahead of msdos in
/etc/filesystems .
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=============================/ I hit a seg fault....
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Trying to reply via email in tin ... ?
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 22:51:21 -0600
I'm using tin 1.4.4 and so far, everything is fine, except that
when I try to reply to an article via email, I see the following
error, no matter what I change (or not) in the configuration:
No recipient addresses found in header
and I'm returned to tin instead of spawning vim for the reply.
How can this be fixed?
I've asked this on the tin maillist, but it's a VERY low traffic list
and I've not received a reply specific to this issue. At one point in
the past, email worked, but now it doesn't. I honestly don't know what I
could have changed, but I've been over EVERYTHING in the setup menu to
no avail.
Any ideas from you tin users?
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From: Jay & Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Where to get GNOME desktop background wallpaper ?
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 04:56:16 GMT
Set the background to what ever you want in a term window. I use Gnome
and have 3 different term windows with 3 different backgrounds!!!
Andrew Purugganan wrote:
>
> Jay & Shell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> [ As for partially transparent term window? Dunno!!!
> [ Why would you want to?
>
> so that he can still have his background wallpaper showing through, even
> if he enlarges that term window. After he spent all that time downloading
> the image,the apps should let him see it :-)
>
> --
> jazz
> Registered linux user no. 164098 +--+--+--+ Litestep user no. 386
> Doesn't it bother you, that we have to search for intelligent life
> --- OUT THERE??
--
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: How to disable the "call waiting feature" of the modem ?
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 05:07:42 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 21 Mar 2001 13:49:02 +1100, Shaozheng Zhou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi, All:
>
>When I use the modem for PPP connection to ISP, I should disable the
>"Call Waiting" feature.
>In Win95, it is easy to disable the configuration of the Modem. But how
>could
>I disable this "call waiting feature' of the modem when I configure PPP
>for linux to connect to my ISP.
I don't have call waiting, but I imagine that you just add *70 followed by
1 or 2 commas at the beginning of the phone number. I forget if a comma
is 1/2 sec or 2 seconds, but use enough commas to get the second dialtone.
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