Linux-Misc Digest #456, Volume #27 Tue, 27 Mar 01 01:13:02 EST
Contents:
Re: The death of MS Office? (Steve Lamb)
Re: Tandy Model 100 as linux terminal (H Dziardziel)
real size of a file in a filesystem ... (peter pilsl)
SanTools: File manager, text editor etc. (Alexander Lashenko)
Re: Help please! My root partition's supper block dead (Bosco Yip)
Help! CDRecord - mp3-tp-wav Conversion Problem! (Doug Mitton)
6.x -> 7.x : RH Linux changes? (Brian Lee)
Re: Help! CDRecord - mp3-tp-wav Conversion Problem! ("Dan")
Re: Partitions and Sizes (Yvan Loranger)
Queuing Algo = Scheduler ??? ("Rick")
Re: Help! CDRecord - mp3-tp-wav Conversion Problem! (Dances With Crows)
Enhanced TCP for Wireless (Amit Utreja)
Re: ESS1888 sound chip plays sounds half the speed (*dh) (E J)
Shelling into WinNT (Neil Zanella)
RPM's (KCmaniac)
Re: RPM's (Brian Lee)
Re: The death of MS Office? (Steve Smith)
Re: RPM's (KCmaniac)
Re: Help! CDRecord - mp3-tp-wav Conversion Problem! (Bill Unruh)
Re: Why is "S" respawing? (Bill Unruh)
Re: PDF Writer (Bill Unruh)
arg! deleted /dev/sr0! (William K Glunt)
Re: A Better Web Browser...PLEASE! (Ed Blackman)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Lamb)
Subject: Re: The death of MS Office?
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 23:21:39 -0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 26 Mar 2001 23:08:01 GMT, MarkEllse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>StarOffice is another near-clone. Yes, it has tables, it is file compatible
>with MS Office, but then there is this confounded 'desktop' thing that drives
>you mad.
Uhm, then why not just turn it off?
--
Steve C. Lamb | I'm your priest, I'm your shrink, I'm your
ICQ: 5107343 | main connection to the switchboard of souls.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H Dziardziel)
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.tandy,comp.os.linux.powerpc
Subject: Re: Tandy Model 100 as linux terminal
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 23:22:31 GMT
On Sun, 25 Mar 2001 21:00:01 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James
Campbell Andrew) wrote:
>Rick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Words cannot express how much I love the Tandy 100 - best damn laptop
>ever made...:-)
>
snips
>Jim (going misty eyed with nostalgia)
>--
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Kindred emotions and may I add praises for Kyocera. Regards
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From: peter pilsl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: real size of a file in a filesystem ...
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 01:26:04 +0200
My task is to divide myriads of files into subsets to burn them on a bunch
of cdroms. For this I use mkisofs (to create a joliet-iso-filesystem) and
I want to find a way to calculate the space a certain file or directory
will take in the isofs later.
I guess, the size I get reported from the system is not the size the file
acutally needs on the media and then it will need some place in the
directory-table and more.
What I want now, is a fast method to estimate this 'real' size of a file
as good as possible and on the other hand I would be interested in a deep-
sight background of all this stuff. I read the filesystems-howto but didnt
found the information I am looking for.
thanx for any hints, links and informations,
peter
--
pilsl@
goldfisch.at
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From: Alexander Lashenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SanTools: File manager, text editor etc.
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 00:32:09 GMT
Graphic User Interface without X11! Remote access to Linux based
application via Java applet.
SanTools is a set of utilities that includes a file manager Screen
Shell, text editor Ned, binary editor EDX, Screen library and some other
utilities. The only thing necessery is a web browser (Explorer or
Netscape) and you will have a graphic user interface on Linux without
X11.
Download from: http://www.unixspace.com/tools
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From: Bosco Yip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help please! My root partition's supper block dead
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 09:11:54 +0800
FIXED! You just save me. Thanks a lot.
One question, why use 32768 (8192*4) instead of 8192+1 or n(8192)+1?
I just want to know more about the file system structute.
Really thanks a lot. :-)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Doug Mitton)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Help! CDRecord - mp3-tp-wav Conversion Problem!
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 01:18:49 GMT
Hello All;
I'm using some instructions I found in an earlier post to try to
convert some mp3's to wav and burn them to a CD using cdrecord. I
have come across a problem that was not addressed.
I convert the mp3 files to wave with:
splay -t 1000 -d - file.mp3 | sox -t raw -r 44100 -s -w -c 2 -
file.wav
I issue this command to burn the data:
cdrecord -v speed=4 dev=0,0,0 -audio *.wav
But, cdrecord responds with:
cdrecord: Bad audio track size 31707648 for track 01.
cdrecord: Audio tracks must be at least 705600 bytes and a multiple of
2352.
I can burn audio CD's normally if I get the data using the cdda2wav
utility.
Any pointer would be appreciated as to how I should change the size of
the resulting wav file, I didn't see an obvious switch in the splay or
sox commands.
Thanks in advance.
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From: Brian Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 6.x -> 7.x : RH Linux changes?
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 01:40:03 GMT
Hi,
RH Linux has changed much from 6.x to 7.x. Is there any web page
for that changes? I want to know what is changed.
(for example, xinetd is new version of inetd.)
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From: "Dan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Help! CDRecord - mp3-tp-wav Conversion Problem!
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 11:49:28 +1000
>From the CD-Writing HOWTO:
for I in *.mp3
do
mpg123 --cdr - "$I" | cdrecord -audio -pad -swab -nofix -
done
cdrecord -fix
You'll have to add some options to the cdrecord bit, eg:
cdrecord -v dev=0,0,0 speed=4
>From memory, it took a little mucking around to get it perfect, but this is
very close to what you want.
I used to have a similar script to the above called burnmp3s, which would
... burn all the mp3s in the current directory. Then I re-formatted /
re-installed. Haven't gotten around to it yet.
Dan
"Doug Mitton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hello All;
>
> I'm using some instructions I found in an earlier post to try to
> convert some mp3's to wav and burn them to a CD using cdrecord. I
> have come across a problem that was not addressed.
>
> I convert the mp3 files to wave with:
> splay -t 1000 -d - file.mp3 | sox -t raw -r 44100 -s -w -c 2 -
> file.wav
>
> I issue this command to burn the data:
> cdrecord -v speed=4 dev=0,0,0 -audio *.wav
>
> But, cdrecord responds with:
> cdrecord: Bad audio track size 31707648 for track 01.
> cdrecord: Audio tracks must be at least 705600 bytes and a multiple of
> 2352.
>
> I can burn audio CD's normally if I get the data using the cdda2wav
> utility.
>
> Any pointer would be appreciated as to how I should change the size of
> the resulting wav file, I didn't see an obvious switch in the splay or
> sox commands.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------
> http://www3.sympatico.ca/dmitton
> SPAM Reduction: Remove "x." from my domain.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yvan Loranger)
Subject: Re: Partitions and Sizes
Date: 27 Mar 2001 02:31:55 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yvan Loranger)
Floyd Davidson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes:
> Ralph Miguel Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>I don't like to do stuff like partitioning twice and I don't like to run
>>out of space in let's say /usr and having a lot of space left on /opt.
>
> That is exactly why symbolic links exist. Correctly such an unbalance
> is trivial.
Won't you then be negating a major reason for multiple partitions; ie
file-system separation/isolation?
--
Merci.........................Yvan Pour le plein air: Club Vertige
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ncf.ca/vertige
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From: "Rick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.unix.programmer,comp.os.linux.networking,alt.os.linux,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.misc
Subject: Queuing Algo = Scheduler ???
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 10:50:49 +0800
Hi all,
Is WRR a queuing algo or is it a scheduler??
Is PRIO = Simple 3-band scheduler? Is there any difference between PRIO and
the prio used in CBQ??
If PRIO is used as in qdisc root, does it service the 1st band traffic first
before 2nd and then 3rd band?
Is TBF a queuing algo or a scheduler??
The many documentations found on the web apparently interchange the terms
queuing algorithm and scheduler frequently...
Regards.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Help! CDRecord - mp3-tp-wav Conversion Problem!
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 27 Mar 2001 02:58:39 GMT
On Tue, 27 Mar 2001 01:18:49 GMT, Doug Mitton staggered into the Black
Sun and said:
>I'm using some instructions I found in an earlier post to try to
>convert some mp3's to wav and burn them to a CD using cdrecord. I
>have come across a problem that was not addressed.
>
>I convert the mp3 files to wave with:
>splay -t 1000 -d - file.mp3 | sox -t raw -r 44100 -s -w -c 2 -
>file.wav
>
>I issue this command to burn the data:
>cdrecord -v speed=4 dev=0,0,0 -audio *.wav
>
>But, cdrecord responds with:
>cdrecord: Bad audio track size 31707648 for track 01.
>cdrecord: Audio tracks must be at least 705600 bytes and a multiple of
>2352.
Add the -pad option to your cdrecord command line, or use the -dao
option. Read the man page to find out what both of those do. HTH!
--
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: Amit Utreja <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Enhanced TCP for Wireless
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 22:02:08 -0500
I am looking for a enhanced TCP version which gives better performance
on a wireless network than TCP RENO ,which is tuned for wired network.
Thnaks for help
Amit
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ESS1888 sound chip plays sounds half the speed (*dh)
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 02:52:04 GMT
Yes, buy a new laptop :)
edit your modules.conf
# vi /etc/modules.conf
# This is an example sound section
alias sound-slot-0 sb
options sound dmabuf=1
alias midi opl3
options opl3 io=0x388
# CHANGE HERE!!!! ADD esstype=1888
options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 mpu_io=0x330 esstype=1888
Daniel Hertrich wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a problem with my HP Omnibook 800CT running SuSE Linux 7.0:
>
> Every sound I play via /dev/dsp is played half the speed it should be
> played.
>
> I use the OSS sound blaster module (which is recommended for my
> hardware).
> SuSE 7.0 with kernel 2.2.18 (2.2.16 also tried - same result), Pentium
> 133, 24MB RAM, sound chip ESS1888.
>
> Does anyone of you have an idea how to solve this problem?
>
> Thanks a lot
> daniel hertrich
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From: Neil Zanella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Shelling into WinNT
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 22:38:03 -0330
Hello,
Is it possible to use GNU Cygwin or something similar to set up Win2K
so that one can shell into it in the same way one can telnet or shh
to a Linux box?
Thanks,
Neil
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From: KCmaniac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RPM's
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 22:42:18 -0500
At the sites that provide all those Red Hat packages there are many that
include the word "-devel-" within their names. I was hoping someone out
there could tell me what these particular packages are for. Thanks.
RLH
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From: Brian Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RPM's
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 03:55:43 GMT
The devel packges include files like libraries or hearders. The file is
needed when you want to develope some software or system with that
package.
Or some packages require devel packages to be installed.
KCmaniac wrote:
>
> At the sites that provide all those Red Hat packages there are many that
>
> include the word "-devel-" within their names. I was hoping someone out
>
> there could tell me what these particular packages are for. Thanks.
>
> RLH
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From: Steve Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: The death of MS Office?
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 21:03:16 -0700
How do you turn it off?
Steve Smith
Steve Lamb wrote:
> On 26 Mar 2001 23:08:01 GMT, MarkEllse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >StarOffice is another near-clone. Yes, it has tables, it is file compatible
> >with MS Office, but then there is this confounded 'desktop' thing that drives
> >you mad.
>
> Uhm, then why not just turn it off?
>
> --
> Steve C. Lamb | I'm your priest, I'm your shrink, I'm your
> ICQ: 5107343 | main connection to the switchboard of souls.
> -------------------------------+---------------------------------------------
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From: KCmaniac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RPM's
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 23:19:29 -0500
Brian Lee wrote:
> The devel packges include files like libraries or hearders. The file is
> needed when you want to develope some software or system with that
> package.
> Or some packages require devel packages to be installed.
>
So does that mean I should download these packages with the rest of them? How
does one know if it is a necessary file to download inorder for the entire
group of packages to install. As you know some functions consist of many
packages. Like XFree86, for example. It consists of some 46 RPMs. Included
is an RPM called "XFree86-devel-4.0.1-1.i386.rpm". How do I know for example
if I need this file or not inorder for the rest of them to install? I hope
I'm not sounding to ignorant here. I am trying to upgrade my RH but I have a
limited amount of space. I want to eliminate RPMs I won't need. All the
"-devel-" packages comes to around 23meg. If I don't need these files, thats
space I could use.
RLH
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Help! CDRecord - mp3-tp-wav Conversion Problem!
Date: 27 Mar 2001 04:46:02 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Doug Mitton)
writes:
]But, cdrecord responds with:
]cdrecord: Bad audio track size 31707648 for track 01.
]cdrecord: Audio tracks must be at least 705600 bytes and a multiple of
]2352.
]I can burn audio CD's normally if I get the data using the cdda2wav
]utility.
]Any pointer would be appreciated as to how I should change the size of
]the resulting wav file, I didn't see an obvious switch in the splay or
]sox commands.
-pad
option for cdrecord.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Why is "S" respawing?
Date: 27 Mar 2001 04:53:26 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Rick Griffiths
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
]The text says "Usage /sbin/getty [" and then the help text you would
]get by issing the "/sbin/getty/ command with no arguments. But I get
]this multiple times, then an error line that says
]INIT Id "S" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
Open /etc/inittab and look for the line starting with S:
(or was there a number after that S) you have a badly formed getty
command on that line.
But you should not be using getty on a serial line, you should use
mgetty. (or if your are not using serial lines, just comment out that
line completely -- put a # at the beginning.)
]So something is wrong with getty, and it has to do with Init. I've read
No, something is wring with inittab and it has to do with your
/sbin/getty command.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: PDF Writer
Date: 27 Mar 2001 04:54:52 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jon Rook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
]Can anyone direct me to an editor that can output in PDF format. If
]that's not available, a utility that can translate a text or word
]processing file into PDF would also work. I've been looking all over
]with no luck thus far.
Use any word processor. Have it output postscript ps. The run
ps2pdf on that file.
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From: William K Glunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: arg! deleted /dev/sr0!
Date: 27 Mar 2001 05:22:53 GMT
Hi all,
I'm running a small server which has a scsi cdrw. While I was tinkering
around the other day I accidentially deleted /dev/sr0. I can still
read cds using /dev/scd0, but can't read/write the cdrw. I've tried
working with mknod but have not had any luck. Any advice would be
appreciated.
Thanks,
Bud G.
--
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APSU Dept of Math and CS| Then you are probably better than most people!
Clarksville TN | Are alien space monsters bringing a STARTLING NEW
home phone 931 645 8938 | WORLD? from _The book of the SubGenius_
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ed Blackman)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: A Better Web Browser...PLEASE!
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 05:37:00 -0000
On Sun, 25 Mar 2001 20:17:18 -0000, Scott Alfter wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, enkidu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>IE doesn't work properly with www.microsoft.com! Visit it
>>with IE, and much of the time it only renders the banner!
>
>You must have a badly-damaged IE install or a really old (<3.0) version of
>IE for it to be doing that. About the only time I run into problems with
>www.microsoft.com is when I've reinstalled WinNT on some old box and need to
>patch/update it, and in that case, IE can be downloaded on another machine
>and burned to CD-R so it can be installed. Once that's done and the
>latest/greatest version is installed, everything else goes pretty smoothly.
I've always thought that was funny: you can't access Microsoft's site
with a web browser (IE 2) that comes as the default on a Microsoft
operating system (NT4). I know that IE 2 was pretty horrible, but you
would think that they'd at least put up a redirect to a basic, no
frills page from which you could download a more recent version. No,
you have to download IE *on another machine* and copy it across
somehow.
Actually, I don't *always* think it's funny: when I'm reloading an NT4
machine from scratch, it's not very funny at all.
Ed
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