Linux-Misc Digest #540, Volume #27 Thu, 5 Apr 01 18:13:02 EDT
Contents:
wyse50 emulator (Steve Bui)
Re: nslookup ok but can't ping (or net browse) (Lee Allen)
Re: programs mysteriously segfaulting and exiting ("Norman C. Leet")
Suse 7.1 : which compiler (Zhero Man)
text editor ("Martijn")
starting ftp? ("Sudhakar R.")
Re: text editor (Martin Christensen)
Re: migrating /home from / (David Griffith)
Re: wyse50 emulator (Frank da Cruz)
Re: text editor ("Chris Coyle")
Re: display problems and other good stuff... (Ivan Su)
write permission to WIn partitions ("Sudhakar R.")
Re: migrating /home from / (Christian Huebner)
Re: search all files on a server for a specific IP ("G Berg")
Re: Problem running remote SUn Apps from Linux (Andreas Dietrich)
cdrom does not mount. ("Kenny@BUI")
Re: Adding new modules and kernel recompilation ("Peter T. Breuer")
JAVA RPM - What (if anything) did it install? (Chris wolcott)
Re: how to dis-partition? ("ekkis")
Re: write permission to WIn partitions (Michael Heiming)
Re: SHELL script question (Vilmos Soti)
Re: text editor (Floyd Davidson)
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From: Steve Bui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: wyse50 emulator
Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 12:22:39 -0700
I am trying to connect to an AIX box which requires wyse50 terminal
emulation. I used the command TERM=wyse50. But when I connect, I just
get garbage on my screen. Am I missing a step? Thanks.
--Steve
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lee Allen)
Subject: Re: nslookup ok but can't ping (or net browse)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 19:32:21 GMT
On Thu, 05 Apr 2001 13:42:32 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Pumpkinhead) wrote:
>>>if i can resolve a host shouldn't i be able to ping it?
>>
>>Yes -- if the host is up and connected to the network.
>>
>>Resolving a host's name has nothing to do with whether that
>>host is even running or not.
>
>Yes, I realize that. Weird. I can ping by address and nslookup
>works. I don't know why I can't ping by name. Can this be an
>over-configured win2k issue?
Sorry, I missed the original thread, all I have is the above.
1) nslookup says nothing about the ability to communicate with the
target system... it says only that you can communicate with a
nameserver that knows that system's IP address.
2) If there are routers between the pinger and the target system, they
may not pass ICMP (ping protocol). I imagine W2K also can be
configured to reject ICMP. Because ICMP can be used to hack.
-Lee
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From: "Norman C. Leet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: programs mysteriously segfaulting and exiting
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 19:41:51 GMT
Uh....did not realize that 586 was a default for the slackware linux
distribution. I was using bare.i and text.gz, version 3.3 in my efforts
to install the version 7.1 "A" series of floppy install disks.
I have not reached the point of compiling anything at all.
Maybe I need to poke around for an older slackware release.
-Norm
In comp.os.linux.questions Marc Ledauphin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >
> That's working fine, but .... Are you sure that your release has been
> compiled for 386 code ?
> By default it's 586 coded
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Message d'origine <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
> Le 05/04/2001, ? 02:26:23 h, "Norman C. Leet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> vous
> a ?crit sur le sujet suivant Re: programs mysteriously segfaulting and exiting:
>> I too have experienced multiple <segmentation fault> messages while trying
>> to install slackware on an ancient '386 (actually a '386 card in a Z-248
>> box).
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Zhero Man)
Subject: Suse 7.1 : which compiler
Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 19:52:29 GMT
Can anyone tell me which compiler Suse 7.1 is using?
Thanks
Zhero Man
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From: "Martijn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: text editor
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 22:11:10 +0200
I'm a newbie to linux so I have a question I know that I can view a text
file with the MORE and LESS command in textmode
how can I edit a text file I tried edit but it is an unknown command
help would be greatly appreciated
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From: "Sudhakar R." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: starting ftp?
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 16:04:42 -0400
I'm unable to ftp to my newly set-up RH box. I tried the SysV Init Editor
in KDE , but the services does not list ftp. Can someone please tell me
how I can go about starting ftp services at boot time.
Thanx for your time
-sud
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From: Martin Christensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: text editor
Date: 05 Apr 2001 22:13:02 +0200
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>>>>> "Martijn" == Martijn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Martijn> I'm a newbie to linux so I have a question I know that I can
Martijn> view a text file with the MORE and LESS command in textmode
Martijn> how can I edit a text file I tried edit but it is an unknown
Martijn> command
There is only One True Editor: Emacs. (Oh, look; I've accidentally
started a holy war! :-))
I'd recommend you get to know Emacs sooner or later, but mind you,
it doesn't exactly take the novice by the hand and leads him gently
through the rough world of advanced text editors. Emacs can, among
other things, do everything, but it comes at a price, albeit a low
one, in my opinion.
If you just want to edit a text file here and now with absolutely no
nonsense, let me recommend pico or, preferably, nano.
Martin
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From: David Griffith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: migrating /home from /
Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 21:35:34 +0100
Christian Huebner wrote:
> John Thompson wrote:
> >
> > I'd suggest another step: make sure you have a working bootable
> > linux floppy before you begin. By changing the number and types
> > of your existing partitons there is a very good chance that lilo
> > will not be able to find your kernel when you reboot. If this
> > happens, boot from your floppy and re-run lilo to write the new
> > information to the boot record.
>
> He specifically said he was not changing his Linux-/-Partition, so
> I omitted the step. But you are right:
>
> Always have a Linux bootfloppy or boot-CD!
>
> Chris
Even if he doesnt touch / it can still cause the kernel to panic
e.g
/dev/hda1 FAT (C:)
/dev/hda2 <hda5 hda6 hda7......
/dev/had5 /
fips gives space between 1 and 2
somehow extends 2 backwards ???
creates partition in free space
this partion will be hda5 pushing / forward in the numbering
now /home = /dev/hda5
and / = /dev/hda6
kernel will panic trying to find init in /home/(s)bin
I know. It happend to me.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank da Cruz)
Subject: Re: wyse50 emulator
Date: 5 Apr 2001 20:44:37 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Steve Bui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I am trying to connect to an AIX box which requires wyse50 terminal
: emulation. I used the command TERM=wyse50. But when I connect, I just
: get garbage on my screen. Am I missing a step? Thanks.
:
See:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ckfaq.html#term
It's part of the C-Kermit FAQ, but it answers the general question
about why Linux doesn't have full-function terminal emulators.
- Frank
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From: "Chris Coyle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: text editor
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 16:45:33 -0400
"Martin Christensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
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> >>>>> "Martijn" == Martijn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Martijn> I'm a newbie to linux so I have a question I know that I can
> Martijn> view a text file with the MORE and LESS command in textmode
> Martijn> how can I edit a text file I tried edit but it is an unknown
> Martijn> command
>
> There is only One True Editor: Emacs. (Oh, look; I've accidentally
> started a holy war! :-))
>
You're insane man! Use vi or I'll kill your dog :-)))
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ivan Su)
Subject: Re: display problems and other good stuff...
Date: 5 Apr 2001 20:46:09 GMT
Sorry I've just logged onto this newsgroup so they are way too many posts
for me to file through.... which post has a similar problem to mine? and
nope I don't have dialup access working....
: try reading answers to identical/similar questions already asked on this
: newsgroup
: do you have dialup access working?
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From: "Sudhakar R." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: write permission to WIn partitions
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 16:46:22 -0400
I've been trying to give write permissions to all users to the existing
windows partitions, but as of now only root is able to write. The
following is the relevant portion of fstab.
/dev/hda1 /mnt/c vfat defaults 0 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,users,ro 0 0
/dev/hda8 /mnt/d vfat defaults,rw 0 0
/dev/hda9 /mnt/e vfat defaults 0 0
I'd like to give write permissions to all users to /mnt/d. Could you
please give me the right options to pass to fstab. Thanx in advance.
-sud
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From: Christian Huebner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: migrating /home from /
Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 13:53:33 -0700
David Griffith wrote:
>
> Christian Huebner wrote:
>
> > He specifically said he was not changing his Linux-/-Partition, so
> > I omitted the step. But you are right:
> >
> > Always have a Linux bootfloppy or boot-CD!
>
> Even if he doesnt touch / it can still cause the kernel to panic
Yes, it can, theoretically. Its just the risk of the user panicking
IMO is higher if I overdo my advice than of the kernel panicking because
I dont give enough.
> e.g
>
> /dev/hda1 FAT (C:)
> /dev/hda2 <hda5 hda6 hda7......
> /dev/had5 /
>
> fips gives space between 1 and 2
> somehow extends 2 backwards ???
I recommend not using fips at all. But he said he already did.
> creates partition in free space
> this partion will be hda5 pushing / forward in the numbering
> now /home = /dev/hda5
> and / = /dev/hda6
>
> kernel will panic trying to find init in /home/(s)bin
> I know. It happend to me.
You forgot to verify the partition names against the fstab.
Sorry to state it that way, but you did.
When working on your partitions you _always_ doublecheck your
partition names against the fstab before rebooting. This is not
a bug, neither of fips nor of fdisk.
Chris
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From: "G Berg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: search all files on a server for a specific IP
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 23:03:54 +0200
But I need all other files as well. Named.conf httpd.conf ....
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andreas Dietrich)
Subject: Re: Problem running remote SUn Apps from Linux
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 23:05:12 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 5 Apr 2001 22:45:19 +0800, Yazid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>My problem in details:
>1) The application did run, and appear in Linux. But the font is small.
>It should be bigger.
Perhaps the dpi setting of your X-Server is wrong. use something along the
line of X -dpi 100
>2) The application main window should be dark blue with the font in light
>blue. It seems the font color is a lot darker than it should.
Here you might try to play around with gamma correction (option is -gamma
value). Bigger values mean brighter colours. man XFree86
This is not supported by all drivers.
hth Andreas
--
"We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the
complete works of Shakespeare. Now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not
true." -- Robert Wilensky
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From: "Kenny@BUI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: cdrom does not mount.
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 17:08:58 -0400
hello,
in our /etc/fstab we have the following line.
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 ro,noauto 0 0.
when we type mount /dev/cdrom /mnt we get the error
the kernel does not recognize dev/cdrom as a block device maybe 'insmod
driver'?
we tried changing the fstab to /dev/hdc but it will not work.
however on boot it appears that hda is the cdrom. this used to work all
along.
why today it doesn't makes no sense.
thank you.
kenny.
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Adding new modules and kernel recompilation
Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 21:19:29 GMT
Brent Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all,
> When a new module needs to be added to an already manually
> configured and recompiled kernel, does the kernel itself need
> recompilation or can the newly compiled module simply be added
> via "make modules_install"? I.e., when modules are used, does
That's exacvtly the idea. But modules_install will (compile and)
install all the modules again! You only want to conmpile one, which you
can do with no trouble.
> the kernel require any type of module stub to load a module, or
Sometimes. But very rarely.
> a class of modules?
Peter
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From: Chris wolcott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: JAVA RPM - What (if anything) did it install?
Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 16:34:17 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I downloaded and installed the IBM Java2 package. I installed the RPM,
it said 'OK'. There is still no ./JAVA or anything that 'LOCATE JAVA'
can find. The only things I can see are a JAVAC.VIM & JAVACC.VIM (and a
few others. . . ). I didn't load VI, so I have no clue what to do with
these. Is there a way to determine what (if anything) the RPM install
installed?
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From: "ekkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: how to dis-partition?
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 14:39:13 -0700
"Bob Tennent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Thu, 5 Apr 2001 02:52:28 -0700, ekkis wrote:
>
> You may not have enough "slack" to do this. But parted will allow you to
"edit"
> partitions somewhat. Use it off a boot disk.
I got parted installed and I've read the docs but I'm having difficulty
figuring out a plan. here's my issue:
/dev/hda8 256667 83514 159901 35% /
/dev/hda5 9005272 3280128 5267696 39% /usr
if I want to make hda5 go away I need to create a "usr" dir on / (hda8)...
but to do this I probably need to unmount /usr (hda5)... and if I do that,
won't I be screwing myself? and once I unmount it and create my new /usr dir
on hda8, how do I remount hda5 so I can copy all the data out of it?
1k thx - e
p.s. incidentally, I get this message when I run parted:
Using /dev/hda
Warning: The operating system thinks the geometry on /dev/hda is
2501/255/63.
Therefore, cylinder 1024 ends at 8032.499M. You should check that this
matches
the BIOS geometry before using this program.
...but in the BIOS I have this HDD set up as Auto - I haven't specified a
particular geometry. can anyone tell me whether this is a problem and why I
get the message?
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Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 22:50:31 +0200
From: Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: write permission to WIn partitions
"Sudhakar R." wrote:
>
> I've been trying to give write permissions to all users to the existing
> windows partitions, but as of now only root is able to write. The
> following is the relevant portion of fstab.
>
> /dev/hda1 /mnt/c vfat defaults 0 0
> /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,users,ro 0 0
> /dev/hda8 /mnt/d vfat defaults,rw 0 0
> /dev/hda9 /mnt/e vfat defaults 0 0
>
> I'd like to give write permissions to all users to /mnt/d. Could you
> please give me the right options to pass to fstab. Thanx in advance.
> -sud
Could you please read man mount (Mount options for fat), those filesystems
do not really contain any right/users/groups.
set gid to your users gid and an umask of 002 should do the trick.
Michael Heiming
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Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: SHELL script question
From: Vilmos Soti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 22:04:51 GMT
Peter Berends <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Vilmos Soti wrote:
>
>>> I'm debugging/re-writing a very large shell script ( /bin/sh ).
>>> Does anyone know if "sh" has a "goto" statement? It would be
>>> quite helpful to "goto" a section of script ( bypassing code
>>> that was already tested ) and pick up execution from there.
>>
>> One thing you can do is to put an if statement which evaluates false
>> around it:
>>
>> if [ "x" = "y" ]; then
>> ...
>> ...
>> fi
>>
>> Then just move the "fi" down as you proceed. Not a particularly elegant
>> solution, but it does what you want.
>>
>> Vilmos
>
> It looks like you want to use variables but you're doing it in the wrong
> way. :)
>
> if [ $x == $y ]; then
> # code ...
> fi
>
> Having a look at your linux bootup script may help you a lot! (/etc/rc.d/
> )
Please read what the original poster wanted. He wanted to *skip*
some part of the code which has already been tested. The
if [ "x" = "y" ]
will evaluate false so the code inside won't be executed.
Vilmos
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From: Floyd Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: text editor
Date: 05 Apr 2001 14:07:16 -0800
"Chris Coyle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>"Martin Christensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
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>> >>>>> "Martijn" == Martijn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Martijn> I'm a newbie to linux so I have a question I know that I can
>> Martijn> view a text file with the MORE and LESS command in textmode
>> Martijn> how can I edit a text file I tried edit but it is an unknown
>> Martijn> command
>>
>> There is only One True Editor: Emacs. (Oh, look; I've accidentally
>> started a holy war! :-))
>>
>You're insane man! Use vi or I'll kill your dog :-)))
Yes indeed. It is absolutely necessary to use vi. You have to
configure Emacs, and vi is as good as anything to do that with.
After that, viva la Emacs... and throw vi away.
:-))))
--
Floyd L. Davidson <http://www.ptialaska.net/~floyd>
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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