Linux-Misc Digest #590, Volume #27 Thu, 12 Apr 01 20:13:04 EDT
Contents:
Re: ALSA driver produces high frequency sound after playing (Tobias Dyckerhoff)
Re: BIOS Upgrades ("Peter T. Breuer")
Manually create a resuce disk ("Tim Banner")
Re: BIOS Upgrades (Harold Stevens US.972.952.3293)
Re: Synchronising directories (David Nowak)
Re: Synchronising directories (Richard Kimber)
Linux Trivia Game Show! (William Kendrick)
up2date -- broken ("Jeffrey J. Bacon")
Mounting Nero ISO Images ("Lutz Lehmann")
Re: killing a process (Mladen Gavrilovic)
Re: BIOS Upgrades (Was: Via + Maxtor + kernel 2.4.3 = crash?) ("Matt Ng")
Re: BIOS Upgrades (burk)
sendmail queue ("Jeffrey J. Bacon")
Re: sendmail queue (Jan Johansson)
Re: Diff between /dev/scd? and /dev/sr? (Grahame Kelly)
Re: sendmail queue (David Nowak)
Re: tomcat (Grahame Kelly)
NTFS: Can it be mounted in linux? ("Albert Goins")
Re: up2date -- broken (tech2kjason)
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From: Tobias Dyckerhoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ALSA driver produces high frequency sound after playing
Date: 12 Apr 2001 22:01:14 +0200
Hi
...and thank you for your help first.
here is the response of the amixer command:
===================================
Group 'Input Gain',0
Capabilities: volume mute jointly-mute
Channels: Front-Left Front-Right
Limits: min = 0, max = 15
Front-Left: 0 [0%] [mute] [---]
Front-Right: 0 [0%] [mute] [---]
Group 'Master Mono',0
Capabilities: volume mute capture exclusive-capture
Capture exclusive group: 1
Channels: Front-Left Front-Right
Limits: min = 0, max = 31
Front-Left: 0 [0%] [mute] [---]
Front-Right: 0 [0%] [mute] [---]
Group 'Master',0
Capabilities: volume mute jointly-mute capture exclusive-capture
Capture exclusive group: 1
Channels: Front-Left Front-Right
Limits: min = 0, max = 31
Front-Left: 20 [65%] [on] [---]
Front-Right: 20 [65%] [on] [---]
Group 'Aux',0
Capabilities: volume mute jointly-mute capture exclusive-capture
Capture exclusive group: 1
Channels: Front-Left Front-Right
Limits: min = 0, max = 31
Front-Left: 0 [0%] [mute] [---]
Front-Right: 0 [0%] [mute] [---]
Group 'Video',0
Capabilities: volume mute jointly-mute capture exclusive-capture
Capture exclusive group: 1
Channels: Front-Left Front-Right
Limits: min = 0, max = 31
Front-Left: 0 [0%] [mute] [---]
Front-Right: 0 [0%] [mute] [---]
Group 'CD',0
Capabilities: volume mute jointly-mute capture exclusive-capture
Capture exclusive group: 1
Channels: Front-Left Front-Right
Limits: min = 0, max = 31
Front-Left: 0 [0%] [mute] [---]
Front-Right: 0 [0%] [mute] [---]
Group 'Line',0
Capabilities: volume mute jointly-mute capture exclusive-capture
Capture exclusive group: 1
Channels: Front-Left Front-Right
Limits: min = 0, max = 31
Front-Left: 0 [0%] [mute] [---]
Front-Right: 0 [0%] [mute] [---]
Group 'MIC',0
Capabilities: volume mute capture exclusive-capture
Capture exclusive group: 1
Channels: Front-Left Front-Right
Limits: min = 0, max = 31
Front-Left: 0 [0%] [mute] [capture]
Front-Right: 0 [0%] [mute] [capture]
Group 'Phone',0
Capabilities: volume mute capture exclusive-capture
Capture exclusive group: 1
Channels: Front-Left Front-Right
Limits: min = 0, max = 31
Front-Left: 0 [0%] [mute] [---]
Front-Right: 0 [0%] [mute] [---]
Group 'PC Speaker',0
Capabilities: volume mute
Channels: Front-Left Front-Right
Limits: min = 0, max = 15
Front-Left: 0 [0%] [mute] [---]
Front-Right: 0 [0%] [mute] [---]
Group 'PCM',0
Capabilities: volume mute jointly-mute
Channels: Front-Left Front-Right
Limits: min = 0, max = 31
Front-Left: 20 [65%] [on] [---]
Front-Right: 20 [65%] [on] [---]
==============================================
it is everything muted but the PCM and the
Master channels...
so i do not think it is the mixer setting.
thank you
Tobias
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: BIOS Upgrades
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 22:40:25 +0200
In comp.os.linux.misc Harold Stevens US.972.952.3293 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Peter T. Breuer:
> [Snip...]
>>"Stop messing up". You have stuck in a dud memory stick, or stuck it in
>>backwards, or written the bootparameter command wrong - or your error is
>>not related with the memory, and to find out I'd need to see the panic report.
> One thing I miss most about "xrn" is that convenient "Author Kill" button.
There should be a kill buttin.
> Forget it PT. I'll do 32 MB and yast before putting up with your attitude.
I don't have an attitude. I'm telling you what's wrong. If you want to
interpret what's wrong as in some way an insult to yourself, that's
your problem. The facts don't care! If it helps .. I'm not insulted by
being told that "I've messed up". That's just the fact! Now you need to
take it into account. You now know that you can stop looking for other
things to blame, with high probability. The bios is not to blame, in
particular. You can be sure of that. That leaves two things to blame:
the memory, or you.
Which is it? The procedure I suggested will enable you to find out.
Cut the memory size parameter you give at boot until you discover.
And please say thanks later!
Peter
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From: "Tim Banner" <tim.banner*NOSPAM*@btinternet.com>
Subject: Manually create a resuce disk
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 22:29:11 +0100
Hi All,
Up to date I've been using the SuSE rescue system incase of boot problems.
However I was wondering how to manually create a boot disk/rescue disk.
(I'm taking a guess it will run over multiple floppies). What would be
the most useful tools to have on such a series of disks.
This was an easy task under Windows 9x (not NT or 2k), just system format
a disk, put on a set of CD-ROM drivers and a series of system tools and
fav' DOS text editors. Seems to be a little more under Linux.
Just as a side question... My SuSE rescue disks seem to give me root
access to all files on any device. Does this mean that anybody with a
bootdisk and physical access to my PC can view/modify my documents?
TIA
--
Tim Banner
tim.banner*NOSPAM*@btinternet.com
Please delete *NOSPAM* from the e-mail address above if you wish to reply by
e-mail. Thank you.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Harold Stevens US.972.952.3293)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: BIOS Upgrades
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 21:46:13 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Peter T. Breuer:
[Snip...]
>Which is it? The procedure I suggested will enable you to find out.
Like I said: I'll do yast in 32 MB standing on my head in Hades first.
Suddenly I don't care anymore about this futile exercise, OK?
[Snip...]
--
Regards, Weird (Harold Stevens) * IMPORTANT EMAIL INFO FOLLOWS *
Pardon the bogus email domain (dseg etc.) in place for spambots.
Really it's (wyrd) at raytheon, dotted with com. DO NOT SPAM IT.
Standard Disclaimer: These are my opinions not Raytheon Company.
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From: David Nowak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Synchronising directories
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 22:59:53 +0100
"Jason C. Hill" wrote:
> > Is there a tool to synchronise two directories?
> If they're on two separate boxes then do a man rsync
Thanks a lot for your help. I now use rsync with ssh. But it does not
work fine in scripts because I have to type the password twice! There
is the variable RSYNC_PASSWORD, but it is only for use with an rsync
server.
Note that I DID 'man ssh'. Any suggestion to avoid typing password with
rsync/ssh?
--
David
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From: Richard Kimber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Synchronising directories
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 22:50:37 +0100
David Nowak wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Is there a tool to synchronise two directories?
>
> Cheers,
>
There's mirrordir which I use.
- Richard.
--
Richard Kimber
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
UK Election 2001
http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge01.htm
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From: William Kendrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux Trivia Game Show!
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 21:56:13 GMT
The Linux Users' Group of Davis will soon be planning a game-show style
trivia game about Linux. We're considering having it taped and broadcast
on local public access, or perhaps even on PBS, if, of course, there's
interest.
We are currently in the planning stages, and have no idea when this
event will take place.
However, we thought we'd share this event with the rest of the community.
If you're interested in:
* Helping create questions for the game
* Being a contestant
* Donating prizes
* Just hanging out and watching
... then please contact us!
Thanks!
-bill!
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.lugod.org/
Linux Users' Group of Davis
"Twice a month, and then some."
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From: "Jeffrey J. Bacon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: up2date -- broken
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 22:00:17 GMT
My up2date progam will not run. This is what it gives when I type
'up2date':
Traceback (innermost last):
File "usr/sbin/up2date", line 9, in ?
import rpm
ImportError: /usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/rpmmodule.so: undefined
symbol: rpmSetVerbosity
I have tried updating to 2.4.4-1 but that seems to be broken. Now RPM
says (on a -V) that "up2date-gnome-2.4.4-1.i386.rpm is not installed"
but when I goto install it (-i) it says it is installed. Even when I
use --force, -V still reports it as not installed.
--
Jeffrey Bacon
Java Programmer Extrordinaire!
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://chat.carleton.ca/~jjbacon
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From: "Lutz Lehmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mounting Nero ISO Images
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 00:05:38 +0200
Hi...
I'm desperately trying to mount Nero NRG-Images, but...
wa23fa4:~ # mount /usr/local/ftp/pub/isoz/Exceed\ 7.nrg /cdrom -t iso9660 -o
loop
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop0, or too many
mounted file systems
loopback is loaded as module, image is ok, only 5 mounts are active, but
mount complains
any1 know any help?
Thanx... Lutz
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From: Mladen Gavrilovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: killing a process
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 22:21:30 GMT
Jean-David Beyer wrote:
> Look at it in top and see if its STAT is D. If so, the only way to
> kill it is to reboot, unless you can make whatever device it is
> waiting for let go. Sometimes waiting an hour or so will do it,
> because there are some very long timeouts in there for some devices.
It's STAT is R. Here's the complete line:
1747 root 16 0 80 4 4 R 94.9 0.0 6:38 cdda2wav
> I have that problem with a tape drive, and the MT command alludes to
> changing the timeouts to more realistic values. Unfortunately, the MT
> command does not accept the arguments required.
What is the MT command? Which package is it it a part of?
Thanks,
Mladen
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From: "Matt Ng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: BIOS Upgrades (Was: Via + Maxtor + kernel 2.4.3 = crash?)
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 18:01:38 -0400
> On this topic, I need pointers on BIOS upgrades, especially where to
> find them, as I haven't had any luck at all with Google to date.
Did you try http://www.ping.be/bios/index.html ? Found it using Google a
while back when upgrading a BIOS.
> Rebooting resulted in a kernel panic which I almost expected on these
> old BIOS versions (Award 4.51PG i430VX) from reading threads I found.
I'm using that same BIOS version and haven't had any problems with 96 and
128 MB of RAM, so I doubt that it's a BIOS problem... I didn't even need
to change the LILO file.
I'd think it's RAM related. Try just running the new sticks alone and see
if that brings up the kernel panic.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (burk)
Subject: Re: BIOS Upgrades
Date: 12 Apr 2001 22:48:22 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 12 Apr 2001 19:34:17 GMT, Harold Stevens wrote:
>
>One thing I miss most about "xrn" is that convenient "Author Kill" button.
You seem to be using slrn. Try this...
k, f, enter, a, enter, y
(Just don't do it on my message! <grin>)
-burk
--
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - No Spam Please!
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From: "Jeffrey J. Bacon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: sendmail queue
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 23:00:56 GMT
where is the sendmail queue for outgoing messages stored? is there any
way to force sendmail to re-run it's queue or to view what is still in
the queue?
(Sendmail 8.11.0, RH7)
--
Jeffrey Bacon
Java Programmer Extrordinaire!
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://chat.carleton.ca/~jjbacon
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From: Jan Johansson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: sendmail queue
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 23:09:07 GMT
On Thu, 12 Apr 2001 23:00:56 GMT, "Jeffrey J. Bacon"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>where is the sendmail queue for outgoing messages stored?
/var/spool/mqueue
>is there any
>way to force sendmail to re-run it's queue
No, not really.
>or to view what is still in
>the queue?
man mailq
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grahame Kelly)
Subject: Re: Diff between /dev/scd? and /dev/sr?
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 23:29:12 GMT
> What is the "real" differences between using /dev/scd0 and /dev/sr0 for
> the cdrom(s)? I know that refering to /dev/scd0 works but the YAST
> sys admin to "integrate hardware" displays /dev/sr? to link /dev/sr0
> to /dev/cdrom. Is /dev/sr? supposed to be referring to a cd-writer?
/dev/srX is for reading/writing RAW data (i.e. no format is considered)
/dev/scdX is just another device link but usually assosiated with a
format consideration (e.g. ISO9660) but it all depends on how the device
is mounted (e.g. mount -t ISO9660 /dev/scd0....) etc.
Otherwise until the device is mounted there is no real difference
if the Major/Minor number points to the same device.
Cheers, Grahame
--
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From: David Nowak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: sendmail queue
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 00:37:12 +0100
> where is the sendmail queue for outgoing messages stored? is there any
> way to force sendmail to re-run it's queue or to view what is still in
> the queue?
For my part, I use `exim' instead of `sendmail'. It has a nice
graphical interface called `eximon' which could do what you want.
--
David
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grahame Kelly)
Subject: Re: tomcat
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 23:46:16 GMT
Did you read the TOMCAT documentation ??
Tomcat runs at a default port number and dependent
on where you have configured the JSP (port 8007) and other modules
(assuming you have installed them too) they also use
other service ports. Also if you are running apache (httpd)
concurrently you will probably have to modify the httpd.conf
to accomodate tomcat to handle servlets & JSP's.
This is all in the Tomcat doco.
Your error message simply is stating that the tomcat
port (probably 9080) is already being used by another service.
Reconfigure tomcat/httpd and restart it and you'll be OK.
Cheers, Grahame
PS: I have put a pointer in the error message to assist you.
In article <9b50u2$a1c$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Stuart Curran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I currently run RedHat Linux 6.2 with the apache web-server
>
> I have apache working and now wish to install tomcat so servlets can be
> accessed via my machine
>
> i have downloaded the version of tomcat from the jakarta.apache.org site and
> un-tarred it.
>
> all the files are present
>
> when i run do
>
> -> tomcat run
>
> i get the following message
>
> [root@fw java]# tomcat run
> Using classpath:
> /var/tomcat/lib/ant.jar:/var/tomcat/lib/jasper.jar:/var/tomcat/lib/jaxp.jar:
> /var/tomcat/lib/parser.jar:/var/tomcat/lib/servlet.jar:/var/tomcat/lib/test:
> /var/tomcat/lib/webserver.jar:/usr/java/jdk1.3.0_02/lib/tools.jar
> 2001-04-12 08:37:28 - ContextManager: Adding context Ctx( /examples )
> 2001-04-12 08:37:28 - ContextManager: Adding context Ctx( /admin )
> Starting tomcat. Check logs/tomcat.log for error messages
> 2001-04-12 08:37:28 - ContextManager: Adding context Ctx( )
> 2001-04-12 08:37:28 - ContextManager: Adding context Ctx( /test )
Following tells you that the port address (aka BIND address)
is as its says already in use.
> FATAL:java.net.BindException: Address already in use
> java.net.BindException: Address already in use
> at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketBind(Native Method)
> at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.bind(PlainSocketImpl.java:408)
> at java.net.ServerSocket.<init>(ServerSocket.java:170)
> at java.net.ServerSocket.<init>(ServerSocket.java:121)
> at
> org.apache.tomcat.net.DefaultServerSocketFactory.createSocket(DefaultServerS
> ocketFactory.java)
> at
> org.apache.tomcat.service.PoolTcpEndpoint.startEndpoint(PoolTcpEndpoint.java
> )
> at
> org.apache.tomcat.service.PoolTcpConnector.start(PoolTcpConnector.java)
> at org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.start(ContextManager.java)
> at org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat.execute(Tomcat.java)
> at org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat.main(Tomcat.java)
> [root@fw java]#
>
> there is no log in /logs
>
> i have the TOMCAT_HOME set and exported
>
> i have the JAVA_HOME set and exported
>
> Please could someone help
>
>
>
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From: "Albert Goins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: NTFS: Can it be mounted in linux?
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 18:51:47 -0500
I was wondering if it is possible to mount my Windows 2000 NTFS drive in
Linux.
Also, I have been out of the Linux scene for a while. I was thinking of
installing Red Hat. Is there a preferable or more popular distribution?
Pros? Cons? FreeBSD?
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From: tech2kjason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: up2date -- broken
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 18:53:44 -0500
On Thu, 12 Apr 2001 22:00:17 GMT, "Jeffrey J. Bacon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>My up2date progam will not run. This is what it gives when I type
>'up2date':
>
>Traceback (innermost last):
> File "usr/sbin/up2date", line 9, in ?
> import rpm
>ImportError: /usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/rpmmodule.so: undefined
>symbol: rpmSetVerbosity
Have you upgraded to rpm 4 yet?
>
>
>I have tried updating to 2.4.4-1 but that seems to be broken. Now RPM
>says (on a -V) that "up2date-gnome-2.4.4-1.i386.rpm is not installed"
>but when I goto install it (-i) it says it is installed. Even when I
>use --force, -V still reports it as not installed.
Oh how it tries...
If you're updating, use rpm -Uv packagename ....
If the problem persists, try issuing rpm --rebuilddb, to rebuild the rpm
database.
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