Linux-Misc Digest #749, Volume #27 Mon, 30 Apr 01 00:13:01 EDT
Contents:
Re: PCMCIA modem / Lucent / Dynalink / ltmodem568.o (David Nowak)
Re: Mapping un-used keys (Yvan Loranger)
Re: PCMCIA modem / Lucent / Dynalink / ltmodem568.o ("Peter T. Breuer")
re-install on top of existing install ("Jeffrey J. Bacon")
Re: How to remove the hd noise? (Garry Knight)
Re: How to get zip/unzip program (Garry Knight)
Partition Problem and New HD ("AK")
Re: Process limit (lino)
Re: re-install on top of existing install ("bowman")
Re: Writing a little script (help with sed) ("bowman")
Re: Could Linux be used in this factory environment ? (hac)
Re: Applix spreadsheet background color (Goodyear)
Re: rpm use question (Bob Hartung)
Sound Problem (Sarina)
Kabir's book (bidalah)
Re: ATI Radeon X driver ? (Melvin Mathew Meadlin II)
Re: HP Products disapoining in Linux - was Linux vs Microsoft (Scott Alfter)
Re: Sound Problem (Dave Uhring)
mail spool permissions ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: How to get zip/unzip program (Dino Hsu)
Re: Partition Problem and New HD (Yvan Loranger)
Re: linux for free? ("Arctic Storm")
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From: David Nowak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: PCMCIA modem / Lucent / Dynalink / ltmodem568.o
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 23:44:15 +0100
Thanks for you reply Peter.
"Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
> Check it out in /proc/pci and via /sbin/lspci.
Nothing there.
> HAVE a winmodem on a pcmcia card! Amazing.
In desperate cases, I tend to believe amazing things. But maybe this
time I have exaggerated.
> Well, that doesn't tell us much. What does the generic pcmcia modem
> driver make of it?
I have added
card "Dynalink PCMCIA 56K Fax Modem"
version "V90&K56Flex PCMCIA FAX MODEM", "", ""
bind "serial_cs"
in the config file. The result is:
Apr 29 23:26:52 watashi cardmgr[507]: error parsing CIS on socket 1:
Invalid argument
Apr 29 23:26:52 watashi cardmgr[507]: socket 1: Dynalink PCMCIA 56K Fax
Modem
Apr 29 23:26:52 watashi cardmgr[507]: executing: 'insmod
/lib/modules/2.2.17/pcmcia/serial_cs.o'
Apr 29 23:26:52 watashi kernel: register_serial(): autoconfig failed
Apr 29 23:26:52 watashi kernel: serial_cs: register_serial() at 0x02f8,
irq 3 failed
Apr 29 23:26:53 watashi cardmgr[507]: get dev info on socket 1 failed:
Resource temporarily unavailable
Any suggestion?
--
David
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yvan Loranger)
Subject: Re: Mapping un-used keys
Date: 29 Apr 2001 22:56:15 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yvan Loranger)
Zainul ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes:
> In comp.os.linux.misc Ashwin R. Bharambe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> | I have a Windows compatible keyboard and I work on Linux! Is it possible
> | to map the un-used 'Win-Start' Key to something useful, like using it as
> | an 'Esc' in Vim, etc...
>
> I've noticed that for Redhat 6.2.4 and Redhat 7.0+, that the left winstart
> key has been mapped to change to (current tty - 1) and the right winstart
> key has been mapped to (current tty + 1).
> The right click key is mapped to (toggle between two recently visited ttys).
>
> How they did it, i dont know. But would love to find out !
loadkeys is a useful pgm. For X, look at your XF86Config file. Have a look
inside /usr/lib/kbd and /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb branches for all sorts of
keymaps, etc.
--
Merci........Yvan Pour le plein air: Club Vertige
http://www.ncf.ca/vertige
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: PCMCIA modem / Lucent / Dynalink / ltmodem568.o
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 00:49:34 +0200
In comp.os.linux.misc David Nowak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have added
> card "Dynalink PCMCIA 56K Fax Modem"
> version "V90&K56Flex PCMCIA FAX MODEM", "", ""
> bind "serial_cs"
> in the config file. The result is:
> Apr 29 23:26:52 watashi cardmgr[507]: error parsing CIS on socket 1:
> Invalid argument
Eh? The cardmanager complains about the card? Or the database? You
might want to check which in the source.
> Apr 29 23:26:52 watashi cardmgr[507]: socket 1: Dynalink PCMCIA 56K Fax
> Modem
> Apr 29 23:26:52 watashi cardmgr[507]: executing: 'insmod
> /lib/modules/2.2.17/pcmcia/serial_cs.o'
> Apr 29 23:26:52 watashi kernel: register_serial(): autoconfig failed
> Apr 29 23:26:52 watashi kernel: serial_cs: register_serial() at 0x02f8,
> irq 3 failed
Well, isn't that your onboard serial port? I'd disable that in the bios
or try and encourage the driver to choose a different setting! Isn't
it already configured to avoid certain ports and io regions? (see in
/etc/pcmcia/). Add that one to the list!
> Apr 29 23:26:53 watashi cardmgr[507]: get dev info on socket 1 failed:
> Resource temporarily unavailable
> Any suggestion?
It may well be a winmodem pcmcia. Ask on some pcmcia list. Or ask David
Hinds directly. He sometimes hangs out here too.
Peter
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From: "Jeffrey J. Bacon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: re-install on top of existing install
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 23:05:46 GMT
If I re-install overtop of an existing install of RedHat7, how much of
my settings and configuration will I lose?
I want to reinstall as I was advised that was the only way to fix this
problem:
OK, so I had KDE1 from the RH7 CD instaled but decided I wanted to
upgrade to KDE2. So I downloded all the KDE2.1.1 RPM files and tried to
install. I got dependency warnings saying that KDE1 depended on files
that were to be overridden with KDE2 files. So I went, ok , let's
uninstall KDE1. So I did and then installed the KDE2.1.1 RPMs but KDE
will not start from the console. If I run Gnome and then run 'startkde'
from a terminal in Gnome, it starts as an application in Gnome. If I
run "switchdesk KDE2" it says KDE2 is not installed. I tried
uninstalling and re-installing KDE2 RPMs but still no luck. Any help?
--
================================
Jeffrey Bacon
================================
Administrator, Breakfast.ca
Student, Carleton U.
Java Programmer, Extrordinaire!
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.breakfast.ca/~jjbacon
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From: Garry Knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to remove the hd noise?
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 22:20:53 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 29 Apr 2001 13:19:12 GMT in article
<kxUG6.1545$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Anders Braathen
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It seems like, when I've got X loaded, that something seems to constantly
> write to the disk and I have no idea what it could be.
Or it might be reading the disk. Or both. My guess is that it happens a
little while after you boot up, and that it's anacron doing some
housekeeping behind the scenes. Amongst other things it rebuilds the
slocate database ('man slocate' for details) and rotates your system logs.
--
Garry Knight
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Garry Knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to get zip/unzip program
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 22:22:53 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 29 Apr 2001 15:20:22 +0200 in article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> mh@charon:~ > rpm -qa | grep zip
> gzip-1.2.4-222
> bzip-1.0.0-37
> unzip-5.40-181
> zip-2.3-104
> ziptool-1.2-135
>
> On SuSE 7.0, I'm not sure, but think, those are per default installed.
> Perhaps, because of some nifty KDE archive tools, I don't use, need them
> all.
That last one (ziptool) is for configuring/controlling Zip drives.
--
Garry Knight
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From: "AK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.windows98
Subject: Partition Problem and New HD
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 01:20:00 +0100
I have 4 Primary Partitions:
C:
D:
E:
F:
When I put my Removable drive in it shifts
the Partitions,
and I get:
C:
D: NEW HD
E: NEW HD
F:
G:
H:
As you can imagine this cause a few problems in windows.
I am planning on putting Linux and and keeping one partions
for other stuff .. (this drive is removable).
Would converting my partitions to Logical cause the two new
partitions on this drive to go in the rightful place.. at the end?
If so, would parition magic do this?
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E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: lino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Process limit
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 00:27:43 GMT
MrColombo wrote:
>
> How i can limite a number of BackGround process for an user ?
probably with the ulimit command, but I,m not sure...
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From: "bowman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: Re: re-install on top of existing install
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 19:06:07 -0600
"Jeffrey J. Bacon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> If I re-install overtop of an existing install of RedHat7, how much of
> my settings and configuration will I lose?
You may get lucky if your home directory is out of harm's way. I'd plan on
losing everything else. I completely hosed a Mandrake 7.0 distro trying to
upgrade to KDE2. I nursed it back to life, but it wasn't pretty or much fun.
Decided I didn't need 2 all that much. If I ever do want it, I think I'll
just get a distro that comes with it. (Mandrake 8, RH 7.?)
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From: "bowman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Writing a little script (help with sed)
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 19:10:57 -0600
"Michael Pye" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:QkVG6.4891$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> OK, I have a problem with a machine which likes to remember the year as
1994
> when I turn it on. I am looking for a way to automate the change from 94
to
> 2001.
don't suppose you'd just want to rdate from some host who can tell time?
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From: hac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Could Linux be used in this factory environment ?
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 01:21:00 GMT
Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
>
> "Jonadab the Unsightly One" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > "Erik Funkenbusch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > > That's silly. All you need is to queue the upgrade to
> > > > any given page until nobody's looking at it.
> > >
> > > And you magically know when nobody is looking at it, how?
> >
> > The OS should know that.
>
> It should? I didn't realize they had optical sensors that allowed the
> terminals to notice when someone was looking at the terminal or not.
>
Even an idiot should realize that no one is looking at a page that
isn't displayed. Ergo, pages not displayed may be updated. Which is
what he clearly intended to convey, before you went out of your way to
be obtuse and argumentative. Unless, of course, you really are that
stupid. You seem bent on convincing everyone that you are.
--
Howard Christeller Irvine, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Goodyear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Applix spreadsheet background color
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 21:34:02 +0000
Garry Knight wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Apr 2001 06:55:47 +0000 in article
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Goodyear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hi...Does anyone know how to change the default background color for
> > Applix spreadsheets. Google didn't and help just gives foreground
> > color.
>
> I don't have Applix installed at the moment as I've been messing around
> with upgrading/downgrading, but I've looked at the manual and at the
> "ApplixWare Office for Linux Bible" and neither of them mention any more
> than the Format and AutoFormat options. The only thing I can suggest is to
> AutoFormat a blank spreadsheet and save it to use as a template.
>
I'll look into that.
--
thanks....Brian
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From: Bob Hartung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: rpm use question
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 19:59:42 -0500
Thanks to all that responded. I think that I'll do a little
more investigation before I risk a running system.
Bob
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From: Sarina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sound Problem
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 19:11:55 -0400
Hi all:
I've got Mandrake 8.0. It's working wonderfully. I even got regular system
sounds this time!! Problem is, I can't get sound when playing my cd's with
the players: kde media player or xmms. I have onboard sound AC97 which the
system recognizes and kmix assigns ICE1232. I have tweaked the players and
the mixer. Still no player sound. Do you have any ideas?? Thanks in
advance.
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From: bidalah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Kabir's book
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 02:09:52 GMT
Hi, I was wondering if anyone else has read/used Mohammed Kabir's "Red Hat Linux
7 Server", and had this problem:
I have loaded the Linux 7 server that comes with the book. But when I try to
load the XFree86 rpm files in order to install and configure Xwindows, I get
about 3 failed dependencies. I have check all of the incuded CDs and cannot
find the necessary RPMs to complete Xwindows installation. The intro to the
book describes the included version of Linux as "a special 1 cd version". I
always assumed that meant some things would not be included in it. However MOST
of the XFree86 rpms are here and Kabir clearly wants us to be able to install
Xwindows in the book. Either my CDs are a dud or I am doing something wrong.
Can anyone tell me which?
The command(s) I am using, as decribed in the book are simply:
mount (cdrom)
rpm -ivh XFree86*.rpm
the failed dependencies are:
libGL.so.1 is needed by XFree86-4.0.1-1
xinitrc >= 2.9.8 is needed by XFree86-4.0.1-1
Xconfigurator is needed by XFree86-xf86cfg-4.0.1-1
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From: Melvin Mathew Meadlin II <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ATI Radeon X driver ?
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 19:16:09 -0700
Peter Fabian wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I installed the newest RedHat 7.1, but although it detects my ATI Radeon 32
> DDR vcard, I cannot get anything else than a blank screen. I kept looking
> around the net for a solution, but the only thing I got were complaints by
> other users of this video card. Is there anyone who could help me ?
>
> Thanks a lot
>
> -----
> Peter Fabian
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
I just installed RH 7.1 two days ago, and I have yet to have a problem with my
Radeon 64 DDR VIVO card. You may want to try to use the XFree86 -configure
command. I was told it is the "correct" way to get a XF86Config file. You may
want to install the xf86cfg rpm on disk two and run that command, in /usr/sbin
I believe.
--
Melvin Mathew Meadlin II
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Alfter)
Subject: Re: HP Products disapoining in Linux - was Linux vs Microsoft
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 02:40:41 -0000
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In article <9chfg2$i6a$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Juergen Sauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>The HP's support range *does* not know about this project and it's
>results.
In all fairness, if you ask the level-1 "techs" at nearly any company about
Linux, they're more than likely not going to have a clue about it.
>The drivers are *not* officially delivered by HP.
Name me a printer manufacturer that includes Linux support software
("driver" is somewhat inaccurate) in the box.
>Many printers are not supported like my HP1220C/ps, by the way HP lies about
>the PS capabilities of this Printer. In the web the tell "PostScript Lev. 3",
>but it is defnitly PLC Lev. 3. Idiotic.
PCL 6 and 5e according to their website. "PostScript" emulation is
mentioned, but that leaves open the question of whether it's
printer-resident or host-based (like Ghostscript). This sounds more like a
case of not doing your homework before making a purchasing decision.
>Better not use Linux and HP Products, if you want avoid troubles;
I've used a DeskJet 682C and a ScanJet 4p under Linux and have never had any
problems setting them up and using them. (I still have the scanner, but I
sold the printer about a year ago and replaced it with a Lexmark Optra Color
40...having PostScript and a huge buffer (I bumped the printer's memory up
to 36 megs) is *nice*.)
FWIW, you mentioned that you traded in an HP for an Epson (or maybe it was
someone else in this thread). The software support for Epson printers may
or may not be OK under Linux, but you couldn't pay me to use an Epson. I've
used printers from nearly every major manufacturer at one time or another,
and Epson inkjet printers have pretty uniformly been complete garbage from a
standpoint of reliability and longevity. Their main weakness is the
print-head assembly, which in most models is permanently installed in the
printer. When the printer isn't in use, the heads aren't always securely
capped. This leads to ink drying in the heads, causing clogs. With most
other printers (HP, Lexmark, Canon, etc.), if the heads are excessively
clogged, you buy a new ink cartridge or a new head assembly and snap it in.
If (more like "when" than "if," really) the heads on an Epson clog up, you
get to either (1) send the printer in for service (hopefully it's still
under warranty) or (2) disassemble the print carriage and try to clean the
heads yourself.
(No, I don't work for HP, Lexmark, or any other company mentioned above. I
just have experience with more than a few of each companies' products, and
use some of them at home.)
_/_
/ v \
(IIGS( Scott Alfter (remove Voyager's hull number for email address)
\_^_/ http://salfter.dyndns.org
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound Problem
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 22:11:16 -0500
Sarina wrote:
> Hi all:
>
> I've got Mandrake 8.0. It's working wonderfully. I even got regular
> system
> sounds this time!! Problem is, I can't get sound when playing my cd's
> with
> the players: kde media player or xmms. I have onboard sound AC97 which
> the
> system recognizes and kmix assigns ICE1232. I have tweaked the players
> and
> the mixer. Still no player sound. Do you have any ideas?? Thanks in
> advance.
>
What does lsmod report? The kernel native drivers for the VIA KT133
motherboards do not work. The alsa drivers do work.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: mail spool permissions
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 13:14:32 +1000
Running Debian 2.2.
When I use mailx to read my mail spool, it exits with:
'Unable to lock mailbox: Permission denied'
The mail is read OK, it is moved to ~/mbox OK.
Where is it trying to write the lock file?
Relevant bits:
drwxrwsr-x 2 root mail 4.0k Apr 30 13:11 .
drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 4.0k Jan 22 19:59 ..
-rw-rw---- 1 az mail 4.8k Apr 30 13:11 az
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From: Dino Hsu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to get zip/unzip program
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 11:15:00 +0800
On 29 Apr 2001 17:19:24 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chiefy) wrote:
>29 Apr 2001 06:18 GMT, Dino Hsu did say to the dudes:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> One of my CD requires unzip to uncompress a file, but I cannot find
>> zip/unzip in my Red Hat 6.2, can you tell me how to get them? Thanks
>
>Zip/Unzip are available on the RedHat CD. They didn't get installed by
>default on my RH6.0 box, but they are there.
>
>I've just had a quick look on the RH site, both Zip and Unzip are
>available to download.
>
> unzip 5.41 - 3 i386 | 337k | Jul 12 2000
> zip 2.3 - 8 i386 | 265k | Aug 24 2000
After I re-installed Red Hat 6.2 with 'everything', zip/unzip showed
up.
Dino
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yvan Loranger)
Subject: Re: Partition Problem and New HD
Date: 30 Apr 2001 03:20:55 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yvan Loranger)
"AK" ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes:
> I have 4 Primary Partitions:
> C:
> D:
> E:
> F:
>
> When I put my Removable drive in it shifts
> the Partitions,
> and I get:
> C:
> D: NEW HD
> E: NEW HD
> F:
> G:
> H:
>
> As you can imagine this cause a few problems in windows.
> I am planning on putting Linux and and keeping one partions
> for other stuff .. (this drive is removable).
>
> Would converting my partitions to Logical cause the two new
> partitions on this drive to go in the rightful place.. at the end?
Don't give a rat's ass about win98; but I'll tell you partitions in msdos
[& early win?] are assigned in order: 1st primary from each disk; all
logicals from disk0, then from disk1, ... ; remaining primaries from disk0,
then from disk1, ...
So the answer for your question is yes, if both partitions on the
removeable drive are logicals [the 2nd one obviously already is].
Why are you asking a windows question in a linux forum?
--
Merci........Yvan Pour le plein air: Club Vertige
http://www.ncf.ca/vertige
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From: "Arctic Storm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux for free?
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 03:38:28 GMT
> I would like to know a web site to download linux os for free.
Forget all the other suggestions posted here.
The *best* is www.linuxiso.org because it has everything!
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