Linux-Misc Digest #766, Volume #27 Wed, 2 May 01 16:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: Could Linux be used in this factory environment ? (Brent R)
Re: TAR Return Codes ("Harald Schneider")
Re: TAR Return Codes (John)
Networking Problem. ("Kevin from Hamilton")
upload-configuration-HOWTO (Mike Song)
Re: Redhat 7.1 and Sun Java JDK1.3 (Markku Kolkka)
Re: TAR Return Codes (Grant Edwards)
Re: What Linux DB is close to Access97? (Mike)
XWindows loading on startup ("O'Banion")
that PCMCIA question (Linksys PCMPC100 V2/Dell Inspiron 4000) (Yuri Fialko)
Re: Quake3 + XFree86-4.0.3 + Voodoo3 = Death Slow ("Mjx2001")
Re: XWindows loading on startup ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Quake3 + XFree86-4.0.3 + Voodoo3 = Death Slow ("Crap Name [AGQx]")
Re: XWindows loading on startup (Chiefy)
Re: What Linux DB is close to Access97? ("Jeffrey L. Susanj")
Re: XWindows loading on startup ("Jeffrey L. Susanj")
hp deskjet 2200 doesn't print in RH 7.0 ("Yianni Vidalis")
mk bootable dos cd (Neil Zanella)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Brent R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Could Linux be used in this factory environment ?
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 17:12:43 GMT
Paul Repacholi wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (SammyTheSnake) writes:
>
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jonadab the Unsightly
> > One wrote:
>
> > >Above all, you don't want the computer stopping for no reason, so
> > >run it on Unix or VMS, and you won't go down unless there's a
> > >hardware problem or some idiot runs a forkbomb.
>
> VMS is not affected by this sort of thing, the 'bomber' runs out of
> quota and gets an error.
Hmm isn't that why UNIX has killall? Or do I not understand what a
fork() bomb really is?
> > not even then if you use a recent version of linux[1]. If each user
> > has their own login ID then other users won't even notice :)
>
> Problem is, it is normal that peole DON'T log in in a factory. The
> terminals are auto-logged in by station, and run what ever is needed.
> VMS has several ways of doing this, up to AMDS.
>
> The oply use for logins is in the lunch room. A few extra 'unofficail
> unsuported' terminals in the lunch room and some games does wonders
> for the fault call rate, and operator ability to operate a terminal.
>
> --
> Paul Repacholi 1 Crescent Rd.,
> +61 (08) 9257-1001 Kalamunda.
> West Australia 6076
> Raw, Cooked or Well-done, it's all half baked.
> Spam-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED],
> [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
- Brent
http://rotten168.home.att.net
------------------------------
From: "Harald Schneider" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.suse
Subject: Re: TAR Return Codes
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 19:15:40 +0200
man tar does not mention anything about this topic - all section checked ...
:-/
"Tomaz Cedilnik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Harald Schneider wrote:
>
> > Does there exist a list of all possible return codes used by tar with
the
> > corresponding verbose description?
>
> What does 'man tar' tell you? (Sorry, the newest distro I've seen is RH
> 6.1)
>
> Tom
> --
> |\ _,,,,--,,_ Tomaz Cedilnik
> /,`.-'`' -, \-;,
> |,4- ) ),,__ ,\ ( ;; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> '---''(.'--' `-'`.)`'
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 18:24:02 +0100
From: John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.suse
Subject: Re: TAR Return Codes
info tar
look in the index, under return status
John
> man tar does not mention anything about this topic - all section checked ...
> :-/
> > > Does there exist a list of all possible return codes used by tar with
> the
> > > corresponding verbose description?
------------------------------
From: "Kevin from Hamilton" <ac.ocitapmys@kytrehod>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Networking Problem.
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 17:37:45 GMT
Unfortunately I will not be able to paste all the info, into this message.
I am running Debian potato. My ISP is with Sympatico HSE.
I have read through many How-to's and I am still stuck... a little nudge in
the right direction would be perfect.
I had a DSL router before and everything was perfect.. my linux machine was
on the net in seconds flat. Since then I have got rid of the router because
I want my linux machine to be the gateway to the internet.
I have been editing way too many files and I am sure I have screwed things
up. Unfortunately I can not get that machine back on the internet to do a
re-install so I have to work with what I have. A bunch of floppies and do a
re-install.. or work with what I have and just fix it up some. I vote for
the later solution.
The desired outcome would be.
Internal network (Localhost gives out DHCP address's)
=======================================================
localhost 192.168.1.1
range 192.168.1.10 192.168.1.20
broadcast 192.168.1.255
subnetmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1
Sympatico's network is (PPPoE)
=================================
DNS1 = 204.101.251.1
DNS2 = 204.101.251.2
Sympatico IP's look like
=========================
64.x.x.x
I also want to be able to have a local domain called... (HOME)
and I want to be able to connect to my machine from outside, using something
like (CJB.NET)
If I type 'netstat -r' or 'route -n' I get nothing, by that I mean, I just
get the title line.
If I type 'ifconfig -a' I get back eth0, eth1, lo, ppp0, and tunl0.
Like I said, I am not sure what I am doing wrong but at this point I can't
even get my linux machine to network internally or on the internet. Can
someone please help me. I already followed the How-to for PPPoE for debian.
What I am looking for is what should my route tables look for and
specifically which files should I be editing. Thanks in advance to all who
respond.
------------------------------
From: Mike Song <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: upload-configuration-HOWTO
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 14:04:07 -0400
Hello;
I read a document which mentioned a Linux
upload-configuration-HOWTO document.
I have serched the LDP site and could not find
this howto doc.
Does this doc exist, or is there another doc about file uploading?
Thanks
Mike
------------------------------
From: Markku Kolkka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Redhat 7.1 and Sun Java JDK1.3
Date: 02 May 2001 20:50:48 +0300
"Jeremy Haile" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I can't seem to get JDK1.3 to work with RedHat 7.1. At first, it has
> trouble locating "cut." It was looking for it in /usr/bin/cut and apparently
> redhat moved it to /bin. I symlinked it in /usr/bin and that fixed that
> problem. Javac compiles, but when I run "java", it simply freezes up with
> no error message. Running with -verbose didn't help me much either. Has
> anyone tried this? Any ideas?
Read and follow the Release Notes on the RH7.1 CD, or get the Sun JDK1.3.1RC2
--
Markku Kolkka
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant Edwards)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.suse
Subject: Re: TAR Return Codes
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 18:22:46 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tomaz Cedilnik wrote:
>Harald Schneider wrote:
>
>> Does there exist a list of all possible return codes used by tar with the
>> corresponding verbose description?
>
>What does 'man tar' tell you? (Sorry, the newest distro I've seen is RH
>6.1)
'man tar' doesn't say anything. However, 'info tar' says:
GNU tar' returns only a few exit statuses. I'm really
aiming simplicity in that area, for now. If you are not
using the --compare' (--diff', -d') option, zero means that
everything went well, besides maybe innocuous warnings.
Nonzero means that something went wrong. Right now, as of
today, "nonzero" is almost always 2, except for remote
operations, where it may be 128.
So, it appears that you are only guaranteed that it is zero for
success and non-zero for failure.
--
Grant Edwards grante Yow! Like I always
at say -- nothing can beat
visi.com the BRATWURST here in
DUSSELDORF!!
------------------------------
From: Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What Linux DB is close to Access97?
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 20:22:06 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MS access may be rubbish, but it indeed provides a frontend which is
extremely friendly for people who just want to USE a database. If you are a
person who want to BUILD a database, there is no challenge in Access.
BTW I use a linux based MySQL database connected to my Windows PC on which
I have a very usefull Access frontend, connected with MyODBC to MySQL.
Works perfect. The StarOffice DB frontend is terrible.
Mike
Juergen Sauer wrote:
> Doug Poulin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb
> am Tue, 01 May 2001 18:30:02 GMT in comp.os.linux.misc:
>
>> Adabas D, available for download with StarOffice.
> Ohh my Lord, what an idea.
>
> The standard StarDB in SO is Access like, Adabas D is an
> complete RDBMS, a thing like Acess is binary rubbish compared to Adabas.
> mfG
> Jojo
>
------------------------------
From: "O'Banion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: XWindows loading on startup
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 18:25:42 GMT
I'm new to the whole linux world, and I installed XWindows and Gnome during
the initial install. I am running Debian 2.2. The problem that I am having
is that XWindows loads automatically on boot. I've been trying to figure
out how to keep it from loading, but haven't figured it out. Can anybody
point me in the right direction?
Thanks
------------------------------
From: Yuri Fialko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: that PCMCIA question (Linksys PCMPC100 V2/Dell Inspiron 4000)
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 11:29:16 -0700
Hi,
I would very much appreciate any advice on how to get my new PCM card to
work.
I've installed Redhat 7.1 on Dell Inspiron 4000 laptop; my PCM card is
Linksys Etherfast 10/100 (PCMPC100 V2). Some details on the installation
results are at http://igpp.ucsd.edu/~fialko/pcmcia.html
If you think I should get another card, please also let me know.
(Please email or cc your response to the address in the signature.)
Thanks much,
YF
--
*****************************************************************
Yuri Fialko phone (858) 822-5028
SIO/IGPP 225 fax (858) 534-5332
UC San Diego email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
La Jolla, CA 92093 URL http://igpp.ucsd.edu/~fialko
*****************************************************************
------------------------------
From: "Mjx2001" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.slackware,3dfx.glide.linux,alt.games.quake3
Subject: Re: Quake3 + XFree86-4.0.3 + Voodoo3 = Death Slow
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 19:34:39 +0100
"Charles Fultz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> "Mjx2001" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > "Charles Fultz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > I'm having a bit of trouble getting Quake3Arena to play at an
> > > acceptable speed. My setup is as follows:
> > > CPU: dual PII-overdrives 333MHz
> >
> > Quake 3 Arena does not use dual CPU systems, so the second CPU is
> > useless...
> > Also, a P2 333 overdrive is prehistoric and nowhere near minimum
> > requirements.
>
> Mjx2001, are you on crack!? First of all, YES, Q3A DOES support dual
> procs. Check out this DOCUMENTED command-line option:
> Flag Description
> ---- ------------
> r_smp Setting this to "1" enables dual CPU support for the Quake3
> rendering/graphics engine. Note that your graphics card
> drivers and operating system must support smp.
>
> Also, do a search for 'quake3 dual' or 'quake3 smp' on Deja.com.
>
> Secondly, here are the MINIMUM system requirements for Q3A, as
> published on lokigames.com:
> Pentium 233 MHZ with 8 MB video card*, or
> Processor/Video Pentium II 266 MHz with 4 MB video card*, or
> AMD K6-350 MHZ with 4 MB video card*
>
> Okay, lets see, I have two PII 333MHz and a 16MB Voodoo3 3000.
> I MORE than meet the minimum system requirements.
> You best be doing some research before spreading FALSE information.
Games Minimum System Requirements, as printed on game boxes are a joke.
What they mean to say is, "minimum system required to run game at 320 x 200
x 16 bit colour mode with 10 fps." or some other equally obscore resolution.
Anyone serious about playing Quake should have at least a 17" monitor, and
on a monitor that size, you'd be an idiot to play the game in anything less
than 1024 x 768 x 32... I'd shudder at the thought of playing Q3A on a
K6-2/250 with 4mb AGP card. If we are to believe minimum specs' on
software - Windows 95 only needs 8 MB of memory you know.
se Linux, but I stopped using a voodoo3 years ago. My Athlon 950 MHz /
> > Geforce 2 can
> > manage 80 fps @ 1024 x 768 x 32 full detail... Get yourself a new video
> > card, preferably, one with
> > a little more power.
>
> I don't have a GeForce and don't want one, therefore your comments are
> of absolutely no value to this conversation.
>
> > > Disk: 18GB IBM SCSI (40MB/sec) 7200RPM
> > > Kernel: 2.4.3
> > > X: XFree86-4.0.3 w/ tdfx driver and DRI and GLX modules
> > >
> > > The game looks fine, but the response is horrible. I get anywhere
> > > from 2-10 secs/frame. That's right secs/frame, not frames/sec.
> > > I get the same results playing as a user or root.
> > > Can anyone help me out here? I know I should be getting like anywhere
> > > from 30-50 frames/sec.
> >
> > 50 fps with a p2 333 and voodoo3 - you are dreaming.
>
> No, but you've been hitting the crack pipe a little too hard.
> Hehe, man you're lame.
>
> Charles Fultz
> fultz
------------------------------
From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: XWindows loading on startup
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 20:43:54 +0200
O'Banion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm new to the whole linux world, and I installed XWindows and Gnome during
> the initial install. I am running Debian 2.2. The problem that I am having
> is that XWindows loads automatically on boot. I've been trying to figure
This is not a problem, it's a fact (please distinguish the two - we may
be able to help you better if you do).
> out how to keep it from loading, but haven't figured it out. Can anybody
> point me in the right direction?
Turn it off, or switch to a virtual console with ctrl-alt-f1 (or f2,
f3, ..) if you simply wanted a text console! To turn it off, you'd
just have to stop the xdm-alike loading. The most obvious way
to do that is to boot into a non-X runlevel. I think 2 or 3 will do.
I.e. boot with "linux 3", for example. Once in (or any other time)
you can alter the default initial runlevel by editing the
line near the top of /etc/inittab.
# The default runlevel.
id:4:initdefault:
Change it to 3.
If you want to change to runlevel 3 in your current login session,
issue a "telinit 3".
You may well want to remove the links to /etc/init.d/xdm in
the /etc/rc[23].d/ directories, in case there are any.
There may also be a file like /etc/X11/kdm/config that
you could edit to additional effect.
Now, what is your REAL problem? Why do you think you want to get
rid of xdm?
Peter
------------------------------
From: "Crap Name [AGQx]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.slackware,3dfx.glide.linux,alt.games.quake3
Subject: Re: Quake3 + XFree86-4.0.3 + Voodoo3 = Death Slow
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 20:02:29 +0100
Reply-To: "Crap Name [AGQx]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I used to run a p2-300 + v3 without much issues. It was in vertex mode and
at 800*600 but I still managed to get 40-50 fps. The person with his Dual p2
setup should have NO problems running Q3.
I still have my V3 in my new Athlon tbrid 750 on a 21" screen and still run
it at 800*600. Yes the display would be better at a higher resolution but I
prefer to keep stable at 60fps at all times instead of having the variations
I get when I run at the higher resolutions.
--
...
"Mjx2001" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> "Charles Fultz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > "Mjx2001" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > "Charles Fultz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > > I'm having a bit of trouble getting Quake3Arena to play at an
> > > > acceptable speed. My setup is as follows:
> > > > CPU: dual PII-overdrives 333MHz
> > >
> > > Quake 3 Arena does not use dual CPU systems, so the second CPU is
> > > useless...
> > > Also, a P2 333 overdrive is prehistoric and nowhere near minimum
> > > requirements.
> >
> > Mjx2001, are you on crack!? First of all, YES, Q3A DOES support dual
> > procs. Check out this DOCUMENTED command-line option:
> > Flag Description
> > ---- ------------
> > r_smp Setting this to "1" enables dual CPU support for the Quake3
> > rendering/graphics engine. Note that your graphics card
> > drivers and operating system must support smp.
> >
> > Also, do a search for 'quake3 dual' or 'quake3 smp' on Deja.com.
> >
> > Secondly, here are the MINIMUM system requirements for Q3A, as
> > published on lokigames.com:
> > Pentium 233 MHZ with 8 MB video card*, or
> > Processor/Video Pentium II 266 MHz with 4 MB video card*, or
> > AMD K6-350 MHZ with 4 MB video card*
> >
> > Okay, lets see, I have two PII 333MHz and a 16MB Voodoo3 3000.
> > I MORE than meet the minimum system requirements.
> > You best be doing some research before spreading FALSE information.
>
> Games Minimum System Requirements, as printed on game boxes are a joke.
> What they mean to say is, "minimum system required to run game at 320 x
200
> x 16 bit colour mode with 10 fps." or some other equally obscore
resolution.
> Anyone serious about playing Quake should have at least a 17" monitor, and
> on a monitor that size, you'd be an idiot to play the game in anything
less
> than 1024 x 768 x 32... I'd shudder at the thought of playing Q3A on a
> K6-2/250 with 4mb AGP card. If we are to believe minimum specs' on
> software - Windows 95 only needs 8 MB of memory you know.
>
>
>
>
>
> se Linux, but I stopped using a voodoo3 years ago. My Athlon 950 MHz /
> > > Geforce 2 can
> > > manage 80 fps @ 1024 x 768 x 32 full detail... Get yourself a new
video
> > > card, preferably, one with
> > > a little more power.
> >
> > I don't have a GeForce and don't want one, therefore your comments are
> > of absolutely no value to this conversation.
> >
> > > > Disk: 18GB IBM SCSI (40MB/sec) 7200RPM
> > > > Kernel: 2.4.3
> > > > X: XFree86-4.0.3 w/ tdfx driver and DRI and GLX modules
> > > >
> > > > The game looks fine, but the response is horrible. I get anywhere
> > > > from 2-10 secs/frame. That's right secs/frame, not frames/sec.
> > > > I get the same results playing as a user or root.
> > > > Can anyone help me out here? I know I should be getting like
anywhere
> > > > from 30-50 frames/sec.
> > >
> > > 50 fps with a p2 333 and voodoo3 - you are dreaming.
> >
> > No, but you've been hitting the crack pipe a little too hard.
> > Hehe, man you're lame.
> >
> > Charles Fultz
> > fultz
>
>
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chiefy)
Subject: Re: XWindows loading on startup
Date: 2 May 2001 19:11:29 GMT
02 May 2001 18:25 UTC, O'Banion did say to the dudes:
> The problem that I am having
> is that XWindows loads automatically on boot. I've been trying to figure
> out how to keep it from loading, but haven't figured it out. Can anybody
> point me in the right direction?
Have a look at 'man update-rc.d'.
--
Chiefy. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
------------------------------
From: "Jeffrey L. Susanj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What Linux DB is close to Access97?
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 18:59:48 GMT
I was under the impression that StarOffice 5.2 came with a version of Adabas
that replaced the database in version 5.1.
Jeff S.
"Juergen Sauer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:9cn59m$rg6$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Doug Poulin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb
> am Tue, 01 May 2001 18:30:02 GMT in comp.os.linux.misc:
>
> > Adabas D, available for download with StarOffice.
> Ohh my Lord, what an idea.
>
> The standard StarDB in SO is Access like, Adabas D is an
> complete RDBMS, a thing like Acess is binary rubbish compared to Adabas.
> mfG
> Jojo
>
> --
> J�rgen Sauer - AutomatiX GmbH, +49-4209-4699, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.automatix.de to Mail me: remove: -not-for-spawm-
------------------------------
From: "Jeffrey L. Susanj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: XWindows loading on startup
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 19:28:36 GMT
Normally X Windows starts when you boot into run level 5. Change your run
level to 3 to boot to a tty.
Jeff S.
"O'Banion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:GiYH6.2983$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I'm new to the whole linux world, and I installed XWindows and Gnome
during
> the initial install. I am running Debian 2.2. The problem that I am
having
> is that XWindows loads automatically on boot. I've been trying to figure
> out how to keep it from loading, but haven't figured it out. Can anybody
> point me in the right direction?
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
------------------------------
From: "Yianni Vidalis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: hp deskjet 2200 doesn't print in RH 7.0
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 23:05:43 +0300
Hi, I hope someone can help me,
I recently bought a hp Deskjet 2200 and I am trying to install it under red
hat linux 7.0 without success. Has anyone got any solutions?
TIA
Yianni.
------------------------------
From: Neil Zanella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: mk bootable dos cd
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 17:00:10 -0230
Hello,
I would like to use Linux to make a bootable DOS CD with some DOS
utilities on it. The reason I need to do this is I bought an ASUS
CUV4X motherboard that had a bug in the floppy drive controller
and now I need to upgrade the BIOS from DOS to fix this but I do
not have a version of DOS installed hence I need to make a bootable
CD with DOS as the BIOS update can only be performed from real mode
DOS and I cannot make a bootable DOS floppy because as I explained
I cannot get the floppy drive to work.
Any suggestions are welcome,
Thanks,
Neil
------------------------------
** FOR YOUR REFERENCE **
The service address, to which questions about the list itself and requests
to be added to or deleted from it should be directed, is:
Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You can send mail to the entire list by posting to comp.os.linux.misc.
Linux may be obtained via one of these FTP sites:
ftp.funet.fi pub/Linux
tsx-11.mit.edu pub/linux
sunsite.unc.edu pub/Linux
End of Linux-Misc Digest
******************************
