Linux-Misc Digest #770, Volume #27 Thu, 3 May 01 07:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: Best way to manage source code? (MH)
Info on high-capacity SCSI tape drive (Frank Saab)
Upgrade from RH6.2 to RH7.1? (wroot)
Shell utility for spelling (Alex Vinokur)
List of all command in section (Alex Vinokur)
Re: List of all command in section (Alex Vinokur)
trying FreeBSD for educational purposes (wroot)
Re: passme ("Glitch")
Re: USB harddisk - how to get more out of it (Craig Kelley)
Re: Upgrade from RH6.2 to RH7.1? (Brett Castleberry)
Re: chassis fan monitoring ("BetrOffDed")
Re: SMB between subnets ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Shell utility for spelling (Paul Kimoto)
libstdc++-libc6.1-2.so.3 (Kirk I Reiten)
resize video from mpeg2dec (Matthias Rieber)
Re: Upgrade from RH6.2 to RH7.1? (LeoDeBeo)
Makefiles (200.43.150.109 [dlm])
Re: Best way to manage source code? ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: File System going bad ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: passme ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Makefiles ("D. Stimits")
Re: Problem with Redhat 7.1: Constant Disk Access ("Thomas G. Larsen")
Problem with 'Read only file system' (Stefan)
Re: libstdc++-libc6.1-2.so.3 ("Hendrik Maeder")
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From: MH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Best way to manage source code?
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 21:19:02 -0700
While these responses have been useful, none of them has focused on the
primary concern of my original post. The question was not so much "how" do
you compile, install, or uninstall source packages as it was how do you
manage them?
What strategies are commonly employed to keep everything in order? What
are the most common, or preferred installation directories, or the best
method of organizing one's directory hierarchies? Everything in
/usr/local, /opt, /usr/local/src, usr/src? Use a single all-inclusive
directory for each package? or with multiple subdirectories? Only compile
a few critical packages and rely on RPM or DEB for the remainder? How best
to handle applications with large numbers of source packages, like KDE or
GNOME? etc.
Or is the best we can do here simply trial and error?
--
I use GNU/Linux and support the Free Software Foundation. This message was
composed and transmitted using free software, licensed under the General
Public License.
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Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 22:52:53 -0600
From: Frank Saab <"fsaab"@(no-spam)ecrix.com>
Subject: Info on high-capacity SCSI tape drive
Hi,
This is info on a good deal on a high-capacity SCSI tape drive that's
been mentioned a few times on this newsgroup.
The VXA-1 tape drives are now available for just $649, which is $400 off
list price, for a U2W SCSI drive with 33/66 GB and 3/6 MBps. That's
about the same as a DDS drive, but _much_ better performance and
reliability. This is a manufacturer's closeout on discontinued (red and
blue) colors. To find out more go to http://vxa.com/redBlue
- Frank.
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From: wroot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,linux.redhat
Subject: Upgrade from RH6.2 to RH7.1?
Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 01:15:09 -0400
Hi,
I'm wondering if it makes sense to upgrade from RH6.2 to RH7.1? My current
RH6.2 functionality pretty much satisfies me (except for minor quircks with
CD-RWing: if I boot it with SCSI emulation, it does not recognize audio
CDs, so I can not play them on my computer)
How stable and secure is the new Redhat?
Thanks
Wroot
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From: Alex Vinokur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,linux.help
Subject: Shell utility for spelling
Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 08:31:44 +0200
I need utility for *un-interactive* spelling checking in Linux.
Here is what I found (only Interactive spelling).
[alexv@gcc ~]$ man -k spell
buildhash [ispell] (1) - Interactive spelling checking
english (4) - flag format for English ispell dictionaries
findaffix [ispell] (1) - Interactive spelling checking
icombine [ispell] (1) - Interactive spelling checking
ijoin [ispell] (1) - Interactive spelling checking
ispell (1) - Interactive spelling checking
ispell (4) - format of ispell dictionaries and affix
files
munchlist [ispell] (1) - Interactive spelling checking
tryaffix [ispell] (1) - Interactive spelling checking
============================
Alex Vinokur
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Alex Vinokur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,linux.help
Subject: List of all command in section
Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 08:39:13 +0200
Can we get list all command in some section (using the man command or
something else).
============================
Alex Vinokur
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://go.to/alexv_math
============================
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From: Alex Vinokur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,linux.help
Subject: Re: List of all command in section
Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 08:40:31 +0200
Alex Vinokur wrote:
> Can we get list all command in some section (using the man command or
> something else).
Can we get list of all commands in some section (using the man command or
something else).?
>
>
> ============================
> Alex Vinokur
> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://go.to/alexv_math
> ============================
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From: wroot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: trying FreeBSD for educational purposes
Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 01:43:10 -0400
Hi,
I'm thinking about giving up one of my ext2 (Linux native) partitions to
boot in BSD once in a while and maybe learn a few new things (I'm not
learning as much running Linux these days, as when I just started out)
Anyways, I have a few questions:
Is it OK to have ~ on on a Linux partition under FreeBSD? I've read that
FreeBSD doesn't handle ext2 too well. BTW, can FreeBSD read/write to
Windows partions: FAT32 and NTFS? Does Linux recognize FreeBSD partions?
Also, even though I only run single and dual CPU systems, I have this dream
about being rich and important one day when I won't settle for anything
less than a 64-CPU supercomputer. How is SMP support under FreeBSD coming
along?
Thanks
Wroot
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From: "Glitch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: passme
Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 01:54:48 -0400
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Ryan Joseph"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> test post, please do not respond
>
what happens if i do?
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From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: USB harddisk - how to get more out of it
Date: 02 May 2001 23:53:26 -0600
William Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi all,
>
> I am using kernel 2.4.3 and I have attached a USB-IDE harddisk to my
> thinkpad 600.
> Right now, the current status is
> Upon booting up
> cat /proc/scsi/sci gives the following
> Attached devices:
> Host : scsi0 Channel : 00 Id: 00 Lun:00
> Vendor :Quantum Mdoel: Sirocco1700A
> Type : Direct Access ANSI SCIS revision :02
> cat /proc/scsi/usb-storage-0/0 gives
> Host scsi0: usb-storage
> Vendor : Anchor Chips, Inc.?Firmare Fra
> Product: Firmware Frameworks....
> Serial Number:None
> Protoclol :8020i
> Transoport: Control/Bulk
> GUID :04e60001000000000....
>
> I also do a "mount -t usbdevfs /dev/usbdevfs /mnt/usbhd"
> and when I "cd" to /mnt/usbhd
> I got
> "001" as a directory and 2 files, "devices" and "drivers"
> and under directory "001", there are 2 files "001" and "002".
>
>
> so what can I do further....i have tried fdisk /dev/usbdevfs and of
> course failed.
My USB CF reader presents itself as a SCSI drive. Check
/var/log/messages after doing a
insmod usb-storage
You should see something like this:
May 2 23:53:13 c705613-a kernel: sdc : READ CAPACITY failed.
May 2 23:53:13 c705613-a kernel: sdc : status = 1, message = 00, host
= 0, driver = 08
May 2 23:53:13 c705613-a kernel: sdc : extended sense code = 2
May 2 23:53:13 c705613-a kernel: sdc : block size assumed to be 512
bytes, disk size 1GB.
May 2 23:53:13 c705613-a kernel: sdc: I/O error: dev 08:20, sector 0
May 2 23:53:13 c705613-a kernel: unable to read partition table
May 2 23:53:13 c705613-a kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered.
May 2 23:53:47 c705613-a kernel: usb.c: deregistering driver
usb-storage
May 2 23:53:47 c705613-a kernel: scsi : 2 hosts left.
(I don't have a card inserted, which is why the reads failed --
but it works just fine when I have a card in)
--
It won't be long before the CPU is a card in a slot on your ATX videoboard
Craig Kelley -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.isu.edu/~kellcrai finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP block
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From: Brett Castleberry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Upgrade from RH6.2 to RH7.1?
Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 01:50:38 -0400
wroot wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm wondering if it makes sense to upgrade from RH6.2 to RH7.1? My current
> RH6.2 functionality pretty much satisfies me (except for minor quircks with
> CD-RWing: if I boot it with SCSI emulation, it does not recognize audio
> CDs, so I can not play them on my computer)
>
> How stable and secure is the new Redhat?
>
> Thanks
>
> Wroot
I, for one, am happy with RH6.2. There is a school of thought that
holds that Red Hat gets it right with x.2 releases. I'm going to wait.
I want to give RH, the new Gnome, and the new kernel some time to
blend a bit better.
Brett
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From: "BetrOffDed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: chassis fan monitoring
Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 06:05:55 GMT
In article <9cqeu7$iah$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Wong Ching Kuen
Frederick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> can i know the no of rev. of the chassis fan in linux?! i am using suse
> 7.0 in a asus p2bf. thanx.
You should be able to use lm_sensors http://www.netroedge.com/~lm78/ to
access the info (assuming its a properly connected 3-wire fan?) and then a
small app for monitorring the info in a gui if you desire (wmlm is a nice
dock app for windowmaker, I know gnome has at least one applet called
gsensors or something like that, i think krell can do it, etc),
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: SMB between subnets
Date: 3 May 2001 06:06:16 GMT
Dave Trahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Try putting the following on the NT machine:
> route -p add 172.20.0.0 mask 255.255.0.0 172.20.117.24(?) ADDR OF nt BOX
> the -p makes this permanent in the registry.
I didn't know that NT had the 'route' command. Anyway, I solved in a
different way: repatched the network to have all the machines in one
subnet...maybe is not a 'wizard' solution, but it works.
Thanks anyway.
Davide
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: Shell utility for spelling
Date: 3 May 2001 02:15:47 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newsgroups trimmed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Alex Vinokur wrote:
> I need utility for *un-interactive* spelling checking in Linux.
>
> Here is what I found (only Interactive spelling).
>
> [alexv@gcc ~]$ man -k spell
> buildhash [ispell] (1) - Interactive spelling checking
> english (4) - flag format for English ispell dictionaries
> findaffix [ispell] (1) - Interactive spelling checking
> icombine [ispell] (1) - Interactive spelling checking
> ijoin [ispell] (1) - Interactive spelling checking
> ispell (1) - Interactive spelling checking
> ispell (4) - format of ispell dictionaries and affix
> files
> munchlist [ispell] (1) - Interactive spelling checking
> tryaffix [ispell] (1) - Interactive spelling checking
I have this program installed, although I don't think I have ever used it:
$ dpkg -s spell
Package: spell
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: text
Installed-Size: 84
Maintainer: David Frey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Version: 1.0-11
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.1), ispell
Conflicts: spellprogs (<= 1.11-1)
Description: GNU Spell, a clone of Unix `spell'
GNU Spell is a spell checking program which prints each misspelled
word on a line of its own. It is designed as a clone of the standard
Unix `spell' program, and implemented as a wrapper for Ispell. Spell
accepts as its arguments a list of files to read from. Within that
list, the magical file name `-' causes Spell to read from standard
input. In addition, when called with no file name arguments, Spell
assumes that it should process standard input.
Presumably the source is available at ftp.gnu.org/gnu/spell (can't reach
ftp.gnu.org at the moment ...).
--
Paul Kimoto
This message was originally posted on Usenet in plain text. Any images,
hyperlinks, or the like shown here have been added without my consent,
and may be a violation of international copyright law.
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From: Kirk I Reiten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: libstdc++-libc6.1-2.so.3
Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 06:16:54 GMT
Hi
Where can I find this library.......?????
maseq: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++-libc6.1-2.so.3:
cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Thanks
Kirk
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Rieber)
Subject: resize video from mpeg2dec
Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 08:33:42 +0200
Hello,
is there a tool like this:
cat tmp.mpg|mpeg2dev -s -o YUV|TOOL 352x288|mpeg2enc ...?
I can transcode the video without any problem, but there seems no way
to change the size of the video?! I can't belive that there is no tool
to do this job.
Thanks in advance.
matthias
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From: LeoDeBeo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Upgrade from RH6.2 to RH7.1?
Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 06:41:16 GMT
i didn't experience major troubles with rh7.1. in fact, it recognized as
the first linux distro, all my hardware interfaces without manual
configuration
rh7.0 is an annoying distro as i experienced problems compiling the kernel.
the standard compiler delivered with it doesn't compile the kernel. you
have to take another one gcc
i had 6.2 too: very stable distro
in the end, it is really the packaging of new software that is interesting,
you can upgrade the packages you like. once you get started you can't
really tell which distro is on your comp, as you configure the operating
system, compile new kernels, upgrade glibc, install new software, you get
your own personal machine. the distro's are kind of interesting because of
the abundance of new software and the ability to install it all on your
machine at once without too many problems and time.
wroot wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm wondering if it makes sense to upgrade from RH6.2 to RH7.1? My current
> RH6.2 functionality pretty much satisfies me (except for minor quircks
> with CD-RWing: if I boot it with SCSI emulation, it does not recognize
> audio CDs, so I can not play them on my computer)
>
> How stable and secure is the new Redhat?
>
> Thanks
>
> Wroot
>
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From: 200.43.150.109 [dlm]
Subject: Makefiles
Date: 3 May 2001 06:45:34 GMT
I'd like to know what declaration should I add to a makefile in order to compile more
than a '.c' file. Or maybe I have to change something in my source codes.
When I try to do it, the screen shows this:
file1.o: In function 'main':
file1.o(.text+0x0): multiple definition of 'main'
file2.o(.text+0x0): first defined here
file3.o: in function 'main':
file3.o(.text+0x0): multiple definition of 'main'
file2.o(.text+0x0): first defined here
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [test] Error 1
I hope someone can help me. Thank you very much.
Please write me to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Poster's IP address: 200.43.150.109
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Linux Programmer's Site
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Best way to manage source code?
Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 09:46:35 +0200
MH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> While these responses have been useful, none of them has focused on the
> primary concern of my original post. The question was not so much "how" do
> you compile, install, or uninstall source packages as it was how do you
> manage them?
You make packages of them and install them in /usr/local (if they are
packages that do not have equivalents in your distro).
Peter
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.help,alt.linux.slakware
Subject: Re: File System going bad
Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 09:45:22 +0200
In comp.os.linux.help Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> did you actually read my original post, are you just
> trolling for a flame war?
> This problem takes weeks to show up. It's not something I just
> place on a bench, boot up and see if it's there.
So your second task is to develop an accelerator for the condition,
as well as your first ask being to develop a diagnostic for it!
(I am trying to teach you how to test!).
Peter
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: passme
Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 10:42:40 +0200
Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Ryan Joseph"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> test post, please do not respond
> what happens if i do?
You get put in the list of people to whom he sends test mail.
Peter
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Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 02:42:08 -0600
From: "D. Stimits" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Makefiles
200.43.150.109, [dlm] wrote:
>
> I'd like to know what declaration should I add to a makefile in order to compile
>more than a '.c' file. Or maybe I have to change something in my source codes.
> When I try to do it, the screen shows this:
>
> file1.o: In function 'main':
> file1.o(.text+0x0): multiple definition of 'main'
> file2.o(.text+0x0): first defined here
> file3.o: in function 'main':
> file3.o(.text+0x0): multiple definition of 'main'
> file2.o(.text+0x0): first defined here
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> make: *** [test] Error 1
>
> I hope someone can help me. Thank you very much.
> Please write me to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> ==================================
> Poster's IP address: 200.43.150.109
> Posted via http://nodevice.com
> Linux Programmer's Site
This is not a makefile problem. It is telling you that you are compiling
more than one file, somehow making them work together (such as #include
or linking them), but that function "main" exists in more than one file.
To quote a great movie (as well as a television spinoff): "There can be
only one".
D. Stimits, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Thomas G. Larsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Problem with Redhat 7.1: Constant Disk Access
Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 12:10:30 +0200
I have like you made a fresh install of RH 7.1 on my Toshiba laptop. I'm
running Windowmaker as windowmanager.
When I run xosview it reports 'PROC/LOAD' to be between 0.0 and 0.3.
Unfortunately I don't have an answer to your problem, but it was just to
state that it isn't a general problem with 7.1!!
/Thomas
RS wrote:
> Hi, there,
>
> I jsut did a fresh install of Redhat 7.1 on my new harddrive.
> The installation went fine without any problem.
>
> The problem started after I started to run Gnome. I found that
> there were constant disk access. The HD activity LED kept flashing
> even though I didn't do anything.
> When I ran xosview, it reported that 'PROC/LOAD' was always > 1.
> I switched to KDE. Same thing!
>
> With Redhat 6.2, it never happened. The load in xosview can drop to 0.
>
> Do anyone know what the problem is?
>
> I got a SCSI HD with an Asus SC875 SCSI card. RH7.1 correctly identified
> it as SYM 875 and use the SYM8xx driver.
>
> Thanks for any help!
> Roger
>
> reply by email @ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Stefan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problem with 'Read only file system'
Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 12:35:51 +0200
Hello out there
I'm having a problem wit my Linuix Redhat installation that has suddenly
gone bad.
It is repoorting 'Read only file system' when mounting the primary
harddisk, and this means that my Apache Web Server cannot launch (as it
needs write permisson).
Does anyone know anything? Please?
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From: "Hendrik Maeder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: libstdc++-libc6.1-2.so.3
Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 12:44:37 +0200
> Where can I find this library.......?????
You should get a copy which is compiled for your distribution (or even
better: get the source and compile it).
Look at "rpmfind.net".
They have almost everything, for RedHat and Debian and many other distros.
Hendrik
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