Linux-Misc Digest #782, Volume #27 Sat, 5 May 01 13:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: LINUX in japanese or chinese (Harold Stevens US.972.952.3293)
Re: kernel panic every night (Kwan Lowe)
Re: cannot make initrd-ver.img (Kwan Lowe)
Re: Having problems with some code (Kwan Lowe)
host type of bind ("Wong Ching Kuen Frederick")
Re: kernel 2.4.3 and framebuffer support (Paul Evans)
Re: StarOffice & Xfree 4.0.3 (Jerry Kreps)
Re: IP Connection Log (Chiefy)
Re: Linux crashes under X (Jerry Kreps)
Re: StarOffice & Xfree 4.0.3 (Michael Perry)
CONFIG_USB_UHCI vs. CONFIG_USB_UHCI_ALT (a.k.a. JE) (Young4ert)
Re: CONFIG_USB_UHCI vs. CONFIG_USB_UHCI_ALT (a.k.a. JE) (Todd Knarr)
Re: What Linux DB is close to Access97? (William Burrow)
Re: cannot make initrd-ver.img ("Bluesky")
Re: ftP?? (SammyTheSnake)
[OT] Oracle Installation ("powerpro")
Re: Best way to manage source code? (MH)
Re: DHCP and Road Runner blues (".")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Harold Stevens US.972.952.3293)
Subject: Re: LINUX in japanese or chinese
Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 11:37:10 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Garglemonster:
[Snip...]
>dunno, about the specifics of red hat, but in general, yes you can use
>a u.s. keyboard for chinese/japanese input. your keyboard doesn't
>matter, and even if it did, you could remap it.
[Snip...]
I realize the OP apparently is interested in Red Hat, but I believe a look
at Turbolinux
http://www.turbolinux.com/
which is based on Red Hat (IIRC) and widely used in Asia, might help.
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From: Kwan Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kernel panic every night
Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 11:40:58 GMT
Cevat Ustun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a machine here that freezes almost every other night.
> Usually I don't know what went wrong (and I cannot telnet to it ) however
> once I caught it displaying a kernel panic message. (It's running
> kernel 2.2.14-5.0). I've heard that memory problems can cause this
> but the bootup memory test does its thing without problems and I don't
> know of any other way to test the memory. Any ideas?
Search on freshmeat for a program called CPUBURN. It has some options for
stressing the CPU and memory.
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From: Kwan Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: cannot make initrd-ver.img
Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 11:44:02 GMT
Bluesky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hi all,
> this is the first time I compile kernel. I want to build support for
> Win2000 NTFS filesystem and usb devices (i use MO, digital camera).
> The download of kernel 2.4.4, build is OK, but when I use:
> mkinitrd initrd-24.4.img 2.4.4
> the error message came that no aic7xxx module is found.
> The bzImage is built, but no initrd-ver.img, reading some books on
> RedHat is not helpful either.
A couple things:
Upgrade your mkinitrd if you haven't done so. The kernel drivers are in a
different hierarchy than before.
If you've built the driver into the kernel you won't see a module.
BTW, your mkinitrd command contains a typo -- or was this what you used?
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From: Kwan Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Having problems with some code
Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 11:48:00 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I know this isn't Linux specific, but I am having problems with this program
> I
> am writing...Here is what it's supposed to do-I am connecting it to a robot,
> and
> I want raw access to the serial port at 19.2k baud. I am using Qt as the
> interface,
> and I can't seem to write to the port. It is opening it, just can't write or
> read
> from it...Wierd
I suppose that you've checked the obvious -- you do have write access to the
port? I.e., ls -l /dev/ttyS0 should have crw-rw-rw perms.
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From: "Wong Ching Kuen Frederick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: host type of bind
Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 20:13:49 +0800
what is the host type for linux in configuring bind-9.1.2? it cannot guess
it by itself. thanks.
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From: Paul Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kernel 2.4.3 and framebuffer support
Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 13:47:14 +0000
On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Lupus Yonderboy wrote:
> I have noticed, compiling kernel 2.4.3, that under " Console Drivers " there
> are only "VGA Text console" and "Video Mode Selection support " options,
> while there aren't anymore the ones in 2.2 (from " Support for frame buffer
> devices (EXPERIMENTAL) on). since i've been using 2.4 the framebuffer
> doesn't work anymore... is it possible that fb support has been removed? i
> don't think so... any clues?
No, I've got FB support on 2.4.3 and that works fine. Perhaps you've not
turned on prompting for experimental drivers.
While I'm here; you wouldn't know anything about why IPX doesn't compile
in, would you?
Paul Evans
(1st Year Maths & CompSci at Pembroke)
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ICQ number: 4135350
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From: Jerry Kreps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: StarOffice & Xfree 4.0.3
Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 08:05:40 -0500
I'm running StarOffice 5.2 on a Sony VAIO P166 with 64MB of RAM that has
SuSE 7.1 installed. It takes about 75 seconds to load but after that the
speed is acceptable.
Now on my 1GHz Athlon Beast with 512MB RAM, also running SuSE 7.1, it
talkes less than 2 seconds to load. SO5.2 is great!
JLK
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have an excellent suggestion...Dump RH7.0, it is nothing less than crap!
> I had
> it and hated it. I even switched back to Mandrake 7.1! Now I run Debian
> Potato,
> and StarOffice works just fine(5.2)
>
> Justin
>
>
> In article <9c75vq$rdi$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mike Everett
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >I've just upgraded to Xfree86 version 4.0.3 (to accomodate a new graphics
> >card) and now StarOffice causes the machine to lock-up completely - the
> >only solution being a reboot. The lock-up happens on the first or second
> >mouse action after StarOffice starts. No other program seems to give any
> >problems.
> >
> >I'm running RedHat 7.0 with kernel 2.2.17.
> >
> >Any ideas please ?
> >TIA
> >
> >Mike
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chiefy)
Subject: Re: IP Connection Log
Date: 5 May 2001 13:07:33 GMT
05 May 2001 08:38 GMT, Chorng Shiuan CHEN did say to the dudes:
> Is there a log somewhere in redhat linux 7 that has all the details of
> Source/Destination IP addresses and time that has been connnected to/from in
> the computer?
Syslog might be worth a look.
/var/log/syslog (or thereabouts)
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From: Jerry Kreps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux crashes under X
Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 08:08:36 -0500
Jeannot Lapin wrote:
This kind of behavior is usually due to an improper Xserver setup.
Usually the wrong driver for the video card or the wrong monitor
was selected. Or, you may have improper settings on your
horz or vert frequency settings.
JLK
> Hello,
>
> I installed Linux Mandrake 7.2 on my PC without problem. When I use the
> Gnome Desktop Environnement, Linux crashes within 2 minutes. I can't
> have a console screen with CTRL - ALT - F(1-6) Touch !!! So I reboot.
> Before I used Linux Mandrake 7.2 without problem.
>
> I have a Matrox Mystique 4 Mb, and my PC doesn't crach under WinNT. All
> the cooling fan in the Central Unit work fine.
>
> Anyone has an idea ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Jeannot
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Perry)
Subject: Re: StarOffice & Xfree 4.0.3
Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 13:53:08 -0000
On Sat, 5 May 2001 08:05:40 -0500, Jerry Kreps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm running StarOffice 5.2 on a Sony VAIO P166 with 64MB of RAM that has
> SuSE 7.1 installed. It takes about 75 seconds to load but after that the
> speed is acceptable.
> Now on my 1GHz Athlon Beast with 512MB RAM, also running SuSE 7.1, it
> talkes less than 2 seconds to load. SO5.2 is great!
> JLK
>
Great? I have a 1g Athlon beast too. I use staroffice on it on occasion.
SO5.2 does not seem so great to me. It consumes several different
processes, crashed the X session with the athlon on the 2.2 kernel,
and seems to be just as unwieldy as previous versions were.
Great is not the word I would use to describe SO5.2. Perhaps acceptable
is... But acceptable definitely is NOT the word for slower machines and
SO5.2. I would use the word "frustrating" for those machines.
--
Michael Perry
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From: Young4ert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: CONFIG_USB_UHCI vs. CONFIG_USB_UHCI_ALT (a.k.a. JE)
Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 13:46:37 GMT
Hi,
I am trying to compile linux-2.4.4 kernel on my linux machine comprised of
an Asus K7M Mobo and an AMD Athlon 500MHz CPU. When configuring the "USB
support", I get stuck and am confused as to which UHCI support to choose:
CONFIG_USB_UHCI or CONFIG_USB_UHCI_ALT (Alternate JE Driver). Can anyone
please shed some lights in this matter?
TIA.
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From: Todd Knarr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CONFIG_USB_UHCI vs. CONFIG_USB_UHCI_ALT (a.k.a. JE)
Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 14:46:47 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc <1vTI6.1147$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Young4ert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> support", I get stuck and am confused as to which UHCI support to choose:
> CONFIG_USB_UHCI or CONFIG_USB_UHCI_ALT (Alternate JE Driver). Can anyone
> please shed some lights in this matter?
Basically, there's two versions of the UHCI driver. The JE driver is the
older one. You can check Documentation/usb/uhci.txt for details, but as
I read it there's only one or two things you might need the JE driver for.
My suggestion: build both drivers as modules and modprobe the one you
want at boot-time ( or set up /etc/modules.conf to autoload the correct
one when anything wants to use USB devices ). I'd also go with the newer
regular UHCI driver if it doesn't give you trouble, and use the older JE
driver only if you absolutely have to.
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-- Erk, Reality Check #8
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Burrow)
Subject: Re: What Linux DB is close to Access97?
Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 14:48:33 -0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 4 May 2001 21:40:20 -0500 in comp.os.linux.misc,
Jerry Kreps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>If you install PostgreSQL then also install pgaccess.
>It is a TCL front end that allows the development of
>tables, forms, queries, reports, etc... The look and
>feel is close to Access 1.0
On cola, a database tool called QDDB was announced. It claims "you can
have a DB application completely up and running in about 5 minutes,
using nxqddb." Uses Tcl/Tk, don't know anything else about it myself,
never used it. See the following for more info:
HOME PAGE: http://www.hsdi.com/qddb
FTP: ftp.hsdi.com:/pub/qddb/sources
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From: "Bluesky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: cannot make initrd-ver.img
Date: Sun, 6 May 2001 00:01:24 +0900
"Kwan Lowe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:6IRI6.9599$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Bluesky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > hi all,
>
> > this is the first time I compile kernel. I want to build support for
> > Win2000 NTFS filesystem and usb devices (i use MO, digital camera).
>
> > The download of kernel 2.4.4, build is OK, but when I use:
> > mkinitrd initrd-24.4.img 2.4.4
>
> > the error message came that no aic7xxx module is found.
>
> > The bzImage is built, but no initrd-ver.img, reading some books on
> > RedHat is not helpful either.
>
Kwan
> A couple things:
> Upgrade your mkinitrd if you haven't done so. The kernel drivers are in a
> different hierarchy than before.
>
> If you've built the driver into the kernel you won't see a module.
>
> BTW, your mkinitrd command contains a typo -- or was this what you used?
>
Thank you Kwan for your answer. I use the command as in Quik-HowTo, and in
other books, exactly like above.
After the error message, anyway I use lilo command and reboot.
Of course checking kernel after that shows there is no update in anything,
at least because mounting NTFS partition in another hard disk does not
work at all.
SN
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (SammyTheSnake)
Crossposted-To:
comp.mail.sendmail,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.security
Subject: Re: ftP??
Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 13:10:02 +0100
In article <fvivc9.m3o.ln@barfly>, Ian Jones wrote:
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>"dubcaller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>> I've been able to setup a FTP server using port 21 using IPCHAINS
>> and ip_masq_ftp... works great
>>
>> However, using different ports provides better security.
>
>Correction, using different software provides better security.
>Different ports are just ... different.
>
>Can't you use scp? If you want to offer files to the world, use http.
>There is nothing to be gained by using an ftp server except perhaps a
>few new entries in your passwd file ;-(
isn't ftp a little faster or something...?
err...
Cheers & God bless
SammyTheSnake
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ("powerpro")
Subject: [OT] Oracle Installation
Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 15:47:57 +0000 (UTC)
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From: MH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Best way to manage source code?
Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 09:36:16 -0700
Peter T. Breuer wrote:
> MH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Jeremy A. Gray wrote:
>> When I look in /usr/local I see the following (RH7):
>
>> bin
>> doc
>> etc
>> games
>> info
>> lib
>> man
>> sbin
>> src
>
>> All of the subdirectories listed above are empty. Is there any reason I
>> can't remove them? I assumed the system somehow used these directories,
>
> You completely misunderstand the purpose of /usr/local. It's for YOUR
> installations, to keep them separate from the system providers
> installations. It's exactly where you'd put the links to the stuff
> you compile, so you'd hardly _want_ to remove these dirs! The
> fact that they're empty now merely reflects the fact that you haven't
> done any work, just produced hot air ...
>
> Peter
>
Why are you such an asshole? Did your mother refuse to breast feed you as
a baby? Once again, you fail to follow a thread. Then you hurl insults
over issues that were openly and clearly declared in the original or later
posts in the thread.
Of course I "haven't done any work" as you put it. Not only did I state
that I hadn't been installing source (other than kernel), but the WHOLE
POINT of my original post was to find out the best way to do this. Why
didn't you describe the function of usr/local, and its subdirectories, in
more detail in your last post--instead of simply replying "usr/local"? Now
that was helpful, NOT.
Why don't you take a vacation or something. Your attitude is NOT
appreciated. It completely overwhelms the minimal assistance you
occasionally provide.
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From: "." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DHCP and Road Runner blues
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.x,alt.linux.redhat,alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 16:57:58 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "James Tonsager"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I had an awful time setting this up with Roadrunner. I had it working
for a few months and all of a sudden I could no longer use the Linux
machine with Roadrunner.. I tried everything and finally called
Roadrunner and asked them if anything had changed.. It had. Roadrunner
in my area blocks you from obtaining more than one ip address at a time.
I purchased a second ip address and reset the modem by unplugging it from
the wall for two minutes and everything works again. I had not read
anywhere that the modem had to be reset.
Gary
>> > Hello.
>> > I am running Redhat 6.2, and I am tying to use it with Mediaone (Now
>> > ATT) Road Runner service in the Detroit Metro area. My problem is
>> > that my machine would not lease from the DHCP server. Of course, the
>> > customer support was useless in this issue: "we don't support
>> > Line-ucks".
>> > I have researched this thoroughly, and have seen many people with the
>> > same or similar issue, but every single one failed to document
>> > clearly how they overcame this problem (if they did at all). I
>> > dropped pump all together. I have the version that comes stock with
>> > RH 6.2. (0.7.8-1). I downloaded the latest version of DHCPCD version
>> > 1.3.20-p10. I have gotten that to work -- but it only works about 10
>> > percent of the time. 90% of the time (or so) it fails. The README
>> > for this utility is not helpful at all. The howto I found was even
>> > worse. When modifying the script of ifup an ifdown, it not only had
>> > the script wrong, but it said to remove an "if" statement without
>> > touching the fi. I am no scripting whiz, but I know you can't break
>> > conditionals like that without trashing the script.
>> > I modified ifup and ifdown, basically by replacing the pump commands
>> > with their dhcpcd equivalents. Then, I wrote a script that loops the
>> > ifup until it gets a lease. I put the script at the end of rc.local,
>> > rather than having eth0 come up at init level 3. The net result is
>> > that it runs through everything fine, and at the very last stage,
>> > tries to bring up eth0 until it is successful. It take about 10
>> > times plus or minus.
>> > (SIGH........)
>> > What can I do to get this to work?
>> > I really appreciate any help I can get. Thanks! Chris
>> >
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