Linux-Misc Digest #861, Volume #27 Mon, 14 May 01 23:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: Y2.0017115K bug (Scott Weber)
Linux server link with NT ("Sysadmin")
Linux Pro's - Make $100 For Easy Script File ("DAVID FITZGERALD")
Re: Y2.0017115K bug (Scott Weber)
Disk errors with kernel 2.4.2 ("Vladimir Florinski")
Re: Linux Pro's - Make $100 For Easy Script File
Re: Disk errors with kernel 2.4.2 (Hal Burgiss)
Re: open ports (Frank Ranner)
Desktop Sound how to turn it down ? (Dwight Hugget)
Re: Y2.0017115K bug (John Hasler)
Re: Disk errors with kernel 2.4.2 (Dave Uhring)
Re: Can I use FAT32 partitions using linuex? ("nickwang")
Re: Where is the 'crypt' prog (David Efflandt)
Re: Desktop Sound how to turn it down ? (Dave Uhring)
Re: KDE WM: no virtual desktop? (Bob Hauck)
Re: My Linux Experience (Dances With Crows)
Re: install to floppy (root disk from windows) (Dances With Crows)
Re: improper /boot/System.map when installing new kernel (Dave Uhring)
Re: man list (Mike Mcclain)
Screen-changing Troubles (Skylar Thompson)
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Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 21:17:57 -0500
From: Scott Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Y2.0017115K bug
Actually, the statement:
> Anyone storing decimal time_t values into a nine-digit field
> is going to have an interesting problem on that date.
describes time_t as a decimal...
omit the word 'decimal' and it's more accurate.
It's all just symantics.
:-)
Hartmann Schaffer wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Scott Weber wrote:
> >This is a joke, right?
> >
> >I mean people don't actually believe that time_t is stored
> >as a decimal number, right???
>
> nobody claimed that. the article was talking about apps that take the
> time_t value and store it in a 9 position field (are there any?)
I would hope not. The only use I've ever found for it
was to stay a long, or convert to human readable.
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From: "Sysadmin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux server link with NT
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 09:27:48 +0800
Dear sir/madam,
i have a few questions regarding Linux operating system. I'm beginner for
Linux actually. my questions are:
1) Can Linux server transfer data between windows NT 4.0 such as
replication/synchronize NT user account?
2) My workstation is Win98 and WinME. can my worktation transfer data from
their computer to Linux hard disk??? it is very difficult or easy like NT
which can just map the drive.
thanks.
regards,
beginner of Linux..
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From: "DAVID FITZGERALD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux Pro's - Make $100 For Easy Script File
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 01:22:38 GMT
Make the easiest $100 you'll ever make for creating what should be an easy
script file for anyone who knows their stuff about Redhat Linux.
Should take about 30-90 minutes to complete depending on how good or fast
you are.
Need by Wednesday evening. E-mail me directly for details.
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Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 21:25:41 -0500
From: Scott Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Y2.0017115K bug
John Hasler wrote:
>
> Scott Weber writes:
> > This is a joke, right?
> > I mean people don't actually believe that time_t is stored
> > as a decimal number, right???
>
> Go back and read the item again, this time for comprehension. Pay
> particular attention to the word "timestamp".
Yes, I did.
And the only place it appears is where it says 'overflow'.
Implying time_t would overflow, not apps.
Now you go read the fourth paragraph, the one that starts:
> On 9 Sep 2001, at 1:46:40 UTC,
It clearly says it moves from a 9 digit decimal to a 10 digit
decimal. time_t is not a decimal.
In the next paragraph it tries to clear it up, saying
apps which store time_t in decimal form may have problems.
I don't know wnyone who wold do that.
It's akin to the panic about the US dow reaching 10000, and
overflowing. Nothing happened.
Now, try to be a little light hearted about this stuff. It's
only computers... Even the subject light is kinda cute.
:-)
-Scotty
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From: "Vladimir Florinski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Disk errors with kernel 2.4.2
Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 18:15:52 -0700
I installed RedHat 7.1 on a new IBM IDE disk a few days ago and am having
nasty disk errors ever since. They happen every few hours and mess up
filesystems a lot. So far I was able to recover by forcing e2fsck on the
/usr partition in single user mode, and reinstalling the damaged packages.
But it's only a matter of time until glibc gets damaged and then it's all
over.
Now this is definitely not the state of events I would like them to be. My
old RedHat 6.1 worked fine on this machine on an old Seagate hard drive.
It seems therefore that either the 2.4.2 kernel is broken or the new disk
is defective. The log file would occasionally have this message:
hda: status error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
hda: drive not ready for command
The disk is a brand new 40GB IBM 60GXP series (ATA-100), using dma
transfers (up to 33MB/s, I presume, since this is a BX chipset)
/dev/hda:
Model=IC35L040AVER07-0, FwRev=ER4OA41A, SerialNo=SX0SXLL6552 Config={
HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs } RawCHS=16383/16/63,
TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=40 BuffType=DualPortCache,
BuffSize=1916kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16 CurCHS=4047/16/255,
CurSects=-217054981, LBA=yes, LBAsects=80418240 IORDY=on/off,
tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120} PIO modes: pio0 pio1
pio2 pio3 pio4
DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 *udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5
hdb is a 24x cdrom, hdc an ORB drive and hdd is a 20x dvd-rom drive.
So, I would really appreciate some help from those who are familiar with
IDE drivers or had similar experiences. My system is not usable at this
point and I need to know whether to replace the disk or the OS.
Thanks in advance,
--
Vladimir
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: Linux Pro's - Make $100 For Easy Script File
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 01:41:16 GMT
On Tue, 15 May 2001 01:22:38 GMT, DAVID FITZGERALD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Make the easiest $100 you'll ever make for creating what should be an easy
>script file for anyone who knows their stuff about Redhat Linux.
>
>Should take about 30-90 minutes to complete depending on how good or fast
>you are.
>
>Need by Wednesday evening. E-mail me directly for details.
Does your teacher know you're cheating?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Disk errors with kernel 2.4.2
Reply-To: Hal Burgiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 14 May 2001 21:41:39 -0400
On Mon, 14 May 2001 18:15:52 -0700, Vladimir Florinski
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>So, I would really appreciate some help from those who are familiar with
>IDE drivers or had similar experiences. My system is not usable at this
>point and I need to know whether to replace the disk or the OS.
First, I have 7.1 on an IBM harddrive, and after 2 weeks, I ran e2fsck
-c on it, just to make sure. This is the kind of thing I worried about
most with 2.4.x. Zero errors though. But this is not a particularly
heavy used machine. I have it on another system that gets hit much
harder, with a Maxtor drive (both DMA BTW), and ran e2fsck on it the
other day. There were a few what looked to be very minor problems.
Do you have a boot disk with a 2.2 kernel? Or make one. Boot with that,
maybe single user mode, run e2fsk to make sure the disk is good, then
run something a loop where you copy/delete some directories. Like /usr.
Do this for a while, then run e2fsk again, and if there are errors, it's
the disk. I've been there and this is how I proved it to myself. It was
a new drive, and I didn't want to believe it ;)
--
Hal B
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Frank Ranner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: open ports
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 11:51:29 +1000
Claus Atzenbeck wrote:
>
> With nmap I found out that I have open the following ports on my Mandrake
> 8.0 machine:
>
> 22/tcp open ssh
> 25/tcp open smtp
> 53/tcp open domain
> 548/tcp open afpovertcp
> 631/tcp open unknown
> 953/tcp open unknown
> 6000/tcp open X11
> 32775/tcp open sometimes-rpc13
>
> Two questions on that: (sorry, I am not a linux guru..)
>
> 1) Does postfix need port 25 open or may I close it?
Depends on how you are doing your mail. For outbound, you generally
point your
client to your ISP. This means you can only send mail while connected.
Alternatively,
you can point your client to localhost, and configure postfix/sendmail
with the address
of your ISP as a relay. This means you can compose email any time, and
the mail daemon
will send it when you go online. In this case, the port 25 is required.
For receiving mail, you have 2 options. Either you pull mail from your
ISP using a pop
client such as fetchmail or Netscape, or, Your ISP pushes mail to you
via smtp, which is
unlikely unless you have your own domain.
So, if you use your mail client to fetch via pop, and send direct to
your ISP mail server,
you don't need and smtp server, unless you also have a local LAN mail
service.
>
> 2) I know what ssh, smtp & X11 mean. But what are the other for? (One port
> may be occupied by ICQ.)
Use netstat -ltp on the machine. That will tell you what programs have
opened the
ports. The program names may give you a clue as to whether the ports are
required. In any
case you should look at blocking those ports from the Internet. Use one
of the Internet based
scanner web sites to scan you from 'out there' to see if your ports are
visible. If so, look
into one of the many tutorials on locking down your system.
Regards, Frank Ranner
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From: Dwight Hugget <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Desktop Sound how to turn it down ?
Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 22:06:02 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How do I turn down the sound at startup time ?
Using Mandrake 8.0 with KDE.
I don't mind the sound but I've looked all over and nothing is obvous to me.
thanks
--
dwight
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Y2.0017115K bug
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 01:01:16 GMT
cbbrowne writes:
> time_t is more likely to be stored as a _binary_ number, as computers don't
> generally have any hardware to represent ten states.
> I just can't fathom anybody using BCD for this; it seems about as
> sensible as the "September 9, 1999" problem.
The concern is that someone used the decimal representation of time_t as a
timestamp for a log file or somesuch, and put it in a fixed length 9 digit
field.
The only way I can see that this would cause a problem is if the
application needs to sort the timestamped objects by age. Collisions with
previously used numbers seem pretty unlikely.
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Disk errors with kernel 2.4.2
Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 21:30:41 -0500
Vladimir Florinski wrote:
> I installed RedHat 7.1 on a new IBM IDE disk a few days ago and am having
> nasty disk errors ever since. They happen every few hours and mess up
> filesystems a lot. So far I was able to recover by forcing e2fsck on the
> /usr partition in single user mode, and reinstalling the damaged packages.
> But it's only a matter of time until glibc gets damaged and then it's all
> over.
>
> Now this is definitely not the state of events I would like them to be. My
> old RedHat 6.1 worked fine on this machine on an old Seagate hard drive.
> It seems therefore that either the 2.4.2 kernel is broken or the new disk
> is defective. The log file would occasionally have this message:
>
> hda: status error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
> hda: drive not ready for command
>
> The disk is a brand new 40GB IBM 60GXP series (ATA-100), using dma
> transfers (up to 33MB/s, I presume, since this is a BX chipset)
>
> /dev/hda:
>
> Model=IC35L040AVER07-0, FwRev=ER4OA41A, SerialNo=SX0SXLL6552 Config={
> HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs } RawCHS=16383/16/63,
> TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=40 BuffType=DualPortCache,
> BuffSize=1916kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16 CurCHS=4047/16/255,
> CurSects=-217054981, LBA=yes, LBAsects=80418240 IORDY=on/off,
> tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120} PIO modes: pio0 pio1
> pio2 pio3 pio4
> DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 *udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5
>
> hdb is a 24x cdrom, hdc an ORB drive and hdd is a 20x dvd-rom drive.
>
> So, I would really appreciate some help from those who are familiar with
> IDE drivers or had similar experiences. My system is not usable at this
> point and I need to know whether to replace the disk or the OS.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> --
>
>
> Vladimir
>
It may be that your Intel system reacts to the drivers in the 2.4.X kernels
like my VIA MVP4 chipset. Lots of cksum errors?
Get linux-2.2.19 from ftp.kernel.org, build it and make it your default
kernel and I expect your problems will disappear.
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From: "nickwang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can I use FAT32 partitions using linuex?
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 10:34:03 +0800
I've also found a problem about Linux(ext2) and Windows(fat32). For example,
I can not link a file in fat32 system. And, when I use vmware under linux, I
cannot write under fat32 system. Anyone knows the detail?
"Jim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Teke Tu wrote:
>
> > Hi, I have just installed RH7.1. I realized that I didn't set enough
> > space for the linux native partion.. so I am wondering wether if it is
> > possible that I mount other windows partitions like NT or FAT32 so I can
> > downloaded files to other partions to save some space?
> > If it is possible, can you tell me how to mount a hard disk?? coz this I
> > my first time using LInux.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Where is the 'crypt' prog
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 02:37:03 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 14 May 2001 18:55:52 -0300, * Tong * <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Where can I find the Linux port of the Unix 'crypt' program?
> It is far less secure than pgp but I find it convenient for me.
man crypt
perldoc -f crypt
But crypt is one way (for passwords), and it sounds like you might be
looking for something else that can encrypt and decrypt.
--
David Efflandt (Reply-To is valid) http://www.de-srv.com/
http://www.autox.chicago.il.us/ http://www.berniesfloral.net/
http://cgi-help.virtualave.net/ http://hammer.prohosting.com/~cgi-wiz/
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Desktop Sound how to turn it down ?
Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 21:37:34 -0500
Dwight Hugget wrote:
> How do I turn down the sound at startup time ?
> Using Mandrake 8.0 with KDE.
> I don't mind the sound but I've looked all over and nothing is obvous to
> me.
>
> thanks
Add a line to the bottom of /etc/rc.d/rc.local
aumix -v30 -w30
or whatever values between 0 and 100 that you like.
Or turn down the volume knob on your speakers :-)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Hauck)
Subject: Re: KDE WM: no virtual desktop?
Reply-To: bobh = haucks dot org
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 02:44:01 GMT
On Mon, 14 May 2001 20:45:53 GMT, Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bob Hauck wrote:
> >For the first thing, you want a virtual screen larger than your
> >physical display. This isn't specific to KDE and is configured in
> >/etc/XF86Config.
>
> That's not what I was asking about. Most window managers (at
> least for the past 10 years or so) support a virtual desktop
> size that is independant of the X11 virtual screen size.
The only virtual screen thing I've ever seen in Linux is the one in
XFree. Some distribtuions give you a GUI thing to configure that (e.g.
lizardx in Caldera), but it isn't a window manager feature. At least
not in blackbox, fvwm, or kde's window manager.
> >If you have other questions, it would be wise to ask in one of the other
> >linux groups. Advocacy is for flames, not help. HTH.
>
> I guess that's why I didn't post it to an advocacy group, eh?
Yeah, I was confused.
--
-| Bob Hauck
-| To Whom You Are Speaking
-| http://www.haucks.org/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: My Linux Experience
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 15 May 2001 02:48:45 GMT
On Mon, 14 May 2001 20:46:27 +0100, Jim Johnson staggered into the Black
Sun and said:
>Having two-thirds of an old PC and realising that I could experiment
>with Linux for free, I recently set out to see what I could achieve
>with it. I chose to try Redhat 7.0 and bought a couple of hefty books
>to help me along. Here is what I achieved and failed at:
[snip]
>Also, after flawless performance for a couple of weeks the Samba shared
>folder stopped working properly. Small files transfer easily from Linux to
>Windows but larger files just stopped getting through.
RedHat's Samba suite was completely br0ken in their 7.0 for Alpha
distribution. It wouldn't surprise me if there were minor bugs in the
x86 version.
>I don't write to seek help on my specific difficulties but to ask this
>general question: are my experiences common? If they are then I would
>conclude that Linux is far too difficult to use to gain wide-spread
>acceptance outside professional server roles at its current stage of
>development. If not then perhaps I have faulty hardware, a dodgy
>distribution or a peculiar clouding of the mind where Linux is
>concerned.
I had beaucoup problems with my initial Linux installation too. Things
worked great upon install, except for the sound card, which I wasn't
experienced enough to know how to fix--the SuSE 6.1 manual covered ISA
cards in great detail, but I didn't know what ISA and PCI meant back
then and followed all the ISA steps when I had a PCI card. Then I was
confronted with X dying for no reason, kernel panics every couple of
days, massive data corruption on disk.... I thought the problems were
due to my ignorance, and I read every FM I could find, compiled my own
kernel within a week of getting the system up, searched the newsgroups,
etc, etc.
Nothing eliminated the spurious random crashes, which actually occurred
no matter what OS the machine was running. After swapping out various
pieces of hardware, I found that I had a bad motherboard. Hurrah!
Problem solved, and if I hadn't been using Linux, I'd just have said,
"Boy, Win98 crashes a lot," and never learned anything. As it was, I
learned a lot about the command line, disaster recovery techniques,
XFree86, installing software from tarballs, and so forth.
Persevere. It will pay off.
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Workin' in a code mine, hittin' Ctrl-Alt
http://www.brainbench.com / Workin' in a code mine, whoops!
=============================/ I hit a seg fault....
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: install to floppy (root disk from windows)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 15 May 2001 02:48:51 GMT
On Mon, 14 May 2001 16:30:12 -0600, Greg Dinwoodie staggered into the
Black Sun and said:
>I would like to install linux (distro doesn't really matter) to a
>floppy. I cannot seem to find instructions on howto install to a floppy,
>with out installing linux first. From windows I need to make a linux
>root disk.
Every Linux distro comes with a directory called /dosutils on the first
CD. Within that directory, you will find something called RAWRITE.EXE,
which you can use from a DOS prompt in WinXX to create a Linux boot disk
from the images in /images on the CD. Generally, these boot disks are
used to boot the system and install a complete Linux distribution from
the material on the CD, as it's impossible to fit anything resembling a
complete Linux distribution on one floppy.
If that didn't answer your question, you should give more information on
what it is you want to do. Do you have a machine without a CD-ROM? If
so, get an Ethernet card and a machine with a CD-ROM, then do a network
install. Do you want to try Linux out without repartitioning your 'Doze
hard drive? Some distros (Mandrake, RedHat 7.1) have a "partitionless"
install option, which is not really recommended as it's slow. Do you
want a tiny subset of all that Linux has to offer? Then check
http://freshmeat.net/ for the mini-distributions like Peanut Linux,
ZipSlack (requires a ZIP drive), and Tom's RootBoot (geared towards
rescuing damaged systems.)
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Workin' in a code mine, hittin' Ctrl-Alt
http://www.brainbench.com / Workin' in a code mine, whoops!
=============================/ I hit a seg fault....
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: improper /boot/System.map when installing new kernel
Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 21:53:16 -0500
doug reeder wrote:
>
> I'm trying to compile and install 2.2.16 on a machine which is
> currently running 2.2.17-14 (because the tape driver patches are only
> for 2.2.16). It's an HP Visualize (essentially identical to an HP Kayak).
>
> I have executed the following steps:
> cd /usr/src/linux
> make xconfig
> make dep
> make clean
> make bzdisk
> cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.16-tape
> make modules
> make modules_install
> depmod -a 2.2.16
> mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.2.16-tape.img 2.2.16-tape
> emacs /etc/lilo.conf
> lilo
>
>
> depmod -a 2.2.16 gives the following errors, which are for modules
> I can do without, for now:
> /lib/modules/2.2.16/fs/vfat.o: unresolved symbol(s)
> /lib/modules/2.2.16/fs/msdos.o: unresolved symbol(s)
> /lib/modules/2.2.16/fs/fat.o: unresolved symbol(s)
> /lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/lp.o: unresolved symbol(s)
>
>
> When I try to boot using the new kernel, the system complains that
> System.map has the wrong version number, which makes sense because
> there is no version of System.map for 2.2.16, and System.map is a
> symlink to 2.2.17-14:
>
> /boot/System.map@ /boot/System.map-2.2.12-20smp
> /boot/System.map-2.2.12-20 /boot/System.map-2.2.17-14
>
>
>
> What do I need to run to fix System.map ?
After building your kernel, list the files in /usr/src/linux; you should
see one named System.map. Copy this one to /boot
# cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.2.16-tape
or however you have named /boot/vmlinuz.
Now a simple request, please do not include in Groups: newsgroups which
are unrecognized by our news servers. If you think that someone at osu can
answer your question, post separately there. You have caused me to write
this response twice because I did not remove your osu NG from the address.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Mcclain)
Subject: Re: man list
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 03:01:32 GMT
-=> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote to ALL <=-
NY> Is there a command to list all
NY> the man topics installed on the
NY> system.
NY> - Regards RonN
Howdy,
At the command line try this:
for w in `manpath | tr ":" " "` ; do cat $w/whatis ; done
G'luck,
MiKe
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From: Skylar Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Screen-changing Troubles
Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 21:20:19 -0500
Hello. I have an SiS 6326 card with 4MB video RAM, and
am having some difficulty with changing between screens.
I can change from X-Windows to a virtual console just fine,
and quite frequently can change back, but occassionally
the change will never take place, or will stop in mid-change.
This would be a mere annoyance except for the fact that the
only way to unfreeze the screen is to run downstairs, open
up a telnet session (all the daemons and background tasks
are unaffected) and telinit 6.
Has anyone experienced this before, or know of a way to
fix it? Thanks in advance.
--
--Skylar Thompson ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
`All that is gold does not glitter/Not all those who wander are lost
The old that is strong does not wither/Deep roots are not reached by the frost
>From the ashes a fire shall be woken/A light from the shadows shall spring
Renewed shall be blade that was broken/The crownless again shall be king.'
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