Linux-Misc Digest #920, Volume #27 Tue, 22 May 01 04:13:01 EDT
Contents:
Re: Mandrake 7, I gave up trying - Windows actually WORKS ("Mordak")
Re: kernal message? (Lew Pitcher)
Re: GCC 2.95.3 Configuration/Installation ("Moshe Samuel")
Re: Problem Mounting VFAT Disk ("Moshe Samuel")
Re: GCC 2.95.3 Configuration/Installation (Jason Lott)
Re: Who to install a .gz.tar file? (Michael Heiming)
Kernel compilation with SCSI support failed in RH71 (Morris M M Law)
Re: core dumped ("Eric")
Re: VPN - Why PPP ("Tauno Voipio")
Test Mail (Sanvir Singh Jham)
Re: RH 6.2 & AMD K6-2 (fred smith)
Re: How to tell mkisofs to take file/dir names literally? (Bart Lagerweij)
xargs & mv (Alex Vinokur)
Re: xargs & mv ("Kilian A. Foth")
Re: xargs & mv ("Peter T. Breuer")
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From: "Mordak" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Mandrake 7, I gave up trying - Windows actually WORKS
Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 01:32:47 -0400
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Your right you should just give up. After all no one ever encountered any
problems installing or setting up Linux. You should remain in your comfy
little shell with windows. (Pun intended)
Mordak
"Don Hinds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:3VeN6.1045$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I basically quit even trying to get Mandrake 7 to work properly.
>
> 1) I can boot GUI, but in non-gui, even in FAILSAFE it locks up with a
Kernel
> Panic.
>
> 2) There is no option to use a modem (Linux USB supported modem) on USB
> port, or perhaps I should say there is no option to use USB for the modem.
> There are 4 (as I recall) port options for modem including serial, but USB
is
> not on the list.
>
> 3) Corel WP will not install. Not the one on the Mandrake 6.5 CD, nor the
one
> on Corel website. I get a load of directories or path not found errors.
>
> 4) Corel PhotoPaint installs but gives a FontTastic (missing) error when I
try
> to run it. I tried the Corel website and UK Linux User CD versions.
>
> I've posted all these problems in more detail in the past, but no one has
any
> workable answers. ;-(
>
> If I can't acutally USE Linux, it doesn't matter a whole lot if it doesn't
> crash. Windows 95/98/ME may crash a lot, but between times IT WORKS!
>
> Don
>
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From: Lew Pitcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kernal message?
Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 05:46:28 GMT
faeychyld wrote:
>
> I seem to get a message periodically on
> the console, over writing the prompt.
>
> hdb: ATAPI 48X CD-ROM drive, 120kB CACHE
>
> I assume this comes from the kernel, more of
> a statement than any error message.
>
> Is it important?
Yes and no. It _is_ information from the kernel telling you about your
CDROM drive. If the information shown is _incorrect_, then you probably
have a problem and that makes the message important. However, it's
likely that the information shown _is_ correct, and you can ignore it.
<g>
> The cd works ok,no problems and never has
> had any.
>
> --
> -
> -
> -
> Regards F
--
Lew Pitcher
Master Codewright and JOAT-in-training
Registered Linux User #112576
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From: "Moshe Samuel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: GCC 2.95.3 Configuration/Installation
Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 01:20:55 -0500
I have also been trying to install this version of gcc on my RedHat 6.2
system. I have a K6-2 475 in the box, and config seems to be having trouble
working out what my system is. Sorry to piggy-back on your thread, but once
people are anyway thinking about this issue, does anyone know what arguments
I should pass to the config program to get it to work? Any suggestions
gratefully welcomed... TIA, MoSam
Noble Pepper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:9e9qj9$2m2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Harry Thompson wrote:
> >
> > This is the error I get when I try to get it to work:
> >
> > Chiefslapahoe:~/untard/gcc-2.95.3# ./configure
> > Configuring for a i586-pc-linux-gnuoldld host.
> > Created "Makefile" in /root/untard/gcc-2.95.3
> > ./configure: cc: command not found
> > *** The command 'cc -o conftest -g conftest.c' failed.
> > *** You must set the environment variable CC to a working compiler.
>
> Seems that configure doesn't think you have a compiler either. I don't
> understand why you need a compiler for rpms, I thought they were
> supposed to eliminate the need to compile things. But I never grokked
> rpm's, that's why EVERYTHING on my current system I compiled myself.
>
> Anyway, to solve your problem you need a "working compiler"
>
> See if you have gcc:
>
> ls -l /usr/bin/gcc
>
> if it is not there try:
>
> locate */gcc
>
> if that doesn't work try:
>
> find / -name gcc
>
> find will take FOREVER but it will search your whole filesystem as it
> exists now.
>
> if you find gcc then use
>
> export CC=/usr/bin/gcc
>
> to set the environment variable.
>
> If you don't have gcc or this doesn't get there are more things to try,
> just come back here for more abuse.
>
>
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From: "Moshe Samuel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem Mounting VFAT Disk
Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 01:35:52 -0500
Just an idea, but are you sure you have FAT32 support compiled in your
kernel? Check (I think) /proc/fs, or is it /proc/filesystems. (I'm reading
this in Window$ since my Laptop has a 56K Winmodem, and my Desktop only has
a 33.6). Let us know how it goes...
MoSam
Tim Brewer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I have been unsuccessful mounting my FAT32 Windows98
> onto RedHat Linux 7.0 file system. I have had no problems
> with my other devices including an IOMEGA ZIP drive and
> DVD/CD-ROM device.
>
> The command I am using is:
>
> mount -t vfat /dev/hdb1 /mnt/cdrive
> where /mnt/cdrive exists.
>
> The error message I get from this command is:
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdb1,
> or too many mounted file systems
>
> Using fdisk to look at the device I get the following message:
>
> The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 1653.
> There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024,
> and could in certain setups cause problems with:
> 1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO)
> 2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs
> (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)
>
> Then I print the information with the p command in fdisk, I get
> the following:
> Disk /dev/hdb: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1653 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> Disk
> /dev/hdb1 * 1 1653 13273848 c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
> Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary:
> phys=(1023, 132, 63) should be (1023, 254, 63)
>
>
> Is this a major problem and the reason I can not mount the drive? If it
> is what can be done to fix the problem.
>
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
>
> --
> Tim Brewer
> Supporter of SETI@Home
> Stats:6.6*@ 1.51 yrs
>
>
>
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From: Jason Lott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: GCC 2.95.3 Configuration/Installation
Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 01:16:25 -0500
On Sun, 20 May 2001 19:37:54 -0500, "Harry Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am trying the Beta Version of Redmond Linux. I have noticed that it
>doesn't seem to have many programs installed with it. It is a very small
>but well put together distro, but I need some extra features.
>
>Everytime I try to do an rpm - i ?????.rpm, ???? being program Im
>installing, I get basically the same error each time. Its states I don't
>have a CC Compiler. I went and downloaded GCC 2.95.3 and have read the
>installation notes and how-to, mini how-to, and tried all options, but I can
>not get it to configure or compile.
>
Not from inside Redmond Linux... it lacks the software tools needed to compile
from source... If this link is correct, then the software that you want to build for
Redmond Linux will have to built on another system then installed on Redmond
Linux system.
http://dev.redmondlinux.org/devs/rpm.php
"Redmond Linux is not stable and featured enough to build its own software; until
that point, the official build environment is a full install of the free version of
Caldera
OpenLinux eDesktop 2.4"
======
Which pretty much says that if want to compile the classic program "Hello World",
you'll have to do it on working distro, which has the development tools.
With that in mind, if you're able to get to a system with working development tools,
you might consider taking a look at:
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/view/intel-2.4.4/ch05-gcclocal.html
to compile a statically linked gcc-2.95.x (everything the compiler uses is
linked/stored
under one directory "/usr/local/gcc2953/"). Since this compiler would be self
contained,
you would be able to transport it freely to Redmond Linux, and then dynamically
compile
gcc from inside Redmond Linux.
It's past my bedtime, and I know I'm not giving complete instructions, but it should be
enough to get things started... Build a static gcc-2.95.x on another machine, move the
static gcc directory tree "/usr/local/gcc2953 to the Redmond Linux machine, create
links
to the files in /usr/local/gcc2953/bin/ in /usr/bin from... From that point, you'll
have a
working gcc-compiler to build your other apps, sources, and kernels.
Hopes this helps a little bit... though it's not full of good news.
Jason
>This is the error I get when I try to get it to work:
>
>Chiefslapahoe:~/untard/gcc-2.95.3# ./configure
>Configuring for a i586-pc-linux-gnuoldld host.
>Created "Makefile" in /root/untard/gcc-2.95.3
>./configure: cc: command not found
>*** The command 'cc -o conftest -g conftest.c' failed.
>*** You must set the environment variable CC to a working compiler.
>
>I have tried it with the ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-shared options
>also to no avail, I basically get the same errors.
>
>I can not get any other programs to configure or make due to the CC Compiler
>error, and would like to get this to work somehow.
>
>Any help in this matter will be greatly appreciated. Please post and reply,
>and excuse the ImAnMCSE in an Linux group.
>
>Harry Thompson
>Picayune MS
>
>
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Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 08:14:35 +0200
From: Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Who to install a .gz.tar file?
James Knott wrote:
>
> Edward Rosten wrote:
> >
> > > Mladen Gogala wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Voila! Mkisofs is installed into /usr/local/bin. Make sure that you do
> > >> not burn copyrighted music to your CDs as it is bad for your soul and
> > >> for the recording industry profits.
> > >
> > > FWIW, Canadians can now legally copy copyrighted music, for their own
> > > use.
> > > The copyright owners get reimbersed through a levy the government
> > > slapped
> > > on blank CDs, audio cassettes etc.
> >
> > That's appauling. People should not have to pay a levy for backups and
> > people should not pay a levy on data CDs.
>
> I agree. And since I'm not the type to copy copyright material, I get
> charged for someone else's copying.
>
> That's government for you, though I understand it's far worse over in
> Germany, with taxes on things like photo copiers, fax machines,
> computers that can do multimedia etc.
True, they just take out of our pockets, what they can get, you have to
pay for every cd writer you buy too!
I suppose, they just need the money to pay some crazy idea and or feed
those people who are to dump/lazy to work, but have a vote in the next
election...:-(
Have to go to work now, just to pay all those taxes....
Regards
Michael Heiming
[SNIP]
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From: Morris M M Law <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Kernel compilation with SCSI support failed in RH71
Date: 22 May 2001 22:18:25 GMT
Dear all Linux experts,
I've got several Pentium 4 with Ultra3 SCSI harddisk running RH 7.1.
I would like to compile the latest kernel 2.4.4 to let it run faster.
Since the SCSI harddisk is the start up disk, I have to compile SCSI
support with appropriate upper and lower level SCSI driver. I've ticked
SCSI support, SCSI disk support and aic7xxx support. The SCSI adapter
I have is Adaptec 29160N. While I tried for several times, the new
kernel stopped when the CPU is identified. The SCSI adapter cannot
be determined. What thing did I do wrong?
Thanks for any input.
--
Morris Law
Assistant Computer Officer Address : 224 Waterloo Road, KLN, Hong Kong
Science Faculty Tel : (852) 23395909 Fax : (852) 23395862
Hong Kong Baptist University WWW : http://www.sci.hkbu.edu.hk/~morris
Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ : 6380626
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: core dumped
Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 08:24:45 +0200
> I want to run some deamons and programs on my redhat and
> i have got Memory protection fault (core dumped) message.
> this occurs very often, here is some example:
> [root@agon root]# proftpd
> Memory protection fault (core dumped)
> [root@agon root]# pine
> Memory protection fault (core dumped)
> [root@agon root]# etc .....
> i cant even compile this programs, because this occurs during compilation!
> has got someone any idea, where the problem is ?
> i have bought a new memory, but the problem still occurs.
Then try to run the badblocks program.
And run memtest86(IIRC) to test your RAM anyway.
It sure sounds like a hardware failure to me.
Eric
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From: "Tauno Voipio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: VPN - Why PPP
Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 06:42:54 GMT
"Brooklyn Linux Solutions CEO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Does anyone have a good VPN solution for a Windows Client over the
> internet to a server running smb behind a ipchains gateway.
>
>
> I also have a general question. If we are running a SSH tunnel, what's
> the pooint to opening up a PPP connection through the SSH channel?
>
PPP is able to carry other protocols besides IP (like the SMB of Windows).
It is a clumsy but usable way of faking a two-point Ethernet connection.
Tauno Voipio
tauno voipio @ iki fi
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From: Sanvir Singh Jham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Test Mail
Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 12:58:17 +0530
> Hi!
This is a test mail! Thanks for Bearing!
Regards,
--
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Velocient Technologies Limited Fax: 694 3732
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Just Believe in the Best
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From: fred smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH 6.2 & AMD K6-2
Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 22:37:31 GMT
Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: DMcBee wrote:
:> My install freezes at the very end of the copy/install process. I'm
:> assuming because of the K6 cpu. Anybody know of any fixes?
:>
:> -D
RH 6.2 has been runing without trouble for a year on my K6-2/350, and
5.2 for a year before that.
: It is not because of the cpu being a K6-2. I'm using a K6-2/450 running
: RH-7.1 to post this. Maybe you don't have enough memory in the system? Or
: perhaps you didn't make the /var partition large enough? Any other
: response is purely a guess since you failed to give any other information
: about your system.
2-3 years ago there were a number of postings on this list from people
who used the K6-2 processor on various motherboards. My recollection is
that in some cases there seemed to be motherboard stability problems,
which is why I chose the boards I bought (3 of 'em), FIC VA503+ boards,
which have proven to be stable.
--
---- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this:
While we were still sinners,
Christ died for us.
=============================== Romans 5:8 (niv) ==============================
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From: bart@[NoSpam]cts-bv.nl (Bart Lagerweij)
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.periphs.cdr
Subject: Re: How to tell mkisofs to take file/dir names literally?
Date: 22 May 2001 07:40:36 GMT
Stuart Summerville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>Hi all,
>
>I'm trying to store some files/dirs onto CDR from a filesystem that
>is accessed by windas boxes via samba. mkisofs (1.13, under Linux) is
>aborting on some files that contain ";"s. They are generated by web
>clients saving loaded pages to disk, via multiple files. eg.
>
>./'support_anchor;pg=support_anchor;cat=support;sz=120x60;ord=10492_files
>/'
>
>How do I tell mkisofs to take these names literally? Unix by itself
>doesn't like them unless I enclose the whole name in single quotes, so
>I'm hoping mkisofs can be made to do the same, although I'm not sure
>if this is an ISO9660/RockRidge/Joliet (all of these are enabled for
>the burn) limitation, or just mkisofs. Taking out the RockRidge and/or
>Joliet support switch doesn't fix the problem either.
>
>In order to maximise ineteroperability, I'm using the following
>mkisofs switches: -iso-level 3 -T -J -D -R -U.
>
>I'm really not keen on tarring/zipping or excluding the files/dirs
>before burning.
>
>TIA, sTu.
Try "-N" parameter...
--
Bart Lagerweij - http://www.nu2.nu
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From: Alex Vinokur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.shell,comp.unix.questions,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: xargs & mv
Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 10:43:35 +0200
I want to rename all files *.c to *.C.
Is it possible to do it using xargs ? :
ls *.c | xargs mv <source name> <target name>
How can I write here <source name> and <target name> ?
==================================
Alex Vinokur
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://up.to/alexvn
http://visitweb.com/alexvn.math
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From: "Kilian A. Foth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: xargs & mv
Date: 22 May 2001 07:56:25 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc Alex Vinokur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I want to rename all files *.c to *.C.
> Is it possible to do it using xargs ? :
> ls *.c | xargs mv <source name> <target name>
> How can I write here <source name> and <target name> ?
In bash you can write
for x in *.c; do mv $x ${x%c}C; done
Other shells probably have similar powers. Me, I use a dedicated perl
script called "ren" for the job.
--
No animal was harmed in the composition of this message.
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.shell,comp.unix.questions,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: xargs & mv
Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 09:55:30 +0200
In comp.os.linux.misc Alex Vinokur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I want to rename all files *.c to *.C.
> Is it possible to do it using xargs ? :
> ls *.c | xargs mv <source name> <target name>
> How can I write here <source name> and <target name> ?
You can't use mv for this. You need some other function.
But why don't you write a simple loop?
for i in *.c; do
mv $i `basename $i .c`.C
done
(watch out for filenames with spaces in).
Peter
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