Linux-Misc Digest #962, Volume #27 Sun, 27 May 01 21:13:01 EDT
Contents:
Re: ext2fs via Windows ME or 2000 (Thomas Zajic)
Re: FTP Question RH 7.1 ("Chiz1206")
Re: "export" problems (Jan Schaumann)
How to format a Floppy Disk ("S.Wong")
Re: How to format a Floppy Disk
Re: Need Lexmark Z31 printer driver (Dave Uhring)
Re: How to format a Floppy Disk (Dave Uhring)
Latest version of Linux (G.Harmsworth)
Re: FTP Question RH 7.1 (Dave Uhring)
Re: Need Lexmark Z31 printer driver (Robert Krawitz)
Re: Mirroring whole SCSI-Discs (DanH)
Re: linux freezin (SammyTheSnake)
Re: Standard input and output problem ? (SammyTheSnake)
Re: Spambot Fodder : Dont bother to read, just spamming a spammer (SammyTheSnake)
Re: Trouble booting: time for BIOS update? (SammyTheSnake)
Re: Why ext2 filesystem check after some time? (SammyTheSnake)
Re: which linux dist? (SammyTheSnake)
Re: XTerm Question (SammyTheSnake)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Zajic)
Subject: Re: ext2fs via Windows ME or 2000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Zajic)
Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 23:15:08 GMT
On 27/05/01, Dawn ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Is there any way to access my ext2fs partitions from Windows ME or 2000?
Try <http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/explore2fs.htm>.
HTH,
Thomas
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From: "Chiz1206" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: FTP Question RH 7.1
Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 23:17:11 GMT
Can't you also turn it on using Linuxconf?
-chiz
"Dave Uhring" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Markku Kolkka wrote:
>
> > Lamar Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >> Just installed RH 7.1 and am trying to get FTP working. When I dial
> >> into my ISP from a Windows system I get an access denied msg. When I
> >> run "chkconfig --list wu-ftpd" it returns "wu-ftpd off". Is this why
I
> >> can't connect?
> >
> > Yes. Use "chkconfig wu-ftpd on" to start ftpd automatically at boot,
> > or "service wu-ftpd start" to start it immediately.
> >
>
> Or edit /etc/xinetd.d/wu-ftpd and change "disable = yes" to "disable = no"
> Then execute /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd restart. And the next time you
reboot
> you don't have to run any chkconfig command.
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jan Schaumann)
Subject: Re: "export" problems
Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 23:32:18 -0000
* Joe Woods wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've recently installed QT into /usr/local/qt
>
> $QTDIR points to /ust/lib/qt
>
> How do I change it? /etc/profile contains no reference to it. If I manually
> type "export QTDIR=/usr/local/qt" into the command line, this changes
> $QTDIR
> until I log out. Once I log back in, it reverts back to /usr/lib/qt
In your ~/.bashrc (if you are using bash), add the line
export QTDIR=/usr/local/qt
Whatever shell you're using, it's a good idea to take a look at the man
page:
man bash
man tcsh
man ksh
man csh
-Jan
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Jan Schaumann
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From: "S.Wong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to format a Floppy Disk
Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 00:06:33 GMT
I wonder if someone can tell me how to format a floppy in MS Windows format.
Thanks.
SW
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: How to format a Floppy Disk
Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 00:09:16 GMT
On Mon, 28 May 2001 00:06:33 GMT, S.Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I wonder if someone can tell me how to format a floppy in MS Windows format.
I use a script so I don't have to remember. It contains:
#!/bin/sh
fdformat /dev/fd0
mkfs -t msdos /dev/fd0
mount /mnt/floppy
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Need Lexmark Z31 printer driver
Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 19:21:53 -0500
Al Llorca wrote:
> Does anyone know where I can get the driver for a Lexmark Z31 inkjet
> printer?
>
> Are there any gotcha's I should know to make this printer work?
>
>
>
http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=618706
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to format a Floppy Disk
Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 19:29:05 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Mon, 28 May 2001 00:06:33 GMT, S.Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>I wonder if someone can tell me how to format a floppy in MS Windows
>>format.
>
> I use a script so I don't have to remember. It contains:
> #!/bin/sh
> fdformat /dev/fd0
> mkfs -t msdos /dev/fd0
> mount /mnt/floppy
>
>
If you have KDE installed, use kfloppy.
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From: G.Harmsworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Latest version of Linux
Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 00:30:05 -0000
My question is does the Latest version of Linux have a Windows emulator?
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: FTP Question RH 7.1
Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 19:32:40 -0500
J Sloan wrote:
> Dave Uhring wrote:
>
>> Markku Kolkka wrote:
>>
>> > Lamar Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> >> Just installed RH 7.1 and am trying to get FTP working. When I dial
>> >> into my ISP from a Windows system I get an access denied msg. When I
>> >> run "chkconfig --list wu-ftpd" it returns "wu-ftpd off". Is this why
>> >> I can't connect?
>> >
>> > Yes. Use "chkconfig wu-ftpd on" to start ftpd automatically at boot,
>> > or "service wu-ftpd start" to start it immediately.
>> >
>>
>> Or edit /etc/xinetd.d/wu-ftpd and change "disable = yes" to "disable =
>> no"
>> Then execute /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd restart. And the next time you
>> reboot you don't have to run any chkconfig command.
>
> Then again, rebooting comes only once in a blue
> moon to most Linux users, and it is unreasonable
> to expect them to go around rebooting left and
> right to effect changes, as though they were running
> ms windows...
>
> cu
>
> jjs
>
>
Did I say anything about expecting anyone to reboot? I told the OP how to
make the change permanent. Perhaps you like to do a manual ifconfig on all
of your interfaces and have no permanent configuration, also. If you had
paid the least attention, you would have seen the instruction to effect the
change RIGHT NOW.
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From: Robert Krawitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Need Lexmark Z31 printer driver
Date: 27 May 2001 20:47:08 -0400
Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Al Llorca wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know where I can get the driver for a Lexmark Z31 inkjet
> > printer?
> >
> > Are there any gotcha's I should know to make this printer work?
>
> http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=618706
Daniel Gordini's lxm3200 driver has been incorporated into Gimp-Print
(stp), and it should be mostly operational in Gimp-Print 4.1.7.
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From: DanH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.suse,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Mirroring whole SCSI-Discs
Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 20:58:06 -0400
Jens Köhler wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I've got 2 SCSI-discs (/dev/sda and /dev/sdb). Every disc has 3
> partitions (/,/boot,/var). Now I want to mirror all these 3 partitions
> from sda to sdb including the root partition. I use RAID1 with SuSE
> Linux 7.0. All the tools I need (raidtool,mdutils,..) are installed.
> Every documentation I read includes a discribtion how to mirror several
> partitions but not the root partition. The Problem is, if I want to
> mirror something using RAID1 I have to unmount it, but it's impossible
> with the root partition. What's the solution ??
Your English is fine. I'm from Tennessee and know many people who do
not have your grasp of it. As long as you can communicate, don't worry
about how perfect it is.
Okay, you just want to mirror?
try
mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt
cd /; tar clf - .|(cd /mnt; tar xfBp -)
Let that run. It'll create a mirror without stepping onto filesystems
mounted onto root.
DanH
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (SammyTheSnake)
Subject: Re: linux freezin
Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 09:37:36 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jacob Kristensen wrote:
>A kernel can be compiled with the "magic sysRq key" turned on or off. As
>far as I know it is turned OFF by default(hence - the kernel that came
>with ur dist probably dos'ent have this feature), but I'm not sure. The
>idea is that, if a system is in a freeze the SysRq will still work. One
>can(if it works) make the system sync(write buffers to disk) and other
>neat technical stuff. Read the Kernel-HOWTO or the docs in
>/usr/src/linux/Documentation. I never used it...
I use it occasionally, though it's not often needed. IME only on shoddy
hardware! :)
Cheers & God bless
SammyTheSnake
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (SammyTheSnake)
Subject: Re: Standard input and output problem ?
Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 22:51:11 +0100
In article <9en5d9$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Eric Chow wrote:
>Hello,
>
>
>I am a dummy in ShellScript.
>
>How to send the INPUT parameter to a program when it ask for input ?
>for example, just like "ftp", when I type "ftp localhost", it will ask for
>username and password.
>How to send the username and password to that ?
>
>-------------------------------------------------------------------
>#!/bin/sh
>
>HOST="192.168.0.1"
>USER="eric"
>PASS="eric"
>
>#....( I don't know how to implement it for connectint to a FTP server)
>#Would you please to show me how to automatic connect to a FTP server with a
>script by providing HOSTNAME, # USERNAME and PASSWORD as above ?
you can just pass these things as command line parameters and configuration
options in .netrc, (see man ftp for more) for example:
<q>
#!/bin/sh
HOST="192.168.0.1"
USER="eric"
PASS="eric"
ftp ftp://$USER:$PASS@$HOST
</q>
will log you in to the specified host using the specified username and
password (see man 7 url)
as another example, my .netrc contains lines not dissimilar to the
following...
<q>
machine upload.ntlworld.com
login sam.penny
password asdfghjkl
default
login anonymous
password a@b
</q>
which lets me just do "ftp upload.ntlworld.com" or "ftp mirror.ac.uk" and
it'll just log me in nicely :)
To download files, consider using wget, which will do it all automagically,
for example:
wget ftp://eric:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/~eric/stuff/a.file
it is possible to get similar results with things like
echo -e "cd ~eric/stuff \n get a.file \n quit" | \
ftp ftp://eric:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/~eric/stuff/a.file
but it's neater with wget :)
incidentally, does anyone know if there such a thing as wput? I think there
should be, I might have a poke at trying to write it if nobody else has
already done so :)
HTH
Cheers & God bless
SammyTheSnake
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Linux, Hardware & Juggling specialist :-) | job, if you can help, e-mail me :)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (SammyTheSnake)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Spambot Fodder : Dont bother to read, just spamming a spammer
Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 09:31:28 +0100
In article <9epgi1$h5b$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
there are easier, more effective, and less irritating ways to do this, you
know...
take it elsewhere.
Cheers & God bless
SammyTheSnake
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Sam.Penny @ Ntlworld.com | Looking for a computer related
Linux, Hardware & Juggling specialist :-) | job, if you can help, e-mail me :)
Wheels: bike, 'ickle bike, and unicycle. | /o \/ Working on 3-5 ball tricks
Boxen: K6-266@300, dual Celery500 & Nx486 | \__/\ 6 balls and 7/8-ball exercises
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (SammyTheSnake)
Subject: Re: Trouble booting: time for BIOS update?
Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 22:54:28 +0100
In article <9eodfq$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Andrew Purugganan wrote:
>I have a 586ipvg with Award BIOS revision A 1997
>with a Voodoo1 graphics card, a P233, & 64M RAM
>
>During BIOS boot I make it detect the hard drives but instead of LBA I
>set it to normal so that it will correctly show me that I have a 2.1G
>hdd. (If I set it to LBA, it tends to show me a 540M hdd instead, even
>tho it detected correctly the 2.1G)
>
>I get one of the following
>LI
>LIL?
>LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
>
>and also
>LILO: linux
>Uncompressing Linux..........
>bad gzip magic number
>
>OR
>LILO: linux
>vesa modes not detected....please e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>OR
>LILO: linux
>You entered a bad mode number. Please enter the etc. etc.
>
>Any ideas?
err, did you change the detected geometry of the hdd without re-installing
linux? (you'll have to re-partition, re-format, re-install)
if this is the case, my advice is to change it back, backup everything you
want to keep, then start from scratch...
HTH
Cheers & God bless
SammyTheSnake
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Sam.Penny @ Ntlworld.com | Looking for a computer related
Linux, Hardware & Juggling specialist :-) | job, if you can help, e-mail me :)
Wheels: bike, 'ickle bike, and unicycle. | /o \/ Working on 3-5 ball tricks
Boxen: K6-266@300, dual Celery500 & Nx486 | \__/\ 6 balls and 7/8-ball exercises
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (SammyTheSnake)
Subject: Re: Why ext2 filesystem check after some time?
Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 23:02:51 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dave Uhring wrote:
>Kai Großjohann wrote:
>
>> Every once in a while, the system tells me `mount count exceeded --
>> file system check forced' or something like this.
>>
>> Why does it do that?
>>
>> My thinking is: either the system is sure the filesystem is okay, then
>> why run fsck? Or the system isn't sure, then run fsck every time.
>> But why run it after 20 (or so) mounts?
>>
>> kai
>
>Because small file corruptions can occur. If the filesystem is unmounted
>normally, they are not detected. In order to prevent a serious
>accumulation of these corrupt inodes, the system undergoes a file system
>check after some number of mounts.
OTOH, I would like to stress that the only time I've ever had fsck find any
errors on any of my machines is when (a) I've had a powerdown situation
without propperly unmounting a filesystem, and not a lot of problems even
then, mostly, or (b) when I've had flaky hardware (which is more often than
not the reason for (a)!) I've _never_ had a propperly unmounted (hard drive)
filesystem come up with errors except shortly before the hard drive died
altogether (actually, come to think of it, the same goes for floppies, but
they die a lot more often ;) YMMV
>The system does not run fsck on each boot because of the time it takes to
>check the filesystem. You would scream bloody hell if your 60GB drive had
>to be fscked on every boot. Solution is NOT to reboot. It is unnecessary
>unless you replace the kernel or some hardware.
or use the tune2fs utility to change the number. (I prefer your solution,
though, uptime 53 days, two minutes and counting! I'm actually delaying
upgrading some of the hardware until it's really necessary, just so I can
improve my uptime :)
Cheers & God bless
SammyTheSnake
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (SammyTheSnake)
Subject: Re: which linux dist?
Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 22:56:59 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Carl wrote:
>Beware. I'm using slack7.1 with the 2.2.16 kernel. I downloaded source
>for kernel 2.4.4 and built it and mysterious problems crop up, mostly
>to do with inserting modules. I've tried tinkering with modules.conf
>but just today I ended up doing a clean install of 7.1.
>I look forward to getting 7.2 which hopefully will include a configuration
>for 2.4 kernels that has the problems ironed out.
did you read the Documentation/Changes file which details the minimum needed
version of modutils, and upgrade accordingly?
HTH
Cheers & God bless
SammyTheSnake
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Linux, Hardware & Juggling specialist :-) | job, if you can help, e-mail me :)
Wheels: bike, 'ickle bike, and unicycle. | /o \/ Working on 3-5 ball tricks
Boxen: K6-266@300, dual Celery500 & Nx486 | \__/\ 6 balls and 7/8-ball exercises
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (SammyTheSnake)
Subject: Re: XTerm Question
Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 23:06:11 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Florian Schmidt wrote:
>In article <HuYO6.56753$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Buck
>Turgidson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Sorry if this is a dumb question. Is there a way to run Xterm on a MS
>> Windows machine, so I can access a linux machine running X, kinda like
>> PC Anywhere or Reachout?
>>
>> Thanks for any replies.
>
>i once tried vnc to connect to a unix box (i don't remember which
>flavor). it's very easy, if u have the right to start the vnc-server on
>the unix side. once u got that done, u give the vnc-client the ipadress
>of your unixbox, and off u go.. then u can open as many xterms as u want
>on the remote side...
sheesh, you really need to learn to spell "you"
Also, there are X servers available for other OSen, for example eXceed by
HummingBird (I _think_ I have the cases right there...) and I'm sure there
are many others, probably even some free ones (eXceed isn't free, AFAIK)
which you use depends on network bandwidth and where your spare CPU cycles
reside (vnc uses more bandwidth and the server gets the CPU hit, remote X
uses less bandwidth (especially if you use the compressed X protocol) and
shifts some of the CPU hit to the client)
HTH
Cheers & God bless
SammyTheSnake
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