Linux-Misc Digest #72, Volume #28 Sun, 10 Jun 01 09:13:01 EDT
Contents:
Re: File associations in Linux (John Thompson)
Re: hardware autodetection ("Paul E. Bennett")
KRN unable to 'save' (k.stevens)
unable to find a file ! (Didier Baertschiger)
X 4.1.0 + FVWM2 + Neomagic chipset unstable (Ewald Pfau)
ATI 'All in wonder' with X-4.1.0 ? (Ewald Pfau)
Re: RPM question (Neill Newman)
Internet + Network (Pete Clements)
Re: unable to find a file ! (Dave Uhring)
Re: Internet + Network (Michael Heiming)
Re: how to forbib telnet for an IP using RH 7.0 (Steve)
Re: unable to find a file ! (Frank Ranner)
Linux ABI and Disk Thrashing (Bob Schreibmaier)
Re: /dev on vfat partition (Agent Smiths)
Re: New Server: Hardware under Linux (Robert Davies)
Re: Internet + Network (Ian Northeast)
Re: RH 7.1 Strangeness (Ian Northeast)
Re: need book on unix/linux utilities (Frank Ranner)
Re: Getting help in Linux ("Gerard H. Pille")
inn and no groups ("Bartosz Aninowski")
Re: unable to find a file ! (Kwan Lowe)
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: File associations in Linux
Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2001 21:11:55 -0500
"Andrew E. Kinsey" wrote:
> I am running RH 7.1. I have Acrobat reader 4 installed. Is there any way
> to set file associations so that Acrobat4 opens automatically when
> double-clicking on the .pdf file icon? Thanks in advance for any
> assistance.
That would probably have to be a function of whatever window
manager/desktop environment/file manager you happen to be using.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ("Paul E. Bennett")
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: hardware autodetection
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 01 09:00:25 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[EMAIL PROTECTED] "Peter T. Breuer" writes:
> Well, you have completely unsupported hardware, by your description.
> Either pay someone to support it, or put your own time into supporting
> it, or toss it and invest in something that is better supported.
Both considerations are under review.
> What IS the "Slicom card" anyway? ethernet? modem? It's the chip on it
> that you need to know about. But just looking at the cards ident string
> should be enough to tell you everything you need to know, and to
> configure the card database accordingly.
My dyslexic typing is showing again. Silicom is the card manufacturer.
If anyone has web address/phone numbers I'd appreciate them.
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From: k.stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: KRN unable to 'save'
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 19:40:12 +1000
I have installed KRN 0.6.12 into KDE network 1.1.2
I am only using it under the 'user ' account. It is working well
except I am unable to 'SAVE'. It just makes an empty file in my home
directory.I discovered a way to save using ' FOREWARD' and then
'SEND LATER' and then extracting messages from the send later directory.
This works well.
Does anybody know why I cannot 'SAVE'
I really like KDE and KRN and also Kmail.
Please post a follow up.
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From: Didier Baertschiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: unable to find a file !
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 10:46:54 GMT
Hello !
I've got the following problem:
I have an executable file (maple) in a directory which is totally
impossible to start ! All the accesses are ok (chmod +x ...).
When I do a "ls -l" everything seems to be ok , but when I want to
run it, impossible ! the bash says that there is no file or repertory
of this type.
What's the problem ?
didier
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ewald Pfau)
Subject: X 4.1.0 + FVWM2 + Neomagic chipset unstable
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 13:43:23 +0200
It has been a pretty stable system (on a thinkpad 600E laptop with
neomagic chipset), too stable to keep it - at least, I upgraded, given
latest slackware efforts (as beginning of june; latest stable situation
was end of may), to 4.1.0 of XFree plus fvwm2. It's much faster.
But it's not stable any more: Some programs under X tend to say good-bye
now by themselves (e.g. gnome-mahjongg, or netscape much more often than
elsewise). Maybe it has to do with mouse action. This is the second,
worse point: input devices will freeze the machine when switching from
text console to X (ALT-F7) _and_ the 'mouse' trackpoint has not been
perfectly left alone.
Tried it with 8 bpp and with 24 bpp. Normally, when changing to graphics
mode, it needs a second or so to stabilize (X draws most part before and
finishes drawing after that moment). When freezing, X finds a somehow
slightly disturbed picture (mostly this is 10 to 15 percent of the upper
part of the screen) and doesn't enter the second phase. Instead it sits
there and blocks access to the machine. Had a similar behaviour,
rarely, as well before version 4.0.3. With 4.0.3 this had disappeared
and it was _very_ stable. Now it is there again.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ewald Pfau)
Subject: ATI 'All in wonder' with X-4.1.0 ?
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 13:41:24 +0200
Has anyone switched to watching TV with an ATI 'All in Wonder' card,
using XFree 4.1.0 ? Gatos is working _very_ fine with XFree-3.3.6, so I
want to think about it twice before upgrading (and leave Gatos behind,
since support now is announced to be in the server). This is with
slackware (about June '00, with kernel 2.4.4 and fvwm2) with uptimes
(together with an always running DOS-application below dosemu 1.0.0)
steadily in the range of months.
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From: Neill Newman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
linux.redhat.rpm,linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: RPM question
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 12:01:39 +0100
Lamar Thomas wrote:
>
> I am running RH 7.1 and I just downloaded an RPM named
> "horde-1.2.4-1rh7.src.rpm" and am trying to install it. I issued the
> following command and got the following results:
>
> 1. # "rmp -Uvh horde-1.2.4-1rh7.src.rpm"
> 1:horde #################################### [100%]
> #
>
> 2. # "rpm -q horde"
> package horde is not installed
> #
>
> I get the same results after a reboot too. Any know why the software is
> not installing? Thanks for any help.
it's because you are trying to install a 'src' rpm, not a binary.
either get a 'i386/ppc/alpha' binary or recompile the src rpm/
(for a src rpm build you will need to issue rpm --rebuild
horde-1.2.4-1rh7.src.rpm. this will then make you a binary for your
platform)...
hth
Neill
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pete Clements)
Subject: Internet + Network
Date: 10 Jun 2001 04:09:39 -0700
Could someone tell me why if i enable my network card in my PC
the internet connection stops! I am using mandrake 7.2, one simple n/work
card, only 2 pcs on a basic tcp/ip network, no other servers at all.
If i disable the network then i can access web pages, ping web servers etc
If i set the network backup then i can not do any of the above!
Is this a simple problem? I have checked my /etc/resolv.conf file and
my DNS server for my ISP is in there. My /etc/hosts file contains my ip
address and thats it.
Cheers for your time.
Pete
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: unable to find a file !
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 06:14:57 -0500
Didier Baertschiger wrote:
> Hello !
>
> I've got the following problem:
>
> I have an executable file (maple) in a directory which is totally
> impossible to start ! All the accesses are ok (chmod +x ...).
>
> When I do a "ls -l" everything seems to be ok , but when I want to
> run it, impossible ! the bash says that there is no file or repertory
> of this type.
>
>
> What's the problem ?
>
>
> didier
>
>
# echo $PATH
Is the file (maple) in one of those directories?
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Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 13:29:09 +0200
From: Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Internet + Network
Pete Clements wrote:
>
> Could someone tell me why if i enable my network card in my PC
> the internet connection stops! I am using mandrake 7.2, one simple n/work
> card, only 2 pcs on a basic tcp/ip network, no other servers at all.
> If i disable the network then i can access web pages, ping web servers etc
> If i set the network backup then i can not do any of the above!
> Is this a simple problem? I have checked my /etc/resolv.conf file and
> my DNS server for my ISP is in there. My /etc/hosts file contains my ip
> address and thats it.
>
> Cheers for your time.
>
> Pete
Show us the output from:
'netstat -rn'
If your NIC is down and if it's up. Sounds like a routing problem.
Michael Heiming
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: how to forbib telnet for an IP using RH 7.0
Date: 10 Jun 2001 11:33:40 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 10 Jun 2001 11:03:19 +0200, tito wrote:
>Hello people. I would like to know how I could to made this using RedHat
>Linux 7.0:
>
>-I have one machine on my LAN with IP 90.0.0.1. This PC has Telnetd
>running.
>-I want the another machines in my LAN could make telnet to 90.0.0.1,
>bue that only the IP 90.0.0.2 couldnt make telnet tto 90.0.0.1.
>
>I made this some time ago but not remember. I think I modify
>/etc/hosts.deny on my 90.0.0.1 PC...but what lines may I out on
>/etc/hosts.deny?
Have a look at man hosts.deny some interesting stuff in there, it
seems that you can deny individual useres rather than a particular
IP Address if that's what you want.
Something like:
/usr/bin/telnet:90.0.0.2
But have a look at the man page.
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%HAV-A-NICEDAY Error not enough coffee 0 pps.
web http://www.zeropps.uklinux.net/
or http://start.at/zero-pps
12:28pm up 128 days, 13:18, 2 users, load average: 1.31, 1.09, 1.02
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From: Frank Ranner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: unable to find a file !
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 21:36:51 +1000
Didier Baertschiger wrote:
>
> Hello !
>
> I've got the following problem:
>
> I have an executable file (maple) in a directory which is totally
> impossible to start ! All the accesses are ok (chmod +x ...).
>
> When I do a "ls -l" everything seems to be ok , but when I want to
> run it, impossible ! the bash says that there is no file or repertory
> of this type.
>
What is happening is that the loader is trying to load the file,
notices that
some libraries are needed, but cannot find the libraries. To find out
what libraries
try 'ldd ./maple' in the directory containing the executable.
Frank
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Schreibmaier)
Subject: Linux ABI and Disk Thrashing
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 11:44:36 GMT
I have the Linux ABI patch with kernel 2.4.3 and it seems
to run my old AT&T SVR3.2 binary just fine, except for
one thing. All the while the SVR3 binary is running,
the hard drive is thrashing. Continues for a short while
even after I've exited the SVR3 program.
And idea what that's all about? How do I get it to stop?
Besides not running the binary. 8^)
TIA.
Bob
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Agent Smiths)
Subject: Re: /dev on vfat partition
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 08:09:46 GMT
"Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I can do mount -t umsdos, but I cannot do this on bootup.
>
>Your root partition must be umsdos, which is to say, vfat (msdos).
>The kernel should then (historically has) looked for a umsdos
>directory called \linux which contains recognizable structures.
>
>I do not know if the current kernel code is working for that feature.
>Ask the author.
I tried a lot of things, but after chain of failures I
decided to do it another way. I have 3MB ext2 as root and
mount vfat to /usr. I symlink/loopback other dirs. I use
custom init. This is good enough. I tried it and it works.
You helped. Thank you.
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From: Robert Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: New Server: Hardware under Linux
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 13:02:42 +0100
Juergen Sauer wrote:
> We stay away from Adaptec Hardware. Adaptec does not support Linux
> directly very well. Waranty is badly given. (as we know and tried in
> Germany).
>
> That's why we prefer ICP-vortex Raid controllers,
> because they give complete support and waranty for Linux. For trouble
> shooting the ICP Support phones back within a few minutes.
I have to second this ICP vortex are great cards. His hardware is
definitely adequete, but what is he serving?
With only 2 18GB disks, I'd consider giving SCSI a miss all together, and
using fast IDE disks, very good experience using the fast IBM ones in web
servers.
For the money saved, you could buy 512MB RAM and something like a Promise
ATA-100 card with 2 extra disks.
RAID 10 gives better performance, than RAID 1, an advantage of software
RAID is it's easier to mix and match depending on what integrity
requirements you have.
The second thing is, Debian. It's a great distro, but if you're asking the
questions about the server, because you're new to Linux, you'ld be much
better off with SuSE 7.2, or RH 7.1. They're much easier to configure, and
you get (with SuSE) solid ReiserFS and LVM support. Debian potato is
rather dated now.
Rob
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From: Ian Northeast <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Internet + Network
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 13:11:17 +0100
Pete Clements wrote:
>
> Could someone tell me why if i enable my network card in my PC
> the internet connection stops! I am using mandrake 7.2, one simple n/work
> card, only 2 pcs on a basic tcp/ip network, no other servers at all.
> If i disable the network then i can access web pages, ping web servers etc
> If i set the network backup then i can not do any of the above!
> Is this a simple problem? I have checked my /etc/resolv.conf file and
> my DNS server for my ISP is in there. My /etc/hosts file contains my ip
> address and thats it.
I'd guess that you have set your default route to your ethernet card.
This almost certainly isn't what you want. For 2 PCs you don't need a
default route for the LAN.
As Michael said, show us the output of netstat -rn.
Regards, Ian
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From: Ian Northeast <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH 7.1 Strangeness
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 13:18:14 +0100
"Robert B. Love" wrote:
> 2) Sendmail and boot up. The boot up happens, daemons are started and
> all progresses nicely. Then it says starting sendmail and it waits and
> waits for about 5-6 minutes then finishes sendmail and rapidly completes
> the startup. What can I do to not have it wait for sendmail to start?
Ensure that the machine can resolve itself. Usually this means putting
in an /etc/hosts entry for each of its interfaces.
Regards, Ian
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From: Frank Ranner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: need book on unix/linux utilities
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 22:19:14 +1000
Lori Holder-Webb wrote:
>
> Actually, a couple of books, I think.
>
> I need help learning how to use the *nix utilities like awk, grep, shell
> programming, and regular expressions. I know enough to realize that
> grep, for example, will make some given task a lot easier, but I don't
> know enough to get started using it. The man pages are not very useful
> for a complete novice - I think they're better if you already know how
> to use it and have forgotten the switches or options.
>
> I understand why regexes would be incredibly useful to me, but putting
> one together, OTOH, is a different matter entirely. I've been exposed
> to them in learning perl and tcs, but all of the books I have assumed
> some previous familiarity with regular expressions. Not very helpful
> for me.
>
> In addition to the fundamentals of those 3 tools, I'd also like
> something that functions as an overall guide to *nix utilities. I find
> myself asking a friend for help on accomplishing some task. They say,
> "Oh, you should use X [fill in *nix utility here]." All too often my
> response is "Great, I had no idea that I could *do* that with my
> system."
>
> I looked at Linux in a Nutshell and didn't find that it answered my
> need. Running Linux was a great start, but I need to know where to go
> from there. I've been using linux for a couple of years now, and am
> starting to feel like I've got a Porsche that I didn't know would shift
> up from 2nd gear.
>
> Thanks for any recommendations!
>
> Lori
The info pages give more practical information than the man pages which
are
more reference oriented. In addition, major utilities have manuals in
postscript
that are ready to print. For example, the GNU Awk manual is around 200
pages.
Regards,
Frank Ranner
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Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 14:30:16 +0200
From: "Gerard H. Pille" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Getting help in Linux
"Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
> In comp.os.linux.misc "<=oneway=>" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> man man. The -k option (is this not obvious?).
>
> > Thanks for the response. That was not obvious (to me).
>
> What? Isn't "man man" the natural thing to do to find out how
> to use the man system?
>
> Just curious.
>
> Peter
Not unless you stammer.
Gerard
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From: "Bartosz Aninowski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: inn and no groups
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 14:33:01 +0200
I installed inn 2.2.3 with suck
I added few groups I checked that by loging by telnet
on localhost 119
[root@e etc]# telnet localhost 119
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
200 bla.pl InterNetNews server INN 2.3.2 ready
list
215
control 0000000000 0000000001 n
control.cancel 0000000000 0000000001 n
control.checkgroups 0000000000 0000000001 n
control.newgroup 0000000000 0000000001 n
control.rmgroup 0000000000 0000000001 n
junk 0000000000 0000000001 n
pl.comp.ogonki 0000000000 0000000001 y
pl.comp.os.linux 0000000014 0000000001 y
pl.comp.www 0000000007 0000000001 y
but outlook and rtin don't show any groups
and rtin give me following error
servers active-file contains no newsgroups. Exiting.
in /usr/local/news/db/active I have the same entries like result of LIST
command on telnet
permission
-rw-rw-r-- 1 news news 341 Jun 9 10:59 active
There is nothing suspicious in logs
suck get post with no problem
Total articles to download: 347
532992 Bytes received in 0 mins 7.93 secs, BPS = 67192.3
Closed connection to news.tpi.pl
Posting Messages to 127.0.0.1
347 Messages Posted
Elapsed Time = 0 mins 6.69 seconds
Cleaning up after myself
Downloaded Articles
You can hang up the modem now
entries in readres.conf
auth "username" {
hosts: "*"
default: "<user>"
key: <username>
default-domain: "*"
}
access "username" {
users: "username*"
newsgroups: "*"
key: <username>
access: "Read Post"
}
auth "localhost"
hosts: "localhost, 127.0.0.1, stdin"
default: "<localhost>"
}
access "localhost"
users: "<localhost>"
newsgroups: "*"
}
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Bart
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Bart
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From: Kwan Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: unable to find a file !
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 12:44:05 GMT
In comp.os.linux.setup Didier Baertschiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello !
> I've got the following problem:
> I have an executable file (maple) in a directory which is totally
> impossible to start ! All the accesses are ok (chmod +x ...).
> When I do a "ls -l" everything seems to be ok , but when I want to
> run it, impossible ! the bash says that there is no file or repertory
> of this type.
Run it with ./filename instead of just filename.
> What's the problem ?
The current directory is not is the path that's searched for executables. Type:
echo $PATH
to see what the current path is.
> didier
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