Linux-Misc Digest #87, Volume #28 Tue, 12 Jun 01 00:13:01 EDT
Contents:
losetup doesn't recognize anything but XOR and DES? (Pascal Schuppli)
Re: Good GUI mail clients? (Sam Price)
SDL problems ("Helge Hoel")
Re: installing rh 7.1
Re: threads (Robert Schweikert)
Where can I get a precompiled glibc 2.2.x?? (Sean Dynan)
Re: problem in installing 2940uw in redhat 7.1 (Tony)
gnucash can't find gnome-print (andy)
Re: SDL problems (Dances With Crows)
Selecting screen resolution with GDM / changing res NICELY in GNOME ("Steve
Bougerolle")
Re: @Home setup SO SLOW ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Where can I get a precompiled glibc 2.2.x?? (Dave Uhring)
Re: Hard Drive Re-partitioning (Steve Martin)
Re: RPM question ("James Gray")
Re: installing RH 7.1 over FTP ("Craig")
Re: cronjob unreliable ? (Doug O'Leary)
newbie questions. where is pine in mandrake?? (James Lee)
How to change font size in netscape 4.75? (James Lee)
Re: HELP: Boot failure after IDE drive reconfiguration (Scott Drumm)
Re: newbie questions. where is pine in mandrake?? (David Efflandt)
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From: Pascal Schuppli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: losetup doesn't recognize anything but XOR and DES?
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 01:47:26 -0400
Hi
I'm trying to get to work my encrypted loop-back filesystem. I'm trying
both on Kernel 2.2.18 and 2.4.1-pre12, with an otherwise standard RedHat 7
installation.
The loopback device works fine, but every time I actually try to do a
losetup -e serpent /dev/mydevice /mycryptfile
losetup complains that it doesn't support encryption "serpent". It doesn't
work with idea, either.
Both Kernels have the crypto patch applied and crypto options configured
either compiled-in or as a module. The modules I load are loop,
cipher-serpent, cipher-idea, and cryptoapi.
What's wrong? Why doesn't losetup support anything but XOR and DES?
(I just downloaded util-linux-2.11f, compiled it and ran losetup - same
result.)
Hints would be appreciated.
Pascal
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From: Sam Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Good GUI mail clients?
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 00:57:12 +0100
On Sun, 10 Jun 2001 14:17:08 +0000 (UTC)
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Mahogany definitely does all of these things and I think Balsa does as
> well. Evolution may be the way to go in the future. It has all of these
> things and its usable. But I really wouldn't call it stable.
>
> All are gnome compliant clients.
>
> Tom
>
> guesswho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I'm currently using KMAIL, which meets my needs nicely. However, I'm
> > looking for other mail clients with support for the following:
> >
> > multiple mailboxes
> > POP
> > IMAP
> > filtering
> > message searching
> > mbox
> > MIME
> >
> > Anyone out there care to recommend a STABLE mail client that supports the
> > above? The reason I'm looking is that I'm considering a move to the GNOME
> > environment. Client must be GPLed.
> >
Sylpheed is a gtk mail/news client that does all the above, it is very nice.
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From: "Helge Hoel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SDL problems
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 02:23:11 +0200
I've downloaded SDL-1.2.0, and installed it. "./configure ; make ; make
install" it went just fine. The problems arise when I try to install
programs that need SDL. For example xmps. When I run xmps' configure
script, it says:
checking for sdl-config... /usr/local/bin/sdl-config
checking for SDL - version >= 1.2.0... no
*** Could not run SDL test program, checking why...
*** The test program failed to compile or link. See the file config.log for the
*** exact error that occured. This usually means SDL was incorrectly installed
*** or that you have moved SDL since it was installed. In the latter case, you
*** may want to edit the sdl-config script: /usr/local/bin/sdl-config
configure: error: *** SDL version 1.2.0 not found!
What's wrong? I think I also had this problem some time ago, and I think
I've run into similiar problems with glib and gtk+. I didn't install SDL
with a prefix..
--
Best regards
Helge �yvind Hoel
http://home.exn.no/~wizard/
http://www.name-less.net
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: installing rh 7.1
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 00:30:13 -0000
I had similar problem (a number of people are getting it as well). I
almost given up & wanting to try Mandrake 8.0 instead.
However I discovered the workaround by chance.
What I did was to boot up using cdrom.
At the the boot prompt entered the following to perform a text-based
install.
boot: linux text hdd=cdrom
After that just go through with text mode install.
It'll fail a couple of times stating "not enough space" & throw you back
to the X server video card detection. Just press OK & it'll copy the files
across.
Hope it helps.
Koi
alik blochin wrote:
>
>
> Hi i can't install RH 7.1
> and this is very strange:
> when i get to the
> "moving install image to hard drive" in the installation
> i get the error:
> "an error occured, probably because
> you don't have enough disk space"
>
> but the space is ok, i have 15 GB for linux
> i tryied to remove all the partitions and make them
> from scratch (disk druid , fdisk)
> but nothing helps....
> the installation stacks at the point of
> "moving install image to hard drive"
>
> has somebody seen this problem before ?
>
>
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From: Robert Schweikert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: threads
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 20:34:40 -0400
Thanks for the pointers, I guess I asked my question wrong. I am looking for
current info with respect to threads and the linux implementation. Somwhere I read
this is now in glibc but I haven't found any details with respect to versions,
what works, bugs, etc.
Thanks,
Robert
fred smith wrote:
> Robert Schweikert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> : Could someone point me to documentation abouth threads that is
> : relatively recent. All I can find with google is stuff that's a couple
> : of years old.
>
> Take a look at comp.programming.threads. A lot of good and knowledgeable
> people hang out there. If you ask, they can refer you to the most
> up-to-date FAQ documents and other sources of info.
>
> --
> ---- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------
> The Lord detests the way of the wicked
> but he loves those who pursue righteousness.
> ----------------------------- Proverbs 15:9 (niv) -----------------------------
--
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From: Sean Dynan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Where can I get a precompiled glibc 2.2.x??
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.linux
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 00:32:49 GMT
Am I missing something?
All I want is a precompiled Glibc 2.2.x for my RedHat 6.2 installation s=
o=20
I can install KDE 2.1.
But all I can find are downloadable source tars. I don't want to have t=
o=20
build the binaries because I don't think I'll have the disk space on the=
=20
target machine.
And why is GNU's Glibc FTP site passworded???
All donations welcome.
--Sean.
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From: Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: problem in installing 2940uw in redhat 7.1
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 20:47:45 -0400
Wong Ching Kuen Frederick wrote:
> more info, i get this in my /proc/pci
>
> Bus 0, device 10, function 0:
> SCSI storage controller: PCI device 8004:8170 (rev 2).
> Master Capable. No bursts. Max Lat=8.
> I/O at 0x1000 [0x10ff].
> Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x10000000 [0x10001fff].
>
> "Wong Ching Kuen Frederick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ���g��l��
> news:9g1g8o$qmc$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> i plug a new adaptec 2940uw in my redhat box today. i have scsi support
>> compiled in kernel but when i load the module, i get the following
> message.
>> could someone give me some advice? thanks.
>>
>> [root@ns2 linux]# modprobe aic7xxx
>> /lib/modules/2.4.5/kernel/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx.o: init_module: No
>> such device
>> Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters,
> including
>> invalid IO or IRQ parameters
>> /lib/modules/2.4.5/kernel/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx.o: insmod
>> /lib/modules/2.4.5/kernel/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx.o failed
>> /lib/modules/2.4.5/kernel/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx.o: insmod aic7xxx
>> failed
>>
>>
>
>
>
http://bugzilla.redhat.com
This is a known bug. Last I checked, they were still looking into it.
[ Tony ]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (andy)
Subject: gnucash can't find gnome-print
Date: 11 Jun 2001 18:03:16 -0700
Hello all,
I'm trying to compile gnucash 1.6, but configure keeps giving me an
error:
GNOME-PRINT not found or wrong version. I installed gnome-print from
rpm and also compiled and installed it from source (ver .29) without
errors. I'm using Mandrake 8
thanks, Andy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: SDL problems
Date: 12 Jun 2001 01:14:33 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 12 Jun 2001 02:23:11 +0200, Helge Hoel staggered into the Black
Sun and said:
>I've downloaded SDL-1.2.0, and installed it. "./configure ; make ; make
>install" it went just fine. The problems arise when I try to install
>programs that need SDL. For example xmps. When I run xmps' configure
>script, it says:
>
>checking for sdl-config... /usr/local/bin/sdl-config
>checking for SDL - version >= 1.2.0... no
>/usr/local/bin/sdl-config
>configure: error: *** SDL version 1.2.0 not found!
>
>What's wrong? I think I also had this problem some time ago, and I think
>I've run into similiar problems with glib and gtk+. I didn't install SDL
>with a prefix..
The later versions of SDL install themselves into /usr/lib/ instead of
/usr/local/lib , where previous versions installed themselves. If you
have the Makefile for your older version of SDL hanging around, run it
with target "uninstall" and things should be fine. Otherwise, rm -rf
/usr/local/lib/*SDL* /usr/local/bin/sdl-config /usr/local/include/SDL .
The problem that you're having is because /usr/local/bin/ is in your
$PATH before /usr/bin/ , which is usually a good thing but can cause
annoyances like this.
Welcome to the Linux version of DLL Hell ;-)
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From: "Steve Bougerolle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Selecting screen resolution with GDM / changing res NICELY in GNOME
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 09:33:06 +0800
Does anyone know how I can set up GDM to change the screen resolution of
my GNOME session? What I'd like is a menu of sessions that lists
"GNOME" and "GNOME Big screen", so we can pick before we log in.
Now, I DON'T mean all that simple basic stuff about changing video modes
in XFree86 using CTRL ALT + and CTRL ALT -. I know all that. The
problem is, if I change resolutions once GNOME has started the GNOME
panel and windows won't automatically resize, plus this tedious virtual
window is left around. All this is OK for me but I need to set this up
so high school kids can use it, and it should work easily and nicely.
That means no windows or panels left hanging off the screen, and no
virtual window causing things to disappear every time a kid moves the
mouse too far to the left. It also means not using 1024x768 as a default
(because most of them complain it makes the letters too small on our 15"
screens).
In the past we didn't use GDM and solved this problem by having different
versions of startx, which picked different XF86Config files to get the
desired res. I've tried similar things with GDM but get hung up trying
to restart X in the right mode.
Ideas, please? I have also thought of fixing it at 1024x768 by default
and increasing the font sizes, but I'd like to leave that as a last
resort.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: @Home setup SO SLOW
Date: 12 Jun 2001 01:32:04 GMT
In comp.os.linux.setup LRW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'd ask the @Home newsgroups, unfortunately you have to be connected to
> @Home to access their newsgroups, and the following problem is
> preventing me from doing so. =P
> I can get connected to the @Home service, and can even ping out and
> resolve addresses, etc, but my x-fer rate is no more than about 2kbps!
> And stalls out constantly.
> There's a GREAT reference page at
> http://members.home.net/randal.leavitt/CableModemConnectionNotes.html
> which I followed, but it doesn't help.
> No change in performance from when all I had was a host name a default
> gateway to when I put in all the rest of the info.
> Can anyone who has a good connection using cable modem give me some
> pointers?
> Like for Host, go ahead and use the full c123456-a.xxxx.mo.home.com or
> just use c123456-a, use DHCP or BOOTP, etc.
I put a line
DHCP_HOSTNAME="cl23456-a"
in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifconfig_eth0
and it worked.
I would not work without this line.
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.linux
Subject: Re: Where can I get a precompiled glibc 2.2.x??
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 20:42:15 -0500
Sean Dynan wrote:
> Am I missing something?
>
> All I want is a precompiled Glibc 2.2.x for my RedHat 6.2 installation so
> I can install KDE 2.1.
>
> But all I can find are downloadable source tars. I don't want to have to
> build the binaries because I don't think I'll have the disk space on the
> target machine.
>
> And why is GNU's Glibc FTP site passworded???
>
> All donations welcome.
>
> --Sean.
>
Installing glibc-2.2.x will, if you succeed, break just about every binary
on your system making it completely unusable.
Install RedHat-7.1 and you will be much happier.
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From: Steve Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Hard Drive Re-partitioning
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 21:59:25 -0400
"Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
>
> In comp.os.linux.misc Skylar Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I just got a new SCSI hard drive, and am having some trouble repartitioning it. I
>would
>
> Well, fix your scsi setup then! Something as basic as that not working
> indicates that your scsi system is fouled.
I hate like the dickens to agree with the good Dr. Breuer, but
I have to say that it sounds like maybe a hardware problem.
Double-check the termination of the SCSI chain, especially
make sure there is only one termination on the drive end
(if there's only one drive, make sure it's terminated; if
more than one, make sure that only the last drive on the
end of the cable is terminated).
Let me ask the Stupid Question. You did include support for
your particular SCSI adapter in your kernel, right?
Can you elaborate on "Parition Magic crashes"? Does it just
dump core ungracefully, or does it give any error messages
when it departs? For that matter, if you can lay your hands on
a DOS / Win9x boot disk, can you partition the disk with
that? Although not ideal for Linux use, this at least will
give some indication whether the hardware is indeed crappy.
Some more verbose error messages might help diagnosis.
And, as Dr. Breuer said, what does /var/log/dmesg show?
This would be an indication whether the drive is found at
boot time by the kernel and what geometry the kernel thinks
the drive has.
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From: "James Gray" <[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: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 12:07:29 +1000
With *.src.rpm files, you may also be able to specify a particular "target"
such as i686, PPC etc. This is handy if you want to compile your source to
be optimised for your architecture.
So if you have a Celeron, P2/3/4 or AMD Duron/Athlon, you could try:
#rpm --rebuild --target=i686 name_of_package.src.rpm
Whether or not you get any significant performance boost is questionable as
most libraries are compiled against 386's :-/ But if you're going to go to
the trouble of compiling.....
The other thing to be aware of is that not all source RPM's allow for every
possible build target. Some may only allow i386/alpha/ppc and others will
let you use i586 and i686 etc. Just try them out - no harm done if it craps
out part way through the compile.
Cheers,
James
"Neill Newman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> 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:
*SNIP*
> 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)...
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From: "Craig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc,redhat.general
Subject: Re: installing RH 7.1 over FTP
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 19:06:06 -0700
Yes, Assuming you have a DSL/Cable line, and the address of the ftp server
"yu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Is the bootnet.img disk all that is required to do this?
>
>
>
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From: Doug O'Leary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: cronjob unreliable ?
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 02:47:52 GMT
>This was pulled from the cron man page. You are correct - but, cron did
>not always recheck the file modification checksum (I'm from the old
>school breed :)
And still doesn't on hpux and solaris.
Doug
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From: James Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: newbie questions. where is pine in mandrake??
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 03:04:05 GMT
hi,all
I just installed mandrake 7.2(recommanded mode installation). and
a lot
commands don't work in it. such pine,finger... do i have to
download
those packages to install them or they are somewhere in my system
already??
which linux do you prefer? or which one is better ?
thanks,
James
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From: James Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to change font size in netscape 4.75?
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 03:33:50 GMT
I am having very difficult time with changing the font size on the
Netscape 4.75. I am running mandrake 7.2 and I am unable to change the
font.
Here is how I am changing the font size
1) goto drop down menu "Edit"
2) choose "Preference"
3) When a window pops up, goto "Appearance" then change the font.
For some reason, the font is not evenly changed. Some texts appear big
and some are unchanged. I am having very difficult time reading it.
If there are other ways of changing the font size, please let me know.
Thank you in advance.
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From: Scott Drumm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: HELP: Boot failure after IDE drive reconfiguration
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 03:39:44 GMT
FYI - A lilo re-install off the RedHat 7.0 installation disks corrected
the problem.
sdrumm3 wrote:
>
> > "Tinkering" sounds like you were trying to get it to do something it did
> > not want to do (maybe for good reason).
>
> Perish the thought (grin). No, actually, when I re-powered the system the
> first time, it was evident the BIOS had re-designated the 19.5GB drive from
> Drive 2 to Drive 1, resulting in the phantom drive phenomenon you mentioned.
> Selecting Linux from System Commander's boot menu failed to boot the OS. I
> removed and then re-installed system commander and it auto-detected
> (correctly) the Linux drive and boot partition; however, the partition
> failed to boot.
>
> > > 1. Restore the original drive configuration, get Linux back up, and
> make
> > > some rescue disks so I can go back in later.
> >
> > Probably a good idea, so even if you find you have to move it down to hdb,
> > you can go in and fix lilo.conf and fstab to point to the proper drive.
>
> I've accessed the ext2 partitions from the HAL 91 boot floppy. They
> identify and mount as drive hdc w/o problem. I'll be backing up /etc later
> today. The ONLY anomaly I saw in the HAL 91 boot sequence was during the
> partition check of drive hdc. The line for hdc included something like
> [PART TBL xxx/yyy/zzz] where x, y, and z were numbers I didn't right down,
> but could get later.
>
> As I understand it, each drive maintains it's own partition table, right?
> If so, the table shouldn't be affected by the removal or addition of another
> IDE device.
>
> > Can you access the CD-burner or DVD drive in current configuration?
>
> Yep, as a matter of fact, both work as designed....under Windows.
>
> I still haven't determine the specific problem, but my plan is to try a LILO
> re-install off the RedHat CD after backing up the pertinent Linux config
> files. I'm not sure if this will work, as /etc/lilo.conf seems correct
> as-is. Any other suggestions?
>
> Scott Drumm
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: newbie questions. where is pine in mandrake??
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 03:57:24 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 12 Jun 2001 03:04:05 GMT, James Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I just installed mandrake 7.2(recommanded mode installation). and
> a lot
> commands don't work in it. such pine,finger... do i have to
> download
> those packages to install them or they are somewhere in my system
> already??
> which linux do you prefer? or which one is better ?
Most likely on your CD. If you have X running there should be something
to install RPM packages. Otherwise read 'man rpm' about how to install.
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