Linux-Misc Digest #91, Volume #28 Tue, 12 Jun 01 17:13:04 EDT
Contents:
Re: Problem creating VFAT filesystem (Martin Lichtin)
pls help newbie setup ftp ("luther")
Re: pls help newbie setup ftp ("Kalyan")
Re: Linux IDE RAID Cards (Stuart Cianos)
Linux emus for Windows? (ComWizz)
Re: DRI error (cross-posted) ("Helge Hoel")
Compile kernel in rescue mode ("Dave")
Re: Slow Initial SMTP Connection (Nigel)
Re: Looking for small Linux distribution (Morten Skaarup Jensen)
Suck Killfile (Gavin McCord)
How to access dos drives from Linux ("NG_lurker " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
Re: Running Linux under Windows? (George Trapkov)
Re: The movie Swordfish and Linus Torvalds ("Dave")
Re: Linux emus for Windows? (Robert Heller)
Re: Writing an OS from scratch (Chen Wang)
Re: How to change font size in netscape 4.75? ("ThanhVu Nguyen")
Forgotten Command/Utility Help?? (WA Support)
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From: Martin Lichtin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem creating VFAT filesystem
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 17:19:18 GMT
> > Anyone know what the problem could be here?
>
> Yes, you're trying to make a file system on a non-writable device.
> /dev/scd1 is your CDROM drive.
No, it's a DVD-RAM.
> > root# mkfs.msdos -F 32 -I /dev/scd1
> > mkfs.msdos: unable to get drive geometry for '/dev/scd1'
> > mkfs.msdos 2.2 (06 Jul 1999)
>
> Anyway, this isn't the way to make a filesystem on a writable CD.
How would you create a filesystem on a DVD-RAM? UDF doesn't seem
ready yet, so I'm using either ext2 or fat32.
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From: "luther" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: pls help newbie setup ftp
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 10:42:24 -0700
Hi,
I am very new to linux and have installed RedHat 7.1. I've gotten quite a
bit accomplished so far (got my NIC working, Samba, configured apache, even
got httpd moved into the right runlevel so it starts when I boot..)
I want to set up the ftp server so that is starts when my machine starts (in
runlevel 5).
The problem is, when I run ntsysv I do not see ftpd in the list. Does it
have a different name, or do I need to somehow add ftpd so that ntsysv knows
about it? What is the best way to do this?
Thanks in advance..
Luther
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From: "Kalyan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: pls help newbie setup ftp
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 12:48:18 -0700
You have to use */sbin/chkconfig*.
"luther" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:xwsV6.284$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
>
> I am very new to linux and have installed RedHat 7.1. I've gotten quite a
> bit accomplished so far (got my NIC working, Samba, configured apache,
even
> got httpd moved into the right runlevel so it starts when I boot..)
>
> I want to set up the ftp server so that is starts when my machine starts
(in
> runlevel 5).
>
> The problem is, when I run ntsysv I do not see ftpd in the list. Does it
> have a different name, or do I need to somehow add ftpd so that ntsysv
knows
> about it? What is the best way to do this?
>
> Thanks in advance..
>
> Luther
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stuart Cianos)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux IDE RAID Cards
Date: 12 Jun 2001 17:51:42 GMT
Dear Sir:
I use the Escalade cards in several _heavily_ loaded servers with great
success. I would strongly reccomend these cards to anyone - and their
support is very good. I haven't tried their new 7000 series yet, but am
looking forward to it.
- Stu
mlw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>"Aaron R. Kulkis" wrote:
>>
>> Chris Lopeman wrote:
>> >
>> > Can anyone recommend a good raid IDE controller for Linux.
>> > Preferably ATA 100. We have tried using the Promise controller with
>> > limited success. We probably want to run 2 controllers in the
>> > server (for more speed) with a total of 6 drives. 4 of the drives
>> > running raid 1+0 and the other 2 forming a separate mirror. The 2
>> > in the mirror we also want
>> >
>> > to boot off of.
>> >
>> > If you can't recommend a good one maybe you can let us know your
>> > experience with the AMI or Escalade cards. We are considering going
>> > to one of these.
>>
>> http://www.research.att.com/~gjm/linux/ide-raid.html
>>
>
>The link you posted was for software raid. There are a lot of pros and
>cons for hardware vs software for RAID, but in the case of IDE, a
>hardware raid solution makes more sense than a software one.
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ComWizz)
Subject: Linux emus for Windows?
Date: 12 Jun 2001 11:01:20 -0700
Anyone know a Linux emulator for Windows? - Maybe a Red Hat Linux, or
Linux Mandrake emulator?
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From: "Helge Hoel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DRI error (cross-posted)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 20:13:48 +0200
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Jim McDonald"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Helge Hoel wrote:
>>
>> First I have to say that this
>> message was crossposted to "comp.os.linux.misc, 3dfx.glide.linux,
>> 3dfx.products.voodoo3" I dont know which of the groups that's most
>> correct, but you can send your answers to the most appropriate.
>>
>>
>> ----------------------------------------- direct rendering: No
>> server glx vendor string: SGI
>> server glx version string: 1.2
>> OpenGL vendor string: VA Linux Systems Inc. OpenGL renderer string:
>> Mesa GLX Indirect OpenGL version string: 1.2 Mesa 3.4.2 glu version:
>> 1.3
>> ------------------------------------------
>>
>> First of all, glxinfo says that direct rendering isn't in use. It then
>> says that OpenGL is rendered with "Mesa GLX Indirect" instead of my
>> voodoo3 board. So I'm then asking you, why?
>>
>> "setpci 01:00.0 4.w" returns 0003, which means, no DMA support on my
>> graphic card. I've heard bus-mastering-dma is required for DRI. So how
>> do I turn this on? (If that's the problem).
>>
> In theory, you should set the busmaster bit with "setpci 01:0.0 4.w=7",
> however it doesn't work on my Via KT-133 chip.
Nor on my 440BX
--
Best regards
Helge �yvind Hoel
http://home.exn.no/~wizard/
http://www.name-less.net
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From: "Dave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Compile kernel in rescue mode
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 11:21:49 -0700
It looks like I will recompiling a new kernel (2.4.5) sometime, from Redhat
2.4.2 which came with Redhat 7.1. This should fix a problem I've been
having with my VT82C686B southbridge controller and the kernel. I can't
boot into Linux, unless I use the Redhat rescue mode. This mode
automatically mounts my hard drive to /mnt/sysimage. I'm planning on
burning the Linux Kernel source to a CD-R disk in Windows, and then grabbing
the kernel from there, and re-compiling in Linux.
When I re-compile in Linux, what extra things do I need to be careful about
since I am not in the regular form on Linux (whatever that means). Do I
need to do anything with chroot?
I mean, compiling the kernel sounds easy if you can boot into your system.
But I'm guessing I'll have to do something different in rescue mode. I've
already found some limitations of Redhat's rescue mode. For one, I can't
see man pages.
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From: Nigel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Slow Initial SMTP Connection
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 14:56:16 -0400
OK Seems I have found the problem.
When you put hosts files in service.switch sendmail either
a) fails to find your host in the /etc/hosts file or
b) does the reverse DNS lookup anyway.
I discovered this by installing named on my Linux box and then setting up forward
and reverse zone files for my internal network (My client machine was the only
host in it - everything else pointed to the Linux box itself), altering
resolv.conf to
look at the local hosts as the name server and then finaly putting: hosts dns
files in the service.switch file.
After that no more delay and nslookup works fine. So either way it seems the
solution is to have the reverse DNS done anyway with either
a) a valid record for your client ip address in the in-addr.arpa on the dns server
for your zone (which is what I did)
OR
b) a really fast timeout on the DNS when it can't find the IP address.
Nigel.
Nigel wrote:
> >Is something else (e.g. tcpwrappers or xinetd) trying to do a reverse DNS
> lookup?
>
> Not that I know of. POP is fine, FTP is fine, Telnet is fine. It is just SMTP
> that is the problem. Once it connects everything is OK it's just the inital
> connection that takes the time (I looked in outlooks smtp logs). SMTP is not
> connected to xinetd in anyway. Is it connected to tcpwrapper though? I don't
> know.
>
> Grant Edwards wrote:
>
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Nigel wrote:
> >
> > >When I connect to the SMTP server (Sendmail 8.11.4) using Outlook
> > >Express it is slow to connect (about 15 - 30 seconds). When I telnet to
> > >the machine it is quick to connect and after that
> > >outlook is also quick to conect (about 1 Second).
> > >
> > >However if I go away for two hours and come back Outlook Express is slow
> > >to connect again.
> > >
> > >I Can tell you all the following:
> > >
> > >1 - It isn't sendmail. I set the Ident timeout to 0s in the config file
> > >and compiled sendmail with the DNS disabled. So It isn't doing a reverse
> > >DNS Lookup.
> >
> > Is something else (e.g. tcpwrappers or xinetd) trying to do a
> > reverse DNS lookup?
> >
> > --
> > Grant Edwards grante Yow! I want to TAKE IT
> > at HOME and DRESS IT UP in
> > visi.com HOT PANTS!!
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From: Morten Skaarup Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Looking for small Linux distribution
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 20:56:49 +0200
Missy wrote:
> Search through the newsgroup messages in this newsgroup,
> alt.os.linux.mandrake , aus.computers.linux , "I need a really small
> distro for an old puter" by Missy (me). Lots of people gave me suggestions
> that might help you. :-)
>
Thanks, it looks like "Small Linux" is what I am looking for. Looks like
the distribution that can run on least RAM and only needs one floppy for
the base system and two extra for X.
If this doesn't work, then maybe Peanut Linux as it looks very robust and
professional, but it is quite a bit heavier.
Morten
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Reviews & Ratings of Distros & Programs
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From: Gavin McCord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Suck Killfile
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 19:47:40 +0100
I'm trying to set up a killfile for suck. I can download messages
quite happily, but there are some I now want to reject.
I want to kill articles based on the From header, an example
being:
From: A. User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I've tried copying this line exactly as it appears in the headers,
into suckkillfile and suckxover, as well as trying variations like
From:A. User<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: A. User
and so on. But I'm still getting these articles. My suck invocation is
suck news.btinternet.com \
-hl localhost \
-n -f -p $SUCK_GROUPS \
-dd $SUCK_DIR/etc -dm $SUCK_DIR/articles -dt $SUCK_DIR/tmp \
-W 5 100 \
-HF /var/lib/news/history -bp -c
Am I missing something?
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From: "NG_lurker <remove AT from return address when replying by email>"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to access dos drives from Linux
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 22:08:02 +0300
hi NG!
i have a 98/2000/RH7 triple boot puter. for internet i use doze since i cant
dial-up from RH7... for now. running lspci as root tells me i have a
winmodem US Robotics/3Com. do i stand any chance of making this work in RH7?
what i read in linmodem FAQ is not very encouraging. i tried setting up my
modem in kppp in KDE but no chance. it just shows the dial-up prompt "modem
is ready... connecting" or something like that. then it does nothing. in the
configuration it did query the modem but there are no values in the AT to
AT7 fields. has anyone EVER got successful with this modem in RH7?
my other problem is my screen corruption i havent solve til now. my video is
S3 Savage4 32MB version 1.02 and this is working great in doze. the
corruption is in the Xwindows especially when i move the horizontal/vertical
scrollbars. as a workaround i click refresh desktop in KDE right mouse click
menu. i stay away from Gnome since the corruption there is terrible. in KDE
it is tolerable. i want to download XFree86 4.0.2 then patch this with 4.0.3
or maybe 4.1.0 binaries. to do this would mean to download the driver files
to my dos drives. now how do i access them from Linux? im just a F*!@#
newbie but i know how to cd to my mnt directory and select floppy or cdrom.
kewl. i have an inkling the command is mount then specify the hdx
directories. i need help here guys. i know i must be su to do this. this is
no problem. im having a hard time understanding the mount man page. can
anyone spell this out in plain english?
im thinking of capturing the corruption display in my KDE desktop and saving
this in png and post this in the web. the print screen key in the keyboard,
will this work in Linux? there is a graphics program in KDE but it doesnt
capture the corruption display. anyone can give me tip on this?
whoa, sorry for this long story. but i need all the help i can get. i really
am serious to make Linux my no.1 OS and no. 2 for the rest. TIA.
--
"Remove AT from my reply to address above. Spam is not welcome."
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From: George Trapkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Running Linux under Windows?
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 15:21:02 -0400
Do you have the licence key for www.vmware.com?
Ian Northeast wrote:
> Michael Andersson wrote:
> >
> > Hi!
> > I wonder if there is some way to run linux under windows, hence using
> > two OS at the same time.
>
> Yes, if Windows is NT/2000. www.vmware.com.
>
> Alternatively, you can run Windows under Linux regardless of Linux
> flavour (if tolerably recent, kernel 2.0.32 minimum) with the same
> software. I do this, it works fine for Windows 3.11, 95, 98, NT4.0, 2K.
> I had this working with kernel 2.0.36 and now 2.2.19.
>
> See also www.connectix.com. This one apparantly works in a Win98 host
> but I havn't tried it.
>
> Regards, Ian
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From: "Dave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: The movie Swordfish and Linus Torvalds
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 13:01:00 -0700
"Arctic Storm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I just saw the movie Swordfish, and the movie has a computer hacker from
> Finland. I missed the character's last name, but it starts with the
letter
> T. I guess it was an inside joke regarding Linus Torvalds.
>
>
>
I heard there's some part in the movie where they create a worm virus using
AutoCAD. At least that's what Wired on-line magazine said.
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From: Robert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux emus for Windows?
Date: 12 Jun 2001 20:36:11 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (ComWizz),
In a message on 12 Jun 2001 11:01:20 -0700, wrote :
C> Anyone know a Linux emulator for Windows? - Maybe a Red Hat Linux, or
C> Linux Mandrake emulator?
C>
You can install vmware.
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From: Chen Wang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Writing an OS from scratch
Date: 12 Jun 2001 20:25:07 GMT
I've found that even the basic concepts that's used in practice is hard
to come by. For example, here's some issues that are bugging me:
1. When the machine boots up on say a floppy, it's told to automatically
to read the first sector (boot sector) for instructions and load them
into memory and then execute it. Is this correct? If so, what are the
requirements for the instructions and what kind of tools are available
to compile and put it on the floppy? (Small wonder how the FIRST
OS gets started without any existing OS..)
2. After executing the above instructions, it goes to the "IPL", what is
it exactly? Could it be a program that say loads up a commandline
interpreter?
3. What must be done for example, just to print a Hello World on the
screen? (I suppose that means some kind of manipulation with the video
memory to form the text)
4. I am guessing that the bootloader part is the only thing that must be done
in assembly, but I am thorougly confused on when OS developmenet crosses
over
to C. Given it's a higher language, where does its compiler come from in the
first place? Does one simply get a compiled version for the targe machine
and
load it on? What exactly happens?
confused and curious...
Peet Grobler <peetgr at absa.co.za> wrote:
: I've done the same a few years back. There's no actual documentation to
: state start with this, then this, then this, etc.
: You have to figure out for yourself what's the most important. E.g. start
: with the boot sector. This will lead you to choose a filesystem type. Once
: you have the bootloader working, work on the "IPL", the program that your
: boot sector will load then execute. That will lead to many more things
: (memory maps, interrupts, etc.) Once that's finished, do a command
: interpreter. Then any additional utilities you'd like to include. (e.g. Text
: editor, etc.)
: HTH,
: Peet
: Chen Wang wrote in message <9g4f22$gtk$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
:>Hi all, I am an OS newbie currently looking to write a small os from
:>scratch, in an
:>attempt to learn and apply the os concepts I've learned in class. This
: would
:>1.
:>satisfy my great curiosity to what really goes under the hood, and 2 help
: me
:>see how given a piece of hardware (a computer, a router, a pda and etc),
: one
:>goes about putting the basic layer of software upon it (so application
:>programmers
:>can make a lot of money writing nice and oo code).
:>
:>So far I haven't found any definitive guide on starting something like
: this,
:>does anyone
:>know where I can find some HOWTO docs/books that start with the basic
:>concepts?
:>Given I've know a thing or two about OS concepts on paper, it's a bit
:>frustrating
:>when I really do not understand how it works in practice!
:>
:>thanks,
:>
:>-Chen
:>
:>
:>
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Vader: ehh.. yur paw Luke..
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From: "ThanhVu Nguyen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to change font size in netscape 4.75?
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 16:41:17 -0400
Go to linuxdoc.org and see the font section.
Couple things you can do to deal with Netscape font explained there.
1. You can put some lines into your .Xdefaults, that will increase the font
size in NS.
2. You can configure to make True Type Fonts works w/ Linux... (I prefer
this but it's a bit longer than the previous step)
"James Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> 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: WA Support
Subject: Forgotten Command/Utility Help??
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 21:01:41 GMT
Hello,
Does anyone know what the command/utility is that will give me the
library dependencies of a given binary? I am trying to determine the
library dependencies for 'named'.
I have used the command before but can not remember what it is or
where I read about it.
Any help would be appreciated.
Please reply via email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] since I check this
more often during the day.
Thanks,
Murrah Boswell
Systems Administrator
Wild Apache Internet Services
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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