Linux-Setup Digest #731, Volume #20 Thu, 1 Mar 01 19:13:09 EST
Contents:
Re: knocking sound for MP3 ("Roy Batty")
Re: Samba F*#?! ("Roy Batty")
Re: dual boot using PartionMagic ("Eric en Jolanda")
Re: dual boot using PartionMagic ("Paul O'Rourke ORourke.org.uk">)
Re: free ISP for linux (andrew)
Re: dual boot using PartionMagic ("IByte")
Xsession: - login for <user> is disabled ("Paul L. Hergt")
Re: Making a second video card work (Martin Lemenu)
Re: Connecting Mandrake 7.2 up to local network ("crex")
Re: Dual Boot wiped out by Win98 ("Randy Park")
Re: Connecting Mandrake 7.2 up to local network (Dean Thompson)
smbol table has incorrect version number ? ("Clinton Carr")
Re: Help! hde lilo bios=0x80 and hang at "LI" ("Mathias Rodenstein")
Can't add to PATH ("Brett Sheeran")
Re: Linux partitioning question ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Can't add to PATH (Omar Stoltzfus)
Re: Can't add to PATH (Chiefy)
Something to chew on.. ("Masha Ku'Inanna")
Re: Xfree 4.0.1, matrox g400, dri, xf86config ("Pascal Schuppli")
Re: Cannot install Suse 7.0 (newbie) ("Tim Cuthbertson")
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From: "Roy Batty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: knocking sound for MP3
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 20:33:19 +0100
Try xmms to play the file.
Maybe it has a wierd bitrate or frequency or something
that mpg123 cannot handle. For me xmms worked fine
with every mp3-file I could get my hands on...
- Roy
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
>
> I downloaded some mp3 files and use mpg123. However,
> the only thing I could hear was something like a
> person knocking the door. This is what I did:
>
> > mpg123 song.mp3
>
> The mp3 files are good on other machines. My
> speakers are good for playing .wav files without any
> problem. What problem could it be?
>
> Thanks a lot for your help.
>
> =====
> Robert Lee
> Software Engineer
>
>
>
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From: "Roy Batty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Samba F*#?!
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 20:36:45 +0100
Hi,
there are options in smb.conf to handle different
languages' code pages (smb.conf is used not only
by the samba daemon, but also by smbclient).
Look at
man smb.conf
and other Samba doc files for more information.
- Roy
"Lionel Pavy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:97j9j0$4go$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> hi, I'm a french user n' I use Smbclient to store data from WinPC's.
> But, When I send files from Win to Linux, character like �, � ... remains
in
> french style,
> Doing the copy from linux (inside a scrip on a term windows) and all �, �
> ... are converted into "?".
>
> As he file's name are modified, I can't use Samba, as projected in my
office
> ...
>
> Help !
> Thank you.
>
>
>
>
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From: "Eric en Jolanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: dual boot using PartionMagic
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 20:45:12 +0100
> Has anybody ever used PartionMagic? If so, is it any good?
yeah it's good. As a partioning tool.
I never used bootmagic, if that's what you mean.
>Would it be
> better to use BootMagic or Linux's LILO for a dual boot into WIN98 or
Redhat
> 7?
why pay for bootmagic when lilo can do at least an equally good job?
Eric
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From: "Paul O'Rourke <Paul@" <"nospam>ORourke.org.uk">
Subject: Re: dual boot using PartionMagic
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 20:46:57 +0000
Used PartitionMagic under winblows to sort out the partitioning of my
system, ready for Linux. However, never used the BootMagic. Lilo does
the job no problem.
Paul
Javier wrote:
> Has anybody ever used PartionMagic? If so, is it any good? Would it be
> better to use BootMagic or Linux's LILO for a dual boot into WIN98 or Redhat
> 7?
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From: andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: free ISP for linux
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 21:14:26 +0000
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, HYLU
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>I'm in San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.
Sorry for the abruptness before.....
Sorry, can't help. I could have helped if you'd been in the UK
though... For those interested, Freeserve Anytime CAN be made to work
on Linux (irrespective of what Freeserve say). However, the only way I
could do it was to register the account on a Windoze machine first and
transfer the details, after some digging in Windoze files...
(luckily I have dual boot).
If anyone wants more details, let me know privately.
Andrew
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From: "IByte" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: dual boot using PartionMagic
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 22:25:21 +0100
I use/have used both of the *magic programs. Whereas using BootMagic or LILO
is mostly a matter of personal preference, I wouldn't advice beginning
partitioning without an advanced partitioning program, like PartitionMagic.
I was rather satisfied with it.
Regards,
IByte
Javier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:97m6bg$ovp$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Has anybody ever used PartionMagic? If so, is it any good? Would it be
> better to use BootMagic or Linux's LILO for a dual boot into WIN98 or
Redhat
> 7?
>
>
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From: "Paul L. Hergt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Xsession: - login for <user> is disabled
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 16:31:44 -0500
Any idea why when one enters in an NIS username/password we receive
Xsesson: Login for <username> is disabled.
Suse 7.0, NIS setup and working
root graphical login ok
telnet/rsh login ok without errors
Which file have a forgotten...
Thanks
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From: Martin Lemenu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Making a second video card work
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 16:31:23 -0500
Never mind, I fixed!
Thanks anyway.
Martin Lemenu wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I have an integrated AGP video card built in my motherboard. This works
> fine in Linux. I have recently installed a new Creative Labs 3D Blaster
> Annihilator2 MX PCI video card in my computer. I have disabled my AGP
> integrated card in my BIOS and told it to use the PCI card as the first
> initial video card. So my new card works fine under Windows. In Linux, I
> can boot in text mode fine, but when I try to configure XFree86 with
> xconfig it detects my integrated card and not my Annihilator2 MX card.
> How can I force it to look at my PCI Annihilator2 MX card and not the
> integrated AGP one? Any help or tips would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Martin
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Reply-To: "crex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "crex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Connecting Mandrake 7.2 up to local network
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 19:49:10 +0100
i have no any idea on it, but have u set up a machine name and a domainname
?
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From: "Randy Park" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dual Boot wiped out by Win98
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 13:56:20 -0800
I already changed the active partition with a floppy
copy of DOS' fdisk. That failed to boot to my
Linux partition.
>Patrick F Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> All
>
> I always put LILO on the same partition as the Linux boot partition. This
> is 'usually /dev/hda2' then after fixing a your Win9x installation the
> usually way (reinstall): Go to the DOS prompt and do fsdisk, then set the
> second partition as active. Presto LILO is back works for me every time
> every time.
>
> PS man LILO to find out the syntax.
>
> Patrick
>
>
> Rod Smith wrote:
>
> > In article <cSmm6.3913$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > "ERix" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > >> Randy Park wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > This worked fine until I was forced to reinstall
> > >> > Win98 due to Win98 problems.
> > ...
> > > install W98 first, then linux--always this order
> >
> > Apparently you missed this point -- the original poster *DID* install
> > Windows first, but (as is far too common with Windows) had to RE-install
> > it. In point of fact, there are ways to recover from this situation. In
> > fact, it's something of a FAQ. It's basically just necessary to boot
> > with an emergency floppy and re-run LILO or GRUB (whichever you use).
> > The real problem is this:
> >
> > >> > I tried
> > >> > using the drakeboot (or is that bootdrake?) utility
> > >> > but it fails with a message something like 'cylinder
> > >> > is too large'.
> >
> > Personally, I'm not familiar with the Mandrake GUI front-end for LILO or
> > GRUB; I always manually edit /etc/lilo.conf and run the lilo program
> > manually. It sounds like the kernel is above the 1024-cylinder mark.
> > This SHOULDN'T be a problem for GRUB or for recent versions of LILO, but
> > with LILO, I believe an "lba32" line should be present in the
> > /etc/lilo.conf file. Somebody else who's more familiar with the GUI
> > front-ends might be able to provide more help, though; or you could try
> > doing it with command lines and report the errors those tools produce.
> >
> > --
> > Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > http://www.rodsbooks.com
> > Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
>
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From: Dean Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Connecting Mandrake 7.2 up to local network
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 09:05:18 +1100
Hi Brian,
> I've been installing Mandrake 7.2 on a P III for the last day or so, and
> the only problem is trying to hook the machine up to the local network.
> When prompted if I want to connect to the local network, I'm asked for
> the IP address for the machine, the netmask, the name of the host, the
> (IP address of the) DNS server and the (IP address of the) gateway,
> which I input. The machine boots, no problem or errors, and when I try
> to telnet into the server machine (or anywhere), all I get is 'no route
> to host'. It has a 3Com Ethernet 10/100 PCI (3C905C-TX) card, and it
> seems to detect it. This is probably a very simple problem, but I'm
> tearing my hair out..... any help would be appreciated!!!
Okay, the first thing is to check to make sure that all your fields in
/etc/sysconfig/network and /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts are filled in with
the correct IP numbers.
The error you are talking about normally occurs as a result of the system not
having a default route off the network or infact any route. In your
/etc/sysconfig/network you do have a gateway specified ?
Failing all of that, you might like to post your /etc/sysconfig/network and
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts file along with the routing table (probably the
routing table first) so that we can see where the problem lies.
See ya
Dean Thompson
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From: "Clinton Carr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: smbol table has incorrect version number ?
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 17:08:35 -0600
One of my Linux systems is crashing ever so often with page faults. It
appears to occur most often with cron jobs are run. I've search the net but
I didn't see anything that pointed to the cause. However, I do notice the
following message at boot time.
symbol table has incorrect version number
Why is this and could it be related to the crashes? How do I eliminate this
message?
Thanks,
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From: "Mathias Rodenstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Help! hde lilo bios=0x80 and hang at "LI"
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 00:07:12 +0100
go for the old ide0 variation. i think lilo doesn't like not to be on hda
(mbr)...at least that is what i experienced (would appreciate some comments
about this)...it can boot any partition and system from there
regards, M
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From: "Brett Sheeran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Can't add to PATH
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 11:38:26 +1300
Help, I can't permanently add java to my path. I have Red Hat 7.0, using
bash and I am logged on as root.
I have tried editing the following files:
/root/.bash_profile
/root/.profile
/etc/profile
To each of these files I added something that looks like
PATH=$PATH:/usr/java/jdk1.3/bin
I have rebooted, but java does *not* get added to my path. If anyone out
there has any clues as to why this might be happening please, please let me
know.
Regards Brett Sheeran
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Linux partitioning question
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.hardware
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 23:20:36 GMT
In comp.os.linux.hardware Doug Lutterloh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Why do I want to guess how much I will need for /home and /usr when
: I can just lump them together in one big partition and use all my
: space as efficiently as possible.
I would reccomend at least splitting /home off - if you have to reinstall
the system for some reason, it is nice to not have to lose your /home crap.
--
Jeff Gentry [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
SEX DRUGS UNIX
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From: Omar Stoltzfus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't add to PATH
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 23:22:27 GMT
Brett Sheeran wrote:
> Help, I can't permanently add java to my path. I have Red Hat 7.0, using
> bash and I am logged on as root.
>
> I have tried editing the following files:
> /root/.bash_profile
> /root/.profile
> /etc/profile
>
> To each of these files I added something that looks like
> PATH=$PATH:/usr/java/jdk1.3/bin
>
> I have rebooted, but java does *not* get added to my path. If anyone out
> there has any clues as to why this might be happening please, please let me
> know.
>
> Regards Brett Sheeran
Add a shell script to the /etc/profile.d dir. I don't believe RH 7 uses
/etc/profile anymore.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chiefy)
Subject: Re: Can't add to PATH
Date: 1 Mar 2001 23:28:24 GMT
01 Mar 2001 22:38 UTC, Brett Sheeran typed:
[snip]
>To each of these files I added something that looks like
>PATH=$PATH:/usr/java/jdk1.3/bin
>
>I have rebooted, but java does *not* get added to my path. If anyone out
Try placing the path statements in quotes and moving $PATH to the end;
PATH="/usr/java/jdk1.3/bin:${PATH}"
--
Chiefy. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: "Masha Ku'Inanna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,alt.os.linux.slackware,comp.os.linux.security,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.misc,linux.debian.publicity,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Something to chew on..
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 18:35:02 -0500
Reply-To: "Masha Ku'Inanna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
So, under Windows 2000 Pro, i was merrily surfing along with 256M RAM, and
ICQ, AIM and Outlook Expres, and Livejournal's client running in the
background..
Went to start Musicmatch Jukebox, and things started to act odd..so, i
closed MM. Things were still acting odd. CTRL-ALT-DELETE, brought up the
"taskmanager" and found t he PID for Windows Explorer was using 95-100% CPU
time.
Time to kill it.
Clicked "Kill Process."
"Action denied."
What the fuck?..
Clicked it again.
"Action denied."
Grr..
Logged out of my non-admin user account, and tried as Administrator.
"Action denied."
Grr!!!..
Logged back into the non-admin account. Still had the same processes in the
background. Still frozen at 95-100% CPU time.
Now, I assume that Windows will refuse to let one disable things and turn
off things, to maintain system stability. But when you have a runaway
process like that, you've got to try to kill it, and restart it again,
right? I mean, under the UNIX world, I can always hit a keystroke, log into
another console, and ps all i like to find the runaway process, and kill it
by process id, log back out, and carry on my merry day, right?
I mean, rebooting is a sign of surrender, isn't it? When you've exhausted
everything you can think of, you reboot.
So, in so many words, I have an operating system that tells me "No, asshole,
you cannot do that because *I* know that if you disable that I will lock up,
crash, or grow unstable." Even though I realize the implications, and also
realized that it had already grown unstable, and found out what was burning
up CPU time.
Even though it was already unstable? I could not go in and try to remove
what was causing the problem, because my OS said it would not allow me to do
it?
At least with UNIX, there never is a question to whether or not your
computer will flat out refuse to do something that you tell it, as root. It
can question, but it will not refuse, to the best of my knowledge. It does
not assume to know more about what you need to do than you know. If you tell
it to do something boneheaded, by gosh, it will do exactly that.
I have never had to wrestle with a UNIX system because of simple problems. I
have never had to wonder if my computer will deny me access to something
because it felt it should not do such a thing. My only worry was because I
do not know UNIX enough, that I will type the wrong command and toast root.
Or /usr/sbin. or /usr anything. But that is because the fault would lie
squarely on my shoulders if something stupid were to happen.
So, I rebooted.
Uptime for Win2k Pro -- three hours.
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Adrian Feliciano
(859) 245-0537
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Do What thou wilt shall be the whole of the law
Love is the law, love under will
-Aleister Crowley
Harm None
-Wiccan Law
As above, so below
-Hermetic Philosophy
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From: "Pascal Schuppli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Xfree 4.0.1, matrox g400, dri, xf86config
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 00:49:09 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Henrik Farre"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yello
>
> I have installed RH7.0, and got som problems with X: I have the all X
> .rpms installed (I think so) v. 4.0.1 , the SVGA server v. 3.3.6 (Is
> there a newer one?, I can not find it), a 2.4.2 kernel with Matrox
> surport and DRI suport, and finaly the Matrox drivers, and installed
> them as stated in the Readme.
>
>
> XFree86 Version 3.3.6 / X Window System
> (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300)
> Release Date: January 8 2000
You said you downloaded XFree86 4.0.1, but the log says you're running
3.3.6. The g400 runs with the mga driver, I think that isn't a part of
the SVGA server 3.3.6. My guess is that as soon as you start running
XFree 4.0.1 (you'll know when you succeed when the first line in the log
says "Version 4.0.1") the rest of your problems will disappear. Sounds
like you're trying to mix two versions.
--
Save time... see it my way.
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From: "Tim Cuthbertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cannot install Suse 7.0 (newbie)
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 17:44:04 -0600
Thank you, I will try that.
Tim
"Michael Heiming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> Hello,
>
> boot from CD1 and type:
>
> manual
>
> at the lilo boot prompt, this way yast1 will be started, now let yast1
load
> modules automagically and try to install, the book
> that came with your distro should explain more, if you don't have it
handy,
> it's on the CD too.
>
> Good luck
>
> Michael Heiming
>
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