Checkinstall 1.5.3 and Fedora Core 1
Anybody using checkinstall on Fedora Core 1? For some reason it won't work for me, just exits with an Installation failed error: quote error message $ sudo checkinstall -R checkinstall 1.5.3, Copyright 2001 Felipe Eduardo Sanchez Diaz Duran This software is released under the GNU GPL. Installing with make install... = Installation results === Copying documentation directory... Installation failed. Aborting package creation. Restoring overwritten files from backup...OK Cleaning up...OK Bye. /quote It seemed to work OK for installing checkinstall itself, but when I try to install gnucash from CVS, it fails with the error above. A standard make install for gnucash works fine. I've removed checkinstall with 'rpm -e checkinstall' and reinstalled it from scratch (untarring the tarball, executing 'make install' and then 'checkinstall') without change in behavior. Any ideas? Thanks, Tim ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: One reason why I should have a Linux laptop
On Wednesday 19 November 2003 7:08 pm, someone claiming to be James McDonald wrote: Folks, For those of you in an admin role you may sympathize with this. I just had to change the IP addresses on a series of radios linking the sites of the company I work at. Because we only have windows I had to take a laptop up to the radio repeater site and use it to change each ip address. The problem was that windows (w2k) will allow you to change your ip address once but if you try it again it prompts for a reboot So in short each time I had to Can't you just tell it that no, you don't want to reboot? Haven't done it in a while, but I seem to remember that you don't really have to reboot, it's just that Winders wants you to. -- Fedora Core 1, Kernel 2.4.22-1.2115.nptl, KDE 3.1.4, Xfree86 4.3.0 20:35:00 up 10 days, 3:00, 0 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: newbie kmail filter ques.
On Saturday 15 November 2003 9:28 am, someone claiming to be Tony Alfrey wrote: Hi; Not being an expert with filters, I ask the assembled experts. This is a kmail (which I use as a mail client) specific question. I wish to set up a POP filter so that MS executables and scripts in attachments are not downloaded from my mail server (earthlink) . So I just set up a POP filter in the handy dandy POP filter rules window box with a Filter Criteria of message contains .exe message contains .scr because message is what the kmail help page suggested for filtering the entire contents. But no joy. I'm not worried about them running, I just don't like them clogging up my mail. Any helpful hints?? Am I interpreting the concept of mail server correctly (that is, the mail server is my earthlink isp that stores my email). Thanks! Don't think POP filters can filter on message, seems to be only available for regular filters. Looks to me like POP filters can only filter on the message header. HTH, Tim -- Fedora Core 1, Kernel 2.4.22-1.2115.nptl, KDE 3.1.4, Xfree86 4.3.0 09:35:00 up 5 days, 16:01, 2 users, load average: 0.01, 0.44, 0.82 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: spamassassin's sa-learn
On 11/14/2003 8:34 AM, I believe that Michael Hipp wrote: M.W. Chang wrote: It seems that mozilla's built-in bayesian filter works better than SpamAssassin. Until now, SA failed to identify many Chinese spam while mozilla can correctly move them into the Junk folder on reception. I've been using Moz Firebird as my only email for quite some time now. You have? How did you get the stand alone browser product to do e-mail? Perhaps you mean Thunderbird. ;-) And have been somewhat disappointed in the filters. It catches alot of the junk right away, but it doesn't seem to be learning. I get the same spam from the same scammers every day and no matter how many times I flag it as junk it continues to show up. But it is a 0.7 Beta so I don't want to be critical of it, just hope they flesh it out in the near future. FWIW, Mozilla's intergrated MUA is still better than the stand alone Thunderbird. I suspect it's gonna take longer than they originally thought to get it up to speed. Tim ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: way ot
On 11/14/2003 9:19 AM, I believe that Collins Richey wrote: I'm too much of an email/etc youngster to understand shortcuts like :-) and ;-) My google searches have produced no results. Where are these defined? A google on emoticons found: http://www.randomhouse.com/features/davebarry/emoticon.html A search on Mozilla emoticons found http://www.gaztronics.net/howto/mozilla/mozilla.php#standout HTH, TIm ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Fedora getting some bad reviews
On 11/13/2003 2:19 PM, I believe that Collins Richey wrote: snip And the one missing element in RH-centric distros is a common repository of RPMs for anything outside the core products. I've gotten spoiled by the gentoo repository. Given the size of their CD set, I would presume that SuSE is much better than RH in this respect. livna.org and freshrpms.net are two decent repositories for Fedora/RedHat. So far, with limited use, I *like* Fedora Core 1. Regards, Tim ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: irc.openprojects.net?
On Tuesday 11 November 2003 6:17 pm, someone claiming to be Andrew L. Gould wrote: I was browsing the Forums section of the Linux-SxS website and noticed the IRC link to irc.openprojects.net. Is this still active? I was unable to connect to it using xchat. It's hosted on irc.freenode.net now. Not usually anybody there the last few times I've checked...and no one there now (just Redibruk-away). Tim -- Fedora Core 1, Kernel 2.4.22-1.2115.nptl, KDE 3.1.4, Xfree86 4.3.0 19:50:00 up 2 days, 2:17, 1 user, load average: 0.65, 0.20, 0.07 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: RHEL Fedora Comparison
On Tuesday 11 November 2003 5:14 pm, someone claiming to be Collins Richey wrote: On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 14:17:37 -0600 Michael Hipp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Red Hat finally put up a fairly well done side-by-side comparison between RH Enterprise Linux, Fedora and the now discontinued RH Linux. http://www.redhat.com/software/rhelorfedora/ I put up a copy a few days ago and ran it for a few days using the default Gnome and Evolution. It's not a bad distro. Easy to install, but a few fatal flaws. It failed to detect my NIC as a Tulip card (picked some off the wall choice), but it did select the appropriate OSS module form my soundcard, and the printer was setup automatically. Also, you get no choice about maintaining your own bootloader! I had to let fedora install its own version of grub (fancy screen format and all) then remerge the grub.conf entries after rebooting. Uses apm (instead of the newer acpi, and surprisingly enough it works. I made the mistake of signing up (for a day or two) for the fedora email list. Lots of good info, but 400 posts a day! Bleeding edge? No way! There's nary a 2.6 kernel in sight. Just working out the kinks in a RHL8.0-Fedora Core 1 upgrade. Went fairly smoothly. I uninstalled a bunch of homemade RPMs first and had some minor issues with remnants of KDE3.1.4 from the kde-redhat install. Mostly a good experience though. Had a minor problem upgrading OOo under my user (the three other users were fine) and had to rm -rf ~/.openoffice to get it to work. (found that out with a quick chat on #fedora). Lost my printer driver on the upgrade of cups and had to re-install that today (after complaints from the wife that she couldn't print something today). But, all in all, a good upgrade install. Regards, Tim -- Fedora Core 1, Kernel 2.4.22-1.2115.nptl, KDE 3.1.4, Xfree86 4.3.0 19:45:00 up 2 days, 2:12, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.05, 0.03 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: RPM question
On 11/6/2003 11:08 AM, I believe that Tim Wunder wrote: In an effort to eventually upgrade my system from RHL 8.0 to Fedora Core 1, I'd like to determine what rpms are installed that are not part of the origianl RH 8.0 or any of its updates. Essentially, this would be any rpm I have installed that doesn't have Red Hat, Inc. as its Packager. I'm hoping that this can be done using the output from 'rpm -qai' and piping it thru grep somehow. Any ideas? Well, giving up on my extremely limited bash and rpm command line skills, I ended up using synaptic, which has a lovely GUI search tool. Tim ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Star Office 7
On Wednesday 05 November 2003 11:45 pm, someone claiming to be Kurt Wall wrote: Quoth dep: quoth Kurt Wall: | 43 passed by here a few days ago... | | It does go whizzing by lately... it gets worse. So I hear. Barely. OK, OK, I admit it... I'm 41, Still the youngest of 4 boys in my family, though... -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.4.20-20.8, KDE 3.1.4, Xfree86 4.2.1 2:35am up 32 days, 5:21, 2 users, load average: 0.08, 0.02, 0.01 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Background question
On Wednesday 05 November 2003 10:54 pm, someone claiming to be Brad De Vries wrote: --- Tim Wunder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I guess this is a bash question, and probly FAQ-ish, but... Say I set a make job to execute in the background with 'make make.log 21 ' and the job then stops to ask for user input, like asking, mv: overwrite `.deps/alarmdaemoniface_stub.Plo', overriding mode 0644? How do I give the user input to the job? Is it possible? Thanks, Tim IIRC, there is a built-in command (i.e., part of your shell, assuming it's sh, ksh, bash, etc.) called fg which brings background jobs to the foreground. Well, apparently, fg PID isn't what's required. After a bit of googling, I came upon the recommendaition to use 'fg %1'; which utimately lead me to the chance to break out of the make. Not what I wanted, but it worked. Thanks, Tim -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.4.20-20.8, KDE 3.1.4, Xfree86 4.2.1 2:35am up 32 days, 5:21, 2 users, load average: 0.08, 0.02, 0.01 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
RPM question
In an effort to eventually upgrade my system from RHL 8.0 to Fedora Core 1, I'd like to determine what rpms are installed that are not part of the origianl RH 8.0 or any of its updates. Essentially, this would be any rpm I have installed that doesn't have Red Hat, Inc. as its Packager. I'm hoping that this can be done using the output from 'rpm -qai' and piping it thru grep somehow. Any ideas? Thanks, Tim ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Background question
I guess this is a bash question, and probly FAQ-ish, but... Say I set a make job to execute in the background with 'make make.log 21 ' and the job then stops to ask for user input, like asking, mv: overwrite `.deps/alarmdaemoniface_stub.Plo', overriding mode 0644? How do I give the user input to the job? Is it possible? Thanks, Tim ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: KDE Lockups
On 11/3/2003 12:10 AM, I believe that Shawn Tayler wrote: Hi Guys, I have an annoying problem that I've run out of ideas on. I have an updated Slackware 8.1 install, not Slack 9.1-Current that KDE keeps locking up on. Netscape, Opera, ver 6 and 7, Acroread, Gimp, have all locked it up tught on numerous occasions. There's nothing in any of the logs in /var/log. Is there something else I should check? Should I consider building KDE from source? Might be hardware error. Run memtest86 on your RAM. FWIW, I had frequent lockups during the early summer on my machine. Ended up buying a new power supply. HTH, Tim ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Mandrake 9.2 Destroys some CD Drives
On Friday 31 October 2003 12:05 am, someone claiming to be Kurt Wall wrote: Here's a interesting one for you Mandrake fans, as seen on another mailing list. Some LG CD-ROM drives that do not meet the ATAPI specification are being destroyed by Mandrake 9.2. Not mandrake's fault, LG's fault for interpreting the FLUSH_CACHE command as the UPLOAD_FIRMWARE command! Here's the link to the errata: http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/lgerrata.php3 The kernel that comes shipped with Mandrake Linux 9.2 and early updates would send a FLUSH_CACHE command to the drive which would make drive inoperable by overwriting its firmware. Unfortunately, many Dell computers (possibly others) come with these CD-ROM drives. Kurt I thought Mandrake released a patch to fix that -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.4.20-20.8, KDE 3.1.4, Xfree86 4.2.1 7:15am up 26 days, 10:02, 1 user, load average: 0.12, 0.17, 0.09 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: This is just a test
On 10/31/2003 11:04 AM, I believe that Robert E.Raymond wrote: On Friday 31 October 2003 10:42, Tom Wilson wrote: On Fri, 2003-10-31 at 06:55, Robert E.Raymond wrote: On Friday 31 October 2003 6:31, David A. Bandel wrote: On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 22:20:29 -0500 Robert E.Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] If you're wondering why a home user would want sendmail for himself, I just want it so I can send large files by email to people who don't have enough FTP upload accounts, as the Earthlink SMTP server has a 10 MB filesize limit. So why don't _you_ set up an FTP server they can d/l stuff from? 10MB+ e-mails? SMTP was never designed for that kind of nonsense. Called using the right tool for the job (ftp, rsync). Is it possible to do an ftp server with dialup where the IP address changes every time I log on and I don't have a domain registered anywhere so a DNS service would be useless? Have you looked at dyndns.org or one of the similar services? That may be what you need. See, the thing about a place like that, I'd need to reg a domain, right? I'm trying to do this for free, which sendmail and ftp both are. I just need to send the guy files periodically (right now is one of those times ;)), and I suppose I could mail him a CD but it's certainly cheaper to just send him the files. No. Check it out again. You can get name.dyndns.org for free, IIRC. Let's go here: http://www.dyndns.org/services/dyndns/ and see... OK, according to that page: The Dynamic DNS service allows you to alias a dynamic IP address to a static hostname in any of the many domains we offer, allowing your computer to be more easily accessed from various locations on the Internet. We provide this service, for up to five (5) hostnames, free to the Internet community. The Dynamic DNS service is ideal for a home website, file server, or just to keep a pointer back to your home PC so you can access those important documents while you're at work. Using one of the available third-party update clients you can keep your hostname always pointing to your IP address, no matter how often your ISP changes it. No more fumbling to find that piece of paper where you wrote down your IP address, or e-mailing all your friends every time it changes. Just tell them to visit yourname.dyndns.org instead! Sounds llike what you want to me. HTH, Tim ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: 'smbmount' hangs
On 10/20/2003 10:57 AM, I believe that Michael Hipp wrote: I have a script file thus to automatically mount some smb shares: #!/bin/bash # Mount our Samba shares smbmount //linux/public /mnt/public -o username=,password=,workgroup=workgroup,uid=michael,gid=michael smbmount //linux/shared /mnt/shared -o username=,password=,workgroup=workgroup,uid=michael,gid=michael smbmount //linux/backups /mnt/backups -o username=,password=,workgroup=workgroup,uid=michael,gid=michael When I execute the above commands (as su) manually one at a time they work every time. When I run them from a script it will hang somewhere almost every time. When I execute them from /etc/rc.local my box won't finish booting and hangs. /var/log/messages shows nothing nor dmesg. Sometimes the first one hangs, sometimes the second, sometimes the third. Wierd thing is, when one of the commands hang, the mount succeeds and is usable, but the command just never returns. The server is a RH9 box and I've set all the shares wide open for now. I don't suspect the server because it works great from other Win boxes on the LAN. I've seen this symptom before tho from other RH9 clients on the LAN. I've seen something similar to this on comp.protocols.smb, IIRC Yes, check out: http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=enlr=ie=UTF-8threadm=9Xb4b.38159%24yg.16583965%40news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.netrnum=2prev=/groups%3Fq%3Dfstab%2Bgroup:comp.protocols.smb%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26group%3Dcomp.protocols.smb%26selm%3D9Xb4b.38159%2524yg.16583965%2540news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net%26rnum%3D2 Someone had a similar issue with smb mounts in the fstab file and someone else posted a suitable workaround. Looks like it may be a samba bug, though. You might wanna check their mailing list archives... HT, Tim ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: a general rpm question
On Sunday 19 October 2003 8:00 pm, someone claiming to be Tony Alfrey wrote: Hi; I'm trying to install a SuSE rpm onto a Caldera partition and rpm --test gives me the typical big list of dependencies (all libraries). I have all of the libraries that it complains about, but they're probably not in the same place that SuSE puts them. So my question is: - Does rpm read the results of 'locate' or the rpm database file? The rpm database. - If it does, should it not be able to find the needed files/libraries? If it does what? rpm knows only what's in its database. - Is there a generic fix for this sort of symptom?? There's the --nodeps switch that bypasses rpm's dependancy checking. If you're certain that the needed libs are indeed installed, it should be fine. The problem is, too many people use --nodeps or --force without really knowing what it does, and get upset when things stop working. Regards, Tim -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.4.20-20.8, KDE 3.1.4, Xfree86 4.2.1 8:25pm up 14 days, 22:15, 1 user, load average: 0.03, 0.03, 0.01 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: test
0.526315789 On Sunday 19 October 2003 10:24 pm, someone claiming to be ronnie gauthier wrote: test 10/19 ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.4.20-20.8, KDE 3.1.4, Xfree86 4.2.1 10:30pm up 15 days, 20 min, 1 user, load average: 0.44, 0.29, 0.22 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: I need a distro recommendation!
On Friday 17 October 2003 4:23 pm, someone claiming to be Robert E. Raymond wrote: Terence McCarthy wrote: On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 19:20:23 + Robert E. Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: SNIP! Rehat is too buggy. Gentoo takes too long. Debian leaves you with a bad taste in your mouth. You don't want to pay for SuSE. You also want Ease of use after installation, lack of show-stopping bugs (i.e. no workarounds just to get on the web to get mail- we had that with Redhat on the laptop), and fast setup are of main importance (oh yeah.. free as well) Why don't you try M$ Windows? (The only problem there is you will have to pay for it- but then, nothing in life is free) Terence ___ That's actually what I try to tell him (gasp!) as he's really about the most computer-illiterate person I've ever seen.. and Windows is already on there... but n.. he wants Linux... A prime candidate for Lindows? Perhaps Xandros... -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.4.20-20.8, KDE 3.1.4, Xfree86 4.2.1 4:40pm up 12 days, 18:30, 0 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: I need a distro recommendation!
On Friday 17 October 2003 3:51 pm, someone claiming to be Net Llama! wrote: On Fri, 17 Oct 2003, Tim Wunder wrote: A prime candidate for Lindows? Perhaps Xandros... There's also Redmond Linux, or whatever they're calling it now. Lycoris. It's based on COL 3.1, isn't it? Wasn't Joe Cheek on the Caldera list for a little while way back when? That actually might not be a bad choice. There's a little community-based website on it, too, http://www.lycoris.org Last I read about it, though, was the default desktop was KDE 2. Dunno what the current product is shipping with, though. And there site is conspicuously lacking in providing that detail Tim -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.4.20-20.8, KDE 3.1.4, Xfree86 4.2.1 4:55pm up 12 days, 18:45, 2 users, load average: 0.03, 0.15, 0.10 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Stupid RPM, or just me???
On 10/10/2003 9:27 AM, I believe that James McDonald wrote: Collins Richey wrote: On Tue, 07 Oct 2003 18:25:36 -0500 Michael Hipp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could somebody tell me what I'm doing wrong, or is RPM a Microsoft conspiracy to make Linux look bad: I love it! Will file this away. RPM, like any other software product, has syntax that must be learned. That being said, any package manager that does not do dependancy resolution is borken, from my perspective. So that raises a question. What application can replace rpm and provide dependency resolution? Suggestions anyone. apt4rpm ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: X won't start
On 10/10/2003 10:55 AM, I believe that Net Llama! wrote: On Fri, 10 Oct 2003, Ian Stephen wrote: On Fri, 2003-10-10 at 05:49, Allan Rabenau wrote: I've done that (at least in the /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts directory). Each subdirectory now has a new fonts.dir file. No luck. Is not the unix/:7100 error relating to a URL:port notation? If so, that would lead me to suspect a net communication error, although I am able to ping various IP addresses (from level 3). -Al I had the same error on my RH 8 re cannot find default font fixed. As Mr Bandel said, your font named 'fixed' is missing. Re-installing XFree86-base-fonts rpm fixed that for me. Check your XFree86 logs though, when this happened to me /var/lib/xkb was gone too (I think the log actually mentioned /etc/X11/xkb/compiled which is a sym-link to /var/lib/xkb). Reinstalling the XFree86 rpm replaced that. The bad news is that this kept reoccurring every few days on my system. Never did find out why. After a new install of RH 9 failed with hardware trouble warnings I installed Mandrake 9.1 and it's been fine ever since. Sorry I didn't have time to figure out the root of the problem. Maybe 'root' was the problem! :^) IanS I had this same problem (the error, not the solution proposed above), when i had improperly restored a RH9 install from backups, and the perms/ownership of alot of stuff was horked. Check the list archives, cause i'm pretty sure that i posted my solution. This was about 3 or 4 months back (like May). Hmmm... I'll look there, cuz, well, I'm having a similar issue with gdm not starting properly after an upgrade via apt-get. I've worked around the problem by switching from the graphical greeter to the standard greeter, but I'd like to go back to the graphical greeter (well, not me, per se, but my better half...) My problem seems different from Allan's in that I could execute startx from the command line and get an X session going. I don't think he's been able to do that. Regards, Tim ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Stupid RPM, or just me???
On 10/10/2003 12:42 PM, I believe that Collins Richey wrote: On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 09:51:56 -0400 Tim Wunder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/10/2003 9:27 AM, I believe that James McDonald wrote: Collins Richey wrote: On Tue, 07 Oct 2003 18:25:36 -0500 Michael Hipp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could somebody tell me what I'm doing wrong, or is RPM a Microsoft conspiracy to make Linux look bad: I love it! Will file this away. RPM, like any other software product, has syntax that must be learned. That being said, any package manager that does not do dependancy resolution is borken, from my perspective. So that raises a question. What application can replace rpm and provide dependency resolution? Suggestions anyone. apt4rpm Tell us more! Does apt4rpm really run the dependancy chains and download prerequisites? That would make RPM almost tolerable. Yes. I was using it to keep kde updated, mostly. I got into a little trouble executing 'apt-get dist-upgrade', which broke gdm for me, but other than that, it's been quite a good experience. For GUI lovers, there's synaptic, which uses apt. Info redargding apt4rpm for redhat can be found at http://freshrpms.net and/or on the kde-redhat site, http://kde-redhat.sf.net Regards, Tim ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: RH9 and xedit
On 10/9/2003 1:13 PM, I believe that Net Llama! wrote: On Thu, 9 Oct 2003, Michael Hipp wrote: Net Llama! wrote: Now that I've started to deploy RH9 on several boxes, the lack of xedit has started to annoy me a lot. I like xedit, because its a bare bones X text editor. Anyone know why RH9 doesn't include xedit (which i thought was part of XFree86)? Anyone know how i could get xedit without building XFree86 from source? Did older versions of RH include it? Could you just copy it from an older one? RH-7.3 does. I know i could try copying the binary, but i'm just puzzled as to why its missing. Hmmm... FWIW, it's there in RHL 8.0. /usr/X11R6/bin/xedit $ rpm -qf /usr/X11R6/bin/xedit XFree86-tools-4.2.1-21 Maybe you don't have XFree86-tools installed... ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: X won't start
On 10/9/2003 2:25 PM, I believe that Allan Rabenau wrote: I've somehow lost something which causes X not to start when I boot (from HD or from Boot Floppy). After all the normal boot messages, apparently X tries to start, but I get only the quick CL prompt, and then X appears to try to start again, then the prompt, over and over. Booting into linux 3 allows me to se in /var/log/XFree86.0.log the following: Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list Fatal server error: Could not open default font 'fixed' I've reloaded X from the install CD's, to no avail. Can anyone give me any aid? Sounds like the XFS daemon isn't running. What's the output of # /sbin/service xfs status as root or $ ps -ax|grep xfs as an ordinary user Can you start X as a user from runlevel 3? Regards, Tim ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Evolution questions (was Re: sharing an inbox in kmail)
On 10/6/2003 9:59 PM, I believe that burns wrote: On Mon, 2003-10-06 at 10:42, Tom Wilson wrote: Is there a way to import mail from kmail with Evolution. I messed with using it when I initially setup op this pc but I couldn't get all my mail from Kmail to import to it. Same problem with sylpheed. So I stuck with using Kmail. I use Evolution at work (As I send these e-mails from it) and I like it ok. From Ximian HELP: - Ximian Evolution can import the following types of files: snip useful quotations But does it import *filters*? I've become frustrated with kmail's blocking of user activity during filter processing (version 1.5.x) and was considering giving Evolution a go. But I've always balked at having to re-enter all my filters. Also, does Evolution provide for e-mail list handling on a per folder basis? In kmail, my linux-users folder is configured so that when I create a mail message while in that folder, it is automatically addressed to the group. This is also handy for mailing lists that don't set a reply-to, I can click the ReplyToMailingList button and compose a reply addressed to the list. This is also a reason that I haven't converted to Mozilla Mail at home. While Moz is great at filtering junk mail, it doesn't have good mailing list handling features. Regards, Tim ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Evolution questions (was Re: sharing an inbox in kmail)
On 10/7/2003 8:38 AM, I believe that Roger Oberholtzer wrote: On Tue, 07 Oct 2003 08:11:44 -0400 Tim Wunder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip But does it import *filters*? I've become frustrated with kmail's blocking of user activity during filter processing (version 1.5.x) and was considering giving Evolution a go. But I've always balked at having to re-enter all my filters. Also, does Evolution provide for e-mail list handling on a per folder basis? In kmail, my linux-users folder is configured so that when I create a mail message while in that folder, it is automatically addressed to the group. This is also handy for mailing lists that don't set a reply-to, I can click the ReplyToMailingList button and compose a reply addressed to the list. This is also a reason that I haven't converted to Mozilla Mail at home. While Moz is great at filtering junk mail, it doesn't have good mailing list handling features. E-mail defaults can be per folder, IMS. IMS? I have not seen a way to import filters into Evolution. In fact, I have gotten so tired of this with mail readers in general that I now use procmail to filter my incoming mail. That way it is done once and for all mail readers that can access my mail store. This also helps as my mail is managed on my pc by imap. I can access it via Evolution or web mail reader. I don't want to set up filters in every web mail reader on the planet. So, I do it as each message arrives by procmail. Then Sylpheed (at work), Evolution (at home) and SquirrelMail (abroad) all use IMAP and get 'pre-filtered' mail. None of them have any filter rules. It is the only way to stay filter sane. Now *there's* a reason to learn how to filter with procmail. It's always seemed so cryptic to me, and I've never taken the time to try to learn it. Is there a Step on procmail filtering? ...wanders off to learn about procmail Thanks, Tim ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Stupid RPM, or just me???
On Tuesday 07 October 2003 7:25 pm, someone claiming to be Michael Hipp wrote: Could somebody tell me what I'm doing wrong, or is RPM a Microsoft conspiracy to make Linux look bad: # rpm --rebuilddb error: db4 error(16) from dbenv-remove: Device or resource busy # ls wxGTK-2.4.1-1.i386.rpm wxGTK-2.4.2-1.i386.rpm wxGTK-devel-2.4.1-1.i386.rpm wxGTK-devel-2.4.2-1.i386.rpm # rpm -i wxGTK-2.4.2-1.i386.rpm package wxGTK-2.4.2-1 is already installed # rpm -e wxGTK-2.4.2-1.i386.rpm error: package wxGTK-2.4.2-1.i386.rpm is not installed # rpm -i wxGTK-2.4.1-1.i386.rpm (note the version change) package wxGTK-2.4.2-1 (which is newer than wxGTK-2.4.1-1) is already installed Hoping I'm doing something really dumb ... rpm --rebuildb shouldn't error out like that. What's 'ps -ax|grep rpm' tell you? And, yes, Brett's right, lose the .i386.rpm, 'rpm -e wxGTK-2.4.2-1' is all you need. rpm wants to remove by package name, and it told you what that was when it said package wxGTK-2.4.2-1 is already installed Regards, Tim -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.4.20-20.8, KDE 3.1.3, Xfree86 4.2.1 7:40pm up 2 days, 21:32, 1 user, load average: 0.34, 0.35, 0.23 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: TEST
On 10/3/2003 9:22 AM, I believe that James McDonald wrote: burns wrote: OK, when? LOL sheesh... I think I'll write a bogus request for help next time something like. Guys, I'm tired of Linux and I realize that microsoft has been badly maligned and really should be given a second chance. How do I transfer my data away from Linux accross to my new Windows XP installation that is just so much more user friendly. Yours Sincerely [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wasn't there a time when this list required a story if you sent a test post? Am I really remembering that, or have I not had enough coffee, yet? Tim ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Networking / security problem in gentoo
On Thursday 02 October 2003 10:37 pm, someone claiming to be Alan Jackson wrote: On Thu, 2 Oct 2003 14:15:12 -0400 Matthew Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it xinetd? Does it use tcpwrappers of any sort? (more specifically, are you being blocked by /etc/hosts.deny or /etc/hosts.allow) What do your logs tell you? (/var/log/messages, /var/log/xxx) Nothing in /var/log/messages There was no /etc/hosts.allow or deny (*those* I understand!) Running CUPS - don't know which port it should be using... bash-2.05b$ netstat -an Active Internet connections (servers and established) Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State tcp0 0 0.0.0.0:60000.0.0.0:* LISTEN tcp0 0 0.0.0.0:1 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN tcp0 0 0.0.0.0:13045 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN tcp0 0 127.0.0.1:631 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN snip 631 is cups check /etc/cups/cupsd.conf You probly have to edit that file to allow the local network to get access, something like: Location / Order Deny,Allow Deny From All Allow From 127.0.0.1 Allow From 192.168.* /Location and further down, for admin access... Location /admin # # You definitely will want to limit access to the administration functions. # The default configuration requires a local connection from a user who # is a member of the system group to do any admin tasks. You can change # the group name using the SystemGroup directive. # AuthType Basic AuthClass System ## Restrict access to local domain Order Deny,Allow Deny From All Allow From 127.0.0.1 Allow From 192.168.* #Encryption Required /Location HTH, Tim -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.4.20-20.8, KDE 3.1.3, Xfree86 4.2.1 10:55pm up 5 days, 15:18, 2 users, load average: 0.02, 0.05, 0.07 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: procmail recipe and this list
List-Id On Wednesday 01 October 2003 1:42 am, someone claiming to be Keith Morse wrote: I can understand changing the MLM's host name at will, but it keeps whacking my procmail recipe. Traditionally I've been using X-BeenThere: on Mailman based lists. What do others use to filter this list? ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.4.20-20.8, KDE 3.1.3, Xfree86 4.2.1 7:10am up 3 days, 23:33, 1 user, load average: 0.07, 0.12, 0.05 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: recording wavs
On Monday 29 September 2003 6:41 am, someone claiming to be Squabsy wrote: On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 00:20:08 +0100, Squabsy [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: OK with ulimit -a I get [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ ulimit -a core file size(blocks, -c) 0 data seg size (kbytes, -d) unlimited file size (blocks, -f) unlimited max locked memory (kbytes, -l) unlimited max memory size (kbytes, -m) unlimited open files(-n) 1024 pipe size (512 bytes, -p) 8 stack size(kbytes, -s) unlimited cpu time (seconds, -t) unlimited max user processes(-u) 2047 virtual memory(kbytes, -v) unlimited [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ In a cynical attempt to get back to the top of the list I'm replying too my own post. I still don't understand why any of the above limits would create a problem when I'm trying to record a wav file that would be 500k at most. I have updated to a newer Kernal but it doesn't seem to have made any differance. How would I go about increasing the file size limit ? Why does it need so much space to create a wav in linux. Appolgies for my persistance. $ ulimit -a core file size(blocks, -c) 0 data seg size (kbytes, -d) unlimited file size (blocks, -f) unlimited max locked memory (kbytes, -l) unlimited max memory size (kbytes, -m) unlimited open files(-n) 1024 pipe size (512 bytes, -p) 8 stack size(kbytes, -s) 8192 cpu time (seconds, -t) unlimited max user processes(-u) 3071 virtual memory(kbytes, -v) unlimited You're limits don't look all that different from mine, 'cept you have unlimited stack size (lucky devil), so I don't think limits is your problem. I'd lean toward sound card driver issues. Do you have another sound card you could try? Regards, Tim -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.4.20-20.8, KDE 3.1.3, Xfree86 4.2.1 7:05am up 1 day, 23:29, 1 user, load average: 0.25, 0.24, 0.10 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://mail.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Where's the subscription page?
The sig line says: Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users But the link 404's on me. As does the link at http://linux-sxs.org/index2.html I'm sure this has to do with the changes going on at the Mothership, but I'm trying to recommend the list to a someone on a newsgroup who is having problems installing WP8. (There *are* a couple WP8 users on this list, aren't there?) Tim ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Where's the subscription page?
On Tuesday 23 September 2003 1:46 pm, someone claiming to be Roger Oberholtzer wrote: On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 19:25, Tim Wunder wrote: The sig line says: Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users It works here. (Sweden) Well, works from home, not from work. Only about 8 miles apart, too... Musta been Isabel: http://www.thewunders.org/files/Isabel Just some pictures of downtown Baltimore after Hurricane/Tropical Storm Isabel paid us a visit last week. Tim -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.4.20-20.8, KDE 3.1.3, Xfree86 4.2.1 10:30pm up 5 days, 2:26, 2 users, load average: 0.54, 0.20, 0.13 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: recording wavs
On Wednesday 17 September 2003 10:49 pm, someone claiming to be Matthew Carpenter wrote: 11 bit is used for a lot of voice. 16 bit is the accepted standard for music... some stereophiles love 24bit, and 32bit just seems a little like overkill. snip A little googling found this link: http://www.arboretum.com/support/manuals/manual_he/Files/hppc_digital_audio.html wherein it explains bit rates and sampling rates. It seems 16-bit is the accepted standard for audio. This explains the seeming lack of quality of my recent .WAV recordings. I chalked the problem up to old, deterioted vinyl. Thanks, Tim -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.4.20-19.8, KDE 3.1.3, Xfree86 4.2.1 9:25am up 26 days, 15:18, 2 users, load average: 0.04, 0.39, 0.53 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: any acrobat experts here?
On 9/17/2003 8:29 AM, someone claiming to be Bruce Marshall wrote: On Tuesday 16 September 2003 23:03 pm, Tim Wunder wrote: On Tuesday 16 September 2003 7:58 am, someone claiming to be dep wrote: greets. i've been printing from acrobat via cups. the command is lp -d LJIIIDSS. problem is, i cannot get acrobat to remember this, and i cannot find where in the damned thing the print command is stored. i do not object to cracking open just about any part of it in order to hardwire this, but i cannot for the life of me find it. anybody know? tia. Well, while we're on the subject of pdf files and printing... For some reason, I can't print a particular .pdf file and I'm puzzled as to why. Other .pdf files print fine, but not this particular one. I was able to print it at work using the Windows version of Acrobat Reader 6.0, but not at home using acrobat 5.0.5, xpdf, or ggv. If you wanna try, you can find the file here: http://www.thewunders.org/files/CFSStephen.pdf Regards, Tim Printed fine here on an HP4000. damn, that sucks. You using CUPS by chance? ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: any acrobat experts here?
On 9/17/2003 8:44 AM, someone claiming to be Bruce Marshall wrote: On Wednesday 17 September 2003 8:34 am, Tim Wunder wrote: On 9/17/2003 8:29 AM, someone claiming to be Bruce Marshall wrote: On Tuesday 16 September 2003 23:03 pm, Tim Wunder wrote: On Tuesday 16 September 2003 7:58 am, someone claiming to be dep wrote: greets. i've been printing from acrobat via cups. the command is lp -d LJIIIDSS. problem is, i cannot get acrobat to remember this, and i cannot find where in the damned thing the print command is stored. i do not object to cracking open just about any part of it in order to hardwire this, but i cannot for the life of me find it. anybody know? tia. Well, while we're on the subject of pdf files and printing... For some reason, I can't print a particular .pdf file and I'm puzzled as to why. Other .pdf files print fine, but not this particular one. I was able to print it at work using the Windows version of Acrobat Reader 6.0, but not at home using acrobat 5.0.5, xpdf, or ggv. If you wanna try, you can find the file here: http://www.thewunders.org/files/CFSStephen.pdf Regards, Tim Printed fine here on an HP4000. damn, that sucks. You using CUPS by chance? Yup, Acroread 5.0.5 with kprinter specified as the printer, into CUPS and then to the HP4000 which is a postscript printer. I've had similar problems in the past (unprintable files) and it seems to usually be due to a 'bad character' (binary zero?) in the file. The same printer would light it's 'processing' light and receive the data but would then just turn it off again with nothing happening. I have also seen the printer get screwed up where I had to turn it off and back on for a reset to get it to print. Have you tried printing it to a file and then printing the file? I've tried printing it to a file, but the resulting file would be unreadable by ggv, and doesn't print. My printer is an HP960c, which is not a postscript printer. I'm using Acrobat 5.0.5 and kprinter into CUPS, just like you. Perhaps the problem lies in the conversion from PDF to PostScript. What handles that, ghostscript? the printer driver? something else? Thanks, Tim ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: any acrobat experts here?
On Wednesday 17 September 2003 9:15 am, someone claiming to be Bruce Marshall wrote: On Wednesday 17 September 2003 8:52 am, Tim Wunder wrote: On 9/17/2003 8:44 AM, someone claiming to be Bruce Marshall wrote: On Wednesday 17 September 2003 8:34 am, Tim Wunder wrote: On 9/17/2003 8:29 AM, someone claiming to be Bruce Marshall wrote: On Tuesday 16 September 2003 23:03 pm, Tim Wunder wrote: On Tuesday 16 September 2003 7:58 am, someone claiming to be dep wrote: greets. i've been printing from acrobat via cups. the command is lp -d LJIIIDSS. problem is, i cannot get acrobat to remember this, and i cannot find where in the damned thing the print command is stored. i do not object to cracking open just about any part of it in order to hardwire this, but i cannot for the life of me find it. anybody know? tia. Well, while we're on the subject of pdf files and printing... For some reason, I can't print a particular .pdf file and I'm puzzled as to why. Other .pdf files print fine, but not this particular one. I was able to print it at work using the Windows version of Acrobat Reader 6.0, but not at home using acrobat 5.0.5, xpdf, or ggv. If you wanna try, you can find the file here: http://www.thewunders.org/files/CFSStephen.pdf Regards, Tim Printed fine here on an HP4000. damn, that sucks. You using CUPS by chance? Yup, Acroread 5.0.5 with kprinter specified as the printer, into CUPS and then to the HP4000 which is a postscript printer. I've had similar problems in the past (unprintable files) and it seems to usually be due to a 'bad character' (binary zero?) in the file. The same printer would light it's 'processing' light and receive the data but would then just turn it off again with nothing happening. I have also seen the printer get screwed up where I had to turn it off and back on for a reset to get it to print. Have you tried printing it to a file and then printing the file? I've tried printing it to a file, but the resulting file would be unreadable by ggv, and doesn't print. My printer is an HP960c, which is not a postscript printer. I'm using Acrobat 5.0.5 and kprinter into CUPS, just like you. Perhaps the problem lies in the conversion from PDF to PostScript. What handles that, ghostscript? the printer driver? something else? Thanks, Tim Most likely enscript Hmmm... Doesn't look like I even *have* an enscript executable... # locate enscript /usr/share/apps/kdeprint/filters/enscript.desktop /usr/share/apps/kdeprint/filters/enscript.xml /opt/kde3/share/apps/kdeprint/filters/enscript.desktop /opt/kde3/share/apps/kdeprint/filters/enscript.xml /opt/kde32/share/apps/kdeprint/filters/enscript.desktop /opt/kde32/share/apps/kdeprint/filters/enscript.xml -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.4.20-19.8, KDE 3.1.3, Xfree86 4.2.1 6:30pm up 26 days, 23 min, 2 users, load average: 0.14, 0.20, 0.09 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: recording wavs
Really? I've always been under the impression that there wasn't any real audible difference between 8-bit audio and 16-bit. Time for some experimentation... Tim On Wednesday 17 September 2003 10:49 pm, someone claiming to be Matthew Carpenter wrote: 11 bit is used for a lot of voice. 16 bit is the accepted standard for music... some stereophiles love 24bit, and 32bit just seems a little like overkill. On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 09:12:07 +0100 Squabsy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 22:25:38 -0400, Tim Wunder [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: FWIW, 20 minutes of 44.1KHz 8-bit stereo recorded from vinyl takes up about 200 MB of space on my ext3 filesystem. RHL 8.0 on an 1GHz Duron with 384MB RAM. And yes, that /windows/C drive looks mighty full. I don't believe the problem lies with the K6 processor, although it's been a while since I recorded audio from the line in on a K6...bit rate might be a reasonable culprit, but *something* is amiss here. The plot thickens, indeed. Could it be a soundcard module problem? Thank you all for your patience and advice. The c:\ drive is very full mostly due to my children installing The SIMS in all its expansion pack glory. The D:\ drive is shared between Windows Linux for files it also had a complete copy of my c:\drive on it which I created before building my Linux partition in cases anything went wrong. I deleted that after my mail last night. I have tried writing the wav's to both d:\ and to my Linux partition and there are 2 or 3 1.gb Wavs still on these drives. Your estimate of space ties up with my expectations based on the same sort of operation in Windows. I notice that you state 8 bit I may well have mine set at 16 or even 32bit (can't check till this evening) Is 8 bit adequate ? Could using a higher bit rate be causing my problems ? How could I establish if my soundcard is the problem ? Could I just also say that this is the first question I have asked on this list (or any Linux list for that matter) and I was worried about being flamed for asking a newbie question having heard that some Linux lists don't suffer fools gladly. But in contrast to my fears you have all been extremely patient and helpful Thank you and if it's Ok I will keep you appraised of my progress. -- Squabsy The List Crawler Using Opera, The Bat, K-meleon, or Becky. Right Now Using Fastmail when I should be working ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.4.20-19.8, KDE 3.1.3, Xfree86 4.2.1 1:05am up 26 days, 6:58, 2 users, load average: 0.10, 0.11, 0.04 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: recording wavs
On Tuesday 16 September 2003 4:26 am, someone claiming to be Squabsy wrote: Quoting Tim Wunder [EMAIL PROTECTED]: A timer? gnome-sound-recorder has a recording timeout as a preference, could be what you're running into I don't seem to have a version of g-s-r with the edit command that is described in the manual I'll have to try and find a more up to date build. Are there any other settings in my system set-up that I might need to tweak. I currently altenate between gnome KDE so help in either would be appreciated. Edit-Preferences should bring up a window with 4 tabs (it does on the gnome 2.0 version of gnome-sound-recorder. Under Recording tab is the Timeout, under the Paths tab is the specification for the temporary folder. HTH, Tim -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.4.20-19.8, KDE 3.1.3, Xfree86 4.2.1 6:50am up 24 days, 12:43, 4 users, load average: 1.51, 1.24, 1.08 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Ok, I should know this ...
On Monday 15 September 2003 11:54 pm, someone claiming to be Michael Hipp wrote: I've compiled a couple of sizable apps and their libraries. Now I need to do 'make install' but I want to grab everything to be installed and take it to another machine that doesn't have dev tools on it. What's the command that turns the results of make into, say, an rpm? Thanks, Michael checkinstall. Provided, of course, you've installed that... Or you can use the actual rpm set of commands, but checkinstall is so easy to use. Regards, Tim -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.4.20-19.8, KDE 3.1.3, Xfree86 4.2.1 6:55am up 24 days, 12:48, 4 users, load average: 1.83, 1.68, 1.31 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: recording wavs
On Tuesday 16 September 2003 6:41 pm, someone claiming to be Net Llama! wrote: On Tue, 16 Sep 2003, Squabsy wrote: On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 08:57:35 -0400 (EDT), Net Llama! [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On Tue, 16 Sep 2003, Squabsy wrote: Quoting Tim Wunder [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Or partition space in any temporary storage location that Audacity (or gnome-sound-recorder, or gramophile) would be using. How would I check this please ? df -h i'd also be really curious what the load is on you box while its encoding (uptime output). OK FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hdb6 8.8G 4.9G 3.9G 56% / /dev/hda1 6.0G 5.6G 436M 93% /windows/C /dev/hdb1 20G 13G 7.2G 64% /windows/D shmfs 125M 0 125M 0% /dev/shm I've got 256mb of Ram and an amd k6 processor I've also just noticed that the wavs I'm creating are over 1gb for just few minutes of music (but xmms shows them all asbeing exactly 100 mins long where are you attempting to write them? You dont' seem to have very much free space on any of your partitions, especially hda1. What bitrate/frequency are you using to create the wavs? FWIW, 20 minutes of 44.1KHz 8-bit stereo recorded from vinyl takes up about 200 MB of space on my ext3 filesystem. RHL 8.0 on an 1GHz Duron with 384MB RAM. And yes, that /windows/C drive looks mighty full. I don't believe the problem lies with the K6 processor, although it's been a while since I recorded audio from the line in on a K6...bit rate might be a reasonable culprit, but *something* is amiss here. The plot thickens, indeed. Could it be a soundcard module problem? Regards, Tim -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.4.20-19.8, KDE 3.1.3, Xfree86 4.2.1 10:15pm up 25 days, 4:08, 2 users, load average: 0.35, 0.14, 0.05 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: any acrobat experts here?
On Tuesday 16 September 2003 7:58 am, someone claiming to be dep wrote: greets. i've been printing from acrobat via cups. the command is lp -d LJIIIDSS. problem is, i cannot get acrobat to remember this, and i cannot find where in the damned thing the print command is stored. i do not object to cracking open just about any part of it in order to hardwire this, but i cannot for the life of me find it. anybody know? tia. Well, while we're on the subject of pdf files and printing... For some reason, I can't print a particular .pdf file and I'm puzzled as to why. Other .pdf files print fine, but not this particular one. I was able to print it at work using the Windows version of Acrobat Reader 6.0, but not at home using acrobat 5.0.5, xpdf, or ggv. If you wanna try, you can find the file here: http://www.thewunders.org/files/CFSStephen.pdf Regards, Tim -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.4.20-19.8, KDE 3.1.3, Xfree86 4.2.1 10:55pm up 25 days, 4:48, 3 users, load average: 0.14, 0.18, 0.12 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: recording wavs
On 9/15/2003 12:58 PM, someone claiming to be Matthew Carpenter wrote: I am using SuSE 8.2 and the included Audacity, and have been recording, cutting, and burning audio CD's for quite some time now. I do at least one session per week, more like 2 or 3. I don't know what might be causing the hang, unless you have an awful sound card or something, If the same time hangs both progs, look deeper, like sound card or irq settings, or hard drive space, etc Or partition space in any temporary storage location that Audacity (or gnome-sound-recorder, or gramophile) would be using. Tim snip ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: recording wavs
On Sunday 14 September 2003 6:20 pm, someone claiming to be Squabsy wrote: I'm trying to move from windows over to Linux I'm running suse 8.2 Most things I could do in Windows I am able to do in Linux however I am strugling with my ongoing project to burn my old Vinyl collection to CD. In window I used CDwave to record and split the wavs In LInux I have so far tried to do the same in Audacity, Gramofile and qarecord. In both Audacity and Gramofile everytime I try to record the program hangs after exactly 1 minute and 39.58.550 seconds everytime Why would this be ? A timer? gnome-sound-recorder has a recording timeout as a preference, could be what you're running into In qarecord the wav records the whole side on an albulm but there are lots of bits of lost data. Dunno qarecord, I use gnome-sound-recorder to record the .WAV. I set the timeout for 20-some minutes (long enough to record the side), then let it run... Any help with either of the above problems would be very much appreciated and speed me ditching windows for good. If you're restoring vinyl, I HIGHLY recommend the Gnome-Wave-Cleaner, http://gwc.sf.net. A fantastic program that will dnoise and de-click .WAVs recorded from vinyl. HTH, Tim -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.4.20-19.8, KDE 3.1.3, Xfree86 4.2.1 12:45am up 23 days, 6:39, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: no stereo from line-in
On 9/10/2003 5:34 PM, someone claiming to be Jorge Almeida wrote: On Wed, 10 Sep 2003, Tim Wunder wrote: Just the obvious question: Are you connecting to the sound card with a stereo plug? A stereo plug will have two obvious contact areas on it (they'll look like black stripes) for the left and right channels. Just becasue you have a Y-cable that connect 2 wires into 1 doesn't mean the output from the 1 connector will be stereo. Hmmm... I'm not using any Y cable. The cable connects the line-out of a walkman cd player to the line-in of the sound card. OK, do the connectors on both ends of THAT cable have two contact points? The *important* thing is that the soundcard needs to get a left and right channel. ... I know I can get stereo out of the cable when I connect the headphones to it. You connect headphones to the same cable? Don't your headphones connect to the walkman directly and not to some adapter cable? ... I also can get stereo out of the card (into the headphones, or into the columns+subwoofer, from another output jack) when playing a .wav file out of the HD. What I can't get is stereo from the line-in, nor any sound at all from the (internal) cdrom drives (a CDRW and a DVD drive); I don't know whether these two issues are related. Thanks for any help. A cable from the CD drives to the sound card is required to get sound from the CD drives. Also you mixer settings must have that line enabled. HTH, Tim ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Helloooooo...
On 9/11/2003 2:11 PM, someone claiming to be Tony Alfrey wrote: On Wednesday 10 September 2003 05:38 pm, burns wrote: Where did everyone go? I haven't received any list mail today. Or is it my mail/ISP? Workin' OK here. Well if you consider getting a message on Thursday afternoon that was sent on Wednesday afternoon OK, then it's working OK here, too ;-) ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: net radio
On Thursday 11 September 2003 5:09 pm, someone claiming to be Keith Antoine wrote: On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 05:59 am, Bill Davidson wrote: On Sun, 07 Sep 2003 09:42:13 -0700 Ken Moffat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone found good sources of internet radio that work in mozilla? Many that I have tried use a url including playlist=... which opens to a blank window. http://www.shoutcast.com Bill My mozilla says it does not know what to do with the file. version 1.5 beta. Just tell it to open with /usr/bin/xmms WFM... MozillaFirebird 0.6.1 Tim -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.4.20-19.8, KDE 3.1.3, Xfree86 4.2.1 9:35pm up 20 days, 3:29, 1 user, load average: 0.39, 0.29, 0.23 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: net radio
On Thursday 11 September 2003 4:30 pm, someone claiming to be Ken Moffat wrote: Bill Davidson wrote: On Sun, 07 Sep 2003 09:42:13 -0700 Ken Moffat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone found good sources of internet radio that work in mozilla? Many that I have tried use a url including playlist=... which opens to a blank window. http://www.shoutcast.com Bill I used shoutcast for a while, but quit for some time, and having tried it recently, it seems the links (those 'Tune In!' buttons) don't work. They open a blank window, and the status bar says done. Perhaps you have some file association problem with Mozilla trying to open the stream with the wrong app. Try renaming .mozilla to a backup location (with Moz closed, of course) and see if it clears up the problem. Tim -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.4.20-19.8, KDE 3.1.3, Xfree86 4.2.1 9:45pm up 20 days, 3:39, 1 user, load average: 0.54, 0.41, 0.27 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Netscape help
On 9/10/2003 12:26 AM, someone claiming to be Collins Richey wrote: On Tue, 9 Sep 2003 15:05:52 -0700 Condon Thomas A KPWA [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Llama, but I don't find User_agent anywhere in either Netscape(7.02) or Mozilla (1.4) when I try the about:config.Don't suppose you know off hand where it is in that rather long list? I scanned both of them several times and didn't find it. I tried Find on this page and it was useless. Yes, I downloaded Mozilla. No, it won't open that darn virus link, either. It is an executable, and I probably have those turned off on purpose. In order to change the user agent setting, you need to get the Mozilla extension User Agent Toolbar Widget from http://texturizer.net/firebird/extensions.html (may be slightly different for regular Mozilla. http://prefbar.mozdev.org has a Mozilla Preferences bar that's supposed to support changing the User Agent string, AFAICT. ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Mozilla footers
Anybody else have trouble with Mozilla not printing footers? I've gone into Page Setup and configured a 1.0 margin on the bottom of the page and set the footers. The footers appear on the page preview, but not on the printed document. The headers show up fine. Using CUPS 1.1.17 with an HP deskjet 960c and don't seem to have problems with other apps (OpenOffice, Gnumeric). Thanks, Tim -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.4.20-19.8, KDE 3.1.3, Xfree86 4.2.1 10:40pm up 18 days, 4:35, 1 user, load average: 0.14, 0.15, 0.16 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Mozilla footers (FIXED)
On Tuesday 09 September 2003 11:01 pm, someone claiming to be James McDonald wrote: Anybody else have trouble with Mozilla not printing footers? I've gone into Page Setup and configured a 1.0 margin on the bottom of the page and set the footers. The footers appear on the page preview, but not on the printed document. The headers show up fine. Using CUPS 1.1.17 with an HP deskjet 960c and don't seem to have problems with other apps (OpenOffice, Gnumeric). It not a problem with A4/US Letter sizing is it? Nope What happens when you print to a file in ps format and then view in gv? The footer appears... experimentation ensues OK, it *is* a printer configuration deal. I set the printer properties so the gap from the edge of paper to the margin is 0.25 on the bottom, and the footer prints now. Thanks for the nudge in the right direction... Regards, Tim ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Sound recording, playback - card, application?
On 9/8/2003 7:16 AM, someone claiming to be David A. Bandel wrote: On Mon, 8 Sep 2003 08:12:50 +0200 Roger Oberholtzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 07 Sep 2003 18:03:12 -0700 Net Llama! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: well, originally yes, but usually all MP3s start off as WAVs and are then converted to MP3s. And, what is the actual format of music on a CD? .wav CDDA I believe is is more correct. .wav simply a lossless extraction of the data to a standard PC file format. There's some info about that on the audiocd:/ i/o slave documentation found here: http://docs.kde.org/en/HEAD/kdebase/kioslave/audiocd.html And on the cdparanoia pages here: http://www.xiph.org/paranoia/faq.html Regards, Tim ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Sound recording, playback - card, application?
On 9/8/2003 9:53 AM, someone claiming to be Roger Oberholtzer wrote: On Mon, 8 Sep 2003 06:16:01 -0500 David A. Bandel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 8 Sep 2003 08:12:50 +0200 Roger Oberholtzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 07 Sep 2003 18:03:12 -0700 Net Llama! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: well, originally yes, but usually all MP3s start off as WAVs and are then converted to MP3s. And, what is the actual format of music on a CD? .wav Yep. So, hardly a Windows format. No, CD audio is *not* stored in WAV format, but rather CDDA (or just CDA). http://www.sonicspot.com/guide/fileformatlist.html http://www.xiph.org/paranoia/faq.html The WAV file format was created by (or at least owned by) Microsoft and its main benefit is that CDA data can be stored without loss. That is not true of MP3 or OGG formats. WAV is merely a defacto standard format for a lossless method of storing (and manipulating) audio data in files on PCs. BTW, the first CD Audio disk was produced in the early 80's, 1982 - Billy Joel's 52nd Street, according to http://cassette.by.ru/history/compactdisc.htm, long before the time of Windows or any PC capable of storing 60 minutes of CD Audio. Regards, Tim ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: OT Test[ing again] - No need to reply
On 9/4/2003 9:29 AM, someone claiming to be Net Llama! wrote: On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, Tom Wilson wrote: On Fri, 2003-09-05 at 03:22, Jean Sagi wrote: Lotto? What do you mean?... Baloto perhaps... snip Most people don't win. Thus you have to pretty lucky if you do. As someone once said, the Lottery is a tax on the mathematically ignorant. Ahh... but I *like* lotteries! Only the people who *want* to be taxed are taxed. I think *all* g'ment revenue should be generated via lotteries. That way, I'd never have to pay taxes... ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Slow printing on RHL 9 (Solved! sort of...)
rather, I worked around the problem... I set up a RAW, Networked CUPS (IPP) printer connected to my server, rather than the Networked JetDirect printer and now it prints fast. Must be the K6-2 processor is overmatched for running a PostScript CUPS printqueue...shrug Thanks, Tim On 9/2/2003 4:42 PM, someone claiming to be Mike Reinehr wrote: I couldn't find any information on the HP website, so first question is, is your HP2200 a postscript capable printer, or is it an HP PCL only printer? If your HP2200 is post script capable, then your print driver should, essentially, just be passing the printfile raw to the printer -- and should go very fast. Otherwise, the postscript has to first be translated into HP PCL which would go much more slowly. If you do have a postscript capable printer, but the wrong CUPS driver, it's possible that the postscript is being converted to HP PCL unnecessarily. cmr On Tuesday 02 September 2003 03:33 pm, you wrote: OK... got back to this. Printing to a file goes quickly, using lpr to print it to the printer from the local desktop machine, takes a LONG time. The file is, um, large: $ ll *.ps -rw-r--r-- 1 tpw adm 27365874 Sep 2 16:05 2003245149827.ps For grins, I scp'd the .ps file to my Samba shared Home directory, opened it with Windows' GhostScript and printed it to the same printer. It went very quickly. :-( The server creates a similar large file, although the example I have is somewhat smaller: # ll *.ps -rw-rw-r-- 1 ddt ddt 20719300 Sep 2 16:25 2003245149879.ps So, I guess what I've determined is that the problem is with the RHL9 PC. I don''t know if it's CUPS, the driver, ghostscript, or what. Any more ideas? Thanks, Tim ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: linux-users list passing on virii
On 9/2/2003 8:12 AM, someone claiming to be Collins Richey wrote: On Mon, 01 Sep 2003 22:45:15 -0500 Jack Berger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For what it's worth - I haven't got one from the list. And I don't think I missed any messages. We could always forward our copies to you. grin But isn't it *really* just passing on failure notices of undeliverable virii? Some of which have the virii still attached. Can't the failure notices get filtered out? Tim ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Why all this- Undeliverable Mail
I suspect we're all getting them and I'm hoping the powers that be are doing what they can to eliminate the problem. I suspect it's non-trivial, or it woulda been fixed by now... On 9/2/2003 11:38 AM, someone claiming to be Harry Giles wrote: I have recieved about 30 of these from the mailing list. Anyone else getting them? Harry G snip ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Why all this- Undeliverable Mail
On 9/2/2003 1:45 PM, someone claiming to be Douglas J Hunley wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tim Wunder shocked and awed us all by speaking: I suspect we're all getting them and I'm hoping the powers that be are doing what they can to eliminate the problem. I suspect it's non-trivial, or it woulda been fixed by now... are you guys actually getting the virus or just notices that a virus was caught? Both. Some of the notices have the virus attached as part of the original e-mail. For instance, the message with the subject: Mail delivery failed: returning message to sender, dated this morning, 10:22 AM has the virus attached as the original undeliverable mail message. Tim ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: ADMIN: viruses solved (I think)
On 9/2/2003 2:38 PM, someone claiming to be Douglas J Hunley wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 OK. I've just recompiled Sendmail to use the totally cool config.mc from www.xs4all.nl/~johnpc . This should catch and reject SoBig.F at the MTA level. And like I said earlier, the virus bounces messages should be tagged as spam with the X-Spam-Status: Yes header Problem with that is, I filter on List-Id before filtering for X-Spam-Status :-( Oh, well... I have a Delete key... Tim ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: ADMIN: viruses solved (I think)
On 9/2/2003 2:38 PM, someone claiming to be Douglas J Hunley wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 OK. I've just recompiled Sendmail to use the totally cool config.mc from www.xs4all.nl/~johnpc . This should catch and reject SoBig.F at the MTA level. And like I said earlier, the virus bounces messages should be tagged as spam with the X-Spam-Status: Yes header Forgot to add on my previous post: Thanks! Tim ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Slow printing on RHL 9
On 8/29/2003 4:39 PM, someone claiming to be Tim Wunder wrote: On 8/29/2003 4:26 PM, someone claiming to be Net Llama! wrote: On Fri, 29 Aug 2003, Tim Wunder wrote: I'm conducting an experiment with a willing subject at work. I've installed RHL 9 and he's using it in his day to day activity. One of his activities involves logging onto an online 3PL site (Third Party Logistics) and printing a 2 page bar coded shipping document. RHL 9 is configured to use CUPS and the printer is a networked JetDirect printer (HP 2200). When he prints the document, it takes nearly 5 minutes for both pages to finally finish printing. Contrast this to the less than 1 minute it takes for the document to print via Windows. Now, if he logs into a remote X session on our RHL 7 server and prints from there, it prints fast, just like it does from Windows. Both the RHL 7 server and the RHL 9 desktop are running CUPS. The desktop machine is an AMD K6-2 500 MHz with 256MB RAM, the server is a 1GHz Intel. Any ideas on what I can try to speed up the printing? I'm using RH9 on my desktop at work, and printing is always quite snappy to the JetDirect printers here. I dont' suppose that barcode doc is available for me to try? Unfortunately, no. I'd be curious on what is taking so long. Is it his box that is taking forever to generate the postscript? That's what I'm thinking. The last page contains the bar code, and that takes forever. The first page comes out fairly quickly. ... Or to send the file over the network to the printer, or for the printer to process print it? Well, the server and the Windows boxen all deal with the same network and printer and don't have the problem. Also, have you tried printing to a PS file, and then using lpr to send it to the printer? No, but that's a good idea. I'll try that, but it's close to end of day here (and month end...), so I'll probly not get to it 'til Tuesday. OK... got back to this. Printing to a file goes quickly, using lpr to print it to the printer from the local desktop machine, takes a LONG time. The file is, um, large: $ ll *.ps -rw-r--r-- 1 tpw adm 27365874 Sep 2 16:05 2003245149827.ps For grins, I scp'd the .ps file to my Samba shared Home directory, opened it with Windows' GhostScript and printed it to the same printer. It went very quickly. :-( The server creates a similar large file, although the example I have is somewhat smaller: # ll *.ps -rw-rw-r-- 1 ddt ddt 20719300 Sep 2 16:25 2003245149879.ps So, I guess what I've determined is that the problem is with the RHL9 PC. I don''t know if it's CUPS, the driver, ghostscript, or what. Any more ideas? Thanks, Tim ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Slow printing on RHL 9
According to http://h2.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=bpl10417locale=en_UStaskId=101prodSeriesId=28861prodTypeId=18972#P77_1875 it's a postscript capable printer. http://hp.sourceforge.net/ agrees It's using the standard Postscript driver, which should just work :-( Hmmm... there's a setting to convert text to postscript that's enabled... I'll try turning that off and seeing what happens... Thanks On 9/2/2003 4:42 PM, someone claiming to be Mike Reinehr wrote: I couldn't find any information on the HP website, so first question is, is your HP2200 a postscript capable printer, or is it an HP PCL only printer? If your HP2200 is post script capable, then your print driver should, essentially, just be passing the printfile raw to the printer -- and should go very fast. Otherwise, the postscript has to first be translated into HP PCL which would go much more slowly. If you do have a postscript capable printer, but the wrong CUPS driver, it's possible that the postscript is being converted to HP PCL unnecessarily. cmr On Tuesday 02 September 2003 03:33 pm, you wrote: OK... got back to this. Printing to a file goes quickly, using lpr to print it to the printer from the local desktop machine, takes a LONG time. The file is, um, large: $ ll *.ps -rw-r--r-- 1 tpw adm 27365874 Sep 2 16:05 2003245149827.ps For grins, I scp'd the .ps file to my Samba shared Home directory, opened it with Windows' GhostScript and printed it to the same printer. It went very quickly. :-( The server creates a similar large file, although the example I have is somewhat smaller: # ll *.ps -rw-rw-r-- 1 ddt ddt 20719300 Sep 2 16:25 2003245149879.ps So, I guess what I've determined is that the problem is with the RHL9 PC. I don''t know if it's CUPS, the driver, ghostscript, or what. Any more ideas? Thanks, Tim ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: What the hell is going on - SOBIG.F
On Sunday 31 August 2003 1:32 pm, someone claiming to be Bill Campbell wrote: On Sun, Aug 31, 2003, Gerry Doris wrote: I have received several emails infected with Sobig.F supposedly from the list as well a pile of notices from various list members that they received infected messages. Most of the e-mail worms that attack the Microsoft virus, Windows forge the headers so they appear to some somebody other than the real sender. AFAICT, it's only forging the From: address. The Received From headers seem to be unaffected, unless it's changed since it first came out... I don't suspect you are infected, but I believe someone who uses an smtp server connected to your network is (or was). Case in point an e-mail sent to the list on 8/22 containing the subject RE: Thank You (one of the tell-tail subject lines) had the following in the header: header quote Received: from JOJO (grdsl-94.dsl.utk.edu [160.36.224.95]) by kumerik.celestial.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 387D828885 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Fri, 22 Aug 2003 20:07:10 -0500 (CDT) /header quote I tried sending a message directly to you at the time, but recieved a failure notice: Permanent Failure: 554_Service_unavailable;_[216.148.227.85]_blocked_using_rbl.celestial.net,_reason:_Blocked_for_spamming_from_IP=216.148.227.85 Delivery last attempted at Sat, 23 Aug 2003 03:13:11 - I was able to determine the source of an infection at work by using the Received From header. It allowed me to trace the infection to a specific machine, one that, for some reason, had it's anti-virus software turned off :-( snip My guess is that the volume of mail messages from the so-called virus scanning software to the forged sender addresses probably is greater than the volume of actual worms. I doubt it, but it sure seems that way sometimes :-( Regards, Tim -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.4.20-19.8, KDE 3.1.3, Xfree86 4.2.1 3:10pm up 8 days, 21:07, 2 users, load average: 0.21, 0.22, 0.15 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Kudos
On Friday 29 August 2003 8:50 pm, someone claiming to be Kurt Wall wrote: Quoth burns: A couple of days ago, my ISP instituted a blackhole of (read = refused to accept) traffic from this list. This was based upon an arbitrary listing issued by a vigilante group in the Netherlands. Their rationale was that the SxS listserver uses DHCP, and many rogue spam servers also employ DHCP. What utter BS - that's like banning the use of computers because hackers/crackers have been known to use them. Give me a break! The good news is that because of Kurt and Doug's personal efforts and a bit of mail magic, I am able to still participate in the list until my new, less anal, ISP comes on line. A big public thank you, to both these guys. Aw shucks. Weren't nothing. Doug did the hard work. I just stood around and said It's borken. Oftentimes the most important part. If no one knows its borked, how can it be fixed? ;-) -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.4.20-19.8, KDE 3.1.3, Xfree86 4.2.1 9:20pm up 7 days, 3:17, 1 user, load average: 0.10, 0.12, 0.13 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: French Sobig emails
On Friday 29 August 2003 5:46 pm, someone claiming to be Jerry McBride wrote: On Friday 29 August 2003 08:32 am, Shawn Tayler wrote: Hi Guys, Has anyone on the list been getting supposed bounced emails from an MS MUA that contain the Sobig virus the past 24hrs? That's probably what I get, Shawn. To be honest, I don't even look at it anymore... You want one? I can forward all you desire. :') That reminds me... I keep wanting to save one for my zoo... -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.4.20-19.8, KDE 3.1.3, Xfree86 4.2.1 9:20pm up 7 days, 3:17, 1 user, load average: 0.10, 0.12, 0.13 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: French Sobig emails
On Friday 29 August 2003 9:24 pm, someone claiming to be Kurt Wall wrote: Quoth Shawn Tayler: Hi Guys, Has anyone on the list been getting supposed bounced emails from an MS MUA that contain the Sobig virus the past 24hrs? Probably. I'm getting lots of activity, but nothing's gotten through that's bothered me. Nothing's bothered you? It *all* bothers me. Especially last Monday and Tuesday when I was *supposed* to be on vacation, but had to deal with clogged e-mail accounts due to the bloddy worm... heavy sigh -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.4.20-19.8, KDE 3.1.3, Xfree86 4.2.1 9:25pm up 7 days, 3:22, 1 user, load average: 0.05, 0.09, 0.11 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: French Sobig emails
On Friday 29 August 2003 9:56 pm, someone claiming to be Kurt Wall wrote: snip Nope. Try as I might, I can't get mutt to execute VBScripted email attachments. ;-) Can't get our mutt to do anything either, 'cept lick herself and bark at thin air... -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.4.20-19.8, KDE 3.1.3, Xfree86 4.2.1 10:35pm up 7 days, 4:32, 1 user, load average: 0.20, 0.13, 0.09 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: how to increase /root space
On Saturday 30 August 2003 1:17 pm, someone claiming to be Mike Reinehr wrote: There's your trouble. You have the files associated with five (5) different kernels in your boot partition: 2.4.9 2.4.7-10 2.4.18-19.7.x 2.4.18-24.7.x 2.4.18-26.7.x 2.4.18-27.7.x It appears that 2.4.18-27.7.x is the last and current kernel, the one you are booting. It that's the case you can free up a lot of space by deleting the unused kernel image files. (Just make sure that your lilo or grub configurations reflect the correct kernel image or you won't be able to reboot.) snip Since he installed all these kernels via up2date (and consequently, rpm), he shouldn't just start rm'ing things. If he uses rpm to remove them, via 'rpm -e', rpm should take care of the necessary grub (or lilo, if RHL 7.x uses that instead of grub) modifications. Regards, Tim -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.4.20-19.8, KDE 3.1.3, Xfree86 4.2.1 1:25pm up 7 days, 19:22, 1 user, load average: 0.33, 0.22, 0.10 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Redhat 9's great, RPM not so
On 8/29/2003 9:45 AM, someone claiming to be Collins Richey wrote: On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 13:33:13 +0200 Roger Oberholtzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 06:50:44 -0400 Robert E. Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have you tried kportage? I have. Again, not enough like Windows Update in the Ease of Use department... A little button running 'emerge -Uu system' and 'emerge -Uu world'? The only problem is that new config files need to be dealt with by hand. Of course, if you always use defaults, even this can be handled by emerge. But, I get your point. Redhat's nice in that it's got the 'RedHat update utility' for getting security updates... as long as I put a web browser, office suite, and DVD player on that doesn't crash he should be happy... not everyone needs the latest versions ;) Similar with SuSE. I guess most serious distros have this feature. Having run RH7.3 for a while and having used up2date, I must agree with you. Of the mega distros, I like RedHat best. I gave up on RH simply because I couldn't find compatible packages for a lot of the toys I wanted to play with. For unsophisticated users, RH is a good choice. Hey! I sure hope you don't mean that all RH-users are unsophisticated users... FWIW apt for rpm and synaptic provide nice GUI front-ends to RPM... http://freshrpms.net/apt/ Regards, Tim ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Slow printing on RHL 9
I'm conducting an experiment with a willing subject at work. I've installed RHL 9 and he's using it in his day to day activity. One of his activities involves logging onto an online 3PL site (Third Party Logistics) and printing a 2 page bar coded shipping document. RHL 9 is configured to use CUPS and the printer is a networked JetDirect printer (HP 2200). When he prints the document, it takes nearly 5 minutes for both pages to finally finish printing. Contrast this to the less than 1 minute it takes for the document to print via Windows. Now, if he logs into a remote X session on our RHL 7 server and prints from there, it prints fast, just like it does from Windows. Both the RHL 7 server and the RHL 9 desktop are running CUPS. The desktop machine is an AMD K6-2 500 MHz with 256MB RAM, the server is a 1GHz Intel. Any ideas on what I can try to speed up the printing? Tjhanks, Tim ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Slow printing on RHL 9
On 8/29/2003 4:28 PM, someone claiming to be Mike Reinehr wrote: Tim, I'm still exploring the mysteries of CUPS, myself, so this may be of little help, but the first thing I would check would be your choice of printer driver. When you install a new printer under CUPS, your presented with a choice of drivers. The CUPS people actual provide a few, the GIMP people provide a lot more, and then there are the Foomatic drivers. Some of the drivers are really good but a lot are not so good. Try experimenting with different drivers. I think the GIMP drivers, generally, are pretty good. snip Ahh... more good ideas. Again, I'll check this out Tuesday as well. Thanks, Tim ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Slow printing on RHL 9
On 8/29/2003 4:26 PM, someone claiming to be Net Llama! wrote: On Fri, 29 Aug 2003, Tim Wunder wrote: I'm conducting an experiment with a willing subject at work. I've installed RHL 9 and he's using it in his day to day activity. One of his activities involves logging onto an online 3PL site (Third Party Logistics) and printing a 2 page bar coded shipping document. RHL 9 is configured to use CUPS and the printer is a networked JetDirect printer (HP 2200). When he prints the document, it takes nearly 5 minutes for both pages to finally finish printing. Contrast this to the less than 1 minute it takes for the document to print via Windows. Now, if he logs into a remote X session on our RHL 7 server and prints from there, it prints fast, just like it does from Windows. Both the RHL 7 server and the RHL 9 desktop are running CUPS. The desktop machine is an AMD K6-2 500 MHz with 256MB RAM, the server is a 1GHz Intel. Any ideas on what I can try to speed up the printing? I'm using RH9 on my desktop at work, and printing is always quite snappy to the JetDirect printers here. I dont' suppose that barcode doc is available for me to try? Unfortunately, no. I'd be curious on what is taking so long. Is it his box that is taking forever to generate the postscript? That's what I'm thinking. The last page contains the bar code, and that takes forever. The first page comes out fairly quickly. ... Or to send the file over the network to the printer, or for the printer to process print it? Well, the server and the Windows boxen all deal with the same network and printer and don't have the problem. Also, have you tried printing to a PS file, and then using lpr to send it to the printer? No, but that's a good idea. I'll try that, but it's close to end of day here (and month end...), so I'll probly not get to it 'til Tuesday. Thanks. Tim ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Sysadmin/Web Programming Position for YOU
On Tuesday 26 August 2003 7:26 pm, someone claiming to be Lonni J Friedman wrote: http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/nyc/14723559.html /me spits drink thru nose Hilarious! But why isn't this posted to general? ;-) Tim -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.4.20-19.8, KDE 3.1.3, Xfree86 4.2.1 9:45pm up 4 days, 3:43, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.10, 0.09 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Apache setup help
On Tuesday 26 August 2003 5:54 pm, someone claiming to be Tom Condon wrote: snip Thanks. The syntax is OK according to apachectl. I set: ServerName spyder.condonia.org User webuser Group webgroup DocumentRoot /web/site.burps/htdocs This URL contains the same HTML code that I'm working with: http://www.eskimo.com/~tomc/BURPS.html so it looks pretty clean as far as HTML goes. I do not have an index.html doc in that directory. Having made these changes to apache.conf I restarted apache, then tried again. I get: ** Forbidden You don't have permission to access /BURPS.html on this server. --- Apache/1.3.27 Server at spyder.condonia.org Port 80 ** This happens when I access it either through the name or the IP. I checked, and changed all of the /web directories and files to be owned by webuser:webgroup. No effect. I know better than to leave it that way, and will be changing it back momentarily. The config file has no Allow or Deny in any combination of cases. Next step? What are the permissions on the directory: web/site.burps/htdocs and the file: web/site.burps/htdocs/BURPS.html -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.4.20-19.8, KDE 3.1.3, Xfree86 4.2.1 7:25am up 4 days, 13:23, 3 users, load average: 0.17, 0.19, 0.10 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Apache setup help
On 8/27/2003 1:12 AM, someone claiming to be Tom Condon wrote: On Wednesday 27 August 2003 04:29, Tim Wunder carved in granite: What are the permissions on the directory: web/site.burps/htdocs and the file: web/site.burps/htdocs/BURPS.html Permissions on the directories are 755 (drwxr-xr-x) and on all of the files are 544 (-rw-r--r--). Well, that's not the problem, then :-( Is there another conf file that Apache may be looking at, possibly in /etc/httpd/conf.d, that might be messing things up? Tim ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Apache setup help
On 8/27/2003 1:45 AM, someone claiming to be Tom Condon wrote: On Wednesday 27 August 2003 05:27, Tim Wunder carved in granite: Permissions on the directories are 755 (drwxr-xr-x) and on all of the files are 544 (-rw-r--r--). Well, that's not the problem, then :-( Is there another conf file that Apache may be looking at, possibly in /etc/httpd/conf.d, that might be messing things up? There is: /etc/apache/apache.conf That is the file I've been assuming makes a difference, since modifying the one in: /web/site.burps/conf had no effect. I just copied the /etc/apache/apache.conf file into /web/site.burps/conf/apache.conf and restarted apache with no change. There is no /etc/httpd directory, and I'm assuming that either the gentoo distribution folks or the apache folks have changed the structure to call it apache, since that is the command name, too. dunno... I use RHL 8.0 and Apache 2.0 that came with it. conf files are /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf and the few files in /etc/httpd/conf.d: perl.conf php.conf python.conf squirrelmail.conf ssl.conf Maybe one of the many GenToo experts on list will be more useful :-( Tim ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Ideas for Mail and Calendaring for 50,000 Users
On 8/27/2003 12:31 PM, someone claiming to be Andrew Mathews wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jason Joines wrote: | We just got a new CIO at the university where I work. One thing he is | about to do is get rid of all the different mail systems and have one | big combined system for all employees and students. That'll be about | 50,000 users. | | At the moment the predominant faculty/staff mail system is Lotus Domino | on windows 2k and the predominant system for students is Sun Internet | Mail Server on Solaris. He intends to replace these with ms exchange on | windows 2k. There is a small chance he will listen to suggestions to | consider non-exchange options. | | Any suggestions? | | Thanks, | | Jason Joines | Open Source = Open Mind | phpgroupware. http://phpgroupware.com Do you use it? I've looked at it for our small network here, but haven't tried to implement it yet. Tim ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: [OT] Knoppix download
On 8/27/2003 2:46 PM, someone claiming to be Shannon Scott wrote: I tried to download the latest knoppix to write a CD today at www.knoppix.org... I hope this isn't the way of the future... Does anyone know where else I can find a knoppix download? Many European-based sites are doing that to protest the software patent law. I imagine things will go back to normal eventually... http://www.linuxlookup.com/modules.php?op=modloadname=Newsfile=articlesid=1262mode=threadorder=0thold=0 ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Related to root login
On Monday 25 August 2003 10:46 pm, someone claiming to be burns wrote: On Mon, 2003-08-25 at 18:00, Swapana Ghosh wrote: snippage ~ This looks normal. But I would be very(!) suspicious of any system where logins, particularly root, have mysteriously changed - especially given the way you are telnetting in the clear. I recommend you unplug your box from the network and go through the logs with great care, looking for any hint of something out of place. A good cracker will try to cover his tracks, so the indicators may be very subtle. I don't suppose you were running Tripwire? I've heard/read good things about: http://www.chkrootkit.org/ Might be worth taking a look-see... Regards, Tim -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.4.20-19.8, KDE 3.1.3, Xfree86 4.2.1 10:50pm up 3 days, 4:48, 3 users, load average: 1.57, 0.99, 0.58 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Email from 'Microsoft'
The sad thing is... there are thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of PC users that will run the thing :-( On Sunday 24 August 2003 4:50 pm, someone claiming to be Brett I. Holcomb wrote: If you are crazy enough to run it G please let us know what it infects you with G. Ian Stephen wrote: Look what I just got, with an attachment patch.exe Microsoft must like me! (Now if I can only figure out how to get IE to run with Wine maybe I can use this patch ;-) pasted email From: Microsoft [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Use this patch immediately ! Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 11:30:35 -0600 (MDT) Dear friend , use this Internet Explorer patch now! There are dangerous virus in the Internet now! More than 500.000 already infected! /pasted email -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.4.20-19.8, KDE 3.1.CVS, Xfree86 4.2.1 7:30pm up 2 days, 1:28, 1 user, load average: 0.22, 0.17, 0.08 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
MozillaFirebird wrapper script
I condigured KDE to use Firebird as the default browser, but if I clicked on multiple links in K-Mail, I was getting prompted for a profile to use. So I had to close the already opened Firebird to open the new link. Someone on comp.windows.x.kde (Dennis Hansen) posted a wrapper script to get Mozilla 1.5a (about which a poster was complaining of the same problem) to not prompt for the profile (this script is a bit simpler than what's found at http://linux-sxs.org/internet_browsing/multimoz.html): #!/bin/bash MOZILLA=/usr/bin/mozilla if ($MOZILLA -remote ping()); then $MOZILLA -remote openurl($1, new-tab) else $MOZILLA $1 fi I created a new file called /usr/bin/firebird, pasted that, changed the MOZILLA= line to MOZILLA=/opt/MozillaFirebird/MozillaFirebird (which is where I installed Firebird), and made the file executable. This has the added benefit of opening new links in new tabs. Now all is right with the Universe again. :-) Regards, Tim -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.4.20-19.8, KDE 3.1.3, Xfree86 4.2.1 7:35am up 2 days, 13:33, 3 users, load average: 0.02, 0.07, 0.03 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: backing up windows
On Saturday 23 August 2003 9:26 am, someone claiming to be Ken Moffat wrote: Alma J Wetzker wrote: If you open the message while in windoze, then you are infected. The virus NEEDS the OS to respond before it can do it's thing. If the OS doesn't respond, and linux will not respond to a windoze targetted attack unles wine responds, the virus never starts. -- Alma Are these sobig virii Outlook (express) specific, or are other mail clients, say Netscape (on windows) or eudora, vulnerable? If the user clicks on the executable file attachment, regardless of mail client, they can get infected. Although, I think it'll only mail itself out if the user has an Outlook, or Outlook Express address book.; or possibly a text file containing addresses. Check http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/pf/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.4.20-19.8, KDE 3.1.CVS, Xfree86 4.2.1 9:35am up 15:33, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.03, 0.06 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Opera question
On Saturday 23 August 2003 2:54 pm, someone claiming to be Net Llama! wrote: On 08/23/03 11:17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm running Opera 6.12 build 362 on a Mandrake 9.1 system. I love how fast it works compared to konqueror but it doesn't seem to load flash sites. Particularly barbie.com and pollypocket.com (my kids love the spongebob game at barbie.com). I've looked at the enabled plugins and shockwave flash 6.0 is listed. The website help indicates that netscape 6.0 or higher is not recommended and that flash 5.0, IE 5.0 or Netscape 4.7 or higher is recommended. Has anyone had issues with compatibility with shockwave 5 vs. 6? Or is it something with Opera itself? TIA Its opera. I just tested the site with Mozilla-1.4, and it worked fine. Also works well with MozillaFirebird 0.6.1, Shockwave Flash 6.0 r69 -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.4.20-19.8, KDE 3.1.3, Xfree86 4.2.1 3:55pm up 21:53, 1 user, load average: 0.86, 0.29, 0.09 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: backing up windows
On Friday 22 August 2003 1:31 am, someone claiming to be Ian Stephen wrote: On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 20:41, Keith Antoine wrote: free cd's, included 'Ext2FS Anywhere 2,5'. snip I can transfer files back and forth just as I can from a linux booted system. snip NO way! Windows files are not executable on Linux, so it is immune to win viruii, this is one of the reasons I use linux. My concern is that the code will execute on Windows and use this Ext2FS to access Linux and do something nasty there. If my dual-boot machine is running Windows (rare, but it happens) and something infected Windows that can read/write the Linux partitions... couldn't that thing have its way with my Linux stuff while the penquin is 'asleep'? It would seem likely to me that your ext2 data is NOT protected from Windows virii. What keeps linux safe from that is linux, not ext2. If Win has access to the data, the virii have access to the data. If you want to be safe from Windows virii, don't run Windows. Although, I've read that some Windows virii will run under WINE... Regards, Tim -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.6.0-test3, KDE 3.1.CVS, Xfree86 4.2.1 12:10pm up 29 min, 1 user, load average: 0.22, 0.17, 0.17 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
kernel 2.6.0-test3, ALSA and an SB-Live
Hi, I have an SB-Live PCI sound card and can configure the new 2.6.0-test3 kernel to use the OSS drivers (emu10k1). But I can't get the ALSA drivers to work. I get errors when trying 'modprobe snd-emu10k1'. Anybody with an SB-Live got ALSA working under kernel 2.6.0-test? For now, I'll probly stick to the OSS driver, but I'll try ALSA again if I find out it should work... Regards, Tim -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.6.0-test3, KDE 3.1.CVS, Xfree86 4.2.1 7:55am up 14 min, 3 users, load average: 0.33, 0.19, 0.15 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Wow! This is how it's supposed to be ...
On Wednesday 20 August 2003 11:31 pm, someone claiming to be Kurt Wall wrote: Quoth Collins Richey: On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 21:14:14 -0500 Michael Hipp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kurt Wall wrote: Hmm, where might one get an xft-enabled Firebird? http://texturizer.net/firebird/ Apparently that's the new homepage for MF. Seems to be. Got it. Runs well. Looks great. Less filling... And if you want mailto: links to work, you might wanna install Mozex, http://mozex.mozdev.org/, extensions to MozillaFirebird that allows for use of external programs for mail, viewing source, textarea editing, news, telnet, ftp and downloads. To get it to work with kmail 3.1.3, I added '/opt/kde3/bin/kmail -s %s %a' as the Mailer command (which is different from what the FAQ pages say...). Regards, Tim -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.4.20-19.8, KDE 3.1.CVS, Xfree86 4.2.1 7:35am up 4 days, 12:00, 3 users, load average: 0.35, 0.23, 0.16 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
test kernel, RHL 8.0 and gcc-3.2
Decided to take a stab at installing the 2.6.0-test3 kernel on my RHL 8.0 system. I installed the latest modutils RPM, gotten from Rawhide, downloaded the kernel source, ran 'make gconfig' and 'make'. But I get the following error: CC [M] drivers/block/paride/pd.o drivers/block/paride/pd.c: In function `pd_init': drivers/block/paride/pd.c:896: warning: passing arg 1 of `blk_init_queue' from incompatible pointer type drivers/block/paride/pd.c:896: warning: passing arg 2 of `blk_init_queue' from incompatible pointer type drivers/block/paride/pd.c:896: too many arguments to function `blk_init_queue' make[2]: *** [drivers/block/paride/pd.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** [drivers/block/paride] Error 2 make: *** [drivers] Error 2 Think this is a gcc problem, or am I doing something wrong? My kernel config file can be found here: http://www.thewunders.org/files/TestConfig1 Thanks, Tim -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.4.20-19.8, KDE 3.1.CVS, Xfree86 4.2.1 10:05am up 4 days, 14:30, 3 users, load average: 0.40, 0.81, 0.64 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: test kernel, RHL 8.0 and gcc-3.2
Turned off PARIDE and it got further. I'm now playing with other options trying to get a good build. Will post back if I come across one I can't get around. Thanks for listening... Tim On Thursday 21 August 2003 10:11 am, someone claiming to be Tim Wunder wrote: Decided to take a stab at installing the 2.6.0-test3 kernel on my RHL 8.0 system. I installed the latest modutils RPM, gotten from Rawhide, downloaded the kernel source, ran 'make gconfig' and 'make'. But I get the following error: snip -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.4.20-19.8, KDE 3.1.CVS, Xfree86 4.2.1 10:35am up 4 days, 15:00, 4 users, load average: 0.23, 0.10, 0.20 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: test kernel, RHL 8.0 and gcc-3.2
WooHoo! Success! (well, almost) I've booted to the new test kernel. Can't really notice a difference, yet, 'cept for sound not working :-(. It doesn't look like the sound module got loaded. Oh well, I'm getting there Took me only 9 iterations of make gconfig ;-) If anybody knows how to get the emu10k1 module loaded (I have a SoundBlaster Live!), I wouldn't mind pointers... I'm trying to use the ALSA soundsystem. My RHL 8.0 stock install uses OSS. Well, off for now... gotta go apply an icepack... Tim On Thursday 21 August 2003 10:41 am, someone claiming to be Tim Wunder wrote: Turned off PARIDE and it got further. I'm now playing with other options trying to get a good build. Will post back if I come across one I can't get around. Thanks for listening... Tim On Thursday 21 August 2003 10:11 am, someone claiming to be Tim Wunder wrote: Decided to take a stab at installing the 2.6.0-test3 kernel on my RHL 8.0 system. I installed the latest modutils RPM, gotten from Rawhide, downloaded the kernel source, ran 'make gconfig' and 'make'. But I get the following error: snip -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.6.0-test3, KDE 3.1.CVS, Xfree86 4.2.1 4:16pm up 6 min, 2 users, load average: 0.19, 0.37, 0.19 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: KDE Problems
On Friday 15 August 2003 10:05 pm, someone claiming to be Brett I. Holcomb wrote: On my Caldera system (WS 3.1) which still runs KDE (2.2.x) I had some problems that meant I had to do the KDE thing of removing all in /tmp, renaming ~/.kde2 and letting KDE create a new ~./.kde2. However, in the process some of my desktop links are messed up. I had some links that connect to a web site (say www.xzy). These were created with create new/link to url. Before the crash they worked. I setup Mozilla as the default for html files. When I click on the icon on the desktop Mozilla starts and then I get an error saying file /home/brett/.kde2/share/apps/kfmexec/tmp/2537.0 cannot be found. The file is there. I dimly remember having this problem a long long time ago but I can't find any info in my notes on how I fixed it. Any ideas on what's wrong an dhow to make it work? fulll guess mode Permissions, $PATH? It'd seem that if a file were there, and something can't find it, then something either doesn't have permission to see/use it, or doesn't know how to get to it. /guess HTH, Tim PS Wasn't the KDE2 fix to remove the mcop-user, ksocket-user and kde-user files in /tmp, and not /tmp, then remove the .DCOP* file(s) in ~/.kde2? If that failed, then mv .kde2 to .kdesomething, keeping the rc files around so that they can be copied back to your new .kde2 directory. -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.4.20-18.8, KDE 3.1.CVS, Xfree86 4.2.1 8:30am up 54 days, 9:20, 1 user, load average: 0.12, 0.35, 0.18 Help! I'm addicted to Klickety! ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: apt-rpm vs. apt4rpm
On Saturday 16 August 2003 9:45 am, someone claiming to be Michael Hipp wrote: Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote: What do want to do: - use the apt tool as a rpm packet management utility I just want to use apt to update my systems and install new software. Everything I've read makes it sound very superior to just attempting it via rpm. package from http://freshrpms.net, partly as a replacement for the up2date tool to keep my Redhat 9 system uptodate. apt-rpm, as I understand it, is similar to this, but I have never used it. I didn't realize the freshrpms.net tool was different than apt-rpm. One more thing to look into. I didn't think it was... I use it to maintain my RHL 8.0 system, and AFAIK, it's plain ol' apt-rpm. Could be wrong though... Does apt preclude the continued use of RedHat's up2date tool? No, but you'll need to execute up2date -p to update the package list on RHN. Also, if you do what I did and install kde-redhat.sf.net's KDE packages, they're named differently. So RHN will think KDE will need to be updated even when it doesn't. I have that problem with kde and gaim. The more current packages that I have installed are named differently than RHN's, so RHN will think they need to be updated. Of course, if you add an updates source for apt-rpm, you should get the updates, wihtout having to invoke up2date, and contact RHN. HTH, Tim -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.4.20-18.8, KDE 3.1.CVS, Xfree86 4.2.1 10:05am up 54 days, 10:55, 1 user, load average: 0.14, 0.11, 0.07 Help! I'm addicted to Klickety! ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: apt-rpm vs. apt4rpm
On Saturday 16 August 2003 10:55 am, someone claiming to be Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote: Tim Wunder wrote: On Saturday 16 August 2003 9:45 am, someone claiming to be Michael Hipp wrote: snip Does apt preclude the continued use of RedHat's up2date tool? No, but you'll need to execute up2date -p to update the package list on RHN. Also, if you do what I did and install kde-redhat.sf.net's KDE packages, they're named differently. So RHN will think KDE will need to be updated even when it doesn't. I have that problem with kde and gaim. The more current packages that I have installed are named differently than RHN's, so RHN will think they need to be updated. Sorry, but I can't confirm that. This week I installed kde v. 3.1.2 from kde-redhat.sf.net, and I just did an up2date which only gave me a new unzip package. No kde packages were marked as to be updated, although Redhat have put up a new set recently due to a security issue. Klaus Hmmm... Have you ever executed 'up2date -p'? Regards, Tim -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.4.20-18.8, KDE 3.1.CVS, Xfree86 4.2.1 6:30pm up 54 days, 19:20, 2 users, load average: 0.50, 0.19, 0.08 Help! I'm addicted to Klickety! ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: rpm won't run as root
On 8/15/2003 10:10 AM, someone claiming to be Net Llama! wrote: On Fri, 15 Aug 2003, Michael Hipp wrote: Net Llama! wrote: You could have prolly fixed this by grepping the output from lsof to see what was currently locking the db. I didn't think of 'lsof' as I had used 'ps' and killed off everything that looked like rpm. Wouldn't you have thought rpm would have said something like can't get lock rather than just going comatose? Yes, i'd think so too, but i've seen some less than desirable behavior from rpm-4.x. I had rpm 'lockup' on me on one of my RH9 boxes as well. This sounds like the same old problem RHL 8.0 had. rpm periodically choked (froze, locked-up, whatever). There used to be a bugzilla report on it at bugzilla.redhat.com... yeah: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=73097 and https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=72543 But they both are closed. I haven't had any recent problems with rpm locking up on me. $ rpm -q rpm rpm-4.1.1-1.8x Regards, Tim ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: OT Why not fire these guys?
On Tuesday 12 August 2003 4:29 pm, someone claiming to be Joel Hammer wrote: Here we go again. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A49575-2003Aug12?language=printer If IS people hired by businesses and govt got fired for these screwups, they might not use MS. I strongly doubt that any IS people will be fired because of this. (What does the MVA care about customer convenience?) Using MS seems to be a job guarantee. Certainly, in the dynamics of a corporation, what would it benefit the maverick who pushed for linux? Likely it would cost him his job. This is a strong incentive to keep using MS software. snip I'm curious why none of the media outlets are mentioning that Macintosh, Unix and linux PCs cannot be infected by this worm; or asked why the MVA has their PCs connected to the Internet, or why they haven't installed the latest security patches from Microsoft. Sheesh -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.4.20-18.8, KDE 3.1.CVS, Xfree86 4.2.1 10:30pm up 50 days, 23:21, 2 users, load average: 0.15, 0.20, 0.18 Help! I'm addicted to Klickety! ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: System Drag - Solved
On Sunday 10 August 2003 8:38 pm, someone claiming to be burns wrote: Solved! Things improved when i ripped cannaserver out by the roots, but the real big culprit appears to be Konqueror. I'm running 3.0.5a -4. I don't know if it's just how it was installed in my system, or if this is typical of that version, but it is a huge cpu hog. I now use Mozilla - I'm not crazy about it, but it's miles ahead of that version of Konqueror. Check out http://kde-redhat.sf.net and get a current version of KDE. There have been numerous speed improvements in Konqueror since 3.0.5. (Although, I prefer Mozilla for browsing the Web.) Regards, Tim -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.4.20-18.8, KDE 3.1.CVS, Xfree86 4.2.1 8:40pm up 48 days, 21:32, 0 users, load average: 0.03, 0.01, 0.00 Help! I'm addicted to Klickety! ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Samba with no passwords
On 8/5/2003 2:08 PM, someone claiming to be Collins Richey wrote: On Tue, 05 Aug 2003 12:58:27 -0400 Tim Wunder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 8/5/2003 11:52 AM, someone claiming to be Collins Richey wrote: On Tue, 5 Aug 2003 08:04:51 -0600 Collins Richey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 3 Aug 2003 19:59:41 -0600 Collins Richey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 03 Aug 2003 20:16:18 -0500 Michael Hipp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Collins Richey wrote: Is there any way to cause the mount not to prompt for a passwd? Hint, I have no defined users and do not log in to the WinXP box. If you put the appropriate line in /etc/fstab with password=,user= then you can just do 'mount /mnt/samba'. (Or it may have to be user=guest). Thanks. It works with user=guest. OK, now to dig a little deeper. The set of directories (it varies) that I'm wanting to access appear to have no common high level directory(they are anchored on the WinXP desktop), so I need to do a separate mount for each. Short of putting a big list in fstab, is there any way to get a given directory mounted for general use upon demand, either by command or by root command and make the permissionssuch that normal users can manipulate it? After further experimentation This works as root (no passwd prompt, no errors of any sort) mount -t smbfs -o guest //name/Collins /mnt/smb-collins But it does not work from normal user relying on fstab entry //name/Collins /mnt/smb-collins smbfs \ noauto,user,guest 0 0 I get mount //name/Collins cannot mount on /mnt/smb-collins: Operation not permitted smbmnt failed: 1 Any ideas? Don't you need a username=guest line in there somewhere? Check 'man smbmount' I've also tried that. The mount command works with either -o guest or -o user=guest,password= , but I've found no combination that will work in fstab. Can't help you too much as I don't have a Windows share that doesn't have a password. But, I set the PASSWD environment variable, and added: //192.168.1.8/Tim /mnt/share smbfs noauto,user,rw 0 0 to /etc/fstab and was able to mount the share with 'mount /mnt/share' So perhaps setting USER=guest would work. Dunno if that's workable for you or not... Did you try: //name/Collins /mnt/smb-collins smbfs \ noauto,user,rw,username=guest 0 0 Good luck, Tim ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: rpm install
On Sunday 03 August 2003 4:34 am, someone claiming to be Keith Antoine wrote: On Sun, 3 Aug 2003 09:11 am, Net Llama! wrote: On 08/02/03 15:58, Keith Antoine wrote: At the risk of being boring and getting back to kernel compile: I do an rpm -q gtk+, only to get told its not installed. Yet I did install the package, so I tried for about the third time, but in command mode I rpm -ihv --nodeps --force gtk+2.0x.rpm after installing it obce agin tells me its not installed and locate cannot it? What is telling you that gtk+ is not installed. rpm? Well, that's because the package is called gtk+2.0, not gtk+. Try rpm -q gtk+2.0. find any of its libs etc either. Is it me or Mandrake ? FWIW, locate will only find new files after it's database hase been updated via updatedb, but you knew that... A bit of each :) try: rpm -qa | grep gtk+ Right, this is the result: [EMAIL PROTECTED] kantoine]# rpm -qa | grep gtk+ gtk+mdk-0.1.6-14mdk libgtk+1.2-1.2.10-32mdk libgtk+mdk0.1_6-0.1.6-14mdk libgtk+-x11-2.0_0-2.2.2-4mdk libgtk+-x11-2.0_0-devel-2.2.1-2mdk gtk+2.0-2.2.2-4mdk libgtk+2.0_0-devel-2.2.1-2mdk libgtk+1.2-devel-1.2.10-32mdk libgtk+mdk0.1_6-devel-0.1.6-14mdk libgtk+2.0_0-devel-2.2.2-4mdk libgtk+2.0_0-2.2.2-4mdk You seem to have two versions of libgtk+2.0_0-devel installed. Don't know if that matters, but I'd try removing the two and installing only one. HTH, Tim -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.4.20-18.8, KDE 3.1.CVS, Xfree86 4.2.1 10:20am up 41 days, 11:13, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.05, 0.06 Help! I'm addicted to Klickety! ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Tunneled file sharing server - server
On Friday 01 August 2003 11:09 pm, someone claiming to be Gary Wilson wrote: --- Michael Hipp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Would NFS be a good way to make the shared folder available to ServerA and then share it with Samba? Can NFS and Samba work with the same directory and not collide? NFS works just fine with Samba. You can use an NFS mount and make it a Samba share. Which is different from sharing the same directory via NFS and SMB at the same time. That, as I understand it, can be a problem. So as long as the NFS mount isn't used as an NFS mount by other *n*x users, sharing an NFS mount via Samba should work fine. HTH, Tim -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.4.20-18.8, KDE 3.1.CVS, Xfree86 4.2.1 10:15am up 40 days, 11:08, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.05, 0.06 ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
