LPD Execv Error (Solution)

This turned out to be a boneheaded mistake on my part. The lesson I learned was not to execute chmod 644 lib/* when staging Linux systems. Apparently if ld-linux.so is not 'chmod 755', then you will get execv errors from any process that is not running as root. I don't know why it works for root

LPD execv error

I have an issue I am trying to solve with the BSD lpr package on a potato system. I have installed the following: - lpr - magicfilter - ghostscript - netpbm I have created a printcap using magicfilterconfig which appears to work fine. When I do something like: lpr tiger.ps I can hear

Re: split archives using tar

You would need to handle this using the -prune option to find. I just wrote a script to do something like what you are talking about, and I *think* that it looks like this: cd /home/howard find . -path .netscape/cache/* -prune -path vmware/* -prune -o -print \ | cpio -ovH crc

Re: split archives using tar

This is not exactly what you were asking for, but you might try something like: tar -cvMf /dev/sdz directories_to_archive where /dev/sdz is replaced by the device for your Zip drive. The 'M' option should (according to the man page) cause tar to prompt you for the next disk when it runs out of

Re: aha1542 kernel panics

Peter Ludwig wrote: I myself have an Adaptec 1542CF and I have started to receive problematic errors with the card. After seeing this message, I'm tempted to get another card from somewhere and try that out. I have looked at adaptec's website in regards to this card (about a year ago

xquake sound problem

I have installed xquake 1.06 from potato and have a small problem. When I start xquake, it works fine, and it even automatically starts my CD playing if one is in the drive, but I don't hear any game sounds. I have tried leaving the CD drive empty as well as starting with various combinations of

aha1542 kernel panics

I have been trying to solve this problem without success for about a year now. My hardware is: - Dell NetPlex 486SX/25 - 32MB RAM - AHA1542C SCSI Controller - 3COM 509B Ethernet Controller - 2-port 16550A Serial Card - 3 x SCSI Hard Drives External - 1 x SCSI Jaz Drive External - 1 x SCSI Sony

LxA - linux appliances

My apologies to those who have already seen this. This subject was originally discussed on the debian-firewall list, but I though there might be some on the other lists who would be interested as well. I have arranged and posted the results of my experiments in building single floppy 'linux