Linux-Misc Digest #504, Volume #19 Thu, 18 Mar 99 17:13:07 EST
Contents:
Re: VFAT panic, Kernel 2.2.3 (Igor Syry)
Re: """"""""My SoundBlast 16 pnp isn't up yet"""""""""""" (Jet)
ye ol lightswitch (popeye)
Re: Althought ping is real fast, Telnet is long to accept connection.... (Tom Evans)
Re: Backing up /proc ? (Frank Sweetser)
Re: Load Balancing in Linux (Tom Evans)
Re: VFAT panic, Kernel 2.2.3 ("Thomas T. Veldhouse")
Re: Installing LILO (Andrew Comech)
Re: What is the best Linux to install? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
front end for snes9x? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Installing LILO ("Janus N. Tøndering")
RealPlayer 5.0 woes (Christopher Radlinski)
[Q] Swap file not working. (K.C. Adams)
what is emacs? (was Re: A Question to Expose My Ingnorance of Linux) (Paul Kimoto)
Re: pdfTeX example.tex won't (Himanshu Gohel)
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From: Igor Syry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: VFAT panic, Kernel 2.2.3
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 15:57:52 -0500
It says vfat in /etc/fstab :
#
# /etc/fstab
#
# You should be using fstool (control-panel) to edit this!
#
# <device> <mountpoint> <filesystemtype> <options> <dump> <fsckorder>
/dev/hdb5 / ext2 defaults 1 1
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 exec,dev,suid,ro,noauto 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy ext2 exec,dev,suid,rw,noauto 0 0
none /proc proc defaults
/dev/hdb6 swap swap sw
/dev/hdb1 /mnt/smallball msdos exec,dev,suid,rw 1 1
/dev/hda1 /mnt/bigball vfat user,exec,dev,suid,rw 1 1
Ifor
"Thomas T. Veldhouse" wrote:
> Right. But what is in your /etc/fstab? It must say vfat as the partition
> type. Not fat, and not msdos or any other variant. Just vfat.
>
> Tom Veldhouse
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Igor Syry wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >It doesn't say VFAT, but it is. I am trying to mount FAT32 as vfat. It
> worked
> >before I did disk defragmentation.
> >VFAT support is compiled in.
> >
> >Igor
> >
> >"Thomas T. Veldhouse" wrote:
> >
> >> This doesn't say VFAT. It appears to me that you either tried to mount
> the
> >> system as MSDOS of FAT in /etc/fstab or you didn't compile in VFAT. It
> >> works fine for me. Make sure you have "vfat" in your /etc/fstab file.
> >>
> >> Tom Veldhouse
> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>
> >> Igor Syry wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >> >Hello,
> >> >
> >> >I have a problem mounting FAT32 file system lately with kernel 2.2.3.
> >> >Here is the error message:
> >> >
> >> >Directory 1: bad FAT
> >> >Filesystem panic (dev 03:01).
> >> >localhost kernel: FAT error
> >> >File system has been set read-only
> >> >
> >> >The system was OK the day before. The only thing I did on this Fat32
> >> >drive was error-check and defragmentation
> >> >using win98 native system tools. Windows does not report any problems
> >> >with this drive. I also checked the drive for viruses with the latest
> >> >NAV.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >This is an exerpt from my /var/log/messages:
> >> >
> >> >Mar 16 11:24:10 localhost kernel: ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
> >> >Mar 16 11:24:10 localhost kernel: ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
> >> >Mar 16 11:24:10 localhost kernel: hda: QUANTUM FIREBALL SE4.3A, 4104MB
> >> >w/80kB Cache, CHS=523/255/63, UDMA
> >> >Mar 16 11:24:10 localhost kernel: hdb: QUANTUM FIREBALL ST2.1A, 2014MB
> >> >w/81kB Cache, CHS=1023/64/63, UDMA
> >> >Mar 16 11:24:10 localhost kernel: hdc: ATAPI 20X CD-ROM drive, 120kB
> >> >Cache
> >> >Mar 16 11:24:10 localhost kernel: Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.52
> >> >Mar 16 11:24:10 localhost kernel: Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
> >> >Mar 16 11:24:10 localhost kernel: FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
> >> >Mar 16 11:24:10 localhost kernel: Partition check:
> >> >Mar 16 11:24:10 localhost kernel: hda: hda1
> >> >Mar 16 11:24:10 localhost kernel: hdb: hdb1 hdb2 < hdb5 hdb6 >
> >> >Mar 16 11:24:10 localhost kernel: VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem)
> >> >readonly.
> >> >Mar 16 11:24:10 localhost kernel: Freeing unused kernel memory: 36k
> >> >freed
> >> >Mar 16 11:24:10 localhost kernel: Adding Swap: 34236k swap-space
> >> >(priority -1)
> >> >Mar 16 11:24:10 localhost kernel: Soundblaster audio driver Copyright
> >> >(C) by Hannu Savolainen 1993-1996
> >> >Mar 16 11:24:10 localhost kernel: SB 3.1 detected OK (220)
> >> >Mar 16 11:24:10 localhost kernel: YM3812 and OPL-3 driver Copyright (C)
> >> >by Hannu Savolainen, Rob Hooft 1993-1996
> >> >Mar 16 11:24:10 localhost kernel: Directory 1: bad FAT
> >> >Mar 16 11:24:10 localhost kernel: Filesystem panic (dev 03:01).
> >> >Mar 16 11:24:10 localhost kernel: FAT error
> >> >Mar 16 11:24:10 localhost kernel: File system has been set read-only
> >> >
> >> >
> >
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From: Jet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: """"""""My SoundBlast 16 pnp isn't up yet""""""""""""
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 12:56:18 -0800
Donovan Rebbechi wrote:
> >last one, Is my Zoom 56k PCI FaxModem a Windmodem that Linux can't use
> >to connect me to my local isp?
>
> There's a fair chance that it will not work ( if it cost less than $80- ,
> it probably won't work. )
I got the Jaton Communicator for about $40 from http://www.site4shop.com
(I'm not connect to them in anyway). All the others I found were much
more expensive, like you say.
http://www.o2.net/~gromitke/winmodem.html has a lot of good info on the
subject.
J
--
2000.txt: The sig file for the Next Millennium
email me at jetgal at earthlink dot net
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From: popeye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ye ol lightswitch
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 21:01:17 GMT
About a year ago somebody posted a message and the schematic of an
electronic project
how to build and electronic light switch for a Linux machine...
it connects from your serial port and goes between a lamp and the 110v
wall plug..
It is essentially an electronic switch...
The project was called "Ye ol Lightswitch"
if any body knows wher to find the file or if any body could point me in
the right direction...
thanks
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Tom Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Althought ping is real fast, Telnet is long to accept connection....
Date: 18 Mar 1999 14:23:47 -0500
"DUGRES Hugues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Hi guys,
>
> I have setup a Linux server with a redhat 5.2 distribution package...
> Everything worked ok for a couple of days, but now, I meet an odd problem !
>
> If a ping the Linux box from the network, it replys within less than 1ms...
>
> If I try a telnet on it, whatever the port (25, 110, telnet,...) it replies
> instantly 'connected' and then I have to way for 10 seconds before I am
> allowed to enter any username...
>
> Does anybody know why it behaves in such a way ?
yes, if the box from which you are telneting is not in DNS then it
will hang trying to resolve you hostname. I'm guessing this is for
host.allow host.deny security features...
--
Tom Evans
All disclaimers apply...
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From: Frank Sweetser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Backing up /proc ?
Date: 18 Mar 1999 14:03:16 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> What is the proper way to handle the proc directory on a full system backup.
> Should I include just the directory without its contents, or skip it all-
> together? ....
man proc
will tell you the answer, and why.
--
Frank Sweetser rasmusin at wpi.edu fsweetser at blee.net | PGP key available
paramount.ind.wpi.edu RedHat 5.2 kernel 2.2.3 i586 | at public servers
>Oh yeah? Well I think OS holy wars are more of a waste of time than
>mail client holy wars, so there!!!!!!
You wouldn't know an OS holy war if Kernel Sanders came up and tried to
install NetBSD on you.
- Steve Richardson
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From: Tom Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Load Balancing in Linux
Date: 18 Mar 1999 14:26:31 -0500
"Paul Davies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I am running a webserver hosted on two servers running Linux and want to
> ensure that they are load balanced.
This is done by having multiple entries in the DNS database
--
Tom Evans
All disclaimers apply...
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From: "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: VFAT panic, Kernel 2.2.3
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 14:20:24 -0600
Right. But what is in your /etc/fstab? It must say vfat as the partition
type. Not fat, and not msdos or any other variant. Just vfat.
Tom Veldhouse
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Igor Syry wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>It doesn't say VFAT, but it is. I am trying to mount FAT32 as vfat. It
worked
>before I did disk defragmentation.
>VFAT support is compiled in.
>
>Igor
>
>"Thomas T. Veldhouse" wrote:
>
>> This doesn't say VFAT. It appears to me that you either tried to mount
the
>> system as MSDOS of FAT in /etc/fstab or you didn't compile in VFAT. It
>> works fine for me. Make sure you have "vfat" in your /etc/fstab file.
>>
>> Tom Veldhouse
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>> Igor Syry wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>> >Hello,
>> >
>> >I have a problem mounting FAT32 file system lately with kernel 2.2.3.
>> >Here is the error message:
>> >
>> >Directory 1: bad FAT
>> >Filesystem panic (dev 03:01).
>> >localhost kernel: FAT error
>> >File system has been set read-only
>> >
>> >The system was OK the day before. The only thing I did on this Fat32
>> >drive was error-check and defragmentation
>> >using win98 native system tools. Windows does not report any problems
>> >with this drive. I also checked the drive for viruses with the latest
>> >NAV.
>> >
>> >
>> >This is an exerpt from my /var/log/messages:
>> >
>> >Mar 16 11:24:10 localhost kernel: ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
>> >Mar 16 11:24:10 localhost kernel: ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
>> >Mar 16 11:24:10 localhost kernel: hda: QUANTUM FIREBALL SE4.3A, 4104MB
>> >w/80kB Cache, CHS=523/255/63, UDMA
>> >Mar 16 11:24:10 localhost kernel: hdb: QUANTUM FIREBALL ST2.1A, 2014MB
>> >w/81kB Cache, CHS=1023/64/63, UDMA
>> >Mar 16 11:24:10 localhost kernel: hdc: ATAPI 20X CD-ROM drive, 120kB
>> >Cache
>> >Mar 16 11:24:10 localhost kernel: Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.52
>> >Mar 16 11:24:10 localhost kernel: Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
>> >Mar 16 11:24:10 localhost kernel: FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
>> >Mar 16 11:24:10 localhost kernel: Partition check:
>> >Mar 16 11:24:10 localhost kernel: hda: hda1
>> >Mar 16 11:24:10 localhost kernel: hdb: hdb1 hdb2 < hdb5 hdb6 >
>> >Mar 16 11:24:10 localhost kernel: VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem)
>> >readonly.
>> >Mar 16 11:24:10 localhost kernel: Freeing unused kernel memory: 36k
>> >freed
>> >Mar 16 11:24:10 localhost kernel: Adding Swap: 34236k swap-space
>> >(priority -1)
>> >Mar 16 11:24:10 localhost kernel: Soundblaster audio driver Copyright
>> >(C) by Hannu Savolainen 1993-1996
>> >Mar 16 11:24:10 localhost kernel: SB 3.1 detected OK (220)
>> >Mar 16 11:24:10 localhost kernel: YM3812 and OPL-3 driver Copyright (C)
>> >by Hannu Savolainen, Rob Hooft 1993-1996
>> >Mar 16 11:24:10 localhost kernel: Directory 1: bad FAT
>> >Mar 16 11:24:10 localhost kernel: Filesystem panic (dev 03:01).
>> >Mar 16 11:24:10 localhost kernel: FAT error
>> >Mar 16 11:24:10 localhost kernel: File system has been set read-only
>> >
>> >
>
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Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 16:07:58 -0500
From: Andrew Comech <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Installing LILO
Benjamin HERZOG wrote:
> Linux is installed on my second hd (hdb). The boot driver, hda, is
> under Windows95.
> So, when i boot, i get Win95 starting. Even if i configured
> /etc/lilo.conf to boot on hda (see my lilo.conf file in the end).
>
> How do i configure LILO, and the MBR that is "governed" now by Win95, to
> get the LILO prompt instead of "Win95 starting ..." ?
>
> Here is my lilo.conf file (i type it from memory, so there could be
> missing something, but the main file is here)
>
> boot = /dev/hda
This line sends LILO to the MBR of hda; how could you have "Win
starting..."?
Did you remember to re-run lilo after making all these changes?
> compact
> install = /boot/boot.b
> map = /boot/map
> default = linux
>
> image = /boot/vmlinuz-2.0.34-1
> label = linux
> root = /dev/hdb1
> vga = normal
Are there actually reasons to have the Linux HD as the
primary slave instead of the secondary master, /dev/hdc?
>
> other = /dev/hda1
> label = msdos
> table = /dev/hda
Best,
Andrew
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.networking,alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: What is the best Linux to install?
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 23:34:17 GMT
POSTED & MAILED:
>I use a subscription option too - it keeps things under control. Linux
>is advancing to rapidly (overall a good thing) to try to surf the
>upgrade wave.
I just bought Suse 6..... matter of fact just got
it in mail today. <G>
This will be my first experience with it and I
will be installing it on a 486/66 with 40 megs ram
and 1.6 gig drive.
Anyway..... what is the subscription option and
why should I get it?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: front end for snes9x?
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 19:06:20 GMT
Hi, i was wondering if anyone out there knows of any front ends for the
snes9x snes emulator? I have found one ksnes but it requires kde and i
prefer to avoid kde (and gnome for that matter, i just don't care for those
kind of extras). If anyone out there knows of such front ends and could
point me in the right direction i would really appricate it!
thank you,
-Gaiko
Gaikokujin Kyofusho
Student Extraordinare & UN*X Guru Wannbe
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Janus N. Tøndering" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installing LILO
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 20:56:45 +0100
>How do i configure LILO, and the MBR that is "governed" now by Win95, to
>get the LILO prompt instead of "Win95 starting ..." ?
Did you remember to run the lilo executable?
Type "lilo" at the prompt (without quotes)
- Janus N. Tøndering
>
>
>Here is my lilo.conf file (i type it from memory, so there could be
>missing something, but the main file is here)
>
>boot = /dev/hda
>compact
>install = /boot/boot.b
>map = /boot/map
>default = linux
>
>image = /boot/vmlinuz-2.0.34-1
> label = linux
> root = /dev/hdb1
> vga = normal
>
>other = /dev/hda1
> label = msdos
> table = /dev/hda
>
>Thank you.
>
>Benjamin HERZOG
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Radlinski)
Subject: RealPlayer 5.0 woes
Date: 18 Mar 1999 21:40:31 GMT
I am running RedHat 5.2 (no patches or updates) on the following system:
Tyan 1592S motherboard w/AMD K6-2 266
96 MB RAM
6GB Quantum IDE disk
ATI Graphics Xpression (Mach 64) 2 MB
Mitsumi 32x CD-ROM
Creative Labs SoundBlaster 16 Waveffects sound card (Vibra 16X PNP)
Zoom 56K external modem
This system has been rock-solid running Red Hat, Solaris, and UnixWare. I
don't have the sound card running under any of these OSes, so I decided to
start with Red Hat. I ran the Red Hat sndconfig (or soundcfg, whatever)
utility which found my card and set it up properly with isapnp. So far,
so good.
I then downloaded RealPlayer 5.0 rpm. It installed just fine. I started
up X (Lesstif wm), connected to the 'net, and started RealPlayer. I
selected File->Open Location which defaulted to a welcome.rm on Real's web
site. It started to download, played a few frames, and then X locked
tight. The download continued in the background so I think Linux was
still alive, I just couldn't do anything with the mouse or keyboard. So I
hit reset.
After rebooting and fsck-ing, I uninstalled the rpm and got the tarball
version. I read somewhere that the tarball is a slightly later version
than the rpm (5.00.45 vs 5.00.3?) so I was hoping for something better.
No dice. I untarred and gunzipped the tarball, dumped it in
/opt/rvplayer, added that directory to my path, and set LD_LIBRARY_PATH to
/opt/rvplayer so it could find its libraries. After connecting to the
'net and starting another download in RealPlayer, it locked X. I did not
have Netscape running at the time--in fact, the only other thing I had
going was an xterm. I rebooted and tried it with Netscape and got the
same thing.
After some futzing, I got it play the welcome.rm from the net by starting
the download, stopping it, and then restarting it. It also plays the
welcome.rm that comes in the tarball off the hard drive with no problems.
I then tried to download the new Star Wars trailer using the same
start-stop-start technique. I started out OK, but eventually locked.
Scanning DejaNews, I found a report of someone with similar problems who
claimed that there was a fix from Real in a file called rvplayer.tar.gz
available on their ftp site. I tried to ftp to ftp.real.com but only got
"Connection refused." So, can someone tell me:
1. Does rvplayer.tar.gz exist, and if so, where?
2. Has anyone solved similar problems with RedHat 5.2 and the
SoundBlaster 16 Waveffects Vibra16X PNP drivers?
Thanks for your time.
Chris Radlinski
Minneapolis, MN
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (K.C. Adams)
Subject: [Q] Swap file not working.
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 20:32:26 GMT
Greetings!
I'm running RedHat 5.2 on a P166 with 64M of memory. When I look at my
swap file info in "top", it doesn't appear to be getting used. Anyone
have this problem or is this a problem?
Email any responses please
-K-
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: what is emacs? (was Re: A Question to Expose My Ingnorance of Linux)
Date: 18 Mar 1999 16:46:34 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <01be717e$e515c620$235033a1@nt1840>, Hugh wrote:
> I see a good bit of talk about emacs. What is it or should I say what are
> they?
Emacs is a type of Lisp interpreter whose main purpose is text editing.
Or, emacs is a text editor that uses a sort of Lisp as its extension
language. (The extensions have become so elaborate that one may use it as
an ftp client, as a spreadsheet, to surf the web, to play ridiculous games,
and so forth.) It is highly customizable and not _that_ hard to learn for
simple purposes. It requires the use of the Control key and the Escape
key.
Many of its adherents are quite fanatical about it. Some detractors
believe that it is too unwieldy and large for a text editor.
There are (for most practical purposes) two flavors of emacs: GNU Emacs
("original") and XEmacs ("extra crispy"). For a beginner, choosing between
them is mostly a matter of taste (or processor speed, or available disk
space).
The unix other editing camps are vi (usually one of its clones like "vim")
and everybody else.
--
Paul Kimoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Himanshu Gohel)
Crossposted-To: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: pdfTeX example.tex won't
Date: 18 Mar 1999 20:15:15 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 15 Mar 1999 20:37:28 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >I might have an application for pdfTeX, so I thought I'd give a try. pdfTeX's
> >author suggests processing example.tex, and studying how it does what it does.
> >
> >I have RedHat Linux 5.2, which comes with something called pdfTeX, but
> >without example.tex. I found example.tex on an ftp site, but it very quickly
> >caused an error in pdftex and quit. So I found a newer version of pdftex in
> >RPM format (apologies to the non-linux lurkers), downloaded that and
> >installed it. (BTW, I had to upgrade my tetex to do this... some dependency
> >was missing.)
First, the teTeX release 0.4pl8 is very old. If you are trying to install
pdfTeX for use with that, you will have to update a few packages atleast; the
graphics package comes to mind immediately. For including figures in PDF
you'll have to get the new pdftex.def file as well v0.021 I think.
Anyway, to compile example.tex, you will have to have eplain installed on
your system. I thought that was a bad idea. An example file should not
have dependencies on an external package! I skipped that altogether, and
downloaded the pdfTeX-FAQ.{tex,pdf} files, and tried to compile that. Even
that requires url.sty etc.
In short, you will end up installing new packages, but it's worth it. I
did manage to get pdfTeX working after a lot of difficulty with fonts,
packages, paths etc. since I installed it in my home directory.
Note: Please remove XXX from my email address to reply directly!
--
Himanshu Gohel, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
URL: http://www.csee.usf.edu/~gohel/
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