Linux-Misc Digest #494, Volume #20 Fri, 4 Jun 99 16:13:14 EDT
Contents:
Re: gdm crashing (Abed M. Hammoud)
full filesystems not reported by syslog ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Please Help--Linux on a Compaq Laptop (Randy Olinger)
Re: wine_0.0.990523-1.deb and sigaltstack ("Arkadiy Korobeyko")
Re: linux beginner-somebody help (Paul Anderson)
Re: What is "Mount Point?" ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: help me, please!!! (Mark Grosberg)
Re: Radio clock using realplay -- why doesn't it work? (Larry)
Re: help! completely removing linux.....
("mov_ah_4ch_int21h_mov_ah_31h_int2fh_mov_ah_4ch_int21h_END")
RH6.0 GNU c++ compiler question (Willis Sarka III)
Organizing files
Boot still hangs at: Ok booing the kernel (Paul Rowland)
Re: SUSE 6.1 and (unfortunately!) MS Windows 9X Install Question (Dan Star)
Mice recommendations
Re: Mice recommendations (Johan Kullstam)
RedHat 5.2 - sndconfig - SB AWE64 - HELP ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Need reasons for Mandrake over RH ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
need help with linux setup for adding serial terminal and modem on IPX (Zachary Uram)
Re: Cable Modems (K Lee)
Re: Need reasons for Mandrake over RH ("Ferdinand V. Mendoza")
Black Screen of Death (Jason Bond)
Re: compile with special lib ("Eric E. Fronheiser")
Re: 2.2.5-15 kernel eats memory! (Clarence Riddle)
Re: How to edit a file in /proc ("D. Vrabel")
Re: linux beginner-somebody help ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: Abed M. Hammoud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: gdm crashing
Date: 4 Jun 1999 17:31:15 GMT
Thomas Boggs wrote:
> I've installed the rpm for gdm 1.0.0-5 and it works fine, but
> only if I use the default images in the face browser. There are
> two problems I'm encountering when trying to set user images:
>
> 1. An image in ~usr/.gnome/photo is ignored. The face browser
> continues to use the default image.
>
> 2. gdm (or X) keeps crashing if I place the image in
> /usr/share/faces/<username>. When gdm starts, the default X
> background color pops up, then a second later, the screen
> flickers black and this process keeps repeating over and over. I
> then have to ctr-alt-del to reboot and enter single user mode to
> login again. I've tried both xpm's and gif's to see and got the
> same which each.
>
> Anyone know what's going on?
>
> Thanks,
> Thomas
>
I am having the same problem. Any one knows of a solution. I am using
RH6.0.
Thanks,
Abed
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: full filesystems not reported by syslog
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 16:20:31 GMT
Under solaris when a filesystem hits 100% an
error is recored by syslog (messages log).
I am now run a number of redhat 6.0 linux servers and during test
I was unable to get the filesystem to send and error to
syslog when it is full.
Any help would be great.
Thanks
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From: Randy Olinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Please Help--Linux on a Compaq Laptop
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 12:56:56 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Is it possible that your Compaq has an LS-120 for the floppy drive and not
a standard floppy? If so, you are out of luck, but you can try installing
from
a hard disk partition.
Randy
Derik wrote:
> I'm trying to load RH 5.2 on my Compaq Contura laptop and every time I
> boot from the install disk, the boot fails while trying to load
> initrc.img. When I try to reboot I get:
> 601-Diskette Controller Error.
> I then have to reboot two more times in order to clear this up (I reboot
> the first time and Windows will start start but my floppy won't work.
> The second time clears this up). Does anyone know how to fix this or
> how to get around using the install floppy on a machine with no cdrom?
>
> Thanks
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Arkadiy Korobeyko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine
Subject: Re: wine_0.0.990523-1.deb and sigaltstack
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 20:59:35 +0300
Jose M de Aguiar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I installed wine_0.0.990523-1.deb and wine-doc_0.0.990523-1.deb and
> all the files required. The installation did go through very well.
>
> However wine does not run. It complains about a function not
> implemented.
> For example:
> $ wine -winver win95 -managed /dos/windows/notepad.exe
> sigaltstack: Function not implemented
>
> Any ideas or suggestions?
>
I have the same on RedHat 6.0 installed from .rpm package/
Arkadiy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Anderson)
Subject: Re: linux beginner-somebody help
Date: 3 Jun 1999 17:36:17 -0400
Vladan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Gentleman, what Linux would YOu recomend ? I have heard that Red Hat is
>the best.
>
RedHat is good for beginners, Debian and Slackware, IMHO are more preferable
for those that are experienced, and work better on servers.
IMHO, if you know SysV UNIX I don't think you'll have that much trouble coming
over to Linux. TTYL!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: What is "Mount Point?"
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 18:40:20 GMT
In article <7j72av$buu$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Ed Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>> I'm trying to install Linux 5.0 and the autoinstall "Druid" keeps
>> asking for valid "Mount Point"
>
>The Linux filesystem is arranged in a tree structure of directories. The root
>directory is /. All other directories are branches or subdirectories of /. If
>you have multiple drives or partitions these have to be "mounted" somewhere in
>the filesystem hierarchy of directories. So a mount point is a directory.
>
>There are many strategies for selecting your partition sizes. Workstations,
>servers, multiuser computers, and web servers are usually setup with different
>things in mind.
>
>For a single user workstation I suggest the following:
>
>MountPoint partition size type
>---------- -------------------------- -------
> / remaining ext2
> /var 32 Meg ext2
> RAM < 64Meg ? 64 Meg : RAM swap
>
>Why this? /var can grow out of control. It's where logging takes place. On a
>single user system logging is about the only activity where files grow unseen by
>the user. So you can limit the affect of overgrown log files by giving them
>their own filesystem.
>
>Swap is 64 Meg or RAM size if RAM is > 64 Meg. If the applications you use
>require a lot of virtual, you may want more swap. Usually you won't. I have 96
>Meg RAM, and I very rarely use any swap.
>
>The rest of your available memory is used by code and data. So this
>partitioning provides the maximum flexibility of disk use. If you use a lot of
>data (like mp3's) you have space for a large /home. If you like to test a lot
>of applications you have space for a large /usr. And if you change your mind,
>you don't have to repartition.
>
>Anyone else have ideas for single user workstation partitioning? I would like
>to learn about other constraints in partition selection and sizing...
About swap, there's a limit of 128Meg. If you make a swap partition
bigger, the rest of that disk space is unused, however, you can have more
than one swap partition. I ran into this swap limitation once, using
ImageMagick to rotate a large image file.
Another file system that I kinda like to put in it's own little
partition is /tmp. Programs like vi use it and while files don't generally
just keep growing and growing, I prefer not to have it on root. One
trick you can do is create a directory on another partition (/var/tmp or
/usr/tmp for instance) and create a symbolic link to /tmp.
/home is the conventional place to put user home directories. If
someone keeps a lot of stuff in their home directory, or you have a lot
of users, that can take up a lot of space. Finally, some people like to
have a /opt where they put applications (/opt is one of the places netscape
looks for things), and/or a /local or /usr/local or /local/share or some
combination of these. I seen some 'production' unix operations where
/usr/X11 is put on it's own partition, (but they may be doing this to
make it convenient to share networked file systems).
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adaptation of a sig from Cato the Elder regarding the city of Carthage.
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From: Mark Grosberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: help me, please!!!
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 04:32:08 GMT
andreval <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I compiled the kernel to support xenix, sysv and coeherent filesystem. But
> still doesn’t work
Make sure you are giving the -t option to mount to specify a filesystem
type. There is some documentation somewhere under /usr/src/linux that
talks about the various options the filesystem supports.
I haven't worked with Xenix/386 in so long that I don't have a copy I can
mess with quick to see if I can get it to work.
> If I do ‘fdisk /dev/hdd’ the xenix partition is shown but mount does not
> work.
> What can I do?
Well, if you happen to have a partition with nothing but crap on it you
can use the raw partition to transfer the data. First, I would gzip (or
compress if you don't have a Xenix gzip) the tape images. Then, I would
maybe deactivate my Linux sawp area and copy one on there. Then boot into
Xenix/386 and copy it off the swap partition.
If the compressed image doesn't fit in your sawp partition, you can always
run split on it. It becomes a pain in the ass, but you can get the tape
image over there that way if you can't get the filesystems mounted.
L8r,
Mark G.
- http://www.emi.net/~markg
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Larry)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Radio clock using realplay -- why doesn't it work?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 4 Jun 1999 13:43:24 -0600
>Ding-Jung Han <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> Hi all
>>
>> I've tried to be creative -- using realplay to wake me up every morning.
>> Here is what I tried (but failed):
>>
>> 1. write a small script called radio:
>>
>> #!/bin/sh
>> realplay http://www.realaudio.com/products/ra3.0/kingfmMI.ram&
>>
>> 2. Issue an at command:
>>
>> at -f /home/ben/bin/radio 7:30am
>>
>> But realplay didn't show up and play nice music for me. I can tell the
>> script was actually executed, but no error message, no nothing. If I
>> dropped the trailing '&' out then an error message was emailed to me
>> saying that realplay caused a segmentation fault (!) and I did run the
>> script by hand it's working. Any ideas? TIA!
>>
>>
Yeah try:
at 07:30 < /home/ben/bin/radio
or in your crontab file put
30 07 * * * /home/ben/bin/radio &> /dev/null
this runs 'radio' everyday at 7:30. You can also set it up just to run on
weekdays, just read the crontab man page.
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From: "mov_ah_4ch_int21h_mov_ah_31h_int2fh_mov_ah_4ch_int21h_END" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: help! completely removing linux.....
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 17:46:42 +0200
Rory ha scritto nel messaggio <7j33bc$ms$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
:I want to remove all of what the Redhat 6.0
:setup put on my computer. I used Partition
:Magic 4.0 in Windows to delete the native
:linux and swap partitions. But how do I
:remove LILO, and all the stuff that comes up
:if I try to boot linux from lilo? Any help
:would be greatly appreciated.
:
:Rory
:
:
Use under LINUX
fdisk /dev/hdc + enter
1) remove all partitions to your disk.
2) create a new partition DOS 16 -->32M (option 6 by fdisk)
3) write the new partition and exit .
4)rebooting your computer whit floppy disk created by WIN98 and select use
CDROM.
5) RE-install WIN98 and use the integrated utility CONVERSION FAT16 to
FAT32.
Hack.
bye.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Willis Sarka III)
Subject: RH6.0 GNU c++ compiler question
Date: 3 Jun 1999 22:04:46 GMT
Greetings,
I am taking an introductory C++ course in college for summer semester. The
professor mentioned that there is a new standard for C++ (ANSI standard I believe)
that was released sometime in 1998. He alluded to the fact that the new standard has
a "<string>" header file, and that the GNU C++ compiler might be based on the older
standard, not the current one. Is there any way of checking the GNU C++ compiler to
make sure it meets this standard?
Thanks in advance
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Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 01:10:51 -0400
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Organizing files
I'd like to hear how others organize apps that they
download onto their computers. I'd also like to hear
comments on how I organize mine.
I have a standalone system where I'm the only user,
currently running Red Hat 5.2 but about to give
SuSE 6.1 a look. To backup my system I just copy /home
and /usr/local to another disk since everything else
can be reinstalled from the CD. In /usr/local/ I've
created 3 new directories, rpms-installed/,
rpms-notinstalled/, and rpms-temp/. When I download
new rpms they go into rpms-temp/, I execute
'rpm -Uvh *.rpm', then move them to rpms-installed/.
Invariably there are a few that can't be installed
because of missing dependencies in which case I move
those to rpms-notinstalled/. I want those files
stored somewhere so that I can go on installing other
files until I track down the missing dependencies
which may be a few days or weeks later.
I do something similar for source rpms. In /usr/local/
I've created srpms-compiled/, srpms-notcompiled/, and
srpms-temp/. New srpms are downloaded into srpms-temp/,
execute 'rpm --rebuild filename.src.rpm', then moved
to srpms-compiled/ if successful, or moved to srpms-
notcompiled/ if not. The newly created rpm is then
moved to /usr/local/rpms-temp/ and the preceding rpm
installation steps followed.
Lastly for tarballs, in /usr/local/ I've created
/src-installed/, src-notinstalled/ and src-temp/.
New tarballs are downloaded and unzipped in src-
temp/, execute './configure, make, make install',
then move the tarball to src-installed/ if successful,
to src-notinstalled/ if not, and delete the directory
created from unzipping the tarball.
Now if I need to reinstall or upgrade the system,
to get back the previously installed apps, I can
copy /usr/local/ from the backup, cd to /usr/local/rpms-
installed/, execute 'rpm -Uvh *.rpm', cd to
/usr/local/src-installed/, and execute './configure,
make, make install' after unzipping each tarball.
Please post any comments.
Greg
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From: Paul Rowland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Boot still hangs at: Ok booing the kernel
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 13:44:08 -0400
make dep;make clean;make;make modules;make modules_install;make install;
lilo
This is the best most efficient compile I've ever done. But I still hang
at:
Ok booting the kernel.
The kernel size, depending on options, runs between 400k and 500k. And I
tried bzimage
and zlilo to no avail.
My kernel is 2.2.9 on SuSe 6.1 333 Mhz 128 mb ram. Any suggestions?
Thanks.
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From: Dan Star <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SUSE 6.1 and (unfortunately!) MS Windows 9X Install Question
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 12:49:08 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
muzh wrote:
>
> Windows 9x is so selfish it takes the first partition on the C drive and the
> whole Master Boot Record to itself!
> Might be easiest if you bought another hard disk, made it master (ie c: ),
> and jumpered the Linux disk to be slave.
> Make a boot disk for Linux and test it works.
> Install windows.
> Boot linux with the boot disk.
> Configure and run Lilo, and you should be right -- ie back to dual-boot
> system
With this setup, could the Windows "C:" disk be mountable from Linux so
that "Windows" files could be read from and writen to from within the
Linux environment?
> Any other gurus please? I haven't tried this solution myself --
>
> Dan Star <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:7j6gkf$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I am going to jump into Linux and would like to buy a system
> > prequalified to run Linux such as IndyBox as I do not have enough spare
> > time to deal with the hassles of building a sytem from scratch. My
> > question is: if the computer comes with Linux installed is there a way
> > to install Windows 9X without having to re-install Linux?
> >
> > --Dan
--Dan
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Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 01:26:37 -0400
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mice recommendations
What mice do most people recommend to use with Linux?
Greg
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From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mice recommendations
Date: 04 Jun 1999 14:28:21 -0400
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> What mice do most people recommend to use with Linux?
get a three button mouse.
i am not sure if the wheel gizmo constitutes a third button in linux
but i am thinking it does.
but definately avoid two button jobs w/o wheelies.
--
johan kullstam
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RedHat 5.2 - sndconfig - SB AWE64 - HELP
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 18:13:56 GMT
I'm trying to get my sound up and running. When I run sndconfig
(either in or out of X) I get an error in line 367 and the system asks
me to add "NOTIFYLD N" or something like that (not in front of system)
to the top of the isapnp.conf file. I did that but when I run
sndconfig again it renames my updated file!!! How do I get it not to
rename the file or get around this error??
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: Need reasons for Mandrake over RH
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 19:18:17 GMT
In article <7j6sqc$r3c$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Jacques Le Marois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In article <7j4h9r$1f4$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Okay, I need reasons to convince the other sysadmins to use Mandrake
>6.0
>> over RH for our servers, 1st and desktops, 2nd.
>>
>> I know that Mandrake is faster since it is completely compiled for the
>> Pentium versus RH's kernel only (IMHO, this should be enough). I also
>> know that Mandrake has newer rpm's for gnome, kde, and the kernel.
...<snip>...
I don't get this. Surely you'll be recompiling the kernel anyway?
At the very least you probably want that latest bug fix that was mentioned
on slashdot in net/ipv4/ip_options.c and that will require a recompile.
--
Praeterea censeo Micromolle non esse utendum.
("Moreover, I maintain that Microsoft should not be used." A toned down
adaptation of a sig from Cato the Elder regarding the city of Carthage.
---- Remove "UhUh" and "Spam" to get my real email address -----
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From: Zachary Uram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: need help with linux setup for adding serial terminal and modem on IPX
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 14:18:38 -0400
Reply-To: Zachary Uram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi I finally got all the necessary hardware to attach 14.4 extarnal modem
(ttyb) and a terminal (ttya) to my IPX. I set the terminal speed to 9600
and the modem to 36,000 and if I boot up IPX headless the terminal will
display the startup messages but when linux startup gets to a certain part
(right after it displays free kernel memory) it hangs and I tried
ctrl-break on terminal but cant get to EPROM. I think perhaps the kernel
is checking for the frame buffer and since my monitor is unplugged its
hanging. I heard there is way I cam run just my terminal as console or run
with monitor and have terminal as well. What files do I have to alter and
what do I need to input to tell Linux to see my terminal on ttya and my
modem on ttyb. And any help on how to get PPP working would be good. I am
running Red Hat without X.
Thanks!
Zach
________________________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have faith." - John 20:29
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From: K Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cable Modems
Date: 4 Jun 1999 18:41:30 GMT
Mick Costa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[snip]
: Note: My machine is currently dual boot between Win95 and Slackware.
: For some reason, my NIC is not detected if I do a soft reboot. I
: actually have to power down and then power back up to get the NIC
: detected. Other than that, it was pretty straightforward.
Just so I understand, you do have a cable modem to which the NIC connects?
If so, then, there should be a little tiny switch in the back or on the
side of the modem which you could press to reset the modem. Then, there'd
be no need for a hard reboot. Mine's by Motorola, Cybersurfr and the
switch is in the back.
: Note 2: With a cable modem, your machine may be on-line more often abd
: much more accessible to intruders. You should look into the available
: filtering / firewall / monitoring utilities to protect your machine.
: Also, once you get this machine up and running, you can use it to
: front-end an entire home LAN (e.g., 2 NICs in the linux box, 1 ethernet
: hub, and a NIC in any other computer you might have). Then every
: computer can have Internet access.
Right, and that'd be accomplished using ip-masq...just thought it was an
important detail :) And I don't know type of system Jason has, but I've
just got a 486DX-66MHz doing just fine acting as a router/firewall for me
for the 3 other computers I have in my house, so if he's got a pretty half
decent box, then he should use that as it is and just get a cheap box to
do the routing/firewalling.
steve
: > On Thu, 3 Jun 1999 16:04:41 -0400, Anthony DeLuca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: > >Does LINUX have support for cable modems? If not will it?
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From: "Ferdinand V. Mendoza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: Need reasons for Mandrake over RH
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 11:03:30 +0400
Their scripts are much cleaner than RH's. If you would be
delving deeper into each distro's init scripts, you will
find out. Good for beginners who thirst to learn and
the experienced as well.
It works right the first time. No hassles. No headaches.
Ferdinand
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Okay, I need reasons to convince the other sysadmins to use Mandrake 6.0
> over RH for our servers, 1st and desktops, 2nd.
>
> I know that Mandrake is faster since it is completely compiled for the
> Pentium versus RH's kernel only (IMHO, this should be enough). I also
> know that Mandrake has newer rpm's for gnome, kde, and the kernel.
>
> My question is what other reasons can I give (or am I missing)?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: Jason Bond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Black Screen of Death
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 12:05:13 -0700
For several applications that use full screen mode...glquake for
example, when the program exits, it doesn't completely quit and I get
stuck in this text mode...with no prompt.
The only way I know to get out of it is to hit
ctrl-alt-f11 and then kill the X process as root which loggs me out.
Another question...is there a way to retrieve the current session once
ctrl-alt-f11 has been hit and the offending
process has been killed as root? Thanks kindly in advance,
Jason
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From: "Eric E. Fronheiser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: compile with special lib
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 01:38:27 -0400
Benjamin HERZOG wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hello,
>I try to compile a program (Xtraceroute) that needs the TIFF lib.
>I installed libtiff, and made a ldconfig, but when i run the configure
>script of Xtraceroute, i get:
>
>*** checking for TIFFOpen in -ltiff... no
>*** configure: error: Missing tiff library
>
>Thank you for helping.
>Benjamin.
>
This is just a stab but it seems as though you don't have the libtiff header
files included. In RH, for instance, you can install the libtiff lib and
the libtiff headers (which are in libtiff-devel-xxx) separately. You need
both to compile. Hope this is useful.
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From: Clarence Riddle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: 2.2.5-15 kernel eats memory!
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 14:40:03 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I had the same problem. I think it is the apps that you are running.
cgr
Joe Robertson wrote:
> I don't get this.. I'm running RedHat 6.0 with a minimum of services.. and
> after a reboot, my free memory is only about 24MB(out of 64). A few hours
> later, I have about 1.7MB free, and my swap starts to become active.. I do
> not have many users, nor memory-eating apps.. it all seems to go into
> "cached" memory.. Now cache is nice, but I don't want all my available
> memory allocated to it! And I want to avoid swap usage... can anyone
> help??
>
> Here is output of "free" command:
> total used free shared buffers cached
> Mem: 62860 60688 2172 36268 1668 42632
> -/+ buffers/cache: 16388 46472
> Swap: 24060 1068 22992
>
> Thanks a bunch..
> Joe
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From: "D. Vrabel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to edit a file in /proc
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 20:35:49 +0100
On 4 Jun 1999, Larry wrote:
> On Fri, 04 Jun 1999 10:26:17 +0200, Charly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Hi all,
> >
> > I want to edit a file that stands in /proc but I
> >don't know what
> >program to use to do that. I tried vi (maybe a silly
> >solution). It
> >worked but when I reboot, the modification are discarded.
>
> Leave those files in the /proc directory alone.
Actually you can edit some of them to adjust kernel parameters.
David Vrabel
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: linux beginner-somebody help
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 19:23:07 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Larry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Wed, 02 Jun 1999 01:01:22 GMT, Vladan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Gentleman, what Linux would YOu recomend ? I have heard that Red Hat is
>>the best.
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>You heard wrong. It may be easier to install than a few others, although
>from what I see on the newsgroups, I doubt this. But in the end the best
>distribution is usually Slackware.
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Basically I agree. I'm using slackware 3.6 right now, but, you know I
downloaded that realplayer beta and it gave me a segmentation fault when
I tried to run it. I installed Mandrake and it worked. No doubt it is
the old libraries slackware is using (which have been updated for slackware
4.0 from what I've heard.) I've also heard that 4.0 slack uses KDE (just
like Mandrake) sigh. I hope it won't be a lot of trouble to get rid of
KDE and go back to some flavor of fvwm with it.
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