Linux-Misc Digest #603, Volume #20 Sat, 12 Jun 99 14:13:06 EDT
Contents:
Re: mt ... fsf not working (Paul Smicker)
Re: Can I load Windows95 from Linux ("David Murray")
help! err from dump ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: cannot chown or chgrp vfat directories/files ("Stephen E. Watts")
Re: ooooppps!!! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Sonic Vibes sound card: problems! (Burra)
Re: HDD partitioning for linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
how do I save my desktop in KDE? (William Schwartz)
Re: I habe the same problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Name For Distribution (-ljl-)
Re: Question for vi expert (William Park)
Sharing mail and bookmarks between Linux and Windows (Martin Vonwald)
Re: LinuxShopping.com Domain name. (Howard Mann)
Re: using dd (-ljl-)
Re: Mounting iso CD-ROM image ? (Marc Mutz)
Re: Linux penquin in South Park episode (Lew Pitcher)
Re: how do I save my desktop in KDE? ("dave")
Re: RedHat 5.2 (where to get apache 1.3.6 rpm?) (Stewart Honsberger)
Re: Installing Software Programs (Paul Kimoto)
timed / timedc (Mike Wooding)
Re: Apache Question (Stewart Honsberger)
Re: Tape Library Support (-ljl-)
Re: Linux on a 486? ("Chi K. Chan")
Re: HP DeskJet 890C under Linux, something doesn't work (pangloss)
network name cannot be not found ("Matthew D. Melbert")
Re: Samba under RedHat 6.0 (Nick Birkett)
Why is sndconfig needed after each boot on my Thinkpad?? (G Crowder)
anyone got an abalone game? (pat)
Re: Which GUI? (Stewart Honsberger)
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From: Paul Smicker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: mt ... fsf not working
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 08:44:51 -0700
Thanks for all your helpful responses and suggestions, I'll be giving them a try
first thing Monday...
Paul Smicker
Computer Specialist
WestEd
Michael Meissner wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> > andreas,
> >
> > paul's specified the tape not to rewind /dev/nst0.
> > ^
> >
> > paul,
> >
> > i came across the same problem. here's one of many solutions:
> > dd if=/dev/null of=/dev/nst0
> > then you can fire up restore.
>
> Rev'ing mt up to 0.5b (or down to 0.4) will also fix the problem. FWIW, RedHat
> 5.2 ships 0.5 (ie, the buggy version), and RedHat 6.0 ships 0.5b.
>
> --
> Michael Meissner, Cygnus Solutions
> PMB 198, 174 Littleton Road #3, Westford, Massachusetts 01886
> email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: 978-486-9304 fax: 978-692-4482
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From: "David Murray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can I load Windows95 from Linux
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 16:41:55 GMT
> But, if you're in Linux, what in the world would compel you to go back?
> Anyway, what's wrong with lilo?
I still have to use Windows95 for my scanner, video capture card, and
StarCraft. The thing is, I like my computer to boot to Linux by default,
so Lilo defaults to Linux. In order to reload Windows I have to shut down,
reboot and wait for the Lilo prompt to tell it to load Windows. This is a
pain.. I'd like to be able to do something that would automatically halt
Linux and reload Windows95 without changing LILO to default to Windows95.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: help! err from dump
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 15:34:16 GMT
hi,
please decrypt the following error message:
.....
DUMP: dumping (Pass III) [directories]
/dev/sda6: Illegal indirect block found while converting directory #2
DUMP: Broken pipe
this happens only to 2 (out of 7) partitions. both partitions 2G in
size (i don't think that matters, b'cos i have a 3G partition that
doesn't complain).
what made me scratch my head even harder, one of the complaining
partition is empty.... ( i don't know if that matters)
dump: dump-0.3-14
os: linux 2.0.3
hd: seagate cheetah 9.1G
card: adaptec 7890
tia,
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From: "Stephen E. Watts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: cannot chown or chgrp vfat directories/files
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 12:12:58 -0400
Marc Mutz wrote:
>
> Stephen E. Watts wrote:
> >
> > This is my fstab entry for /files
> > /dev/sdb1 /files vfat auto,rw,user,exec,umask=000 1 1
> >
> >
> > bash-2.02# chown username /files/directory
> > chown: /files/directory: Operation not permitted
> >
> > bash-2.02# chgrp users /files/directory
> > chgrp: /files/directory: Operation not permitted
> >
> Because FAT32 is the filesystem of Windoze, you have to expect that it
> does not support Unix-type permissions. In fact, there is only one user
> under Win9{5,8}: root. So no need to log a file's owner...
> bottomline: no FAT fs has support for uid/gid/permissions (the
> permissions you get with ls are the ones denoted in /etc/fstab as
> mode=000, see man fstab)
Thanks for the reply.
My problem was that certain applications (i.e. grass) would not allow me
to use /files to store files when logged on as other than root because
of permissions problems based on the owner/group. Since I could not
chown or chgrp vfat directories, I found that I could umount and then
mount /files in the user account (since I have user as an option in
fstab) and then /files (and subdirectories and files) would have the
correct owner and group. It may be best to include a noauto in fstab
and then just mount the partitions as needed, I haven't decided on that
for sure yet.
-Steve
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ooooppps!!!
Date: 11 Jun 1999 17:05:18 GMT
In his obvious haste, [EMAIL PROTECTED] babbled thusly:
: Hi all. I have a problem. I think I may have
: inadvertantly changed both the root and my
: username password on my linux mail server. Not
: only can I not log in as myself but I cannot sign
: on as root. Any ideas, suggestions????? I'm
: fairly new with linux and my boss is away and I
: have new users to add as well as some to delete
: and I can't do anything. Any ideas would be
: appreciated.
During installation, you *should* have had the opportunity to create a
rescue disk...
With that, you can get root access to your system, and probably re-do your
passwords....
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From: Burra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sonic Vibes sound card: problems!
Date: 11 Jun 1999 17:31:21 GMT
OK here is the problem, Red Hat's sound card config recognizes the sound
card, but when it plays a sound sample I can't here anything. This is what
is in my dmesg log:
sv: unloading
sv: version v0.14 time 17:09:49 May 14 1999
sv: found adaptor at io 0xda00 irq 10 dmaa 0xac00 dmac 0xac10 revision 3
and does it one more time.
in my messages log:
dma timed out?
write: chip lookup? dmasz fragsz 256 count 65536 hwptr64 swptr64
modprobe: can't locate module sound-slot-1
modprobe: can't locate module sound-service-10
I have sound support compiled in the kernel and the sonic vibes driver from
the kernel.
What's wrong anyone know???????
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.programming
Subject: Re: HDD partitioning for linux
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 16:24:51 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have a new 8.4GB HDD and I want to install Win98, NT, and Linux into
> it. How should I allocate my HDD space to each of this? How should I
> format the HDD for these?
Ok, This could get long...
I have pretty much the same setup at home.
(I'm going to assume that you're starting from scratch)
Use either a DOS boot disk or a 98 startup disk to boot the computer.
Then use FDISK to set up 2 partitions (DOS boot disk don't have fdisk,
so you'll have to copy it over yourself.)
One partition for 98 (probably 3-4 GB) and one for NT,
(2 or 3) Gigs.
Install 98 and the first partition, the NT on the second.
Then make a set of Linux boot / root disks in either 98 or NT, your
Linux distribution will say how to do this, either in the readme or in
a howto.
Reboot the computer off the linux boot disk, and create a partition
out of the remaining HD space 1 - 2 GB. Set up Linux as usual, and be
sure to install LILO.
In theory, everything sould now run fine and when you start the
computer up LILO will show up and ask what OS to boot.
Good Luck!
LD
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From: William Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: how do I save my desktop in KDE?
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 12:26:21 -0500
I'm trying to save my desktop so when I login next time all my windows come
back. This is on RedHat6.0 with the KDE that comes with it.
Also, how do I set the login manager so I get kde by default instead of
gnome?
thanks,
Bill
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: I habe the same problem
Date: 11 Jun 1999 17:16:21 GMT
In his obvious haste, Stephan Wynne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled thusly:
: Jun 9 12:54:48 Pbell kernel: sbpcd-0 [07]: LILO boot: ...
: sbpcd=0x230,SoundBlaster
: Jun 9 12:54:48 Pbell kernel: sbpcd-0 [08]: or like:
: Jun 9 12:54:48 Pbell kernel: sbpcd-0 [09]: LILO boot: ...
: sbpcd=0x300,LaserMate
: Jun 9 12:54:48 Pbell kernel: sbpcd-0 [10]: or like:
: Jun 9 12:54:48 Pbell kernel: sbpcd-0 [11]: LILO boot: ...
: sbpcd=0x338,SoundScape
: Jun 9 12:54:48 Pbell kernel: sbpcd-0 [12]: with your REAL address.
: Jun 9 12:54:48 Pbell kernel: sbpcd-0 [13]: = = = = = = = = = = END of
: WARNING = = = = = == = = =
: Jun 9 12:54:48 Pbell kernel: sbpcd-0 [14]: Scanning 0x340
: (LaserMate)...
: Jun 9 12:54:48 Pbell kernel: sbpcd-0 [15]: Drive 0 (ID=0): CR-563
: (0.81) at 0x340 (type 0)
: Jun 9 12:54:48 Pbell kernel: Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.54
It looks like you need to tell the kernel what paremeters to use for the CD
ROM for one thing....
(I use sbpcd=0x230,SoundBlaster myself, but I'm using SuSE, so I'm not sure
where it goes... Probably in either LILO.conf or Modules.conf.)
Of course, you might need different values to the ones I've got. It's card
and CD-ROM depenent.
: should I clean out all mods I don't need....???
That's the whole point of make menuconfig. You're only supposed to make
modules for hardware you currently have... Or plan of getting soon.
It looks like it's wasting a lot of time autoprobing.
You'll probably need to edit down your modules.conf file to something
realistic.
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From: -ljl- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Name For Distribution
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 16:17:54 GMT
In article <7jpbao$c9a$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Lenny grosso" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I didn't know where else to post this, and since it is .misc, it
seemed
> appropriate.
>
> Ok, heres the deal. I have a team of guys that are starting on a
linux
> distribution, but we need a name for it.
>
> so far, the options are
> Genux
> Phat Linux
> Lunix
> Or Artic Linux ("What the penguins use");
What about Penny; since the Linux-penguin is named Tux (masculine)
he needs a mate, Penny. We don't want to be sex-centric, do we.
Tux (short for tuxedo) is semiformal evening clothes for men,
therefor masculine.
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From: William Park <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Question for vi expert
Date: 12 Jun 1999 17:19:14 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi all
> In vi I'd like to delete column 1-10 or 5-30 orso. I know this is
> possible in vi but I don't know how to do this.
:1,10d
:5,30d
> furthermore is it also possible to delete column 1-10 on lines 5-7?
1|d11|
5|d8|
> tia
> Andre Seesink
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From: Martin Vonwald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sharing mail and bookmarks between Linux and Windows
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 18:23:44 +0200
Any ideas how to do this ?
If you delete the .snm-files, which are created by the windows version you can
read your email. But if you download new mail, the mail filters won't work. The
bookmark file is everytime deleted and new created when you quit netscape. So it
doesn't even work if you make a hardlink between the windows bookmark.htm and
the linux bookmarks.html. And it doesn't work if you set a different bookmark
file in the prefs.js.
I have both the windows and the linux version installed on a linux server, which
acts for the linux clients as nfs server and for the windows client as smb
server.
Thanx in advance, Martin
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From: Howard Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LinuxShopping.com Domain name.
Date: 12 Jun 1999 16:47:54 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Hill) writes:
> In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Sangcheol Woo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Is there anyone who want to get LinuxShopping.com Domain name ?
>
>>I have regiesterd the domain and want to transfer it .
>
> Transfer it, or get a usurious profit for possession of something that
> cost you less than $100US and ten minutes of pointing and clicking?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I paid $75 for mine.
>
>>Minimun price for it is only $5000.
>
> Ah. Usurious profit. Go rot, assbag.
>
No additional comments :-)
--
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(a LINUX website for newbies)
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From: -ljl- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: using dd
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 15:52:30 GMT
In article <7jt9jn$bke$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Villy Kruse) wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Marc Mutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >dd if=/dev/source of=/dev/dest bs=512
>
> Probably should up the bs to at least bs=8k for performance reasons.
I believe this could be upped to 32k. Wasn't that the kernel's
imposed limit, at least for 2.0.
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Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 19:16:52 +0200
From: Marc Mutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mounting iso CD-ROM image ?
Rod Smith wrote:
>
>
> mount file.iso /mnt/cdrom -o loop
>
you forgot the '-t iso9660'.
Marc
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lew Pitcher)
Subject: Re: Linux penquin in South Park episode
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 17:57:40 GMT
On 11 Jun 1999 17:02:06 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>In his obvious haste, Lew Pitcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled thusly:
>: Wow!
>
>: Another Reboot fan - great!
>: And... Another Red Dwarf fan - bonus!! ;-)
>
>How could anyone who'd seen Season III *NOT* be a reboot fan?
>:)
My other sig reads... "I come from the Net..."
I'm thinking of changing my name to Ray Tracer :-)
Lew Pitcher
System Consultant, Integration Solutions Architecture
Toronto Dominion Bank
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
(Opinions expressed are my own, not my employer's.)
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From: "dave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how do I save my desktop in KDE?
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 11:46:08 -0500
Normally you can use "usekde" to do that for you. This is a script that kde
installs. Each user who wants to use it must type that in once to switch
over to kde.
***dave***
William Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I'm trying to save my desktop so when I login next time all my windows
come
> back. This is on RedHat6.0 with the KDE that comes with it.
>
>
> Also, how do I set the login manager so I get kde by default instead of
> gnome?
>
>
>
> thanks,
> Bill
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stewart Honsberger)
Subject: Re: RedHat 5.2 (where to get apache 1.3.6 rpm?)
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 17:02:58 GMT
On Sat, 12 Jun 1999 02:52:11 GMT, Brad Ball <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Did you try http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM? By the way, compiling the
>> source tarball isn't very hard, and it gives you the chance to compile
>> Apache exactly how you want it.
>
>Yep, been there, done that. Nothing there only apache 1.3.3 for RedHat 5.2.
>All of the apache 1.3.6 files are for RedHat 6.0 and they won't install.
You're talking about the binary RPM's, he's talking about the source code.
Last I checked, source code should still compile under most any distro of
Linux.
>Why the hell should I have to upgrade my entire operating system just to get
>the latest version of apache! And people complain about Microsoft
>products!!!????
For the pre-compiled binaries, I suppose it needs files that 6.0 includes
but that weren't available in 5.2.
I repeat the suggestion that you compile the source. It shouldn't be by any
means platform specific, so it should compile under 5.2. Remember that you're
looking for a tar.gz archive, not an RPM file.
Hey, if an idiot like me can compile apps under Linux, anyone can :>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: Installing Software Programs
Date: 11 Jun 1999 13:58:05 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Richard Edwards wrote:
> I'm running RedHat 5.2 and whenever I can I download the
> RPM form of the program and it installs alright. Tar ball downloads
> are giving me a problem. I do the usual "guzip" and then Tar -xvf
> ....". The problem occurs when I do the ./configure, I am getting the
> following message;
>
> Checking for BSD compatable install.../usr/bin/install -c
> make sets ${make}...no
> checking for working aclocal...missing
> checking for working autoconf...missing
> checking for workingautomake...missing
> checking for working autoheader...missing
> checking for working makeinfo...missing
> Checking host system type...Configure: error: Can not quess host type;
> you must specify one
More details can be found in the config.log file.
> I'm new to Linux but have not been able to complete an install that
> requires ./configure way. I have downloaded communicator 4.6 and
> installed it with no problems, WordPerfect 8 no problem.
These and RPMs do not require compiling.
You need to install a bunch of development packages. At least you
will need make, a compiler (called something like gcc, egcs, or egcc),
binutils, libc development files, and (possibly) kernel headers.
This might not be enough; please return here with further questions.
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From: Mike Wooding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: timed / timedc
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 10:58:48 -0700
I'm running a linux( 2.2.5-15 from RedHat) news server
on a network with a number of SCO5.0.4 systems. I would
like it to keep time with the other systems on this
network. When I show the time with date, it appears they
are close - within a seconds or two, but when I run:
/usr/sbin/timedc clockdiff serman
time on serman.wse.com is 25042792 ms. ahead of time on
linuxman.wse.com
The hardware clock is set to the system clock time
The time difference is approximately the difference between
GMT and PDT which is what date shows to be the TZ on both my
Linux and SCO systems ...
Is this just an incompatability between Linux and SCO or
perhaps I missed something in the setup?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stewart Honsberger)
Subject: Re: Apache Question
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 17:04:48 GMT
On Fri, 11 Jun 1999 23:35:34 -0400, Dominik Slusarczyk wrote:
>There is no Apache newsgroup (at least that my ISP gives me access to), so I
>was hoping someone here might be able to help me if they've had a similar
>experience.
>
>I am trying to use the EXEC CMD SSI tag to execute a program w/ an absolute
>path. However, Apache apparently doesn't like this... is there any way I
>can do this? Here is the tag I've been trying to use:
>
><!-- #exec cmd = "/home/ducky/test.cgi" -->
<!-- #exec cgi="/home/ducky/test.cgi" -->
??
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From: -ljl- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Tape Library Support
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 16:07:40 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
David Christensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Just wondering if anyone knows if Linux supports tape libraries or
> stackers. I'd like to implement Linux as an Enterprise solution, but
am
>
> lacking this one crucial service... BACKUP!
I'm using an Archive/Python/Diamondback on a Linux box. Leonard
Zubkoff has written an autoloader control program "mtx":
http://www.dandelion.com/Linux/
Also, take a look at amanda:
http://www.cs.umd.edu/projects/amanda/
This is all free stuff; there are also commercial solutions like
BRU, Arkeia, ... :
http://www.suse.de/e/software/arkeia/index.html
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From: "Chi K. Chan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux on a 486?
Date: 11 Jun 1999 18:15:37 GMT
The first time I loaded Linux (ver. 0.99 or something like that)
it was before slackware, was it LSL ? (anyone remember)?
It was a floppy distribution of 20+ diskettes.
I had it running on a 386DX-25 with 8 meg, even got X to
run on a Diamond Stealth24 with some hacking. I believe my harddrive
at the time was 340Meg.
I once got linux to install on the same 386 machine with a monochrome
card and a 40 meg drive. And got X running too, it wasn't pretty though
without all the colors and everything was so big...
Chi K. Chan
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From: pangloss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.linux.slakware,alt.os.linux.slackware,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: HP DeskJet 890C under Linux, something doesn't work
Date: 12 Jun 1999 00:49:17 +0200
In comp.os.linux.misc Kevin Ison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Geeez what kind of crap reply was that? I dont usually flame anyone, but
> damn, can you be a little more verbose? Nothing I like more than a cryptic
> one word f**king message. I wish I knew an answer to the originating
> question, but i dont, and I hope some who does replies with a better
> reply....
The answer was a bit terse, but you would only have had to type it
into a search engine to find out that it is indeed one of the more
famous print filters.
--
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From: "Matthew D. Melbert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: network name cannot be not found
Date: 11 Jun 1999 13:56:10 -0500
After reading all the documentation on Samba that I could find I was able
to finally able to get Win95 and NT to recognize my passwords for my
directories.....but now when I enter my password I get a "Network name
cannont be found" error. So I guess I need to modify some path somewhere
(most likely in the smb.conf in the global section). But what do I need to
have entered to get a good "Network name"???? If you have any ideas please
help. Thanks in advance for any help.
Matthew D. Melbert
************************************
Intern
System Developement Group
***********************************
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From: Nick Birkett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Samba under RedHat 6.0
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 18:15:17 +0100
Nick Birkett wrote:
> I am having trouble with samba under RH6. Could be a security config
> problem under
> RH6 ?
>
>
Sorry - I messed up my /etc/hosts file (somehow).
I now get an smbclient login prompt but can't login :
/var/log/messages gives :
Jun 12 18:10:50 chestnut PAM_pwdb[679]: get passwd; pwdb: structure is no
longer valid
which corresponds to me doing this :
chestnut:/etc$ smbclient -L chestnut
Added interface ip=192.168.1.1 bcast=192.168.1.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
Password:
session setup failed: ERRSRV - ERRbadpw (Bad password - name/password
pair in a Tree Connect or Session Setup are invalid.)
Can anybody suggest what I messed up now ?
Sorry about that - I'm having a bad day.
Thanks,
--
Nick Birkett
Oxford University Computing Laboratory
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From: G Crowder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Why is sndconfig needed after each boot on my Thinkpad??
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 21:33:32 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have a Thinkpad 380ED (model 2635 6A0) running RH6.0 and the sound
card seems to work well using the cs4232 module for the Crystal sound
chip. At least, it records using dd bs=8k count=4 < /dev/audio >
sample.au
and plays back using cat sample.au > /dev/audio
However, after each boot I have to take 20 seconds to re-run sndconfig
in order that the sound works properly. If I don't, I get error messages
"Sound: DMA (output) timed out - IRQ/DRQ config error?"
The trouble is I can find no difference in any files before and after
running sndconfig. I have looked at /proc/interrupts, /proc/dma,
/proc/ioports, /proc/devices and /etc/conf.modules. What is sndconfig
doing to make the sound work??? If I knew that, I imagine I could set up
something automatic to avoid having to run sndconfig.
Thanks,
Graham Crowder
For reference, the /etc/conf.modules file contains:
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
pre-install pcmcia_core /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia start
alias sound cs4232
pre-install sound insmod sound dmabuf=1
alias midi opl3
options opl3 io=0x388
options cs4232 io=0x534 irq=5 dma=1 dma2=0 mpuio=0x330 mpuirq=5
synthirq=-1 synthio=-1
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From: pat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: anyone got an abalone game?
Date: 11 Jun 1999 18:31:21 GMT
Does anyone know of a Linux abalone game besides KDE's
kabalone. Kabalone is the weakest player I have ever seen. I beat the
"challenge" level consistently within five minutes. Any help would be much
appreciated.
thanks
-pjm
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stewart Honsberger)
Subject: Re: Which GUI?
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 17:20:49 GMT
On 12 Jun 1999 07:28:09 -0400, Steffan O'Sullivan wrote:
>There seem to be a plethora of GUI available for linux.
AFAIK, there's only one real "GUI" (XFree86), but several Window Managers.
Semantics, I know, but I'm annoying that way :>
>Which are the most stable?
>Which are the least stable?
>Of the stable ones, which are the fastest?
>Which are the slowest?
I can't quite answer all of your questions, but I'll try from my (somewhat)
limited knowledge.
I've run the following window managers, and below each are my comments;
KDE:
Feature packed, Win'95-esque.
Massive!
Slow! (P166 w/ 64 megs of RAM, and I can see dialog boxes opening?!)
Unstable (First app to ever, *EVER* force me to hit the reset button!)
I no longer use KDE. I've only got it installed because I can play the games
under other W.M.'s :>
IceWM:
Simple. Win'95-ish in that it has a start meny/task bar.
Pretty small.
Faster'n greased lightening. The simplicity of it helps immensly.
Stable. I don't recall it ever crashing on me.
I use IceWM whenever I log in as root and need the GUI. With no background,
I can be in and out in seconds.
Window Maker:
Midway between IceWM and KDE in features. Linux-esque (No start bar!!!)
Not as small as IceWM, but not even as large as KDE's BASE backage.
Quite stable. I've never had it crap out on me, but it seems a little
fussy about changing libraries it uses.
I use this as my primary W.M.
Other window managers I've seen are;
Afterstep, AmiWM, asbutton, BlackBox, Bptb, Coolicons, DFM, Emacspeak,
Enlightenment, flwm, FVWM, FVWM2, Fvwm2gnome, FVWM95, GXDesktop, Mgs,
mlvwm, QVWM, SCWM, tkworld, UDE, wm2, wmx, Wsio, XFce.
All of these are available at Linuxberg (http://www.linuxberg.com);
select the mirror closest to your location, X11 software, Desktop Managers.
--
Stewart Honsberger (AKA Blackdeath) @ http://sprk.com/blackdeath/
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Remove 'thirteen' to reply privately)
Humming along under SuSE Linux 6.0 / OS/2 Warp 4
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