Linux-Misc Digest #979, Volume #20 Fri, 9 Jul 99 12:13:15 EDT
Contents:
Re: running seti@home (Mihaly Gyulai)
Re: Disk Corruption Repeatedly with RedHat 6.0 and WD 18 GB
Re: Pronouncing "Linux" - your vote! (Adam C. Emerson)
Recording wav from a sound card - recommendations? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
_dl_symbol_value JAVA error when running 'realproducer' ("Jeff Volckaert")
Re: mounting floppy (Thomas Boggs)
Re: CIA assassinations (Brad Felmey)
Re: New users (Thomas Boggs)
Re: Help for MODEM - Why can't Linux to be built with supprot for Winmodem? (Adam C.
Emerson)
Fixed. Was: tcsh segfaults and quits (Klamer Schutte)
Re: mounting floppy (Thomas Boggs)
Re: Pronouncing "Linux" - your vote! (Tom Christiansen)
Re: e-mail program (Dustin Puryear)
Re: Addind second SCSI disk on Linux (William Burrow)
Folding Data Disk (CD) Hodler (Thomas Tran)
Re: Could Microsoft Cheat On The New Mindcraft Benchmark? (I R A Aggie)
Adaptec 1542CP Translation (Acadix Software Systems)
Re: Default permissions/ownership (Casey Schaufler)
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From: Mihaly Gyulai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: running seti@home
Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 12:22:48 GMT
In article <37858fda.104178804@news>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I can't seem to execute setiathome.
Maybe it's a wrong version... (I also tried 3-4 versions...)
What does it say, when you try to run it ?
First you have to set it up with your personal data (e-mail,.. etc)
It's needed before you can use it.
But this is shown at the first time of running...
So, what does it say ?
--
Mihaly Gyulai
http://www.freeyellow.com/members5/gyulai/
Do you want plus 2000 US $ for your work ?
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Disk Corruption Repeatedly with RedHat 6.0 and WD 18 GB
Date: 9 Jul 1999 12:30:56 GMT
Maybe a stupid remark, but have you turned off UDMA/66?
(With the utility from WD's website)
Patrick Nunez wrote:
>
> I am sure that I have the / filesystem within the first 1023 cylinders.
(I
> do not have a /boot partition) I do think that my problem is related to
or
> evidenced by the fact that the dos fdisk will not see the logical drive
> within the extended partition evn though I can format it and use it under
> win98. I have since remedied that situation. We shall see ...
>
>
> Patrick Nunez
>
>
> jeff wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >> Long message, but I hope somebody has followed me up to here and has
some
> >> tips.
> >
> >I'll Say ;-)
> >
> >Sounds like you are struggling with the boot sector not being below the
> 1023
> >cyl barrier on your disk. /boot needs to be below the 1023 cyl.
> >
> >You may get away with installing with out this even if you are partially
in
> >the zone but if your kernel changes size etc. your toast...
> >
> >Read the install guide for more info. I can't say 100% but sure sounds
> >suspicious...
> >
> >good luck
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Adam C. Emerson)
Subject: Re: Pronouncing "Linux" - your vote!
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 13:22:33 GMT
On Thu, 08 Jul 1999 15:19:15 GMT, TurkBear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Somewhere on the web, but I don;t know where, I found a .wav file of Linus
>himself pronouncing Linux - it was, I think, Leenux - with a rising inflection
>on the Lee part ...
Yes, and if he were from an English speaking country it would
be Hello, my name is Lie-nus and I pronounce Lienucks as Lienucks,
the pronunciation of the OS would match the pronunciation of the name.
Unless you want to start saying you use the OS that Linnus Torvalds
wrote, you'll have to choose between Leenooks and Lienucks.
--
Adam C. Emerson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.calvin.edu/~aemers19/
Movesource Network Systems Specialist
"Human fleshbag! My blood pumper you have wronged!"
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Recording wav from a sound card - recommendations?
Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 13:23:54 GMT
I have an AudioPCI and have a stereo hooked up to line in. I
would like to record some things to .wav. What is the best way to
do this?
Hopefully a simple gui with a volume meter and easy ways to select
stereo vs. mono and the bit rate is available!
Thanks,
Mark
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From: "Jeff Volckaert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: _dl_symbol_value JAVA error when running 'realproducer'
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 09:12:59 -0400
Hello Everybody,
I've been messing around with realvideo lately. I've been running
RealProducer 6.1 under Win98 with great success capturing video from
camcorder. I'm trying to duplicate this under Redhat 6.0 now with Real
Producer 6.0 (latest Linux ver) and get the following error:
./RealProducer: error in loading shared libraries:
/usr/local/jdk117_v1a/lib/i68
6/green_threads/libjava.so: undefined symbol: _dl_symbol_value
I've seen some problems with Redhat 6.0 and Java so I installed the contrib
JDK-117. This didn't fix it.
I hope once I get this working that it will recognize my Haupauge card.
Any help? Anybody using this prog under Linux?
TIA,
Jeff Volckaert
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From: Thomas Boggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mounting floppy
Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 09:33:14 -0500
Zach wrote:
> Hello. On my linux machine, a 'mount -a' was performed which I believe
> mounted a whole bunch of stuff that didn't need to be mounted. Is there
> any way to reverse this, or exactly what needs to be mounted for me to
> use the computer. Also, can someone point me to some documentation
> giving specific directions on mounting the floppy. Thanks
`umount -a` mounts everything in /etc/fstab that doesn't have the
"noauto" flag listed. Just umount those partitions and add noauto to
/etc/fstab for those partitions which you don't want automatically
mounted. As far as what NEEDS to be mounted, that depends on how your disk
is partitioned. The root partition definitely needs to be mounted. Post
the contents of /etc/fstab and someone can tell you what else must be
mounted.
-thomas
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brad Felmey)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: CIA assassinations
Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 13:37:19 GMT
On 9 Jul 1999 08:59:01 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Kulisz)
posted:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>Michel Catudal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Indeed CNN does great reporting, one of the best in the world.
>
>Only americans believe that and only because /all/ of your mass
>media is fucked.
>
>>As for the commies in Chile it was an infortunate event but
>>then what kind of atrocities would have been had the commies
>>stayed in power we'll never know.
>
>Massive atrocities like the rich getting taxed, their property
>being expropriated so it can be given to poor peasants, milk
>being distributed to schoolchildren, illiteracy and infant
>mortality rates dropping like a stone. Those are the atrocities
>of the socialist regimes before the mighty USA learned them
>right quick that you can't have Evil Communism, you can't steal
>from the rich to give to the poor.
Oh, please. Take this pathetic drivel somewhere else. It's not
on-topic for any of these groups.
--
Brad Felmey
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From: Thomas Boggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: New users
Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 09:39:37 -0500
Johan Kullstam wrote:
> Ean W-S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I want to add users using a script giving them a default password is
> > this possible with RedHat 6.0
>
> yes. make a user. change his password to your default word. look in
> /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow for the password entry. save this entry.
> by giving this password entry to someone else, they should have the
> same password.
>
> --
> J o h a n K u l l s t a m
> [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Don't Fear the Penguin!
Or you could have the default name in a text file which is piped into the
passwd command from your script.
-thomas
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Adam C. Emerson)
Subject: Re: Help for MODEM - Why can't Linux to be built with supprot for Winmodem?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 14:31:47 GMT
On Thu, 08 Jul 1999 18:59:11 GMT, Hotdog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>After seeing all those posts regarding winmodems' disqualification.
>Why can't Linux be built with support for Windmodem.
It could, but 1. Makers of Winmodems refuse to release their
proprietary interface 2. People with the skill to reverse engineer
it (or even write the driver after the documentation has been
released) know that Winmodems don't have DSP circuitry, and
offload it to the computer, chowing down upon great chunks of
CPU time. Winmodems are lousy, even running on Windows.
--
Adam C. Emerson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.calvin.edu/~aemers19/
Movesource Network Systems Specialist
"Human fleshbag! My blood pumper you have wronged!"
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From: Klamer Schutte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.shell,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Fixed. Was: tcsh segfaults and quits
Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 13:35:41 +0000
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Klamer Schutte wrote:
>
> Since I upgraded my Linux kernel to 2.2.9 (from 2.0.36) I notice that
> tcsh segfaults when I try to get file name completion on a directory
> on the directory stack.
>
> So, for example, when I perform:
>
> > tcsh
> 0 kscp1@pc1607 17:27 1> pushd /tmp/
> /tmp ~/geode/rules/opt/rules/x/pr
> 0 kscp1@pc1607 17:27 2> ls =1/ususe_gcff.c # typed ls =1/us^D here
> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
Fixed.
The problem seems to lie in the function getstakd (sh.dir.c:1265)
which calls Strncpy with as length MAXPATHLEN. And this function is
called with smaller destination buffers, and Strncpy fills the whole
buffer with zeros, resulting (on my system) in a segmentation violation.
Attached is a patch in which the buffers used as destination for calls
(all, as far as I can see) to getstakd are enlarged to MAXPATHLEN+1.
Patch (to tcsh source distribution) is attached.
Klamer
--
Klamer Schutte, E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Electro-Optical Systems, TNO Physics and Electronics Laboratory
Tel: +31-70-3740469 -- Fax: +31-70-3740654 -- Home phone: +31-79-3423924
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+++ tcsh-6.07.09/sh.glob.c Fri Jul 9 11:18:02 1999
@@ -398,7 +398,11 @@
vl = nv;
for (s = *vl; s; s = *++vl)
switch (*s) {
+#ifdef notdef
Char gp[BUFSIZE], *ns;
+#else
+ Char gp[MAXPATHLEN+1], *ns;
+#endif
case '~':
*vl = globtilde(nv, s);
break;
--- tcsh-6.07.09/tw.parse.c.globequal Fri Jul 9 11:04:57 1999
+++ tcsh-6.07.09/tw.parse.c Fri Jul 9 11:04:59 1999
@@ -1399,7 +1399,11 @@
flags = 0, /* search flags */
gpat = pat[0] != '\0', /* Glob pattern search */
nd; /* Normalized directory return */
+#ifdef notdef
Char exp_dir[FILSIZ + 1], /* dir after ~ expansion */
+#else
+ Char exp_dir[MAXPATHLEN + 1], /* dir after ~ expansion */
+#endif
dir[FILSIZ + 1], /* /x/y/z/ part in /x/y/z/f */
exp_name[MAXNAMLEN + 1], /* the recognized (extended) */
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From: Thomas Boggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mounting floppy
Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 09:46:17 -0500
Thomas Boggs wrote:
> Zach wrote:
>
> > Hello. On my linux machine, a 'mount -a' was performed which I believe
> > mounted a whole bunch of stuff that didn't need to be mounted. Is there
> > any way to reverse this, or exactly what needs to be mounted for me to
> > use the computer. Also, can someone point me to some documentation
> > giving specific directions on mounting the floppy. Thanks
>
> `umount -a` mounts everything in /etc/fstab that doesn't have the
> "noauto" flag listed. Just umount those partitions and add noauto to
> /etc/fstab for those partitions which you don't want automatically
> mounted. As far as what NEEDS to be mounted, that depends on how your disk
> is partitioned. The root partition definitely needs to be mounted. Post
> the contents of /etc/fstab and someone can tell you what else must be
> mounted.
>
> -thomas
Correction: I meant to say "`mount -a` mounts everything....", not "`umount
-a` mounts everything...".
-thomas
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From: Tom Christiansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Pronouncing "Linux" - your vote!
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom Christiansen)
Date: 9 Jul 1999 08:15:44 -0700
[courtesy cc of this posting mailed to cited author]
In comp.os.linux.misc, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
:Yes, and if he were from an English speaking country it would
:be Hello, my name is Lie-nus and I pronounce Lienucks as Lienucks,
['laI n@s] ['laI n@ks]
:the pronunciation of the OS would match the pronunciation of the name.
I've actually heard him say that in English, his name is ['laI n@s].
However, when he speaks of his kernel, it seems to sound more like
['lI n@ks].
IPA at http://language.perl.com/misc/IPA/
--tom
--
Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dustin Puryear)
Crossposted-To: nl.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: e-mail program
Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 14:00:26 GMT
On Wed, 07 Jul 1999 12:30:18 +0200, "Oliver D. Bedford"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Has someone already mentioned postilion (www.postilion.org)?
There is a nice email client article at www.32bitsonline.com for those
interested.
---
Dustin Puryear
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Burrow)
Subject: Re: Addind second SCSI disk on Linux
Date: 9 Jul 1999 13:55:16 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 09 Jul 1999 11:23:39 GMT,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>it and this also the booting disk. Now I want to add a second external
>SCSI hard disk and mirror with the first hard disk so that if first boot
>disk goes down, I can boot from the second disk .
>
>- How to add second hard disk ?
Plug it into the back of the computer. Terminate it. Set it to SCSI ID
1 or higher. Remove any termination from the host card or switch of
host card termination.
>- what utility is available to mirror with another disk ?
md
>- If Primary hard disk goes down, how can I tell the system to boot from
>the second hard disk , which has the identical info as the failed one ?
>Should I change lilo boot info ?
If it is striped, then changing its SCSI ID to 0, removing the internal
drive and putting termination back into the host card or switching on
termination for the host card, should be all that is necessary.
These are identical drives, right?
(BTW, some modern SCSI hosts may be able to boot from ID 1, check the
configuration screen for your adapter.)
--
William Burrow -- New Brunswick, Canada o
Copyright 1999 William Burrow ~ /\
~ ()>()
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Tran)
Subject: Folding Data Disk (CD) Hodler
Date: 9 Jul 1999 14:12:53 GMT
Dear Friends,
I bought Linux 2.2 from Caldera and the CDs come with the
plastic folding cover. I realy like these cover compare to
the CD Jewels, becuase it is so compact (about half of the
width of the CD Jewels. On the cover itself there is a
US patent # 5713463.
Does anyone know where can I buy these covers.
Please CC your response to [EMAIL PROTECTED] becuase I
may not catch your response in this new group.
Thanks in advance.
--
regards,
Thomas Tran Tie Line 553-4007 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Service Processor
Dept. GJG, Bldg. 040-3, Rochester, MN
IBM Rochester : thtran@ibmusm07
Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (I R A Aggie)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,omp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix
Subject: Re: Could Microsoft Cheat On The New Mindcraft Benchmark?
Date: 9 Jul 1999 14:21:25 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 8 Jul 1999 18:08:32 -0700, Jason O'Rourke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, in
<7m3i2g$pat$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
+ I R A Aggie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
+ >What part of 9.2 million >> 300,000 are you having difficulty
+ >understanding? Your statement doesn't stand up to scrutiny very
+ >well.
+
+ Which part of combat+civilian casualties was so hard for you to figure
+ out.
That wasn't the point. The original, wrong-headed, stated-as-fact
supposition was that US *combat* casulties exceeded the ENTIRE BRITISH
POPULATION, CIVILIAN, MILITARY AND ROYALTY.
+ That said, one source suggests that combat + civilian deaths in England
+ was closer to 400k.
Thank you for proving my point...
James
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Acadix Software Systems)
Subject: Adaptec 1542CP Translation
Date: 9 Jul 1999 09:55:50 -0500
I'm running Slackware 3.2 (Yes, I know it's old, but I port a software
product to Linux and don't want to deny those using older versions of the
OS) on a 9 gig IBM SCSI drive with an Adaptec 1542CP host adapter. It
runs, but apparently doesn't recognize the translation mode of the
adapter. I'm trying to multiboot Linux, Windows, Unixware 7, and one more
OS yet to be determined, but I can't get them to agree on the disk
geometry.
Windows and Unixware see it as 1111 cyls, 255 heads, and 63 sectors, while
Slackware sees 8700 cyls, ... I managed to partition the disk correctly
by manually setting the geometry in fdisk, but the rest of the system
apparently still bypasses translation, because the end results were the
same. ( I can't install anything above the Linux partition without
blowing Linux away )
I also tried Redhat 4.2 with the same results.
Interestingly enough, I'm running Redhat 4.2 on another machine with a
1542CF and a 2 gig disk, and it recognizes the translation mode just fine.
^
My question is, is there a way around this, or a later version of Linux
that will handle translation mode with the 1542CP and 9 gig drive?
TIA,
-Jason
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From: Casey Schaufler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Default permissions/ownership
Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 09:07:21 -0700
Brett Stime (steamer25 at hotmail dot com) wrote:
>
> Okay I've figured out how to use the umask command... Is there some way to
> get *new* files to inherit ownership/permissions from the directory they are
> created in?
No. Various ACL schemes have approximated that behavior, but the
Unix/Linux security model is quite clear that the ownership and
access control for new objects are determined by the attributes
of the creating process. (I'm carefully ignoring the sticky bit
on a directory group thingy). It would be the work of an
afternoon to make a change to allow this behavior, but the overall
security impact would take much longer to sort out.
--
Casey Schaufler voice: (650) 933-1634
[EMAIL PROTECTED] fax: (650) 933-0170
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