Linux-Misc Digest #378, Volume #21 Thu, 12 Aug 99 20:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Weird colors in X and Modem Problem (Sean)
Re: route problem: Can't add gateway address (Gernot Fink)
Re: What I think of linux. (TELLIS JACQUELINE)
Re: Quicken and Outlook 98 Replacements. (Douglas Nichols)
Re: Shutdown Problem (Douglas Nichols)
Re: Strange (Douglas Nichols)
Where is the scsi Dat tape? (Douglas Nichols)
dhclient won't run - solved ("Bob Klungle")
Re: need help with kppp and floppies PLEASE ("Jonathan Wilson")
Odd ld & Make error (Navin Vembar)
Re: Lilo in swap partition (William Burkett)
Re: route problem: Can't add gateway address ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt ("Unknown")
Re: [Q]On Linux, How can C program access Database? (Robert J. Sprawls)
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From: Sean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Weird colors in X and Modem Problem
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 22:30:58 GMT
First X with KDE and the Voodoo3 XFree86 X server SOMETIMES displays wierd
colors or has only a few linmes at the top of the screen. I'm running
Mandrake 6.0 which I hear is very close to RedHat 6.0. This only applies
to 16bit color modes (and up I think) not when I just type startx. I have
to restart X with startx -- -bpp 16 several time before I can get it to
work with the righjt display. If anyone could help me with this it would
help greatly.
Secoundly my modem which isn't a winmodem because it's too old (33.6) and
it has a slew of jumpers on it. I don't even know what make it is but it
works fine in Win98 (uck!) as a generic 33.6 modem. And under Linux
running X11 and KDE with kppp I get it to dial connect and it says I'm
connected at 33600 but Netscape and the KDE browser type file manager both
say that I'm not connected. I read somewhere that I need to put some info
in a conf file and that info is some what like xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx and I can
find it out in windows. But where? I'm obviously a newbie to Linux.
I've had it for 2 days.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gernot Fink)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: route problem: Can't add gateway address
Date: 12 Aug 1999 17:51:05 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Youjip Won <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Dear Linux guru,
> I am fan of linux, but never ever able to get the network setup in
> one shot. This time was not an exception. After several trials and
> errors, I am finally writing this message in a hope that I could get
> some help.
>
> To make long story short, I cannot add gateway to routing table.
>
> Here's what had happened. I can ifconfig and route add 'lo' and 'etho'.
> When I do "route add default gw 166.104.88.1", it does not complain.
> BUT, if I type 'route' to verify the gw in routing table, it goes to the
> infinite loop. It only shows the first two lines in routing table(lo,
try route -n (no name resolving)
> eth0) and goes into infinite loop. I eagerly hope that someone have had
> similar problems and provide me some clue.
> Please refer to the attached script.
> Thanks a mil!!!!
>
> Youjip
>
> Script started on Thu Aug 12 21:40:56 1999
> [root@sobaek network-scripts]# ifconfig
> [root@sobaek network-scripts]# route
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
> Iface
> [root@sobaek network-scripts]# ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
> [root@sobaek network-scripts]# route add -net 127.0.0.0
> [root@sobaek network-scripts]# ifconfig etho 166.104.88.108
> [root@sobaek network-scripts]# route add -net 166.104.88.0
> [root@sobaek network-scripts]# route
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
> Iface
> 127.0.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0
> lo
> 166.104.88.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0
> eth0
> [root@sobaek network-scripts]# route add gw 166.104.88.1
> [root@sobaek network-scripts]# route
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
> Iface
> 127.0.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0
> lo
> 166.104.88.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0
> eth0
> ===> Goes to infinite loop
>
>
--
MFG G.Fink
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From: TELLIS JACQUELINE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: What I think of linux.
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 23:31:38 +0500
I got my first computer in 1985 when I was 9. My dad bought me a ZX
Spectrum+. The first thing I did was play Hungry Horrace. Then, I took
out the manual, and ran every program in it. I started experimenting with
my own BASIC code, and soon wrote my first game. Nothing fancy. I'm now
23 and doing a Master's in Computer Applications.
I moved from the Spectrum to a PC-XT with 640KB RAM and a 20MB hard disk.
That was a lot. What amazes me most, is that running wordperfect,
prefessional write, and wordstar on that machine was faster than running
word on windows. What's even more amazing, was that the former were
written by different companies, unlike word and windows.
I first used Linux in 1996 when Slackware appeared on a magazine CD here
in India. I did not have my own machine, so was restricted to what my
friends ran. I've now got my own machine, and am a happy linux user. It
will take me time, but I'm sure I can master some portion of this
magnificient movement. Lets all give back to open source.
Philip
On Mon, 2 Aug 1999, James Knott wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tim Hanson) wrote:
>
> >51 here. My first was a Radio Shack PC-2 (still around here someplace), then an
> >Atari 8-bit. I got rid of my old Byte mags finally, but the first was sometime
> >in 1977 (I think).
>
> I have *EVERY* issue of Byte. The first was Sept 1975. I purchased
> the first 3 issues from the original publisher, Wayne Green. He also
> published 73 Magazine for amateur radio and had a table at the 1975
> Radio Society of Ontario convention.
>
>
> >>How many are over 40 and grew up in a generation that computers DIDN'T exist?
> >
> >Yep, saw it all happen. I was around when magazine editorials fretted about the
> >awful cassette tape storage and wished for the promised floppy disk. I saw ads
> >for the Altair with those front panel switches.
>
> My first computer was an IMSAI 8080, which was a (better built) clone
> of the Altair. I also struggled with cassettes.
>
>
> --
> E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> _________________________________________________________________________
> The above opinions are my own and not those of ISM Corp., a subsidiary of
> IBM Canada Ltd.
>
>
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From: Douglas Nichols <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Quicken and Outlook 98 Replacements.
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 10:43:03 -0700
Outlook( Ithink is that funny msmail program?) use netscape, like text
use pine! There are others, these are my favorites. Actually Star Office
5.1 has all this built into it plus it has a wp, ss, and pp, calendar,
mail, address book, sync to palm pilot, and many other features.
As for Quicken, unfortunely, all the possibilities are still very beta.
I tried gnofin, I havve never been able to get many of the others to
even compile. On a lighter front I ran accos one of those Mac emulation
packages that work really well and they were giving away quicken for
the mac. That way you can play mac games while using quicken.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> What are some good Quicken and Outlook 98 replacements for Linux?
>
> Gilbert
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
--
Cheers, dn
Douglas Nichols [EMAIL PROTECTED]
===============================================================
National Wilms Tumor Study Group 206.667.4283
Seattle, WA
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From: Douglas Nichols <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Shutdown Problem
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 10:49:20 -0700
I also had this problem. I removed myy .gnome directory, deleted the core file
in my home directory and upgraded to the latest lib, ccore files. The ccore
appears periodically but seems to work ok now.
Leonard Evens wrote:
> Ed Haack wrote:
> >
> > I begun to have a problem with my RH 6.0 system. When I issue the logout
> > command via GNOME, nothing happens. I have to hit Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to
> > reboot and the processes is sooooooooooooooo slow after I login (as root).
> > Any ideas what might be causing this strange behavior? Thanks.
> >
> > Ed Haack
> ...snip...
> nome.org. But
> that didn't fix it on my laptop where it invariably occurs
> just after booting to non-root users but only the first time
> the user logs in.
>
> --
>
> Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
> Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
--
Cheers, dn
Douglas Nichols [EMAIL PROTECTED]
===============================================================
National Wilms Tumor Study Group 206.667.4283
Seattle, WA
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From: Douglas Nichols <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Strange
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 10:44:57 -0700
Change thee permmissions on your /dev/audio?
Ed Russell wrote:
> Hi:
> I had been running rh5.2 for quite a while and it worked fine.
> However, after some research I decided to give rh6 a try. I have to admit
> that it does have some improvements. However, when attempting to use one of
> my fav apps (x11amp v0.9 beta) I can only get audio when running as root.
> As any other user I get "unable to get audio". Any ideas, thoughts,
> pointers, flames will be appreciated.
--
Cheers, dn
Douglas Nichols [EMAIL PROTECTED]
===============================================================
National Wilms Tumor Study Group 206.667.4283
Seattle, WA
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From: Douglas Nichols <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Where is the scsi Dat tape?
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 10:46:25 -0700
I havve a scsi Dat tape, and it is seen by the scsi device, but what
device is it mapped to in the /dev/s????
Thanks
--
Cheers, dn
Douglas Nichols [EMAIL PROTECTED]
===============================================================
National Wilms Tumor Study Group 206.667.4283
Seattle, WA
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From: "Bob Klungle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: dhclient won't run - solved
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 11:22:36 -0700
I finally got dhclient to run. The notes/docs "recommend" selecting
"Optimize for Router" when selecting Socket Filter for dhcpd for speed and
performance, doesn't say you must. Well I didn't, and kept getting "socket:
Procedure Failed - CONFIG_FILTER and CONFIG_PACKET not in kernel" when
running dhclient to get IP address.. I checked the .config flags and they
were set =y. After 4 days playing/building, finallly (on a whim) set
"Optimize for Router". Guess what, it now works. Appears "recommend" is the
wrong prase.
cheers...bob
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From: "Jonathan Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: need help with kppp and floppies PLEASE
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 18:23:51 GMT
Jayan,
Here's a better picture: I know the dev/ is set right, because the light
blinks when I tell it to mount, and I can format floppies with Kfloppy. The
thing is, mandrake supposedly came with something that lets it auto-detect
the file system. But if I leave it on auto, it can't read anything. If I set
it to ext2, it can't read anything (including things like the boot disk).
But (disgusting), if I set it to MSDOS, I can read dos floppies! Strange,
huh?
BTW, I'm using linuxconf to make these changes.
To whom it may concern: I got Kppp working? Having trouble with both
Netscape's and K's mail and news programs, though.
Thanks,
JW
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Navin Vembar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Odd ld & Make error
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 23:11:40 GMT
I am attempting to create a shared library using ld and am running to an very
odd error when I use ld in conjunction w/ make.
Basically, when make calls ld (or gcc) tell me that I have a multiple
definition of various functions in the object file and that it is first
defined at the very location that is causing the error (see output below).
However, if I call ld (or gcc) w/o the help of make, it works fine.
Also, this only occurs with one specific file -- if I remove the file that's
causing problems from my Makefile, it works fine.
I stared at the object file w/ objdump and nm and really couldn't tell that
anything wierd was going on. But I could be missing something, of course.
Here's the output of make.
ld -shared instruction-branch.o instruction-load.o instruction-math.o
instruction-trap.o instruction.o instruction-conversion.o instruction.o
grobject.o opcodes.o gru.o -o lib/libgru.so
instruction.o: In function `executeInstruction':
instruction.o(.text+0x0): multiple definition of `executeInstruction'
instruction.o(.text+0x0): first defined here
instruction.o: In function `decodeInstruction':
instruction.o(.text+0xe8): multiple definition of `decodeInstruction'
instruction.o(.text+0xe8): first defined here
instruction.o: In function `encodeInstruction':
instruction.o(.text+0x3ac): multiple definition of `encodeInstruction'
instruction.o(.text+0x3ac): first defined here
instruction.o: In function `fprintInstruction':
instruction.o(.text+0x638): multiple definition of `fprintInstruction'
instruction.o(.text+0x638): first defined here
make: *** [lib/libgru.so] Error 1
-Navin
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From: William Burkett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Lilo in swap partition
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 13:09:07 -0500
Leonard Evens wrote:
> I asked about the following matter. The Lilo User's
> Guide says you can't put the lilo boot loader in a
> Linux swap partition. But that was how my VA Research
> machine was set up. I answered my own question by
> looking at the man page for mkswap. There are two
> ways to format the swap partition oldstyle and newstyle.
> Under newstyle the first sector is not affected thus
> allowing one to put a boot loader there. One formats
> it this way with
> mkswap -v1
> By default, mkswap will use oldstyle.
That seems to explain why you CAN put the boot loader in the swap
partition, but what I'm wondering is why you would WANT to. Can you
think of any advantage to setting things up this way?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: route problem: Can't add gateway address
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 22:49:20 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Youjip Won <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear Linux guru,
> I am fan of linux, but never ever able to get the network setup in
> one shot. This time was not an exception. After several trials and
> errors, I am finally writing this message in a hope that I could get
> some help.
>
> To make long story short, I cannot add gateway to routing table.
>
> Here's what had happened. I can ifconfig and route add 'lo' and
'etho'.
> When I do "route add default gw 166.104.88.1", it does not complain.
> BUT, if I type 'route' to verify the gw in routing table, it goes to
the
> infinite loop. It only shows the first two lines in routing table(lo,
> eth0) and goes into infinite loop. I eagerly hope that someone have
had
> similar problems and provide me some clue.
> Please refer to the attached script.
> Thanks a mil!!!!
>
> Youjip
>
> Script started on Thu Aug 12 21:40:56 1999
> [root@sobaek network-scripts]# ifconfig
> [root@sobaek network-scripts]# route
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref
Use
> Iface
> [root@sobaek network-scripts]# ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
> [root@sobaek network-scripts]# route add -net 127.0.0.0
> [root@sobaek network-scripts]# ifconfig etho 166.104.88.108
> [root@sobaek network-scripts]# route add -net 166.104.88.0
> [root@sobaek network-scripts]# route
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref
Use
> Iface
> 127.0.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0
0
> lo
> 166.104.88.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0
0
> eth0
> [root@sobaek network-scripts]# route add gw 166.104.88.1
> [root@sobaek network-scripts]# route
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref
Use
> Iface
> 127.0.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0
0
> lo
> 166.104.88.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0
0
> eth0
> ===> Goes to infinite loop
>
>
<DISCLAIMER>I am not a networking expert</DISCLAIMER>
Do you need a default gateway if you are only configuring one interface?
There shouldn't be much confusion about where to send packets if there's
just the ethernet. If you're trying to configure a ppp interface, then
just add the "defaultroute" option to the pppd command line.
The Networking HOWTO can be found at http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/ and has
recently been updated. Have a look in there and I'm sure you'll find
helpful information.
Cheers!
Syd.
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From: "Unknown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 22:56:26 GMT
Sorry I didn't say before but I have same message When i made with
/mnt/win98
when i create with linux fdisk I saw and cheaked after it is clear /hda1
Fat32 I just installed new version Why I should to compile kernel if Yes
How to do it
Unknown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:bRos3.54$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Any suggestion if it is wrong command mount -t vfat /dev/hda1
> /mnt
> I tred to mount to different directories SAME massage
> "mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda1,
> or too many mounted file systems"
> Yes it is massage, to be exact
>
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert J. Sprawls)
Crossposted-To: comp.databases,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: [Q]On Linux, How can C program access Database?
Date: 12 Aug 1999 18:39:09 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 12 Aug 1999 14:06:58 +0900, Jessica Kim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I had C program on Linux.
>I'd like to access Database at C program.
>Tell me how I can access Database.
PostgreSQL has an excellent C and Perl API and an embedded SQL
compiler. Install it and read theman pages.
http://www.postgresql.org
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