Linux-Misc Digest #343, Volume #24 Tue, 2 May 00 11:13:04 EDT
Contents:
Re: Partitioning ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: moving files from windows to linux on same comp ("Art S. Kagel")
Re: XFree86 4.0 rpms (Kerry Cox)
Re: Cannot kill a process ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Newbie LILO question (Eric)
KDE vs Gnome? (Pal Dahle)
mod_auth_mysql Hilfe dringend gesucht! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
mod_auth_mysql help needing! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Partitioning (Alex Borghgraef)
Re: KDE vs Gnome? ("Peter T. Breuer")
Gnome Problem (Alejandro Blanca)
Re: Xircom RealPort Ethernet 10/100+Modem 56 ?? (steve)
Re: Gnome Problem (Matthew Haley)
Re: Interested in purchasing a Linux OS (Rod Smith)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Partitioning
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 13:55:45 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Alex Borghgraef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm trying to install Debian on my pc, but I've run into a problem
> partitioning my hd.
> I have two hd's, one hda which is fully W95, and one hdb which did
> contain a 1Gb W95
> partition, another 1,5Gb W95 partition, a 1Gb SuSE linux ext2
partition
> and a small linux
> swap partition. I wanted more space for linux, so I used cfdisk in the
> Debian setup to delete
> the three big partitions, and make one 1Gb W95 partition and one 2.5Gb
> linux partition.
> When I completed the Debian setup and rebooted, lilo didn't want to
> start, and when I tried
> booting from the created Debian bootfloppy, I got the following
message:
>
> e2fsck: Bad magic number in superblock while trying to open /dev/hdb6
> (that was the new
> linux partition).
> Then some more stuff about it not being a correct ext2 file system.
> What did I do wrong, and how can I fix it?
With repartioning you changed the name of your linux partition.
Previously called hdb6 ,it may now probably be hdb1.
I don't know Debian but with SuSE ith should work this way (certainly
you can transform it to Debian):
boot disk:
if there's something like /etc/fstab or fstab on the disk,change
/dev/hdb6 in fstab to wherever your linux system is placed now.
hd:
Mount emergency system from cd.
Once it is up, edit /etc/fstab with vi and insert an additional line
with an entry for your linux partition, e.g.
/dev/hdb1 /my-temp ext2 defaults 1 2
Make directory my-temp or whatever you named it.
Try to mount hdb1 and edit /etc/fstab accordingly on success.
Reinstall lilo.
That could work.
If I got you wrong, you should simply run e2fsck by hand.(boot emergency
system,e2fsck /dev/hdb6)
Volker
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Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 10:10:57 -0400
From: "Art S. Kagel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: moving files from windows to linux on same comp
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> does anyone know of a program(downloadable software) that will move files
> from windows to linux while in windows?
Also the DJGPP Project (GCC on DOS/Windows) has a set of tools that can
access Linux partitions. See www.delorie.com.
Art S. Kagel
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From: Kerry Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: XFree86 4.0 rpms
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 08:29:47 -0600
Martin Sanborn wrote:
>
> Kerry Cox wrote:
>
> > caused a lot of things to break. Has anyone had any success in
> > installing XFree86 on their own Linux machine using the RPMs? And if
> > so, would they be willing to share their experience?
>
> In my case, all the RPMs from rawhide seem to be ok EXCEPT for
> XFree86-4.0-0.x.i386.rpm. This package is broken. I've tried both the 4.0-0.6
> and 4.0-0.8 versions, and neither work. I think the error is akin to "cpio:
> error file handle broken" or something of the sort.
>
> I plan on installing the binary packages from xfree86.org that correspond to
> the files contained in XFree86-4.0-0.x.i386.rpm. Specifically, these are
> Xman.tgz, Xmod.tgz, Xbin.tgz, Xlib.tgz, and Xetc.tgz. I won't install the
> others since the rest of the XFree-4.0 RPMs (fonts, board-specific server,
> docs, devel, extra libs) are all OK.
>
> I'll let you know how it goes.
>
> Marty
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Marty,
Please let me know how it goes. I am very interested in hearing what
the success rate is. It appears to be rather split as of the present
time. Perhaps some later releases to rawhide will starighten things
out.
KJ
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cannot kill a process
Date: 2 May 2000 14:22:16 GMT
Deden Purnamahadi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: How to prevent the same problem in the future ? upgrade the kernel (??)
Please reply at the appropriate point in the narrative! I don't speak
or read upside down ...
: muchas gracias
: ddn
: Peter T. Breuer wrote:
:> Deden Purnamahadi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:> : RedHat 6.0, Kernel 2.2.5-15
:> : passwd: Critical error - immediate abort
:> : then the passwd command is hung in the process.
:> : I've tried to kill it with kill -9 , but it didn't succeed.
:> : Any other way I can kill the process ?
:> NO. If -9 does not kill a process, then your system is dead.
:> The process is in uninterruptible sleep in the kernel, or
:> otherwise occupied.
:> I'd guess you have a funny file system. Possibly a full one too.
Neither you nor I have can have any idea of what the problem was until
you LOOK.
When you find some indications (I suggested a corrupt file system),
come back again, and you'll get appropriate advice. Check the file
system (man fsck). Tell us what the file system is. E2fs? Reiserfs?
Fat32? For all I know you had a disk hard error and the file system
remounted itself read only to protect you, thereby leaving passwd
hanging. Until you LOOK, find something interesting, and show me it, I
can't tell. Look at your logs.
Peter
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie LILO question
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 14:05:44 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mike Strock wrote:
>
> I've got three partitions on my drive. Win2k, swap and my Linux install (which
> boots from /hda5).
>
> I'm running default Redhat 6. Lilo works great to start either Linux or Win2k.
> What I'd like to do is to boot my experiment kernel that I compiled (2.3.51),
> which is in my /boot directory as mylinuz-newkernel .
>
> I can change the linux-2.2.5-15 in lilo.conf, which then boots the 2.3.51
> kernel, but I want to be able to switch back and forth between them (having
> some problems getting my network cards working).
>
> So, I'd like to be able to boot either /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.5-15 or
> /boot/vmlinuz-newkernel from the same /hda5 partition.
>
> Is this possible with Lilo? How? Everytime I tried and add it as an
> 'other',lilo gives me an error when I run lilo after editing lilo.conf.
>
> Any thoughts appreciated. Email replies appreciated as well.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Mike Strock
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It's not an 'other', just copy the part from lilo belonging to the
original bootimage and change the lines containing label and image for
the new image
example :
image=/boot/vmlinuz1
label=linux1
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
root=/dev/hda1
image=/boot/vmlinuz2
label=linux2
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
root=/dev/hda1
don't forget to run lilo!
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From: Pal Dahle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: KDE vs Gnome?
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 16:30:26 +0200
Can anyone please inform me what the differences between KDE and Gnome
*really* are? What are the advantages/disadvantages of either system.
Which one should I use as a newbie or as an experienced user? Is either
one better for development etc?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: mod_auth_mysql Hilfe dringend gesucht!
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 14:25:47 GMT
Hallo!
wie kann ich am einfachsten mod_auth_mysql installieren? Bisher habe
ich es nicht geschafft!
Ich habe Apache 1.3.12 und MySQL 3.22.32.
Ich habe Apache nach der ( http://www.baach.de/lamp-tutorial.html )
LAMP-Anleitung installiert. Anschließend wollte ich noch mod_auth_mysql
folgendermaßen installieren:
/usr/src/lamp/mod_auth_mysql-2.20> ./configure --with-
mysql=/usr/local/mysql/3.22.32 --with-apache=/usr/src/lamp/apache_1.3.12
/usr/src/lamp/mod_auth_mysql-2.20> make
/usr/src/lamp/apache_1.3.12>./configure --activate-
module=src/modules/auth_mysql/libauth_mysql.a
=================== soweit funktioniert alles! ===================
/usr/src/lamp/apache_1.3.12>make
Fehler:
====================================================================
<=== src/ap
===> src/main
gcc -c -I../os/unix -I../include -
I/usr/local/mysql/3.22.32/include/mysql -DLINUX=2 -DUSE_HSREGEX -
DUSE_EXPAT -I../lib/expat-lite -DNO_DL_NEEDED `../apaci` gen_test_char.c
gcc -I/usr/local/mysql/3.22.32/include/mysql -DLINUX=2 -DUSE_HSREGEX -
DUSE_EXPAT -I../lib/expat-lite -DNO_DL_NEEDED `../apaci` -o
gen_test_char gen_test_char.o -L/usr/local/mysql/3.22.32/lib/mysql -
lmysqlclient -lcrypt -lm -lcrypt
./gen_test_char >test_char.h
./gen_test_char: error in loading shared libraries
libmysqlclient.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or
directory
make[3]: *** [test_char.h] Error 127
make[2]: *** [subdirs] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/lamp/apache_1.3.12/src'
make[1]: *** [build-std] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/lamp/apache_1.3.12'
make: *** [build] Error 2
=======================================================================
Kann mir bitte jemand helfen? Es wäre ziemlich dringend, bin noch
Anfänger! :)
Danke im voraus
Stefan Kaifer
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: mod_auth_mysql help needing!
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 14:31:37 GMT
Hallo!
how can I install mod_auth_mysql easyest? I have an error by compiling.
I have Apache 1.3.12, MySQL 3.22.32 and Suse 6.3.
I installed Apache, PHP3 and mySQL. After it I would install
mod_auth_mysql:
/usr/src/lamp/mod_auth_mysql-2.20> ./configure --with-
mysql=/usr/local/mysql/3.22.32 --with-apache=/usr/src/lamp/apache_1.3.12
/usr/src/lamp/mod_auth_mysql-2.20> make
/usr/src/lamp/apache_1.3.12>./configure --activate-
module=src/modules/auth_mysql/libauth_mysql.a
=================== up this point is everything OK! ===================
/usr/src/lamp/apache_1.3.12>make
Error:
====================================================================
<=== src/ap
===> src/main
gcc -c -I../os/unix -I../include -
I/usr/local/mysql/3.22.32/include/mysql -DLINUX=2 -DUSE_HSREGEX -
DUSE_EXPAT -I../lib/expat-lite -DNO_DL_NEEDED `../apaci` gen_test_char.c
gcc -I/usr/local/mysql/3.22.32/include/mysql -DLINUX=2 -DUSE_HSREGEX -
DUSE_EXPAT -I../lib/expat-lite -DNO_DL_NEEDED `../apaci` -o
gen_test_char gen_test_char.o -L/usr/local/mysql/3.22.32/lib/mysql -
lmysqlclient -lcrypt -lm -lcrypt
./gen_test_char >test_char.h
./gen_test_char: error in loading shared libraries
libmysqlclient.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or
directory
make[3]: *** [test_char.h] Error 127
make[2]: *** [subdirs] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/lamp/apache_1.3.12/src'
make[1]: *** [build-std] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/lamp/apache_1.3.12'
make: *** [build] Error 2
=======================================================================
Can me help somebody? I'm a newbie :)
Many thanks
Stefan Kaifer
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From: Alex Borghgraef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Partitioning
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 16:41:12 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Alex Borghgraef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > e2fsck: Bad magic number in superblock while trying to open /dev/hdb6
> > (that was the new
> > linux partition).
> > Then some more stuff about it not being a correct ext2 file system.
> > What did I do wrong, and how can I fix it?
>
> With repartioning you changed the name of your linux partition.
> Previously called hdb6 ,it may now probably be hdb1.
No, it used to be hdb7, now it's hdb6.
> I don't know Debian but with SuSE ith should work this way (certainly
> you can transform it to Debian):
>
> boot disk:
> if there's something like /etc/fstab or fstab on the disk,change
> /dev/hdb6 in fstab to wherever your linux system is placed now.
I can try messing with fstab a bit, but I doubt if that's the problem.
> If I got you wrong, you should simply run e2fsck by hand.(boot emergency
> system,e2fsck /dev/hdb6)
Did it, same problem. Do you know what the 'bad magic number' part of the
error message means, I have a feeling that that might have something to do
with it.
Are there restrictions on the size of a partition you make (e.g. a 'magic
nr.' which is
a multiple of a constan X)? I'm just guessing here
--
Alex Borghgraef
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: KDE vs Gnome?
Date: 2 May 2000 14:43:39 GMT
Pal Dahle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Can anyone please inform me what the differences between KDE and Gnome
: *really* are?
Spelling. Source code. Corba.
: What are the advantages/disadvantages of either system.
Pronunciation.
: Which one should I use as a newbie or as an experienced user? Is either
Neither. Use fvwm95 and like it.
: one better for development etc?
Die thread DIE.
KDE and Gnome are two out of about 20 viable alternatives, what makes you
fixate on them? You clearly don't know how to answer this question, so
why not look around a bit more ...
Peter
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From: Alejandro Blanca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux
Subject: Gnome Problem
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 09:10:49 -0500
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Hi.
My name is Alejandro Blanca. I've just installed Red Hat Linux 6.2 with
the Gnome windows manager. Last night while I was trying the Real Player
7 beta, running Netscape and Gnomicu, Gnome crashed down. All my
settings (panels, applets, etc) were lost. So I started again to
personalize it. I've almost finished except for the tasklist. How do I
launch it, run it? I ask this because I can't see the programs I'm
running in my taskbar and I want to. I'm open to any suggestions you
might have.
Thanks in advance.
Yours Sincerely,
Alejandro Blanca.
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From: steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Xircom RealPort Ethernet 10/100+Modem 56 ??
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 08:49:15 -0600
Bob Koss wrote:
> Is anyone using this pcmcia device?
>
> I just bought one yesterday, hoping to rid myself of dongles and
> fragile xjacks, but the modem seems to just suck. I couldn't connect
> to Earthlink in Miami, but when I put in my old Megahertz, it
> connected just fine.
>
> Is anyone having any luck with this device?
>
> --
>
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> Senior Consultant | 14619 N Somerset Cr | Fax: (847) 918-1023
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yes, I use one in my Dell Inspiron 5000 with RH 6.1 . The card uses the
tulip
driver, it is a little buggy for this card. Mine boots up and configures
the eth0
device, to use the modem: bring down the eth0 (ifconfig eth0 down),
reassign
the IRQ to something unused (setserial /dev/ttyS1 IRQ 13), then reassign
back
to the correct IRQ (setserial /dev/ttyS1 IRQ 3), now the modem should
work.
This assumes your modem is set-up to use COM2, IRQ 3, which is one of
the auto
configured serial ports COM1-COM4. My Xirc came set-up to use COM5, I
changed it to COM2, but in principle COM5 should work, you just have to
be
sure to set-up the serial port correctly.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthew Haley)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Gnome Problem
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 15:06:05 GMT
On Tue, 02 May 2000 09:10:49 -0500,
Alejandro Blanca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Hi.
>My name is Alejandro Blanca. I've just installed Red Hat Linux 6.2 with
>the Gnome windows manager. Last night while I was trying the Real Player
>7 beta, running Netscape and Gnomicu, Gnome crashed down. All my
>settings (panels, applets, etc) were lost. So I started again to
>personalize it. I've almost finished except for the tasklist. How do I
>launch it, run it? I ask this because I can't see the programs I'm
>running in my taskbar and I want to. I'm open to any suggestions you
>might have.
You need to add the Gnome Pager to your panel.
--
Matthew Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Now showing... Mandrake Linux 7.02
8:05am up 3 days, 3:44, 3 users, load average: 0.26, 0.15, 0.06
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Interested in purchasing a Linux OS
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 15:09:27 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Romanator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
Please don't do this; plain ASCII is quite sufficient for Usenet news.
> I am very interested in learning and installing a Linux OS on my
> computer. However, after checking out various web sites, I seem more
> confused than before. I am not sure which Linux OS purchase and install.
> As a newbie, can any one recommend a Linux brand name and book for a new
> user?
You may want to check my web page with reviews of several distributions:
http://www.rodsbooks.com/distribs/
It's also got links to a few books for most of the distributions. I've got
more book suggestions at http://www.rodsbooks.com/books/.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux networking & multi-OS configuration
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