Linux-Misc Digest #486, Volume #24 Tue, 16 May 00 13:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: samba printer woes...now LPRng ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Difference between Mandrake 7.0 and RedHat 6.2 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: scsi card not found after fresh install RedHat 6.2 ("Rodney D. Myers")
pound sterling on US keyboard? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: FreeBSD and Linux (Paul David Fardy)
FTP Access to mounted fat partition (Greg Pepper)
Re: Does anyone here run Windows98 + Linux on a single SCSI hard drive?
("[EMAIL PROTECTED]")
Re: A strange netscape problem. Bus error for some users only (Steve)
Re: site wide search capability (Steve)
Re: VIRUS ALERT- Linux/*BSD honour virus found (Steve)
Re: Newsreader help needed (Steve)
Re: xcdRoast making CDs which are not readable by Windows. (JEDIDIAH)
Re: NIS problems ("ex-freek")
gcc linkage convention on Linux for X86 (Pau-Chen Cheng)
Re: HELP:Interacting with Microsoft networks ("james davis")
Re: can't access the floppy disk ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Thanks (Chris Stump)
Linux in Sun network ("Cyril Y. Nickonorov")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: samba printer woes...now LPRng
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 15:04:10 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Patrick O'Neil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have had nothing but problems trying to get my
Mandrake 7.0
> system to print to a windows shared printer via
samba. I
> have used printtool and linuxconf on separate
occassions to
> try to setup a windows networked printer but it
NEVER works.
>
> I got tired of the lack of error messages or
anything else
> to indicate what the hell was going on so I
dumped lpr
> and replaced it with LPRng instead. I dumped my
setup
> printers (lp and lp0) and started over with
printtool.
> I created my samba printer shares, both simple
postscript
> printers that I can connect to directly with
smbclient -
> but even then I still cannot get them to print
anything.
> I tried printing the ascii test page and I get
an error:
>
> Error printing testpage to lp
>
> Error reason: Status information:
> sending job 'root@dummy227-139+451' to
lp@localhost
> connecting to 'localhost', attempt 1
> connected to localhost
> requesting printer lp@localhost
> sending control file 'cfa451root@dummy227-139'
to
> lp@localhost
> error 'LINK_TRANSFER_FAIL' sending file to
lp@localhost
> job 'root@dummy227-139+451' transfer to
lp@localhost
> failed
>
> Finally, an error message (thank you LPRng)!!
lpr doesn't give
> squat. In any case, I don't know what the
problem is given this
> error message. What is a "LINK_TRANSFER_FAIL"?
How do I fix
> this? I would hope that if I can figure out
this particular problem
> I might actually (FINALLY) get printing to work
to the local
> windows shared printers.
>
> Anyone have any input that will help me with
this situation given
> the above message?
>
Hello, I m in the same state !!
With a corel linux 1.0 and with a red hat 6.0, it
works fine, but not with a mandrake 7.02.
I try with printtool, printerdrake, linuxconf, and
manually too , and I can t make it work ..
I can print a file by using this :
>smbclient //host_name/share_name -U username
then give your password.
After that you got a smb prompt.
SMB>
you can print a file by using
SMB>put file_name
It works !
The queue (lpq) works too, but the link between
twice doesn t !!
Any help ?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Difference between Mandrake 7.0 and RedHat 6.2
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 15:09:25 GMT
The print service (lp) on remote samba printer (windows printer) doesn t
work on mandrake, and work fine on red hat.
The mandrake version has a many powerful tools too develop on kde
environment. kdevelop, kdbg, ...
If you want their tools on a red hat machine, download them and be
careful on the release number of all modules...
No more difference.
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From: "Rodney D. Myers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: scsi card not found after fresh install RedHat 6.2
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 08:21:23 -0700 (PDT)
Reply-To: "Rodney D. Myers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Sat, 13 May 2000 14:41:51 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks. I did finally get the thing recognized and installed. under 5.* -> 6.0
I didn't need the other 2 numbers. Deja News is great. Spent 3 days printing
numerous articles, and that suggestion was one of many.
:>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Rodney D.
Myers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:>> I have an Adaptec 1520 controller that did work under 5.* -> 6.0
:>> Redhat.
:>>
:>> I just did a clean install of 6.2, and the scsi controller was not
:>> found. I did get give the linear command ( aha152x=0x340,11 ) which
:>> worked in previous version, so I do know that the /etc/lilo.conf is
:>> configured correctly, I think.
:>>
:>> I have an IDE drive that appears to be configured, with all the files
:>> on, along with an IDE CDROM. It boots just fine, except for not
:>> finding the scsi controller.
:>>
:>> I have an Adaptec 1520 controller, with a hard drive and a CDROM,
:>> which I would like to add, but 6.2 fails to find it.
:>>
:>> This is my /etc/lilo.conf ;
:>>
:>> boot=/dev/hda
:>> map=/boot/map
:>> install=/boot/boot.b
:>> prompt
:>> timeout=50
:>> linear
:>> default=linux
:>> image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14-5 (i can't read my writing, so I think this is
:>> correct)
:>> label=linux
:>> read-only
:>> root=/dev/hda2
:>> append="aha152x=0340,11,7"
:>
:>
:>Make that:
:>
:> append="aha152x=0x340,11,7,1"
:>
:>Bet it works this time.
:>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: pound sterling on US keyboard?
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 15:21:28 GMT
I have Linux installed on a machine with US keyboard.
Is there a (somewhat) simple way to get the UK pound sterling symbol?
I imagine there is something involved with loadkeys or xmodmap.
I did dumpkeys -l and found
keycode 0x00a3 sterling
If I type alt + shift + 3 I get the pound sterling sign. This works
under X but only for bash console and pico, not in any other
application. Is there a simple way to set things up so I can get pound
sterling always with this key combo?
Thanks very much for any help.
Bill Simpson
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul David Fardy)
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Linux
Date: 16 May 2000 15:30:58 GMT
Contrary to previous attribution, I did NOT write:
>>> There are various forms of 'inertia' that will keep people from
>>> forking excessively (for example, XFree86, FreeBSD), while if
>>> needed, the proprietary forking can happen. More often than not,
>>> there is little reason for being fearful of minor, proprietary
>>> forks -- the only reason that I can ponder is paranoia :-).
Paul David Fardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Perhaps "more often than not", but that's not "always".
>>
>> "Kerberos, PACs And Microsoft's Dirty Tricks"
>> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/05/02/158204
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Leslie Mikesell) writes:
> There are no surprises here. Do you somehow imagine that the
> alternative would be better if Microsoft didn't copy any code?
No. But I imagine the alternative might be better if Microsoft made
its code open. Better for those of us who use Samba or similar products.
I assume that if MS did not copy "any code", they'd just continue with
the status quo, producing shoddy software offering weak encryption in
its system software and vulnerability in its user software. That'd
be bad thing, I guess.
I don't know if it'd be better if Kerberos was under GPL, as Microsoft
probably would not "embrace" something it could not "extend and
extinguish". Because this isn't simply Microsoft using the freedom to
extend the product. Microsoft is attempting to prevent interoperability
with your extablished Kerberos servers. In doing so, Microsoft is not
just using the open-source Kerberos product, it's also attempting to
subvert it.
Does your statement that "There are no suprises here." mean that
you agree with the central point I was trying to make: that sometimes
there _is_ reason for concern, reason beyond paranoia? Certainly,
recent findings from the U.S. Supreme Court suggest that this is more
than paranoia.
Paul Fardy
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Systems Administrator | Memorial University of Newfoundland
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From: Greg Pepper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: FTP Access to mounted fat partition
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 15:30:09 GMT
I have a 4 gig HD (2 gig Win98/ 2 gig RedHat6.2)
Running an ftp server, but running out of room on the ext2 partitions.
I have mounted the fat partition to a /win98 mount point, but I can not
ftp to it!
do I have to chmod/chown on the /win98?
is it a /etc/ftpaccess file fix?
If so, could use some help on the syntax!
thanks in advance for any help
greg pepper
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From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Does anyone here run Windows98 + Linux on a single SCSI hard drive?
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 16:48:05 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Sam E. Trenholme" wrote:
>
[snip]
> >
> >I installed Slackware 7.0, it recognizes my Apatec 29160N a-ok with
> >the a7xxx.s boot image, and both my CD-ROM (TEAC CD-532S) and my CD-R
> >(HP 9210).
> >
> >When I told LILO to install at the Superblock, and changed the
> >'bootable' flag to point to the Linux Native partition, I got a
> >"Missing operating system"
>
> The problem is that you are using an older LILO that will only boot if the
> kernel is on the first 1024 cylinders. Since you are using Slackware, I
> assume that you want to do things the hard way.
This is a matter of opinion. Some of us like slackware and hate all the
silly guis that just get in the way. Of course they can be uninstalled but
I prefer the simplicity of Slackware.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Subject: Re: A strange netscape problem. Bus error for some users only
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 16 May 2000 16:48:24 GMT
Sounds asthough B's running something that the others arent.
When you set up new users to test it, did you do that on
B's machine/desktop? See if B can access use Netscape
when logging in through another box, but I don't know much
about your setup there so most of this might be redundant.
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Cheers
Steve email mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
%HAV-A-NICEDAY Error not enough coffee 0 pps.
web http://www.ndirect.co.uk/~sjlen/
or http://start.at/zero-pps
10:55am up 19 days, 12:56, 4 users, load average: 1.09, 1.19, 1.09
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Subject: Re: site wide search capability
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 16 May 2000 16:48:25 GMT
On Tue, 16 May 2000 00:30:19 GMT, Oktay Altunergil wrote:
>This is not an ISP , this is a Linux community service (sort of). Although
>I am not 100% sure, most probably cgi IS allowed. So? What do I do? Is
>there a cgi script that does searching? Where do I find that?
>
You'll need to write the script or d/l one from somewhere but like I said
before you go to the trouble of that find out if you're allowd to run it,
speak to the service admins.
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Cheers
Steve email mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
%HAV-A-NICEDAY Error not enough coffee 0 pps.
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or http://start.at/zero-pps
10:55am up 19 days, 12:56, 4 users, load average: 1.09, 1.19, 1.09
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Subject: Re: VIRUS ALERT- Linux/*BSD honour virus found
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 16 May 2000 16:48:24 GMT
You should have cross posted this to all of the Microsoft
groups aswell.
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%HAV-A-NICEDAY Error not enough coffee 0 pps.
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or http://start.at/zero-pps
10:55am up 19 days, 12:56, 4 users, load average: 1.09, 1.19, 1.09
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Newsreader help needed
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 16 May 2000 16:48:25 GMT
On 16 May 2000 04:06:57 GMT, David Efflandt wrote:
>On 15 May 2000 12:08:09 GMT, Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Slrn, good choice but I hate seeing it written in block capitals
>>for some reason.
>>
>>% Command used to invoke editor. In the following example, %s represents
>>% the file name and %d represents the starting line number
>>set editor_command "pico '%s' -g %d -tmp"
>
>Those are jed options from the default example. It might be wise to check
>'man pico' and possibly use something more like this:
>
>set editor_command "pico +%d -t %s"
Thanks I didn't think about it, just changed the name of the executable,
but it seems to work fine the way it is, I'll look into it.
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%HAV-A-NICEDAY Error not enough coffee 0 pps.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (JEDIDIAH)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: xcdRoast making CDs which are not readable by Windows.
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 15:51:50 GMT
On 16 May 2000 10:45:55 EDT, Dances With Crows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Tue, 16 May 2000 09:52:03 -0400, Frederick Artiss
><<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>
>>You didn't understand the point. UNDER LINUX (xcdroast), you have a whole
>>host of options about what filesystem to create on the CD. There are
>>options to use "DOS" or "Windows with long filenames". I would think
>>that "DOS" would create ISO9660 files 8.3 compliant which should be
>>readable by any OS.
>
>Say WHAT?
>
>mkisofs, which is the program that does the actual work of creating the
>CD's filesystem, creates an ISO 9660 filesystem by default. ISO 9660 CDs
>always have all their filenames in 8+3 format. mkisofs has several
Even with some of the funkier 'this will break things' options
turned on, mkisofs manages to create images that Windows can
deal with.
Might this person be running into the 'lets BSOD on reading a
Rock Ridge disk' problem that certain revisions of NT4 has?
This was the first thing I encountered when I started burning
discs.
[deletia]
Without going to the trouble of mastering an ext2fs CD, I don't
see how this fellow could manage to make a disc Windows couldn't
deal with.
There are also localization differences between Win95 and Win98.
They likely aren't relevant here, but there are some CD's that are
readable on Win98 but not on Win95.
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a document? --Les Mikesell / | \
Need sane PPP docs? Try penguin.lvcm.com.
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From: "ex-freek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.admin
Subject: Re: NIS problems
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 11:55:14 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Peter Buzanits <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> to give the user pb /bin/sh as shell. But when I login as pb on the
> console at the client, it loads the default shell from the server's
> passwd (/bin/false). Also /home/test is not set as homedir, but the
> homedir from the servers passwd is chosen. The entries in the clients
> passwd are ignored!
You might want to check out /etc/nsswitch.conf and make sure that "files"
appears before "nis" for passwd.
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From: Pau-Chen Cheng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: gcc linkage convention on Linux for X86
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 12:01:45 -0400
Hi, I need to hack some assembly code to
call a c function in the linux kernel.
I looked at similiar codes and it seems to me
that some push the arguments onto stack
and some use registers (EAX, EDX, ...).
Is there a doc describing the linkage convention ?
Thanks in advance.
Pau-Chen ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "james davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HELP:Interacting with Microsoft networks
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 12:04:36 -0400
a good starting place wil be the samba site ... www.samba.org
Have fun
root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi all
>
> I'm a new and only user of linux, in a small Microsoft network domain.
> I want to "see" other computers in the network, most important is the
> server with
> the shared disk.
>
> I know that I have to use the smbclient application and I have to
> modify the smb.conf file,
> but I don't understand how.
>
> If someone can tell me how to do this, or refer me to a good and simple
> document I will be greatfull.
>
> Thanks
> Golan D.
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: can't access the floppy disk
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 16:46:24 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Hi all,
>I am trying to access my floppy for no avail. when i type the command:
>mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
>I get the error message:
>mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/fd0 or too many
>mounted file systems.
Actually, what is the limit on the number of mounted file systems?
- Richard Kimber
Political Science Resources
http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/
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From: Chris Stump <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Thanks
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 11:40:49 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks for the replies. In case it helps, I'm running Red Hat 6.1 and I
log in remotely through SSH over the internet (from work to home). The
other user is at the console
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From: "Cyril Y. Nickonorov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux in Sun network
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 20:53:31 +0400
Hello to all!
I'd like to integrate Linux systems in Sun network
(Sparc machines running Solaris) and the main problem
is Sun automounter maps. Is it possible to use them in
Linux?
Thanks beforehand,
Cyril.
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