Linux-Misc Digest #284, Volume #26 Sat, 11 Nov 00 08:13:02 EST
Contents:
baffled by software installation ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: rpm dependency problems ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: ide cdrom and cdrom writer with scsi harddisk using cdrecord can't find cd
reader (Mike Stevens)
Re: baffled by software installation (Paul Kimoto)
Re: rpm dependency problems ("Benjamin Autin")
Re: rpm dependency problems ("Aitch")
Re: rpm dependency problems ("Aitch")
Afio multi-volume DAT tape archives (Thomas Elam)
Re: IDE vs SCSI ZIP drives (David Wilson)
Re: baffled by software installation ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Help with chroot enviroments ("Nick Wagner")
Re: Can't connect to Napster :( (Peter Schaffter)
If I switch to Mandrake 7.2, will I take a hit? ("nemo")
Re: If I switch to Mandrake 7.2, will I take a hit? (DivJx)
Re: If I switch to Mandrake 7.2, will I take a hit? (a l t e r i t y)
Re: rpm dependency problems ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Best Distro For Newbie.... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: If I switch to Mandrake 7.2, will I take a hit? (DivJx)
Re: If I switch to Mandrake 7.2, will I take a hit? ("PistolGrip")
icon font (Ron Nicholls)
Re: Is there any limitation to the numbers of opening files? thanks (mlw)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: baffled by software installation
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 05:00:02 GMT
I am currently trying to install the myth2 demo, but this seems to
apply time and again. I am able to do all that is necessary in the
way of untarring it configuring and make make install (if necessary).
But that is where my problems begin. With the myth2 demo I move into
the directory I copied it into /usr/local/src. Than I try to run
it ./myth2_demo_2.1. I get the message-- cannot execute binary file.
The Myth2 Readme essentially says, "move into the directory you
installed myth2 in and run myth2_demo_2.0." (I did try chmod +x
filename). What am I missing?
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,linux.redhat.rpm
Subject: Re: rpm dependency problems
Date: 11 Nov 2000 05:09:04 GMT
Benjamin Autin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I am having a problem installing pciutils-2.2.8-8 on my Red Hat Linux
: system. There is one dependency that fails to resolve and it should.
: Whenever I try to install the rpm I get the message that the package depends
: upon a kernel >= 2.2. I have kernel 2.2.17, but this message keeps cropping
: up. Any help would be appreciated.
Ignore it.
What makes you think that a rpm database is the same thing as the facts?
(this is a serious question intended to elicit a response, and at least
cause you to expose your - erronious - hypothesis to criticism)
Peter
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From: Mike Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ide cdrom and cdrom writer with scsi harddisk using cdrecord can't find
cd reader
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 05:15:29 GMT
The IDE drive needs to be handled by the ide-scsi driver. Add something
like append="hdx=ide-scsi" to /etc/lilo.conf. See the CD-Writing-HOWTO
for more detail. It worked for me, but YMMV.
--
-Mike Stevens
What manner of quandry is this? - The Tick
In article <8u69gq$rb6$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Pat Patton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a scsi controller with the primary harddisk (id 0) and 2 ide
cdrom
> drives. When using xcdroast (cdrecord) it only shows the cd recorder
and not
> the other ide cdrom. Loaded modules are scsi-ide and sg. The system
shows
> both drives found and the cd writer is assigned a scsi device, but
xcdroast
> does not show the reader.
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: baffled by software installation
Date: 11 Nov 2000 01:03:28 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <8uijog$anc$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> With the myth2 demo I move into
> the directory I copied it into /usr/local/src. Than I try to run
> it ./myth2_demo_2.1. I get the message-- cannot execute binary file.
> The Myth2 Readme essentially says, "move into the directory you
> installed myth2 in and run myth2_demo_2.0." (I did try chmod +x
> filename). What am I missing?
Do you have the right libc for this program?
What does "file ./myth2_demo_2.1" respond? What about
"ldd ./myth2_demo_2.1"?
--
Paul Kimoto
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From: "Benjamin Autin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,linux.redhat.rpm
Subject: Re: rpm dependency problems
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 00:44:33 -0600
"Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8uik9g$arc$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Benjamin Autin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> : I am having a problem installing pciutils-2.2.8-8 on my Red Hat Linux
> : system. There is one dependency that fails to resolve and it should.
> : Whenever I try to install the rpm I get the message that the package
depends
> : upon a kernel >= 2.2. I have kernel 2.2.17, but this message keeps
cropping
> : up. Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Ignore it.
>
> What makes you think that a rpm database is the same thing as the facts?
> (this is a serious question intended to elicit a response, and at least
> cause you to expose your - erronious - hypothesis to criticism)
>
>
> Peter
Sorry, it was pciutils-2.1.8-8 that I was trying to install and I got it to
install by doing basically what you said. I used the --nodeps option to
ignore it. Works fine now. I'm not sure if I should be offended by the rpm
database vs. facts remark. (Hey its about 1:00 am here and I'm tired) If
you are suggesting that I have fabricated my problem out of thin air, then I
suggest you simply don't reply. I was seeking real help to real problem.
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Reply-To: "Aitch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Aitch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,linux.redhat.rpm
Subject: Re: rpm dependency problems
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 06:56:40 GMT
"Benjamin Autin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8uijin$qrj$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
: I am having a problem installing pciutils-2.2.8-8 on my Red Hat Linux
: system. There is one dependency that fails to resolve and it should.
: Whenever I try to install the rpm I get the message that the package
depends
: upon a kernel >= 2.2. I have kernel 2.2.17, but this message keeps
cropping
: up. Any help would be appreciated.
:
: Thanks
: Ben
In a console type: rpm -i --nodeps pciutils-2.2.8-8.rpm
See if that works..
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Reply-To: "Aitch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Aitch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,linux.redhat.rpm
Subject: Re: rpm dependency problems
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 06:59:53 GMT
"Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8uik9g$arc$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
: What makes you think that a rpm database is the same thing as the facts?
: (this is a serious question intended to elicit a response, and at least
: cause you to expose your - erronious - hypothesis to criticism)
:
:
: Peter
You misspelled "erroneous".
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From: Thomas Elam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Afio multi-volume DAT tape archives
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 07:13:23 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi. I have tried afio in various ways like:
mt rewind
find ... | afio -o -s 0 -Z /dev/nst0
mt rewind
afio -r -s 0 -Z /dev/nst0
I have the problem that when I try to compare
the archive to the files it archived, I cannot
get afio to read the second tape volume. (I
am using an old Archive Python SCSI DAT drive
and can't get the whole archive onto a single
volume. I'll only have a multi-volume once
a month in my backup scheme, so this is okay.)
When I put in the second tape, I can't even
do a 'mt status' or 'mt rewind' and I can't
tell afio the second volume is ready. All of
these attempts to access the drive with the
second tape volume lead to the message "device
busy". Ps shows gzip is busy at the time.
Fyi, it seems I don't have the same problem
with uncompressed multi-volume archives.
Why is this happening? I have recompiled st.c
with the DEBUG macro defined as 1 and have
dug into the afio sources a bit, but I'm making
no headway.
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: IDE vs SCSI ZIP drives
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Wilson)
Date: 11 Nov 2000 15:48:16 +1100
>On 3 Nov 2000 23:08:54 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Im having a problem that SOMEONE must have seen before.
>>
>> If I check the size of a Zip Cartridge (copy /dev/zero to it with dd)
>> I find the cartridge is 16k if it is mounted in a SCSI drive than if
>> mounted in a IDE drive.
>>
>> No probem you say.
>>
>> Well, the real problem is that a ZIP cartridge partitioned/formtted on
>> the IDE ZIP drive is not readable on the SCSI ZIP drive. Seems the extra
>> 16k appears at the beginning of the SCSI cartridge (as far as that drive
>> is concerned) and as such you dont see the MBR wriiten by one by the other.
>>
>> Does this sound familiar to ANYONE?
>> ANYONE else have problems transfering cartridges between ZIP drives on
>> the IDE and SCSI?
If your IDE/ATAPI Zip is jumpered in Drive A: mode then it will offset
block numbers by 16KB. This skips over the MBR and makes it look like
an unpartitioned drive which is what floppy disks are.
If you do not have then drive strapped in A: mode then are you using
/dev/hdX or /dev/hdX4 as the latter does not include the MBR while the former
does.
--
David Wilson School of IT & CS, Uni of Wollongong, Australia
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: baffled by software installation
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 07:20:41 GMT
> > With the myth2 demo I move into
> > the directory I copied it into /usr/local/src. Than I try to run
> > it ./myth2_demo_2.1. I get the message-- cannot execute binary
file.
> > The Myth2 Readme essentially says, "move into the directory you
> > installed myth2 in and run myth2_demo_2.0." (I did try chmod +x
> > filename). What am I missing?
>
> Do you have the right libc for this program?
When I move into the /lib directory I find a libc-2.1.2.so--but being
somewhat new to linux ... I'm not sure what this means.
>
> What does "file ./myth2_demo_2.1" respond? What about
> "ldd ./myth2_demo_2.1"?
file ./myth2_demo_2.1 produces: /myth2_demo_2.1: ELF 32-bit MSB
executable, PowerPC or cisco 4500, version 1, statically linked,
stripped
ldd ./myth2_demo_2.1 produces: not a dynamic executable
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From: "Nick Wagner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help with chroot enviroments
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 07:30:56 GMT
I want to jail my ftp users into there own home folders, so I took the tasks
on my self, I was somewhat successful in the process, my only problem now is
that my ls command is showing hidden files. Like if I ftp into my own
account, i see my bash_history file there. The ls that came with my
distrobution (RH6.0 with secureweb) doesnt show anything at all. I found the
docs to do it at http://www.devshed.com/Server_Side/Administration/wuftpd/
Read the comments from other users to find where I got the patched ls from
and please help me with this problem.
Nick
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Schaffter)
Subject: Re: Can't connect to Napster :(
Date: 11 Nov 2000 07:44:00 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 10 Nov 2000 23:23:44 GMT, Minko Markov wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Schaffter) writes:
>
> > Hi!
> >
> > Using gnapster 1.4.1a, I'm unable to connect to any napster
> > server, either the "official" one, or any other. I have the
> > same problem with every napster client I've tried under Linux.
> ...
>
> I use gnapster happily with server 64.124.41.219, port 8888
>
> This is not an open-nap server.
I tried the suggested server. No go. Same problem as before.
Have I missed something? Is there a configuration file I ought
to have made an entry in? /etc/gateways, or something like
that?
--
PTPi
(Peter Schaffter)
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From: "nemo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: If I switch to Mandrake 7.2, will I take a hit?
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 21:46:07 +1300
I run an AMD K6-2 400 with 60MB RAM, and 4MB shared RAM. With so little
resources, is it worth my while switching, as I've read that X-window app.s,
and window managers can be resource hogs. Is my system's performnce likely
to improve, suffer, or remain unchanged after a switch from Win98SE to MDK
7.2?
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From: DivJx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: If I switch to Mandrake 7.2, will I take a hit?
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 09:42:29 GMT
If you are planning to run X I would recommend 128Mb of ram I plugged 64
Megs in the machine and it was slow IMO then I put another 64MB of ram
and it greatly improved, I suggest u get some more ram..
In article <8uj10h$1vpbh$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> I run an AMD K6-2 400 with 60MB RAM, and 4MB shared RAM. With so little
> resources, is it worth my while switching, as I've read that X-window app.s,
> and window managers can be resource hogs. Is my system's performnce likely
> to improve, suffer, or remain unchanged after a switch from Win98SE to MDK
> 7.2?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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From: a l t e r i t y <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: If I switch to Mandrake 7.2, will I take a hit?
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 21:03:29 +1100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Well I have been playing around with 7.2 for a few days now on a
macine similar to yours, and I think it is a shit distribution,
probably the worst I have used in 5 years of playing with Linux. I
have had no end of problems.
"nemo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>I run an AMD K6-2 400 with 60MB RAM, and 4MB shared RAM. With so little
>resources, is it worth my while switching, as I've read that X-window app.s,
>and window managers can be resource hogs. Is my system's performnce likely
>to improve, suffer, or remain unchanged after a switch from Win98SE to MDK
>7.2?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
--
alterity
canberra: the penetralia of australia
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,linux.redhat.rpm
Subject: Re: rpm dependency problems
Date: 11 Nov 2000 10:03:07 GMT
Aitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
: news:8uik9g$arc$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
: : What makes you think that a rpm database is the same thing as the facts?
: : (this is a serious question intended to elicit a response, and at least
: : cause you to expose your - erronious - hypothesis to criticism)
: You misspelled "erroneous".
'pologies. Bit error in user.
Peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Best Distro For Newbie....
Date: 11 Nov 2000 10:59:47 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Derek Jolly) wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Lauzon), in message
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, wrote
>
> >I know the CLI a little bit, I can get to the different directories,
> >open up PINE & Pico, use ping and traceroute, as well as finger &
> >talk...and that's it; though I've never used Linux under a GUI yet (but
> >that's what I want to do so that I may really learn Linux and then go in
> >depth and learn the rest).
> >
>
> Just remember how to use the manual from the shell.
>
> "man man" will give you information about the manual.
> "man ls" will give you info on the ls command, and
> "man -k searchstring" will search through the manual entries for
> everything that refers to searchstring.
> --
Well, I'm no expert but:
you need to be able to effortlessly navigate the directory structure;
to see, edit, move, copy, find (automatically) etc.. various files.
mc {midnight commander the clone of the famous DOS utility}
does all this visually (ie. you see the director contents).
Yet it's not a M$-cartoon-style resource-hogging GUI.
CLI makes me feel like tying shoe-laces in the dark, wearing
boxing-gloves.
Chris Glur.
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From: DivJx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: If I switch to Mandrake 7.2, will I take a hit?
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 11:00:36 GMT
problems such as?
I haven't had any yet..
although my system specs are:
_____________________________________
Celeron 566@680
AOPen mx3wPro-E (intel i810E chipset)
using onboard video & sound
Aopen 10/100 network card
Seagate 17.2Gb UDMA66
128Mb ram
_____________________________________
Systems basically used as a server between 3 other machines in the home.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>
> Well I have been playing around with 7.2 for a few days now on a
> macine similar to yours, and I think it is a shit distribution,
> probably the worst I have used in 5 years of playing with Linux. I
> have had no end of problems.
>
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From: "PistolGrip" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: If I switch to Mandrake 7.2, will I take a hit?
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 05:45:25 -0600
"a l t e r i t y" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> Well I have been playing around with 7.2 for a few days now on a
> macine similar to yours, and I think it is a shit distribution,
> probably the worst I have used in 5 years of playing with Linux. I
> have had no end of problems.
What kind of problems??
What are your system specs?
Is this the downloadable version, or the stripped-down Wal-Mart 'Complete'
version?
Runs flawlessly for me <shrug>
--
PistolGrip
==========================
http://wasteland-bbs.com
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From: Ron Nicholls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: icon font
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 23:22:26 +1100
RH 6.2
Anyone know how to change the gnome desktop icon fonts
--
-
Regards
RonN
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From: mlw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.groupware.lotus-notes.admin,comp.groupware.lotus-notes.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Is there any limitation to the numbers of opening files? thanks
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 07:51:01 -0500
Nick Cheng wrote:
>
> Dear sirs, I've got a problem when I use server.load to test my Domino
> Server.
> In the console it tells me : too many opened files.
> It there any limitaion to the numbers for openning files? I'm using kernel
> 2.4.0.
> If you know it under 2.2.x, It's OK to me as well.
> Please help me on maximizing the number. thanks a lot!
There are two types of file limitations, system and process.
System file limitations can be adjusted in (2.2.x, but I think it is
similar in 2.4) by:
echo [some number] > /proc/sys/fs/file-max
You should cat /proc/sys/fs/file-nr, which tells you about the number of
files in this order: max used, currently used, limit. If you adjust
file-max, you will see the third number change.
The per process limitation requires a complete system rebuild, so don't
even bother. The current limit is AFAIK 1000. (probably 1024) This is
because of routines like "fdset" which must have prior knowledge of a
limit.
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