Linux-Misc Digest #479, Volume #26 Wed, 6 Dec 00 13:13:02 EST
Contents:
Re: Christmas Virus Warning ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: How do I install ANYTHING in Linux???? (Gerald Willmann)
Re: Which driver to use (Geoff Short)
Re: crontab question (Lew Pitcher)
Re: Adobe drops linux beta (Robert Wiegand)
Re: help with printtool in linux. ("Block Iron & Supply Co - CIS")
Anyone know an app that's capable of doing this? ('Blades RipRock')
[OT] Re: Parser generator ("Arthur H. Gold")
2 way serial connection between 2 pcs ("ruadhan")
Re: What do these characters mean? (Paul Kimoto)
Re: "/usr" versus "/usr/local" (Bill Unruh)
removing strange dir ~ (John Hunter)
Re: Help: 2.2.17 kernel crashes during large I/O operations ("Alk")
Re: Samba and college network ("Block Iron & Supply Co - CIS")
Re: Anyone know an app that's capable of doing this? (John Hunter)
RealPlayer: The only cross platform choice? (pihl)
Re: Newbie Boot problems (Leonard Evens)
Re: What do these characters mean? (John Hunter)
Problems running ./configure ("Andy")
Re: removing strange dir ~ (Bit Twister)
Re: Linux telnet windows ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Disaster recovery info (Neil Montgomery)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Christmas Virus Warning
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 14:44:31 +0000
Nigel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
> Our IT dept. have received a Virus warning this morning.The virus
> appears as a file attachment called Navidad which is part of an
> e-christmas card.
> If you receive such an e-mail please do not
> open it!
Why? What'll happen?
Apart from nothing at all...
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| Computer science | vacuum cleaners" - Ernst Jan Plugge |
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From: Gerald Willmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How do I install ANYTHING in Linux????
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 16:11:11 +0100
On Wed, 6 Dec 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Ok, I'm just about completely frustrated. I'm trying to convert myself
> from the evil blue screen world of windows, and trying to learn to use
> Linux. I have been playing with several different types and find that
> I like the Mandrake 7.x versions the best.
> My problem:
> I try downloading software from the internet to install and try out on
> Linux, but I can NEVER figure out how to install anything and make it
> work! I keep getting errors saying I need to have QT, PHP,
> MySQL...etc..etc...installed. When I try to install the needed stuff,
> it never works either or I just do something dumb.
> I have the tar -zxvf thing figured out, but from there nothing works. I
> try 'make', 'make install', 'make clean', './configure' and all those
> different variations of compiling and installing software, but just have
> no luck - EVER!
> What is the trick to simply downloading and installing software on this
> operating system?
> I'm just getting completely frustrated with this whole thing.
> Anyone out there that can give a newbie some advice??
Hi Tom: at the beginning it's probably a good idea to stick with
rpms. Take a look at http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/ to see what's
available for your distro. Often even proprietary stuff is offered
as rpm packages, eg applixware, realplayer, ... On that website you
can also easily check dependencies.
When you try compiling something it will usually complain about some
library missing which you can then easily install using rpm - don't
forget to install the respective development library, too.
hope this helps, Gerald
PS: personally, I started with RH4.0 more then three years back and there
were some ups and downs - especially when rpms were no longer offered
en masse for libc5 systems. This summer I replaced my upgraded RH4.0
with Suse 6.4 on my home machine (mainly b/c it supports German dsl)
and on my machine at work I run Debian 2.2 which I like more and
more.
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From: Geoff Short <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: Which driver to use
Date: 6 Dec 2000 15:20:21 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc WME <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Hi,
: Which driver should I use for the DLink DFE-530 TX.
: I tried enabling rtl8139 and the 'via rhine' in the /etc/rc.d/rc.module
: file, but no luck.
You probably need the latest version of via-rhine, from www.scyld.com
Geoff
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Ever sit and watch ants? They're always busy with Geoff Short
something, never stop for a moment. I just [EMAIL PROTECTED]
can't identify with that kind of work ethic. http://kipper.york.ac.uk/~geoff
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lew Pitcher)
Subject: Re: crontab question
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2000 15:54:42 GMT
On Wed, 06 Dec 2000 15:01:33 +0100, NDQ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Hi,
>I'm under RH6.1. Before, I can edit crontab with command :
>$ crontab -e
>
>But now when I exit editor I see :
>
>[quy@iris] ~$ crontab -e
>crontab: no changes made to crontab
>
>File /etc/cron.allow is OK, daemon crond is running...
>
>Have you any idea for help me ?
Perhaps the editor is blown.
What's your VISUAL envvar set to?
Lew Pitcher
Information Technology Consultant
Toronto Dominion Bank Financial Group
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
(Opinions expressed are my own, not my employer's.)
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From: Robert Wiegand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Adobe drops linux beta
Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2000 09:25:41 -0600
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
>
>Adobe had a product called FrameMaker 5.5.6 beta for linux.
>
>They just announced they are dropping the program. Anyone
>using Frame for linux will see it rendered useless on
>January 1. And it will no longer be available.
>
>WTF?
I didn't see anything that indicated they were dropping FrameMaker
for Linux as a product.
All the announcement said was that the beta program was over.
You shouldn't expect beta code to be supported forever.
I wouldn't be supprised if we see a commercial version (you have to
pay for it) of FrameMaker for Linux sometime in the near future.
--
Regards,
Bob Wiegand [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Block Iron & Supply Co - CIS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: help with printtool in linux.
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 10:04:53 -0600
When I have setup remote smb and remote novell printers using printtool I
also have had problems printing after doing a test page from printtool.
What I have had to use lpc to restart printing and queing.
Read the man page for lpc to do this.
"Kenny@BUI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:%9PW5.1745$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> hello,
> i need your collective input.
> i setup a smb or remote printer using printtool. the setup looks correct
due
> to the fact
> that i have successfully done this part before. this difference this time
is
> i have an nec superscript 870 laser printer. when i send a test print from
> printtool it prints a page once and never again unless i delete the
printer
> entry and redo the setup.
> of course the nec870 is not one of the choises of printers offered by
> printtool.
>
> when it prints the original test page the output says something like add
> CR-LF/CR.
> this occurs when i selected "text printer" as the driver.
>
> if i select "postscript printer" then the output is also weird.
>
> i have rh6.2 linux as the server and the printer is connected to a win98
> client.
>
> thank you,
> kenny.
>
>
>
>
>
>
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From: 'Blades RipRock' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Anyone know an app that's capable of doing this?
Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2000 16:19:28 GMT
Greetings!
I'm looking for an app that will recursively download all the
subsequent links and their contents and files for a given link.
I understand WGET might be able to do this, but from what I've
read on freshmeat, I'm not so sure.
What I need the program to be able to do ultimately, is for eg.,
let's say I specify a link such as this:
http://some.edu/c201/lectures.html
and in this link, there are
several other links one of which is a link to an actual directory
and not another URL or an webpage, such as:
http://some.edu/c201/ass2/
which contains various textfiles, ps files, source files and etc.
So, along with other links, I need an app which can recognize
contents of an actual directory and not a webpage and download and
save all the contents of it.
Can someone please recommend an app which will do this for
me? TIA.
Best,
BR
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Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2000 09:38:09 -0600
From: "Arthur H. Gold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [OT] Re: Parser generator
Flej Ling wrote:
>
> Bison is described in man pages as "a parser generator that replaces yacc".
> What is a parser generator and what is it good for?
>
> Flej Ling
Well, it generates parsers!
What are parsers good for? Compiler front-ends, data mining,
simple embedded languages, all kinds of stuff. Get a good
compiler book and READ it.
HTH,
--ag
--
Artie Gold, Austin, TX (finger the cs.utexas.edu account
for more info)
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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"Curiousity didn't kill _this_ cat"
-- Studs Terkel, upon being asked what he thinks his epitaph
should be.
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From: "ruadhan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 2 way serial connection between 2 pcs
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 17:06:52 -0000
hello all,
I am trying to connect two pcs via their serial ports. I have made a
null-modem cable and have physically connected both machines. I have also
read the Serial-HOWTO and the Serial-ProgrammingHOWTO.
The examples in the serial-rogramming HOWTO only process input - i.e. it
receives but doesn't write. I have another program that writes to the serial
port. It seems there is something happening between the two serial ports,
but its fairly lame (the recieving pc prints to screen "received SIGIO
signal".
What i really need is some code that looks for input from the keyboard and
sends it straight to serial, but also listens for input on the serial port
and sends this to screen
Running this program on both computers should then route the keyboard input
from one machine to the screen of the other pc. (I think miniterm does
something like this - i'm not sure, it won't work for me).
any advice would be greatly appreciated
thanks,
ruadhan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: What do these characters mean?
Date: 6 Dec 2000 12:03:09 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <uyqX5.22724$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Flej Ling wrote:
> "useradd -c "Apache Server" -u 80 -s /bin/false -r -d /home/httpd www
> 2>/dev/null || :"
>
> What does the "2>/dev/null || :" do?
** 2>/dev/null
This sends the standard-error stream (whose file descriptor is "2"), which
is supposed to contain error messages, to /dev/null instead of the screen.
Things written to /dev/null are just thrown away.
** ||
This is the "or" operator, used in the form
command1 and its arguments || command2 and its arguments
If command1 returns "true", then command2 is skipped.
** :
This is a shell command, documented in the bash(1) man page as follows:
: [arguments]
No effect; the command does nothing beyond expand
ing arguments and performing any specified redirec
tions. A zero exit code is returned.
("0" is "true" in shell.)
So
some_command || :
is a fancy way of running some_command but returning "true" (even if
some_command returns non-zero, i.e., false).
--
Paul Kimoto
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: "/usr" versus "/usr/local"
Date: 6 Dec 2000 17:12:31 GMT
In <vsqX5.22723$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Flej Ling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
]I have Redhat 6.0 installed and find that "/usr" and "/usr/local" have many
]of the same folder names in them, for example:
]/usr/bin and /usr/local/bin
]/usr/sbin and /usr/local/sbin
]/usr/doc and /usr/local/doc
]/usr/etc and /usr/local/etc
]/usr/man and /usr/local/man
]/usr/lib and /usr/local/lib
]/usr/include and /usr/local/include
]Is this normal or have I configured things wrong? Does Redhat use only the
]"/usr", only the "/usr/local", or both?
By tradition /usr/local is the place to put things which you compile and
place on your system, while /usr is the place for things which come with the
operating system. If /usr/local is placed on a different partition, then
when you reinstall the OS all of your special programs are left unaffected
and do not need to be reinstalled.
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Subject: removing strange dir ~
From: John Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 06 Dec 2000 11:12:35 -0600
In a subdirectory of my home directory, the '~' shows up on an ls. I
would like to get rid o it, but I cannot, for example, do 'rm -rf ~'
lest I delete my home dir. Any thoughts on how to remove this pesky
entry?
I have no idea how it got there.
I'm using RHL6.2. Some ls output below.
Thanks,
John Hunter
video:~/Perl> ls
Bin lib perl-examples perlmagick-ques ~
Scripts password-problem perl-help perlmove.tar.gz
books perl-configs perl-notes src
examples perl-configs-sun perl.tar.gz test
video:~/Perl>
video:~/Perl> ls -l
total 774
drwxr-xr-x 7 jdhunter 120 4096 Dec 6 10:55 Bin
drwxrwxr-x 4 jdhunter 120 512 Sep 22 1999 Scripts
drwxr-xr-x 4 jdhunter 120 512 Dec 6 11:11 books
drwxr-xr-x 2 jdhunter 120 512 Dec 6 10:56 examples
drwxr-xr-x 4 jdhunter 120 512 Dec 6 11:10 lib
-rw-r--r-- 1 jdhunter 120 602 Apr 23 1999 password-problem
-rw-rw-r-- 1 jdhunter 120 10552 Jun 28 1999 perl-configs
-rw-rw-r-- 1 jdhunter 120 796 Feb 17 1999 perl-configs-sun
-rw-r--r-- 1 jdhunter 120 8659 Dec 3 12:31 perl-examples
-rw-rw-r-- 1 jdhunter 120 46 Sep 8 1998 perl-help
-rw-rw-r-- 1 jdhunter 120 406 Sep 8 1998 perl-notes
-rw-r--r-- 1 jdhunter 120 686608 Dec 6 11:11 perl.tar.gz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 jdhunter 120 1318 Oct 16 1998 perlmagick-ques
-rw-r--r-- 1 jdhunter 120 57631 Dec 6 11:09 perlmove.tar.gz
drwxrwxr-x 2 jdhunter 120 512 Apr 18 2000 src
drwxr-xr-x 2 jdhunter 120 512 Dec 6 11:10 test
drwxrwxr-x 3 jdhunter 120 512 Nov 23 1998 ~
video:~/Perl>
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From: "Alk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Help: 2.2.17 kernel crashes during large I/O operations
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 19:10:13 +0200
Reply-To: "Alk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Youre right - old discs dont work with tag queue nor fast - set it to 1 and
not more than 5M/sec, although controller is still great and usable with
newer
disks. If you mix old & new read info and write correct
append="scsi:?????????"
in lilo.conf && lilo -v and all the disks will run at their spped, i do it
with Adaptec 2940 BIOS, so i cant give you any tips what to write there
AG
"RogerB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> My kernel was to fast by default (10meg transfer) and ran in ascync
> mode so I needed to slow it down and and run scync. The drives
> are marked freshes before 1987 so I think they're getting a little
> long in the tooth.
>
> On Tue, 5 Dec 2000 19:18:47 +0200, Alk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Just read help on scsi adaptor driver parameters in kernel
configuration -
> >it says it fails for some reason with tagged que on or whatever else -
just
> >play around with these parameters
> >Maybe your old kernel had a bit different approach to SCSI bus on your
> >adapter
> >
> >AG
> >
> >"RogerB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> >news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >> I'm not sure about the kernel version but are you sure it's not a
> >> hardware problem. I have the same problem on my little box because I
> >> can't get the scsi timing right. Also bad drive cables can do the same
> >thing.
> >>
> >> On Fri, 1 Dec 2000 09:40:34 -0400, Marco Imperatore
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> > wrote:
> >> >When moving large files or doing full backups, my Linux box running
> >2.2.17
> >> >crashes.
> >> >Never crashed with previously installed kernel (2.0.36). Does anyone
> >have a
> >> >patch
> >> >for this? Pls e-mail back. Thx.
> >> >
> >> >
> >
> >
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From: "Block Iron & Supply Co - CIS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Samba and college network
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 11:14:02 -0600
"Michael Ramirez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Question- I'm on a college campus and my dorm is on a LAN. I'm trying to
> imagine how I can configure smbclient to be able to access shares
> without knowing the netbios name of every computer in my dorm. Is there
> anyway I can browse the network, finding out the necessary "name" info?
> I'd like to be able to share with the rest of the dorm (I'm
> discriminated against because I use linux!!). Maybe you could lead me to
> a webpage answering my question... Thanks for the help.
You want LinNeighborhood. It does the same thing as Windows Network
Neighborhood and then some. You can find it at
http://www.bnro.de/~schmidjo/.
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Subject: Re: Anyone know an app that's capable of doing this?
From: John Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 06 Dec 2000 11:16:40 -0600
>>>>> "'Blades" == 'Blades RipRock' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
'Blades> Greetings! I'm looking for an app that will recursively
'Blades> download all the subsequent links and their contents and
'Blades> files for a given link. I understand WGET might be able
'Blades> to do this, but from what I've read on freshmeat, I'm not
'Blades> so sure.
'Blades> What I need the program to be able to do ultimately, is
'Blades> for eg., let's say I specify a link such as this:
'Blades> http://some.edu/c201/lectures.html and in this link,
'Blades> there are several other links one of which is a link to
'Blades> an actual directory and not another URL or an webpage,
'Blades> such as: http://some.edu/c201/ass2/ which contains
'Blades> various textfiles, ps files, source files and etc.
'Blades> So, along with other links, I need an app which can
'Blades> recognize contents of an actual directory and not a
'Blades> webpage and download and save all the contents of it.
'Blades> Can someone please recommend an app which will do this
'Blades> for me? TIA.
wget is your tool. It has lots of flags to specify, for example,
pattern matching on links, restrictions on which links to follow,
maximum recursion depth and the like. If you examine the names of the
kinds of links you want to follow, you can probably set up the pattern
matching to get what you want.
If you need finer control, you might use the perl LWP modules but this
will require some programming. There is a chapter in the perl
cookbook which details how to do the basic things and the code is
available online.
JDH
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From: pihl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RealPlayer: The only cross platform choice?
Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2000 17:11:47 GMT
Hi all,
I am working in a Copenhagen based startup doing distance-learning.
We are producing primarily to the windows platform, but I would like
our products to be accessible to a broader public.
Please help me out:
Is the Realplayer from RealNetworks the only player available on Linux
running Netscape?
Are Linux-users able to view all the old realmedia files ass well as
the new format generated for use in RealPlayer8?
Are other *NIX platforms able to use/view the various RealPlayer
formats?
Sincerely
Karsten Andreas von Mehren Pihl
Europe/Denmark/Copenhagen
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie Boot problems
Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2000 10:55:15 -0600
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I apologize if this was double-posted -- not very
> co-ordinated today!!
>
> I am a very new user to Linux (I just installed
> it yesterday!!) and have run into a bit of a
> problem. First a little background on hardware
> and the install. I have installed it on a dual
> Pentium Pro (2x200mhz)with 256 mb ram. I boot
> from a 9.1GB Ultra Wide Quantum Scsi drive
> connected to an Adaptec 2940U2W adapter. My video
> card is an Imagine 128 (Series 2) with 4mb ram,
> and the monitor is a Viewsonic GT770 17".
> I first created a 4GB partition with FDISK and
> installed Windows98. Next, I proceeded to install
> Red Hat Linux 7.0 from bootable CD. I chose a
> workstation install WITHOUT manually partitioning
> as this seemed to be the most straightforward
> install (I'm very new to this!!). The installer
> detected my hardware fine, but then crashed when
> it got about midway through intstalling the
> packages. The error was something like: installer
> exited abnormally. I rebooted and tried again and
> this time everything went fine, upto the
> Xconfigure stage. I chose my monitor (which was
> listed), inputed the correct ram for my video
> card (4mb) and chose some display seetings I
> commonly used, but kept getting a message saying
> Xconfigure had failed. Eventually I skipped it
> and the install completed. I rebooted and was
> presented with a Red Hat screen with boot
> options: 1.LINUX 2.LINUX UP 3.DOS (Win98). I
> chose 1.LINUX and it began booting. Several
> screens of text went by, and then the system hung
> at the following: "CHECKING TSC SYNCHRONIZATION
> ACROSS CPU'S". I rebooted a couple of times with
> the same result. I booted using the second
> option, LINUX UP, and booted into the command
> shell, and as far as I can tell everything is
> fine here. I checked Win98 and that boots fine as
> well.
> If anyone can offer any assistance, it would be
> greatly appreciated. I'm wondering if it has to
> do with the fact I have 2 processors, or perhaps
> because the xconfigure failed.
> Anyways, looking forward to getting Linux
> running, as I've heard so many good things about
> it. (Even heard people saying they haven't
> rebooted a machine in over a year --- can't even
> remember a day when I haven't HAD to reboot a
> Windows machine!!!)
>
> Sorry if this seems long winded and simplistic,
> and thanks in advance for your time and help,
>
> Phil Harvey
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
I think you have two problems. You probably are having a problem
with the dual processors. You need to be using the right kernel
and have everything set up properly for booting it. I'm not
sure exactly what to tell you about that, but perhaps someone else
will.
Secondly, it is not unusual for configuration of X to fail during
installation. Try running Xconfigurator and experiment some with
the choice of monitor. Also, try custom for moniitor and pick
one of the generic choices that comes up if no monitor choice works.
In addition, someone with a similar graphics and monitor configuration
may be able to give you more information. In extreme cases it may
be necessary to edit the file XF86Config in /etc/X11.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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Subject: Re: What do these characters mean?
From: John Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 06 Dec 2000 11:19:20 -0600
>>>>> "Flej" == Flej Ling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Flej> What does the "2>/dev/null || :" do?
This redirects the standard error in bash to the 'file' /dev/null,
which basically means to ignore the error output of the command. See
the bash manpage for more info on redirection.
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From: "Andy" <andy_bloomfield@***antispam***h*o*t*m*a*i*l.com>
Subject: Problems running ./configure
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 17:40:04 -0000
Hi,
I'm bored with trying things now...
I am trying to compile some software which needed the libpcap package. I
installed libpcap-0.4-29.i386.rpm and tried again.
The configure script nearly ran all the way through until:
checking for pcap_dump in -lpcap... yes
checking for pthread_create in -lpthread... yes
checking for pcap.h... no
configure: error: Test for pcap.h failed.
Oh!
but I've just installed the libpcap package which provides pcap.h and even
run ldconfig to make sure.
Ok so I'll try:
locate pcap.h
/usr/include/pcap/pcap.h
I'ts there!
what's going on?
Can anybody help me please...
Thanks in advance...
Andy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bit Twister)
Subject: Re: removing strange dir ~
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2000 17:43:13 GMT
Read the last 4 lines of this post.
Did you look inside the directory? ls -ab ~*
To delete directory
rmdir ~
If the rmdir fails you could use
rm -ir *~*
carefull with the typing, if you do rm -ir * ~* or *~ *
you lose everything.
On 06 Dec 2000 11:12:35 -0600, John Hunter
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In a subdirectory of my home directory, the '~' shows up on an ls. I
>would like to get rid o it, but I cannot, for example, do 'rm -rf ~'
>lest I delete my home dir. Any thoughts on how to remove this pesky
>entry?
>
>I have no idea how it got there.
>
>I'm using RHL6.2. Some ls output below.
>
>video:~/Perl> ls
>Bin lib perl-examples perlmagick-ques ~
>Scripts password-problem perl-help perlmove.tar.gz
>books perl-configs perl-notes src
>examples perl-configs-sun perl.tar.gz test
>video:~/Perl>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Linux telnet windows
Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2000 17:43:39 GMT
HI,
Thanks for responding.
The mouse is exactly what is causing the problems.
As soon as I click in the other window, I now have selected
something else. I have to go back and reselect.
So, I end up concentrating on hand eye
coordination, instead of what I am working on.
I could never have done this when I injured my hand.
Are there any telnet windows with the Edit menu, and the
Cut and Paste commands?
Thanks
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
moonie;) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 05 Dec 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >HI all,
> >
> >I'm very familiar with Unix, but new to Linux. I now have a
> >new Linux desktop at work.
> >
> >I've always relied on the menus to cut and paste into telnet
> >windows. But the mouse is causing me some mistakes now.
> >
> >Is there a telnet tools for Linux out there that has the
> >standard Edit menu, with both the standard Cut and Paste
> >commands?
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >
> >Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> >Before you buy.
>
> You don't need them, just highlight what you want to copy, put the
cursor here
> you want to paste it and middle click, works with telnet (I just tried
it to
> make sure, cool)
> --
> moonie ;)
>
> Registered Linux User #175104
> (Registered at: http://counter.li.org)
>
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>
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Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Neil Montgomery)
Subject: Disaster recovery info
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 16:29:58 GMT
My computer at home dual boots Windows95 (family members think they
need MSOffice) and GNU/Linux. Windows95 has been behaving very badly
of late, so I decided to reinstall it. I was somewhat aware that doing
so would probably affect the ability for the two operating systems to
cooperate, so I made what I believed were the necessary preparations
to do the reinstall.
What I did not do is record the details of the partition table, which
is unfortunate, since the Windows95 reinstallation helpfully removed
it for me.
I am somewhat resigned to the fact that I may have to start the Linux
side over again from scratch, unless there is anyone who can point me
to resources that might help me recover from this problem.
All I can do at the moment is, using a floppy and CD provided with my
SuSE 6.1 distribution, run Linux in a "rescue mode".
What I can't do, of course, is mount any of the old filesystems, since
they no longer exist.
I would imagine that the data on the hard drive is still there. I
would like to see if there is any damage recovery I can undertake,
just as much to learn how as anything else.
\begin{humility} Although I realize my preparations for any kind of
disaster were woefully inadequate \end{humility}, \begin{rant} my
utter disdain for that oozing, smelly, pus-like growth masquerading as
an operating system cannot be expressed strongly enough! \end{rant}
Regards,
Neil Montgomery
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