Linux-Misc Digest #528, Volume #26 Tue, 12 Dec 00 04:13:02 EST
Contents:
Re: suggest me one which can handle multiple POP3 email addresses? (Michael Heiming)
Re: gnome enlightenment ? (David)
Re: Star Office installation Q. (David)
Re: How do i determine Redhat version? (David)
Re: Kernel (Lew Pitcher)
Re: LILO-Problem after adding a HD ("Tauno Voipio")
how to configure a Supra 33.6Kb voice modem with (Roberto De Leo)
Re: export display from aix to redhat 7.0 (Johan De Wit)
Looking for ZMODEM implementation ("Gerhard W. Gruber")
Used by Chkconfig or other? ("Flej Ling")
Re: The best SQL server ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: lost file on erased partition (Svend Olaf Mikkelsen)
Re: VM on LINUX ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 07:54:06 +0100
From: Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: suggest me one which can handle multiple POP3 email addresses?
news wrote:
> I have installed RedHat 6. It's working fine. The KDE can handle dialup very
> efficiently. But I need an email client. I have visited the site.
>
> can anyone suggest me one which can handle multiple POP3 email addresses?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Joarder
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
try kmail....:-)
Michael Heiming
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: gnome enlightenment ?
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 07:18:49 GMT
Jeff Lacki wrote:
>
> Is there a program to run in the shell that restores (or re-creates)
> the necessary config files/directorys etc when there is a problem with
> your window session?
>
> I ask for a couple reasons:
>
> 1. After changing my NIS user ID and rebooting, then doing 'startx'
> I no longer get the taskbar at the bottom of the screen. YES, all
> of my files are now owned by me and my new user ID etc
>
> 2. After the same NIS change, my co-worker cant even get the multiple
> windows to come up, she has to manually select an Xterm to get anything
> at all.
>
> Ive seen these things in the past and the only way Ive ever been able to
> fix it is to re-install RH 6.2, obviously NOT a good choice.
>
> Any tips/ideas help is appreciated
>
> TIA
> Jeff
I don't use NIS but you can go into the users home directory and delete
the .gnome files, logout, and log back in the .gnome files will be
replaced.
This will clear any desktop settings that the user has setup.
If that doesn't work you can save any personal files and delete the user
with "userdel user" then delete the users temporary files in the /tmp
directory and then create a new user with the same name if you want to
keep the same user name.
You don't need to reboot the system.
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Star Office installation Q.
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 01:25:06 -0600
Vladimir Florinski wrote:
>
> I just downloaded SO 5.2 from Sun. This comes in 10 files, plus 2 additional
> files with some extras. Noting this is clearly a multi-part archive, I thought I
> could just run the first file, the only one with the ELF header, and it'll
> extract everything for me. No luck: 'Text file busy'. Ok, so it's writing over
> itself (maybe a sensible thing to do for a self-extractor), but before it's even
> executed? ldd gives the same result.
>
> I then turned to plain old unzip. This should do the trick...no! Multi-part
> archives not supported. I suppose I could concatenate the files and process them
> with zip, but there should be a better solution. People seem to be able to
> install without problems. Any ideas?
> --
>
> Vladimir
This is directly from sun's installation directions.
It will be necessary for a chmod command to be executed to set read,
write, and execute permission.
For example:
% chmod 777 *.bin
For Linux customers who downloaded StarOffice as several segments:
>From the command line, change directory to the directory into which you downloaded
>the StarOffice files and run the following:
Danish: so-5_2-ga-bin-linux-da-000.bin
Dutch: so-5_2-ga-bin-linux-nl-000.bin
English: so-5_2-ga-bin-linux-en-000.bin
French: so-5_2-ga-bin-linux-fr-000.bin
German: so-5_2-ga-bin-linux-de-000.bin
Italian: so-5_2-ga-bin-linux-it-000.bin
Polish: so-5_2-ga-bin-linux-pl-000.bin
Portuguese: so-5_2-ga-bin-linux-pt-000.bin
Russian: so-5_2-ga-bin-linux-ru-000.bin
Spanish: so-5_2-ga-bin-linux-es-000.bin
Swedish: so-5_2-ga-bin-linux-sv-000.bin
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How do i determine Redhat version?
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 01:27:31 -0600
Patrick McCann wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I would like to know how I can find out what version of Linux I'm running. I
> know that it is Redhat but I don't know the version i.e 6.0.
> Thanks for any help.
> Pat
cat /etc/redhat-release
Or to find the kernel version.
uname -a
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From: Lew Pitcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Kernel
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 21:55:40 -0500
Glitch wrote:
>
> and kernel 2.2.18 is how old now?
Linux Kernel 2.2 is the current production release of Linux, with 2.2.18
having just been released.
Linux Kernel 2.3 is the current development release, and there is a
Kernel 2.4 tree which is the current pre-production release.
> David wrote:
> >
> > For those interested kernel-2.2.18 is available from kernel.org
--
Lew Pitcher
Master Codewright and JOAT-in-training
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From: "Tauno Voipio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: LILO-Problem after adding a HD
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 07:48:24 GMT
"Stefan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hey guys,
>
> I have a running dual-boot box. Windoze 98 on hda1, hda2 and hdb for
> some Linux-"folders". SuSe Linux 7.0 is on sda1.
> My CD-Rom is the hdd.
>
> Now I would like a Samsung 6 GB drive to the system. (Secondary Master).
>
> But whenever I try to connect it into the system LILO fails to start
> ("LI"). When I unplug the drive everything work fine.
> /etc/fstab doesnīt contain the hdd (but that shouldnīt matter for LILO
> (?))
> I tried to reinstall LILO to solve the problem, I changed the HDīs but
> to no avail.
> I would be glad if someone could point me into the right direction.
> (The SuSE-manual and the manualpages didnīt help me much)
> If you need more specific information, please let me know.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Stefan
The problem lies in the BIOS. When you add a second IDE drive to the system,
the BIOS does not see the SCSI drives anymore: the BIOS knows of two hard
disk drives with the internal numbers of 0x80 and 0x81. The BIOS numbers the
drives so that the IDE drives are first. When the second IDE drive is not in
the numbers are:
0x80 first IDE drive
0x81 first SCSI drive.
When the second IDE drive is put in, the numbers are:
0x80 first IDE drive
0x81 second IDE drive.
The message "LI" means that LILO boot is not capable to read its body
(/boot/boot.b) from the disk. LILO does not have disk drivers of its own, so
it has to use BIOS drivers.
Id your BIOS does not have a way to switch drive numbers, consider making a
small (8-16 MB) partition at the start of the first IDE disk for /boot. (I
know - the disk may need to be completely rebuilt).
Tauno Voipio
tauno voipio @ iki fi
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From: Roberto De Leo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: how to configure a Supra 33.6Kb voice modem with
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 00:43:18 +0100
Hi,
I have an internal voice modem SupraExpress 33.6Kb and I tried to
configure
vgetty to use my linux box as an answering machine, but apparently
vgetty cannot
recognize my modem as a voice modem :-(
Unfortunately I could not find any documentation about how to add
support for my modem in vgetty. Even in the Diamond web site there is no
documentation about the voice commands of this modem :-(
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Roberto De Leo
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From: Johan De Wit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: export display from aix to redhat 7.0
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 08:45:09 GMT
Hi
> hello,
> I have a Linux box running redhat 7.0 and also have an IBM AIX=20
workstation.
> I would like to be able to export the whole AIX display(login screen,
> desktop, etc...) to the redhat machine if possible? So, the it would s=
eem=20
as
> if it were the AIX machine.
Take as look at xdm or some other graphical login. I dont' remember the =
details, but you even can have X running locally (eg under <F7>), and=20
also have a remote X session (through a graphical login) on the next=20
virtual screen (eg. <F8>). You can do this by using different screen=20
numbers like 0.0 and 1.0.
I did this with Xfree86 3.3.x. But it should be possible in 4.0.x also =
i=20
believe. =20
Sorry I can't provide you the details, it's to long ago, and I also hate=
=20
making docs.
Greetings.
Jo
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Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 09:03:26 +0100
From: "Gerhard W. Gruber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32
Subject: Looking for ZMODEM implementation
I'm looking for a ZMODEM implementation in C/C++. It should be able to
support to ZMODEM protocoll but doesn't need to implement serial; port
communication as well. I need it to use ZMODEM over an X.25 line, so I'm
only interested in the protocoll itself as it is needed as a transparent
layer between the application and the communication hardware. Doesn
anybody know where I could get one? If it si free it is all the better,
but that isn't a requirement. The only requirement is that the source
code must be available.
Thanks for any infos.
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From: "Flej Ling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Used by Chkconfig or other?
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 00:19:07 -0800
I figured out how chkconfig works - I added the following two lines to
/usr/local/apache/apachectl:
chkconfig: 345 85 15
description: Apache Web Server
Then I do a "ln -s /usr/local/apache/apachectl httpd" from within
/etc/rc.d/init.d, and finally I do a "chkconfig --add httpd". This all
works great.
However, in all of the documentation that I read people seem to add all of
the following lines to httpd:
chkconfig: 345 85 15
description: Apache Web Server
processname: httpd
pidfile: /usr/local/apache/logs/httpd.pid
config: /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf
What are these last three lines used for? (ie: processname, pidfile, and
config). Are they used by chkconfig? I can't find them in my chkconfig man
pages. Are they used by init, or by some other startup script? Or perhaps
everyone just chucks them in for documentation.
Does anyone know?
Thanks in advance,
Flej Ling, (LWB = Linux Wannabee)
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: The best SQL server
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 08:34:28 GMT
WME <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I wasn't talking about MySQL in particular. I have a problem configuring my
> DFE-530TX (D-Link) network card, all the suggestions are referring to
In that case it's nothing to do with your distro. All drivers are
kernel issues. You can put any kernel/driver on any distro. It's an
orthogonal part of the system.
> redhat.
And I run dfe-530tx[+]'s perfectly well under debian and slackware. There
is no magic involved. These are ordinary cards. Just load the
appropriate driver. It's as easy as lifting a finger.
Peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Svend Olaf Mikkelsen)
Subject: Re: lost file on erased partition
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 08:46:58 GMT
alex k <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> findpart pm heads 255 fp-a.txt
>>
>
>aha.
>but it gave like 32 entries...
>i guess its a few entries from even longer ago, right?
>
>the output is here http://www.student.lu.se/~fpr99ako/fp_1.txt
>
>if i want to make that extended partition work again, i guess
>i have to find the precise entries in the output it corresponds
>to, right?
>
>any tips?
>
> thanks / alex k
See below.
>predisaster state:
>hda1~ 6gig primary vfat
>hda2~ 3gig extended (hda5-7)
>hda3~ 3gig extended (bsd slice, contained a / and swap)
>hda4~ 1gig primary ext2fs
>
>hda5~ /boot, just a few megs, perhaps 10
>hda6~ swap, perhaps 40megs
>hda7~ /, the rest, about 2.5-3gig
>
>so i should be looking for something about 3gigs, which
>contains 3 logical partitions.
>
>it seems to be impossible to find such 4 entries.
>i am looking for 4, right?
>
>i have marked some prospects below, but it's all pretty confusing.
>hda3 and hda4 dont matter at all.
>
>entry 3, 4 and 7 seem to match logical hda5-7.
>but shouldn't there be an entry somewhere that corresponds to
>the extended hda2?
>
>something that begins at 765 and ends at 1146?
>
>
>=============================================================
>=============================================================
>
>
>Findpart, version 3.93.
>Copyright Svend Olaf Mikkelsen, 2000.
>
>Searches for partitions type 01, 04, 06, 07, 0B, 0C, 0E, 82, 83,
>plus Fdisk F6 and Lilo sectors. Information based on bootsectors
>is marked B. If the disk is larger than supported by BIOS, the
>supported part of the disk is examined. Disks are numbered from 1.
>
>OS: DOS 7.10
>
>Disk: PM Cylinders: 1650 Heads: 255 Sectors: 63 MB: 12943
>*** Simulated translation:
>Disk: PM Cylinders: 1650 Heads: 255 Sectors: 63 MB: 12943
>IDE CHS: 16383/16/63 CTM: 17475/15/63
>
>-PCyl N ID -----Rel -----Num ---MB -Start CHS- --End CHS-- BS CHS
>
> 0 - 0B 63 8603217 4200 0 1 1 535 134 63 B OK (this is hda1)
> 0 - 83 12289725 32130 15 765 0 1 766 254 63 B5 OK
> 765 1 83 63 16002 7 765 1 1 765 254 63 OK OK (old hda5 /boot
>??)
> 765 2 05 16065 64260 31 766 0 1 769 254 63 765 OK (old hda6 swap??)
> 766 1 82 63 64197 31 766 1 1 769 254 63 OK
> 766 2 05 80325 6056505 2957 770 0 1 1146*254 63 765 OK
> 770 1 83 63 6056442 2957 770 1 1 1146*254 63 OK OK (old hda7 ??)
> 1150 1 83 63 4096512 2000 1150* 1 1 1404*254 63 OK OK
> 1150 2 05 10249470 1237005 604 1405* 0 1 1481*254 63 767 OK
> 1242 1 82 63 112392 54 1242# 1 1 1248*254 63 OK
> 1242 2 05 9317700 4032315 1968 1249# 0 1 1499*254 63 669 OK (old hda3 slice?)
> 1313 1 82 63 96327 47 1313* 1 1 1318*254 63 OK
> 1313 2 05 10442250 2538270 1239 1319* 0 1 1476*254 63 669 OK
> 1319 1 83 63 2538207 1239 1319* 1 1 1476*254 63 NB OK
> 1319 2 05 12980520 2779245 1357 1477# 0 1 1649*254 63 669 OK
> 1319 - 83 63 2538200 1239 1319 1 1 1476 254 56 B0 OK
> 1350 1 83 63 2409687 1176 1350# 1 1 1499*254 63 NB OK
> 1350 2 05 13350015 2409750 1176 1500# 0 1 1649*254 63 669 OK
> 1350 - 83 63 2409680 1176 1350 1 1 1499 254 56 B0 OK
> 1354 1 82 63 256977 125 1354* 1 1 1369*254 63 OK
> 1354 2 05 9012465 2441880 1192 1370* 0 1 1521*254 63 809 OK
> 1370 1 83 63 2441817 1192 1370* 1 1 1521*254 63 NB OK
> 1370 2 05 11454345 2056320 1004 1522* 0 1 1649*254 63 809 OK
> 1370 - 83 63 2441218 1192 1370 1 1 1521 245 31 B0 OK
> 1405 1 83 63 1236942 603 1405* 1 1 1481*254 63 NB OK
> 1405 2 05 11486475 96390 47 1482* 0 1 1487*254 63 767 OK
> 1405 - 83 63 1236936 603 1405 1 1 1481 254 57 B0 OK
> 1482 1 82 63 96327 47 1482* 1 1 1487*254 63 OK
> 1500 1 83 63 2409687 1176 1500# 1 1 1649*254 63 NB OK (old hda4 ext2 ?)
> 1500 - 83 63 2409680 1176 1500 1 1 1649 254 56 B0 OK
> 0 - 83 24563385 1943865 949 1529 0 1 1649 254 63 B0 OK
>
>-----FAT CHS -Size Cl --Root -Good -Rep. Maybe --Bad YYMMDD DataMB
> 0 1 33 8394 4 2 7178 0 1182 34 001211 3383
>
>Partitions according to partition tables on primary master:
>
>-PCyl N ID -----Rel -----Num ---MB -Start CHS- --End CHS-- BS CHS
> 0 1*0B 63 8603217 4200 0 1 1 568 239 63 OK NB
> 0 1 1 535 134 63 Actual
Since partitions assuming two different head translations exist, and
the BIOS does not seem to support above 8 GB, the case is a little
complicated.
It will be possible to recover the ext2 partitions keeping the 240
heads BIOS setting, but this is potential trouble if you have to use
Linux partitioning tools afterwards.
I suggest this:
The partition tables are edited to assume a 255 heads setting and
recover the lost Linux partitions. This is done using a Findpart batch
file, which I provide.
The PC is rebooted. During reboot BIOS setup is entered, and the disk
auto detected. It is verified that the translation is now LBA mode
with 255 heads.
>From boot to a DOS floppy with sys.com is done (this is needed since
the heads are changed):
sys c:
After this, you will be able to boot Linux from floppy or using
loadlin, and access the Linux partitions. Normally Explore2fs could be
used from Windows, but I suspect this will not work due to the BIOS
limit.
I suggest we do this in mail. If you agree, then mail me a direct
email address. Also tell if you can mail from another PC at the
location of the problem PC.
--
Svend Olaf
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: VM on LINUX
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 08:54:28 GMT
Eric,
Thankx for suggestion.
But I dint' get what u r coming to say..
Could you please elaborate on this.
Also I'm new to LINUX Programming environment,
Could you please point me where exactly to look
in for the source code of linux which contains
the VM info.
Thanks in Advance for ur help
Regards
shaalin
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Thankx for ur help.
> > But "top" is a command..Actually I dont need that.
> > IN our program, we've to use any available structures
> > for Virtual Memory by filling their members like-wise
> > it does in WINDOWS NT.
> >
>
> Check the proc FS
>
> And check the source...
> Linux has source-code available, use it at your will.
>
> Eric
>
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