From: Digestifier To: Linux-Admin@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu Reply-To: Linux-Admin@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu Date: Thu, 4 Nov 93 21:14:02 EST Subject: Linux-Admin Digest #140 Linux-Admin Digest #140, Volume #1 Thu, 4 Nov 93 21:14:02 EST Contents: Re: How-to make a 5 1/4 Boot-/RootDisk (Bill C. Riemers) Re: Serial Ports - How to Configure !!!! (Thomas Paul Anderson) Re: Serial Ports - How to Configure !!!! (Thomas Paul Anderson) GCC Problems (Riedl Michael) Re: HELP: Floppy disk permissions (Steve DuChene) Re: finger not reporting last login time! --here's one fix. (Steve DuChene) Re: mv feature? (Michael O'Reilly) Re: mv feature? (Nick Ruprecht) Re: mv feature? (Joachim Hoenig) Kernel 99.13 and NET-2 (Martin H. Ludwig) Slackware 1.0.5 & SL/IP? (PERUCCI, PHILIP A.) Re: Serial Ports - How to Configure !!!! (jacobsd@heart.cor.epa.gov) Re: Lazy uucico works only when I watch it! (Winston Sorfleet) lpr/lpd indefinite printing of banner page (Jong-Min Park) errors in /usr/include/stdlib.h (Rene Angel Sepulveda) XMosaic kills?! (PERUCCI, PHILIP A.) Re: Slackware 1.0.5 & SL/IP? (PERUCCI, PHILIP A.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bcr@bohr.physics.purdue.edu (Bill C. Riemers) Subject: Re: How-to make a 5 1/4 Boot-/RootDisk Date: 3 Nov 93 18:27:36 GMT In article <2b8nk2$66@winx03.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de> phar006@wrzx12.rz.uni-wuerzburg.de (Thomas Heiling) writes: >HOW-TO make a Rescue-Disk with two 5 1/4 Floppies > >By Thomas Heiling > >Email heiling@wrzv01.rz.uni-wuerzburg.de > >Here is my proposal for all those in Net-world, who want >a Rescue-Disk, because the SLS-Boot Disk ( as in the >version for the 5 1/4 Disk comes with an old Kernel and >- this is the main problem - an old libc). Why not just update the version of libc? It is not to hard. cd /usr/src/libc-linux make LITE=true mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt rm -f /mnt/lib/libc* cp libc-lite.so.4.4.4 /mnt/lib/libc-lite.so.4.4.4 ln /mnt/lib/libc-lite.so.4.4.4 /mnt/lib/libc.so.4 Likewise you can always replace the kernel as well... If you want to make your own boot disk instead, then you can use the makeboot script someone posted a couple of weeks ago. The only modifications needed for 5.25 is to: 1) copy libc-lite instead of libc 2) copy ash instead of bash -or- alternatively you could with a little work use csh526. In fact this leaves you enough space that you can add a couple of extra goodies to your emergency disk. Bill ------------------------------ From: tpa@well.sf.ca.us (Thomas Paul Anderson) Subject: Re: Serial Ports - How to Configure !!!! Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1993 05:52:45 GMT Richard Migneron (adopt@CAM.ORG) wrote: ... : The big trouble is that this command is nowhere to be found !!! : It is not in /etc like man says, and whereis doesn't find it. ... : -Richard In a situation like this, I usually punt: cd /install/installed grep * | more has saved me HOURS and I often think very nice thoughts about those hard working individuals who came up with the SLS install scheme! If the above doesn't find it, better hit the net for your nearest FTP site, 'cause you ain't got it! Good Luck, ------------------------------ From: tpa@well.sf.ca.us (Thomas Paul Anderson) Subject: Re: Serial Ports - How to Configure !!!! Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1993 06:10:50 GMT Richard Migneron (adopt@CAM.ORG) wrote: : Hello all, <...text deleted...> : directory, and found a nice little command named SETSERIAL, which tells : me that I can reconfigure all my ports to whatever I feel like. : The big trouble is that this command is nowhere to be found !!! : It is not in /etc like man says, and whereis doesn't find it. <...text deleted...> In these situations I always: cd /install/installed grep * | more If it doesn't show up, it's time to hit the net 'cause you ain't got it!!! (Thanks again to the wonderful folks who maintaint the SLS and the "install" scheme!! ) Good Luck, ------------------------------ From: RIEDL@rzmain.rz.uni-ulm.de (Riedl Michael) Subject: GCC Problems Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1993 06:51:14 GMT Hi Linuxers! What's wrong if compiling and linking of a program works exellent and afterwards, when trying to execute the binary I get: /home/name/bin/myprogram: Cannot execute binary file I did this being root. myprogram had 777 mode. Please help, I cant compile any working program! Michael PS: Please E_Mail your answers to riedl@medizin.uni-ulm.de, do NOT put them into news, I have no time reading through it. ------------------------------ From: s0017210@cc.ysu.edu (Steve DuChene) Subject: Re: HELP: Floppy disk permissions Date: 4 Nov 1993 07:53:33 GMT True, same thing here. This is very annoying. Any guidence would be appreciated. -- Steve DuChene s0017210@cc.ysu.edu or sduchene@cis.ysu.edu Computer Science Youngstown State University A pre-determined amount of chaos is a natural occurance. ------------------------------ From: s0017210@cc.ysu.edu (Steve DuChene) Subject: Re: finger not reporting last login time! --here's one fix. Date: 4 Nov 1993 08:21:10 GMT As Gilda said on Saterday Night Live (shows how old I am!) "Never Mind". I found out that I was missing the S1 disk from the SLS distrib. that has much of the source code on it. The src files for shadow and other packages are contained there-in. -- Steve DuChene s0017210@cc.ysu.edu or sduchene@cis.ysu.edu Computer Science Youngstown State University A pre-determined amount of chaos is a natural occurance. ------------------------------ From: oreillym@tartarus.uwa.edu.au (Michael O'Reilly) Subject: Re: mv feature? Date: 4 Nov 1993 08:17:19 GMT Rick Frankel (rfrankel@us.oracle.com) wrote: : I haven't seen this mentioned so... : On pl12 and with the e2fs file system, doing mv `dir1' `dir2' : with two existing directories, will actually move dir1 and all that is : under it to dir2! There is nothing wrong with this... whats the problem??? : Normal mv behavior does not allow relinking directories into different : places in the hierarchy. mv doesn't use a link(), unlink() pair, it uses rename(). It is perfectly legal to rename() a directory anywhere on the same filesystem. : Is this a feature? It certainly is unexpected behavior. E.g. i : commonly perform the following (sloppy) set of commands: : cd dir : md subdir : cp * subdir : expecting some error message like `dir is a directory' on subdirs and : therefore leaving them alone and simply moving all regular files in : dir to subdir. This will work fine. No probs. There is no 'mv' command in the above. why ask about it in relation to mv? : rick Michael, mildly puzzled. ------------------------------ From: ruprecht@euler.informatik.uni-dortmund.de (Nick Ruprecht) Subject: Re: mv feature? Date: 4 Nov 1993 09:49:20 GMT In article , rfrankel@us.oracle.com (Rick Frankel) writes: >On pl12 and with the e2fs file system, doing mv `dir1' `dir2' >with two existing directories, will actually move dir1 and all that is >under it to dir2! > >Normal mv behavior does not allow relinking directories into different >places in the hierarchy. This IS the normal behavior. Remember that Linux is not MS-DOS, and `mv' is not `move'. B^> >Is this a feature? It certainly is unexpected behavior. I consider the inability of the DOS `move' to do this a misfeature. I use this feature of mv very often and find it quite the expected behavior. Cheerio - Nick -- Nick Ruprecht ruprecht@ls7.informatik.uni-dortmund.de The Computer Graphics Group phone: +49-231-755 6134 Department of Computer Science fax: +49-231-755 6321 University of Dortmund D-44221 Dortmund, Germany ------------------------------ From: hoenig@immd3.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Joachim Hoenig) Subject: Re: mv feature? Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1993 10:28:12 GMT rfrankel@us.oracle.com (Rick Frankel) writes: >Is this a feature? It certainly is unexpected behavior. E.g. i >commonly perform the following (sloppy) set of commands: > cd dir > md subdir > cp * subdir >expecting some error message like `dir is a directory' on subdirs and >therefore leaving them alone and simply moving all regular files in >dir to subdir. Did you have excessive contact with a DOS system recently? I heard you have to put your right index finger into your left ear and stand on your head to get even simple things done, like deleting or renaming directories. Joachim ------------------------------ From: Martin.Ludwig@ruba.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de (Martin H. Ludwig ) Subject: Kernel 99.13 and NET-2 Date: Thu, 04 Nov 1993 16:06 MDZ Hello! I installed the new kernel 99.13 and got the following problem: When I add my IP-adr to the routing table with /etc/route add 1.1.1.1 I get the following error message: SIOCADDRT: Network is unreachable and no network-program works with that IP-adr. With ping I can reach other hosts via th IP-adr obove, and other hosts can ping me. The localhost-IP works well with all programs. My network-setup works still fine if I boot the old kernel (99.10). Please help me. Thanks Martin It would be nice if you mail me an answer because sometimes I have problems receiving this area. Martin.Ludwig@ruba.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de Here my rc.inet1: #! /bin/sh # # rc.inet1 This shell script boots up the base INET system. # # Version: @(#)/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 1.01 05/27/93 # # Author: Fred N. van Kempen, # HOSTNAME=`/bin/hostname` # Attach the loopback device. /etc/ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 /etc/route add 127.0.0.1 IPADDR="1.1.1.1" NETMASK="255.255.255.0" NETWORK="1.1.1.0" BROADCAST="1.1.1.1" # GATEWAY="1.1.1.1" # Set up the Ethernet connection(s). /etc/ifconfig eth0 ${IPADDR} netmask ${NETMASK} broadcast ${BROADCAST} # Set up the primary (static) routes. /etc/route add ${IPADDR} #^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ here the error comes up! /etc/route add ${NETWORK} # /etc/route add default gw ${GATEWAY} metric 1 echo "inet1 - DONE" # All done. ========================================================================== Martin.Ludwig@ruba.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de ------------------------------ Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc From: SSB1PZP@imcvms.med.navy.mil (PERUCCI, PHILIP A.) Subject: Slackware 1.0.5 & SL/IP? Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1993 14:02:20 GMT I am thinking of getting a SL/IP connection and would REALLY appreciate the input from any Slackware 1.0.5 users out there on... 1) Does SL/IP as included with Slackware 1.0.5 WORK (once configured)? 2) Is there a USENET reader included with Slackware that works over SL/IP and supports NNTP? 3) Does mail (SMTP) run over SL/IP? 4) My SL/IP connection will be limited to 2 hours/day ($35). Is it reasonable to expect to be able to download about 30 SMTP e-mail messages and about 15 newsgroups a day in 2 hours/day??? I am especially concerned about how quickly the SL/IP server will recognize my system and start downloading after I connect. If it takes an hour to notice my system is there, and I only have 2 hours... It sure would be nice to get my Linux system on the net, free of the shackles of my employer! Any comments, anytime, anywhere VERY MUCH appreciated!!! =========================================================================== Phil Perucci, Systems Programmer | "I don't speak for any organization ssb1pzp@imcvms.med.navy.mil | and no organization speaks for me" =========================================================================== ------------------------------ From: jacobsd@heart.cor.epa.gov Subject: Re: Serial Ports - How to Configure !!!! Date: 4 Nov 1993 16:08:07 GMT In tpa@well.sf.ca.us (Thomas Paul Anderson) writes: >Richard Migneron (adopt@CAM.ORG) wrote: ><...text deleted...> >: directory, and found a nice little command named SETSERIAL, which tells >: me that I can reconfigure all my ports to whatever I feel like. >: The big trouble is that this command is nowhere to be found !!! >: It is not in /etc like man says, and whereis doesn't find it. ><...text deleted...> >In these situations I always: > cd /install/installed > grep * | more >If it doesn't show up, it's time to hit the net 'cause you ain't got it!!! >(Thanks again to the wonderful folks who maintaint the SLS and the "install" >scheme!! ) This works in Slackware by using /INSTALL/packages as the directory. But...this only works on things you have officially intalled. What about that package you put in your home src/misc/games/video/ directory? There is always the find command, but for people used to 20 NFS mounted partitions each with 1 gig, that isn't really acceptable. There is a program called locate which is part of GNU find, which is of help. If you look in /usr/lib/locate, there is a program called updatedb, which will make a database of all the files on your system. You should modify this to correctly handle your system, then run it in cron (or by hand every now and then if you're really lazy). Then the command: locate | less will return in a few seconds with _any_ file on your system that matches your text. You might want to narrow this further with grep in some cases. (neat feature: locate / | wc tells how many files are on your system) -- Dana Jacobsen jacobsd@solar.cor2.epa.gov Computer Sciences Corp. The Average Person's Axioms of First Order Predicate Logic: (A => B) => (B => A) (There exists) x A(x) => (For all) x A(x) (A => C) & (B => C) => (A => B) --Warren Vonroeschlaub ------------------------------ From: sorflet@bnr.ca (Winston Sorfleet) Subject: Re: Lazy uucico works only when I watch it! Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1993 16:31:23 GMT In article , freed@europa.orion.adobe.com (Alex Freed) writes: > >Hi, folks, > >I ah happily running Linux on 3 CPUs for about a year now, but there are some >things that puzzle me. >I have mail via uucp all set up and going, but it only works when I have a >debug -X flag set in the uucico invocation line. So I added a cron job to ... >without at least -X 2 flag. Gdb is no help, because it's a different thread >that is supposed to do the work. >Any ideas? My suspicion is that the modem takes a finite time to bring up carrier detect. So the computer hangs up when it looks at it. On the other hand the -x option eats up enough cycles so that by the time the computer gets to look at the modem, the carrier detect is up. I had this exact problem with a USR Sportster internal. Send a /p delay after receiving the CONNECT string in the Dialers chat script. So that uucico doesn't look for DCD until about 0.5 sec after CONNECT. Hope this works. Considering the number of "me toos" when I myself posted this problem on c.o.l.h a while back, it oughta be in the FAQ. (Minor nit: even though there is much more work to read it, this proves it's worth following c.o.l.help!) ============================================================================ Winston Sorfleet | sorflet@bnr.ca | Bell-Northern Research, ISDN Layer 2 ============================================================================ Opinions expressed are purely personal and do not represent Northern Telecom or Bell-Northern Research in any way. ------------------------------ From: jong-min@cae.wisc.edu (Jong-Min Park) Subject: lpr/lpd indefinite printing of banner page Date: 4 Nov 1993 16:36:32 GMT Okay, I didn't get any reply, so here goes once again. I have SLS linux 1.3, and have setup lpd spooling. I can now print, but it only prints out banner pages indefinitely. When I remove banner printing using ':sh:' in /etc/printcap, nothing comes out, which I guess lpd/lpr/lpf whatever is trying to print banner in an infinite loop but doesn't since ':sh:' is set. ps shows lpd and lpf are running, and lpq shows 'Printer ready and printing'. lprm, lpc all works fine, either from root or user. So what causes this infinite banner printing, and how do I fix it? Thank you. ------------------------------ From: rene@inf.utfsm.cl (Rene Angel Sepulveda) Subject: errors in /usr/include/stdlib.h Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1993 16:34:54 GMT Hello all, I want compile the program: xdvik-1.4.tar.gz, but I have the follow problems: /usr/include/stdlib.h:301: parse error before `*' /usr/include/stdlib.h:304: parse error before `wchar_t' /usr/include/stdlib.h:312: parse error before `*' /usr/include/stdlib.h:314: parse error before `*' some ideas? thanks in advance! -- Rene Angel Sepulveda | El verdadero guru unix no usa Ingenieria Civil Informatica | alias dir='ls' U.T.F.S.M, Valparaiso CHILE | ------------------------------ From: SSB1PZP@imcvms.med.navy.mil (PERUCCI, PHILIP A.) Subject: XMosaic kills?! Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1993 17:58:11 GMT Running Slackware 1.0.2 (comes with NET-2 and XFree86 1.3) and xmosaic COMPLETELY HANGS my system IF I "double-click" with the mouse! All is fine (GREAT) otherwise, but a "double-click" in xmosaic always results in my having to re-boot. Any easy fixes? BTW- this happens both with xmosaic running on Linux, or remotely from a Sun 670 running Solaris 1.x. =========================================================================== Phil Perucci, Systems Programmer | "I don't speak for any organization ssb1pzp@imcvms.med.navy.mil | and no organization speaks for me" =========================================================================== ------------------------------ Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc From: SSB1PZP@imcvms.med.navy.mil (PERUCCI, PHILIP A.) Subject: Re: Slackware 1.0.5 & SL/IP? Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1993 18:15:03 GMT In SSB1PZP@imcvms.med.navy.mil writes: > I am thinking of getting a SL/IP connection and would REALLY appreciate > the input from any Slackware 1.0.5 users out there on... > > 1) Does SL/IP as included with Slackware 1.0.5 WORK (once configured)? > > 2) Is there a USENET reader included with Slackware that works over > SL/IP and supports NNTP? > > 3) Does mail (SMTP) run over SL/IP? > > 4) My SL/IP connection will be limited to 2 hours/day ($35). Is it > reasonable to expect to be able to download about 30 SMTP e-mail > messages and about 15 newsgroups a day in 2 hours/day??? I am > especially concerned about how quickly the SL/IP server will > recognize my system and start downloading after I connect. If it > takes an hour to notice my system is there, and I only have 2 hours... > > It sure would be nice to get my Linux system on the net, free of the shackles > of my employer! > > Any comments, anytime, anywhere VERY MUCH appreciated!!! > BTW - the SL/IP link is STATIC (no bootp - always the same IP address) > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Phil Perucci, Systems Programmer | "I don't speak for any organization > ssb1pzp@imcvms.med.navy.mil | and no organization speaks for me" > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- =========================================================================== Phil Perucci, Systems Programmer | "I don't speak for any organization ssb1pzp@imcvms.med.navy.mil | and no organization speaks for me" =========================================================================== ------------------------------ ** FOR YOUR REFERENCE ** The service address, to which questions about the list itself and requests to be added to or deleted from it should be directed, is: Internet: Linux-Admin-Request@NEWS-DIGESTS.MIT.EDU You can send mail to the entire list (and comp.os.linux.admin) via: Internet: Linux-Admin@NEWS-DIGESTS.MIT.EDU Linux may be obtained via one of these FTP sites: nic.funet.fi pub/OS/Linux tsx-11.mit.edu pub/linux sunsite.unc.edu pub/Linux End of Linux-Admin Digest ******************************