Re: midi software
David Stern wrote: > > On Wed, 1 Oct 1997, Timothy Phan wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I'm in the middle of learning to play keyboard/piano. I'd like to > > know if there is any MIDI software on Linux that can help me. > > > > I've AWE32 soundblaster card. I'd like to know what driver do I > > need. Currently, my Debian/Linux box can not play any sound and > > I guessed that I do not have the driver for the soundcard. So, I > > would like to know how do I go about install the driver. > > > > Thanks! > > First you need to get sound working, then you can see about midi progs. > Indeed. > To get sound working,.. > > If you have the non-Plug-n-Play, you should be able to just compile > sound into your kernel. (might need the awedrv kernel patch, below) Do get the AWE patch. Be advised that the debian installation scripts do not actually apply the patch (from deselect, e.g.)-- you will have to run the script in /usr/src/awedrv manually before recompiling your kernel. > If you have the Plug n Play version of the awe32, you can either.. > >get the commercial OSS Commercial driver for $20 (a five day free They price is actually $30 if you include the $10 (50% !) markup for AWE suport. >trial) at some web address I forget, something like >www.4front-tech.com, (and then you're all done, no patches) or.. > [ ...recompile kernel ] > > I don't have a keyboard recently, so I haven't got any tips on programs > that would interest you. Try a search for 'rose' and 'octave' in > dselect, though. > My current favorite source of sound software links is: http://www.bright.net/~dlphilp/linux_soundapps.html The page, like Linux, is more for the technician than the musician, so don't expect to find a lot of instructional software. Some bad news: 1) Only a tiny fraction of the available sound software has been packaged for Debian, partially because: 2) Sound applications for Linux have much lower ratio of free software to commercial or restricted software than you might be used to. Many are ports from other unices, especially Irix and NextStep. The licences tend to be of the "academic" and/or "free until you need it for a commercial purpose, whereupon it will cost you plenty" type. A lot of this software is also really neat. 3) The AWE driver written by Takashi Iwai does not, as far as I can tell, support the OSS API (e.g.: playmidi and jazz do not work when configured to use "external midi" and OSS/Free, respectively). I haven't been able to figure out whether or not OSS/Free will fully suport the AWE driver in future stable releases. I have heard that support is included in version of OSS/Free distributed in the current development kernels, but I was under the impression that this support amounted only to the inclusion of Takashi's driver. I don't have the latest word on any of this, though. Does anyone else have rumors to share? Has anyone used the AWE drivers newer than 0.3.3c? Do the OSS people have an NDA with Creative Labs? Programs that use the OSS midi API will all have to be altered to use your card. There are fixes available for some software (plymidi, timidity), but no debian packages of the patched programs are available. No offense to Takashi Iwai is meant here-- quite the contrary. That he managed to write a driver based on what little information was available is pretty amazing. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: XF86Setup trouble
Paul Miller writes: > For some odd reason I can configure X w/o an existing config file and > cannot when one exists. I've included the configuration made by XF86Setup > and the output below after running setup for the second time. Just for peace of mind, double check that /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config is still a link to /etc/X11/XF86Config. I found that XF86Setup destroys that link and creates a new replacement file. Since the replacement is in the wrong directory and the link is destroyed, you will get wierd X configuration problems. -- -= Sent by Debian 1.2 Linux =- Thomas Kocourek KD4CIK - member of ARRL @[EMAIL PROTECTED]@westgac3.dragon.com Remove @_@ for correct Email address --... ...-- ... -.. . -.- -.. - -.-. .. -.- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
ls no display directory
Howdy all:-) I inadvertently typed " cd\ " (without the quotes) while at the root prompt. I got a what looked like a DOS prompt " > " (again without the quotes) so I am assuming that somehow I switched over to DOS mode somehow. I haven't even looked at running stuff from the DOS side yet as I have been concentrating on learning linux syntax, installing etc. Anyways to make a long story short, now whenever I try to do a directory listing of root with " ls " (yes indeed, without the quotes) no directory names/files are displayed. If I switch to a subdirectory or do a "ls" (yep, you guessed it!) with full directory path, then ls seems to work just fine.it's only in the root directory that names aren't displayed. Any clues on this strange behaviour anyone? Thanks.:-) Opps, almost forgot! How does one go about displaying which directory they are in as part of the prompt? eg: etc/foo/bar# rather than just having the "#" displayed (Need I mention about the quotes? ) "It's A Magical World, Hobbes, Ol' Buddy... ...Let's Go Exploring !" -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: non-English Linux use
On Fri, 3 Oct 1997, Santiago Vila Doncel wrote: > On Thu, 2 Oct 1997, G. Crimp wrote: > > #!/bin/sh > /usr/bin/setfont iso01.f16 > > There are a lot of fonts to choose from. See /usr/share/consolefonts. This is somewhat away from the original question, but: When loading one of the iso-fonts, I lose the graphic characters used by dialog, make menuconfig/kernel, mc and others, an output from dialog --yesno "hello" 5 30 Ú¿ ³ hello³ ô ³< Yes > < No > ³ ÀÙ as an example. when using the original charset, this comes out right, when using the iso font the lines are replaced by big A-umlauts and U-Circles. Probably 7-Bit-restrictions on mailservers prevent the image above to look right anyway, but you see what I mean. On my friends old slakware-linuxbox he manages to produce such dialogs with umlauts in the question...! It worked right out-of-the box. How is it done? What could be the problem? I don't suffer for that, I'm just interested. Thanks -- Lukas Eppler (godot) http://www.fear.ch telnet://soil.fear.ch: talk:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
umount: /cdrom: devide is busy.
This happens to me quite often: a floppy or a cd isn't being accessed, but I cannot unmount it: umount gives the error I have indicated. Is there any way to find out what process or which xterm might be accessing or sitting on a certain device? Thank you to all who have made my computing journey smoother. Alan -- Alan E. Davis Marianas High School AAA196, Box 10001 Saipan, MP 96950 Northern Mariana Islands [EMAIL PROTECTED] " So that I can continue to use computers without dishonor, I have decided to put together a sufficient body of free software so that I will be able to get along without any software that is not free. " ---Richard Stallman -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Mystique 220
Hello all, I am helping my friend installing debian 1.3.1 from a cdrom. My friend has a Mystique 220. Obviously, the xwindow packages in the cdrom does not work for this card. I want to ask which new packages should I get from one of the ftp sites and what is the correct procedure to install it. Please excuse my question if someone has asked it before. Thanks for the help. Anthony -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: ls no display directory
Lawrence Lucier hat gesagt: // Lawrence Lucier wrote: > Howdy all:-) > > I inadvertently typed " cd\ " (without the quotes) while > at the root prompt. I got a what looked like a DOS prompt > " > " (again without the quotes) so I am assuming that > somehow I switched over to DOS mode somehow. I haven't > even looked at running stuff from the DOS side yet as I > have been concentrating on learning linux syntax, > installing etc. No, you didn't enter DOS-mode, that is not so simple. Instead you have type the socalled "escape"-character "\" which "escapes" your ENTER-key. That means that ENTER did not end your command "cd", but instead just inserted a newline. The strange "DOS-promt" ">" just indicates that you can type the rest of your command now. In the end your full comman after $cd\ > ls was the same as $ cd ls and you don't have a directory called ls here, do you? > > Anyways to make a long story short, now whenever I try to > do a directory listing of root with " ls " (yes indeed, > without the quotes) no directory names/files are > displayed. If I switch to a subdirectory or do a "ls" > (yep, you guessed it!) with full directory path, then > ls seems to work just fine.it's only in the root > directory that names aren't displayed. > > Any clues on this strange behaviour anyone? > Thanks.:-) > > Opps, almost forgot! How does one go about displaying > which directory they are in as part of the prompt? > > eg: etc/foo/bar# > > rather than just having the "#" displayed (Need I > mention about the quotes? ) For example: Edit /etc/profile or ~/.bash_profile and put a line PS1="\\W\$ " into it. (with the quotes!) -- Yours, Frank Barknecht http://www.koeln-online.de/einblick/";> Das Koelner Stadt- und Unimagazin ---> -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: ls no display directory
Lawrence Lucier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Howdy all:-) G'day mate. ;-) > I inadvertently typed " cd\ " (without the quotes) while > at the root prompt. I got a what looked like a DOS prompt > " > " (again without the quotes) so I am assuming that > somehow I switched over to DOS mode somehow. No. All directory separators are "/" in Unix. "\" is used in lots of programs (and C compilers) at the end of the line to indicate that the next line is part of the current line, and bash uses ">" to indicate that you've done this: $ echo foo\ > bar foobar BTW, you need a space between all arguments in Unixes. > Anyways to make a long story short, now whenever I try to > do a directory listing of root with " ls " (yes indeed, > without the quotes) no directory names/files are > displayed. Is this in _the_ root directory, or in "/root"? If you log in as root you'll start in /root which is root's home directory. If you type "cd /" then ls you'll get a listing of _the_ root directory. There won't be anything in /root to start with, except some hidden files. Type "ls -a" (or "ls -la") to see them, like DIR/AH. Type "pwd" to find out which directory you're in (like CD on its own in DOS). > Opps, almost forgot! How does one go about displaying > which directory they are in as part of the prompt? > > eg: etc/foo/bar# First of all, you should be doing this as the normal user you set up when you installed Debian. That way, "rm -rf *" in the wrong place won't result in a reinstall (like DELTREE WINDOWS would). Then edit your .bash_profile and add `PS1="\\w\\$ "', and log out and back in, or type it yourself at the prompt. I hop I don't offend you by assuming you've had some DOS experience! -- Carey Evans <*> http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/c.evans/ gc kernel: Warning: possible SYN flooding. Sending cookies. kernel: validated probe(17f, 17f, 11557, 5010, -1645409555) -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
X-Terminal? How?
Howdy, I have two debian systems linked with an ethernet cable. On the most powerfull machine I have X installed. On the other I've only a textconsole. How do I use the second (slower) machine as an X-Terminal. I really haven't go a clue, do I have to install a minimum version of X on that machine, please help me. Thanx... Greetz, Heiko -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re.: Re: umount: /cdrom: devide is busy.
Thank you for the response. Perhaps I should clarify. I am using X. I have several xterms/rxvts open, and I am running several emacs frames. None of these, as far as I can tell, is connected in any way with /cdrom, neither sitting on it, nor accessing any file on the cd. I need to fing a way to find out which processes or xterms is/are causing this association to be made? This happens once in a while, that I am NOT in that directory, but I get this message, so something is going on that is not seen by me. Alan Dan Hugo writes: > This will always happen if, for example, > > pwd > /cdrom/* > > In other words, if you are IN the directory in question, it is busy. > > Happens to me all the time as well. Same with any mounts, or if you try > to rmdir a directory you are in. > > cd /;umount /cdrom > > should work > > -dh > > > > > Alan Eugene Davis wrote: > > > > This happens to me quite often: a floppy or a cd isn't being accessed, > > but I cannot unmount it: umount gives the error I have indicated. > > > > Is there any way to find out what process or which xterm might be > > accessing or sitting on a certain device? > > > > Thank you to all who have made my computing journey smoother. > > > > Alan > > > > -- > > > > Alan E. Davis > > Marianas High School > > AAA196, Box 10001 > > Saipan, MP 96950 > > Northern Mariana Islands > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > " So that I can continue to use computers without dishonor, I have > > decided to put together a sufficient body of free software so that I > > will be able to get along without any software that is not free. " > > ---Richard Stallman > > > > -- > > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: umount: /cdrom: devide is busy.
On Sat, 04 Oct 1997 18:08:19 +1000 Alan Eugene Davis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > This happens to me quite often: a floppy or a cd isn't being accessed, > but I cannot unmount it: umount gives the error I have indicated. > > Is there any way to find out what process or which xterm might be > accessing or sitting on a certain device? Fuser in package procps can do this: fuser -muv /cdrom/ Lsof, in lsof package can do more things, but is more complex too... Phil. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: X-Terminal? How?
On Sat, 4 Oct 1997, Heiko Heijenga wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> I have two debian systems linked with an ethernet cable. On the most powerfull
> machine I have X installed. On the other I've only a textconsole.
> How do I use the second (slower) machine as an X-Terminal. I really haven't go
> a clue, do I have to install a minimum version of X on that machine, please
> help me.
If you just want it to be an X terminal, it's real simple, assuming you
have already set up tcp/ip on the ethernet cable.
On the computer that you want to be an X terminal, you only need to
install and configure an X server.
First, start up xdm on the 'powerful machine' ('power'). You do this by
changing the line "no-start-xdm" in /etc/X11/config to "start-xdm" and
then running "/etc/init.d/xdm start" as root. If you don't want xdm to
manage the display on 'power' (i.e. you want to use startx to start X
there), comment out the line for :0 in /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers. For a
detailed explanation of all the config files for xdm, do "man xdm".
Then, on the other computer, run "X -query ". This
should do the trick, if I haven't forgotten anything (replace
with the ip number of the 'powerful computer').
Remco
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Re: Re.: Re: umount: /cdrom: devide is busy.
fuser -m /cdrom lsof would also work in this case. Brandon On Sat, 4 Oct 1997, Alan Eugene Davis wrote: > Thank you for the response. Perhaps I should clarify. > > I am using X. I have several xterms/rxvts open, and I am running > several emacs frames. None of these, as far as I can tell, is > connected in any way with /cdrom, neither sitting on it, nor > accessing any file on the cd. > > I need to fing a way to find out which processes or xterms is/are > causing this association to be made? This happens once in a while, > that I am NOT in that directory, but I get this message, so something > is going on that is not seen by me. - Brandon Mitchell E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/7877/home.html PGP: finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED] "We all know Linux is great...it does infinite loops in 5 seconds." --Linus Torvalds -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Sound support in kernel-image-2.0.30
How can I find out which sound cards, if any, are supported in this kernel image? I want to know if I need to recompile my kernel for sound. I suspect that many of the drivers are already there, since the device file is present. Thanks, Tom Ed White -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Ack crash!
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Got this error yesterday, It filled the console and the machine was frozen: Oct 3 16:00:04 bitgate kernel: Problem: block on freelist at 00497210 isn't free. I booted to a resq partition and e2fsck the disk (a few errors 1 major one) and remade the swap partition. any clues what did it? The machine was up for 12 day uptime at that point. Thanks! - -Eric "Give me ambiguity or give me something else." -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.3a Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBNDZvJqDN4t3E2gMVAQGYEgQAmwDRGa0g78LzM2cvvN1C8XrrQ+VDZkms MrSliGCTCVbj0fubgl8PnuF5FOduPcFQiBAuSererIv4e55VVRjAodkW5I9wT62d CqRZ65Gynur7uwkQXXyVFNj4L9qklMAsKmVbzReeHWW5cqfCdKJ7hOdmn5FrXz+F G4w9JWF+VhI= =Z5Hz -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: thread support?
On Thu, 2 Oct 1997, Chris R. Martin wrote:
: I have heard a lot of confusing things about thread support lately. I am
: writing a program which will eventually have seperate threads and if anyone
: could clear some things up for me, I would really appreciate it!
:
: Does a "stock" Debian 1.3.1 install support threads? If not, what packages
: or libraries do I need to obtain?
It doesn't.
You need the pthreads package, which *is* available in 1.3.1-stable, but not
selected by default.
Another option is using libc-6, which is likely to support threads
'natively'.
: Are there seperate considerations for X ? I read somthing that was talking
: about thread support under X, but I couldn't figure out how it related to
: non-X thread support. Does Debian's Xlib or some other package support
: threads?
I haven't found a thread-safe Xlib package yet in the Debian distribution. I
have RPM and TGZ Xlib-3.{2,3} available on ftp
(ftp://oloon.student.utwente.nl/pub/Mnemonic/X11/) if you need them.
By the way: I didn't overwrite my (Debian) Xlib with those in the archive.
I'm using LD_LIBRARY_PATH when executing Mnemonic Browser (which needs
thread-safe libraries).
bye,
Remco
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Apache / PHP
Hey I'm trying to get Apache understanding PHP/FI files. I recompiled php 2.0b10, because I need Postgres95 support. I told it in ./install that it should work with LoadModule in httpd.conf. But, I'm getting an error when Apache tries to execute a .phtml-file: /usr/sbin/apache: can't resolve symbol 'apache_php_module_main' Any advices how to get it to work? thanks, Remco -- // Remco van de Meent // email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] // www: http://oloon.student.utwente.nl // " Never make any mistaeks. " -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
X internal error...
Hi, There has been a problem that was bugging me eversince I installed Debian'X. I converted from RedHat 4.1 (olvwm). X on Debian works... well it works! But every time I exit from olvwm I see: X internal error: trying to rotate odd-sized pixmap. X internal error: trying to rotate odd-sized pixmap. X internal error: trying to rotate odd-sized pixmap. X internal error: trying to rotate odd-sized pixmap. X internal error: trying to rotate odd-sized pixmap. X internal error: trying to rotate odd-sized pixmap. X internal error: trying to rotate odd-sized pixmap. ... And longer I use X, more messages I get. It has no visible effect on the system, it's just that I can't seep right with an error on Linux... Thanks, Nikita +++ nimennor LinuxD since 2.0.0 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
is the Creative Labs AWE64 GOLD Soundcard supported?
How well/is the AWE64 GOLD Sound card supported under Linux? ..or will it act/function like the SB16? -Paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
mp3 player application
I'm looking for a MP3 player which has the following features: * for Linux * play lists * shuffle and repeat * view/edit MP3 tags * fade in/out * play two songs at once (one fading in while the other fades out) * preferabably X-based (writen in C/C++ .. NOT Tcl/Tk) * general controls (play,stop,fast forward,rewind,next/previous track,pause) * displays time remaining and/or elapsed * AWE64 GOLD support * looks pretty and is easy to use If none exists... someone should make it! -Paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
the growth of linux workstations
hello, I just wanted to note an article from the ieee spectrum for september that was speaking about the trends in the workstation marketplace. it notes that the market for pro. workstations is dramatically shifted from unix to nt and there was another component- LINUX. So keep up the good work and i think we will see the challenge of the free software concept come to fruition. allan bart
Re: thread support?
>
> On Thu, 2 Oct 1997, Chris R. Martin wrote:
>
> : I have heard a lot of confusing things about thread support lately. I am
> : writing a program which will eventually have seperate threads and if anyone
> : could clear some things up for me, I would really appreciate it!
> :
> : Does a "stock" Debian 1.3.1 install support threads? If not, what packages
> : or libraries do I need to obtain?
> It doesn't.
>
> You need the pthreads package, which *is* available in 1.3.1-stable, but not
> selected by default.
>
> Another option is using libc-6, which is likely to support threads
> 'natively'.
Just to clarify things further since I've done a bit of development using
threads under Debian 1.3.1 using both libc-5 and libc-6. First, yes, as
Remco suggests with the straight Debian 1.3.1 using libc-5 you do indeed
need the pthreads package as well. I've had no real problems this other
then when I port things over to Solaris I noticed that Solaris doesn't
support all of the same pthread features that the Linux pthreads does
(i.e. recursive locks, etc).
I've also tried out libc-6. This does appear to contain the pthreads
support built into it. All of my threaded code still compiles and works
properly using libc-6 but I did have to remove the pthreads package that
I used for libc-5 since it conflicts with libc-6.
>
> : Are there seperate considerations for X ? I read somthing that was talking
> : about thread support under X, but I couldn't figure out how it related to
> : non-X thread support. Does Debian's Xlib or some other package support
> : threads?
> I haven't found a thread-safe Xlib package yet in the Debian distribution. I
> have RPM and TGZ Xlib-3.{2,3} available on ftp
> (ftp://oloon.student.utwente.nl/pub/Mnemonic/X11/) if you need them.
I haven't found any of the Xlib stuff thread safe either. I'm doing some
development using Xlib and did some basic testing under threads and found
it would hang X-windows or even crash X-windows when trying to do threaded
X-window calls. I have found though that you can do threaded development
using the current non-thread safe X libraries by carefully organizing
your code. I've relagated ONE thread to do ALL of my X calls, and the
other threads to do my other number crunching. I've had no problems
with this and everything seems to work find. It is a bit difficult though
to design the code just right.
Cheers!
Richard..
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Electrical and Computer Engineering - University of Manitoba - Canada
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Re: ls no display directory
On Sat, 4 Oct 1997, Lawrence Lucier wrote: > I inadvertently typed " cd\ " (without the quotes) while > at the root prompt. I got a what looked like a DOS prompt > " > " (again without the quotes) so I am assuming that > somehow I switched over to DOS mode somehow. [..] Linux does not have a built-in dos-mode. The backslash was interpretted as a continuation symbol; i.e.: debian# pwd<-- pwd == print working directory /root debian# cd\ > /usr debian# pwd /usr > Anyways to make a long story short, now whenever I try to > do a directory listing of root with " ls " (yes indeed, > without the quotes) no directory names/files are > displayed. If I switch to a subdirectory or do a "ls" > (yep, you guessed it!) with full directory path, then > ls seems to work just fine.it's only in the root > directory that names aren't displayed. Don't forget that to see all files you need to use the -a option to ls. Without the -a, the "dot" files (those beginning with a dot, and this includes directories such as ~/.netscape/) and user "configuration" or "rc" (resource configuration) files (~/.bashrc) are hidden. If you want to always see all files, you can setup an alias in your ~/.bashrc (~/ and $HOME mean the user's home directory), such as: alias ls='ls -a' Another convenient ls option would be --color=tty or --color=auto. Yet another convenience would be the FileRunner package for X windows (fr &) or the MidnightCommander package for the console (mc). Pilot (pilot) comes in handy from time to time also. There are .deb packages for these in dselect, so you can use search to find them (/). > Opps, almost forgot! How does one go about displaying > which directory they are in as part of the prompt? The bash shell handles the prompt, so if you want to customize your prompt further, you'll need to look up the code in man bash, but this does what you're asking and a little more. Put this in your ~/.bashrc: PS1="[EMAIL PROTECTED] \W]\\$ " While Debian does not come with an /etc/bashrc file, you can create one (copy the ~/.bashrc to /etc/bashrc). /etc is the system "rc" file location. Note that system rc files are not dotfiles. You'll need to be root to modify files in /etc, but you should be able to use su. David Stern -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: umount: /cdrom: devide is busy.
On Sat, 4 Oct 1997, Alan Eugene Davis wrote: > This happens to me quite often: a floppy or a cd isn't being accessed, > but I cannot unmount it: umount gives the error I have indicated. > > Is there any way to find out what process or which xterm might be > accessing or sitting on a certain device? This happens to me when I haven't left the directory for that device, either in a console, or in a program (such as FileRunner). So, just change directories (out of that device) and umount should work fine. David Stern -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
re: umount:/cdrom: device is busy.
Hallo Alan, The same thing happened to me when I tried to unmount the cdrom while at the same time my default directory is /cdrom or one of its subdirectories. Make sure that you are in / when trying to unmount. Johann. >This happens to me quite often: a floppy or a cd isn't being accessed, >but I cannot unmount it: umount gives the error I have indicated. >Is there any way to find out what process or which xterm might be >accessing or sitting on a certain device? >Thank you to all who have made my computing journey smoother. >Alan >-- >Alan E. Davis Johann Spies [EMAIL PROTECTED] Windsorlaan 19 Pietermaritzburg 3201 Suid Afrika (South Africa) Tel/Faks Nr. +27 331-46-1310 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
procmail emulate mail error
Is there a way to make procmail emulate a mailer error. E.g. when I'm spammed, procmail (or actually some program that would be run from procmail) would reply with something along the lines of an unknown user. This seems like a fairly complicated script and I'm not sure it would actually work (e.g. sendmail may change some of the headers indicating a success). I'm thinking that maybe a few of these spammers remove bounces from their address pool. Thanks, Brandon - Brandon Mitchell E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/7877/home.html PGP: finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED] "We all know Linux is great...it does infinite loops in 5 seconds." --Linus Torvalds -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Sound support in kernel-image-2.0.30
Hi, Could someone please help me interpret the following messages: during boot: "/dev/hda3 (my Linux part.) has reached maximal mount count ... forced check" second message (only as regular user, not as root): $man [whatever] (the man page does display, but with a message that obviously concerns permissions:) "man: can't create /var/catman/cat1/XXX(some number) man: can't unlink /var/catman/cat1/XXX: Permission denied" Thanx-a-million YABBADABBADOO -- Lucas Liacopoulos"some assembly required" ... NOT!! [EMAIL PROTECTED] Concordia U.V. Montreal Canada -- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: is the Creative Labs AWE64 GOLD Soundcard supported?
On Sat, 4 Oct 1997, Paul Miller wrote: > How well/is the AWE64 GOLD Sound card supported under Linux? ..or will it > act/function like the SB16? It will act like a SB16 yes, but this is nothing wonderful, as the SB16 is quite pathetic. xmix is the only program I've run into with a line select (which you need since the SB 16 has no input mixer). What you want is awedrv, which is available as a debian source package. Trouble is, it won't compile as a module, which I think means you have to use initrd to run isapnp before it will work. I've read the initrd stuff, but havn't gotten around to trying it yet. Am I right in my understanding that you just need to copy over a rescue disk, isapnp, and possible bash (to write initrc with) into the initrd environment? Anyone done this? The awedrv does not support all the SB 64 capabilities, but from what I understand the extra channels are provided by software anyway. > > -Paul > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Help me interpret error messages
Hi, Could someone please help me interpret the following messages: during boot: "/dev/hda3 (my Linux part.) has reached maximal mount count ... forced check" second message (only as regular user, not as root): $man [whatever] (the man page does display, but with a message that obviously concerns permissions:) "man: can't create /var/catman/cat1/XXX(some number) man: can't unlink /var/catman/cat1/XXX: Permission denied" Thanx-a-million YABBADABBADOO -- Lucas Liacopoulos"some assembly required" ... NOT!! [EMAIL PROTECTED] Concordia U.V. Montreal Canada -- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
telnet users
how do I kill an idle telnet user? how do I watch a telnet user? -Paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Help me interpret error messages
On Sat, 4 Oct 1997, Lucas wrote: > during boot: > > "/dev/hda3 (my Linux part.) has reached maximal mount count ... forced > check" This is normal. After a certain time interval has passed, the disks are check by /sbin/fsck during boot. > $man [whatever] > (the man page does display, but with a message that obviously concerns > permissions:) > > "man: can't create /var/catman/cat1/XXX(some number) > man: can't unlink /var/catman/cat1/XXX: Permission denied" man is trying to save the preformatted page but something is wrong with the directory. Check to make sure it there. -- Jean Pierre -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
xdm background image
How can I display a background image (gif/jpg) on the xdm login prompt? -Paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: xdm background image
With the xbanner package. On Sat, 4 Oct 1997, Paul Miller wrote: > How can I display a background image (gif/jpg) on the xdm login prompt? > > -Paul > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
re- thinkpad install
I recently loaded Debian on an IBM Thinkpad which has a cradle with a CD-rom thru (I believe) a Future-Domain 8xxx SCSI interface. Essentially new to Linux, ( an OLDd UNIX Sys V developer though) I do not know how to access my floppy, CD-rom or mount the other disk partitions the install created. Problem #1 - I cannot access the floppy on the ThinkPad Whenever I "mount /dev/fd0 /floppy" the floppy light comes on , but I get: end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00,sector 0 mount: /dev/fd0 in not a valid block device Can ANYONE decipher what this could mean ? is my "mount" syntax correct ? ( /floppy dir exists it was created by the system ) I could NOT install DEBIAN untill I set the root: linux floppy=thinkpad ^ since installing the kernel before this option it seemed to timeout. When I used this option was only when I was able to get debian installed. I presume the floppy=thinkpad is for some special issues. Were is this referenced in the debian install ? Is there a special flag that are set to mount or access the floppy ? were are they kept ? what are they ? Problem # 2 cannot mount the CD-rom when dselect asks for the block device name what should I give it ? I do not think the CD-rom is mounted. How can I "ls -la" the cdrom ? thanks, frank naranjo -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Sound support in kernel-image-2.0.30
On Sat, 4 Oct 1997, Tom Ed White wrote: > How can I find out which sound cards, if any, are supported in this > kernel image? If you're using the standard debian-installed kernel, I don't think ANY are automatically supported. > I want to know if I need to recompile my kernel for > sound. I suspect that many of the drivers are already there, since > the device file is present. There's no way to get around compiling the kernel. This isn't such a bad thing, as the kernel-install process is simple enough that a trained monkey can do it :). Assuming you've installed the kernel-source.2.0.30.deb, it's 1) determine your soundcard configuration (DMA, IRQ, addresses, etc.) 2) as root, a) cd /usr/src/linux b) make menuconfig (or make xconfig, if you're running x and tcl/tk) c) select "sound" and follow the prompts at this point, take a look at the other stuff in your kernel; if you don't have scsi, disable scsi support, etc makes the kernel smaller and faster --- you'll probably also want to make sound a module, unless you use your sound card 24/7 3) make dep 4) make clean 5) make zImage 6) make modules 7) make modules_install 8) mv /vmlinuz /mvlinuz.old (or some other backup name) 9) cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/zImage /vmlinuz 10) modify /etc/lilo.conf to have a stanze for each kernel -- keep the old one around until you've run the new one a while (you might instead make the new kernel into a boot disk, so you don't have to play with lilo.conf yet -- to do this "make zdisk" with a disk in the drive) 11) run lilo and then reboot Email with questions. Will [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/ * Good Idea: Feeding Stray Cats in the Park. Bad Idea: Feeding Stray Cats in the park ... to a bear. * -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Help me interpret error messages
On Sat, 4 Oct 1997, Lucas wrote: > > Hi, > > Could someone please help me interpret the following messages: > > during boot: > > "/dev/hda3 (my Linux part.) has reached maximal mount count ... forced > check" > > second message (only as regular user, not as root): > > $man [whatever] > (the man page does display, but with a message that obviously concerns > permissions:) > > "man: can't create /var/catman/cat1/XXX(some number) > man: can't unlink /var/catman/cat1/XXX: Permission denied" You do not have a permission to preformat man pages. it should be done by superuser Afterwards, everything will be OK. ZORO > > Thanx-a-million > > YABBADABBADOO > > > > -- > Lucas Liacopoulos"some assembly required" ... NOT!! > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Concordia U.V. > Montreal Canada > -- > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
xcontrib and xproc packages
I need to install the xproc package for xcontrib, but it requires elf-x11r6lib which is not available.. Where can I find this package or another verion of xproc which doesn't require elf-x11r6lib? -Paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
special char's / Postgres95
Hey Just a small Postgres95 question: grant SELECT on MyDB to NameWith-SpecialChar; doesn't work: WARN:parser: syntax error at or near "-" Any idea's? using quotes nor backslashes seem to work L( thanks, Remco -- // Remco van de Meent // email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] // www: http://oloon.student.utwente.nl // " Never make any mistaeks. " -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Sound support in kernel-image-2.0.30
Hello Tom! You don't have any sound drivers installed by default, although all the device drivers are there. E.g. you have scsi devices even if you don't posess a scsi drive. Look at: /usr/src/linux/drivers/sound/Readme.cards for a list of supported sound cards. You get this file if you install the kernel sources. If you have a SB AWE, you can install the AWE patches (some debian packages) for midi support. You can also buy the commercial version of OSS sound driver. Obviously, you need to recompile the kernel. Try the kernel package for that, it is a lot easier than the canonical way. If you have any more questions, write to the list. PS: Try the Sound-HOWTO for more information. Marcus On Sat, Oct 04, 1997 at 12:21:08PM -0400, Tom Ed White wrote: > How can I find out which sound cards, if any, are supported in this > kernel image? I want to know if I need to recompile my kernel for > sound. I suspect that many of the drivers are already there, since > the device file is present. > > Thanks, > Tom Ed White > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Marcus Brinkmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Help me interpret error messages
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> gerdoisa-no-spam wrote: : Also make sure the following directories are set to have a group of "man" : see: chgrp : : root>vdir /var/catman -d : drwxrwxr-x 14 root man 1024 Mar 21 1997 /var/catman : : root>vdir /var/catman : total 12 : drwxrwxr-x 12 root man 1024 Mar 21 1997 X11 : drwxrwxr-x 2 root man 1024 Oct 4 13:49 cat1 : drwxrwxr-x 2 root man 1024 Sep 14 11:20 cat2 : drwxrwxr-x 2 root man 1024 Oct 4 13:37 cat3 : drwxrwxr-x 2 root man 1024 Jun 11 02:39 cat4 : drwxrwxr-x 2 root man 1024 Oct 1 08:44 cat5 : drwxrwxr-x 2 root man 1024 Oct 3 14:41 cat6 : drwxrwxr-x 2 root man 1024 Dec 20 1996 cat7 : drwxrwxr-x 2 root man 1024 Oct 4 13:26 cat8 : drwxrwxr-x 2 root man 1024 Aug 8 1995 cat9 : drwxrwxr-x 2 root man 1024 Sep 14 11:21 catn : drwxrwxr-x 12 root man 1024 Mar 21 1997 local : : This is so the man program can set it's group id to "man" when it : is run, and thus have write permissions to those directories for when you : are reading the manual pages. : : root>vdir /usr/bin/man : -rwxr-sr-x 1 root man 28920 Sep 22 19:05 /usr/bin/man Hmm. Are you sure about that? Chez moi it's like this: descartes:~> vdir /var/catman/ -d drwxr-xr-x 13 man root 1024 Sep 28 07:01 /var/catman/ descartes:~> vdir /var/catman/ total 260 drwxr-xr-x 6 man root 1024 Sep 28 07:12 X11R6 drwxr-xr-x 2 man root 1024 Sep 29 06:45 cat1 drwxr-xr-x 2 man root 1024 Aug 24 18:18 cat2 drwxr-xr-x 2 man root 1024 Aug 24 18:18 cat3 drwxr-xr-x 2 man root 1024 Aug 24 18:18 cat4 drwxr-xr-x 2 man root 1024 Sep 2 06:46 cat5 drwxr-xr-x 2 man root 1024 Aug 24 18:18 cat6 drwxr-xr-x 2 man root 1024 Aug 24 18:18 cat7 drwxr-xr-x 2 man root 1024 Sep 30 23:00 cat8 drwxr-xr-x 5 man root 1024 Sep 28 06:48 de_DE -rw-r--r-- 1 man root 253952 Sep 28 07:01 index.bt drwxr-xr-x 5 man root 1024 Sep 28 06:48 it_IT descartes:~> vdir /usr/bin/man -rwsr-xr-x 1 man root71204 May 21 11:40 /usr/bin/man I'm running Debian 1.3.1. Ho-hum, MartinS -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
netscape communicator 4.03
Has anyone gotten an error like this one when loading Netscape 4.03? How can I fix this? netscape: locale `C' not supported. If the $XNLSPATH directory does not contain the proper config files, Netscape will crash the first time you try to paste into a text field. (This is a bug in the X11R5 libraries against which this program was linked.) Since neither X11R4 nor X11R6 come with these config files, we have included them with the Netscape distribution. The normal place for these files is /usr/X386/lib/X11/nls/. If you can't create that directory, you should set the $XNLSPATH environment variable to point at the place where you installed the files. -Paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Sound support in kernel-image-2.0.30
should have gone to the list, too ... -Forwarded message from Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>- To: Will Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Sound support in kernel-image-2.0.30 References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84 In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; from Will Lowe on Sat, Oct 04, 1997 at 05:05:34PM -0400 On Sat, Oct 04, 1997 at 05:05:34PM -0400, Will Lowe wrote: > On Sat, 4 Oct 1997, Tom Ed White wrote: > > > I want to know if I need to recompile my kernel for > > sound. I suspect that many of the drivers are already there, since > > the device file is present. > There's no way to get around compiling the kernel. This isn't such a bad > thing, as the kernel-install process is simple enough that a trained > monkey can do it :). Assuming you've installed the > kernel-source.2.0.30.deb, it's I heavily encourage you to use the kernel-package package. It is so easy, I've seen monkeys using it :-) read the doc under /usr/doc/kernel-package. The 11 steps below will be reduced to 3 steps or so. > 1) determine your soundcard configuration (DMA, IRQ, addresses, etc.) often the default values are sufficient. Otherwise, a peek at windows configuration can be useful. > 2) as root, > a) cd /usr/src/linux > b) make menuconfig (or make xconfig, if you're running x and > tcl/tk) or make config, for the hardliners :-) > c) select "sound" and follow the prompts > at this point, take a look at the other stuff in your kernel; > if you don't have scsi, disable scsi support, etc makes the > kernel smaller and faster --- you'll probably also want to make > sound a module, unless you use your sound card 24/7 If you have pnp sound card, you HAVE to install sound as a module (otherwise pnp cannot take effect before sound module initialize). > 3) make dep > 4) make clean > 5) make zImage > 6) make modules > 7) make modules_install > 8) mv /vmlinuz /mvlinuz.old (or some other backup name) > 9) cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/zImage /vmlinuz > 10) modify /etc/lilo.conf to have a stanze for each kernel -- keep the old > one around until you've run the new one a while (you might instead make > the new kernel into a boot disk, so you don't have to play with lilo.conf > yet -- to do this "make zdisk" with a disk in the drive) this steps are all one with the kernel package: Make your kernel, and you get a *.deb file, that you can install with dpkg -i . > 11) run lilo and then reboot and have fun :-) Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Marcus Brinkmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ -End of forwarded message- -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Marcus Brinkmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: xdm background image
Paul Miller wrote: > How can I display a background image (gif/jpg) on the xdm login prompt? Add something like: /usr/X11R6/bin/xv -root -quit /usr/include/X11/pixmaps/background.xpm or: /usr/local/bin/X11/xpmroot /usr/include/X11/pixmaps/background.xpm to the file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0 (or whichever file corresponds to the `DisplayManager._0.setup' resource in the file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-config). -- Glynn Clements <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: is the Creative Labs AWE64 GOLD Soundcard supported?
On Sat, Oct 04, 1997 at 11:28:24AM -0800, Britton wrote: > > On Sat, 4 Oct 1997, Paul Miller wrote: > > > How well/is the AWE64 GOLD Sound card supported under Linux? ..or will it > > act/function like the SB16? > > It will act like a SB16 yes, but this is nothing wonderful, as the SB16 is > quite pathetic. xmix is the only program I've run into with a line select > (which you need since the SB 16 has no input mixer). And it should act like a AWE-32, because I have the suspicion, that they mostly enchanced the software driver, not the hardware. (I wouldn't be surprised, if the hardware is nearly the same. I have a AWE32 with the 64upgrade, and they say that I have a functionally AWE64, so it is another sort of "Winsoundcard") > What you want is awedrv, which is available as a debian source package. > Trouble is, it won't compile as a module, which I think means you have to > use initrd to run isapnp before it will work. I've read the initrd stuff, You HAVE to install it as a module, because isapnp must be started first, and then the sound module has to be installed. In fact, isapnp will be started automagically by the current initrd scripts, so you have just to install it, and add two entrys two the isapnp config file (mail me for more info). > but havn't gotten around to trying it yet. Am I right in my understanding > that you just need to copy over a rescue disk, isapnp, and possible bash > (to write initrc with) into the initrd environment? Anyone done this? You just have to install and congfigure isapnp, that it is (and add the sound module to the modules autoloaded at boot time, if you want. You can even load a sound font bank at boot time). > The awedrv does not support all the SB 64 capabilities, but from what I > understand the extra channels are provided by software anyway. Yup. The Awe driver supports a good part of the AWE32 stuff. AWE64 was never intended for other OS than Windows (Creative Labs says, there would be no market for Linux, I think the linux community should ignore SB, if they ignore us). Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Marcus Brinkmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Sound support in kernel-image-2.0.30
why don't you simply use make-kpkg to compile the kernel? Will Lowe wrote: > > On Sat, 4 Oct 1997, Tom Ed White wrote: > > > How can I find out which sound cards, if any, are supported in this > > kernel image? > If you're using the standard debian-installed kernel, I don't think ANY > are automatically supported. > > > I want to know if I need to recompile my kernel for > > sound. I suspect that many of the drivers are already there, since > > the device file is present. > There's no way to get around compiling the kernel. This isn't such a bad > thing, as the kernel-install process is simple enough that a trained > monkey can do it :). Assuming you've installed the > kernel-source.2.0.30.deb, it's > > 1) determine your soundcard configuration (DMA, IRQ, addresses, etc.) > 2) as root, > a) cd /usr/src/linux > b) make menuconfig (or make xconfig, if you're running x and > tcl/tk) > c) select "sound" and follow the prompts >at this point, take a look at the other stuff in your kernel; > if you don't have scsi, disable scsi support, etc makes the > kernel smaller and faster --- you'll probably also want to make > sound a module, unless you use your sound card 24/7 > 3) make dep > 4) make clean > 5) make zImage > 6) make modules > 7) make modules_install > 8) mv /vmlinuz /mvlinuz.old (or some other backup name) > 9) cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/zImage /vmlinuz > 10) modify /etc/lilo.conf to have a stanze for each kernel -- keep the old > one around until you've run the new one a while (you might instead make > the new kernel into a boot disk, so you don't have to play with lilo.conf > yet -- to do this "make zdisk" with a disk in the drive) > 11) run lilo and then reboot > > Email with questions. > Will > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/ > * > Good Idea: Feeding Stray Cats in the Park. > Bad Idea: Feeding Stray Cats in the park ... to a bear. > * > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
RE: Re.: Re: umount: /cdrom: devide is busy.
On 04-Oct-97 Alan Eugene Davis wrote: >Thank you for the response. Perhaps I should clarify. Open a new xterm and enter "ps -ef | grep cdrom" and if than returns a line (or more) let us know what they are; if not, enter "df | grep cdrom" and if that doesn't returm anything kill a white chicken by the light of a full moon and after the feast, place its dried wish- bone above your cdrom and say the magic words "Dennis M. Richie" (or was that "Linus Torvalds") I can never remenber... > >I am using X. I have several xterms/rxvts open, and I am running >several emacs frames. None of these, as far as I can tell, is >connected in any way with /cdrom, neither sitting on it, nor >accessing any file on the cd. > >I need to fing a way to find out which processes or xterms is/are >causing this association to be made? This happens once in a while, >that I am NOT in that directory, but I get this message, so something >is going on that is not seen by me. > >Alan > >Dan Hugo writes: >> This will always happen if, for example, >> >> pwd >> /cdrom/* >> >> In other words, if you are IN the directory in question, it is busy. >> >> Happens to me all the time as well. Same with any mounts, or if you try >> to rmdir a directory you are in. >> >> cd /;umount /cdrom >> >> should work >> >> -dh >> >> >> >> >> Alan Eugene Davis wrote: >> > >> > This happens to me quite often: a floppy or a cd isn't being accessed, >> > but I cannot unmount it: umount gives the error I have indicated. >> > >> > Is there any way to find out what process or which xterm might be >> > accessing or sitting on a certain device? >> > >> > Thank you to all who have made my computing journey smoother. >> > >> > Alan >> > >> > -- >> > >> > Alan E. Davis >> > Marianas High School >> > AAA196, Box 10001 >> > Saipan, MP 96950 >> > Northern Mariana Islands >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >> > " So that I can continue to use computers without dishonor, I have >> > decided to put together a sufficient body of free software so that I >> > will be able to get along without any software that is not free. " >> > ---Richard Stallman >> > >> > -- >> > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . >> > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . >> > > >-- >TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] . >Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . - Ralph Winslow [EMAIL PROTECTED] The IQ of the group is that of the member whose IQ is lowest divided by the number of members. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Converting a ps file from letter to A4 ? fig2dev ?
I am trying to make the sag (linux System Administrators' Guide) from the LDP. The complied version that is stored there is in letter paper size while I need A4 paper size. Is there a site (perhaps in Europe) that has an A4 postscript version? Is there a way to convert the ps file that the LDP stores from letter to A4 ? Is it true that if I'll make it myself I will have an A4 version (that is, is the letter paper size not an integral part of the formatted files) ? The following is from the Makefile: # # This is the Makefile for formatting the Linux System Administrators' Guide. # You need LaTeX2e (probably a recent version), fig2dev (version 3), and ^^^ # the usual UNIX tools to run everything. The distribution contains # all formatted files (especially figures). # Is there a debian package that contains fig2dev or an equivalent utility ? Thank you. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
