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lost SCSI emulation - burner no work
by millward 08 Jul '02

08 Jul '02

Did a lsmod and got Module Size Used by sg 32612 0 ( unused ) ide-scsi 9312 0 scsi_mod 103904 2 [ sg ide-scsi ] Duh? What does this mean? It looks to me that I already have SCSI emulation but its not working the way it should for the burner. The burner is the secondary master. For cdrecord dev=0,1,0 used to work before the upgrade. cdrecord -scanbus finds nothing. cat /proc/scsi/scsi attached devices=none Any information would be most appreciated.

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lost SCSI emulation - burner no work
by millward 07 Jul '02

07 Jul '02

I upgraded from Red Hat 7.2 to 7.3 and lost my SCSI emulation, so now cdrecord -scanbus can't find any SCSI devices and I can't use my burner. fstab has not changed from 7.2 /etc/rc.d/rc.local has /sbin/modprobe ide-scsi /sbin/modprobe sg I've looked, and there is no ide-scsi in sbin In /etc/modules.conf I've got append="hdc=ide-scsi" I've done chmod 666 /dev/scd0 chmod 666 /dev/scd1 ( This is just a home machine so don't have to worry about security) The burner is the secondary master in the BIOS so hdc looks OK. Does this mean I'll have to do a dreaded "kernel compilation"? I've installed the 2.4.18-3 kernel source in /usr/src/ just in case, but I'm not excited about compiling kernels. Is there anything else I can do to get back my scsi emulation without compiling the kernel ?

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FTP problems
by S/C Conway 02 Jul '02

02 Jul '02

G'Day, I have been trying for months to connect to a vendors FTP site using my Linux box (RH7.2), with no success. I can connect to the site but when I issue a command (e.g cd or get <filename> I recieve ENTERING PASSIVE MODE (IP ADDRESS) and after some time connection timeout. I know the box at the other end is NT4.0. If I use a windows 98 O/S no problems. Does anyone have some suggestions to analyize the problem? I can use some links to do some reading if you have them. Sean

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Free Data Emergency Guide
by gedetil＠cs.umanitoba.ca 26 Jun '02

26 Jun '02

Howdy folks! I just received, in the MUUG mail box, a sample booklet from a company called Action Front Data Recovery Labs (www.actionfront.com) The booklet is called Data Emergency Guide, and provides general (in most cases not system specific) advice on data loss prevention, backups, and how to recognize and resolve a data loss emergency. They also use the guide as a way of promoting their company's data recovery services, of course. They are offering user group members additional free copies of the guide. All we have to do is contact them, indicating the number requested. The guide is also available online, in PDF format: http://www.actionfront.com/guide02.pdf If you think you might be interested, please view the guide online first, then, if you want a printed copy, please e-mail me and let me know before July 10 at the latest. I'll collect and count the responses I've received at that point, and contact the company to request that many printed copies. -- Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)cs.umanitoba.ca> Dept. of Computer Science Web: http://www.cs.umanitoba.ca/~gedetil/ University of Manitoba Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg, MB, CANADA R3T 2N2 Fax: (204)474-7609

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LTSP on Slackware?
by millward 26 Jun '02

26 Jun '02

Can LTSP be installed on Slackware 8.0 ? It uses kernel 2.2.6 Unfortunatly the Slackware forum was shut down about 6 months ago when someone published a list of XP registration numbers on it, otherwise, I'd ask there. It's no problem to use an older Red Hat, its just that I'm used to Slackware and its already installed on the hard drive I want to put LTSP on.

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Nice site for Linux beginners
by Mel Seder 23 Jun '02

23 Jun '02

http://www.linux.org/lessons/index.cgi I plan to spend a half hour a day on it. ===== "The sooner you make five thousand mistakes, the sooner you will be able to correct them." - Kimon Nicolaides __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com

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wondering about
by Mel Seder 21 Jun '02

21 Jun '02

Does anyone know of a user interface that brings the action to where your mouse is sitting. Instead of taking me off to the side somewhere and forcing me to move the mouse cursor to the question, let the question come to where my mouse cursor is. Don't force us users to waltz that mouse across our desks all day long. That will become a big boost in productivity I think. ===== "The sooner you make five thousand mistakes, the sooner you will be able to correct them." - Kimon Nicolaides __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com

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I read an interesting post on the web today
by Mel Seder 20 Jun '02

20 Jun '02

I'm anxiously following the Microsoft battle with the nine states and a litigation feud with BURST (some kind of protocol) people. The posing indicated Microsoft pretended they were going to buy the techology but instead they stole the code and changed windows so that the BURST protocol wouldn't run. Only the new and improved M$ version would execute. I don't know if this is BullShit or not. If it is true and hits the press this would be very restrictive for Microsoft's future at this stage of the Judges deliberations. I hope the Judge will show courage and stand up for the Americans and for the rest of the world too. I think the time is just right for a well built operating system like linux to grow and become even better not even richer. Has anyone seen this story posted by a reliable news site? ===== "The sooner you make five thousand mistakes, the sooner you will be able to correct them." - Kimon Nicolaides __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com

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re: switchdesk, RedHat, and WMs
by Geek 19 Jun '02

19 Jun '02

Thanks! I have decided to basically stick with the command line as the GUI under the sad hardware I have on the machine 7.3 runs on is bad. Until I can find a decent video card and maybe find a 15" monitor, I will just stay at the command line and learn from that first. Thanks again for the help though, and I will put this all to good use just as soon as I can get a better video setup. Dwight Wallbridge, Webmaster, Geek, Blogger. Geek's World http://www.geeksworld.net Geek Blog http://www.geekblog.net/ Geek Blog's Forums http://www.geekblog.net/board/ Geek Blog Mail lists http://www.geekblog.net/lists.html > From: "Sean A. Walberg" <sean(a)poochie.ertw.com> > To: roundtable(a)muug.mb.ca > Subject: switchdesk, RedHat, and WMs > > There was a discussion last night about how to switch around window > managers/desktop environments, and which file did what. I just took a > peek at a RH 7.3 box, and came to the following conclusions: > > /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc is run when X is started. > This file first checks for the existance of ~/.Xclients. If it exists, it > is run > Failing that, /etc/X11/xinit/Xclients is run. However, if it doesn't > exist, fvwm2 is tried, followed by twm (not really an issue in Red Hat) > > /etc/X11/xinit/Xclients makes its decision about which desktop to run > based on /etc/sysconfig/desktop. The line > > PREFERRED=GNOME > or > PREFERRED=KDE > > will make the default windowing environment GNOME or KDE respectively. > You could also do "PREFERRED=twm" to have twm the default > > Finally, switchdesk copies the appropriate file from > /usr/share/apps/switchdesk/ into your ~/.Xclients (and doesn't modify > /etc/sysconfig/desktop as I had originally thought, sorry). > > So, in a nutshell, the rough order of things is: > > ~/.Xclients (manual, or by switchdesk) > /etc/sysconfig/desktop (if it exists) > GNOME > KDE > afterstep|windowmaker|mmaker > fvwm95|fvwm|fvwm2 > mwm|lesstif > twm > > Sean > > - -- > Sean A. Walberg <sean(a)ertw.com> http://www.ertw.com > Join the weekly cramsession.com Linux newsletter for news and resources! > Archives and more info at http://www.ertw.com/~sean/newsletter

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You might have missed some messages
by Bill Reid 18 Jun '02

18 Jun '02

Gilbert pointed out that most of the subscribers to the roundtable list had their mail disabled. We do not know when or why this happened but my suspicion is that it occurred around June 5th. I have re-enabled everyone's email. Please check the archives for missed messages. Sorry for the inconvenience, Bill

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