Linuxers September 2003

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prblem in kernel compilation
by ketan s d 17 Sep '03

17 Sep '03

hello! i was compiling the kernel ( 2.4.22 ) it compiles properly. however after the compilation i am not able to mount the cdwriter i am getting the error : /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device i have 40*12 benq cdwriter..... any help would be appreciated.. thank you ___________________________________________________ Law meets Electronics; Veena Weds Sanjay. Rediff Matchmaker strikes another interesting match !! Visit http://rediff.com/matchmaker?1

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Problem with viewing TIFF files.
by Rajen M. Parekh 17 Sep '03

17 Sep '03

Dear luggers, I have few scanned images, most of which are in jpeg format, but some of them are in tiff format. The problem I am facing is with images stored in tiff format. (I have a P4 1.7 cpu, with 256 MB DDR memory using Intel mother board 845GB and Nvidia Riva TNT2 display card.) Coming to the problem, while trying to view tiff files the system goes into spin. First of all the system memory gets completely used up. The system starts using swap memory to the extent of 200+ MB (I have 500+ MB swap partition). The system starts lot of disk i/o and even after almost 2-3 mins, there is no display of the tiff file. I tried with some of the small tiff files I have (around 15 images total), but with all the files I saw the same problem. The smallest tiff file size is around 150 KB. I have around 4-5 images around that size, and the rest are more then 1 MB. I didn't have the heart to try to view the bigger ones. These same files I am able to view in Windows without any stress on the CPU or memory. I tried using different viewer softwares to check out if there was any problem with any specific software. I tried "Eye for Gnome", "Qview", KDE's default viewer "Kview", and also "Kuickshow". I switched on the KSystem Guard to find out what happens. I found that the moment I clicked on any of the tiff files, the system memory gets used up to the maximum and the system starts lot of swap activity. Then I killed the image viewer process and I got a system message given some details about imlib. I couldn't understand much and there was not much detail in it. It was probably because I killed the viewer process while it was trying to display the image. I presume that there is some problem with some graphic library (imlib?) which the image viewer software(s) is/are trying to use to display tiff images. Okay, one more thing, I tried this with both Red Hat Linux 9.0 and with SuSE 8.2, but with same results. (BTW, I must say SuSE Linux is quite impressive then any other distribution that I have used till date. I have been using Red Hat since its version 5.2, and have used Mandrake 8.2, 9.1.) One more interesting aspect about this is that I tried viewing these files using a Windows based software called "Irfan View" using Wine. And to my surprise I could view the tiff file without much problem, albiet a bit slow then in Windows, but no swapping nor eating up memory. Any Pointers? Rajen. -- A housewife, an accountant and a lawyer were asked to add 2 and 2. The housewife replied, "Four!". The accountant said, "It's either 3 or 4. Let me run those figures through my spread sheet one more time." The lawyer pulled the drapes, dimmed the lights and asked in a hushed voice, "How much do you want it to be?"

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Problem compiling linux 2.6.0-test5
by Chirag Arjun Bhangale 17 Sep '03

17 Sep '03

I received the following error while compiling the kernel: I m ataching the file cosa.c and cosa.h........... PLEASE HELP................ Path of the file is :---- linux-2.6.0-test5/drivers/net/wan/cosa.c CC [M] drivers/net/wan/cosa.o drivers/net/wan/cosa.c: In function `cosa_ioctl_common': drivers/net/wan/cosa.c:1167: parse error before '[' token drivers/net/wan/cosa.c:1167: case label does not reduce to an integer constant drivers/net/wan/cosa.c:1171: parse error before '[' token drivers/net/wan/cosa.c:1171: case label does not reduce to an integer constant drivers/net/wan/cosa.c:1175: parse error before '[' token drivers/net/wan/cosa.c:1175: case label does not reduce to an integer constant drivers/net/wan/cosa.c:1179: parse error before '[' token drivers/net/wan/cosa.c:1179: case label does not reduce to an integer constant drivers/net/wan/cosa.c:1181: parse error before '[' token drivers/net/wan/cosa.c:1181: case label does not reduce to an integer constant drivers/net/wan/cosa.c:1187: parse error before '[' token drivers/net/wan/cosa.c:1187: case label does not reduce to an integer constant make[3]: *** [drivers/net/wan/cosa.o] Error 1 make[2]: *** [drivers/net/wan] Error 2 make[1]: *** [drivers/net] Error 2 make: *** [drivers] Error 2 INSTALL drivers/net/3c501.ko cp: cannot stat `drivers/net/3c501.ko': No such file or directory make[1]: *** [drivers/net/3c501.ko] Error 1 make: *** [_modinst_] Error 2

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Knoppix customization and remastering
by Netbaba 17 Sep '03

17 Sep '03

Hello to all linuxites My college was thinking of using the knoppix cd based version for their OS practicals thus eliminating need of installing linux on each machine. the students need mostly command line for practicals. It needs to be on a network while on knoppix as it's in case when it's on windows. Configuring the card everytime a person boots is a mess I was wondering if that could be done while booting itself ( either by assignin a static ip per cd or giving it a dhcp server name in the script) we could run a dhcp server from a linux. A samba would be required to store data to a windows machine which will act like a server or can I use a machine that's running only rh8 with a ftp deamon? IF anyone has better method of doing this please tell me, that would be great all comps are P4 with 845 M/b and we are running one comp on rh8 Thank you Deepak Get Your Private, Free E-mail from Indiatimes at http://email.indiatimes.com Buy The Best In BOOKS at http://www.bestsellers.indiatimes.com Bid for for Air Tickets @ Re.1 on Air Sahara Flights. Just log on to http://airsahara.indiatimes.com and Bid Now !

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Large order for Linux-OS PCs
by Nandkumar Saravade 17 Sep '03

17 Sep '03

Dear All The Maharashtra Police seems to be going in for large scale computerization. They have issued a tender notice for 1500 PCs, UPS and modems, with Linux as the OS [tender specification reads: "Linux operating System – latest version (along with Devnagiri script and Open Office Suite.) with latest Service Pack (preloaded) license and recovery CD media with every PC and compatible Antivirus software"]. The notice is available at http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/data/tender/document/2003/08/27/2003082716463…. No details of the computerization programme itself seem available, though. Nandkumar Saravade

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[ot][commercial][job] gnu-linux java developer for bbay
by Trevor Warren 17 Sep '03

17 Sep '03

Linuxers....if the challenge below is good enough please email your c.v's to epaul(a)redhat.com and a cc to twarren(a)redhat.com. Trevor Position Description: To develop server side integration technology for Enterprise Applications using J2EE and Linux technologies. To work as part of a team with a commitment to timely delivery of high quality software in an open source development manner. Position Requirements: Good knoledge on Linux internals and C/C++. Strong Java development skills with a solid working knowledge of servlet, applet and EJB technologies with hands on experience using an Enterprise Java Development environments e.g. Apache, Tomcat, JBoss, and JonAS. Knowledge and/or experience with Swing or similar client GUI technology very desirable. Ability to work in a multi-platform development environment which is fast paced, with open source techologies for Linux. Excellent working knowledge of Internet and Web technologies including HTTP, HTML, WAP, WML, CGI, TCP/IP, SMTP, LDAP etc. Add ons can be good exposure to development tools like GTK, QT and Kylix. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. -- ( >- LINUX, It's all about CHOICE -< ) /~\ __ twarren(a)redhat.com __ /~\ | \) / Pre Sales Consultant - Red Hat \ (/ | |_|_ \ 9820349221(M) | 22881326(O) / _|_| \___________________________________/

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KNOPPIX Remastering/customization;problem with apt-get
by vivek b 15 Sep '03

15 Sep '03

hi, Kapil has asked me to try apt-setup, before using apt-get update. i tried it but after choosing the mirror for ftp, it gives an error that it could not connect to MY INSTITUTE's ftp site...time out.. i think it has to do something with the proxy settings. I am following the tutorial at http://gnubox.dyndns.org:8080/~sunil/knoppix.php In the tutorial the auther has asked to remove the link---/etc/resolv.conf--and to create a new resolv.conf file. i did this but it doesn't work. plz help. thanks, vivek. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com

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KNOPPIX remasetering: problem with apt-get.
by vivek b 15 Sep '03

15 Sep '03

Hi, I am trying to build a custom cd from knoppix. I am following the tutorial at http://gnubox.dyndns.org:8080/~sunil/knoppix.php when i do an apt-get the error is 'could not connect to...time out...' i think the problm is that my proxy server is not aloowing it to connect. so please help me in getting around this problem. AND ALSO PLZ TELL ME MORE LINKS ABOUT CUSTOMISING AND REMASTERING THE LINUX ON CDs THANKS IN ANTICIPATION, vivek. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com

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KNOPPIX Remastering/customization;problem with apt-get
by vivek b 15 Sep '03

15 Sep '03

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Meeting of 14th Sep venue
by amish munshi 15 Sep '03

15 Sep '03

Greetings, Meeting of sep 14th is Computer Lab, Mechanical dept, 1st floor, VJTI, Wadala. Bye. ------------------------------------------------- Sify Mail - now with Anti-virus protection powered by Trend Micro, USA. Know more at http://mail.sify.com Sify Power mail- a Premium Service from Sify Mail! know more at http://mail.sify.com

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