Linux-Announce Digest #576, Volume #3 Thu, 26 Aug 99 20:13:17 EDT Contents: tomsrtbt-1.7.140 released, 2.0.37 and bug fixes. (Thomas A. Oehser) COMMERCIAL: NetBeans Developer 3.0 Beta has just been released! (Jeff Crystal) The Linux Console Tools 0.3.2 available (Yann Dirson) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas A. Oehser) Subject: tomsrtbt-1.7.140 released, 2.0.37 and bug fixes. Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 23:13:34 GMT =====BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE===== I've released a new 2.0.37 based tomsrtbt-1.7.140, .dos.zip and .tar.gz. It is available from http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system.recovery, and will soon be on all the mirrors which of course should be used. It is also up at http://www.toms.net/rb/, where there is some other stuff. It's a boot/root rescue/emergency floppy image with more stuff than can fit. Bzip2, 1722Mb formatting, and tight compilation options helped jam a lot on. It is useful for "learn unix on a floppy" as it runs from ramdisk, includes the man-pages for everything, and behaves in a generally predictable way. See the FAQ below or at http://www.toms.net/rb for a list of recent enhancements and fixes. There are *IMPORTANT BUG FIXES IN THIS VERSION*. LSM, FAQ including feature list, and available add-ons follow: - ---------------------------- tomsrtbt-1.7.140.lsm --------------------------: Begin3 Title: tomsrtbt Version: 1.7.140 Entered-date: 25AUG99 Description: "The most Linux on one floppy." (distribution or panic disk). 1.72MB boot/root rescue/tools diskette for your shirt pockets. Supports ide, scsi, tape, network adaptors, PCMCIA, much more. About 100 utility programs and tools for fixing and restoring. See tomsrtbt.FAQ for a list of stuff that is included. Not a script, just the diskette image packed up chock full of stuff. Easy to customize startup and scripts for complete rebuilding. Also good as learn-unix-on-a-floppy as it has mostly what you expect- vi, emacs, awk, sed, sh, manpages- loaded on ramdisks. There is one installer that runs under Linux, another for DOS. Keywords: rescue recovery emergency floppy panic bootdisk tomsrtbt help Author: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom Oehser) Maintained-by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom Oehser) Primary-site: www.toms.net /rb 1 kB home.html Alternate-site: sunsite.unc.edu /pub/Linux/system/recovery 1722 kB tomsrtbt-1.7.140.tar.gz 1722 kB tomsrtbt-1.7.140.dos.zip Copying-policy: GPL End - ------------------------ tomsrtbt.FAQ ------------------------: Contents: 1) tomsrtbt is 2) Design goals 3) Contents 4) Linux installation 5) DOS installation 6) Customizing 7) Support 8) Tips 9) Copyright 10) ChangeLog 11) ToDo 1) tomsrtbt is "The most Linux on one floppy disk" for: rescue recovery panic & emergencies tools to keep in your shirt pockets whenever you can't use a hard drive 2) Design goals as much stuff as possible on 1 floppy disk keep it self contained, build under itself try to make it behave like a normal system rescue and recovery functions get priority 3) Contents Stuff (modules, manpages, scripts, binaries, kernel): 2.0.37 3c589_cs BusLogic CVF DEC_ELCP EEXPRESS EEXPRESS_PRO EL2 EL3 EXT2 FAT FAT32 FD IDE IDECD IDEFLOPPY IDEPCMCIA IDETAPE ISO9660 JOLIET LOOP MATH_EMULATION MINIX MSDOS NE2000 NFS PROC RAM SD SERIAL SLIP SMC SR TR ULTRA VFAT VORTEX WD80x3 ah152x_cs aha152x aha1542 aic7xxx ash awk badblocks bdflush bzip2 cardbus cardmgr cat ce ce.help chattr chgrp chmod chown chroot clear cmp cp cpio cut date dd ddate debugfs df dirname dmesg dmsdos ds du dumpe2fs dutil e2fsck eata echo egrep elvis emacs extend false fdflush fdformat fdisk fdomain filesize find fmt fsck.ext2 fsck.msdos fstab grep gzip halt head hexedit hostname i82365 ifconfig ifport ile init inittab insmod kill killall5 ksyms length less libc.so.5.4.13 lilo lilo.conf ln loadkeys login losetup ls lsattr mawk memtest mingetty miterm mkdir mkdosfs mke2fs mkfifo mkfs.minix mklost+found mknod mkswap mnsed more mount mt mv nc ncr53c8xx nmclan_cs ntfs pax pcmcia pcmcia_core pcnet_cs ping plip ppa printf ps pwd qlogic_cs qlogicfas reboot reset rm rmdir rmmod route rsh rshd script scsi_info seagate sed serial_cs setserial sh slattach sleep slip snarf sort split stty swapoff swapon sync tail tar tcic tee telnet test touch tune2fs umount update vi vi.help wc Linux package buildit.s build clone.s duplicate fdflush flush floppy cache fdformat format floppy 1.7M install.s install settings.s used by build tomsrtbt.FAQ documentation tomsrtbt.raw <== This is it unpack.s unpack DOS package initrd.img installer image install.bat install it loadlin.exe starts linux from DOS tomsrtbt.FAQ documentation zimage installer kernel 4) Linux installation a) extract the .tar.gz archive b) Be root c) Be in the tomsrtbt-<version> directory d) Have a blank floppy with no bad sectors e) Do './install.s' The script assumes you have ELF and that your 3.5" 1.44M floppy is on fd0. Virtually all 1.44 drives support 1.722 just fine, but it is possible for an extended format to break a floppy drive, use tomsrtbt at your own risk. The install does mknod to make /dev/fd0u1722 if you don't have it already. If you use libc.so.6 / glibc, you might need something like: LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib; ./fdformat /dev/fd0u1722 Umount any mounted floppies before installing. 5) DOS installation a) Pkunzip it b) If you are running Windows-95, do "shutdown and restart in msdos mode". You have to be in really-DOS mode. Not a DOS session under Windows-95. c) CD to the directory you pkunzipped it into. d) "install". (This boots a Linux with prompts to make the diskette.) This is for installing tomsrtbt when you don't already have Linux. If you have tomsrtbt on a floppy, don't use this, and if you already have Linux, don't use this, use the .tar.gz. If you have problems boot with no config.sys or autoexec.bat. 6) Customizing If you have problems, try doing it under tomsrtbt instead of on your own system. I test and support it under itself! To customize startup, edit settings.s and rc.custom.gz on the floppy. Of course you have to "gzip -d" rc.custom.gz to edit it. Use /dev/fd0u1722 to mount it, /dev/fd0 or /dev/fd0H1440 will not work. Typical uses: insmod, ifconfig, route, resolv.conf, hosts, mount, etc. For full customization, such as, anything, (Be logged somewhere with 10+ meg of linux filesystem space) unpack.s # unbuilds it into <name>.unpacked # do what thou wilt 2/usr/doc/buildit.s # rebuilds out of 1, 2 directories There is lots of room, delete useless stuff like dmsdos and ce. NOTE: You need space to DO the customizations. Rc.custom.gz can be unpacked into /tmp, edited, gzipped, copied back. Buildit.s needs drive space. If you only have FAT, use the loop device. When customizing, edit the settings.s under "1/", not other copies. 7) Support Start at the homepage at http://www.toms.net/rb/ My email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am not a Unix teacher, questions should be tomsrtbt-specific. Tell me what problems you have and what you would like added. 8) Tips 'Login as root' means the USER ID is "root"! I thought it was obvious... Use "man command" if a command acts strangely "snarf" does ftp, gopher, http, & finger / is full. /usr is full. /tmp has room. tar and cpio are 'pax' and differ from gnu-tar and gnu-cpio. Instead of: tar -xvzf /dev/st0 Use this: gzip -d < /dev/st0 | tar -xvf - To run programs from your hard drive: -ELF libc5 stuff should all work. -For a.out programs, install binfmt_aout.o. -For glibc6 programs, something like: ln -s /mnt/lib/ld-linux.so.2 /lib/ld-linux.so.2 edit ld.so.conf then ldconfig or maybe LD_LIBRARY_PATH or, "chroot <mounted glibc root> bash" then whatever... Command history is via ile from /bin/login, see "man ile" and /bin/login. You must use insmod for: BusLogic aha152x aha1542 aic7xxx dmsdos eata fdomain ncr53c8xx ntfs plip ppa qlogicfas seagate Adaptec 2940 etc. is aic7xxx If something is missing, look in http://www.toms.net/rb/add-ons/. Try "pcmcia start". If you add pcmcia modules, fix /etc/pcmcia/config also. To use lilo, mount the floppy to get at zImage & boot.b, chain.b is in etc. The lilo you run must have the same version as the boot.b it runs against. wc login man shutdown ps split telnet tee & head are scripts or awks. edit rc.custom.gz to enable rshd or dialin or 'telnetd'. For the fake telnetd, use 'mode character' and 'set binary'... If you need to not be root, use a suid shell. Login won't do it. Instead of rdev use lilo, for examples see the mailing list archive. To copy between 2 tomsrtbt systems, use something like: find <path> | cpio -o | rsh <system> cd <path> ";" cpio -iumd Support for 4M machines in borderline, see the list archive for help. I have never used "Red Hat", please do not ask me questions about it. Ditto: "Mandrake". 9) Copyright Almost the only originality is arrangement, construction, and scripts. I did write 'tomshexd' from scratch. It is all on sunsite.unc.edu, tsx-11.mit.edu, ftp.debian.org, or ftp.lth.se. I changed: mnsed fixing 'l' snarf adding ftp USER and PASS via getenv busybox taking out applets ile fixing tty bugs dd adding lseek for BLK, progress indicator, no conv The .diffs are in http://www.toms.net/rb/add-ons/*.diff.bz2 'miterm' is thanks to Robert de Bath, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******************************************************************************* * If you base something on it, use any of the scripts, distribute binaries or * * libraries from it, or distribute customized versions of it: You must credit * * tomsrtbt and include a pointer to http://www.toms.net/rb/ and [EMAIL PROTECTED], * * and include this notice verbatim. Copyright Tom Oehser 1999. This notice in * * no way supercedes or nullifies any other protections on the component parts * * such as the BSD and GPL copyrights which apply to practically everything!!! * * Within these strictures you may redistribute, incorporate, copy, modify, or * * do anything else to it or with it that you like. Tomsrtbt has no warranties * * not even implied fitness or usefulness. If it breaks you keep both pieces. * ******************************************************************************* 10) ChangeLog 1.6.70 add ile shell command history 1.6.151 script fixes, wc tee dirname -> awk 1.6.165 rep gnu fmt w/ elvis' fmt 1.6.167 rm mkdmsdosfs fsck, add ntfs.o, head -> awk 1.6.193 cut -> awk 1.6.200 rm smc-ultra32 1.6.225 script and settings changes, enhance telnet, remove rlogin 1.6.249 add tulip 1.6.268 grep -> awk, add 3c59x 1.6.275 superformat -> fdformat, util2.8, prompt for keytable, add BusLogic.o (no FlashPoint...), IDEPCMCIA. 1.6.335 fix cpio bugs, BSD mt-st -> gnu-mt, 2.4.2-20 (debian) 1.6.336 fix ile tty handling 1.6.346 pcmcia-3.05, del aha152x_cs, add cardbus 1.6.358 fix ile high-bit char handling 1.6.362 tcic_opts fix, DOS installer fix 1.6.370 replace cpio with pax/tar/cpio 1.6.375 fix fake telnetd 1.7.0 kernel 2.0.36 1.7.14 customize dd, cd func PS1, more.help, docs, pax 2.(>1) 1.7.29 many pax, tar, cpio fixes 1.7.30 add hexedit, add split 1.7.40 add aha152x_cs, trim elvis 1.7.52 BusLogic, seagate -> modules, bzImage -> zImage 1.7.75 trim libc, 26 sectors free! bugfixes 1.7.88 add setserial, play with inode calculations 1.7.90 make scsi modules, make network builtin 1.7.95 plip has to be module, script fixes 1.7.100 add real dhcpcd NOTE: this is temporary, I will replace this with a faked or reduced dhcp and this will go away! But why not put it on there for now since I have the space... 1.7.102 new mkdosfs 1.7.104 minor fixes 1.7.115 rows/columns fix 1.7.119 fix pax buildit.s unpack.s pty devs; del ibmtr symlks; 2.0.36>zImage 1.7.135 kernel 2.0.37, random urandom & sr1, fix pax bug 11) ToDo Com TypEffPriDes ..deb e m 2 unpacker 4M e l 9 more aliases, etc? ash b h 4 echo won't allow both -e AND -n ash b h 6 bizarre 'read' bug ash b l 6 manpage omits $$, $_, etc. ash b h 7 fix or doc builtin "test" bug awks e m 5 clean up, do more.. awks e m 5 write 'strings' in awk busybox b m 4 fix monadic to handle -fr busybox b m 2 kill doesn't support named signals busybox e h 4 hack in more stuff, revamp and redo busybox e h 7 new version? crtn.o b h 5 ?4-K overhead from for every program? crunch e h 5 BSD program that auto-combines binaries? cut b m 4 fix -b, -c N-.. dhcpd e h 2 make a really small one doc b l 5 update manpage for (gnucpio)mt doc e m 6 busybox man pages doc e m 2 faq>/,.s>bin,settings>etc floppy e h 8 mess with higher formats like 1840? generic- e m 8 which one? hexedit e m 4 wrapper for diskediting insmod b h 9 newer version failed? isapnp e h 4 no kbd e m 4 make keymaps with only changes libc e h 9 convert to glibc6 lrp e m 4 crib from md e m 8 check size, need more b h 2 fix console bug, smooth scroll backwards mount e l 3 update man pages mount b h 6 -O2 breaks '-t nfs', -O1 works, why? ntfs e m 4 newer version passwd e m 2 crypt in awk, better fake login pax e h 3 enhance to do gnu-tar and gnu-cpio opts pax e h 3 try to break, build verification suite. pax e h 3 add support for SVR4 formats pcmcia e m 5 cleanup, docs, trim, test smbfs e m 7 check size sort e m 4 remove or replace with an awk startup e h 2 test initrd, root.gz->minixfs ideas xtea e m 2 do this telnet e m 5 improve telnetd e m 5 improve termcap e l 4 man page w/ setterm fake shortcuts i.e. ^V^[[?5h termcap b h 7 rebuild lib trinux e m 4 crib from wget e m 3 compare to snarf - ---------------- available add-ons -----------------------------------: 3c501.o.bz2 3c505.o.bz2 3c507.o.bz2 3c515.o.bz2 3c574_cs.o.bz2 3c575_cb.o.bz2 3c589_cs.o.bz2 53c7,8xx.o.bz2 8390.o.bz2 AM53C974.o.bz2 BLOCK_MODULES.bz2 BusLogic.o.bz2 CDROM_MODULES.bz2 ElTorito.288.bz2 FS_MODULES.bz2 NCR53c406a.o.bz2 NET_MISC_MODULES.bz2 NET_MODULES.bz2 PARIDE_MODULES.bz2 SCSI_MODULES.bz2 advansys.o.bz2 aha152x.o.bz2 aha152x_cs.o.bz2 aha1542.o.bz2 aha1740.o.bz2 aic7xxx.o.bz2 at1700.o.bz2 binfmt_aout.o.bz2 bpck-fdc.o.bz2 bsd_comp.o.bz2 bulkmem.o.bz2 busybox.diff.bz2 cardbus.o.bz2 cb_enabler.o.bz2 cistpl.o.bz2 cs.o.bz2 dd.diff.bz2 de4x5.o.bz2 depca.o.bz2 dgrs.o.bz2 dlci.o.bz2 ds.o.bz2 dtc.o.bz2 dummy.o.bz2 dummy_cs.o.bz2 dump.bz2 dvorak.map.gz e2100.o.bz2 eata.o.bz2 eepro100.o.bz2 epic100.o.bz2 epic_cb.o.bz2 eql.o.bz2 eth16i.o.bz2 ewrk3.o.bz2 fdomain.o.bz2 fdomain_cs.o.bz2 fmv18x.o.bz2 fmvj18x_cs.o.bz2 ftape-internal.o.bz2 ftape.o.bz2 ftl_cs.o.bz2 g_NCR5380.o.bz2 gdth.o.bz2 hp-plus.o.bz2 hp.o.bz2 hp100.o.bz2 hpfs.o.bz2 i82365.o.bz2 ibmtr.o.bz2 ibmtr_cs.o.bz2 ide_cs.o.bz2 iflash2+_mtd.o.bz2 iflash2_mtd.o.bz2 ile-2.7.tar.gz imm.o.bz2 in2000.o.bz2 ipx.o.bz2 kernel.config.bz2 lance.o.bz2 lp.o.bz2 memory_cb.o.bz2 memory_cs.o.bz2 misc.o.bz2 miterm.c.bz2 mnsed.diff.bz2 ncpfs.o.bz2 ncr53c8xx.o.bz2 ne2k-pci.o.bz2 netwave_cs.o.bz2 ni52.o.bz2 ni65.o.bz2 nmclan_cs.o.bz2 paride.o.bz2 pas16.o.bz2 pax-2.2.beta9.tar.gz pcmcia-full-config.bz2 pcmcia_core.o.bz2 pcnet32.o.bz2 pcnet_cs.o.bz2 plip.o.bz2 ppa.o.bz2 ppp.o.bz2 psaux.o.bz2 qlogic.o.bz2 qlogic_cs.o.bz2 qlogicfas.o.bz2 qlogicisp.o.bz2 restore.bz2 rsrc_mgr.o.bz2 rtl8139.o.bz2 sbpcd.o.bz2 sdla.o.bz2 seagate.o.bz2 serial_cb.o.bz2 serial_cs.o.bz2 slhc.o.bz2 smbfs.o.bz2 smc-ultra32.o.bz2 smc9194.o.bz2 smc91c92_cs.o.bz2 snarf.diff.bz2 sram_mtd.o.bz2 t128.o.bz2 tcic.o.bz2 tlan.o.bz2 tmscsim.o.bz2 tomshexd.c.bz2 trakker.o.bz2 tulip_cb.o.bz2 u14-34f.o.bz2 ufs.o.bz2 ultrastor.o.bz2 via-rhine.o.bz2 wavelan_cs.o.bz2 wd7000.o.bz2 xirc2ps_cs.o.bz2 yellowfin.o.bz2 zft-compressor.o.bz2 zftape.o.bz2 - ------------------------------------- - -Tom Oehser, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - -- This article has been digitally signed by the moderator, using PGP. http://www.iki.fi/mjr/cola-public-key.asc has PGP key for validating signature. Send submissions for comp.os.linux.announce to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PLEASE remember a short description of the software and the LOCATION. This group is archived at http://www.iki.fi/mjr/linux/cola.html =====BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE===== Version: 2.6.3i Charset: latin1 iQCVAgUBN8XKHlrUI/eHXJZ5AQEFIgP+OGX78E4+QVcUOqTWnoL73ysk2cofkNGo Eye6zXhoHgHabyraZqcU/a8/Pf5p66M+rY7JnXz7skZ4sM8jW4I7XBaGmQbMufzT FE+L84N82bX6zn/HgLBtM2zCVDxMq/AVy2DjC7/fp03cjnIHas/8lF8IopCHALpB Qq0f7MQLEeM= =l+sQ =====END PGP SIGNATURE===== ------------------------------ From: Jeff Crystal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: COMMERCIAL: NetBeans Developer 3.0 Beta has just been released! Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 23:18:17 GMT Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] =====BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE===== NetBeans Launches Public Beta of NetBeans Developer 3.0 Entry and a Preview of Developer Pro and Enterprise August 25, 1999 Prague, Czech Republic - NetBeans, a leading vendor of Java integrated development environments (IDEs), today announced the public availability of NetBeans Developer 3.0 Entry Beta. Previews of the Developer 3.0 Pro and Developer 3.0 Enterprise versions are also available through NetBeans' Early Access Program. They contain comprehensive support for the Java 2 Enterprise Edition Platform, including EJB, CORBA, XML, JDBC, Servlets, and JSP. NetBeans Developer 3.0 Entry, Pro, and Enterprise can be accessed from http://www.netbeans.com and run on any Java 2 enabled platform, including NT, Solaris, and Linux. 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"We are quickly moving towards a point where the Java development environment and the Internet are merged." Developer Entry helps developers rapidly build client-side Java 2 applications with advanced support for GUI development (including AWT and Swing), editing, compilation, and debugging. There are a host of new and enhanced features in Developer 3.0 Entry: - AutoUpdate automatically notifies users of new and updated modules and allows them to download and install the modules on the fly - The new, faster editor contains support for dynamic method name completion and incremental search - The JavaBeans support module is capable of both analyzing existing source code for its Bean patterns (even as the source is edited), and generating JavaBeans-compliant implementations as well as the bean's BeanInfo class directly from the Explorer - There is an Object Browser to provide a Java-oriented view of the user Repository, providing quick perusal of all available packages, classes, and members. - A JavaHelp-compatible system is in place for associating context help with any visual component or system feature "We are pleased to be able to include NetBeans Developer with the Third Edition of our textbook Java How to Program--the top selling Java university textbook in the world," said Paul Deitel of Deitel and Associates. "NetBeans Developer provides our readers with a powerful visual development tool with which they can take advantage of the power of the Java programming language." Developer Pro powers developers' production of database and servlet applications with plug-in modules for Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) and Java Server Pages (JSP) as well as JavaDoc, Projects, and Extensible Markup Language (XML). Developer 3.0 Enterprise Edition merges support for Enterprise Java Beans (EJB), Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA), Remote Method Invocation (RMI), and Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI) into a single object-oriented environment with team support. Distributed Computing By integrating EJB, CORBA, RMI and JNDI into a single Java environment, NetBeans provides the features and flexibility to create distributed applications. NetBeans Enterprise includes wizards to quickly create entity and session beans and uses the underlying object technology to automatically maintain the complex dependencies across interfaces. A developer can create deployment descriptors for specific deployment configurations and then with one click, deploy the EJB to leading application servers like WebLogic or GemStone/J. CORBA support is a natural extension to NetBeans architecture. Developers can select one of the supported ORBs, create multi-tier CORBA applications, then compile and debug the application. NetBeans Enterprise supports the market leading Java ORBs such as IONA OrbixWeb, Inprise Visibroker, Distributed Objects Group JavaORB, and Object Oriented Concepts ORBacus as well as JacORB popular in the Linux community. NetBeans Enterprise reduces the complexity involved in debugging a distributed Java application based on either EJB or CORBA. NetBeans' multi-threaded, multi-session debugger will allow developers to visually debug remote objects by stepping into any method of an object running on a server. Database Development NetBeans greatly reduces the time and complexity involved in building a robust Java database solution. With full Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) API support, Java developers can visually build front-ends in AWT or Swing and connect them to any JDBC compliant database. They can also create an EJB based on a database table, and use Java Server Pages (JSP) as a client if that fits their needs. The Database Explorer allows quick viewing of databases and creation of tables and indexes. About NetBeans, Inc. NetBeans is a leader in bringing the latest Java technologies to the desktops of developers. Founded in August of 1997, NetBeans develops and markets cross-platform integrated development environments (IDEs). NetBeans distributes its products globally through the Internet, a growing network of ISVs, and through OEM agreements with other leading Java vendors. NetBeans is a privately held company whose investors include Esther Dyson, CEO of EDventure Holdings (see http://www.edventure.com/bios/esther.html) and Windcrest Partners, a private New York venture capital firm. Note to editors: NetBeans is a trademark of NetBeans, Inc. Sun, Sun Microsystems, Java, 100% Pure and JDK are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc. in the United States and other countries. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Contact: Jeff Crystal [EMAIL PROTECTED] t: +4202.3308.5104 m: +420602.294.022 f: +4202.3308.5199 - -- This article has been digitally signed by the moderator, using PGP. http://www.iki.fi/mjr/cola-public-key.asc has PGP key for validating signature. Send submissions for comp.os.linux.announce to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PLEASE remember a short description of the software and the LOCATION. This group is archived at http://www.iki.fi/mjr/linux/cola.html =====BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE===== Version: 2.6.3i Charset: latin1 iQCVAgUBN8XLOlrUI/eHXJZ5AQENAgP/f5lmkIRroptxEEqv2lLy2KDuhK6mA5pg Q3i8vMSwbK7aodlN+VBbz+adwLvNIrH/Yg/l1G+z9JzOEM3vQF2+xIQGAfBBHKpS LdJYgAIYJ82yUgXJ45WFn7xI9DDfk7crD3AWaHAUxWkD1smkfNCHk3KdgPPmNgCb bHg6pnTGcfQ= =ZNQV =====END PGP SIGNATURE===== ------------------------------ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yann Dirson) Subject: The Linux Console Tools 0.3.2 available Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 23:12:10 GMT Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] =====BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE===== Development release 0.3.2 of the Linux Console Tools is now available from http://www.multimania.com/ydirson/soft/lct/. It has NOT been uploaded to metalab, where only stable release will go. Here are the release informations: This is release 0.3.2 of the Linux console-tools. This development release adds support for reading glibc (wg15) charmap files as ACM's, and completely reorganizes the shared libraries. We still need developers, and TRANSLATORS for message localization (l10n). Please have a look to the WWW pages for a list of tasks, at: among which l10n tasks are, at: http://www.multimania.com/ydirson/en/lct/needed.html http://www.multimania.com/ydirson/en/lct/l10n.html This package is currently under development, use it at your own risks. However, it should already be a good replacement for `kbd', and you might like the features not found in the latter, but (as usual) you have NO WARANTY of any kind. Some interface-level features are still liable to change (program names, option names, etc.). Much work is still needed to really get Unicode stuff usable. Some people have started fixing problems and implementing missing features in the kernel's console drivers for this. Such kernel patches are included as (untested) contrib items. This package is based on `kbd-0.94', and is mostly up to date with 0.99, of which it corrects some bugs, and to which it adds several features (Message i18n, Screen-font-map fallback tables, 16-bit Application-Charset Maps (also called "console maps" or "screen maps", support of more font-file formats), can use "-" to read/write most files to stdin/stdout, can make use of the G1 charset slot, etc.). Please send all bug reports, suggestions, or anything else to myself, (but take a look at the "TODO" file first), feedback will be greatly appreciated. Please get in touch with me before starting to modify this package, to prevent duplicated work - it's enough work to keep in sync with new kbd releases until we merge; as this code is expected to evolve quite rapidly, it would also be helpful that not too many persons work on the same pieces of code at the same time, to ease integration. - -- Yann Dirson | Why make M$-Bill richer & richer ? <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Support Debian GNU/Linux: debian-email: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Cheaper, more Powerful, more Stable ! http://www.multimania.com/ydirson/ | Check <http://www.debian.org/> - -- This article has been digitally signed by the moderator, using PGP. http://www.iki.fi/mjr/cola-public-key.asc has PGP key for validating signature. Send submissions for comp.os.linux.announce to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PLEASE remember a short description of the software and the LOCATION. 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