Linux-Misc Digest #378, Volume #18 Mon, 28 Dec 98 01:13:08 EST
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Re: Just a minor
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Warkus)
Re: Is it possible to config Red Hat Linux as a DNS server? (Bill Sergent)
Re: Netscape 4.5 problem ("Michael J. Saletnik")
Re: Monitor Flashing (Terry Porter)
Re: Embarrassingly dumb questio (Terry Porter)
Re: modem dialing (Terry Porter)
Re: IRQ priorities? (Terry Porter)
Re: Am I stupid or am I stupid. PPP. ALMOST!!! (dizzy)
Problems w/ Configure program (Daniel Bredy)
Fonts For WP8? (Ken Plumbly)
Re: Project management software ("Matthew Kurowski")
Redhat 5.2 Server vs Workstation: Anyone using the server out there??? (Ken)
Some problems related to IP masquerading (Mohd-Hanafiah Abdullah)
Re: Am I stupid or am I stupid. PPP. ALMOST!!! (Andrew Sun)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Warkus)
Subject: Re: Just a minor
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Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 18:38:01 +0100
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It was the 27 Dec 1998 19:26:05 +0800, Caspian Maclean...
..and <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Matthias Warkus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Some people on #linux IRC convinced me that running INN on a dialup machine
> >is really overkill. I realised that there is a difference between posting
> >news and sending batches, too (go figure - while suck says "it posts news
> >locally with IHAVE", people told me reader boxes don't accept IHAVE and you
> >need to post there - shrug).
>
> This sounds like a misunderstanding. Your ISP's news server probably
> only accepts reader connections (with nnrp) from you, so you can't post
> to it using IHAVE. INN on your own computer can be set up to accept
> nntp connections from other programs on your own computer, including
> from suck. If this is done, suck can send the news it downloaded from
> your ISP to your copy of INN using IHAVE. Whether that counts as
> posting I'm not sure, but that's what suck would have meant by it.
My problem here is that the IRC guy explained me that posting != feeding
batches with IHAVE, will suck fed batches to INN with IHAVE and said it was
"posting" the batch.
Nomenclature problem. I am running Leafnode now, and it's a fine server.
mawa
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From: Bill Sergent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Is it possible to config Red Hat Linux as a DNS server?
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 03:36:09 +0000
Liqiong Li wrote:
> I am posting to ask if someone know if it is possible to config Red Hat
> Linux(5.2) as a DNS server. I think it should, but I can not find the
> related document.
> Your help will be very much appreciated!
> -Li
Hi
Goto this link theres a script to set your machine up as its own
nameserver
http://www.linuxgeek.org/scripts.shtml
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From: "Michael J. Saletnik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: Netscape 4.5 problem
Date: 27 Dec 1998 22:45:50 -0500
mvrao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> This is an issue I never could correct. When I start Navigator, it won't
> load the page until I do some action. This is also true when another app
> starts the browser. It doesn't even load the 'home' page by itself at
Two ways to get around this.
% netscape -no-about-splash
or, in .Xdefaults (or .Xresources, depending on your setup):
Netscape*noAboutSplash: true
-Michael
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Terry Porter)
Subject: Re: Monitor Flashing
Date: 28 Dec 1998 05:14:15 GMT
Reply-To: No-Spam
On Sun, 27 Dec 1998 04:28:42 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I ran through the entire compilation of the kernel, and everything
>seemed to run smoothly. I changed my lilo to reflect the new change. I did
>keep a backup of the old kernel,
I keep a copy of the old kernel, on a floppy, as a boot disk, with this
command :-
dd if=/boot/zImage of=/dev/fd0 bs=8192
that way, I can boot from floppy, if I have probs.
> just in case.
>Now, here's what happens. I load up the new kernel. Everything seems to load
>up normally, as it did before. I get to the opening screen, which says the
>usual bit, including the new version change: (was 2.0.32 before)
>
>Red Hat Linux release 5.0 (Hurricane)
>Kernel 2.0.36 on an i586
>
>login:
>
>Now, if I don't type anything, after about 2 seconds, the monitor starts
>flashing on and off.
X is shutting down, and then being started up again etc ???
> I've tried logging in quickly, and I can usually get to
>the first prompt after password, but once the screen starts flashing, all
>commands are frozen. The only way I could see how far I got was the
>cntl-alt-delete sequence, but then it reboots. I figured it's just the X
>Windows messing up on me with the new kernel,
I cant see why it should??? I have run 2.0.30, 2.0.35, 2.0.36 with XFree86
3.3.1 without any trouble ???
> so I tried a cntl-alt-backspace
>to exit out. However, I had changed my inittab file to make it start up in X
>Windows every time. So when I try to exit out, it puts me right back in
>again. I can't get past that first prompt to get into inittab to change
>anything around.
At the lilo prompt, type "linux single", this will put you into
single user mode, you can then change your inittab.
> Is there anything I can do to stop it and get it back to
>normal, or am I going to have to wipe everything away, and just start over
>again?
No that shouldnt be necessary, tempting as it is :-)
> Oh, and I tried the old kernel to see if it would boot up that way. No
>good. It starts loading up, then gives me a line saying somethign to the
>effect of Kernel panic: can't load extended fs, or something like that.
How did you try the old kernel, if you cant log in and re run lilo??
>
>Eric
>
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terry
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Terry Porter)
Subject: Re: Embarrassingly dumb questio
Date: 28 Dec 1998 05:14:30 GMT
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On Sat, 26 Dec 1998 22:16:35 -0600, Jerry Lynn Kreps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<excellent advice and commentary snipped>
>An old man was sitting on a bench at a train station when the train
>arrived. A traveler got off, approached the old man, and asked how
>friendly the people in the town were. The man asked how friendly the
>people were in the town he had left. He said not very friendly. The
>old man replied, "they won't be any friendlier here, either." A few
>minutes later another traveler walked by and asked the old man the same
>question. He asked the travel the same question and the traveler
>replied, "that was a very friendly town! I will miss it." The old man
>replied, "this is a very friendly town, you will enjoy it!"
Jerry, It was a real pleasure to read your article, I'm 44, but when I grow up,
I hope I have your atitude, and wisdom :-)
terry
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Terry Porter)
Subject: Re: modem dialing
Date: 28 Dec 1998 05:14:46 GMT
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On Fri, 25 Dec 1998 13:46:41 -0600, The Chameleon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Can anyone suggest a way to connect to an ISP using the modem?
>I'm running Debian 2.0 and can't seem to get the thing working.
>I use minicom and it connects to my ISP fine.
>I enter my login name and password and it tells e some info such as mMTU
>is.... such and such.
>then it sits there.
>quietly sitting.....
>if I hit enter I get garbage.
>It eventually disconnects.
>I tried quitting minicom without reset and using arena but that didn't
>work either.
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>Casey.
Yes use these two files for connecting to the isp:-
................./etc/ppp/options.................................
modem
crtscts
defaultroute
asyncmap 0
mtu 1200
mru 1200
..................................................................
......................dial...................................................
pppd /dev/modem 38400 modem connect 'chat -v "" ATDT phone-num "CONNECT" ""
"ogin:" "your-login" "word:" "your-password" "$" "ppp"'
..............................................................................
note: my isp sends me a "$" after Ive logged in, its the shell prompt. At that
point if I want ppp, I need to enter "ppp", thats why the last two parts in
dial are "$" "ppp". This means expect $ send ppp. yours may be different.
"dial" is in my home dir, but needs root privelege to work, you can use sudo for
this, if you wish to dial as a normal user (I do).
IMPORTANT: make sure only root can read the "dial" file as your password is
in it, and of course it must be executable.
The quotes stay, just change your-login to your actual login etc. These is a
copy, verbatim of what I use every day, be careful to use a good editor that
does not add any other characters or spaces etc. Watch your log as you
execute dial, to see whats happening.
The mtu's are optomised for Quake World!, you may need to try different
values for optimum performance (295 -1500, default 500).
Another caveat, you need to have a /dev/modem symlink to your actual modem
serial port, or change it in 'dial".
terry
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Terry Porter)
Subject: Re: IRQ priorities?
Date: 28 Dec 1998 05:15:04 GMT
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On Thu, 24 Dec 1998 14:37:06 +0100, Matthias Warkus
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On my system, it feels as if disk I/O had priority over network I/O. This is
>kind of an annoying behaviour. How can I change it? I heard of irqtune, is
>that the way to go?
>
>mawa
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love your sig!
hahahahah
Dyson Spheres for sale!!!, I'll take a small one, thanks, with only two
small continents, the rest ocean. Can you locate it at L2 for me ??? ;-)
Seriously:-
Yes I HAD to use irqtune, as I was getting heaps of errors on my com2
irqtune fixed this, now no errors at all. But beware, knowledge of the IBM pc
hardware brings sadness and remorse!
KUDOS to the author of IRQTUNE !!!
terry
(who thinks your regurally re hashed topics faq was a good idea,
after a while anyone can kill file em if they dont want em!)
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From: dizzy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.protocols.ppp
Subject: Re: Am I stupid or am I stupid. PPP. ALMOST!!!
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 22:47:11 -0500
Youre making this *way* more complicated than it has to be
Get a program called WvDial go here to read the readme, get the source and
simply follow the instructions. It dosent get any easier than this
http://www.connix.com/~dizzy73/WvDial.htm
you've got better things to loose sleep over ;-)
rob
Sergei Gerasenko wrote:
> I've been working on this problem for 4 days already. I've had three nights
> when I went to bed at 8 a.m.! Here is the problem. I bought a RedHat
> distribution of Linux (kernel 2.2.32) a week ago and decided to install it
> on my notebook (NEC VERSA 4000). Of course, the first thing I wanted to work
> was PPP (I have a PCMCIA modem). My modem was successfully recognized and I
> didn't have any problems with that. But I was concerned about PPP support.
> At first I thought that it wasn't built in the kernel because the PPP
> registration lines wouldn't show up at boot up. So, I recompiled the kernel
> with the support built in. For some reason other features got messed up and
> I decided to switch back to the old kernel. (You must notice here that all
> that was going on during the Christmas time when everybody was drinking
> booze and having fun). Luckily, it turned out that the old kernel had PPP in
> modules. With great relief I edited all the scripts (PPP-on and
> ppp-on-dialer). Of course they didn't work right away, but ultimately I
> successfully passed the login-password phase. I'm sure that I send right
> responses to my ISP because /var/log/messages goes all the way to "serial
> connection established" and I also looked through the log line by line.
> Nothing suspicious. "Serial connection established" was about the only
> encouraging line in the whole log. Then comes the following:
>
> connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS2 (pretty lively too:-)
> channel ppp0 closing (Oh, oh!)
> hangup (SIGHUP)
> modem hangup
> connection terminated
> exit
>
> I have read a whole bunch of readme's on PPP. Nothing describes SIGHUP
> in a detailed way. There was a short description of that in PPP-HOWTO, but
> it didn't help. I have looked through old postings dated all the way back to
> 1997 and found nothing similar.
> The PPP service also starts O.K. according to the log. I have tried
> minicom. The same thing. I get to the point when I enter my credentials, get
> the garbage, exit the program without resetting the modem, type
> #pppd -d -detach /dev/ttyS2 38400 & and it goes no further. Something
> disconnects the modem all the time. My PPP is 2.2.0, so I'm safe there. No
> other errors. I'm in despair and about to get on an anti-depressant. Anybody
> who has a good suggestion, will get a bottle of virtual vodka and even drink
> it with me (virtually)!
>
> THANXXXXXXXXXX
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From: Daniel Bredy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problems w/ Configure program
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 00:31:30 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I am running Slakware Linux (2.0.36) on a Pentium MMX 200 system.
> I wanted to build freeamp but heard that it would not work with libc5 libraries
> which are included w/ Slakware linux, so I installed glibc2 on my system.
>
> I then tried to build GTK-1.0.6 on my system, but when I run the configure
> program in the directory I unpacked I get an 'cannot guess host, you must
> specify host yourself' error. Of course as appears to be the case with much
> Linux software the documentation on doing this is piss poor-- it tells me
> I can specify the host with --host= but doesn't tell me what the hell are the
> allowable options for this variable. Anyone know what the allowable options
> are for this? (I'm wondering if my problems are related to installing the glibc2
> libs because the various configure programs I ran to build other software never
> came back and told me they couldn't guess the host before).
>
> Please send e-mail as I don't regularly read this group.
> Thanks.
>
> Dan
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From: Ken Plumbly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Fonts For WP8?
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 19:44:23 -0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Anyone know of any fonts for WP8 ?
Like to get as few more than the default ones that
come with it.
Thanks
Ken
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From: "Matthew Kurowski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Project management software
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 23:16:55 -0600
>I'm also looking for something like the MS Project that can do WBS, Pert,
>Gannt, and other resource analysis. Would be nice to have on Linux in
>promoting adoption of Linux. Thanks.
>
>Napi
Don't exhile me for this posting...I'm posting this because ultimately it's
advocating Linux...read on...
One reason I personally stuck with the MS platform AT ALL was because of the
PIM/Project/Contact management software "strength" compared to Linux. I hope
my company can offset that in the near future, I've been an Linux advocate
to our partners/clients since the .98 (pl 13 I think) days but mostly as
regards the "server" functionality (NTP, DNS, NB/NetWare file/print, etc.).
I know we can get the software done, but hopefully it'll be sooner that
later. We need a day soon when my dad can handle adding/removing components
to a Linux system (he knows almost nothing about
computers/(N)OSs/UIs/applications) and we're getting there a lot faster than
Microsoft took to get where they are now...
My company is working on a Project/Contact/Information Management program
which will first be out on MS platforms. It's all ANSI SQL based and has
been tested on access to SQL on Linux: but that's vaporware for now because
we have to release it (in beta now) and recoup some funds first before we
even consider that part (or we need projects to offset the development
cost). The NEXT platform and general release (planned as a port of our 1.x)
should be on Linux, if we can find the right person(s) to help coding that
is. It may be a bit off, but if anyone is interested in any developments on
the Linux port, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or if anyone is
interested in a job porting/consulting to Linux, send a resume to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Most of our consulting is done in the
Chicago-land/Indiana/Wisconsin area (primarily Chicago and its suburbs).
Good luck in your search or development of the software you need if ours
doesn't make it out quickly enough for you to boast about to your MS peers -
hey, hopefully they'd be using our software there as well!
Best Regards,
Matthew
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ken)
Subject: Redhat 5.2 Server vs Workstation: Anyone using the server out there???
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 04:07:50 GMT
Redhat 5.2 Server vs Workstation: Anyone using the server out there???
========================================================================================
This is a pretty basic quesiton and a problem I've had with many
installs in the past. (i.e. Redhat 3.0.3 thru 5.1)
Question I'm looking to have answered:
"What server software is installed when you use this option?"
In the past I've had to manually install the:
FTP server
POP3 mail server
(In fact the pop3 server was not even on the CDs and I even got the
powertools disk set)
and some other programs. (I forget the exact names)
Anyhow, can anyone tell me what installs by default and what else one
can choose from?
Thanks,
Ken
(Pls reply or at least cc: me via email)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mohd-Hanafiah Abdullah)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Some problems related to IP masquerading
Date: 28 Dec 1998 13:35:03 +0800
We have set up several Linux client machines behind an IP masquerade server.
That is, the server is the GATEWAY to the outside world. We are using the
addresses 192.168.1.x for all the machines within the masquerade. The server
has two NIC cards and it acts as the DNS and DHCP server for the clients as
well. Things work fine if the server is up. But as soon as the server goes
down for any reason, the GATEWAY is no longer available of course, and the
other machines will have problems running like not being able to:
- open xterm sessions
- run KDE
- scan emails in MH
- and many other things related to X windows
Why do all the above operations need to have the GATEWAY to be up before they
can run properly? Please help. Thanks.
Napi
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From: Andrew Sun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.protocols.ppp
Subject: Re: Am I stupid or am I stupid. PPP. ALMOST!!!
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 05:57:01 GMT
Sergei Gerasenko wrote:
>
> I've been working on this problem for 4 days already. I've had three nights
> when I went to bed at 8 a.m.! Here is the problem. I bought a RedHat
> distribution of Linux (kernel 2.2.32) a week ago and decided to install it
> on my notebook (NEC VERSA 4000). Of course, the first thing I wanted to work
> was PPP (I have a PCMCIA modem). My modem was successfully recognized and I
> didn't have any problems with that. But I was concerned about PPP support.
> At first I thought that it wasn't built in the kernel because the PPP
> registration lines wouldn't show up at boot up. So, I recompiled the kernel
> with the support built in. For some reason other features got messed up and
> I decided to switch back to the old kernel. (You must notice here that all
> that was going on during the Christmas time when everybody was drinking
> booze and having fun). Luckily, it turned out that the old kernel had PPP in
> modules. With great relief I edited all the scripts (PPP-on and
> ppp-on-dialer). Of course they didn't work right away, but ultimately I
> successfully passed the login-password phase. I'm sure that I send right
> responses to my ISP because /var/log/messages goes all the way to "serial
Please show us the scripts and the results.
You could still have errors such as:
No login sequence was actually required.
A chat delay at ISP PPP start up may be necessary.
Your script sent extraneous CRs which can confuse the ISP.
> connection established" and I also looked through the log line by line.
> Nothing suspicious. "Serial connection established" was about the only
> encouraging line in the whole log. Then comes the following:
>
> connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS2 (pretty lively too:-)
> channel ppp0 closing (Oh, oh!)
> hangup (SIGHUP)
> modem hangup
> connection terminated
> exit
>
Please turn on debugging so we can see
what's happening with PPP negotiations.
PPP negotiation problems can also cause this type of behavior.
> I have read a whole bunch of readme's on PPP. Nothing describes SIGHUP
> in a detailed way. There was a short description of that in PPP-HOWTO, but
SIGHUP (Signal Hang Up)
When a modem drops the line, the usual indication to pppd is a SIGHUP.
Unfortunately, there are many reasons the ISP
(or you) may cut the line.
> it didn't help. I have looked through old postings dated all the way back to
> 1997 and found nothing similar.
> The PPP service also starts O.K. according to the log. I have tried
> minicom. The same thing. I get to the point when I enter my credentials, get
> the garbage, exit the program without resetting the modem, type
> #pppd -d -detach /dev/ttyS2 38400 & and it goes no further. Something
> disconnects the modem all the time. My PPP is 2.2.0, so I'm safe there.
Here's a standard set of options I frequently use (with ppp-2.3.5).
debug
/dev/ttyS0
57600
modem
crtscts
connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v -f $HOME/.pppchat"
asyncmap 00000000
noipdefault
defaultroute
But without more specifics,
this is just a shot in the dark.
Also, does your ISP require authentication within PPP?
> No other errors. I'm in despair and about to get on an anti-depressant.
There are likely errors that are not visible yet.
Anybody
> who has a good suggestion, will get a bottle of virtual vodka and even drink
> it with me (virtually)!
>
> THANXXXXXXXXXX
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