Linux-Misc Digest #537, Volume #18 Sat, 9 Jan 99 18:13:13 EST
Contents:
Re: Linksys EtherFast 10/100 Card ("Jim Orfanakos")
Re: Consumer Poll Says Microsoft Is Good For Consumers (David Steuber)
Re: Consumer Poll Says Microsoft Is Good For Consumers (David Steuber)
Re: Consumer Poll Says Microsoft Is Good For Consumers (David Steuber)
Re: Connection refused from remote X-Windows ("Jim Orfanakos")
Re: Linux: Fight for survival or on victory march? (Hugh Lawson)
Re: Can't have fetchmail working ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Copying linux system.... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Is Microsoft a nasty company ? I'm asking you this question. (John Edstrom)
StarOffice 50 key? (Raymond Doetjes)
Re: ftp speeds on a 56K modem? ("K.A. Steensma")
Re: Logging a user (Raymond Doetjes)
Re: Star Office Installation help needed ! ("goolias")
New Hardware Resource (Mark Griskey)
Re: How to HEX DUMP an ascii file? (Robert Lynch)
PPP: Weird errors logging in to ISP ("Don Johnson")
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From: "Jim Orfanakos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Linksys EtherFast 10/100 Card
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 10:48:07 -0500
Use the TULIP driver (on RedHat it's DEC Tulip)
Jeff Grossman wrote in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hello,
>
>I have a Linksys EtherFast 10/100 card. How do I get Linux to
>recognize the card? I am very new to Linux, so please be kind.
>
>Thanks,
>Jeff
>---
>Jeff Grossman ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Consumer Poll Says Microsoft Is Good For Consumers
Date: 08 Jan 1999 21:15:01 -0500
d s f o x @ c o g s c i . u c s d . e d u (David Fox) writes:
-> This is such a standard crackpot rant. "Everyone I talk to agrees
-> with me, these polls must be full of it." I think it was invented by
-> Rush Limbaugh. Its a convenient way to get people to ignore facts.
The only fact we have is that someone posted that a consumer poll said
that 81% of consumers thought that Microsoft was good for the market,
or something. That poster neglected to site the specific poll in
question, so we don't even know if such a poll took place. Even if
poll X says Y, the only fact is that poll X said Y. Some
organizations, like Gallup, may be able to do scientificly valid
polling to get a reasonable reflection of the total population. But
we don't know who, if anyone, conducted the poll in this case. We
also don't know what the form of the poll was. The numbers are
completely meaningless.
--
David Steuber
http://www.david-steuber.com
s/trashcan/david/ to reply by mail
"Hackers penetrate and ravage delicate, private, and publicly owned
computer systems, infecting them with viruses and stealing materials
for their own ends. These people, they're, they're terrorists."
-- Secret Service Agent Richard Gill
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From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Consumer Poll Says Microsoft Is Good For Consumers
Date: 08 Jan 1999 21:24:51 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mayor Of R'lyeh) writes:
-> Do I understand this right? A German citizen wants to name call based
-> on a countriy's past? A fucking GERMAN wants to go down that road?
-> Were you absent on the day they went over your country's history, in
-> say the 1940's? You might want to go look it up before you start this
-> kind of crap.
I don't think any form of nationalism belongs on the Internet. It is
impossible to name a single country that is not responsible for some
attrocity or another. Let's just stick with the real reason this
group exists: Microsoft is evil.
--
David Steuber
http://www.david-steuber.com
s/trashcan/david/ to reply by mail
"Hackers penetrate and ravage delicate, private, and publicly owned
computer systems, infecting them with viruses and stealing materials
for their own ends. These people, they're, they're terrorists."
-- Secret Service Agent Richard Gill
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From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Consumer Poll Says Microsoft Is Good For Consumers
Date: 08 Jan 1999 21:19:38 -0500
Victor Danilchenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
-> I think it is time to burn a few more bridges, to reduce troll
-> population. Napalm, anyone?..
Everyone is entitled to their opinions. Why they think I should be
entitled to their opinions as well is beyond me.
With apologize to who ever it was that said something like that
first.
--
David Steuber
http://www.david-steuber.com
s/trashcan/david/ to reply by mail
"Hackers penetrate and ravage delicate, private, and publicly owned
computer systems, infecting them with viruses and stealing materials
for their own ends. These people, they're, they're terrorists."
-- Secret Service Agent Richard Gill
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From: "Jim Orfanakos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Connection refused from remote X-Windows
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 11:04:11 -0500
I tried "xhost +<hostbame>" and I tried opening it right up "xhosts +". I
still get connection failures.
Steve Irwin wrote in message <7766ed$eaq$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>On the linux box, type xhosts <hostname> where hostname is the windows
machine
>name.
>
>Jim Orfanakos wrote:
>
>> I am using X-Win32 on a Win95 PC trying to connect to a RedHat 5.1
system.
>> Whenever I try to start an X application I get connection refused after I
>> enter my userid and password. I tried rsh as well as rexec.
>>
>> If I telnet in, then start the application sending it back to the remote
pc
>> via "-display" it works. If log in directly to the RedHat 5.1 server
and
>> send the application back to the remote pc via "-display" it works.
>>
>> I have open the system up in /etc/securetty and
/etc/security/access.conf
>> but no luck.
>>
>> Any Ideas?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------
>> Jim Orfanakos
>> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/djo3
>> ------------------------------------------------------
>
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From: Hugh Lawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux: Fight for survival or on victory march?
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 16:20:53 -0500
T.J. Rowe wrote:
>
> Also, my USR 56K faxmodem is jumperless Pnp, so without going to great
> lengths of trouble, I can't really use it.
I've used two different pnp modems successfully with Linux.
setserial /dev/cuaX auto_irq autoconfig
With X = COM # -1, as set in windows.
--
Hugh Lawson
Greensboro, North Carolina
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Can't have fetchmail working
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 15:20:16 +0100
Have you tried to set sendmail masquerade your local adresse with your valid
e-mail adresse at your ISP?
I use the following config. in my /etc/sendmail.cf
# "Smart" relay host (may be null)
DS<your.smtp.server.com>
# who I masquerade as (null for no masquerading) (see also $=M)
DM<your.maildomain.com>
Dj<your.maildomain.com>
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[snip]
> The only problem is sending mail, But this is my ISP's fault (the same ISP I
> work for). Theyre system simply refuses to route mail from a host whitout a
> valid domain name, and since I don't have a registered one, there's no way
> for me to send a msg using sendmail, only an SMTP client such as Netscape or
> KMail.
--
Anders Gulden Olstad @ Brinkley | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
RedHat 5.2 Linux kernel 2.0.36 | "Penguins are generally nice creatures"
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Copying linux system....
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 15:29:39 +0100
Try using cpio
cd /"olddir"/
find . -print | cpio -pvd /"newdir"/
James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Can anyone tell me if it's possible to copy a whole linux partition with
> a recursive cp?
--
Anders Gulden Olstad @ Brinkley | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
RedHat 5.2 Linux kernel 2.0.36 | "Penguins are generally nice creatures"
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Edstrom)
Crossposted-To:
alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.os.linux.x,gnu.misc.discuss,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Is Microsoft a nasty company ? I'm asking you this question.
Date: 9 Jan 1999 22:03:28 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Randal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >>This question is important not to me but to most people who dedicate
> themselves to fields unrelated to computers. The answer to this question is part of
>the reason
> that windows is so @#$%! popular...<<
>
> Unless Windows crashes on you repeatedly. I work with a lot of people that
> don't care about computer much one way or the other, but must use them. the one
> complaint is not about functionality or ease of use of software, it's ease of
> use of the system as a whole and frustration level. Most people want a computer
> to be an appliance. You sit down, run the program you want and it works every
> time. Just like the toaster. If the system is crash prone, most
I think this is where 'ease of use' issues can come back and bite
people. For example. I have NT4 on my laptop. (NT came with the
computer, I had no choice except between NT and W98, I chose NT. I
_use_ Linux and keep NT around for games and taking images off of
digital camera.) I got ahold of a CD with some demo, shareware and
miscellaneous free Windows stuff on it to populate the otherwise naked
partition. One application was a simple convenience tool, it took an
image and wrapped in a MIME envelope so you could send e-postcards to
people. I tried to install it and the installer claimed that my
XYZ.DLL (I've forgotten the real name) was not new enough, should it
install a newer version for me, yes or no?
Two things struck me.
1) How is a naive user, the ideal person for whom MS has selflessly
devoted millions of man hours and billions of dollars to please,
supposed to make an informed decision? No indication was given as to
what the dll did, who wrote it (a bona fide MS update, or their own
idiosyncratic notion of an optimized version), how its replacement
might affect other programs... nothing. Not even version numbers of
the respective dlls. Just replace it, yes or no?
Its easy to use, alright. You simply click one of two buttons. But,
is it wise or is it safe? Naive users shouldn't be asked to make
these sorts of decsions and they shouldn't be so easy to do.
2) I couldn't imagine why such a light-weight, simple application
needed to muck around with system-level libraries. E-postcards are
not rocket science. Even a lame OS should be able to slap a MIME
header on an ascii encoded image file and trundle it off to the local
mailer. If not, just put the funky versions of the affected routines
in your own library and link to that before linking to the system
libraries.
> (non-computer) folks will give it up unless they have no choice. I hear regular
> ranting and raving about Windows, not for the programs run, or learning curve,
> but for the number of crashes and the lost work. Yes, it's often from doing
> something foolish (today the secretary deleted a file she had open in a word
> processor from outside the word processor---good night). but it still causes
> enormous frustration.
>
> Randy
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From: Raymond Doetjes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: StarOffice 50 key?
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 23:33:39 +0100
I have a small problem.
A friend of my downloaded StarOffice about 6 weeks ago. When I got it
this week, I tried to install it, while running the setup it asks for a
registration key. My friend forgot to write that down. So I thought to
be smart and faked a new download so you get a registration key. But
this registration key doesn't work. Probably due to a small update or a
date/time check.
Now I'm looking for a original key that you get after registering or a
key that does work. So I can run it and register my self. Can some one
suply me with such a key.
Raymond Doetjes
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From: "K.A. Steensma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ftp speeds on a 56K modem?
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 22:28:22 GMT
I don't think this works as you have do dial-tone for the modems to detect. KAS
Hernan Freschi wrote:
> the best way to test the speeds is connecting the two modems directly:
>
> modem <--------> modem
> not
> modem <----telco----> modem
>
> that will give you the maximum speed without the problems of noisy lines,
> analog lines, etc...
> you can connect the modems with the modem-to-wall cable to both modems LINE
> or WALL input
>
> hope you try that, and sorry for bad english
>
> Ronald Hands escribi� en mensaje <75tkah$bar$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >Richard Steiner ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> >: Here in comp.os.linux.misc, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Hauck)
> >: spake unto us, saying:
> >
> >: >In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> >: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Steiner) writes:
> >: >
> >: >> Keep in mind that "56k" modems actually negotiate speeds which are no
> >: >> more than 53k and possibly lower, at least in the US, due to limits on
> >: >> the signal they can produce and still fall within legal guidelines.
> >: >
> >: >That applied to USR's "X2" technology. It never applied to K56flex
> >: >(although it had other problems) and does not apply to V.90.
> >
> > The manual for my Sportster 56k V90/X2 external modem says, in a
> >footnote: "Due to FCC regulations, receiving speeds are limited to 53
> >Kbps." No mention that this is limited to X2.
> > Has anyone *ever* achieved 56k on any protocol?
> > BTW, I'm in Canada -- and presumably beyond the reach of the FCC -- and
> >I've never done better than 31.2, thanks to a crummy phone line.
> >
> >-- Ron
> >
> >
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From: Raymond Doetjes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Logging a user
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 23:40:43 +0100
Login as root and go to the HOME dirs
Make a small script that cat 's the .bash_history file (only when bash
is defauult shell otherwise .history) in the users home dir. This tracks
all the user command entries.
Raymond
Rob wrote:
> Hello
>
> Is there anyway I can log all of a specific user's movements, such as
> what commands they have run?
>
> Thanks
>
> --
>
> Rob Barnes
> Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Web Page : Brother wrecked it, last time I let him use FTP..
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From: "goolias" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: jaring.pcbase
Subject: Re: Star Office Installation help needed !
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 00:19:50 +0800
Tried.
Come out with the response
" can't connect to Xserver"
By the way, I'm working in console mode.
I use KDE can't find xterm from it.
jimmy wrote in message <01be3bd6$0d0abc00$fcd88ea1@jimmylie>...
>Type ./setup, otherwise you will be starting the Redhat setup. The .
>indicates
>that the executable file is located in the current directory
>
>goolias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>> After d/l , I untar to a new dir.
>> Then from there there'e new dir /so5
>> Inside /so5 there are /office_50 , README /install_doc,
>> ....( Forgot)
>>
>> Well, I browse thru all subdir only find that /office_50 content
>> more useful files, and seem like it's the one to start with,
>> most important is that I saw few files with the name 'setup'
>> in there.
>>
>> Well, there I go in that subdir, then I type setup,
>> funny though, RedHat configurator pop up ( I'm in
>> console mode ), seem like I'm invoking RedHat system configurator coz I
>saw
>> Xconfigurator included at the menu.
>>
>> By the way, I'm using damn PcTel Winmodem.
>> I know I won't stand a single chance to get it detected in Linux.
>> Here comes the q, how am I register the star office 5.0
>> online, if I maneged to get it install later ?
>>
>> I wasn't able to go further, coz I'm lost.
>> Anybody can offer some helps on this ?
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>>
>>
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From: Mark Griskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: New Hardware Resource
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 22:32:29 +0000
Hi All. I recently built a new computer to exclusivly run Linux. This
machine is for my desktop.
In doing so I wanted to find hardware that
would work really well under Linux. I found a lot of good resources,
but not many comments from users who were actually using the hardware.
>From this, I started LinuxHardware.net. The idea is to have a place
where someone can submit information about a particuliar piece of
hardware and information/comments about your Linux system. I figure it
can help both veterans and newbies alike.
The site is now live, and I am the only one who has submitted
anything. Please stop by and add something if you have the chance. The
site is still under some construction and I still have a few things to
work on, but nothing major.
Thanks
-Mark
http://www.linuxhardware.net
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Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 14:35:51 -0800
From: Robert Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to HEX DUMP an ascii file?
Vern wrote:
>
> Hi.
>
> What is the command and syntax to do a simple hex dump of an ascii file?
>
> I would like to pipe it to a file and then use it to proof read a file we are
> having problems with to see if there are any transparent or imbedded extra
> cr, lf tabs etc....
>
> I tried looking for a dump command with no luck. Thanks !!!!!
>
> Relax its only ONES and ZEROS
>
> Vern
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Some time ago I whacked together some stolen bits & pieces and FAQ's to
get a nice Hexdump (note cap "H"):
[user@ravel dbug]$ more /usr/bin/Hexdump
# "hexdump -f form <binary file>"
#"\t" "%6.6_ax " 8/2 "%04x " "\t"
#16/1 "%_p" "\n"
exec hexdump -f "/usr/bin/form" $*
========
[user@ravel dbug]$ more /usr/bin/form
# "hexdump -f form <binary file>"
#"\t" "%6.6_ax " 8/2 "%04x " "\t"
#"%6.6_ax " 8/1 "%02x " 8/1 "%02x " "\t"
"%6.6_ax " 8/1 "%02x " " " 8/1 "%02x " "\t"
16/1 "%_p" "\n"
=======
[user@ravel dbug]$ Hexdump wng.gif |more
000000 47 49 46 38 39 61 d4 01 3c 00 b3 00 00 fa ff ff GIF89a..<.......
000010 ff 04 04 fc 55 55 f6 a4 a4 fe f3 f3 ec eb eb ff ....UU..........
000020 ff ff fa fa fa f5 f5 f5 dd dd dd c8 c8 c8 b4 b4 ................
000030 b4 88 88 88 4e 4e 4e 22 22 22 00 00 00 2c 00 00 ....NNN"""...,..
000040 00 00 d4 01 3c 00 00 04 ff d0 c8 49 ab bd 38 eb ....<......I..8.
000050 cd 33 2a 45 92 80 48 67 9e 68 aa ae 29 28 8e 25 .3*E..Hg.h..)(.%
Hope it helps.
Bob L.
--
Robert Lynch-Berkeley CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.best.com/~rmlynch/
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From: "Don Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PPP: Weird errors logging in to ISP
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 17:28:53 -0000
Good afternoon,
for some reason, when I dial my isp(merit.edu, a contract ppp server for my
school, gvsu.edu(grand valley state university)), It displays the following:
host: gvsu.edu
Access Controlled
Login: [EMAIL PROTECTED](the @gvsu.edu is required)
Password: **********
...and after i put in my password, it gives an error:
****Host Currently Unavailable****
, and this ONLY happens in Linux. Win95 connects fine.
after the error, it will go back to the host: prompt, and does the same.
Has anybody ever seen this happen or know what kind of server I might be
dealing with for the access? Any replies are greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
--
Don R. Johnson
==========================
Webmaster, GRAAC
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Pagoda/8617/index.html
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