Linux-Misc Digest #380, Volume #19 Tue, 9 Mar 99 06:13:15 EST
Contents:
Re: FreeBSD vs. Linux vs. Windows (John Fieber)
Re: Serial crack for mathcad ver.8.0 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: No-Win Modem Situation (Hugh Johnson)
Re: # Linux- how to read dBase files?? # (Gene Wilburn)
Re: Why did I have to use mkfs after fdisk ??????? (Jim Hill)
Re: diald vs. pppd ("A2Z")
Re: A question about MP3's and Linux (David Steuber)
Re: CDROM that requires Win98? (David Steuber)
Re: make xconfig (David Steuber)
Cannot change virtual screen size (Bernhard Rau)
Re: Netscape problems under Linux ("Andy Piper")
Re: Best value in CPU for linux (David M. Cook)
Re: xcdroast-0.96e: Error: No /dev/sr-Devices found. (Guy Geens)
Re: gunzip to another partition ("Peter Caffin")
Re: BEST HW For Linux NoteBook Project (Jason Clifford)
Linux on Fujitsu 420D with KVM switch (Chris Browning)
Re: binary not found by bash (Milos Prudek)
Re: No-Win Modem Situation ("Chris Reed")
ssh change password & shadow password (Milos Prudek)
Re: Sparc Locks under Load (Jason Clifford)
Help installing linux on extra hard drive ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Fieber)
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. Linux vs. Windows
Date: 9 Mar 1999 03:50:51 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Zenin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Actually, this can be configured. For some configurations actually,
> there is more flexibility under NT then Unix, *especially* for file
> permissions. NTFS goes far beyond simple owner/group/world
> permissions.
Sure, it is very flexible design. It is just that that people seem to
be finding holes in the implementation on a pretty regular basis;
holes that make the protection flexibility completely irrelevant.
-john
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Serial crack for mathcad ver.8.0
Crossposted-To: hk.comp.hacker,hk.comp.pc,hk.comp.software,hk.general
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 10:21:51 +0100
Ask the k00l wAreZ d00ds at [EMAIL PROTECTED] The usually know...
Long live GPL...
Chan, Siu-Kei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Do anyone have the serial number of the Mathcad 8.0?
--
Anders Gulden Olstad @ Jeeves
RedHat 5.2 Linux kernel 2.0.36
"Penguins are generally nice creatures"
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From: Hugh Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: No-Win Modem Situation
Date: 9 Mar 1999 03:51:15 GMT
Wow, thanks for the responses, guys - and in email too. I guess I
touched a nerve with this question.
I've decided I'm going to network with my Mac and share an external
modem. It's high time I re-learned networking anyway (not that I ever
knew very much).
I do have Linux on both boxes (RedHat on the Pentium and MkLinux on the
PPC), but they're each set up for dual-boot, so I know I'm going to
have lots of *fun* getting Windows and MacOS working together. Maybe a
dose of cyanide would be a better idea, but I'll try networking first.
Thanks again.
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From: Gene Wilburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: # Linux- how to read dBase files?? #
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 03:50:09 GMT
I don't recall its name but there's a Perl Module for this on CPAN.
Gene
Allen O'Neill wrote:
>
> Anyone know of a ready built lib in say perl / pascal / C that allows one
> to easily read/write to dbase tables?
>
> Appreciate email on this if anyone can assist.
>
> Txs,
>
> Allen.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Hill)
Subject: Re: Why did I have to use mkfs after fdisk ???????
Date: 9 Mar 1999 09:13:53 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>It's all been made clear now. Obviously when I've done this in the past,
>the disk has already been formatted (as a FAT32 or whatever).
Savor your good fortune: three replies to your post and all gave the
same answer. That's rarer and rarer these days.
Jim
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Now wake up and smell the coffee."
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From: "A2Z" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: diald vs. pppd
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 20:21:37 +1100
* diald only monitors and brings up and down your ppp connection. it brings
up the connection by invoking pppd (or whatever other s/w you might want to
use).
* pppd does support dynamic ip's
* diald is much more configurable as to what packets bring up the
connection, and for what length of time it is maintained (though this is
somehwat complex unless you have a good understanding of what applications
use what protocols The defaults, and the redhat setup is easy though).
* pppd supports other protocols than ip, diald just supports ip
* cable modems are easy :) but tend to tie you to an isp (at least where i
live)
richard
David M. Cook wrote in message ...
>On 04 Mar 1999 18:04:17 -0500, Conway Yee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
>>I was reading the documentation for pppd. It appears as if it is
>>capable of bringing up a ppp connection on demand. Then the question
>>becomes. What are the essential differences between diald and pppd?
>
>Last I remember looking into it, pppd didn't support demand dialing for
>dynamic IPs. The thing I like about diald is the way you could control the
>connection via a named pipe, and I like the tk monitor/control app that
>comes with it.
>
>However, using a cable modem is much easier than either ;}
>
>Dave Cook
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From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: A question about MP3's and Linux
Date: 07 Mar 1999 17:42:17 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Geoff Short) writes:
-> Byron A Jeff ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
-> :
-> :
-> : I've done my testing on a 166 Mhz Pentium. They play fine, however in X when
-> : I flip screens or do anything else which requires a bit of CPU, the MP3 skips.
->
-> Which mp3 player are you using? mpg123 with a suitable buffer shouldn't
-> skip for such trivial things.
I use x11amp in KDE. It works just fine, even with heavy disk, cpu,
and screen activity. However, it will skip if I do network activity
at the wrong time. My NIC is on IRQ 3 and the sound is on IRQ 5, so I
think it is more of a IRQ problem than a Linux problem. It is also
possible that the buffer on my anonymous sound card is just too small.
--
David Steuber
http://www.david-steuber.com
s/trashcan/david/ to reply by mail
Where was it you said you wanted to go today? Sorry, you can't get
there from here.
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From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CDROM that requires Win98?
Date: 07 Mar 1999 17:33:48 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
-> I am configuring a Dell Dimension on their web site
-> (higher education section) and noticed the warning
-> that says "40X CDROM requires Windows 98".
-> I plan to install Linux on this system. Does
-> anyone know if this CDROM drive is compatible?
-> What kind of a CDROM drive is it that depends on
-> a particular OS?
Call Dell's tech support and find out if the CDROM is ATAPI
compliant. If it is, it should just work. I have a DVD ROM on my
Gateway Solo that is ATAPI, and it works. I can even boot off of it.
If the Dell can boot off of the CDROM, it may work.
If you have any doubts, you may sleep better if you get a CDROM
without that warning. I know I went to some trouble to make sure I
was purchasing a portable computer that someone else had already
successfully installed Linux on. So far I've been fairly happy with
my choice. I just wish I didn't pay so damn much for it! :-)
--
David Steuber
http://www.david-steuber.com
s/trashcan/david/ to reply by mail
Where was it you said you wanted to go today? Sorry, you can't get
there from here.
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From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: make xconfig
Date: 07 Mar 1999 17:38:53 -0500
I've been having problems with make xconfig with all the 2.2 kernels.
I use make menuconfig instead. I don't know if the problem has
anything to do with me copying over my 2.0.35 .config file.
The next time I build a 2.2.x kernel will be after Inaky releases his
next USB snapshot. I've upgraded my Linux system since the last time
and now have 2.0.36 with glibc. Hopefully it will be a completely
eneventful build.
--
David Steuber
http://www.david-steuber.com
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Where was it you said you wanted to go today? Sorry, you can't get
there from here.
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From: Bernhard Rau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,alt.linux,alt.os.linux,linux.redhat
Subject: Cannot change virtual screen size
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 11:30:34 +0200
Hello,
I'm running Linux RedHat 5.2 on my laptop and would like to change
between a virtual
X-screen (a screen bigger than my display) and the 'real' size of my
display. In my
\etc\X11\XF86Config file, I have the following subsections:
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
Virtual 800 600
EndSubSection
and
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubSection
Both of them work (more or less) to my satisfaction but, I can not
switch between
them. Depending on which SubSection appears first in the 'XF86Config'
file, I have
a 'real' or a 'virtual' screen, but I can't change it once X is
running. (I can change
between the resolutions within each SubSection with ctrl-alt-plus, but
not between
the SubSections.)
Is this just the way Linux works or is there some trick that I can
pull? Any input is
welcome.
Thanks,
Bernhard
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From: "Andy Piper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netscape problems under Linux
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 08:58:52 -0000
Reply-To: "Andy Piper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Michael McConnell wrote in message ...
>On Mon, 8 Mar 1999, Al Wang wrote:
>
>> I'm running Red Hat 5.1 on a PII-233. I'm experiencing two annoying
>> little quirks with Netscape 4.07, and I'm just wondering if other people
>> have seen the same thing:
>>
>> 1) Even though I'm running X-windows in 24-bit color, the Netscape
>> buttons are all in black-and-white. Images appear to be displayed in
>> their proper color depth, it's just the Netscape interface itself that's
>> not getting any color.
[snip]
>> Any help on either of these issues? Would upgrading to 4.5 do the
>> trick?
>
>I'm not sure. I'm using Netscape 4.08.
I don't think upgrading would help WRT problem 1) since I get the exact same
thing with my 4.5 install.
Andy
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Andy Piper
Technical Analyst, Middleware Development Group
phone: (01252) 528957 or (0780) 109 1431
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
** All views expressed are my own! **
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook)
Subject: Re: Best value in CPU for linux
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 10:09:08 GMT
On 8 Mar 1999 13:14:44 GMT, Markus Wandel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I simply heard enough horror stories about AGP, UDMA etc. not _quite_ working
There's no need to steer people away from AGP. There are AGP cards that
work fine. Check the hardware compatability list for your chosen
distribution.
Dave Cook
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From: Guy Geens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: xcdroast-0.96e: Error: No /dev/sr-Devices found.
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 11:12:19 +0100
The xcdroast distribution contains a script MAKEDEVICES.sh,
which will create a bunch of devices called /dev/sg*
My guess would be that the upgrade deleted these entries.
St�phane Peyrucq wrote:
>
> Pb: Making run xcdroast-0.96e on RedHat 5.2, with kernel 2.2.2
>
> I can mount the cdrom ( device: /dev/sr0 )
> I have an IDE cdrom installed, but it doesn't detect it, and I don't
> know how to mount it (I don't care about it, bat may be it helps to know
> it),
>
> When I run xcdroast, it tells me:
>
> Error: No /dev/sr-Devices found.
> Please create first the devices. Run "./MAKEDEVICES.sh"
> in the xcdroast-0.96e directory.
> I made it, without problem, changes nothing
>
> As written in the readme I did:
> #cat /proc/devices
> Character devices:
> ...
> 21 sg
> ...
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From: "Peter Caffin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: gunzip to another partition
Date: 9 Mar 1999 02:07:48 GMT
David Z. Maze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Uh, you don't; 'tar x' outputs multiple files. You might be able to
> get tar to output a single file to standard out, though I suspect the
> -C switch is closer to what you want. RTFM for details.
The trick to remembering it is thinking `c` for compress and `x` for
extract :).
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From: Jason Clifford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.portable,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: BEST HW For Linux NoteBook Project
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 09:48:15 +0000
On 8 Mar 1999, it was written:
> US prices can easily be translated into UK prices: in the UK you can
> buy this machine from MicroWarehouse for exactly $1299 U.S. dollars
> plus any associated shipping charges, duties, customs and tariffs.
OK then if you are so sure of this I challenge you to give the exact price
a person based in the UK would pay if they bought the system today
including shipping to the UK (next day service), import duty and VAT.
Don't forget to include the carriers admin charge for advanced payment of
the VAT and import duties.
Jason Clifford
Definite Linux Systems
http://definite.ukpost.com/
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From: Chris Browning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.laptops,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Linux on Fujitsu 420D with KVM switch
Date: Mon, 08 Mar 1999 23:11:20 -0500
Got an old cast-off Fujitsu 420D with a bad LCD. Trying to run Linux w/
XWindows on it through a KVM switch. My BSD box runs XWindows through
the KVM switch w/ no problem. The laptop w/ Linux runs the console
display through the switch no problem, but startx seems to want to run
through the LCD. Anyone got any ideas? I can't figure out how to bypass
the LCD. The laptop BIOS has an option for CRT which I have selected and
that seems to give me the console display but X is no go. Help please!
Thanx!
--
Chris Browning
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"If you believe in Nothing...
Honey, It believes in you."
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From: Milos Prudek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: binary not found by bash
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 11:34:35 +0100
> >bash: ./python: No such file or firectory
> >
> >even though python binary is there, with correct rights.
>
> try strings -a ./python | more ... here is the first line of a
> glibc binary ...
> /lib/ld-linux.so.2
Yeah, that's what I see.... and that means python is precompiled for
glibc, and I still have libc5 on my machine.... I'll have to build
python from the source... or get libc5 binary version of python...
Do I have any easier option?
--
Milos Prudek
Sonet Online s.r.o.
http://www.sol.cz
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From: "Chris Reed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: No-Win Modem Situation
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1999 07:09:01 -0500
Zoom 2919 is most definitely Linux-compatible (we're running one on our
Linux gateway). Here is a list of modems and their compatibilty:
http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
Bill Unruh wrote in message <7c01o2$r0v$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hugh Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>>(make & model)? What about the Zoom 2919? www.zoomtel is no-tell.
>>Where can I find this info? Thanks.
.
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From: Milos Prudek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ssh change password & shadow password
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 11:41:50 +0100
Why ssh doesn't accept password change?
Immediately when I change the password, I can't log in neither with the
new nor the old. I have another machine which does not suffer from this.
Both machines are RedHat 4.1, with shadow password.
I tried to shutdown and start ssh again, but it didn't help at all. I
can telnet to the "bad" machine with the new password, though.
Rebooting is not an option...
--
Milos Prudek
Sonet Online s.r.o.
http://www.sol.cz
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From: Jason Clifford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Sparc Locks under Load
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 10:29:43 +0000
On Mon, 8 Mar 1999, [iso-8859-1] =BF-Infinity Rising-? wrote:
> Go SuSE! Red Hat is overrated claptrap.
Exactly where can one obtain SuSE Linux for Sparc systems?
Jason Clifford
Definite Linux Systems
http://definite.ukpost.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Help installing linux on extra hard drive
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 01:19:30 GMT
I've read through what seems like reams of information and still can't find a
clear answer to my question. I have an ide 16 gig hard drive that is running
Windows 98. I also have an ide 6 gig hard drive that used to have Windows 98
on it that I now want to install Linux on. I also have ide CD-ROM and CD-RW
drives. Currently I have the 16 gig drive (Win 98) set as primary master. I
want my two cd drives to be on seperate controllers so I can copy cd's
directly from one drive to the other (if they're on the same controller it
doesn't work so good I hear). That leaves my 6 gig drive (Linux) on the
secondary controller. Now, can I run dual boot between Linux and Win 98 with
this configuration. I've read that LILO has to be on a drive on the primary
controller. Is this true even with a boot manager? I'm somewhat confused
about the concept of making a small boot partition on my primary drive. Can
somebody please recommend what I should do or at least explain my options?
Thanks.
-Jerrad Elmore
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