Linux-Misc Digest #554, Volume #19 Sun, 21 Mar 99 21:13:13 EST
Contents:
Re: HELP: UK win95 keyboard mapping? (Tim Schofield)
Talk/Ytalk problem (bmcgrath)
Newbie : Glint (Sinclair Robertson)
Re: IRC Server (jik-)
Re: pppd setuid? ("A. Gustavo Gonzalez")
Re: License question (jik-)
Re: Why Linux still isn't my standard boot-up OS, or what are the Linux-equivalents
for these Windoze programs? (jik-)
Re: pgp and netscape (jik-)
Linux and HP Deskhejet 712C ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Newbie : Glint (David M. Cook)
Re: WP8 is crippleware (Jeffrey L Straszheim)
Re: Slow system (Mike Bosschaert)
Re: Some questions (Bernd-Ulrich Adrigam)
Re: Two single ide cards (Bernd-Ulrich Adrigam)
unblank syslog virtual console (Dave)
Re: PPP Connection Trouble With RH 5.2 - Connect to ISP OK, But Apps (Bob Martin)
Re: pppd setuid? (John Strange)
Text search and replace programs ("cWink")
Re: Migrating RH Linux 5.2 to new hard drive (Akira Yamanita)
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From: Tim Schofield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HELP: UK win95 keyboard mapping?
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 23:29:46 +0000
Jason Saunders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 1998/06/13:
>Whilst Netscape correctly recognises the pound (�) key, the non-X
>console shell just beeps if I press it, normal emacs interprets it as a
>#, and X-emacs prints \243. Obviously the various keymaps are wrong in
>different ways, but I don't know how to fix it.
>
>Any help appreciated.
>Jason
Jason-
I came across your posting while trying to fix a similar problem with my
own machine. You have probably got it sorted now, but for the record
I've found that under RedHat 5.2:
- I do see a similar problem. It's characterised by a pound (sterling)
and logical-not sign displaying incorrectly.
- The shell won't display them at all (it just beeps), but using vi or
cat to display them gives an accented lower-case u and a 1/4 sign
respectively.
- I was able to fix it by typing "setfont iso01.f16" (as root, before
starting X). I selected iso01.f16 after browsing the directory
/usr/lib/kbd/consolefonts; YMMV.
- This fixes the identical-seeming problem in an nxterm under x, too
- I've now got the startup scripts to do this automatically by creating
a file called /etc/sysconfig/i18n containing the line
"SYSFONT=iso01.f16". (i18n is used by /sbin/setsysfont).
Regards,
Tim S.
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From: bmcgrath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Talk/Ytalk problem
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 00:24:04 GMT
I have a Gateway 486/66 running Slackware 2.0.27
I am having problems with talk and ytalk on my machine. I am running
version 3.0.3 of talk. When trying to do a ytalk to another user, the
ytalk screen comes up, the after a half minute or so, I get the
following message:
######################################
# Ytalk Error #
#
#
# No talk daemon on machine.domain.com #
# No such file or directory #
#
#
#####################################
Then when I cancel (^-C), I get the following message, and then my
prompt:
"No talk daemon on machine.domain.com: No such file or directory"
If I try the "talk" command instead, I get the following message:
[Couldn't bind to control socket : Cannot assign requested address (99)]
I know I have the talk deamon installed and running (via inetd)
>From my inetd.conf file:
talk dgram udp wait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.talkd
ntalk dgram udp wait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.ntalkd
from services:
talk 517/udp
ntalk 518/udp
Does anyone have any idea what may be wrong and how to fix it?
Thanxs much-
Brian McGrath
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From: Sinclair Robertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Newbie : Glint
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 23:43:52 +0000
I am using RedHat 5.2.
I am trying to install new packages from a cd. I have mounted the cd
sucessfully and have selected the packages I want, when I then try and
install I get the message failed to open /var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm ?
What does this mean ? How can I overcome it ?
Thank you,
Sinclair Robertson
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 16:40:19 -0800
From: jik- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IRC Server
Jeff Grossman wrote:
>
> How does one go about setting up an IRC server on a Linux machine? I am
> running Red Hat 5.2 with kernel 2.0.36. Can anybody point me in the right
> direction?
www.yahoo.com
search for ircd, thed usenet one is free.
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From: "A. Gustavo Gonzalez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: pppd setuid?
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 15:54:55 +0000
Eric wrote:
> I just reinstalled RH5.2 on my computer,
> and I can't get PPPD to work with anyone
> else but the root user. It says
> something to the effect of 'PPPD can
> only be run as root' and then something
> about the setuid not being set
> correctly.
>
> It has been awhile since I had to
> install RH and I forget how to fix that.
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
First both user and group should be root:
$ chown root.root pppd
Then make the setuid bit
$ chmod +s pppd
It's all (I hope),
Gustavo
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Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 16:47:25 -0800
From: jik- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: License question
No Spam wrote:
>
> > > Are we allowed to sell distributions of Linux?
> >
> > Yes, but you have to be careful to not include any proprietary
> > software your distribution may include. Many of the Linux
> > distributions come with some amount of non-free software. The
> > documentation should spell out any restrictions on the non-free
> > components of the distribution.
>
> I think as a slackware user, I would say netscape is the only program that
> might need extra checking. But I know for example that software like
> wordperfect or mysql need a special license for that.
I think Netscape is freely redistributable or it likely wouldn't have
been included on the Slackware CD.....I don't think Slackware has a very
large budget, so licencing a commercial product would probably have been
imposible for him.
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Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 16:39:28 -0800
From: jik- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Why Linux still isn't my standard boot-up OS, or what are the
Linux-equivalents for these Windoze programs?
> % A good file manager, equal to Windows Explorer. you can say what you
> % want, but the windows explorer is a good file manager. Drag-and drop
> % is just very easy to use.
>
> Ick - I use Windows Commander if I'm in Billy's Playland 98.
Yep, there is such a thing. Looks very much like explorer, but I have
never used it....I use linux, not win95.
> % A fast image viewer program, equal to ACDsee. It must be FAST,
> % FAST,FAST, have a browser-option which allows you to maintain your
> % image files easily, supports keyboard command (delete, move, copy) adn
> % it must be fast.
>
> GIMP! Comes with most distros. Plus other just plain viewers,
> like XV and KDE's image viewer.
xv is better for viewing then gimp, and it has the browsing deal unlike
the gimp which opens lots of windows for multiple images.
>
> % A good image program equal to Paint Shop Pro. With only one musthave
> % option. Batch conversion. Convert a bunch of image files into another
> % file system with only three clicks.
>
> GIMP again! IIRC, more image types than PSP. More like Adobe's
> Photoshop with it's capabilities. Balshoii horoshaugh! (sp)
Yeop, gimp is a great image creator/editor.
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Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 16:42:34 -0800
From: jik- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: pgp and netscape
> How would I set this up?
Don't know, but you should really use gpg, it doesn't have any
restrictions on its use.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Linux and HP Deskhejet 712C
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 23:57:35 +0000
I picked up an HP Deskjet 712C printer today. Does anyone have
some success and/or horror stories that they would like to
share? Setup or printing tips?
Thanks!
Ed
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook)
Subject: Re: Newbie : Glint
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 00:57:52 GMT
On Sun, 21 Mar 1999 23:43:52 +0000, Sinclair Robertson
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am trying to install new packages from a cd. I have mounted the cd
>sucessfully and have selected the packages I want, when I then try and
>install I get the message failed to open /var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm ?
You need to be root to install packages.
>What does this mean ? How can I overcome it ?
su to root and then install:
su
rpm -Uhv foobar.rpm
Dave Cook
--
No Linux for you!
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From: Jeffrey L Straszheim
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: WP8 is crippleware
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 20:10:09 -0500
Andy Piper wrote:
> *sigh* another person who hasn't read the documentation...
>
> The free Personal Edition doesn't include all of the
> features and extras of the version you buy. But it is
> FUNCTIONAL i.e. you can produce, save and print documents,
> and do pretty much everything you want from a good
> wordprocessing package.
OK, I was probably too hasty in my criticism; however,
it is quite annoying to see a menu item offering a feature
just to be told you have to send them money to get it.
It's merely psychological, but I'd prefer to d/l
a "WP8-light" that didn't have a "draw" in the menu,
rather than d/l'ing what appears a full version to find
that it isn't. This would be more up front on Corel's
part. In any case, it is a decent program and a good
thing for Linux. Please accept my retraction :)
--
--Jeffrey Straszheim
---Systems Engineer, Programmer
----stimuli AT shadow DOT net
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From: Mike Bosschaert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Slow system
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 00:20:13 +0100
Thanks for the tip to check if the swap file is recognized. If I run
'free' it also gives the values for the swap file (normally below 10 MB)
and most of the RAM is occupied (ca 36000 of 38000 available).
Would this mean that the swap file is recognized but just not used yet?
KTimemon shows that approx all RAM is used and most is allocated to
'shared'.
Any suggestion now?
Mike
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> You should check to see that your machine sees your swap space. The grinding
> sound is called "thrashing" I believe, and it shouldn't be happening that much
> unless you have 8 or 16 MB of ram alongside that 100 MB swap partition.
>
> Also, Linux is an inherently slimmer system than Windows (any version). But:
> It can be slowed down by bulk, too. (KDE, for example, looks nice, but it has
> got a largish memory footprint. If you configure your machine without a DE,
> it will go faster.) The difference is that you can tune your machine for
> performance with Linux, but Windows is *always* slow.
>
> >
> > MIBO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > I have just installed LINUX and most of it seem to run quite well.
> > > However, I have been told that the system would be as fast or faster
> > > than Windows 95 (on the same PC). ALthough I accept that starting up
> > may
> > > take a little longer than windows, I was surprised that any program
> > > would take much more time than expected. Netscape would e.g. take as
> > > long as 1 minute and StarOffice 5 nearly two.
> > > During loading the program, the HD is making noises like an old coffee
> > > grinder. I checked the memory usage, which showed that most of the
> > 40MB
> > > is allocated to 'shared'. The 100 MB of swap is nearly unused (result
> > of
> > > 'free' command).
> > >
> > > What could be the problem? Or do I just have to accept that with LINUX
> > > the days are shorter than with Windows?
> > >
> > > Mike Bosschaert
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
> -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==----------
> http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bernd-Ulrich Adrigam)
Subject: Re: Some questions
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 02:03:07 +0100
NF Stevens schrieb in Nachricht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bernd-Ulrich Adrigam) wrote:
>
>>
>>NF Stevens schrieb in Nachricht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>>>John Appleyard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>
>>>>A few easy ones
>>>>
>>>>(1) If I 'cat' a binary file by mistake, I often end up with a garbaged
>>>>system - all messages and prompts are translated into Klingon - or
>>>>something like it. How do I recover without rebooting? Even exit
>>>>doesn't fix it.
>>>
>>><control-J>reset<control-J>.
>>>
>>>Norman
>>
>>Hello Norman,
>>
>>I saw the "reset" - advice several times in this newsgroup,
>>but you are the first with <CTRL>J reset <CTRL>J !
>>What does the <CTRL>J stands for ???
>
>Hold down the control key and then press J. This generates
>the new line character. When in normal mode the console
>driver will convert the return character generated by
>pressing the enter key to a new line character. If the
>terminal has been put into raw mode then this conversion
>is not done so the return key will be treated as an
>ordinary character and will not cause the command to
>be executed by the shell.
>
>Norman
Hello Norman,
thanks for your explanation !
I think, that without the first "new-line" you mayme have some rubbish in
the commandline sent with the "reset" as "rubbishreset" and so the shell
won't understand, what you want from it to do. And without the second
"new-line" the string entered at the -in this particular case not seen-
commandline will never get passed to the shell. And I think, that's why the
"reset" often didn't work as expected.
Bernd
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bernd-Ulrich Adrigam)
Subject: Re: Two single ide cards
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 23:35:35 +0100
Dr Paul Kinsler schrieb in Nachricht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I have two IDE i/o cards, both with a single IDE interface.
>I've tried using both in the same machine at once, but the
>machine hangs at boot (when the bios prints "WAIT..."). Both
>cards work by themselves.
>
>Is it actually possible to do this? Is there some jumper
>setting I might change to get it to work? I can imagine
>if both cards are trying to use the same irq or i/o addresses
>there'd be problems, but then cards with two IDE interfaces
>work somehow.
>
>--
>------------------------------+------------------------------
>Dr. Paul Kinsler
>Institute of Microwaves and Photonics
>University of Leeds (ph) +44-113-2332089
>Leeds LS2 9JT (fax)+44-113-2332032
>United Kingdom [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>WEB: http://www.ee.leeds.ac.uk/staff/pk/P.Kinsler.html
Hello,
I'm sorry to tell you that most of the single IDE-cards don't allow to
change I/O-address or IRQ.
But there are some IDE-cards declared as "IDE-CD-ROM-card", that allow to
change these things.
Those cards often allow IRQ- and I/O- settings beside the standard-settings
for IDE.
Under Linux you can use those CD-ROM-cards with other IRQ- / I/O-settings
than 1. or 2. IDE
to connect 2 more HD's or CD's.
You have just to add card-settings and hd-parameters as kernel-parameters at
boot-time.
Here are the correct standard-settings for two cards:
1. IDE: IRQ 14, I/O 1F0 ( IRQ decimal, I/O hex !)
2. IDE: IRQ 15, I/O 170
Bernd
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave)
Subject: unblank syslog virtual console
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 18:48:46 -0700
Hi,
I was wondering was caused messages sent to a virtual console
via syslog to unblank it (the screen saver). It seems like some will
and some won't.
I would like to unblank it every time a message is sent to the console.
(eg, /dev/tty6)
Anyone know a good way to do this?
TIA
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Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 17:54:35 -0600
From: Bob Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: PPP Connection Trouble With RH 5.2 - Connect to ISP OK, But Apps
Start with something simple like ping. Can you ping your ISP
successfully ? Try manually making the connection with minicomm then
starting pppd to make sure the connection working. It may that your
network is not setup correctly. Check the HOWTO guide ISP-HOOKUP for
setting up ISP connection.
"David J. DeFrain" wrote:
>
> I've installed RH 5.2 on my PC and have been trying to get PPP working.
> I've configured the modem with Linuxconf, and when I dial it with "Usernet"
> the modem connects to my ISP and establishes a session - Usernet's green
> light goes on. However, none of my Internet apps, such as Netscape or Lynx,
> will use the modem connection - they just sit there. I've had this modem
> working before with Linux, so I'm reasonably familiar with the settings
> involved. This one has me stumped. Anybody point me in a direction?
> Thanks.
>
> BTW - This modem works in Windows 98.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Strange)
Subject: Re: pppd setuid?
Date: 22 Mar 1999 01:43:07 GMT
A. Gustavo Gonzalez ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Eric wrote:
: > I just reinstalled RH5.2 on my computer,
: > and I can't get PPPD to work with anyone
: > else but the root user. It says
: > something to the effect of 'PPPD can
: > only be run as root' and then something
: > about the setuid not being set
: > correctly.
: >
: > It has been awhile since I had to
: > install RH and I forget how to fix that.
: > Any help would be appreciated.
: >
: > Thanks
: First both user and group should be root:
: $ chown root.root pppd
: Then make the setuid bit
: $ chmod +s pppd
: It's all (I hope),
: Gustavo
The next time you user "linuxconf" it will reset the setuid bit.
You need to set the bit in linuxconf under configure file permissions.
--
While Alcatel may claim ownership of all my ideas (on or off the job),
Alcatel does not claim any responsibility for them. Warranty expired when u
opened this article and I will not be responsible for its contents or use.
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From: "cWink" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Text search and replace programs
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 01:24:53 GMT
I'm looking for programs like Valspeak, sweedishcook, and jive that searches
for word patterns and replaces them with slang etc... I'm new to the Linux
community and do not know the best places to find these things.
any advise would be greatly appreciated!
thanks
chris
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From: Akira Yamanita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.questions,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Migrating RH Linux 5.2 to new hard drive
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 01:47:18 GMT
David Gochfeld wrote:
> > You will also need to properly install lilo on the machine (I strongly
> > recommend creating a bootdisk with the proper kernel and initrd on it while you
> > still have your old hd up and running, then reboot with the disk giving it the
> > root=/dev/sdxN. If all goes well, reconfigure lilo, run it, and you should be
> > in business.
>
> So here's the question -- how do you reconfigure lilo so it installs itself
> properly
> in the MBR of the new drive (especially when the old drive is still mounted on the
> system)?
Edit /etc/lilo.conf and make sure that the boot partitions are specified properly.
ie. pointing to the right partition on the right drive. hda1 is the first partition
on the first drive, hda2 is the second partition on the first drive, etc. If you're
installing a master drive, it should be as simple as changing hda# to hdb#, hdb# to
hdc#, etc. Once that's done, run lilo. If there's more involved than just changing
the drive specification in /etc/lilo.conf, someone will say so. :-)
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