Linux-Misc Digest #621, Volume #19 Sat, 27 Mar 99 13:13:09 EST
Contents:
Re: Different IP in one network (Walter Strong)
Re: using telnet instead of login for terminals ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Linux firewall/workstation in one PC? ("Martin R. Soderstrom")
Re: Why Linux still isn't my standard boot-up OS, or what are the (Christopher)
Re: good linux books? (Don)
Linux and Netscape 4.51 (tar/gz format) ("Peter DeSimone")
Re: Anyway to copy file to a DOS Floppy? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: KPPP and USR TA (Johan Kullstam)
Calendar Program (Andrew Adams)
Partitioning 19 GB Drive ("Rey Rios")
Re: Linux and Netscape 4.51 (tar/gz format) ("Loren Cook")
Re: Help on PPP dial-up (Sven Utcke)
Re: Help on PPP dial-up (Sven Utcke)
Re: Slow system (David Kirkpatrick)
Re: #include <math.h> - problem (Steve Summit)
Using Linux remote tar / SCO Unix ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Modems and Quake 2 (Walter Strong)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Walter Strong)
Subject: Re: Different IP in one network
Date: 27 Mar 1999 16:22:23 GMT
Jack Cheng ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Hi Joe,
: How can I add the additional IP 192.168.18.2 into the first machine, I'd try
: many ways but fail, do I need to use the routed (I think so) or just add the IP.
[snipped]
from the first machine:
route add 192.168.18.2 eth0 (assuming that eth0 is connected to your other machine)
Do you need to route your additional machine to the first? I think you might,
because as you mentioned earlier (in four different NGs!) neither computer
share the same netmask.
If you want to know what your routing table looks like:
route
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: using telnet instead of login for terminals
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 17:06:22 GMT
In article <7ddsgs$p5s$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh) wrote:
> In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Stephen M. Waite" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> >I would like to use telnet instead of login for my serial connections.
>
> >I assumed that I could replace login with telnet in inittab.
> >Unfortunately this did not work.
>
> ??? They perform totally different functions! telnet uses login to
> actually log in. login logs the person in (gets the name, password,
> checks the password, starts reading the intialisation files, etc) telnet
> is a protocol to set up communication between two machines via the TCPIP
> protocol. It gets the two machines actually talking to each other, and
> then hands control over to login to do its job.
> What is it you actually want to accomplish?
>
>
I think he wants users to automagically telnet to a remote machine everytime
they login. If that is the case he will need to setup a script and then place
it in /etc/passwd as their default shell, not inittab. Of course, they will
then need to login to the new machine as well. You could use rlogin to get
around this, but...
Regards, Dustin
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From: "Martin R. Soderstrom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux firewall/workstation in one PC?
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 17:16:09 GMT
Is it possible to use a single PC as both a firewall and a useable Linux
workstation?
Specifically, using IP Masquerading, a Windows 95/98 user surfing the Web
while the firewall Linux box is being used to run Emacs or equivalent apps.
If it's possible, what are the resource ramifications?
Cheers,
-- Martin
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From: Christopher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Why Linux still isn't my standard boot-up OS, or what are the
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 10:36:37 -0600
Mark Andal wrote:
>
> Brian Barjenbruch wrote:
> >
> > > Can you imagine how a non geeko type sees this monster. Instead of the
> > > program
> > > files having friendly names like Word and PageMaker they have cryptic acronyms
> > > like abcdp and kikme and xxtoo (kidding, just examples). Many of the Program
> > > names barely describe the function of the program and would just as likely be
> > > a
> > > derivative of the progammers dog's name. The mnemonics of linux are
> > > terrible and
> > > the global definitions of instruction syntax is terrible. The kernal makes
> > > DOS
> > > look like a walk in the park and at every turn theres another demon waiting to
> > > take your head. Sorry, not until the average joe can set up and configure
> > > this
> > > package in a reasonable manner, in a reasonable amount of time, on 90% of
> > > machines
> > > will Linux become the desk OS of choice. That is going to take a lot more
> > > support
> > > from the hardware manufacturers to dev linux drivers at the same time they write
> > > the windoze drivers.
> I'm assuming you don't want to start some flame war so first off
> since you're not asking for any help in particular I've set the
> follow-ups to one newsgroup.
>
> Theres a comman called alias with that you can make most commands closer
> to something you're used to.
>
> Also how is linux forced down your throat?
> As I recall you can go to ANY computer manufacturer and not have linux
> installed.
> The same could not be said of MS.
>
> Setting up packages in redhat is a matter of rpm -Uvh packagename.rpm
> how long did that take?
>
> Through KDE you click on the file and kpackage comes up?
>
> Does it take learning? Yes. Is it hard if you actually read it ?
>
> If you are looking for help in a particular situation what is the
> problem you can't seem to grasp?
>
> My $0.02
> Mark Andal
>
> >
> > Agreed.
> >
> > Look, I'm sorry if any Linux veterans who happen to be reading this,
> > are disappointed. And I have definitely tried my best, to understand
> > all that I can about Linux and how to use and configure it. I'm not
> > the clueless newbie that most people think. But even so, I find that I
> > have been very confused; answers that seem very obvious to most
> > veterans, are incomprehensible to me. I have tried, but I can't seem
> > to get my mind behind it. Is this so unusual? From what I have read,
> > Linux is near to the Second Coming of Christ, you'd think that it was
> > the best thing in operating systems since sliced frickin' bread. But
> > the simple fact is, it's just too damned HARD to figure out for the
> > average user. Is this so wrong? Is it so bad to consider the fact
> > that Linux just might not be for EVERYONE? Why the hell should I bust
> > my brains out trying to understand Linux, when I am perfectly happy
> > with the Mac OS, which does everything I need it to do? If I wasn't
> > constantly having the name 'Linux' forced down my throat, I would
> > probably have a lot less frustration. No one can force me to use
> > Linux. Why should they try?
> >
> > --
> > "Its origin and purpose...still a total mystery."
> > - Dr. Heywood Floyd, "2001: A Space Odyssey"
Well....Most of the general public buys a box pre-installed and pre-configured(MS). I
have shown other
people my linux system(windowmaker) and they have no problems using my system. MOST
didn't even know it
was linux. They just thought I hacked the desktop. If you hand them a pre-everything
just like all the
big companies with MS do I don't see any problems with people using it. And most users
are afraid to
install or don't know how to install software. I have experienced this first hand. I
know people who have
never heard of zip and had to be told how to install a program that cames as a self
extracting *.EXE.
Ship the people a totaly installed and configured system and I bet they wouldn't
notice the difference.
Except it wouldn't crash all the time. My .02
Chris
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From: Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: good linux books?
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 17:19:07 GMT
David Barnes wrote:
>
> I like a couple of them. First, the Linux Encylopedia by WGS is a nice
> one to have. It is, admittedly, just a compilation of HOWTO documents,
> but I've always found it easier to have books lying around with lots of
> PostIts marking my most often used pages.
>
> Also, Linux in a Nutshell from O'Reilly is good. Most of that book is
> also online, being the man pages for many commands, but it also has
> excellent overviews of the various shells, emacs, and vi.
>
> The Unix and X Command Compendium -Alan Southerton and Edwin C. Perkins
> John Wiley and Sons, Inc. ISBN 0-471-30982-6 is a general collection of
> Unix commands with lots of practical examples. For example, given the
> cpio command, there are numerous examples in the book of how to use it.
>
> Unix System Administration Handbook -Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder etal
> Prentice Hall ISB 0-13-151051-7 $60 is a general Unix bible. I love
> this one.
>
Thanks Dave;
I dont know about Chris, but this is the sort of info that I find
usefull. You mentioned that parts of the Linux in a nutshell is online,
I guess for one to review before deciding to buy it. I wish all the
books had some representative online portions to help one in deciding
whether or not to buy it.
The tip on "The unix and x command compendium" is interesting also. One
of the things I have been looking for is some example useage of commands
for their most common and simplest application. This would enable an
inexperience user to make use of a particular command while doing
something without having to stop and study all the detailed uses of the
command to pick out what is needed. Microsoft did this with the Dos help
, but I noticed the dos that is part of windows dropped that feature.
Thanks again
Don
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From: "Peter DeSimone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,apana.lists.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Linux and Netscape 4.51 (tar/gz format)
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 09:47:31 -0600
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Anyway to copy file to a DOS Floppy?
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 17:13:03 GMT
In article <7dea2h$dk6$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Dennis Megarry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have some files on my linux box and need to copy them to a standard msdos
> fat16 floppy in drive A:
>
> Is this possible?
>
> Dennis
>
>
Yep. Mount the floppy and copy away. Try "man mount" for more information.
Regards, Dustin
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Subject: Re: KPPP and USR TA
From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 27 Mar 1999 12:21:56 -0500
root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello
>
> I'm writting from France so don't take care if my English is not
> perfect.
n'ayez pas peur. je peux pas parler fran�ais aussi bien que votre
anglais.
> I'm trying to install a UST TA ISDN card. I've recompiled the kernel
> and the module hisax.
> Using Kppp (KDE 1.0.1) I can see my card, the ATI commands responds
> normally. If I want to connect
> everything goes well until the message "connecting to network" Kppp says
> that he run pppd and nothing occurs. after a while, I can see: "Time out
> expired on waiting the ppp interface to come up!"
turn on debugging. invoke chat with -d and put `debug' in your ppp
options and look in /var/log/messages to see what happens. also try
the ppp kernel debug option (kdebug). see the pppd and chat man
pages.
> What is amazing, is that sometimes, it works well and I can
> connect.
strange. computer stuff is usually broken or working....
> I've got less than 10% succesfull connection. If I use my USR
> Sporterflash on cua0, everything goes well every time!!!
hope this helps.
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From: Andrew Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Calendar Program
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 11:43:47 -0600
I broke into Unix on Interactive, then used SCO, a little Solaris, and
finally Linux. The first three had a program called calendar. It was
usually run from root's cron, and would check each user's $HOME for a
file named calendar. It would then pull out all lines with today's
dates as well as tomorrow's, and mail then to each user.
I can not find a program like that for Linux. Anyone know of one? It
was so simple to use and I am now really missing it. I am beginning
to fear that anything for Linux is going to be an X (or maybe KDE)
program. Yes, even though am finally finding my way around X, I still
like the character command line. Most things seem simple, fast, and
easy to understand there.
Perhaps I should write this in Perl? Never did really learn the Perl
regexp well, and calendar-like stuff would be time consumming. But it
may be out there already.
Clues appreciated.
Andrew Adams
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From: "Rey Rios" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Partitioning 19 GB Drive
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 11:35:20 -0600
I've been trying to install Mandrake (red hat) on a 19 GB Disk. I first
created 2 partitions, one of 1.2 GB for Linux and the other one of 128 for
Swap Space.
For some reason, when I use Druid, it tells me that I have -7400 MB free.
I can see my three partitions, but I can not create the partition for root
(/) because it says I have not enough space. What am I doing wrong? Can
someone tell me the steps to do this right?
Thanks,
Rey
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From: "Loren Cook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: Sven Utcke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Help on PPP dial-up
Date: 27 Mar 1999 18:29:48 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I have a question of my own.. i just installed linux SuSE 6.0 yesterday and i
> am a linux newbie.... i've read EVERY thing i could find that is relevent at
> LDP and the above is the only way i can get connected. during bootup, it
> says that diald is active but! the modem never trys to dial out. i use YaST
> to configure my ppp connection but again, diald doesnt dial.. ironic eh? so
> i end up doing the minicom/pppd thing.. which is a pain...
>
> any brave soul willing to help me tackle this? i'm a newbie but not totally
> stupid so i promise i wont be too frustrating to help..
Sure. There are two things you should try to do seperately. In
/etc/suseppp/scripts
you will find a script ppp-up. Try to get this to work. Once you're
able to initiate a ppp-connection using this script (and cancel it
using ppp-down), your halfway there.
Next you need to set up diald. diald is started (on reboot) by
calling /sbin/init.d/diald, which is easy to change to connect using
one of your scripts in /etc/suseppp.
However, by default diald will use /etc/diald.conf, so you might want
to change this for your purposes --- the manpages give really good
examples on how to do it. Be aware that you might need to change
/sbin/init.d/diald to reflect your use of the standard-setup (which is
non-standard under SuSE).
This should get you on your way
Sven
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From: Sven Utcke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Help on PPP dial-up
Date: 27 Mar 1999 18:32:02 +0100
Mike Henricks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Farid wrote:
>
> > OK,
> >
> > here's the example of my chat script:
> >
> > -----snip------
> > 'ABORT' 'BUSY'
> > 'ABORT' 'ERROR'
> > 'ABORT' 'NO CARRIER'
> > 'ABORT' 'NO DIALTONE'
> > 'ABORT' 'Invalid Login'
> > 'ABORT' 'Login incorrect'
> > " 'ATZ'
> > 'OK' 'ATDT4945012'
> > 'CONNECT' "
> > 'myusername' 'mypassword'
> >
> > ----snip---------
> >
>
> if your isp uses PAP or CHAP, your script should stop at CONNECT. the login
> and password are handled by them, not your script
> Hope that helps
And if it doesn't, your script should look something like
"" 'ATZ'
^
'CONNECT' ""
^
(note the "" instead of ") and
'ogin:' 'myusername'
'ssword:' 'mypassword'
Sven
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From: David Kirkpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Slow system
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 11:11:45 +0000
Mike,
Nothing stands out in what you have below. You have generic HW and
SW so if you install was done to the doc it should be fine run well - no
slowness etc.
I would not modify anything related to enhancing performance as the
design is ok - you have nothing special to warrant changes. The only
time you would modify anything is if you have very specific requirements
which if you do you have you did not mentioned.
1. Why go to 16 bit access?
2. The swapon -s returns the same thing on my system. It looks like
captured swap info once located at /proc/swap was modified and the
command swapon not updated.
3. KDE is "bloated" but you for the most part will not notice any
performance degradation with regular home use. You may if you doing
things that hit KDE's weak points but for the problems you mentioned a
properly installed KDE will not be the problem.
4. Interrupts can cause a problem. Look for HW interrupt conflicts.
Start with /proc/interrupts.
5. Network time-outs can cause problems. Where in the boot is it
stalling?
6. What's in your error logs? /var/log/*
7. Run top or Process management and see who's busy if anyone.
8. Run xosview - USED+SHARE/BUFF... etc may max but swap should not
be high. Interrupts should show up but not excessive or always on.
9. The disk "overactive" is the most suspect. Get the system up and
do basic file transfers of large files to /tmp. If you can setup a loop
which transfers then deletes the files - keeping the disk very busy. Is
there a slow down? Do this from the console in init 1. Any difference
with X and KDE up in init 5?
10. Verify your partitions are what you think with df and fdisk. You
list 3 for linux, LXswap, LX and LX what's the breakdown?
11. Was the install smooth?
d
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Summit)
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.c,gnu.gcc.help
Subject: Re: #include <math.h> - problem
Date: 27 Mar 1999 16:19:11 GMT
[I've crossposted this followup -- beware!]
In article <7dip9p$vf5$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I'm learning C on a Linux system with gcc 2.7...
> When I try to calculate sin (x) the compiler says:
> undefined reference to 'sin'
> although I wrote
> #include <math.h>
> at the beginning.
Bjoern: you need to use the -lm flag at the end of the command
line when compiling. You might also want to get ahold of a copy
of the comp.lang.c FAQ list. It answers this question of yours
(question 14.3), so it just might answer your next question, too.
Linux and gcc folks: I know I've asked this before, but why can't
this be fixed in glibc? In 1978 on the PDP-11, there might have
been good reason to leave the math functions out of libc.a, but
surely we could afford to place them there today, especially
since the ANSI C standard says they're just as standard as the
rest of the standard library functions. As it is, gcc+glibc
(and therefore C under Linux) is unnecessarily noncompliant,
unless you argue that "gcc ... -lm" is the standard invocation.
Steve Summit
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Using Linux remote tar / SCO Unix
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 15:30:24 GMT
Hi,
we are trying to use remote tar from a Linux Redhat 5.1 to a Unix SCO Open
Server 5.0.5 and we were able to see and recover files from the SCO tape
(tar -tv server2:/dev/rct0 , tar -xv server2:/dev/rct0) but we couldn't
create a tape (tar -cv server2:/dev/rct0 files...)
Any help greatly appreciated,
Daniel Mario Pirosanto
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Walter Strong)
Subject: Re: Modems and Quake 2
Date: 27 Mar 1999 16:30:06 GMT
Before you look for .pcx, why don't you look for a faq that explains
two things:
1. To how many newsgroups should I post the question?
2. Does the formatting of my post matter?
Did you ever consider reading the FAQ on Quake2?
Peter DeSimone ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
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: I am trying to run Quake 2 under Mandrake Linux 5.3 with Kernel 2.2.3.
: It keeps giving me an error Cannot find pic/colormap.pcx. There is no =
: directory PIC.
: Where do I find it?
: When I tried to run a different Quake2 RPM, I was told I needed =
: libglide2x=85.rpm Where can I get this?
: MODEMS
: I am using Kppp to dial with my modem. It is found, but it keeps hanging =
: on "Setting speaker Volume".=20
: The Mini-Terminal and minicom finds it. It is NOT a winmodem. The Query =
: Modem for Kppp finds the modem.
: Why does it hang trying to set the volume on the modem?
: The modem is a Jumpered US Robotics 56K board.=20
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: <P>Why does it hang trying to set the volume on the modem?</P>
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