Linux-Misc Digest #703, Volume #19 Fri, 2 Apr 99 14:13:10 EST
Contents:
Re: Linux as a data cruncher --- impossible (Doug S)
KERNEL COMPILING WOES! (Holden MacRoyn)
Re: Microsoft Patents Open-Source (Rainer Erich Scheichelbauer)
install/configure mail program (sam)
Re: newsreader for linux (Floyd Davidson)
52M memory used by X?! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
X soap opera. I need help to change it ends... ("Allan Dias")
bz2 compression (Richard Lindgren)
Re: Activating Changes to /etc/services (Floyd Davidson)
Re: Activating Changes to /etc/services ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: "playing MPEGs" or "problems with SMP kernel" ("G. Sumner Hayes")
Re: Slow ethernet LAN driving me crazy!! ("Stavros C. Kassinos")
Re: Password Security (Tmack)
Re: Multiple modem (Brian McCauley)
Re: Interesting postgres questions ("No Spam")
Re: Can't WinRSH into Linux box... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: 52M memory used by X?! (Bob van der Poel)
Re: VMWARE -- why isn't it the rage topic of discussion? (Frank Sweetser)
Re: OFF-TOPIC: UserFriendly is down! (Frank Sweetser)
Re: FS: LinuxRules.com ("William L. Lewis")
Re: Help me spend $2,000 on a new Linux-based computer (Jet)
hacked /bin/login: can't replace it ("Chris Richards")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Doug S)
Subject: Re: Linux as a data cruncher --- impossible
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 19:19:53 GMT
A few thoughts...
Are you able to reliably (without pauses or timeouts) transfer large
files from box to box using another mechanism such as ftp?
Are you getting kernel messages like "Transmit timed out...resetting"
(which is often a symptom of using the tulip network card driver on an
SMP machine)?
Have you verified that NFS works reliably on both machines, perhaps
using a third machine to test with, so you know you don't have to
reinstall NFS on either machine?
If you have an app writing over NFS, make sure it writes in blocks of
data (say, records or even groups of records) instead of character by
character for lower network overhead.
Doug
On 31 Mar 1999 09:02:07 +0200, Harald Kirsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Situation:
>
>Linux 2.2.5 on a dual PII box with 512 MB Ram and a large disk.
>
>Trying to write data from AIT on other machine over nfs onto this box.
>
>nfs-options: soft,retrans=2,timeo=7
>
>I get nfs-timeouts which means (if I interprete the docs right) that the
>dual PII-box cannot answer for more than 1.4 seconds. What is it doing
>all that long time.
>
>The network is NOT overloaded.
>
>Harald Kirsch
>
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>-------------------------------------------------+------------------
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From: Holden MacRoyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.redhat,linux.redhat.misc,linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: KERNEL COMPILING WOES!
Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 17:27:14 GMT
I am finishing up compiling the 2.2.5 kernel on my RedHat 5.2 dist. I
have successfully done this before so I know it works - except for this
time, and I don't know why.
The kernel compiled and I am in the finishing stages, setting up the
symlinks in the /boot directory and creating an initial ramdisk. This is
where the problem happens. Here is the scenario and error message that I
get:
/*
# ls -l /boot/vmlinuz*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Apr 2 10:31
/boot/vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-2.2.5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 454349 Nov 17 13:11
/boot/vmlinuz-2.0.36-1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 565005 Apr 2 10:01
/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.5
# mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.2.5.img 2.2.5
mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/loop0 as a block device
(maybe 'insmod driver'?)
Can't get a loopback device
*/
None of the documentation make any mention of this so I am at a loss.
The odd thing is - I had just done this successfully 30 minutes prior. I
realized after SUCCESSFULLY rebooting into the new kernel that I had
forgotten to add DOS filesystems into the kernel so I went back,
reconfigured .. recompiled .. and when I tried to make the initrd again
(as shown above), it wouldnt happen. Any thoughts?
Thanks - IK
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rainer Erich Scheichelbauer)
Crossposted-To: gnu.misc.discuss,rec.humor,ox.os.linux
Subject: Re: Microsoft Patents Open-Source
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 19:35:52 +0200
Klaus Schilling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The thing from a few years ago with Gates sueing Santa was funnier.
Don't know that one. Anyone re-post that please?
remove spam from e-mail address to reply
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From: sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: install/configure mail program
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 13:33:20 -0500
Can anyone tell me (or refer me to a document) whether I need Qmail or
other MTA to use with exmh or mutt? And how do I configure and install
the mailer?
Thanks.
Nicol Brinn
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Floyd Davidson)
Subject: Re: newsreader for linux
Date: 2 Apr 1999 12:53:46 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
trn is a _far_ better newsreader. It isn't GUI, and it
doesn't use multiple fonts and fancy images.
But it will do just about any other trick you can imagine, and
it lets you use your favorite text editor when you write
articles too. The way that I invoke it is: rn -I -K -m -M -q
and of course that is from a script so I don't type all that in
every time.
Another news reader worth the effort is GNUS, using GNU Emacs or
Xemacs. It has the advantage that you can also use it for email
(which is the _only_ way to deal with a very high volume of
email). It has the disadvantage of requiring a lot more effort
to set up (emacs and all), but it has the advantage of being
even more able than trn.
Floyd
Jeremiah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "Gero H. Marten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake thusly:
>> Daniel Franzen wrote:
>>
>>> Are there any stable newsreader for linux ? I don't want to use
>>> communicator anymore , it crashes to often.
>>
>> Why and when does NS crash? I use it to manage ca. 25 newsgroups with
>> about 1000 new messages a day. It hasn't crashed for weeks.
>
> I used 3.0's newsreader with my old computer (running Slack)
>for about six months with no problems. Then I got a new computer and used
>4.07's newsreader for about a month and a half with no problems... then
>one day, when I tried to read this very group: *crash*. Each time I tried
>to load the group. I waited a day, and tried to avoid downloading all of
>the headers... *crash* So I stopped reading for a week. Tried it again,
>and it worked. It worked fine for about another two or three weeks,
>and then I had the same problem with a different group. My speculation
>was that it was a bad header or something, but I couldn't figure it out...
> Any ideas?
>
>
>Brian
>
>--
>email to bmeloon at twcny dot rr dot com. evilquaker is a spam collector.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: 52M memory used by X?!
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 17:45:58 GMT
Hi I was running X with window maker, there were 4 rxvt windows open upon
startup X and
when I typed "free" in one window I found the memory used was some 25M(I have
64M mem), then I left the machine there for about 8 hours without doing anything
special, then I tried "free" again, this time about 52M memory was used! The
system load was zero during this period. I am just wondering if this is normal
for X, because "free" also told me my 56M swap spcce wasn't used by then, so
maybe X(or window maker) does need some 50M total memory to just stand there
and when both swap and enough mem are available it prefers to put evrything in
mem?
any hint will be greatly appreciated. Thanx.
--yl
PS: I am using window maker 0.5.2 if I recall correctly.
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From: "Allan Dias" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: X soap opera. I need help to change it ends...
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 15:41:32 -0300
I need help with X11 system.
I just can't make it work anymore. It looks quite like some freak soap
opera, but here it goes:
First: My 3D Blaster Exxtreme ( Permedia 2)video card were not supported by
the previous versions of Xfree86. I managed to start fvwm2, and later Gnome,
but only like a generic card with 256 Kb Ram and at 320x300 or other
horrible resolution. Many aplications, like control-panel weren't able to
start saying: "can't start display".
Later, I discovered that my video card works with the new version of Xfree,
so I dowloaded:
XFree86-libs-3.3.3.1-1.1 XFree86- XFree86-75dpi-fonts- XFree86-VGA16-
XFree86-XF86Setup- XFree86-SVGA-, PLUS my server
XFree86-3DLabs-3.3.3.1-1.1.i386, the new fvwm2, and the new Xconfigurator
and forced the upgrade, just like is described at the Red Hat 5.2 How to
page.
The worst part... Problem 1- X configurator hangs every time I select the
permedia 2 chip set. Says there is a core problem and returns to prompt.
Problem 2 - Now I can use Xf86config and select my 3d labs server.
Unfortunatelly, when I finish it and startx na error apear Imediattly:
Execve failed for /etc/X11/X
Other errors apears but they are generic.
What can I do? There is another good X system ( free or warez) that I can
use insted of Xfree?
Help me so I can use the Linux full power!!!!
Reply to:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks.
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From: Richard Lindgren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: bz2 compression
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 20:41:31 +0200
Hi!
I downloaded the new linux-2.2.2 and I saw that it was compressed using
.bz2 compression. Have never heard about it before and gunzip didn't
make the uncompressing. What program should I use and where do I find
it. The file header says "BZh91AY&SY"
Thanx
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Floyd Davidson)
Subject: Re: Activating Changes to /etc/services
Date: 2 Apr 1999 16:59:27 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[posted and emailed]
Steve D. Perkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Does anyone know an easy way to activate changes made to port
>settings in /etc/services WITHOUT having to re-boot the system? (or do
>changes to this file self-activate without you having to do anything
>special in the first place?)
>
>Steve
Linux is unix (i.e., not designed in Redmond), it doesn't
require a reboot to make changes.
But note that /etc/services is just a list of ports, and that
_listing_ is the only service it provides. Hence editing the
list "activates" the listing, but that doesn't mean that a
service listed in /etc/services is made enabled or disabled.
For an example of what /etc/services does, try this command:
telnet localhost daytime
And you will probably get something like this:
tanana:floyd ~ >telnet localhost daytime
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
Fri Apr 2 07:50:18 1999
Connection closed by foreign host.
Then, edit /etc/services and by putting a '#' in front of the
lines that have "daytime" as the port:
...
iscard 9/udp sink null
systat 11/tcp users
#daytime 13/tcp
#daytime 13/udp
netstat 15/tcp
...
And now try the same telnet command again:
tanana:floyd ~ >telnet localhost daytime
daytime: bad port number
OK? Now try the same thing using the port by its number
tanana:floyd ~ >telnet localhost 13
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
Fri Apr 2 07:54:30 1999
Connection closed by foreign host.
The "daytime" port still works fine, but telnet can't find it by
name.
To deactivate the daytime service itself, see /etc/inetd.conf and
read the man page on inetd(8).
Floyd
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Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
UPDATED Mar 20, North Slope images: <http://www.ptialaska.net/~floyd>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Activating Changes to /etc/services
Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 17:47:52 GMT
You need to send an HUP signal to your inetd process:
killall -1 inetd
If this fails, try manually stopping and restating inetd. How to do this
depends on the startup scripts for your distribution. For debian:
/etc/init.d/netbase stop
/etc/init.d/netbase start
For Redhat:
/etc/rc.d/init.d/inet stop
/etc/rc.d/init.d/inet start
Hope this helps
Perry
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Steve D. Perkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Does anyone know an easy way to activate changes made to port
> settings in /etc/services WITHOUT having to re-boot the system? (or do
> changes to this file self-activate without you having to do anything
> special in the first place?)
>
> Steve
>
>
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From: "G. Sumner Hayes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: "playing MPEGs" or "problems with SMP kernel"
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 15:07:01 -0500
Peter Kharchenko wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I've ran into a weird problem when I put a second processor into my
> system: When the kernel is running in SMP mode with two processors,
> video players don't seem to work. All of them (mpeg_play, MpegTV,
> xanim) are showing the same exact problem: they spit out a bunch of
> frames, then freeze, then spit out some more and so on.
It could be that the video player is getting bumped back and forth
between processors and is falling out of the cache in the process.
There's a compile-time constant that you can alter to increase
processor affinity under SMP, but I don't recall what it is off the
top of my head. It was mentioned recently on linux-kernel.
Of course, I could be completely wrong.
--Sumner
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From: "Stavros C. Kassinos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Slow ethernet LAN driving me crazy!!
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 12:01:29 -0800
HI Jeff,
in fact I am running gated and routed on the client box too, so that
might be the problem or part of it. So, to make it clear, do I just have
to remove gated and routed form runlevel 3 for the client machine, or do
I also have somehow to tell the client machine
that it has to rely on the server for routed & gated services?
Thank you -- Stavros
jeff wrote:
>
> Had a similar problem once only my LAN was bigger consisted of many win9X
> and NT clients as well as NeXT and two HP boxes I also had two Linux
> boxes. Turned out that I had both boxes running routed and gated.
> Reconfigured the boxes so only the box I designated as my Linux server would
> run routed and gated.
>
> This solved my problem.
>
> Some symptoms I had that I don't see listed, and you may not be having are
> that if I did a traceroute both the Linux boxes showing up as router in the
> hop count. Also ping would send back replies in groups of four showing
> increased packet loss each time.
>
> just some thoughts
>
> good luck
>
> Stavros C. Kassinos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Hi thank you for your response Bob.
> >
> > This is a new setup that never worked at the correct speed.
> >
> > In the meantime I have done some additional testing and here are some
> > new facts:
> >
> > When I ftp from client to server I get 5kb/sec. When I ftp from server
> > to client I get .7Mb/sec. An assymetric problem as you describe.
> >
> > I run ping "ping -f -s 100", "ping -f -s 200" etc. between the two
> > machines and I get inceasing packet loss with increasing packet size.
> > Loss gets upto 35% -- too high. I also get duplicates.
> >
> > On the client box, Ifconfig gives some frame errors:
> >
> > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:A0:CC:27:4D:36
> > inet addr:192.168.0.27 Bcast:192.168.0.255
> > Mask:255.255.255.0
> > UP BROADCAST RUNNING PROMISC MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> > RX packets:2705 errors:179 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:179
> >
> > The cards on the two machines
> > Server: eth0 to ISP Kingston 110TX using tulip driver
> > eth1 to LAN 3com 3c905
> >
> > Client: eth0 to LAN LinkSys EtherFast 110TX (LNE 100) using Tulip
> > driver.
> >
> > Thank you for you help and any new ideas :)
> >
> > Bob Hauck wrote:
> > >
> > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > > "Stavros C. Kassinos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > >
> > > > PROBLEM: The connection, even the local one just between Box-1 and
> > > > Box-2, is slow. FTP transfer rates are only 1-5Kb/sec!!
> > >
> > > Did it ever work, or is this a new problem? If it never worked
> > > I would look first at configuration...is routing correct, are you
> > > seeing errors in /var/log/messages, does ifconfig show the
> > > correct setup for the card, etc.
> > >
> > > If it used to work and just quit, it's probably hardware. I had
> > > something like it happen when one of my ethernet cards decided it
> > > didn't need to generate interrupts. The weird thing was that the
> > > slowness was not symmetric. 1->2 was faster than 2->1.
> > >
> > > It could also be a bad cable, bad hub, or gremlins.
> > >
> > > --
> > > 15:15:00 up 36 days, 5:38, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
> >
> > --
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
> > Stavros C. Kassinos | [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
> > | Office: (650)-723-0546 |
> > Center for Turbulence Research | Fax: (650)-723-4548 |
> > Stanford University | www.stanford.edu/~kassinos |
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
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Stavros C. Kassinos | [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
| Office: (650)-723-0546 |
Center for Turbulence Research | Fax: (650)-723-4548 |
Stanford University | www.stanford.edu/~kassinos |
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tmack)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,git.unix.linux
Subject: Re: Password Security
Date: 1 Apr 1999 20:08:44 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Thorsten W. Hertel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi !
>
>In the Linux Rawhide distribution there is the annoying password security which
>doesn't permit me to use my default password which is being used on other
>accounts. Is there a way to turn the special security setting off, so that I can
>choose even passwords which consist of regular words and numbers?
>
I dont know about turning it off, but if you still want to use your old password,
just copy the old shadow password field into your new shadow files. If you dont have
the old password already crypted, go find a crypt program and run the password
through it, copy the output into the password field of shadow.
Tmack
--
blah
bleh
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From: Brian McCauley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Multiple modem
Date: 02 Apr 1999 15:02:01 +0100
shu ling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> If I have more than one modem installed, how can I configure which modem
> does the "chat" program talk to?
chat does not explicitly talk to any device. You call if from another
program (like pppd). The other program opens the device before it
calls chat.
To specify a device when you call pppd... er... well... um... you
specify the device.
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From: "No Spam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Interesting postgres questions
Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 16:52:05 GMT
OK, here are some more questions for the experts:
What issues do I need to be aware of when I am redoing the same software on
another OS and another DBMS. Do the datastructures (the table fields if you
wish) have to be identical?
What if the new application that I'm writing has more fields than the old
one?
What if it has less?
What if the new field has a different size? (smaller or bigger)
What it has a totally different name?
...
...
Please feel free to explain whatever you can :)
Thanks
> On Thu, 01 Apr 1999 20:02:11 GMT, Doug S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted:
> >The only way I know of to do this is to export your clipper database
> >file to a tab or comma delimited text file. Then use the COPY command
> >(if you exported to a comma delimited file you'll use the USING
> >DELIMITERS clause, too) to import the data.
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Can't WinRSH into Linux box...
Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 17:33:42 GMT
1) Verify you have an entry in your /etc/inetd.conf for rsh. It should look
something like:
shell stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.rshd
2) Put an entry in your ~/.rhosts file that looks like:
machine username
where 'machine' is the hostname or ip address you gave your Windows 95 box.
You may need to add to /etc/hosts if you use a hostname. username is the
username you log in with in Win 95.
Hope that helps
Perry
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Jon Slater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just installed WinRSH on a Win95 box so that the Win95 box can run
> selected scripts on the Linux box.
>
> I added the Win95 box to the "/etc/host.allow" file.
>
> But, every time I try to RSH or REXEC into the Linux box, I get a
> message that says:
>
> "Connection refused" or "Connection rejected"
>
> I can ping, telnet, and ftp from the Win95 to Linux box.
>
> Does anyone have an idea why I can't RSH?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jon
> --
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6150 Lookout Road
> Phone: (303) 247-5037 Boulder, Colorado
> Fax: (303) 247-5167 80301
>
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Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 11:39:47 -0700
From: Bob van der Poel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 52M memory used by X?!
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hi I was running X with window maker, there were 4 rxvt windows open upon
> startup X and
> when I typed "free" in one window I found the memory used was some 25M(I have
> 64M mem), then I left the machine there for about 8 hours without doing anything
> special, then I tried "free" again, this time about 52M memory was used! The
> system load was zero during this period. I am just wondering if this is normal
> for X, because "free" also told me my 56M swap spcce wasn't used by then, so
> maybe X(or window maker) does need some 50M total memory to just stand there
> and when both swap and enough mem are available it prefers to put evrything in
> mem?
> any hint will be greatly appreciated. Thanx.
>
> --yl
>
> PS: I am using window maker 0.5.2 if I recall correctly.
Free doesn't really tell you the correct information...well, it doesn't
tell you what you think you want. Linux uses mem for buffering file
reads. This memory is returned to applications if they need it. So, to
tell how much memory is 'free' you need to add 'free', 'buffers', and
'cached' fields together. Just to prove this to yourself, run a largish
application after your 'free' and look again. You'll see the buffer
field down, but no swap being used.
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From: Frank Sweetser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: VMWARE -- why isn't it the rage topic of discussion?
Date: 01 Apr 1999 14:58:32 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I'm quite surprised that VMWARE (www.vmware.com) isn't
> being discussed much. I've been waiting years for just
> such a thing. I can now run windows98 under linux, and
> run quicken, office97, solitaire :-), or anything else
> I want (except directx games...yet), without rebooting.
>
> Vmware simply rocks.
most people i know are somewhat discouraged by the resources needed, but
then just ignore it when they see the pricetag, esp with wine making such
rapid process.
--
Frank Sweetser rasmusin at wpi.edu fsweetser at blee.net | PGP key available
paramount.ind.wpi.edu RedHat 5.2 kernel 2.2.5 i586 | at public servers
The choice of approaches could be made the responsibility of the
programmer.
-- Larry Wall in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: Frank Sweetser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: OFF-TOPIC: UserFriendly is down!
Date: 01 Apr 1999 14:56:16 -0500
**Nick Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I was about to post the same thing... unless it's an April Fool ?
>
> Keith Phillips wrote:
> > Well, it had to happen...the UserFriendly comic strip site
> > is down, pending legal wrangling.
hehe... so, you got suckered too, eh? seems that bedope, slashdot,
segfault, and userfriendly were all in on it - they're back up now....
--
Frank Sweetser rasmusin at wpi.edu fsweetser at blee.net | PGP key available
paramount.ind.wpi.edu RedHat 5.2 kernel 2.2.5 i586 | at public servers
The choice of approaches could be made the responsibility of the
programmer.
-- Larry Wall in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: "William L. Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.linux
Subject: Re: FS: LinuxRules.com
Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 11:20:55 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jeremy Crabtree wrote:
> For example, www.Quake.com is NOT owned by ID software, but rather
> a person, or persons, who specifically registered it with the intent
> of making ID pay GOBs of $$$ more than the initial $70 for it.
>
> So, is THAT extortion?
Well if things keep going they way they are going, ID could register a
trademark on quake and then the owning party would be forced to give it
to them...
Solus
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From: Jet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Help me spend $2,000 on a new Linux-based computer
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 00:44:50 -0800
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I've gotten the go-ahead from my better half (read: my wife) to spend
> around 2K on a new system. I'd like to hear _specific_ success and/or
> horror stories on systems and peripherals that have worked and not
> worked with Linux. My prequisites:
>
> 400mhz CPU
> 96mb RAM
> 8mb video card
> 19" monitor
> sound card, speakers
> 4GB hard drive
> CD-ROM
First make sure the hardware you get is compatible.
Mainly the Video card and the sound card.
You didn't mention a modem. Are you going to get one?
Am I the only one who doesn't like big monitors? I don't like anything
bigger than 15".
J
--
KY2K Jelly: The Personal Lubricant for the Next Millennium
email me at jetgal at earthlink dot net
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From: "Chris Richards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: hacked /bin/login: can't replace it
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 13:34:09 -0600
Howdy.
Last week my Linux box was comprimised by the wu ftpd security hole. (It
figures... the only ports I have open are ftp and ftp-data :)
Luckily I was at the terminal when the lamer broke into the system. I yanked
the ethernet cable and in doing so prevented all but minor damage.
I have used RedHat's rpm utility to clean up the entire system. All I have
left to replace is /bin/login. Strangely enough, I can not. When I try to
perform operations against the file, I receive a "operation not permitted"
error. Such operations consist of 'mv', 'rm', creating a hard-link to it via
'ln', editing and trying save it via 'vi', 'chmod' to something other than
04711, 'cp' the correct login binary over /bin/login, etc.
The error almost sounds like a hardware defect, however, fsck is not
complaining that there is a problem with the filesystem.
Any insight would be appreciated.
Cheers,
cjr
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