Linux-Misc Digest #753, Volume #19 Mon, 5 Apr 99 19:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: Proposal: "Linux 2000 Platform" (Jeremy Crabtree)
Re: Tools for IRQ and IO address (Walter Strong)
Re: MS-DOS/Linux ("Selious")
question about memory design (A Dark Elf)
Re: Why Linux still isn't my standard boot-up OS, or what are the Linux-equivalents
for these Windoze programs? (Jeremy Crabtree)
procmail-rhcn 3.13 Red Hat 5.2, 5.1, 5.0 RPM and SRPM (James Bourne)
Re: Why Linux still isn't my standard boot-up OS, or what are the Linux-equivalents
for these Windoze programs? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: (Q) Is there a pgp.rpm ? (Timothy Murphy)
Re: timezone and daylight savings problem (Adam P. Jenkins)
RH Linux 5.2 and an Aztech 2320 (William O'Neal)
Who is connected to my system
MS-DOS/Linux
Re: SIOCSIFFLAGS (Arcady Genkin)
ISO: masq. module for WORMS(2) ("Tom Emerson")
Re: Inaccessible boot device: HELP! (NT Error, Linuxes fault?) ("CLS")
ANNOUNCE: less-335 (Mark Nudelman)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeremy Crabtree)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: Proposal: "Linux 2000 Platform"
Date: 5 Apr 1999 19:05:07 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Peter Samuelson allegedly wrote:
>[Jeremy Crabtree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]
>> Okay...I was really hoping for a way to past from, say, tty1 (an
>> actual console, not an XTerm) to someplace in X.
>
>I thought about this some time ago.
So, I'm not the only crazy person out there to need/want to do this?!
cool! :)
>(I am quite adept at thinking of
>ways to implement features I am likely never to get around to acting
>on. Sometimes I think I am the ultimate hacker wannabe.)
I can identify with that.
>One way to do this would be to provide an API within gpm -- or possibly
>a helper app -- that would bridge the X selection and the gpm
>selection, keeping them in sync as one changed. I originally thought
>it would involve simply signalling gpm to open such-and-such an X
>display, and would be pretty simple. Then I started thinking and began
>to foresee problems:
[SNIP, problems]
Ah...but what if <dum dum duuum> you use a gpm repeater as your
pointer in X? How would that affect the problems?
>
>> Again, I was hoping for something that would work on a regular
>> console, and paste into X...a pipe dream, I know, but still...
>
>Not a pipe dream, more likely something on the lines of sockets...
Hrmm...maybe...
--
"Being myself a remarkably stupid fellow, I have had to unteach myself
the difficulties, and now beg to present to my fellow fools the parts
that are not hard" --Silvanus P. Thompson, from "Calculus Made Easy."
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Walter Strong)
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.slackware,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Tools for IRQ and IO address
Date: 5 Apr 1999 19:02:37 GMT
Jing Duan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: I seems to have IRQ or IO conflict. I wonder if there are any tools similar
: to MSD that display the IRQ and IO address in Linux.
: Thank you in advance.
: Jing Duan
you can find out and adjust what linux is doing with irq and addresses
by using setserial.
man setserial
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From: "Selious" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MS-DOS/Linux
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 00:18:50 +0200
I believe tar has such a feature or something !!
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Crossposted-To: alt.computer,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: A Dark Elf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: question about memory design
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 13:24:18 -0500
2 questions:
Time to read x bits from memory in FPM, knowing the access time and cycle
time, would be access time + (cycle time * x-1) right?
How do you find the maximum amount of interleaving that can be done in a
system with 6 memory modules, with specific amount of words in them?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeremy Crabtree)
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?
Date: 5 Apr 1999 19:09:47 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Michael Powe allegedly wrote:
>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
>Hash: SHA1
>
>>>>>> "Jeremiah" == Jeremiah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Jeremiah> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Michael Powe
> Jeremiah> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake thusly:
>
> >>> ? Sure you can... I do it all the time... select the
> >>> section with the left button, paste with the middle button.
> >> However, this is a fix. I can't do it on my slackware box & I
> >> couldn't do it on my Really Horrible box, either.
>
> Jeremiah> I could do it out of the box on my RH5.2 setup, and I
> Jeremiah> could do it on my ancient Slackware (kernel 1.2.13
> Jeremiah> setup).
>
>So? I couldn't do it on RH 4.2 or 5.1 and I can't do it on Slack
>3.5.
[SNIP]
Strange...I could do it with RedHat 4.1, and now with Slackware 3.6
(an in RH5.1, and RH5.2 also, but I've had limited opportunity to
use those)
If it isn't working the standard way, try doing it while holding
the shift key down. (some apps are stubborn about it)
--
"Being myself a remarkably stupid fellow, I have had to unteach myself
the difficulties, and now beg to present to my fellow fools the parts
that are not hard" --Silvanus P. Thompson, from "Calculus Made Easy."
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James Bourne)
Crossposted-To: comp.mail.sendmail
Subject: procmail-rhcn 3.13 Red Hat 5.2, 5.1, 5.0 RPM and SRPM
Date: 5 Apr 1999 20:32:59 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
We have posted the i386.rpm and src.rpm on our WWW site at
http://www.affinity-systems.ab.ca/software/ for procmail-rhcn 3.13. These
should work on Red Hat 5.0, 5.1, and 5.2 but were compiled under Red Hat 5.2
and kernel 2.2.X
Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Here is information on the package:
cafe:bash$ rpm -qi procmail-rhcn
Name : procmail-rhcn Distribution: Red Hat Contrib|Net
Version : 3.13 Vendor: Affinity Systems Inc.
Release : 1 Build Date: Mon Apr 5 14:18:08 1999
Install date: Mon Apr 5 14:19:39 1999 Build Host: cafe.affinity-systems.ab.ca
Group : Daemons Source RPM: procmail-rhcn-3.13-1.src.rpm
Size : 307888 License: GPL
Packager : Red Hat Contrib|Net <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
URL : http://www.affinity-systems.ab.ca/software/
Summary : procmail mail delivery agent
Description :
Most mail servers such as sendmail need to have a local delivery agent.
Procmail can be used as the local delivery agent for you mail server. It
supports a rich command set that allows you to pre-sort, archive, or re-mail
incoming mail automatically. SmartList also needs procmail to operate.
and the changelog:
cafe:bash$ rpm -q --changelog procmail-rhcn
* Mon Apr 05 1999 James Bourne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
- updated to procmail 3.13
* Tue Jan 12 1999 James Bourne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
- added attr's to files section
* Thu Jan 07 1999 James Bourne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
- Rebuilt RPM and SRPM with pgp signature and proper spec file for rhcn.
* Thu Dec 17 1998 James Bourne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
- built RPM and SRPM. only changes are that the spec file uses it's own
install section and does not use the procmail install methods.
Regards,
Jim
--
James Bourne | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Affinity Systems Inc. | WWW: http://www.affinity-systems.ab.ca
Everything Unix | Linux: The choice of a GNU generation
======================================================================
Unix System Administration, System programming, Network Administration
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [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?
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 17:15:26 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On 3 Apr 1999 19:57:20 GMT, Todd Knarr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> >Probably because the terminology came mostly from systems _other_ than
> >Intel machines, over the decade or so when Unix typically ran on systems
> >other than Intel. In XFree86, for example, the pointer on the screen can be
> >generated variously by a mouse, a joystick, several varieties of touchpads
> >and digitizing tablets and ELO-hardware-based touchscreens.
>
> I've done touchscreens, quite cool. Also there were light-pens.
> "We don' need no stinkin' mooses, round here!" ;-) Sadly I think
> that many people think Microsludge invented the user interface and
> computers didnt really exsist before Windgonk.
>
> Kinda' like that Al Gore "inventing the Internet" thing.
Actually what you read and deleted was out of context with what I actually
said. I was saying that since Linux was made for the PC, previously as
Microslop platform, and since most of us would like to replace Microslop
with Linux, it would be nice if we had some references which included
names of items as we once knew them (which point to the names they are
referred to in Linux). Can you imagine if you didn't speak spanish and I
told you to feed the gato? The poor cat would die of starvation before
it got food. It would be much easier if I pointed to the cat when I said
gato. Wouldn't it? What was left of my comments pretty much looked
like I was claiming Linux was wrong because it properly called the animal
a feline.
My argument is "I'm in Spain, please help me learn Spanish". It is not,
"these damn Spaniards should learn to speak English".
Thank you for your support.
Rick
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Timothy Murphy)
Subject: Re: (Q) Is there a pgp.rpm ?
Date: 5 Apr 1999 17:17:48 +0100
Merell L. Matlock, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>I don't think (could be wrong) that there are any rpm's for PGP. You=20
>can get the sources and compile them yourself from:
>http://www.pgpi.com
I looked at this site,
and found great confusion between the commercial and free versions of pgp.
I tried the latest rpm, pgp-5.0i-1,
but this required a number of obscure libraries,
whose whereabouts were not specified.
I could not find the sources for this rpm anywhere.
>> Is there some reason why this is not on the RedHat CDs?
>Yes. It's called export restrictions. To the US Gov., PGP is a=20
>'munition'.
>Since RedHat is a US company, they have to abide by the law.
However, there are in fact several implementations of pgp on the CD,
eg kpgp and pgp in combination with elm, mutt, etc.
My impression is that it is not so much the US government causing the confusion
as the fact that the PGP people are trying to make money
out of the commercial version,
and so have no reason to advertise the free versions.
--
Timothy Murphy
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
tel: +353-1-2842366
s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: timezone and daylight savings problem
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Adam P. Jenkins)
Date: 05 Apr 1999 14:31:10 -0400
Hi,
It has been pointed out to me that I goofed and mixed up daylight
savings and standard time in my mind. Hopefully this followup to my
own post will stem the flood of messages pointing this out to me.
Thank you to those who set me straight.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Adam P. Jenkins) writes:
> Hi,
>
> When I run date, it prints
>
> Mon Apr 5 12:52:47 EDT 1999
>
> Notice that it's April 5, yet it still says it's daylight savings
> time. Shouldn't the timezone be EST?
>
> I have RedHat 5.0, with glibc upgraded to glibc-2.0.7-29, on a
> Pentium. /etc/localtime points to the correct timezone.
>
> $ ls -l /etc/localtime
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 Apr 5 00:53 /etc/localtime ->
>../usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Eastern
>
> Can anyone tell me why the system still thinks the timezone is EDT
> instead of EST? Thank you.
>
> --
> Adam P. Jenkins
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
Adam P. Jenkins
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 14:03:45 -0700
From: William O'Neal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH Linux 5.2 and an Aztech 2320
does anyone know if the aztech 2320 sound card is supported under rh
5.2?
thanks,
wil
--
MulchMagazine (www.mulchmag.com)
"Cause the world doesn't need any more humble Negroes."
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Who is connected to my system
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 21:40:15 GMT
Hi,
How do I know who is currently connected to my computer? FTP, Apache, telnet,..
I know how to do that after they have left, but I would like to know that at
the same moment.
I usually check all the files at /var/lib/apache/var/log
I also do cat /proc/net/
I check all what is there tcp, udp,sockstat,
but it doesn't tell any useful information, just addresses.
Thanks
--
http://www.geocities.com/bourbonstreet/5174
http://sedky.dyn.ez-ip.net
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MS-DOS/Linux
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 21:23:11 GMT
I have a question that I hope is easy. Is there a way to achieve compatibility
of text documents between MS systems and Linux ie: When i write a document under
windows, i don't want the "M" when i try to view it in linux. And the otherway
around, when I make a document in Linux i don't want those funny characters
when i read it under windows.
Thanks
--
Wael Sedky
Lennoxville, Quebec (819) 573-0168
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.geocities.com/bourbonstreet/5174
http://sedky.dyn.ez-ip.net
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: SIOCSIFFLAGS
From: Arcady Genkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 22:25:26 GMT
> Hans van Epen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:7e6525$fmq$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Can somebody tell me why I get the following message everytime I try to
> > start up my network with: /sbin/init.d/network start?
> > SIOCSIFFLAGS: resource temporarily unavailable.
> > What does it mean and what can I do about it?
> > I am new at this so please keep it simple.
> > Help is greatly appreciated for I fear I could go over to the dark
> > (microsoft) side again!
I had exactly the same message when I had IRQ conflict between my
networking card and SCSI adapter (but it can be anything in your
case). Check to see if all devices use different IRQs.
--
Arcady Genkin
"I opened up my wallet, and it's full of blood..." - GsYDE
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From: "Tom Emerson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: ISO: masq. module for WORMS(2)
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 14:44:30 -0700
That about says it -- is there an IP masquarding module to support
Microprose's Worms2 game through a linux firewall?
Lacking that, does anyone have experience with connecting Worms2 through ANY
firewall?
As you might imagine, I *really* don't want to hook my win95 machine
directly up to the dsl box...
Tom
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From: "CLS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Inaccessible boot device: HELP! (NT Error, Linuxes fault?)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,microsoft.public.windowsnt,microsoft.public.windowsnt.misc,microsoft.public.windowsnt.setup,uk.comp.os.linux
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 13:45:58 -0700
stuart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
> PS - I had a similiar failure (invalid boot device) on another hard drive
> recently too.
Stuart:
Lilo overwrote the NT boot sector. Use your NT ERD to restore the NT boot
sector information. Boot from the 3 original NT disks and select repair.
Repair boot sector only. When using Linux and NT together, my
recommendation is to employ a third party boot manager program such as
System Commander, BootMagic, IBM Boot Manager, etc.
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From: Mark Nudelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: gnu.announce,gnu.utils.bug,alt.sources.d
Subject: ANNOUNCE: less-335
Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 16:33:10 -0800
A new version of less, less-335, has been released.
Less is a file pager similar to "more" or "pg".
This release fixes some bugs and adds a few new features, notably:
* New -w flag highlights the first new line after a forward-screen.
* New -W flag highlights the first new line after any forward movement.
* New escapes in prompt strings:
%d for page number and %D for number of pages.
* Window resize works even if LINES and/or COLUMNS environment
variables are incorrect.
Source for less-335 can be downloaded from ftp.gnu.org/gnu/less and
its mirrors, or from the less homepage
http://www.flash.net/~marknu/less.
MS-DOS and Windows binaries can be downloaded from the less home page.
--Mark
[ Most GNU software is compressed using the GNU `gzip' compression program.
Source code is available on most sites distributing GNU software.
Executables for various systems and information about using gzip can be
found at the URL http://www.gzip.org.
For information on how to order GNU software on CD-ROM and
printed GNU manuals, see http://www.gnu.org/order/order.html
or e-mail a request to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
By ordering your GNU software from the FSF, you help us continue to
develop more free software. Media revenues are our primary source of
support. Donations to FSF are deductible on US tax returns.
The above software will soon be at these ftp sites as well.
Please try them before ftp.gnu.org as ftp.gnu.org is very busy!
A possibly more up-to-date list is at the URL
http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html
thanx [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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