Linux-Misc Digest #794, Volume #19 Fri, 9 Apr 99 19:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Re: Photoshop vs. Gimp (perry)
Re: VMware sell-out to Microsoft??? ("Edwin E. Thorne")
Re: message in /var/log/messages (Chris J/#6)
sound and video card recommendations ("Jim Ray")
Re: Running as root? (Craig Kelley)
Ghostscript - Do I need it if RH5.2 already prints (Jeff Peterson)
Re: HP 7200e CDRW with Linux ("Thomas T. Veldhouse")
Re: Where's the source code? (Paul Kimoto)
Re: HP 7200e CDRW with Linux (Peter Wright)
Re: undesirable CRACKER (Thomas Zajic)
Q: Is there an FTP program that can transfer a whole directory tree at once? ("ian")
i686 kernel on amd k6-2 300 (Josh Miller)
Database question(s) ("Blake Starkenburg")
error in unlike any b4... unresolved symbols... (Nitin Malik)
GYVE 0.2.6 - draw editor for designers ("Masatake YAMATO")
nested ` (Siemel Naran)
Re: nested ` (Frank Sweetser)
Re: Where to place Linux (Matthew Slowe)
Re: Q: Is there an FTP program that can transfer a whole directory tree at once?
(Frank Sweetser)
Re: Backup NT server with BRU via samba ("LeedsNet")
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Subject: Re: Photoshop vs. Gimp
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (perry)
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 14:54:55 -0400
Gavin McCord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Gimp is not a professional printer's package - it's excellent
> for Web graphics, and obviously zero cost is an incentive
> to use it but if you're already using Photoshop then I don't
> see much point in you changing over.
exactly. it's pretty neat, but nothing like photoshop.
-perry
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From: "Edwin E. Thorne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Subject: Re: VMware sell-out to Microsoft???
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 14:11:03 -0500
mlee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Check out this link. Draw your own conclusions:
>
> http://www.msnbc.com/news/253207.asp#BODY
>
> > "Ms. Greene was one of the co-founders of VXtreme,
> > an Internet video company that was purchased by
> > Microsoft in 1997 for an estimated $75 million. She plowed
> > some proceeds from that deal into VMWare - ironically,
> > using Microsoft's money to back a product that could be
> > something of a threat.
> >
> > But she and other VMWare executives insist they
> > aren't hostile to the software giant; they argue their product
> > could actually lead to loading more copies of Microsoft
> > operating systems and applications on personal computers
> > and servers. A week before announcing the company,
> > VMWare executives gave a courtesy briefing at Microsoft's
> > headquarters in Redmond, Wash."
> >
> Cheers
> Mike
Kewl! So how long will it be before MS crushes VMWare with a copy-cat
product? ;)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris J/#6)
Subject: Re: message in /var/log/messages
Date: 9 Apr 1999 17:46:41 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On my syslog (version 1.3.0 -- yep, old) the MARK is written to the log
with a facility of 'mark'. I doubt this has changed, so you could
potentially stop the logging by adding '!mark.debug' to one of the syslog.conf
lines...for example:
*.debug;!mark.debug /var/adm/messages
Then sending syslog a HUP.
Chris...
John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Howard Mann wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Here is an excerpt from my /var/log/messages :
>>
>> Apr 5 20:20:27 localhost -- MARK --
>> Apr 5 20:40:27 localhost -- MARK --
>> Apr 5 21:00:27 localhost -- MARK --
>> Apr 5 21:20:27 localhost -- MARK --
>> Apr 5 21:40:28 localhost -- MARK --
>>
>> This has recently appeared. Does anyone know what this might mean?
>>
>> ( I obviously do not know what the 20 min periodicity implies )
>
>The new versions of syslogd log this "-- MARK --" entry
>during periods of inactivity so you can see that the daemon
>was still active during that time.
>
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From: "Jim Ray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: sound and video card recommendations
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 14:41:20 -0400
Reply-To: "Jim Ray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I'm looking to build a new machine over the next month or so. I've got a
440bx mb, with onboard SCSI and now I'm looking for the biggest
bottleneck-killer: the video card. I really like the diamond viper 5500.
How well does this perform under linux?? any alternatives? Also, I'd like
a really kick ass sound card. I know that open sound does not support the
diamond chips--how about the soundblasters?? the new sb live?? I'm not
quite convinced that 3d audio is ready to go, but i do know that creative
has hired engineers to write drivers FOR linux. any recommendations for a
sound card?? I'll probably be dual booting into NT, at least for a while. .
.
Jim
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Running as root?
From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 09 Apr 1999 12:33:23 -0600
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank Goodwyn) writes:
> >Stop running as root! That is what su is for! It is trivial to set
> >up a user account for your self (and another for testing untrusted
> >software).
> >
> Pardon a newbie question, but how do you do this? Or how do you find
> out? I have been running as root because, trivial or not, I'm not sure
> how to do anything else.
man su
su username <-- become the 'username' user using the current environment
su - username <-- become the 'username' user using their environment
When you invoke su without a username it assumes that you want to become
root.
--
The wheel is turning but the hamster is dead.
Craig Kelley -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.isu.edu/~kellcrai finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP block
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From: Jeff Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Ghostscript - Do I need it if RH5.2 already prints
Date: 9 Apr 1999 18:32:08 GMT
I just installed RH5.2 and was having problems setting up my Okidata 6e.
I finally figured out that I needed to configure it for a HPLaserJet 4.
While searching for answers, I came upon Ghostscript.
My question is:
Since RH 5.2 is currently able to print (did a postscript test), will
adding Ghostscript help at all or improve the printing capability?
Thanks
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From: "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HP 7200e CDRW with Linux
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 11:08:52 -0500
Did you try makeing the device like this:
./MAKEDEV pg0
I am just assuming that it is already in the script and perhaps you set up
pg0 incorrectly. The scripts sometimes set up appropriate links. Also, I
use SCSI emulation on my 7200i, but you probably don't have that option on
the external.
Tom Veldhouse
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Peter Wright wrote in message ...
>I've been trying to get my 7200e at work running with linux and I did find
>a nice web page with a step by step instructions. It seems everything
>works until I load the pg driver. The only problem is that my dev
>directory didn't have a pg0 file.
>
>When the pg module was loaded it said something about having a major number
>of 97, so I created a file in the dev directory called pg0 with a major
>number of 97 and a minor number of 0. That didn't work unfortunately.
>
>I did get the source code for cdrecord 1.61 but the documentation on how to
>compile it to use the pg module is pretty slim. I don't know if it now
>supports it like it didn't in earlier versions or not. When I try to
>get it to use the recompiled cdrecord, it says something about
>operation not supported by device.
>
>Anyone have any luck with getting the HP 7200e working under linux?
>
>Oh I did get it to load up as a pcd and I was able to read CDs off of the
>drive.
>
>I'm using mnandrake 5.3 as my base, with kernel 2.0.36.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: Where's the source code?
Date: 9 Apr 1999 14:49:48 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[non-existent newsgroups trimmed]
In article <7elesa$sja$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have been a a FreeBSD user for a couple years now, but at work I now have to
> setup and live in a Linux world. The problem is how do I get real access to
> sources for Linux?
>
> In FreeBSD the sources for the entire system (not just the kernel) is located
> in one central CVS respository. [...]
> Third party packages are equally nice. I cd to /usr/ports and the pick one of
> the 2000 packages that are maintained. Type 'gmake' and it ftps the sources,
> applies any patches, build the problem, and then installs is in /usr/local
> according to a consistant naming convention. Package dependancies are tracked
> and required packages are built automaticly.
>
> In the linux world I have only tried RedHat. Everything installs great and
> works, but sources are almost an afterthought. [...]
> In FreeBSD by forcing all updates to filter though the same CVS tree you can
> be assured that all new changes work together correctly.
> Is there another Linux distribution that works the way I want?
>
> Please I really don't want to have a FreeBSD vs Linux flame war [...]
> I realize this post is flame bait, but hopefully so reasonable people will
> respond.
You are a good candidate for Debian (http://www.debian.org/).
Packages are coordinated (modulo bugs); source code is available
alongside binaries. (Rumor had it that for a brief time some
FreeBSDers even considered adopting some version of the Debian
packaging system.)
--
Paul Kimoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Wright)
Subject: Re: HP 7200e CDRW with Linux
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 19:32:59 GMT
On Fri, 9 Apr 1999 11:08:52 -0500, Thomas T. Veldhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Did you try makeing the device like this:
>
> ./MAKEDEV pg0
>
>I am just assuming that it is already in the script and perhaps you set up
>pg0 incorrectly. The scripts sometimes set up appropriate links. Also, I
>use SCSI emulation on my 7200i, but you probably don't have that option on
>the external.
>
Unfortunately its not in the script. That's why I tried to make the block
file manually.
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From: Thomas Zajic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: undesirable CRACKER
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 19:55:14 GMT
Coy A Hile wrote:
> [ crack attempt ]
While we�re at it, is the following site maybe known as a cracker
site by chance? I only found one single failed ftp login attempt
in /var/log/syslog, but as the saying goes, "Just because you�re
paranoid doesn�t mean that they�re _not_ out to get you!" ... ;-)
~$ sudo grep ultraaccess /var/log/syslog
Apr 3 11:40:46 tk212017089010 wu.ftpd[1560]: warning: /etc/hosts.allow,
line 11: host name/name mismatch: shell.ultraaccess.com !=
ultraaccess.com
~$ nslookup shell.ultraaccess.com
Server: ns1.telekabel.at
Address: 195.34.133.10
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: ultraaccess.com
Address: 208.241.171.217
Aliases: shell.ultraaccess.com
Thanks in advance for any hints!
Thomas
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From: "ian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Q: Is there an FTP program that can transfer a whole directory tree at once?
Date: 09 Apr 1999 20:03:48 GMT
We are trying to set up an automated backup script that will connect to a
server via FTP and transfer a whole directory tree of files. I had a long
look at the ftp man page but it does not seem to handle transfering
directories or scripting. Am I missing something? Is there another program
that can do this?
Thanks
Ian Deane [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Josh Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: i686 kernel on amd k6-2 300
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 16:34:57 -0400
Hi,
I've got an AMD k6-2 300, and was wondering what type of compilied kernel I
could run....
I'm currently running a 2.2.5-2.i586 kernel, and I'm wondering if I should be
able to run an i686 compiled kernel?
I tried installing the 2.2.5-2.i686 kernel via rpm, but it complained that
"wrong platform" or something.
Why's it say that? I upgraded from an i386 to the 2.2.5-2.i586 ok... what's it
take to run the i686 compilied kernels?
Thanks for the info....
Josh I.
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From: "Blake Starkenburg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Database question(s)
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 13:31:56 -0700
What is needed to actually start or create a database in RedHat 5.2 using
PostgreSql?
I've issued this command:
# initdb --pgdata=/home/blake/pgsql --pglib=/usr/lib/pgsql
and all the files and directories were placed, now I'm lost! I then issued
the command
# createdb testdatabase
and the error message i always recieve is:
Connection to database 'template1' failed.
connectDB() failed: Is the postmaster running and accepting connections at
'UNIX SOCKET' on port '5432'?
createdb: database creation failed on testdatabase
It happens on any command I issue relating to the Database
So I start the postmaster by issuing this command
# nohup postmaster >logfile 2>&1 &
I recieve this in response
[1] 1100
But still get the error messages above?? any help is greatly appreciated!
I am down to my last 2 hairs!
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Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 16:43:27 -0400
From: Nitin Malik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: error in unlike any b4... unresolved symbols...
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Hi! I added a couple of my own routines to the kernel and I compiled my
kernel... did all the reqd stuff... make dep, make clean, copied the old
modules, make modules & make modules_install....
The functions are accessed by a network driver, so is there something
special I need to do to enable the driver get access to the functions. I
have included the functions declaration in a haeder file...
I checked the archives for such a message, but I didn't come across such
a
message... could anyone kindly help me with this...
TIA,
nitin
PS: I woudl appreciate if you could send me a copy of the reply to teh
above email ID.
--
nitin
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Hi! I added a couple of my own routines to the kernel and I compiled my
<BR>kernel... did all the reqd stuff... make dep, make clean, copied the
old
<BR>modules, make modules & make modules_install....
<P>The functions are accessed by a network driver, so is there something
<BR>special I need to do to enable the driver get access to the functions.
I
<BR>have included the functions declaration in a haeder file...
<P>I checked the archives for such a message, but I didn't come across
such a
<BR>message... could anyone kindly help me with this...
<P>TIA,
<P>nitin
<P>PS: I woudl appreciate if you could send me a copy of the reply to teh
<BR>above email ID.
<PRE>--
nitin</PRE>
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From: "Masatake YAMATO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: gnu.announce,alt.sources.d,comp.graphics
Subject: GYVE 0.2.6 - draw editor for designers
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 05:45:29 +0900
Announcement
************
GYVE version 0.2.6 is now available.
This is the first public release on the net.
What is GYVE?
=============
GYVE stands for ``the GNU Yellow Vector Editor''. It is a
vector-based drawing program in the spirit of Adobe Illustrator and
Corel Draw. The goal of GYVE is an *extensible* drawing editor for
designers. GYVE is part of GNU project, and you can reproduce or
redistribute it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
(GPL) published by the Free Software Foundation.
There is more information available at the GYVE homepage at
`http://bandits.aist-nara.ac.jp/~masata-y/gyve'.
Where can you get it? How can you compile it?
==============================================
The gyve-0.2.6.tar.gz and the other repeated libraries have been placed
on `ftp.aist-nara.ac.jp' in `/pub/personal/masata-y/gyve/fullkit/gyve-0.2.6/'.
Where do I send bug reports?
============================
Bug reports can be sent to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Masatake YAMATO
GYVE maintainer
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Siemel Naran)
Subject: nested `
Date: 9 Apr 1999 21:46:30 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How to use nested ` operator.
For example,
basename pwd
outputs "pwd".
But
basename `pwd`
is the same as "basename /home/sbnaran/folder" (or something like this),
and the output is "folder".
Now in my Makefile I want to assign the result of `basename `pwd`` to
a variable. The following, which is close to what I want, works:
PWD=`pwd`
But this does not work
PWD=`basename `pwd``
Thank you.
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Siemel B. Naran ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: Frank Sweetser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: nested `
Date: 09 Apr 1999 18:15:50 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Siemel Naran) writes:
> How to use nested ` operator.
you don't. in bash at least, you can use the $(...) , ie
PWD=$(basename $(pwd))
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Norm: See you later, Vera, I'll be at Cheers.
-- Cheers, Norm's Last Hurrah
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From: Matthew Slowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Where to place Linux
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 21:18:38 +0100
Reply-To: Matthew Slowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
In article <7eheb8$18$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, M.B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
net.co.uk> writes
>If your running Win95b or win95c ( OSR2x) why not just resize you ext
>partition to 4.14gb having d: and e: and install linux into the free space
>left on the drive. I assume that you're running win95a judging from all the
>fat16 partitons and I believe that win95a does not support multiple primary
>partitions.
>
I have a friend who runs Dos622 and Win311, and he has 4 Pri Dos
Partitions!
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From: Frank Sweetser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Q: Is there an FTP program that can transfer a whole directory tree at
once?
Date: 09 Apr 1999 16:39:23 -0400
"ian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> We are trying to set up an automated backup script that will connect to a
> server via FTP and transfer a whole directory tree of files. I had a long
> look at the ftp man page but it does not seem to handle transfering
> directories or scripting. Am I missing something? Is there another program
> that can do this?
i prefer lftp with it's 'mirror' command for this.
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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
A Linux machine! because a 486 is a terrible thing to waste!
(By [EMAIL PROTECTED], Joe Sloan)
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Reply-To: "LeedsNet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "LeedsNet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.protocols.smb
Subject: Re: Backup NT server with BRU via samba
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 19:15:32 +0100
>As of now we backup our NTserver with SQL server 7.0 with Backupexec
>fpr NT. I want to stick the streamer into the linuxbox and backup all
>with BRU. Can I backup the whole NT system and be able to restore a
>working system via samba ?
The short answer is probably no. Databases are mighty difficult to backup.
Unless you have a disk mirror system which you can break to obtain a 'clean'
disk image to back-up, you are only likely to be able to make a back-up
(that can be restored) if your database software has a 'create back-up
command, option or operation'. Check with you database vendor, and then
check that your back-ups do restore a working and valid system.
This is nothing to do with samba. These operations should be completely
transparent to samba.
Ben.
http://www.leedsnet.com
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