Linux-Misc Digest #797, Volume #19 Sat, 10 Apr 99 02:13:13 EDT
Contents:
swapon (insomniac)
Re: (Q) Is there a pgp.rpm ? (Jim Richardson)
Re: New Microsoft News (brian moore)
Re: reconfigure RedHat Linux after first install? (Coy A Hile)
Re: reconfigure RedHat Linux after first install? (Brian V. Smith)
Problems with replacing hda ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
help with sis 530 and xfree86 (jshaper)
Re: (Q) Is there a pgp.rpm ? (Coy A Hile)
Re: LS120 or ZIP ( both parallel port )? (John McKown)
Re: What is the best Linux to install? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Modest proposal, (was: Re: hacked /bin/login: can't replace it) (Gus Hartmann)
Re: nested ` (Julio De Gregorio)
about signal in linux (pyjamas)
Re: A couple keyboard questions ("Michael J. Parmeley")
X Windows & a Server computer (Joe Radkowski)
Re: Ghostscript - Do I need it if RH5.2 already prints ("Cameron Spitzer")
Re: reconfigure RedHat Linux after first install? (bklimas)
mgetty (Jack Cheng)
Re: Who is connected to my system ("1A-No Spam")
Help! hard disks failed(80) (Haiyan Zhang)
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From: insomniac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: swapon
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 23:24:26 GMT
Hmmm... on startup, and when I try swapon -a:
swapon: /dev/hda2: Invalid argument
The entry in /etc/fstab looks like this:
/dev/hda2 swap swap defaults 0
0
It's clearly a Linux swap partition:
Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 18 18 935 3701376 83 Linux native
/dev/hda2 1 1 17 68512+ 82 Linux swap
Does anyone know why I can't get swapon to work? It isn't terribly
important, because I have enough memory, but I'm curious as to why it
isn't activating the swap partition.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Richardson)
Subject: Re: (Q) Is there a pgp.rpm ?
Date: 10 Apr 1999 01:33:17 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 08 Apr 1999 14:26:38 -0700,
Eric Bryant, in the persona of <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
brought forth the following words...:
>Try http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM
>
>Timothy Murphy wrote:
>
>> Could some kind soul tell me where to find an rpm for pgp (Pretty Good Privacy)?
>> (Preferably the latest version.)
>> Is there some reason why this is not on the RedHat CDs?
>>
Lame US export laws
--
Jim Richardson
www.eskimo.com/~warlock
All hail Eris
"Linux, because a cpu is a terrible thing to waste."
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (brian moore)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: New Microsoft News
Date: 10 Apr 1999 03:13:02 GMT
On Thu, 08 Apr 1999 21:27:12 -0400,
Mykool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Doesn't work like it should or doesn't work how they would like it to?
> There is a difference. Like I said before, I have no problem with
> paying for quality programs. I do prefer getting programs for free, but
> doesn't everyone? How can you assume that most users won't need those
> high end apps?
Linux is 'free' as in 'Free Speech', not 'Free Beer'. As long as you
keep expecting 'Free Beer' you'll be disappointed.
I greatly prefer getting software that -works- and that when it doesn't
quite suit my needs, I can adapt it for my needs. The cost of such
software is irrelevant.
--
Brian Moore | "The Zen nature of a spammer resembles
Sysadmin, C/Perl Hacker | a cockroach, except that the cockroach
Usenet Vandal | is higher up on the evolutionary chain."
Netscum, Bane of Elves. Peter Olson, Delphi Postmaster
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Coy A Hile)
Subject: Re: reconfigure RedHat Linux after first install?
Date: 9 Apr 1999 19:28:59 -0400
In article <7elncp$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Brian V. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have installed RedHat 5.2 without an ethernet card because I was using
>a modem for network access at the time.
>Now that I have an ethernet card (3c509) I would like to enable it in
>the kernel.
>I thought I could just boot from the CD and reconfigure it from there, but
>the update option (as opposed to install) only updates applications and utilities,
>not the kernel.
>
>Do I have to do a full install again to tell it about my ethernet card
>or is there another option?
>
>I have looked through all the HOWTO and FAQ files and Dejanews, but haven't found
>anything this specific about RedHat.
>
You have to recompile the kernel. cd /usr/src/linux and do a 'make config'
or 'make menuconfig' or a 'make xconfig' ( I prefer either of the last two)
and enable the networking drivers.
HTH. Send mail if you need more detailed instructions.
Coy
--
Coy Hile
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Theirs not to reason why; theirs but to do...."
Tennyson, "Charge of the Light Brigade"
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brian V. Smith)
Subject: Re: reconfigure RedHat Linux after first install?
Date: 10 Apr 1999 02:36:05 GMT
I wrote:
|> I have installed RedHat 5.2 without an ethernet card because I was using
|> a modem for network access at the time.
|> Now that I have an ethernet card (3c509) I would like to enable it in
|> the kernel.
|> I thought I could just boot from the CD and reconfigure it from there, but
|> the update option (as opposed to install) only updates applications and utilities,
|> not the kernel.
|>
|> Do I have to do a full install again to tell it about my ethernet card
|> or is there another option?
|>
|> I have looked through all the HOWTO and FAQ files and Dejanews, but haven't found
|> anything this specific about RedHat.
Thanks to James McIninch who had the answer.
In the kernel daemon configuration button on the control panel there is an interface
to change which ethernet device is used.
--
========================================================
Brian V. Smith ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www-epb.lbl.gov/BVSmith
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
I don't speak for LBL; they don't pay me enough for that.
Check out the xfig site at http://www-epb.lbl.gov/xfig
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Problems with replacing hda
Date: Sun, 04 Apr 1999 11:47:24 GMT
I have a dodgy hda and I'd like to replace it. I have all the data from hda
on this new disk (currently hdb). However whenever I swop and make hdb into
hda LILO hangs at the LI bit.
I think that, no I'm sure that, LILO is writing a map for hda which is a
seagate onto my hdb which is a Quantum. How do I ensure that the map file
that gets used is relevant to hdb?
I've tried the stuff in the LILO howto but I still reckon the wrong map file
is being written, the reason for me thinking this is if I write same boot
info to a floppy, it won't boot the Quantum, but will boot the seagate, even
though I'm running lilo from a chroot session on hdb with boot disk set to
hdb.
Anyway any help would be appreciated.
mja
lilo.conf.hdb looks thus :-
boot=/dev/hdb
disk=/dev/hdb
bios=0x80
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
compact
vga=7
timeout=50
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=linux
root=/dev/hda2
read-only
other=/dev/hda1
label=dos
table=/dev/hda
image=/boot/linux-2.2
label=22
root=/dev/hda2
read-only
with hdb2 mounted on mnt2 and bash chrooted in /mnt2 command executed is :-
lilo -C /etc/lilo.conf.hdb
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Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 22:45:54 -0300
From: jshaper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.x,comp.windows.x.i386unix,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: help with sis 530 and xfree86
someone around may have figured out how to make xfree86 3.3.3.1 work
with sis 530, because i did not
i've been trying for a long time , but i guess it simply can't be done
with the current version of xfree86
anyone who knows a way to make this work, please, help me
thanks in advance
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Coy A Hile)
Subject: Re: (Q) Is there a pgp.rpm ?
Date: 9 Apr 1999 22:30:16 -0400
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Jim Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Thu, 08 Apr 1999 14:26:38 -0700,
> Eric Bryant, in the persona of <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> brought forth the following words...:
>
>>Try http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM
>>
>>Timothy Murphy wrote:
>>
>>> Could some kind soul tell me where to find an rpm for pgp (Pretty Good Privacy)?
>>> (Preferably the latest version.)
>>> Is there some reason why this is not on the RedHat CDs?
>>>
>
>Lame US export laws
>
>--
>Jim Richardson
> www.eskimo.com/~warlock
>All hail Eris
>"Linux, because a cpu is a terrible thing to waste."
>
Why the hell would you want an RPM. Doesn't anyone compile from source
anymore?
Coy
--
Coy Hile
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Theirs not to reason why; theirs but to do...."
Tennyson, "Charge of the Light Brigade"
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John McKown)
Subject: Re: LS120 or ZIP ( both parallel port )?
Date: 10 Apr 1999 03:14:50 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have the parallel port version of the LS-120 on my home, Linux system and
the IDE version on the WinNT system at work. So I can file transfer via
the T1 at work, instead of the 56K modem at home. Anyway, I am quite happy
with the LS120. I did have one disk go bad, but I reformatted it (on the
Windows box since I wanted it to be FAT) and it worked fine after that.
It is a bit "weird" to me because copies to it seem SO fast. But then
a bit later, the system seems to slow down. I guess this is when Linux
actually writes to the device (flushes the buffers). It is a bit slow,
but OK to me. I just did a "timing" test by entering the command:
dd if=/dev/zero /of=/mnt/ls120/junk bs=1024 count=123000
That basically "filled up" the LS120. It took 33 minutes 22 seconds. During
that time Linux was VERY sluggish! Practically "locked up". This was writing
to a VFAT formatted, blank LS120 disk.
Hope this is of some help
John
On Fri, 9 Apr 1999 18:42:39 +0200, Jacek M. Holeczek
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
>I am considering buying either LS120 or ZIP drive. In any case it will
>be the parallel-port version ( in order to share/move data between some
>computers running Linux, some of them have no Internet access ). They both
>give about 100-120MB and cost also almost the same ( forget the disks, I
>won't need many ).
>Which one should I buy ? And why ?
>What is the reliability of data stored on their disks ? Is LS120 better
>then ZIP ?
>What is the effective ( not what the producer says ) transfer rate
>between such an external-parallel-port drive and the PC ? Which one is
>better and how much ?
>Thanks in advance,
>Jacek.
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: What is the best Linux to install?
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 03:21:39 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am trying to install the newest and the best linux on
> 100+ workstation. What would be the best one to choose
> in terms of standard, support, and setup?
>
> Any ideas would be appreciated.
>
> email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Thanks in advance
> Richard
>
If it's linux download links for many of the distributions (provided you have
a fast internet connection):
http://www.fortunecity.com/underworld/mario/323/rage.htm is a great newbie
starting point.Book recommendations,HOWTOs,FAQs and links to the most
important linux news/gaming e-zines are all here.Give it a try.
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From: Gus Hartmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modest proposal, (was: Re: hacked /bin/login: can't replace it)
Date: 10 Apr 1999 04:23:14 GMT
NF Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Personally I can't see any valid reason for using the immutable
> attribute on files owned by root. It provides no additional
> security since root can always override it using the chattr
> command, and for non-root users its no different from not
> having the write permission to the file.
The advantage of using the immutable bit on files owned by root
is that it prevents most scripts from working, since many scripts don't
take the extra file system attributes into account. The binary for
chattr can also be relocated to new location, with a wrapper script
reporting uses of it, detecting potential misuses.
These measures won't stop a truly determined attack, but will
prevent many automated exploit scripts from being successful. It's not a
perfect solution, but this isn't a perfect world. I'd rather have the
extra file system attributes than not.
--
Gus
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http://www.upl.cs.wisc.edu/~hartmann/ | PGP Key ID: pub 1024/DCC499F5
___________________________________________________________________________
"We don't want to write sitcoms. Have you seen them? They're terrible."
-- Scott Dikkers, Editor in Chief, _The Onion_
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From: Julio De Gregorio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: nested `
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 00:45:30 -0300
Siemel Naran wrote:
> How to use nested ` operator.
>
> ...
> a variable. The following, which is close to what I want, works:
> PWD=`pwd`
> But this does not work
> PWD=`basename `pwd``
>
> Thank you.
>
> --
> ----------------------------------
> Siemel B. Naran ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> ----------------------------------
You can do it in two steps...
PWD1=`pwd`
PWD=`basename $PWD1`
-= Julio De Gregorio =-
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (pyjamas)
Subject: about signal in linux
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 04:08:35 GMT
under linux, when we continue to send a signal, say SIGUSR, twice,
and the signal handler will set it to be the defalt handler...
unfortunately, Linux set it to terminate by default.
so anyone could tell me how to make it behave different from just "terminate"
the program?
thx in advance..:p
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From: "Michael J. Parmeley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: A couple keyboard questions
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 23:22:32 -0500
Pavel Greenfield wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm sure these have been asked a million time before, but I still can't
> find any info....
>
> 1. How do I get Backspace to delete the previous character in Netscape?
To get your backspace key to work like a backspace key put the following
in your login scripts (.bashrc, .tcshrc, etc...) I have never seen this
documented but it has never failed to work for me:
stty erase ^H
actually type on the "^" and H...this will make the backspace work like
backspace in ALL applications.
> 2. How do I get Delete to delete the next character in Emacs? (There are
> plenty of messages on this
> topic but none of the advice works!)
I use VI so I don't know anything about Emacs...
>
> 3. If I press a key down and hold it, what determines how fast the
> characters appear on the screen?
> (The speed has substantially slowed down since I upgraded my netscape!)
Try using xset...man xset for all the gory details...
regards
mike p.
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From: Joe Radkowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.questions
Subject: X Windows & a Server computer
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 01:33:04 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Now usually I don't setup a server with X on it but I am considering
putting it on a Pentium Pro 200 w/ UW 9.0 SCSI hd that is a webserver
primarly server out webpages with cgi and mod_perl in use.
Aside from removing remote X connections and preventing all remote
ttys to load X are there any other draw backs to this? The reason I
consider this is because the server is for a client of mine who is a
WinNT based ISP and is just getting in linux. I figure I can download
some of the nice GUI tools that he would use, keep a very small stripped
down window manager installed and tell him to logoff when he is not
using it.
Comments?
Joe
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Cameron Spitzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ghostscript - Do I need it if RH5.2 already prints
Date: 10 Apr 1999 03:47:19 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Jeremy Nickolet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Jeff Peterson wrote:
>
>> Since RH 5.2 is currently able to print (did a postscript test), will
>> adding Ghostscript help at all or improve the printing capability?
>
>It is probably already installed and being used.
Ghostscript is available under two different licenses:
Aladdin Ghostscript is the current version, available
from Comprehensive TeX Archive Network.
No commercial redistribution is allowed.
GNU Ghostscript is available from Free Software Foundation
under GPL, and comes on most Linux distributions.
It's a down-rev version of Aladdin Ghostscript.
In many cases, upgrading the Ghostscript that came with your
Linus to the current version from CTAN will make your printer
work better. When I upgraded my sister's Red Hat 5.1 to
the current gs, the improvement on her Canon BJC-620 was quite
noticeable.
Cameron
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From: bklimas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: reconfigure RedHat Linux after first install?
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 05:40:08 GMT
You might want to have a look at our family homepage for the simple
way to do it (worked for me):
http://www.magma.ca/~bklimas/FAQ.htm#network_setup
Hope this helps. Best regards,
Stan
"Brian V. Smith" wrote:
> I have installed RedHat 5.2 without an ethernet card because I was using
> a modem for network access at the time.
> Now that I have an ethernet card (3c509) I would like to enable it in
> the kernel.
> I thought I could just boot from the CD and reconfigure it from there, but
> the update option (as opposed to install) only updates applications and utilities,
> not the kernel.
>
> Do I have to do a full install again to tell it about my ethernet card
> or is there another option?
>
> I have looked through all the HOWTO and FAQ files and Dejanews, but haven't found
> anything this specific about RedHat.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> --
> --------------------------------------------------------
> Brian V. Smith ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www-epb.lbl.gov/BVSmith
> Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
> I don't speak for LBL; they don't pay me enough for that.
> Check out the xfig site at http://www-epb.lbl.gov/xfig
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From: Jack Cheng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,hk.comp.os.linux
Subject: mgetty
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 12:52:20 +0800
Hello,
I'm using RH5.2 Linux, Samba 2.0.3, mgetty_1.1.14-5, diald and all of
them working fine for my existing network.
I have a problem, my Linux box works fine for incoming call from
windows98 at HOME, and I can telnet into my Linux box. but I cannot use
the network neighbourhood to map the Samba shares as my local drive at
HOME. Is possible to do that?
Thanks
Jack Cheng
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From: "1A-No Spam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Who is connected to my system
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 05:06:31 GMT
You probably haven't read the whole posting. I was asking about who is
connected to the http and ftp server, not telnet.
> can't u just use 'who' or is it 'whois'?that tells who is logged on
>
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From: Haiyan Zhang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help! hard disks failed(80)
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 23:43:13 -0600
Hi, there,
I was upgrading the video card for a linux 2.0.35 system, It was
finally failed.
When I returned to the old card and rebooted the
computer, the first time it detected two hard disks and tell me to go to
setup to reset BIOs for hard drive. When I did this, I remember they were
all set to "auto" state, Then I set to some kind of state. I can not remember
what it exactly is. After I did something, I need to rebooted again, and
this time, the "hard disks failed(80)" showed when I rebooted. I think I
might changed the BIOS' xlation mode (Normal, LBA, LARGE),or something
like the number of the cylinders.
so my question is " will this change damage the hard disk?
How much can it hurt? Can I recover the data from the disk? "
The data on the hard disk are really important. Please Help me!
Thank you very much!
Haiyan /'^'\
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