Linux-Misc Digest #831, Volume #19 Tue, 13 Apr 99 03:13:07 EDT
Contents:
Re: Moving Linux... (Kent Perrier)
Gissa job? (gav)
Re: telnet & term printing ("T.E.Dickey")
Re: ac patch (jason)
Re: telnet & term printing (Jeffrey Altman)
Re: Serial Communications Help needed... (Robert Heller)
Weirdness with DNS... ("testing")
Re: Running process without control terminal (Lew Pitcher)
Re: Deleted partitions !! HELP! (Mark Nielsen)
Re: ZDNET or c-net for Linux? ("Cameron Spitzer")
Re: Apache Server - Can I log where requests are coming from? (Kent Perrier)
ZDNET or c-net for Linux? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
KDE:Kget install... (AlexAndre)
Re: ZDNET or c-net for Linux? (Chris Lee)
RAM disk in Linux or SunOS??? (SpeedyClick Support)
missing library (Alan Hobesh)
Linux Database for commercial project ("Warren Rodie")
xfig and app-defaults question? Help! (Peter Lee)
Re: CD-RW and Linux (jik-)
Re: Using Linux instead of NT Server in home environment.... (John Thompson)
Apache Server - Can I log where requests are coming from? (Neil Damms)
linux/WinCE (velo500) file transfer? (Gerald Pollack)
Linux Modem Recommendation? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: Kent Perrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Moving Linux...
Date: 12 Apr 1999 14:33:42 -0500
Christophe Basset <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> I know how to create the new partitions (swap+native) with fdisk, but is
> there an easy way to move Linux to the new drive without having to
> re-install and re-configure everything?
>
Take a look at the Hard Disk Upgrade mini-howto at you local LDP mirror.
I found mine at:
http://www.ssc.com/linux/LDP/HOWTO/mini/Hard-Disk-Upgrade.html
Kent
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From: gav <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Gissa job?
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 03:08:07 +0100
I'm unemployed, use Linux and want a job.
I have nearly all my own teeth.
I don't shovel shit for no one, though.
--
gav
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From: "T.E.Dickey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: telnet & term printing
Date: 13 Apr 1999 02:00:20 GMT
Jonathan Urbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello Grant, David, and Thomas,
> Thanks for your suggestions. I discovered last night that indeed xterm does
> send a printjob to lp. Unfortunately nothing prints. Although a file does
> appear in the print queue directory, it doesn't actually print. The
> command "lpq -Plp" gives "no entries". However, in fact, what
> I see in my print spool directory is a file such as dfA022Aa00645 and
> another tfA022Aa00645. The first, dfA022Aa00645 appears to be the text of
> my print job. The second tfA022Aa00645 looks like this when I more it:
it's not being flushed - but the popup menu entry should flush the file.
(the control sequence is acting like the vt100 terminal, which doesn't
flush). I changed that last year sometime - before 3.3.3.1 iirc.
-- I'll check on the issue of multiple prints in case there's a problem.
> Now in a normal printjob, shouldn't I get two files one beginning with df
> and the other with cf not tf? Looking into dfA022Aa00645, I see several
> occurrences of ^L. Could that be messing up lpr?
> The other issue is that I can only send one printjob this way. Second time
> I try it, no print job goes into /var/spool/lpd/lp.
> Could it be perhaps, xterm is assuming a different style of printing than
> I'm using on my linux box?
> I did indeed try this with rxvt and nxterm, but all they do is scroll the
> text across the screen instead of sending it to lpr.
yes - nxterm doesn't implement it at all, and rxvt only partly.
--
Thomas E. Dickey
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.clark.net/pub/dickey
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From: jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ac patch
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 00:10:22 -0400
"Robert H. Miller" wrote:
>
> I just downloade patchac7 for 2.2.5. I can't figure out how to patch
> the source tree. Any suggestions?
>
cd to the source tree, e.g. 'cd /usr/src/linux-2.2.5', then assuming you have bzip2
installed (*),
do a 'bzcat /path/to/2.2.5-patch-ac7.bz2 | patch -p1'. Then compile as usual.
(*) if not, search for it at freshmeat.net
-jason
(to reply via email, make the appropriate substitution in my email address)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeffrey Altman)
Subject: Re: telnet & term printing
Date: 13 Apr 1999 02:42:33 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Jonathan Urbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Hello all!
: I have been trying to find a way to do ansi terminal printing
: via a telnet session in Linux. In MacOS or Windows, telnet clients will
: dump ansi print jobs to local printers or allow you to send it to a
: capture file. I have not figured out how to do this in Linux, however.
:
: Examples are to print using "attached to ansi" in pine, or what
: is most important to me right now, to print to a terminal printer from
: the ovid search engine.
:
: Thanks for any help!
:
: Jonathan
:
:
In your Xterm you can use C-Kermit as your Telnet client.
Use the SET PRINTER command to specify the printer device to use
and SET TERMINAL PRINT ON to enable recognition of ANSI X3.64
transparent print escape sequences.
See http://www.kermit-project.org/ck70.html for details.
Jeffrey Altman * Sr.Software Designer * Kermit-95 for Win32 and OS/2
The Kermit Project * Columbia University
612 West 115th St #716 * New York, NY * 10025
http://www.kermit-project.org/k95.html * [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Robert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Serial Communications Help needed...
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 04:04:39 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED],
In a message on Mon, 12 Apr 1999 19:30:30 GMT, wrote :
j>
j> Hi all! I'm a linux/unix newbie. I have a RH v5.1 machine configured as a
j> serial dial-in server. We decided to setup a linux box to eventually replace
j> a very unstable windows machine running ProComm as a BBS. Basically I'm
j> looking to run a script out of the user's .profile to display a menu. The
j> menu choice will need to be list files, send files, and receive files. I
j> have yet to be able to properly enter x/y/zmodem or kermit from my menu
j> script. BTW, I have everything set up and running for the machine to answer
j> the modem(s)...works like a champ...of course. Does anyone out there have
j> some sort of BBS script out there I could take a look at?
Look for '1bbs.tar.gz'. Last seen on sunsite.unc.edu. I use a variant
of it and it works great.
j>
j> Thanks.
j> Sean
j>
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From: "testing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Weirdness with DNS...
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc,microsoft.public.windowsnt.protocol.tcpip,microsoft.public.windowsnt.misc
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 04:09:17 GMT
Could someone explain why it can't resolve the FQDN to the IP, but yet it
can resolve the IP to the FQDN? Is there some bug in BIND that prevents a
hostname with a certain number of -'s to be resolved?
=============
*** Looking up 216.49.6.68
-
*** Resolved 216.49.6.68 to sbn-216-49-six-68.sbusiness.com
-
*** Looking up sbn-216-49-six-68.sbusiness.com
-
*** Unable to resolve sbn-216-49-six-68.sbusiness.com
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From: Lew Pitcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Running process without control terminal
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 22:07:40 -0400
AMAE wrote:
>
> Hi,
> What does it mean to say that a process is running without a control
> terminal? How can I get a process to have that status?
> Thanks
> Ayman
When Unix was first developed, all interaction between a user and the
system was done through an ASCII terminal (like an ASR33 TTY or
a VT100 terminal).
Since *most* programs were started through commands entered at a
terminal, it made sense to relate the executing programs to a terminal.
Normally, the terminal that started the program could (by judicious use
of control control character) signal or terminate the executing program.
A program that was tied to a terminal in this manner was deemed to be
running with a "controlling terminal".
Now, *some* programs are started not through terminal interaction with a
user, but through interaction with other programs. These programs are
sometimes meant to run without any interaction with a terminal,
expecially a terminal that can cause the program to terminate. These
processes are executed such that they run without a controlling
terminal.
How does a process get such a status, you ask?
Well, since all processes inherit their controlling terminal from their
parent process, a process won't get a controlling terminal if it's
parent process didn't have one. Init doesn't have a controlling
terminal, so any process spawned by init doesn't get a controlling
terminal either (unless it *wants* one).
For a process parented by a process that has a controlling terminal, the
real task is to get rid of the controlling terminal. To do this, the
process executes a number of system calls that (ultimately) divest the
process of it's controlling terminal.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Nielsen)
Subject: Re: Deleted partitions !! HELP!
Date: 12 Apr 1999 20:31:37 -0400
I sort of have an answer.
If yuo blow an parition, yet know its exact size or the cylinders it was
using, yes you can recreate them as long as you don't reformat them also.
The partitioning seems to just define the places where a parition starts
and stops. So if you recreate it exactly, yeah, I have done it.
I recommend re-partitiong it in Linux, renaming the linux partition to the
type it should be, and then saving it.
You have to be real careful though. If you don't start or stop on the
exact
cylinder, it may cause problems.
Mark
--
Mark Nielsen "Where 98 has no meaning."
www.tcu-inc.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Computer Underground, Inc. 614-485-0506
computers, programming, networking, Perl, PHP, SQL, HTMl, Linux, Unix
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From: "Cameron Spitzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ZDNET or c-net for Linux?
Date: 13 Apr 1999 03:53:44 GMT
In article <7eu93j$sof$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Is there a ZDNET or c-net type home page for linux? I mean a page with the
>latest linux news, software, opinion columns etc.
Start here:
http://headlines.yahoo.com/Full_Coverage/Tech/Linux/
www.slashdot.org
www.linuxtoday.com
www.salon.com/tech/
www.GEEK-girl.com/resources.html
Get ready for www.linux.com/. still under construction.
And I still can't get over
http://www.software.ibm.com/is/mp/linux/
It's even got links to slashdot!
Three years ago, who would have predicted *that*?
For the dark side of the news, watch
http://www.rootshell.org
Cameron
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From: Kent Perrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Apache Server - Can I log where requests are coming from?
Date: 12 Apr 1999 14:39:45 -0500
Neil Damms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Can anyone tell me how, and if it is possible, to log where in the world
> a request for a page from our Apache Server is coming from?
No, but if you ask in comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix I'm sure that
someone there will be able to help you.
Kent
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ZDNET or c-net for Linux?
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 02:11:05 GMT
Is there a ZDNET or c-net type home page for linux? I mean a page with the
latest linux news, software, opinion columns etc.
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From: AlexAndre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: KDE:Kget install...
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 00:37:43 -0400
Hi,
I installed the Kget (caitoo-0.6.2.tar) successfully
(It's like getright 4 windwoz)
The end of the install I got the following message:
##############important##########
set KDEDIR to /opt/kde
Add /opt/kde/bin to your PATH
End of message.
Would you please teach me how to do.
Many thanks.
I have only 5 months experience whith computers
and one month with LINUX.Idon't like windowzzzzz.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Lee)
Subject: Re: ZDNET or c-net for Linux?
Date: 13 Apr 1999 02:38:14 GMT
In article <7eu93j$sof$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
says...
>
>Is there a ZDNET or c-net type home page for linux? I mean a page with the
>latest linux news, software, opinion columns etc.
Who cares if there is?
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From: SpeedyClick Support <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RAM disk in Linux or SunOS???
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 20:16:13 -0700
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML>
Anyone know how to do a RAM disk in Linux or SunOS?
<BR>I can't find any information on how to do it at all.
<BR> </HTML>
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From: Alan Hobesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: missing library
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 21:42:55 -0700
Hello,
I want to run Java on my Slackware 3.5 (Linux version 2.0.34)system, so
I started to upgrade to glibc-2.06.
Everything compiled, but I got the message
can't load library libz.so.1.
when the make tried to make the manual.
I thought I might fix the problem by upgrading my texinfo, but on 'make
install' of that package I go the same error.
In fact the GNU info program gives me the same message!
I've reinstalled all the developer utilities from my Slackware
installation cdrom, but I still can't find this library.
Anybody know where it lives?
Thanks,
Alan Hobesh
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From: "Warren Rodie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Linux Database for commercial project
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 15:02:35 +1000
I have to set up a back end database for a web site. I want to use linux to
run the server and I need to select a database for it.
I had been planning on using Oracle but we have just been quoted $30000
(Aus) per CPU (We were thinking 2 cpus) and that seems maybe a bit
expensive.
Does anyone have any experience with other databases under linux (redhat)?
We want this site to be very stable.
The database size will probably be around 10+Gb but the structure itself
will be relatively simple.
Any ideas?
What about postgresql? Is it stable enough and does it support large
databases?
Any help/directions would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Warren Rodie
PnP Solutions Pty. Ltd.
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From: Peter Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: xfig and app-defaults question? Help!
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 05:36:10 +0000
HI,
My system is redhat 5.2. Everytime i launch xfig, i got the error
message like "app-defaults file is older than this version of xfig. You
should install the new version or you may lose some features." How do
I get this app-defaults??? I searched my system and found several
app-defaults --
./usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults
./usr/local/lib/X11/app-defaults
./usr/local/Acrobat3/Reader/intellinux/app-defaults
./opt/kde/share/apps/kdisplay/app-defaults
all of those app-defaults are actually directory, not files. The xfig
i am using came with the original redhat package.
Can someone tell me how to solve this problem!!! Thanks in advance!
Peter
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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 21:58:25 -0700
From: jik- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CD-RW and Linux
I got all that to work right now.
But another question and then I will have it all figured out.
man mkisofs lists the following options....
-A application_id "Specifies a text string that will be written into the
volume header"
-p preparer_id "specifies a text string that will be written into the
volume header"
-V volid "Specifies the volume ID to be written into the master block."
Also these options in a .mkisofs file
APPI
COPY
ABST
BIBL
PREP
PUBL
SYSI
VOLI
VOLS
All of which contain information to be burned into the header or master
block.
My question is, how do I find out that information on an existing CD?
Only thing of this I have ever seen the the disk label in win95 which I
am thinking is the vol_id but I am not sure. What is the "volume
header" and what is the "master block"?
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Using Linux instead of NT Server in home environment....
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 20:25:12 -0600
Jon-o Addleman wrote:
>
> Once upon a Tue, 6 Apr 1999 12:43:13 +0200, "Jan Johansson"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Correct. Not a bug, that was the way MS wanted it.. and it makes sense to me
> >atleast.
>
> Really? Why would they want it to be impossible to save your password
> unless a particular protocol was in place? It makes llittle sense to
> me... the dial up networking has nothing to do with the network
> protocol that it uses. Please explain this to me!
Perhaps to encourage you to use their proprietary protocol
instead of other, more open protocols?
--
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 20:07:45 +0100
From: Neil Damms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Apache Server - Can I log where requests are coming from?
Can anyone tell me how, and if it is possible, to log where in the world
a request for a page from our Apache Server is coming from?
Also does anyone have a definitive list of what things can be logged by
Apache / Perl Scripts / HTML / Java Scripts.
Regards,
Brent
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From: Gerald Pollack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: linux/WinCE (velo500) file transfer?
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 03:16:58 GMT
Has anyone worked out a way to transfer files between linux and
hand-held, WinCE-based computers? I've seen some posts about using
vmware, but that seems like something of an overkill.
TIA,
--
Gerald Pollack
Dept. of Biology, McGill University
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Linux Modem Recommendation?
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 02:16:46 GMT
I am going to be buying a new modem that will be used with Linux RH5.2 and
Win98, what is the most compatible yet most reliable 56k modem to get? Hayes?
Rockwell? USR? Any suggestions will be appreciated.
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