Linux-Misc Digest #929, Volume #19 Thu, 22 Apr 99 16:13:10 EDT
Contents:
Re: Increasing file descriptors. (Tony Smolar)
StarOffice and default formats (Christian Brideau)
Re: Increasing file descriptors. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Ramdisk size (Michael Hasenstein)
Re: how to filter a port number with a firewall ? (Michael Hasenstein)
Strange Routing Problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wine ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
X Window Manager Freezes System under COL 1.3 (ebbhead)
Components Parts FS. (Fuboco)
What linux means to me (Anuradha, the penguin)
Re: password length (Jedi Master Yoda)
Re: What linux means to me (jik-)
Re: resolution in X (Axe)
Re: suse vs redhat, suse slow? (**Nick Brown)
Re: SuSE support ("Anthony J. Gabrielson")
Re: word processing, what to use? ("D. Vrabel")
Re: Wanted!!!! TUX (jik-)
Re: XFree86 3.3.3.1-1.1.i386.rpm (Peter Lee)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tony Smolar)
Subject: Re: Increasing file descriptors.
Date: 22 Apr 1999 13:07:41 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 22 Apr 1999 11:35:37 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
>
> I was wondering how do you increase the file descriptors in Linux? I am
>using redhat 5.2 with V2.0.36 kernel. What is happening is that I am running
>a server with over 300 vws's and apache craps out saying it has run out of
>file descriptors :(
The "ulimit -n" BASH command allows you to change that. If your
apache is started at boot time, then you probably want to put this command
in the script that launches apache.
>Any help muchly appreciated!!
>
> - Trevor
>
>
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From: Christian Brideau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: StarOffice and default formats
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 11:50:52 -0500
I am working in StarCalc (the spreadsheet in StarOffice) and I am having
a problem with the default currency. When I click on the currency
button on the tool bar, the system converts my number to Pounds instead
of dollars. Also, the default number format that I am using does not
have commas as thousand separators, and I would like to change this
default as well.
I looked everywhere I could think, menus, config files, etc, but I could
not find a way to make my preferences the system defaults.
Anyone can help me with this one?
Thanks,
ChrisB
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Increasing file descriptors.
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 14:21:58 GMT
Hi Again,
Well, I tried the ulimit -n <value> command (under root).....unfortunately
it comes up with the error- 'ulimit: cannot raise limit: Operation not
permitted' :( Next plan?
Cheers,
- Trevor
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Apr 1999 11:35:37 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> > I was wondering how do you increase the file descriptors in Linux? I am
> >using redhat 5.2 with V2.0.36 kernel. What is happening is that I am running
> >a server with over 300 vws's and apache craps out saying it has run out of
> >file descriptors :(
>
> The "ulimit -n" BASH command allows you to change that. If your
> apache is started at boot time, then you probably want to put this command
> in the script that launches apache.
>
> >Any help muchly appreciated!!
> >
> > - Trevor
> >
> >
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> --
>
> Tony Smolar
>
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From: Michael Hasenstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: tw.bbs.comp.linux
Subject: Re: Ramdisk size
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 14:09:52 +0200
shu ling wrote:
>
> I've tried that before but still doesn't work.
>
> Tein H. Yuan(�K���A) wrote:
>
> > shu ling ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > : I've already put the word "ramdisk=8192" in /etc/lilo.conf and when I
> > : try to create a ext2 filesystem > 4M on /dev/ram, mke2fs complains
> > : "filesystem larger than apparent filesystem". And later if I copy files
> > : larger than 4M, I found I/O errors logs of /dev/ram in
> > : /var/log/messages.
> > : How can create a ramdisk and make a ext2 filesystem on it?
I don't fully understand what your problem is. You use lilo.conf but it
actually looks like you don't have a boot problem but wanna create a
ramdisk during runtime. In this case:
$ dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ramX bs=1k count=8192
$ echo y|mkfs.ext2 /dev/ramX
$ mount /dev/ramX /somewhere
(adjust count=-parameter according to how big the rd shall be)
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http://www.csn.tu-chemnitz.de/~mha/
Private Pilot (ASEL) since 1998
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From: Michael Hasenstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to filter a port number with a firewall ?
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 14:13:22 +0200
cadegenn wrote:
> I need to filter the port 7000 with my firewall and I don't know
> how to do that. Can someone help me ???
Not 'someone' but 'something': the man-pages for either ipfwadm or
ipchains, depending on what kernel/fw-code you're using.
example:
ipfwadm -I -a deny -p tcp -S 0/0 -D me/32 7000 -W eth0
filters out packets to machine 'me' for all packets coming from anywhere
via device eth0 and have a (TCP)port of 7000.
ipchains is similar.
--
Michael Hasenstein
http://www.csn.tu-chemnitz.de/~mha/
Private Pilot (ASEL) since 1998
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Strange Routing Problem
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 23:05:17 GMT
Hi Folks,
First, I am running Redhat 5.2 with the latest Kernel (2.2.5) and the latest
net-tools (1.51).
Here's the setup:
I have a little 486 acting as a firewall for a cable modem connection.
The internal network (192.168.1.0) is connected to eth1.
The cable modem is connected to eth0
Going from a machine on the inside (192.168.1.2), I have no problems getting
to either the firewall machine or all the way out to the internet (via
IPMASQ).
However, I am unable to go from the firewall to an internal machine. All of
the traffic goes through the default route and out to the cable modem.
Despite what the routing table says:
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
EXTERNAL_NET * 255.255.255.192 U 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1
192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1
127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
default CABLE_MODEM_IP 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
Is it my imagination, or shouldn't all 192.168.1.0 traffic go to eth1 ???!!!
Has anyone seen this before?
Help Please !!!
TIA,
Emmett
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: wine
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 16:59:36 GMT
I am really interested in wine (http://www.winehq.com). I have a problem with
configuring wine in a way that I can work with it (I want to run word 6.0 on
it). It runs, but it is too slow and the letters on my screen are far too big.
Who can help me?
Bert
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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 08:34:02 -0500
From: ebbhead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: X Window Manager Freezes System under COL 1.3
I'm having problems while running an X window manager session.
My system hangs while running KDE or fvwm and requires a power
recycle to restart. I can't switch sessions or connect remotely.
The machine totally locks up.
It's getting really frustrating. At first I thought it may
have been each time I was running Netscape, but it has been
happening very sporatically. With apps running or without.
At a minimum I'm running two kvt terms and an xsysinfo window.
I'm running Caldera 1.3 with and upgraded 2.2.5 kernel, XFree86 3.3.2
and an upgraded KDE 1.1. I also have a S3 Trio64 card.
I've heard suggestions for system overheating to gpm, but haven't
been able to pinpoit the problem.
Other than totally rebuilding the whole machine, I'm not sure
of any options.
Any suggestions?
-ebb
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Fuboco)
Subject: Components Parts FS.
Date: 22 Apr 1999 17:04:49 GMT
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From: Anuradha, the penguin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: What linux means to me
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 13:33:56 GMT
Hello,
I started my computing by programming in Basic on an old BBC microcomputer in
my school, and then used DOS for about 3 years. Then I moved to Windows 95
and used it for 2 more years. I had used unix systems many times, but
recently decided to go for Linux. Now I am working on Linux awareness
programs in our campus, and through the local lug.
I don't think that I should tell how good linux is. Any person with a fairly
good understanding of computing will definitely be fascinated by its stability
and flexibility. But as far as improvement is concerned, we have to talk about
the bad points rather than the good ones, so that people can find solutions.
These are the problems that I think where work is needed.
1. There should be a standard among different distributions. Of course the
posix standard is there, but I mean a more detailed one, even file
locations, so that users, and more than that system administrators, will
find it easy to learn linux.
2. It is a good idea to look for what's available before starting a new
software project. We see several new software coming up, but only a few are
of good quality. If new developers get into the existing projects than
starting new ones, the quality of the software will go up. If organizations
such as gnu can take the initiative, the future of open source freeware will
be much better.
3. There are few key applications that any general user is looking for. But as
far as a word processor or a spreadsheet is concerned, a good one is still
missing. (of course there are promising applications in gnome and kde
projets). But there are several small word processors, and spreadsheet
applications. If all those developers' efforts were put into one (or few)
projects, a good word processor and a spreadsheet would have appeared for
linux long time ago (I am not going to look down upon the existing
applications, but you can't answer with confident, when someone asks what's
the word processor for linux? Of course, there are questions that you can
answer, such as gimp - the image manipulation program, apache - web server,
netscape - web browser).
4. Most programs are not very backward compatible. I don't say that any
program or library should support the services that were available in the
first alpha version. But if a program is not compatible with at least the
version appeared last year, it is not very easy to compile some
applications.
5. A good user interface - the ease of use is much talked over so I am not
going to talk about that. But there are other things, such as the uniform
look over applications in X windows. Since different applications are using
different libraries, you don't get similar outlook for different
applications.
Most of the above points are not problems for me. Even when I am working on a
windows machine, I telnet to a linux machine and work on the console. And I
rarely use configuration tools. But there are lots of users who are used to
being spoon fed by windows and these babies need simpler.
Hope that the linux community will work towards these goals to raise
linux to the top.
Anuradha Ratnaweera
Lanka Linux User Group (LKLUG)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jedi Master Yoda)
Subject: Re: password length
Date: 22 Apr 99 14:35:52 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[NGs trimmed]
On 22 Apr 1999 13:45:54 GMT, Donal K. Fellows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
saw fit to expound:
>In article <7fkq0q$66b$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>Penguin Head <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Is there a way to change the minimum password length from the
>> default? If so, how would one do that?
>
>Is there a good reason for doing so? Or do the words "gaping security
>hole you can drive half the US army through" mean nothing to you?
>Perhaps you should use longer passwords instead; it's for your own
>protection...
Steady on... he might have wanted to _increase_ the minimum length!
JMY
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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 12:15:49 -0700
From: jik- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What linux means to me
> 1. There should be a standard among different distributions. Of course the
> posix standard is there, but I mean a more detailed one, even file
> locations, so that users, and more than that system administrators, will
> find it easy to learn linux.
You mean the FSSTD? Yes, it already exists, has for years.
>
> 2. It is a good idea to look for what's available before starting a new
> software project. We see several new software coming up, but only a few are
> of good quality. If new developers get into the existing projects than
> starting new ones, the quality of the software will go up. If organizations
> such as gnu can take the initiative, the future of open source freeware will
> be much better.
Course some of the programmers are not that advanced and are
reimplementing the weel more as something to learn on then as true
innovation. I also think a lot of time si spent on creating programs
which already exist...who can count the number of text editors that
don't do anything but edit text?
>
> 3. There are few key applications that any general user is looking for. But as
> far as a word processor or a spreadsheet is concerned, a good one is still
> missing. (of course there are promising applications in gnome and kde
> projets). But there are several small word processors, and spreadsheet
> applications. If all those developers' efforts were put into one (or few)
> projects, a good word processor and a spreadsheet would have appeared for
> linux long time ago (I am not going to look down upon the existing
> applications, but you can't answer with confident, when someone asks what's
> the word processor for linux? Of course, there are questions that you can
> answer, such as gimp - the image manipulation program, apache - web server,
> netscape - web browser).
I personally think we should go for Word compatability, or choose some
other popular windows file format so that people can use their Linux box
at home and easily share the files at school or work were there is win95
or 98 running.
>
> 4. Most programs are not very backward compatible. I don't say that any
> program or library should support the services that were available in the
> first alpha version. But if a program is not compatible with at least the
> version appeared last year, it is not very easy to compile some
> applications.
Actually I can't think of many that aren't...only GGI comes to mind,
were all the tutorials were garbage because the API had been totaly
rearanged...thats why I never really got into GGI, when I tried it noone
knew how to use it.
>
> 5. A good user interface - the ease of use is much talked over so I am not
> going to talk about that. But there are other things, such as the uniform
> look over applications in X windows. Since different applications are using
> different libraries, you don't get similar outlook for different
> applications.
I would like the keyboard shortcuts to be better, but the look of an
application is not an issue for me,...unless it flashes too much or
otherwise blinds me like Gtk. Personalyy I like a little variety and
think thats one of the things the windows world really lacks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Axe)
Crossposted-To:
alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,alt.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: resolution in X
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 19:14:18 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Or edit your XF86Config file to have support for (Or only support for)
higher resolutions...
On Thu, 15 Apr 1999 12:15:02 -0400, k <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>how do i change the monitor mode i am using in X windows?
>
>i seem to remember beign able to pass a command line argument to xinit
>to select from the allowable modes but i can't figure ti out.
>
>thanks,
>
>nick
>
>
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From: **Nick Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: suse vs redhat, suse slow?
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 17:10:10 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It depends entirely on which devices are in the kernel. If you haven't
rebuilt the kernel, then it will be whatever the distribution makers
decide would be good by default. If SuSE have a couple of SCSI
controllers with long detection timeouts, for example, then you would be
on the way to explaining your problem.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Booting in suse 6.0 (kernel 2.2.5) takes about 1 minute! In Redhat 5.1 (kernel
> 2.2.5) it takes only 30 seconds. Why that enormous difference?
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From: "Anthony J. Gabrielson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SuSE support
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 14:36:26 -0400
Well,
Not to be rude, but stop whining. First of all there is a
pre-release 2.2.0 on the SuSE cd's - If you can't get out to the web and
download a new kernel. Second off if you don't like purchasing the new
authorized dist. purchase one from linux mall or something for about
$1.89. I have never heard of MS putting such upgrades for so little. The
closset is the step up from dos 6.0 to 6.22 for about $15. Its not nearly
as bad as you make it out to be.
Anthony
On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Valerio Cattani wrote:
>
>
> In January 99 I bought SuSE 5.3
> Few weeks later I'm informed on the web that the release 6.0 is
> available.
> I decide to buy immediately the new release thanks to the new glibc and
> the statement that say:
>
> >"Kernel 2.2-ready": as soon as version 2.2 of the
> > Linux kernel becomes available, you can use it by
> > just copying it into your installation. Should 2.2.
> > be available before SuSE Linux 6.0 will be shipped,
> > we'll include it in the distribution.
> >
> I was hoping that once the new release of the kernel were available to
> receive from SuSE all the support to upgrade the kernel.
> When I went to the update page of SuSE I was very disappointed to find
> that no support was provided. On the contrary I found this statement:
>
> >Kernel 2.2.5 Sources: Please note that we cannot
> > provide any installation support for Kernel
> > 2.2.x.
>
> Now SuSE is informing that if I want the new kernel I have to buy
> SuSE6.1
> With great disappointment I have to recognize that Microsoft is much
> more serious than SuSE. When some upgrading are available they provide
> all the instructions and support!!!!
> Of course I know that I can find on the net tons of generic information
> on how to upgrade to kernel 2.2.x. But I was hoping that having spent
> more than 100 Dollars in few weeks for SuSE-5.3 and SuSE-6.0 to receive
> full support from SuSE to update the kernel.
>
> I was hoping to find serious distributors on the Linux word on the
> contrary I'm realizing now that Microsoft is not so bad!!
>
> Valerio
>
>
>
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From: "D. Vrabel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: word processing, what to use?
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 20:10:03 +0100
On Thu, 22 Apr 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>
>
> My quastion is simple. What is a good word processor under linux? Please take
> into account my configuration. I have an AMD 486dx4-100 with 32mb ram and 4 mb
> S3 Virge videocard.
> Something like star office is too heavy.
I'd recommend LyX (http://www.lyx.org/) particularly if you need to do any
kind of maths.
David
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Engineering Undergraduate at University of Cambridge, UK.
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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 12:04:47 -0700
From: jik- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Wanted!!!! TUX
^^^^^^
> >>> I'm surprised you found any penguins at all in the arctic. They are
> >>> exclusively a southern hemisphere bird.
> >>
> >>I concur. Penguins don't come from next door, they come from the
> >>Antarctic.
> >
> >It's 10 o'clock, and time for the penguin on top of your tele to explode
> >
> <<<BANG>>>
>
> How did you know this would happen.......
hehehe what is so much harder to believe that I saw a penguin on hte
north pole then there being one on top of your TV that's going to
expolde? :P
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From: Peter Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: XFree86 3.3.3.1-1.1.i386.rpm
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 19:09:39 +0000
"Jacek M. Holeczek" wrote:
> > I'm using Red Hat 5.2 and would like upgrade to latest XFree86 3.3.3.1.
> > I have an S3 Virge but unsure which one since install.log has no info
> > which packages installed for X Window. First, how will I know which of
> First do the following :
> rpm -qa|grep XFree86
> and you'll see all XFree86 packages that you have installed.
> Then download all these "upgrade" packages into a separate subdirectory
> and do :
> rpm -Uvh XFree86*i386.rpm
> and you will have your XFree86 upgraded.
> Hope this helps,
> Jacek.
The results from the command above for my system is --
XFree86-3.3.2.3-25
XFree86-75dpi-fonts-3.3.2.3-25
XFree86-devel-3.3.2.3-25
XFree86-libs-3.3.2.3-25
XFree86-VGA16-3.3.2.3-25
XFree86-XF86Setup-3.3.2.3-25
XFree86-SVGA-3.3.2.3-25
Does that mean I need to upgrade all of them???
Thanks!!
Pete
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