Linux-Misc Digest #995, Volume #19 Fri, 30 Apr 99 13:13:07 EDT
Contents:
ANNOUNCE: less-340 (Mark Nudelman)
Re: Telnet Login as ROOT (TurkBear)
Re: CTRL-S (Lew Pitcher)
Re: IP masquarade & IP forwarding (Matthew Bafford)
Re: Downloading and installing Linux. (Rod Smith)
Re: soundblaster PCI128/64 ("Michael Schmeing")
Re: Moving Linux to a new hard disk? (Gerald Willmann)
Re: desktop size in fvwm2? (Klaus Fluoride)
Easy to setup, Easy to go -- Linux... the working mom's OS :) (satire) (buz)
Re: Parallel zip support? (lilco)
Re: Creating Linux/Dos shared partition? (Keith Higgs)
Problem changing a partition to ext2 (Bruno Barberi Gnecco)
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From: Mark Nudelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: gnu.announce,alt.sources.d
Subject: ANNOUNCE: less-340
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 12:10:53 -0700
A new version of less, less-340, has been released.
Less is a file pager similar to "more" or "pg".
This version adds some new features and makes less
more similar to other GNU programs.
* Less and lesskey now support GNU-style long option names.
* There are new commands "--" and "__" to change and query
options within less by using the new long option names.
* Lesskey files now support arrow keys and other "special" keys.
* Less is now released under the GNU General Public License,
and is officially a GNU program.
There are several other minor new features and bug fixes.
See the NEWS file in the less distribution for details.
Source for less-340 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.
Bug reports should go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--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]
Here are the mirrored ftp sites for the GNU Project, listed by country:
United States:
California - labrea.stanford.edu/pub/gnu, gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/GNU
Hawaii - ftp.hawaii.edu/mirrors/gnu
Illinois - uiarchive.cso.uiuc.edu/pub/gnu (Internet address 128.174.5.14)
Kentucky - ftp.ms.uky.edu/pub/gnu
Maryland - ftp.digex.net/pub/gnu (Internet address 164.109.10.23)
Michigan - gnu.egr.msu.edu/pub/gnu
Missouri - wuarchive.wustl.edu/systems/gnu
New Mexico - ftp.cs.unm.edu/pub/mirrors/gnu
New York - ftp.cs.columbia.edu/archives/gnu/prep
Ohio - ftp.cis.ohio-state.edu/mirror/gnu
Tennessee - ftp.skyfire.net/pub/gnu
Virginia - ftp.uu.net/archive/systems/gnu
Washington - ftp.nodomainname.net/pub/mirrors/gnu
Africa:
South Africa - ftp.sun.ac.za/gnu
The Americas:
Brazil - ftp.unicamp.br/pub/gnu
Canada - ftp.cs.ubc.ca/mirror2/gnu
Chile - ftp.inf.utfsm.cl/pub/gnu (Internet address 146.83.198.3)
Costa Rica - sunsite.ulatina.ac.cr/GNU
Mexico - ftp.uaem.mx/pub/gnu
Asia and Australia:
Australia - archie.au/gnu (archie.oz or archie.oz.au for ACSnet)
Australia - ftp.progsoc.uts.edu.au/pub/gnu
Australia - mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/gnu
Japan - tron.um.u-tokyo.ac.jp/pub/GNU/prep
Japan - ftp.cs.titech.ac.jp/pub/gnu
Korea - cair-archive.kaist.ac.kr/pub/gnu (Internet address 143.248.186.3)
Saudi Arabia - ftp.isu.net.sa/pub/mirrors/prep.ai.mit.edu/
Taiwan - ftp.edu.tw/UNIX/gnu/
Taiwan - ftp.nctu.edu.tw/UNIX/gnu/
Taiwan - ftp1.sinica.edu.tw/pub3/GNU/gnu/
Thailand - ftp.nectec.or.th/pub/mirrors/gnu (Internet address - 192.150.251.32)
Europe:
Austria - ftp.univie.ac.at/packages/gnu
Austria - gd.tuwien.ac.at/gnu/gnusrc
Austria - http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/gnu/gnusrc/
Czech Republic - ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/gnu/
Denmark - ftp.denet.dk/mirror/ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu
Denmark - ftp.dkuug.dk/pub/gnu/
Finland - ftp.funet.fi/pub/gnu
France - ftp.univ-lyon1.fr/pub/gnu
France - ftp.irisa.fr/pub/gnu
Germany - ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/pub/comp/os/unix/gnu/
Germany - ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/gnu
Germany - ftp.de.uu.net/pub/gnu
Greece - ftp.forthnet.gr/pub/gnu
Greece - ftp.ntua.gr/pub/gnu
Greece - ftp.aua.gr/pub/mirrors/GNU (Internet address 143.233.187.61)
Hungary - ftp.kfki.hu/pub/gnu
Ireland - ftp.ieunet.ie/pub/gnu (Internet address 192.111.39.1)
Netherlands - ftp.eu.net/gnu (Internet address 192.16.202.1)
Netherlands - ftp.nluug.nl/pub/gnu
Netherlands - ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/gnu (Internet address 131.155.70.19)
Norway - ftp.ntnu.no/pub/gnu (Internet address 129.241.11.142)
Poland - ftp.task.gda.pl/pub/gnu
Portugal - ftp.ci.uminho.pt/pub/mirrors/gnu
Portugal - http://ciumix.ci.uminho.pt/mirrors/gnu/
Portugal - ftp.ist.utl.pt/pub/gnu
Russia - ftp.chg.ru/pub/gnu/
Slovenia - ftp.arnes.si/pub/software/gnu
Spain - ftp.etsimo.uniovi.es/pub/gnu
Sweden - ftp.isy.liu.se/pub/gnu
Sweden - ftp.stacken.kth.se
Sweden - ftp.luth.se/pub/unix/gnu
Sweden - ftp.sunet.se/pub/gnu (Internet address 130.238.127.3)
Also mirrors the Mailing List Archives.
Switzerland - ftp.eunet.ch/mirrors4/gnu
Switzerland - sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/mirror/gnu (Internet address 193.5.24.1)
United Kingdom - ftp.mcc.ac.uk/pub/gnu (Internet address 130.88.203.12)
United Kingdom - unix.hensa.ac.uk/mirrors/gnu
United Kingdom - ftp.warwick.ac.uk (Internet address 137.205.192.14)
United Kingdom - SunSITE.doc.ic.ac.uk/gnu (Internet address 193.63.255.4)
]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (TurkBear)
Subject: Re: Telnet Login as ROOT
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 16:03:12 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For security reasons telneting as root is a very bad idea....The password is
passed unencoded over the net, so any malicious ( or just curious ) sniffer out
there could potentially gain control over your server....
You can, however, telnet in as some other non-root user then issue a su command
to become root....
This should allow you to do all your admin stuff....
Hope it helps,
John Greco
>Peter Caffin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>: Rod Roark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>: > Brian Schell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>: >> I'm looking at moving our server off-site, and need to be able to telnet
>: >>in as root. I realize you can't do this as root, so I tried to give a user
>: >>account root permissions. I'm not having much luck here... Any specific
>: >>suggestions?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lew Pitcher)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: CTRL-S
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 16:04:47 GMT
On Fri, 30 Apr 1999 13:27:37 +0100, Stu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I've noticed that within a virtual console CTRL-S disables the keyboard.
>I am sure this is not a bug, so what is its purpose. I can only think
>that it could be to lock the console for whilst away from the keyboard,
>but if so how do you unlock it ?
>
Control-S and Control-Q have historically been the Unix pause-scroll
and resume-scroll TTY control characters. Control-S will pause the
scrolling of a TTY until a subsequent Control-Q is typed.
A quick test against a Linux 2.0.36 PTY shows that Control-S / Control-Q
activate and deactivate the Scroll-lock light on my keyboard (YMMV), and
the ScrollLock key can be substituted for either or both of the control
characters (again, YMMV).
Lew Pitcher
System Consultant, Integration Solutions Architecture
Toronto Dominion Bank
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
(Opinions expressed are my own, not my employer's.)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthew Bafford)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: IP masquarade & IP forwarding
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 16:06:10 GMT
On Fri, 30 Apr 1999 12:27:43 +0000, Bruce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
lucked upon a computer, and thus typed in the following:
[snip] what looks like (on quick examination) to be the right steps,
except for the missing:
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
: Thanks
HTH,
: Bruce Corbett
--Matthew
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.linux.slakware,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.caldera,alt.os.linux.dial-up,alt.os.linux.redhat,alt.os.linux.slackware,at.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Downloading and installing Linux.
Date: 30 Apr 1999 15:17:28 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Posted and mailed]
In article <7gbo9v$t3d$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"William R. Cousert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Can someone tell me where I might be able to get detailed, step-by-step
> instructions for downloading and installing Linux? Yes, I know it's
> available on CD for about a buck, but I downloaded Windows 2000 beta 3, and
> would like to give this a try, too.... I don't care if it takes a month to
> download the whole thing. I'm not in a hurry....
You may want to check my web page:
http://www.channel1.com/users/rodsmith/rhjol.html
It was written for Red Hat 5.2, and I've not yet updated it for 6.0, but
it should still be 95-99% accurate for 6.0.
--
Rod Smith
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.channel1.com/users/rodsmith
NOTE: Remove the "uce" word from my address to mail me
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From: "Michael Schmeing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: soundblaster PCI128/64
Date: 30 Apr 1999 13:23:37 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I have kernel 2.2.5, one of those soundcards.
>
> When plying mp3 files from disk or cd, the sound
> are very rare. It cuts with a high noice after
> playing.
>
> Any solutions?
Not until we get some more Infos: How fast is your CPU, what cpu is
it, how much ram, what player?
mp3-decoding uses up a good deal of CPU and as well a bit of ram. I
don't know the minimal requirements but when I play mp3 on my 350MHz
AMD K6-II with 64MB ram I have about 10-20% CPU-usage all the time
(and my player has no X-GUI and claims to have 3D-Now support
enabled).
> [...]
Michael
--
Michael Schmeing, Artillerieweg 46, D-26129 Oldenburg
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
www: http://www.Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE/~michae2
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From: Gerald Willmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Moving Linux to a new hard disk?
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 09:05:12 -0700
On Fri, 30 Apr 1999, Tom Hall wrote:
> I currently have Linux (redhat 5.2 with 2.2.6 kernel) on my hard disk, I
> will shortly be receiving my new 18Gb hard disk and I'm looking to move
> linux over to the new hard disk (which will replace the old one), now is
> it possible to just create the partitions on the new hd and then use cp
> to copy *everything* over to the new partition, and have it all work as
> before. If not, whats the best way to do this ?
read the harddisk upgrade mini howto which explains how to do this.
GErald
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Klaus Fluoride)
Crossposted-To:
alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,alt.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: desktop size in fvwm2?
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 16:09:20 GMT
On Wed, 28 Apr 1999 13:36:23 -0400, Gordon Weast <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>I have found that the desktop size comes from the largest of the modes
>on the Modes line, not the first one.
>
>If you take the Modes line below, and reverse the entries, then X will
>come up in 1280x1024 and the desktop will be the same size as the screen.
>
>Then "Ctrl Alt +" cycles through the screen sizes, leaving the desktop
>full size. Think of 640x480 as a 2x magnifier that you can pan around.
>This is nice when your eyes get tired.
>
>Gordon Weast
>
>
>"David K. Means" wrote:
>>
>> Well, to achieve what you are really asking for, you need to rearrange the
>> entries in
>> your /etc/XF86Config file. The size of the desktop is controlled by the
>> number of pixels
>> in the first entry of the Modes specification in the "Display" subsection of
>> the "Screen" section.
>> I have arranged the modes this way in mine:
>> Modes "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024"
>>
>> : nick wrote:
>> : >
>> : > Hi all,
>> : >
>> : > how do i change the size of my virtual windows in fvwm2?
>> : >
>> : > right now i have 6 virtual desktops but each one is bigger than the
>> : > actual sixe of my monitor screen. i want it so that the desktops are the
>> : > same size as the monitor.
>> : >
>> : > this may be related to what resolution i have the whole system set at
>> : > which is another question i have.
>> : >
>> : > thank you
>> : >
>> : > nick
>> :
>> : --
Fvwm2 annoyed the hell out of me, and the /etc/XF86Config modes fix
_does_ work very well, but there should be a facility to set the
virtual screen size in xf86config's dialog, ie:
"Do you want a virtual desktop larger than your viewing area Y/N ?"
It usually asks this when you play with the default bpp settings for
startx or XDM. It is in there in RH 5.2 and SuSE 5.2. YMMV.
Klaus F.
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From: buz (buz)
Subject: Easy to setup, Easy to go -- Linux... the working mom's OS :) (satire)
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 15:38:13 GMT
Here's one reason..
Linux software is packaged in easy-to-install packages, just pick one
up from the ftp, and install.. dinner's ready in a minute! No more
meals of yesterday where one had to fiddle with the ingredients just
to make something edible.
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From: lilco
Subject: Re: Parallel zip support?
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 15:41:26 GMT
is it possible for someone to 'make' the imm.o for linux kernal 2.0.
i'm using a small hd computer (debian 2.1 installation), and
desperately need to connect to my zip plus.
On Wed, 28 Apr 1999 12:23:35 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anthony
Campbell) wrote:
>On Tue, 27 Apr 1999 13:26:20 -0700, jik- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>David J. Topper wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey folks,
>>>
>>> I'm planning on buying a new PC sometime soon and would like to back up
>>> everything on my little P100. Does the 2.0.30 kernel support zip drives
>>> attached via paralell port?
>>
>>Read the zip howtos.
>
>The 2.0.* series does support the drive but the 2.2.* series has improved
>facilities. In particular, you don't have to use modules in order to be
>able to print as well as to use the Zip disk.
>
>Anthony
>
>--
>Anthony Campbell - running Linux Debian 2.1 (Windows-free zone)
>Book Reviews: www.achc.demon.co.uk/bookreviews/
>
>"The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
>Moves on..." - Edward Fitzgerald (Rubaiat of Omar Khayyam)
>
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From: Keith Higgs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.list,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Creating Linux/Dos shared partition?
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 08:36:56 -0400
Note that this may be particularly difficult if you have compressed your drive
containing the x:\Windows\... stuff. If you have an uncompressed (i.e. you didn't
use DriveSpace) partition you can access that from Linux as described below.
Norman Levin wrote:
> You don't need a separate partition. Download the files you need to the
> desktop.
> They will be in "c:\windows\desktop"
> In linux, you should have the dos c disk mounted at /mnt/dos
> issue the command "mount". Is dos showing?
> If not, you will have to mount the dos disk. May need an option -t vfat ???
> Then, cp /mnt/dos/windows/desktop/download.file /linux/directory/I/want-file
>
> Spotillius Maximus aka \"Spot\" wrote:
> >
> > I'm trying to create a partition that I can share files between Linux and
> > Dos on the same harddrive. I'm dual booting right now and that's working
> > fine. Since I'm new to Linux and am having trouble setting it up I go back
> > to Win** to download files from Linux ftp sites and want to be able to read
> > them on a small partition that I just created with FIPS. I didn't format it
> > under DOS so I'm waiting for instructions on what to do next. Thanks
> >
> > Ed
>
> --
> Norman Levin
> vm/dynAmIX inc.
--
D. Keith Higgs, Collection Maintenance Supervisor
Kelvin Smith Library, 11055 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland Ohio 44106-7151
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone:216-368-0559 FAX:216-368-3669
Official: http://www.cwru.edu/UL/pershomepages/K_Higgs.html
Personal: http://129.22.137.40/Index.htm ICQ#28181802
Have you rebooted Windows today?
Linux, it's where you want to go today!
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From: Bruno Barberi Gnecco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Problem changing a partition to ext2
Date: 30 Apr 1999 07:46:01 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello all...
My HD is partitioned in three. hda1 is windows, hda3 is linux, and
hda2 is empty, but in vfat (16) format. Now I want to change it to ext2.
I run linux' fdisk, and changed the partition type. But when I was going
to run mke2fs, I noticed a small problem. Here's my partition list:
Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 789 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 1 261 2096451 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M
/dev/hda2 262 262 522 2096482+ 83 Linux native
/dev/hda3 523 523 789 2144677+ 83 Linux native
What is this +? Weirder than that is when I verify the partition
table:
Command (m for help): v
62 unallocated sectors
I had never problems with the partitions, and when I first partitioned
it all 6.4Gbytes were present (and I still don't miss at least a significant
amount of bytes). df returns:
Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity Mounted on
/dev/hda3 2074460 1009817 957410 51% /
/dev/hda2 2096192 0 2096192 0% /dosd
/dev/hda1 2096160 1600800 495360 76% /dosc
And results are different from fdisk!
My questions are: is my partition table screwed up? it has been
running like this for more than a year!
Second question: to run mke2fs, what blocks-count should I use?
I'm affraid that it doesn't detect correctly and cleans my linux partition.
Thanks for everything,
--
Did you *REALLY* check that interface between the chair and the keyboard?
Bruno Barberi Gnecco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ICQ #1383173 - PGP 5.0i user
[I'm running Linux] -=-=- Electric Engineering at Politechnic School, USP
http://www.geocities.com/RodeoDrive/1980/ * Check for C, 3D graphics, etc
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