Linux-Misc Digest #154, Volume #20 Tue, 11 May 99 15:13:14 EDT
Contents:
Linux on K62 ok? (Anthony Hook)
Pegasus II modem (Anthony Hook)
Re: Is Unix a single user operating system? (was: Wanted: Database/Contact mgr with
backend on Linux/FreeBSD, web frontend) (Gordon Scott)
Re: No more than four md devices? (Marc Mutz)
Re: FreeBSD NFS server with Solaris and Linux clients (David Malone)
Re: lilo +10Gb (Marc Mutz)
Re: soundblaster PCI128/64 (Mooniesdl2)
Re: lpr gives error message after installation of glibc-2.0.6 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: SUID games? What is RedHat doing? (James Youngman)
Re: RedHat price... (Gerald Willmann)
Re: The GNU Fragrance of Sharing vs. the Stench of Greed (was: GNU reeks of
Communism (really) (James Youngman)
Re: Is Unix a single user operating system? (Jesus Monroy, Jr.)
Re: Help! Null modem and pppd (Frank Waarsenburg)
Re: an alias for cd to set PS1=pwd (Lack Mr G M)
Re: Gnome Help ! (Related Question) (David Tabachnikov)
Re: kernel too large, what now? (jason)
Re: lilo +10Gb (Bill Petro)
Re: Dynamic nameserver assigning by ISP (Frank Hahn)
Re: kernel too large, what now? (David Murray)
speech synthesizer for linux? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Symlinks and LaTeX/TeX (Neil Rickert)
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From: Anthony Hook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux on K62 ok?
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 14:43:08 +0100
I'm considering upgrading my ageing P120.
Have any of you experienced problems running Linux on one of those K62 (&
K63) chips?
Are there any motherboards I should watch out for?
Thanks a lot.
Anthony
UK.
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From: Anthony Hook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Pegasus II modem
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 14:38:44 +0100
Hello guys..
I've considering getting one of these modems for my Psion Series 5. I'd be
interested in knowing if anyone has got this to work under Linux
(Redhat) also?
Thanks a lot.
Anthony
UK.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gordon Scott)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Is Unix a single user operating system? (was: Wanted: Database/Contact
mgr with backend on Linux/FreeBSD, web frontend)
Date: 11 May 1999 07:55:59 GMT
Reply-To: Gordon Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Larry Blanchard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: C'mon guys, it was a joke :-). I *knew* the Latin :-).
I even put a cheeky smily on mine, and still they take us seriouslsy.
Ho Hum.
G.
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Linux ............... Because I like to _get_ there today.
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Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 10:04:37 +0200
From: Marc Mutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: No more than four md devices?
Uwe Bonnes wrote:
> 4 is a compiled-in limit.
OK, so where do I change that? Is it under make {x,menu,}config or, if
not, in which source file?
Marc Mutz
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Malone)
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.solaris
Subject: Re: FreeBSD NFS server with Solaris and Linux clients
Date: 11 May 1999 08:58:49 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Timothy J. Lee) writes:
>A FreeBSD 3.1-19990416-STABLE computer is an NFS server. It has
>some Solaris 2.5.1 (kernel patch 103640-26) and Linux (kernel 2.0.36)
>clients (less than 10 total).
>Solaris client NFS access seems to be fine, except when someone
>tries to edit or copy a huge file. It works, with lots of "NFS file
>server not responding" and "NFS file server ok" messages in between.
>Linux client NFS access seems to be rather slow.
Make sure the linux client is using large block sizes. Add:
rsize=8192,wsize=8192
to the options for each NFS filesystem in /etc/fstab on the linux
client. The NFS code 2.0.36 isn't the fastest in the world, espically
at small writes (1000 small unbuffered writes on SunOS 4.1.3 and FreeBSD
took no time, but about 12 seconds on 2.0.36). The new Linux kernels
with the kenrel based NFS packages are a lot better.
You might also find that making sure the solaris cleint is using UDP and
nfsv3 might help. I'm not sure how many of Matt Dillons NFS patches have
made it back into stable yet - I believe most of them are supposed to be
in 3.2.
David.
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Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 10:07:45 +0200
From: Marc Mutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: lilo +10Gb
Miguel Lastra wrote:
>
> Is there anything I must take into account when installing lilo on a
> 10Gb HD. A friend told me that que could not install lilo when
> installing Suse 6.0 and he has a 10Gb HD. I thought that there were only
> problems with old BIOS and large disks. Is that right ?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Miguel L.
You must have your root-partition (i.e. that one that mounts on /)
entirely within the first 8GB of the disk. LILO needs the BIOS to load
the kernel images and some other stuff from it, so the BIOS must be able
to access it.
Marc Mutz
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mooniesdl2)
Subject: Re: soundblaster PCI128/64
Date: 11 May 1999 18:04:46 GMT
Glad to hear it, however no one could/would give me help with this when I
posted, so I had to do what I could to get it right on my own, and the upgrade
to 2.2.7 is what did it for me. I didn't say that there weren't other way's to
do it, however, being a newbie I didn't know how!
moonie ;)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: lpr gives error message after installation of glibc-2.0.6
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 07:56:53 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Marc Scherer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have installed glibc-2.0.6 from source following the instructions in
> the Glibc2-Howto. Afterwards lpr gives the following message:
>
> lpr: unable to get official name for local machine
>
> It used to work fine before. I have rebuild lpr&Co. from source, which
> doesn't help. I have then de-installed the new glibc and re-installed
> the glibc1 that comes with the slakware distribution, that my system
is
> based on. But it still doesn't work.
>
> If anyone has an idea what's wrong I'd be happy to hear about it (I
> don't want to re-install my whole computer).
>
Du mu�t die IP Deines Rechners, sowie den kompletten Namen
(mit Domain) in die /etc/hosts hinzuf�gen, dann m��te es
wieder funktionieren. Ich hatte das gleiche Problem ;-)
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From: James Youngman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.security.unix
Subject: Re: SUID games? What is RedHat doing?
Date: 05 May 1999 20:04:09 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh) writes:
> In <7ggg42$fvb$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dan Nguyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> >In comp.os.linux.misc Bill Unruh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >: On a new install of Redhat 5,2 (also there in 5.1) I get the following
> >: What the hell is RedHat doing shipping games which are suid root? This
> >: makes no sense at all!
>
> >Do these game run through the console? If they do, then they need to
> >run as root. If they are for X, they don't need to run as root.
>
> >hope that helps.
>
> Not really. Having uncontrolled programs on your system which are suid
> root is insane.
Yes. This is true. Best efforts are made to make these as secure as
possible, but if security is a priority, do not install them. You,
after all, are in charge.
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From: Gerald Willmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RedHat price...
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 07:29:35 -0700
On Tue, 11 May 1999, **Nick Brown wrote:
[...]
> (You can now turn Red Hat into
> Debian without rebooting...)
could you elaborate on this or point me to some info on how this can be
done. Thanks,
Gerald
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From: James Youngman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: The GNU Fragrance of Sharing vs. the Stench of Greed (was: GNU reeks of
Communism (really)
Date: 05 May 1999 20:26:29 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Costello) writes:
> Forcing people to share is just plain stupid. I'm sorry if
> you don't realize that.
We realise this. We do not demand that you share anything. However,
if you do not choose to comply with the terms of the GPL, you are not
eligible to distribute works derived from GPLed programs. We're not
forcing you to share anything, we're just being selective about what
we let you do with our property.
If you choose not to share, then fine. We choose not to share with
you. There's no more to it than that, really. Complaining that the
GPL "forces" you to do things is nonsensical.
[Some wildly offtopic groups snipped.]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jesus Monroy, Jr.)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Is Unix a single user operating system?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 20:14:07 GMT
On Wed, 05 May 1999 00:17:11 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Thomas Keto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> I really hate to see Unix and Unix software marketed like single user
>> operating systems.
>
>Why not? That's what they are, at least from the demographics figures. The
>number of Unix workstations _far_ outnumbers the number of servers. The same
>was not true ten or probably even five years ago, but it's true today.
>
I've given your comments some thought and as far as I can
tell the biggest "hold back"/feature is personal security.
Most people, for what I can decearn, want a machine that
they can use as stand alone. However, they want the is machine
to free from most of the security glitches that plague UNIX.
Namely, they don't want other people to be able to get into
their machine.
Yes, I know M$ win95 does not do this, but a least you can
have that an enviromentally controlled area (ie. your home).
While it is true anyone can walk up to a win95 machine a
simple get on that is really a *feature*.
In short, as I see it two (2) release will be needed to
accomplish any type of 'marketing' success. Both releases
must have the ablity to walk up to a machine and just
use it NO password with NO su issues whatsoever.
One release will have the ability to login in remotely,
but will have none the traditional services (ftp,www)
installed. All services need to be configured (somehow),
except telnet (remote login). (This version of course will
requires a password to login remotely.)
The other release will have the 'traditional' services
installed and running, but have no login facilites built-in,
EVEN in the kernel. The second method should garauntee that
no machine had the capabilities to be infultrated (sp?).
--
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I hate making mistakes.
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From: Frank Waarsenburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help! Null modem and pppd
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 09:41:16 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
<Much snipped>
>
> Lets call Box A (192.168.1.1) the 486 box with a 28.8k modem on com2.
> Lets call box B (192.168.1.2) the notebook box.
>
Mmmm.... Are you SURE your netmasks are OK? Since both machines are on the
same network, they may not want to route at all....
Frank
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lack Mr G M)
Subject: Re: an alias for cd to set PS1=pwd
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 10:48:50 BST
In article <7h8tfm$m86$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Allman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
|> i want to make an alias for cd so that every time i type cd it changes the
|> directory like normal, but also changes the prompt to show exactly where i
|> am. in unix i have it set up as alias cd 'cd \!*;set prompt="`pwd`:> " '
You mean "when using a c-shell in Unix".
|> so i guessed that in linux it would be alias cd='cd \!*; PS1="`pwd` :> "'.
|> but that doesn't work.
If you are using bash then just use:
PS1='\w :>'
export PS1
The shell keeps track of where you are and substitues \w.
Try "man bash". (Likewise, try "man tcsh" or "man csh" on Unix, to
see what substitutions take place in prompts there as well....).
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The contents of this message *may* reflect my personal opinion. They are
*not* intended to reflect those of my employer, or anyone else.
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Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 17:51:37 +0200
From: David Tabachnikov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x,linux.redhat,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Gnome Help ! (Related Question)
I think that fisrt screen is Enlighenment starting up... The only thing to do, is
change a window manager
Antaine wrote:
> Donald wrote:
> >
> > create a file in your home directory called .xinitrc
> > then type this in:
> >
> > #!/bin/bash
> > gnome-session
>
> I have that in my .xinitrc in the root directory and when
> I "startx" as root it cranks up two sessions. The first
> screen comes up, it sits there a second, then the screen
> I use comes up. I've tried everything from altering the
> Xclients file to leaving the Xclients file and commenting
> out "gnome-session" in .xinitrc. When I do the later GNOME
> won't start at all. Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> > On Fri, 30 Apr 1999, John van der Zanden wrote:
> >
> > > Unpacked all gnome packages without serious problems, but what to do now ??
> > > the manual says this
> > >
> > > To start gnome, you must edit the X startup files. (which one and how ?)
> > > a sample x startup file using gnome-session follows:
> > > #!/bin/bash
> > > exec gnome-session
> > > ## end sample
> > > the default Gnome session configuratio file is
> > > /usr/share/gnome/default.session. The user gnome session is
> > > $HOME/.gnome/session.
> > >
> > > All nice and well, but what must i do ? I dont have any clue what this all
> > > means as i am a NEWBIE !!
> > > Which file must i edit and what should i put in it ??
> > >
> > >
> > > John
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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From: jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kernel too large, what now?
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 14:52:30 -0400
David Murray wrote:
>
> I am trying to compile the kernel 2.2.6... well, okay, I already
> compiled it. I had to do a make bzImage because it was too large for
> make zImage. but, Lilo doesn't seem to like it either! The file is
> about 600K but lilo says it is too large.. I cannot make it any smaller
> without removing things that I need from this kernel, so what do I do
> now?>
> --DavidM
Compile some things as modules that aren't needed directly at boot time.
-jason
(to reply via email, make the appropriate substitution in my email address)
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Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 08:51:35 -0600
From: Bill Petro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: lilo +10Gb
I have a 17GB drive, that I plan to install Red Hat 6.0 on, after
I repartition the currently single partition Windows 98 disk by
using Partition Magic.
I was planning on creating a 4GB Linux partition to then carve up.
Any guidance on how I should do this?
Regards,
Bill Petro
Phone: 719 260-8107
Web: http://www.billpetro.com
Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Marc Mutz wrote:
>
> Miguel Lastra wrote:
> >
> > Is there anything I must take into account when installing lilo on a
> > 10Gb HD. A friend told me that que could not install lilo when
> > installing Suse 6.0 and he has a 10Gb HD. I thought that there were only
> > problems with old BIOS and large disks. Is that right ?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > Miguel L.
> You must have your root-partition (i.e. that one that mounts on /)
> entirely within the first 8GB of the disk. LILO needs the BIOS to load
> the kernel images and some other stuff from it, so the BIOS must be able
> to access it.
>
> Marc Mutz
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank Hahn)
Subject: Re: Dynamic nameserver assigning by ISP
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 10:03:17 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 09 May 1999 23:13:08 GMT, Scott Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Sun, 9 May 1999 21:15:19 +0100, Stuart HIrons
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>see and use my modem, and get a PPP link up. However, the ISP-HOOKUP-HOWTO
>>assumes that the nameserver for your (my) ISP is fixed. But in this case it
>>is not.
>>How do I extract the nameserver info from the PPP link and pass it to the
>>system ?
>
>
>I haven't had this problem (yet), but I would think putting any valid
>nameserver you're ISP has in resolv.conf (or whatever you're using) would
>be ok. Are they not willing to tell you what IP's they have for nameservers?
>
The later versions of pppd can do this if your ISP is sending
the DNS numbers dynamically. The only version that I could get
to work properly was version 2.3.7. Look for the option "usepeerdns."
In the pppd source archive there are some scripts that show you
what to do with the numbers. In my case, the DNS numbers are the
same time after time so I just put them in my /etc/resolv.conf
file.
I think the reason for doing this is mainly for the Windows users.
The pppd source can be found at:
ftp://cs.anu.edu.au/pub/software/pub/
--
Frank Hahn
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From: David Murray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kernel too large, what now?
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 18:50:06 GMT
jason wrote:
> David Murray wrote:
> >
> > I am trying to compile the kernel 2.2.6... well, okay, I already
> > compiled it. I had to do a make bzImage because it was too large for
> > make zImage. but, Lilo doesn't seem to like it either! The file is
> > about 600K but lilo says it is too large.. I cannot make it any smaller
> > without removing things that I need from this kernel, so what do I do
> > now?>
> > --DavidM
>
> Compile some things as modules that aren't needed directly at boot time.
>
Actually, I am already using as many modules as I can... I'll go back and
double check to see if there is anything else.. Why can't I use a kernel as
big as I want?
--DavidM
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.speech,comp.speech.user
Subject: speech synthesizer for linux?
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 14:51:32 GMT
Does some know a good, understandable speech synthesizer that runs
under Linux? A free one is even better, but first and foremost it must
work. ;-)
Also, does someone know a speech synth that can speak formulas (even if
it runs under Windows)?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Neil Rickert)
Subject: Re: Symlinks and LaTeX/TeX
Date: 6 May 1999 23:12:10 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew_Luke NESBIT) writes:
>However, on examination of the file "latex" in my /usr/bin directory, I
>notice that "latex" is simply a symlink to the file "tex" in /usr/bin.
I think it is usually a link to 'virtex'. But then it usually is not
in /usr/bin either.
>So... the question is, when I invoke latex and hence essentially run the
>file "tex" via the latex symlink, how on earth does tex know that it has
>been invoked by the latex symlink, and hence "know" to process the file
>LaTeX-style?
A program receives an argument list. The first item in the list is
the name used to invoke the program. It uses that to decide which
macro package to use.
Many unix commands work that way (behave differently depending on the
name used to invoke them).
cd /usr/bin
ls -l | grep ^l
will list a whole lot of them.
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