Linux-Misc Digest #433, Volume #20 Mon, 31 May 99 15:13:14 EDT
Contents:
Re: bind 8.2 $TTL value? (brian moore)
[Q]linux on sparc (Yeonghoon Kim)
Re: Is Linux Open Source? (stdio.h) (Bill Unruh)
nobody is doing a find on my drive ! (Matteo Sartori)
getty/mgetty question ("Pankaj Arora")
Newbie-Partioning win98 to install Redhat 5.1
Re: cdrecord error (brian moore)
/bin/rm -rf /path/symlink (Jayasuthan [VorHacker])
Re: SuSE vs Red Hat? (Anthony Campbell)
Re: FTP clients that can do site-to-site transfers? (Ben Sandler)
Re: choosing an OS for a retired Sun -- no BSD? (Bob Keys)
Re: getty/mgetty question (Bill Unruh)
Re: Browsing and Printing via Samba (Andrew Williams)
Re: Alpha, PowerPC, Intel, and Sparc (Carlos Wexler)
Re: How to use HD with more than 1024 cylinders with LILO (John Girash)
RH 6.0 and .bash_profile (Jon Edwards)
IPX protocol (J�rg Meier)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (brian moore)
Subject: Re: bind 8.2 $TTL value?
Date: 31 May 1999 17:28:48 GMT
On Mon, 31 May 1999 16:59:14 GMT,
Ken Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So I can't find one example that actually shows a TTL value. What is a good
> number to use?
You can't? You do know you can query other name servers, right?
The TTL depends on the circumstances. MICROS~1 has a 1 hour TTL on
their records (presumably so they could renumber if something explodes).
IBM, on the other hand, has a 12 hour TTL. Earthlink uses 24 hours.
Bigboobs.com (gotta love porn sites: you can just make up a name and
sho' nuff one exists..) has a TTL of 48 hours. CRL.COM uses 72 hours.
Depending on how long you're planning on keeping the same IP, you will
want more or less than the above. (If you make it too long, renumbering
will take some planning: if you have a 1 week ttl, you'll have to cut
that down to something shorter a week before you renumber. In most
cases that's not really a problem. If you make it too short, you'll be
wasting bandwidth on a lot of DNS lookups.)
--
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
------------------------------
From: Yeonghoon Kim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: [Q]linux on sparc
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 02:34:58 +0900
Hi!
I'm a beginner. I want to port linux on sparc chips.
I have heard of a project ultralinux on porting linux on sparc.
As far as I know, however, that is for sparc stations.
What I say is porting on sparc processors, not on sparc stations. In
other words,
what I want to do is not just installing linux on sparc stations with
all components supplied. I want to build a computer with a sparc
processor with other peripherals of some kind(not those supplied by Sun)
attatched or unattatched at my disposal, and I want linux running on
that machine.
For me to do it, what should I do?
Are there some people who do such things?
Or are there websites from which I can get some information?
Thanks.
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: Is Linux Open Source? (stdio.h)
Date: 31 May 1999 17:30:51 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Martin Dieringer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
>Martin Dieringer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Martin Dieringer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> > Martin Dieringer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> > > Martin Dieringer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> > > > please someone send me or post /usr/include/stdio.h here.
>> > > > I don't have access to a linux system
>> > > I'd be completely satisfied with the definition of FILE
>> > The datatype and purpose of '_cnt' would serve the purpose.
>> > The linux version does NOT matter at all.
>> Where can I download it? Is there a source tree somewhere?
>no, linux isn't open source. they won't show you stdio.h -
You seem to be engaged in a long conversation with yourself here, and
tha lack of knowledge show. Why don;t you go looking-- like on the net--
for linux source. eg www.kernel.org
------------------------------
From: Matteo Sartori <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: nobody is doing a find on my drive !
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 20:23:11 +0100
Actually he is and I only notice it when my drive suddenly starts
thrashing. I assume it's a system thing, but what is it ?
curiously,
m@
------------------------------
Reply-To: "Pankaj Arora" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Pankaj Arora" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: getty/mgetty question
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 18:34:33 GMT
hello
i'm running red hat linux 6.0 and i have hooked up a vt101 to a serial cable
which is connected to my linux box. i put this line in /etc/inittab:
[...]
7:2345:respawn:/sbin/mgetty -r -s 4800 /dev/ttyS1
[...]
it works fine at first -- then when i log out from my vt101 it's supposed to
respawn mgetty and let me log back in through the vt101. it doesn't and a
message comes up on the linux box saying, "Respawning too quickly --
disabled for 5 minutes." It doesn't work even after 5 minutes, I just get
the same message again.
in fact, i've tried deleting the lock file [var/lock/*] for it and it still
doesn't work and the lock file just reapers. a reboot of the linux box
fixes it -- but of course when i log in and log out through the vt101 - then
i can't log back in through the vt101 again. any ideas? maybe i should be
using just getty -- but i have no idea how and the man pages confused me
[i'm new to linux]. thanks for any help you can give me.
Pankaj Arora
------------------------------
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Newbie-Partioning win98 to install Redhat 5.1
Date: 31 May 1999 18:31:11 GMT
I recently bought the Redhat CD and wanted to install it. The installation
instructions only have how to make a partition under win95. I cannot find
any information on how to partition my HD so that I can have both Win8 and
Linux. Can anybody give me an idea where to start? Do i have to buy another
program? I cannpt afford to buy another HD in order to do this, thanks!
================== Posted via SearchLinux ==================
http://www.searchlinux.com
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (brian moore)
Subject: Re: cdrecord error
Date: 31 May 1999 18:24:26 GMT
On 31 May 1999 17:19:41 GMT,
RLopez6836 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a memorex 1622 cdrw. I am trying to use cdrecord but I get errors. When
> I try to burn a disc I get the error "function not implemented, shmget failed".
> I think this is a system call failing. What could be the problem? I know my rw
> is scsibus0, target 1, lun 0, and some commands work like scanbus. Also, when I
> run xcdroast I am able to copy pure data cds directly to cdr with quick copy
> but nothing else works (same error message).
Did you build your kernel with shared memory support?
This is under the 'System V IPC' settings.
--
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
------------------------------
From: Jayasuthan [VorHacker] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: /bin/rm -rf /path/symlink
Date: 31 May 99 18:21:05 GMT
Hi,
I just wanted to know about symlink [ ln ] is I copy file
from /etc/rc.d to /usr/local/tftpboot and then use command:
/bin/rm -rf tftpboot [ in /usr/local directory ]
will it effect files in /etc/rc.d ... some file which transfer is symlink
back to /etc/rc.d/rc.something. I have remove on by one whichout -rf option.
I try out but it doesn't remove files.... I make a demo without root.
I just wanted to know... thanks
--
==========
Jayasuthan
[Internal Linux System]
http://eplx01/suthan/
smtp%"[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
[External]
http://skyscraper.fortunecity.com/digital/298/ ( UnderConstruction )
smtp%"[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anthony Campbell)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: SuSE vs Red Hat?
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 17:53:12 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 31 May 1999 11:25:22 GMT, Keith Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Much agreement from me. I've used RH 4.1, 4.2, and 5.1. When 6.0 came
>out, I thought about it, then I thought about the price jump :-( I'd
>been thinking about using a different distro for a while, anyway, so
>I went with SuSE. Looked at Debian, but they didn't ship (or recommend)
>the 2.2.x kernel...
>
>Now, if SuSE would only add printer support to their shipped kernel... :-)
But in fact the 2.2.x kernels work perfectly well on the current stable
Debian (4.1, Slink); I've been using them since they became available and
have had no trouble at all.
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)
------------------------------
From: Ben Sandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: FTP clients that can do site-to-site transfers?
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 18:27:51 +0000
"Louie R. Orbeta" wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Can anyone recommend an FTP client that lets me perform site-to-site
> transfers?
>
> Thanks a lot in advance.
> Regards,
> Louie
scp (comes with ssh) does that, and securely, to boot.
--
--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--
Ben Sandler
email me: sandler at ymail dot yu dot edu
The Roman Rule
The one who says it cannot be done should never interrupt the
one who is doing it.
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Keys)
Crossposted-To:
comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.sys.sun.hardware,comp.unix.solaris
Subject: Re: choosing an OS for a retired Sun -- no BSD?
Date: 31 May 1999 14:35:20 GMT
Philip Brown ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: On 28 May 1999 14:33:18 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: >...
: >I just posted a high rating of OpenBSD 2.5 on my Sparcs. Lean, mean and
: >runs like a striped arsed ape, even on 12 meg ram running X.
:
: that is too vague. say WHAT you are running now.
: For example, I bet you're not run any of:
:
: fvwm
: CDE
: emacs
: netscape
: [.. other popular, large apps]
Well, I run the SS1 and the IPX on OpenBSD 2.5 as web servers on my home
net for web testing. Fvwm, vi (emacs---retch), netscape 4.08 (with the
sunos 4.1.1 libs, and apache compiled from the 1.3.6 apache sources.
Compiled in a dozen or so graphics packages (before the 2.5 distrib tree
was up) such as xfig, tgif, plotutils, and the like. Compiled in TeX (my
own ports).
: saying "runs well" is misleading, without giving an idea of the limitations.
: I could set up solaris on the same box with no graphics, and claim it
: "runs well" :->
I have not run into any particular limitations, yet, except that I can't
get it to boot from miniroot on a sun4 machine (4/110), and had to load
it up from the IPX and carry the drive over to the 4/110.
The SS1 has 64M ram and never seems to swap. The IPX has 12M ram and
also does not seem to be swapping much (no lag time in the middle of
operations). The IPX seems to run about twice as fast as the SS1, even
on 12M ram, loaded with X, netscape, and serving web pages. On 12M ram,
I think that is doing rather well.
Solaris ran well, but was slow! NetBSD I could never get up to what I
felt was sufficiently stable to make a production box, and I have tried
everything and every version I can lay hands on. OpenBSD 2.5 betas
(both the snaps) and now the 2.5 release just ran out of the box, no
crashes, no fuss, .... they just work. I was pleasantly surprised, and
well pleased, for what I need to do. In my book, it has the hightest
ratings of any unix I use, after AIX, period. Now, if I could only
get a satisfactory port to my Sun3 si machines....... still have to use
Sunos-4.1.1U1 on those critters, since the NetBSD code still does not
work well enough on si controllers to be stable on my machines.....
Bob
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: getty/mgetty question
Date: 31 May 1999 18:41:45 GMT
In <ZCA43.17961$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Pankaj Arora"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
]i'm running red hat linux 6.0 and i have hooked up a vt101 to a serial cable
]which is connected to my linux box. i put this line in /etc/inittab:
][...]
]7:2345:respawn:/sbin/mgetty -r -s 4800 /dev/ttyS1
][...]
]it works fine at first -- then when i log out from my vt101 it's supposed to
]respawn mgetty and let me log back in through the vt101. it doesn't and a
]message comes up on the linux box saying, "Respawning too quickly --
]disabled for 5 minutes." It doesn't work even after 5 minutes, I just get
]the same message again.
Find out why mgetty is respawning. It might be trying to initchat with
the modem (which of course is not there).
Put in the line
debug 8
(and remove any other debug line in the file)
into /etc/mgetty*/mgetty.config
near the beginning and look in /var/log/mgetty.ttyS1 to see what it is
doing, and where it is running into problems.
(reset this debug level or you will rapidly run out of room in /var/log)
------------------------------
From: Andrew Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.protocols.smb,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Browsing and Printing via Samba
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 09:58:30 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
NT with SP4 needs encryption, 4.4.2.2. on my web-page.
You need WINS for cross-subnet browsing, that is there as well.
Jan Hichert wrote:
> two Questions from a newbie:
>
> My Samba (2.0.3 on SuSE 6.1) works fine for my NT Clients (NT
> Workstation 4, SP4)... except:
>
> Browsing:
> Somehow I can't browse the Samba-Box from the NT-Clients in the
> Network-Neighbourhood. I read a short posting concerning this problem -
> it was about WINS, lmhosts... maybe somebody can help me? ...tell me
> where I can find a decent FAQ? Do I need to install a WINS-Server?
>
> Printing:
> I installed my HP Laserjet 4L on my Linux Box - and via Samba on my
> NT-Boxes as Network-Printer... it says something like insufficient
> memory when I try to print on it... Help? I am using the raw-printer.
>
> Here is my smb.conf: (isn't too long ;-)
> -------------
> [Global]
> workgroup = WORKGROUP
> security = SHARE
> keepalive = 30
> socket options = TPC_NODELAY
> os level = 2
> guest ok = yes
>
> [Backup]
> comment = Jans Backup
> path = /jan_backup
> read only = No
> create mask = 0750
>
> [Printers]
> comment = All Printers
> path = /tmp
> create mask = 0700
> print ok = yes
> -------------
>
> Thanks in advance!
> - Paul
--
Mielipiteet omiani - Opinions personal, facts suspect, especially on my
http://www.germanynet.de/teilnehmer/101/69082/samba.html
Simple Samba Solutions web page. ICQ 1722461
__________________________________________________________
| Fight Spam! Join EuroCAUCE: http://www.euro.cauce.org/ |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carlos Wexler)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.alpha,comp.os.linux.powerpc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Alpha, PowerPC, Intel, and Sparc
Date: 31 May 1999 14:55:47 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Christopher B. Browne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Sun, 30 May 1999 17:22:12 -0500, B. J. Rowland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted:
>Seeing as how hardware has had the tradition of getting *cheaper* over time,
>the result is pretty nonsensical. Furthermore, it's going to scare people
>off of using 'em, if they're so expensive, and that's not how you get
>Economies of Scale so as to pull down the cost per unit.
In addition, why would anybody pay more for these relatively non-standard
machines when you can get a celeron-k6-cyrix machine for under $800...
I've looked through the specs of these new machines and they are not
impressive: they are not faster than a low-end pc, and having a price
comparable with a pIII machine clearly makes them a dead end.
Carlos
--
------------------------------
From: John Girash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to use HD with more than 1024 cylinders with LILO
Date: 31 May 1999 13:54:49 -0500
patrick bergner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I have SuSE 6.0 and want to use an old HD (Seagate / 720MB)
: for LINUX. The partition-manager prints the errormessage that
: the bootmanager LILO may eventually not be able to boot from
: that disk, because of the 1024cyl limitation.
: I have the HD divided into smaller parts and installed LINUX
: on the first partition, but LILO failed to boot (no message,
: only thausands of 1s and 0s).
My guess is that (assuming your boot partition is completely within the
first 1023 cylinders), your problem isn't due to the 1024 limit at all.
But I've gotten the 101010101010 many a time when I told the BIOS the
wrong cyl/hd/spt numbers, so you may want to check those (e.g. by putting
the drive onto the second IDE channel of your newer machine and letting
the kernel probe for the geometry rather than setting it in the BIOS).
One easy solution (which you could use permanently, or temporarly until
you get LILO to work) is to make a tiny DOS partition and use loadlin.
g'luck
jg
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 14:04:08 -0400
From: Jon Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RH 6.0 and .bash_profile
I've loaded RedHat 6.0 and GNOME for the desktop with bash as the
SHELL.
It appears as if .bash_profile simply doesn't execute. Any ideas why
not ?
I there some file I need to modify to allow the profile to execute.
One of the things I'm trying to add is set -o vi If I add this
to .bashrc then I can't even issue
set -o vi from an xTerm and have it work.
Jon
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (J�rg Meier)
Subject: IPX protocol
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 20:42:05 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
After installing SuSE 6.1 it is no longer possible to use the
ipx-protocol. Always the following message appears:
ipx_interface: socket: invalid argument
Is there any idea?
Thanks
------------------------------
** FOR YOUR REFERENCE **
The service address, to which questions about the list itself and requests
to be added to or deleted from it should be directed, is:
Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You can send mail to the entire list (and comp.os.linux.misc) via:
Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Linux may be obtained via one of these FTP sites:
ftp.funet.fi pub/Linux
tsx-11.mit.edu pub/linux
sunsite.unc.edu pub/Linux
End of Linux-Misc Digest
******************************
