Linux-Misc Digest #517, Volume #20 Sun, 6 Jun 99 14:13:06 EDT
Contents:
Re: linux beginner-somebody help ("Alex M.")
Re: Something is destroying my man pages! (Jay Daniels)
Re: LILO gets corrupted (Jay Daniels)
Re: crontab to start PPP (Gerald Jensen)
Re: Connecting iMac to Linux... (Jay Daniels)
Re: Unstable Netscape (Jay Daniels)
Re: Unstable Netscape ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: crontab to start PPP (Juergen Heinzl)
Re: Screenwriting/playwriting software for Linux? (Alex Lam)
Re: Living penguin (Ron Sussman)
Re: Something is destroying my man pages! (Mircea)
Re: rawrite question (Jay Daniels)
Re: Questions about volume and file status (David Vrabel)
Re: Mounting an HPFS partition (Ed Lentz)
Linux and BIOS (Mike Kerr)
Cd-rom Install Problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "Alex M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux beginner-somebody help
Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1999 16:16:59 +0100
If you're looking for books, hitting www.amazon.com and searching for
'linux' will bring up a whole host of stuff. Having ended my coding days and
plodded on into administration of more products than I have had hot dinners
(IBM AIX is my main flavour currently), I was attracted by a title something
like 'Secrets of Linux' 'cos it aimed at production (of results - whether
that be network connectivity, printing, web-connection etc......).
Have a look !
Cheers
Alex...
>> Would You recomend any truly good books. Is there any books that makes
parallel between Unix and Linux.
>O'Reilly is the publisher of a great many good Unix *and* Linux books.
>Check out their titles.
>> And also any good web sites with tutorials on this topic ?
>There's too many to list. Try an Infoseek or Yahoo search with the
>keywords
>"Unix" and "tutorial" and you'll get a good list.
>> thanks !!!
>--
>Lew Pitcher
>
>Master Codewright and JOAT-in-training
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From: Jay Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Something is destroying my man pages!
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 12:06:32 -0400
Mircea wrote:
>
> Hello-
>
> I have a very nice Slackware 3.6 system, that I've upgraded to khe 2.2.x
> kernel series, plus all the required packages upgrades, and a large
> quantity of other software. Everything considered, a nice system I'm
> very satisfied with. However, a strange process insidiously took place
> over the past couple of months, that I have no explanation for: I'm
> loosing man pages. Every once in a while, one of my man pages (_only_
> the ones in the (1) and (8) sections) dissapears, and becomes replaced
> with a file with the same name, but only 20 bytes in size, and nothing
> inside. So far it happened to insmod(1), man(1), rmmod(1), dmesg(8),
> mount(8), pnpdump(8), and last night, to mke2fs(8). I remember reading
> the mke2fs man page a couple of weeks ago, but when I tried to view it
> again yesterday, it was gone AWOL :(
> Nobody else than me has access to the system (unless I'm attacked by a
> cracker with a very twisted sense of humor, but I doubt it), and I
> cannot find anything to provide an explanation in the system logs.
>
> What I suspect is man itself kills its own pages, since the timestamp of
> the modified files is the same as the time I tried to access them and
> found they're corrupted. However I tried to reproduce it in a
> "controlled" manner, and wasn't able to get an effect. Also, why only
> _some_ of the pages be affected, but not others, or a page that I was
> able to view before, suddenly becomes corrupt?
>
> WTF is going on? Any help highly appreciated. TIA,
>
> MST
>
> (remove all capitals from my e-mail address, please)
I've had this happen with Redhat also.
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From: Jay Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO gets corrupted
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 11:59:54 -0400
Alex Kaufman wrote:
>
> Running Rh6 with a costum-compiled 2.2.9 kernel. A strange behavior has
> started a few days ago that Lilo would not start - it displays "LIL-" on
> stratup and there's no activity, I have to fdisk /mbr and reinstall lilo
> until the next time it happens. This can occur several times a day,
> quite annoying. Any ideas?
>
> --
> Written under Linux 2.2.9
> "I code, therefor I exist"U
Use a lilo boot floppy and make two just in case. In lilo.conf change
/dev/hd* /dev/fd0
Your file system may be corrupt run fsck on the root partition.
I do not use dos or windows and use CHS or Normal block addressing in
the bios. With this you must use a boot disk or lilo floppy.
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From: Gerald Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: crontab to start PPP
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 10:55:09 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Juergen Heinzl wrote:
> In article <7jcbn2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Gerald Jensen wrote:
> >Juergen Heinzl wrote:
> >
> >> In article <7jbdhk$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Gerald Jensen wrote:
> >> >I'm having trouble getting a crontab to start a PPP session at 11:59pm
> >> >every night. I've tried ....
> >> >
> >> >59 23 * * * /etc/ppp/ppp-on
> >>
> >> /etc/ppp/ppp-on ought to be a script run by the pppd, not to start
> >> up a connection.
> >> [...]
> [...]
> >That is correct ... ppp-on is a shell script I use to start PPP sessions.
> >From the command line, if I type ppp-on, the dialer initializes the modem
> >and dials. I need the crontab to do it for me unattended.
>
> Juergen ... get some sleep 8) ... so ...
> * /etc/ppp/ppp-on is executable
> * the first line is #! /bin/sh (or ksh or csh, whatever)
> * you've installed the crontab file as user ...
> * you're allowed as user ... to use cron
> ...
>
> Cheers,
> Juergen
>
> --
> \ Real name : J�rgen Heinzl \ no flames /
> \ EMail Private : [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ send money instead /
Juergen:
Following are the four scripts that are involved (the crontab script, and
three scripts used to make / break the PPP connection).
# crontab to set up PPP connection, get time/date
# use /bin/sh to run commands, no matter what /etc/passwd says
SHELL=/bin/sh
# Make PPP connection using ppp-on shell script
# MAILTO=""
# 5 0 * * * /etc/ppp/ppp-on
# 6 0 * * * /usr/bin/rdate -s -p 132.163.135.130
# 7 0 * * * /etc/ppp/ppp-off
# PPP-ON
# Script to initiate a ppp connection.
#!/bin/sh
TELEPHONE=xxx-xxxx # Phone Number
ACCOUNT=xxxxxxxxxxxx # Account name for logon
PASSWORD=xxxxxxxxxxx # Password for this account
LOCAL_IP=0.0.0.0 # Local IP address if known. Dynamic = 0.0.0.0
REMOTE_IP=0.0.0.0 # Remote IP address if desired. Normally 0.0.0.0
NETMASK=255.255.255.0 # The proper netmask if needed
# Export them so that they will be available at 'ppp-on-dialer' time.
export TELEPHONE ACCOUNT PASSWORD
# Location of the script which dials the phone and logs in.
DIALER_SCRIPT=/etc/ppp/ppp-on-dialer
# Initiate the connection
exec /usr/sbin/pppd debug lock modem crtscts /dev/cua2 57600 \
asyncmap 20A0000 escape FF kdebug 0 $LOCAL_IP:$REMOTE_IP \
noipdefault netmask $NETMASK defaultroute connect $DIALER_SCRIPT &
# PPP-ON-DIALER
#!/bin/sh
exec chat -v \
TIMEOUT 3 \
ABORT '\nBUSY\r' \
ABORT '\nNO ANSWER\r' \
ABORT '\nRINGING\r\n\r\nRINGING\r' \
'' \rAT \
'OK-+++\c-OK' ATH0 \
TIMEOUT 30 \
OK ATDT$TELEPHONE \
CONNECT '' \
ogin:--ogin: $ACCOUNT \
assword: $PASSWORD
# PPP-OFF
#!/bin/sh
# Determine the device to be terminated.
if [ "$1" = "" ]; then
DEVICE=ppp0
else
DEVICE=$1
fi
# If the ppp0 pid file is present then the program is running. Stop it.
if [ -r /var/run/$DEVICE.pid ]; then
kill -INT `cat /var/run/$DEVICE.pid`
# Delete the lock file at the same time.
if [ ! "$?" = "0" ]; then
rm -f /var/run/$DEVICE.pid
echo "ERROR: Removed stale pid file"
exit 1
fi
# Success. Let pppd clean up its own junk.
echo "PPP link to $DEVICE terminated."
exit 0
fi
# The ppp process is not running for ppp0
echo "ERROR: PPP link is not active on $DEVICE"
exit 1
Gerald Jensen
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From: Jay Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Connecting iMac to Linux...
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 12:11:08 -0400
Joe Cheung wrote:
>
> Does anyone out there know how to do it? I want to put my parallel Zip
> drive to good use rather than putting it in the attic to collect dust,
> and build a small Ethernet network at home. I got a DaynaPort ISA
> Ethernet adapter that comes with 2 cables RJ-45 10Base-T and BNC 10Base
> 2, T-Connector, install guide and software for Windows. Now running
> Redhat 5.2. iMac has a ready-to-use 10/100Base-T plug, and suggests an
> Ethernet hub. What brand and model should I use in my case? Or what
> kind? Too many out there. Confusing. Do I really need a hub when I just
> want to hook up 2 computers?
>
> TIA.
>
> Joe
Appletalk?
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From: Jay Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Unstable Netscape
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 12:02:56 -0400
Jakup Michaelsen wrote:
>
> Greets.
> One of Linux's strengths is allegeldy it's stability. I hear that, but non
> the less my Netscape crashes more often then kernel32.dll - if that's at all
> possible. I just sit there, surfing, using like 3-6 browser windows at once,
> and all of a sudden: the disapear without a trace!
> This shit has always happend, no matter what distro I've been using - Redhat
> 5.2 & 6.0 and SuSE 5.3. What da heck is wrong?!
> I'm being forced to use Windows, and it's not Bill's fault this time >:->
>
> I'd greatly appreciate any replies.
> Thank you.
> - Jakup
I download Comunicator 4.6 from cnet. It's crashed (or should I say
disappeared) only once in the past week. Much better than 4.07.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Unstable Netscape
Date: 6 Jun 1999 15:59:53 GMT
In his obvious haste, Jakup Michaelsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled thusly:
: Greets.
: One of Linux's strengths is allegeldy it's stability. I hear that, but non
: the less my Netscape crashes more often then kernel32.dll - if that's at all
: possible. I just sit there, surfing, using like 3-6 browser windows at once,
: and all of a sudden: the disapear without a trace!
: This shit has always happend, no matter what distro I've been using - Redhat
: 5.2 & 6.0 and SuSE 5.3. What da heck is wrong?!
Netscape of course. Remember Linux != the software you run on it.
Netscape is famed for its crashability. It's got nothing to do with the
kernel. (But at least when Netscape crashes in linux, it doesn't take the
entire system down with it....)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Juergen Heinzl)
Subject: Re: crontab to start PPP
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 16:13:06 GMT
In article <7je5kv$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Gerald Jensen wrote:
>Juergen Heinzl wrote:
>
>> In article <7jcbn2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Gerald Jensen wrote:
>> >Juergen Heinzl wrote:
>> >
>> >> In article <7jbdhk$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Gerald Jensen wrote:
>> >> >I'm having trouble getting a crontab to start a PPP session at 11:59pm
>> >> >every night. I've tried ....
>> >> >
>> >> >59 23 * * * /etc/ppp/ppp-on
>> >>
>> >> /etc/ppp/ppp-on ought to be a script run by the pppd, not to start
>> >> up a connection.
>> >> [...]
>> [...]
>> >That is correct ... ppp-on is a shell script I use to start PPP sessions.
>> >From the command line, if I type ppp-on, the dialer initializes the modem
>> >and dials. I need the crontab to do it for me unattended.
>>
>> Juergen ... get some sleep 8) ... so ...
>> * /etc/ppp/ppp-on is executable
>> * the first line is #! /bin/sh (or ksh or csh, whatever)
>> * you've installed the crontab file as user ...
>> * you're allowed as user ... to use cron
>> ...
[...]
>Juergen:
Yes Sir ...
>
>Following are the four scripts that are involved (the crontab script, and
>three scripts used to make / break the PPP connection).
>
># crontab to set up PPP connection, get time/date
># use /bin/sh to run commands, no matter what /etc/passwd says
>SHELL=/bin/sh
># Make PPP connection using ppp-on shell script
># MAILTO=""
># 5 0 * * * /etc/ppp/ppp-on
># 6 0 * * * /usr/bin/rdate -s -p 132.163.135.130
># 7 0 * * * /etc/ppp/ppp-off
... this will not work, at least if those '#' in the last three
lines are really there, since they mean "comment" ... well, it
does work, it just does nothing.
[...]
Cheers,
Juergen
--
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\ EMail Private : [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ send money instead /
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From: Alex Lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: misc.writing.screenplays
Subject: Re: Screenwriting/playwriting software for Linux?
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 07:58:18 -0700
Paul Gallagher wrote:
>
> Hi,
> Hope I've got the right forums. My operating system is Linux
> (specifically, Red Hat Linux 6.0), and I wondered if anyone knew
> whether screenwriting software existed for Linux. I'm searching for
> either complete packages, similar to Final Draft or Movie Magic, or
> add-ons which can work with either WordPerfect 8 (for Linux) or
> StarOffice.
> Anyone have ideas? Thank you.
>
> P
Have you try searching freshmeat.net?
Alex Lam.
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Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 12:38:29 -0400
From: Ron Sussman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Living penguin
One of the Sussmans wrote: <snip> Any suggestions? Thanks.
Thanks to all of you who helped me out with my "fsck-ing" problem. All is well now
thanks to your advice. I appreciate it.
_____________
Homer: OK brain, You don't like me & I don't like you, but let's get through
this thing & then I can continue killing you with beer.
Homer's Brain: It's a deal!
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From: Mircea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Something is destroying my man pages!
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 12:47:15 -0400
An update: I have performed some more tests, and the man page for
setserial vanished as I was looking at it, when I issued 'man
setserial', so it's definitely man that does this. Hmmm...
MST
(remove all capitals from my e-mail address, please)
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From: Jay Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: rawrite question
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 12:20:03 -0400
KingJester wrote:
>
> ok....i answered that question myself.... i got the boot.img file rawrited,
> but it wants to run me through an installation..... how do i get a floppy
> that will just boot my system already existing?
> kingjester
>
> KingJester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:7jaere$rvj$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > what file do i have to rawrite to make a bootable floppy....i can't
> remember
> > and i lost my boot floppy...i have NT so i can't install LiLo
> >
> > thanx for any help
> > kingjester
> >
> >
In /etc/lilo.conf
Change root = /dev/hd** to root = /dev/fd0
Put a dos formated floppy in drive a: and run lilo /sbin/lilo
reboot
Jay
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From: David Vrabel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Questions about volume and file status
Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1999 16:45:59 +0100
On Sun, 6 Jun 1999, Joe Pelkey wrote:
> Hi, I was wondering how to change the volume of my Sound Blaster.
>
> Also, I was wondering ho to view the status of files. I used 'ls -l',
> but it doesn't tell me the octal representation of permissions. Also,
> what are the attributes sticky bit, "save program text to swap device",
Back in the olden days the sticky bit did this. Linux doesn't use it for
this. Instead setting the sticky bit of a directory means only the owners
of a file in that directory can delete it. This is generlay used for the
tempory directorys as they must be world writable.
> and "set user or group ID on execution"? >
The SUID (Set User ID) and SGID (Set Group ID) sets the user/group ID of
he executable when it is run. Useful for allowing non-root users to run
programs that require root priveleges.
The chmod info page gives more detail on permessions on their octal
representation.
David Vrabel
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From: Ed Lentz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mounting an HPFS partition
Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1999 10:51:56 -0400
On Sat, 05 Jun 1999, Kaya Imre wrote:
>
>That works here nicely. Did you include HPFS in your kernel
>definition?
>
I dunno. I have the standard Red Hat 5.2 installl. How would I check for this
and if its not there what would I do to add it.
Thanks
Ed Lentz
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From: Mike Kerr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux and BIOS
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 13:58:58 -0400
I want to try to get into my BIOS to disable Plug and Play(I think it's
screwing up my network card).
Does anybody know how to do this?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.help,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Cd-rom Install Problem
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 15:54:36 GMT
I am trying to install Redhat 6.0 on an old Gateway 486 DX2 66 with a Sony
CDu31a Cd drive. When I select the cdu31a driver it say it can't find the
drive anywhere. I tried all of the drivers. The Sony 5xx driver gives me a
box saying it is initializing the drive but then gives me an error. I tried
to use what the Redhat FAQ tells me to do, but it didn't work. My system
consists of two hard drives, the first partitioned into two. My cd drive
takes F: in dos and win95. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Collin
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