Linux-Misc Digest #558, Volume #20 Wed, 9 Jun 99 18:13:10 EDT
Contents:
new kernel booting problem (Azfar Kazmi)
Enlightenment (Jonas Pedersen)
Re: Is ATI Xpert 99 AGP 8Mb supported with Linux 6.0? (fred smith)
Re: finding files with words that may be on different lines ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Killing processes (Eric Yousey)
Re: Swap file limit? (Marc Mutz)
Re: Solder pads for jumpers functional on USR modem? (Andrew Comech)
Re: HP DeskJet 890C under Linux, something doesn't work ("^akoss^")
Re: mt ... fsf not working (John Girash)
Re: Linux on a 486?
Re: Masquerading: strange question (Brian B.)
Re: nohup and procmail (Marc Mutz)
Re: bug in the "read" shell function ? (Steve Wampler)
Re: HTML Editors/Site Managers for Linux (William Wueppelmann)
time nightmare (kev)
Re: LaTeX problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Editing a 4.7Mb file (VI limit 2Mb) ("Daniel W. Burke")
Re: Swap file limit? ("Kerry J. Cox")
RxErrs on ppp0 (Ted Sikora)
Re: CGI-bin returns source not HTTP document? (Jon Skeet)
Re: Dumped Redhat like a stale girlfriend...SuSE is for me (Thomas Zajic)
Re: Squid vs IP Masquerading (Ray)
Re: Cable Modems (Glitch)
Re: Linux on a 486? (Geoff Short)
Re: Newbie: POP account news/mail readers (Marc Mutz)
Re: Restricted telnet access ("Ferdinand V. Mendoza")
Re: Making an ICQ server (Justin The Cynical)
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From: Azfar Kazmi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: new kernel booting problem
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 07:37:25 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
I have to add Specialix IO8 support in my kernel. I am trying both
2.0.36 and 2.2.9. Here is the environment:
> > Dell OptiPlex PII-64MHz with 64MB RAM
> > Adaptec AHA-2940
> > Seagate SCSI HDD 4.3GB
> > Redhat 5.2 kernel 2.0.36
> > make-3.76.1-5
> > gcc-2.7.2.3-14
> > glibc-2.0.7-29
> > glibc-devel-2.0.7-29
> > libc-5.3.12-27
The problem is that no matter which kernel I use to make boot image -
2.0.36 or 2.2.9 - when I boot that kernel then during uncompressing the
kernel i.e. during
>................
*computer gets restarted* and this loop goes eternal. The old kernel
[built during Redhat installation] boots fine. What I may be doing
wrong? I am completely following the kernel build directions in README
and, also, this is not the first time I am doing that. But the problem
is new to me.
Even if I make a generic boot image [with no special additional support]
the problem persists. Any clue?
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From: Jonas Pedersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Enlightenment
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 10:35:54 +0200
How do I stop those 4 default windows to popup at startup ???
Please HELP
Jonas Pedersen
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (fred smith)
Subject: Re: Is ATI Xpert 99 AGP 8Mb supported with Linux 6.0?
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 00:16:02 GMT
Momcilo Corovic ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Hello,
: I would appreciate your help on this matter:
: My Graphic card is ATI Xpert 99 AGP 8Mb SDRAM ATI
: with ATI Rage 128 VR AGP.
: This card is not recognized by the redhat Linux 5.2.
: I have tried to configure it manually but it did not work.
: Is this graphic card supported with the Linux 6.0?
I'm using the Xpert98 PCI 8MB card with RH 5.2 and the latest
XFree86 updates from redhat and it runs great. I've heard, via email,
from another RH user (don't think I have the mail anymore, though)
who has an AGP card and he indicated his was working.
Are you using the Mach64 X server? If not you should be. I can
divulge my XF86Config file to you if you think it might help.
Fred
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While we were still sinners,
Christ died for us.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: finding files with words that may be on different lines
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 18:02:27 GMT
Sorry I should have been more specific. I got the OR case, I'm trying
to get the AND case to work. Normal combining of paterns doesn't seem
to work. ex:
egrep '(pat1)(pat2)(pat3)' *.txt
I need to match all pat's and they are all on different lines.
> grep -E 'pattern1|pattern2|pattern3' file_list (or egrep, if it's
there)
>
> finds all lines in file_list containing one of the three patterns.
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From: Eric Yousey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Killing processes
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 03:34:21 -0400
Does anyone know how to kill a process that just won't be killed. I'll
already tried 'kill -9 PID' and 'kill PID', but neither of them work. I
know that 'kill -9' is supposed to be the kill anything, but it's not
working for me.
I have also tried going down to runlevel 1 and back to runlevel 3, but
this doesn't work either.
I know that rebooting will work, but I'm going for Linux uptime here,
and this is a server and I really can't be shutting it down. My
connectees don't like that.
So any help would be greatly appreciated.
Could you please respond to both email and newsgroup, thanks.
Thanks in advance.
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Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 22:24:49 +0200
From: Marc Mutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Swap file limit?
Kerry J. Cox wrote:
>
> swap 200MB !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Use 256 and 2.2.x kernel. They support up to 2GB (!) per swap-pertition.
Marc
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Comech)
Crossposted-To: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Solder pads for jumpers functional on USR modem?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 9 Jun 1999 15:11:39 -0500
Hi,
I have got some modem which is NOT PnP (the chipset does not
have PnP support at all), but there _is_ a place for PnP-nonPnP
jumper on the motherboard.. That is, the circuit board design
is probably rather universal, so that a particular circuit
board could be used in a few quite different models..
Of course the brave should go ahead with soldering in some
wires and checking whether the firmware dies or not (even if it does,
there is a chance you could then flash the firmware), but as far
as the cheapest and safest solution is concerned, you are better off
with isapnp.
Best,
a.
On Tue, 8 Jun 1999 07:09:36 -0400, Tim Williams wrote:
>My two cents...
>
>I wouldn't.
>
>1. The modem's firmware is designed for jumperless operation. Otherwise,
>there would be jumpers there with a "Plug & Play" setting available.
>
>2 .The reason for the jumper pads? Why spend all the money designing a new
>circuit board when a current one can be used, leaving out the jumper pins.
>
>3. Adding your own jumpers might have some undesirable effects, such as
>wiping the firmware.
>
>In short? Get another modem. If your modem was designed for "jumpered"
>operation, there would be jumpers there. Yes, sometimes manufacturers will
>leave out the jumpers, even though they are fully operational. It's up to
>you to decide it you want to take that chance.
>
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:7jhbil$dp0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> I have a USR internal ISA 56K modem (model 5607-2) that I would
>> like to use with Linux. This is NOT a Winmodem. However, it
>> is Plug-and-Pray.
>>
>> There are no jumpers on this modem, but there are solder pads where the
>> jumpers would be. The circuit board is silkscreened with docs of what
>> the jumpers would do if present. Does anyone know if this modem can be
>> manually configured by soldering wire jumpers across the pads?
>>
>> It seems like this should work, but I don't know if any internal changes
>> were made to go along with not having the jumper pins in place. Would
>> like to hear if someone knows for sure before I take a soldering iron
>> to it...
>>
>> --
>> Roger Blake
>> (remove second "g" from address for email)
>
>
--
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From: "^akoss^" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.linux.slakware,alt.os.linux.slackware,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: HP DeskJet 890C under Linux, something doesn't work
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 16:26:09 -0400
I found a filter, and have it at home if you didnt get one yet.... drop me a
line to the address below
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>
>
>Geeez what kind of crap reply was that? I dont usually flame anyone, but
>damn, can you be a little more verbose? Nothing I like more than a cryptic
>one word f**king message. I wish I knew an answer to the originating
>question, but i dont, and I hope some who does replies with a better
>reply....
>
>
>Walter Strong wrote:
>
>>
>> : Anyone knows where to find such? please e-mail me if you know about
>> : any of those. 10x,
>>
>> : Tom Alsberg
>>
>> APSfilter
>
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From: John Girash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: mt ... fsf not working
Date: 9 Jun 1999 20:48:53 GMT
What version of mt are you using? My old Slackware came with two versions,
a non-gnu one that was the default, and a gnu one ("mt-gnu") that actually
supported the fsf argument. I don't remember if the default one choked giving
an error on "mt fsf" or if it just exited quietly without doing anything.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: Linux on a 486?
Date: 8 Jun 1999 18:33:15 GMT
On Tue, 08 Jun 1999 11:59:55 +0100, gus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>As for X, you will probably find it too slow. It will run, but like
>frozen syrup ... ;-)
How about on a 486DX2/66 with 48 Meg RAM and 800 Meg HD?
I want to utilize this otherwise unused box primarily as a
proxy server. (Our Windoze-based software crashes constantly.)
Main reason I'd like to use X is for the convenience of having
multiple terminal windows open, however I can live without it
if too much for this hardware. I take it that memory and disk
space should be sufficient, but the CPU is a bit on the weak side.
Haven't installed Linux on it yet, waiting for my Mandrake 6.0
distribution to come from cheapbytes.com...
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Roger Blake
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brian B.)
Subject: Re: Masquerading: strange question
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 9 Jun 1999 04:30:35 -0600
On Fri, 04 Jun 1999 12:32:18 +0200, Vitali Chkebelski wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I have a rather strange question to masquerading under Linux.
>Is it possible to have only "ip_masq_ftp" on while for all other
>services the masquerading is not allowed (or not active)?
>
>In other words:
> a) can ip_masq_ftp modul work without starting "ipfwadm -M..."?
> b) can ip_masq_ftp modul work with "ipfwadm -M -a deny ..."?
>
>Any help will be greatly appriciated.
>
>Vitali
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
If what your wanting is for ftp to be available but not irc, quake, cuseeme, etc
then only load the ip_masq_ftp module.
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Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 22:20:51 +0200
From: Marc Mutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: nohup and procmail
Tom Shannon wrote:
>
> I'm running a standard Red Hat 6.0 installation with kernel 2.3.3 and
> I'm trying to run procmail in the background with nohup:
>
> $ nohup procmail &
>
> When I logout, procmail terminates with the message "procmail:
> Terminating prematurely" in nohup.out.
>
> Any ideas?
>
Start it from a init script. When it dies again, check your syslog to
find out why. If there is nothing noted, check man procmail to find the
verbose/debug switch and try again.
Marc
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From: Steve Wampler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: bug in the "read" shell function ?
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 13:53:37 -0700
NF Stevens wrote:
>
> Nico Reservoir d'Yop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Hello, I have Linux 2.2.7 (Debian 2.1) and I noted a possible bug in the "read"
> >shell function (in both ksh and bash, so it might be a bug in the underlying pipe
> > mechanism) :
> >this doesn't work (but SHOULD) :
> >echo 1 | read a -> $a has no value
>
> Why should it work? Piping sends the output of one process to another
> process. These two processes have different environments so read is
> actually working; it sets the environment variable a in it's own
> environment and then exits, discarding the new value.
This depends entirely on the shell and how it implements piping.
The Korn shell (the real one, not the pdksh) doesn't start a process
for a pipe 'fitting' unless the command itself needs to run a separate
process. So, in
echo 1 | read a
the "read a" is executed in the current shell, and a subsequent
echo $a
outputs "1". The Bourne shell (and bash) start up a process, so
the "read a" is, indeed, running in a separate process and the variable
a is discarded when that process ends.
The zsh (available for Linix) provides the same behavior as the Korn
shell. You (the original poster) should probably consider using the
zsh if your scripts need this behavior (zsh even has a very nice 'ksh'
emulation mode).
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Wueppelmann)
Subject: Re: HTML Editors/Site Managers for Linux
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 21:06:28 GMT
In our last episode (Tue, 08 Jun 1999 15:34:36 GMT),
the artist formerly known as Steve D. Perkins said:
> I've been poking around at some of the HTML editors for Linux that
>I've seen out there, and haven't been really all that impressed. I am
>hoping that someone has seen an application out there that is more like
>what I am looking for.
>
> It's not so much that I'm looking for an "HTML editor" (WYSIWYG is
>great, but I do 75% of my work with a plain text editor anyway)... I
>guess what I'm really looking for is more of a "site manager".
There's no such thing as a WYSIWIG HTML editor, but Amaya is a visual HTML
editor. I prefer to code HTML using vim.
>I know
>I'm going to get yelled at for saying this, but something along the
>lines of what MS FrontPage can do.
<flame>
sed -e 's/well-formed-HTML/ill-formed-HTML/g' file.html > File.htm
</flame>
;-)
>That is, when you move a page or
>image around in the directory structure or rename something (things I
>have to do alot)... all other pages that are linked to it have their
>links automatically updated.
Just a suggestion, but maybe what you need is to do better site
/organization/. If you are constantly having to rename files or move them
around relative to your site's structure, you might want to re-think your
overall design. Filenames shouldn't routinely change, *especially* on a
site that is actually available on the Web.
Otherwise, if you really need to change links, something like
perl -pie 's/old_filepath/new_filepath/g;' *.html
should do just fine.
> Also, although WYSIWYG isn't as important a thing like I just said...
>can anyone recommend any kind of GUI-based editor that adds the least
>"crap" to your code (like FrontPage and Netscape Composer do)?
Amaya generates W3C compliant code (at least, it better, since the W3C
developed it!)
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You are likely to be spammed by a grue.
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From: kev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: time nightmare
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 11:56:46 -0400
Hi! I have an NT/Linux dual boot system, and am trying to get the right
time in both.
At first I tried 'date -s ' command to set the time in Linux. This
seemed to work, but the next time I booted Linux, the time was wrong
again.
So I tried Control=>Date&Time in linuxconf, and checked the option to
set the CMOS time to GMT, and set the time to the current time. When I
next booted NT, NT's clock was 4 hours ahead. To confus things further,
next time I booted Linux the clock was *half an hour* ahead.
I'm looking forward to the day when everything is configured and working
in Linux, with your help this may happen this millenium! Please tell me
what's going on!
Thanks
- Kev
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: LaTeX problem
Date: 9 Jun 1999 19:45:08 GMT
Charly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've installed LaTeX for my redhat version (5.2) in RPM format.
> But I doesn't seem to work !
> I found no doc, but with the doc of an app that need Latex, it says that
> I must run texenv.sh
> But this file does not exists !
> The user (that uses the app) told me that a message appear telling him
> that the file 'psfig.tex' is needed.
> But this file does not exists !
> I found it on ftpSerach, but I don't know what to do with this file,
> where to put it !
I'm not sure what texenv.sh does but it sounds like something texhash
does. What was the app that needed LaTeX?
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,alt.os.linux,linux.help
From: "Daniel W. Burke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Editing a 4.7Mb file (VI limit 2Mb)
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 10:23:37 GMT
On Wed, 9 Jun 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> How do you edit large files with Linux ? The file we want to edit is
> 4.7Mb
>
Interesting.. I've editing 87meg files with vi, without any problems (128megs
of memory helps too, *grin*)
Dan.
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From: "Kerry J. Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Swap file limit?
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 21:08:38 +0000
Marc,
I'm using the RedHat 6.0 release and that comes with the 2.2.5 kernel.
However, it's looking more and more like RedHat can't handle the 10GB
harddrive. I have tried every possible combination and may just have to go
with Solaris 7 for i86 unless I can get the swap bootable. Any additional
ideas would be appreciated.
KJ
Marc Mutz wrote:
> Kerry J. Cox wrote:
> >
> > swap 200MB !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> Use 256 and 2.2.x kernel. They support up to 2GB (!) per swap-pertition.
>
> Marc
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From: Ted Sikora <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RxErrs on ppp0
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 20:24:44 GMT
For several years I was running a http server with a dial-up
ISP connection and 56k sportster modem. This was under Slackware
3.x and kernel 2.0.36(last update).
I recently upgraded to Slackware 4.0 and kernel 2.2.9. All works well
except the tcl program tkppp reports errors under the RxErrs
window. On the previous setup I never once had any errors reported.
I ran ifconfig -a and that shows no errors. Where can I check and
confirm that I am indeed getting errors and what is the cause?
Is it possible the program is incompatible with pppd-2.3 and/or
kernel 2.2.x? The errors shown run up to 12000+ in a 10 hr period
but it pings fast and runs fine and again ifconfig -a shows no errors.
Help.
--
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jon Skeet)
Subject: Re: CGI-bin returns source not HTTP document?
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 11:38:26 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Another annoying beginner. I am trying to teach myself more about CGI
> scripting for server side forms. Since my commercial ISP doesn't allow
> access to a cgi-bin dir, I am trying to use the Apache server that came
> with my RH LINUX. So far all I get back are the unprocessed source
> documents. Anybody out there have the magical KNOW that will allow me to
> process server side forms in/on the privacy of my own box?
You need to check at least three things:
1) The scripts you're trying to run have execute permission for the
appropriate user (whichever user apache is running as)
2) They scripts have appropriate extensions, such as .cgi or .pl
3) The Apache config scripts (access.conf and srm.conf are the
appropriate ones, I think) are set up to allow cgi access from the
appropriate directory and the handlers are present (eg the line
AddHandler cgi-script .cgi is present and uncommented in srm.conf)
The .conf files are fairly readable - have a play around with them,
restarting the server each time you change them, and best of luck!
--
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http://www.pobox.com/~skeet/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Zajic)
Subject: Re: Dumped Redhat like a stale girlfriend...SuSE is for me
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 19:49:38 GMT
On Wed, 02 Jun 1999 11:09:27 -0400, Mike Kerr wrote:
> Yes, but when people ask, "So, what OS you runnin' these days?" it sounds
> soooo much cooler to answer, "Why, Red Hat, of course." than to say "Me, I
> like Soooze." I mean, "Sooze?" Come on, really.
<nitpick>
Since when is Red Hat an OS? Silly me, I always thought that the proper answer
to this question was "Why, Linux, of course.", and that Red Hat was just one of
many distribution vendors ...
</nitpick>
;-)
Thomas
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ray)
Subject: Re: Squid vs IP Masquerading
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 10:35:56 GMT
On Wed, 9 Jun 1999 09:51:31 +0200, Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>says...
>> On Tue, 25 May 1999 12:42:35 +1000, Ben Short wrote:
>> >I would use both. I do at home :)
>> >IP Masqing allows you to get around the hassles of Real Audio etc, and I
>> >like the cute error messages SQUID generates on dead websites. I only use
>> >squid for WWW....
>>
>> It's also great for ftp.
>>
>>
>
>not really....you can only use the browser for ftp when on win clients...
What do you mean by this? I do ftp through squid all the time from various
Linux boxes.
>for me a socks5 proxy worked for ftp, irc and even icq...
>look at http://www.socks.nec.com. Installs and configures in a minute...
But socks doesn't do caching.
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Ray
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Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 16:29:10 -0400
From: Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cable Modems
change your line wrap to 72 characters or so
Daniel Bruce Lynes wrote:
>
> On Thu, 3 Jun 1999, Anthony DeLuca wrote:
>
> > Does LINUX have support for cable modems? If not will it? Thanks in
> > advance..
>
> It doesn't need it. The cable modem is an external device that has absolutely
>nothing to do with the operating system.
>
> Are you sure your question shouldn't be does Linux have support for the network card
>that the cable service provides with the cable modem? If so, yes, it does for the
>most part. I've only come across one supplied ethernet card that didn't, and that
>was because @Home has been distributing ethernet cards based on an el-cheapo chipset.
> If you don't have cable internet service yet, but will be getting it in the future,
>make sure you don't get a D-Link ethernet card. The ones that @Home gives you (not
>all D-Link ethernet cards) is a modified chipset of an ancient cheap chipset.
>
> Of the cards I've used from the @Home service, the Realtek 8029 and the DEC21041
>both work very well with Linux, Windows 95 (with the driver pack for OSR2), Windows
>NT, and OS/2 Warp v4. (I've run it under Slackware 96 (kernel 1.2.20(?)), and
>Slackware 3.6 (kernel 2.0.36), without problems.) However, under Linux I have had to
>use a kludge to get it to work with @Home, due to their network/gateway/netmask setup.
>
> Just my 2c worth.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Geoff Short)
Subject: Re: Linux on a 486?
Date: 9 Jun 1999 10:48:23 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, gus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: >Linux would be great ... even better if you have another Linux system
: >from which to do CPU intensive things like compiles ...
: >
: >As for X, you will probably find it too slow. It will run, but like
: >frozen syrup ... ;-)
:
: Probably more because of his low RAM than the low speed processor.
Probably more because it's only an sx processor, which really hurts X.
Geoff
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Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 22:04:59 +0200
From: Marc Mutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie: POP account news/mail readers
Steffan O'Sullivan wrote:
>
> I'm considering to switching to linux on my next computer, coming
> shortly. I currently do not have a POP account, because all Windows
> newsreaders and mail programs suck compared to the unix trn and elm I
> get with my shell account. (Been on the net 12 years, had a POP
> account only two of those years, gave it up. Wasn't worth the extra
> money, since I can read Sluggy at work ...)
>
> What I'm wondering is: if I get linux, can I get a POP account and
> still use trn and elm AND use Netscape to read my daily dose of the
> Sluggy Freelance online comic (www.sluggy.com)?
>
Install a local mail server that send messages on dialin (add 'sendmail
-q &' to ip-up script after configuring) and use fetchmail to - well -
fetch the mail...
Marc
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From: "Ferdinand V. Mendoza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Restricted telnet access
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 14:56:51 +0400
One thing, your /etc/passwd file could be vulnerable for password
cracking if you don't implement shadow passwords.
It's built-in in the 5.2. YOu only have to enable it but there are warnings
of course.
Ferdinand
Network Administrator wrote:
> We allow customers telnet access to our Linux (RH 5.2) servers mainly
> with the intent of allowing developers to access perl , gcc, cron, etc. .
> Yet some use their telnet access to build email lists (reading /etc/passwd
> or /home) or peruse around directories of other customers. We are
> trying to control that.
>
> What do other people do to restrict telnet access ? Is there a shell
> that can 'chroot' to the user's home directory (similar to proftp's
> DefaultRoot option) ? I imagine a restricted bin directory with softlinks
> to key libraries and executables would probably be required.
>
> Thanks,
> --Jesus Alvarez
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Justin The Cynical)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Making an ICQ server
Date: 9 Jun 1999 10:29:08 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 07 Jun 1999 02:47:38 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
[snip]
->they're still missing a few of the features of the new client. I'd
->really like to see somebody port AIM to *NIX, since that's the best 2
->person chat client that I've found, and it does really well with
->firewalls since it uses almost only UDP, from what I've seen.
Why wait? The 'official' port works fine. I'm using it now, and have
been using it for a while. Works fine. Check freshmeat.net of AOL's home
page.
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