Linux-Misc Digest #901, Volume #20 Sat, 3 Jul 99 00:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Re: Linux Presentation Software (Coy A Hile)
Re: Where can I get free Linux CD? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: RedHat 6.0 hangs during PPP ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux Presentation Software (Greg Comeau)
Re: Real Audio Play for RH 6.0 (coffee)
Re: RealPlayer G2 for linux (coffee)
Re: Help with cu & uucp files (Sudsy)
Re: LILO hangs on LI (Rich Piotrowski)
Matshita CR-7502 audio problems in linux (Joe Fitzgerald)
problems mounting /dev/fd0 (Stewart)
Re: 10GB disk and LILO - I tried EVERYTHING! (Robert Heller)
Did Samba Support Shadow Password? (Orange)
Re: 10GB disk and LILO - I tried EVERYTHING! (Robert Heller)
Kernel 2.3.9 ("Joe Fox")
Re: Contribution request (was: Idea for new *nix site: yes or no?)
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Contribution request (was: Idea for new *nix site: yes or no?) (Kris)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Coy A Hile)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: Linux Presentation Software
Date: 2 Jul 1999 22:15:15 -0400
In article <7lj9g5$2so$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Greg Comeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Kenvyn Davies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>writes:
>
>I'd love to hear of this too. Especially something that can read
>PPT (PowerPoint) files and/or let you edit them. I do talks all the
>time and am always rebooting between Windows and LINUX in my lectures
>and it would be great just to do them from LINUX. (Once upon a time
>I tried to do it with Ghostcript but was not satisfied at that time
>with that "solution").
Staroffice 5.x does it.... At least, it's fully compatible with M$Office 97.
Obviously, there's no support for Luser Office 2000 yet.
HTH
Coy
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Coy Hile
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Theirs not to reason why; theirs but to do...."
Tennyson, "Charge of the Light Brigade"
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Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Where can I get free Linux CD?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 02 Jul 1999 18:59:47 -0700
"Dennis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Tell me were to send it and which distro and I will mail you my old CD.
> Look around in your area for Linux Awareness Day ( or
> something like that ) , I just gave a guy 20 CDR's to burn ,
> and give away to interested parties . I myself spent $4 at
> Linuxmall.com, ( Redhat6 , and Mandrake 6 ) .With shipping it
> came to about $8 .
> Bill Unruh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:7lgt6r$avp$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James Knott)
> writes:
> >
> > >In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > >>Go to www.linuxmall.com. They have CDs for $1.89 plus
> shipping
> >
> > >Or do what I did. Download the ISO image, and burn a CD.
> >
> > Which costs much more. Even the blank CDRom is worth about
> $1, and your
> > CDRom writer will wear out faster , and your time is
> probably worth at
> > least minimum wage, in which case the above has cost far far
> more than
> > $2.
> >
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: RedHat 6.0 hangs during PPP
Date: 3 Jul 1999 02:34:08 GMT
"Jonathan K. Shay" wrote:
>
> Help! I'm having difficulty staying online (my phone connection, not a
> computer hardware issue) - can someone help me with this one??
>
> I've got RedHat 6.0 installed, and everytime I complete a PPP connection
> to my ISP, I'm unable to open any programs (Netscape, File Manager,
> Terminal Window... nothing). As soon as I disconnect, everything seems
> to be back to normal. This is Gnome running with Enlightenment.
>
> On a separate issue, how do I go about tricking Linux into seeing my
> LS-120 internal. Is it possible??
>
> Please cc: reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks in advance.
Do you have routed installed? That solved my 'freezing' problem.
I use diald for connecting to my ISP. So this may not be solving
the same problem you are having...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Greg Comeau)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: Linux Presentation Software
Date: 2 Jul 1999 21:45:26 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <7ljcrv$kgv$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Tom Emerson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
>Many, if not all, of the newer "suite" type software that is being released
>for Linux should be able to READ powerpoint, and potentially WRITE
>powerpoint as well [but that will last only until MS makes powerpoint2000
>incompatible with ppt95/97/98...]
>
>In particular, I know StarOffice will read ppt slides [although I have a set
>of slides in which the "heading" text ends up with a "strikethrough"
>attribute set -- not 100% complete conversion, but a boatload better than
>doing it from xerox copies of the presentation slides...] Presumably,
>Applixware will do the same, and I'd be very surprised if Corel's entry in
>this marketplace couldn't do this as well. [err, does the current
>corel-for-windows suite do this?]
The Ovation product looks nice, but the web site claims they have removed
some PP conversion due to some 3rd party PPT filters, apparently
because they didn't work I guess??
The StarOffice web site doesn't seem to address the issue of PPT,
and in fact I find it seriously cryptic. Hmm, now I see it....
it does claim it cam be import and export PP97 files. I wonder how well?
Re your mentioned of it not being a complete conversion, did you try to
do something like write it out and .rtf and go back and forth between PP
and if so was that a 100% conversion?
Is the Applixware and Corel presentation products available for LINUX yet?
- Greg
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From: coffee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Real Audio Play for RH 6.0
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 20:41:26 -0400
> Just go to the site and follow the links to the Windows version of G2
> and you will eventually get a link for linux.
I didnt find that to be the case. I followed all the links and ended up
having real.com tell me that its only available for windoze and apple.
--
* I no longer accept mail from Hotmail because of spam *
coffee at indy dot net * ICQ 1614986
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From: coffee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RealPlayer G2 for linux
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 20:45:04 -0400
Silviu Minut wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Really? Do you have the exact URL? I'd like to try that.
http://proforma.real.com/mario/player/player.html?s=1&language=English&speed=Pentium&dc=71630629&src=&name=John+Hopkins&email=john%40aol.com&country=US&platform=Red+Hat+5.2%2F6.0&connection=56+kbps+modem&product=¬ices=Yes
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From: Sudsy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Help with cu & uucp files
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 22:39:57 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Anybody have any experience setting up UUCP configuration files? I want
> to use "cu," but I don't want to have enter parameters. For example, I
> want to be able to do...
>
> cu com5
>
> where com5 is defined as /dev/ttyR0 at a baud rate of 9600.
>
> Under FreeBSD one would configure /etc/remote to setup serial port
> parameters. Thus, one can do tip com5. There is no example for Redhat
> Linux 6.0, or at least I couldn't find it.
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
Check out the following files in /usr/lib/uucp:
L.Systems
L-Devices
or
Systems
Devices
man uucp should give you more information.
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From: Rich Piotrowski <rpiotrow*nospammin'*@worldnet.att.net>
Subject: Re: LILO hangs on LI
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 21:00:51 -0500
*******************much cut ****************************
>Got it up and running once I stopped messing with my BIOS. LILO still
>won't load,but I can boot from the disk for now. Won't let me boot with
>just linux root=/dev/hdb1.
>Still have to use vmlinuz
>Now it's on to the video card config (lucky me, I got a 3Dfx Voodoo
>Banshee AGP) and new challenges!
>
>Thanks again,
>
>Peace and Love,
>
>Scott Kirkpatrick
Scott,
Did I understand you are mixing SCSI and IDE drives? If so
we just conquered this one on my son's machine.
Read the LILO How-To! the answer is there.
For us, it involved adding the following lines to lilo.conf;
disk=/dev/sda
bios=0x80
When all else fails, RTFM! We wasted two hours this time before I went
to the HOW-TO's
Rich Piotrowski
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From: Joe Fitzgerald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.cdr.panasonic,alt.comp.periphs.cdr,alt.os.linux
Subject: Matshita CR-7502 audio problems in linux
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 1999 12:46:55 +1000
Hi. I have been having some really niggling little problems with my matshita
CR-7502 drive when using it in linux.
When using workbone, or GCD, including many other audio cd players, the cdr
makes a very sickening noise, like the
laser mechanism is slipping or something (i know that's not what the problem
is, but the noise is a 'ratchety' sound if
you can imagine it). this also means that i cannot copy audio cd's...which is
very annoying...i compiled a little list of
my problems, which i was going to submit to the kernel writers...but i'm going
to post it here first in the hope that
someone will know what the problem is....no need to bother them with yet
another problem which is not kernel based
if possible..
please read on...
==============================================================
[My distribution is slackware 4.0)
joe:/usr/src/linux# sh scripts/ver_linux
-- Versions installed: (if some fields are empty or looks
-- unusual then possibly you have very old versions)
Linux joe 2.2.10 #2 Thu Jun 24 21:02:33 EST 1999 i686 unknown
Kernel modules 2.1.121
Gnu C 2.7.2.3
Binutils 2.9.1.0.19
Linux C Library 5.4.46
Dynamic linker ldd: version 1.9.9
Linux C++ Library 2.9.0
Procps 2.0.2
Mount 2.9i
Net-tools 1.52
Kbd 0.94
Sh-utils 1.16
Modules Loaded sb uart401 sound soundcore
==============================================================
This is for a Matshita CR-7502 CD-Writer. It is a 4x write,6x read drive
This is the information given by the kernel on startup about it :
===================================================================
(scsi0:0:4:0) Synchronous at 10.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 8.
Vendor: MATSHITA Model: CD-R CW-7502 Rev: 4.16
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 4, lun 0
scsi : detected 1 SCSI cdrom 4 SCSI disks total.
sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 8x/8x writer xa/form2 cdda tray
Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.55
===================================================================
The problem occurs when I attempt to play an audio cd. (My kernel is 2.2.10,
and this happened in 2.2.6 (and 2.3.9) as well...i havent used any kernels in
between).
These error messages are displayed. This is when trying to play the audio cd
in workbone, however, it happens in all other linux audio cd players , but not
in windows ( i
have discovered that the gnome cd applet and the k cd player also work...??
this leads me to think
that the problem may be in the way the particular software accesses the drive
when it tries to play
audio....but who knows)
===========================================================================
sr0: CDROM (ioctl) error, command: UNKNOWN(0x47) 00 00 00 02 00 3f 28 4a 00
Current error sr0b:00: sense key Medium Error
Additional sense indicates No seek complete
play(150,286574)
msf = 0:2:0 63:40:74
CDROMPLAYMSF: I/O error
scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 2629, scsi0, channel 0, id 0,
lun 0 Write (6) 00 c0 59 02 00
scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 2628, scsi0, channel 0, id 4,
lun 0 UNKNOWN(0x42) 02 40 01 00 00 00 00 10 00
scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 2630, scsi0, channel 0, id 0,
lun 0 Write (6) 00 de 15 02 00
scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 2631, scsi0, channel 0, id 0,
lun 0 Read (6) 1b 98 d5 02 00
SCSI host 0 abort (pid 2628) timed out - resetting
SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0.
===========================================================================
The cdr is being used on the adaptec aha-2940 host adapter (uses an aic7xxx
chip)
=======================================================================
(scsi0) <Adaptec AHA-294X Ultra SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 9/0
(scsi0) Wide Channel, SCSI ID=7, 16/255 SCBs
(scsi0) Downloading sequencer code... 413 instructions downloaded
scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.1.17/3.2.4
<Adaptec AHA-294X Ultra SCSI host adapter>
scsi : 1 host.
=======================================================================
Basically, I would like to play audio cd's from the drive...
Any ideas are greatly appreciated...
Cheers
Joe
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From: Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: problems mounting /dev/fd0
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 19:28:06 -0700
feeling like a newbie...
I've just installed a new RH6.0 system.
logged in as root with a floppy disk in my drive...
when I enter the following:
mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
I don't get any response. In other words, I don't get a new command line nor
any messages/errors. I can type characters and hit return and the screen
displays what I'm typing, but none of my commands are being interpreted by the
shell. The only way to escape is to go to another virtual terminal and kill the
process (CTL-c doesn't work either).
I also get similar results if I try to execute a
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
No messages appear in the log files when I try this.
And I've tried all sorts of various explicit commands like
mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
mount -o auto /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
If I do a
mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy &
then I can let the process run in the background, but the device isn't mounted.
I am running "amd"... does this matter?
I also see some other device names in the /dev/ directory like /dev/fd0H1440.
Should I be using one of those? None of them appear to work either.
thanks for any help,
Stewart
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From: Robert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 10GB disk and LILO - I tried EVERYTHING!
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 1999 03:12:43 GMT
Alessandro Magni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
In a message on Fri, 02 Jul 1999 15:27:22 +0200, wrote :
AM> Sorry if you already read about it many times, but I tried almost
AM> everything I saw on USENET about this topic, and failed...
AM>
AM> I got this WesternDigital 9GB disk.
AM> Windows fdisk says it's only 8GB, but I know about the 1024 cylinder
AM> problem, OK.
AM>
AM> I reserved with FIPS 2GB to Win98, and went to RedHat5.2 install
AM>
AM> No matter what I do in DiskDruid, I can't go beyond "L" at LILO boot,
AM> -> geometry problem (LILO-HOWTO).
AM> From the floppy it boots OK, anyway.
AM> I tried making a /boot (in /hda5, it seems to me), but no way.
AM> I put "linear" in lilo.conf, but no way.
AM>
AM> HOW can I put a boot partition inside the damned 1024cyl limit?
AM> (By the way, diskdruid does not tell you where it creates its
AM> partitions,
AM> just how big they are).
Use fdisk, not diskdruid. Diskdruid does not seem to work well with
anything but really simple situations (disks < 1024 cylinders, only 4
partitions, single boot, etc.). Fdisk is not as 'easy' (no colorful
GUI, etc. -- just a simple B&W command-line console interface, not
really hard). Fdisk shows the geometry, etc.
Given the size of the disk, it is possible that giving 2gig to Win98
might get you close or over the 1024 cylinder limit.
/dev/hda5 seems way to far up to be under the 1024 cylinder. What you
want is something like:
'primary partitions':
/dev/hda1 2gig FAT16 or FAT32
/dev/hda2 64meg Ext2 (Linux Native) / (root) Hopefully this will be under
the 1024th cylinder
/dev/hda3 64-128meg Swap
'extended partition':
/dev/hda4 <extended -- the rest of the disk>
'logical partitions':
/dev/hda5 1.5gig Ext2 (Linux Native) /usr
/dev/hda6 64meg Ext2 (Linux Native) /var (optional)
/dev/hda7 *rest of disk* Ext2 (Linux Native) /home
Note: given the size of the disk, it might make sense to break
/dev/hda7 (/dev/hda6 if /var is skipped), into 2 or three chunks for
administrative ease -- eg /dev/hda7 -> /home (2-4 gig), /dev/hda8 ->
/home2 (2-4 gig), etc.
You *may* have to make the Win98 FAT16/FAT32 partition smaller --
depending on the disk geometry -- and maybe create another (logical)
FAT16/FAT32 up in the extended partition (will be 'D:' in Win98).
Fdisk displays the partition limits in *cylinders* eg:
Disk /dev/sda: 64 heads, 32 sectors, 329 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 329 336880 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M (MS-DOS 6.2)
Disk /dev/sdb: 64 heads, 32 sectors, 2049 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 51 52208 83 Linux native <- / (Slackware 3.0,
Kern 1.2.13)
/dev/sdb2 52 102 52224 82 Linux swap
/dev/sdb3 103 203 103424 83 Linux native
/dev/sdb4 204 2048 1889280 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 204 460 263167+ 83 Linux native
/dev/sdb6 461 1018 571376 83 Linux native
/dev/sdb7 1019 2048 1054704 83 Linux native
Disk /dev/sdc: 64 heads, 32 sectors, 4340 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 1 65 66544 83 Linux native <- / (RH 5.2, Kern 2.0.36)
/dev/sdc2 66 130 66560 82 Linux swap
/dev/sdc3 131 1155 1049600 83 Linux native
/dev/sdc4 1156 4340 3261440 5 Extended
/dev/sdc5 1156 1220 66544 83 Linux native
/dev/sdc6 1221 1477 263152 83 Linux native
/dev/sdc7 1478 2502 1049584 83 Linux native
/dev/sdc8 2503 3527 1049584 83 Linux native
/dev/sdc9 3528 4340 832496 83 Linux native
\------V----/
Cylinder #s
AM>
AM>
AM> Thank you for any help
AM>
AM> Alessandro
AM>
AM> --
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AM> / IEN Galileo Ferraris
AM> \ c.M.d'Azeglio 42, 10125 Torino (ITALIA)
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AM>
AM>
AM>
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From: Orange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.protocols.smb,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Did Samba Support Shadow Password?
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 1999 10:31:33 +0800
Hello,
Any knows? How about Shadow + Encrypted? I cannot get this to work.
Thanks.
Orange
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From: Robert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 10GB disk and LILO - I tried EVERYTHING!
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 1999 03:12:47 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED],
In a message on 2 Jul 1999 13:50:40 GMT, wrote :
k> This may be a daft question, however, with you saying that Win98 only
k> sees it as a 8GB hard drive it sounds like you motherboard may not
k> accept hard drives greater than 8GB. Not sure though?????? Might be
k> the root of your problem.
BIOS's can only play LBA magic up to about 8 gig -- beyond 8 gig, 1024
cylinder mapping yields too many heads and/or sectors.
Unless you plan on running MS-DOS 6.2 / Win 3.11, this really does not
matter, except you cannot make it one giant FAT32 disk for Win98. You
must have at least two partitions, even with a pure Win98 system (or
Win95 w/FAT32 patches). Note: NT's boot partition must be under the
1024 cylinder (BIOS LBA is NOT used under NT) -- we have a couple of
machines, one with 9 gig disks and one with only a 4 gig disk -- both
run NT and NT can only work with a 1 gig partition on the 4 gig box and
a 2 gig partition on the 9 gig box (these are the NT 'C:' drive). NT
can use the rest of the disk, but because of NT's boot loader's
limitations, the *boot* partition has to be under the disk's *real* 1024
cylinder -- the BIOS LBA hackery is not used by NT's boot loader).
OTOH, we have a Linux box with a second hard drive that is 23gig in
size. This disk is broken up into 10 2gig partitions (all Ext2). This
is not the boot disk (which is a 4 gig disk). Linux is happy with this
drive (the BIOS is not happy with this drive, but Linux cares not).
I think Win95 and Win98 have special drivers that allow access of
partitions past the BIOS's limit (but I am not sure). If Win95 and
Win98 don't have special drivers, that Win95 and Win98 are indeed
limited by whatever the BIOS is limited to (8 gig). WinNT and Linux
both don't use the BIOS once they have been booted. Both use a boot
loader stored in the MBR. LILO uses BIOS calls to load vmlinuz, NT's
boot loader is more self contained, but has its own BIOS-ish
limitations.
k>
k> Ken
k>
k> >
k> >
k> >Sorry if you already read about it many times, but I tried almost
k> >everything I saw on USENET about this topic, and failed...
k> >
k> >I got this WesternDigital 9GB disk.
k> >Windows fdisk says it's only 8GB, but I know about the 1024 cylinder
k> >problem, OK.
k> >
k> >I reserved with FIPS 2GB to Win98, and went to RedHat5.2 install
k> >
k> >No matter what I do in DiskDruid, I can't go beyond "L" at LILO
k> boot,
k> > -> geometry problem (LILO-HOWTO).
k> >From the floppy it boots OK, anyway.
k> >I tried making a /boot (in /hda5, it seems to me), but no way.
k> >I put "linear" in lilo.conf, but no way.
k> >
k> >HOW can I put a boot partition inside the damned 1024cyl limit?
k> >(By the way, diskdruid does not tell you where it creates its
k> >partitions,
k> >just how big they are).
k> >
k> >
k> >Thank you for any help
k> >
k> > Alessandro
k> >
k> >--
k> >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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k> >/ IEN Galileo Ferraris
k> >\ c.M.d'Azeglio 42, 10125 Torino
k> (ITALIA)
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k> >/ Tel (39)11-3919757
k> >\ Homepage at:
k> >http://alpha.ien.it/~magni/home.html
k> >/
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k>
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From: "Joe Fox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Kernel 2.3.9
Date: Sat, 3 Jul 1999 11:48:01 +0800
Well can anybody make the kernel 2.3.9 sucessfully with Vfat support? I find
that I can't make the kernel if I select vfat and fat support~
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Subject: Re: Contribution request (was: Idea for new *nix site: yes or no?)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 02 Jul 1999 21:00:22 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kris) writes:
>
> My free web space has a limit of 1000 hits per day, but I doubt I'd
> reach that :-) Eventually, if everything works out, it'll be nice 'n'
> simple (Lynx friendly) with zero graphics, since a single graphic == one
> hit on the web server.
>
> Thankyou _very_ much if anyone can help me get this thing started, and
> I'll probably start a new thread pleading for contributions sometime in
> the near future if this message doesn't lead to much. It'll just be me
> and my college 10Mbit connection otherwise :-)
were?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kris)
Subject: Contribution request (was: Idea for new *nix site: yes or no?)
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 1999 03:30:21 GMT
Jason Sosinski wrote:
>I will contribute to it and use it. I am a new programer that uses mostly
>Tcl/TK and expect programing but i would gladly submit any code I have in
>either of those two launguages to you if you decide to do it. Lemme know.
Well, I'm going to have a go at it. I've got a feeling that it'll just
be yet another Linux site, but I'm hoping that it could be an archive of
useful stuff, some of which makes people think "oh, cool!".
So, if anyone has any home-made [Perl|Tcl/Tk/bash/csh/expect] scripts,
Perl one-liners, or general useful things (including C/C++ source for
things which you wouldn't usually distribute) which you've done for your
own personal use, then I'd be eternally grateful. For example, I picked
these on up on debian-user, all to easily grab your IP(s) from ifconfig:
> # perl -e 'print (`/sbin/ifconfig` =~ /inet addr:(.*?)\s P-t-P:/, "\n");'
> # perl -e 'for(`/sbin/ifconfig`){/^\S+/ and $i=$& or /inet addr:(\S+)/ and
>print"$i\t$1\n"}'
> # perl -e 'for(`/sbin/ifconfig`){/inet addr:(\S+)/ and print"$1\n"}'
> # awk '/inet addr:/ {sub(".*:","",$2) ; if ($2 !~ /^127/) { print $2 }}'
Little things like those would be useful for lots of people who don't
have the time to work everything out (even though the logistics of it
are quite simple). Handy security-related things would be nice, too.
Like... something which scanned a log file for a certain word
and then alerted someone by email (unless one of the existing log
analysers already allows the user to specify a string to look for?).
Here's another example:
=========
#!/bin/sh
# Watch in the background for a particular user
# and give alarm if he/she logs in
# To be run in the background, using &
if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
echo "Give the name of the user as an argument" > /dev/tty
exit 1
fi
echo "Looking for $1"
until users | grep -s $1
do
sleep 60
done
echo "!!! WAKE UP !!!" > /dev/tty
echo "User $1 just logged in." > /dev/tty
=========
Again, it's a simple script, but it's the kind of thing which in three
weeks time someone would think "oh, I know where I remember seeing
something which did that!"
If anyone could *please* contribute anything to my mini-project, then
that'd be brilliant.
My free web space has a limit of 1000 hits per day, but I doubt I'd
reach that :-) Eventually, if everything works out, it'll be nice 'n'
simple (Lynx friendly) with zero graphics, since a single graphic == one
hit on the web server.
Thankyou _very_ much if anyone can help me get this thing started, and
I'll probably start a new thread pleading for contributions sometime in
the near future if this message doesn't lead to much. It'll just be me
and my college 10Mbit connection otherwise :-)
Cheers,
Kris
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