Linux-Misc Digest #946, Volume #20 Tue, 6 Jul 99 19:13:12 EDT
Contents:
Incoming IP limiter script on daily basis: @ 300MB RX traffic, ifconfig eth1 down
(PLEASE HELP) ("Terrence Vergauwen")
Re: ls and color (Matthew W. Roberts)
Re: editorial: stupid atari tricks (Tom Pritchard)
Re: Linux vs Solaris (Philip Brown)
% of cache hits (Igor Schein)
Re: seg fault running RealPlayer G2 (Mircea)
Re: Newbie problems! (athanasius)
Re: kdm instead of xdm?? (root)
Re: AGP SiS 6326 need help (Paul)
Re: Anyone ever got sblive works on rh6? (pruntos)
Linux site with 100's of links (arty)
How to make an MPEG file from TIFF files (Shigeyuki Tajima)
Re: Is there a variant of telnetd which logs in users? (Yan Seiner)
Re: Pronouncing "Linux" - your vote! (Matthias Benkmann)
Re: linx vs hurd (Matthias Benkmann)
Re: Linux jingle (Darren Winsper)
Re: Tell me I'm wrong... (Matthias Benkmann)
Re: Authentication Not Responding ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Tape Backup Solution (Graffiti)
Re: Pronouncing "Linux" - dirty Yank cant pronounce (Helmer Osell)
Re: kdm instead of xdm?? (Stefan Ehlen)
Re: How to make an MPEG file from TIFF files ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "Terrence Vergauwen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Incoming IP limiter script on daily basis: @ 300MB RX traffic, ifconfig eth1
down (PLEASE HELP)
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 07:55:45 +0200
Hi,
I run a linux (RH5.2) IP-Masq router at home, with a cable modem connected
to it.
My ISP allows a maximum of 300MB download a day. I already got several
warning messages telling me that they are going to end my contract if i
continue to overpass this amount, but this is reached quickly without even
having an idea...)
I've tried using packet sniffer's etc, but it's to much hassle.
Is there a way of having the router send a warning message (issue command
that sends winpopup messages) at 250MB of RX traffic, and shutdown an eth
interface automatically when it has reached 300MB of RX traffic ???
I am sure that this is possible with some sort of script ran in
cron.minuteley that checks the incomming traffic reached, and takes actions
using commands when at 250 or 300MB. (ifconfig shows only packets, not bytes
?????)
+ I am not good at writing complex shell scripts like this.
Can anyone advise me on a way to do this task ??? (or better, can anyone
write such a script for me PLEAAAASSSEEE !!!:)
Awaiting your response eagerly,
Terrence Vergauwen
Belgium
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthew W. Roberts)
Subject: Re: ls and color
Date: 6 Jul 1999 11:49:01 -0500
If you are using tcsh put the following in .tcshrc:
alias ls ls-F
set color=ls-F
optionally you can define colors yourself:
setenv LS_COLORS 'di=1' # directories
see the tcsh man for details
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From: Tom Pritchard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.development
Subject: Re: editorial: stupid atari tricks
Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 13:18:23 -0400
I still rember vividly when my dad brought home the old atari 800! Man
what a great machine. I was only knee high to a grasshopper at the time,
and belive me, I was devistated when he gave it and all the assoirted
atari stuff away. I still rember booting games off audio tape...
playing star raiders, and the old atari word processor. Final count I
remeber 2 diskdrives, a tape drive, a touch pad, 4 joysticks, an old
daisywheel printer, a modem(IIRC), a wide variety of software, both
disks and cratridges ectera. And don't forget M.U.L.E. the best game
ever written to date. There are some atari emulators floating around
and a good number of programs as well. Somewhere theres a trick for
reading atari disks on pc diskdrives to rip the images... oh di I
mention the 2 atari st/xl (cant remeber exactly)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Philip Brown)
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.solaris
Subject: Re: Linux vs Solaris
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 06 Jul 1999 17:00:43 GMT
On Mon, 05 Jul 1999 19:07:36 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>...
>It's gotta be Solaris over Linux. Linux just isn't tested fully at
>high-end scalability yet. I read an article last month where an NT
>IIS 4.0 web server handily beat Linux running Apache (and later Zeus)
>web servers in nearly every category. NT! (if you can believe it!)
Oy. Wrong "evidence" to use. NT also beats solaris
for "dynamic" pages done in a different test, although solaris + SWS was
the hands-down winner for static page delivery.
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From: Igor Schein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: % of cache hits
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 20:31:16 GMT
Hi,
I'm running a FP-intensive application under linux,
and I need to profile its performance as far as L2
hit percentage is concerned. gprof doesn't seem to
provide that data. Can any recommend me a way to
achieve that?
Thanks in advance
Igor
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From: Mircea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: seg fault running RealPlayer G2
Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 16:32:27 -0400
Slackware has glibc2 runtime support, but that's not an issue, since the
problems are related to libstdc++, and not to libc. My experience is
that RP-G2 doesn't work with any other version of libstdc++ other than
2.8.0-14.
Otherwise, the only problem I have is - it starts when I click on a .ram
file, but it doesn't begin to play it, so after it's up I have to copy
the file location and paste it in RP; then it will play it.
MST
Michel Catudal wrote:
> Slackware uses libc5 while SuSE 6.1 uses glibc2 and G2 works
> OK with it. It crashes if a .ram file that you try to access
> doesn't exist.
>
> Try on my site the "Rendez vous des Cadiens". Jim seems to have
> problems and I think the files aren't there. G2 freezes and a
> kill -9 is the only way out. If the station is there it works good.
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From: athanasius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,linux.redhat.misc,alt.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.answer,comp.os.linux.hardware,dc.org.linux-users,linux.dev.newbie,linux.redhat.install,linux.dev.laptop,linux.dev.sound
Subject: Re: Newbie problems!
Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 11:42:45 -0600
I have a Toshiba laptop with the same soundcard. Here is how I fixed this:
1) Run the sndconfig program. This will walk you through the install. Select
your sound card type. When it runs the sound test, you will not here the wave
sounds but say yes when it asks.
2) Edit the module.conf file to mach the settings in your bios. For some
reason, Linux does not set the wave property correctly.
3) Reboot and everything should be working.
Note: Wave files on my laptop play extremely quietly so you may have to turn up
the sound.
Jim and Joan wrote:
> Jose, what you need to do is log in under root and find /usr/bin folder once
> there find kppp file and right click on it and open its properties. goto
> permission and click on SET UID then click OK.
>
> Then goto /usr/sbin and find pppd file and do the same . Log out of root
> then in under user name and Kppp should work for you.
>
> Sorry but i can't help you with the sound card.
>
> Jose A. Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Hi, I'm a newbie and had few questions/problems.
> >
> > 1. I created a regular account so that I didn't had to log in as
> > root. The problem is that when I try to use the dial up (kpp) it gives
> > me this error. "pppd not properly installed. The ppd binary must be
> > installed witht he SUID bit set. Contact your system administrator" It
> > works fine under root, but not this regular user. I it as part of the
> > "root" group.
> > 2. My sound card doesn't work. I have an IBM Thinkpad 310ED laptop
> > with an OPL-3 SAx sound card, I tried all of the settings with no joy.
> > Can anyone help me out here please. You can send me responses to
> > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" Thanks in advance for all of your help.
> >
> > J.
> >
> >
> > Linux rules, windoze blows!
> >
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From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kdm instead of xdm??
Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 15:55:01 -0400
Stefan Ehlen wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Kaushik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > I did not find anything called switchdm in y RH 6.0 distribution...is this
> > distribution specific?
> >
> > Kaushik
>
> It seems so...
> Anyway, it's just a script which is "# based on xbase-configure script from
> xbase package :-)"
>
> As far as I can see, it only makes a change to one single line in
> /etc/X11/config. The line is 'start-kdm' resp. 'start-xdm' - perhaps this
> is NOT distribution specific and you only have to change one letter :-)
>
>
> CU
> Stefan
There's no /etc/X11/config file on my machine.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul)
Subject: Re: AGP SiS 6326 need help
Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 18:45:51 GMT
On 6 Jul 1999 13:38:23 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Supat
Faarungsang) wrote:
>
>
>I just have a pc with unsupport VGA card with AGP SiS 6326
>Please let me know if anyone can make this card to work under linux.
>Thanks,
>supat
>
>ps. please mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have a sis 6326 vid card. I have tried the following distributions
1) Red Hat 6.0 2) Slackware 4.0 3) SuSE 6.0 4) Mandrake 6.0
It works with all of them!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (pruntos)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Anyone ever got sblive works on rh6?
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 14:31:37 -0400
Hey Rado Faletic ! Did you just say what I think you just said?
> > Did you just say what I think you just said?
> hmmm, what was it that you think I said? I don't think I said much.
>
>
> > I tried to do that but I couldn't
> > it was totally screwed up and now the midi sequencer and another thing show up
> > as failed when linux boots
>
> Could you get MIDI sound before you tried this driver? because I don't
> get MIDI sound either. I've only managed to get CD audio, maybe other
> people can get more.
I tried to set up the soundcard the way they said but then I ran the sndconfig
and tried to run it with the sb 16 emulation but that didn't work and screwed up
a bunch of stuff so I reinstalled linux because I was afraid I totally screwed
it up so I tried running the install again and I got that message when I tried
doing the setup where you select the things
>
> What kernel are you using? I tried the driver with 2.2.9 kernel and got
> similar messages (I think, about not being able to find the correct
> drivers, or having an incompatible kernel). When I installed 2.2.5 (with
> RedHat5.2) it worked OK. However, I did compile the kernel myself, and
> added the sound from the config of the build. This may make a
> difference.
2.2.5-15 with redhat 6
they said to compile it with the kernel but I don't know how at all and I'm
afraid I'm gonna mess it up by doing so
>
> Like I said, I don't know anything about the driver other than what
> Creative says. Maybe you should contact them with your problem. With any
> luck they'll have it sorted out soon, and we can all play our hard
> searched-for mp3's.
I'll try that thanks
>
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From: arty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux site with 100's of links
Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 16:54:42 -0400
Hi
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Thanks
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From: Shigeyuki Tajima <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.graphics.misc,comp.graphics.visualization
Subject: How to make an MPEG file from TIFF files
Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 17:10:26 -0400
Hi,
I would like to create an MPEG movie from TIFF files but
could anyone tell me how to do this?
Is there any good free software available on the web?
I am using a Linux machine.
Thank you,
Shigeyuki TAJIMA
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From: Yan Seiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Is there a variant of telnetd which logs in users?
Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 16:47:08 -0400
If you can stand the money, sshd _might_ do what you're looking for.
You'd have to get your customers to set up the keys, but once the keys
are set up, there need not be any login at all. You just connect. sshd
compares keys, and if they match, you're in.
The only problem is getting your customers to generate the keys (you
could possibly do it for them, then give them an install script).
The advantage is that it's pretty secure (a lot more than telnet).
The disadvantage is that it is commercial, and costs $100 per client.
Yan
Bernie wrote:
>
> Essentially what I want to do is automatically login the
> user; i.e., no entering user name or password, and place them
> directly at a menu (after being authenticated of course).
>
> This would be simpler for our customers, and also increase
> security since there would be no login prompts to interrogate.
> The only software I've seen along these lines is BBS software,
> but that's overkill for what I want to do.
>
> -Thanks
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Benkmann)
Subject: Re: Pronouncing "Linux" - your vote!
Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 21:18:24 GMT
Usual German pronounciation is Leenooks, though I think I recall
having heard Lynooks, too.
Since this thread is obviously OT, I thought I'd take the opportunity
to ask how you pronounce the names of other Unices (or is it Unixes).
Irix: Eye Rix, Irrix or even Iris (is it named after some special
girl?)
HP-UX: eytsh pee ucks ??
Solaris: Solaahris or Solerris (and which syllable to pronounce)
Xenix (does this one still exist?): Zee Nix or Zennix
what other variants are there (besides Minix, whose pronounciation
seems unambiguous)? Please don't tell me to subscribe to all the
proper newsgroups. I'm not THAT hungry for Unix trivia. MSB
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1.) Using Vi is like sex with a domina. If you want to enter you have
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2.) Using Emacs is like sex with a domina. At first all her tools
frighten you, but after a while you don't want to miss them.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Benkmann)
Subject: Re: linx vs hurd
Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 21:18:28 GMT
>I never got this debate, why do people say there's such a big difference
>between micro- and monolithinc kernels (in performance or otherwise)?
>A microkernel creates an interface to the hardware with which the kernel
>interacts. A part of the monolithic kernel creates an interface to the
>hardware with which the rest of the kernel interacts.
Have I missed it or has nobody mentioned what I think is the most
important difference between the microkernel and monolithic kernel
approach: Maintainability.
It's really hard to become a Linux driver programmer. As I perceive it
you have to dig your way through too much code you don't really need
to see and mess with too many things you better not mess with. I think
I recall having read on one of the GNU pages that for the Hurd you
would be able to develop a new filesystem in user mode, without even
having to look at the kernel sources.
So I believe a microkernel architecture is more suitable for an open
source system because it allows more people to get into driver
programming. MSB
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Darren Winsper)
Crossposted-To: aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux jingle
Date: 6 Jul 1999 21:19:31 GMT
On Tue, 06 Jul 1999 18:43:46 GMT, Bones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >In comp.os.linux.advocacy Gamma Rat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >On 23 Jun 1999 17:49:18 +0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >For Win9x one could also use Fleetwood Mac:s 'Little Lies' or
> >AC/DC:s 'Highway to Hell'...
>
> Hmmm... How about 'Dirty Deeds' instead. I think that sums it up,
> "dirty deeds done dirt cheap!"
Nah, you want Strong by Robbie Williams (Sorry it had to come from
such a...err...crap artist):
And you know, cos my life's a mess...And I'm trying to grow...
You think that I'm strong,
You're wrong, you're wrong,
...
Life's too short to be afraid,
Take a pill to numb the pain,
You don't have to take the blame
--
Darren Winsper - http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/darren.winsper
'"Whaddar we gonna do today Bill?" "The same thing we do every day,
Balmer...."' - Craig Kelly in comp.os.linux.advocacy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Benkmann)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux
Subject: Re: Tell me I'm wrong...
Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 21:18:32 GMT
>
>All that has been written about boot disks is logical in a way, I just
>had never thouht of the dangers of phisical access to a server. Now I
>know...
Another thought about physical access. It's not only the computer(s)
you have to protect. It's the network wiring, too. AFAIK, someone can
just plug out a computer and insert a laptop instead, set up to use
the same IP address, UIDs etc.Depending on how restrictive you are
within the LAN, a root login on that laptop could allow free access to
all the other computers in the LAN. MSB
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.mail.pine
Subject: Re: Authentication Not Responding
Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 21:23:41 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <7ltk1h$mb3$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Periodically I'm running into an issue, where my system stops
> responding. It usually happens when I'm quitting Pine 4.10 (my email
> client) on my redhat 5.1 machine -- I have Pine set for quit without
> prompting. What happens is that pine says that it's closing, but it
> never really terminates. I'm at work now so I can't really check
> whether my machine is hardlocked, but it's happened before where X
> stops responding as well. I cannot do ctrl-alt-backspace to end X, I
> cannot switch to a virtual terminal.
I should clarify. I was mistaken. I can exit X using
Ctrl-alt-backspace, however, once I do all I get is a blank screen. NO
login prompt appears. I cannot switch to a virtual terminal.
This has happened twice in two weeks.
More info. RedHat Linux 5.1, 233Mhz, 64MB RAM, usually happens when
quitting without prompt a pine session in an Xterm, Eterm, etc.
Pine-4.10-1.i386.rpm from contrib. No messages in /var/log/messages
that would explain the broken authentication. Using
mingetty-0.9.4-7.i386.rpm as the getty process.
Thanks again,
Brian Seppanen
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From: Graffiti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Tape Backup Solution
Date: 6 Jul 1999 14:47:53 -0700
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Ashley W Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[snip]
>I have tried to use Taper (the latest version, according to
>freshmeant--6.9a?), under my Debian 2.1 system, and it segfaults at random
>occasions (like when typing in the name of the archive). Has anyone seen
>this problem before?
Nope, never used taper.
>Also, if anyone has a program that they prefer to taper, advice would be
>greatly appreciated. I downloaded kdat last night, but ran into some
>problems, as I don't have a KDE install. Are there any other programs like
>kdat that are reliable?
What about 'tar' or 'dump'?
There are free graphical front-ends to tar, and I'm sure there must be a
few for dump. (Never used the GUIs, though, so dunno).
-- DN
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From: Helmer Osell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Pronouncing "Linux" - dirty Yank cant pronounce
Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 22:53:13 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This discussion is meaningless!
English and one language in Africa are the only two
languages in the world using only 26 letters.
After studying a CIA handbook for soldiers invading
and occupying an other country I can just say:
Yankee cant pronounce Linux. Yankee has to stay with
their own product : Free BSD!
Yankees and frenshmen are the two most illitterate
peoples in the world. How in hell could these bloody
creatures think of pronouncing Linux.
Think that only 16% of yankees could point out their
own country in a world map!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stefan Ehlen)
Subject: Re: kdm instead of xdm??
Date: 6 Jul 1999 22:00:03 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Stefan Ehlen wrote:
>
>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>> Kaushik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> >
>> > I did not find anything called switchdm in y RH 6.0 distribution...is this
>> > distribution specific?
>> >
>> > Kaushik
>>
>> It seems so...
>> Anyway, it's just a script which is "# based on xbase-configure script from
>> xbase package :-)"
>>
>> As far as I can see, it only makes a change to one single line in
>> /etc/X11/config. The line is 'start-kdm' resp. 'start-xdm' - perhaps this
>> is NOT distribution specific and you only have to change one letter :-)
>>
>>
>> CU
>> Stefan
>
> There's no /etc/X11/config file on my machine.
OK, this is going to be REALLY distribution specific... Isn't there a
RedHat support forum or something like this on there web site?
CU
Stefan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.graphics.misc,comp.graphics.visualization
Subject: Re: How to make an MPEG file from TIFF files
Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 22:11:53 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Shigeyuki Tajima <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I would like to create an MPEG movie from TIFF files but
>could anyone tell me how to do this?
>Is there any good free software available on the web?
>I am using a Linux machine.
>
> Thank you,
> Shigeyuki TAJIMA
There is a program out there called mpeg2encode. I don't remember
offhand where you find it on the net but a search engine should probably
help. I used it to convert a short segment from a video tape to mpeg.
I couldn't get the sound part to work. I got the raw data using the
bttv video driver so if you were going from TIFF files you would probably
have to first convert them to some other format.
Hope this helps.
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