Linux-Misc Digest #389, Volume #21 Fri, 13 Aug 99 18:13:13 EDT
Contents:
Linux Software Archive + more (noname)
Re: Please Help me help myself. (Vilmos Soti)
Re: What kind of equipment should I get? ("jemmons")
Re: A web page: How to set up Oracle 8 on RH Linux 6 (Vilmos Soti)
Re: Mouse in Quake (Henric Carlsson)
Re: rename root account? (Gerald Willmann)
Re: system log (Chris Mahmood)
Re: renames /usr/lib to something else (Gavin Maltby)
Re: how to install an application (Aaron Ginn)
Re: audio cd's an SuSE 6.1 (Aaron Ginn)
Re: Telnet to RedHat Linux 6.0 as root. (Larry Clark)
Re: how to install an application (Gerald Willmann)
Network Doom will crash (Henrik Ericson)
Re: linx vs hurd (Johan Kullstam)
Re: markets are creations of the state (Stuart R. Fuller)
Re: What I think of linux. ("M. Leo Cooper")
Message help - fasync (Craig Donahue)
Re: getting winmodem to work (Johan Kullstam)
Re: Sun 3/50 as Xterminal for Linux (Frederik Questier)
Re: suse 6.0 converting file (Rainer Wiener)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (noname)
Subject: Linux Software Archive + more
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 20:02:06 GMT
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From: Vilmos Soti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Please Help me help myself.
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 20:08:52 GMT
Johan Hartzenberg wrote:
>
> Hi.
>
> The Questions:
> How do I enable "scroll-back" in a normal tty terminal?
Shift-PgUp and Shift PgDown
> How do I add the tty number to a user's prompt?
The PS1 is defined in /etc/bashrc. You have to edit it. For me, the
default is
PS1="[\u@\h \W]\\$ "
Which can be changed to
PS1="`tty`[\u@\h \W]\\$ "
> Can I re-browse my .bashrc file without logging out and back in?
. ~/.bashrc
> In any case I'm running Red Hat 6.0 with Kernel 2.2.5. Installing it was
> too easy. I didn't learn anything. You can only learn when you struggle
> with things.
That's true and your approach deserves praise. Another Linux hacker is
about to be born. :-)
>
> I edited the /etc/issue file to add a legal notice / warning before login.
> It worked immediately, until I rebooted the machine, at which time it
> reverted to the original message. The /etc/issue file was back to what it
> was before I modified it.
Look at /etc/rc.d/rc.local
> Please help me help myself by telling me where i will find the answers to my
> questions. If you don't think my specific questions are answered anywhere,
> do please tell me how to do these things.
We don't let you die stupidly. :-) This is why these groups exist.
> P.S. I don't mind reading the docs if there are some that will help me
> solve this, please point me in the right direction.
Look at the LDP. That is a very good start.
Vilmos
--
Looking for a job in British Columbia.
Have you recompiled your kernel today?
Linus? Jesus Christ Superstar
Bill? Clueless in Seattle
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From: "jemmons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.ham-radio,alt.ham-radio.packet,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: What kind of equipment should I get?
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 20:12:36 GMT
Why doesn'y my response get posted? [EMAIL PROTECTED]
David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I'm planing on getting a Ham Radio of which then I can work on obtaining
> my license. Eventually I want to connect the radio to my Linux computer
> system and use it to communicate via packet. I have no real specific
> reason to do any of this other than I want to experiment and learn new
> things. Anyway, what I want is to buy a Ham Radio that will get good
> reception/signal pretty much around the world without too much
> distortion (if any), but without too much power as I live in an
> apartment and don't want to cause interference with neighbors. I also
> need an interface card/device that has good support with Linux to
> connect to the Ham for packet communications. Please give me your
> opinion(s) on what hardware/radio equipment works best for you and why?
> I, just like any other prude shopper, want to get the 'real' idea of
> what I'm getting. Thank You for your input.
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From: Vilmos Soti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: A web page: How to set up Oracle 8 on RH Linux 6
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 19:55:49 GMT
jay wrote:
>
> Anybody has any success in installing Oracle on Caldera 2.2?
>
Hi,
Take a look at ftp://ftp.oracle.com/pub/www/otn/linux. (Maybe the order
of the directories is a bit different, but you get the idea.) They talk
about problems with glibc.
Vilmos
--
Looking for a job in British Columbia.
Have you recompiled your kernel today?
Linus? Jesus Christ Superstar
Bill? Clueless in Seattle
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From: Henric Carlsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: nf.comp.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Mouse in Quake
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 20:45:15 +0000
John David Bowden wrote:
>
> I'm tearing my hair out trying to get my mouse it work in Quake... It's
> one of those "Mouse in a Box" Kensington mice. It runs fine as a
> Microsoft mouse. The bottom says "Serial and PS/2 Version", which it is
> (serial).
>
> My libvga.config reads:
>
> mouse Microsoft
> mdev /dev/ttyS0
>
Check that you have both read and write permission on /dev/ttyS0.
I.e. chmod 666 /dev/ttyS0
And, as someone else suggested, kill GPM.
/Henric
--
hca at europe.com : se student, tbv, rby, sweden
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"Software is only late once, but if it sucks, it
sucks forever." -- unknown
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From: Gerald Willmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: rename root account?
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 13:14:47 -0700
On Fri, 13 Aug 1999, Steve Maughan wrote:
> I've tried creating another user (called "jim" for example) with user id
set to 0 (like root), but when I access that account, a "whoami" reveales
that I am root. This is not what i want - i want it to say i am "jim". Is
ther any way to do this?
put alias whoami 'echo Jim' in your .bashrc
but if I were you I wouldn't work with root
privileges - it's definitely not a good idea
Gerald
--
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From: Chris Mahmood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: system log
Date: 12 Aug 1999 22:52:21 -0700
John Lemke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> running slackware 3.6 --
> who is "--MARK--", and why is he in my /var/log/messages every 20
> minutes?
It's just a timestamp--you can change the default by using the -m
option with syslogd. Oh wait, this was a joke...
-ckm
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From: Gavin Maltby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.solaris
Subject: Re: renames /usr/lib to something else
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 00:32:39 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I made a mistake in renaming /usr/lib to /usr/lib.bak and I can't run
> any command (ls, mkdir, mv etc.) even after I set LD_LIBRARY_PATH
> to /usr/lib.bak. It always tries to find /usr/lib/ld.so.1. Please help.
> Thank you.
>
If you're still logged in as root somewhere you might be
able to use /usr/sbin/static/mv to undo the damage.
gavin
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From: Aaron Ginn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to install an application
Date: 13 Aug 1999 13:10:04 -0700
root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Can anybody teach me how to install an application in LINUX please...??
> Every time I type ./configure then I get message like :
>
> --error gcc .........(etc)
> --error cc ............(etc)
>
> And if you download a free software, can i just put it under root
> directory ? Or will it settle by itself during installation process....?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> (linux user just one hour ago....!!)
>
Why don't you install the rpm for the software you want to install
instead of compiling from source? When you compile, you have to make
sure you have all the necessary tools/libraries in place before the
program will compile correctly. An rpm is already compiled for you
and all you need to do is install it.
Go to http://rufus.w3.org/linux/RPM/ and see if your package is there.
Once you've got it, do the following:
su root
rpm -Uvh package.rpm
You need to have rpm installed already. Do 'man rpm' for all the tasks
that rpm can perform for you.
HTH,
Aaron
--
Aaron J. Ginn Motorola SPS
Phone: (480) 814-4463 SemiCustom Solutions
Fax: (480) 814-4058 1300 N. Alma School Rd.
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Chandler, AZ 85226
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From: Aaron Ginn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: audio cd's an SuSE 6.1
Date: 13 Aug 1999 13:15:21 -0700
"Nevyn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> i cant mount audio cds in suse, i can play them if they rnt mounted with the
> kde cd player, but i cant mount hem to rip mp3 tracks....please help
> anyone......
>
You don't mount an audio CD, you mount a filesystem. Audio CDs don't
have a filesystem. What you need is a CD ripper that will read the
audio tracks from the CD and convert them to MP3s. cdda2wav is a good
ripper, and then sox can be used to convert the WAVs tp MP3s.
Go to http://rufus.w3.org/linux/RPM/ and find the rpms for these if you
don't already have them with your distro.
Aaron
--
Aaron J. Ginn Motorola SPS
Phone: (480) 814-4463 SemiCustom Solutions
Fax: (480) 814-4058 1300 N. Alma School Rd.
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Chandler, AZ 85226
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From: Larry Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: redhat.networking.general,redhat.security.general
Subject: Re: Telnet to RedHat Linux 6.0 as root.
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 13:47:18 -0700
I am ussing RH 5.2 where is this? I have shown hidden files and I cannot
find the file or directory "pam.d/login" thanks and yes I want to shoot
myself in the foot.......for kicks...ahahaha
I love the little cornball cracks you get from linux users, nothing like
in a windows world.....
so anyway I was telneting around in my neighbor hood yesterday and I
telneted into a redhat router box? I typed in root.........hit enter
again at pasword and I was in...like flint.......as root.....so I did a
whoamI and it said I was root.....then I did a who...and it said
something like tty0 tty1 tty2 ? maybe 2 others logged in also? since
then I have not been able to telnet to that box ot ping it......huh?
thanks and good day.,.......
"Bryan C. Andregg" scralled on the ground in blood:
>
/etc/pam.d/login
-auth required /lib/security/pam_securetty.so
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From: Gerald Willmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to install an application
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 13:19:09 -0700
On Fri, 13 Aug 1999, root wrote:
> Can anybody teach me how to install an application in LINUX please...??
> Every time I type ./configure then I get message like :
>
> --error gcc .........(etc)
> --error cc ............(etc)
>
> And if you download a free software, can i just put it under root
> directory ? Or will it settle by itself during installation process....?
it's most convenient to use binary packages - say rpms or debs.
if you really want or need to compile things yourself then first
install all the libraries (including the development versions if
you use Redhat) and then you should see less error messages
> (linux user just one hour ago....!!)
congratulations! took me much longer before I started compiling stuff.
Gerald
--
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From: Henrik Ericson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Network Doom will crash
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 22:48:19 +0200
When I run Doom 1.10 on my machine (not a network game) it works fine.
But when I try to run a network game with the parameters:
-net 1 192.168.0.2
and on the other machine:
-net 2 192.168.0.1
Everything will start just like fine and w can play the first level. But
when we press the button in the elevator to end the first level, Doom
will abort and I get an error message:
Error: W_GetNumForName: WIOBJ not found!
Whats wrong? Please help!
Henrik Ericson
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: linx vs hurd
From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 13 Aug 1999 16:57:16 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> From what I understand, the microkernel architecture scales better to
> multiprocessor systems.
on the other hand, linux exists. where is the hurd?
--
J o h a n K u l l s t a m
[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Don't Fear the Penguin!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stuart R. Fuller)
Subject: Re: markets are creations of the state
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 21:10:02 GMT
W.A. Scheer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Quite an interesting twist - but still twisted. Governments do not "create"
: markets, they simply protect the rights of individuals, their property, etc.
: The government protects me from you taking a club to my head. They have not
: "established" my life (or my head).
Actually, *morality* protects you from me taking a club to your head.
Government just punishes me if I were to do so.
Stu
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From: "M. Leo Cooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What I think of linux.
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 14:35:28 -0700
alann wrote:
> I would be curious as to the average age of Linux users. I'm 34.
> First computer I ever had my hands on was a Commodore PET. That was a
> LONG time ago.
Will be 52 in a couple of months. Grew up without computers or access to them,
though I knew they existed. As a kid, I remember reading in "Believe It Or
Not" about the world's smallest computer, suitcase sized, that could add two
single digit numbers, though it took a few seconds.
First computer I used, and learned to program on (Fortran IV) - CDC3800,
with 32K words of drum memory (1967). Learned to punch cards and use a
Friden Flexowriter to punch tape, about as heavy as a tank and just as
noisy (anyone remember these?).
First computer I owned was a KIM-I with 1K RAM, hex display, cassette
storage. Subsequently, on to a Trash 80, Apple ][ clone, XT/8088 PC
clone (no HD). Started using Linux almost exactly four years ago on a
Cyrix 486-DX66 and never looked back. Never even upgraded from Win 3.1
on the DOS partition.
Mendel
+ http://personal.riverusers.com/~thegrendel/ +
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From: Craig Donahue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Message help - fasync
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 21:34:12 GMT
I am getting the message kill_fasync:bad magic number in fasync_struct! scrolling
across
my console screen.
My dmesg shows:
(scsi0) <Adaptec AIC-7895 Ultra SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 9/0
(scsi0) Wide Channel A, SCSI ID=7, 32/255 SCBs
(scsi0) Downloading sequencer code... 374 instructions downloaded
(scsi1) <Adaptec AIC-7895 Ultra SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 9/1
(scsi1) Wide Channel B, SCSI ID=7, 32/255 SCBs
(scsi1) Downloading sequencer code... 374 instructions downloaded
scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.1.17/3.2.4
<Adaptec AIC-7895 Ultra SCSI host adapter>
scsi1 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.1.17/3.2.4
<Adaptec AIC-7895 Ultra SCSI host adapter>
scsi : 2 hosts.
(scsi0:0:1:0) Synchronous at 20.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 8.
Vendor: Quantum Model: XP34300W Rev: L912
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0
(scsi0:0:6:0) Synchronous at 40.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 8.
Vendor: IBM Model: DCAS-34330W Rev: S65A
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi disk sdb at scsi0, channel 0, id 6, lun 0
(scsi1:0:5:0) Synchronous at 20.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 15.
Vendor: PLEXTOR Model: CD-ROM PX-32TS Rev: 1.02
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi1, channel 0, id 5, lun 0
Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.55
SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 8399520 [4101 MB] [4.1 GB]
sda: sda1
SCSI device sdb: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 8467200 [4134 MB] [4.1 GB]
sdb: sdb1 sdb2 < sdb5 >
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
change_root: old root has d_count=1
Trying to unmount old root ... okay
Freeing unused kernel memory: 48k freed
Adding Swap: 72256k swap-space (priority -1)
Soundblaster audio driver Copyright (C) by Hannu Savolainen 1993-1996
SB 4.16 detected OK (220)
YM3812 and OPL-3 driver Copyright (C) by Hannu Savolainen, Rob Hooft 1993-1996
3c59x.c:v0.99H 11/17/98 Donald Becker http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/
vortex.html
eth0: 3Com 3c905B Cyclone 100baseTx at 0xfc00, 00:10:5a:19:ec:4c, IRQ 11
8K byte-wide RAM 5:3 Rx:Tx split, autoselect/Autonegotiate interface.
MII transceiver found at address 24, status 786d.
MII transceiver found at address 0, status 786d.
Enabling bus-master transmits and whole-frame receives.
arpwatch uses obsolete (PF_INET,SOCK_PACKET)
eth0: Setting promiscuous mode.
device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
kill_fasync: bad magic number in fasync_struct!
Any help or pointers would be most appreciated.
Craig
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From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: getting winmodem to work
Date: 13 Aug 1999 13:09:39 -0400
Chris Mahmood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > no, a pox on manufacturers who do not release specs or open source
> > drivers to their hardware. the shoddiness of the hardware per se
> > isn't the real evil.
> Yes, but continuing to purchase their hardware while they continue to
> withhold specs. is not giving them much incentive to release them.
i am not advocating purchasing these hardwares. my point is this.
the problem is manufactures who do not release specs or open source
drivers. if they would publish their interface, we can evaluate if
the hardware is losing or not. the lack of interface specification is
*the* reason software modems suck. it doesn't matter if the modem
hardware is good or bad. if we have no specs and cannot use it for
that reason, then the lack of specs means it's crap. the obvious
conclusion is still `don't buy'.
--
johan kullstam
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From: Frederik Questier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.sun.admin
Subject: Re: Sun 3/50 as Xterminal for Linux
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 23:41:23 +0200
Klaus Rotter wrote:
>
> In comp.os.linux.misc Klaus Rotter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I am trying to setup an old Sun 3/50 as an Xterminal for Linux. I found the
> > Linux-Xkernel-2.0e.tar.gz package which should contain everything needed.
> > I have set everything up accroding to the documentation but the sun won't
> [...]
>
> Ok, I got it up and running. The nfsd was the problem. But, is it true that
> tftp is so slow ? After the kernel booting the acces via nfs is fast, but
> it took a few minutes to transfer the 500kb of the SunOS kernel.
I experience someting similar with the Xkernel on Sun 3/60.
Most often tftp seems to hang (next time, I'll try to wait many
minutes),
so I press L1-A (break), wait a few seconds and try again and again.
And then it suddenly works: transfer in a few seconds.
I was doubting about the quality of my cable.
Now, I'm more doubting about the ethernet controller. I already read
about this one sending garbage in the beginning, which makes problems
with multicast...
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http://surf.to/Frederik.Questier Frederik Questier
http://vub.vub.ac.be/~fquestie [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Rainer Wiener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: suse 6.0 converting file
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 23:20:42 +0200
Reinhold Just <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hi
> i have a dos text file (notepad from windows). i want to sort it in linux
> suse 6.0. when i open the file it says on the bottom dos format. where is
> the difference and how can i convert it.
> thanks RJ
Hi
lad den Text mal mit joe. Dann wirst Du sehen, das der dort wo ein
Zeilenumbruch stattfindet sich noch ein anderes Zeichen befindet.
Das ist meines Wissens nach der einzigste Unterschied.
cu
Rainer
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