Linux-Misc Digest #597, Volume #21 Mon, 30 Aug 99 07:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Linux Rescue Diskette (James Knott)
Re: Linux and 802.1Q ("Scott Johnson")
Re: Writing bash daemon (Harald Holzer)
Re: Netscape not connecting to the Internet ("Gero H. Marten")
Re: How to uninstall package compiled by source code? (Stephan Houben)
Problem with S3 Trio3D and X (Jonas Frantz)
shellscript: i need a tmp filename how get a unique one ? (Harald Holzer)
Re: Had it with RH6 (Anita Lewis)
Help installing new kernel (Jason Bond)
Re: Linux as a mail proxy (Harald Holzer)
Re: Save my 486... Linux and HDD controller board (Gavin Rogers)
Re: what is the largest partition Linux file system can handle? (Colin Watson)
Re: Had it with RH6 (Chris Campbell)
Re: is there a HOWTO about upgrading a Linux kernel? (Colin Watson)
Re: Squid-Proxy on Linux / NT-Clients (Michele Nicosia)
Re: modprobe can't find char-major-4 (Pat Heuvel)
Re: This is why RH 6.0 really sucks! ("Steve D. Perkins")
Re: linux/apache server (Pat Heuvel)
Printing two pages on one (Domo)
Re: dual boot win 98 (John Thompson)
linux mailreader with "editheaders" behavior? (Berna L. Massingill)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James Knott)
Subject: Linux Rescue Diskette
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 10:50:40 -0400
Reply-To: James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Info and file for creating a Linux Rescue diskette can be found @
http://www.toms.net/rb/home.html
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The above opinions are my own and not those of ISM Corp., a subsidiary of
IBM Canada Ltd.
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Reply-To: "Scott Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Scott Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Linux and 802.1Q
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 02:23:46 -0700
What would you want to do with a VLAN on a server?
Shane Ramey wrote in message ...
>Does the Linux 2.2 series of kernels support 802.1Q? If not, is this going
>to be implemented any time in the near future?
>
>
>Thank you,
>
> - Shane Ramey
>
>------------------ Posted via CNET Linux Help ------------------
> http://www.searchlinux.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Harald Holzer)
Crossposted-To: gnu.bash
Subject: Re: Writing bash daemon
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 09:45:34 GMT
You can use the "&" at the end of the command. This puts the command
in the background.
start your shell script in one of the init scripts with the "&" at the
end.
like:
thisismydeamon &
Harry
On Mon, 30 Aug 1999 10:51:23 +1000, David Taylor
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I've written a bash daemon to monitor printers for problems. Of course,
>the script runs infinitely with pauses between checks. I'm using Debian
>Linux and want to be able to stop and start the daemon and have it run
>in the various run levels. However, the script does not go to the
>background using the start-stop-daemon that comes with Debian. Can
>someone please tell me what I need to do in order to make the shell
>script act as a daemon (ie, release the terminal and go to the
>background)?
>
>
>--
>David
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From: "Gero H. Marten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netscape not connecting to the Internet
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 09:37:48 +0200
John,
After editing /etc/rc.config, did you run "SuSEconfig" (without
quotes) ? /etc/resolv has to have the format:
search provider.com
nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Then go online and edit the proxies online.
Good luck
--
Gero H. Marten
<http://www.provi.de/gmarten/index.html>
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From: Stephan Houben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to uninstall package compiled by source code?
Date: 30 Aug 1999 10:09:03 +0200
Bob Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> "Y.C." wrote:
>
> Depends on the author of the package. some provide a removal mechanism
> in their make file like make uninstall, but if you have removed the
> source directory that won't do much good. Best is to look at hteir
> makfile to see where it is installed to. Usual targets are /usr/bin,
> /usr/local/, man pages and maybe an info file. you basically want
> reverse the make install process. generally getting rid of the binary is
> sufficient, for different version of the same program you may need to
> get rid of some libs if it installed any.
To find out what `make install' exactly did, you can run it
with:
make -n install
This will only show the commands that make would performed, but
doesn't do anything. You an then remove the installed files by hand.
Greetings,
Stephan
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From: Jonas Frantz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problem with S3 Trio3D and X
Date: 30 Aug 1999 07:31:17 GMT
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Harald Holzer)
Subject: shellscript: i need a tmp filename how get a unique one ?
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 10:02:32 GMT
How can I get a random integer or the systemtime in milliseconds to
create a unique filename.
Or is there a better way to do this.
Harry
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anita Lewis)
Subject: Re: Had it with RH6
Date: 30 Aug 1999 09:56:41 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 29 Aug 1999 23:55:00 -0400, Steve D. Perkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> SB16 PNP worked flawlessly under 5.2, and is broken by default in 6. I
>> got it to work, only after pouring through several HOWTOs including
>> one for a completely different model sound card.
>
> I've been complaining about the exact same problem on this group for
>about a week-and-a-half, and haven't heard any possible solutions yet.
>What exactly DID you end up doing to make your sound card work?
>
>
>Steve
>
>
Hi there. This is from www.redhat.com support search on upgrade to 6.0.
I have upgraded to Red Hat Linux 6.0 and cannot get sound to work anymore.
What is going on?
Some variables changed names from the 2.0.36 and 2.2.5 kernels. You
should edit the /etc/conf.modules and change 'dma=x,y' to 'dma=x dma2=y'
or 'dma=x dma16=y' (SB16,MAD16)
==================================
Looks like the kernel was changed and RedHat doesn't change the kernel,
right?
Anita
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From: Jason Bond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help installing new kernel
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 02:20:02 -0700
I'm trying to re-install the 2.0.36 kernel on my system
(it already is 2.0.36 but I've bought a cd-rw and I'm trying
to get the scsi emulation to work). I've followed all
of the instructions on which components to load directly
and as modules (as closely as possible). I've done
make menuconfig, make dep, make clean, make zImage, make modules, and
make modules_install and I've
copied the zImage file to the appropriate place. When I install the
new kernel, it seems to boot up to when xdm tries to
kick in. It goes to the text linux login and then attempts
to switch to the vga screen and then just sort of blinks
and the login screen never shows. I know this isn't all
that much information, but if anyone knows off hand
of a stupid mistake I've made in compiling the kernel
I would be very appreciative. Thanks,
Jason
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Harald Holzer)
Subject: Re: Linux as a mail proxy
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 10:12:05 GMT
You need simple a redirector for the pop3 tcp port.
This forwards the tcpconnection from the client to the mailserver.
A simple userspace redirector was:
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/network/daemons/redir-2.0.tar.gz
You can also use ipchains to translate the ip address.
Or you can use fetchmail to get your mail to your local mailserver on
linux.
Harry
On Fri, 27 Aug 1999 19:57:57 +0530, Philip S Tellis
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Here's what I need to do:
>
>I have a linux machine, and I have about 50 Win95 machines. All
>connected together via ethernet. I have setup Apache as a http proxy,
>and have no problems surfing the net from any of the windows machines
>through my linux machine.
>
>Now, the next thing I need is to get mail through the linux box. Each
>Win95 machine has Netscape on it. The mail server is outside the
>company. I need to get the mail directly from the mail server to the
>client PC's without storing it on the Linux box. Can I do this?
>
>Other alternative:
>Let the Win95 machines try to read mail from my linux box, but when they
>try to make a pop3 connection, my linux box should fetch the mail from
>the remote server (using fetchmail). No problem here, except - I need
>each users' password, and none of them are willing to give it to me.
>Also, if they decide to change their passwords, I will have to update
>the .fetchmailrc file.
>
>Is there anyway for me to pass the username and password sent by
>Netscape to my Linux machine to the remote host, and then send the mail
>retrieved from there back to Netscape? This would also have to work
>with other mail clients, so has to follow standards.
>
>Please help
>
>Philip
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From: Gavin Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.questions,hk.comp.os.linux,alt.os.linux,tw.bbs.comp.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Save my 486... Linux and HDD controller board
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 00:02:22 +0900
In comp.os.linux.misc Jimmy Lio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I created a boot disk out of the disk image provided by my Mandrake RH
> 6.0 CDRom... When the 486 is booted with the boot disk, the partition
> check always give a bunch of error messages:
> Partition Check:
> hda/hda: status error: status=0x01 {error}
> hda/hda: status error: status=0x04 {DiskStatuserror}
> Drive not ready for command
More than likely, the hard disk drive in your computer is starting to fail.
Try your computer with a different hard disk.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: what is the largest partition Linux file system can handle?
Date: 30 Aug 1999 11:11:58 +0100
In article <7qd7si$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>>You might get more answers if:
>>
>>1. You didn't post to so many groups.
>
>He posted to 2 groups?
Er, well, he *tried* to post to four :)
>>3. You used your real address so that people could write to you.
>
>it is considered good manners to reply to newsgroups where the
>question is posted.
Certainly, yeah, but a lot of people don't. :(
I think I need to get round to inserting a "Mail-Copies-To: never"
header just for this newsgroup ...
--
Colin Watson [cjw44 at cam.ac.uk]
Trinity College, Cambridge, and Computer Science [riva.ucam.org]
"Then hast thou joined the ARPANET? / Oh come to me, my bankrupt boy!
Quick, call the NIC! Send RFCs! / He chortled in his joy." - RFC 527
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Campbell)
Subject: Re: Had it with RH6
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 10:08:57 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Wow, I didn't find that. Cool. I'll try that too. I got it working
after manually editing the isapnp.conf file. I don't have time, as I'm
out the door right now. I'm in the military, so being late for
formation isn't an option. I'll post my 'fix' to get SB16PNP working
this evening, if no one else has done it before then.
Chris
On 30 Aug 1999 09:56:41 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anita Lewis)
wrote:
>On Sun, 29 Aug 1999 23:55:00 -0400, Steve D. Perkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> SB16 PNP worked flawlessly under 5.2, and is broken by default in 6. I
>>> got it to work, only after pouring through several HOWTOs including
>>> one for a completely different model sound card.
>>
>> I've been complaining about the exact same problem on this group for
>>about a week-and-a-half, and haven't heard any possible solutions yet.
>>What exactly DID you end up doing to make your sound card work?
>>
>>
>>Steve
>>
>>
>
>Hi there. This is from www.redhat.com support search on upgrade to 6.0.
>
>I have upgraded to Red Hat Linux 6.0 and cannot get sound to work anymore.
>What is going on?
>
>Some variables changed names from the 2.0.36 and 2.2.5 kernels. You
>should edit the /etc/conf.modules and change 'dma=x,y' to 'dma=x dma2=y'
>or 'dma=x dma16=y' (SB16,MAD16)
>
>----------------------------------
>Looks like the kernel was changed and RedHat doesn't change the kernel,
>right?
>
>Anita
--
Chris Campbell
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://members.xoom.com/tech33/
Tech33 on the IRC
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: is there a HOWTO about upgrading a Linux kernel?
Date: 30 Aug 1999 11:14:00 +0100
In article <7qd27f$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, steve@nospam wrote:
>any one knows HOWTO upgrade my running system from one Linux kernel to
>another?
Er, it's called the Kernel-HOWTO :)
http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.html
--
Colin Watson [cjw44 at cam.ac.uk]
Trinity College, Cambridge, and Computer Science [riva.ucam.org]
"Racism is generally the last refuge of the unimportant."
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From: Michele Nicosia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Squid-Proxy on Linux / NT-Clients
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 19:51:59 +0000
use smbauth, under Squid source
bye
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From: Pat Heuvel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: modprobe can't find char-major-4
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 20:22:38 +1000
Gday Jack,
Jack Bakes wrote:
>
> I had to replace it with
> alias char-major-4 off
> That got rid of the problem.
Sure did!
>
> I couldn't find the module in 2.2.x kernel sources, maybe it's earlier?
Interesting, I have a serial.o up to about 2.2.9 - none later. From
memory, though, there is a kernel build option to allow you to add
serial console support...
Thanx!
Pat
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+ "Logic clearly dictates, that the strokes of the many +
+ outweigh the strokes of the two..." +
+ (Apologies to Mr Spock) +
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From: "Steve D. Perkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: This is why RH 6.0 really sucks!
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 12:06:16 -0400
Actually, RedHat 6.0 sucks for a wide variety of reasons... I
think it was thrown together and sent out the door way to quickly
(anyone know when a 6.1 bug-fix release will be coming?).
However, it kind of shoots your credibility down a tad when you
blame an OS for things that at least in this case are the fault
of applications <smile>.
> 4.Compare Slackware 4.0 and RH 6.0, which one is better? I never get
> chance to try Slackware. I don't need useless fancy things, I only need
> the pure Linux......
Oh God, you really DON'T have a clue!
Steve
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From: Pat Heuvel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: linux/apache server
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 20:35:01 +1000
Gday Brian,
Brain Fisher wrote:
>
> I have been appointed to set up a community ISP for a town pop.5,000 and
> would like to know some really basic stuff. Experienced with HW, windows
> ('ugh') and Internet.(earn an existance creating Web Sites in wider area)
> Can someone please guide me on some vey basic stuff such as minimum PC
> specs. any other hardware & software required. Linux technicalities not
> required at this stage. Have a distribution and quite sure 'I will need a
> little help from my friends' (cyberfriends) in the future.
> thanks brianF
>
Depends on your actual requirements, but you should be able to get quite
a reasonable web server going on a 486DX with 16 meg of RAM (No X
Window). What you haven't stated is whether you will be supporting a lot
of CGI or "active" web pages, or static HTML. Obviously, the more you
want the server to do, the more grunt you'll need.
I am currently running a P133 with 128meg of RAM, with PostgreSQL 6.5.1
(database server), Apache 1.3.6 (haven't upgraded yet :) ), ISC DHCP and
one or two other bits and pieces, and it's still very responsive.
Feel free to email if you have any more specific requirements.
Regards,
Pat
--
+---------------------------------------------------------+
+ "Logic clearly dictates, that the strokes of the many +
+ outweigh the strokes of the two..." +
+ (Apologies to Mr Spock) +
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From: Domo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Printing two pages on one
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 12:04:53 +0200
I�d like my printer (epson using ghostscript) to print a postscript file
two pages on one (like many postscript printer support). Unfortunately
I don�t have such a printer. Is there any possibility to do so?
Dominik
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: dual boot win 98
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 20:56:54 -0600
remove-to-reply Matt Friedman wrote:
> Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> >Am I missing something here? Why not just use lilo? It may
> >not give a menu that you can cycle through with an arrow key,
> >but you can print out the contents of a message file telling
> >you what to enter or to enter tab to see what you can enter.
> >It seems to me that one would be going to a lot of trouble
> >for very small gain to use anything but lilo.
> Lilo will boot Linux, but it will not, to the best of my knowledge, give
> you the option of booting to Linux, Windows, OR some other OS at boot time.
>
> MF
Sure it does. It may not be as pretty as the commercial
boot loaders but it can do the job just as well.
Press [TAB] next time you're at the LILO: prompt and see
what pops up...
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-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Berna L. Massingill)
Subject: linux mailreader with "editheaders" behavior?
Date: 30 Aug 1999 02:47:29 GMT
Is there a mailreader available for Linux that mimics the behavior
of mailx as implemented under Solaris? There is a "mailx"
available on the Linux system I'm using (RedHat I believe), but
it's not quite the same as the one I came to know and love under
Solaris. In particular, I want the behavior one gets by putting
"set editheaders" in one's .mailrc file (you can edit the To:,
Subject:, etc., headers along with the message). I know I can
edit the headers with the "~h" command, but that's not quite what I
want. Is there something like the Solaris mailx available for Linux?
At first I thought, well, Linux is open source, so I'll just find the
source for mailx and make it do what I want. But a techie friend
advises me that this may be more difficult than I think. Tips about
why this should be difficult are welcome!
-- blm
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