Linux-Misc Digest #824, Volume #21 Wed, 15 Sep 99 17:13:14 EDT
Contents:
Re: AutoPPP and assigning ip numbers based on port! (Bill Unruh)
Re: "Freeware" vs. GPL (Spike!)
Re: Are tar tapes OS dependent? (Grant Edwards)
screen-3.7.4 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wine - Newsbot - newbie ??'s (Thomas Brinkman)
script diald process check ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: A How configure sendmail without a permanent domain name? (Philip Brown)
Re: Win install after Linux?? (DeAnn Iwan)
Re: Can't get network connection (Eric Headley)
Re: user-mount problems (Adrian Hands)
Re: What is RAMDAC? (Grant Edwards)
Re: stop the X-Server (Collin W. Hitchcock)
DOSemu configuration (Gary Trachier)
Re: bash key binding (Chet Ramey)
Re: How to query fs on mystery floppy? (Spike!)
Re: Are tar tapes OS dependent? (Leslie Mikesell)
winmodem driver to linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Problems with Caldera 2.2 Install
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: AutoPPP and assigning ip numbers based on port!
Date: 15 Sep 1999 19:22:50 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dustin Puryear) writes:
>where aa.bb.cc.dd is the server and ww.xx.yy.zz is the client. But how
>does this work with AutoPPP? I can only specify one options file for
>AutoPPP to call when bringing up pppd, so how can I assign an ip
>address to each port?
AutoPPP does not call options files, pppd does.
man pppd
Options Files section
e, set up
/etc/ppp/options.ttyS1
etc.
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From: Spike! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: "Freeware" vs. GPL
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 20:03:07 +0100
And verily, didst rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> eloquently scribe:
> DeAnn Iwan wrote:
> <snip>
>> How you release your code is up to you..
> Is that really true on a platform for which all the
> development tools are gpl? It would seem your only
> choice is to gpl your software. That's the point of
> gpl, right?
Nope.
There are two variants to the GPL. The GPL itself and the LGPL.
The LGPL allows you to link to existing GPL Libraries whilst keeping your
own code to yourself (if you so wish).
This is how StarOffice and Wordperfect exist as commercial software.
(They'll be linked to the glibc2 or libc6 libraries without actually
containing any GPL code themselves).
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From: grant@nowhere. (Grant Edwards)
Subject: Re: Are tar tapes OS dependent?
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 15:55:49 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Johan Kullstam wrote:
>Robert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> Note: There are versions of tar for MacOS, WinZip understands tar, tar
>> is available under OS-9 and VMS. Tar *is* the cross-platform archiver
>> (tape or otherwise). I wrote a version of tar for Lisp Machines (in
>> lisp of course). I wrote a version of it for my CP/M-68K box.
>
>however windows does not understand tar format *floppies*.
>
>linuxbox$ tar cvf /dev/fd0 stuff
>
>insert floppy into ms-dos box. try to read. watch microsoft eat
>flaming death.
Nonsense. What are you trying to read it with? I used to do
that all the time and it worked just fine.
You do realize that if you want to transfer data to another
computer in raw tar format, you have to have a copy of tar on
the destination machine?
>i have been very successful using tar floppies to move data between my
>home linux box and a sun sparc at work.
And I used to use tar floppies to move stuff between Unix and
MS-DOS and/or Windows 3.x. Worked great.
If you want to do this, MKS tooking not only includes a
functional version of tar, but also tons of other utilities
(including ksh and csh). I presume that gnu tar is also
available for Win32.
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at BEEF JERKY?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.aix
Subject: screen-3.7.4
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 16:17:35 GMT
I've downloaded and installed the GNU screen program, 3.7.4. Firing it
up manually, it works fine. No problem. This under AIX 4.3.2.
What I'd like to do is have it fire up 'automagically' when a certain
user logs in and spawn say a half-a-dozen screen sessions. These should
then be launched in a specific directory to load the application we're
running on the system. In other words, one login on this ID will produce
6 'virtual' logins to the same program.
What file(s) do I need to set up to make this work along the lines
suggested here?
Thanks in advance.
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From: Thomas Brinkman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: wine - Newsbot - newbie ??'s
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 20:37:44 GMT
=09
I've got wine working (Mandrake 6). I can run simple
programs like 'cardfile' , but the one program I need,=20
Newsbot, won't run. Here's wine's output when I try:
=20
[root@localhost /root]# wine c:\\NewsBot\\newsbot.exe
err:tab:TAB_WindowProc unknown msg c118 wp=3D00000000 lp=3D2b5afe08
err:progress:ProgressWindowProc unknown msg c118 wp=3D0000 lp=3D2b5afe08=
X Error of failed request: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)
Major opcode of failed request: 12 (X_ConfigureWindow)
Resource id in failed request: 0x0
Serial number of failed request: 4234
Current serial number in output stream: 4235
err:win32:EnterCriticalSection Critical section 0x83c9e84=20
wait timed out, retrying (60 sec)
err:win32:EnterCriticalSection Critical section 0x83c9e84=20
wait failed err=3D102
Xlib: unexpected async reply (sequence 0x108b)!=20
2 questions. Am I close to getting Newsbot to work? It's
just a small utility that has it's own .dll (in it's directory)
It downloads binaries from newsgroups, like .jpg's ;-)
If not (or even if I am), is there a Linux program that
will grab all the available binaries from newsgroups
running unattended? Say from alt.binaries.pictures....
TIA, Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: script diald process check
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 19:34:55 GMT
How can I check the processes for diald and if not found, to launch my
diald script.
Problem I have been having, is that diald will not always stay up. I am
not sure why, but it kills itself, not all the time though, must be
suicidal.
thanks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Philip Brown)
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: A How configure sendmail without a permanent domain name?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 15 Sep 1999 19:39:34 GMT
On Wed, 15 Sep 1999 17:13:02 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I have a computer with Caldera OpenLinux 2.2, at home. I haven't a
>permanent Internet connection - I connect to Internet through normal
>phone line. My provider (Polish Telecommunication) doesn't give
>permanent IP and domain addresses, so I can have different addresses at
>different occasions ...
>I want to use sendmail to sent my e-mails. In fact, I use Kmail
>configured to use sendmail. I have some e-mail addresses and accounts,
>all not related to tpnet.pl domain. In most cases, it works good but
>sometimes I receive errors, e.g:
Just use "Dmyour.domain.com"
or something like that, in the .cf file.
also see comp.mail.sendmail
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From: DeAnn Iwan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Win install after Linux??
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 12:36:20 -0400
Win9x will rewrite the master boot record which will, if you don't
correct it, make Linux inaccessible. However, if you have a rescue disk
available, you can install / reinstall LILO and recover your access to
Linux. See the HOWTOs for more details on coexisting with Win9x, as
there are additional complications.
You might also look into Wine and VMWARE as they may offer what you
need within Linux. Also, you might keep your old computer around for
Win9x as a solution.
"Marco S. Torini" wrote:
>
> My new computer will have SuSe-Linux preinstalled as the only OS.
> Since it's the most recent version (and I won't get the CDs), I'd quite
> like to keep it, but for my work it's absolutely necessary to have Win
> 95/98 installed as well.
> My question:
> is it possible by any means to install Windows subsequently on a Linux
> system?
> I only know it the other way round.
> I'd be very grateful for any hints, be it only the negative assertion
> that this isn't possible at all.
>
> Thanx 2 all who care 2 answer....
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From: Eric Headley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't get network connection
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 19:38:41 GMT
In article <MPG.1249bd567c3bebe8989ac5@news>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jon Skeet) wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I recently got a Gateway GP6-400 which I can't connect to my
network.
> > It has a 3com 3c905c-TX card preinstalled but I can't even find eth0
> > when I do an ifconfig or netstat. I see this message when the
machine
> > is booting up :
> >
> > eth0: i586_open() irq 0
> >
> > What could be causing the problem, and how can I solve it ?
>
> Did your Linux installation detect it and provide the appropriate
kernel
> modules?
>
> --
> Jon Skeet - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.pobox.com/~skeet/
>
How would I know if my linux installation detected the card ? I thought
that once I indicated that the module was to be loaded by removing the
comment in /etc/rc.d/rc.modules it should load. Shouldn't the 3c95x
module work for this card ?
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From: Adrian Hands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: user-mount problems
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 16:02:16 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Markus Hasen�hrl" wrote:
>
> Hello!
>
> I recently upgraded my suse-linux from 5.3 to 6.1 (kernel 2.2.5 I believe)
> and now have problems with mounting filesystems as a non-root-user.
>
> e.g. I have a entry in /etc/fstab like
>
> /dev/hda7 /win/d rw,noauto,user,umask=0 1 1
>
> now as far I understand the entry "user" should permit any user to mount
> this filesystem.
> If I try that with "mount /win/d" I always get the error message "must be
> root to use mount". It worked before. Any idea about what is going wrong
> here?
>
> Thanks for every hint!
Make sure mount is set-uid root:
$ ls -l `which mount`
-rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 52788 Apr 17 12:54 /bin/mount
$
Note that the error message is NOT saying you have to be root to mount
/win/d,
it is saying you have to be root to use mount at all.
# chmod 5755 /bin/mount
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From: grant@nowhere. (Grant Edwards)
Subject: Re: What is RAMDAC?
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 16:01:26 GMT
In article <MPG.1249716175d53856989ac0@news>, Jon Skeet wrote:
>grant@nowhere. wrote:
>> If you're doing 4,8,16 bit video, the RAMDAC takes the value
>> and uses it as an index into a color table that yields three
>> digital values (one each for Red Green and Blue).
>
>Are you sure about 16 bit? I thought it was usually done in 5/5/6
>"truecolour"... but I could well be wrong :)
Hmm, now that you mention it -- no, I'm not sure about 16 bits.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Collin W. Hitchcock)
Subject: Re: stop the X-Server
Date: 15 Sep 1999 15:43:48 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> Hi.
>
> How do I stop the X-Server (RedHat 6.0) from being available in the
> network. I want to do this in order that my machine doesn't appear
> listed as "willing to manage" in an Exceed XDMCP Display Manager
> chooser.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
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> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
You sound confused.
If you want to prevent access to the X-Server on your Linux box, use
the xhost command. This will allow you to control which machines can
access the Linux display (eg. to pop up a windown on your Linux box's
monitor).
If instead you are interested in controlling who can use the XDM
server (which is apparently running on your Linux box) to log in from
a remote X-server (eg. a PC running Exceed) and send graphical output
to the remote X-Server (note: this has absolutely nothing to do with
the X-Server running on the Linux box), then you need to edit the XDM
config file (or use a GUI tool). In Redhat systems the config file
is at /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess (do a man xdm to get more info).
Collin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gary Trachier)
Subject: DOSemu configuration
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 16:33:22 -0400
Hi Group,
I have need to run the dos emulator as a regular user. I need also to
communicate through one of the serial ports (com1). I hav set up
dosemu.conf, etc. well enough that if logged in as root, I can run dos and
run my software that talks to the modem on com1. If however I am logged
in as a non-root user, dos will boot, my dos software tries to run, but it
can't communicate with the comm port.
While searching for clues, I looked at the owner and group of the serial
port lock file that dosemu created. If I am logged in as root then
owner=uucp and group=uucp. When logged in as non-root user then
owner=root, group=users. I am running the original "suid" copy of
dosemu. This is a recent installation of RH6.0
I hope that someone out there can set me in the right direction. I have
searched the DOSEMU HOW-TOs, and everything else that I could find, but
none explain well enough how to set up dosemu.users, perhaps dosemu.conf,
or whatever.
Thanks for your help.
-Gary
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chet Ramey)
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: bash key binding
Date: 15 Sep 1999 15:11:46 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Vinod Gupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I bind some keys (Home, End,...) in my .bashrc, like:
>
>bind '"\e[1~": "grep -i "'
>
>But annoyingly these keys get rebound to beginning-of-line etc.
>by the time bash returns prompt. Of course, I can rebind by
>. .bashrc
>
>This problem has come up only after I upgraded from RH5.2 to RH6.0
>How can I tell bash to respect my key bindings at first place?
Either unset INPUTRC or rename /etc/inputrc. The /etc/inputrc
Red Hat ships with 6.0 is badly broken.
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From: Spike! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to query fs on mystery floppy?
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 20:09:15 +0100
And verily, didst Pat Heuvel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> eloquently scribe:
> Gday Wendy,
> "W. Tucker" wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have an unlabeled floppy disk on my desk and would like to see what files it
>> contains. The simple answer is to mount it and run the ls command. But the
> <...>
> First of all, is there is a chance it is an MS-DOS disk? If so, insert
> the disk, and type "mdir a: /w". You don't need to mount for that, and
> the command will fail if it's not a DOS disk.
> Then you can try a "mount /dev/fd0 /floppy -t ext2".
Alternatively... Does the "auto" filetype work outside of fstab?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Leslie Mikesell)
Crossposted-To:
comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.admin,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.unix.misc,alt.solaris.x86
Subject: Re: Are tar tapes OS dependent?
Date: 15 Sep 1999 15:43:46 -0500
In article <7rojp7$7g5$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Joerg Schilling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>It is the most UNIX like option parsing that I know of.
>
>- All boolean single char options may be combined.
Normal unix programs let you also combine one single char
option that takes an argument by putting it at the end
of the boolean list. Programs that don't are surprising.
Sysadmins don't like surprises.
>It's just the other way round: the historical tar is not unix like.
Being able to omit the - for the options or use multiple arguments
stacked in the order that the option letters appear delves into
pre-history.
>Star started with a consistent option parser in 1982!
The main reason I like GNUtar is that its --listed-incremental
mode actually gets incrementals right even if you rename a
directory, and when you restore the incremental you can
(optionally) delete files that were deleted between the
full and incremental runs. Does star have equivalent functions?
Les Mikesell
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: winmodem driver to linux
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 19:56:38 GMT
who can it be that still there not a driver
for winmodems for linux
nobody going to write one???
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problems with Caldera 2.2 Install
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 12:42:58 -0400
I have installed version 2.2 login works then when I reboot the machine the
computer starts printing 01 01 01 01 01 01
all the way down the screen. LILO is never started. I have installed it
multiple times. Any suggestions????
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