Linux-Misc Digest #353, Volume #24 Wed, 3 May 00 18:13:04 EDT
Contents:
Re: RH6.2 and Canon Multipass 3200 (Sam E. Trenholme)
Re: Help, argh.... backspace/delete xterm telnet broken... (David Efflandt)
Re: VPN server for linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
desktop settings won't stay as expected ("Steve Weiland")
How to make liner notes for audio tapes? (Krzys Majewski)
Re: KDE vs Gnome? (Sam E. Trenholme)
Re: Reinstalling Linux ("Alexis M")
Re: tty_io.c used obsolete /dev/cua1... (Sam E. Trenholme)
IBM releases JDK for Linux 1.3.0 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: mounting error in mandrake 7 (Sam E. Trenholme)
Re: SCSI Ultra2 support (Sam E. Trenholme)
Re: PCMCIA modem (Sam E. Trenholme)
Re: Passing data to an running application (David Efflandt)
Re: Printing via lpr (Sam E. Trenholme)
Re: How can I tell Linux-Intel from Linux-Alpha (Sam E. Trenholme)
Re: rpm --rebuild doesn't (Sam E. Trenholme)
Re: Majordomo problems.. Please Help! (Sam E. Trenholme)
cdrecord and scsi burner issues (Philip Kirschner)
Re: Linux install on Compac 7360 (Sam E. Trenholme)
Re: SCSI Ultra2 support (Chris Webster)
Re: Restricting Telnet Access (David Efflandt)
Job: Developing Linux device drivers (Kourosh Pahlavan)
Re: SCSI Ultra2 support (Bryan)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sam E. Trenholme)
Subject: Re: RH6.2 and Canon Multipass 3200
Date: 3 May 2000 14:12:26 -0700
>Has anyone tried using the Canon Multipass 3200 with Redhat 6.2
>successfully? If you have, please share some info on how you did it.
>Thanks.
Canon is an anti-Linux company, and, as such, refuses to release the specs
or make a binary-only Linux driver for these beasts:
http://linux.com/hardware/hdb.phtml?id=518
Don't blame Linux for this mess--blame Canon.
- Sam
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.windows.x.apps
Subject: Re: Help, argh.... backspace/delete xterm telnet broken...
Date: 3 May 2000 21:13:32 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 1 May 2000 15:00:03 -0400, Adam Finkelstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Hello. I've read lot's of suggestions for fixing broken backspace in a telnet
>session.
>
>I get ^? for backspace in an xterm or on the console when telnetted.
>
>I have a .Xmodmap in my ~ directory with the following lines:
>keycode 22 = BackSpace
>keycode 107 = Delete
>
>Backspace and delete work fine locally.
>I have on the remote hosts I'm telnetting to:
>
>stty intr '^C' erase '^H' kill '^X' susp '^Z' -ixon
>
>Any suggestions on what else to try?
If the system you telnet into does not recognize xterm, it is broken. But
TERM=linux is not likely to be recognized on a non-linux system.
For my Solaris ISP I have the following in my ~/.login (for csh there).
I think part of it was there and I added the "linux" part.:
# Set Terminal Options
# setenv TERM vt100
if ("$TERM" == "") setenv TERM vt100
if ("$TERM" == "unknown") setenv TERM vt100
if ("$TERM" == "cons25") setenv TERM vt100
stty erase '^H' kill '^U' intr '^C' eof '^D' quit '^\'
stty echoe -istrip tab3
if ("$TERM" == "linux") then
setenv TERM vt100
stty erase '^?'
endif
For sh or bash you could have something similar in ~/.profile:
if [ "$TERM" = "linux" ]
then
TERM=vt100
export TERM
fi
And also fix your stty erase wherever that is set.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: VPN server for linux
Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 21:06:58 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I run PPP over SSH, and it works great for creating a VPN over the
> internet. There is a howto on it that guided me, got it from
> linuxdocs.org.
> If you have pppd and sshd, no more software to buy.
>
> "H.T. Sun" wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Does anyone know of any VPN (Virtual Private Network) server
> > applications for Linux ? Any info. will be very helpful.
> >
> > Thanks a million
>
How did you get it to work? I tried to follow the instructions for
this in the HOW-TO and figured out that ssh and rsh don't connect the
remote command to a tty, which the scheme apparently depends on.
I verified this by using ssh to run a sleep command remotely, and doing
a process list on the remote machine and seeing that the sleep had no
associated tty.
Do you have to specially compile ssh and rsh to achieve this?
Chris Marshall
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From: "Steve Weiland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: desktop settings won't stay as expected
Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 21:20:46 GMT
Am running Gnome on RedHat 6.2. I set up my desktop and save the session.
When I logoff and back in, the windows move to a different position - lower.
In fact, sometimes when I log on, the windows are all a different size and
in a different position from where I left them. I do save the session upon
exit. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Steve
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From: Krzys Majewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to make liner notes for audio tapes?
Date: 03 May 2000 14:21:39 -0700
Anyone have a verified method of producing liner notes (ie sleeves ie
inserts) for audio cassettes? Dedicated software or latex/lyx
templates? I don't have a printer at home so it would have to produce
some reasonable output like PostScript or dvi. If I can't find a
linux-friendly method I'll gladly take suggestions for other platforms
(Mac, Windows). thanks! chris
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sam E. Trenholme)
Subject: Re: KDE vs Gnome?
Date: 3 May 2000 14:22:58 -0700
>Just to be difficult, I'd recommend AfterStep 1.0.
Is there a FTP site where you can still get this.
I actually still have this, since I have the powertools CD set for RedHat
5.0, which includes, among other things, RPMs and SRPMs for a 1.0 release
of Afterstep.
After Afterstep 1.0, they went from one .steprc file to multiple files.
- Sam (who still uses fvwm1 a lot of the time, but is currently using KDE
with a banned MacOS look and feel)
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From: "Alexis M" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Reinstalling Linux
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 00:18:50 +0300
I want to be on the safe side. Although everything works fine (more or
less)... sometimes it gets cranky. Network load goes sky high, or processes
just make multiple copies of themselves etc etc. About 2 weeks ago, we had a
very long power failure, and when the system came back up, some files were
messed up, including my firewall scripts.
I have a feeling that by the time I got in after the weekend, my system may
have been compromised (i.e. hacked). I haven't found any logs to indicate
so, but the firewall script did not execute on reboot, I had to do it
manually. Ever since that day it's been acting up. So since I dont know if
this is because of corrupt files or a hack attempt, I'd like to be safe and
reformat the whole thing. Fortunately, my /homes is on a completely
different hard drive, as well as /etc. So I can keep these files while I
reformat the rest.
Thanks
Alexis M
>
> A rebuild sounds a bit drastic, tell us whats wrong and it may not be
> such a big deal.
>
> --
> Cheers
> Steve email mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> %HAV-A-NICEDAY Error not enough coffee 0 pps.
>
> web http://www.ndirect.co.uk/~sjlen/
>
> or http://start.at/zero-pps
>
> 5:22pm up 6 days, 19:23, 3 users, load average: 1.28, 1.33, 1.26
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sam E. Trenholme)
Subject: Re: tty_io.c used obsolete /dev/cua1...
Date: 3 May 2000 14:28:37 -0700
>RedHat 6.0
>Trying to connect to my ISP.
>I have no graphic environment.
>When I execute pppd, the connection goes only so far
>and then I get disconnected AND the root session closes
>on me.
Run ppd verbosely with the -v option and see where it disconnects.
As I understand it /dev/cuaX is depreciated, but still works, so this
should not be the problem. You just need to have more logging to see what
is _really_ happeneing.
- Sam (Who observes that Microsoft made it really hard for Win95 to work
with non-NT dial up servers as soon as NT had dial up server
support.)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: IBM releases JDK for Linux 1.3.0
Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 21:22:48 GMT
IBM releases JDK for Linux 1.3.0
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sam E. Trenholme)
Subject: Re: mounting error in mandrake 7
Date: 3 May 2000 14:31:14 -0700
>i just installed mandrake 7 on my pc and i'm having problems
>mounting the dos partitions in linux. linux is installed on the
>5th partition (hda8) of my drive, and i use LoadLin to boot into
>linux.
>
>anytime i try mounting a drive (including the floppy and cd) i
>get the following error :
>
> /dev/hda1 has wrong major or minor number
>
>any help would be appreciated !!
What does "fdisk -l /dev/hda" tell you?
Maybe /dev is hozed. What does "ls -l /dev/hda1" give you? here is what
I get:
$ ls -l /dev/hda1
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 1 May 5 1998 /dev/hda1
- Sam
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sam E. Trenholme)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: SCSI Ultra2 support
Date: 3 May 2000 14:35:10 -0700
>I haven't been able to get UltraWide disks to work on Ultra2 adapters
>(adaptec). I get .5MB/sec write speeds, 6-7MB/sec read speed. The
>cable is 2 feet long blue twisted with a LVD/SE terminator.
Adaptec support for Linux is not the best because Adaptec, for the longest
time, was anti-Linux and refused to give the needed information to Linux
driver developers. They finally changed their mind, but not before the
Buslogic/Mylex adapters had a chance to have much better Linux support.
Also, Adaptec changes the card's interface in subtle ways with each new
card, or even with different revisions of the same card, making drivers
work poorly.
>I am able to get Ultra2 disks working on the Ultra2 adpaters.
Huh? I thought you just said you didn't.
- Sam
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sam E. Trenholme)
Subject: Re: PCMCIA modem
Date: 3 May 2000 14:36:29 -0700
>I have a regular desktop but accidentally bought a pcmcia modem because
>I wanted a non-software driven modem. However, I realized that pcmcia
>modem is made for labtops. Is it possible that my computer has a PCMCIA
>port or something, or, if not, is it possible to get one for a desktop,
>not a labtop?
There are devices that allow you to hook up PCMCIA cards to a desktop
machine. However, you would probably be much better off replacing your
PCMCIA modem with an external modem. Hw long ago did you buy the modem?
Can you still take it back?
- Sam
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: Passing data to an running application
Date: 3 May 2000 21:40:04 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 01 May 2000, Penpal International <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have an idea for an application in my head, but I don't know if it
>ever will work.
>I want some kind of deamon which can receive data from other application
>WITHOUT a socket. I don't know if anyone knows an application which does
>this. I sure like to hear it if you know such something.
I guess it depends upon your definition of a socket. I think even a
non-tcp/ip method like a pipe or fifo still technically uses a socket.
But it is rather simple to communicate with a program when it is listening
to what appears to be a normal file and all you have to do to communicate
with it is write to or read from that file.
For more insight type: perldoc perlipc
See the dynamic .signature example.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sam E. Trenholme)
Subject: Re: Printing via lpr
Date: 3 May 2000 14:42:12 -0700
[I deleted all of the invalid newsgroups]
>Printer on NT is a Postscript Printer (Digital LN17ps) with PASSTHRU
>defined. Linux version is RedHat 6.1 and printer was defined with printtool.
Configure the printer to print portrait instead of Landscape be default.
Minor gripe: I post, and do not email my answers, because:
* If I make a mistake, someone can correct me
* I really have better things to do with my time than answer random Linux
questions from strangers on the internet. Unless, of course, the
strangers in question are young, pretty, female, and single. ;>
- Sam
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sam E. Trenholme)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: How can I tell Linux-Intel from Linux-Alpha
Date: 3 May 2000 14:44:54 -0700
>Take a look at the command "arch," often found as /bin/arch.
>
>That might just report useful information...
Hey, Chris! Glad to see you are still here!
I prefer "cat /proc/cpuinfo" myself.
- Sam
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sam E. Trenholme)
Subject: Re: rpm --rebuild doesn't
Date: 3 May 2000 14:48:29 -0700
>I have found that I am unable to build many rpms from
>source rpms - I am able to build _some_.
Does this still happen if you install foo.src.rpm with:
rpm -i foo.src.srm
Then go to /usr/src/(RPM|rpm|redhat)/SPECS and do this
rpm -ba foo.spec
See if the RPM is in /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/(i386|ppc|whatever)/
- Sam
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sam E. Trenholme)
Subject: Re: Majordomo problems.. Please Help!
Date: 3 May 2000 14:50:04 -0700
>server. However, when I go to send a message to the list it comes
>back with this error.
You never posted the actual error message. So, I can't tell what is going
on.
Take care,
- Sam
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From: Philip Kirschner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.powerpc,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: cdrecord and scsi burner issues
Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 16:51:11 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hey all. I asked about this a while ago but it never got fixed. I
would
like to try again.... (PLEASE RESPOND BY EMAIL)
I have a Sony CDU948S external SCSI CD Burner, that I would like to have
working under Linux (I am running YellowDogLinux CS1.2). I have gotten
it to burn a data CD once and an audio
CD only three times ever in YDL. Most recently, I tried do make an
audio CD
like this (after a restart of the machine):
cdrecord -v -dummy speed=4 dev=1,5,0 -audio -pad *.aiff
I think this has worked before (without the dummy tag, of course), but
it
gets to the process of writing to the CD....
Track 01: 0 of 48 MB written
.... and nothing happens. It gets this error:
cdrecord: Device not configured. Cannot set SG_SET_TIMEOUT.
Currently running 'write_continue' command.
Condition not caught: SCSI ALREADY RUNNING !!.
Raisecond: not implemented.
Aborted.
.... than after my little SCSI error, if I do a "cdrecord -scanbus',
which
used to (when I turned on the machine) show an internal 500MB drive, my
CD-R
drive and my Jaz drive, now does this:
scsibus1:
cdrecord: Device not configured. Cannot set SG_SET_TIMEOUT.
1,0,0 100)
And that's that. I just won't work. Somebody suggested that it might
be a
termination problem. I used to have the drive (again, externally) set
to ID
5 with a terminator plug on it. Now, I have my Jaz drive chained after
it,
with ID 6, and Termination set to "A" on the drive. Is that active?
Anyway, I do not know a lot about SCSI on Linux, nor enough about Linux
still to interpret what that all might mean. Any ideas?
I would be most grateful for any help.
Thanks in advance,
Phil
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sam E. Trenholme)
Subject: Re: Linux install on Compac 7360
Date: 3 May 2000 14:52:09 -0700
>I was trying to install Linux but unable to setup the graphics because of
>the on-board graphics of the motherboard.
If you are doing a RedHat install, select 'text' to get a text-based as
opposed to a graphical install. Don't bother installing X.
Run 'Xconfigurator' or 'xf86config' once you get a text-based Linux on
your system.
- Sam
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From: Chris Webster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: SCSI Ultra2 support
Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 15:51:31 -0600
> >I am able to get Ultra2 disks working on the Ultra2 adpaters.
>
> Huh? I thought you just said you didn't.
I said I can't get plain UltraWide (UltraSpec?) drives working on the
Ultra2 adapters...
--Chris
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: Restricting Telnet Access
Date: 3 May 2000 21:59:24 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 3 May 2000 12:00:37 -0600, Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Could anyone please tell me how I can allow a user to ONLY access his home
>directory and whatever subpaths there are and nothing else? I am running
>RedHat 6.0.
Your main login would need to chroot to their home directory and you would
need to replicate any system files, commands, libraries, etc. that they
need to access from there. In other words you would just about need to
duplicate a system within their home directory.
I know that I would NOT want to be bottled up in a system like that,
because it means that newbies cannot get useful help from other users.
On a normal system, if somebody has something to hide, they can simply
change file permissions.
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From: Kourosh Pahlavan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Job: Developing Linux device drivers
Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 15:04:19 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi there,
I'm looking for a person who is good at Linux and specially good at
developing device drivers. I am working on a very neat device that's
running Linux and needs PCMCIA, Compact Flash and USB device drivers.
The location is in Berkeley, ca.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
650-796 75 93
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From: Bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SCSI Ultra2 support
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 22:07:37 GMT
I've seen problems with lvd drives on a non-lvd controller - and then
I had to jumper the drive so that it starts out in SE (single ended)
mode.
but controllers should be smarter than drives (well, sort of) and they
should realize that the drive isn't lvd. most of the lvd controllers
I've seen have 2 68pin connectors; one for lvd and one for scsi3/se.
have you tried the other connector (if it has one)?
which controller is it? my tekram 390u2w works equally well for lvd
and se drives.
In comp.os.linux.hardware Chris Webster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I haven't been able to get UltraWide disks to work on Ultra2 adapters
: (adaptec). I get .5MB/sec write speeds, 6-7MB/sec read speed. The
: cable is 2 feet long blue twisted with a LVD/SE terminator.
: I am able to get Ultra2 disks working on the Ultra2 adpaters.
: I'm down to thinking it's Linux. Anyone know anything or have data to
: the contrary?
: --Chris
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