Linux-Misc Digest #432, Volume #24 Thu, 11 May 00 00:13:03 EDT
Contents:
Re: Sharing a DSL connection with Linux (Tom Williams)
BINARY LIBRARY FILE
EFF Media Advisory: DeCSS -- NYC Hearing 11 May 2000, EFF call for (Alex Lam)
Re: Sharing a DSL connection with Linux ("Nick Martell")
Re: Sharing a DSL connection with Linux (Rick Matthews)
Re: Damn samba (Mark Bratcher)
Re: Mounting Audio CD (Mike Pepera)
Re: Driver for Panasonic/MKE CDROM? ("Darrell Earnshaw")
Re: German Govt says Microsoft a security risk (Salvador Peralta)
device conflict
Re: /dev ("Andrew M. Lewis")
scsi card not found after fresh install RedHat 6.2 ("Rodney D. Myers")
lilo/lilo.con and lba32 command (michel)
Re: Newbie Query (brian moore)
Re: Can a-term/xterm/rxvt use .ttf fonts? (brian moore)
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From: Tom Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Sharing a DSL connection with Linux
Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 02:11:06 GMT
In article <8fcvo8$e37$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me with this question - even
> if just to point to some other source where this question has already
> been answered, as I'm sure I'm not the first one to ask it!
>
> I'd like to share my DSL connection among a small network of
computers.
>
> Here's what I *DO* know what to do. At home, I have a network of 2
> Windows boxes and 1 RedHat 6.2 Linux box. The DSL connection comes
> through a DSL modem and into a network card on my "main" box running
> Win98. From a second network card on that box, I have a line running
> to a hub. From the hub run connections to the other machines on the
> network.
>
> Using Win98's Internet Connection Sharing, this makes for a
> satisfactory arrangement. The "main" Win98 machine receives the DHCP
> address from my DSL provider, and the other machines on the network
are
> hard coded to a 192.168.0.x private address.
>
> Here's what I *DON'T* know how to do. At our church, a network of 5
> Windows machines and 1 RedHat 6.0 Linux box which has a DSL connection
> but is (at the moment) isolated from the rest of the network. The
> Linux box serves as the webserver for our church's website - it has
its
> own domain name and assigned IP address through DSL.
>
> I'd like to share the internet connection with the network of Windows
> machines. I imagine I can probably do this in a way similar to what I
> wrote above; the Linux machine would have 2 NICs - one for the DSL
> line, one to join the hub that the rest of the network uses.
>
> So:
> 1) Is this possible? And if so,
> 2) How do I go about setting it up? What's the Linux equivalent of
> Windows Internet Connection Sharing?
> 3) Or is there another way to accomplish what I want, while still
> allowing the Linux box to have the assigned IP address? (all other
> machines will have private IP addresses)
>
> Thanks to anyone who can either tell me how, or point me in the
> direction where I can learn this on my own!
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
>
We do the EXACT same thing at my office. We have a Linux box connected
to the DSL line (with firewall in place) and we share the DSL line with
about 12 people. Instead of using IP Masquerading for everyone (we do
use it for s few people with special requirements), we use the Squid
web caching proxy to handle the Web/FTP traffic. The neat thing about
the caching proxy is it can be used for content filtering (sort of) and
it can help with DSL performance by using the cached data as
appropriate. We also go back to the "cloud" if you don't have to.
Once the cache is populated, performance is really good.
Your Linux box should have two network cards, one for the DSL line and
one for the private network. The church machines should either use the
Linux box as their proxy or as their default gateway.
Once the Linux box is configured as the gateway and/or proxy everything
should work automagically!
I *can* work and I *have* configured this myself. In fact, our Linux
proxy/gateway box supports 12 Windows 9x/NT machines, one AIX box and
one Solaris box.
Good luck!
Peace.....
Tom
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: BINARY LIBRARY FILE
Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 02:30:12 GMT
I NEED SOME HELP ON HOW TO CREATE A BINARY LIBRARY FILE
PLATFORM IS? MINUX OPERATING SYSTEM
EXTENSION IS? A.
STATIC OR DYNAMIC? NONE
I NEED THIS TO FINISH MY PROJECT
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From: Alex Lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: rec.video.dvd.advocacy,rec.video.dvd.misc
Subject: EFF Media Advisory: DeCSS -- NYC Hearing 11 May 2000, EFF call for
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 19:49:00 -0700
=======================FWD=========================
EFF Media Advisory: DeCSS -- NYC Hearing 11 May 2000, EFF call
for participation
May 11, 2000, 00 :01 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (105 reads) (Other
stories by Karsten M. Self)
[ Thanks to Karsten M. Self for this announcement: ]
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 12:33:51 -0700
Subject: Media Advisory Tomoorw- Show up to voice your support!
EFF is encouraging its members in the New York area, public
citizens, and journalists concerned about the
movie studios' overly broad interpretation of the Digital
Millennium Copyright Act's anticircumvention provisions to
attend the hearing.
EFF MEDIA ADVISORY
May 10, 2000
NY Court to Hear Arguments re: Sanctioning Movie Studios in DVD
Case
WHO: EFF DVD Legal Defense Team and Defendant 2600 vs. Movie
Studios
WHAT: Hearing to compel MPAA's Valenti and Disney's Eisner to
testify in court
WHERE: Courtroom 12d, Federal District Court, Southern District
of New York, 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY; see
http://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/travlnyc.htm
WHEN: Thursday, May 11 at 9:30 a.m
On Thursday morning, a federal court will hear arguments over
media defendant 2600's request to sanction
the movie studios for refusing to comply with the court's
discovery schedule. The Electronic Frontier
Foundation (EFF) is sponsoring the defense of 2600, an online
news organization that posted the free software, DeCSS,
which plays DVDs on Linux computers.
Lawyers for the defense asked the court to compel MPAA
President Jack Valenti and Disney CEO Michael
Eisner to submit to testimony under oath about piracy related
to DeCSS. Defense will also ask the court to
increase the financial bond the movie companies are required to
pay pending the outcome of the case because it involves a prior
restraint on 2600's speech.
EFF is encouraging its members in the New York area, public
citizens, and journalists concerned about the
movie studios' overly broad interpretation of the Digital
Millennium Copyright Act's anticircumvention
provisions to attend the hearing.
Contacts:
Katina Bishop, Communications Manager
Electronic Frontier Foundation
(415) 436-9333 x101
Robin Gross, Staff Counsel
Electronic Frontier Foundation
(415) 863-5459
For more information on this case, and three others being
sponsored by EFF, see http://www.eff.org/IP/Video
==========================================
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From: "Nick Martell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Sharing a DSL connection with Linux
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 21:35:45 -0500
Sounds great, but for newbies like me please tell us which version of Linux
you use, what is the power of the Linux box, what software actually
interfaces with the DSL line and is that line PPPoE or static IP, and
exactly what does "(with firewall in place) " mean? Thanks. I'm at the
starting gate with all of this so I need to ask the most elementary
questions.
--
Nick
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Tom Williams wrote in message <8fd4rh$jlj$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>In article <8fcvo8$e37$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me with this question - even
>> if just to point to some other source where this question has already
>> been answered, as I'm sure I'm not the first one to ask it!
>>
>> I'd like to share my DSL connection among a small network of
>computers.
>>
>> Here's what I *DO* know what to do. At home, I have a network of 2
>> Windows boxes and 1 RedHat 6.2 Linux box. The DSL connection comes
>> through a DSL modem and into a network card on my "main" box running
>> Win98. From a second network card on that box, I have a line running
>> to a hub. From the hub run connections to the other machines on the
>> network.
>>
>> Using Win98's Internet Connection Sharing, this makes for a
>> satisfactory arrangement. The "main" Win98 machine receives the DHCP
>> address from my DSL provider, and the other machines on the network
>are
>> hard coded to a 192.168.0.x private address.
>>
>> Here's what I *DON'T* know how to do. At our church, a network of 5
>> Windows machines and 1 RedHat 6.0 Linux box which has a DSL connection
>> but is (at the moment) isolated from the rest of the network. The
>> Linux box serves as the webserver for our church's website - it has
>its
>> own domain name and assigned IP address through DSL.
>>
>> I'd like to share the internet connection with the network of Windows
>> machines. I imagine I can probably do this in a way similar to what I
>> wrote above; the Linux machine would have 2 NICs - one for the DSL
>> line, one to join the hub that the rest of the network uses.
>>
>> So:
>> 1) Is this possible? And if so,
>> 2) How do I go about setting it up? What's the Linux equivalent of
>> Windows Internet Connection Sharing?
>> 3) Or is there another way to accomplish what I want, while still
>> allowing the Linux box to have the assigned IP address? (all other
>> machines will have private IP addresses)
>>
>> Thanks to anyone who can either tell me how, or point me in the
>> direction where I can learn this on my own!
>>
>> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
>> Before you buy.
>>
>
>We do the EXACT same thing at my office. We have a Linux box connected
>to the DSL line (with firewall in place) and we share the DSL line with
>about 12 people. Instead of using IP Masquerading for everyone (we do
>use it for s few people with special requirements), we use the Squid
>web caching proxy to handle the Web/FTP traffic. The neat thing about
>the caching proxy is it can be used for content filtering (sort of) and
>it can help with DSL performance by using the cached data as
>appropriate. We also go back to the "cloud" if you don't have to.
>
>Once the cache is populated, performance is really good.
>
>Your Linux box should have two network cards, one for the DSL line and
>one for the private network. The church machines should either use the
>Linux box as their proxy or as their default gateway.
>
>Once the Linux box is configured as the gateway and/or proxy everything
>should work automagically!
>
>I *can* work and I *have* configured this myself. In fact, our Linux
>proxy/gateway box supports 12 Windows 9x/NT machines, one AIX box and
>one Solaris box.
>
>Good luck!
>
>Peace.....
>
>Tom
>
>
>Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
>Before you buy.
------------------------------
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Sharing a DSL connection with Linux
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rick Matthews)
Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 03:02:21 GMT
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Thanks to anyone who can either tell me how, or point me in the
>direction where I can learn this on my own!
Everything you need to know is available here:
http://www.linux-firewall-tools.com/linux/
(Including an online utility to build your firewall script for you.)
I recommend it highly.
Rick
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From: Mark Bratcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Damn samba
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 23:03:18 -0400
Patrick O'Neil wrote:
> I'm still fighting this thing but in any case, I did not start samba on
> my
> system, I simply used linuxconf to setup a printer. When it asks if it
> is
> a local printer, network/samba printer, etc, I selected network
> (windoze)
> printer and then filled in the blanks as it calls for: the server, the
> printer/share name, the username and password, and workgroup. I even
> added the ip address. What this produced in my printcap is as follows
> (for a windoze-networked hp laserwriter 16 with a share name of
> "e2420_l16").
>
When I've set up for printing from Linux to a Windows printer, I used
printtool (on RH6.2) and selected network/SMB printer. In doing so, I
told it the printer name (exactly as given in the Windows printer
folder), the name of the machine the printer is connected to. I didn't
fill in user name and password, from what I recall (leaving it, in
essence, as a guest). Maybe you're trying to set too many variables in
the configuration?
--
Mark Bratcher
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
=========================================================
Escape from Microsoft's proprietary tentacles: use Linux!
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From: Mike Pepera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mounting Audio CD
Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 04:11:56 GMT
Thanks,
that is exactly what I was trying to do. I had a feeling that there=20
was a problem with an audio CD not really having a filesystem.
Mike Pepera
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
On 5/10/00, 4:32:32 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With=20
Crows) wrote regarding Re: Mounting Audio CD:
> On Thu, 11 May 2000 02:11:28 GMT, Mike Pepera
> <<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
> >Whenever I try to mount an audio CD, I get an error saying that there=
> >is a bad superblock or wrong filesystem on the CD. I can play it with=
> >the KDE CD-Player, but I can not mount it.
> >I can mount all of the data Cds fine, but I am having problems with
> >the audio ones.
> >Any ideas?
> mount(8) To integrate a filesystem into a Unix directory tree.
> Audio CDs don't have filesystems on them. They have a TOC and between=
=20
1
> and 99 tracks consisting of 16-bit PCM data in big-endian format at=20
44.1
> KHz. Not even a minimal ISO9660 or FAT filesystem. Hence they can't =
be
> mounted. There was some discussion on the linux-kernel mailing list=20
few
> weeks back explaining why you will never be able to "mount" an audio=20
CD.
> If you want to extract (rip) .wav files from audio CDs, then you need =
to
> get the nice cdparanoia program. http://www.xiph.org/paranoia/ and=20
read
> the directions. There are frontends to cdparanoia, like GRIP, which=20
may
> make the audio extraction easier. HTH,
> --
> Matt G / Dances With Crows \###| You have me mixed up=20
with more
> There is no Darkness in Eternity \##| creative ways of being=20
stupid,
> But only Light too dim for us to see \#| as I have to run nothing=
=20
but a
> (Unless, of course, you're working with NT)\| burp in the butt. =20
--MegaHAL
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From: "Darrell Earnshaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Driver for Panasonic/MKE CDROM?
Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 03:18:06 GMT
Yes, quite correct Tim. I actually did use 0X250 - it was a typo. Sorry.
I gave up in the end and acquired an IDE CDROM. Hopefully (when I have time
to fit it), the problem will disappear.
Thanks anyway.
-- Darrell.
Tim Lines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> It's been years since I've used one of these. A couple things occur
though:
>
> 1. You say that the CT1810 card is set for IO address of 0x230 but you
later
> say that you've tried to load the module with "linux sbpcd=0x250,1". Why
are
> you using 250 here instead of 230?
>
> 2. The second parameter you mention (,1) represents the type of CD
connected
> where 0=LaserMate, 1=SB, 2=Soundscape, 3=Teac16bit. I remember having to
cycle
> through the CD types until I found one that worked.
>
>
> Darrell Earnshaw wrote:
>
> > Hi.
> >
> > I have recently installed RH60 on an old Pentium system that has a
Panasonic
> > CR563B CDROM, which in turn uses a Create CT1810 interface card. (The
CDROM
> > is not IDE, alas.) The jumpers on the CT1810 card are set to the default
> > address of 230 (JP1).
> >
> > When I initially installed Linux, I selected CDROM type of
"SoundBlaster",
> > and the boot diskette obviously found a suitable driver, because the
rest of
> > the installation worked directly from the RH CDROM without problem.
However,
> > now that Linux is installed, I cannot find a driver that wil allow me to
> > mount the CDROM. All documentation seems to suggest that the SBPCD
driver is
> > the one to use, but this driver does not seem to recognize the device.
(When
> > I issue the command: "mount -t iso9660 /dev/sbpcd /mnt/cdrom", all I get
is
> > a couple of messages about scanning for certain devices, followed by a
> > failure to locate a suitable device. Likewise, issuing the following
command
> > "linux sbpcd=0x250,1" to the Lilo BOOT: command doesn't seem to make any
> > difference.)
> >
> > I've tried posing the problem on the Red Hat Installation mail reflector
> > without any success. Can anyone suggest what I may be doing wrong?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Darrell.
>
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From: Salvador Peralta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: German Govt says Microsoft a security risk
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 20:23:59 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
What do you know about Scientology, Chris?
My PoV is that it world government, especially the German government,
should be tolerant of diversity. What I know of Scientology deals less
with religion and religiosity than it does with organizational
principles.
Government should never actively promote intolerance.
Christopher Browne wrote:
>
> Centuries ago, Nostradamus foresaw a time when Salvador Peralta would say:
> >Unfortunately, the article had nothing to do with m$ being a security
> >risk from the software standpoint and everything to do with m$
> >incorporating some of scientology's philosophies into their corporate
> >model. The german government has already given us enough intolerance
> >for the next 2 centuries, IMHO. Let's not applaud them for giving us
> >more.
>
> Unfortunately, anything I can see of Scientology's behaviour seems to
> me to be Rather Frightening.
>
> It is not at all obvious that being unwilling to tolerate Scientology
> connections represents a move towards evil.
> --
> Rules of the Evil Overlord #84. "I will not have captives of one sex
> gnuarded by members of the opposite sex."
> <http://www.eviloverlord.com/>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - <http://www.hex.net/~cbbrowne/lsf.html>
--
Salvador Peralta
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.la-online.com
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: device conflict
Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 03:30:13 GMT
When trying to install a modem driver, I get Device or resource busy. How
can I find out what is conflicting?
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From: "Andrew M. Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: /dev
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 21:30:04 -0500
While this thread is still up, I could use some help: I deleted the three
character devices for lp0, lp1, and lp2 from /dev. Big mistake. How do I go
about re-creating them? Anyone know what is required in the mknod command?
Regards,
Andrew M. Lewis
Cybrinjn wrote:
> Take a look in the Linux source tree for
> usr/src/linux-x.x.xx/Documentation/devices.txt. It gives a complete picture
> of the device files. ...where angels fear to tread.
>
> Paul
>
> On Sat, 15 Apr 2000 21:08:41 -0400, Charles Brands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Hi
> >
> >I would like to prune my /dev directory of anything I don't need.
> >Unfortunally for most files in that directory I have no idea what
> >they are for. I know that these files represent devises and that hda
> >represents my first harddrive, therefore I can guess the meaning of
> >hdb but for the others I am without a clue. None of the linux books I
> >have mentione the files in the /dev directory other than hda(x). I was
> >wondering if someone knows a website that describes these files so
> >that learn there meaning.
> >Thanks
> >Charles Brands
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
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From: "Rodney D. Myers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: scsi card not found after fresh install RedHat 6.2
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 20:43:08 -0700 (PDT)
Reply-To: "Rodney D. Myers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I have an Adaptec 1520 controller that did work under 5.* -> 6.0
Redhat.
I just did a clean install of 6.2, and the scsi controller was not
found. I did get give the linear command ( aha152x=0x340,11 ) which
worked in previous version, so I do know that the /etc/lilo.conf is
configured correctly, I think.
I have an IDE drive that appears to be configured, with all the files
on, along with an IDE CDROM. It boots just fine, except for not
finding the scsi controller.
I have an Adaptec 1520 controller, with a hard drive and a CDROM,
which I would like to add, but 6.2 fails to find it.
This is my /etc/lilo.conf ;
boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=50
linear
default=linux
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14-5 (i can't read my writing, so I think this is
correct)
label=linux
read-only
root=/dev/hda2
append="aha152x=0340,11,7"
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From: michel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: lilo/lilo.con and lba32 command
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 23:46:18 -0400
Anybody know Where we may put the "lba32" command line in lilo.conf to
recognize large Hard drive ?
Thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (brian moore)
Subject: Re: Newbie Query
Date: 11 May 2000 03:56:54 GMT
On Wed, 10 May 2000 13:53:19 +0100,
Terry Filby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm running Debian 2.1. I use dpkg --list or dpkg -l to get a list of
> the progs I've downloaded. How can I print it? I've tried lpr but it
> doesn't work. Help!
Did you install your printer (apsfilter or magicfilter are both good,
personally I use cups 'cause I think it's cooler)?
If so: 'dpkg -l | lpr'
--
Brian Moore | Of course vi is God's editor.
Sysadmin, C/Perl Hacker | If He used Emacs, He'd still be waiting
Usenet Vandal | for it to load on the seventh day.
Netscum, Bane of Elves.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (brian moore)
Subject: Re: Can a-term/xterm/rxvt use .ttf fonts?
Date: 11 May 2000 03:59:48 GMT
On Wed, 10 May 2000 12:03:51 GMT,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The question says it all, which one can use .ttf fonts with ease,
> i just d/loaded webfonts.exe and I want to play with the fonts there
Well, you probably could, but proportional fonts are very bad in xterm
or any of its clones, as they don't vary the spacing (which is probably
a good thing, since things like mutt or slrn would be horrendous with
columns not lining up) and tend to leave blits of the old characters
around when overwriting a cell.
--
Brian Moore | Of course vi is God's editor.
Sysadmin, C/Perl Hacker | If He used Emacs, He'd still be waiting
Usenet Vandal | for it to load on the seventh day.
Netscum, Bane of Elves.
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