Linux-Misc Digest #12, Volume #25 Sat, 1 Jul 00 22:13:01 EDT
Contents:
Re: hardware serial numbers (Dmitri V)
kppp amd redhat
Multipls ISPs with Caldera OpenLinux eDesktop 2.4
Re: [JOB] Debian installer needed near Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. (Colin Watson)
Re: gtk (Ray Chason)
Re: newbie questions (Ray Chason)
How can I generate glibconfig.h ? ("C�dric Chausson")
Re: DSL (Jim McIntyre)
Re: Sun Sparc faster then intel pentium: is this true???? (Rich Teer)
Re: gtk (Ian Mortimer)
Re: gtk (Ian Mortimer)
Re: hardware serial numbers (Chris)
how do I add small icons to a gnome panel drawer? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: kppp amd redhat (Dances With Crows)
Re: VMWare question
How to add a tail -f to the window manager? (-~=Darek M=~-)
Re: How can I generate glibconfig.h ? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: gtk ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: Dmitri V <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: hardware serial numbers
Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2000 19:05:44 +0300
Thank you guys, that was it!
Dmitri
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: kppp amd redhat
Date: 01 Jul 2000 18:52:01 EDT
Hi all, I just installed RH6.2 update-2 on my machine (KDE option with GUI
intallation) and the first thing I've noticed is thakppp can only be run by
root.When I try to run kppp as a user it compalins that the server refuses
to connect to 0:0 or something to that effect. As far as I can see there is
no permissions problem kppp is 777.
Does anyone know how to fix that?
Thanks,
=====
Ramin Sina [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.concentric.net/~rsina
The state of education in this country would have been
in much better shape had we emphasized less prayers in
schools and taught more mathematics in churches and synagogues.
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Multipls ISPs with Caldera OpenLinux eDesktop 2.4
Date: 01 Jul 2000 18:59:19 EDT
Hi all, Does anyone know how to configure Caldera's kppp ( ksafeppp) for
mutiple ISPs?
I installed eDesktp 2.4 and I can't see how to chose connections between
ISPs without going every single time to the system menu and retyping all DNS
and access numbers all over again.
Thanks,
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Ramin Sina [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.concentric.net/~rsina
The state of education in this country would have been
in much better shape had we emphasized less prayers in
schools and taught more mathematics in churches and synagogues.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: [JOB] Debian installer needed near Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
Date: 1 Jul 2000 22:49:27 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>You use of the term "peecee" for the common computer term "PC" (Personal
>Computer) this may be the result of lack of experince in the computer field,
>OR you are attempting to present yourself as different persona then your
>true identity.
Note that the term "peecee" is often used as a term of mild derision by
old-timers; see alt.sysadmin.recovery, for example.
(Otherwise, agreed.)
--
Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
"Choose mnemonic identifiers. If you can't remember what
mnemonic means, you've got a problem." - perlstyle(1p)
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From: Ray Chason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: gtk
Date: 1 Jul 2000 22:26:52 GMT
Ian Mortimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>hi guys,
>
>I'm trying to make a gtk interface to a stepper motor and I was
>wondering if anyone new of some good sites with example code (or hints)
>for sending bytes of information to the serial port with a button press
>? (eg click "left", send "L" etc.)
The documentation with GTK+ is inadequate. Get thee to a bookstore.
How far have you got? To call a function from a button press, you need to
attach it to the button with gtk_signal_connect:
gtk_signal_connect(
GTK_OBJECT(left_button),
"clicked",
GTK_SIGNAL_FUNC(send_left),
some_pointer);
where left_button is the GtkWidget * variable returned from
gtk_button_new_with_label, send_left is the function that will send the
"L" character, and some_pointer is an arbitrary pointer that will be passed
to send_left. some_pointer can be NULL if you don't need it.
send_left should be declared like this:
void send_left(GtkWidget *widget, void *ptr);
where widget will be left_button and ptr will be some_pointer.
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--------------===============<[ Ray Chason ]>===============--------------
PGP public key at http://www.smart.net/~rchason/pubkey.asc
Delenda est Windoze
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From: Ray Chason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: newbie questions
Date: 1 Jul 2000 22:38:42 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Skj�ldebrand) wrote:
>Ron Nicholls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> One more thing , at one time my mouse would cross into and switch too
>> the next desktop if it ran into the
>> edge. Where is this function enabled /disabled.
>
>You can do this in your Xconfig file - No virtual or somesuch somewhere.
>I'm not sure about the syntax. I don't know if it is doable from Gnome.
This isn't really "the next desktop" but another page on your current
desktop; a window on the current page can extend into another page.
Click the toolbox, then choose "Window Manager". Press the button to run
the configuration tool for Enlightenment. One of the options there (I
forget which, and I have KDE active anyway) is to select the number of
pages on each desktop. Move the horizontal and vertical sliders to 1, and
click OK.
Or you can make this function less sensitive, so that the mouse needs to
move farther to trigger the switch. This is in the same option.
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--------------===============<[ Ray Chason ]>===============--------------
PGP public key at http://www.smart.net/~rchason/pubkey.asc
Delenda est Windoze
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From: "C�dric Chausson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How can I generate glibconfig.h ?
Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2000 01:27:13 +0100
Hello all,
I tried to compile glitter using make after running ./configure and i got
this message :
/usr/include/glib:66: glibconfig.h : No such file or directory
I made some searches on the Internet and found this problem could be due
to :
_ glib-devel not installed but I have it installed
_ glibconfig.h not being in the right directory but I dont even
have glibconfig.h on my system. I did a find on the whole sys
and I cant find it.
So my question is how do I generate glibconfig.h. I thought I could do
that by using glib-config --cflags or glib-config --libs but that has not
worked.
Thanks in advance,
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From: Jim McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DSL
Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2000 23:41:54 GMT
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Hi Conduit:
I've using ADSL (sympatico) for over a year now, and I really Haven't
had any issues to deal. If you need some good info go to
roaring-penguin . I've been able to connect using wither dhcp or a
static IP address with no problems. They have some good articles, and a
few script related to PPPOE available.
Regards
Jim
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Hi Conduit:
<p>I've using ADSL (sympatico) for over a year now, and I really Haven't
had any issues to deal. If you need some good info go to <a
href="http://www.roaringpenguin.com">roaring-penguin</a>
. I've been able to connect using wither dhcp or a static IP address with
no problems. They have some good articles, and a few script related to
PPPOE available.
<p>Regards
<p>Jim</html>
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Crossposted-To: comp.sys.sun.hardware,comp.sys.sun.misc
From: Rich Teer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sun Sparc faster then intel pentium: is this true????
Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2000 23:42:13 GMT
On Sat, 1 Jul 2000, David Steuber wrote:
> This peecee weenie is aware of it and hates it with a passion. In
> fact, this weenie hopes Linux and *BSD usage will eclipse Windows
> usage so that other architectures can have a shot at becoming
> mainstream.
Amen to that! Although for my biases, substitute Solaris for Linux or
*BSD!
> There is no such thing as enough computer.
Never a truer word was said!
--
Rich Teer
NT tries to do almost everything UNIX does, but fails - miserably.
The use of Windoze cripples the mind; its use should, therefore, be
regarded as a criminal offence. (With apologies to Edsger W. Dijkstra)
Voice: +1 (250) 979-1638
URL: http://www.rite-online.net
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From: Ian Mortimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: gtk
Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2000 00:50:43 +0000
Ray Chason wrote:
> The documentation with GTK+ is inadequate. Get thee to a bookstore.
>
> How far have you got?
Not far ! - just been running through the tutorials trying to figure it
all out.
What books (if any) would you recommend ? - I've found "GTK+ Programming
in C" by Syd Logan on Amazon but it's gonna take about a month to get
it.
Hmmm....it's looking like my "Robot Feedback Panel" is gonna be a bit
more difficult to implement than I had first thought :(
Rgds,
Ian.
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From: Ian Mortimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: gtk
Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2000 00:55:08 +0000
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Ian Mortimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
> > hi guys,
>
> > I'm trying to make a gtk interface to a stepper motor and I was
> > wondering if anyone new of some good sites with example code (or hints)
> > for sending bytes of information to the serial port with a button press
> > ? (eg click "left", send "L" etc.)
>
> The gtk tutorial's good enough for that, with details on how to make all the
> various widgets and callbacks work...
>
> Can't help you with the actual sending of a byte, but creating the button
> and linking the callback is dead easy...
>
> Just use something like...
It's the squirrel bloke again ! ;)
Yeah, I've been getting to grips with the widgets and callbacks and
stuff (slowly !) but it's the port bit that is getting me.
I can't find any "Idiots Guide to Sending Stuff to Serial Ports" info.
Oh well, better get my reading hat on.....
Ian.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: hardware serial numbers
Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2000 23:58:40 GMT
On 1 Jul 2000 21:24:03 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt) wrote in
comp.os.linux.development.apps:
>>Is it somehow possible to retrieve (programmatically, of course) the
>>manufacturer's serial number of the hard disk or some other devices?
>>What I have in mind is, of course, piracy protection - if I can get the
>>s/n of the hard disk, I can more or less insure that the program is used
>>on this particular machine only.
>
>hdparm -i as root can get the serial number of a drive. But you would
>first have to know which drive. But I don't think anyone would like it if
>they bought a new drive and your program croaked.
In any case, a prime rule of computer security is that there is nothing to
be gained by relying on outside information if the source of the
information is not under your control. If someone knew that your software
was checking the drive for a serial number they could write a kernel patch
to satisfy your condition.
If you really want to protect your information (and program) from improper
use your only real option is to use a hardware decryption device-- you
store data to disk encrypted with the public key and "play it back"
through a device containing the private key. Just don't make the mistake
the DVD manufacturers did with their CSS encryption.... :-P
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: how do I add small icons to a gnome panel drawer?
Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2000 00:24:37 GMT
I know how to add a drawer and app to the gnome panel. I know how to
add icons, but how do I make the icons small, like in the main menu?
Thanks for any help.
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: kppp amd redhat
Date: 01 Jul 2000 20:40:31 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 01 Jul 2000 18:52:01 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<<8jlsmh$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>Hi all, I just installed RH6.2 update-2 on my machine (KDE option with GUI
>intallation) and the first thing I've noticed is that kppp can only be
>run by root. There is no permissions problem kppp is 777.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
There may be a few files that should be chmod 777, but kppp is *NOT* one
of them.
-rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 414960 Mar 28 00:27 /opt/kde/bin/kppp
That corresponds to a mode of 4755, which is probably what you want. kppp
is usually SUID as it needs access to the raw serial device.
Read the documentation that came with kppp; they talk about this gotcha,
the various ways of fixing it, and the security implications thereof.
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows /\ "Man could not stare too long at the face
\----[this space for rent]-----/ \ of the Computer or her children and still
\There is no Darkness in Eternity \ remain as Man." --David Zindell "So did
But only Light too dim for us to see\ they become Gods, or Usenetters?" --/me
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: VMWare question
Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2000 07:02:16 +0700
On Sat, 1 Jul 2000, Martin Skj=F6ldebrand wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Skj=F6ldebrand) writes:
>=20
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >=20
> > > It has option in VMware windows to enable sound device.
> > > ALL sound cards that work with OSS will work under VMware at sb quali=
ty.
> >=20
> > That was the entry I was looking at. It was all greyed out.
> > I at last noticed I was always looking at the tab when the vm was
> > running. I chose that when it was off and was able to install sound.
> > When restarting my virtual Win2K there still was no sound but managed
> > to install by the usual means in Win2K.
> >=20
> > Further experimentation showed that I can play my music CDs. The
> > pinball game crashed though. As did subsequent restarts. I'll play
> > around with this a bit more.
>=20
> Finally.
> It appears that I get to play music CDs in Win2K. Game sounds are
> non-existant. My guess is that this is because the Linux Aureal OSS drive=
r
> is a beta driver which doesn't support games yet. Would it be natural
> for the virtual SB-driver to take support from the host sound driver?
Dear Martin Skj=F6ldebrand,
After you soundon OSS please firstly try
cat /dev/sndstat
If see:
Card config:=20
OPL3SA2 at 0x370 irq 5 drq 0,1
OPL3SA2 MSS at 0x530 irq 5 drq 0,1
OPL3SA2 MIDI at 0x330 irq 9 drq 0
(Roland MPU-401 at 0x330 irq 5 drq 0)
Audio devices:
0: MS Sound System (CS4231) (DUPLEX)
Synth devices:
Midi devices:
0: MPU-401 0.0 Midi interface #1
Timers:
0: System clock
1: MS Sound System (CS4231)
Mixers:
0: OPL3-SAx and AD1848 (through MSS)
1: MS Sound System (CS4231)
Then your config sound is NOT complete because no Synth devices:
But If see:
Type 7: SB MPU-401
Type 36: SoftOSS Virtual Wave Table
Card config:=20
SoftOSS Virtual Wave Table
Sound Blaster at 0x220 irq 5 drq 0,5
SB MPU-401 at 0x330 irq 5 drq 0
Audio devices:
0: Sound Blaster 16 (4.13) (DUPLEX)
Synth devices:
0: SoftOSS
Midi devices:
0: Sound Blaster 16
Timers:
0: System clock
1: SoftOSS
Mixers:
0: Sound Blaster
Then your sound config is completely correct and should able to play
everything.
Please remember to turn on mixer correctly also.
good luck,
zxc
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Subject: How to add a tail -f to the window manager?
From: -~=Darek M=~- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2000 18:44:42 -0700
How does one add that transparent console box in X that runs a
tail on whichever log file. I have seen it in most, if not all,
screenshots and would like to have it tail -f /var/log/messages
and would like it to start up in a certain position and
dimensions as the wm starts.
I am currently running BlackBox. I havent seen anything about
this in the docs, but then again I cant even add docapps and
monitors...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: How can I generate glibconfig.h ?
Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2000 02:50:44 +0100
"Cedric Chausson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
> Hello all,
> I tried to compile glitter using make after running ./configure and i got
> this message :
> /usr/include/glib:66: glibconfig.h : No such file or directory
> I made some searches on the Internet and found this problem could be due
> to :
> _ glib-devel not installed but I have it installed
> _ glibconfig.h not being in the right directory but I dont even
> have glibconfig.h on my system. I did a find on the whole sys
> and I cant find it.
> So my question is how do I generate glibconfig.h. I thought I could do
> that by using glib-config --cflags or glib-config --libs but that has not
> worked.
I think glibconfig.h is generated when you run ./configure.
(And you only do that when you're compiling it, so you'll need to get the
glib source and run ./configure. An entire compile shouldn't be necessary
though).
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| | graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit |
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| in |microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company, that|
| Computer Science | can't stand 1 bit of competition. |
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: gtk
Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2000 02:23:59 +0100
Ian Mortimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
> Ray Chason wrote:
>> The documentation with GTK+ is inadequate. Get thee to a bookstore.
>>
>> How far have you got?
> Not far ! - just been running through the tutorials trying to figure it
> all out.
I found the tutorials fine for the main widgets like Itemfactory, menu and
buttons...
The big problem I ran into was figuring out how to draw lines using the gdk
calls. I wanted a container widget for drag and drop icons [which I
managed] but can't figure out how to draw lines between them...
(My final year project at university was a Digital Circuit Simulator using
Gtk... It works... But it's a bit messy without lines to indicate
connections between the gates. Still, I got 56% for it in the end...).
The tutorial seems to miss out a lot of important details on some of the
widgets, such as the drawing_area_widget.
> Hmmm....it's looking like my "Robot Feedback Panel" is gonna be a bit
> more difficult to implement than I had first thought :(
If it's any help, a quick dig around on my system came up with the
Serial-Programming-HOWTO... That should cover what you need for sending your
data to the stepper motor.
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| in | "THAT WOULD BE AN ECUMENICAL MATTER!...FECK!!!! |
| Computer Science | - Father Jack in "Father Ted" |
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