Linux-Misc Digest #90, Volume #25 Sun, 9 Jul 00 18:13:03 EDT
Contents:
Re: What does this /var/log/messages line mean? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: No Carrier - 3Com ISDN TA (Paul Martin)
Re: linux and staroffice ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: netscape's font size(s) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: why can i telnet as root on one but not on another? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: What does this /var/log/messages line mean? (Hal Burgiss)
Looking for the X Servers... (Scott Weber)
Re: Launching Mozilla M16 from desktop (Tom Hoffmann)
Re: RH6.1 shutdown: how to add my own script? (Bill Unruh)
Re: RH6.1 shutdown: how to add my own script? (Bill Unruh)
Re: Question about ls ("Andrew N. McGuire ")
Re: ppp compression (Bill Unruh)
Re: PPP from ISP (Bill Unruh)
Re: netscape's font size(s) (Gareth Huw Williams)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: What does this /var/log/messages line mean?
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 20:58:44 GMT
I'm not very good on the details of this message but in general, as I
understand, you have a process running that has bound to a particular
TCP socket and another program is trying to bind to the same address.
Usualy this happens when a second instance of a daemon is run.
In article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 98% of my /var/log/messages is filled with messages like:
> Jul 6 19:22:45 C298344-A inetd[1609]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already
in use
> Jul 6 19:32:45 C298344-A inetd[1609]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already
in use
> Jul 6 19:42:45 C298344-A inetd[1609]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already
in use
> Jul 6 19:52:45 C298344-A inetd[1609]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already
in use
> Jul 6 20:02:45 C298344-A inetd[1609]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already
in use
> Jul 6 20:12:45 C298344-A inetd[1609]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already
in use
> Jul 6 20:22:45 C298344-A inetd[1609]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already
in use
> Jul 6 20:32:45 C298344-A inetd[1609]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already
in use
> Jul 6 20:42:45 C298344-A inetd[1609]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already
in use
> Jul 6 20:52:45 C298344-A inetd[1609]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already
in use
>
> Whatzit mean?
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Martin)
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: No Carrier - 3Com ISDN TA
Date: 09 Jul 2000 21:13:13 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
JoeB wrote:
>I am using 3COM ISDN Terminal Adaptor (TA), with RH 6.2. I can
>communicate with the TA but for some reason I am unable to dial out. I
>get an error in /var/log/messages saying "No Carrier". What could
>possible be wrong? I can receive calls on the TA and in Windoze I can
>make calls. Am I missing something? Any help or pointers will be
>appreciated.
Just a thought: you may need to tell your card (using AT commands) that
you're talking to an ESTI (NET5, EuroISDN) type of exchange, and that
you're wanting to call out with a particular protocol type (eg. X.75).
NO CARRIER often means that the other end has rejected your call due to
some incompatibility.
--
Paul Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
at home, swap dash to dot to email.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: linux and staroffice
Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2000 13:29:26 -0700
On or about Sun, 09 Jul 2000 11:30:02 GMT, altus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scrivened:
> How can I get Staroffice 5.1 to work under linux read-hat (kde ore Gnome)
> I have installed it, but what now
If you've installed SO51 correctly, you'll be able to run 'soffice'
(specifying path to executable if necessary). Generally desktop menus
are given an entry for StarOffice as well.
Installation of SO51 is somewhat broken -- the default installation
gives a "single user" installation -- all files and binaries are
installed for a single user only, not for the system as a whole. To do
a proper (eg: typical for a Linux app) installation, you have to
specify a network install:
./install /net
IIRC. This is covered in the installation documentation, though it's
buried, and not altogether intuitive.
First execution of soffice following net install then completes the
individual user component of the install.
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Evangelist, Opensales, Inc. http://www.opensales.org
What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Debian GNU/Linux rocks!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: netscape's font size(s)
Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2000 13:58:41 -0700
On or about Sun, 09 Jul 2000 20:38:34 +0200, der chef als normalbenutzer
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scrivened:
> hi, folks,
> as far as i know there is a config statement (to prefs.js? liprefs.js?)
> which sets the minimal font size, e.g. for messanger windows, or web
> pages with tiny fonts, resp., but i once missed to write a little
> note... and now, after having reinstalled linux again, i can't remember
> that statement at all. can you help me out? thanks!
It's Netscape.ad. I've modified this somewhat and placed it as
/etc/X11/Xresources/netscape. I've modified a number of the default
font settings for window, menus, knocked off a couple of the navbar
buttons, and restricted font sizing to an 80% - 120% range (of normal)
rather than the 50% - 200% given by default.
The other things you might want to add are the Gif Animation Toggle (a
binary edit of the binary to prevent infinite looping of gifs), and
Junkbuster to kill banners:
http://feedmyhead.com/vasile/gat.html
http://www.junkbuster.com/
<begin: /etc/X11/Xresources/netscape>
!## NETSCAPE
Netscape*drawingArea.translations: #merge\
<Btn1Down>: ArmLink() \n\
<Btn2Down>: ArmLink() \n\
~Shift<Btn1Up>: ActivateLink() \n\
~Shift<Btn2Up>: ActivateLink(new-window) \
DisarmLink() \n\
Shift<Btn1Up>: ActivateLink(save-only) \
DisarmLink() \n\
Shift<Btn2Up>: ActivateLink(save-only) \
DisarmLink() \n\
<Btn1Motion>: DisarmLinkIfMoved() \n\
<Btn2Motion>: DisarmLinkIfMoved() \n\
<Btn3Motion>: DisarmLinkIfMoved() \n\
<Motion>: DescribeLink() \n\
<Btn3Down>: xfeDoPopup() \n\
<Btn3Up>: ActivatePopup() \n\
Ctrl<Btn4Down>: PageUp()\n\
Ctrl<Btn5Down>: PageDown()\n\
Shift<Btn4Down>: LineUp()\n\
Shift<Btn5Down>: LineDown()\n\
None<Btn4Down>: LineUp()LineUp()LineUp()LineUp()LineUp()LineUp()\n\
None<Btn5Down>:
LineDown()LineDown()LineDown()LineDown()LineDown()LineDown()\n\
Alt<Btn4Down>: xfeDoCommand(forward)\n\
Alt<Btn5Down>: xfeDoCommand(back)\n
Shift<Key>space:PageUp()\n\
<Key>space:PageDown()\n\
<Key>BackSpace: xfeDoCommand(back)\n\
! <Key>Left: xfeDoCommand(back)\n\
! <Key>Right: xfeDoCommand(forward)\n
Netscape*globalNonTextTranslations: #merge\
Shift<Btn4Down>: LineUp()\n\
Shift<Btn5Down>: LineDown()\n\
None<Btn4Down>:LineUp()LineUp()LineUp()LineUp()LineUp()LineUp()\n\
None<Btn5Down>:LineDown()LineDown()LineDown()LineDown()LineDown()LineDown()\n\
Alt<Btn4Down>: xfeDoCommand(forward)\n\
Alt<Btn5Down>: xfeDoCommand(back)\n
Shift<Key>space:PageUp()\n\
<Key>space: PageDown()\n\
! <Key>BackSpace: xfeDoCommand(back)\n\
! <Key>Left: xfeDoCommand(back)\n\
! <Key>Right: xfeDoCommand(forward)\n
# Restrict the range of size increments allowed by <font size=n> directives to
# the range 80% - 120% rather than 50% - 210%. Default increment is 20.
# KMSelf Wed Dec 29 15:47:57 PST 1999
Netscape*documentFonts.sizeIncrement: 05
# Clean up the fscking toolbar
Netscape*toolBar.search.isEnabled: false
Netscape*toolBar.destinations.isEnabled: false
Netscape*toolBar.myshopping.isEnabled: false
Netscape*toolBar.viewSecurity.isEnabled: false
Netscape*toolBar.print.isEnabled: true
Netscape*toolBar.home.isEnabled: true
# And some other brain damage
Netscape*useStdoutDialog: false
Netscape*useStderrDialog: false
Netscape*noAboutSplash: true
# Fonts -- dialogs and such
Netscape*attachmentProps*XmLabelGadget.fontList: fixed
Netscape*AddressBook*mainform.fontList: fixed
Netscape*XmLGrid*fontList: fixed
Netscape*attachItemLabel*fontList: fixed
Netscape*prefs*fontList: fixed
Netscape*statusBar*fontList: fixed
# Document fonts -- scaling doesn't appear to take effect w/ TTF fonts
Netscape*documentFonts.defaultFont*iso-8859-1.prop: -ttf-garamond-120-noscale
Netscape*documentFonts.defaultFont*iso-8859-1.fixed: -ttf-courier new-90-noscale
<end: /etc/X11/Xresources/netscape>
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Evangelist, Opensales, Inc. http://www.opensales.org
What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Debian GNU/Linux rocks!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: why can i telnet as root on one but not on another?
Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2000 14:02:07 -0700
On or about Sun, 09 Jul 2000 19:30:04 GMT, jellybeesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scrivened:
> i have 2 linux machine
> both have the same /etc/securetty entries
> (ie. tty1 - tty8)
> but i am able to telnet as root on one but not the other.
> what modifications should i make on the one that does not allow
> "root telnet"
Telnet as root ***SHOULD*** be DISabled. It's a massive security hole.
For that matter, so is telnet.
You should use ssh or another secure protocol for general remote
connectivity requirements. If you need to use telnet at all, restrict
it to specific hosts with /etc/hosts.allow.
You can switch from one user to another with the su command. Doing so
in a telnet session still exposes your root password to cleartext
network transmission and possible sniffing.
--
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Evangelist, Opensales, Inc. http://www.opensales.org
What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Debian GNU/Linux rocks!
http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ K5: http://www.kuro5hin.org
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: What does this /var/log/messages line mean?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 21:22:56 GMT
On Sun, 09 Jul 2000 20:58:44 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm not very good on the details of this message but in general, as I
>understand, you have a process running that has bound to a particular
>TCP socket and another program is trying to bind to the same address.
>Usualy this happens when a second instance of a daemon is run.
>
Has the poster upgraded to RH6.2? Then he has two identds started from 2
places and they are fighting for control of the same port. One is
started via inetd (older RH versions), as of RH6.2, it is started via
init scripts. Comment out the one in inetd.conf, and restated inetd.
>In article
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> 98% of my /var/log/messages is filled with messages like:
>> Jul 6 19:22:45 C298344-A inetd[1609]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already
>in use
>> Jul 6 19:32:45 C298344-A inetd[1609]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already
>in use
>> Jul 6 19:42:45 C298344-A inetd[1609]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already
>in use
>> Jul 6 19:52:45 C298344-A inetd[1609]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already
>in use
>> Jul 6 20:02:45 C298344-A inetd[1609]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already
>in use
>> Jul 6 20:12:45 C298344-A inetd[1609]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already
>in use
>> Jul 6 20:22:45 C298344-A inetd[1609]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already
>in use
>> Jul 6 20:32:45 C298344-A inetd[1609]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already
>in use
>> Jul 6 20:42:45 C298344-A inetd[1609]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already
>in use
>> Jul 6 20:52:45 C298344-A inetd[1609]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already
>in use
>>
>> Whatzit mean?
--
Hal B
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From: Scott Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Looking for the X Servers...
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 21:23:38 GMT
I'm tring to get XWindow working, but I've run into
some problems. I've all ready searched the archives, so
I'm getting desperate enough to post my question.
Slackware 3.5, gcc 2.90... I've never ran
XWindows on it. I've haven't ran it since the
1.2.17 kernel! (Yea, it's old. It's just a
file server/ firewall/ web server, test box...)
The original install didn't recognise my AGP card,
so I downloaded the new source, and re-built
everything.
Except, after doing the make install, my XF86_SVGA
file had the same old date on it, as did SuperProbe,
and a bunch of others. I can't figure out why only
some of the 'x...' files were installed.
I downloaded the newer lib 2.1 and lib 2.0 binaries
XF86_SVGA and XF86_S3, and tried to run either of them,
but it says "no such file or directory" now
(yea, I backed up the old ones). I assume
they are not compatible. Yea, they were from the
linux x86 dir on the Xfree site.
I did find a newer SuperProbe burried in the
source tree, and copied it to the XR11 location,
and it properly detected my video card.
So where can I find/build the XF86_S3 server?
How come the make file didn't appear to build ANY
servers?
Please! Any assistance would be appreciated!
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom Hoffmann)
Subject: Re: Launching Mozilla M16 from desktop
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 21:38:28 GMT
On Sun, 09 Jul 2000 21:01:30 GMT, Lloyd Llewelyn wrote:
>
>I've created a launcher that points to the mozilla executable, but when I
>double-click, it doesn't launch the browser.
You must execute mozilla while cd'd in its directory ... don't know why.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: RH6.1 shutdown: how to add my own script?
Date: 9 Jul 2000 21:41:06 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> UnderDog writes:
]Greetings,
]I have a bash script that I want to call each time shutdown -h is run.
]I have toyed with adding a script in /etc/rc.d/rc0.d to call my
rc6.d. rc0.d is called on startup not shutdown. make the script respond
to a stop command, since that is how it will be called. Put it into
/etc/rc.d/init.d and put a pointer link to it in rc6.d with the linkname
starting with K and having two numbers following the K (look at the
other ones in rc6.d) The size of the number indicates in which order
those scripts are run (99 last).
Note maybe you should tell us what you want to do. if you want to mail a
10K file to your aunt on shutdown, this is not the way to go.
]script, but I'm not sure if that is the best or easiest way to go. I
]am running RH6.1
]Thanks in advance for helping this newbie.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: RH6.1 shutdown: how to add my own script?
Date: 9 Jul 2000 21:43:23 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bit Twister)
writes:
]That would be my recommended method.
]Next release you load your script, set the link, and away you go.
]I would probably put the link in /etc/rc.d/rc3.d, but this is not
NO NO. rc3.d is run when run level 3 ( command line initial interface.
5= Xdm initial interface, 0= basic startup, 1= primative root only
startup, 6=shutdown.
]Micro$oft, you Do get to have it your way. :)
]>I have a bash script that I want to call each time shutdown -h is run.
Note this will also be run if shutdown -r is run.
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From: "Andrew N. McGuire " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Question about ls
Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2000 16:44:01 -0500
On 8 Jul 2000, Dave Brown quoth:
[] On Sat, 8 Jul 2000 17:25:21 -0500, Andrew N. McGuire
[] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[] >On 8 Jul 2000, Andrew Onifer quoth:
[] >
[] >[] >Use the "find" command. Do "man find" to learn about it.
[] >[] >The command you want would be something like this:
[] >[] > find . -name *.zip
[] >[]
[] >[] Correction: It should be
[] >[] find . -name "*.zip"
[] >[]
[] >[] Without the quotes, the asterisk will get passed to the shell.
[] >
[] >Correction: no it won't. ( depending on your shell )
[] >
[] >Works just fine in tcsh anyway.
[]
[] Most shells will leave the wildcard alone if there's no match. I
[] suspect tcsh behaves that way, too. But, in case there's a match
[] in the current directory, you should quote it.
I don't disagree. Actually you are right, I must have been smoking
crack yesterday or something ;^).
[] (Command lines always get passed to the shell. Perhaps what was meant:
[] "Without quotes, the asterisk will be 'interpreted by' the shell".)
Exacty right. For the C shell here is the order of precedence:
1. History substitution.
2. Parsing words.
3. History list updating.
4. Interpretation of quotes.
5. Alias substitution.
6. I/O redirection.
7. Variable substitution.
8. Command substitution.
9. Filename completion. ( Wildcard expansion )
Regards,
anm
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: ppp compression
Date: 9 Jul 2000 21:47:39 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fabian Gebhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>I've the same thing or a little bit different. --> look in your
>/var/log/messages!
>In my /var/log/messages (every time I connect and pppd starts):
>...
>Jul 4 18:48:24 router modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module ppp-compress-21
>Jul 4 18:48:24 router modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module ppp-compress-26
>Jul 4 18:48:25 router modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module ppp-compress-24
>...
>It seems that I don't have these modules.
>Where can I get them?
A) don;t bother. You and your ISP do not share any compression types
anyway.
B) Put
alias ppp-compress-21 bsd_comp
alias ppp-compress-24 ppp_deflate # From original RFC draft
alias ppp-compress-26 ppp_deflate # Final standard per ppp-2.3.4
into /etc/conf.modules. Then read A)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: PPP from ISP
Date: 9 Jul 2000 21:49:02 GMT
For step by step instructions about setting up ppp under Linux, see
http://axion.physics.ubc.ca/ppp-linux.html
In <yi095.9047$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Marcm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
]I got my USR external modem working in Linux Redhat 6.0 with "minicom" and
]now I want to make a connection with my ISP and get an IP address.
]I dial the ISP and connect. I get a menu of choices like "Telnet, X28 PAD,
]PPP, enter privileged command mode, etc, etc, Quit". I choose "PPP: Start
]IETF Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)".
]After I choose PPP the ISP responds:
]Entering PPP routing mode.
]Async Interface address is unnumbered (Ethernet0)
]Your IP address is 216.66.152.188. MTU is 1500 bytes.
]Header compression will match your system.
](now a bunch of cryptic characters appear here. After about 30 seconds the
]line drops and says NO CARRIER).
]QUESTION: What is the ISP expecting when I type in PPP, (some sort of
]authentication?). I have already logged in to get to the menu where I chose
]"PPP". What is expected at this point?
]Thanks
]Mark
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From: Gareth Huw Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: netscape's font size(s)
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 23:06:16 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Bitte versuchen im Mandrakeuser.org (I presume you're german!)
> See their Netscape "cheats", one of which is how to improve your
> Netscape fonts.
--
Greetings from Queen Maud Land,
Gareth Williams (Penguophile)
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