Linux-Misc Digest #92, Volume #25 Mon, 10 Jul 00 00:13:03 EDT
Contents:
Re: CD Burner woes (Duane)
trueprint, ghostscript and margins (alex)
Re: why can i telnet as root on one but not on another? (Fester)
Re: Linux and ODBC (TOYlet)
Re: Linux and ODBC (TOYlet)
Web Browser (eliot)
Config on dual intel ethernet express cards ("Marc Nesheim")
Re: Web Browser (Florian E.J. Fruth)
Really large hard drive ("Todd Lasman")
Re: Web Browser (Dowe Keller)
Re: @home port scanning (Fester)
Re: @home port scanning (Pete Zaitcev)
backup and sync utilities ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Web Browser (David M. Cook)
insmod fails on boot ("Devon Harding")
Strange manpage system behavior (Andy Jaworski)
Re: pppd problems (Mary P)
Re: Web Browser (Mike Frisch)
Re: Web Browser (Mary P)
Re: why can i telnet as root on one but not on another? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Java JDK Install Question ("Brian E. Seppanen")
borderless aterm? (-~=Darek M=~-)
Re: Web Browser (Mike Frisch)
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From: Duane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CD Burner woes
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 16:46:26 -0700
Hiawatha Bray wrote:
>
> I've just installed a Ricoh MP 6200A CD burner in my Red Hat 6.0 box, and
> tried to recompile the kernel to make it work. The idea was to remove ATAPI
> CD-ROM support from the kernel and replace it with SCSI. But my cdrecord
> software still says it can't see a SCSI device on the computer. That's
> especially weird, because the burner now shows up as a SCSI device on
> bootup. I checked dmesg and sure enough, there it was, listed 9 times.
Are there listings like this:
Detected scsi CD-ROM sr8 at scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0
Vendor: MATSHITA Model: CD-RW CW-7585 Rev: 1.01
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
If that is the case, then the "sr8" means that cdrecord will look for
for the device file /dev/sgi. I figure this out by counting on my
fingers, starting with "sr0" and "sga":-) Then check the /dev directory
and make sure the device file is there.
>
> Another thing: since recompiling the kernel, my network card no longer
> works. When booting, the computer says it can't find it. I saved my
> previous kernel, so this isn't exactly a disaster, but I can't figure out
> what is going wrong. Anybody got a clue? Thanks!
Most ethernet drivers are compiled as modules. Did you look at the
ethernet section of the kernel configuration stuff, and find something
that looks like your card? To be sure, boot the old kernel and look at
dmesg or /proc/modules to see what module was loaded. Then make sure you
are compiling that particular module (in xconfig for most of the
modules, click the Help button and it will give the exact module name).
--
My real email is akamail.com@dclark (or something like that).
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (alex)
Subject: trueprint, ghostscript and margins
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 01:06:37 GMT
Through freshmeat.net, I discovered trueprint, an awesome code
printing tool. I had gotten so desperate looking for one that I was
about ready to start writing my own, when I found it. It seems to be
working just fine, but it has a tiny problem -- whenever I print
something, a bit of text/graphics on the very right part of the page
gets cut off. I believe this is due to my printer's(Epson Stylus
Color 400) inability to print so close to the right edge of the page.
How could I set the margins so that ghostscript formats the text to
fit into the printable area?
Thanks a lot
Alex
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Fester)
Subject: Re: why can i telnet as root on one but not on another?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 01:11:28 GMT
On Sun, 9 Jul 2000 14:02:07 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>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.
The original poster was asking how to go about doing that. (Disabling root
telnet)
--
-- Fester
White Text on Black since 1999.
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From: TOYlet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.clipper
Subject: Re: Linux and ODBC
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 09:19:38 +0800
you can use samba (the netware approach). I have never seen an ODBC
server that could enable clients to open any server files via an ODBC
connection.
> Are there Linux ODBC drivers for the dbf file format. The application that
> uses ODBC, the ODBC driver, a database server ( if necessary ) and the dbf
> should all reside on the linux machine.
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Complaints to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: TOYlet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.clipper
Subject: Re: Linux and ODBC
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 09:20:26 +0800
I forgot. you may consider advantage database server.
> Are there Linux ODBC drivers for the dbf file format. The application that
> uses ODBC, the ODBC driver, a database server ( if necessary ) and the dbf
> should all reside on the linux machine.
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Complaints to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: eliot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Web Browser
Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2000 21:21:47 -0400
Ok..this is my opinion - so nobody take it to extremes -
Does enayone know where I can get a GOOD web browser for Linux?
As much as I dislike Windows, Internet Explorer was the best web browser
around.. I don't like Netscape. I've tried several others, and I've had no
success in getting Mosaic to run at all..
If anyone has any links to GOOD web browsers for Linux I'd appreciate them.
fyi - I'm running Redhat 6.2 (2.2.14 kernel) and X, KDE
-ej
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From: "Marc Nesheim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Config on dual intel ethernet express cards
Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2000 20:23:26 -0500
On Sat, 08 Jul 2000 03:24:13 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Kroll)
wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marc Nesheim) wrote in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
>>I have an old 486 running redhat 6.2. The box contains two Intel
>>etherexpress Lan Adapater 8/16TP. I use the module called eexpress.o to
>>config the cards with. They work fine if only one card is in the system
>>at a time. However when I put both of them in and try to use both of
>>them eth1 never comes up. The message displayed to the console is
>>"Delaying eth1 initialization." The setup in my /etc/conf.modules is as
>>follows:
>>
>>alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
>>alias eth0 eexpress
>>options eexpress io=0X300 irq=5
>>alias eth1 eexpress
>>options eexpress io=0X240 irq=10
>>
>>I manualy set each card accordingly to those settings. If anyone can
>>help me out here that would be greatly appericated.
>>
>>marc
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
>**BTW, you seem to have crossposted to a heck of a lot of newsgroups. I
>filtered the ones that aren't really pertinent in this reply. To
>compensate, I am forwarding the reply to you via e-mail.**
>
>
>Your problem is caused by having two options lines. The second one will
>override the first one, and the second card will not be seen. This will
>invariably cause a "Delaying eth1 initialization" message at bootup.
>
>To fix it, rewrite your /etc/conf.modules to look like this:
>
>alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
>alias eth0 eexpress
>alias eth1 eexpress
>options eexpress io=0x300,0x240 irq=5,10
>
>and it should fix your problem.
>
>HTH
>-RK
>rkroll(at)ottawa(dot)com
I changed my /etc/conf.modules to look like above. What happens this
time is that I get the following error message:
SIOCSIFADDR: No buffer space available
SIOCSIFNETMASK: Cannot assign request address
SIOCSIFBRDADDR: Cannot assign request address
SIOCADDRT: No such device
Anybody have any ideas??
Marc
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Florian E.J. Fruth <fejf@gmx*/dev/null*.de>
Subject: Re: Web Browser
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 03:35:12 +0200
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
says...
> Ok..this is my opinion - so nobody take it to extremes -
>
> Does enayone know where I can get a GOOD web browser for Linux?
> As much as I dislike Windows, Internet Explorer was the best web browser
> around.. I don't like Netscape. I've tried several others, and I've had no
> success in getting Mosaic to run at all..
> If anyone has any links to GOOD web browsers for Linux I'd appreciate them.
> fyi - I'm running Redhat 6.2 (2.2.14 kernel) and X, KDE
> -ej
wait till opera is finished... (www.opera.com)
fejf
--
the backup of my harddisk only takes the half time it
did yesterday. i started to pipe it to /dev/null
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From: "Todd Lasman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Really large hard drive
Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2000 18:48:09 -0700
I'm trying to install Redhat 6.2 on my new 38 gig Maxtor hard drive. I've
partitioned the disk into suitably smaller partitions, but the installation
program refuses even to recognize that I have a disk at all! Please don't
refer me to the Large Drive Mini Howto -- I've looked at it, and it's quite
unhelpful.
Any practical advice?
Todd
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Subject: Re: Web Browser
From: Dowe Keller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 09 Jul 2000 18:51:32 -0700
eliot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Ok..this is my opinion - so nobody take it to extremes -
>
> Does enayone know where I can get a GOOD web browser for Linux?
> As much as I dislike Windows, Internet Explorer was the best web browser
> around.. I don't like Netscape. I've tried several others, and I've had no
> success in getting Mosaic to run at all..
> If anyone has any links to GOOD web browsers for Linux I'd appreciate them.
> fyi - I'm running Redhat 6.2 (2.2.14 kernel) and X, KDE
> -ej
If your idea of a good web browser is Internet Exploder, I don't know if
anyone can help you. :-) Netscrape and IE are both horrendous pieces of
rotting, bloated cruft.
Unfortunately I don't know of a good, usable _graphical_ web browser
that you can use under Linux.
I use Netscrape when I must see images, and Lynx at all other times.
BTW: Lynx is an extremely nice little web browser that doesn't crash or
eat honking great loads of RAM. If you needn't see images (most are just
annoying adverts anyway) I'd suggest you use Lynx.
--
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
This is the theory that Jack built.
This is the flaw that lay in the theory that Jack built.
This is the palpable verbal haze that hid the flaw that lay in...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Fester)
Subject: Re: @home port scanning
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 01:55:28 GMT
On Sun, 09 Jul 2000 19:43:31 GMT, Victor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>The problem was that @home did not restrict upload speeds and thus people
>who ran servers deteriorated performance for the rest of the people on the
>network. Now they restrict uploads to 128kbps so running servers should not
>be that much of a deal since you can't get more upload bandwidth then 128.
Correct. And they don't actively search (scan) for Web/FTP servers, you
only get "in trouble" if someone reports you.
What they DO scan for, however, is NEWS SERVERS. Every since that big UDP
thing a few months back, @Home scans for news servers, and you get in deep
trouble if you run one of them.
--
-- Fester
White Text on Black since 1999.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pete Zaitcev)
Subject: Re: @home port scanning
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 02:14:23 GMT
> > my @home provider has been known to port scan machines once in a while to
> > make sure that no one is running things like web and ftp servers.
>
> Sorry for reincarnating an old thread; however, I just saw this one. Why
> would @home care if you're running a web server on your home machine?
Because they want to collect more money from those who run "servers".
Read your subscriber agreement, it prohibits running any "servers",
without explaining what this is about.
Former TCI used to be pretty bullish about this, but later they
gave up due to the fact that every other guy runs a small webserver.
Instead, they introduced 128KB/s upstream cap which solves the problem
nicely: everyone who wants to run a website crawls to them with
money in their teeth.
Perhaps folks in MediaOne are too incompetent to run a bandwidth shaper,
so they resorted to portscanning tactics.
--Pete
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: backup and sync utilities
Date: 10 Jul 2000 10:25:20 +0800
I'm looking for an utility which can do file backup and files synchronisation between
two directories or two disks.
Any recommendation ? Utility which can support command line execution with options
are preferred.
Thx 1st.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook)
Subject: Re: Web Browser
Date: 10 Jul 2000 02:47:26 GMT
On Sun, 9 Jul 2000 21:21:47 -0400, eliot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Does enayone know where I can get a GOOD web browser for Linux?
No. Please don't bring it up again.
Thank you,
Dave Cook
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From: "Devon Harding" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: insmod fails on boot
Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2000 22:50:57 -0400
insmod seems to fail on boot-up.
When I try it manually insmod 3c509 after boot, it fails the first time
with:
'resource busy'
then when I retry again, it says:
eth1: 3c509 at 0x320 tag 1, 10baseT port, address 00 a0 24 78 8a ab, IRQ 5.
3c509.c:1.16 (2.2) 2/3/98 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Then when I do 'ifconfig eth1 192.168.0.1', it says:
eth1: Setting Rx mode to 1 addresses.
Here's a few lines from my /var/log/messages:
Jul 9 13:36:10 mars network: Setting network parameters succeeded
Jul 9 13:36:11 mars ifup: eth0: Host name lookup failure
Jul 9 13:36:12 mars network: Bringing up interface lo succeeded
Jul 9 13:36:13 mars ifup: Determining IP information for eth0...
Jul 9 13:36:13 mars pumpd[283]: starting at (uptime 0 days, 0:00:42) Sun Jul
9 13:36:13 2000
Jul 9 13:36:21 mars syslog: syslogd startup succeeded
Jul 9 13:36:13 mars pumpd[283]: configured interface eth0
Jul 9 13:36:13 mars ifup: done.
Jul 9 13:36:14 mars network: Bringing up interface eth0 succeeded
Jul 9 13:36:14 mars insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/net/3c509.o: invalid
parameter parm_io
Jul 9 13:36:14 mars ifup: Delaying eth1 initialization.
Jul 9 13:36:14 mars network: Bringing up interface eth1 failed
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From: Andy Jaworski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Strange manpage system behavior
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 03:10:04 GMT
Hi,
I have the following problem. When I try to see a man page by typing
man <something>
it gets formatted fine and I can see it in my pager but it does not get cached
in its corresponding cat directory.
I am running RH 6.2, so the pages should get cached in /var/catman directory.
All the necessary subdirectories are there and, AFAIK, the man.config and all
the permissions are fine, but nothing gets cached when I just type man
<something>.
Now comes an interesting part. man -F works fine, i.e. a page gets formatted
and put in the proper cat directory. The only problem with that is that then I
do not see the page displayed. Somehow I cannot get both of them to work
together like they should.
I have a feeling that I am missing something simple and obvious. Any comments
will be appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Andy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mary P)
Subject: Re: pppd problems
Date: 10 Jul 2000 03:07:13 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 9 Jul 2000 15:42:12 +0200, Jeroen de Vries
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> gave us this:
> How can i check wether there is a connection so that i can
>start
>fethmail...
This isn't the most elegant solution in the world, but
I always go
ping www.yahoo.com
when I want to see if I'm connected or not.
MP
--
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. .
V
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Frisch)
Subject: Re: Web Browser
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 03:17:59 GMT
On Sun, 9 Jul 2000 21:21:47 -0400, eliot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Does enayone know where I can get a GOOD web browser for Linux?
Netscape and Mozilla are about all that's worth considering. Opera is
not better than those two and it's commercial.
>around.. I don't like Netscape. I've tried several others, and I've had no
>success in getting Mosaic to run at all..
Mosaic doesn't support tables, frames, Java, JavaScript, etc. It is the
predecessor to Netscape.
>If anyone has any links to GOOD web browsers for Linux I'd appreciate them.
There are no secret web browers that the elite few know about. What you
see is what's currently available. The situation is not exactly stellar,
but we'll have to make do with what's available.
Mike.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mary P)
Subject: Re: Web Browser
Date: 10 Jul 2000 03:15:30 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 9 Jul 2000 21:21:47 -0400, eliot
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asked:
>
> Does enayone know where I can get a GOOD web browser for Linux?
a) I second the Lynx nomination unless you must see pictures;
b) the June/July edition of Maximum Linux magazine (now
on newsstands) has a CDROM with like 15 different browsers
for you to try. It also has short reviews, and (surprise)
Netscape still comes out first, Lynx second.
There's even a pre-alpha (their term) of Opera. I haven't
tried it yet.
MP
_
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V
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(W W)
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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 20:19:38 -0700
On or about Mon, 10 Jul 2000 01:11:28 GMT, Fester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scrivened:
> On Sun, 9 Jul 2000 14:02:07 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Telnet as root ***SHOULD*** be DISabled. It's a massive security hole.
> The original poster was asking how to go about doing that. (Disabling root
> telnet)
Doh! Memo to Self: learn to read.
--
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From: "Brian E. Seppanen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Java JDK Install Question
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 23:18:14 -0400
I'm trying to install the Blackdown JDK1.2.2 and I'm not sure everything
is working as it should. I've placed all of the files in
/usr/local/jdk1.2.2.
I've modified my PATH to include /usr/local/jdk1.2.2/bin and I've
verified that it is there. However, when I go to try and compile Xerces
a JAVA/XML parser for Apache, It errors out stating that it cannot find
javac. javac is in /usr/local/jdk1.2.2/bin. If I do a which java,
nothing comes up in the search path, however, I've verified my search
path includes the directory it is in. Anyone have an idea as to where
I might have messed up?
Brian E. Seppanen
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: borderless aterm?
From: -~=Darek M=~- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 20:27:49 -0700
Hi, I am running blackbox and loving it. Very nice. But how does
one run an aterm without an X border around it?
I run an aterm that tails a log file, and it is started from
~/.xinitrc.
Is this an aterm flag or X dependant? I did read the --help and
man for aterm and didnt find any mention.
Thanks for any info.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Frisch)
Subject: Re: Web Browser
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 03:55:22 GMT
On 10 Jul 2000 03:15:30 GMT, Mary P <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>for you to try. It also has short reviews, and (surprise)
>Netscape still comes out first, Lynx second.
There's little surprise. Out of all of the browsers available and as bad
as it is, Netscape is still the only one that attempts to handle all of
the latest web stuff.
>There's even a pre-alpha (their term) of Opera. I haven't
>tried it yet.
Don't worry, you're not missing anything. The pre-Alphas are not stable
and are very functionally challenged. Mozilla is much more advanced than
Opera at the present time.
Mike.
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