Linux-Misc Digest #189, Volume #25 Thu, 20 Jul 00 17:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: Please sign the "Grand Prix Legends" petition! (Jim Townsend)
Re: Axent Defender + PPP (Bill Unruh)
Changing Command ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Maximum file size in ext2 filesystem? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Lilo broken??? (David A. Rogers)
Best video capture software for Linux (Kerry Cox)
Re: Please sign the "Grand Prix Legends" petition! ("01111000")
Re: Please sign the "Grand Prix Legends" petition! ("kc")
Re: Video Capture cards (Kerry Cox)
xfs fails during start up (Robert Sparr)
Re: monitor sync / startx problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Name Resolution Problem ("Kenneth Lafond")
looking for tape device (md)
Re: xfs fails during start up ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: RS-232 port logger? (Tobias Anderberg)
Illegal characters displayed in man rsync (Otto Wyss)
Re: Changing Command (Homer Jay)
sc problem (Gary Krupa)
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From: Jim Townsend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,rec.autos.simulators
Subject: Re: Please sign the "Grand Prix Legends" petition!
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 14:14:08 -0500
Gordon McLachlan wrote:
>
> Linux is not an acceptable desktop operating system. It is useful as a web
> server OS, but other than that it is an oddity, much like those who hype it
> excessively.
Oooo boy.. Is this thread going to get long..
My PC is 100% Windowless.. up 9 days, 4hrs 35 mins (at time of posting)
I run it as a straight workstation and I do everything on it that I did
in Windows. To me, it is perfectly acceptable.
Granted, it isn't for everybody, but it is *moving* in the right
direction.
I doubt it will ever become the predominant operating system, but I like
the idea that it will be a viable alternative. Supporters of the
Microsoft monopoly fail to see the advantages that can be realized with
open market competition. It can keep prices low and force the software
makers to provide a better product. When (or if) Linux or Mac or BSD or
Unix or someone takes a strong foothold in the OS market, it will be a
very good thing for Microsoft users.
Jim
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: Axent Defender + PPP
Date: 20 Jul 2000 19:32:42 GMT
In <zWtd5.349257$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher
Browne) writes:
]The pppd suite included with Debian basically uses chat; it comes with
]a sample Expect script designed for use with a "secure access key"
]system similar to Axent Defender. I have fiddled with it,
]unfortunately with less than scintillating success.
Clifford Kite has a couple of scripts which may help in this.
http://www.inetport.com/~kite/SecurID.gz
http://www.inetport.com/~kite/chatbypipe.tar.gz
I have not tried them ( and I think that he is not the writer either) so
use at y our own risk-- but they might be useful.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Changing Command
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 19:48:43 GMT
How can I change the COMMAND argument that is seen when the ps command
is executed? I am sure there has to be some kind of structure
somewhere for doing this. I don't simply need to access it, but
physically change it.
Thanks,
Richard
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Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Maximum file size in ext2 filesystem?
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 19:49:02 GMT
Hello,
I need to have the ability to create files bigger than 2 GB. The Linux
ext2 filesystem seems to have a 2 GB limit. Is this the case? If so,
are there any other filesystems that could be created on the hard disk
that would support greater than 2 GB files? Thank you.
Matt Harrell
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David A. Rogers)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: Lilo broken???
Date: 20 Jul 2000 19:26:47 GMT
Thus sayeth John Gluck:
>Make a small partition (say 20 megs) near the start of the disk and call it
>"/boot"
>
>Put the kernel image System.map and all that stuff on it. Edit your
>"/etc/lilo.conf" to reflect the change and run lilo
>
>Remember that ***everything*** required to boot the system must be entirely
>located below cyl 1024.
>
>You'll probably need to reinstall due to the partitioning change...
>
>As a rule it's a good idea to have a "/boot" partition anyway since it isolates
>all the boot stuff from everything else...
It also speeds things up when Linux insists on checking the boot partition at
startup.
Cheers,
dar
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From: Kerry Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Best video capture software for Linux
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 14:15:48 -0600
I'm looking for a simple command-line utility allowing me to grab images
from off a video line into my ATI 128 Pro All-in-Wonder 32 MB card under
Red hat 6.1 running 2.2.16.
It needs to be supported under the command-line and able to use use the
older GD libraries so we can timestamp each image using it in GIF
format.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
KJ
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From: "01111000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,rec.autos.simulators
Subject: Re: Please sign the "Grand Prix Legends" petition!
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 13:15:53 -0700
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In comp.os.linux.misc Ashley McConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Bruce,
>
> > I would watch yourself, they are very devoted...some of them are nuts!
>
> Nahhh. Compared to M$ users, we're the sane ones...
>
im thinking of setting up a 12 step program to help ween win users into
linux... sound like an idea? :)
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the agent of the X [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "kc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Please sign the "Grand Prix Legends" petition!
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 15:29:11 -0600
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(William Burrow) wrote:
>>I'm nothing like a Mac owner. Those kooks couldn't find their arse with both
>>hands!
>
> With Pentium crushing dual G4 machines like Apple will soon be releasing
> (in August, I believe), there may well be a few Linux people become Mac
> owners. Running Linux on PPC, of course.
>
> http://www.apple.com
>
Yeah, so what if you have to get a second mortgage on the house...
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From: Kerry Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Video Capture cards
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 14:21:36 -0600
"stefan.k" wrote:
>
> Kerry Cox wrote:
>
> > Any good recommendations supported in the latest (stable) kernel? I'm
> > looking to capture images from off a video feed (traffic cam) and then
> > post the images to a INternet page. We're using something right now but
> > it's not handling data well. Works but is kludged together.
> > Willing to spend whatever on getting a good video line to a video
> > capture card.
> > Any recommendations would be appreciated.
> > KJ
>
> hi kerry
>
> I had no problem, using a bt878 or a bt848 capture card
>
> and the bttv / bttvgrab software.
>
> In bttvgrab you�ll find howto set up a webcam.
>
> good luck...
>
> --
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> ___ / /____ / _/__ ____ / /__
> (_-</ __/ -_) _/ _ `/ _ \_ / '_/
> /___/\__/\__/_/ \_,_/_//_(_)_/\_\
Stefan,
Thanks for the rec. I bougt a ATI All-in-Wonder 128 32MB video capture
card. Red Hat recognized it no prob. So, bttv works fuine for grabbing
static images from off of video?
It just needs to work under the command line and I'm back in business.
Thansk for the suggestions.
KJ
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From: Robert Sparr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux.x,redhat.x.general
Subject: xfs fails during start up
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 13:22:48 -0700
I have made some progress on the X Windows problem I posted earlier.
I've found that xfs is failing to start.
>From /var/log/messages:
Jul 20 06:11:41 lab_1_linux xfs: xfs startup succeeded
Jul 20 06:11:41 lab_1_linux xfs: Fatal font server error:
Jul 20 06:11:41 lab_1_linux xfs: Cannot establish any listening sockets
I have found through experiment that trying to run:
xfs -droppriv -daemon -port -1
from the prompt it will fail in the same way.
But, if I run xfs -daemon from the prompt, it works, with the following
from /var/log/messages:
Jul 20 06:18:43 lab_1_linux xfs: Warning: The directory
"/usr/share/fonts/default/TrueType" does not exist.
Jul 20 06:18:43 lab_1_linux xfs: Entry deleted from font path.
Once I've done this, I can killall xfs and then I can run:
xfs -droppriv -daemon -port -1
at the prompt and it runs fine, and then I can run
/usr/bin/gdm -nodaemon from the prompt and go into X Windows.
So has anybody else seen and dealt with this behavior before? What is
trying to launch xfs during the start-up process? Is this a script
somewhere I can look at?
Thanks,
R
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Robert H. Sparr [EMAIL PROTECTED]
SkyPilot Network, L.L.C. <URL goes here>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,redhat.x.general,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: monitor sync / startx problem
Date: 20 Jul 2000 20:27:02 GMT
This is part of your problem. That "unix/:-1" is telling the X server to get
its fonts from xfs, which you have shown us is dying.
I don't know what broke xfs. I think xfs wants to listen to port 7100, and X
will communicate with it over the loopback device (inet 127.0.0.1). Chances
are you messed with some network files or security files recently and the
problem didn't manifest until the next boot.
While you debug the problem you can get X to work by just loading the fonts
from disk instead of the font server. Edit /etc/X11/XF86Config, comment ("#")
the:
FontPath "unix/:-1"
And add instead something like:
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
Good luck!
Chris
In linux.redhat.misc Robert Sparr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Jul 19 06:09:19 lab_1_linux xfs: xfs startup succeeded
: Jul 19 06:09:19 lab_1_linux xfs: Fatal font server error:
: Jul 19 06:09:19 lab_1_linux xfs: Cannot establish any listening sockets
: Jul 19 06:09:19 lab_1_linux linuxconf: Linuxconf final setup
: Jul 19 06:09:20 lab_1_linux rc: Starting linuxconf succeeded
: Jul 19 06:09:21 lab_1_linux gdm[751]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Error
: getting hentry for lab_1_linux
: Jul 19 06:09:26 lab_1_linux gdm[762]:
: gdm_slave_windows_kill_ioerror_handler: Fatal X error - Restarting :0
: [This last two entries repeat many times.)
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From: "Kenneth Lafond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Name Resolution Problem
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 13:26:58 -0700
I've found my own fix - Turns out that the DNS server (a different machine)
had it's reverse name lookup misconfigured. Once I fixed that everything
worked fine. Thanks.
Ken
"Kenneth Lafond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8l580s$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I've got 2 Red Hat workstation installations that seem to be having name
> resolution problems. When I try to ftp to these workstations, the client
> says it is connected, then it takes about 2-5 minutes for the prompt to
> appear asking for a user name. I can ping out, but it takes about a
minute
> to return the first successful ping and a good minute or two between each
> successive successful ping. It's not just that the DNS isn't configured
> correctly, because dnsquery works just fine (quickly and accurately) using
> the command 'dnsquery <hostname>' so I know the default DNS server is
being
> used - although nslookup doesn't work (server times out after 2 mins).
>
> My nsswitch.conf file has files then DNS in the hosts search path, and my
> resolv.conf has search <domain> and nameserver <nameserver IP> as it's two
> lines. I think this is correct.
>
> I think it has to do with name resolution because if I enter the host I am
> trying to access into the hosts file manually it pings, ftps, etc just
fine.
>
> If the host I am trying to access is NOT in the hosts table then I get the
> following results:
> ping hostname (VERY slow and drops 99% of packets)
>
> but if I
> ping -n hostname (works just great).
> The -n option tells it not to look up symbolic names for host addresses.
>
> I'm trying to get this computer up as an ftp server so simply using the -n
> option to ping isn't a solution. Sorry about the long-winded message but
I
> wanted to include all the details. Any ideas on why it is behaving this
> way?
>
> Thanks,
> Ken
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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From: md <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: looking for tape device
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 16:40:02 -0400
Hi,
I would like to backup some files on tape
but I don't know the device file. I tried
/dev/tape, /dev/ftape, /dev/rmt* without success.
I am using redhat 6.2
Any help
Thanks in advance
md
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux.x,redhat.x.general
Subject: Re: xfs fails during start up
Date: 20 Jul 2000 20:42:01 GMT
I just replied to your other post about this...
Redhat use xfs to serve the fonts for X. It is started at boot from
/etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs
chkconfig --list will show you similar services, and what levels they run in.
The warning about the TrueType fonts is because Redhat includes a TrueType
directory by default in the xfs fontpath even though it may not be on your
system (maybe to remind us that their version of xfs supports it). It is
probably harmless, but you can look in the chkfontpath command to remove it
if it bothers you.
"chkfontpath --remove <dir>"
All this is just filler, cause I've been running with RH6.1 and RH6.2 on a
few different systems for a while now and I haven't quite had this problem.
Maybe there were some lockfiles or something like that that didn't get
cleaned up properly.
Chris
In linux.redhat.misc Robert Sparr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I have made some progress on the X Windows problem I posted earlier.
: I've found that xfs is failing to start.
: From /var/log/messages:
: Jul 20 06:11:41 lab_1_linux xfs: xfs startup succeeded
: Jul 20 06:11:41 lab_1_linux xfs: Fatal font server error:
: Jul 20 06:11:41 lab_1_linux xfs: Cannot establish any listening sockets
: I have found through experiment that trying to run:
: xfs -droppriv -daemon -port -1
: from the prompt it will fail in the same way.
: But, if I run xfs -daemon from the prompt, it works, with the following
: from /var/log/messages:
: Jul 20 06:18:43 lab_1_linux xfs: Warning: The directory
: "/usr/share/fonts/default/TrueType" does not exist.
: Jul 20 06:18:43 lab_1_linux xfs: Entry deleted from font path.
: Once I've done this, I can killall xfs and then I can run:
: xfs -droppriv -daemon -port -1
: at the prompt and it runs fine, and then I can run
: /usr/bin/gdm -nodaemon from the prompt and go into X Windows.
: So has anybody else seen and dealt with this behavior before? What is
: trying to launch xfs during the start-up process? Is this a script
: somewhere I can look at?
: Thanks,
: R
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: Robert H. Sparr [EMAIL PROTECTED]
: SkyPilot Network, L.L.C. <URL goes here>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tobias Anderberg)
Crossposted-To:
linux.redhat.development,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: RS-232 port logger?
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 11:05:10 +0200
Micah Lax wrote:
>I need to log all incoming data from an RS-232 port on a linux machine
>to a disk file.
>
>Can anyone point me in the right direction?
cat /dev/ttyS0 > serial.log
Pretty simple and also pretty inefficient. But it should give you an
idea on what to do.
--
Tobias Anderberg "I only speak for myself"
Axis Communications AB
www.axis.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Otto Wyss)
Crossposted-To: ch.comp.os.linux
Subject: Illegal characters displayed in man rsync
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 22:46:10 +0200
I did "man rsync" in console mode and stumbled across some illegal
characters in the following part:
==============================================
rsync -avz foo:src/bar/ /data/tmp
a trailing slash on the source changes this behavior to
transfer all files from the directory src/bar on the
machine foo into the /data/tmp/. A trailing / on a source
name means "copy the contents of this directory". Without
a trailing slash it means "copy the directory". This dif-
ference becomes particularly important when using the
--delete option.
You can also use rsync in local-only mode, where both the
source and destination don�t have a �:� in the name. In
this case it behaves like an improved copy command.
rsync somehost.mydomain.com::
==============================================
The � (MacOS=ALT Y) shows on Linux as small square. I'm using the
sg-latin1.kmap on a i386. Does anybody has a solution?
O. Wyss
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Homer Jay)
Subject: Re: Changing Command
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 14:56:32 -0600
On Thu, 20 Jul 2000 19:48:43 GMT, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>How can I change the COMMAND argument that is seen when the ps command
>is executed? I am sure there has to be some kind of structure
>somewhere for doing this. I don't simply need to access it, but
>physically change it.
Physically?
``man alias''
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From: Gary Krupa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: sc problem
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 20:59:40 GMT
When using the spreadsheet calculator program sc, I tried to enter
a date after 12-31-99 without using @now, without success. To
put this another way, I can't enter Jan 1, 2000, for example,
unless I use @now or enter it as a label. And whenever I used
@date(), in whatever format, I received an error message "illegal
numeric expression".
How can I enter the date more flexibly? And is there a way to
use @date in sc?
Gary Krupa
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