Linux-Misc Digest #238, Volume #25 Tue, 25 Jul 00 23:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: porting from libc5 & ncurses (Kevin E Cosgrove)
Partitioning - was Re: xfs fails during start up ("Rinaldi J. Montessi")
Re: CFLAGS: optimize for i586 (-ljl-)
Gana dolares por un tubo en nuestro casino !!! (Casino Virtual)
Re: porting from libc5 & ncurses (ljb)
Re: Best Linux distribution for newbie (Michel Catudal)
problem with fileevent (Maria Jesus Martin Mohamed)
Re: zip as /dev/hdc (ljb)
Re: cdrecord PROBLEM (Michel Catudal)
Re: Printer driver (Michel Catudal)
Re: Cannot install Linux, any help appreciated (Michel Catudal)
Frontend program for lm_sensors? (Alex)
Re: Linux Distros Security Report. (John Hasler)
Re: Netscape Mail Problem (Michel Catudal)
Re: ftp (Akira Yamanita)
Re: squid configuration (Shawn Smith)
Cannot ping other computers (Jon)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin E Cosgrove)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: porting from libc5 & ncurses
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 00:11:17 GMT
Thanks for the pointers to sc-7.X in Slackware and Debian. Both
of these compile fine on my Mandrake 7.02 system. Both of these
have the same trouble on my system as the old Redhat 5.1 binary
(which I built a couple years ago).
My trouble with sc is that the displayed cursor movement doesn't
work very well in the up/down directions. When actually moving
the cursor up or down one cell at a time, either with the arrow
keys or the j/k keys, the displayed cursor will appear to shift
left or right. The actual cursor position, as determined by sc's
top line, is correct, but the reverse video cursor doesn't follow
it.
Does anyone have any idea what the solution might be? Advise on
troubleshooting this would be very appreciated as well. If it
matters, rpm tells me that the libraries that sc is linked
against are:
ld-linux.so.2
libc.so.6
libm.so.6
libncurses.so.4
Thanks....
ljb> The version of sc included in Slackware, sc-7.2, is built with
ljb> glibc-2.1.3 and libncurses-5.0, which I think is what you are
ljb> looking for.
jh> Yes. Debian includes it. www.debian.org.
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From: "Rinaldi J. Montessi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux.x,redhat.x.general
Subject: Partitioning - was Re: xfs fails during start up
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 20:18:23 -0400
Jan Johansson wrote:
>
> >I have yet to see the benefits of putting seperate directories on
> >seperate partitions; e.g. /root, /usr, /var, /home etc. Can someone
> >enlighten me?
>
> You only run out of space on ONE file system, which may or may not
> wreck the system. If /home runs out of space isnt critical, but if
> /var gets full and logging stops, you could be in trouble.
>
> You can easily move parts of the system around (well, more easily then
> if everything is on a single partition)
>
> You speed up fsck if you separate the "static" data from the "less
> static data"
A carry over from the small disk era? I do, however, see the
benefits to fsck (especially here in South Florida!) yet with the
udma66 drives and mobo's my 13 gig drive checks in less than a
minute. My 6.4 gig udma33 takes longer!
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tests of academic skills is that our schools are preoccupied with
politically correct social crusades. - Thomas Sowell
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From: -ljl- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CFLAGS: optimize for i586
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 00:07:55 GMT
In article <397df34b$0$12185@reader3>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Jul 2000 23:12:30 GMT, A Guy Called Tyketto
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
...
> Yes, it works.. the program compiles and the rpm works. BUT! I have a
> new question: still the rpm is called *.i386.rpm. Why isn't it an
> i586 rpm? And how can I solve this?
Check out:
http://www.rpm.org/
The book "Maximum RPM" can be downloaded from here (free) plus there
is a lot of other info on RPM: its the definitive site.
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach a man to fish
and he can feed himself for life.
--
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Before you buy.
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From: Casino Virtual <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.powerpc,comp.os.linux.security,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.lynx,comp.os.mach,comp.os.magic-cap,comp.os.minix,comp.os.misc,comp.os.msdos.4dos,comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Gana dolares por un tubo en nuestro casino !!!
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 00:17:00 GMT
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ljb)
Subject: Re: porting from libc5 & ncurses
Date: 26 Jul 2000 00:46:23 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>Thanks for the pointers to sc-7.X in Slackware and Debian. Both
>of these compile fine on my Mandrake 7.02 system. Both of these
>have the same trouble on my system as the old Redhat 5.1 binary
>(which I built a couple years ago).
>
>My trouble with sc is that the displayed cursor movement doesn't
>work very well in the up/down directions. When actually moving
>the cursor up or down one cell at a time, either with the arrow
>keys or the j/k keys, the displayed cursor will appear to shift
>left or right. The actual cursor position, as determined by sc's
>top line, is correct, but the reverse video cursor doesn't follow
>it.
>
>Does anyone have any idea what the solution might be? Advise on
>troubleshooting this would be very appreciated as well. If it
>matters, rpm tells me that the libraries that sc is linked
>against are:
>
> ld-linux.so.2
> libc.so.6
> libm.so.6
> libncurses.so.4
Unfortunately, these are only the major version numbers.
For example, my libc.so.6 is actually libc-2.1.3, also known as
GLibc-2.1.3. And why is it telling you that it is linked with
libncurses 4; didn't you say before you were using 5? No, I guess
that was me... Can you try linking it with libncurses 5? The
one Slackware-7.1 has is "ncurses-5.0". Another thing to look into
is your termcap/terminfo databases.
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From: Michel Catudal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Best Linux distribution for newbie
Date: 25 Jul 2000 19:48:05 -0500
Andy Judge a �crit :
>
> Try Mandrake. I think it is easier than RH, but that's just me. It is a RH
> knock off and has a few added features that consolidate utilities.
>
Core dump just as often too.
SuSE is more stable and has a nice package manager and lotsa programs and it's only
$30 at
http://www.chumbo.com or $35 at cheapbytes.
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From: Maria Jesus Martin Mohamed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: problem with fileevent
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 15:52:43 +0200
I'm programming in tcltk and I have a problem with command fileevent .
I want to know what can I do to avoid a infinite loop.
I use fileevent command to read a line of a file but when I found the
final of a file I want to wait to read a new line when its is ready to
be read, but fileevent always is looking a new line.
thanks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ljb)
Subject: Re: zip as /dev/hdc
Date: 26 Jul 2000 00:50:19 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I would like to create a bootable zip disk. I have gone through the
>various howtos.
>
>Most examples states the zip as a /dev/sda device. Can I use /dev/hdc
>instead? Would it be because of this that I am getting these errors?
>
>I have no problems creating a hdc4 partition on my zip disk, formating
>it as fat16. But when I start copying the various .img files to my zip
>disk, I get these errors:
>
>--------------------------------------------------------
>
>ide_floppy:hdc:I/O error, pc=2a, key=4, asc=47, ascq=0
>end_request:I/O error, dev 16:04(hdc), sector 133
>...
>
>--------------------------------------------------------
(1) /dev/hdc would be an IDE (ATAPI) ZIP drive, the master device on your
secondary IDE channel. If that's what you have, that is the right device.
(2) Make sure you have a recent kernel. I know there was a problem
which caused this error in 2.2.6 and later; it was fixed in 2.2.11.
(There are work-arounds if you are stuck with an older kernel.)
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From: Michel Catudal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: cdrecord PROBLEM
Date: 25 Jul 2000 19:54:05 -0500
NOTE: Sorry if I get more than one post, Gotzon is crosposting to nonexistant groups
Gotzon Berrojalbiz a �crit :
>
> I get this message when I do "cdrecord -scanbus":
>
> 0,0,0 0) 'IDE-CD ' 'R/RW 4x4x24 ' '1.01' Removable CD-ROM
> cdrecord: Warning: controller returns wrong size for CD capabilities
> page.
> 0,1,0 1) 'LG ' 'CD-ROM CRD-8483B' '1.00' Removable CD-ROM
>
> What's the reason of this problem? How can I fix this?
You may have a hard disk or cdrom on the same channel or you forgot to
REMOVE the support for the ATAPI cdrom from the kernel.
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From: Michel Catudal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Printer driver
Date: 25 Jul 2000 20:01:28 -0500
Pete a �crit :
>
> Not sure if they will be able to help at the moment but it's worth
> trying Canon themselves, they do seem to be responding slowly to queries
> about OS other than Linux so maybe if enough people ask they'll either
> write driver(s) or at least release the info so others can...
>
> Pete
>
You are having color dreams, the usual answer is :"We do not support Linux"
The solution I have found was to buy an Epson 660 printer which works very well
and the color cartridge are actually so much cheaper than the Cannon that the printer
pays itself just with the savings on the ink cartridges.
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From: Michel Catudal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Cannot install Linux, any help appreciated
Date: 25 Jul 2000 20:11:18 -0500
Robert Schumacher a �crit :
>
> I am having a problem installing Linux (tried four distributions thus far).
> Keeping the differences between distributions in mind, basically what is
> happening is that the installers either a) freeze at language selection or
> b) the keyboard and mouse will not work in the installer. I can't tell for
> sure which is the case, but at any rate I boot up with the Linux CD in the
> drive, the installer runs, I get the language selection screen and that is
> it...I have no way to provide any input or continue the installation
> process. I don't believe it's a hardware problem, at least not with the
> keyboard or mouse (and the computer itself is less than a year old and
> performs flawlessly in Windows). That is the dilemma. I've poured through
> www.linuxnewbie.org, and the sites for the distributions I've tried
> (Mandrake 7.1, Red Hat 6.2, WinLinux 2000, and Corel), and found no answers
> (I haven't even seen a similar problem listed). Has anyone encountered
> this, or have any suggestions for a workaround. My computer setup is as
> follows:
> Pentium III 450 MHz
> 96 MB RAM
> 6.8 GB HDD (6.0 GB Windows, 1.8 GB Linux partition with 125 MB Linux swap
> partition, set up using Partition Magic 5)
> Toshiba 40X CDROM and HP 8210i CDRW
> 3Com EtherLink 3C905C-TX NIC with Internet access via cable modem
> Microsoft Intellieye Explorer PS/2 mouse (but tried each installation with a
> "plain" PS/2 mouse also, no difference).
> Plain, garden variety 102 key US keyboard
>
It sounds like a graphic install problem. Go in text mode install, read in the book,
you should
be able to type text or something of the sort. The easiest distribution installation I
found for
that problem was SuSE. On my son's computer there was no way I could install
graphically and I
even had to type in stuff in run and crash method until I got the right installation.
If you have
a similar problem there is no way you could install Linux with any distribution as
long as you
insist on a graphic install.
With SuSE you just put in the text install diskette and you got it made.
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From: Alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Frontend program for lm_sensors?
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 21:20:01 -0400
Dear all:
I finally got lm_sensors up and running. I am looking for a frontend
program (able to dock into panel) that using lm_sensors... I use
Enlightenment.
I have tried klm... But, the display does not seem to work very well
with Enlightenment... Any suggestion?
Thanks.
Alex.
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.suse,comp.os.linux.security
Subject: Re: Linux Distros Security Report.
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 23:43:09 GMT
blowfish writes:
> Major Linux distros security report.
> http://www.securityportal.com/cover/coverstory20000724.html
Security fixes are always promptly backported to Debian-stable: The version
on the net includes them. A simple 'apt-get update; apt-get upgrade' in a
cron job will keep you up to date. If that is too slow for you, you can
track proposed-updates at a slight risk of breakage.
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Elmwood, Wisconsin
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From: Michel Catudal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netscape Mail Problem
Date: 25 Jul 2000 20:21:27 -0500
Boddhisatva Troutwaxer a �crit :
>
> I've just installed the new Mandrake release on my Linux box. I'm
> using the KDE system and connecting to PacBell Internet via Kppp.
> Netscape works fine as a browser, but will not get my mail. I
> keep getting an error message that reads something like this:
> Netscape cannot get your mail because you have not entered a user
> name. Please enter a username under the "Preferences" window.
>
> Now this all sounds straight forward, except that I've entered
> exactly the same username (and other information) in the
> "Preferences" which I also entered months ago in the
> "Preferences" section of my Windows 98 machine. The Netscape in
> my Windows machine does a fine job picking up mail...
>
> So far I've tried the following:
>
> 1.) Renamed the "nsmail" directory in my user file to
> "nsmail.old" so that Netscape would write a new, and hopefully
> uncorrupted "nsmail" directory. No help there.
>
> 2.) Tried logging on with Kppp using both the "script" and
> "terminal" login options. No luck.
>
> 3.) Created a user which had the same login name and password
> which I use at Pac Bell and dialed under that name. Yeah, I know
> it was a desperate bit of foolishness, but it wasn't foolish
> enough!!
>
> 4.) Made sure that Netscape was reading the correct file when it
> got my "Preference" data off the hard drive.
>
> 5.)Tried logging on as both a "root" and a normal user.
>
> I suspect that there is an enviroment variable somewhere that has
> gotten mislabeled, but I haven't a clue where to look.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
log as root
rpm -e -vv plugger
rpm -e -vv netscape
rm -R -f ~/.netscape
rm -R -f /home/___your_user___/.netscape
reinstall both plugger
and netscape
It looks to me like by trying to get it to work you may have changed a few user
ownership
and messed things up. The easiest is just to reinstall netscape.
Don't forget to enter the mail. Make sure you have dns numbers in /etc/resolv
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From: Akira Yamanita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ftp
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 01:49:55 GMT
Anna wrote:
>
> Hi
> Users ( I created ) cannot "ftp" to my machine wheras using this machine
> I can "ftp" to other sites. What settings are required so that others
> can "ftp" to my machine.
>
> -Anna
What distribution? What version? What happens when you try to
telnet in? Do you get connection refused? Connection closed by
foreign host? No response?
Depending on the distribution (and/or installation method), you
may not have the ftp daemon installed.
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From: Shawn Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,alt.os.linux,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: squid configuration
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 21:35:34 -0500
On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, Peter wrote:
>On Thu, 20 Jul 2000, Mike Redrobe wrote:
>>On 20-Jul-00 04:14:37, Shawn Smith spoke thus:
>>
>>>I have to admit that I gave up trying to set up a proxy on Linux. I just
>>>don't have the time right now (God knows I tried). So, I run windows
>>>"internetgate" w/ wine.
>>
>>Heh, that must rank as the most inefficient gateway solution ever!
>>Go tell it to the LOAF guys !
>>
>>I don't think squid took more than a minute to install and setup here
>>initially. IIRC all you need to alter is the "http access allow all" line
>>in squid.conf for basic use.
>>
>>Were you expecting it to include dial-on-demand that the windows ones
>>often have ?
>>
>>Not a patch on the research and jumping through hoops I had to do to get
>>sendmail working fine...
>>--
>>Mike
No.
Mike, do I need two nic's to run squid?
I tried adding the line "http_access allow all", then it asked for a group
name so I used root (I did not know what else to do). It runs but when I go to
my wife's winbox netscape cannot access the net. I have all the proxy settings
set up right bec when I run win98 on my comp and use a win proxy server my
wifes box can access the net w/ netscape.
I don't know anything about the firewall that is running. It must have came w/
my RH 6.1. I see it being shutdown when I shutdown but I don't how to mess with
it. Maybe it is stopping squid from working?
>I have DSL at home and have had luck with IP Masquerade, which is basically a
>config script for IPchains. below is the link. It took me a while to get two
>nics going, but after that it was smooth sailing. You just need to read the
>howto carefully. It is invisible proxy, too:
>http://www.cab.u-szeged.hu/linuxdoc/HOWTO/IP-Masquerade-HOWTO.html
Peter, I will read the howto and see what happens :)
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From: Jon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Cannot ping other computers
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 02:36:59 GMT
Hello all,
Listed below is the output of "ifconfig -a" and "route"
command from one of my PC. I noticed that the gateway for
every entry is "*" and that I cannot ping any of my other
internal network somputers. I can however ping the TCP/IP
interfaces (eth0 and thh1) of this computer. I guess I need to
supply a gateway but how does one go about doing that?. Thanks
in advance. If this has been addressed in the FAQ. please let
me know where I can find it.
==============================================================
[root@computer1 /root]# ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:20:78:12:44:50
inet addr:192.168.177.55 Bcast:192.168.177.255
Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
Interrupt:5 Base address:0xb800
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:E0:29:15:6C:14
inet addr:192.168.125.4 Bcast:192.168.125.255
Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:96 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:134
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
Interrupt:10 Base address:0xbc00
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1
RX packets:115 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:115 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
===========================================================================
[root@computer1 /root]# route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
Iface
192.168.125.4 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0
0 eth1
192.168.177.55 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0
0 eth0
192.168.177.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0
0 eth0
192.168.125.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0
0eth1
127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0
0 lo
[root@computer1 /root]# ping 192.168.125.4
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