Linux-Misc Digest #367, Volume #25 Mon, 7 Aug 00 02:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: rsh and password (David Steuber)
mp3 normalizer for Linux? (Erik Max Francis)
RE: Animations in Gimp ("Miguel Mart�nez")
Re: sending fax (Gary Carlson)
/usr/lib/python1.5/config not found in Redhat6.2 (Sam Wun)
Re: ADSL with Suse 6.2
Re: Adabas ("John E. Garrott Sr")
ipconfig /renew on Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Almost Lost New Hard Drive After Linux Install (Michel Catudal)
Re: Netscape 4.72 on Suse 6.4: close window aborts instead of closes (Michel Catudal)
Re: Should I build up an athlon box or buy an Imac DV? (Mary P)
Re: UDMA IDE Drive stops network transfers (Duane)
Re: ipconfig /renew on Linux (Akira Yamanita)
Something OTHER than a getty on a vterm (Fester)
Re: Something OTHER than a getty on a vterm (Dances With Crows)
RedHat 6.1 and networking (Photon85)
Re: Something OTHER than a getty on a vterm (Fester)
Re: ipconfig /renew on Linux (Hal Burgiss)
Recording on the sound card on console ? (Pedro Duarte)
Re: Something OTHER than a getty on a vterm (Cameron Hutchison)
Re: Something OTHER than a getty on a vterm (B'ichela)
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Subject: Re: rsh and password
From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 00:00:03 GMT
"Andrew N. McGuire " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
' ^^ I think I've got the answer to that question though. Unfortunatly, I
' ^^ won't be able to test it until apostrophe has been relocated. It is
' ^^ not a major deal though. XEmacs has a -nw flag that allows it to run
' ^^ in my xterm. I still use the mouse a bit though :-(.
'
' IIRC you can also use the -t flag. Or of course you could use
' vi^H^Hvim.
I use vim for quick and dirty edits. It certainly loads faster. But
I have not mastered it, so I am very clumsy when it comes to serious
text editing. For that, I use XEmacs. It's not much of an excuse,
but there you go.
My system has *both* text editors ;-).
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David Steuber | Hi! My name is David Steuber, and I am
NRA Member | a hoploholic.
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=hoplite&submit=Look+it+up
The problem with AI is that it has a mind of its own
--- Devon Miller
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From: Erik Max Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: mp3 normalizer for Linux?
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 17:03:40 -0700
Anyone know of a Linux application that can normalize the volumes on a
large collection of preexisting mp3s? These are preexisting mp3s, so if
they normalize while they're first ripping/compressing that won't do the
job; although, one which can do the job _in addition_ to
ripping/compressing would be just fine. (None of the ripping programs I
looked at which supported some kind of normalizing seemed to be able to
separate the functionality.)
Thanks.
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A proof of Kepler's laws.
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From: "Miguel Mart�nez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: Animations in Gimp
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 00:20:31 GMT
Robert J Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribi� en el mensaje de
noticias 6Qij5.131302$[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I have a friend who is driving herself around the wall trying to figure
> out how to to animations in gimp.
>
> Any pointers would be appreciated :-)
>
Take a look at this: http://jimmac.musichall.cz/tutor.php3
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From: Gary Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.caldera
Subject: Re: sending fax
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 00:46:18 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Daniel Bechard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How can I send fax with Open Linux 2.4
Easiest way for single operator machine... get efax by Ed Casas.
Most versitile, especially for multiuser system... mgetty. Should have
come on distro CD... came with 2.3 anyway.
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Gary Carlson
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From: Sam Wun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: /usr/lib/python1.5/config not found in Redhat6.2
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 11:42:53 +1000
I have python1.5.2 installed in my Redhad 6.2 machine wht the following
lib path:
/usr/lib/python1.5
but there is no /usr/lib/python1.5/config directory in the directory. So
when I tried to install DCOracle,
it complained that /usr/lib/python1.5/config not found.
Does any one know how to fix this problem? I have tried to re-installed
python1.5.2, but it doesn't generate
the config file for me.
Thanks
Sam.
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ADSL with Suse 6.2
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 02:22:29 GMT
Volker K?ster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> After I ran the new kernel, I installed the pppoed-0.42-0 and tried to
> initiate a connection with the T-Online server, but the log file
> (/var/log/messages) just told me that Linux coudn't open the file
> /dev/pppoex. What do I have to do to fix this problem?
Sounds like you didn't create the device. Check the readme there should
be something about creating the device. In addition isn't pppoed past
version 0.42? You might want to try and find a newer version.
Nick
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From: "John E. Garrott Sr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Adabas
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 19:39:57 -0700
Daniel Bechard wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> I have install Star Office 5.2 and during installation, it ask me to
> download from the internet "ADABAS"
> Where can I find this file adabas??
>
> Thank you
http://www.sun.com/staroffice/
and follow the links to the download section.
Good luck,
John
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ipconfig /renew on Linux
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 02:36:01 GMT
Quick question:
What is equivalent of NT command: ipconfig /renew (renew ip address
from DHCP server)
Thanks
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From: Michel Catudal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Almost Lost New Hard Drive After Linux Install
Date: 6 Aug 2000 21:59:07 -0500
Stewart Honsberger a �crit :
>
> The only thing he could attempt to save himself a BIOS/mobo upgrade would
> be to manually enter the parameters for the drive, rather than allowing
> the BIOS to auto-detect. Some systems will allow this and detect the drive
> at proper size, but they're very definately the exception, rather than the
> rule.
You are quite right as your experience seems to miror mine. I find fdisk under Linux
to be far superior to other winblows or dos.
As for this section which I left of your message. I did patch the correct information
in
my bios and the 14G drive was correctly seen. On the other hand both NT4 and Corel
Linux still
managed to blow the partition table. Winblows 98, Slackware, SuSE, Mandrake, RedHat as
well as
Caldera Linux had no problem whatsoever.
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From: Michel Catudal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netscape 4.72 on Suse 6.4: close window aborts instead of closes
Date: 6 Aug 2000 22:03:03 -0500
Yeoh Yiu a �crit :
>
> I have a fresh install of suse 6.4 linux on a
> celeron 433, running KDE.
>
> I'm using the Netscape 4.72 which was installed off the Suse CD. My
> usage style of websurfing is to have 12 to 20 different sessions
> (i.e., windows) of Netscape running concurrently. These are
> instantiated by File->New->Navigator Window or by Right-click->Open
> Link in New Window.
>
> When I an done with a particular session, I chose
> File->Close or Alt-w. Sometimes this just closes
> that particular window, as it should, but other times
> it closes *every* window.
>
> So, what can I do to close a particular window without
> closing all windwos ?
>
> BTW, I use this 12-20 windows mode so I don't have to
> repeatedly log into various web sites, and then navigate
> to my particular area of interest, since deep links
> are not always supported, and also so I can alt-tab
> between various too-slow web sites.
>
> YY
It's a RedHat & Mandrake bug which has been fixed by SuSE. Go to SuSE web site and
download the fixes. It works correctly after that. The Netscape version that comes
with the CD is trash, the one on SuSE's web site works well.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mary P)
Subject: Re: Should I build up an athlon box or buy an Imac DV?
Date: 7 Aug 2000 03:20:40 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 06 Aug 2000 10:23:13 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
(trying to figure out whether to buy or build a new computer):>
> Now Apple has lowered prices and I'm looking at Imacs (...)
If I was thinking about an apple product I would wait until
OS X comes out. (unless it already did while I was sleeping . . .)
(just my two cents)
MP
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From: Duane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: UDMA IDE Drive stops network transfers
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 19:31:28 -0700
David Steuber wrote:
>
> I noticed the other day when moving a few GB of files from one
> computer to another that when the disk light goes on, the network
> traffic halts. Once the disk light goes off, the network traffic
> resumes again. This seems to defeat the whole purpose of having a
> 100bt ethernet network.
>
> My first thought was that the interrupt for the IDE drive was taking
> up all the CPU time so that the NIC couldn't be serviced. But a
> friend of mine told me that Windows does not have this problem so long
> as DMA is enabled.
>
> In `make menuconfig' there is a `Use DMA by default when available'
> option under `block devices'. I've got it turned on. Is there
> something else I have to do, or are IDE drives just fundamentally
> screwed up this way. I hate the idea of disk access bringing other io
> and perhaps even the CPU to a halt. I can't afford to install the
> equivalent amount of SCSI disk.
To see how (or whether) DMA is operating, have you tried hdparm?
http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/hardware/hdtweak.html
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From: Akira Yamanita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ipconfig /renew on Linux
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 03:20:55 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Quick question:
> What is equivalent of NT command: ipconfig /renew (renew ip address
> from DHCP server)
> Thanks
Depends on what DHCP client you're using. If you're using dhcpcd,
it's "dhcpcd -k". You could also bring down the interface and then
back up with "ifdown eth0" then "ifup eth0" (assuming the interface
is eth0, of course).
I don't know the specific method if you're running pump bring
restarting the interface will work.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Fester)
Subject: Something OTHER than a getty on a vterm
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 03:28:50 GMT
In /etc/inittab, mingetty is set up on the ttys of my choice, with the
lines:
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty1
2:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty2
3:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty3
Et Cetera... what I want to do is run something OTHER than mingetty on
tty1. Specifically top, so that when I press CTRL-ALT-F1, I see top
running, and can use it without providing a user/pass and manually running
it. I tried:
1:2345:respawn:/usr/bin/top
But that puts top on the tty from which I run telinit. How do I specify
which tty top will run on? Or is this entirely impossible?
--
-- Fester
"Anyone can create 'smart' sentences
by using 'one', 'thus', or 'hence'."
-Tomo
"Thus, one is inclined to laugh at
anything Tomo says hence." -Dexter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Something OTHER than a getty on a vterm
Date: 7 Aug 2000 03:39:43 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 07 Aug 2000 03:28:50 GMT, Fester wrote:
>In /etc/inittab, mingetty is set up on the ttys of my choice, with the
>lines:
>1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty1
>2:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty2
>3:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty3
>Et Cetera... what I want to do is run something OTHER than mingetty on
>tty1. Specifically top, so that when I press CTRL-ALT-F1, I see top
>running, and can use it without providing a user/pass and manually running
>it. I tried:
>1:2345:respawn:/usr/bin/top
>But that puts top on the tty from which I run telinit. How do I specify
>which tty top will run on? Or is this entirely impossible?
Possible, certainly! You're going about it the wrong way is all... try
putting this line in /sbin/init.d/boot.local (/etc/rc.d/rc.local for
RedHat users):
top >& /dev/tty1 &
Though I wouldn't use tty1 for that sort of thing; it seems that tty1 is
supposed to always be available for a standard login if necessary.
SuSE uses tty10 for output from dmesg; try that one?
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Tyranny is always better organized
http://www.brainbench.com / than freedom.
=============================/ ==Charles Peguy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Photon85)
Subject: RedHat 6.1 and networking
Date: 07 Aug 2000 03:52:46 GMT
Hello all. (Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] rather than the from
address on this message)
I am running Red Hat 6.2 with Linux 2.4.0-test1. I first set up this system at
college, and so I was able to set up networking by givining the Red Hat
installer all the appropriate networking information (hostname, IP addresses,
etc.). However, since I am changing rooms at college next year, I will need to
change some of this networking information. I decided to try changing this
information on my system now, just to see what would happen, and a friend of
mine recommended I use linuxconf to do so. After changing the hostname and IP
address to dummy test values (these two pieces of information will be the only
ones to change when I get to school), I told linuxconf to "activate new
changes" and then I quit. After rebooting my system, the system seemed to hang
upon reaching the System Logger step in the initialization sequence. I
rebooted again and used the "linux single" prompt to gain access to an
emergency recovery shell, and I again ran linuxconf, this time disabling the
ethernet adapter device (but leaving the dummy information there). Rebooting
again let me use my system again, except that now I have no network support at
all. I have tried restoring the networking information to what it had been
before, but that doesn't help.
Does anyone know why this happened, and what I should do to fix it? I know
that reinstalling linux will fix the problem, but of course I don't want to do
that just because my hostname might change.
Also, I was wondering how to upgrade my Red Hat installation. Do I just boot
off a RedHat CD of whatever version I want, and then follow through as though I
were installing it for the first time? Will doing this leave my home directory
files and kernel upgrades in place?
Thank you all very much. Please remember to direct all replies to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
roni
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Fester)
Subject: Re: Something OTHER than a getty on a vterm
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 04:00:15 GMT
On 7 Aug 2000 03:39:43 GMT, Dances With Crows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Possible, certainly! You're going about it the wrong way is all... try
>putting this line in /sbin/init.d/boot.local (/etc/rc.d/rc.local for
>RedHat users):
>
>top >& /dev/tty1 &
But the problem with that is that it wouldn't accept input so that I could
resort the output of top. Also it doesn't respawn if killed.
But I tried it anyway, and am recieving the following error:
top: tcgetattr() failed: inappropriate ioctl for device
--
-- Fester
"Anyone can create 'smart' sentences
by using 'one', 'thus', or 'hence'."
-Tomo
"Thus, one is inclined to laugh at
anything Tomo says hence." -Dexter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: ipconfig /renew on Linux
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 04:02:32 GMT
On Mon, 07 Aug 2000 03:20:55 GMT, Akira Yamanita
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>I don't know the specific method if you're running pump bring
>restarting the interface will work.
# pump -R
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Hal B
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pedro Duarte)
Subject: Recording on the sound card on console ?
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 21:43:38 GMT
What's the best console program (no X windows) available for sound
recording?
By the best, i mean "the most optimized", since I have a 486 cpu ...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cameron Hutchison)
Subject: Re: Something OTHER than a getty on a vterm
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 05:10:11 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 07 Aug 2000 04:00:15 GMT, Fester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> [wants to run top on tty10 from init]
Try this. Create a file called /usr/local/bin/top-tty10, containing the
following:
=======
#!/bin/sh
exec /usr/bin/top </dev/tty10 >/dev/tty10 2>/dev/tty10
=======
(make sure you chmod +x)
Then in /etc/inittab:
10:23:/usr/local/sbin/top-tty10
That works for me.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (B'ichela)
Subject: Re: Something OTHER than a getty on a vterm
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 00:54:54 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 07 Aug 2000 03:28:50 GMT, Fester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In /etc/inittab, mingetty is set up on the ttys of my choice, with the
>lines:
>
>1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty1
>2:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty2
>3:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty3
>
>Et Cetera... what I want to do is run something OTHER than mingetty on
>tty1. Specifically top, so that when I press CTRL-ALT-F1, I see top
>running, and can use it without providing a user/pass and manually running
>it. I tried:
>
>1:2345:respawn:/usr/bin/top
if you want top. try this line. its Ugly but it will work. For
this I will use tty4 as its a good idea to leave tty1 alone.
top >/dev/tty4 </dev/tty4 2>&1 &
If you want to put this in your inittab the following hack should work
4:2345:respawn:top >/dev/tty4 </dev/tty4 2>&1
I learned of the fancy 2>&1 from a unix book. heres a summary
of what the redirectors mean
>/dev/tty4 #send standard output to /dev/tty4
</dev/tty4 #get standard input from /dev/tty4
2>&1 #send standard error to the same place standard output
goes /dev/tty4
Only problem is. anyone who goes to /dev/tty4, even non root
can raise hell by killing anyones processes they want! as /dev/tty4
will be running a program with the effective UID of ROOT!
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