Linux-Misc Digest #445, Volume #25 Mon, 14 Aug 00 13:13:04 EDT
Contents:
Re: Q: How do you control pptpd services? (David Steuber)
Re: Dreamweaver port for Linux? (David Steuber)
Re: How to redirect serial port to eth0? (David Steuber)
GFC-like file comparison utility (Colin Vernon)
Re: RPM and installp (Ean Kingston)
OH MY GOD!!! ("HAL@Discovery")
Re: Best Linux Distribution (Koen Van Baelen)
Passing command to Telnet with a text file (Richard Lewis)
Re: Linux on AMD (David C.)
Re: GFC-like file comparison utility (Terry Gliedt)
BUG IN DYNAMIC LINKER ("Marina")
Re: cOREL LINUX iNSTALLATION (Eric Y. Chang)
Re: Passing command to Telnet with a text file (Dances With Crows)
Re: Passing command to Telnet with a text file (Akira Yamanita)
Re: File Sharing on Dual Boot (Dances With Crows)
Re: Passing command to Telnet with a text file (Stephen Hui)
Re: Dreamweaver port for Linux? (Tony Lawrence)
Re: Dual NICs of same type? ("Stroller")
Re: Sony SDT-5000 Tape Drive on Redhat 6.1 (Bob Hauck)
Re: Linux on AMD (Tony Lawrence)
Re: BUG IN DYNAMIC LINKER (William Burrow)
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Subject: Re: Q: How do you control pptpd services?
From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 16:00:02 GMT
sysv <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
' Can someone tell me what this service is in RH
' Linux, and how to disable it? I see no listing
' in /etc/services for it, and cannot find a
' startup script in /etc/rc.d/init.d that invokes
' this binary.
I don't know red hat. Have you looked in /etc/inittab? Everything
starts from there. Red Hat may keep inittab in a different place than
SuSE. Start from there. Follow the boot scripts. Grep is your
friend.
I think Red Hat comes with a utility called `linuxconf'. You might be
able to control it from there.
--
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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Subject: Re: Dreamweaver port for Linux?
From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 16:00:03 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
' Andrew N. McGuire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
'
' > vi. what real web-heads use. :-)
'
' I do use vim for cgi scripting and quick HTML edits -- but
' I manage a very large Web site much of which is articles and
' other text documents -- it's nice to have a good editor like
' Dreamweaver for such tasks.
I like XEmacs myself. However, I am not aware of any elisp extensions
or modes for automaticly tracking links or doing any of the other cool
things that Dreamweaver does. The HTML mode only puts the most basic
skeleton in a new document.
So far, I've not dealt with a site that was so large that it couldn't
be managed by hand. If a site does get large, then it is time to
produce the pages with html template files and scripts either
dynamicly or in batch jobs.
What you might consider doing is checking out the appropriate news
groups related to site management and design. Here are some:
comp.infosystems.www.authoring 1 1 0 -x-
comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi 1 1 0 CGI programming (Moderated)
comp.infosystems.www.authoring.html 1 1 0 Writing HTML for the Web.
comp.infosystems.www.authoring.images 1 1 0 Using images, imagemaps on the Web.
comp.infosystems.www.authoring.misc 1 1 0 Miscellaneous Web authoring issues.
comp.infosystems.www.authoring.site-design 1 1 0 Web site design philosophy.
comp.infosystems.www.authoring.sitedesign 1 1 0 -x-
comp.infosystems.www.authoring.stylesheets 1 1 0 Layout/presentation on the WWW.
comp.infosystems.www.authoring.tools 1 1 0 Programs to help authoring Websites.
comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix 874 2 0 Web servers for UNIX platforms.
The thing about Unix is that the whole system is a menagerie of
development tools. There are emerging IDE type tools for
programming. Maybe there are such tools for web development. I know
there are link checkers, html validators, etc. I'm not aware of any
package that lumps that all together in one application.
The problem with putting all that functionality into one application
is that it is likely to be deficient in every area. I've not seen
Dreamweaver, but I have seen some output from it. Based on that, I
would guess that it is one of the better web tools out there.
Although, I prefer to write my own HTML by hand. Frontpage, last time
I saw it, generated a complete mess. Utterly and completely awful.
Another thing about really large sites is that they tend to have a
common look across all the URLs. The content is updated automatically
as articles are written and published. I suspect a lot of these sites
use custom software, maybe in house software, to do the job. I would
guess that off the shelf solutions prove to be inadequate to the task.
For example, if you ran a news site, you may have people submit
articles with very little to no markup. After editorial review,
someone else may add limited markup, or there may be an automated
process for turning ascii documents (or whatever) into HTML document
fragments which are then pushed onto the server by some batch job that
wraps the thing in a predesigned template and gives the document a
file name. This batch job would then go and create links to that
document in other documents.
It is even possible that the articles are stored in a database or have
references too them in a database so that every page on the site is
dynamicly generated. Or, the database information can be used to
generate the site as a batch job at periodic intervals and then
publish to the production servers to improve performance.
These are things that likely go well beyond the scope and capabilities
of Dreamweaver and other such packages that are probably better for
sites that have very few (less than a dozen) authors contributing
files to the site.
So, what you use is a function of the size of the site, the content of
the site, and the number of people who contribute to the site. I
doubt that any one package could possibly anticipate every need and
remain usable by someone who simply wants to write an article.
Good luck, and I hope I didn't waste any bandwidth with these off
topic thoughts.
--
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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Subject: Re: How to redirect serial port to eth0?
From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 16:00:04 GMT
Mihaly Gyulai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
' I have a data stream coming in a serial port.
'
' I wish to redirect the data stream to eth0 (?) and to capture it with
' TCP (?) in another machine on the intranet.
You have to read the data from the serial port and then write it out
to a tcp socket. How you do this is up to you. Your best hope for
advice would be to subscribe to comp.os.linux.development.apps and ask
there.
A high level description of a process you might use would be this:
On machine A, you write a daemon or regular program that accepts tcp
connections on some port with a protocol you have defined for feeding
it data from machine B.
On machine B you write a daemon or regular program that connects to
machine A with tcp. Machine B then reads data from the serial port
and writes it to the tcp socket that was established with machine A.
Make sure you have some means (like a firewall or private ip network)
of preventing outsiders from connecting to the port on machine A and
trashing that process by sending bogus data.
This is the best I can do for you. Good luck.
--
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: Colin Vernon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: GFC-like file comparison utility
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 11:50:31 -0400
Is there a "nicer" file comparison tool than diff? I'm looking for a utility
that can tell me how many lines have moved. I would really like to find a tool
like Graphical File Compare for OS/2 but for Linux (Unix).
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Crossposted-To: comp.unix.aix
From: Ean Kingston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RPM and installp
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 12:03:06 -0400
On Fri, 4 Aug 2000, Stuart D. Gathman wrote:
> Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 13:50:08 -0400
> From: Stuart D. Gathman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix, comp.os.linux.misc
> Subject: RPM and installp
>
> We have a number of inhouse packages in installp format. Now we are
> supporting RedHat and are creating RPM packages. To avoid duplicate
> effort, I ported RPM to AIX planning to use RPM packages for
> everything. However, I couldn't help noticing that nearly all the
> information needed to produce an AIX package is right there in the RPM
> spec file.
Porting sounds interresting but if you don't update the odm properly you
are going to wind up with two separate package managers (which is not a
good idea). One of the beautifull things about installp (or RPM) is the
ability to get a list of what is installed on the system.
> I am tempted to modify RPM to create AIX installp format as an option.
> Has anyone already thought of this? Are any efforts underway? To avoid
> naming conflicts, I suggest beginning the installp package name with
> "rpm". So, for example, the RPM sub-package named ncurses-devel would
> become the AIX fileset rpm.ncurses.devel.
This is a bad idea. Think about dependencies. Suppose I have a package
that requires the Athena Widgets (libaw.so). If I've previously installed
via installp it would show up as bos.lib.libaw.1.2.3.4 (or whatever). Now
I want to install something with RPM and it needs teh Athena Widgets. It
would have a dependency of rpm.lib.libaw.1.2.3.4. This isn't the same
name as the one I did install with installp but it is essentially the same
software. Package installation fails and now I have to criple something.
--
Ean Kingston
Just another faceless name on the Internet.
URL: http://www.korax.net/~ean
MAILTO: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "HAL@Discovery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: OH MY GOD!!!
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 02:01:57 -0700
Hi everyone.
I just attempted to install RH6.2 on my computer.
It boots up fine but, only from a floppy.
When I try to get LILO to boot up two things happen.
First it does not show DOS as a boot option and
when it tries to boot linux my screen quickly fills
up with 010101010101010101010101010101010.
WTF?? excuse my language but it is distressing.
So I guess I could boot up into Linux and fix the LILO conf
but I really don't know what I am doing here.
I bought a GPL version so I have no thechnical support
ecept from you guys.
Thanks alot
warren
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From: Koen Van Baelen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Best Linux Distribution
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 16:16:43 GMT
Mandrake (http://www.linux-mandrake.com) is excellent. It is compatble with
Redhat, so you can still use .rpm files and it is very easy to install.
Cullmann schreef:
> Ok, it is no easy question, but which distribution is the best in your eyes.
> I search one that works well with GNOME.
>
> Thanks
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From: Richard Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Passing command to Telnet with a text file
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 17:19:54 +0100
Hi People
Is it possible to pass a series of commands to a telnet session from a
text file? eg. using a command like "telnet <commands.txt", where
commands.txt would consist of a series of commands.
The purpose of this is to automate a telnet session on port 25 (the
SMTP port) of a mail server. My commands.txt file looks something like
this:
open mailserver.mydomain.com 25
helo myclient.mydomain.com
mail from:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
rcpt to:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
data
.
quit
When I try this it gets as far as opening the connection, but then the
remote server just breaks it immediately. Doing the above sequence of
commands manually works just fine.
Any help or pointers appreciated - I'm trying to incorporate this into
a shell script (BASH) if that makes any difference.
Cheers,
Rich.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Linux on AMD
Date: 14 Aug 2000 12:23:12 -0400
blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Exactly. Isn't that the main advantage and reason to use opensource
> stuff? ;-)
>
> If they just want everything by default, and .RPM every apps. Why not
> just stick with Windoz?
The world isn't black and white. You may find it hard to believe, but
there actually exist people who don't want to build everything by hand,
and yet don't want to run Windows.
-- David
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From: Terry Gliedt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: GFC-like file comparison utility
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 12:26:37 -0400
Colin Vernon wrote:
>
> Is there a "nicer" file comparison tool than diff? I'm looking for a utility
> that can tell me how many lines have moved. I would really like to find a tool
> like Graphical File Compare for OS/2 but for Linux (Unix).
Check out tkdiff. I've been very pleased with how it handles diff
output.
--
================================================================
Terry Gliedt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.hps.com/~tpg/
Biostatistics, Univ of Michigan Personal Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Marina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: BUG IN DYNAMIC LINKER
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 16:29:25 GMT
Hi, everybody
We're getting the following error:
BUG IN DYNAMIC LINKER ld.so: dynamic-link.h: 57: elf_get_dynamic_info:
Assertion `! "bad dynamic tag"' failed!
On a RedHat 6.1 Linux system.
The system was fine for a long time, but suddenly we're no longer able to
log in, either remotely or from the console (We can boot via linux
single, however.)
Could someone suggest what files we should try reinstalling
or any other means around this problem
Thank you in advance.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Y. Chang)
Subject: Re: cOREL LINUX iNSTALLATION
Date: 14 Aug 2000 16:27:47 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Corel sticks at certain spots in the installation. This is a VFAQ.
Consult their www site, or wait for my HOWTO on the subject.
Short answer: incompatible hardware. Do it Windows style. Pull
out everything except video and disk subsystems. Install. Add
hardware one at a time...
Eric
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Passing command to Telnet with a text file
Date: 14 Aug 2000 16:31:39 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 14 Aug 2000 17:19:54 +0100, Richard Lewis wrote:
>Is it possible to pass a series of commands to a telnet session from a
>text file? eg. using a command like "telnet <commands.txt", where
>commands.txt would consist of a series of commands.
[snip]
>Any help or pointers appreciated - I'm trying to incorporate this into
>a shell script (BASH) if that makes any difference.
You want "expect". It's a scripting language designed to automate
interactive programs like telnet. There's a tutorial at the URL below:
http://www.raycosoft.com/rayco/support/expect_tutor.html
You can also do what you want by using Perl's Net::Telnet module, I'm
sure, but if you want straight bash, it's probably not going to happen
unless you monkey with "netcat" quite a bit. HTH, good luck....
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Those who do not understand Unix are
http://www.brainbench.com / condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
=============================/ ==Henry Spencer
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From: Akira Yamanita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Passing command to Telnet with a text file
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 16:37:26 GMT
Richard Lewis wrote:
>
> Hi People
>
> Is it possible to pass a series of commands to a telnet session from a
> text file? eg. using a command like "telnet <commands.txt", where
> commands.txt would consist of a series of commands.
>
> The purpose of this is to automate a telnet session on port 25 (the
> SMTP port) of a mail server. My commands.txt file looks something like
> this:
>
> open mailserver.mydomain.com 25
> helo myclient.mydomain.com
> mail from:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> rcpt to:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> data
> .
> quit
>
> When I try this it gets as far as opening the connection, but then the
> remote server just breaks it immediately. Doing the above sequence of
> commands manually works just fine.
>
> Any help or pointers appreciated - I'm trying to incorporate this into
> a shell script (BASH) if that makes any difference.
>
> Cheers,
> Rich.
Use expect. Here's a sample expect script. This won't handle any
problems with the delivery but should give you a basic idea of how
to use it.
#!/usr/bin/expect -f
spawn telnet
expect "telnet>"
send "open mailserver.mydomain.com 25\n"
expect "Connected to "
send "helo myclient.mydomain.com\n"
expect "250"
send "mail from:[EMAIL PROTECTED]\n"
expect "Sender ok"
send "rcpt to:[EMAIL PROTECTED]\n"
expect "Recipient ok"
send "data\n"
expect "itself"
send ".\n"
expect "Message accepted for delivery"
send "quit\n"
expect "foreign host."
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: File Sharing on Dual Boot
Date: 14 Aug 2000 16:39:42 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 14 Aug 2000 11:06:42 -0400, Andy Robinson wrote:
>I have Windows 98 and Caldera OpenLinux eDesktop 2.4 setup as a dual boot
>system. I got the file sharing from windows to linux working (in linux
>using windows files) but is it at all possible to get files from linux into
>windows?
http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/explore2fs.htm
>it possible for me to be in Linux and connect to the internet thru Windows?
>Linux wont detect my modem, but if I could use an X Window or something to
>connect, that would be great. Thanks!
Huh? A machine can only run one OS at a time, unless you buy VMWare
or Win4Lin. Even then, if you have a LoseModem that Linux can't use, it
will be impossible to get it working if Linux is the host OS in VMWare.
If you try to run Linux as the guest OS in '98, you'll lose the
stability of Linux, which would suck. What do you mean by "use an X
window to connect"? There are GUI frontends to pppd and the ppp-up
scripts; "kppp" is pretty good and should be standard with Caldera 2.4.
If you have a LoseModem (often mistakenly called "WinModem"), rip it out
of your computer, sell it to a stupid person, and go buy a Real Modem
(defined as an external modem that connects to the machine using a DB9
serial port. $50 US or so.) They're easy to set up in Linux, and
provide better throughput+fewer disconnects no matter what OS you're
using in my experience.
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Those who do not understand Unix are
http://www.brainbench.com / condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
=============================/ ==Henry Spencer
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From: Stephen Hui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Passing command to Telnet with a text file
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 11:38:59 -0500
Richard Lewis wrote:
>
> Hi People
>
> Is it possible to pass a series of commands to a telnet session from a
> text file? eg. using a command like "telnet <commands.txt", where
> commands.txt would consist of a series of commands.
>
> The purpose of this is to automate a telnet session on port 25 (the
> SMTP port) of a mail server. My commands.txt file looks something like
> this:
>
> open mailserver.mydomain.com 25
> helo myclient.mydomain.com
> mail from:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> rcpt to:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> data
> .
> quit
>
> When I try this it gets as far as opening the connection, but then the
> remote server just breaks it immediately. Doing the above sequence of
> commands manually works just fine.
>
> Any help or pointers appreciated - I'm trying to incorporate this into
> a shell script (BASH) if that makes any difference.
>
> Cheers,
> Rich.
Well, if you're wanting to send mail, use sendmail (provided you have it
installed and running). The -t option allows you to specify thru STDIN
all the headers and data and everything.
Something like:
---BEGIN BLOCK---
$> sendmail -t
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Content-Type: text/plain
Subject: sending thru sendmail
This really does work, honest!
.
$>
---END BLOCK---
will work. Just end your message body with a single period. You can
include as many or as little message headers as you like ("To:" is
definitely required). This can be scripted from a shell script or perl
script or just about any language where you can send a stream of data to
a command (piping). I think there is an option to input into sendmail a
pre-typed, pre-formatted text file that contains all headers and message
body. I can't remember what it was off the top of my head though. You
could probably do
sendmail -t < message.txt
or even
cat message.txt | sendmail -t
where message.txt is like the block from above (sans command prompts and
message-ending period). [I haven't tried either of these two commands,
but they may get you in the right direction.]
And if all else fails,
man sendmail
Hope this helps! :o)
Stephen.
--
Stephen Hui, ARL:UT, Austin, Texas
Computer Terms: Programmer - A red-eyed, mumbling mammal
capable of conversing with inanimate objects.
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From: Tony Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dreamweaver port for Linux?
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 12:50:13 -0400
David Steuber wrote:
> So far, I've not dealt with a site that was so large that it couldn't
> be managed by hand. If a site does get large, then it is time to
> produce the pages with html template files and scripts either
> dynamicly or in batch jobs.
Amen to that. While my site isn't even particularly large,
I couldn't begin to manage it without scripts. As an
example, one of the things I do is reference related
material at the end of an article. I certainly wouldn't
want to go back and update all network related articles just
because I add a new one- so instead I use server side
include scripts to generate such lists; when I add something
new I only have to update that script. If I had even more
to manage, I'd have the script look at meta tags to decide
what's related and generate it on the fly, and if it was
REALLY big the meta tags would have been preindexed, etc.
OTOH, I can't imagine needing tools like Dreamweaver. I'm
probably sort sighted, stubborn, antiquated and all that,
but I just don't see what that sort of thing can do for me
that I can't more easily do for myself.
--
Tony Lawrence ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Linux articles, help, book reviews, tests,
job listings and more : http://www.pcunix.com/Linux
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From: "Stroller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Dual NICs of same type?
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 17:17:34 +0100
I'm new to Linux, but just about to configure a setup like this for a cable
modeem (sorry - I have a French flatmate). I haven't started yet, but was
lucky enough to stumble upon this thread.
I've got a modern Realtek super-cheapo imitation-NE2000 10/100mbit 10-baseT
PCI card for my home LAN & have just bought 2nd-hand an apparently ancient
3Com Etherlink III ISA 3C509B which has the 10-base2 connector to fit the
cable modeem. Any idea which will install as eth0...? Is there any way to
force the ISA card to eth0..? Is that necessary...?
Many TIA,
Stroller.
"Don Khan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:ft1l5.23204$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> The 3C905 are PCI cards. I have had no problems getting Linux installed
with
> them. What you could do is make sure that the external card is in the
lower
> numbered PCI slot and has the lower numbered MAC address. This should
become
> eth0. This is what I have and it works great. I am also using modules for
> the drivers. I'm using RedHat6.2 if it help.
>
> "Lola Slade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > I also have two nics-3com905. I am trying to figure out how to set them
> up. My distro
> > has set up the drivers as loadable modules so I am adding the following
to
> > /etc/modutils/aliases :
> >
> > alias eth0 3c59x
> > alias eth1 3c59x
> > [options ?? ]
> >
> > My question is what "options" line needs to follow this to differentiate
> the irq's and
> > io addresses? What irq's and io should I use or should I just use my
bios
> to set this?
> >
> > 3com recommends irq 10,11,12 and I have 10 and 12 free but I don't know
> what io
> > addresses to use.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > David Steuber wrote:
> >
> > > Will two 3Com 3C905B-TX type PCI NICs play nicely together in a single
> > > Linux box, or should I get another type of NIC for eth1?
> > >
> > > I have a PPro that I use as a router with a 10bt card for my DSL modem
> > > and a 100bt card to my hub (I wish it was a switch). These work
> > > well. My new computer is PCI only, just about. I would like another
> > > 100bt PCI NIC so that I have IPForwarding/Masquerading capability
> > > before I take the machine to my ISP. The reason for this is that I
> > > don't want to consume more than one IP address should I add additional
> > > machines. The machines hanging off of the second NIC can use private
> > > IP addresses like I use in my home network.
> > >
> > > --
> > > 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Hauck)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Sony SDT-5000 Tape Drive on Redhat 6.1
Reply-To: hauck[at]codem{dot}com
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 16:54:26 GMT
On Sun, 13 Aug 2000 13:03:42 GMT, Shyam Govardhan
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I just bought a second-hand Sony SCSI Tape Drive SDT-5000. Has anyone
>got this working on Redhat 6.1. I have got a Tekram DC-315U Ultra
>SCSI adapter.
>
>Please let me know if this tape drive works on Linux
SCSI tape drives generally work on Linux. Just hook it up and use it
via /dev/st?, where ? is 0 for the first one, 1, for the second, etc.
--
-| Bob Hauck
-| Codem Systems, Inc.
-| http://www.codem.com/
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From: Tony Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Linux on AMD
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 12:59:57 -0400
"David C." wrote:
>
> blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > Exactly. Isn't that the main advantage and reason to use opensource
> > stuff? ;-)
> >
> > If they just want everything by default, and .RPM every apps. Why not
> > just stick with Windoz?
>
> The world isn't black and white. You may find it hard to believe, but
> there actually exist people who don't want to build everything by hand,
> and yet don't want to run Windows.
Even people who can build by hand sometimes just want dumb
and simple, at least to start with.
For example, after many years of having a SCO machine as my
personal desktop, I'm about to switch to Linux (I've been
running a few Linux boxes here for a few years but they have
not been my main desktop).
I want as little work as possible when I do that.
Basically, I want to install the dist, configure it as
painlessly as possible and be up and running with 99%
functionality as quickly as possible. Lazy? You betcha.
I'm definitely going with something as user friendly as
possible, probably Caldera since they've bought SCO and I
expect some of the mannerisms I'm used to will find their
way into the product sooner rather than later.
--
Tony Lawrence ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Linux articles, help, book reviews, tests,
job listings and more : http://www.pcunix.com/Linux/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Burrow)
Subject: Re: BUG IN DYNAMIC LINKER
Date: 14 Aug 2000 16:53:41 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 14 Aug 2000 16:29:25 GMT,
Marina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>We're getting the following error:
>
> BUG IN DYNAMIC LINKER ld.so: dynamic-link.h: 57: elf_get_dynamic_info:
> Assertion `! "bad dynamic tag"' failed!
>
> On a RedHat 6.1 Linux system.
>
> The system was fine for a long time, but suddenly we're no longer able to
> log in, either remotely or from the console (We can boot via linux
> single, however.)
>
>Could someone suggest what files we should try reinstalling
>or any other means around this problem
This bug seems to arise when the libraries are out of date wrt to the
executable (or is it the other way around?). If nothing was changed on
the system, do you think your system was broken into? Perhaps it is
time to do an upgrade on the system anyway...
--
William Burrow -- New Brunswick, Canada o
Copyright 2000 William Burrow ~ /\
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