Linux-Misc Digest #706, Volume #25 Sat, 9 Sep 00 01:13:01 EDT
Contents:
Re: RH6.0 Path problem? (Andrew Purugganan)
Re: Incredibel long FTP connect time since I add a gateway to my netwerk (Lloyd
Bryant)
Re: IP address stealing on Intranet (Lloyd Bryant)
Re: End-User Alternative to Windows (Dave Martel)
Re: how to make ipop3d running (Akira Yamanita)
Re: My project. ("d3v")
WWW page building/management apps for Linux? (MH)
Re: Newbie questions (David M. Cook)
Re: Windows in Waiting (WIW) (N/A)
Revive My Hard Drive Cuz It Took A Dive. (QNA)
Re: Red Hat Linux - Apache included? in Standard Edition? (David M. Cook)
Re: A Very Simple Question Concerning My Windows Disapearing Act (muzh)
Re: Vpop3d confuse....... (David M. Cook)
Re: snedmail not delivering email!!!!! (David M. Cook)
Large HD, Linux and Win2k ("Manoj M. Prabhakaran")
Re: Newbie questions ("Dave Stanton")
Re: Shockwave/Flash (E J)
Re: Linux on Evergreen? (E J)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Purugganan)
Subject: Re: RH6.0 Path problem?
Date: 9 Sep 2000 02:14:25 GMT
Andy Kinsey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
[ This is a strange problem...when I type 'startx' after loggging in, I
[ get 'command not found.' The file startx resides in /usr/X11R6/bin. This
[ used to work, and now it doesn't, along with a few other programs that
[ used to run directly from the command line. I also can't change to the
[ NextStep or AfterStep windows any more. I'm new to Linux, and I'm not
[ sure where to look for a "path" statement, if it exists. Since I'm not
[ looking forward to reinstalling Linux from scratch, any assistance would
[ be greatly appreciated.
check /etc/profile, mine has the line
PATH="$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin" and further below that,
export PATH
--
jazz
Registered linux user no. 164098 +--+--+--+ Litestep user no. 386
Doesn't it bother you, that we have to search for intelligent life
--- OUT THERE??
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Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 21:06:00 -0500
From: Lloyd Bryant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Incredibel long FTP connect time since I add a gateway to my netwerk
Otto Wyss wrote:
>
> I have a very simple private network, one Mac (192.168.0.1) and one
> Linux (192.168.0.2), with a modem (PPP) connetcion to the internet on
> the Mac. Now I've added a software router on the Mac so I could use the
> modem on the Linux as well. On the Linux side I configured the Mac as a
> Gateway. Since than it takes almost forever to conntect from the Mac to
> the Linux with FTP. What could be the reason?
>
> My interface file:
>
> iface eth0 inet static
> address 192.168.0.2
> netwerk 192.168.0.0
> netmask 255.255.255.0
> broadcast 192.168.0.255
> gateway 192.168.0.1
>
> O. Wyss
I've seen similiar problems, Linux-to-Linux, where the machine
initiating
the FTP wasn't defined in the '/etc/hosts' file of the server. For
whatever
reason, some FTP implementations attempt to do a reverse-dns lookup on
the
IP address of the machine initiating the connection, and can take
several
minutes to time-out before allowing the connection to continue.
I have no clue whether this would affect your Mac, or where you would go
to
set this information on it. It's something to look at...
Lloyd Bryant
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 21:23:08 -0500
From: Lloyd Bryant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: IP address stealing on Intranet
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> We have an intranet with about a hundred machines. Internet usage
> accounted based on usage of SQUID (which counted on IP address).
> Some people change their IP address to other which belong to someone
> who are on vacation.
>
> How can catch this IP address stealing?
>
> --
> Zsolt Bessenyei
Suggestion: 'man arpwatch'
Lloyd Bryant
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Dave Martel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: End-User Alternative to Windows
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 20:40:51 -0500
On Sat, 09 Sep 2000 00:59:55 GMT, Mark Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
>
>Ingemar Lundin wrote:
>>
>> >Anybody's guess. My guess is that two to five million machines have linux
>> >installed against an estimated 100 million for windows - another guess
>> >really - but a much lesser number is used as the main working machine. It
>> is
>> >said that majority of web-servers are running on Linux though M$ would
>> certainly
>> >dispute that.
>>
>> try 500 milj Windows and 2.5 milj Linux
>
>500 mill for windows? Um, not. Maybe for all computers* in the world.
>Linux has WAY more than 2.5 mill. Estimates from '96 put Linux at 10
>mill. I'd place it at 20 mill. This is for users not servers+users.
>
>*not counting embedded devices.
>
>> and a majority (altough not much more than 50%) is running *Apache*, thats
>> not the same as running Linux!
>
>Dude, the number is like 60% which is 20% greater than 50%. I'd
>consider this fairly significant.
>
>>
>> /IL
FWIW....this is distributed.net's breakdown by OS of the exact numbers
of machines that were networked together over the internet to
participate in the RSA DES Challenge II:
Win32 (95/NT) 111,788,489
MacOS 48,878,795
Linux 29,834,793
Solaris 21,619,282
Now if someone can get a good statistic for any of these, you can
figure out about how many of the others are out there.
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From: Akira Yamanita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to make ipop3d running
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2000 03:03:12 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> i uncomment the pop3 line in /etc/inetd.conf file and restart inetd.
> but i still cant telnet the pop3 port 110.is that mean ipop3d dont run?
> or there are something else need to be changed?
>
> any suggestion will be appreciated.
>
> zhao.
Is the imap package installed? Even it should have been installed
by default, check to make sure it's actually there. I know that
RH 6.1 wouldn't install it (though there's an installer update
that takes care of that).
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From: "d3v" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware,comp.hardware,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: My project.
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2000 03:09:26 GMT
Ya I tried that first didn't see it at all it's an old 8-bit triangular card
it might even be a serial interface card now that I look at it. I email
Tamarack (difficult by email) we'll see if anyone even checks their email :)
Thanks for the ideas guys (Ray, Tyler).
Kevin
"Tyler Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> d3v wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> > I recently decided to get into writing Device drivers for Linux I
found
> > a very old 8-bit midi or game card that I'd like to write a driver for I
> > think the learning experience would be great. The problem is it's a no
name
> > card the chip is a Tamarack (TD3088A3) anyone know anything about this
chip
> > or maybe a good place to start my search. If I'm posting off topic
please
> > accept my apologies.And sorry for the cross-post I'm lazy :)
> > Thanks,
> > Kevin
>
> You could throw it into windows to see if it recognizes it, then take the
name
> it came up with and start your search from there. Linux might already
support
> it, too. If it doesn't auto detect and you have a day to waste you could
try
> all the modules and all of their settings. I know it doesn't help you
write
> the driver but you said you want the experience, and this would at least
> identify the card for you so you'd have a place to start looking for
specs.
> What's more, is if you find that a linux module supports the card, you can
> always look to its source code for help when you in a jam!
>
>
>
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From: MH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: WWW page building/management apps for Linux?
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 20:21:35 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Are there any easy to use WWW page building and site management apps for
Linux? Anything roughly equivalent to FrontPage? If not, what tools
are generally used for this function?
I've done some preliminary searches on this subject and the only thing I
came up with was Amaya (which I thought was a browser) and IBM
Websphere, which is probably overkill for my needs and likely has a
steep learning curve.
TIA
--
Don't waste your vote. Vote Green, or don't vote at all.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Newbie questions
Date: 9 Sep 2000 03:25:54 GMT
On Fri, 8 Sep 2000 22:56:30 +0100, Tony Wainwright
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>1) In this book he says that when installing Red Hat Gnome there will be an
>icon on the desktop labelled CD-ROM and that by right clicking it you will
>be able to mount the CD-ROM. Mine didn't. Is there anyway to re-create it?
This only gets created on the users desktop if your /etc/fstab has the user
flag for the cdrom, frex:
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 ro,noauto,user 0 0
Then choose, I think, rescan devices on the desktop menu (right click, I
believe).
>4) Probably not be able to help...but my monitor display bows out in Linux
>but is rectangluar in Windows and can only get 800x600 resolution in Linux.
You can do some adjustment (size and position, but not pincushion) by using
xvidtune. The easiest way to use this is to install XF86Setup from the
first RH CD:
mount /mnt/cdrom
cd /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS
rpm --Uhv *VGA16* *Setup*
You can run XF86Setup from a gnome-terminal. Click on "done" (since you
only need to "refine" the configuration) and it will let you run xvidtune
and adjust the display. It will add those changes to the config file when
you're done.
You can run xvidtune by itself, but you have to add the results to your
XF86Config by hand. The above method does it for you.
Dave Cook
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From: N/A <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Windows in Waiting (WIW)
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2000 03:28:49 GMT
N/A wrote:
>
> i have opened my /etx/lilo.conf file in Linux Mandrake in order to
create
> Windows OS as a possible option during boot up but obviously i dont know
> what im doing because i still have only the options to boot Linux and
> Floppy no matter what i do. i do have Windows 98 installed just i cant
go
> into it because linux i guess has taken over and given me only the 2
> options i mentioned. so how do i give myself Windows as an option when i
> turn on my computer. i cant seem to add it. thank you.
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
alright i will try that but im now sure i knoe exactly what u mean, what
is it i should write in the /etx/lilo/conf. file?
> http://www.help.com/
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http://www.help.com/
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From: QNA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Revive My Hard Drive Cuz It Took A Dive.
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2000 03:28:49 GMT
that is funny...LOL. ok anyway what do i put in my /etc/lilo.conf file so
that i can add an OS (Windows98) to start-up. i have it it is just not
given as an option during start up. linux only is. i need to go into
windows but i cant cuz there is no option for it. what exactly do i do and
how can i fix this???
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http://www.help.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook)
Subject: Re: Red Hat Linux - Apache included? in Standard Edition?
Date: 9 Sep 2000 03:32:36 GMT
On Fri, 08 Sep 2000 06:11:23 -0700, msprague
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Are Apache, wu-ftp, and Sendmail are included in this package?? or
Yes.
>should I return it and go out and buy the Deluxe or Professional
>edition to get these.
Get Deluxe if you want phone support. BTW, 6.2 has been out for about 6
months; is the 6.1 box significantly cheaper?
After installation, I strongly suggest applying the wu-ftpd update at
http://www.redhat.com/errata.
I've been seeing a lot of haxored boxes lately and I suspect a wu-ftpd
exploit. Better yet, use scp from the openssh suite of commands or a
different ftp server:
http://www.openssh.com
Dave Cook
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From: muzh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: A Very Simple Question Concerning My Windows Disapearing Act
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2000 15:35:48 +1200
Are you using LILO ?
If you are, simply add this section
#
other = /dev/hda1
label = windows
table = /dev/hda
to your /etc/lilo.conf file, and rerun /sbin/lilo .
As for other boot managers, I don't know --
N/A wrote:
>
> hey,
> what is the name of the file i can open in Linux to set Windows as a
> possible bootable OS? i have windows98 installed but not able to run
> because at the startup of Linux Mandrake 7.0 i am only given the options
> Linux and Floppy to boot up. i would like to change this. so how can i do
> that and if you know what is the name of that file so i can go into it. i
> think it is something like /etc/X11/...... but i can not remember the
> rest. thank you.
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
--
Never trust a man in a suit --
cll
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook)
Subject: Re: Vpop3d confuse.......
Date: 9 Sep 2000 03:39:55 GMT
On Fri, 8 Sep 2000 17:45:36 +0800, Cool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Is vpop3d only work with different IPs?
>Can I configue it to work with different host names instead of IPs?
You need different domains, but not different IPs. These virtual domains
need to be added to your DNS our your uplines providers DNS.
>If not, is that mean that I have to give each virtual email domain an
>individual IP address?
>My problem is, mail can be send to virtual user's mailbox successfully,
Then the DNS stuff is probably already set up correctly.
See http://linuxconf.demo.nett.org/help:help.eng/mailconf/vdomain.html for
some documentation.
Dave Cook
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook)
Subject: Re: snedmail not delivering email!!!!!
Date: 9 Sep 2000 03:46:52 GMT
On Sat, 09 Sep 2000 01:15:01 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>send and receive email to and from the root account. All other emails
You probably need to turn relaying on for your domain in /etc/mail/access,
frex:
# Check the /usr/doc/sendmail-8.9.3/README.cf file for a description
# of the format of this file. (search for access_db in that file)
# The /usr/doc/sendmail-8.9.3/README.cf is part of the sendmail-doc
# package.
#
# by default we allow relaying from localhost...
localhost.localdomain RELAY
localhost RELAY
127.0.0.1 RELAY
# Relay for my domain. I believe hosts need both forward and reverse DNS
# resolution for this to work.
mydomain.com RELAY
# You can also add a class A, B, or C. AFAIK, for a subnet you'd have to
# add each IP if you didn't want the whole class C in there.
192.168.1 RELAY
Dave Cook
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From: "Manoj M. Prabhakaran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Large HD, Linux and Win2k
Date: 9 Sep 2000 03:50:05 GMT
Hi,
I am getting a new PC with a 40 gig HDD. I am planning to install
linux (redhat 7beta) and win2k on it. I would like to know the
best way I should go about doing this. I am aware that there is a
1024 cylinder limit associated with LILO. So I would appreciate it
very much if someone could tell me how to partition my disk
(suppposing I give 20GB each to windows and linux). Also should I
first install win2k or Linux? And, do I use LILO or some
bootmanager of windows? (I haven't used win2k before and am a
complete newbie there).
The configuration includes: Motherboard - Intel CA810E,
Hard Drive - Maxtor 40 GB EIDE Ultra DMA/66 Model # MXT-94098U8
tia,
Manoj.
--
The program isn't debugged until the last user is dead.
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From: "Dave Stanton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Newbie questions
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2000 05:31:05 +0100
"Tony Wainwright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:Zddu5.10870$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi there,
> I'm a newcomer to Linux, although I did have limited experience of it
whilst
> at college ? years ago. I am very experienced with Windows.
>
> I have a publishers edition of Red Hat Linux 6.0 (installed) and Caldera
> OpenLinux 2.2 that came with 'The Complete Reference Linux 3rd Edition' by
> Richard Petersen, and I have a few??? questions that I hope someone will
> answer.
>
> 1) In this book he says that when installing Red Hat Gnome there will be
an
> icon on the desktop labelled CD-ROM and that by right clicking it you will
> be able to mount the CD-ROM. Mine didn't. Is there anyway to re-create
it?
> 2) When re-installing Windows the LILO seems to have been overwritten and
I
> have to boot from a floppy. Can I 're-activate' LILO?
> 3) When installing Linux I activated the Gnome Display Manager (graphical
> login). Can I deactivate it and boot straight to the command line?
> 4) Probably not be able to help...but my monitor display bows out in Linux
> but is rectangluar in Windows and can only get 800x600 resolution in
Linux.
> I have a Goldstar LG Studioworks 520Si monitor and an SiS 6326 display
> adapter - I think I may need to replace these but can't afford to...yet.
> Also I have and ESS ES 1869 soundcard, a Rockwell PCI Modem Enumerator
> HCFModem with a Rockwell PCI56RVP modem that won't work - am using Windows
> to send this.
>
> Sorry this is so long but as I said - I am newbie and these niggles are
> ticking me off, so any help will enable me to get to grips more enjoyably
> with this OS.
> Cheers
> Tony
With regard to your 6326 video card, these are a known source of trouble in
Linux, go to the suse web site and do a search in their database on 6326,
lots of info there.
Cheers
Dave
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Shockwave/Flash
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 21:34:19 -0700
Cheeby wrote:
> I've got Flash working for root, but not for any other users. I've put the
> class and .so files in /usr/lib/netscape/plugins, but it seems only root can
> make use of them.
>
> Help.
>
> Thanks.
$ su -
password: <secret>
# cd /usr/lib/netscape/plugins
# chmod a+rx ShockwaveFlash.class
# chmod a+rx libflashplayer.so
or another way for each user:
$ su - user
password: <secret>
$ cp /usr/lib/netscape/plugins/ShockwaveFlash.class ~/.netscape/plugins
$ cp /usr/lib/netscape/plugins/libflashplayer.so ~/.netscape/plugins
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux on Evergreen?
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 21:51:52 -0700
When you changed motherboards (hard disk controllers), the hard disk parameters
to lilo changed. Click on the bios and select the same hard disk number,
cylinders, heads and sectors like the old motherboard.
Alternatively, if you can get lilo on the floppy, try giving the CHS number at
the lilo prompt.
If you can finallly boot linux, try to run lilo.
Murray Alexander wrote:
> I've put a new motherboard, floppy drive, and floppy drive cable into my
> Linux box. Originally, it wouldn't boot from a floppy, but would boot from
> the hard drive. The new board has an Evergreen processor (tried 4x33MHz and
> 3x40MHz). It won't boot from a floppy, but will boot from a MS-DOS formatted
> hard drive.
>
> When booting from my original hard drive (which is auto-detected correctly,
> BTW), I get the 1st two chars of the "LILO" boot message, then it beeps, and
> then it freezes. Gotta press Reset or cycle power.
>
> Ideas, anyone? This is an old version of Linux, kernel is probably 1.x.x.
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