Linux-Misc Digest #904, Volume #25 Sat, 30 Sep 00 20:13:02 EDT
Contents:
where's a good software site? ("Matt Burton")
Error mouting Floopy (Yuri)
Re: where's a good software site? (Hal Burgiss)
Re: where go get sshd ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: where's a good software site? ("David ..")
ulimit woes (JCA)
Re: CGI scripts do not work (Andrew Purugganan)
Re: Running NT4/2000 on linux (Michael Perry)
Re: still can't upload via anonymous ftp (Mark Stinson)
Re: Type "(", ")" and "{", "}" in X... (David_C)
Re: Good gaming video card for Linux? (Thomas Regner)
Re: typical .config file for kernel compilation (Hartmann Schaffer)
Re: adding hard disk (Hartmann Schaffer)
Re: Running NT4/2000 on linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
sony vaio F580 Notebook unable to install ("visor-palm John")
Re: Multiple IPs per eth? ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Limiting user accounts on Red Hat 6.1 ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Formatting CF Card ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Running NT4/2000 on linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "Matt Burton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: where's a good software site?
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 18:27:27 -0400
i'm a newbie looking for applications to replace my windows ones temporarily
while i try out linux. is there a definitive site for linux software? i
can't believe i've had such a hard time finding a good email program.
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From: Yuri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Error mouting Floopy
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 22:30:04 -0000
Hey, I use Red Hat 6.2, Kernel 2.2.15. When trying to mount my floppy I get
a error saying "Error mounting floppy major or minor bad numbers". I was
thinking of recompiling the kernel, but I wanted a few suggestions first.
So can you please instead e-mail the answer if you know.
Thanks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: where's a good software site?
Reply-To: Hal Burgiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 22:35:25 GMT
On Sat, 30 Sep 2000 18:27:27 -0400, Matt Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>i'm a newbie looking for applications to replace my windows ones
>temporarily while i try out linux. is there a definitive site for
>linux software?
freshmeat.net for one. There are others.
>i can't believe i've had such a hard time finding a good email program.
mutt. But I expect you want GUI though.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: where go get sshd
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 22:28:37 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Jeff Grossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In article <8qss0v$qeh$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> > i'm looking for sshd, the daemon side of ssh.
> > where can i donwload it? rpm's prefered, source code ok.
> > thanks.
>
> When looking for RPM's, I would recommend www.rpmfind.net. They have
> RPM's of almost all Linux programs.
>
> Jeff
> --
> Jeff Grossman ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>
yup, rpmfind.net rocks.
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: where's a good software site?
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 17:30:37 -0500
Matt Burton wrote:
>
> i'm a newbie looking for applications to replace my windows ones temporarily
> while i try out linux. is there a definitive site for linux software? i
> can't believe i've had such a hard time finding a good email program.
www.tucows.com/linux
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From: JCA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ulimit woes
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 22:45:35 GMT
I am trying to increase some system parameters
for my shell using ulimit, but I am not allowed to.
Doing it as root it works.
How do I get to do this from my account?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Purugganan)
Subject: Re: CGI scripts do not work
Date: 30 Sep 2000 22:35:56 GMT
vivekvp ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
[ I suspect the webserver.
[ What has to be done to a webserver to allow cgi scripts to work.
There's a section in /etc/httpd/conf/access.conf & httpd.conf that you
have to tweak to enable CGI scripts to run for regular web visitors. If
you haven't touched those files at all, then start reading up on them
They normally ship with these things turned off for security reasons
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Perry)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Running NT4/2000 on linux
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 15:01:00 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 27 Sep 2000 14:15:21 +0100, Rich Edwards
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Thanks for the reply - but I don't seem to have been very clear.
>What I mean is:
>Can I run linux on a machine (assuming I have all the correct drivers) then
>be able to run a NT4/2000 OS over the top or as a process or any other way.
>
>I hope I am a bit clearer this time...
>
>
>Rich
>
>
You can run NT as just another application using a few products out there.
The one I am most familiar with is VMware. VMware is not, strictly
speaking, emulation software. Its more virtual machine technology. You can
run probably 10 different "guest systems" including 95, 98, NT, a bunch of
linux variants, and others.
Check out www.vmware.com. Be aware you need some horsepower. I have about
3 different guest OS'es. I am running these
on a Dell Precision Workstation 610 with twin Pentium III 550s, a Diamond
Viper 770d and a lot of fast scsi real estate. The base OS is debian linux
slinkato with a 2.2.16 kernel.
--
Michael Perry
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From: Mark Stinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: still can't upload via anonymous ftp
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 23:02:20 GMT
Login as real user and upload till your hearts content . Writing to the
pub folder with anon access is asking for trouble.......
Don wrote:
> Ok, I'm waving the white flag. After upgrading to wu-ftp 6.1 and
> modifying my ftp access file according to the docs, I still can't
> upload, i.e., I am getting "permission denied on server" error messages
> when I try yo upload to the /home/ftp/pub directory. Does someone have
> an example ftpaccess file I can look at? Here is mine so maybe you can
> spot the problem.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Don
>
> ===========================================
> class all real,guest,anonftp,anonymous *
>
> email root@localhost
>
> loginfails 5
>
> readme README* login
> readme README* cmd=*
>
> message /welcome.msg login
> message .message cwd=*
>
> compress yes all
> tar yes all
> chmod no guest,anonymous
> delete no guest,anonymous
> overwrite no guest,anonymous
> rename no guest,anonymous
>
> class anonftp anonymous *
> upload /home/ftp /pub yes ftp ftp 0440 nodirs
> noretrieve /home/ftp /pub
>
> log transfers anonymous,real inbound,outbound
>
> shutdown /etc/shutmsg
>
> passwd-check rfc822 warn
> ===========================================
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From: David_C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Type "(", ")" and "{", "}" in X...
Date: 30 Sep 2000 19:01:06 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> When i start a shell under X, i can type all characters on my
> keyboard, the same when i start the simple editor, but when i start
> Forte (Java IDE) written in Java i cant use the "(", ")", "{", "}" and
> allmost none of the characters that are located on the same key as a
> number...
>
> Does anybody have an idea what i can do about that... could it be
> something with programs written in Java..?
I can't tell from your message headers, but I'd guess that you are using
a French-layout keyboard - where you must use SHIFT to type a number,
and the symbols are un-shifted.
These kinds of keyboards present problems for a lot of applications.
Many applications expect the SHIFT key to be depressed in order to
recognize symbols.
File a bug report with Forte. Be sure to mention what kind of keyboard
you have, and exactly how you have X configured to use this keyboard.
(They won't be able to fix the problem if they can't reproduce it.)
-- David
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From: Thomas Regner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Good gaming video card for Linux?
Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2000 00:58:42 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gregory Propf wrote:
> I'm getting a new system and I wonder what people recommend for good
> video cards that have accelerated 3D for Linux and will work with recen=
t
> games like Quake 3 and SOF? I've been out of the hardware loop for a
> few years and don't really know the state of the art. Will any recent
> 3D card work in Linux/Quake or are the choices more limited?
I get very good results with a geforce 256 ddr (Xfree 4.0.1 and the lates=
t=20
nvidia drivers), my model is a creative annihilator pro.
quake3 runs fine in 800x600, 1024x768 is playable if there are not to muc=
h=20
opponents visible (everything with an xmms running playing my favorit=20
frag-songs ;-) and a whole lot of other services in background)=20
Performence of nvidia drivers depends a lot on the chipset of the mainboa=
rd,
cause not for every chipset agp-transfer is supported. Otherwise, they ar=
e=20
at version 0.95, and since 0.91 this driver gets faster and faster, with =
a=20
new realease nearly every month.
Since the driver is not open-source, you may prefere a 3dfx-Card,
have a look at http://www.linux3d.org and http://www.mesa3d.org for more=20
information.
bye
Tom
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hartmann Schaffer)
Subject: Re: typical .config file for kernel compilation
Date: 30 Sep 2000 17:43:58 -0400
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Alessandro Magni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am using version 2.2.5-15 of the kernel.
>I'd like - first time in my life - to recompile it,
>so to patch it with the international crypto options.
>Unfortunately, a look at <make menuconfig> assured me that
>I was on the way of many problem: not been a kernelhacker,
>I'm not sure about many of the Yes/No/Module options.
both menuconfig and xconfig provide pretty good help. check the help
for the items you are unsure about, and it gives you a pretty good
description of what the feature is for, plus a recommendation what to
pick in normal situations
>Where can I find a premade .config file that assures me
>to obtain a working kernel on a "typical" machine?
>Say, for example, the kernel shipped with common distros.
won'y do you much good since you want to patch the kernel. most
crypto patches add new options which you will have to decide on in the
configuration step. also, most people who rebuild the kernel tailor
it for your machine, and they might differ greatly from yours.
>If I can obtain it, I can modify it by just changing
>the few options I need.
> ...
hs
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hartmann Schaffer)
Subject: Re: adding hard disk
Date: 30 Sep 2000 17:52:31 -0400
In article <cE3B5.41403$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Lodo Nicolino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi am nico.
>I am an old unix man but new to linux.
>I would like to add a second ide hdu to a linux box.
>I am thinking to connect the hdu, do "fdisk /dev/hdb1" and use the "mkfs" or
the ide drives are hda, hdb, hdc etc, depending on which ide
controller they are on and whether it is the master or slave drive on
that controller. hd[abcd...][1-...] are the partitions on that drive
that you can access only after partitioning and formatting
>"fsconf".
>Is all i need or i have to do something else ?.
in my exoerience, after having put in the hd, you must make sure that
the BIOS sees it (not sure though; I do it now out of habit)
>I have another question.
>I support scounix and i would like to start and move some customers to
>linux,
>maybe starting with the software product by my company.
>Is the software running under sco compatible with linux or i need the
>special runtimes (cobol, etc.)?
i am not aware of a cobol for linux, though as far as I know sco
software can run under linux if you include ibcs support (?, something
like "intel binary compatibilty") in the kernel, though some
restrictions apply (I think you are pretty much on your own if the
apps use sco specific system calls)
> ...
hs
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Running NT4/2000 on linux
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 23:43:14 GMT
In article <8qt91e$mq8$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Mike Axford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> "Christopher Browne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > In our last episode (Wed, 27 Sep 2000 14:15:21 +0100),
> > the artist formerly known as Rich Edwards said:
> > >Thanks for the reply - but I don't seem to have been very clear.
> > >What I mean is:
> > >Can I run linux on a machine (assuming I have all the correct
drivers)
> then
> > >be able to run a NT4/2000 OS over the top or as a process or any
other
> way.
> >
> > Ah.
> >
> > You might want to look a the product "VMWare," which is designed to
> > support doing that sort of thing.
> there is also a product called plex which is a free porogram similar
to
> VMware although I have not tired it yet, you will find that windows
on an
> emulated machine (vmware or plex) is not always very fast, my
experience of
> using vmware with a Piii 650 with 256 Mb ram was usable but not as
fast as
> it could have ben at times, Unless you have a very good processor
proccessor
> intensive things like games will ot work well at all, Performace could
> probably be improved by tweaking things like your kernel, Xserver
etc. the
> emulated win98 machine i used was probably similar to the performace
of a
> P150 or lower most of the time,
>
> Mike
>
> > --
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> > Rules of the Evil Overlord #123. "If I decide to hold a contest of
> > skill open to the general public, contestants will be required to
> > remove their hooded cloaks and shave their beards before entering."
> > <http://www.eviloverlord.com/>
>
>
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From: "visor-palm John" <j$ohn$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,cz.comp.linux.redhat-cz
Subject: sony vaio F580 Notebook unable to install
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 16:56:33 -0700
Sony VAIO PCG-F580: Pentium III 650Mhz, 256Mb RAM, 6Mb video memory, 12 G
hard-drive
Display Adapter: NeoMagic MagicMedia256XL+ (v016)
Display: 15" XGA TFT
RedHat 6.1 CD's
The machine has Win98 on 2 partitions and there are 3 GB left to install
Linux.
However, when I boot to the CD (or floppy) I first get the entry screen
which asks what type of install I want to do...Install RedHat Linux (this is
the DOS-ish text window with the "boot:" prompt).
Then I press <enter> to do an install...the system goes through its image
loading (vmlinux...) and then it says something like "unrecognized
card"...and it croaks...to the point where it says, system is safe to
reboot.
Here is the output (that can be viewed)
Fatal server error:
No valid modes found.
When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send the full
server output, not jst the last messages
_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
Traceback (innermost last):
File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 144, in ?
from gui import InstallInterface
File "/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/gui.py", line 9, in ?
from gtk import *
File "/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/gtk.py", line 29, in ?
_gtk.gtk.init()
RuntimeError: cannot open display
install exited abnormally
sending termination signals...done
sending kill signals...done
unmounting filesystems...
/mnt/source
/dev/pts
/proc
you may safely reboot your system
I have taken all network cards out of the system and it still does not allow
me to continue with the installation.
I have already checked out the stuff on
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/ and
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~and1000/vaioF-series.html but it did not help.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
John
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Multiple IPs per eth?
Date: 30 Sep 2000 23:57:10 GMT
Todd Gillespie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Can you host multiple IP addresses on a single ethernet interface? I've
: heard rumor of this, but can't find any docs on it so far. Any help,
: please...
Oh fer crying out loud, man ip_alias.
(that was figurative: I meant "read the NET-4-HOWTO and do an
ifconfig eth0:0 a.n.other")
Peter
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Limiting user accounts on Red Hat 6.1
Date: 30 Sep 2000 23:53:42 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: How to limit user accounts on Red Hat Linux 6.1
: so they can not receive a huge e-mails
: (attachments).
Set the maximum mail size in sendmail. Hmm .. if that's only for
sending, you'll have to make the local delivery agent procmail
and give it a global procmailrc that sorts by size on whether
or not it should go to /dev/null with an error return!
(yes, I know, deliver is more flexible).
Peter
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Formatting CF Card
Date: 30 Sep 2000 23:55:30 GMT
Christopher Browne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Thanks; putting a usable partition table on it meant that I could
: format it using "DOS FORMAT."
: I would much _prefer_ to be able to do so using a Linux-based
: utility, but unfortunately fdformat and its successor "superformat"
But what's wrong with "mkdosfs", which is after all what is intended to
make dos filesystems?
Peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Running NT4/2000 on linux
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 23:46:25 GMT
we have been running win2k advanced server on a dual p200pro with
500mb ram on vmware/linux with good results.
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