Linux-Misc Digest #243, Volume #26 Mon, 6 Nov 00 00:13:01 EST
Contents:
Re: pump and AT&T Broadband ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Where to place IDE tape drive? ("Paul Steckler")
Re: How to set higher resolution text modes? (Robert Glass)
Re: Looking for "clean disk" utility (Dances With Crows)
RPM database? (Janet)
Re: Problem with Linux IP-Masq'ing and Win2K (jeff)
Roller Ball Mouse? (r1ckey)
Re: Telnet/useradd question ("jdn")
Regular Expression Subsitution (Fester)
Re: Communication Server like Exchange on Linux? (Zip)
NEED HELP FROM ANY MANDRAKE USER! (Gregory Ling)
Help with error messages... (Jean-David Beyer)
Re: Telnet/useradd question (Denis BRAUSSEN)
Re: How to decompress debian package? Pls help (Denis BRAUSSEN)
3dfx (Michael Mitchell)
PPP automatic restart problem (Warren Bell)
Partition Magic - Win ME & multiboot ("HMW")
Re: free internet for Linux? ("mordak")
Re: KDE vs GNOME: specific issues ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: How to decompress debian package? Pls help ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Small database on Linux? ("Dan")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: pump and AT&T Broadband
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 03:20:02 GMT
Thank you for your prompt reply. I have reboot the computer and did a
ifconfig eth0, it returned with the info for the loopback. I then
typed pump -h mother and it failed. I then typed ifconfig again and
it returned with eth0 information but lacking IP address. I can tell
you that it transmitted 28 packets and didn't receive any.
I did type route -n and only got back the desitnation 127.0.0.0.
When I type dmesg, I see that the tulip driver is loaded and then
information on eth0 the two lines report:
eth0: Lite-On 82c168 PNIC rev 32 at 0x8c00, 00:A0:CC:62:5B:7D
eth0: MII transceiver #1 config 3000 status 7829 advertising 01e1
Any other insight would be appreciated.
John
On Sun, 05 Nov 2000 23:15:44 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod
Smith) wrote:
>[Posted and mailed]
>
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>> I a running RH 7.0. I just installed it and was able to get connect
>> to the internet, after some work. I then rebooted and now it won't
>> connect. I have a 3Comm external modem with little indicators. For
>> these indicators I can tell the computer is sending information a
>> couple of times. I can see the NIC card go up and down (by the green
>> light on the modem).
>>
>> I learned from a couple of HOWTOs about the -h foobar on the end of
>> pump. I added it to the ifcfg-eth0. Any one have any ideas when I am
>> doing wrong.
>
>Immediately after a failed attempt to use pump, try issuing the
>following commands:
>
>/sbin/ifconfig eth0
>/sbin/route -n
>tail /var/log/messages
>
>The first shows the status of eth0 (change this if you've got more than
>one NIC and are using something other than eth0 for the cable modem
>connection). If all is well, you'll see a status message and an IP
>address (called "inet addr"). If you get nothing at all, it's probably a
>matter of a driver for the Ethernet card not being loaded.
>
>The second command shows the route that's set for the system. Assuming
>you got an IP address when you tried ifconfig, it's possible that the
>routing table is wrong. You should see a line along these lines in the
>output:
>
>0.0.0.0 192.168.45.1 0.0.0.0 UG 1 0 0 eth0
>
>This shows the default route (the first 0.0.0.0) going through the
>gateway system at 192.168.45.1 (yours will be a different number, of
>course).
>
>The third command should show you pump's status messages when it tried
>to obtain an IP address from the DHCP server. There may be clues there
>about what went wrong.
>
>--
>Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>http://www.rodsbooks.com
>Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: "Paul Steckler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,linux.act.tape
Subject: Where to place IDE tape drive?
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 03:20:03 GMT
I have two PC's connected via Ethernet,
a Win98 box and a RedHat 6.2 box. I'd like
to back up both of them with an IDE tape drive.
Of course, I don't want to have to get two tape
drives. Using Samba, I think I can mount the volumes
from one machine on the other, and backup both
machines with a single drive.
Samba will let me do the mounting in either direction.
I can Linux drives visible on the Win98 box, or
vice-versa (at least this is what I'm told).
So is there any reason to prefer having the tape drive
on one machine vs. the other?
A conjecture: The backup software for Windows may
be easier to use, hence it might be nicer to have the
drive there. Also, installation on Windows may be
more straightforward.
Any help on this appreciated.
-- Paul
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Glass)
Subject: Re: How to set higher resolution text modes?
Date: 6 Nov 2000 02:34:12 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 3 Nov 2000 07:53:00 +0000, Jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Victor Dods wrote:
>>I once was able in Slackware a few years ago to set the console text
>>mode to resolutions of 100x60, 80x50 and so forth, but I can't remember
>>how to do that at all anymore. Can anyone enlighten me?
>>
>In /etc/lilo.conf change the line
>
>vga = normal
>
>to
>
>vga = ask
>
>Rerun lilo and reboot. This will show you your available text modes.
>You can then change the line in lilo to whichever one you prefer!
Or, if you want to reset the console text mode on the fly without rebooting,
install the svgatextmode package that's probably included with your
distribution.
Cheers,
RG
--
Robert Glass
Remove "harlech" from my address to reach me by e-mail
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To: comp.security.unix
Subject: Re: Looking for "clean disk" utility
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 03:25:06 GMT
On Sun, 05 Nov 2000 20:03:30 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Can anyone direct me to a Linux utility like (Windoze) "Clean Disk";
>essentially a utility that writes (and re-writes) unused space in the
>filesystem?
Clarify what you mean, please. Do you wish to overwrite all unused
space in a filesystem with zeroes or random data, so no one can
"undelete" anything? If so, you can use a quick hack like the ones
below, or look into various "secure deletion" programs/options on
freshmeat.net :
dd if=/dev/urandom of=/mountpoint/bigfile bs=8192 && rm
/mountpoint/bigfile
(repeat that a couple of times for better security, replacing
"mountpoint" with the mount point of the filesystem you wish to remove
deleted files from.)
Keep in mind that undeleting files under Linux is quite a bit more
complex than undeleting files in WinXX, MacOS, and some Netware
setups. True undeletion generally requires access to the raw disk,
which normal users should never have in most cases.
If you wish to "defrag" a Linux filesystem, you don't need to. ext2
filesystems do fragment, but Linux is built to handle this fragmentation
efficiently through aggressive disk caching. HTH,
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Workin' in a code mine, hittin' Ctrl-Alt
http://www.brainbench.com / Workin' in a code mine, whoops!
=============================/ I hit a seg fault....
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From: Janet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RPM database?
Date: 05 Nov 2000 19:43:25 -0800
Hi,
I upgraded my version of RPM, and it seems to have deleted my RPM database
(when I query, there are no packages installed). Is there any way to get
the old database back? (It's sort of annoying to have it spout 20
dependency errors when I try to install stuff.)
Thanks,
Janet
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (jeff)
Subject: Re: Problem with Linux IP-Masq'ing and Win2K
Date: 6 Nov 2000 04:00:37 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 5 Nov 2000 20:27:59 -0600,
Don Whitlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hey All,
>
> I'm currently running a Red Hat 6.2 box as an IP-Chains Firewall / Ip Masq
> gateway for my DSL line. On my side of the network, I have 2 Win2K
> workstations setup, one of which dual boots Win98 which is my primary
> bootup. Win98 accesses the internet great and works perfectly. I'm using
> private 192.168.0.* addresses of which the Win98 / Win2K machine uses
> 192.168.0.2 for both OSes. My Linux box uses 192.168.0.1.
>
> When I'm in Win2K on either machine, I can't get to the Internet. I've
> configured the network as close to the same as the Win98 box as possible,
> including setting my gateway to the address of my Linux box (192.168.0.1).
> Everybody sees everybody else ok on the internal network, only the 2 Win2K
> boxes can't see out onto the internet. Both will do Nslookups for internet
> sites just fine, and both at least seem to start trying to make the
> connection before simply timing out when browsing using IE. I can even ping
> from both boxes out to sites on the internet. Any idea what is going on
> here? I'm stumped.
Did you remember to set DNS addresses in the Win2K network setup? Your
setup sounds close to mine, and my Win2K works fine (well... at least its
Internet access :)
-jeff
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From: r1ckey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Roller Ball Mouse?
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 04:03:36 GMT
Is it possible to get the roller ball on the mouse working with all
applications. I've been able to get it to work with X apps, but I'd
also like to get to work with all apps.....Thanks
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From: "jdn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Telnet/useradd question
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 04:04:32 GMT
In general, I would prefer to use ssh, but not in this instance.
Yes, I created the account as root so not sure why it doesn't work.
thanks.
jdn
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> jdn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
> > Trying to setup to be able to telnet into my RedHat 6.1.
>
> > I have two accounts that already exist, root and another.
Authentication
> > fails if I try to telnet in as root (according to /var/log/messages),
works
> > with other account.
>
> This is a "good thing [TM]".
> Allowing root access via telnet can be a serious security flaw, as it
allows
> people from the outside to attack your system when you're connected to the
> internet.
>
> In fact, you shouldn't REALLY use telnet if you intend to become root at
> all. (All text transmitted is unancrypted, so packet sniffers may be able
to
> sniff your root password).
>
> ssh solves these problems.
>
> > From CLI, I type:
>
> > 'useradd test'
>
> > but cannot telnet in using that account, saying authentication fails,
and
> > cannot log in using that account either.
>
> Did you `su -` before creating the new user? User management is a root
> privalige.
>
> > How do I get root access to telnet, and how do I create an account using
> > useradd so that I can login and access telnet using that account?
>
> Don't. Use ssh to gain access to your system as a different user and then
> use su to change to user root from that account.
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Fester)
Subject: Regular Expression Subsitution
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 04:13:39 GMT
I have an expression of s/something/\0/, which essentially repeats exactly
what it found. Is it possible to make the \0 entirely in lowercase? (in
other words, match a pattern, and replace it with an all-lowercase version
of itself)
I thought of doing something like
$ sed "s/something/`tr A-Z a-z \0`/" file
however, it apparently does not substitute the \0 into the tr command.
Any help?
--
-- Fester
"And Dream dreams of the future. Progress dreams of clean.
And Stress only dreams about stress, all over everything."
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From: Zip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Communication Server like Exchange on Linux?
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 04:15:12 GMT
Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hallo,
>
>does anyone know a stable running free program for linux
>that is comparable to exchange server?
>I mean not only eMail, but also meetings, scheduling and so on...
>
>Also a Web based Solution is great welcome.
Go to freshmeat.org and search for groupware. Also try www.phpgroupware.org
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From: Gregory Ling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: NEED HELP FROM ANY MANDRAKE USER!
Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2000 23:04:20 -0500
Hi,
I use Mandrake 7.0 and I was fiddling around with init.sh.
Apparently there is a bug with "init.sh custom" that zeroes out the
inittab file.
I would appreciate a copy of inittab.
You can mail it to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
THANKS.
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From: Jean-David Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help with error messages...
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 04:20:02 GMT
This morning, I found the following error message on my console
(the thing you get when you press control-alt-pf1):
sym53c810a-1:3: ERROR (0:18) (1-21-ff) (8/13) @ (script
830:1900069a).
sym53c810a-1: script cmd = 88080000
sym53c810a-1: regdump: da 10 80 13 47 08 03 1e 80 01 83 21 80
01 01 00.
st0: Error with sense data: [valid=0] Info fld=0x0, Current
st09:00: sense key Unit Attention
Additional sense indicates Power on, reset, or bus device reset
occurred
I have two questions about this.
1.) I do not normally leave console #1 logged in, so normally,
I would never have seen this message. There is nothing like
this in /var/log/messages where I would normally expect to find
it. Is there a way to make this appear there? I assume it is
the driver for the sym53c810a, the narrow SCSI controller that
has only my DDS-2 tape drive on it.
2.) Does anyone know how to interpret what this message means?
I do know that it was doing a verification of a backup it had
just made from disk to tape, and got a read error on the
device. It seems to have been totally unrecoverable and all the
blocks after the one with the read error had incorrect
checksums. Yet I had no trouble re-running the backup job
correctly (with the same, fairly new, tape).
I had this problem once before, and someone advised me that the
tape drive, less than about 6 months old, was failing. My
vendor replaced the drive, and I get the same thing on the new
one that I just installed August 8. Tape Drive is HP C1599A
DDS-2 SCSI DAT Drive.
--
.~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642.
/V\ Registered Machine 73926.
/( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey
^^-^^ 8:25pm up 12 days, 8:43, 3 users, load average: 2.24, 2.89, 3.09
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From: Denis BRAUSSEN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Telnet/useradd question
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 04:35:43 GMT
>>>>> "j" == jdn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
j> How do I get root access to telnet,
man securetty
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From: Denis BRAUSSEN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: How to decompress debian package? Pls help
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 04:35:44 GMT
>>>>> "AP" == Alan Po <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
AP> I have got a ash file but is in debain package (deb extension). I don't
AP> know how to decompress under Red Hat. Would you give me help? Thanks a
AP> lot
You can use mc (midnight commander). it will read *.deb (or rpm, tar,
tgz, ...) like virtual filesystems. So you will be able to read or
extract any file you want.
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\/~V~\/ `--------------------' \/~V~\/
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From: Michael Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 3dfx
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 04:37:18 GMT
I'm running Linux Redhat 7.0 and I can't seem to get the modules/
drivers for the Voodoo 3 2000 AGP quite right. The 3dfx site gives a
things - to -do list and I call myself doing those things. Any help??
I'm not doing something correctly.
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From: Warren Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PPP automatic restart problem
Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2000 20:39:00 -0800
I'm running Mandrake 6.0 and have ppp in linuxconf set to restart when
the connection drops. Recently that stopped working. I search around
for ways to have ppp restart automatically and found some docs that said
to add '-detach' to my /etc/ppp/options file and
'pd:23:respawn:/usr/sbin/pppd' to /etc/inittab. I put the line in
inittab at the very bottom after everything else.
When I boot up my machine, instead of a loging prompt I get all kinds of
charactors printed to the screen. It prints out a partial line then
pauses, prints out more charactors then pauses.
Anyone know why the charactors are getting printed to the screen, or any
ideas why the 'restart link automatically' in linuxconf stopped working?
TIA
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Reply-To: "HMW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "HMW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Partition Magic - Win ME & multiboot
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 04:44:23 GMT
I understand that Partition Magic is having a serious problem with Windows
ME because this version of Windows does not recognize the "normal" DOS
shell. Therefore you cannot partition and multi-boot under pm5. I understand
this is the same with latest pm boot and partition tools. I would like to
use Partition Magic simply because I would to change my partitions
"nondestructively" in the future. Can I just use lilo and later on in the
future when Partition Magic works can I repartition nondestructively.
HMW
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From: "mordak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: free internet for Linux?
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 04:35:19 GMT
I set up a Freei.net account some time back with my Winblows box and just
used the same user name and password with the provided local telephone
number to set it up on my SuSE 7.0 box at home with Kinternet in KDE. A
bonus is that it works like any other connection without the ads. This is
assuming you want a dial up connection. There's always www.FreeDSL.com
=G=
Database wrote in message ...
>Is there any providers that have free internet access for Linux?
>
>
>
>Database
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: KDE vs GNOME: specific issues
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 04:53:20 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> In article <jeff_jeffries-0511001347260001@sdn-ar-
> 002nyprinp217.dialsprint.net>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff Jeffries) wrote:
> > I need to choose either GNOME or KDE. I will be doing computationally
> > intensive C++, with very heavy disk I/O. Results will be displayed in
> > 3D preferrably with OpenGL.
> >
> > 1. Are GNOME and KDE C++ and/or object oriented? How will this affect
> > developing with C++?
>
> KDE is built with QT and C++, so there's a certain amount of object-
> orientedness built in. I think QT has recently worked out its weird
> licensing schemes, so I believe you don't have to worry about licensing
> fees anymore (I think, there was a recent ruckus on www.linuxtoday.com
> about it...). Do your research first, just to make sure. For a while,
> QT was available only for non-commercial use -- if you wanted to
> distribute, there were weird licensing schemes. I think this is fixed
> with the move to GPL, but I'm not completely certain.
>
> If you decide that you'd like to try C++ coding in GNOME, look up the
> GTK-- widget set (it works with C++, they're just trying to be clever
> with the naming). If you decide to go with C itself, look into the GTK+
> widget set. GTK+ isn't exactly object-oriented, although there's been a
> lot of work to try to make it FEEL object oriented. The biggest pain
> will come from trying to create your own widgets -- the widget
> constructor in C/GTK+ is not as easy as you'd hope. But, it's doable.
>
> You're also going to find that in most ways you can build a GTK+
> program and run it in KDE, or build a QT program and run it in GNOME,
> so don't worry about making a high-level choice based on the XWindow
> environment you think will be the most-used. It's a moot point.
GTK+ absolutely _IS_ object-oriented.
The notion that the use of OO is restricted to C++ is just silly;
indeed, the fact that C++ doesn't provide GC by default is considered
by many to be an strike against _C++_ being a particularly capable OO
language. (The same strike is true for C, of course...)
> > 2. I know GNOME has gtkglarea; does KDE?
>
> Dunno.
>
> > 3. What else should a C++ developer know?
>
> Well, KDevelop 1.3 (for KDE) just came out, so if you need an IDE to
> work within that might be your best choice. GNOME has glade, but I
> found it less confusing to just code the stuff from scratch myself.
Glade isn't an IDE, and is utterly non-comparable in functionality to
KDevelop:
- Glade is a tool to allow you to "drag'n'drool" graphical objects
onto canvases, thereby building the GUI with lessened effort.
Compare to QtEz for Qt, or to FLUID for FLTK.
Glade isn't universally usable for _everything_; it doesn't have a
good mechanism for having complex repeated object groupings as you
might have with an accounting system "register" (see GnuCash).
On the other hand, Glade has the merit that it generates output in
XML form, and there is a corresponding "libglade" that can _read_
GUI definitions in at runtime. That means that you can create
dynamic applications where the GUI gets connected in afterwards
rather than having to define it statically at compile time.
If the plan is to do "serious C++ work," and to make use of OpenGL,
then it may well be worth taking a Serious Look at FLTK. Notable
relevant properties:
-> Like Qt, it "prefers C++."
-> Like GTK, it uses the LGPL, thus making it freely usable for
both commercial and free applications. (Free Qt is GPLed, thus
meaning that to use it for commercial (no source) apps, you have
to buy a license from Troll Tech).
-> Does not use C++ macros, templates, exceptions, or multiple
inheritance
-> Allows you to set up OpenGL windows
-> Includes a GUI builder, FLUID, which generates C++ output.
<http://www.fltk.org/>
- KDevelop is a "code manager" descended in concept from Borland's
"Turbo Pascal" IDE; there are various others, such as XWPE, RHIDE,
Code Crusader, Source Navigator, and such.
--
(concatenate 'string "cbbrowne" "@hex.net")
<http://www.ntlug.org/~cbbrowne/langide.html>
Rules of the Evil Overlord #106. "If my supreme command center comes
under attack, I will immediately flee to safety in my prepared escape
pod and direct the defenses from there. I will not wait until the
troops break into my inner sanctum to attempt this."
<http://www.eviloverlord.com/>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: How to decompress debian package? Pls help
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 05:05:22 GMT
Denis BRAUSSEN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >>>>> "AP" == Alan Po <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> AP> I have got a ash file but is in debain package (deb extension). I don't
> AP> know how to decompress under Red Hat. Would you give me help? Thanks a
> AP> lot
>
> You can use mc (midnight commander). it will read *.deb (or rpm, tar,
> tgz, ...) like virtual filesystems. So you will be able to read or
> extract any file you want.
Alternatively, you can use "ar" (the GNU Binutils "archiver") to take
a look at what's in a .deb file:
% ar t xli_1.17.0.2_i386.deb
debian-binary
control.tar.gz
data.tar.gz
% ar x xli_1.17.0.2_i386.deb
% ls -l
total 137
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1214 Nov 5 23:02 control.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 135806 Nov 5 23:02 data.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4 Nov 5 23:02 debian-binary
data.tar.gz contains, via "tar tfvz data.tar.gz"
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2000-10-30 22:46:53 ./
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2000-10-30 22:46:53 ./usr/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2000-10-30 22:46:53 ./usr/bin/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2000-10-30 22:46:53 ./usr/sbin/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2000-10-30 22:46:53 ./usr/X11R6/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2000-10-30 22:46:53 ./usr/X11R6/lib/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2000-10-30 22:46:54 ./usr/X11R6/bin/
-rwxr-xr-x root/root 211804 2000-10-30 22:46:54 ./usr/X11R6/bin/xli
-rwxr-xr-x root/root 7004 2000-10-30 22:46:54 ./usr/X11R6/bin/xlito
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2000-10-30 22:46:53 ./usr/X11R6/man/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2000-10-30 22:46:56 ./usr/X11R6/man/man1/
-rw-r--r-- root/root 9973 2000-10-30 22:46:53 ./usr/X11R6/man/man1/xli.1.gz
-rw-r--r-- root/root 2047 2000-10-30 22:46:53 ./usr/X11R6/man/man1/xlito.1.gz
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2000-10-30 22:46:53 ./usr/share/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2000-10-30 22:46:53 ./usr/share/doc/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2000-10-30 22:46:56 ./usr/share/doc/xli/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2000-10-30 22:46:53 ./usr/share/doc/xli/examples/
-rw-r--r-- root/root 14089 2000-10-30 22:46:53
./usr/share/doc/xli/examples/chkgamma.jpg
-rw-r--r-- root/root 1185 2000-02-13 06:45:55 ./usr/share/doc/xli/copyright
-rw-r--r-- root/root 2229 2000-02-13 06:45:55 ./usr/share/doc/xli/README.debian.gz
-rw-r--r-- root/root 2172 2000-02-09 03:23:32 ./usr/share/doc/xli/README.gz
-rw-r--r-- root/root 1375 2000-10-30 22:42:48
./usr/share/doc/xli/changelog.Debian.gz
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2000-10-30 22:46:53 ./usr/lib/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2000-10-30 22:46:53 ./usr/lib/mime/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2000-10-30 22:46:53 ./usr/lib/mime/packages/
-rw-r--r-- root/root 1600 2000-10-30 22:46:53 ./usr/lib/mime/packages/xli
The control file contains:
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2000-10-30 22:46:57 ./
-rwxr-xr-x root/root 270 2000-10-30 22:46:53 ./postinst
-rwxr-xr-x root/root 75 2000-02-13 06:45:55 ./postrm
-rwxr-xr-x root/root 152 2000-10-30 22:46:53 ./prerm
-rw-r--r-- root/root 631 2000-10-30 22:46:56 ./md5sums
-rw-r--r-- root/root 673 2000-10-30 22:46:57 ./control
which represents the files that Debian's dpkg uses to control the
installation and deinstallation processes.
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-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Szymon Rusinkiewicz)
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From: "Dan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Small database on Linux?
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 16:11:30 +1100
I have NO idea whether this is what you want or not, but you may want to
look at edb (e_db), from the Enlightenment team. It's a database thing for
storing / caching mainly graphical-type info, but I do remember them saying
that it is quite capable of storing anything you want. May be just what
you're looking for. Or not. Anyway check it out...
www.enlightenment.org - go to the news section. edb is at the top.
---
from the Enlightenment site...
Edb is intended to provide a stable API and file format for archiving
configuration, theme and other data available all the time for access at
random really fast. Edb can store any kind of data in key-value pair format.
Random access reading and writing is FAST as the core of Edb used a berkley
db. Edb provides a convenience API designed to make access fast AND improves
access speed by caching open db's until a flush and providing conveience
macros too. It also will be used to store image data and geometry data for
theme files so the information can be accessed without needing to unarchive
files and can be edited without having to unarchive and re-archive, and
still be accesses at random really quickly. Documentation is provided as
comments in the Edb.h header file.
---
Dan
"�rjan Bodin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi all,
>
> I'm looking for a small database to run on a Linux box. It should not be
> a server, more like an API to a "textfile" (like for example MS Access
> and ASP), and I'm planning to use it for simple webb apps. Ideally it
> would be accessble using perl, PHP, java, shellscripts or some other
> easy-to-use "language" with some simple functions and SQL
> queriy-strings.
>
> Please respond to my mail aswell, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Thanks,
> �rjan
>
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