Linux-Misc Digest #839, Volume #26 Wed, 17 Jan 01 08:13:02 EST
Contents:
Re: Term emulator with *real* keypad emulation? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
IMAP server (NDQ)
Re: IMAP server ("Wong Ching Kuen Frederick")
Re: How does the following string convert from inetd.conf to xinetd.conf? ("Jesper
Yde")
user/pass authentication shell utility? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Problem with posting from leafnode (Karel Jansens)
How to install LILO? ("Jan Vandesompele")
Re: Any *easy* way to upgrade to kernel 2.4 ? (Michael Heiming)
Re: Serial Number (fred smith)
Re: kernel 2.2.18: problem connecting to ISP ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: CDRW/Hard Drive Problems ("Ron Reaugh")
Printing (Frank)
finding text within files query (Phil Hodgson)
another lilo problem ("Jan Vandesompele")
Re: finding text within files query ("Jan Vandesompele")
Re: What is the community's favorite news reader (and why)? (Hugh Lawson)
Re: Term emulator with *real* keypad emulation? (Thomas Dickey)
make and load a module to kernel ("David")
Re: How to install LILO? (Daniel Schroeter)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Term emulator with *real* keypad emulation?
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 08:13:46 GMT
Roger Blake wrote:
>
> Is there a terminal emulator for X that accurately emulates the VT100
> application keypad, including the use of NumLock as the DEC "Gold"
> editing key?
>
> I'm trying to install my favorite text editor, "ED," which is a clone
> of the old DEC EDT editor. (Available via anonymous ftp from clio.rice.edu.)
> This editor makes extensive use of the numeric keypad in application mode,
> unfortunately all of the terminal emulators I've tried so far don't
> seem to properly emulate the keypad, particularly that pesky Gold key.
> (Though the Linux console does, ED works fine from a text-mode console.)
>
> Thus far I've tried xterm, gnome-terminal, konsole, and e-term along
> with their various keyboard settings where available, and no luck so far;
> the only way I can make ED work properly is to switch to one of the
> text-mode consoles.
>
> Any help finding an emulator that will work with this will be greatly
> appreciated! Though I'm no stranger to vi, having worked extensively
> with DEC systems I've got that blasted EDT keypad burned into my brain...
>
> --
> Roger Blake
> (remove second "g" and second "m" from address for email)
Do a web search for a program called Xkeyboard. This is a program that
diplays a keyboard in a window that lets you asign keys the way you
want.
jamess
--
"On the side of the software box, in the 'System Requirements' section,
it said 'Requires Windows 95 or better'. So I installed Linux."
-Anonymous
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From: NDQ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: IMAP server
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 09:15:29 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
Could you tell me HOW TO install an IMAP server on RH Linux please.
Thanks very much,
--
NGUYEN-DAI Quy
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From: "Wong Ching Kuen Frederick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: IMAP server
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 16:57:57 +0800
install the imapd rpm.
"NDQ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ���g��l��
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
> Could you tell me HOW TO install an IMAP server on RH Linux please.
> Thanks very much,
> --
> NGUYEN-DAI Quy
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From: "Jesper Yde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How does the following string convert from inetd.conf to xinetd.conf?
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 10:08:36 +0100
Thank you very much :-)
That was just what I needed! Its up and running now.....
I tried (last night) to insert pretty much the same lines in my xinetd.conf
file, but that didn't do the trick. I would never have figured to create a
new file and insert the lines there.
Once again - thanks.
Regards
Jesper
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: user/pass authentication shell utility?
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 03:21:06 -0600
Is there a simple shell utility which takes a username/password pair,
verifies them against the user info on the system, and returns true if
the pair matches or false otherwise?
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From: Karel Jansens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem with posting from leafnode
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 00:19:20 -0100
On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Steve wrote:
>* Karel Jansens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>>| >Thanks for the info, Steve, but I'm beginning to suspect either ignorance or
>>| >[Windows-based] malevolence from my ISP's part.
>>| >
>>| >I've now switched to KRN, which can be used as an offline newsreader (the only
>>| >redeaming factor of what can only be described as "bugware"). If this post
>>| >doesn't make it, I'll have to start bugging them.
>>| >
>>| Well, it's here.
>>| So it's not my ISP's fault then.
>>| Frankly, I'm flabberghasted. I upgraded leafnode to 1.9.18, as suggested, but
>>| it still refused to post my articles.
>>| I'd stick with KRN, were it not for the fact that I utterly despise it; it's
>>| the only program that manages to bring my entire system down (no network, so
>>| telnetting is out of the question).
>>| Oh well...
>>|
>>| Karel Jansens
>
>Why don't you post your leafnode config file? You probably have a
>misconfig somwhere.
>
>If you don't wish to post it, ask on the leafnode e-mail list as I
>suggested, help is only an e-mail away. <g>
>
Methinks it's about time I take up your suggestion. I'll try the mailing list
first.
Thanks for your help and patience, Steve.
Regards,
Karel Jansens
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From: "Jan Vandesompele" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to install LILO?
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 11:21:57 +0100
Hello,
the MBR of my harddisk has been overwritten. I had a dual boot Win/linux
setup. I don't have any bootdisk for my linux system. Is there a way I can
reinstall Lilo so that I can use both my OS'es again? Now I can only use my
Windows system. I have access to another linux box, maybe I can create a
bootdisk with this machine?
Jan Vandesompele
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From: Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Any *easy* way to upgrade to kernel 2.4 ?
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 13:19:35 +0100
Arctic Storm wrote:
> I tried upgrading to kernel 2.4 by installing the rpm, but failed.
> Either the rpm was not for my setup, or something went wrong.
> Because I have RedHat 7, I'm having trouble compiling the kernel, and I
> haven't had time to update the bugs in RedHat 7.
> Will there be an easy, no-brainer, upgrade to 2.4? Where I don't need
> to hunt down the necessary library files, utilities, scripts, etc.
> Something that will provide me with everything necessary, so I don't
> have to go through a check list of things I need to have or do before
> upgrading.
> When I installed StarOffice or Netscape 6, I simply ran the binary
> installer, and that was it. I'm hoping for something that easy for the
> kernel 2.4 upgrade.
> --
Hello,
if you don't want to go through the exteme hassle, reading
Documentation/Changes that comes
within the 2.4.0 tarball and update the requiert parts of your system, you
have to wait for a distro
that comes with 2.4.0.
Sure you wont be able to use those great new features in 2.4.0, but at
least Linus and the other great guys who made
it happen, choose the tar format.
I would recommend to try it out with the tarball, you will learn a lot of
things about Linux if you do.
Michael Heiming
Sysadmin
--
__ __ __ Virtueller Bau-Markt AG
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\/ [__) | | [_./ 40670 Meerbusch
www.vbag.de Michael Heiming ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Confucius say: He who play in root, eventually kill tree.
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From: fred smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Serial Number
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 00:05:27 GMT
Henning Eiben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Hi,
: how can I read the serial number of a storage device (eg. CD-ROM) (the
: number you get when you do something like "dir" in Windows/DOS)?
If by "serial number" you mean the "volume ID", I've got a little C
program that does it. I'll append it's source below. (Note that to use
this program, the CD should NOT be mounted.) Compile it with:
cc -o getvn getvn.c
Last time I posted this, someone else posted a perl/awk/python/something
script 3-5 lines long that does more or less the same thing. Unfortunately
I don't seem to have a copy of it anymore.
Fred
============================= getvn.c ========================================
#include <stdio.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <unistd.h>
int main (int argc, char ** argv)
{
int fd;
char buf[12];
if (argc != 2)
{
printf ("Usage: %s <cdrom devicename>\n", argv[0]);
exit (0);
}
fd = open (argv[1], O_RDONLY);
if (fd < 0)
{
printf ("oops! Error opening device %s\n", argv[1]);
exit (1);
}
if (lseek (fd, (long) 0x8028, SEEK_SET) != (long) 0x8028)
{
printf ("oops! Error seeking device %s\n", argv[1]);
exit (1);
}
if (read (fd, buf, 11) != 11)
{
printf ("oops! Error reading device %s\n", argv[1]);
exit (1);
}
close (fd);
printf ("Volume name in device %s: %s\n", argv[1], buf);
return (0);
}
==============================================================================
--
---- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------
"And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father,
Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government there will be no end. He
will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding
it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever."
=============================== Isaiah 9:7 (niv) ==============================
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: kernel 2.2.18: problem connecting to ISP
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 11:20:56 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Michael, According to the Documents/Changes my installation meets all
> > criteria. And, the changes are given for all 2.2 kernels, including the
> > 2.2.14 kernel which works with this respect. The reason why I upgraded was
> > that the Suse 7.0 distribution contains the 2.2.17pre kernel. I assumed that
> > the reason of my problem was a bug in the 'pre' release. It seems that
> > upgrading other packages does not solve the problem. FOr additional info, I
> > add the .config file of my kernel. Hope this gives more clues. Thanks
> >
> > Mike
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > > When I try to connect to my ISP I get the following errors:
> > > >
> > > > ---------------------- Jan 13 13:38:01 truus pppd[607]: LCP:
> >
> > -- CUT ----
> >
> > > >
> > > > When I use my previous kernel (2.2.14) the connection is built up without any
> > > > problem.
> > > >
> > > > I have Suse 7.0 distribution
> > > > Kernel 2.2.18 and 2.2.14
> > > > ppp version 2.3.11
> > > >
> > > > Please help me??
> > > >
> > > > Mike
> > > >
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > did you read Documentation/Changes (2.2.18) and does your system meet all the
> > > requierd parts?
> > >
> > > Good luck
> > >
> > > Michael Heiming
> >
> > -------------------------
> > .config file of the 2.2.18 kernel:
> >
> > #
>
> Hello,
>
> kernel: current->tss.cr3 = 00101000
>
> I have only seen this kernel messages on a machine, I'm currently typing this
> message on..:-(
>
> But this machine has something (Mobo) broken...
>
> But your problem sounds strange if you don't get these messages with 2.2.14, have
> you tried the same .config?
>
> Use diff to find differences.
>
> Without knowing the exact hardware combo you use, the posting of you .config doesn't
> help much.
>
> I would suggest trying to compile, sure you have to update/compile a few things, the
> 2.4.0 version.
>
> I have it running on a Sony Picturebook (the one with this Transmeta CPU), starting
> from SuSE 7.0 and
> it was not "rocket sience" getting it running.
>
> Kudos to Linus and all others by this way...
>
> It really flys, and has many new options...:-)
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Michael Heiming
Back again, I tried to install kernel 2.4.0 on my IBM thinkpad i1400 (with
upgrading the necessary packages), without succes. The modem module
(ltmodem.o) does not work (generates a bunch of errormessages) and also my
PCMCIA ethernet card takes approx 10 minutes to connect to my other PC. So
I'll go back to 2.2.14, which flawlessly conntects to my ISP and the PCMCIA
card connects within a second to my PC. Thanks for your suggestions anyway.
Mik
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From: "Ron Reaugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.windows98,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Subject: Re: CDRW/Hard Drive Problems
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 11:45:02 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message <942qvk$oc6$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I am having difficulty getting a new Maxtor 7200 RPM 15 Gig hard drive
>installed and populated with operating systems. For several years I
>have used a 6.4 G Maxtor with no problems running a dual boot of
>windows98 and Linux (Slackware, RH60, RH62). Over the holidays I
>finally had time and installed a new Creative CDRW (8432) and the new
>hard drive. The main problem is Windows as it tends to crash in a
>surprising variety of ways. I did download from Maxtor their hard drive
>utilities
Did you install the Maxtor drive overlay software?
>and did a low level format and maxed out their factory
>test/certiifcation and found no errors on the drive. Many of the
>crashes were during formatting of the windows partition, but this last
>time everything went fine until after a few installs of software and
>reboots I was closing down scandisk on a separate partition and I get a
>message I have an unrecoverable error and windows needs to be rebooted.
>Through all of this linux has worked well (no need for re-installs)
>although I am hesitant to re-install (would prefer to copy my image over
>to save all my customizations). Could there possibly be a conflict with
>the CDRW (it did bitch when I put both CDs in the secondary IDE and the
>2 hard drives on the primary) Any ideas? Here is my configuration.
>
>FIC VA503+ MB with 128MB Ram
What's the chipset? What's the BIOS date? Have you flashed the latest mobo
BIOS?
>Maxtor 6.4 G 3600 RPM Drive of Maxtor 15G 7200 RPM Drive in P-IDE Master
>32X CDROM in P-IDE Slave
>Creative 8432 CD-RW in S-IDE Master
>Matrox Productive G100 with 8MB in AGP Slot
>Turtle Beach PCI (Aureal Chipset - works great in Linux soso in Win98)
>RTL 8139 10/100 PCI Network Card
>ISA 56K Phoebe Modem
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From: Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Printing
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 12:46:19 +0100
Hello.
We are using cups for printing on a HPLaserJet P6.
The printer is at a printserver, which is spooled by a WindowsNt-Server.
Printing is ok.
But,
when we print out of our Application, which works inside a database, we
are using our own ANSI-ESC-sequences.
That is not working!!
Printing with lpr -Pprinter
is printing the ESC-sequences on the paper.
Printing with lpr -oraw -Pprinter
is printing a single line.
So no LineFeed!?
What to do?
Thanx a lot
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From: Phil Hodgson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: finding text within files query
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 11:49:57 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I would like a command line to search through all files of type .xyz
looking for text 'abc123' within those files. ( to get the file names
back)
I know find will do the first part but how to pipe each file to
something like grep I don't know.
Cheers
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From: "Jan Vandesompele" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: another lilo problem
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 12:54:50 +0100
Hello,
I have a pc system with a 12Gb harddrive in it. I installed my Redhat distro
(7) at the end of my harddrive. I create a boot disk so I can boot my linux.
However I want to install lilo so that i don't need that annoying bootdisk
anymore. When I tried to install lilo (by executing /etc/lilo) I get the
error:
Added linux
Warning: device 0x0307 exceeds 1024 cylinder limit
Fatal: sector 17045028 too large for linear mode (try 'lba32' instead)
Lilo is not installed however. What do they mean with lba32? Is this the
harddisk mode you can set in most bios'es?
I can set it in mine however (it's a crappy Dell computer).
Someone suggested to create a small partition at the beginning of my
harddisk so that linux can boot from that. But how do I do that?
I create a linux native partition of let's say 100mb and then?
Hopefully someone can help me out...
Jan Vandesompele
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From: "Jan Vandesompele" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: finding text within files query
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 13:16:57 +0100
Maybe you can write a little script?
Try to dump the filenames of type .xyz in a textfile. One filename per line.
filename1
filename2
filename3
(make sure the last filename has carriage return and linefeed behind it)
Call the text file: filelist.txt
then make a little script:
#!/bin/bash
while read filename
do
cat $filename | grep abc123 > null
if [ $? == 0 ]
then
echo $filename
fi
done < filelist.txt
Store this script in a file (script.scr or something), make it executable
and run it.
The files that match .xyz and contain the string abc123 will be displayes on
the screen.
Phil Hodgson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I would like a command line to search through all files of type .xyz
> looking for text 'abc123' within those files. ( to get the file names
> back)
>
> I know find will do the first part but how to pipe each file to
> something like grep I don't know.
>
> Cheers
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hugh Lawson)
Subject: Re: What is the community's favorite news reader (and why)?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 12:16:58 GMT
I've tried others, but I keep coming back to slrn.
--
Hugh Lawson
Greensboro, North Carolina
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Thomas Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Term emulator with *real* keypad emulation?
Date: 17 Jan 2001 12:34:26 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Do a web search for a program called Xkeyboard. This is a program that
> diplays a keyboard in a window that lets you asign keys the way you
> want.
all of the hits I find are for "xkb", which is not applicable.
perhaps you meant xkeycaps (which sets up xmodmap -- but that has problems).
--
Thomas E. Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
http://dickey.his.com
ftp://dickey.his.com
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From: "David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: make and load a module to kernel
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 13:02:52 GMT
Hi all
I have a Linux machine (P III with 124 ram) with Linux RH 6.2 with kernel
2.2.14. I have downloaded the new kernel 2.4.0, instead of making a big
kernel i want to make a module and load it to my kernel. I dont know how
could i make a module and load it to the kernel.I know i should do make
modules and modules instalation. But how could i select the tools or module
i want to make and how could i load it to kernel.
For example in 2.4.0 i want to make IPtables as a module. How could i do
that. Please help !
Thanks in advance David
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 14:06:36 +0100
From: Daniel Schroeter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to install LILO?
use your install-cd, boot with it and try to get a shell (or use a other
method starting a small linux, maybe a live-cd). than mount your linux
harddisk (/mnt/linux). with "lilo -C /mnt/linux/etc/lilo.conf" lilo will
build a new MBR (if the lilo.conf is correct).
daniel
Jan Vandesompele wrote:
> Hello,
>
> the MBR of my harddisk has been overwritten. I had a dual boot Win/linux
> setup. I don't have any bootdisk for my linux system. Is there a way I can
> reinstall Lilo so that I can use both my OS'es again? Now I can only use my
> Windows system. I have access to another linux box, maybe I can create a
> bootdisk with this machine?
>
> Jan Vandesompele
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