Linux-Misc Digest #847, Volume #26 Thu, 18 Jan 01 06:13:03 EST
Contents:
partition strategy (Jean-Yves Simon)
Re: Attempted ftp for ??? (Silviu Minut)
Re: rpm database in db3 format? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: RH 6/7 targeted by (Ramen) worm (Steve)
Re: cutting & pasting (Steve)
Re: why can't i find any good GUI file managers? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
kernel compiling basics - for the newbie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Automatic script to check bad blocks?! (Xavier ROCHE)
Re: Term emulator with *real* keypad emulation? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: shutdown command ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: partition strategy (David)
Re: Attempted ftp for ??? (David)
debian2.2r0: unable to read a tar from a DAT created on a SparcSolaris 7
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: help with setting up printer (James Richard Tyrer)
audio tape to mp3 (Alessandro Magni)
Re: How does the following string convert from inetd.conf to (John Thompson)
Re: Need sound help (Crystal cs4232) under kernel 2.4.x (Allen Ashley)
Re: Boot loaders
Disk errors ("John Berkers")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jean-Yves Simon)
Subject: partition strategy
Date: 18 Jan 2001 07:12:36 GMT
Having bought a new computer, I want to install linux. Unlike
my other computer where I installed Linux on a single partition,
I was told it is better to create several partitions . So, what
is the "best" strategy to install Linux on multiple partitions.
I have 6Gb to dedicate to Linux.
Thanks.
--
--
Jean-Yves SIMON Tokyo, Japan
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From: Silviu Minut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Attempted ftp for ???
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 21:22:30 -0500
In fact, check this out! I think it applies to you. Note the "SITE EXEC"
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-13.html
Steve wrote:
> I just had someone trying to do *something* via an ftp connection.
> Here's what shows up in /var/log/messages...
>
> Jan 15 15:06:40 wizard ftpd[30984]: SITE EXEC (lines: 0):
>
>xx(���%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%.f%c%c%c%.f|%p
> ^^AF^Df��^A�'
>
> It's the same thing twice, and then two other times, where the last few
> characters are different:
>
> cV^L�^K�?1�1۰^A�?�
> %c%c%c%.f|%n
>
> The "perp" is from mercury.ttn.com.tw. Any idea what this was meant
> to
> accomplish?
>
> --
> Steve Ackman
> http://twovoyagers.com/metamorphosis/artist/artist.html
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: rpm database in db3 format?
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 07:15:45 GMT
The "Permission denied" message is because your not running the command
as root.
I get the same "rpm database cannot be opened in db3 format ..."
message (not because of permision denied), when trying to "make test"
on perl-RPM. All db3 rpms installed. Rebuilddb doesn't convert to db3
format. In fact, I have db1, db2, and db3 packages installed, and still
no luck. Still haven't figured this one out. :(
frplinx
In article <93niv0$nb8$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Bismuti) wrote:
> I'm getting this message:
>
> cannot open Packages index using db3 - Permission denied (13)
>
> --> The rpm database cannot be opened in db3 format.
> If you have just upgraded the rpm package you need to convert
> your database to db3 format by running "rpm --rebuilddb" as root.
>
> error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
>
> I have run "rpm --rebuilddb" and it does not solve the problem. Can
anyone
> explain what is going on and how to fix it??
>
> Thanks!
>
>
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From: Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH 6/7 targeted by (Ramen) worm
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 03:08:21 +0000
Buck Turgidson wrote:
>
> I ran across this on CNet today, in case anyone is interested.
>
> http://two.digital.cnet.com/cgi-bin2/flo?y=eBRa0H8Od0U0Z4Qs
Yeah, thanks. That's what I was hit with a few days ago
that I asked about.
It didn't do anything to my web page though, so I must have
caught it before it did anything...
--
Steve Ackman
Glass Host, Arts & Crafts http://www.delphi.com/crafts
Metamorphosis Glassworks Page http://twovoyagers.com/metamorphosis
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From: Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: cutting & pasting
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 03:19:00 +0000
Steve Connet wrote:
>
> Hi...
>
> I am having a difficult time copying and pasting using linux. Say I
> copy something by hilighting it, then I want to paste it
> somewhere. But that somewhere already has text. So I hilight that text
> to delete it.
Why?
Just highlight. Copy. Paste. Then delete the text you don't want.
> But then that text is now copied thus losing my old copy.
> The copy and paste mechanism seems to make you perform an extra step
> of first going to the place you want it to make sure it is empty.
Why does it have to be empty? Why does it matter if you delete
then paste, or paste then delete? It seems the extra step is in
"needing" the target area to be empty before you paste to it.
> I really don't like the hilight automatically copying something
> because of the reasons above. I'd much rather hilight it, then have to
> press a key to copy (like Ctrl-C or something). Then go to the place I
> want it and be able to hilight the text I *don't* want without it
> copying. Press the delete key. Then paste in the text I want.
>
> Is that possible? What are your thoughts?
If you really want to create extra steps for yourself, I suppose
you could use xclipboard to accomplish that.
One of the absolute beauties of X is that you DON'T have to
waste time with all those unnecessary keystrokes/clicks. I've
never had windoze, but I have had the unfortunate experience of
using it on others' machines. One of the many things that really
irritate me is this stupid clicking on copy and paste all the
time (or having to perform the equivalent keystrokes).
--
Steve Ackman
Glass Host, Arts & Crafts http://www.delphi.com/crafts
Metamorphosis Glassworks Page http://twovoyagers.com/metamorphosis
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: why can't i find any good GUI file managers?
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 07:27:09 GMT
I've tried a lot of file managers, and still keep coming back to
FileRunner. Highly configurable. Requires tcl/tk, which you probably
already have.
Home page: www.cd.chalmers.se/~hch/filerunner.html
RPMs and Source RPMs:
rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/cooker/cooker/cooker/Mandrake/RPMS/FileRunner-
2.5.1-3mdk.i586.html
frplinx
In article <944p8c$ko0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Anurodh Pokharel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> i use linux with window maker as the primary OS on my system.
> But for some reason, i cant find any file managers that i could use
with
> eas for ordinary stuff that you day to day. i dunno it might just be
me
> but i toyed around with stuff on
> freshmeat and a search in google but nothing is fast nor easy to use.
> there are so many but often it happens to be either slow or just very
> user unfriendly. I hate to say it but i am beginning to appreciate
that
> old win95 explorer more and more right now. But that can't be true
> there's gotta be something out there.
> My system is PII 266 with 32 MB RAM. I use Linux with only the stuff
i
> need and want becaue it is fast and the general trend with
everything is
> that the linux counter part is
> faster and more reliable than that on windows
> and i'd really hate to go back to that monster.
> Can someone point me in the right direction on this..
> thanks
> -Anurodh
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: kernel compiling basics - for the newbie
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 07:41:16 GMT
Here is your basic kernel compiling tips. This page does NOT contain
information about upgrading certain packages needed by whichever kernel
you are compiling/upgrading to (that's contained in the kernel's
Documentation/CHANGES file), just your basic kernel
compiling/recompiling.
specfiles.virtualave.net/help/kernel-compiling
may the forks be with you.
frplinx
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From: Xavier ROCHE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Automatic script to check bad blocks?!
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 08:59:28 +0100
> Have you considered doing it from a boot/rescue disk?
It won't be automatic, an imply a reboot: not feasable automatically
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Term emulator with *real* keypad emulation?
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 08:26:01 GMT
Thomas Dickey wrote:
>
> 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
Yea, that is what I ment. What type of problems goes it have? I just
installed it on my box and it seems to work fine.
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: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: shutdown command
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 08:36:25 GMT
Kevin Croxen wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, JCA wrote:
> >Michael Heiming wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> OPTIONS
> >> -a Use /etc/shutdown.allow.
> >>
> >> Seems for me as a reading problem. You have some choice now:
> >>
> >> 1. make a script and symlink it to /sbin/shutdown
> >>
> >> 2. Create a group which includes the user you want to be able to shutdown
> >> and make shutdown group executable and belonging to this group.
> >>
> >> 3. man sudo
> >>
> >
> > Tried that. /etc/shutdown.allow is still ignored.
> >
> >> Why does some one want to shutdown Linux anyway, despite save electric
> >> power, save the enviroment...?
> >>
> >
> > It runs on my laptop, which is obviously not up continuously.
> >
> >
> Since your laptop is not likely a multi-user environment, why not
> just chmod 6555 /sbin/shutdown ? Then you can shutdown from your
> user acct. either by invoking the full path to the command, or by
> adding /sbin to your path or by making a one-line shell script that
> contains "/usr/sbin/shutdown -h now" or whatever.
>
> --Kevin
Have you tried typing 'init 0' at the prompt? (without quotes)
jamess
--
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it said 'Requires Windows 95 or better'. So I installed Linux."
-Anonymous
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: partition strategy
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 08:40:26 GMT
Jean-Yves Simon wrote:
>
> Having bought a new computer, I want to install linux. Unlike
> my other computer where I installed Linux on a single partition,
> I was told it is better to create several partitions . So, what
> is the "best" strategy to install Linux on multiple partitions.
> I have 6Gb to dedicate to Linux.
This is how I have a 9.1 GB drive setup and it works great for what it's
used for.
/dev/hda1 99M 32M 62M 34% /
/dev/hda5 6.1G 2.7G 3.1G 47% /home
/dev/hda10 152M 45k 144M 0% /tmp
/dev/hda6 1.2G 842M 279M 75% /usr
/dev/hda9 243M 6.2M 224M 3% /usr/src
/dev/hda7 387M 121M 247M 33% /var
swap 256 MB
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Attempted ftp for ???
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 08:45:43 GMT
Silviu Minut wrote:
>
> In fact, check this out! I think it applies to you. Note the "SITE EXEC"
>
> http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-13.html
>
Either that or this:
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2675147,00.html
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: debian2.2r0: unable to read a tar from a DAT created on a SparcSolaris 7
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 09:37:23 GMT
Hi Folks,
I've created an archive on my Sparc 5 (Sparc Solaris 7) at work and I
wanted to untar it at home on my debian (x86 release 2.2r0).
My DAT writer at work is a Sun Dat (a DSS3 I think)
My DAT reader at home is a Sony DT 7000 (DSS 2)
My DAT tape is a 90meter DSS 2 tape.
I can create/extract an archive on both of my system, but I can't
create on one and extract on the other, the error message is:
"incoorect block size" then exit.
But the 'mt -f /dev/st0 (or /dev/rmt/0 upon the os)' indicates me the
right block size (512 bytes).
So?
man tar (on my debian) and info tar seemed to give me a track to the
Truth, because they say that Sun tar is buggy and comput the checksum
the wrong way, BUT gnu tar comput the checksum both way and checks if
one of them work (at least in reading/extracting mode). So I should be
able to extract my tar at home, created on my Sun (at work), no?
More astunning!
I've a Win port of ?tar made by MKS (release 6.1), which, IT, can read
my tar created on my Sun Workstation!!!!
What the hell can happened?
Why a WinTar port culd success where the 'orginal' sources could fail?
PLEASE HELP ME!!!! Save My Kernel (well, it's for extract linux-kernel-
2.4.0 ;-) )
Thanx in advaance for any help!
The Die
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From: James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: help with setting up printer
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 10:17:10 GMT
richard noel fell wrote:
> I have upgraded to redhat 7.0 and am installing a hp laser jet 1100
> printer. All seems to go well via printtool. I have chosen the hp
> laserjet 4/5/6 filters and test pages print quite nicely, as happens if
> I choose the other laser jet filters. However, I cannot get the printer
> to print ps pages from, say, ghostviewl, or for that matter, a web page
> from Netscape. Only garbage is printed.
> I have looked at linuxprinting.org and there it says the 1100 works
> perfectly which indicates to me that I may need a new driver. However,
> when clicking on the link for the 1100 driver, one gets a warning about
> an absent url page.
> Has anyone gotten this printer to work and if so how should I ammend
> my system so that I can get things working properly.
This printer uses PCL so there is only the generic LaserJet driver.
I guess that the logical question is: what does the "garbage" look like?
If you can print the PostScript test page from PrintTool, then you have the
printer set up correctly at the OS level.
A possible problem: what did you name your printer? Many applications
expect for there to be a default printer named: "lp".
But, that shouldn't cause it to print garbage, it would normally only cause
it not to print.
So, please post some of the garbage.
JRT
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From: Alessandro Magni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: audio tape to mp3
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 11:23:01 +0100
I want to convert my collection of audiotapes into mp3 CDs.
After equipping myself with wavrec, lame, etc... I suddenly realized the
biggest problems:
> How can I automagically recognize when one song ends and another begins? <
I know in the Win world there is some program able to do it, and in Linux???
Thanks for any info
Alessandro
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How does the following string convert from inetd.conf to
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 20:01:08 -0600
Jesper Yde wrote:
> How do you translate the following entry (designed for inetd.conf) to "fit"
> in xinetd.conf
>
> pop-3 stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd
> /usr/libexec/teapop/teapop teapop
If you have a working inetd.conf file you want to convert to
xinetd format, you can use the "xconv.pl" script that comes as
part of the xinetd package. Eg:
/usr/sbin/xconv.pl < /etc/inetd.conf > /etc/xinetd.conf
Then you can edit the result to add xinetd-specific features.
--
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Allen Ashley)
Subject: Re: Need sound help (Crystal cs4232) under kernel 2.4.x
Date: 18 Jan 2001 10:44:12 GMT
In the file /etc/modules.conf you can have:
alias sound cs4232
options cs4232 io=.. etc.
I put the options on the insmod line:
/sbin/insmod io=......
which is in /etc/rc.d/rc.M in my system.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: Boot loaders
Date: 18 Jan 2001 10:29:49 GMT
Try this, it worked for me:
http://www.mandrakeuser.org/hardware/hbits5.html
jn
Noble Pepper ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: I need to be able to boot from hde.
: Does anyone have recommendations for boot loaders other than lilo? grub?
: nuni? others?
: I have seen a patch for lilo that claims to be able to boot from hde. Any
: recommendations on patches of this sort?
: BTW: I really don't want to use commercial products like boot magic.
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From: "John Berkers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Disk errors
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 21:52:50 +1100
Hi,
I'm getting some "Directory sread (sector 0xnn) failed errors on my
console".
I am running Mandrake 7.2 with Kernel 2.2 on a P133 with a 3Gb WD Caviar IDE
drive. The entire drive is partitioned for Linux. It is set up as a
firewall and http proxy cache with the X server disabled ('cos I've got a
Trident TGUI9440 card which doesn't draw properly, but I might tackle that
problem some other time).
I take it that the message is some sort of disk operation that is failing,
what I'd like to know is exactly what is failing, and if there is anything
(short of tossing the drive) that I can do about it without wrecking the
install.
Thanks for any assistance.
--
John Berkers
=====
I try to take life one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack at
once.
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