Linux-Misc Digest #883, Volume #26 Sun, 21 Jan 01 21:13:02 EST
Contents:
Re: install problem (David)
Re: Linux compatible of Quicken ? (Brian Goodyear)
Re: German Linux Poral Project - Need content writers (Marco Behnke)
Re: Linux compatible of Quicken ? (David)
Re: athlon kernel panic is repeatable (MH)
Re: RPM newbie query | uninstall (David)
Ethernet Help! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: redhat7.0 and D-link DFE538TX ("pascal gauthier")
Questions regarding device security (Hung Ngoc Lai)
Re: PlexWriter 12/10/32S (Jarl Friis)
Re: Ethernet Help! (Dances With Crows)
Re: Linux on Athlon (Keith + Maria Wheeler)
Protect yourself! I got hacked by the Ramen worm (E J)
Re: What - no WYSIWYG HTML editors?? (John Thompson)
Re: Bios upgrade in linux (John Thompson)
Record tape -> Linux -> mp3? (Rithban)
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: install problem
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 00:12:35 GMT
PeepN wrote:
>
> Hello
> When I try to install RedHat 6.1 i see communicate:
> 'install exited abnormally -- recieved signal 11'.
> What does it mean?
>
> PeepN
It's been a while since 6.1 but did you get the updated boot.img from
the redhat ftp site?
--
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From: Brian Goodyear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux compatible of Quicken ?
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 19:19:19 -0500
Arctic Storm wrote:
> Linux compatible of Quicken ?
> I've been a Quicken user for many years, and I have a large file with
> personal accounts.
> Is there an equalent of Quicken in Linux? Something that's capable of
> reading the Quicken files.
> -
>
MoneyDance ...search Freshmeat.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marco Behnke)
Subject: Re: German Linux Poral Project - Need content writers
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 01:12:17 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Philipp Schmid) wrote in
<3a68c43a$0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>i started a new german! linux portal.
>but i need some traffic and more content writers.
>If you want to help, write me an email or submit news at
>http://www.glpp.org.
Wenn es doch German ist und Du hier in eine Deutsche Newsgroup postest,
warum dann auf Englisch?
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux compatible of Quicken ?
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 00:16:44 GMT
Arctic Storm wrote:
>
> Linux compatible of Quicken ?
> I've been a Quicken user for many years, and I have a large file with
> personal accounts.
> Is there an equalent of Quicken in Linux? Something that's capable of
> reading the Quicken files.
> -
You might want to check "moneydance" or "gnucash" I think one of them
can convert Quicken files but don't quote me on it.
--
Confucius say: He who play in root, eventually kill tree.
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From: MH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: athlon kernel panic is repeatable
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 16:15:23 +0000
bob wrote:
> I just had a box built with an 800MHz Athalon CPU on an AZZA
> motherboard. I installed RH6.2 and everytime I turn it on I get a
> "Kernel panic: Attempted to kill the idle task!"
>
> I am thinking its a MB/OS issue. The OS can't or doesn't know how to
> talk to the MB. I have sent an email to AZZA but I doubt they will
> reply. The shop that built the box is clueless about linux. They think
> you have to buy it. :-) I read in the RH HW support section that
> certain athlon MBs have problems. Great.. But, supposedly, RH 7.0 loads
> no problem. We'll see.
>
>
>
Since the information you provide is somewhat incomplete, I could be wrong,
but I suspect your problem is with the CPU ID. The kernel is assuming
Intel and trying to turn it off, but AMD does not have this feature, thus
the error. There is a parameter you can pass to the kernel to solve this
problem--by typing it at the linux prompt at boot. Unfortunately, it's
been a long time since I've had to use it, so I don't recall the command.
Hopefully, someone else will be able to provide this information.
You can recompile the kernel, turning the ID option off, which will also
solve the problem.
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RPM newbie query | uninstall
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 00:18:26 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hi -
>
> I did an install of a recent Tripwire RPM build on my RH 6.0 machine,
> and all seemed to go fine.
>
> However, I decided after the fact I should probalby wait until I've
> more thoroughly read the Tripwire docs before fooling too much with
> it, so I decided to uninstall the RPM, using
>
> rpm -e tripwire-2.3.47
>
> However, when I do this, I get an error message saying that
> tripwire-2.3.47 is NOT installed.
>
> Hmmm...so if it isn't installed, then how come when I do a
>
> rpm -q tripwire
>
> I get
>
> tripwire-2.3.47
>
> returned, indicating it has been installed?
>
> In other words, why isn't the 'uninstall' working? Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks!
rebuild the rpm database and try it again.
rpm --rebuilddb
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Ethernet Help!
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 00:07:22 GMT
I'm new to linux, and just installed Redhat 7.0. I'm using a 3COM
3C905B ethernet card. It knows the card is there, and I got the 3C90x
module installed. I can ping myself but no other machine. I'm on a
university network behind a firewall the uses a proxy server. I'd
really appreciate any help. Thanks,
adam.
Sent via Deja.com
http://www.deja.com/
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From: "pascal gauthier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: redhat7.0 and D-link DFE538TX
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 00:44:33 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Gilles Turgeon"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Washington Zhang wrote:
>
>> Hi, everyone, i am a coplete newbie for Linux and encounter problem
>> when i configure my ethernet card. I cannot connnect to the net using
>> RH7.0, which i downloaded from redhat.com recently, and my card is
>> D-Link DFE-538TX Adapter. During the istallation, it did not ruquire my
>> to cofigure network setting( i think it cannot recognize the card).
>> When it boots, i notice there is a line show that check "eth0" is
>> failed, after logging on as root, i run # ifconfig, what i fget is
>> justs "lo", no inoformation about "eth0". I try to configure it by
>> myself, unfortunately, when i run # ifconfig eh0
>> ......, no matter what i input, it tells me that "the device does not
>> exit". I also try to do it using "netcfg" in GNOME, ha, i can set my IP
>> address at eth0 and netmask and so on, but there is no information
>> about eth0 when i check with "ifconfig", and i get the same message
>> that check eth0 failed at boot. According to a mailing list, the latest
>> driver for D-Link DFE538TX is rtl8139.o, and it is available in RH
>> kernel, so what can i do now? Thanks and regards! BTW: My pc is dual
>> system: RH7.0 and Windows2000 and the Ethernet card work well under
>> windows2000
>
> I suppose that you have the 2.2.16-22 Kernel with come with Red Hat 7.0.
>
> Place your DFE538TX drivers disquette in the floppy drive and copy the
> "Linux" directory somewhere. I suppose you are root, so /root is a good
> place.
>
> Enter in /root/linux and do "make". This compile the rtl8139.c to
> rtl8139.o.
>
> Now enter "insmod rtl8139.o" and follow the rest or the "Readme.txt"
> instructions. This will install the drivers in the appropriate
> directory.
>
> I has exactely the same problems some day ago. And I fix it like this.
> But, I has also a other problem, the 2.2.16 kernel don't see my PCI
> modem. The 2.4 Kernel see it ... but the rtl8139.o file was not usable.
> And I can't recompile this file without error. Si if someone answer
> you about this Kernel and the compilation of this file, please forward
> me the message...
>
> Gilles.
>
I have the same card and run into the same problem.
First, the file rtl8139.c is in kernel 2.4, but there is now way to configure it
automaticly. Altough, there a new module for the rtl8139 and it's 8139too...
witch can be configure with the 'make (x)config'... But the card doesn't
work cause the ID of the PCI device is not in the driver.
To do that : first look in /proc/pci to see what is the ID and then add
the definition in linux-2.4.0/drivers/net/8139too.c :
...
typedef enum {
RTL8139 = 0,
RTL8139_CB,
SMC1211TX,
/*MPX5030,*/
DELTA8139,
ADDTRON8139,
DLINK531, /* <== added here */
} board_t;
/* indexed by board_t, above */
static struct {
const char *name;
} board_info[] __devinitdata = {
{ "RealTek RTL8139 Fast Ethernet" },
{ "RealTek RTL8139B PCI/CardBus" },
{ "SMC1211TX EZCard 10/100 (RealTek RTL8139)" },
/* { MPX5030, "Accton MPX5030 (RealTek RTL8139)" },*/
{ "Delta Electronics 8139 10/100BaseTX" },
{ "Addtron Technolgy 8139 10/100BaseTX" },
{ "DLink Poche Adapter" }, /* <== added here */
};
...
static struct pci_device_id rtl8139_pci_tbl[] __devinitdata = {
{0x10ec, 0x8139, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, RTL8139 },
{0x10ec, 0x8138, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, RTL8139_CB },
{0x1113, 0x1211, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, SMC1211TX },
{0x1186, 0x1300, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, DLINK531 }, /* <== added here */
/* {0x1113, 0x1211, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, MPX5030 },*/
{0x1500, 0x1360, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, DELTA8139 },
{0x4033, 0x1360, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, ADDTRON8139 },
{0,}
};
MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE (pci, rtl8139_pci_tbl);
...
then do a nice make modules; make modules_install and vlllan !
your driver will be working. no need to reboot; thanks to linus !
strange thing since that in the driver supplied with the adapter there is
more then 30 pci device definition. but on the 2.4 kernel; only 4...
I will look foward to add the definition with Jeff Garzik, the maintainer
of the driver.
a la prochaine !
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From: Hung Ngoc Lai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Questions regarding device security
Date: 22 Jan 2001 00:37:20 GMT
Hi Everyone,
I scan a range of network devices on my company network and the scan
result comes across several devices with the following message:
Vulnerability found on port general/tcp
The TCP sequence numbers of the remote host are
always incremented by 64000, so they can be
guessed rather easily. A cracker may use
this flaw to spoof TCP connections easily.
My question is: how serious is this security flaw? How easy is it for someone
to hijack or spoof TCP connecsions (or sessions) from this device? The
reason I am concerned is because this device is directed to the Internet and
it could put the entire corporation at risk. Thanks.
David
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From: Jarl Friis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PlexWriter 12/10/32S
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 01:53:37 +0100
Anthony Ewell wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is anyone running Plextor's PlexWriter 12/10/32S
> (scsi-2) CD-RW drive? And, do you have any
> opinions on it?
Great stuff, I upgraded from a Plextor 4/2/20 which also is great stuff.
easy to install, use, and whatever, just get your SCSI controller to work
and you are there!
Jarl
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Ethernet Help!
Date: 22 Jan 2001 01:24:08 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Inappropriate NG removed]
On Mon, 22 Jan 2001 00:07:22 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] staggered into the
Black Sun and said:
>I'm new to linux, and just installed Redhat 7.0. I'm using a 3COM
>3C905B ethernet card. It knows the card is there, and I got the 3C90x
>module installed. I can ping myself but no other machine. I'm on a
>university network behind a firewall the uses a proxy server. I'd
>really appreciate any help. Thanks,
For me, at least, 3c90x has not always worked the way it's supposed to.
3c59x, OTOH, has (with 3c590, 3c900, 3c905B, 3c905C.) Try that first?
If the problem is still occurring, check the network settings. The
command to do that is "ifconfig && netstat -rn". The netmask, default
gateway, and broadcast address should be the same as other machines on
the network. Or if your network uses DHCP, make sure that pump is being
started upon machine boot.
If no luck, go down the hall and find an experienced Linux user. If
you're at a university, there are some hanging around.
--
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: Keith + Maria Wheeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux on Athlon
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:26:55 -0700
Eric,
I am running RH 7.0 on an A7V with an AMD Athlon 1000. To say it SCREAMS
would be a major understatement!
I have "played" with the 2.4.0 kernel which supports a compile directly
for the Athlon chip. Then it REALLY SCREAMS, wow!
I'd say go for it. Would sugest you run a 400W P/S though as the Athlon
pulls more power than a Pentium III at the same speed. Supposedly this is
due to the L2 cache running at full processor speed.
Good Luck,
KW
Eric Headley wrote:
> I am thinking of buying a new machine with an Athlon chip instead of a
> Pentium 4. Are there any problems with running Linux on Athlon ?
>
> Eric Headley
>
> Sent via Deja.com
> http://www.deja.com/
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.misc,alt.os.linux
Subject: Protect yourself! I got hacked by the Ramen worm
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 01:28:59 GMT
Install the nfs, wu for RH6.2 and LPR for RH7.0 Now.
Commands to update and effectively close these
vulnerabilities on Redhat Linux 6.2 server:
rpm -Uvh
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/i386/nfs-utils-0.1.9.1-1.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/i386/wu-ftpd-2.6.0-14.6x.i386.rpm
Commands to update and effectively close these
vulnerabilities on Redhat Linux 7.0 server:
rpm -Uvh
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/i386/LPRng-3.6.24-2.i386.rpm
I did not do any installation of updates on RH7.0 because it was freshly
installed.
I got hacked this morning. I was wondering why my hard disk was
whirling.
I ran 'top' and found 'find' was running.
I turn netscape to 'http://localhost' and sure enough I was hacked by
the Ramen worm.
My printer does not print anymore because they exploited lpr.
I check my security logs and found the offending computer who launched
the attack.
When I turned my netscape to "http://xxx.yyy.zzz.www" and looked at
their website, it
came with the Ramen worm webpage.
I sent an email to CERT notifying about the hack on my computer.
To repair the damage, I went to
http://www.whitehats.com/library/worms/ramen/ and followed their
instruction.
It wiped out all of my index.html with the Ramen worm webpage.
I had to do an upgrade of all the RH7.0 packages I installed. (2 hours
of work)
I had to get all personal index.html from my quite recent backup.
I wrote to www.digitaldesk.com because they said it was a beneficial
worm in their news story.
What a shitty story!!!
The Ramen work causes too much damage to my computer.
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What - no WYSIWYG HTML editors??
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 13:49:02 -0600
Lloyd Llewellyn wrote:
> < etc etc >
>
> A fascinating and entirely predictable rant against WYSIWYG HTML
> editors - but I'm looking for a decent WYSIWYG HTML editor for Linux.
I'm no judge of "decent" in this context, but both Netscape and
StarOffice have html editors included.
--
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Bios upgrade in linux
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 14:08:55 -0600
Paul Lew wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Jean-David Beyer wrote:
> >
> >> David wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Warren Bell wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > I want to upgrade my bios on a machine that's just running Linux. The
> >> > > MB company has the flash utility and the .bin file but the utility is an
> >> > > .exe file. How do I boot to and run that to upgrade the bios under
> >> > > Linux?
> >> >
> >> > Boot with a windoz/DOS boot disk and run it from the command line should
> >> > work if the upgrade files will fit on a floppy.
> >
> >> What if you do not have a Windows or DOS boot disk because you have no
> >> Microsoft software and no license? I.e., what if you really have a
> >> Linux-only system?
> >
> >Go to Caldera's web site and pick up the free bootable DR-DOS
> >disk
> Better yet, just being curious (and had booted up on win98se instead of dos),
> I opened a "dos" window and did "format a: /s" and wonders of wonder, the
> floppy was formatted and the "system" was written onto the floppy with the
> command.com. Placed the bios files on the floppy and the bios upgrade
> worked automatically as the files from the company also included an
> autoexec.bat. A nervous moment did occur as when the system booted by
> the floppy disk, a msg saying "starting windows install....." just before
> the autoexec.bat ran and the bios updated.
Yes, that works, but the question was what to do if you didn't
have Windows or DOS on the machine. In that case, downloading
the image file and writing it to a floppy will work, cost you
essentially nothing, and is legal without any Microsoft license
needed.
--
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: Rithban <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Record tape -> Linux -> mp3?
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:58:49 -0700
I have a couple of speaches on cassette that I would like to make into
mp3s as the tapes are starting to die. The problem that I have is trying
to record off of a tape player hooked up to the sound card. How can I
record directly to a file instead of to memory? The speaking goes on for
about an hour.
Speach isn't a high bandwidth item, so this shouldn't be hard. I'm just
blind and can't find the right place to start.
Thanks!
R.
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