Linux-Misc Digest #251, Volume #27 Wed, 28 Feb 01 10:13:01 EST
Contents:
Re: Cross-platform development tool? ("Lewis M. Dreblow")
Re: Looking for free Terminal Emulator (Kristjan)
Q: shared email between Linux and Windows 2000? (Mark Watson)
XMMS question (Jon Rook)
Re: Your Favourite X or Gnome Software? ("Scot Mc Pherson")
linux 6.1 and star office 5.1 (William Jacobs)
Re: Your Favourite X or Gnome Software? ("Scot Mc Pherson")
Re: data recovery ? (Joe Durusau)
Re: Q: shared email between Linux and Windows 2000? (Edwin Johnson)
Re: Looking for free Terminal Emulator (Tomaz Cedilnik)
Re: Unable to mount...08:32 (Frank Hahn)
Re: email - downloader headers only (Edwin Johnson)
Re: Where to get Terminus? (Stefan Soos)
Re: Filter text strings from binaries (Michael Heiming)
Re: tar from date (-N, --newer, --after-date) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
re: setting root password (richard noel fell)
help with load-balancing on 2 DSL connections (Hung Ngoc Lai)
Linux as a GW/Router ("Robert")
Color setting problem!!!! (tertr)
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From: "Lewis M. Dreblow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cross-platform development tool?
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 08:11:06 -0500
Jari,
Have you seen KYLIX from Borland. It will do all you ask except for the
MacOS,
however, as soon as MacOS goes to X (i.e. unix core) you may also get
that
capability.
Lewis, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jari Huovila wrote:
>
> Hi everyone!
>
> There wouldn't happen to be any software development IDE (C++ / Java)
> that would be able to produce binaries for Linux, MacOS and Windows
> from the same source code?
>
> Thanks!
>
> - Jari
>
> P.S. Has anyone got experience of CodeWarrior? Is it worth nothing?
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From: Kristjan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Looking for free Terminal Emulator
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 14:14:48 +0100
"Paul M. Hanson" wrote:
I think youre looking for www.cygwin.com a great free terminal emulator
that gives you the feel of *NIX from a Windows 9x machine
>
> Can anyone please tell me of a free terminal emulator which runs on
> Windows 9X and allows login to a Linux machine? It would be a bonus if the
> terminal emulator could also properly handle color (like at the linux
> console).
> Thank you in advance for your suggestions and recommendations.
>
> Scott Navarre
> Precision Analytical Labs
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From: Mark Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Q: shared email between Linux and Windows 2000?
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 13:16:40 GMT
Hello everyone,
I am a consultant, and I frequently have to reboot between
Linux and Windows 2000. I would like to set up a shared
email system on a writable FAT32 partition.
Unfortunately, my ISP does not support IMAP (that would
solve this problem).
I would appreciate any ideas for setting up either a shared Mozilla
or shared Netscape system so that I could have a single data
repository for email and usenet news on my writable FAT32
partition.
Thanks in advance for any help!,
Mark
-- Mark Watson
-- Consultant for Java, C++ and AI projects: www.markwatson.com
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From: Jon Rook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: XMMS question
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 08:27:26 -0500
XMMS on my system does not work properly.
When a song is started, it only plays the first 1/2 second, or so, of
the song. It then keeps repeating that same brief section of the song
and never advances through the rest of the song.
I initially thought it was the MP3 file that was corrupted, but all
songs are "processed" the same way. Also, the same MP3 files play
correctly in Windows.
I have tried uninstalling/reinstalling the XMMS package from the
distribution CD. Didn't work.
I am running Caldera OpenLinux eDesktop 2.4 on a 200Mhz K6 with 32MB of
main memory.
Does anybody have any ideas?
Thanks.
Jon
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From: "Scot Mc Pherson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Your Favourite X or Gnome Software?
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 13:29:03 GMT
Thanx for all the info regarding DBs. Please forgive me if I am wrong, but
it looks like you never looked for mail and news alternatives and used what
was supplied on the CD?
If that's the case, I would suggest looking for some new software...You
might find some interesting and powerfully simple software out there. I have
found lots of things out there now that I have begun my search for software
in earnest (I never needed to go out of the box before), and thus my
questions about preferences since I haven't any experience with anything
that is available beyond what is suppied with my linux distributions.
Again thanx for the input.
--
Scot Mc Pherson
http://www.behomet.net
N27� 19' 56"
W82� 30' 39"
"Jean-David Beyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Scot Mc Pherson wrote:
> >
> > What is your favourite software to use for e-mail, usenet and
web-browsing?
>
> I use Netscape 4.76, but it is not that I love it or anything. I
> sometimes use /bin/mail or mutt for e-mail, and I use lynx when I
> think there is something wrong with Netscape. I tried a couple of real
> UNIX news clients, but I do not really like them. They remind me of
> the bad old days when all news came through uucp. I guess that was in
> either the late 1970s or the 1980s.
> >
> > What is your favourite productivity software for things like
documentation,
> > spreadsheets, presentations?
>
> I use Applixware-5.00. It is better than Microsoft Office 97
> Professional, or whatever it is that I have on my Windows machine. I
> never tried StarOffice.
>
> I use Lyx or LaTex sometimes instead of a word-processor. It depends
> if it is just for me, or if I must share it with someone with only a
> brain-damaged word-processor program.
> >
> > And finally, how about database software, what are your favourite
servers
> > and front ends?
>
> I use IBM DB2 UDB V6.1. I guess you would say I use that as a server.
> I tend to write my own clients, although IBM provide a few
> general-purpose clients that allow you to manage a database with SQL
> commands to a CLI.
>
> I tried postgreSQL in about 1998 and it was lousy then. I infer from
> what I read that it is somewhat better now.
>
> I never tried MySQL: when I looked at it, I did not dare use it
> because it did not handle transactions.
>
> I switched to Informix-SE for a while, but it would not upgrade from
> Red Hat Linux 5.0 to RHL 6.0 (I did not even need to upgrade the
> database, since it would be a simple matter (though time-consuming) to
> repopulate the database), and Informix would not help me.
>
> That was when I switched to IBM DB2 6.1. It works just fine, but their
> customer support is non-existant unless you are willing to pay them
> $210/hour to even answer the telephone or answer e-mails. I refused to
> do that.
>
> --
> .~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642.
> /V\ Registered Machine 73926.
> /( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey http://counter.li.org
> ^^-^^ 3:45pm up 23:44, 3 users, load average: 1.08, 1.08, 1.05
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From: William Jacobs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: linux 6.1 and star office 5.1
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 13:30:04 -0000
How do I load Star Office 5.1 into Linux Red Hat 6.2
--
Posted via CNET Help.com
http://www.help.com/
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From: "Scot Mc Pherson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Your Favourite X or Gnome Software?
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 13:33:53 GMT
Thanx for your input...but here comes a little ribbing =)
> > What is your favourite software to use for e-mail, usenet and
> > web-browsing?
>
> If you're talking gui,
>
Yes I am talking GUI, look at the subject =)
Sorry I had too.
Again thanx...
--
Scot Mc Pherson
N27� 19' 56"
W82� 30' 39"
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From: Joe Durusau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware,linux.dev.scsi,comp.os.ms-windows.nt
Subject: Re: data recovery ?
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 08:23:00 -0800
Search the web for data recovery. Many vendors exist, make sure you
understand teh cost. It can run to several $K per drive.
Speaking only for myself,
Joe Durusau
John Gill wrote:
>
> I have two SCSI disk drives that I cannot start and have software recognize.
> I would like to pose a question about DATA RECOVERY, but not sure what
> newsgroup would be most appropriate.
>
> The drives are Micropolis 4.3 Gig SCSI. They will spin up, make some noise,
> and after a minute or two, spin-down and the light blinks. I have tried to
> get them recognized using "Lost and Found" software from Power Quest to no
> avail.
>
> I would like to know more about my options.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -- John
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Edwin Johnson)
Subject: Re: Q: shared email between Linux and Windows 2000?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 28 Feb 2001 14:01:15 GMT
I use Pine for my email on Linux and have heard that there is a version for
Win(ugg!), but have never investigated. If there were, you possibly might be
able to use a directory on the fat32 for both. This, of course, would mean
using Pine for both systems, not a bad alternative at all. This is all
conjecture, just musing on the problem. ...Edwin
On Wed, 28 Feb 2001 13:16:40 GMT, Mark Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello everyone,
>
>I am a consultant, and I frequently have to reboot between
>Linux and Windows 2000. I would like to set up a shared
>email system on a writable FAT32 partition.
>
>Unfortunately, my ISP does not support IMAP (that would
>solve this problem).
>
>I would appreciate any ideas for setting up either a shared Mozilla
>or shared Netscape system so that I could have a single data
>repository for email and usenet news on my writable FAT32
>partition.
>
>Thanks in advance for any help!,
>Mark
>
>-- Mark Watson
>-- Consultant for Java, C++ and AI projects: www.markwatson.com
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~ for there you have been, there you long ~
~ to return." -- da Vinci ~
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From: Tomaz Cedilnik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Looking for free Terminal Emulator
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 13:58:58 +0000
"Nils O. Sel�sdal" wrote:
> > terminal emulator could also properly handle color (like at the linux
> > console).
> Open a dos prompt and type : telnet <yourhost> ?
That one doesn't handle colours properly.
Tom
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank Hahn)
Subject: Re: Unable to mount...08:32
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 14:10:02 -0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 28 Feb 2001 05:51:19 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I've had my first major crash of RH6.1. Found a bare X window screen, the X
>'moire' and a cursor, instead of the default Red Hat xdm screen. Tried to
>reboot, and everything hung when trying to mount NFS. Tried rescue boot,
>and hung at these error messages:
>
>VFS: Cannot open root device 08:32
>Kernel Panic:VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:32
>
>What is "08:32"?
>
I would guess that you either are specifying the wrong Linux partition
to mount or that you have possibly compiled the driver for your root
filesystem as a module instead of compiling it into the kernel.
For whatever reason, when booting, the kernel can't find the root
partition to mount.
I would suggest a search of the deja.com archives but since the
google.com takeover, I can't find anything there easily.
--
Frank Hahn
While money doesn't buy love, it puts you in a great bargaining
position.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Edwin Johnson)
Subject: Re: email - downloader headers only
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 28 Feb 2001 14:13:38 GMT
Yes, I have the perl script, poppy, on my machine and it allows you to
download, delete, view, the email on your server. I've used it to
eliminate huge junk mail or email on the servers with problems. The
following url is the metlab (http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux) site. Do a
search for poppy and you will see it.
www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux
...Edwin
On Tue, 27 Feb 2001 17:25:09 GMT, Gerald Pollack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Can anyone point me to an email client that can connect to a POP3 server
>and download only message headers (with the option to subsequently retrieve
>selected entire messages)? Pocket Outlook, on my WinCE machine, can do
>this, and it saves a great deal of time; I'd like to be able to do the
>same on my linux machine.
>
>Thanks,
>Jerry Pollack
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~ Edwin Johnson ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~
~ http://www.shreve.net/~elj ~
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~ "Once you have flown, you will walk the ~
~ earth with your eyes turned skyward, ~
~ for there you have been, there you long ~
~ to return." -- da Vinci ~
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From: Stefan Soos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Where to get Terminus?
Date: 28 Feb 2001 15:10:50 +0100
Steen Suder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Hi,
> Where is the most inexpensive online place to buy the game Terminus from
> Vicarious Visions? I live in europe so shipping must be low as well.
>
> www.tuxgames.com used to be a good spot but they've seem to have gone
> out of business... or what?
>
I live in Germany and I ordered Terminus at SuSE. Terminus was out of store,
so shipment took over a month. Now it�s available again, so you should have
more luck.
BTW, Terminus really rocks :-)
HTH,
Stefan
--
Send mail with subject 'get gpgkey' to recieve gpg-public-key
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From: Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Filter text strings from binaries
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 15:31:34 +0100
Adam Warner wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm after a program or technique that will filter/extract text strings
> from a binary file. It has to be intelligent enough to avoid characters
> that are clearly just part of the code instead of a text string/comment.
>
> I imagine grep might be able to accomplish this, although the pattern
> would be quite complicated.
>
> Thanks for your help,
> Adam
Hello,
try the command:
strings
Good luck
Michael Heiming
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: tar from date (-N, --newer, --after-date)
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 14:23:07 +0000 (UTC)
Frederick Bartlett <fbartlett'ignore'@optonline.net> wrote:
: I have tried a number of variants to get this to work: but every tar
: command I've tried has archived my entire directory, not just the latest
: files. What am I missing?
: tar -cvf test.tar --newer 23/02/2001 *
: tar -cvf test.tar --newer 02/23/2001 *
: tar -N 2001-02-23 -cvf test.tar *
: tar -cv -N 0223 -f test.tar *
: tar -cv -N 2001-02-23 -f test.tar *
: tar -cv --newer="2001-02-23" -f test.tar *
: etc. ...
: I have consulted a couple of manuals, deja news, and the man and info
: pages -- but I have found no joy.
Try 'tar --help' it will tell you about the switch '--no-recursion', I don't
know why it's not in the manpage...
I'am doing a backup with this line:
tar cf - find /dos/c/ -mtime -1 -print --no-recursion | gzip > /mnt/backup\
/date +%y:%m:%d.tgz
That will put all files that have been modified within the last day in a
file whose name is made up of the date. If '--no=recursion' is omitted, the
whole directory will be backed up also.
Rolf
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From: richard noel fell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: re: setting root password
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 10:51:15 -0500
A note of thanks to all who tried to help me with setting my root
password. Unfortunately, I had to reinstall the os as the fix. No
problem there, just time consuming.
Dick Fell
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From: Hung Ngoc Lai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: help with load-balancing on 2 DSL connections
Date: 28 Feb 2001 14:31:25 GMT
Hi Everyone,
I have this problem and in need of help ASAP.
I have a linux box running RedHat 7.0 with kernel
2.4.2. I am using this box as the firewall/NAT
for my internal network. This box is currently has
2 NICs, one NIC is connected to the internal
network which uses private network network
space (172.16.1.0/24). The other NIC is connected
to the DSL modem with a valid IP address
(199.0.216.222/30). The internal network can access
the Internet via ipmasquerading (i.e. iptable) with
no problem In a week or so, I need to put
another NIC into this linux box to connect to
another DSL provider with a valid IP address
(129.174.1.8/30). Why, you might ask?
Because my company would like to have
redundancy in case one DSL connection
fails so no workflow can be disrupted. Basically,
this linux will have 2 connections out to the
Internet. I would like to be able to load-balance
the traffic on both DSL connection. How can
I make this to work? I am a new linux newbie so
please be gentle with me. I need a quick solution
for this. Many thanks.
David
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From: "Robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux as a GW/Router
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 14:54:39 GMT
Hello every one,
I am having problem making Linux as a gateway.In my schools lab I have a PC
connected to my schools network with an IP address of 192.168.0.60 from our
network manager, shown as PC1 below. Since I have three computers, I want
to connect all of them to the network. I have therefore put two net cards in
PC1 and using IP forwarding and IP masquerading to connect the others
computer through PC1 to the network too, or making PC1 as a router /
gateway.
MY PROBLEM is that . I can only ping from PC2 and PC3 to both net cards of
PC1, but i can not ping from PC2 and PC3 to other computer connected to the
network. But from PC1 i can ping to all computer connected to my network
I am using Linux RH 7.0, kernel 2.2.17-22. I have enabled IP forwarding in
PC1 and using the scripts below for packet forwarding:.
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
ipchains -F
ipchains -A forward -i eth1 -s 192.168.1.2/32 -j MASQ
The routing table for PC1 is
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
Iface
192.168.1.0 tester.lab.lab. 255.255.255.0 UG 0 0 0 eth1
192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0
0 eth0
192.168.0.0 * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0
0 eth1
127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0
0 lo
default 192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0
0 eth1
default 192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0
0 eth0
*********
And routing table for PC2 is
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
Iface
192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0
eth0
127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0
0 lo
default 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0
eth0
****
I have done every thing according the Book/IP masqurading docummentation i
have, but still it does not working.
I would appreciate any help or suggestions to solve my problem.
Best regards Robert
My network configuration
Eth0-PC3 -------------------------|
192.168.1.3 |
|
Eth0-PC2 ------------------------------------eth1=PC1=eth0-----------
To Network
192.168.1.2 192.168.1.1
192.168.0.60
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From: tertr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Color setting problem!!!!
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 22:52:38 +0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am using Redhat6.2 and under tcsh shell, when I am in text
mode(level3), the directory and file names can have color highlight.
However, when I enter xterm inside graphical mode(level5), the color
highlight disapper and make me a bit inconventient in distinguishing
between directory and files in browsing. When I change the shell to
bash, everythings is all right.
Can anyone tell how to set back the xterm to have color highlight on the
directory and file name in the above cases?
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