Linux-Setup Digest #426, Volume #19 Fri, 18 Aug 00 18:13:13 EDT
Contents:
SV: starting on NIS & DNS ("Efraim Mostrom")
Printing to networked laser... (Mark Jaffe)
Re: ALR Quad 6 server and PPro Overdrives. ("Shawn Mann")
Re: ALR Quad 6 server and PPro Overdrives. ("Brian")
Help! Problems with D-link DFE-650TX Pcmcia and RedHat 6.2 on Toshiba laptop
("HBoyer")
Re: networking problem (chris humphrey)
Re: remote telnet logins (sfcybear)
Re: networking problem ("Sean")
numlock ("Sebastian B�thin")
Re: Setting Screen width under Vi (Colin Watson)
Re: Can't get cgi to work? (easy question...) - why do I need "use CGI"? (Colin
Watson)
Re: xcdroast doesnt recognize Sony CDRW ("Gareth Cranny")
Re: remote exexcution? (Colin Watson)
Re: Sound Config? (Colin Watson)
Re: 3C905-TX NIC (Thomas Rasmussen)
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From: "Efraim Mostrom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.admin,comp.os.linux.admin,linux.redhat,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: SV: starting on NIS & DNS
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 21:27:01 +0200
b.misra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skrev i =
diskussionsgruppsmeddelandet:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> hi ..
> i'll like to learn about setting up DNS & NIS servers . i'm using
> RH6.0 & i have 6 linux m/c in my place
> with one m/c connected to internet using PPP.
> could someone give a starting point. I'll like to involved more in
man dns
/Efraim=20
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From: Mark Jaffe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Printing to networked laser...
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 19:47:35 GMT
Hi all!
Mandrake 7.1 installed, we have an NEC 1800 I just added PostScript to,
it was only PCL. It is on its own network port, everyone else is using
WinNT to print through the SMB service. The NT machine is
\\CA1-PDC-FUTCA, the printer share is \\CA1-PDC-FUTCA\NEC
When I use the printtool to set up the lpd, I try using the direct IP
address of the printer, and it complains it needs a queue. Why? If I try
to print using Samba, nothing happens, I never get anything printed, and
nothing shows up in the NT log files that it tried to connect.
Please don't ask me to talk to my IT people, we are a very small
organization and I am it!
Mark
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From: "Shawn Mann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
intel.motherboards.pentium_pro,alt.os.linux.slackware,alt.sys.pc-clone.gateway2000
Subject: Re: ALR Quad 6 server and PPro Overdrives.
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 14:51:15 -0500
I had a similar thought after seeing all of the quad ALR motherboards on
Ebay. My thought was to use the 533 Pentium Pro upgrades that are based on
the Celeron available from www.powerleap.com Probably wouldn't work though,
the original Celeron wasn't supposed to run dual (even though it can) let
alone quad. I'm can't spend the cash too find out unfortunately. Good
luck, sounds like fun.
"Kurt Savegnago" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hello,
>
> I just wanted to report that I was able to get an ALR Quad 6
> (4 cpu) server working with Slackware 7.1 and four Pentium Pro
> Overdrive 333Mhz cpu's. I have yet to fully test it but I was
> able to do a kernel compilation in an X-window under KDE and all
> four of the cpu's were being utilized. I have an 18.2 Gig Fujitsu
> drive, MAE3182LC, on a Tekram DC390U2W controller. The cpu's are
> running at 333Mhz with no problem. It is still pretty early to
> comment on system stability but it worked and nothing vaporized!
> This is an ex-Gateway 2000 machine.
>
> Intel states that the Overdrive is only good for 2 way SMP but
> it so far is working under Linux. The Infomanager LCD screen is
> functioning so far too! I DID not change the clock speed of the
> motherboard as the PPro Overdrive was meant to be used in a system
> that has been setup for 200Mhz. I am not going to experiment with
> Overclocking cause I don't want to jepordize my $1200.00 investment
> in Overdrive cpu's. I bought this machine as I had a bunch of
> pricey ECC buffered 60ns DIMMS that I can't use on any other type of
> machine. I picked up the bare Quad 6 at oemliquidators.com.
>
> This could mean that the 6 X 6 motherboard might be able to
> run with the OD cpu's although a search of the net did not find
> anyone who has reported this. I think mine is the first in a
> Quad server environment
>
> Best regards,
> Kurt Savegnago
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Brian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
intel.motherboards.pentium_pro,alt.os.linux.slackware,alt.sys.pc-clone.gateway2000
Subject: Re: ALR Quad 6 server and PPro Overdrives.
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 19:57:10 GMT
Kurt Savegnago wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hello,
> I just wanted to report that I was able to get an ALR Quad 6
>(4 cpu) server working with Slackware 7.1 and four Pentium Pro
>Overdrive 333Mhz cpu's. I have yet to fully test it but I was
>able to do a kernel compilation in an X-window under KDE and all
>four of the cpu's were being utilized. I have an 18.2 Gig Fujitsu
>drive, MAE3182LC, on a Tekram DC390U2W controller. The cpu's are
>running at 333Mhz with no problem. It is still pretty early to
>comment on system stability but it worked and nothing vaporized!
>This is an ex-Gateway 2000 machine.
Sounds most excellent!
Well done.
Will be interested to hear what else you find.
Best regards,
Brian
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From: "HBoyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.portable,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc,umich.linux
Subject: Help! Problems with D-link DFE-650TX Pcmcia and RedHat 6.2 on Toshiba laptop
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 15:10:28 -0500
Please forgive cross-post, I'm desperate.
Hi. I'm going absolutely crazy.
I've read all of this stuff, and I still can't get this D-Link going. It's
the endless "found link beat" "lost link beat" crisis in /var/log/messages.
Funny thing is, it's not just the D-link, it happened with a 3com 656
modem+adapter card too. Same exact thing.
I have a Toshiba Satellite 2250CDT. I'm running RedHat 6.2, with pcmcia-cs
2.2.16-17 beta code (so the fixes aren't in the pcmcia upgrade yet). The
same exact thing happened with pcmcia-cs 2.2.16-3, and the whole 2.2.14-x
series. Ugh!
The card works perfectly at 10M or 100M in Windows 98 and 2000. I've tried
PCIC card mode and Cardbus/16-bit in the BIOS.
I downloaded a binary for fa_select, but it doesn't run (must not be
RedHat), and I downloaded the source for Jochen Friedrich's fix, but I don't
know C, and can't get it to compile. If I type "make fa_select" it errors on
"inline", and if I take the inline line out, it errors on the next line. I
also typed "gcc fa_select" but that obviously didn't help either.
What else... I've bounced it from irq 3 to 5 to 9 to 10, and none of those
worked.
Any ideas? I'm going mad. I don't care if the fix is slow, as long as it
works. I've put literally 30+ hours into this, and I've already switched
cards, and don't want to order another one.
If someone can send me a RedHat binary of fa_select, that might work, and
could you please tell me which init script to call it from?
Any help would be REALLY appreciated! Please cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
My /var/log/messages:
Aug 17 12:07:36 localhost kernel: Linux PCMCIA Card Services 3.1.8
Aug 17 12:07:36 localhost kernel: kernel build: 2.2.14-5.0 #1 Tue Mar 7
21:07:39 EST 2000
Aug 17 12:07:36 localhost kernel: options: [pci] [cardbus] [apm]
Aug 17 12:07:36 localhost kernel: Intel PCIC probe:
Aug 17 12:07:36 localhost kernel: Intel i82365sl B step ISA-to-PCMCIA at
port 0x3e0 ofs 0x00, 1 socket
Aug 17 12:07:36 localhost kernel: host opts [0]: none
Aug 17 12:07:36 localhost kernel: ISA irqs (scanned) = 3,4,5,7,10 polling
interval = 1000 ms
Aug 17 12:07:36 localhost cardmgr[859]: starting, version is 3.1.8
Aug 17 12:07:36 localhost cardmgr[859]: watching 1 sockets
Aug 17 12:07:36 localhost kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x1000-0x17ff: clean.
Aug 17 12:07:36 localhost kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: excluding
0x378-0x37f 0x4d0-0x4d7
Aug 17 12:07:36 localhost kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean.
Aug 17 12:07:37 localhost cardmgr[859]: initializing socket 0
Aug 17 12:07:37 localhost kernel: cs: memory probe 0x0d0000-0x0dffff: clean.
Aug 17 12:07:37 localhost cardmgr[859]: socket 0: KTI ETHER-C16 Fast
ethernet
Aug 17 12:07:37 localhost cardmgr[859]: executing: 'insmod
/lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/net/8390.o'
Aug 17 12:07:37 localhost cardmgr[859]: executing: 'insmod
/lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/pcmcia/pcnet_cs.o'
Aug 17 12:07:37 localhost kernel: eth0: NE2000 Compatible: io 0x300, irq 5,
hw_addr 00:50:BA:73:6D:1E
Aug 17 12:07:37 localhost cardmgr[859]: executing: './network start eth0'
Aug 17 12:07:37 localhost pumpd[891]: starting at (uptime 0 days, 0:02:31)
Thu Aug 17 12:07:37 2000
Aug 17 12:07:38 localhost kernel: eth0: found link beat
Aug 17 12:07:39 localhost kernel: eth0: lost link beat
Aug 17 12:07:41 localhost kernel: eth0: trigger_send() called with the
transmitter busy.
Aug 17 12:08:07 localhost kernel: eth0: trigger_send() called with the
transmitter busy.
Aug 17 12:08:07 localhost ifdown: Operation failed.
Aug 17 12:08:08 localhost network: Shutting down interface eth0 succeeded
Jochen Friedrich's code:
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <net/if.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
inline unsigned char
inb (unsigned short port)
{
unsigned char _v;
__asm__ __volatile__ ("inb %w1,%0":"=a" (_v):"Nd" (port));
return _v;
}
inline void
outb (unsigned char value, unsigned short port)
{
__asm__ __volatile__ ("outb %b0,%w1"::"a" (value), "Nd" (port));
}
static int sockets_open(void)
{
int sock;
if ((sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0)) != -1)
return sock;
else if ((sock = socket(AF_IPX, SOCK_DGRAM, 0)) != -1)
return sock;
else if ((sock = socket(AF_AX25, SOCK_DGRAM, 0)) != -1)
return sock;
else
return socket(AF_APPLETALK, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
}
void write_bit(int port, int bit)
{
outb((bit << 6) + 0x20, port);
usleep(1);
outb((bit << 6) + 0xa0, port);
usleep(1);
outb((bit << 6) + 0x20, port);
}
int read_bit(int port)
{
int i;
outb(0, port);
usleep(1);
outb(0x80, port);
usleep(1);
i = inb(port);
outb(0, port);
return (i & 0x10) >> 4;
}
void reset(int port)
{
outb(0x08, port);
usleep(1);
outb(0x0C, port);
usleep(1);
outb(0x08, port);
usleep(1);
outb(0x0C, port);
outb(0x00, port);
}
int reada(int port, int adr)
{
int i,j;
for (i=0; i<0x20; i++)
write_bit(port, 1);
write_bit(port, 0);
write_bit(port, 1);
write_bit(port, 1);
write_bit(port, 0);
write_bit(port, 0);
write_bit(port, 0);
write_bit(port, 0);
write_bit(port, 0);
write_bit(port, 0);
write_bit(port, (adr & 0x10) >> 4);
write_bit(port, (adr & 0x08) >> 3);
write_bit(port, (adr & 0x04) >> 2);
write_bit(port, (adr & 0x02) >> 1);
write_bit(port, (adr & 0x01) >> 0);
j = read_bit(port);
if (j == 1)
j = read_bit(port);
for (i=0; i<16; i++) {
j = (j << 1) + read_bit(port);
}
write_bit(port, 1);
return j;
}
int writea(int port, int adr, int val)
{
int i,j;
outb(0x08, port);
usleep(1);
outb(0x0C, port);
usleep(1);
outb(0x08, port);
usleep(1);
outb(0x0C, port);
outb(0x00, port);
for (i=0; i<0x20; i++)
write_bit(port, 1);
write_bit(port, 0);
write_bit(port, 1);
write_bit(port, 0);
write_bit(port, 1);
write_bit(port, 0);
write_bit(port, 0);
write_bit(port, 0);
write_bit(port, 0);
write_bit(port, 0);
write_bit(port, (adr & 0x10) >> 4);
write_bit(port, (adr & 0x08) >> 3);
write_bit(port, (adr & 0x04) >> 2);
write_bit(port, (adr & 0x02) >> 1);
write_bit(port, (adr & 0x01) >> 0);
write_bit(port, 1);
write_bit(port, 0);
write_bit(port, (val & 0x8000) >> 15);
write_bit(port, (val & 0x4000) >> 14);
write_bit(port, (val & 0x2000) >> 13);
write_bit(port, (val & 0x1000) >> 12);
write_bit(port, (val & 0x0800) >> 11);
write_bit(port, (val & 0x0400) >> 10);
write_bit(port, (val & 0x0200) >> 9);
write_bit(port, (val & 0x0100) >> 8);
write_bit(port, (val & 0x0080) >> 7);
write_bit(port, (val & 0x0040) >> 6);
write_bit(port, (val & 0x0020) >> 5);
write_bit(port, (val & 0x0010) >> 4);
write_bit(port, (val & 0x0008) >> 3);
write_bit(port, (val & 0x0004) >> 2);
write_bit(port, (val & 0x0002) >> 1);
write_bit(port, (val & 0x0001) >> 0);
write_bit(port, 1);
return 0;
}
void main(int argc, char **argv)
{
int skfd, i, sub, led;
struct ifreq ifr;
skfd = sockets_open();
if (skfd == -1) {
perror("socket");
exit(1);
}
strcpy(ifr.ifr_name, argv[1]);
if (ioctl(skfd, SIOCGIFMAP, &ifr) < 0) {
perror("ioctl");
exit(1);
}
i = atoi(argv[2]);
switch(i) {
case 0:
sub = 0x0000;
break;
case 1:
sub = 0x0100;
break;
case 2:
sub = 0x2000;
break;
default:
sub = 0x2100;
break;
}
ioperm(ifr.ifr_map.base_addr+0x1c, 1, 1);
reset(ifr.ifr_map.base_addr+0x1c);
writea(ifr.ifr_map.base_addr+0x1c, 0, 0x8000);
writea(ifr.ifr_map.base_addr+0x1c, 0, sub);
close(skfd);
exit(0);
}
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From: chris humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: networking problem
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 14:19:44 -0600
Actually, yes the modem is a Cisco 675, and it probably will work like a
router, it does have dhcp capability (turned off right now) and other
capabilities, but only one port . When I first got the modem, I did have to run
a setup application in windoze and setup the username/password for the isp, and
also created a password to get into the modem.
I can telnet from outside, but end up having to enter the password for the
modem, and I end up logged into the modem, not my machine.
Sean wrote:
> This is a bit unusual. Are you sure your DSL modem is really a modem and not
> a router?
> If this is the case then it may be configured to firewall and reject outside
> IP's. And if so, you would need to configure it. This usually can be done
> through telnet but you will most likely need a username and password.
>
> chris humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am succesfully running on Mandrake 7.1, got my DSL running, and have a
> > small problem.
> >
> > I need to be able to run servers from my computer and want to be able to
> > connect to it from other omputers on the internet.
> >
> > The problem is when I ping my ip address, (or telnet) my DSL modem
> > responds and does not forward the requests to the computer.
> >
> > Can someone tell me if this is a linux setup problem or a modem setup
> > problem? I am not sure where to start to figure out what is hapening.
> >
> > my DSL modem has all the parameters to log into the internet and how to
> > connect, there is no pppoe or anything like that here.
> >
> > Any help anyone could give would be very much appreciated.
> >
> > tia.
> > -chris
> >
> >
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From: sfcybear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: remote telnet logins
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 20:21:33 GMT
Are you using DNS?
have you tried to telnet using the domain name and compared it to
telneting using the address???
if you get a quick response via address and slow via domain name, it may
be a slow domain name server (or nis server if you are using that)
In article <8nj7fj$5cc$16$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Andreas Frisch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> when i'm trying to connect through lan to my suse 6.4 server, it takes
more
> than one minute until the login screen appears.
> as soon as i'm logged in, everything has normal speed and when i do
telnet
> localhost on the server, it's connecting at once, too.
> are there maybe any security switches that shall prevent random logins
or
> stuff like that? i really need to connect to the server very often and
so i
> want to connect more quickly.
> can anybody help me?
>
> andreas frisch from germany
>
>
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: "Sean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: networking problem
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 20:39:34 GMT
The Cisco 675 is in fact a router.
See here: http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/pcat/675.htm
That would mean you are logging into the wrong IP address.
Your system would have to have a separate IP address. This would not
necessarily be an ISP
assigned IP.
chris humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Actually, yes the modem is a Cisco 675, and it probably will work like a
> router, it does have dhcp capability (turned off right now) and other
> capabilities, but only one port . When I first got the modem, I did have
to run
> a setup application in windoze and setup the username/password for the
isp, and
> also created a password to get into the modem.
>
> I can telnet from outside, but end up having to enter the password for the
> modem, and I end up logged into the modem, not my machine.
>
> Sean wrote:
>
> > This is a bit unusual. Are you sure your DSL modem is really a modem and
not
> > a router?
> > If this is the case then it may be configured to firewall and reject
outside
> > IP's. And if so, you would need to configure it. This usually can be
done
> > through telnet but you will most likely need a username and password.
> >
> > chris humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I am succesfully running on Mandrake 7.1, got my DSL running, and have
a
> > > small problem.
> > >
> > > I need to be able to run servers from my computer and want to be able
to
> > > connect to it from other omputers on the internet.
> > >
> > > The problem is when I ping my ip address, (or telnet) my DSL modem
> > > responds and does not forward the requests to the computer.
> > >
> > > Can someone tell me if this is a linux setup problem or a modem setup
> > > problem? I am not sure where to start to figure out what is hapening.
> > >
> > > my DSL modem has all the parameters to log into the internet and how
to
> > > connect, there is no pppoe or anything like that here.
> > >
> > > Any help anyone could give would be very much appreciated.
> > >
> > > tia.
> > > -chris
> > >
> > >
>
>
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From: "Sebastian B�thin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: numlock
Date: 18 Aug 2000 23:17:29 CET
Hi,
I'm sorry if this simple question is boring, but I couldn't
find any answer:
How can I make the (Caldera) Linux turn on the numlock
key automatically at boot-time?
Thank you - Sebastian
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson)
Subject: Re: Setting Screen width under Vi
Date: 18 Aug 2000 21:02:23 GMT
Louis Ohland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've been struggling with a Debian distro (2.2, Potato) and it
>partially installs. I can boot Linux from the drive, login, and run Vi.
>During the automated install from the rescue disk, it is accessible, and
>the install proceeds. But when it comes time to install the packages,
>the /instmnt/debian that worked to get the 2.2 archive won't work. The
>install apps (apt, dselect, dbootstrap, ..) will not see the Doze
>filesystem on c: (sdb1).
[...]
>I want to edit fstab and add /dev/sdb1, type msdos, and the mount point
>of /dos.
Hmm, you can't just do 'mount -t msdos /dev/sdb1 /dos' as a temporary
measure? (Actually, I'd strongly recommend '... -t vfat ...' instead,
since I'm not sure if the msdos filesystem type understands long file
names.)
>But Vi wraps the lines around on the screen, and Vi is difficult enough
>as it is.
It'll wrap the lines on-screen, though not by default the actual text in
the file, in case that's confusing. You can tell what it's going to
write out as a single line by moving the cursor up and down; if it seems
to jump over a line on the screen, that's really part of the previous
line.
If you're desperate, then:
echo '/dev/sdb1 /dos vfat defaults 0 0' >> /etc/fstab
... should work just fine, though of course the fact that you can blow
away your /etc/fstab by forgetting one > makes it a bit delicate. :)
>Is there a way to set the display to a 132 column mode? (monitor is a
>17")
SVGATextMode will do it, if you have it installed (unlikely at the stage
of the install you're at). That's the executable name, though the
package name is svgatextmode, all lower case.
Alternatively, a lower-tech and less flexible way to do it is to pass
the right parameters to the kernel on, say, the LILO boot prompt. This
can be a bit fiddly sometimes, and I'm not convinced that it works on
all graphics cards, but if you type, say, 'linux vga=ask' instead of
'linux' at the LILO boot prompt then you'll get a menu of video modes.
>What file do I need to edit? Or heaven forbid, is there a executable
>that will configure the column width?
vidmode, in the util-linux package (which you'll have installed, as it's
marked essential) can tweak a kernel image in /boot to have the
appropriate vga= parameter stored permanently, or you can poke
/etc/lilo.conf (and run '/sbin/lilo -v' to store the changes in the boot
record) to always supply that parameter. Try the above method first to
find out what magic numbers work.
Eventually, of course, just go for X, but the console is useful in
emergencies. :)
--
Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
"Abandon the search for Truth; settle for a good fantasy."
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson)
Subject: Re: Can't get cgi to work? (easy question...) - why do I need "use CGI"?
Date: 18 Aug 2000 21:08:21 GMT
psantt wrote:
>Major points goes to Greg! It works!
>
>Anyway, why am I required to use CGI?
>
>My scripting before (since I wouldn't have to learn the perl CGI
>structure) was to print "Content-type: html" (the standard html
>header...) and then to print the rest using print commands in a loop.
Indeed, you don't have to. However, Greg was doing things like 'print
header;' and 'print start_html;'. The header() and start_html()
functions are defined in the CGI module.
If you want to do "Content-type: html\r\n\r\n" etc. yourself, then go
right ahead, but the script given wouldn't have worked out of the box on
any platform.
--
Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
"... and by God I *KNOW* what this network is for, and you can't have
it." - Russ Allbery (http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/writing/rant.html)
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From: "Gareth Cranny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: xcdroast doesnt recognize Sony CDRW
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 17:26:52 -0400
For an IDE drive I should enable SCSI support? Damn :) No wonder this is
taking me so freaking long :) Thanks for the tip!
Gareth.
Christian Burstein wrote in message ...
>On Wed, 16 Aug 2000 13:49:14 -0400, Gareth Cranny
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>wrote:
>>CLOS, and x-cdroast will let me use the drive as a reader, but not a
>>writer....any ideas?
>
> Is it a IDE writer? Then you should enable
>
> SCSI-Support [*]
> Generic SCSI [*]
> SCSI Cdrom [*]
> SCSI Emulation Support [*]
>
> enabled in Kernelconfig. Compile Kernel, reboot with new Kernel
> at LILO: enter <Your Linux> hd?=ide-scsi,max_scsi_luns=1
> where hd? is your writer
>
> Oh, and dont forget to insert alias scsi_hostadapter=ide-scsi
> BEFORE booting
>
> Or simply read the CD-Writer-HOWTO (?)
>>
>>TIA,
>>Gareth
>>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson)
Subject: Re: remote exexcution?
Date: 18 Aug 2000 21:21:02 GMT
Wilkie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>is it possible to run a command or script on a remote machine and have the
>script run in a shell on the remote machine?
>
>ex... telnet to host
>run script from terminal with intentions of script executing in environment
>present on host
>NOT on telnet terminal
I don't understand how this is any different. The telnet session (or,
better, ssh) runs a shell on the remote machine and you then run
processes in that.
If you mean having a window pop up in an X session on the remote
machine, say, then you can play games with xauth and the $DISPLAY
environment variable to have that happen. If you want to open a program
in a virtual console on the remote host, then if you have the
appropriate permissions you can use 'open' (perhaps called 'vtopen').
The man pages are generally pretty useful reading.
>also is there any way to have 2 xservers running from the same machine?
>login one and login two both active with their own instance of gnome running
>simultaneously?
'startx -- :1', say, will start up an X server on tty8 (i.e.
(Ctrl-)Alt-F8). If you use a display manager like xdm, gdm, or wdm
instead then you can probably persuade one of those to give you a second
display too.
>i know i may be asking a lot
Not at all; X is designed to work (almost) seamlessly over networks, and
programs running in X communicate with the server using a network
protocol even if they're on the same machine. Servers nested inside
themselves don't really work very well :), but apart from that it's
amazingly flexible. XFree86 4.0 can handle multiheaded displays
(multiple monitors) under certain circumstances, too.
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Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
"Aber einer erwacht von Mitternacht,
Und er kommt vom Aufgang der Sonne." - _Elijah_, Mendelssohn
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson)
Subject: Re: Sound Config?
Date: 18 Aug 2000 21:25:54 GMT
Don Belmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ok, I run sndconfig and it runs fine, plays the sample.au(but it
>does sound quite muffled).
Is it just that the volume's set very low, or is there a quality
problem? If it's the former, then aumix or some other mixer will do the
job for you. Can't help much with the latter; I usually try to do black
magic with the sound configuration here until it works and then leave it
well alone. :)
> Specs: SB Pro clone card (yes it does work fine with many other
>programs, including my DOS CD-player one).
Beware of clones. A lot of them aren't really, and the Linux sound
people don't always get the full specifications. :(
>io=0x220
>irq=7
>dma=1
If you had those wrong, then you wouldn't get any sound at all, so that
sort of thing must be all right.
--
Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
"Ah, young webmaster ... Java leads to Shockwave. Shockwave leads to
RealAudio, and RealAudio leads to suffering." - Peter da Silva, ASR
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Subject: Re: 3C905-TX NIC
From: Thomas Rasmussen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 21:37:23 GMT
>>>>> "Kenneth" == Kenneth 'Redhead' Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Kenneth> I use the 3com 3c905-TX-C with the prom boot on, and its on
Kenneth> a dhcp net, thres no problems with that.. i told linux to
Kenneth> use the 3c59x module instead of the 3c9x but appart from
Kenneth> that, its setup to use dhcp and theres no problems with
Kenneth> that..
I'm using the same NIC on DHCP lan, but don't have the boot
prom. Conserning the modules, then you should use the 3c59x because it
is the one fitted for the 905TX. However 3Com has made some Linux
modules for this NIC, but I don't know the stability and performance
on these... but if you have problems, then try them out as well.
/Thomas
PS. I have access to a lot of computers that are using DHCP and also
has boot prom on, these are not 3Com but it works great.
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