Linux-Setup Digest #886, Volume #20 Thu, 22 Mar 01 06:13:08 EST
Contents:
Re: Root-Password for kppp???? (E J)
Re: Linux in NT/2000 domain ("Eric")
Opera 5 on Suse 6.0, Kernel 2.0.36, KDE 1.0 - failed dependencies ("Timo Feickert")
Re: killing process using socket ?? ("Ed Bras")
upgrade RPM v3.x to RPM v4.x (Cyrille Giquello)
Re: how to optimize linux (Rob Ristroph)
Re: Best E-mail Client? (Steve Withers)
rtin question (Carlos D. Garza)
Re: Linux router (Kresimir Marzic)
Re: Linux in NT/2000 domain ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Best E-mail Client? (John Beardmore)
Re: Best E-mail Client? (John Beardmore)
Re: lilo and 1024 cyl. ("Eric")
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Root-Password for kppp????
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 07:02:14 GMT
# man pam # read up on pam
# cd /etc/pam.d
# cp kppp kppp.bak # back up pam for kppp
# vi kppp # edit pam to adjust the security change some 'required' to
'sufficient'
Ulf wrote:
> Since I installed Kppp in its lates version 1.6.24, every user needs the
> root password. Does someone know, how to tell kppp it should dial
> instead of asking for a password.
>
> Thank you....
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux in NT/2000 domain
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 08:34:35 +0100
> > nslookup hostname.domainname fails?
>
> Yes. Since hostname.domainname does not exist outside.
>
> > > except by IP.
> > > So, is there any way to solve it??
> >
> > check what is in your /etc/resolv.conf
> > Are the nameservers listed that should resolv those intranet names?
>
> Nameserver information retrieved from DHCP server
> are for INTERNET use. No intranet name server!
> It seemed that intranet name service is by NetBIOS.
>
You lost me there.
I have only a very basic knowledge on this stuff.
Try asking this in col.networking.
You have a better chance of getting an answer there.
Eric
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From: "Timo Feickert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Opera 5 on Suse 6.0, Kernel 2.0.36, KDE 1.0 - failed dependencies
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 08:35:51 +0100
Hello world!
I want to install the Opera5 browser on my Suse Linux 6.0 box (Kernel
2.0.36).
Unfortunately, rpm -i <package> --test gives me:
failed dependencies:
libjpeg.so.62 is needed by opera-5.0b6-20010212.017.1
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0) is needed by opera-5.0b6-20010212.017.1
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1) is needed by opera-5.0b6-20010212.017.1
libdl.so.2(GLIBC_2.0) is needed by opera-5.0b6-20010212.017.1
libdl.so.2(GLIBC_2.1) is needed by opera-5.0b6-20010212.017.1
libm.so.6(GLIBC_2.0) is needed by opera-5.0b6-20010212.017.1
libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.0) is needed by opera-5.0b6-20010212.017.1
libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.1) is needed by opera-5.0b6-20010212.017.1
Any hints, which package exactly to install for these and where to get it?
Or do you advise me to upgrade to a current distribution anyway - being no
Linux expert i want to avoid major hassles with reconfiguring the whole
system - would there be any?
TYIA!
.Timo
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From: "Ed Bras" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: killing process using socket ??
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 08:57:01 +0100
Reply-To: "Ed Bras" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
That seems to work, Thanks, Ed
Zsolt Zsoldos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreef in berichtnieuws
Yn8u6.98978$[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Ed Bras wrote:
>
> > Sometimes an application complains about the RMI socket beeing used:
port
> > 1099.
> > When I do a (as root)
> > netstat -ap | grep 1099, I get:
> > ----
> > [root@ojo root]# netstat -ap | grep 1099
> > (Not all processes could be identified, non-owned process info
> > will not be shown, you would have to be root to see it all.)
> > unix 1 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 1099 1085/X
> > /tmp/.X11-unix/X0
> > ------
> >
> > How can I kill the process using this socket when I doesn't show the
PID, at
> > least the field is empty ([ ]) ???? Strange !!
> >
>
> Did you try "fuser -n tcp 1099" ?
> (you can also add -v option to fuser to get more details)
>
> --
> Zsolt.
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From: Cyrille Giquello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: upgrade RPM v3.x to RPM v4.x
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 09:11:57 +0100
Hi,
I would like some help about upgrading
RPM v3.x to a RPM v4.x.
I got the source from rpm.org, but I've got some problem with dependencies :
I'd installed libtool, but I can't install bd3 in the right place that rpm compiling
well.
Has some one experienced this update ???
Thanx,
Cyrille
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Ristroph)
Subject: Re: how to optimize linux
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 08:24:31 GMT
First of all, what do mean by "find it pretty slow" ? Could you give
some specific examples -- time to pop up netscape, maybe even some
benchmark or another ?
If you run "xload" or "top" do you see some runaway process eating up
all your cpu and memory ?
That said, there are system wide and user specific things you can do.
User stuff:
Drop all the bloated desktop stuff by creating a ~/.xinitrc file that
is very simple, for example with these two lines:
xterm &
fvwm2
Try replacing with "fvwm2" with "fvwm", "twm", and "enlightenment", in
turn, and pick whichever one you like best. You can still do all that
gnome and kde stuff -- you just have to run the individual
applications from the command line.
While most people new to linux won't like it (unless you are coming
straight from DOS) you can get away with not using X at all. If you
learn to jump around between virtual terminals (CNTRL-ALT-F2 for
example) to switch tasks, do the consolechars command to make more
lines appear at once on the screen, and learn emacs and lynx and
simple tools like oleo (a console spreadsheet), then you can get
pretty far. You shouldn't need to do that with a k6 and 128 Mg of
RAM, however -- I consider that a pretty fast machine.
System stuff:
Check out hdparm. You can run it with certain flags to optimize
certain kinds of harddrives. Once you figure out the right command,
put it in your /etc/rc.d/rc.local file at the bottom, that command
will be run at every bootup.
I haven't done this recently, but I think the process is to run a
command like "hdparm -t /dev/hda" to test the disk speed, and then run
something like "hdparm -d1 -c1 /dev/hda" to set certain options (read
the man page or search on the web for details). Then run "hdparm -t
/dev/hda" again and see if it is faster. If it is, then put that
"hdparm -d1 -c1 /dev/hda" in the /etc/rc.d/rc.local file. Do this for
all of your disks, but especially for the one that has swap on it.
Try recompiling your kernel targeted for your architecture -- now in
all honesty, I have never noticed that this made a measurable
difference, you can skip it if it seems confusing.
Make sure that your system is seeing all of the RAM you have. Look in
/proc/meminfo, and maybe also run the top command. If you aren't
seeing all of your RAM, post again here and someone will tell you some
parameters to add to lilo to pass to the kernel at bootup.
Someone mentioned avoiding running unnecessary daemons. You can list
some of the daemons with the command "chkconfig --list" (chkconfig
might not be on your path, I think you may have to do "/sbin/chkconfig
--list"). Use "man" and the web to investigate the services listed
that are "On" at some run level that you don't recognize as
necessary. In my experience, all that cruft they start up by default
only slows down the reboot process, it doesn't bother you that much
once you are up and running.
If you are actually interested in simply rebooting faster, one thing I
have done is make the "finding module dependancies" step a lot faster
by removing modules that aren't loaded. The time saved really isn't
worth the trouble, but for what it's worth, mount all the various
media and filesystem types you might use, and do "lsmod" to get a list
of the modules loaded, then go into /lib/modules and copy aside the
kernel version directory (something like "cp -r 2.2.5-15
2.2.5-15.orig") so that you can get to the modules in case you need
them later, and then go through the kernel-version directories and
delete all the modules you never use. It'll only save you a few
seconds on bootup, it is not really worth it, I don't know why I
mentioned it.
Finally, check out powertweak.sourceforge.net. Your post inspired me
to attempt it, but I needed a newer version of libxml, and I didn't
think getting my RedHat 6.2 PentiumPro 200 with 96 Mg RAM up a couple
of notches was worth messing around with it -- I think it is plenty
fast, even for compiling and developing and running 50 Meg xemacs
processes ;)
--Rob
>>>>> "abhijit" == abhijit mhatre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
abhijit>
abhijit> Hi,
abhijit> I have installed linux redhat 6.2 distribution on k6 amd 128
abhijit> meg ram box. just wondering how would I go about optimizing
abhijit> the system , as I find it pretty slow performance wise
abhijit>
abhijit> regards
abhijit>
abhijit> abhijit
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From: Steve Withers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Best E-mail Client?
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 21:55:12 +1200
"M. Buchenrieder" wrote:
>
...........
> Facts: Java is a security risk. Java-script is even worse. And ActiveX
> is a nightmare. If you want to deliver information, use plain text.
> Anything else is just adding useless overhead to the core message
> itself.
Mike
I agree. You know that and I know that....but 'they' don't know that. I
have to deal with 'they'.
I've done the push-back thing before....and it isolates you eventually
from some people you need to be able to communicate readily with. If I
am going to argue with people at all, it is NOT going to be about this.
:-)
HTML is reasonably consistent for paragraphing, lists and graphics
inclusion and placement.....which is what I mainly get from some
people.....I'm not sure they even know how to turn it off. I don't have
the time to teach them all...
Thanks for your advice....
--
Regards,
Steve Withers
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Registered Linux user #24688
http://counter.li.org
"First, they ignore you. Then they
laugh at you. Then they fight you.
Then you win." Mahatma Ghandi
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carlos D. Garza)
Subject: rtin question
Date: 22 Mar 2001 09:01:33 GMT
I am useing my ISPs NNTP server from a 56K modem dialup. Probmel is that
rtin has a bad habit of squeezeing the several megabyte active file from the
remote NNTP server down the 56K straw. I only read a few news groups so how
do I get tin to ignore the bulbous remote active file and only look at the
newsgroups I specify?
Every now and then I don't mind downloading the activefile and searching
for new newsgroups that may have recently poped up but this half hour wait
every time I start tin is getting annoying.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kresimir Marzic)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Linux router
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 09:33:09 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
* Adam Schuetze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* on [21 Mar 2001 22:16:13 GMT]:
> On Wed, 21 Mar 2001 05:06:06 GMT, Hernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > only trouble I have run into is with the 3com 3c509 cards as they give all
> > sorts of grief.
>
> I use 3c509b's exclusively, with no trouble. What sort of grief
> are you referring to?
>
> Did you make sure you turned off plug and pray with the 3com
> dos-based utility?
>
I have 3c509b too. How I can disable PNP using linux only? Is there any
utility for Linux available?
--
Kresimir Marzic
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux in NT/2000 domain
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 10:27:08 +0100
Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > nslookup hostname.domainname fails?
>> Yes. Since hostname.domainname does not exist outside.
>> > > except by IP.
>> > > So, is there any way to solve it??
>> > check what is in your /etc/resolv.conf
>> > Are the nameservers listed that should resolv those intranet names?
>>
>> Nameserver information retrieved from DHCP server
>> are for INTERNET use. No intranet name server!
It's for use on any network. It's all correct stuff. If you want a
local nameserver with a special set of name tables, add it to your
resolv.conf too and all should continue working fine, if a bit slower.
To go any further you need to run a nameserver yourself on 127.0.01,
have only your nameserver in resolv.conf, and refer the nameserver
to different "forwarders" for the intranet and extranet in named.conf.
>> It seemed that intranet name service is by NetBIOS.
That is a microsoft protocol that deals with machine naming
translations in an different way. Turn it off :-).
> You lost me there.
> I have only a very basic knowledge on this stuff.
> Try asking this in col.networking.
> You have a better chance of getting an answer there.
I think they'll donk him too.
Peter
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From: John Beardmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Best E-mail Client?
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 10:32:04 +0000
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, H.Bruijn
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>On Wed, 21 Mar 2001 14:43:13 +0000, John Beardmore allegedly wrote:
>>>>What's this ps2pdf thing ? A sort of copyleft Distiller ?
>>>
>>>It is a tool which converts postscript files/documents to pdf. It is
>>
>>OK. Sounds handy.
>>
>>>The disadvantage of postscript is that it is quite large, and it never
>>>made it in the Microsoft world (where incompatible word formats and
>>>bitmap images rule the day).
>>
>>Well, M$ probably didn't want to base their GDI on an Adobe technology.
>>
>>They could, and most certainly did, make a far bigger balls of it
>>themselves !
>
>The thing is they don't have any standards they adhere to. Files create
>with newer version of MS-Word can't be opened in _any_ previous version
>of MS-Word.
Unless you SaveAs with the file type set to an earlier version.
> I can understand that new times may require extension in
>technology, but the error message attitude " This file was created with
>a newer version of MS-Word, please fork over more money and upgrade!"
>doesn't make me happy. It doesn't even try, even when it is just plain
>text, and I can't believe that each new version of Word is complete
>rewrite and the file-format used is completely incompatible with any
>other version, without special conversion routines. It is good
>for generating revenue from upgrades though.
Yes. It's arguable that Micro$oft have made their money by selling the
same old crap with bug fixes and the occasional new feature time and
time again.
>>> PDF files are generally smaller, and are
>>>now quite accepted on windows platforms.
>>
>>Well yes and no. Quite a few people have never downloaded a 6 or 8 meg
>>PDF viewer, and far fewer still have forked out money Distiller !
>
>Granted. But one of the advantages of PDF is that what you get on your
>display, is exactly what it will/would look like printed.
Assuming the author enabled printing !
> Unlike html,
>which is displayed depending on your browser, size of the window etc.
>Unlike MS-Word where the default setting is that of editor, not a viewer
>of how things will look like when printed. PDF shows your documents how
>you intended them to be seen. The other is that it is much more platform
>independant then other formats. Viewers exist for nearly all platforms I
>know. And it depends on the audience. In physics, mathematics and other
>sciences, where a lot of equations are used, people loathe to use words
>equation editor, aside from that fact that it renders rather ugly, it
>just takes for ever to type any equation more involved than the adding,
>substracting and multiplying you learned as a child.
>Using groff, tex, and nowadays mostly latex, typing equations is fairly
>easy, and using postscript to render them has beautifull results, except
>that windows doesn't like postscript much.
Well no, but there are tools to view it - just not from MS.
> PDF documents though, simply
>converted with ps2pdf, can now easily be read on windows thanks to the
>free pdf viewers. The best know equation of Einstein, often abbreviated
>to E=mc^2, is properly formatted something like the ASCII art below
> m c^2
>E = -----------------------
> sqrt( 1 - (v^2 / c^2))
>
>In MS-Word that would require clicking nearly 20 different boxes, in tex
>format the same equation is the admittedly cryptic, but strictly ascii:
>E = \frac{ mc^2 }{ \sqrt{1 - \frac{ v^2 }{ c^2 }}} which would result
>in the slides at http://www.hermanbruijn.com/Docs/einstein.pdf (18k)
>I used the extra features PDF documents allow so please admire the
>thumbnail images and the clickable link at the bottom (generated from
>latex with pdflatex).
Yes, it's very cute, but I don't know if I'd like to do the bulk of my
authoring in tex, though I did contemplate it a few years ago.
>>PDF is further loathed as many documents are authored with printing
>>turned off which makes it hard to read a PDF file in the bath or on the
>>bus !
>
>Well if you can display it, you can print it. It is that it just won't
>print with adobe acrobat...
If you mean you can grab it from the screen, it may not look that great
by the time it gets to paper.
>But then why would you lock them?
Search me - but people do !
> The whole reason for using pdf for me is
>that it is diplayed on my screen just as would look when printed, unlike
>HTML, the latex source code and such.
Yes.
Cheers, J/.
--
John Beardmore
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From: John Beardmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Best E-mail Client?
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 10:43:06 +0000
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, M. Buchenrieder
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>Facts: Java is a security risk. Java-script is even worse. And ActiveX
>is a nightmare.
:) These views I share.
> If you want to deliver information, use plain text.
>Anything else is just adding useless overhead to the core message
>itself.
This on the other hand strikes me as balls !
Diagrams and photographs can be very handy ways of conveying
information. Indeed, any number of words cannot always adequately
describe their content !
In the end, email as we know it now will seem as primitive as the
telephone compared to multi-participant video conferencing.
Cheers, J/.
--
John Beardmore
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: lilo and 1024 cyl.
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 11:57:25 +0100
> How do I now my BIOS supports booting from over1024?
By trying. (if you have a manual, look for extended interrupt 13)
If your PC is from the last 5 years, it will support this.
Eric
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