Re: md autostart?
the way i licked this is i took the md entry out of the fstab and after the boot script finishes i have a shell script that performs the filesystem check on the md then mounts it. this works like a charm in our shop. Craig Sanders wrote: however, this causes problems with 'depmod -a' because the / fs is still mounted RO at this time. hmm. if / is still RO at this point, the fsck on root probably failed... m* -- The Shining One --
Re: Finding files not present (challenge to your intelligence)
On Wed, 26 Mar 1997, Philippe Troin wrote: Which can be abbreviated with zsh to: comm -1 -3 (sort searchlist) (find -type f -printf %f\n | sort) Hop ! No more cluttering, no more intermediate files. I love zsh's redirection ! Bash can also do that..! =b -- Nicolás Lichtmaier.- | From Buenos Aires, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Argentina!
xconsole problem
Still cannot seem to get xconsole to work properly. Appreciate any suggestions anyone can offer. I use xdm, which gives the usual login screen. There is also usually a blank window at the lower right side of the screen on the xdm login screen. This is not normal, I don't think. When I actually log in, the xclock, xcal and a couple of xterms start up, as well as a xconsole window. These are all specified in my .xsession. The line in my .xsession that invokes xconsole is: xconsole -exitOnFail -g 490x200-20-50 A second or so after the xconsole window opens, it minimizes to an icon. There is no information in the xconsole window. If I use the command 'xconsole ' I get another xconsole window, with the message Couldn't open console in it. Does any of this make sense? What should I be looking for to get this working? Thanks! -- Ken Gaugler N6OSK Santa Clara, California email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.wco.com/~keng The life of a Repo Man is always INTENSE...
Re: xconsole problem
On Wed, 26 Mar 1997, Ken Gaugler wrote: Still cannot seem to get xconsole to work properly. Appreciate any suggestions anyone can offer. I use xdm, which gives the usual login screen. There is also usually a blank window at the lower right side of the screen on the xdm login screen. This is not normal, I don't think. When I actually log in, the xclock, xcal and a couple of xterms start up, as well as a xconsole window. These are all specified in my .xsession. The line in my .xsession that invokes xconsole is: xconsole -exitOnFail -g 490x200-20-50 A second or so after the xconsole window opens, it minimizes to an icon. There is no information in the xconsole window. If I use the command 'xconsole ' I get another xconsole window, with the message Couldn't open console in it. Does any of this make sense? What should I be looking for to get this working? It makes sense. You need to give the -file option to xconsole. Try something like this: xconsole -file /dev/xconsole -geometry 864x85+156+663 -daemon -notify -exitOnFail -fn fixed (all on one line) Syrus. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Syrus Nemat-Nasser [EMAIL PROTECTED]UCSD Physics Dept.
Re: 16bit X-windows
This is a few days late (sorry)...but I just figured it out tonight. To change the default server depth you can add a line to your XF86Config file in the Screen section DefaultColorDepth 16 This works on my Mach64 accelerated driver which has 2Mb of memory for 1024x768. I had to delete the resolutions larger than 1024x768 to get this to work on my card due to the limited (?) memory. I played with startx -- -bpp NN until I found the resolution/depth combination I liked and just made that the default in the XF86Config file. A friend of mine has a newer version of the same card (for PCI) with 8Mb so he can use Depth 32 with 1024x768...(I'm jealous) ;-) Bernt. -- Bernt T. Hansen- Norang Consulting Incorporated --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Systems/ - 235 Bellamy Road N., Scarborough - phone: (416)431-6216 Analyst- Ontario, Canada M1J-2L7 -- fax: (416)431-2617 PGP Public Key fingerprint = CB 99 EC 07 DE F8 D5 8D 59 99 A5 E7 7E 7A 8C 9C On 19 Mar, Alain Nadeau wrote: On Wed, 19 Mar 1997, ( Don ) wrote: does anyone know how to configure x-windows 2 display 16 bit color? i have a diamond stealth 2400XL and i'm running the S3V Server, but it only loads X w/ a depth of 8. thanks have you tried? startx -- -bpp 16 Of course you can make it a permanent change by editing file /etc/X11R6/bin/startx and add the following line to it: serverargs=-bpp 16 The startx command will always launch the 16-bit mode afterwards. Or if your using xdm change the line :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X in /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers to :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X -bpp 16 Adding a line Depth 16 in the /etc/X11/XF86Config file, section Screen, subsection Display is how I do it right now - with xdm that is. Is that the generic solution, ie independent of starting mechanism being xdm or startx? /Michael -- |Linux: Turn on...Tune in...Fork out... | |Michael Tempsch, member of Ballistic Wizards, TIP#088, TDGP#20 | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
ppp.
Hi to all, i have used ppp in debian with no problems at all. But lately, i reinstalled my debian and it connects, i can use telnet, ftp, etc. but after say, 2 min. i get disconnected... i set my mtu to 500 and it's still the same... any hints where i went wrong?? tia, andre..
buslogic and boot disk
Does the boot disk support buslogic? How people using buslogic card install debian? I think I have to use my 2940 to install debian first, then compile a kernel with buslogic support, swap the card, compile the kernel again without the 2940 in it. Lawrence,
MHS mail transport available for linux ?
I know that there is quite a bit of support for Novel networks in linux. Does anyone know if there is an MHS mail transport available? Currently I am running a DOS based remote client to my shop but it would be great if there were something in linux. dosemu is a possibility I suppose but I was really trying to avoid that if possible since the DOS based system wouldn't really integrate into linux properly.
Re: problems with SounBlaster16
Bob Nielsen wrote: On Wed, 26 Mar 1997, Carlos Camargo wrote: Hi , I have a problem with soundblaster 16, my slakware 3.0 dont recognize my cdrom, Somebody know how make to recognize thanks carlos camargo If it is a CD-ROM which connects to the proprietary port on the soundblaster, configure the kernel to use non-scsi or ide cdroms (Matsushita/Panasonic/Creative) and edit sbpcd.h to specify the cdrom parameters. Try adding the line Append sbpcd=0x340 or whatever your cdrom port address is to your /etc/lilo.conf file. Itworks for me and mine loads as a module just fine. Jim -- Linux! Where I REALLY went today! Jim Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oz.net/~jim/
XFree86 problem with Mouse Systems mouse
I have been running XFree86 with a 2 button PS2 mouse with the HP name on it and haven't had any problems with it. After using X for a bit it looked like it would be nice to get the functionality of a 3 button mouse so I just picked up a 3 button Mouse Systems mouse PN 404097-002 (PS2 style). It seams to bave a big problem, when the mouse moves from left to right or bottom to top all is fine. Whan the mouse is moved from right to left or top to bottom the pointer jumps to the edge of the screen. I did change the confightation so that it should use the 3 buttons as far as I can tell. The same problem seams to occur on the vertual consoles and there was no previous problem there. The mouse works fine in Win95 with the lack of use of the middle button. Thanks all for any help. Chris
Re: PPPproblem
Following is an example of my ppp.chatscript. [ ... ] word \qabcdefg\q This is very bad ! With the \q at the end, the password is shown in files /var/log/ppp.log and /var/log/messages, which are readable by everyone by default. You should only specify \qabcdefg so that the password is replaced by a string of question marks in log files. I checked inside ppp_2.2.0f-19.deb, available on the stable tree, and the ppp.chatscript that comes with it shows two \q like above. It is declared as bug 7967 since March 19th, 1997, but it still is not corrected. Meanwhile, the Debian Web pages state that most security bugs get fixed in 48 hours... -- Michel Beland [EMAIL PROTECTED] professionnel de recherchetel: (514)369-5223 fax: (514)369-3880 CERCA (CEntre de Recherche en Calcul Applique) 5160, boul. Decarie, bureau 400(423), Montreal (Quebec), Canada, H3X 2H9
Re: PPPproblem
Michel Beland wrote: Following is an example of my ppp.chatscript. [ ... ] word \qabcdefg\q This is very bad ! With the \q at the end, the password is shown in files /var/log/ppp.log and /var/log/messages, which are readable by everyone by default. You should only specify \qabcdefg so that the password is replaced by a string of question marks in log files. I checked inside ppp_2.2.0f-19.deb, available on the stable tree, and the ppp.chatscript that comes with it shows two \q like above. It is declared as bug 7967 since March 19th, 1997, but it still is not corrected. Meanwhile, the Debian Web pages state that most security bugs get fixed in 48 hours... -- Michel Beland [EMAIL PROTECTED] professionnel de recherchetel: (514)369-5223 fax: (514)369-3880 CERCA (CEntre de Recherche en Calcul Applique) 5160, boul. Decarie, bureau 400(423), Montreal (Quebec), Canada, H3X 2H9 I am not familiar with the qabcdefg technique you are discussing. In order to avoid having my password visible to the world, I break up my script into two files. The first file, which I invoke to connect to my ISP I call 'call-isp' and it looks like this: pppd connect 'chat -v -f /usr/lib/ppp/isp1' /dev/cua1 19200 debug passive \ crtscts modem defaultroute kdebug 2 This script calls the file 'isp1' which is only readable by root and contains my username, password, and the isp's telephone number: ATDT9342100 CONNECT ogin:-BREAK-ogin: my login id ssword: my password Works fine for me. -- Ken Gaugler N6OSK Santa Clara, California email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.wco.com/~keng The life of a Repo Man is always INTENSE...
Re: Finding harddisk?
Is your ps/2 microchannel? Linux doesn't support it. Gary Lee On Wed, 26 Mar 1997, Drew Nichols wrote: I have an IBM ps/2 with 212 mb harddrive, and Debian says it cannot find a harddrive! What do i do to fix this? (some kind of command at boot prompt!) Please email me with ANY help! Drew -- _ | __ \ | | | |_ __ _ __ | | | | '__/ _ \ \ /\ / / | |__| | | | __/\ V V / |_/|_| \___| \_/\_/ @ drew.nws.net Drew Nichols http://earth.base.org
Re: ppp.
On Thu, 27 Mar 1997, A. M. Varon wrote: Hi to all, i have used ppp in debian with no problems at all. But lately, i reinstalled my debian and it connects, i can use telnet, ftp, etc. but after say, 2 min. i get disconnected... i set my mtu to 500 and it's still the same... any hints where i went wrong?? tia, andre.. Check out the man page on pppd concerning lcp-echo-failure/lcp-echo-interval and modem options. These can cause that kind of problem. You might try using minicom to dial in and telnet around for a few min's to see if it's on the server side. Although it could be ppp related. That will at least remove the obvious.
Re: DHCP
On Tue, 25 Mar 1997, Mike Smith wrote: I've set up the dhcpd debian package (0.5.13-4) with only Win95 machines using it at present. For some reason this is causing a problem with the local DNS mapping. One day everything works like it should, the next day the DHCP clients won't see local machines except by IP address. There is no consistency to the problem...it's been working fine the last 5 days, but didn't work the 3 days before that. There is never (barring other network problems :) any trouble with outside sites finding our machines or ours finding outside machines. I'm at a loss as to what could be causing this. Any ideas? The DNS stuff worked just fine before I changed the Win95 boxes and still works fine on non DHCP clients. Do you have the name-servers defined in the /etc/dhcpd.conf file? e.g. if your nameservers are at 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.2, then you should have a line like: option name-servers 192.168.1.1,192.168.1.2 craig -- craig sanders networking consultant Available for casual or contract temporary autonomous zone system administration tasks.
Re: sendmail on two hosts for one domain
On Wed, 26 Mar 1997, Michael J. Maravillo wrote: what i really want to do is forward certain users to the second machine. that is, without using aliases. if the user doesn't exist on the first machine, it will try the second one. There is a config option in /etc/sendmail.cf which allows you to specify a machine to send mail for unknown users to: it's commented out by default in the standard sendmail.cf: # place to which unknown users should be forwarded #Kuser user -m -a #DLname_of_luser_relay I don't know what the option is for /etc/mail/sendmail.mc, but it really should go in there rather than hacking the sendmail.cf file directly. read the docs in /usr/doc/sendmail, as well as the man page. You *can* use this on both machines to point to each other. I suspect that you would end up causing a mail loop, though, for addresses which are unknown on both machines. NOT RECOMMENDED! You would be much better off designating ONE of the machines as the mail host, and having all mail arrive on that machine. POP or IMAP or even .forward files can be used to redirect mail to the other machine according to user preference, or just have aliases for some users. In other words, THERE ARE BETTER WAYS OF DOING THIS :-) craig -- craig sanders networking consultant Available for casual or contract temporary autonomous zone system administration tasks.
Re: ppp.
On Thu, 27 Mar 1997, Paul Wade wrote: Hi to all, i have used ppp in debian with no problems at all. But lately, i reinstalled my debian and it connects, i can use telnet, ftp, etc. but after say, 2 min. i get disconnected... thanks paul for the suggestion! I have solved my ppp problem by first initializing the modem with minicom... and use my script afterwards. Kinda weird if you ask me. Mebbe because of my 14.4 USR plug 'n pray modem... Andre...
Re: Newbie question
On 25 Mar 1997, Graeme wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: - A few months ago I buy a CD with Debian 1.1 distribution included. After that, I download Debian 1.2 from www.debian.org. I week ago I installed Debian 1.2 but I didn't run dSelect program, in that moment. Last night I run dSelect program in order to install several packages. When I finished the system was in Debian 1.1. After that I reinstall, using floppy disks, Debian 1.2 again. I am not very sure what I have rigth know. Hmmm, you know you probably are running Debian 1.2 (or as near as damn it). That is to say, if you check (with `dpkg -l') which packages you have, you should find that most of them correspond to the 1.2 release, not the 1.1 one. yes, that's an important point. The Debian version is almost irrelevant. What is important is the version numbers of the individual packages. i.e. it is possible to be running Debian 1.1 with packages from Debian 1.2 and/or the latest development tree. This is particularly important for support queries - unless you are having problems installing a particular Debian version from a CD or from the net, nobody will be interested in the version of debian...it simply doesn't matter. What they will want to know is the version number(s) of the individual package(s) you are having problems with. IMO, Debian 1.1 / 1.2 / x.x is only a convenience for CD ROM manufacturers, it doesn't really have any significance. craig -- craig sanders networking consultant Available for casual or contract temporary autonomous zone system administration tasks.
X Windows scripts
Hi everyone, I am a reasonably new Linux user (mostly due to a lack of time to play) and I am trying to customize X-Windows. By this I mean setting up scripts that will load the window manager and load various applications that the user may specify. Currently I use X-Windows at my university, and have used their scripts as a reference and guide on my own system. The problem that I am having is having the applications load before the window manager and not being detected and visable by/in the manager. I am using fvwm95-2 as my window manager. I am attempting to use a skeletion and user system, for example skeletion files are sourced my user files. The skeleton files start the window manager and the user files allow user custonization. What I am really looking for is a copy of working scripts that do (or close to) this type of setup, so that I can see what I am doing right (if I am at all) and what I am doing write. So if some one is willing to send me their scripts, I would be much appreciative. Thanks in advance. Brian Received: (qmail 818 invoked by uid 888); 27 Mar 1997 15:05:34 - Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: (qmail 816 invoked by uid 888); 27 Mar 1997 15:05:34 - Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: (qmail 814 invoked from network); 27 Mar 1997 15:05:33 - Received: from cartridge.i-connect.net ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) by master.debian.org with SMTP; 27 Mar 1997 15:05:33 - Received: (qmail 29693 invoked from network); 27 Mar 1997 14:58:41 - Received: from unknown (HELO omail01.unitel.co.kr) (203.241.135.155) by cartridge.i-connect.net with SMTP; 27 Mar 1997 14:58:40 - Received: from curie.unitel.co.kr by omail01.unitel.co.kr (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id XAA08610; Thu, 27 Mar 1997 23:56:00 +0900 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 23:54:52 KST Subject: UNSCRIBE To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] UNSCRIBE
Re: Having the most popular problem
On 26 Mar 1997, Franz J Fortuny wrote: Please, simply post a message explaining the content of the magic PPP files! All such information can be found in the man pages for pppd, chat, and diald. This is not, however, a solution to the problem. Knowing what the various options are that each of these programs will accept does not move you closer to the correct set for your particular setup. The combinatorics on these options is quite large, and made more complex by the varied, differences between one ISP and another. If I send you my options file, there is no large probablility that it will be of any help to you, unless our service providers work their end the same way. So, read the fine manpages, talk with your ISP, and if there are still options that you don't understand, discuss the particulars on this list. Debian works real hard to provide packages that set up in a way that will fit the majority of circumstances. This is more than a little difficult with the ppp package. Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 _-_-_-_-_-_- If you don't see what you want, just ask _-_-_-_-_-_-_-
Re: Appeal to IBM for VisualAge productline to Linux
| products. Great stuff - exactly something that could give Linux an extra | boost. I would like to ask everyone on this list to send IBM an e-mail | (http://www.ibm.com/Assist/ ; if you want to know more about it, | http://www.software.ibm.com/ad/visualage_c++/) | | This is what I send them; I encourage you to send the same or similar; by | making our wishes known, we could win ourselves an important ally. | |I would just like to add that everything is not always as good as it might |seem. I used VAC++ about a year ago under OS/2. The software recommended |at least 32M of ram, and stated that you needed 64 megs to realistically |use the visual tools. The compiler proper was so-so, I can't compare it to |gcc because I haven't used gcc enough yet. But compared with Watcom and |High C++ it didn't fare too well. Well, let me put it this way: I have extensive experience with various C++ compilers, but this was the first time that 'Visual' actually meant a way of programming, instead of just a buzzword. I can't comment on the quality of the code generated, but in the live(!) demonstrations I saw, the ease of generating UIs is high. I did ask for an evaluation version, of course. Also keep in mind that I saw the demonstrations performed on Laptops running Windows NT. As most laptops are not normally equipped with lots of memory, I wonder about the 64M claim: Memory requirements for Win95 (add 4 MB for Win NT): C development: 8 MB RAM minimum 12 MB RAM recommended C++ development 12 MB RAM minimum 16 MB RAM recommended C++ Visual development 16 MB RAM minimum 24 MB RAM recommended |The Windowing Class Library (OCL I think it's called now) looked nice, |very modern C++ with good cross platform capabilities. It did have poorish |docs when I was looking at it. | |Since then VAC++ has become basically the defacto OS/2 compiler, mostly |because everyone else dropped support for their compilers on OS/2. | |The only two things that I think Linux could benift from the VAC set is |the debugger (it was very nice looking, but slow and buggy) and the Visual |Devel tools -- which were very nice but slow (and probably buggy ;). What I have seen of the debugger and profiler seemed to be very sophisticated; if I had something like that for Linux right now, I'd be a very happy camper. gprof is nice, but it offers little or no tuning capabilities. |Now, I might be biased, I evaluated the beta of the program one year ago |and was so unimpressed by it that I didn't even look at the release. My |Os/2 friends that did buy it confirmed that the release wasn't all that |much better.. Version 4 which I think has been released for windows I |haven't even looked at, so I will make no comments. I still think the Linux community would benefit greatly from an application suite such as VisualAge - having a major company like IBM committing themselves to Linux would be a great incentive for other companies to follow suit. Ronald van Loon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) I am waiting as fast as I can! I want patience, and I want it *NOW*! - Bethany J. Parkhurst
Re: power saving monitor
On Wed, 26 Mar 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a 'green' monitor. Since I leave my computer on for long periods I'd love it if it could be put into power saving mode after a certain length of time. I seem to recall reading that this is possible, but can't remember where and can't find the source again. Any pointers? Hi, If you are running X then read the manual-pages of your X-serrver. I'm using the S3-Server and it works. I need a option-line in my XF86Config file. See: -- Section Device Identifier robicard VendorName elsa BoardName winner1000triov Option power_saver #VideoRam2048 # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate EndSection -- Stefan Walder *---* Dipl. Ing. Stefan Walder (techn. Ang. in der EDV-Systemtechnik) Universitaetsstrasse 150 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Werkstofftechnik IA 2/47 Tel.: (0)49(0)234-700-5952 D-44780 Bochum Fax:(0)49(0)234-7094-104 *---*
Re: problem with setting time
On Wed, 26 Mar 1997, Eugene H. Sevinian wrote: Hi All, Is there any magic for setting system time except using `date -s 14:20:00 ? I have it shifted forward by 3 hours each time after rebooting while the board clock is set correct. Read the man page for 'clock'. This is the command that actually sets the CMOS clock. Date only sets the system clock, which gets reset from the CMOS clock on every bootup. If your timezone is set correctly (use tzconfig if not) then the other possibility is that you have GMT set wrong. Take a look in /etc/init.d/boot for the line that defines this variable. If your CMOS clock is set to Universal Time (look in CMOS setup) then the line should read 'GMT=-u'. If you CMOS clock is set to local time (normal in the US) then the line should read 'GMT='. Once you have these set correctly you can use the clock command to set the time on the CMOS clock and everything (at least with respect to time) should work properly. Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 _-_-_-_-_-_- If you don't see what you want, just ask _-_-_-_-_-_-_-
Re: Boot Disk
On Wed, 26 Mar 1997, Gregory Vence wrote: Hello, I've got bad memory on the spare machine. How do I set up a boot from floppy on a regular basis? Just use the Rescue disk? You can use the rescue disk by giving it a root= option, but the better solution is just to build a boot floppy. To do this, boot up the rescue disk and go into the installation menu and choose build boot floppy. This will build a boot floppy that knows where your root file system is and will boot without added parameters. Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 _-_-_-_-_-_- If you don't see what you want, just ask _-_-_-_-_-_-_-
how to boot single-user
A while back someone told me how to boot in single-user mode. I can't seem to find that email, and there is no man page for boot or single. Could someone please refresh my memory? And I wonder why commands like 'shutdown -s' do not result in a single user boot? TIA -- Ken Gaugler N6OSK Santa Clara, California email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.wco.com/~keng The life of a Repo Man is always INTENSE...
where are cfengine docs?
Subject says it all. -- Ken Gaugler N6OSK Santa Clara, California email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.wco.com/~keng The life of a Repo Man is always INTENSE...
Netscape problem with gs-aladdin
Hallo I have all upgrades from stable conrtib nonfree and unstable. Netscape 3.01-4 not print with gs-aladdin 4.03-7. It stop whith: Error: /undefined in 695,8 Operand stack: 0 Execution stack: %interp_exit () --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- false --nostringval-- --nostringval-- %runexec_finish --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- Dictionary stack: --dict:683/701-- --dict:0/20-- --dict:61/200-- Current allocation mode is local Current file position is 5471 GS1 What do I do? Mirek Kwasniak
Re: how to boot single-user
At 08:02 AM 27/03/97 -0800, Ken Gaugler wrote: A while back someone told me how to boot in single-user mode. I can't seem to find that email, and there is no man page for boot or single. Could someone please refresh my memory? And I wonder why commands like 'shutdown -s' do not result in a single user boot? Interrupt the LILO: boot prompt before it loads the kernel image. Then, type the image you normally load, followed by a capital S ie: LILO: Linux S And that'll boot single user mode (it'll also ask for the root password). Regards -- ___ Karl Ferguson, Tower Networking Pty Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] t/a STAR Online Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +61-9-455-3446 Fax: +61-9-455-2776 http://www.star.net.au ___
Re: mgetty
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jason, Is anyone using mgetty?? Did anyone have problems getting it setup?? I have used for the past year with Slackware 3.0 (linux 1.2.13). I had no trouble using it for fax reception or transmission, and remote login. I have not yet started using it under Debian. For security purposes, I changed /dev/ttyS1 ownership to uucp.uucp and ran the fax daemon as uucp. I did have some trouble configuring it to work with kermit. It frequently detected kermit use as a failed fax reception, and kindly reset the modem. I worked around this by adding a run level to /etc/inittab which disabled mgetty and allowed me to use kermit. An inelegant kludge I admit. A better suggestion from this list would be appreciated. Reporting -- Robert Meier FANUC Robotics North America, Inc. Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: 1-810-377-7469 Fax: 1-810-377-7363
Re: Appeal to IBM for VisualAge productline to Linux
On Thu, 27 Mar 1997, Ronald van Loon wrote: Well, let me put it this way: I have extensive experience with various C++ compilers, but this was the first time that 'Visual' actually meant a way of programming, instead of just a buzzword. I can't comment on the quality of the code generated, but in the live(!) demonstrations I saw, the ease of generating UIs is high. Yes, that is quite unique about VAC++, they did a really nice job on their Visual Devel tools. The compiler proper though is not terribly awesome, I ran it through some C benchmarks and it fared about as well as Borland, cept took longer to copmile. Also keep in mind that I saw the demonstrations performed on Laptops running Windows NT. As most laptops are not normally equipped with lots of memory, I wonder about the 64M claim: With VAC++ 3.0 64M was a MINIMUM to even think about using it under OS/2 with the Visual Devel tools. Hopefully they have improved that substantially. Lets just say that you could use the visual tools in 32M, but you'd better have one wopper fast disk! The tools themselves were not so bad you could use the VA stuff but when you went to compile it would swap out the VA things, compile, swap the VA things back in etc, very unpleasant. What I have seen of the debugger and profiler seemed to be very sophisticated; if I had something like that for Linux right now, I'd be a very happy camper. gprof is nice, but it offers little or no tuning capabilities. Aye, gdb seems umm.. unfriendly. But I would much rather have Watcom's WD text mode debugger than a fancy graphical one. I still think the Linux community would benefit greatly from an application suite such as VisualAge - having a major company like IBM committing themselves to Linux would be a great incentive for other companies to follow suit. Hm, Maybe. But ask any Os/2 user how they feel about IBM and you might not be so quick to want IBM near linux ; Jason Received: (qmail 3803 invoked by uid 888); 27 Mar 1997 16:48:39 - Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: (qmail 3801 invoked by uid 888); 27 Mar 1997 16:48:39 - Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: (qmail 3799 invoked from network); 27 Mar 1997 16:48:38 - Received: from bootstrap.agcs.com (130.131.48.11) by master.debian.org with SMTP; 27 Mar 1997 16:48:37 - Received: from pxmhost by bootstrap.agcs.com; (5.65/1.1.8.2/27Apr95-0124PM) id AA12103; Thu, 27 Mar 1997 09:48:24 -0700 Received: from tool.agcs.com by pxmhost (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA11228; Thu, 27 Mar 1997 09:46:27 -0700 Received: by tool.agcs.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id JAA06444; Thu, 27 Mar 1997 09:47:04 -0700 Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 09:47:04 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin Plyler) Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailer: Z-Mail (3.2.1 10apr95) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: UNSCRIBE Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii UNSCRIBE -- Kevin Plyler, AG Communication Systems Phoenix AZ. 85027 Phone: (602) 582-7670; FAX: 581-4884 / E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: (qmail 4143 invoked by uid 888); 27 Mar 1997 16:48:55 - Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: (qmail 4128 invoked from network); 27 Mar 1997 16:48:54 - Received: from bootstrap.agcs.com (130.131.48.11) by master.debian.org with SMTP; 27 Mar 1997 16:48:53 - Received: from pxmhost by bootstrap.agcs.com; (5.65/1.1.8.2/27Apr95-0124PM) id AA12103; Thu, 27 Mar 1997 09:48:24 -0700 Received: from tool.agcs.com by pxmhost (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA11228; Thu, 27 Mar 1997 09:46:27 -0700 Received: by tool.agcs.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id JAA06444; Thu, 27 Mar 1997 09:47:04 -0700 Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 09:47:04 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin Plyler) Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailer: Z-Mail (3.2.1 10apr95) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: UNSCRIBE Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii UNSCRIBE -- Kevin Plyler, AG Communication Systems Phoenix AZ. 85027 Phone: (602) 582-7670; FAX: 581-4884 / E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Case of the bait-and-switch pop daemon
Hi, all-- I just upgraded a debian 1.1 release machine to debian 1.2. For the first time, I used dselect in ftp mode and ran into a couple of problems, but they were worth the time saved for a blind download of the whole distribution. One problem was annoying in particular: dselect attempted to install netstd before netbase, when there was a reverse dependency between the two. Rather than attempting to use dpkg manually, I chickened out and ran dselect again to add the netstd package. Everything went fine; mail started queueing again, telnet ports accepted connections, wu-ftp was up and running, etc. There was even a speeded up response from the server when establishing connections. However, the server began refusing pop clients in mid-transaction. They could USER, PASS, and then were denied access to their mail spools. Installing popclient and running it from the command line produced the same output. After wrangling over config files, purgeing and reinstalling clean netfoo packages, I gave up and installed the quallcomm qpopper package and the problem went away. Still, I wonder what may have caused this problem to appear. Has anyone got any good explanations? BK Refugees International -- 2639 Conn. Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20008 Phone: 202-828-0110 Fax: 202-828-0819 www: http://www.refintl.org =
Re: X Windows scripts
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how to make mtools useable by all?
I would like for mtools to be useable by everyone in the lab, not just root. Is there a way to change this? -- terrence brannon [EMAIL PROTECTED] fax:213-740-5687home:213-737-5096 2677 Ellendale Place #206, LA, CA 90007/o)\ neuralcomplab:213-740-3397 http://rana.usc.edu:8376/~brannon \(o/ brainsimlab:213-740-6995
Re: PPPproblem
Michel Beland wrote: word \qabcdefg\q This is very bad ! With the \q at the end, the password is shown in files /var/log/ppp.log and /var/log/messages, which are readable by everyone by default. You should only specify \qabcdefg so that the password is replaced by a string of question marks in log files. I am not familiar with the qabcdefg technique you are discussing. In order to avoid having my password visible to the world, I break up my script into two files. [ ... ] ATDT9342100 CONNECT ogin:-BREAK-ogin: my login id ssword: my password ^^^ Well, this means that you will get the full password inside /var/log/ppp.log and /var/log/messages (or whatever file that receives the output from syslogd). Look up these files and you will see. The cure is to write \qmy password, which tells ppp (or chat) that the following string should not appear in log files. I do not know why having another \q after the password makes it fail, but it does. -- Michel Beland [EMAIL PROTECTED] professionnel de recherchetel: (514)369-5223 fax: (514)369-3880 CERCA (CEntre de Recherche en Calcul Applique) 5160, boul. Decarie, bureau 400(423), Montreal (Quebec), Canada, H3X 2H9
Re: xsession-errors
On Mon, 24 Mar 1997 20:18:07 + (GMT), R.M. Hinkley [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I wonder if anyone can help, I get the following in .xsession-errors xrdb: cannot run '/lib/cpp -traditional -Dlinux -D__i386__ -D_POSIX_SOURCE -D_BSD_SOURCE -D_SVID_SOURCE -DX_LOCALE [...] I don't know if this is related to what you're seeing, but this happened to me after I'd removed the Virtual setting from the Display section I was using of my Screen definition in /etc/X11/XF86Config and until I also removed the corresponding ViewPort setting. -- Roderick Schertler [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Great Redesign!!! I really like it. So much easier to find the things one wants. Jim -- Linux! Where I REALLY went today! Jim Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oz.net/~jim/
Re: how to make mtools useable by all?
On 27 Mar 1997, Terrence M. Brannon wrote: I would like for mtools to be useable by everyone in the lab, not just root. Is there a way to change this? I changed the permissions of the /dev/fd0 device to 775, and made sure that /dev/fd0 belonged to group floppy. I then made all the mtools programs executable by and owned by group floppy. I add any user who needs the floppy drive to group floppy. This is in a lab situation where people have to get past a secure lock anyway, so I wouldn't like to say if this would be a good idea in general. John.
Re: how to make mtools useable by all?
Terrence M. Brannon wrote: I would like for mtools to be useable by everyone in the lab, not just root. Is there a way to change this? -- terrence brannon [EMAIL PROTECTED] fax:213-740-5687home:213-737-5096 2677 Ellendale Place #206, LA, CA 90007/o)\ neuralcomplab:213-740-3397 http://rana.usc.edu:8376/~brannon \(o/ brainsimlab:213-740-6995 Just change the permissions on the device file for your floppy (most likely /dev/fd0) to allow group and other read/write access (chmod go+rw /dev/fd0). -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
tk4.2: had to ln -s ld-linux.so.1 ld-linux.so.2
I had to link ld-linux.so.1 to ld-linux.so.2 in order to run tcl7.6/tk4.2. I got the message: bash: /usr/bin/wish4.2: No such file or directory even though the file was there and executable. ldd and strace gave similar messages. I had to browse the file or run strings wish4.2 to see that it was looking for /lib/ld-linux.so.2. I'm running off unstable. The ldso package is only at ldso_1.8.10-2.deb, at least for the mirror that I run from (master.debian.org) and the same for ftp.debian.org. Did something get lost somewhere? ...RickM...
Re: tk4.2: had to ln -s ld-linux.so.1 ld-linux.so.2
On Mar 27, Rick Macdonald wrote I had to link ld-linux.so.1 to ld-linux.so.2 in order to run tcl7.6/tk4.2. Get tcl76_7.6p2-2 and tk42_4.2p2-2. David -- David EngelODS Networks [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1001 E. Arapaho Road (972) 234-6400 Richardson, TX 75081
Re: X Windows scripts
On Thu, 27 Mar 1997 01:18:31 -0800 (PST), Brian Fraser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What I am really looking for is a copy of working scripts that do (or close to) this type of setup, so that I can see what I am doing right (if I am at all) and what I am doing write. Take a look at http://www.PLiG.org/xwinman/ Brian Stig Are M. Botterli |Always let people think you're dumber then [EMAIL PROTECTED]| you really are, they'll underestimate you. | Then you can obliterate them. -Greg Graffin
Re: how to boot single-user
At 08:02 AM 27/03/97 -0800, Ken Gaugler wrote: A while back someone told me how to boot in single-user mode. I can't seem to find that email, and there is no man page for boot or single. Could someone please refresh my memory? And I wonder why commands like 'shutdown -s' do not result in a single user boot? Interrupt the LILO: boot prompt before it loads the kernel image. (do this by holding the ALT key pressed) Then, type the image you normally load, followed by a capital S ie: LILO: Linux S And that'll boot single user mode (it'll also ask for the root password). Yes, although I usually find that linux emergency is really what I want (Single-user still loads quite a few scripts). -- joost witteveen [EMAIL PROTECTED] I came, I saw, ..., well, it wasn't free so I left again. (LUA, 1988)
Re: Netscape problem with gs-aladdin
Hallo I have all upgrades from stable conrtib nonfree and unstable. Netscape 3.01-4 not print with gs-aladdin 4.03-7. It stop whith: Error: /undefined in 695,8 [..] Is new to me. I assume you are makeing netscape print postscript, and then have gs-aladdin turn that into hp500c language for your hp550c? If that is so, (or otherwise), maybe the postscript file itself (you can probably get that by asking netscape to print to a file) gives a clue as to who is wrong (netscape or gs). -- joost witteveen [EMAIL PROTECTED] I came, I saw, ..., well, it wasn't free so I left again. (LUA, 1988)
