Re: ipchains and netfilter on 2.4.0-test9
Bob Bernstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > PJS> i'd like to learn how to drop packets coming from a > PJS> particular host -- is there a netfilter howto yet? i didn't > PJS> see anything on LDP. > > Have you checked the kernel docs? By kernel docs, do you mean /usr/src/linux/Documentation/? On another kernel 2.4.0 related matter... Apparently with 2.4 there is a new mount you need to add to fstab: none/dev/shmshm defaults0 0 Are you supposed to manually create the /dev/shm directory? And even when I do this, "free" says that shared isn't used at all --- what's the deal here? Cheers, Mark. -- _/\___/~~\ /~~\_/~~\__/~~\__Mark_Phillips /~~\_/[EMAIL PROTECTED] /~~\HE___/~~\__/~~\APTAIN_ /~~\__/~~\ __ "They told me I was gullible ... and I believed them!"
Re: Do I need 'apt' directories, or can I delete them?
on Sat, Oct 28, 2000 at 07:48:10PM +0200, Gyulai Mihaly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I just upgraded from 'slink' to 'potato'. Now my /root partition is > full. Do I need the contents of the following directories, or may I > delete them? > > /var/cache/apt 6 MB > /var/state/apt/lists 3.7 MB > /var/lib/dpkg/info 4.6 MB > /var/lib/dpkg/methods/multicd 1 MB /var should be a seperate partition from your root, for a number of reasons. See attached for general suggestions. -- Karsten M. Self http://www.netcom.com/~kmself Evangelist, Opensales, Inc.http://www.opensales.org What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/http://www.kuro5hin.org Linux Partitioning mini-FAQ Karsten M. Self Written: Monday, September 18, 2000 Modified: Saturday October 7, 2000 The following is my recommended partitioning for a typical workstation/server Debian GNU/Linux x86 box. You can also find useful guidelines the the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS), part of the debian-policy package, and the the Large Disk HOWTO. Basic recommendation: / 50 - 100 MB /tmp50 - 100 MB /var200 - 500 MB /usr1 - 2+ GB /usr/local 1 - 2+ GB /home remainder Primary, Extended, & Logical partitions (x86 only): Linux really doesn't care. MS WinXX prefers a single primary partition, though multiple primaries are possible as an undocumented feature. Suit your preferences if you're multi-booting. I tend to create three primary partitions, one extended, and the remainder physical. / usually goes on the first partition and is marked bootable, though as with most things, you have other options. YMMV. Swap: I go with 3x physical RAM, in two or three separate swap partitions, to a maximum of 2 GB (x86 Linux can't handle more than 2GB RAM currently). This is more swap than you'll probably want to be using on a typical basis (eg: if you're filling *all* your swap, something's wrong). OTOH, it also provides you a buffer when the system *does* go into a memory-overrun condition. Typically, things will get so slow that you'll notice something's wrong. The extra swap should buy you time to shut down the offending process(es). Other sources say to provide 2x physical RAM. VA Linux configures its servers with 1x physical RAM. How many partitions: Another religious issue. I start with the scheme illustrated above because: o / needs to be mounted for the system to boot -- but other than /bin, /boot, /dev, /etc, /initrd, /lib, /root, and /sbin, other directory trees don't have to be mounted. Increase your chances for a clean boot by reducing the inodes at risk. You are also then able to mount other partitions nosuid and/or noexec and/or read-only, for additional security. The entire partition can be duplicated elsewhere on- or off-line for additional security. o /tmp -- highly variable. Don't risk your root partition, isolate this content. Mount noexec and/or nosuid for added protection. o /var -- likewise, highly variable. Mount noexec and/or nosuid for added protection. o /usr -- Largely stable. Can be mounted read-only except for package upgrades. o /usr/local -- Largely stable, and not part of the packaging system. Can be mounted read-only, possibly nosuid. o /home -- Variable content, usually most sensitive data both in terms of security and integrity. Can be mounted nosuid. At this point, you may choose to add additional partitions if desired to match local storage, application, or hardware needs and/or limitations. Allocation variations: /: A minimal installation can fit in 30 MB or less. If you're using more than ~50 MB, you've probably included something in your root partition you don't need. Variable, executable, suid, local. /tmp: Values suggested should work for most systems. /tmp is system temporary storage. If you've got specific applications with very large temporary storage requirements (eg: database, analytic tools, multimedia), you're better off allocating storage to these needs specifically. Variable, non-executable, non-suid, local. /var: if you're running extensive services (news, mail, website), you may want to increase this allotment significantly. Often various /var/spool subdirectories become their own partitions. Such partitions may consume hundreds of MBs to multiple GBs. Variable, non-executable (?), non-suid, local. /usr: A minimal insta
Re: Time?
on Sun, Oct 29, 2000 at 12:13:13AM -0400, Casey Henderson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Anybody know if Linux handles Daylight Savings Time automatically? I > have kernel 2.2.17 on Debian 2.2 (potato). Will I need to change the > time manually, and if so, how? Thanks. Yes, it does. -- Karsten M. Self http://www.netcom.com/~kmself Evangelist, Opensales, Inc.http://www.opensales.org What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/http://www.kuro5hin.org pgp6LPhPi0INA.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: cdrecord doesn't recognize my cd (re-)writer
hmm, mike's answer should go to that newbie maintenance faq that was going around here for a while. great job mike! -> who watches the watchmen? Key fingerprint - E619 726E 3815 7A48 EAC7 E49F DF93 4E33 B069 0883 - Original Message - From: "mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2000 3:57 AM Subject: Re: cdrecord doesn't recognize my cd (re-)writer > > On Sun, 29 Oct 2000 06:40:04 +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > > I read somewhere about somebody's problems with xcdroast. My problem is even > > simpler (stupider?) I can't get cdrecord to work under debian. > > > > Here is some of the info I have been able to gather about my current setup. > > > > debian:/dev# lsmod > > Module Size Used by > > serial 19564 0 (autoclean) > > es1371 25344 0 > > sound 57592 0 (unused) > > soundlow 416 0 [sound] > > soundcore 2628 7 [es1371 sound] > > parport_pc 7236 0 (autoclean) > > parport_probe 3332 0 > > parport 7280 0 [parport_pc parport_probe] > > sg 15320 0 (unused) > > ide-scsi7080 0 > > vfat9008 0 (unused) > > unix 10212 85 (autoclean) > > > > debian:/dev# cdrecord -scanbus > > Cdrecord 1.9 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 Jörg Schilling > > cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open SCSI driver. > > cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. Make sure you are root. > > > > debian:/dev# ls /dev/sg* > > /dev/sg0 /dev/sg11 /dev/sg14 /dev/sg2 /dev/sg5 /dev/sg8 > > /dev/sg1 /dev/sg12 /dev/sg15 /dev/sg3 /dev/sg6 /dev/sg9 > > /dev/sg10 /dev/sg13 /dev/sg16 /dev/sg4 /dev/sg7 > > > > My kernel version is the potato default kernel 2.2.17. My CD-RW is an > > ironicially named Best CD Writer. It works under Linux-Mandrake. > > > > I believe I have loaded all the necessary modules (sg + ide-scsi) and have the > > proper devices in /dev. Just to be sure I did a MAKEDEV (something the > > installation of cdrecord is supposed to do anyways), deleting /potato default kerneldev/sg* and > > recreating them. So why the message "cdrecord: No such file or directory. > > Cannot open SCSI driver"? > > > > What have I forgotten/failed to do? This is the final piece of the puzzle in my > > making my Debian installation as usable as my Linux-Mandrake (I now have sound > > and ppp under Debian. Wow!) > > > > Well i had a similar problem with my potato default kernel 2.2.17 > which has IDECD driver compiled into the kernel and IDESCSI > loaded as a module. The IDESCSI driver can only access the > CDRW if the IDECD driver doesn't grab it first (the IDECD driver should be > compiled as a module or not at all if using IDESCSI). > So by adding to lilo.conf the line: append="hd?=ide-scsi" > the device file representing CDRW (hd?) is passed to the ide-scsi > driver in the kernel before the ide-cd driver can grab it. > This means that your bootup messages will list the drives > detected by the ide-scsi emulation. If you dont get these messages then it > hasn't worked. > Once you get these messages then run# cdrecord -scanbus > and you should get a listing with your CDRW dev at e.g. 0,0,0. > Then use that in cdrecord dev=0,0,0 . and all goes well. > This is a long-winded explanation because it took me a long > time to make sense out of this. In any case it worked. YMMV. > -- > > gEEk||dOOd^Deb+iaN&&XFce$aaZZ goes(-_-) > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
Re: apt-get wants toupgrade my kernel package to debian kernel package
thanks, it's all clear now (I also re-read the docs, I wasn't sure what one would use epoch for...) erik Colin Watson wrote: > > Erik Steffl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I downloaded debian kernel source package (+ source for alsa modules > >and 3dfx module). > > > > I used make-kpkg to build the kernel (and later on alsa and 3dfx > >modules). I specified jojda.1 as my kernel revision. > > > > the resulting *.deb (kernel + modules) were succesfully installed, so > >now I have: > > > >ih kernel-image-2.2.17 jojda.1 1:2.2.17-1 > > ^^^ ^^ > > current new > > The 1: is an epoch, which means that 1:anything is greater than any > version number without an epoch, 2:anything is greater than 1:anything, > etc. Try 10:jojda.1, or some similarly high epoch, if you don't want it > to be replaced by Debian packages. > > > the same goes for alsa-modules-2.2.17: > > > >ih alsa-modules-2.2.17 0.5.9d-1+j1:0.5.9d-1 > > > > (there is only 'j' visible out of the jojda.1 string), how is > >0.5.9d-1 newer then 0.5.9d-1+jojda.1 ? > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ if dpkg --compare-versions 0.5.9d-1+jojda.1 lt > 1:0.5.9d-1; \ > > then echo hello; fi > hello > > -- > Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Gnus and Leafnode
Dear All, I'm trying to set up Gnus with Emacs 20 and using leafnode - I want Gnus to to its reading off-line. I think I've pointed gnus in the right direction, and things start up right, but then I get "nntp read" in the minibuffer and for about 40 mins it reads something that is over 2MB in size, and that's not my .newsrc file! This is my .gnus file (setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "localhost")) (setq gnus-read-active-file nil) Can anyone suggest a way of speeding this up? (Apart from using slrn!) TIA Glyn M -- * None can love freedom heartily but good men; * *the rest love not freedom but license * *John Milton *
failed to create 3dfx module package: epoch not a number
I have compiled a kernel with --revision 99:jojda.2 kernel compiled OK, kernal package kernel-image-2.2.17_jojda.2_i386.deb (why is there no epoch in name?) I have 3dfx and alsa modules sources so I went on and did: make-kpkg modules_image (set MODULE_LOC first) it looks like alsa moduels where built correctly: make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/alsa-driver' make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/alsa-driver' Module /usr/src/modules/alsa-driver processed fine and package was created: alsa-modules-2.2.17_0.5.9d-1+jojda.2_i386.deb however 3dfx module failed: dh_builddeb --destdir=/usr/src/linux/.. dpkg-deb: parse error, in file `debian/tmp/DEBIAN/control' near line 2 package `device3dfx-module-2.2.17': error in Version string `2.3.4-2+99:jojda.2': epoch in version is not number dh_builddeb: command returned error code make[1]: *** [kdist_image] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/device3dfx' Module /usr/src/modules/device3dfx failed. Hit return to Continue no package created. is it a problem of 3dfx package builder? strange thing I noticed (epoch is in different places!): Package: alsa-modules-2.2.17 Version: 99:0.5.9d-1+jojda.2 Package: device3dfx-module-2.2.17 Version: 2.3.4-2+99:jojda.2 system: debian unstable, kernel 2.2.17 TIA erik
Re: svgatextmode funnies
On 28 Oct 2000, Robert Norris wrote: > I rebooted my box today to clear out a kernel module that got itself > stuck somehow and wouldn't unload. When the machine came back up the > screen went blank upon SVGATextMode running. > > I logged in remotely and messed with it for a bit, to no avail. My last > ditch solution was to purge svgatextmode and the console-tools > packages, and reinstall them. > > With its default configuration SVGATextMode now works, but when I > change the chipset from 'VGA' to 'Riva128' (which fits my card - > a Diamond Viper 330E), I get nothing on the screen. Trying > different modes, I found that screen shows nothing when 8-pixel > wide fonts are used, and when modes with 9-pixel wide fonts are used > I get strange 'double width' fonts (think mode 2 on the old BBCs). > When this happens every second letter on the screen is displayed > twice, but the others aren't (hmm, bad explanation ..) .. for example, > my login prompt looks like this: > > DDbbaa NN//iiuu oodd bbuuiinnttyy > > oottssaa ooii:: > > rather than the normal: > > Debian GNU/Linux woody obtusian tty1 > > obtusian login: > > (All this in the freaky double-width font). > > Clues? Its got me stumped. > > (FWIW, I tried swapping the card for another of the same type, same > problem). > > Regards, > Rob. The author of SVGATextMode said a few months ago that he was ceasing to maintain it because it was no longer necessary with modern cards. I've stopped using it myself. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - running Linux Debian 2.2 (Windows-free zone) Over 100 book reviews: http://www.cix.co.uk/~acampbell/bookreviews/ Skeptical essays: http://www.cix.co.uk/~acampbell/freethinker/ "Palo y tente tieso." (Spanish proverb) Free translation: "Holdfast is your only dog."
Re: RPMS in debian
Alien has been mentioned already, but there are php and mysql debs available from debian. I just did apt-get install php-mysql to install it. Greg * Eileen Orbell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, > > Is there a way to convert RPM's so I can use them in Debian?? I want to > install the mysql-php-apache rpm from mysql.org > > Thanks > > > Eileen Orbell > Software & Internet Applications > Capitol College > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Don't Fear the Penguin. > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Time?
On 28 Oct, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > on Sun, Oct 29, 2000 at 12:13:13AM -0400, Casey Henderson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: >> Anybody know if Linux handles Daylight Savings Time automatically? I >> have kernel 2.2.17 on Debian 2.2 (potato). Will I need to change the >> time manually, and if so, how? Thanks. > > Yes, it does. Note that this is not true if the hardware clock is set to local time instead of GMT - for example if you have "the other operating system" on the same machine. Tuukka -- Trying to catch me? Just follow up my Electric Fingerprints -- To help you: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.iki.fi/Tuukka.Hastrup/ ICQ #11321669
Re: DIVX?
> Hi > remove it. the sdl lib, that is. i had major problems getting libaviplay.so > to work w/ unstable, once it went through the libstdc++ upgrades. i have > since > given up and downgraded to "testing". from here, it builds fine. OK, I've got both Xtheater and aviplay working now. I downgraded back to libc6 2.1 and compiled the latest libSDL and libsmpeg. Problems: Xtheater: The picture is black, the sound skips, I can only see something if I hit the pause button. aviplay: Better. The sound is OK, but the picture is really choppy, with occasional white (blank) frames. The sync between picture and sound is horrible. What video card are you using? I've got an ATI Xpert 98. I *think* I've got GL hardware acceleration, aka utah-glx, working with it, but how do I check? I've got a SoundBlaster ISA PnP AWE64, is this a problem? Do I need a PCI card to avoid choppy sound? -chris
What provides "gnome-config"?
I need something called gnome-config to compile xmps, anybody know where to find this? Presumably it's a util that comes with the gnome libs, but there's so many things called "gnome" I'm not sure which ones I need. -chris
Re: runlevel + Serverstart at bootup
Hi, On Fri, 27 Oct 2000, Hanno Böttcher wrote: > A friend of mine told me, that serverstartups are configured with the > runleves under etc/r.. I used Suse before and there was a central file > named rc.config where you could set the server starts. Is there a > similar file in Debian? Or do I realy have to make this for each > runlevel each? Although you can look it up in the debian Policy http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch3.html#s-sysvinit if you want to know it detailed. Ciao, Timo<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- .-'~~~-. .'o oOOOo`. | Timo Benk ;~~~-.oOo o`. | Germany `. \ ~-. oOOo. | Fon: +49511468347 `.; / ~. OO: | Fax/Voicemail:+49891488214215 .' ;-- `.o.' | ,' ; ~~--'~ | ; ;| [ASCII stolen from Mescalito Ted] _\\;_\\//_
Re: What provides "gnome-config"?
On Sun, 29 Oct 2000 01:54:51 -0800 (PST) Krzys Majewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I need something called gnome-config to compile xmps, anybody know > where to find this? Presumably it's a util that comes with the gnome > libs, but there's so many things called "gnome" I'm not sure which > ones I need. -chris > Hi, Cris. I'm not sure about which requirements xmps has, but, factually gnome-config is part of the gnome-libs packages, for compiling GNOME-based software You should ensure having most of the *-dev packages from that series installed to Your box (especially libgnome-dev), according to the requirements of the software You want to build. :)) Hope this helps, have a nice sunday. Regards, Kris -- -- "And the things that we fear are the weapons to be used against us." (Rush) Kristian Rink mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] fax : ++49 / 180 5052 5560 8162 =>encrypted mail welcome. contact me for pgp key. --
Re: How to download a free Linux?
On Tue, 28 Oct 1997 22:11:45 +0600 tim456 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: http://www.linuxiso.org (...hope You're having a fast and inexpensive network access... :))) ) Regards, Kris -- -- "And the things that we fear are the weapons to be used against us." (Rush) Kristian Rink mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] fax : ++49 / 180 5052 5560 8162 =>encrypted mail welcome. contact me for pgp key. --
rsync
I am getting the following errors from stty when I try to use rsync, anyone know what might be going on here? $ rsync --rsh='ssh -c blowfish' -a --dry-run [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~bkerin ~bkerin [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s password: stty: receiving file list ... standard input: Invalid argument stty: standard input: Invalid argument Britton Kerin __ GNU GPL: "The Source will be with you... always."
where did ldd go?
Erh, there used to be something called ldd, right? For finding out which dynamic libs an executable linked against? It's gone! Where do I get it? Where is there a map of binary names to debs? -chris
Suddenly I need MEM= to lilo, why?
I've just discovered that after re-installing potato I now only have 64Mb out of 256Mb unless I use MEM=256M. VMWare was first to tell me, then I noticed /proc/kcore was only 64Mb. This is on a Supermicro P6DBS with dual PIII 700s which has had several Linux flavours installed, including potato, and till now has always recognised 256Mb. While everything _seems_ to be working after using the MEM= lilo append I'm worried as to why all of a sudden the kernel needs to be told. About the only difference I can see is that I now have LILO in the MBR, whereas before I was booting LILO off NT's boot loader. Could that somehow make a difference? I'm baffled. Robin Collins BTW, this is with 2.2.17 + international patch.
how to test hardware acceleration / GL / utahglx?
OK, I'm extremely confused by this hardware GL thing. My card is an ATI Xpert 98 (aka "Rage"), so presumably it has it? Will utahglx support it? Sometimes they say they do, sometimes they only claim to support matrox g400. What is the difference between, say, libutahglx and mesag3 and libglide and so on. Why is it so hard to play quake under linux compared to dos? Finally, I've got some utahglx debs installed, how do I test whether the hardware acceleration is working? -chris
Re: a question about internal modem
> my laptop has an internal modem,when i use lspci command it shows me the > modem is > PCTel INC HSP Micromodem 56 > then which module should i insmod and which /dev/ device does the modem take?? > i think internal modem will not occupy an com port > i accidently purchased a modem like this. the term winmodem has come to be used on modems that do software dsp. yet there are also modems out there that rely on proprietory software to access them (presumably cheaper than writing a serial port emulator) www.linmodems.org for information on if your modem is supported. chances are it isn't i'm afraid. cheers damien pgp9mrHgDIbYv.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: new machine: what's wrong?
Many thanks to those replied. Just found where the problem was: plugging another P133 Mem calms everything down. Yeah, It's a memory problem. thanks again, jack
Re: Do I need 'apt' directories, or can I delete them?
wrote: > I just upgraded from 'slink' to 'potato'. Now my /root partition is > full. Run 'apt-get clean'. > Do I need the contents of the following directories,... Yes. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI
netscape?!!
i installed debian potato in my box,all run good,but i cannot find a way to start my netscape,i installed all the netscape package,and there is only a netscape-remote command can run,who pls help me to start my netscape //bow~~ -- »¶ÓʹÓà 21CN µç×ÓÓʼþϵͳ http://www.21cn.com Thank you for using 21cn.com Email system
Re: netscape?!!
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > i installed debian potato in my box,all run good,but i cannot find a > way > to start my netscape,i installed all the netscape package,and there is > only > a netscape-remote command can run,who pls help me to start my netscape You should find that Netscape appears on your Debian menus in whatever window manager you are using - under apps/net. If you use Gnome you could simply drag out the item onto your desktop. The actual command to run it is (assuming you have version 4.75): /usr/lib/netscape/475/navigator/navigator-smotif -- Phillip Deackes Using Storm Linux
Re: Re: netscape?!!
my netscape seems did not install correctly,i have no the path that u give me, and my menu has netscape options,but click it no response. i use dselect,which package contains netscape? //bow a again > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > i installed debian potato in my box,all run good,but i cannot find a > > way > > to start my netscape,i installed all the netscape package,and there is > > only > > a netscape-remote command can run,who pls help me to start my netscape > > You should find that Netscape appears on your Debian menus in whatever > window manager you are using - under apps/net. If you use Gnome you > could simply drag out the item onto your desktop. The actual command to > run it is (assuming you have version 4.75): > > /usr/lib/netscape/475/navigator/navigator-smotif > > > -- > Phillip Deackes > Using Storm Linux -- »¶ÓʹÓà 21CN µç×ÓÓʼþϵͳ http://www.21cn.com Thank you for using 21cn.com Email system
modprobe can't locate module char-major-6
Could someone remind me where the file is that lists all those? -- Bud Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: OT: Cross-platform document format?
Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Thanks for the response. I was looking for a common document format, so >that the students on campus would quit turning their homework in as .DOC >format. I don't think I'm going to get the students to give up MS-Word >on MS-Windows to learn LaTeX, etc, although in an ideal world Well... I know nothing about ideal world.. But I simply told to my student that first they must give me bot an hardcopy and a soft copy of the document. Second that no file in a proprietary format can got better than a B- grade. It works:) -- Leo TheHobbit IRCnet #leiene ICQ 56656060 -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GED/CS d? s-:+>-: a C+++ U+++ L++(+++)> P+++>+ E+(++) W++ N+ K? o? !w O? M V--- PS+++ PE-- Y+ GPG+ t++ 5? X- R+ tv+ b D? DI? G e()* h(+) r--(---) y(+)-->+++* --END GEEK CODE BLOCK--
Re: Re: netscape?!!
netscape is in the package navigator-base-475, but only if you point to the security server of debian in your sources.list. You can search in dselect pressing / and typing the name of the package you are looking for. It is a good idea to take some time to learn how to use dselect and apt. There are a lot of functions, read the man pages like apt as well. Stephan > my netscape seems did not install correctly,i have no the path that u give me, > and my menu has netscape options,but click it no response. > i use dselect,which package contains netscape? > //bow a again > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > i installed debian potato in my box,all run good,but i cannot find a > > > way > > > to start my netscape,i installed all the netscape package,and there is > > > only > > > a netscape-remote command can run,who pls help me to start my netscape > >
Re: modprobe can't locate module char-major-6
On 29 Oct, Bud Rogers wrote: > Could someone remind me where the file is that lists all those? The current aliases are in file /etc/modules.conf The configuration is done to file /etc/modutils/aliases and changes updated using command update-modules. Tuukka -- Trying to catch me? Just follow up my Electric Fingerprints -- To help you: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.iki.fi/Tuukka.Hastrup/ ICQ #11321669
lockd problems
Hi! Lately, I've gotten Starting NFS common utilities: statd lockdportmap: server localhost not responding, timed out portmap: server localhost not responding, timed out lockd_up: makesock failed, error=-5 portmap: server localhost not responding, timed out lockdsvc: Input/output error . when I start up my machine. The only thing I changed was to use DHCP for a while, but I changed that back now, but I still get this. I even tried to change my settings over to the new /etc/network/interfaces stuff, and put a "exit 0" in my old /etc/init.d/network without success. My new /etc/network/interfaces contains: iface lo inet loopback iface eth0 inet static address 10.1.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 10.1.1.42 And my localhost device is configured: $ ifconfig lo loLink encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1 RX packets:114 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:114 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 Can anyone help me? >Please Cc any replies to me, as I do not subscribe to this list due to the volume. -- \\// peter - http://www.softwolves.pp.se/ Statement concerning unsolicited e-mail according to Swedish law: http://www.softwolves.pp.se/peter/reklampost.html
Re: modprobe can't locate module char-major-6
On Sun, 29 Oct 2000, you wrote: > On 29 Oct, Bud Rogers wrote: > > Could someone remind me where the file is that lists all those? > > The current aliases are in file /etc/modules.conf > The configuration is done to file /etc/modutils/aliases and changes > updated using command update-modules. Thank you, Tuukka. But what I meant to ask was the location of the file that lists all the char-major-N entries. I don't remember what char-major-6 is. -- Bud Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: modprobe can't locate module char-major-6
I heard that Bud Rogers wrote this on 29/10/00: > Thank you, Tuukka. But what I meant to ask was the location of the file that > lists all the char-major-N entries. I don't remember what char-major-6 is. > If you have the linux kernel source, check the Documentation/devices.txt file. It lists all the devices, sorted by major... Regards, sena... -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://decoy.ath.cx/~sena/
Re: KDE2 dependence problem
On Fri, Oct 27, 2000 at 07:14:14AM -0400, Peter Fedichev wrote: > I have seen a couple of "I have installed KDE2" reports here. How have > you managed, since .debs on ftp.kde.org seem to require libgl1? Hi, I've installed the 2.0-final debs of kdyc (see other posts on what apt.sources line to use). I've got everything running almost completely stable, other than a very occasional crash of Konqueror (only happened twice so far), and klipper dying when you highlight stuff in Netscape (it's a known KDE bug). I found that some packages, such as kdenetwork, are obsolete now, and you should install the packages it was broken down into (knode and kmail, in this case). The obsolete package has apps that crash, the newer packages work fine. Probably the best thing to do is to install the virtual package 'task-kde', which will install a whole slew of packages and give you a proper KDE setup. You still might have to install some KDE packages you want that it missed, but in general I've gotten the best results that way. -- Maciej Kalisiak | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/~mac [McQ] PGP->finger|www; (0x39AC36F5) 9F BB 9E 11 F0 1E 5D 20 0B 31 3D 37 47 D0 67 C7 GE/CS d- s++:+ a- C++(+++) ULAI++ P+++ L+++ E+++ W++ N- o? K? !w--- O- M- V-- PS PE+ Y+ PGP+ t+ 5 !X-- R+ tv-- b+> DI+ G+ e>+++>(*) h--- r+++ y?
Re: modprobe can't locate module char-major-6
On Sun, 29 Oct 2000, sena wrote: > I heard that Bud Rogers wrote this on 29/10/00: > > Thank you, Tuukka. But what I meant to ask was the location of the file > > that lists all the char-major-N entries. I don't remember what > > char-major-6 is. > > If you have the linux kernel source, check the Documentation/devices.txt > file. It lists all the devices, sorted by major... Thanks, that's what I needed. -- Bud Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Halt / Reboot: other user
Hi all, I run xdm as my x login manager and I would like to be able to reboot and halt from it (like kdm allows it). My idea was as follows: I created two new users, reboot and halt, whose .xsession only contained "/sbin/shutdown -r -a now" and "/sbin/shutdown -h -a now" respectively. I also created the file /etc/shutdown.allow with both users in it, as described in the shutdown man page. But it does not work! Reading the man page once more, I stumbled over the phrase: > It then compares the login names in that file (shutdown.allow) > with the list of people that are logged in on a virtual console > (from /var/run/utmp) I guess that is the problem, isn't it?: When I log in on xdm, I am not logged in on a virtual console. Is there a more, say, canonical way of achieving what I want? Can I modify the .xsession in a particular way? I'm grateful for every trace.. Sebastian Pado -- Charly was a chemist, but Charly is no more. What Charly thought was H20 was H2SO4.
Re: Halt / Reboot: other user
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Sebastian =?iso-8859-1?Q?Pad=F3?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi all, > >I run xdm as my x login manager and I would like to >be able to reboot and halt from it (like kdm allows it). > >My idea was as follows: I created two new users, reboot >and halt, whose .xsession only contained >"/sbin/shutdown -r -a now" and "/sbin/shutdown -h -a now" >respectively. >I also created the file /etc/shutdown.allow with both >users in it, as described in the shutdown man page. You misread the shutdown manual page. That is absolutely not what the /etc/shutdown.allow file is for. >Is there a more, say, canonical way of achieving what I want? >Can I modify the .xsession in a particular way? Install and configure 'sudo' so that your halt and shutdown users can call shutdown as root. Mike. -- People get the operating system they deserve.
Can you run 4 commands on a potato (stable) box?
Can someone run the following on a *potato* (stable) box and let me know the results? ls -ld /var/man/cache ls -l /var/man/cache dpkg -S /var/man/cache dpkg -S /var/man/cache/index.bt Explanation: I am using unstable and I believe that somehow there is a problem with the latest unstable version of /var/man/cache and /var/man/cache/index.bt. Thank you. -- Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: OT: compiling new gcc--can it coexist with old?
On Sat, Oct 28, 2000 at 09:20:00PM -0700, Kenward Vaughan wrote: > The docs are not totally clear to this clueless non-programmer about the > options to use for the configure step, but I chose the following: > > hpotter:/usr/local/obj# ../src/gcc-2.95.2/configure --enable-haifa > --enable-shared --enable-threads --enable-cpp --enable-cpplib > --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs > --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/local/include --with-dwarf2 --with-stabs > > where I had created /usr/local/obj for the objdir mentioned in the docs, and > have the sources in /usr/local/src/gcc-2.95.2 (obviously, from the above). > > Does this make sense? I could not make heads or tails about the other > options mentioned. I am particularly concerned that what I create will not > interfere with the normal gcc I wish to leave in /usr/bin. Is there any way > that the above will mess up the other one or its libs, etc? It looks like you're making it more of a production than it has to be, but that's okay. It shouldn't mess up any libs. > Lastly, the totally dumb question of the day is How would I use it w/o > having the other one interfere when I try compiling various package sources? Just make sure that it installs into /usr/local/bin which it will by default. Then set your PATH to be "/usr/local/bin:$PATH" and you're on your way. If you want the old gcc to be used when you are compiling packages, you can either do something like: $ CC=/usr/bin/gcc make or edit the Makefile to have the CC variable (which is fairly standard) point to /usr/bin/gcc. Good luck, Chris -- IF I HAD A MINE SHAFT, I don't think I would just abandon it. There's got to be a better way. -- Jack Handley, The New Mexican, 1988.
konqueror fonts
hi there ... does anyone have the same font problems with the KDE 2.0-final Konqueror? -- with friendly regards jens luedicke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
xdm-config problems
Hallo, I'm using xdm and fvwm2. After the starting process of my computer, the xdm login window pops up, but there's no background image or color. I tried to fix this problem by changing some values in the Xresources file in the /etc/X11/xdm directory, as well as in the /etc/X11 directory. Can someone give me a hint, solving this? Tanks. Manuel
Re: OT: Cross-platform document format?
Kent West writes: > Thanks for the response. I was looking for a common document format, so > that the students on campus would quit turning their homework in as .DOC > format. I don't think I'm going to get the students to give up MS-Word on > MS-Windows to learn LaTeX, etc, although in an ideal world My wife suggests that you offer your students extra credit for turning in homework in your preferred format. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI
ISDN PPP configurálás
Sikerult az ISDN kártyát a kernelbe forditanom de nem tudom a pppd beállitani és igy ISDN (fritz) kártyával az internet szolgáltatóm felhivnom.segitség SOS tibor
Re: Halt / Reboot: other user
On Sun, 29 Oct 2000, Sebastian Padó wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I run xdm as my x login manager and I would like to
> be able to reboot and halt from it (like kdm allows it).
I've created the script /usr/local/sbin/tkmgr:
#!/usr/bin/wishx
# Init stuff
wm title . Chooser
wm protocol . WM_DELETE_WINDOW Quit
# Ganz unten
wm geometry . -0-0
# The buttons
frame .buttons
button .buttons.reboot \
-text "Reboot" \
-width 10 \
-command Reboot
button .buttons.halt \
-text "Halt" \
-width 10 \
-command Halt
pack append .buttons \
.buttons.halt {left expand fill} \
.buttons.reboot {left expand fill}
pack .buttons -side top -fill x -expand true
# The Functions
proc Quit {} {
exit 0
}
proc Reboot {} {
exec /sbin/shutdown -rt 15 now < /dev/tty1 > /dev/tty1 2> /dev/tty1 &
}
proc Halt {} {
exec /sbin/shutdown -ht 15 now < /dev/tty1 > /dev/tty1 2> /dev/tty1 &
}
Then I've added to the /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0 file the line
/usr/local/sbin/tkmgr &
And to the /etc/X11/xdm/Xstartup_0
killall tkmgr
That works, needs some package providing a wishx, for example wishx8.0.4
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Need help/feedback on backup script
I've created a backup script and would like some feedback/help on it. Any tips or pointers would be greatly appreciated. Feel free to use/hack it on your own. here it is: <-- Begin Script --> #!/bin/bash # Many thanks to Robb Kidd who brought up the question of backup # strategies on the Debian-user mailing list and Karsten M. Self's # responses. This script wouldn't have been possible without them. :-) # To do list # I would like to make all the configuration # done in the variable section. Let the script # remain the same; just update/change variables # as necessary. That way anyone can use it. # Need to read up on sed or awk so I can change # the "/" of the directories and change them # to "." for the saved tar's filename. # Develop a system which allows tar to exclude files # based on choices made in the variable section. # This will have to be pretty flexible. This should # take care of the way the /usr/local section looks # right now. :-( # Would it be possible to create one base script # and then just loop through it with variables # controlling what is backed up and what is not? # Of course. This is Linux. Study harder! # Script to rebuild. # My simple script for backing up files (it started that way, jeesh) # Create variables # The root directory of the backed up files # before you commit it to the backup media. # Note, this could be the media itself if you # don't use another program to put it there. # (i.e. Zip/tape drives vs. CD-R's) ARCHIVE_ROOT="/usr/local/cdsrc/backup" # This is where you'll put the tar-zipped files. # I add this primarily for users who put files # in their backup other than what is covered in # this script. (i.e. custom .deb files, etc.) # This way you can keep these files "seperate" # from the remainder of your backup volume. I # believe this really only helps debian users # who are making the media "apt-getable". BACKUP_DIR="$ARCHIVE_ROOT/backup" # This is where you store your custom kernel. # Do not change this variable or comment it out # if you do not have a custom kernel. # The script tests against it being "not_set". # If you do not set this, the script will attempt # to grab the kernel from /usr/src/linux/.config # If you do have a custom kernel include the full # absolute path AND filename of the configuration file. CUSTOM_KER="not_set" # Default tar options are -IPpscvf. I recommend you # leave it in verbose (-v) mode at least the first time # through so you know it's doing what you want. You can # find out exactly what the options are doing by typing # man tar at the prompt. One weird thing I noticed about # tar; you need to keep the capital letter options first. # Keep that in mind if you edit this variable. TAR_OPT_DEF="-IPpscf" # The tar file suffix. In case you want .tgz or .bzip2, etc. # Note: do not include a "." in front of the suffix (extentsion) TAR_FILE_SUF="bzip2" # Once this script is complete, people shouldn't have to configure anything# # below this point.# # Create "Test" variables. These will be used in the # "Test script configuration" section. # If you add more variables ensure there is a # space between them. Testing to see if the # root and backup directories exist and are directories. DIR_VAR_LIST="$ARCHIVE_ROOT $BACKUP_DIR" # Program variables (setting up for PROG_VAR_LIST) PROG_TAR=`which tar` PROG_GZIP=`which gzip` PROG_BZIP2=`which bzip2` PROG_TEST_NULL= # So the variable list below works we need to set variables # to some value if they're not here, otherwise the output # of the for loop doesn't look right. if [ $PROG_TAR == $PROG_TEST_NULL ]; then PROG_TAR="tar" fi if [ $PROG_GZIP == $PROG_TEST_NULL ]; then PROG_GZIP="gzip" fi
ftpd - howto?
Hi, after the nice responses last time, I want to try again now. I followed the ftp-user-discussion and thought I'd better change from proftpd which was installed pretty easy to ftpd. My problem is now: how can i grant anonymous-user-access at all, how do you i configure the ftpd? Does anyone here got some hints for me? (man ftpd doesn't work btw) Thx a lot, Michael -- Sent through GMX FreeMail - http://www.gmx.net
Re: where did ldd go?
On Sun, Oct 29, 2000 at 02:33:06AM -0800, Krzys Majewski wrote: > Erh, there used to be something called ldd, right? For finding out > which dynamic libs an executable linked against? It's gone! Where do I > get it? Where is there a map of binary names to debs? -chris > This doesn't help if it's not in your path, but: $ dpkg -S `which ldd` libc6: /usr/bin/ldd Are there other signs that glibc is broken on your system? Brent -- "Would you like to play a game of hide and seek now? If you have X-Ray eyes, promise not to peek now!" --The Apples in Stereo "Signal in the Sky (Let's Go)"
Re: Halt / Reboot: other user
Sebastian Padó hat gesagt: // Sebastian Padó wrote:
> I run xdm as my x login manager and I would like to
> be able to reboot and halt from it (like kdm allows it).
I use a little script at all my home machines that you may like, too.
The trick is: The Xserver is running as root anyway, so if you can get
the xserver to run the shutdown command, there is no need to mess with
sudo etc.
The script inserts two littles buttons in the xdm-screen: One for
shutting down, one for reboot.
Installation is simple. Put the attached tkmgr-script in /usr/local/bin
You have to edit two config files. First put the following at the end of
"/etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0"
# snip Xsetup_0 --
# Starting the shutdownmanager:
/usr/local/bin/tkmgr &
echo $! > /var/run/tkmgr-pid
# snip ---
Then put this in "/etc/X11/xdm/Xstartup_0":
# snip Xstartup_0 --
# :0 specific startup commands go here
# Kill the Shutdownmanager:
if [ -f /var/run/tkmgr-pid ]
then
kill `cat /var/run/tkmgr-pid`
rm -f /var/run/tkmgr-pid
fi
# snip --
That's it.
bye
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#!/usr/bin/wishx
# Init stuff
wm title . Chooser
wm protocol . WM_DELETE_WINDOW Quit
# Ganz unten
wm geometry . +1-1
# The buttons
frame .buttons
button .buttons.reboot \
-text "System neu starten" \
-width 19 \
-command Reboot
button .buttons.halt \
-text "System runterfahren" \
-width 19 \
-command Halt
pack append .buttons \
.buttons.halt {left expand fill} \
.buttons.reboot {left expand fill}
pack .buttons -side top -fill x -expand true
# The Functions
proc Quit {} {
exit 0
}
proc Reboot {} {
exec /sbin/shutdown -rt 15 now < /dev/tty1 > /dev/tty1 2> /dev/tty1 &
}
proc Halt {} {
exec /sbin/shutdown -ht 15 now < /dev/tty1 > /dev/tty1 2> /dev/tty1 &
}
Re: ftpd - howto?
I heard that [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote this on 29/10/00: > after the nice responses last time, I want to try again now. > I followed the ftp-user-discussion and thought I'd better change from > proftpd which was installed pretty easy to ftpd. > And why did you change from proftpd to ftpd (netkit's ftpd)?? I suggest that, if you don't want to use proftpd (very good daemon), you should use wu-ftpd instead of ftpd. Regards, sena... -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://decoy.ath.cx/~sena/
ALSA problem in Potato
Hi! I have a SB16 ASP ISA soundcard. It's not supported by OSS, so I installed the ALSA packages included in Potato. The sound works, but there is an annoying "knack" noise about every 2 seconds (in average, depends on music) in the right stereo channel (only during playing). I've checked my earphones of course, but it should have to do something with Debian or the ALSA version, because my previous System was a Slackware 4 extended by a self-compiled ALSA system and everything worked fine. There are similar noises, when I change the master volume in the mixer (also without playing). I have deactivated all other channels (microphone, etc.), but nothing changes. My questions: - Does anyone have a the same (or even similar) problem? - Can anyone give me hint, what I can check or how to solve this problem? PS: I don't wont to install the source distribution of ALSA, because of clean package management in my fresh Potato installation. Thanks in advance. Regards, Christoph. -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen Christoph Haberberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: ftpd - howto?
On Sun, Oct 29, 2000 at 05:25:14PM +, sena wrote: > And why did you change from proftpd to ftpd (netkit's ftpd)?? > > I suggest that, if you don't want to use proftpd (very good daemon), you > should use wu-ftpd instead of ftpd. Why's that? Security issues? Mike -- Michael P. Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "...the word HACK is used as a verb to indicate a massive amount of nerd-like effort." -Harley Hahn, A Student's Guide to UNIX PGP Public Key: http://www.storm.ca/~msoulier/personal.html pgppy6LMkXzzn.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: xdm-config problems
On Sun, Oct 29, 2000 at 10:54:40PM +0100, Manuel Hendel wrote:
> Hallo,
>
> I'm using xdm and fvwm2. After the starting process of my computer,
> the xdm login window pops up, but there's no background image or
> color. I tried to fix this problem by changing some values in the
> Xresources file in the /etc/X11/xdm directory, as well as in the
> /etc/X11 directory.
> Can someone give me a hint, solving this?
Check out xbanner.
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3dfx.o
Hello all, At one point I had my Voodoo 3 working perfectly in Debian, but then I installed a new SB Live! which is where things went south. In order to get sound to work I upgraded to the latest (unstable) ALSA which in turn required a kernel update, etc. After a few hours I got it all working with the new kernel (2.2.17 as opposed to 2.2.17pre6 -- the default from potato). But when I tried to load the 3dfx module I got these errors: /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/3dfx.o: unresolved symbol register_chrdev_R06af9881 /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/3dfx.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/3dfx.o failed /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/3dfx.o: insmod 3dfx failed As I said before, I did have all this working with kernel 2.2.17pre6. So I attempted to follow the directions and recompile the 3dfx source for my new kernel. No go. I can't for the life of me get anything to work. So my question is, has anyone got their Voodoo3 working with the woody kernel 2.2.17? And would the compiled module 3dfx.o also work on my machine (AMD K6II-300)? And so, would somebody please send me a copy? Thanks, David Bellows
Re: Can you run 4 commands on a potato (stable) box?
On Sun, 29 Oct 2000, Shaul Karl wrote: > Can someone run the following on a *potato* (stable) box and let me know the > results? > ls -ld /var/man/cache [EMAIL PROTECTED]:pts/0:~]$ ls -ld /var/man/cache ls: /var/man/cache: No such file or directory > ls -l /var/man/cache [EMAIL PROTECTED]:pts/0:~]$ ls -l /var/man/cache ls: /var/man/cache: No such file or directory > dpkg -S /var/man/cache [EMAIL PROTECTED]:pts/0:~]$ dpkg -S /var/man/cache dpkg: /var/man/cache not found. > dpkg -S /var/man/cache/index.bt [EMAIL PROTECTED]:pts/0:~]$ dpkg -S /var/man/cache/index.bt dpkg: /var/man/cache/index.bt not found. -jg -- Jeremy L. Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
dpkg -scanpackages - how?
In response to a question from me about how to make use of the .debs I'd accumulated in /var/cache/apt during a re-install several people helpfully suggested I did dpkg -scanpackages Well, I tried and failed. Looking at the man and info pages for dpkg I don't see any scan capability. What do I have to install to get this feature? Cheers, Robin Collins
Re: dpkg -scanpackages - how?
"Robin Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In response to a question from me about how to make use of the .debs I'd > accumulated in /var/cache/apt during a re-install several people helpfully > suggested I did > > dpkg -scanpackages ^ > > Well, I tried and failed. Try "dpkg-scanpackages" without a space. > Looking at the man and info pages for dpkg I > don't see any scan capability. What do I have to install to get this > feature? dpkg-dev -- Thomas Weinbrenner
Re: security questions
On Sat, Oct 28, 2000 at 08:36:47PM +0200, Robert Waldner wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Oct 2000 10:06:56 PDT, Peter Jay Salzman writes:
> >also, i noticed that some accounts which are disabled are given a shell of
> >/bin/false:
> >
> > ftp:x:100:65534::/home/ftp:/bin/false
> >
> >tiger seemed to hate this too. i tried playing around with /bin/false.
> >can't seem to figure out what it is. whatever it is, it's tiny. only 4 kb
> >long.
>
>
> there are /bin/true (which gives a return code of 0 when run) and /bin/
> false (which returns 1) (both values IIRC). very handy if you want to
> do something like `if ( || /bin/true)` for some reason.
> giving a shell with /bin/false effectively disables the account´s
> possibility to get a login shell, but (as in case with ftp) shouldn´t
> hinder other services (eg ftp, pop3, .forward etc.).
>
> all of the above is in theory, because I tried that some time
> ago but couldn´t get an ftp-login when the shell was /bin/false, but I
> remember reading about it somewhere...
typically, ftpd checks to see if your shell is in /etc/shells -- if it's
not, you can't ftp.
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Re: where did ldd go?
> This doesn't help if it's not in your path, but: > > $ dpkg -S `which ldd` > libc6: /usr/bin/ldd OK thanks, I used to do this by grepping /var/lib/dpkg/info/* > Are there other signs that glibc is broken on your system? Well, I don't know. I pointed apt-get to unstable in order to install something (xmps??), which ended up upgrading my libc and some other stuff (C++ libraries??). This broke something else (undefined symbols in some X libraries when compiling stuff). So I manually downgraded libc (and hopefully all the other things that had been upgraded) via ftp + dpkg. Now I have the stable libc again, but as you suggest, I may have broken something in the process. I've now got ldd from the ldso deb. -chris
Re: Can you run 4 commands on a potato (stable) box?
Me too. -chris
Re: Can you run 4 commands on a potato (stable) box?
on Sun, Oct 29, 2000 at 05:21:29PM +0200, Shaul Karl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Can someone run the following on a *potato* (stable) box and let me know the > results? > > ls -ld /var/man/cache > ls -l /var/man/cache > dpkg -S /var/man/cache > dpkg -S /var/man/cache/index.bt > > > Explanation: I am using unstable and I believe that somehow there is a > problem > with the latest unstable version of /var/man/cache and > /var/man/cache/index.bt. ...maybe you mean /var/cache/man, not /var/man/cache? Running Woody here. -- Karsten M. Self http://www.netcom.com/~kmself Evangelist, Opensales, Inc.http://www.opensales.org What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/http://www.kuro5hin.org pgpU4bYDJPu2B.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: VoIP Developer Kit.
I require a used/second hand IP phone development kit including IP phone reference design, STIC card, VoIP software etc. for my personal R & D at cheap rate or donation since I can't afford it.. Thanks ! -- A. D. Sharma, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: ALSA problem in Potato
Christoph Haberberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > PS: I don't wont to install the source distribution of ALSA, because > of clean package management in my fresh Potato installation. Check out the "equivs" package for circumventing Debian package dependencies. -chris
Re: En snabb fråga...
On Sat, 28 Oct 2000, V.Micic wrote: > Var kan jag ladda hem den senaste versionen av Debian i ISO format,jag har > letat men inte hittat... > Tack i Förhand > Her hentet jeg mine: sunsite.uio.no/pub/linux/ISO-images Klaus
USB mouse
I've got a Logitech optical mouse with Wheel (a la Intellimouse). It has an USB and PS/2 connector. Is it possible to get it working in USB mode, and what would I need to do ?! Thanks ! -- Joel Dinel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: En snabb fr?ga...
There are those who would have you believe that V.Micic wrote: > Var kan jag ladda hem den senaste versionen av Debian i ISO format,jag har > letat men inte hittat... > Tack i Förhand I am the only one who tried to rot13 this?
Re: 3dfx.o
Joel Dinel wrote: > > > /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/3dfx.o: unresolved symbol > > register_chrdev_R06af9881 > > /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/3dfx.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/3dfx.o > > failed > > /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/3dfx.o: insmod 3dfx failed > > Did you move your module from your old kernel to your new one ? > > If you had kernel 2.2.15, you'd need to move /lib/modules/2.2.15/misc/3dfx.o > to /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/. > > Try that. Yep, I had already done that -- still the same errors. Thanks, David Bellows
No networking from certain users
My machine is potato + a little woody (for Helix). I have no problems with dial-up or ethernet networking. However, I recently tried logging in using a different account, which is in the dip group. I found 1) My windows laptop could not see my machine, which is running samba. This is an ethernet connection. I tried rebooting the laptop, to no effect. Also, directly specifying the full path (\\wheat\v) did not help. This is particularly odd since I thought samba was being run by the OS, not the user that happened to be logged in. 2) pon worked to dial up out of the account. However, I had 0 network connectivity. ping couldn't reach anywhere. fetchmail got nothing. Despite this, the phone connection remained (if I have the wrong password in the account I generally get disconnected) and much of the log activity looked normal (ip-up, ppd, talk all show up in the log). I did set up the dial-up account and ip-up for the account. Or at least I tried to! I'd appreciate any clues about where to look for a solution. Thanks.
ls -R | grep char_string
I would like to search all files in the current und subdirs for a char_string. Why does this commandstring not work?: ls -R | grep char_string No error , no nothing - although this certain char_string is in a simple ASCII text file! Robert
Re: USB mouse
On Sun, Oct 29, 2000 at 04:41:52PM -0500, Joel Dinel wrote: > I've got a Logitech optical mouse with Wheel (a la Intellimouse). It > has an USB and PS/2 connector. Is it possible to get it working in > USB mode, and what would I need to do ?! http://www.linux-usb.org says this mouse works with USB. There is a Backport available which enables USB for 2.2-Kernels. Just look at this site, it will tell you what to do. Phil
Re: ls -R | grep char_string
> I would like to search all files in the current und subdirs for a
> char_string.
> Why does this commandstring not work?:
>
> ls -R | grep char_string
>
> No error , no nothing - although this certain char_string is in a
> simple ASCII text file!
You are searching for a string in the name of all files in the
current dir and subdirs, but I think you want to search for a string
_within_ all files.
Therefore you have to do something like that:
find . -exec grep -H char_string {} \; 2>/dev/null
Regards,
Christoph.
Re: 3dfx.o
dave, this isn't the reply you wanted, but fwiw, i can't get the 3dfx driver to work for the life of me. i've been at it for a couple of days now. i emailed the packager, steve hasam(sp?) twice, and he hasn't replied at all. not even a "RTFM". (i'll leave my opinion of his maintainer's status unsaid). i've read a number of people in the same predicament on this list. i'd say 4 or 5 people by now, in the past 2 weeks. one person emailed me and said his driver worked. i emailed him back and got no reply. i also tried using rpm2cpio on the rpms offered on 3dfx's website. they compiled and didn't work either, but i should try that again. if someone here has their voodoo 3 working, a bunch of people would really like to hear from you! pete On Sun, 29 Oct 2000, David Bellows wrote: > Hello all, > > At one point I had my Voodoo 3 working perfectly in Debian, but then I > installed a new SB Live! which is where things went south. In order to > get sound to work I upgraded to the latest (unstable) ALSA which in turn > required a kernel update, etc. After a few hours I got it all working > with the new kernel (2.2.17 as opposed to 2.2.17pre6 -- the default from > potato). But when I tried to load the 3dfx module I got these errors: > > /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/3dfx.o: unresolved symbol > register_chrdev_R06af9881 > /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/3dfx.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/3dfx.o > failed > /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/3dfx.o: insmod 3dfx failed > > As I said before, I did have all this working with kernel 2.2.17pre6. > So I attempted to follow the directions and recompile the 3dfx source > for my new kernel. No go. I can't for the life of me get anything to > work. So my question is, has anyone got their Voodoo3 working with the > woody kernel 2.2.17? And would the compiled module 3dfx.o also work on > my machine (AMD K6II-300)? And so, would somebody please send me a > copy? > > Thanks, > David Bellows > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
Re: potato install
> VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd >Known problem of linux 2.2.16 and some 2.2.17pre's. >Update linux to 2.2.17 or even 2.2.18pre. this newbie wants to know whats name of what I need. have browsed metallab's potato list but can't locate the kernels ] TIA robert YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.
scanner; linux-gazette
1. My scanner is connected to a usb port, the man page indicates that the device must be preferable indicated through the preferences menu of the options. But I cant start it because there is device configured!!! 2. Is there any command to see the linux-gazette without browsing into the directories where it installs? Thanks, AR
Re: ls -R | grep char_string
"Christoph H." wrote:
>
> > I would like to search all files in the current und subdirs for a
> > char_string.
> > Why does this commandstring not work?:
> >
> > ls -R | grep char_string
> >
> > No error , no nothing - although this certain char_string is in a
> > simple ASCII text file!
>
> You are searching for a string in the name of all files in the
> current dir and subdirs, but I think you want to search for a string
> _within_ all files.
>
> Therefore you have to do something like that:
> find . -exec grep -H char_string {} \; 2>/dev/null
or slightly more effective:
find . -type f |xargs grep char_string /dev/null
it's also more poratable because -H is not as widely supported as the
rest of the above (of course, talking about debian, it is supported...)
also note that 2> works only in sh-derived shells, in csh-derived
shells:
(command > /dev/tty) >& /dev/null
erik
Re: What provides "gnome-config"?
> "KM" == Krzys Majewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: KM> I need something called gnome-config to compile xmps, anybody KM> know where to find this? I keep on hand a copy "Contents-i386.gz" from the /debian/dists/stable directory on ftp.debian.org or your favoriate handy mirror. Then when a question like yours arises I do: $ zgrep gnome-config Contents-i386.gz and I will learn if the mystery creature is in a Debian package, and if so, which package. The answer here seems to be libgnome-dev. -- Bob Bernstein at Esmond, R.I., USA
Re: 3dfx.o
what do you do and what errors do you get? I had no problems until I introduced epoch, it looks like package does not understand it properly (see my other post or other reply to this thread) in response to David: you probably need to recompile 3dfx (build a new package and install it) erik Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > dave, > > this isn't the reply you wanted, but fwiw, i can't get the 3dfx driver to > work for the life of me. i've been at it for a couple of days now. i > emailed the packager, steve hasam(sp?) twice, and he hasn't replied at all. > not even a "RTFM". (i'll leave my opinion of his maintainer's status unsaid). > > i've read a number of people in the same predicament on this list. i'd say > 4 or 5 people by now, in the past 2 weeks. one person emailed me and said > his driver worked. i emailed him back and got no reply. > > i also tried using rpm2cpio on the rpms offered on 3dfx's website. they > compiled and didn't work either, but i should try that again. > > if someone here has their voodoo 3 working, a bunch of people would really > like to hear from you! > > pete > > On Sun, 29 Oct 2000, David Bellows wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > At one point I had my Voodoo 3 working perfectly in Debian, but then I > > installed a new SB Live! which is where things went south. In order to > > get sound to work I upgraded to the latest (unstable) ALSA which in turn > > required a kernel update, etc. After a few hours I got it all working > > with the new kernel (2.2.17 as opposed to 2.2.17pre6 -- the default from > > potato). But when I tried to load the 3dfx module I got these errors: > > > > /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/3dfx.o: unresolved symbol > > register_chrdev_R06af9881 > > /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/3dfx.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/3dfx.o > > failed > > /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/3dfx.o: insmod 3dfx failed > > > > As I said before, I did have all this working with kernel 2.2.17pre6. > > So I attempted to follow the directions and recompile the 3dfx source > > for my new kernel. No go. I can't for the life of me get anything to > > work. So my question is, has anyone got their Voodoo3 working with the > > woody kernel 2.2.17? And would the compiled module 3dfx.o also work on > > my machine (AMD K6II-300)? And so, would somebody please send me a > > copy? > > > > Thanks, > > David Bellows > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: ls -R | grep char_string
Erik Steffl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> find . -type f |xargs grep char_string /dev/null
I use
find . -type f | xargs mogrep $1
where $1 is the expression to search for, and "mogrep" (below) knows
what to do with binary and compressed files. -chris
#!/bin/sh
REGEXP=$1
PRGNAME=`basename $0`
TMP=/tmp/${PRGNAME}.$$
shift
for i in $*
do
SKIP=no
GZIP=no
case $i in
*.gz)
GZIP=yes
;;
*)
;;
esac
if [ ${GZIP} = yes ]; then
if ! zcat $i | file - | grep -i text >> /dev/null 2>&1; then
SKIP=yes
fi
else
if ! file $i | grep -i text >> /dev/null 2>&1; then
SKIP=yes
fi
fi
if [ ${SKIP} = no ]; then
GREP=grep
if [ ${GZIP} = yes ]; then
GREP=zgrep
fi
${GREP} -i ${REGEXP} $i > ${TMP}
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
printf "$i:"
cat ${TMP}
rm ${TMP}
fi
else
# printf "'$i': Not a text file\n" 1>&2
printf hello >> /dev/null
fi
done
Re: 3dfx.o -- SOLVED!!!
Hello Peter and anyone else having problems Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > dave, > > this isn't the reply you wanted, but fwiw, i can't get the 3dfx driver to > work for the life of me. i've been at it for a couple of days now. i > emailed the packager, steve hasam(sp?) twice, and he hasn't replied at all. > not even a "RTFM". (i'll leave my opinion of his maintainer's status unsaid). > > i've read a number of people in the same predicament on this list. i'd say > 4 or 5 people by now, in the past 2 weeks. one person emailed me and said > his driver worked. i emailed him back and got no reply. > > i also tried using rpm2cpio on the rpms offered on 3dfx's website. they > compiled and didn't work either, but i should try that again. > > if someone here has their voodoo 3 working, a bunch of people would really > like to hear from you! > OK, here's what I did. 1)I apt-get removed my existing device3dfx-source and also removed /usr/src/modules/ which is where the source was. 2) apt-get install device3dfx-source. 3) cd /usr/src/ 4) tar zxfv device3dfx-source 5) cd modules # This dir is created by the above command 6) cd modules/device3dfx 7) ./debian/buildpkg # This as per the docs in /usr/share/doc/device3dfx-source/README.Debian 8) This time it compiled. Before when I ran this command it wouldn't compile, apparently I needed to clean up some stuff but I didn't know how. Re-installing the whole package provided me with a clean script. 9) The module will be located in /usr/src/modules/device3dfx as 3dfx.o 10) cp 3dfx.o /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/ # obviously sub 2.2.17 for wherever your modules are. 11) According to /usr/src/modules/device3dfx/debian/README.debian do the following A) mknod /dev/3dfx c 107 0 B) make the group "audio" have rw permissions for /dev/3dfx C) make sure whatever user you want to use belongs to the group "audio" 12) insmod 3dfx 13) Start fragging # hopefully, this worked for me. Hope this helps, David Bellows
Re: 3dfx.o
what particular problems do you have? I have just upgraded 2.2.14 to 2.2.17 and recompiled modules (alsa and 3dfx) and everything worked fine. however, I introduced epochs (so that my kenrel/modules packages are not overwritten by debian ones) and now 3dfx complains about incorrect version, here's my post about the problem, do you have same problem or a different one? here's copy of my e-mail: > I have compiled a kernel with --revision 99:jojda.2 > > kernel compiled OK, kernal package > kernel-image-2.2.17_jojda.2_i386.deb (why is there no epoch in name?) > > I have 3dfx and alsa modules sources so I went on and did: > > make-kpkg modules_image (set MODULE_LOC first) > > it looks like alsa moduels where built correctly: > > make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/alsa-driver' > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/alsa-driver' > Module /usr/src/modules/alsa-driver processed fine > > and package was created: alsa-modules-2.2.17_0.5.9d-1+jojda.2_i386.deb > > however 3dfx module failed: > > dh_builddeb --destdir=/usr/src/linux/.. > dpkg-deb: parse error, in file `debian/tmp/DEBIAN/control' near line 2 > package `device3dfx-module-2.2.17': > error in Version string `2.3.4-2+99:jojda.2': epoch in version is not > number > dh_builddeb: command returned error code > make[1]: *** [kdist_image] Error 1 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/device3dfx' > Module /usr/src/modules/device3dfx failed. > Hit return to Continue > > no package created. > > is it a problem of 3dfx package builder? > > strange thing I noticed (epoch is in different places!): > > Package: alsa-modules-2.2.17 > Version: 99:0.5.9d-1+jojda.2 > > Package: device3dfx-module-2.2.17 > Version: 2.3.4-2+99:jojda.2 > > system: debian unstable, kernel 2.2.17 > > TIA > erik David Bellows wrote: > > Hello all, > > At one point I had my Voodoo 3 working perfectly in Debian, but then I > installed a new SB Live! which is where things went south. In order to > get sound to work I upgraded to the latest (unstable) ALSA which in turn > required a kernel update, etc. After a few hours I got it all working > with the new kernel (2.2.17 as opposed to 2.2.17pre6 -- the default from > potato). But when I tried to load the 3dfx module I got these errors: > > /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/3dfx.o: unresolved symbol > register_chrdev_R06af9881 > /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/3dfx.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/3dfx.o > failed > /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/3dfx.o: insmod 3dfx failed > > As I said before, I did have all this working with kernel 2.2.17pre6. > So I attempted to follow the directions and recompile the 3dfx source > for my new kernel. No go. I can't for the life of me get anything to > work. So my question is, has anyone got their Voodoo3 working with the > woody kernel 2.2.17? And would the compiled module 3dfx.o also work on > my machine (AMD K6II-300)? And so, would somebody please send me a > copy? > > Thanks, > David Bellows > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: What provides "gnome-config"?
> I keep on hand a copy "Contents-i386.gz" from the /debian/dists/stable > directory on ftp.debian.org or your favoriate handy mirror. Then when > a question like yours arises I do: > > $ zgrep gnome-config Contents-i386.gz Nice, thanks. -chris
Re: password protect a directory?
> "kmself" == kmself writes: kmself> Where n > 0 people need modification access to the same kmself> data, a version control system should be implemented. RCS kmself> and CVS are available on Debian and their use is fairly kmself> transparent. For more complex organizations, BitKeeper is kmself> a strongly recommended choice. What is BitKeeper? Is it DFSG? What are the benefits of it over CVS for "more complex organisations"? -- Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: password protect a directory?
On Monday, 30 October 2000 at 09:00, Brian May wrote: > > "kmself" == kmself writes: > > kmself> Where n > 0 people need modification access to the same > kmself> data, a version control system should be implemented. RCS > kmself> and CVS are available on Debian and their use is fairly > kmself> transparent. For more complex organizations, BitKeeper is > kmself> a strongly recommended choice. > > What is BitKeeper? Is it DFSG? What are the benefits of it over CVS > for "more complex organisations"? It's Larry McVoy's source management system, which he has been pushing on linux-kernel for quite some time, and which does sound nice. I'm not too up on either its license or DFSG, but I don't think it makes the cut (it reminded me of the original Qt license when last I looked at it, actually more restrictive than that). It's nicest feature as I recall is that it makes hierarchies of repositories possible. You don't have to have commit access on the main tree to be able to make your own branches on your tree, import other people's changes and merge changes to the master tree into your own. I always thought having only one master CVS repository was a real pain for distributed (no, I won't say "bazaar"... argh, I said it!) development... -Brendan -- Don't make Godzilla mad! pgpzYWd7wtVtw.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: password protect a directory?
on Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 09:00:00AM +1100, Brian May ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > "kmself" == kmself writes: > > kmself> Where n > 0 people need modification access to the same > kmself> data, a version control system should be implemented. RCS > kmself> and CVS are available on Debian and their use is fairly > kmself> transparent. For more complex organizations, BitKeeper is > kmself> a strongly recommended choice. > > What is BitKeeper? Is it DFSG? What are the benefits of it over CVS > for "more complex organisations"? http://www.bitkeeper.com/ BitKeeper is "a scalable configuration management system, supporting globally distributed development, disconnected operation, compressed repositories, change sets, and named lines of development (branches)". It's written by Larry McVoy, written in part to address the problem of "Linus doesn't scale", and is aimed at being the version control system for Linux kernel development. Larry's been involved with GNU/Linux for ages, and is the author of "The Sourceware Operating System Proposal", an early formative document regarding options for a free software OS: http://www.bitmover.com/lm/papers/srcos.html It's not DFSG. It *is* source-available software, but it's not free for commercial use, without some compromises a company might prefer to do without. It *is* free for use on free software, and the source is available. Licensing has been an issue, this is how Larry thinks he can make money with his company. We're using BitKeeper at work. It's used by several other companies, including VA Linux. There are several advantages of BitKeeper over traditional version control software. I'd encourage you to look at the BitKeeper site for details. In particular, BitKeeper supports the idea of multiple repositories, meaning that different departments within an organization, or different groups, each with specific needs, can work without having to worry about conflicts with the central repository. I'm probably phrasing this badly, would suggest you look to the website for further data. -- Karsten M. Self http://www.netcom.com/~kmself Evangelist, Opensales, Inc.http://www.opensales.org What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/http://www.kuro5hin.org pgpRCR2Sw7KZY.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Need help/feedback on backup script
on Sat, Oct 28, 2000 at 10:49:16PM -0400, Jesse Goerz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I've created a backup script and would like some feedback/help on it. > Any tips or pointers would be greatly appreciated. Feel free to > use/hack it on your own. Comments inline. Not bad, but not how I'd do things. > here it is: > > <-- Begin Script --> > #!/bin/bash > > # Many thanks to Robb Kidd who brought up the question of backup > # strategies on the Debian-user mailing list and Karsten M. Self's > # responses. This script wouldn't have been possible without them. :-) > > > # To do list > # I would like to make all the configuration > # done in the variable section. Let the script > # remain the same; just update/change variables > # as necessary. That way anyone can use it. > > # Need to read up on sed or awk so I can change > # the "/" of the directories and change them > # to "." for the saved tar's filename. > > # Develop a system which allows tar to exclude files > # based on choices made in the variable section. > # This will have to be pretty flexible. This should > # take care of the way the /usr/local section looks > # right now. :-( > > # Would it be possible to create one base script > # and then just loop through it with variables > # controlling what is backed up and what is not? > # Of course. This is Linux. Study harder! > > # Script to rebuild. > > # My simple script for backing up files (it started that way, jeesh) > > # Create variables > # The root directory of the backed up files > # before you commit it to the backup media. > # Note, this could be the media itself if you > # don't use another program to put it there. > # (i.e. Zip/tape drives vs. CD-R's) > ARCHIVE_ROOT="/usr/local/cdsrc/backup" > > # This is where you'll put the tar-zipped files. > # I add this primarily for users who put files > # in their backup other than what is covered in > # this script. (i.e. custom .deb files, etc.) > # This way you can keep these files "seperate" > # from the remainder of your backup volume. I > # believe this really only helps debian users > # who are making the media "apt-getable". > BACKUP_DIR="$ARCHIVE_ROOT/backup" > > # This is where you store your custom kernel. > # Do not change this variable or comment it out > # if you do not have a custom kernel. > # The script tests against it being "not_set". > # If you do not set this, the script will attempt > # to grab the kernel from /usr/src/linux/.config > # If you do have a custom kernel include the full > # absolute path AND filename of the configuration file. > CUSTOM_KER="not_set" > > # Default tar options are -IPpscvf. I recommend you > # leave it in verbose (-v) mode at least the first time > # through so you know it's doing what you want. You can > # find out exactly what the options are doing by typing > # man tar at the prompt. One weird thing I noticed about > # tar; you need to keep the capital letter options first. > # Keep that in mind if you edit this variable. > TAR_OPT_DEF="-IPpscf" I'd strongly encourage you *not* to use the -P (preserve paths) option, and question the -I (bzip2) compression option, particularly when archiving to tape. A corrupted compressed file is going to be very difficult to recover. Not sure that -s matters. I'd recommend using long-name versions of the -P and -I options -- this makes the script self-documenting. > # The tar file suffix. In case you want .tgz or .bzip2, etc. > # Note: do not include a "." in front of the suffix (extentsion) > TAR_FILE_SUF="bzip2" ...what about tar.bzip2? > > # Once this script is complete, people shouldn't have to configure anything# > # below this point.# > > > > # Create "Test" variables. These will be used in the > # "Test script configuration" section. > # If you add more variables ensure there is a > # space between them. Testing to see if the > # root and backup directories exist and are directories. > DIR_VAR_LIST="$ARCHIVE_ROOT $BACKUP_DIR" > > # Program variables (setting up for PROG_VAR_LIST) > PROG_TAR=`which tar` > PROG_GZIP=`which g
Re: /bin/false (was Re: security questions)
On Sat, Oct 28, 2000 at 03:20:15PM -0700, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > also, i noticed that some accounts which are disabled are given a shell of > > /bin/false: > > > > ftp:x:100:65534::/home/ftp:/bin/false > > > > tiger seemed to hate this too. i tried playing around with /bin/false. > > can't seem to figure out what it is. whatever it is, it's tiny. only 4 kb > > long. > > See man false. Now I also have heard that a shell script /bin/false is a bad thing, because it still allows some nasty shell tricks, but I haven't come across any examples. It is also usually what distros install. However, writing one in C proved to be simple, and an afternoon's worth of fun. Oh writing it sure didn't take all afternoon, but the fun did. My current /bin/false is a compiled ELF file, and I don't really know if it's mine or Potato's (it's been a long time). -- Jonathan Markevich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.geocities.com/jmarkevich == It's VIRUSES, not VIRII! See http://language.perl.com/misc/virus.html == Man and wife make one fool.
Re: ls -R | grep char_string
I heard that Christoph H. wrote this on 29/10/00:
> You are searching for a string in the name of all files in the
> current dir and subdirs, but I think you want to search for a string
> _within_ all files.
>
> Therefore you have to do something like that:
> find . -exec grep -H char_string {} \; 2>/dev/null
>
I think I may be missing the point here...
Wouldn't be easier to do:
grep -r char_string *
?
Regards, sena...
--
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://decoy.ath.cx/~sena/
RE: ls -R | grep char_string
Krzys writes: >and "mogrep" (below) knows >what to do with binary and compressed files. -chris Unfortunately mogrep as implemented relies on the file names to determine the file type. A neater way might be to use the 'file' command to determine the file type eg: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ file * dl:setgid directory makefile,v:make commands text myfile:gzip compressed data, deflated, original filename, last modified: Fri Aug 18 11:17:10 2000, os: Unix mygeekcode:ASCII text pkglists: setgid directory swgate:setgid directory swgate.tar.gz: gzip compressed data, deflated, original filename, last modified: Fri Aug 18 11:17:10 2000, os: Unix test: setgid directory vncviewer: empty vncviewer.exe: MS-DOS executable (EXE), OS/2 or MS Windows Note that it picked up that myfile was a gzip file despite its name. More information in man command. - Chris Kenrick
Re: ftpd - howto?
I heard that Michael P. Soulier wrote this on 29/10/00: > > I suggest that, if you don't want to use proftpd (very good daemon), you > > should use wu-ftpd instead of ftpd. > > Why's that? Security issues? > Features? Documentation? Ease of configuration? Well, the award for the first and the third go to ProFTPD. Not sure why you left it behind, anyway... I don't follow the other mailing lists. Regards, sena.. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://decoy.ath.cx/~sena/
Re: /bin/false (was Re: security questions)
I heard that Jonathan Markevich wrote this on 29/10/00:
> However, writing one in C proved to be simple, and an afternoon's worth
> of fun.
>
--(snip - false.c)--
int main() { return 1; }
--(snip - false.c)--
10 seconds writing plus 3 minutes worth of fun is more like it... :)
> Oh writing it sure didn't take all afternoon, but the fun did. My current
> /bin/false is a compiled ELF file, and I don't really know if it's mine or
> Potato's (it's been a long time).
>
Potato's /bin/false has "a378dbf982c7694b173cd87ecc8463f1" md5sum.
Regards, sena...
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Re: NDS Corporate Edition for Linux - Looking for help
Andrew, Thanks for the tips. Since posting this message I came across a Sys Admin on a Novell forum who I believe worked at Novell and he said that NDS Corp Edition should work OK on Debian according to the specs he had for NDS Corp Edition product (which basically were not specific to the distribution but dependent on a certain kernel version and particular libraries). I have seen different specs for the product on different web pages in Novell and to be honest I'm a little confused. I got in touch with another person who had installed it successfully on Debian. He passed on the details and it all worked fine on my Debian boxes with the exception of SSL (apparently used for secure LDAP requests??) and not required for my work at this stage. I take your point re support for the product. It's something that really needs to be considered from a business point of view. Suffice to say there will be some very intense testing before I consider going it alone on Debian. It's just a shame that Novell doesn't support any other distribution of Linux at this stage because NDS and Zenworks are two very good products that help integrate Netware, Linux and Windows desktops into one happy environment. Maybe in a year or so I'll get lucky. Many thanks for replying Cheers Craig >>> "Andrew Hagen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 28.10.2000 10:09:28 am >>> I'm a former Novell sys admin. A lot of people don't realize it, but NDS is a mature technology. Microsoft's "Active Directory" has about 10 years of catching up to do. If Novell says only RedHat 6.1 and 6.2 are supported, don't use Debian, or Slackware, or SUSE, or whatever for this NDS thing. Just use what what they tell you. Otherwise, when you need support from Novell, they'll ignore you. You might be interested in the server editions or corporate editions of Red Hat. Novell might support one of these. Each license can cost over $1000. Check their web site for more info. BTW, good luck on your business, Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, 23 Oct 2000 17:10:33 +1100, Craig Law wrote: >I'm not sure whether this is the right list to make this posting and if not >any direction to the correct list would be appreciated. > >I'm currently a Debian user and love the purity of the distribution and >especially apt-get. I'm working on a project to setup Debian servers to run NDS Corporate Edition for Linux as well as Zenworks for Desktops 3 (both Novell products). I'm an experienced user of Zenworks and love what it does for controlling a users Windows environment and distributing applications throughout our organisation. I'm now looking to setup a company where we replace Netware servers with Debian servers (more stable, easier to use and no OS licensing fee) and run NDS Corp Ed for Windows workstation authentication and Zenworks for Desktops 3 (and of course Samba for File and Printer serving). > >Unfortunately NDS Corporate Edition for Linux and Zenworks for Desktops is >only really supported on a Redhat Linux 6.1 or 6.2 platform. It works well on a Redhat platform. I've done a little bit of tinkering with the install shell script supplied by Novell on my Debian server but bomb out half way through. I can't say that I'm experienced enough with these sorts of things to be able to work my way through to a solution. Is there anyone out there that would be interested in helping me get the product to work in a Debian Linux environment. I'm sure there are others out there that would be interested in our results. > >Obviously this software from Novell is not free. I have a trial version and >with a little bit of help from Novell we might be able to make it work on the best Linux distribution. More than happy to forward the 9MB file to anyone who wants to help. > >If there is anyone out there who would like to help please let me know. I >would prefer to use Debian on these servers!!! > >Many thanks > >Craig Law > > > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
Re: Pine installation sequence
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Oct 27, 2000 at 11:14:43PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > >I believe that is not allowed by the license. > > I understood that the University of Washington had told the developer in > question that they didn't mind this specific use. Of course, this is not > good enough for Debian, since a licence saying that we can distribute > the modified software but nobody else can is on the unpleasant side of > non-free. > Correct. Debian won't go into special agreements WRT software licenses, but that doesn't prevent individuals from entering in to those agreements in an unofficial role. I actually believe that Pine can be included in Debian with its current license. The license does allow redistribution of modified binaries provided that the letter 'L' is appended to the Pine version number (i.e. the version would be 4.21L currently). That doesn't require any special license agreements on the part of Debian, and it does not restrict further redistribution of the software. noah - -- ___ | Web: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/ | PGP Public Key: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/mail.html -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE5/MCCYrVLjBFATsMRAuSdAJ9ELjXAK1rBzYVSHH1vcvEumAl80wCeISqD uLJtpzEXlmm9jU2MiyfxTmk= =RO8N -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: ls -R | grep char_string
Am Montag, 30. Oktober 2000 00:39 schrieb sena:
> I heard that Christoph H. wrote this on 29/10/00:
> > You are searching for a string in the name of all files in the
> > current dir and subdirs, but I think you want to search for a string
> > _within_ all files.
> >
> > Therefore you have to do something like that:
> > find . -exec grep -H char_string {} \; 2>/dev/null
>
> I think I may be missing the point here...
>
> Wouldn't be easier to do:
> grep -r char_string *
> ?
>
> Regards, sena...
Yes, you're right!
Regards,
Christoph.
Re: Gnus and Leafnode
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Oct 29, 2000 at 08:33:00AM +, Glyn Millington wrote: > > I'm trying to set up Gnus with Emacs 20 and using leafnode - I want Gnus to > to its reading off-line. I think I've pointed gnus in the right direction, > and things start up right, but then I get > "nntp read" > > in the minibuffer and for about 40 mins it reads something that is over 2MB > in size, and that's not my .newsrc file! > > This is my .gnus file > > > (setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "localhost")) > (setq gnus-read-active-file nil) The problem may be that leafnode is reporting that it has a bunch of new groups available. 2MB sounds about right for the entire newsgroup hierarchy. I don't know if the gnus-read-active-file variable is supposed to disable the act of getting a list of available groups or what, as I use tin with leafnode. But I suspect that if you let gnus finish downloading that file, you'll see a list of a whole mess of new groups available. After that, those groups will no show up as they'll no longer appear as new. HTH, noah - -- ___ | Web: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/ | PGP Public Key: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/mail.html -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE5/MQSYrVLjBFATsMRAuh/AJwP4xZ6seOxWxJ4GmjVFSz1r6lzsACfW1eJ QqQfuXhC8KM/qrU3fIPZRE4= =5n29 -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: password protect a directory?
changing permissions to "000" effetively protects a directory. You might even want to do a "chown" to a dummy user for this purpose. Shandar __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. http://im.yahoo.com/
Re: Need help/feedback on backup script
FWIW, here's mine. -chris
#!/bin/sh
VOLUME=/zip
DISK=1
_pre()
{
printf "Make sure your ZIP drive is plugged in.\n"
printf "Press when ready, or 'quit' to quit "
read ANSWER
if [ "${ANSWER}" = "quit" ]; then
exit 0
fi
sudo modprobe imm
cd /
}
_post()
{
sudo rmmod imm
}
_backup()
{
false
while [ $? -ne 0 ];
do
printf "Insert ZIP disk ${DISK} and press when ready "
printf "to continue.\n(Type 'skip' if you want to skip this disk)\n"
read ANSWER
if [ "${ANSWER}" = "skip" ]; then
DISK=`expr ${DISK} + 1`
return
fi
umount ${VOLUME} >> /dev/null 2>&1
mount ${VOLUME}
done
while true;
do
sudo kbackup $*
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
printf "Backup failed for disk ${DISK}. Try again or type 'skip' to
\n"
printf "skip to the next disk.\n"
read ANSWER
if [ "${ANSWER}" = "skip" ]; then
break
fi
else
break
fi
done
DISK=`expr ${DISK} + 1`
}
printf "Hello, this is your friendly system backup script.\n"
printf "Preparing to back up everything...\n"
_pre
_backup -v /
_backup -vz /home/krzys
_backup -vz /usr/local
_backup -v /var
_post
printf "Done backing up everything.\n"
printf "Press to finish.\n"
read
# and here's kbackup:
#!/bin/sh
#
# Run this as "backup" or "verify" or "restore".
# Verify is only really useful in compressed mode (-z).
# When run as "new-volume-script", unmounts and ejects the disk,
# then prompts to continue.
#
# These variables are global, you can change their value but don't remove them
PRGNAME=`basename $0`
OPTSTRING=tfzvnmx:
EJECT=/usr/local/sbin/eject # an incantation for ejecting the ZIP disk
TAPELENGTH=98078 #kB
TAR=tar
MOUNT=mount
UNMOUNT=umount
VOLUME=/zip
COMPRESS=false
VERBOSE=false
EJECT_WHEN_DONE=true
MULTIVOLUME=false
TEST=false
OVERWRITE=false
MOUNTED=false
NEWVOLUMESCRIPT=`dirname $0`/new-volume-script # should be a symlink to us
# list of files to exclude, read the tar documentation very carefully
EXCLUDE_FILE=/var/local/kbackup/exclude
EXCLUDE=`cat ${EXCLUDE_FILE}`
BACKUPROOT=
ARGS=
FILES=
FILENAME=
LABELNAME=
TARGET=
TARLONGFLAGS=
ZIPCOMMAND= # hacky! should be used only in _verify()
TARCOMMAND=
_usage()
{
printf "Usage: $0 [-${OPTSTRING}] " 1>&2
if [ "${PRGNAME}" = "restore" ]; then
printf "archive [files]\n" 1>&2
else
printf "directory(or file)-list\n" 1>&2
fi
printf " -z\t\tcompressed archive\n" 1>&2
printf " -v\t\tverbose\n" 1>&2
printf " -n\t\tdon't eject disk when finished\n" 1>&2
printf " -m\t\tmulti-volume archive\n" 1>&2
printf " -x file\texclude this file\n" 1>&2
printf " -f\t\toverwrite existing files\n" 1>&2
printf " -t\t\tprint the command but don't actually do the job\n" 1>&2
exit 1
}
_mount()
{
${UNMOUNT} ${VOLUME} 2>> /dev/null
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
MOUNTED=true
fi
if ! ${MOUNT} ${VOLUME}; then
printf "Failed to mount ${VOLUME}, exiting\n"
exit 1
fi
}
_args()
{
# need to call getopt twice because 'set' seems to always return zero
getopt ${OPTSTRING} $* >> /dev/null
if [ $? != 0 ]; then
_usage
fi
set -- `getopt ${OPTSTRING} $*`
for i
do
case "$i" in
-t)
TEST=true
shift
;;
-x)
EXCLUDE="${EXCLUDE} $2"
shift
shift
;;
-n)
EJECT_WHEN_DONE=false
shift
;;
-m)
MULTIVOLUME=true
shift
;;
-z)
COMPRESS=true
shift
;;
-v)
VERBOSE=true
shift
;;
--)
shift
break
;;
# this breaks option arguments
# *)
# printf "Invalid option '%s', exiting\n" $i
# exit 1
# ;;
esac
done
if [ "${COMPRESS}" = true -a "${MULTIVOLUME}" = true ]; then
printf "Multi-volume archives can't be compressed, exiting\n"
exit 1
fi
ARGS=$*
}
_backup()
{
TARFLAGS="vcSlpf"
TARLONGFLAGS="--absolute-names --one-file-system --totals
--label=${LABELNAME} --atime-preserve " # --exclude-from=${EXCLUDE_FILE} "
if [ "${COMPRESS}" = true ]; then
TARFLAGS="z""${TARFLAGS}"
TARGET=${BACKUPROOT}/${FILENAME}.tar.gz
else
TARGET=${BACKUPROOT}/${FILENAME}.tar
# TARFLAGS="W""${TARFLAGS}"
if [ "${MULTIVOLUME}" = true ]; then
TARLONGFLAGS="${TARLONGFLAGS}"" --multi-volume
--tape-length=${TAPELENGTH} --new-volume-script=${NEWVOLUMESCRIPT}"
# else
# TARFL
what's /initrd ?
My distribution has an empty directory /initrd. What is it? -chris
