Linux-Misc Digest #232, Volume #19 Sun, 28 Feb 99 15:13:15 EST
Contents:
Re: Mouse Response (J.M. Paden)
Re: QUESTION: How to send html or other MIME type from command line. (Ben Greear)
Re: Linux/FreeBSD compatability (Was Re: Best Free Unix? (why FreeBSD?)) (brian
moore)
Re: PPP setup (David Kirkpatrick)
Re: mem=128M hangs system (Eric Potter)
Re: HELP!! was: Reverse IP-Masquerading ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: weird ext2 problem (Jayasuthan)
Re: Redhat 6.0 Release Schedule? (Gary Momarison)
Re: Public license question (Gergo Barany)
Re: Best Free Unix? (why FreeBSD?) (Andy Newman)
GPM causing mouse-X failures, chasing my tail. ("Persell")
Re: sound problem on SB16 (yanyue)
Re: Where are basic linux commands (Gary Momarison)
Re: Where are basic linux commands (Juergen Heinzl)
Linux+Creative CD-ROM (DaStOp)
Re: Best Free Unix? (why FreeBSD?) (Juergen Heinzl)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (J.M. Paden)
Subject: Re: Mouse Response
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 19:01:03 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I just installed Red Hat v5.2 and the XFree86.
>
>I find my mouse is not as responsive as with MS Windows even if I use
>the Acceleration. Is this normal for Linux?
>Is there any software I have to load to make it better?
The following commands in your ~/.xinitrc file will speed up the
mouse in X:
xset m 4 2 &
or
xset m 3 10 &
You can play around with these numbers until you find one that is
satisfactory. Use "man xset" for details.
Regards,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"The last temptation is the greatest treason:
To do the right deed for the wrong reason."
--T.S. Eliot
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From: Ben Greear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: QUESTION: How to send html or other MIME type from command line.
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 11:08:22 -0700
David Z. Maze wrote:
>
> Ben Greear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Ben> I am trying to write a program which will send mail to people.
> Ben> The trick is that I want to send them something that will open as
> Ben> HTML (in their Netscape viewer).
>
> (NB: not everybody uses Netscape as a mailreader. It's *really*
> annoying to get HTML-formatted mail where (a) there's no real
> formatting, just an HTML-formatted plain-text message and/or (b)
> you're not using a mailreader that understands HTML/MIME.)
I know, but I want to send mail that is really a CGI script. It
will be an invitation to play soccer with us on Wednesdays. I figure
if all they have to do is click yes, or no, then they will respond.
I can then keep a real-time tally of who is and is not going
to play.
Of course, I think this could be useful for other things too.
Also, I hate HTML in the wrong places as bad as anyone, but it
also has it's good points, and my company uses it for it's mail
reader, so I will know my target audience.
>
> Ben> I'm pretty sure I need to do something with mime types, but I
> Ben> don't know what or how.
> Ben>
> Ben> Can I get 'mail' to do this somehow? If not, got any ideas? I'm
> Ben> not getting to far searching the web...
>
> It looks like 'metasend' from the metamail package will do what you
> want. But please make sure you have a good reason for doing this...
Thanks, I'll dig it up!
Ben
>
> --
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> "Hey, Doug, do you mind if I push the Emergency Booth Self-Destruct Button?"
> "Oh, sure, Dave, whatever...you _do_ know what that does, right?"
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (brian moore)
Crossposted-To:
comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Linux/FreeBSD compatability (Was Re: Best Free Unix? (why FreeBSD?))
Date: 28 Feb 1999 19:08:41 GMT
On 28 Feb 1999 10:32:09 GMT,
Patrick M. Hausen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Graffiti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I'm sure those people would be more than happy to learn how to write
> > portable code. All they have to do is spend $100000e^inf on a few
> > UNIX workstations so they can run Solaris, HP/UX, SCO, AIX, MVS (Yes,
> > it has UNIX branding), SINIX, ....
>
> Well, then give me a reason, why Staroffice for Linux reads /proc/cmdline,
> which supposedly contains the program's command line arguments?
> I mean, using argv[] would have been black magic ... ;-)
It would be, because /proc/cmdline isn't argv. It's the boot
parameters to the kernel. /proc/<pid>/cmdline would be argv.
--
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From: David Kirkpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PPP setup
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 14:05:44 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Generic info for RH 5.2. Assumption: you installed PPP.
===================================================================
RH puts ppp scripts in /usr/doc/ppp-2.3.5
Copy ppp-on, ppp-on-dialer, options to /etc/ppp.
===================================================================
Modify ppp-on by editing the following:
TELEPHONE, ACCOUNT, PASSWORD
==================================================================
For exec command. put in correct device probably
cua1 (for RH5.2) and modem speed
===================================================================
Edit /etc/resolv.conf and put in ISP nameserver given you by your
ISP.
nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
You usually get two from your isp.
====================================================================
execute ppp-on & and monitor logs with
tail -f /var/log/messages.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
OR:
Control Pannel: Modem configuration. Select
correct device. (used in ppp-on script)
===================================================================
Control Pannel: Network Configurator: Routing: Defaults blank
PPP0 will use this so needs a blank here.
===================================================================
Network Configurator: Names: insert ISP
nameserver addresses.
===================================================================
System Configurator: PPP/SLIP/PLIP: Configurations, Add
Fill in Hardware, Communication. Assumes PAP not
required - If things do not work check with ISP.
==================================================================
Save quit. Verify /etc/resolv.conf has your ISP
addresses.
==================================================================
The linuxconf sets up most things but does not
setup the ppp-on script - that must be done by hand.
==================================================================
Testing:
cd /etc/ppp
execute ppp-on
Ping locally between your network machines to insure your ok.
Ping some net address by ip number like 10.220.10.120. Once ppp
is connected.
Verify your name server working, ping boston.com or do an
nslookup microsoft.com
When not dialed in ping someother box locally by name
to insure yor local resolution is working say if
done by the /etc/hosts and /etc/lmhosts.
Rocco Dimase wrote:
>
> Hello all,
> I have managed to get most of PPP to work under X Windows using
> Linuxconf, but I still need to go to a shell and type "route add default
> ppp0" before I can use Netscape Communicator or even do a ping. Surely I
> shoulld also be able to set this up via Linuxconf, there is something
> about routes in Linuxconf but they don't seem to allow Netscape
> Communicator to work.
>
> TIA
>
> Rocco Dimase
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To see pictures of Melbourne Australia checkout my homepage
> http://www.netspace.net.au/~rocky/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Potter)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: mem=128M hangs system
Date: 28 Feb 1999 15:17:25 GMT
Chris Menzel enlightened this group thus:
> On Sat, 27 Feb 1999 08:58:03 -0600, Chris Menzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>> We have just upgraded a server to a PC-100 Super7 100MHz board with a
>> K6-2/350 and 128MB of RAM. There is one SCSI drive with an Adaptec
>> AHA-2940 controller. We are running Redhat 5.2. After booting, we
>> noticed that the system was only seeing 64MB of RAM. Accordingly, we
>> added append="mem=128M" to lilo.conf, ran lilo, and rebooted. However,
>> the system would then hang in the boot process at the point where it is
>> reading the RAM disk that (for reasons I haven't bothered to understand,
>> being an IDE guy) is needed as part of the boot process with a SCSI
>> drive. Removing the append line and rerunning lilo fixes the hang
>> problem, but of course Linux once again only sees 64MB. The same
>> problem arises if we simply add mem=128M as an option at the LILO
>> prompt.
>
> The answer came from a helpful soul almost immediately: SCSI bioses
> often load themselves in the last bit of memory, so start lowering
> the values of mem to avoid collisions. mem=124 did the trick.
>
> Chris Menzel
> Texas A&M University
>
A kernel upgrade would fix it too. 2.2 kernels can detect all of your memory,
and I believe that 2.0.36 can as well.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: HELP!! was: Reverse IP-Masquerading
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 16:19:44 GMT
With the wingate......how do i connect my machine to the win98 one?
physically i mean.....instructions i have read say a nic card....if i had a
nic card i would not have a prob in the first place...lol. So how is it
done?? anyone?? i looked at sygate....but it was $25 and the trial was only
for like 7 mb or something....help!
Mandy
Patrick Lanphier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Setup the windows machine with wingate last time I used it, it was free for
one user. You also may
> be able to find a driver for the winmodem, but good luck.
>
> Patrick Lanphier
> Advanced Information Technologies
> The Pennsylvania State University
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I have read the HowTo's and the past posts and found nothing on what I want
> > to know. I am running RedHat 5.2, but I have a winmodem,(cant afford a new
> > one right now) so I cannot get on the net as is. I was wondering if there
is
> > any way that I can connect to a win98 machine and use the modem from that
> > machine?? maybe through a serial connection or something?? A friend of mine
> > has a gateway laptop that I want to try and connect to. If this is not
> > possible at all, is there a way to connect our machines and me be able to
> > access the files from her machine. So like maybe i could download files to
> > her harddisk and then connect our machines and get them somehow? how would
> > this be done? anyone?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mandy
> >
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Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 00:42:49 -0800
From: Jayasuthan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: weird ext2 problem
Root Filesystem Full...
Have you check all your log file size... and any core dump around !
Just some tips...
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I have an ext2 root filesystem which has suddenly (about
> 2pm this afternoon) started showing zero available space,
> despite the fact that it is not full up and I can still write
> things to it. I ran fsck and remounted and obvious things.
> Can anyone explain why it does this, and if it is serious?
>
> Thanks,
> Mark.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Gary Momarison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Redhat 6.0 Release Schedule?
Date: 28 Feb 1999 11:21:05 -0800
James Youngman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> > Any educated guesses of when a redhat release that is based on the new kernel
> > and glibc will appear?
>
>
> As always -- "When it is ready, no sooner".
No, no. You answered "When do they say it will appear?".
He asked "When will it appear?".
As always -- "Before it is ready, no later."
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From: Gergo Barany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Public license question
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 19:58:19 +0100
> A question on the GPL:
>
> Assuming I wish to sell a special-purpose Linux-based box (e.g. a Linux-based
> machine running webserver software I wrote) :
> Do I have to release my source code, which for argument's sake includes
> user-mode code + kernel drivers?
Yes, ANY work derived from a GPL'd program must also be released under
the GPL, which states that it has to be accompanied by the source or
an offer to give out the source. See section 3 of the license.
Gergo
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andy Newman)
Crossposted-To:
comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Best Free Unix? (why FreeBSD?)
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 20:51:36 +1100
In article <7b933k$97i$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Lee) writes:
> Yeah. Too bad for you that Linus took steps to prevent people like you from
> stealing the work he and others have put into linux and other OSS software.
>
> A damned shame, isn't it. NOT.
Have any of the Linux developers acknowledged Ken Thompson?
Do most of them even now who he is?
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From: "Persell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: GPM causing mouse-X failures, chasing my tail.
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 19:28:31 GMT
I feel like I'm chasing my tail here. I dropped everything on the calender
to learn/install Linux this weekend. I have the SuSE 5.3 distro and got it
installed fairly well. I try to start X and I get the error
"/dev/mouse", No such device or something to that regard. The SuSE
FAQs say that GPM is the culprit. I ran GPM -k and GPM feeds back
gpm: fatal error (shouldn't happen).
I have a Logitech Bus Mouse on an Iwill Alladin based Super 7 ATX board. I
built a small DOS partition, DOS recognizes the mouse.
I used pico to check the modules.conf file and the init.rc file.
It seems I can't kill GPM as long as there's an error. I think if I can kill
GPM or keep it from starting I will get past this and be able to start
and configure X.
Chasing my tail is making the dog jealous. Any help would be really
appreciated.
Mike
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From: yanyue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: sound problem on SB16
Date: 28 Feb 1999 17:31:29 GMT
try to put all other ISA cards out
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From: Gary Momarison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Where are basic linux commands
Date: 28 Feb 1999 11:33:21 -0800
"George F. Laun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I am a beginner at RedHat Linux and don't even know the basic commands
> like MD, COPY & etc. Where can I find them?
In a book.
Or at a shell command prompt, enter "man -k .". Then enter "man cmd",
where "cmd" is a command that you've choosen.
Or enter "info" and then type "h".
Or investigate
http://www.aa.net/~swear/pedia/books.html
http://www.aa.net/~swear/pedia/learning-linux.html
http://www.aa.net/~swear/pedia/shells.html
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Juergen Heinzl)
Subject: Re: Where are basic linux commands
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 19:35:59 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, George F. Laun wrote:
>I am a beginner at RedHat Linux and don't even know the basic commands
>like MD, COPY & etc. Where can I find them?
Since you're using a new OS now I would recommend the local bookstore
for a Unix book (not meant bad) since things named different or even
might work in ways other than you expect ...
MD -> mkdir
COPY -> cp
DEL -> rm
DIR -> ls
FOO -> bar
... or see man mkdir and so on. Browsing the manual pages via man
can be helpful in so far too that there are cross references to
other things, but nothing can beat a good book.
BTW, do not just switch off the machine but log in as root and
use shutdown -h now for instance ... hope it's not too late already 8)
Cheers,
Juergen
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From: DaStOp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux+Creative CD-ROM
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 18:56:16 GMT
I am trying to set up Linux Slackware from a CD-ROM on a machine with a
Creative CD-ROM originally connected via IDE to the Sound Blaster Card (one
of those old multimedia kits that had the Sound card and the 4X CD-ROM, where
the sound card works as a controller for the CD-ROM). But, I couldn't find
the appropriate driver for the bootdisk...so I connected the CD-ROM directly
to the motherboard on IDE, but I still cannot find the good bootdisk driver!
Can someone help me please??? Thank you in advance for your collaboration! :)
Da$top.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Juergen Heinzl)
Crossposted-To:
comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Best Free Unix? (why FreeBSD?)
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 19:36:00 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, jik- wrote:
>Chris Lee wrote:
>>
>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>> >
>> >> One of my main concerns as to Linux and the GPL is proprietery
>> >> drivers....I only hope that it won't cause a problem that the Kernel was
>> >> GPLed instead of some 'other' licence which would have been less hazy in
>> >> this area. Actually seems to me that the GPL might totally be a problem
>> >> since drivers ARE linked to the kernel,....some people/groups might have
>> >> coniption fits if a company tries this. Besides that though, I have no
>> >> opinion....just glad linux is free.
>> >
>> >
>> >Well, it has happened. A company has released a kernel module which is
>> >binary. Too bad for them, too bad for us,...too bad for
>> >Linux....because the kernel was GPLed.
>> >
>> >This sucks, but I knew it would happen....with all the talk about how
>> >much we want commercial developers to take Linux seriously,...the MINUTE
>> >one does they get egged. This is why Linux will never make it much
>> >further then it already has.
>>
>> They got exactly what they deserved. That kernel module as you put it
>> *MODIFIED* the linux kernel which is against the rules and everybody pretty
>> much knows it.
>
>No it didn't, least not acording to anyone else...I never did get to see
>thier website...
>No, it required modifications to the kernel, which were made publicly
>available....How could they not be, in order to modify the kernel you
>have to recompile it or your just adding in a module....
>
>I see no sin here. They wanted to sell a module for Linux, the linux
>kernel fell short of the requirements so they give out some sort of
>patch with thier binary module. This is a perfectly resonable course of
>action for them, it should not be a problem. If it IS a problem then
>obviously they should just take thier business elsewere,....but like I
>said, thats just too bad for the entire community, not just them but us
>as well because AFAIK they are the only ones offering this kind of
>driver to Linux.
Well, better nothing than something that is against the rules some
defenders of the holy grail think have to be interpreted such and such
since everybody else but them is an idiot anyway ...
>I for one think it is about time the Linux world made up its MIND.
>Everyone says how great it would be if some of the commercial developers
>would write drivers for Linux. Then we could have better hardware
>support....but look what happens when someone does. Same sort of
>bullshit that happened when KDE was released,....
... sadly enough I have to agree. I guess some there are fed up with
Linux now and I must say being with Linux since 0.99.8 the tone has
gone down the gutter quite fast. People talk about stealing some
others ideas ... holy shit ... Linus went to school and all our life
is built on "stealing" others ideas, it's named learing.
Maybe the next time I use a 0 in my programme I should add a note,
"0 TM some unknown Babylonian" or stuff like that and search for
some unknown descendant so I can ask whether I am allowed to use it.
>>
>> They tried pulling a fast one and got nailed for it. End of story.
Tell me if you're going to sue the whole world so I can become a lawyer
in due time.
>Yeah, they sure thouight they had us huh....make a driver for Linux will
>yah!!! Well we'll just SEE about that!
I really would be interested how many of the people who think they've to
say something actually gave something back to the "community" or are they
just big mouths that have seen the light after growing out of their C64
pimple years.
Forgive me, but more and more I am really just pissed off by this "off
with their head" attitude.
Juergen
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