Linux-Misc Digest #964, Volume #24 Wed, 28 Jun 00 09:13:01 EDT
Contents:
Linux, Quake2 and a PS/2 Mouse ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Shell scripting and chmod +s ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Epson Stylus900 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
no internet connection with a dial-up in WinLinux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Good linux printer ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Modem connects, problems with Netscape, telnet, etc,(Where is my mind?)
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Tin newsreader ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
No space left on device ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
kde tasklist ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
insmod failed? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
loadlin setup: win98 boots despite choosing linux in menu
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
can't install linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
plink in SuSE ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Gnutella fans, READ THIS! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
ftape problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
timex command ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
loadlin setup: win98 boots despite choosing linux in menu
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
connecting to ISP with linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Handle complements ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
kde tasklist ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
loadlin setup: win98 boots despite choosing linux in menu
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
start the friggin music...... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Cant create a partition with disk druid?? (newbie) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Moving between virtual screens: Keyboard commands ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Sun Sparc faster then intel pentium: is this true???? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Telnet LINUX ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Simple questions: Pronounce, FreeBSD, pico etc....*s* ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Linux, Quake2 and a PS/2 Mouse
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:20 GMT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
On Mon, 26 Jun 2000 13:43:04 +0100, Ross Goodley
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have a similar prob with Q2 and mice with my 3DFx Card, run with
svgalib,
>or under X... mouse works fine. Run with mesa or glide... no mouse..
zip
>nada.... any ideas anyone?
Did you try 'killall gpm' first? I haven't run q2 since RH 5.2 (that
drive is not in my computer at the moment), but a PS2 mouse worked
fine
with a 3dfx Monster 3D. I used my Glidepad for aiming.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Shell scripting and chmod +s
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:20 GMT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
On 26 Jun 2000 22:19:58 GMT, Dirk Reckmann
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the
ether:
>I had a simmilar problem a few weeks ago, and found the 'sudo'
workaround.
>But still i'm asking myself: Why doesn't the u+s bit work for
scripts?
Because it's a *SECURITY RISK*!
There's a race condition when you're executing a shell script. If
you had a SUID script, things would happen kind of like so:
(warning,
I could be completely off base on the details here!)
First, the shell assumes root privileges. Then it does a fork(),
creating
a subshell in which the script will run. The child process retains
root
privileges and executes the script. The parent process sets its UID
and
GID back to normal. There is a small (but exploitable) window in
which
the child process has root priviliges, but it hasn't started
executing the
script yet. A clever person could potentially replace the script
with an
arbitrary series of commands, leading to much evil.
Shell scripts are also vulnerable to buffer overruns.
The thing to do if you really really need a SUID script is to make a
C
wrapper like so and chmod +s it:
#include <unistd.h>
int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
{ execve("/path/to/script",argc,argv,envp); }
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows /\ "Man could not stare too long
at the face
\----[this space for rent]-----/ \ of the Computer or her children
and still
\There is no Darkness in Eternity \ remain as Man." --David Zindell
"So did
But only Light too dim for us to see\ they become Gods, or
Usenetters?" --/me
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Epson Stylus900
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:20 GMT
From: Grant Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Linux-Addict <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Trying to install a Epson Stylus900 on rh6.2 . have it printing
> using the Stylus800 driver, but only in B/W.
> Have gone to the www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht for a driver and he
> has one, "stp" but he shows you a text script of the driver, but I
> be damn if I can understand how to download the driver. I did
> download the PDQ frontend program and did a install and make on it
> but it doesn't run. Anybody have any exprience in this area.
You can obtain the driver from the gimp-print project's website at
gimp-print.sourceforge.net (this link is on the stp driver page at
linuxprinting.org). Note that it is a somewhat nontrivial exercise
to
recompile a driver into Ghostscript; with any luck at all the
gimp-print people offer RPMs or the like.
Once you have the driver itself installed, you'll need to make your
printing system use it. For Red Hat, this usually involves a minor
tweak to the printer database file used by printtool; someone on the
gimp-print mailing list can undoubtedly help you muddle through that
-
consult the archives on sourceforge.
--
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http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/
Linux Printing HOWTO and Website: http://www.linuxprinting.org/
I offer consulting in most things Unix/Linux/*BSD/Perl/C/C++
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: no internet connection with a dial-up in WinLinux
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:20 GMT
From: chewie8han <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I am able to dial out with my 56K modem, but from there I can't
connect to
the internet. I'm running WinLinux 2000 with KDE. Is there something
I'm
not setting up? If so what? This is the only thing really stoping
me
from running Linux(as we all know Windows sucks!)
Thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Good linux printer
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:20 GMT
From: Grant Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith) writes:
>> Try the Lexmark Optra Color 40. This is a postscript level 2
printer,
> Unfortunately, the Lexmark Optra 40 has long since been
> discontinued, which is why you got such a good deal -- it was a
> closeout item on buy.com. I just checked, and it's no longer listed
> on buy.com's clearance page, so unless they've hidden the listing,
> they don't have any more. It's conceivable that interested buyers
> could still find one somewhere (I think I heard that egghead.com
had
> some at one point), but I wouldn't rely on the printer's
> availability.
Quite. I now recommend printers from the Epson Stylus line; these
are
quite well supported by the gimp-print project's Ghostscript driver.
They aren't "perfect" by my standards, but they're darned close, and
can be expected to reach perfection in the near future.
See my database, and the gimp-print/stp project's webpage, for
details. http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_driver.cgi?driver=stp
More generally, you may see my listing of perfectly supported color
inkjets at http://www.linuxprinting.org/printer_list.cgi?predef=CJ
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I offer consulting in most things Unix/Linux/*BSD/Perl/C/C++
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Modem connects, problems with Netscape, telnet, etc,(Where is my mind?)
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:20 GMT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Eisenberg)
Hey! I finally got my a modem to work and connect with my Internet
Server after using the following line
setserial /dev/ttyS2 auto_irq autoconfig
It then seems to dial fine after putting a # sign in front of auth on
the /etc/ppp/options(i think correct path). Now after I connect and
it logs in I am unable to use Netscape, telnet, or anything else. It
seems like I'm not connected at all. I tried pinging, telnet, etc,
etc, on many sites. I also used another account besides root since I
read Corel disables Internet browsing with the root account. Any
help
would be great. I also am curious as how to make the setserial line
above load up every time? I think I edit the /etc/rc.boot/0setserial
but I'm not sure if that is correct, and what to edit. Any help
would
be great! Thanks! Take Care. Paul
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Tin newsreader
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:20 GMT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bryan Hoyt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi! I want to figure out how to use tin properly eventually, but at
the
> moment, can someone please just tell me a quick way to download,
say, the
> last 50 messages from a newsgroup (rec.music.classical) on to a
specific
> file on my hard
> drive, and do that only. I've tried various things, but they all
seem to
> take forever, and never get finished, or at least take far longer
than it
> seems it should.
Yet another option is to run a local lightweight newsserver. I'm
running Leafnode on my box over a 56K dialup line. Even with a few
heavy-traffic groups (such as comp.os.linux.misc), it tends to clear
pretty quickly. I run updates once an hour -- not quite realtime,
but
good enough for gov't work. Doesn't tend to bog my other net traffic
either.
It helps to have a couple of phone lines to do this <g>.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: No space left on device
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:21 GMT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Anthony Tekatch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Why do I get the "no space left on device" message if I try to copy
> large files? I have checked the disk space (df -h) and inodes (df
-i):
> $ df -h
> Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> /dev/hda1 9.1G 3.3G 5.4G 38% /
> /dev/hdd2 286M 92M 194M 32% /mnt/shared
> $ df -i
> Filesystem Inodes IUsed IFree IUse% Mounted on
> /dev/hda1 2476032 174741 2301291 7% /
> /dev/hdd2 0 0 0 0% /mnt/shared
> $ pwd
> /home/anthony
> $ ls -al file.txt
> -rw-r--r-- 1 anthony anthony 1070961 May 31 20:38 file.txt
> $ cp file.txt file2.txt
> cp: file2.txt: No space left on device
Interesting, haven't seen that before.
What sort of filesystem do you have on /dev/hdd2? Output from
'mount'?
Does the filesystem check out ok with fsck?
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What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Debian GNU/Linux
rocks!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: kde tasklist
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:21 GMT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
Is there an applet for the KDE panel similar to Gnome Tasklist?
(one-click switching between application) Windows has it, Gnome has
it,
how come I can't find one in KDE?
Thanks
Wroot
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: insmod failed?
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:20 GMT
From: "Devon Harding" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Here is a copy of my "conf.modules"
alias eth0 ne
options ne io=0x300 irq=10
alias eth1 3c509
options 3c509 io=0x320 irq=5
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
pre-install pcmcia_core /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia start
I'm using RHL62
-Devon
"Michael Molson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> are you using RH? you must alias your eth1 to
> the 3c509 module in /etc/conf.modules (modules.conf)
> file.
> ie alias eth1 3c509
>
> mike molson
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Devon Harding wrote:
>
> > I'm getting "insmod eth1 failed" during boot-up, but i'm able to
manually to
> > bring up the ethernet like this:
> >
> > # insmod 3c509
> > # ifconfig eth1 192.168.0.1
> >
> > How can I enable this through boot-up. The device it a 3Com 509b
on
eth1
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > -Devon
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: loadlin setup: win98 boots despite choosing linux in menu
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:21 GMT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ted) writes:
[...]
>[Linux]
>shell=c:\linux\loadlin.exe c:\linux\vmlinuz root=/dev/hda3 ro
mem=128M
[...]
Try it with just
C:\linux\loadlin.exe C:\linux\vmlinuz (etc.)
And of course, you need to have the vmlinuz file (i.e. the kernel
image) in C:\linux . If that is the case and it still boots into
Win98,
then possibly your loadlin.exe file is damaged.
Michael
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: can't install linux
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:21 GMT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have a 13 GB hdd on a quite old computer which bios only recognizes
7.8GB. As soon as I have a partition over 7.8 gb allocated, I can't
install linux (suse and red hat). the strange thing is, that red hat
recognizes all partitions correctly but if I want to partition with
fdisk, the pc hangs. When partitioning with partition magic in
winnt4.0
and then mounting the linux partitions in the redhat install routine
and
pressing next causes again the pc to hang. I know, that some "old"
or os which call the bios for the size of the hdd have problems
installing onto a hdd > 8GB (like win9x, winnt4.0 prior sp4 or os/2).
is
there a way to solve this problem. I don't want to throw away all the
data over the 8gb (Beos and win2k caused no problem at all when
installing). I fussed around almost half a day with OS/2 warp 4 and
ended up with a second hdd and a primary partition. I really don't
want
to have to do this with linux too. so please reply, hopefully there
is a
way,
claus goettfert
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Subject: plink in SuSE
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:21 GMT
From: Chris Hegan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Trying to make jpilot work in SuSE, I have installed the 'plink'
package, which is extravagantly described as a really cool package to
synchronise with your Palm pilot. Well, it isn't.
However I do prefer SuSE over Red Hat, although on RH making
pilot-link
work is a no-brainer.
When I try to sync my palm device via jpilot, I get an error message:
pi_bind Input/output error
Check your serial port and settings.
I have searched the files in the plink package but cannot find any
reference to pi-bind.
I have placed a symlink in /dev linking /dev/pilot to /dev/ttys0.
No dice.
Any suggestions?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Gnutella fans, READ THIS!
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:21 GMT
From: Graham N Hays <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Francois Labreque wrote:
>
> Rick wrote:
> >
> > Jim Hill wrote:
> > >
<SNIP>
> > > >At last, we have a resouce that's not been commercialized and
> > > >exploited...yet...
> > >
> > > Your protest would be a lot more tolerable if you weren't using
a news
> > > server which pisses into the world's spools with every post by
tacking an ad
<SNIP>
> > > > Yeah.. that's at least as bad as redirecting music searches
to porn
> > sites... sheesh. Get a grip.
>
> Hmm... one poster feels cheated that his morally questionable
activities
> (stealing music) are being hampered by another company's
questionable
> morals (spamming porn). The second poster complains about the
> questionable morals of a third company (spamming their services).
>
> Which is worse? You be the judge.
>
> --
<SNIP>
... and all of you have included the 'offending' sig
:-)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ftape problem
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:21 GMT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have installed Red hat 6.1 (Kernel 2.2.12). I to set up my parallel
port streamer with the following settings in conf.modules:
alias char-major-27 zftape
options ftape ft_fdc_driver=bpck-fdc,none,none,none
options bpck-fdc ft_fdc_base=0x378 ft_fdc_irq=7
When I do a "modprobe zftape" I get the message:
"invalid parameter: ft_fdc_driver"
This configuration works fine with SuSE Linux 6.2.
I have found this problem in some newsgroups. But unfortunately I
have
never found a solution. Does anybody know where the problem is?
Thanks
Detlev
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: timex command
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:21 GMT
From: Neil Zanella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hello,
Does anyone know of an implementation of the timex command resembling
the one found on Solaris and AIX for Linux/GNU systems?
Thanks,
Neil
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Subject: loadlin setup: win98 boots despite choosing linux in menu
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:21 GMT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ted) wrote:
<snip>
> >> Having ruled out LILO due to the size of my hard
drive . . .
> >
<snip>
>
> The problem is too much space, not too little. Linux resides past
the
> 1024th cylinder on my 20 gig hard drive, so the version of LILO
that
I have
> will not boot it. Rather than create a small /boot partition at
the
The very latest versions of lilo WILL boot past the 1024-cylinder
limit. Mandrake 7.1 includes it; dunno if other distros do.
> beginning of the drive, I decided it would be far easier just to
use
> loadlin for the time being. I am not exactly sure how to install a
> partition at the beginning of a drive, since it was my
understanding
that
> fips does it at the end.
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: connecting to ISP with linux
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:21 GMT
From: acepea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Thanks for that script. last night while i was looking at
various options in kppp i found one which passes parameters to
pppd. i included usepeerdns without the quotes. nothing
happened. is something else wrong? should i enter the script in
ip-up.d and then try?
the other problem (probably related) is that i cannot enter the
proxy server in netscape->preferences->advanced. if i enter a
non numerical address like proxy1.myisp.net it says that it is
not a valid address.
thanks a lot for all the help.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Handle complements
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:21 GMT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nikodemus Karlsson)
Hi,
I often have to delete all the files in a directory
except one file or one kind of files (*.c).
How can I do this with one command? I want it
to work like "rm -f * except *.c"
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: kde tasklist
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:21 GMT
From: "Lonni J. Friedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Well there are the very dependable "top" & "ps -e" commands. Or you
could use ktop if you're into GUI bloat.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Is there an applet for the KDE panel similar to Gnome Tasklist?
> (one-click switching between application) Windows has it, Gnome has
it,
> how come I can't find one in KDE?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: loadlin setup: win98 boots despite choosing linux in menu
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:21 GMT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ted) wrote:
<snip>
> >> Having ruled out LILO due to the size of my hard
drive . . .
> >
<snip>
>
> The problem is too much space, not too little. Linux resides past
the
> 1024th cylinder on my 20 gig hard drive, so the version of LILO
that
I have
> will not boot it. Rather than create a small /boot partition at
the
The very latest versions of lilo WILL boot past the 1024-cylinder
limit. Mandrake 7.1 includes it; dunno if other distros do.
> beginning of the drive, I decided it would be far easier just to
use
> loadlin for the time being. I am not exactly sure how to install a
> partition at the beginning of a drive, since it was my
understanding
that
> fips does it at the end.
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: start the friggin music......
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:22 GMT
From: acepea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"Bill Piety" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>What happens when you run sndconfig outside X. If you haven't
>tried it yet, as per above 'shutdown kde' and run it from
your 'shell'.
>
nothing actually. i couldnt find sndconfig. is it specific to a
particular flavour of linux? i'm using suse 6.2
-Sid
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Cant create a partition with disk druid?? (newbie)
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:21 GMT
From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
replied in comp.os.linux.setup
Trent Cook wrote:
>
> Hi again,
>
> I figured the best way to get out of my linux mess, was a complete
fresh
> install. Guess not, cause here is my problem:
>
> I have 2 hard drives: one 13gig cut up for windows and one 5gig
cut up for
> linux.
>
> The problem is that I can only create a swap partion on my 5 gig
drive. I
> have deleted all partitions in fdisk, disk druid, linux fdisk,
delpart etc
> etc and every time I come to disk druid in the setup. It says that
I have
> 100% free space on my 5 gig drive, but when I try to create a
/boot or a /
> root drive it says there isnt enough space.
>
> Oddly enough I can create swap files (as many , or as big as I want
with the
> 5 gig drive?)
>
> Why cant I make any other drives? I tried creating them with fdisk
and
> converting to linux but no go.
>
> I did an Fdisk /mbr as well (just cause i ran out of things to try)
but
> nothing.
>
> So I guess Linux doesnt want to go on my machine, but I am sure
that there
> must be something I can do.....isnt there?
>
> Please Help!
>
> Trent (newbie)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Moving between virtual screens: Keyboard commands
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:22 GMT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thaddeus L Olczyk)
Can anyone tell me if there are keyboard that let me pop in between
virtual screens in KDE and Gnome (like in NT there are virtual
windows
programs like powerbar and x-desk which have keyboard commands for
this, respectively CNTL-SHIFT-n where n is the n-th screen, and
CNTL-ESC-n ( or WINDOWS-n on newer keyboards)?
Also keyboard commands to make the bottom menu collapse left or
right,
and in the case Gnome to make the menu collapse.
If there are no such commands, is there a way of defining them?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Sun Sparc faster then intel pentium: is this true????
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:22 GMT
From: Peter Koch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi!
"Carl J. Boll" wrote:
> Finally, Solaris supports their legacy systems? Since when? I
have a
> 3/160 that is locked in at SunOS 4.1.1U, a 4/200 that is locked in
at
> SunOS 4.3 (I believe), an IPX, an IPC, a Sparc 1+ that are locked
in at
> Solaris 7 since Sun dropped support for these platforms in Solaris
8.
> Get your facts straight.
What's wrong with SunOS 4.1.1? It is still better and more mature
than most other Unices, Unix-like and non-Unix OSes.
Tschuess
Peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Telnet LINUX
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:22 GMT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Desmond Coughlan)
On 23 Jun 2000 13:06:46 GMT, J Bland
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >are you for real?
> I'll assume he is...
... and why shouldn't I be ?
I administer Linux and UNIX for a living, and it's by no means
uncommon
for me to attempt a login with the wrong password ...
[snip]
> If you have ssh installed you can use:
>
> ssh -l root address.of.machine
>
> If you don't have ssh or a normal user set up, *do so now*. It's
far too
> easy to break or crash a system if you run as root all the time.
Agreed; root logins should be disallowed from the word 'go!'. Here
at
the FDI, there are two other people who have access to the root
passwords,
in case something should happen when I'm not here. Neither of them
can
telnet into the machines from their workstations, other than into
their
user shells, and are thus forced to run su. That way, I can keep an
eye
on what they're doing ... :-)
--
Desmond Coughlan Network Engineer Forum des Images Paris
France
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Simple questions: Pronounce, FreeBSD, pico etc....*s*
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:22 GMT
From: Hendrix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi guys,
As a newbie, I would like to take this time and ask a few questions
regarding the pronounciation of various GNU/Linux utilities,
commands,
licences, concepts etc...<grin> I've heard that different people
pronounce these things differently anyhow, but just the same, I'm
interested in knowing how you guys repeat these words... Should be
fun,
here goes nothing...*s*
1. vi --- Is it spelled out or spoken "Veye"...
2. GNU --- Is it spelled out, or pronounced "New"...
3. Linux --- Leee-nucks, Len-nucks, or Lie-nucks(How does Linus
say
it?)..
4. SQL --- Is it spelled out, or pronounced "Sequel".. I've
heard
both..
5. Daemon --- Is it demon, or daymon...
6. TCL --- I've heard it called Tickle...???*s*
7. pico --- Is it pee-co or pie-co...??? (Hey, I've used it
too)...*s*
In addition, could someone please enlighten me on the following
"simple-natured" questions...???
1. Why is Unix-based systems referred to as *nix based systems when
linux and various other versions end in "ux"...???
2. Is FreeBSD linux or not...??? When I ordered all the
distributions
from <www.linuxmall.com> I was sent FreeBSD with all the other
distros...
3. Does the POSIX standard dictate the directory structure of *nix
based
systems (usr, home, bin, etc, var et cetera...)...??? If so, where
can
I get a copy of this POSIX standard...??? What else does the
standard
dictate...???
4. Does the sysvinit program install the 'login' and 'sulogin'
programs
when it is installed itself...??? I know the 'init' process
activates
and respawns these programs, but is the 'login' and 'sulogin'
programs
part of the sysvinit distribution...???
5. Does anyone but me use 'pico'...???*smile* Getting used to 'vi'
is
just killing me...!!!*s*
Sorry for bombarding you guys with all these questions, but I figure
this is the best place to inquire...*smile* Thanks to all you took
the
time to read and/or respond to this email... Take care...
Sincerely,
--
Trevor Penney,
A+, Network+ Certified
======================
That's alright, I still got my guitar...
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