Linux-Misc Digest #501, Volume #25 Sun, 20 Aug 00 01:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: WARNING: Somebody is trojaning UseNet with Perl Script. ("blowfish (Alex Lam)")
Re: Problems configuring sound (TM)
Re: Troubleshooting (David M. Cook)
Re: Problems configuring sound (TM)
Re: Auto-login for Linux? (Robert Heller)
Which verison of X Free 86 is in Mandrake 7.1? ("Gerardo")
Re: Auto-login for Linux? (Andrew Purugganan)
Re: Which verison of X Free 86 is in Mandrake 7.1? (moonie;))
Re: Best Linux Distribution ("Andrew N. McGuire ")
Re: WARNING: Somebody is trojaning UseNet with Perl Script. ("Andrew N. McGuire ")
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From: "blowfish (Alex Lam)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: WARNING: Somebody is trojaning UseNet with Perl Script.
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 20:54:05 -0700
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DO NOT REPLY OR SAVE THIS MESSAGE.
STRONTiUM DOG HAS TROJANED THIS WITH A PERL SCRIPT. (see the bottom of the
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THIS LOSER HAS TO RESOLVED TO TERROR TACTICS BECAUSE HE CANNOT HANDLE ANY
DISAGREEMENT.
- Alex / blowfish/blackbird.
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In article <8nmpai$fms$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, blackbird rises at sun rise
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Good morning, losers,
LOL. This coming from Emperor Gook Geek. All bow.
> See who got more brain?
Oh. Too good.
> Here in the newsgroup, nothing is real. But I am very real.
Real goofy.
> It's not my problem that you have to clean, cook, get the grocery, etc.
> yourself. I've a maid servant for a few years already.
Alex you live with your mommy and daddy and everyone knows it, give up.
> That's whyI don't get trapped in a rat hole like some losers here.
Yes the lat is loose. From soc.culture.asian:
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Verbal Greene
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "The problem with the internet is. Instead of '*its inventor' Al Gore
> called it "the information super highway." Instead, it turned into an
> 'information flees market and junk yards;And wastedland.' As you can
> see in many UseNet's newsgroups." 04/30/2000
>
> Welcome to the geeky gooky world of a kid known variably as
> Alex/blowfish/blackbird/Bill Clintonz, or any of a dozen such nyms:
>
> Alex Lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Alex Lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> blackbird rises at sun rise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> blackbird. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Bill Clintonz. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> blackbird.. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> The Blowfish kook can be found insulting anyone with his presence:
>
> alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.d
> alt.os.linux.suse
> comp.os.linux.misc
> comp.os.linux.setup
> comp.os.linux.networking
> comp.os.linux.security
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> http://online.offshore.com.ai/arms-trafficker/
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From: TM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problems configuring sound
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 05:51:39 +0200
Hello,
if your distibution comes with printtool, you should definetly use it.
HTH
TM
mlq a écrit :
> Hi,
> I just installed Mandrake 7.1 and I am having some problems
> configuring sound for my
> Soundblaster 16 - Vibra 16 card. Under Hardrake (v0.5.3) it shows the
> following info for the
> card :
>
> Vendor : Creative Labs
> Model : ViBRA16X
> MPU01 : Yes
> OPL3 : Yes
> DMA2/16 : Yes
>
> I then click on Run Configuration :
>
> Settings are :
>
> I/O : 220
> IRQ: 7
> DMA8 : 0
> DMA16/2 : 5
> MPU401 I/O : 330
>
> I Click on test and Linux talks to me !!! Everything seems fine. I then
> tried playing an audio
> CD !!! It worked ! However I cannot play system sounds, mp3, wav, au,
> etc .... I cannot under because
> The test works fine and I hear the wav of Linus's voice but nothing
> else except for audio CD's.
>
> if i do cat /dev/sndstat there is not much in the file but it tells me
> that the Driver is loaded as a
> module. Here is more info from that file :
>
> Kernel is 2.2.15-4mdk
> Audio Devices:
> 0: Sound Blaster 16 <4.16> <DUPLEX>
>
> That's about it.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated !
>
> Thanks,
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook)
Subject: Re: Troubleshooting
Date: 20 Aug 2000 03:51:53 GMT
On Sat, 19 Aug 2000 22:53:51 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>I'm going to supervise a workshop were some extent of the workshop will
>relate to troubleshooting Linux (Red Hat).
One of the most important files for catching problems is /var/log/messages,
e.g.:
tail -f /var/log/messages > messages &
/etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail restart # or some other command
kill %1
less messages
Other useful logs are /var/log/secure and /var/log/maillog.
Important commands:
ps ax, ps aux # to check running processes
top # to check cpu and memory usage
ifconfig # to check network interfaces; bring up interface "by hand"
route -n; route #check routing table; bring up a route by hand
ping -n # ping without reverse lookup
modprobe; modprobe -r; modprobe -c # load/unload modules; list modules (also
parses the conf.modules file.)
Red Hat specific:
chkconfig; ntsysv # check/control starting of boot up processes
sysreport # generate a report on the system
A couple things I don't know how to use very well:
vmstat
netstat
On Red Hat systems, rpm is very useful for finding problems:
rpm -V util-linux # Verify the files in the util-linux package against the
rpm database.
The codes it prints out are listed in the rpm manpage.
rpm -Va > verify # Verify all files on the system and redirect to the file
"verify".
rpm -qf /bin/login # show package file /bin/login belongs to.
grep bin/ verify # list modified binaries
grep ' c ' verify # list modified config files
grep -v ' c ' verify | cut -c12- | xargs rpm -qf | sort -u
The former lists all packages that have at least one affected file that is
not a config file.
Note that this only works for things that are in the rpm database. It's not
a substite for tripwire.
To install update packages:
rpm -Uhv foo.rpm #update or install
rpm -Uhv --force foo.rpm #force re-install if already installed
rpm -ihv foo.rpm #install, specifically install along side an older version
if present (-i should always be used when installing kernel rpms).
rpm -Fhv *.rpm # update only those rpms for which a previous version is
installed.
Common problems I've seen:
* /etc/hosts is not correct (missing or modified localhost entry for instance)
(An amazing number of problems turn out to be a wrong localhost entry.)
* /etc/conf.modules syntax errors keep modules from loading
* /bin/login, /bin/ps, /bin/top modified. lsattr shows i or a attributes on
binaries (You've been rooted.)
* Incorrect PATH
>I would like some tips on how to simulate errors in RH,
This is pretty easy to do:
* Remove or munge localhost line in /etc/hosts.
* Add a syntax error to /etc/conf.modules. I've seen linuxconf leave
something like
options tulip irq=
which will break loading of PCI NIC modules.
* Modify permissions on /tmp or /var/lock. If you want to be really tricky,
change the attributes (chattr).
* Add or remove things in /etc/hosts.allow, /etc/hosts.deny, or
/etc/inetd.conf.
* If you have a PnP NIC, turn on "PnP OS" in the BIOS.
* Add an invalid entry to /etc/fstab (or have it try to fsck or auto mount
the cdrom drive with nothing in the drive.)
For the last one, students need to know how to remount a partition rw, e.g.:
mount -o remount,rw /
There are dozens of config files to which small errors can be added. Various
config files, device files, and directories must have specific permissions.
You might want to try a few fatal errors and have the students use a rescue
disk (like tomsrtbt from www.toms.net) to fix them. One very simple
showstopper is an incorrect /etc/ld.so.conf.
Dave Cook
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From: TM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problems configuring sound
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 05:54:11 +0200
Hi,
try sndconfig ogm
TM
mlq a écrit :
> Hi,
> I just installed Mandrake 7.1 and I am having some problems
> configuring sound for my
> Soundblaster 16 - Vibra 16 card. Under Hardrake (v0.5.3) it shows the
> following info for the
> card :
>
> Vendor : Creative Labs
> Model : ViBRA16X
> MPU01 : Yes
> OPL3 : Yes
> DMA2/16 : Yes
>
> I then click on Run Configuration :
>
> Settings are :
>
> I/O : 220
> IRQ: 7
> DMA8 : 0
> DMA16/2 : 5
> MPU401 I/O : 330
>
> I Click on test and Linux talks to me !!! Everything seems fine. I then
> tried playing an audio
> CD !!! It worked ! However I cannot play system sounds, mp3, wav, au,
> etc .... I cannot under because
> The test works fine and I hear the wav of Linus's voice but nothing
> else except for audio CD's.
>
> if i do cat /dev/sndstat there is not much in the file but it tells me
> that the Driver is loaded as a
> module. Here is more info from that file :
>
> Kernel is 2.2.15-4mdk
> Audio Devices:
> 0: Sound Blaster 16 <4.16> <DUPLEX>
>
> That's about it.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated !
>
> Thanks,
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From: Robert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Auto-login for Linux?
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 03:56:55 GMT
Tim O'Keefe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
In a message on Sat, 19 Aug 2000 20:35:41 -0700, wrote :
TO> Hello All,
TO>
TO> I have a Redhat 6.2 box that is being used solely as the sound interface
TO> for a pinball machine that my friend built. I would like to install
TO> board and hard drive inside the pinball machine to keep everything in
TO> one moveable unit (better for installation). This headless box will be
TO> running a graphically based real-time sound environment called pd (a
TO> free version of IRCAM's Max).
TO>
TO> It would be best if the box could start x and log in automatically,
TO> start up the pd program, and be ready to run every time it is booted
TO> up. I'm not concerned about security risks as the machine will have no
TO> keyboard/monitor, let alone any net connection.
TO>
TO> Does anyone know of a script that can achieve this seemingly simple
TO> goal?
TO>
TO> Many thanks in advance!
TO>
TO> Tim O'Keefe
TO>
TO>
I *think* this should work:
reference somewhere in /etc/rc.local:
(assumes a line in /etc/passwd like this (adjust the UID/GID and home
dir as needed):
pinballuser:!!:500:500:Pinball User:/home/pinball:/bin/bash
#!/bin/sh
su pinballuser -c '~pinballuser/startx' &
==========
~pinballuser/startx contains:
#!/bin/sh
cd ~pinballuser
startx
~pinballuser/.xinitrc contains:
exec pd
=================
Actually, if the box is headless, why do you need a *graphical* sound
system? Wouldn't it make more sense to use a non-graphical sound
system. Then all you would need would be the line:
su pinballuser -c 'noguipd args...' &
in /etc/rc.d/rc.local
Then you can dispense with even installing an X server and running it.
X11 uses a lot of resources... You can then live with a random 'junk'
video card (no need to get just the right X server, etc.).
--
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Robert Heller ||InterNet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://vis-www.cs.umass.edu/~heller || [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Gerardo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Which verison of X Free 86 is in Mandrake 7.1?
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 00:10:02 -0400
Which version of X Free 86 is in Mandrake 7.1? Is Xfree 86 4.0 available in
any distribution?
Thanks,
Gerardo
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Purugganan)
Subject: Re: Auto-login for Linux?
Date: 20 Aug 2000 03:58:22 GMT
Tim O'Keefe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
[ It would be best if the box could start x and log in automatically,
[ start up the pd program, and be ready to run every time it is booted
[ up. I'm not concerned about security risks as the machine will have no
[ keyboard/monitor, let alone any net connection.
[ Does anyone know of a script that can achieve this seemingly simple
[ goal?
Today's your lucky day mate
freshmeat.net has THREE autologins: one for KDE, one for GNOME, one for X
i think
just watch out for that deaf dumb and blind kid ;-)
--
jazz
Registered linux user no. 164098 +--+--+--+ Litestep user no. 386
Doesn't it bother you, that we have to search for intelligent life
--- OUT THERE??
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From: moonie;) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Which verison of X Free 86 is in Mandrake 7.1?
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 00:52:18 -0400
On Sun, 20 Aug 2000, Gerardo wrote:
>Which version of X Free 86 is in Mandrake 7.1? Is Xfree 86 4.0 available in
>any distribution?
>
>Thanks,
>Gerardo
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Both XFree86 4.0, and 3.3.6 are in M 7.1. I believe to use 4.0 you have to do
an expert install.
--
moonie ;)
Registered Linux User #175104
KDE2
Kernel 2.4.0-test5
XFree86 4.0 Nvidia .94 drivers
RAID 0 Stripped
Test-Pilots-R-Us ;)
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From: "Andrew N. McGuire " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Best Linux Distribution
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 23:58:07 -0500
On Sun, 20 Aug 2000, William W. quoth:
~~ Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 03:10:45 GMT
~~ From: William W. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
~~ Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc
~~ Subject: Re: Best Linux Distribution
~~
~~ In our last episode (Sat, 19 Aug 2000 20:23:45 -0500),
~~ the artist formerly known as Andrew N. McGuire said:
~~ >
~~ >You don't think it is a little bit stupid to come into a Linux NG
~~ >and ask which is the best distribution? Not only is it stupid, it
~~ >is inflammatory. It is the equivalent of going into comp.editors
~~ >and asking what is the best editor. You will get many who say
~~ >RedHat, Slackware, Debian, Storm, etc... Each person will give you
~~ >their reasons for their distribution being the 'best'. In the end
~~ >it will be you who has to use it, so instead of starting a holy war
~~ >here, why don't you do some research for yourself and not bug the NG
~~ >with inflammatory questions.
~~
~~ Look at it from the perspective of a newbie. Particularly one, as most
~~ of them are, coming from the Windows world where there is a strong "one
~~ solution is best for everyone" mentality. Which distribution is best is
~~ a perfectly innocent and valid question for someone interested in trying
~~ Linux for the first time. He or she doesn't know that there is no such
~~ thing as "the best" distribution.
[ snip rest of post ]
You make some good points, however go to http://www.google.com,
and search on 'comparison of linux distributions'. There is a
plethora of information out there on the net. I snipped your point
about not engaging in flame wars. It is a good point however it
is somewhat idealogical, history has shown a willingness to flame
over:
1. editors (vi vs. emacs, etc.)
2. shells (tcsh vs. bash, etc.)
3. window managers (window maker vs. afterstep, etc)
4. desktop environments (kde vs. gnome, etc)
5. OS'es ( Linux vs. FreeBSD, etc)
6. Lastly, Linux distributions.
To me, with any of these topics asking "which is best" is
inflamatory. To use the classic car analogy, which is better
(Ford vs. GM, etc) will start a holy war among car fans. The
problem is that it is a matter of personal preference, and
if people can possibly disagree, they will. Perhaps I should
take a more newbified approach. :-)
Regards,
anm
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~ Andrew N. McGuire ~
~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~
~ "Plan to throw one away; you will, anyhow." - Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. ~
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From: "Andrew N. McGuire " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: WARNING: Somebody is trojaning UseNet with Perl Script.
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 00:05:05 -0500
On Sat, 19 Aug 2000, blowfish (Alex Lam) quoth:
~~ Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 20:54:05 -0700
~~ From: "blowfish (Alex Lam)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
~~ Reply-To: ..
~~ Newsgroups: alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.d, comp.os.linux.setup,
~~ omp.os.linux.networking, comp.os.linux.security, comp.os.linux.misc
~~ Subject: Re: WARNING: Somebody is trojaning UseNet with Perl Script.
~~
[ snip post ]
This is goofiness, instead of posting this garbage here, why not
report it in the admin groups?
Regards,
anm
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~ Andrew N. McGuire ~
~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~
~ "Plan to throw one away; you will, anyhow." - Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. ~
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