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From: Digestifier <Linux-Admin-Request@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu>
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To: Linux-Admin@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu
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Reply-To: Linux-Admin@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu
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Date: Fri, 9 Sep 94 23:13:24 EDT
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Subject: Linux-Admin Digest #44
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Linux-Admin Digest #44, Volume #2 Fri, 9 Sep 94 23:13:24 EDT
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Contents:
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Re: UID 0 Passwd blues (Andrew R. Tefft)
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ip forwarding/gatewaying with kernel 1.1.18 problems (GJGM)
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Re: PCI+Pentium+Linux+X? (Pete Deuel)
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Re: DOMM 4 Linux /X is OUT !!! (Christopher Wiles)
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Re: Minicom question (Mark A. Horton KA4YBR)
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Re: Q: NFS, Linux -> Macintosh (Mark Johnson)
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Re: DOMM 4 Linux /X is OUT !!! (Mike Loseke)
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Re: What would be faster Dx-50 or DX2-66? (Ian McCloghrie)
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Re: WARNING about shadow-mk package (Joe Zbiciak)
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Wangtech 5099 Tape drive with pc36 card Anybody use one of these? (Don Reynolds)
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Please Help :Printing with a HP Deskjet 520 (Rick Crow)
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Setserial FREEZES under LILO only!!!!! (Lawrence Houston)
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X doesn't work anymore !? (Laurent Chemla)
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Sorry! Addition to Wangtech posting.. (Don Reynolds)
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Re: Q: Logging outgoing INET services (David Werner)
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Serial Link w/ 2 Linux Hosts (Andrew Anderson)
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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From: teffta@erie.ge.com (Andrew R. Tefft)
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Subject: Re: UID 0 Passwd blues
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Reply-To: teffta@erie.ge.com
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Date: Thu, 8 Sep 1994 17:20:42 GMT
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In article 8q8@qus102.qld.npb.telecom.com.au, pclink@qus102.qld.npb.telecom.com.au (Rick) writes:
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>teffta@erie.ge.com (Andrew R. Tefft) writes:
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>
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>>In article o5d@harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au, kevinl@bruce.cs.monash.edu.au (Kevin Lentin) writes:
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>>>
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>>>Having multiple accounts with the same uid and different names are bound to
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>>>cause trouble. Some programs may use other methods besides getuid() to
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>>>figure out who you are. $LOGNAME. getlogin(), who knows what they might
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>>>return.
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>
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>>But it is common practice and indeed recommended quite often. It
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>>seems to me that the software is indeed broken.
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>
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>Recommended where? Take it from me - the fewer people who have access
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>to root privs, the better. I would go as far as to say that you should
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Recommended in books, on the net, etc. What is recommended is NOT
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giving multiple people root access; what is recommended IS the idea
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of separate UID 0 accounts IF you have already decided that you DO
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want multiple people to have root access.
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I agree that the fewer people with root access, the better. However
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people are free to run their systems as they wish.
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---
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Andy Tefft - new, expanded .sig - teffta@erie.ge.com
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------------------------------
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
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From: gmatche1@sol.UVic.CA (GJGM)
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Subject: ip forwarding/gatewaying with kernel 1.1.18 problems
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Date: 8 Sep 94 18:00:14 GMT
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I seem to have a problem with kernel 1.1.18 (actually any
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kernel from 1.1.13 onward ). I have two machines , call
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them A and B. Machine A runs a ppp link to a netblazer
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providing an internet connection. This machine also runs
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named for our local net. The other machine , B , is connected
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via ethernet to nmachine A. With kernel 1.0.8 ther was no
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problem getting to machine B from outside our domain. Machine
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B could also send packets outside our domain as well. When
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I compiled 1.1.18 for machine A , I enabled IP forwarding.
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After installing this kernel , I cant ping machine B from
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outside the local domain. Machine B also cant ping machines
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other than machine A. The /var/adm/messages on machine A indicate
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that when a ping from a machine outside our domain , to machine
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B occurs , it claims we have forwarding disabled and I assume
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the packets go to /dev/null. I can ping machine A from outside the
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domain no problem. Why are the packets not being forwarded even when
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I have enabled forwarding ? Is this fixed in a later patch ? Thanks
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in advance.
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------------------------------
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From: deuelpm@craft.camp.clarkson.edu (Pete Deuel)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc
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Subject: Re: PCI+Pentium+Linux+X?
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Date: Fri, 9 Sep 1994 01:16:21 GMT
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In article <34khnj$4f@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu> djt1@ciao.cc.columbia.edu (David J Topper) writes:
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>From: djt1@ciao.cc.columbia.edu (David J Topper)
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>Subject: PCI+Pentium+Linux+X?
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>Date: 7 Sep 1994 14:12:03 GMT
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>Subject: Pentium PCI + Linux X Motiff
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>I could really use some help on the following:
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>1) Does Linux support the Pentium?
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Yup, ours is a Gateway P5-90 (a Gateway better than usual)
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(PCI HOWTO)
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>2) Does Linux support 32 | 64 bit Video (PCI)?
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The gateway came with an ATI Mach 64; there's an experimental driver, which is
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working great for us! 1024 x 768--woks spectacularly
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(PCI HOWTO, X Free 86 HOWTO)
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>3) Would an SCSI HD make life better?
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Drive access speed will be much better (faster). SCSI may also make it easier
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for you to add a CD ROM and such
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(SCSI HOWTO, Installation HOWTO, I think)
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>4) How does one get Linux + a GUI (X Windows
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/ Motiff) + a C++ compiler> and other utils?
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See Distribution HOWTO--Yggdrasil sells OSF Motif WM for Linux, however
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I've been less than satidsfied with their non-standard file structure. I also
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like Trans-Ameritech--if I had to do it again, I'd get the TA dist. and then
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by Motif from Yggdrasil.
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>5) Are there any major brand hardware peices I need to watch out for?
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Read the HOWTOs to get a sense of it (theres even a Hardware HOWTO)
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>6) Or, is there a list (are there lists) of Linux / Xfree86 / C++
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> compatibility and availability w/respect to Pentium / PCI Video.
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Yup. See The HOWTOs. They are at
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sunsite.unc.edu /pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO
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Basically, here's the lowdown--> read the HOWTOs + a little extra commentary.
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Good Luck, Linuxer!
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Pete
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===================================================
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"Actually, I'm a lab mouse on stilts..."
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E-mail: deuelpm@craft.camp.clarkson.edu
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===================================================
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------------------------------
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From: a0017097@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu (Christopher Wiles)
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Subject: Re: DOMM 4 Linux /X is OUT !!!
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Date: Fri, 9 Sep 1994 21:36:25 GMT
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mike@bob.sc.colostate.edu (Mike Loseke) writes:
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: I tried it out earlier this morning on my work box which has
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: 8meg RAM (486/66) and it ran pretty smoothly in the tiny
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: window. My Xserver is still a little goofy so the larger windows
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: looked a bit off. Other than that, it's great!
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Hold a mo ...
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Pixel doubling/tripling/etc is producing odd effects on my system, also
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.. and my server is configured right. Anyone else with this problem?
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-- Chris
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a0017097@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu wileyc@halcyon.com wileyc@quark.chs.wa.com
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"... but I want to use all eight comm ports SIMULTANEOUSLY!"
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PGP 2.6 public key available by finger for the clinically paranoid.
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------------------------------
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From: mah@ka4ybr.com (Mark A. Horton KA4YBR)
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Subject: Re: Minicom question
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Date: Fri, 9 Sep 1994 00:02:50 GMT
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Brian Curti Harvell (kiko@chopin.udel.edu) wrote:
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: Hi I have a quick question about minicom. I have Slackware 2.0 dist and when
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: trying to use minicom as non root it says that I don't have access to the
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: config file. Now the man page says you can have a file minicom.users with
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: who is allowed to use it but I can't seem to get it right or not in the
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: right place. Could someone help me.
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: Brian
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From the man page:
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SECURITY ISSUES
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Since Minicom runs setuid root, you probably want to
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restrict access to it. This is possible by using a config-
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uration file in the same directory as the default files,
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called "minicom.users". The syntax of this file is as fol-
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lowing:
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<username> <configuration> [configuration...]
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To allow user 'miquels' to use the default configuration,
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enter the following line into "minicom.users":
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miquels dfl
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If you want users to be able to use more than the default
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configurations, just add the names of those configurations
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behind the user name. If no configuration is given behind
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the username, minicom assumes that the user has access to
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all configurations.
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From my file /etc/minicom.users:
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# Sample of "minicom.users" (should be in /etc)
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# Format : User name line [line..]
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# Minicom saves it's setup information in /etc/minirc.dfl.
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# Dfl is default. So normally, everyone should have a default entry.
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#
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#
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# Who may use minicom?
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#
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# User line [..line]
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#
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root dfl /dev/ttyS4
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root dfl6 /dev/ttyS6
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root dfl4 /dev/ttyS4
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root dfl3 /dev/ttyS3
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root dfl7 /dev/ttyS7
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mah dfl /dev/ttyS4
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mah dfl6 /dev/ttyS6
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mah dfl4 /dev/ttyS4
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mah dfl3 /dev/ttyS3
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mah dfl7 /dev/ttyS7
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sbg dfl /dev/ttyS4
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sbg dfl6 /dev/ttyS6
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sbg dfl4 /dev/ttyS4
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sbg dfl3 /dev/ttyS3
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sbg dfl7 /dev/ttyS7
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Not much more to it than that!
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- Mark
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--
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"Linux! Guerrilla UNIX Development Venimus, Vidimus, Dolavimus."
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============================================================
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Mark A. Horton ka4ybr mah@ka4ybr.atl.ga.us
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P.O. Box 747 Decatur GA US 30031-0747 mah@ka4ybr.com
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+1.404.371.0291 33 45 31 N / 084 16 59 W
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------------------------------
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From: mjohnson@sparc.uccb.ns.ca (Mark Johnson)
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Subject: Re: Q: NFS, Linux -> Macintosh
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Date: 9 Sep 1994 12:57:25 -0300
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In article <1994Sep6.174819.2697@xtac.tg.sub.org>,
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Darko Krizic <dekay@xtac.tg.sub.org> wrote:
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>Linux. That would enable the Macintosh to mount Linux-Drives, since Linux
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>simulates a AppleShare-Server.
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Where can I find out more about this? I know someone who is interested
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in networking macs and needs an inexpensive server. Linux would be
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great.
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Mark Johnson
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johnson@vrlab.uccb.ns.ca
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------------------------------
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From: mike@bob.sc.colostate.edu (Mike Loseke)
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Subject: Re: DOMM 4 Linux /X is OUT !!!
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Date: 9 Sep 1994 16:03:47 GMT
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In article <34pssk$h3k@chopin.udel.edu>,
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Jason Aaron Fager <jafager@chopin.udel.edu> wrote:
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>Vianney Govers <vgovers@cri.leidenuniv.nl> wrote:
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>>Sebastian W. Bunka (seb@i102pc1.vu-wien.ac.at) wrote:
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>
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>>: X-DOOM for Linux is OUT !!!!!!!!!
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>
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>Anybody got feedback on how much memory is required for "decent" play?
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>(I.E., as fast as running it on DOS?)
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>
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I tried it out earlier this morning on my work box which has
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8meg RAM (486/66) and it ran pretty smoothly in the tiny
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window. My Xserver is still a little goofy so the larger windows
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looked a bit off. Other than that, it's great!
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--
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_______<a href="http://www.cs.colostate.edu/~loseke">Mike!</a>________
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| Mike Loseke BOFH | Behold, here cometh the Dreamer. |
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| mike@bob.sc.colostate.edu | Let us slay him, and we shall see |
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| Linux Linux Linux Linux Linux | what will become of his dreams. |
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------------------------------
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From: ianm@qualcomm.com (Ian McCloghrie)
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Subject: Re: What would be faster Dx-50 or DX2-66?
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Date: 9 Sep 1994 09:14:51 -0700
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spritcha@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Steven Pritchard) writes:
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>cisko@d0tokensun.fnal.gov (Greg Cisko) writes:
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>>In most cases, with 256K cache (essential in a DX2) the DX2 66 will be faster
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>>than the DX50. DX2's acheive the "clock-doubling" via CPU cache hits. I gained
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>>huge performance increases (in norton sysinfo and 3dbench) by going from 0K
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>>external cache to 256K. Generaly, when the CPU is excercised, a DX2 66 CPU will
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>>be faster than a DX50.
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You're correct, but your reasoning is slightly flawed :) The 256K of
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secondary cache (or however much) is accessed at 33MHz, not at the
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66MHz that is internal to the processor. The *only* thing you can
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access at 66MHz is the 8K of primary cache that's on the chip itself.
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--
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____
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\bi/ Ian McCloghrie | FLUG: FurryMUCK Linux User's Group
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\/ email: ian@ucsd.edu | Card Carrying Member, UCSD Secret Islandia Club
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GCS (!)d-(--) p c++ l++(+++) u+ e- m+ s+/+ n+(-) h- f+ !g w+ t+ r y*
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The above represents my personal opinions and not necessarily those
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of my employer, Qualcomm Inc.
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------------------------------
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From: im14u2c@cegt201.bradley.edu (Joe Zbiciak)
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Subject: Re: WARNING about shadow-mk package
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Date: 8 Sep 1994 12:18:11 -0500
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In <34n0f0$6i4@news.xs4all.nl> bjdouma@xs4all.nl (Bauke Jan Douma) writes:
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[snip]
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>>I, as well as some others, I am certain, would like to see a factual basis
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>>for this outright character assassination that you are making. I have no
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>>reason to doubt that you may be able to support your statements. However,
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>>I also have NO reason whatsoever to believe any of your closing statements.
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>I can support these statements; in trying to avoid just that, a
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>"character assassination" on hearsay, I specifically did not mention
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>a name, but asked the emailer of these statements to follow up on my
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>posting as soon as possible and to elaborate his first hand
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>experiences, to which he agreed. He emailed me back that he had in
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>fact posted that followup, but I have not seen it in any of the
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>threads, including this one.
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Nor have I. I have reveived Email from Mohan regarding this situation,
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and I will say that your statements are warranted given what you were
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told. However, I must say that the information that you were given
|
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was indeed misrepresentative:
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>Btw, stating someone asked for an account, for the password file, or
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>is bragging about violating computer security can hardly be called an
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>attempt at character assassination - as you appear to admit yourself;
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>they may be, however, relevant facts to the issue. I had no reason to
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>doubt that what the emailer said had in fact happened to him.
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I read the email in question. I must say that until we see some hard
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facts on this matter, we *should not* try to make any character judgments.
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(We shouldn't be making character judgments anyway... that's not what
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this is about.)
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>Anyway, given these statements, I felt it warranted a warning about
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>the shadow-mk package; I was not alone in this.
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Yes, based on what email you received, your actions were somewhat warranted.
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However, a bit more research would have been nice. This entire incident
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may have been avoided. Emailing Mohan requesting source for login.secure
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and compilation options used could have been done to verify the origin
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of login.secure, and subsequently, a post updating the shadow-mk packe
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could have been made.
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>If, in fact, my remarks are interpreted by you and others to be an
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>unfounded "character assassination", I apologize to Mohan Kokal.
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I think that no apology from you is necessary, after reading the other
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email. However, the third party (whose name I will also not divulge),
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does have some work to do to support his position. For one thing, he
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bases some of his argument on behavior observed on IRC. Well, I'm
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sorry, but IRC is such an easy medium to spoof that I would not trust
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it. Anyone with a half-hour's time can edit the source to his or her
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client and "be" someone else. Not secure in the slightest.
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(Please, I don't wish to be labeled as bragging about breaking system
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security now! I'm pointing out widely known fact! :-)
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Also, this person makes some other incredible claims. I really think
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that he should probably review his position and his system, and then
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realize that he is indeed mistaken. Perhaps someone should refer him
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to some good papers on system security, and even the "COPS" package.
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The insight may allow him to make a better determination of what his
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system is doing, and may ease his mind.
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--Joseph R. M. Zbiciak
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Systems Administrator & Programmer
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Texas Networking Systems, Inc.
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:= Joe Zbiciak == im14u2c@ =:
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:- - cegt201.bradley.edu - -:
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: - camelot.bradley.edu - :
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If it works, Don't fix it. :-Finger for PGP Public Key-:
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:======= DISCLAIMER: =======:
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: He flamed me first! :
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+---------------------------+
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------------------------------
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From: drynolds@tcd.ie (Don Reynolds)
|
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Subject: Wangtech 5099 Tape drive with pc36 card Anybody use one of these?
|
||||
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 1994 19:33:32 GMT
|
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|
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Ah yes, another help me request.
|
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|
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I was given a Wangtek 5099EN Tape Drive with a PC-36 I controller card.
|
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I read in the scsi-howto that it should work, but (as per normal) it
|
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wont even detect the drive on boot up.
|
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|
||||
When the kernel boots I get messages along the lines of
|
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Wangtek qic02 irq 5, dma 1, 300
|
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Setting buffers
|
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Failed setting
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|
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This is inaccurate but unfortunately the machine is 20 miles away from
|
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here so I cant check it until monday. While these messages come up
|
||||
during bootup (Probing for the card?) the Tape drive grunts.
|
||||
|
||||
Then the scsi devices are probed for, and it grunts again.
|
||||
|
||||
The machine boots normally and there are no problems except no device in
|
||||
/dev will access the tape. (not surprisingly if it cant find it).
|
||||
|
||||
The drive does work under a commonly known boot sector virus called
|
||||
Ms-Dog. I followed all instructions in the scsi-howto on what to do if
|
||||
things go wrong. I fiddled the irq's, the dma's, and the memory
|
||||
addresses all in a vain attempt to get it to work.
|
||||
|
||||
Documentation? Like I said I was given it by an old man. DDocumentation
|
||||
is limited to a couple of grubby stapled sheets describing jumper
|
||||
locations. If anyone actually has one of these or recognises my problem,
|
||||
I would be very grateful if they could email me any suggestions.
|
||||
|
||||
Thanks,
|
||||
Don
|
||||
|
||||
--
|
||||
*** Don Reynolds : drynolds@tcd.ie // drynolds@scrg.cs.tcd.ie ***
|
||||
|
||||
------------------------------
|
||||
|
||||
From: rcrow@sosi.com (Rick Crow)
|
||||
Subject: Please Help :Printing with a HP Deskjet 520
|
||||
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 1994 17:14:24
|
||||
|
||||
I have been following the printer how to, which by the way
|
||||
seem to match almost nothing in slackware version 2.0. No matter what I seem
|
||||
to do the system will not recognize my printer. When it boots the printer is
|
||||
recognized followed by a permanent busy signal on the printer. I have tried
|
||||
changing the printcap several times but to no avail. I know that in the
|
||||
printer how to it states that it is useless to ask for a printcap entry on the
|
||||
net. But I am seriously frustrated and would appreciate any help that anyone
|
||||
could provide. I have also asked similar questions on comp.os.linux.help and
|
||||
never receive a reply.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
Thanks,
|
||||
|
||||
Rick Crow
|
||||
|
||||
rcrow@sosi.com
|
||||
|
||||
------------------------------
|
||||
|
||||
From: houston@norton.geog.mcgill.ca (Lawrence Houston)
|
||||
Subject: Setserial FREEZES under LILO only!!!!!
|
||||
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 1994 12:21:05 GMT
|
||||
|
||||
Attempting to move from using a boot floppy to LILO 0.14 under Slackware
|
||||
2.0.0 (kernel 1.0.9) I found my system hanges executing /etc/rc.serial!
|
||||
There is infact a note in /etc/rc.S (at the point where rc.serial is
|
||||
called) that some systems will hang at that point. I had NO problems
|
||||
when using from the boot floppy generated by "make zdisk" or if
|
||||
/etc/rc.serial is NOT called (2 standard COMs, 14.4K Internal & STB 4COM).
|
||||
I did find a work-around of changing the line near the top of
|
||||
/etc/rc.serial to explicitly enumerate ONLY the serial ports that my
|
||||
system has instead of the double levels of wild-cards. For example I
|
||||
currently have the "PORTS" line reading:
|
||||
|
||||
PORTS=`echo cua0 cua1 cua2 cua4 cua5 cua6`
|
||||
|
||||
which seems to do fine on my system. Was hoping someone else might have
|
||||
an explaination or better solution?
|
||||
|
||||
Lawrence Houston - (houston@norton.geog.mcgill.ca)
|
||||
|
||||
------------------------------
|
||||
|
||||
From: chemla@cnam.cnam.fr (Laurent Chemla)
|
||||
Subject: X doesn't work anymore !?
|
||||
Date: 8 Sep 1994 17:27:08 GMT
|
||||
|
||||
--
|
||||
Hello everybody,
|
||||
|
||||
I have a strange problem : X just stopped wworking today, and I have
|
||||
not made any changes in it's configuration :-(
|
||||
The symptoms are:
|
||||
- The server starts alright, displaying it's grey screen and the mouse
|
||||
(but the mouse does'nt move if I try it)
|
||||
- The window manager (I tried mwm and fvwm, same thing) starts too,
|
||||
and it opens an xterm as usually, BUT
|
||||
|
||||
nothing works from then: no mouse (unless I kill selection before to
|
||||
start X) and no keyboard (and what should I kill for it :-)) at all!
|
||||
The only thing I can do from then is switching to another vc, but the
|
||||
X screen remains. And I don't have to use Ctrl+Alt to switch : Alt
|
||||
alone is enough. Sound's like the keyboard doesn't know I'm under X.
|
||||
|
||||
I admit some things changed since the last time I used X: I changed my
|
||||
IP number and I changed some dip switches on my Soundblaster card.
|
||||
That's all.
|
||||
I tried to change back the Soundblaster config, I tried to use an old
|
||||
kernel as I made some changes in the new one according to the new
|
||||
soundblaster config, nothing changes: X just doesn't want to work
|
||||
anymore.
|
||||
|
||||
I get no error message from the X server, no error message in either
|
||||
syslog and message.. Nothing. And if I switch to the vc from which I
|
||||
started X and hit ctrl-c, X stops just fine, restoring the screen as
|
||||
usually.
|
||||
|
||||
I'd really appreciate any hint or any direction to go to find what
|
||||
happens, because I'm completely confused by this one :-(
|
||||
|
||||
Laurent Chemla.
|
||||
--
|
||||
Laurent Chemla : chemla@cnam.cnam.fr or laurent@brasil.frmug.fr.net
|
||||
Brasil BBS - +33 1 44 67 08 44 - Atari France developpers support
|
||||
|
||||
------------------------------
|
||||
|
||||
From: drynolds@tcd.ie (Don Reynolds)
|
||||
Subject: Sorry! Addition to Wangtech posting..
|
||||
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 1994 19:51:33 GMT
|
||||
|
||||
Sorry I forgot to add my hardware setup.
|
||||
|
||||
Generic 486 sx 25 clocked at 32 mhz,
|
||||
8 mb ram,
|
||||
64k Cache,
|
||||
Maxtor 245 mb hard disc,
|
||||
D-Link (Ne2000 nearly compatible) Ether card,
|
||||
combo IO/VGA card with OTI 77 chipset, generic again.
|
||||
|
||||
Linux version 1.08 with IDE, SCSI, Qic 02/102, ext2, inet, tcp
|
||||
(i think !) options compiled in.
|
||||
|
||||
Sorry about having to post a following article.
|
||||
Don
|
||||
~r .signature
|
||||
|
||||
--
|
||||
*** Don Reynolds : drynolds@tcd.ie // drynolds@scrg.cs.tcd.ie ***
|
||||
|
||||
------------------------------
|
||||
|
||||
From: werner@heim2.tu-clausthal.de (David Werner)
|
||||
Subject: Re: Q: Logging outgoing INET services
|
||||
Date: 9 Sep 1994 21:10:53 GMT
|
||||
|
||||
Frank Dwyer (dwyer@dirac.scri.fsu.edu) wrote:
|
||||
: Barry Yip kam-wa (g609296@win.or.jp) wrote:
|
||||
: :>Morten Jammer (morten@gurke.allcon.com) wrote:
|
||||
|
||||
: Unless I'm reading this wrong :), I think he wants _outgoing_ connections.
|
||||
: Not aware of tcp wrappers that can do this. A _very_ simple change could
|
||||
: fix this though..... Just make your telnet/ftp/rlogin command a
|
||||
: perl/csh/whatever script that writes a log entry and then executes the real
|
||||
: telnet/ftp/rlogin command.
|
||||
|
||||
Sorry, this doesn't work. Everyone who can run your script
|
||||
can execute the 'real' telnet/ftp/rlogin command.
|
||||
The log-files must be either worldwritable or you need
|
||||
a log program that has SU(G)ID on execution or you run a logdeamon
|
||||
which can be connected by a logclient .
|
||||
In all three cases everyone can generate logentries that does not
|
||||
coincidence whit those events that you want to log. In first case
|
||||
everyone can substitute the contend of the logfile by something
|
||||
others.
|
||||
|
||||
Ciao, David
|
||||
|
||||
--
|
||||
David Werner email: Werner@heim2.tu-clausthal.de
|
||||
To obtain my PGP public-key, finger pedw@asterix.rz.tu-clausthal.de or email me.
|
||||
|
||||
------------------------------
|
||||
|
||||
From: andrew@amelia.db.erau.edu (Andrew Anderson)
|
||||
Subject: Serial Link w/ 2 Linux Hosts
|
||||
Date: 9 Sep 1994 12:48:10 GMT
|
||||
|
||||
I'm trying to setup a serial link between 2 linux boxes. Box "a" has an
|
||||
ethernet card and works fine with kernel 1.1.18. Box "b" does not have an
|
||||
ethernet card and is running kernel 1.0.9.
|
||||
|
||||
|-------| Serial |-------| ethernet |----------|
|
||||
| b |==========| a |==========| ethernet |
|
||||
|-------| |-------| |----------|
|
||||
|
||||
I am using known good serial cables, and I have a serial tester on the
|
||||
link showing that everyting appears to be good. I can cat a file into
|
||||
/dev/cua0 on box "b" and see a transfer occuring on the line. I can cat
|
||||
a file into /dev/cua1 on box "a" and see a transfer. So the ports and
|
||||
lines appear to be fine.
|
||||
|
||||
So I tried using slattach and ifconfig to get a serial point-to-point link
|
||||
going. Machine "b" will send ping requests to machine "a" (as seen on the
|
||||
serial line tester), but machine "a" will not send pings to machine "b".
|
||||
|
||||
Next I tried using dip to setup a link, thinking that I may have used
|
||||
slattach incorrectly. I started it with 'dip -t' and used this:
|
||||
|
||||
get $locip <ipnumber of machine> /* these are both unique numbers, so */
|
||||
get $rmtip <ipnumber of other machine> /* there isn't an IP conflict */
|
||||
port cuax /* either 0 or 1 depending on which machine I was on */
|
||||
databits 8
|
||||
stopbits 1
|
||||
parity none
|
||||
mode SLIP
|
||||
|
||||
I checked both ifconfig and route and everything looks ok. Does anyone see
|
||||
a problem here? Is there a problem with 1.1.18 and serial links?
|
||||
|
||||
Thanks,
|
||||
Andrew
|
||||
|
||||
--
|
||||
|===========================================================================|
|
||||
| Andrew Anderson andrew@db.erau.edu |
|
||||
| Novell Network System Administrator "Making the impossible |
|
||||
| Linux System Administrator possible -- daily!" |
|
||||
| |
|
||||
| I don't speak for ERAU, and God knows I don't want them to speak for me! |
|
||||
|===========================================================================|
|
||||
|
||||
------------------------------
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
** FOR YOUR REFERENCE **
|
||||
|
||||
The service address, to which questions about the list itself and requests
|
||||
to be added to or deleted from it should be directed, is:
|
||||
|
||||
Internet: Linux-Admin-Request@NEWS-DIGESTS.MIT.EDU
|
||||
|
||||
You can send mail to the entire list (and comp.os.linux.admin) via:
|
||||
|
||||
Internet: Linux-Admin@NEWS-DIGESTS.MIT.EDU
|
||||
|
||||
Linux may be obtained via one of these FTP sites:
|
||||
nic.funet.fi pub/OS/Linux
|
||||
tsx-11.mit.edu pub/linux
|
||||
sunsite.unc.edu pub/Linux
|
||||
|
||||
End of Linux-Admin Digest
|
||||
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|
||||
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