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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: Wed, 21 Sep 94 14:17:30 EDT
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Subject: Linux-Admin Digest #87
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Linux-Admin Digest #87, Volume #2 Wed, 21 Sep 94 14:17:30 EDT
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Contents:
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Re: Term-rlogin setuid-root: security hole? (Bill C. Riemers)
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Re: Want to read boot mes (Riku Saikkonen)
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Re: Disappearing Keyboard (Nick Hilliard)
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What user interface to use??? (Tony Schwartz)
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Re: SLIP/CSLIP & E-mail (Gunter Spranz)
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floppy problems on Linux 1.1.51 (Kees Lemmens)
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Re: talk problem (Andrew Robert Ellsworth)
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WD90c33 SVGA & Xfree ( LINUX) - HOW ?! (Rashid Karimov)
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DCE (Christoph Liebig)
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Re: Mosaic-2.4 on Linux - what to do with Motif? (Dirk Keunecke)
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exportfs Equivalent (Ian V. Quickmire)
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ETHER 16+ (Andre Fachat)
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Re: Printers on the parallel port (Ledford George D)
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Re: Need DL/Time Limiting ideas - Linux BBS (Sanford Zelkovitz)
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ok for ISDN but for X.25 (paolo bertona)
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common backup scripts in Linux community? (Bob Arnold)
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Install without repartitioning?? (Alexander A Durzy)
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Need Hel p with fixing possible ATI Mach 32 X server (Ren B. Bitonio)
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From: bcr@k9.via.term.none (Bill C. Riemers)
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Crossposted-To: comp.protocols.misc
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Subject: Re: Term-rlogin setuid-root: security hole?
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Date: 21 Sep 1994 07:49:42 GMT
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Reply-To: bcr@physics.purdue.edu
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>>>>> "Alexandra" == Alexandra Griffin <acg@kzin.cen.ufl.edu> writes:
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Alexandra> I grabbed the pre-compiled RLOGIN binary off the
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Alexandra> bohr.physics... site, and found that it did not work
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Alexandra> properly in "shared" mode (i.e. it wouldn't find the
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Alexandra> TERM socket except when run from the account that
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Alexandra> started TERM, or by root). Making rlogin setuid-root
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Alexandra> fixes this, and things seem to work perfectly: when
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Alexandra> rlogin'ing to a remote system, the user name that gets
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Alexandra> passed through is that of whoever runs TERM, not root.
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Alexandra> So, it seems to work great, but am I opening myself up
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Alexandra> to any security holes by doing this? I've checked for
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Alexandra> the obvious ones already (it won't let you rlogin as
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Alexandra> root to localhost without a password, etc.), but is
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Alexandra> there something I'm overlooking?
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You are wise to be conserned. Anyone can hack your account at this
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point with the command:
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rlogin -l acg remotehost
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Obviously, this is the incorrect behavior, since "rsh" and "rlogin"
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should be SUID=root. So I just corrected this bug, and uploaded the
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fix as term-2.1.2.tar.gz. So now you will find any user can do
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rlogin localhost
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but only root, and you can do:
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rlogin -l acg remotehost
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Followups redirected to comp.protocols.misc.
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Bill
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Subject: Re: Want to read boot mes
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From: riku.saikkonen@compart.fi (Riku Saikkonen)
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Date: Wed, 21 Sep 94 00:33:00 +0200
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>>Where (or are) the messages displayed at boot stored? Is there a way
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>>to read the messages that are written to the console at boot?
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>/var/adm/messages on my Slackware 2.0 system.
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>Does this location change with various distributions, or is this
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man syslogd...
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-=- Rjs -=- riku.saikkonen@compart.fi - IRC: Rjs
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"For still there are so many things / that I have never seen: /
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in every wood in every spring / there is a different green." - Tolkien
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From: nick@flapjack.ieunet.ie (Nick Hilliard)
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Subject: Re: Disappearing Keyboard
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Date: Tue, 20 Sep 1994 20:00:12 GMT
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Bao Chau Ha (habaoch@eng.auburn.edu) wrote:
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: In article <wpp.780052252@marie> wpp@marie.physik.tu-berlin.de (Kai Petzke) writes:
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: >
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: >>Does anyone have an idea why after boot up my keyboard would suddenly act
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: >>as if it's not getting any power? Everything worked fine as I set things
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: >>up using the root and boot disks.
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: >
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: >Did you accidently press Ctrl-Q? That stops any further screen output,
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: >including, what you type.
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: >
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: >Press Ctrl-S for remedy.
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: Shouldn't it be the other way around? I always thought Ctrl-S locks
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: the screen scrolling and Ctrl-Q releases the scroll lock.
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I had a peculiar problem with one Linux box I used. It would stay up for
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ages with any problems. But occasionally, I used to build up a static
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charge on my clothes. When this discharged into the desk (not electrically
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attached to the computer), the keyboard would immediately freeze, and the
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machine would have to be rebooted. It only happened occasionally. But just
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enough to worry about frying the internals.
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It never happened with DOS.
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Nick
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--
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Thought for the day:
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"Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any
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good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats."
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-- Howard Aiken
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From: tony@teleport.com (Tony Schwartz)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development
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Subject: What user interface to use???
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Date: Tue, 20 Sep 1994 12:10:37
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When do dial into your local ISP using a standard terminal connection, what
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software is used to providet the menuing, ability to do internet functions
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like telnet, ftp, gopher, etc???
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Recommendations please and locations on obtaining these....
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Thanks
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Tony Schwartz
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From: gunter@schiele-ct.de (Gunter Spranz)
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Subject: Re: SLIP/CSLIP & E-mail
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Date: 20 Sep 1994 20:56:21 GMT
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Reply-To: gunter@schiele-ct.de
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In article kcb@sundog.tiac.net, jnykiel@vortex.tiac.net (James Nykiel) writes:
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>
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> This is probably a stupid question but can somebody help me out with this, ok,
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> I call my internet provider and start my SLIP/CSLIP connection as the root
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> user, the connection is established so I switch virtual consoles and log in
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> as jnykiel and start X Windows.
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> I decide to send somebody E-mail which I have no problems but what happens
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> when somebody sends me E-mail and I am offline (no SLIP/CSLIP connection),
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> where does this mail go, does the sender get a message that says I am un-
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> reachable or what, all I know is that I never get any mail, possibly know-
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> body loves me :( or I am doing something wrong.
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>
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The easiest way is to ask your provider to create a normal user account on his
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internet box for you. You should name this user the same as on your local box, so when replying to usenet messages the right user@domain is given as reply address. To read your mail you simply telnet to this user, login and call your favourite mail reader (you read your mail remotely and online this way, if you don't want that, perhaps because you were on vacation and millions of msgs have arrived, you can also copy the mail-directory via ftp to your machine). You can write mail on your own machine via slip or remotely, the latter has the advantage that you have only one mail directory.
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You should also check that your domain name is right on your local box (just call "domainname"), it should be that of your provider.
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> Any help will be greatly appreciated,
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> Thanx...
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> James Nykiel
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Gunter
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From: lemmens@dutind5.twi.tudelft.nl (Kees Lemmens)
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Subject: floppy problems on Linux 1.1.51
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Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1994 09:03:42 GMT
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Hi,
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Recently installed Linux 1.1.51. However, when I mount a DOS floppy
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and try to unmount it when finished, in about 50 % of the cases the
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unmount command crashes with a Segmentation Fault and exits.
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This leaves an /etc/mtab~ hanging around and corrupts the filesystem
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information:
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'df' then yields an entry for /fd0 (my floppydrive) with the statistics
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of my Linux partition.
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A second mount and unmount (after removing the /etc/mtab~) often fixes
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the problem.
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Anyone who experienced the same or anyone who knows how to avoid this ?
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Thanks in advance.
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--
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Kees Lemmens, | Phone : +31-15-787229
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Dep. Applied Analysis, | Fax : +31-15-787209
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Fac. Techn. Maths & Informatics, | PO Box : 5031; NL-2600 GA Delft
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Delft University of Technology. | E-mail : lemmens@dv.twi.tudelft.nl
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The Netherlands. |
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BTW: I noticed the floppy handling was completely revised in 1.1.51 ...
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From: are1@ritz.cec.wustl.edu (Andrew Robert Ellsworth)
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Subject: Re: talk problem
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Date: 17 Sep 1994 15:10:02 -0500
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>>| I have a problem with talk.
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>>| I cannot talk to a user I know on another system, even though they have
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>>| been able to talk me, I can't reply.
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>>| I get this: Connection Refused. (111)
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>>| What's this all about anyhow? I can't find anything on this anywhere.
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I had a similar problem with talk, except that mine said "couldn't attach to
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control socket". (Don't know if that's related to your problem or not.)
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Putting an entry in /etc/hosts for your own machine (not localhost) fixed it
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for me.
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Andy Ellsworth
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are1@cec.wustl.edu
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(INSERT CREATIVE FOOTER HERE)
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From: rashid@demos.su (Rashid Karimov)
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Subject: WD90c33 SVGA & Xfree ( LINUX) - HOW ?!
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Date: 21 Sep 1994 08:41:17 GMT
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Hi netters !
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Well , subject says it all. It doesn't play .
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I've tried all possible combinations >
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If anyone solved this - please, let me know. Plus
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private E-mail would be fine ( Xconfig ).
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SY
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RK
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From: chris@isa.informatik.th-darmstadt.de (Christoph Liebig)
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Subject: DCE
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Date: 21 Sep 1994 10:06:38 GMT
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Hello !
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Is there a project on porting/implementing the DCE (from OSF) to the Linux OS ?
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Maybe there are ports of some services (like threads/RPC) already available ?
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Chris
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chris@isa.informatik.th-darmstadt.de
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From: dk@panda.rhein-main.de (Dirk Keunecke)
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Subject: Re: Mosaic-2.4 on Linux - what to do with Motif?
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Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1994 00:33:10 GMT
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dougal@vespucci.iquest.com (Dougal Campbell) writes:
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>In article <1994Sep16.214038.3@vms.huji.ac.il>, Yehavi Bourvine (58-4279) said something like:
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>> Hello,
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>> I am trying to build Mosaic-2.4 under Linux and have a problem: It needs
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>> Motif...
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>> Where can I find Motif for Linux, or the other way: Where can I find Mosaic
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>> which doesn't need Motif?
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>> Thank you in advance,
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>> __Yehavi:
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>Motif is a liscensed product which you'd have to purchase. It tends to
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>cost around $149 for the SWiM CDROM.
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[deleted...]
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Err.., my Mosaic runs without any Motif (shouldn't it ?). OK, i don't have BUILD
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it from the sources. I got the compiled stuff from a ftp-server in Germany
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(ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de) and it works like a champ. But since this is a
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mirror of server(s) in the US, this stuff should be available for you on a server
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nearby (sunsite ?). If MOTIF is necessary to build Mosaic, it isn't to run it.
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Regards,
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Dirk
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--
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\|/ ____ \|/===============================================================
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@~/ ,. \~@ = Dirk Keunecke | =
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/_( \__/ )_\= dk@panda.rhein-main.de (H) | Mittlerer Hasenpfad 50 =
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\__U_/ = dk@ibzffm.de (W) | 60598 Frankfurt/Main - Germany =
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From: ianq@hookup.net (Ian V. Quickmire)
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Subject: exportfs Equivalent
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Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1994 09:19:15
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As the subject states, I am curious as to whether there is an exportfs
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equivalent under Linux. I can't seem to find anything ...
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And, while I'm at it, any way to set biods for nfs under Linux, possibly to
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improve nfs performance?
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Thanks ...
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Home: ianq@hookup.net
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Work: izq00@amail.amdahl.com
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CI$: 74032,573
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From: fachat@galileo.rhein-neckar.de (Andre Fachat)
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Subject: ETHER 16+
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Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1994 01:01:28 GMT
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Hi there!
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I recently bought me a used Ethernet card to connect my two linux boxes.
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But I didn't get any driver (yet) to go with it (Kernel 1.0.9) :-(
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Maybe someone else can help, because unfortunately I do not have
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any further docs or config software.
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Here is some stuff about the card:
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It is a 16 Bit ISA card.
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Printed on it: "ETHER 16+ REV-B". It has Cheapernet (BNC) and Tranceiver
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(15 pin D-Sub Female) outputs.
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One big ASIC with "DL3516A" (big) and "F25D 119" (small) on it,
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one 24 Pin DIL with "B9218" and "DP83910AN" on it,
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one 20 Pin DIL with "DE-200+ 01" and "A1134-00-1BS 9229",
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one 16 Pin DIL with "B9224" and "DP8392CN" on it.
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Two 5864 RAM (I guess they make up 16 kBYte RAM)
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an (empty) BOOT-ROM Socket (28 Pin)
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Jumper:
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JP3: IRQ for 3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12,14,15
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JP6: labeled "I/O", numbered from 1 to 5, I assume them
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being Address lines A5-A9
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JP5: labeled "MEM", numbered from 1 to 3,
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they seem to set buffer and/or boot rom address ???
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I tested it with a Cx486DX40 Board, having the I/O-jumper
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set to 0x300 (which is free in my system) and drivers see that
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there is something but don't recognize. IRQ was set IRQ 10,
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having ETH0_IRQ set to 10 in the CONFIG-File in drivers/net.
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Thanks in advance
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Andre
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--
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Andre Fachat mail me! fachat@galileo.rhein-neckar.de
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FIDO: Andre Fachat@2:2468/6020.4 GERNET: Andre Fachat@21:100/3338.4
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From: gdl297s@cnas.smsu.edu (Ledford George D)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
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Subject: Re: Printers on the parallel port
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Date: 21 Sep 1994 03:18:22 GMT
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George Photakis (georgep@sabre.com) wrote:
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: In article <35mg9d$ob3@crl4.crl.com> sefarlow@crl.com (Stephen E. Farlow)
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: writes:
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: >George Photakis (georgep@sabre.com) wrote:
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: >: In article <350th4$dtj@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> webblab@koala.ecn.purdue.edu (K
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: >Webb/Lab Acct) writes:
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: >: >I am trying to connect a laser printer to the parallel port.
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: >: >The printer HOWTO file specifies to use /dev/lp1 for this port, but it
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: >: >doesn't work. I even tried ls -l > /dev/lp1 and I got the following error.
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: >: LPT1 in DOS is /dev/lp0 under Linux....
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: >: George Photakis
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: >*****************************************************************
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: >WRONG!!! A laser printer in Linux is /dev/lp1 !!! Becareful here!
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: >*****************************************************************
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: >--
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: That's funny, my HP LaserJet IIIP is LPT1 under DOS and is accessed by lp0
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: under Linux. My HP DeskJet 550C is LPT2 under DOS and is lp1 under Linux.
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: I've been printing to lp0 for the past month now and the paper continues to
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: come out on the LaserJet.
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: George
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Actually, MS-DOS uses a seek sequence to set up lpt devices. It searches in
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the same order as linux for lpt devices, but the first one found is put at
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lpt1, the second at lpt2, etc. You will never see a DOS machine that has
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an lpt2 but not an lpt1. Linux, on the otherhand, uses a table to identify
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lpt ports. If the first port isn't found, then lp0 will not exist, regardless
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of whether or not other lp devices do exist. It is quite possible then that
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lpt1 under does can be the same as lp2 under linux if the only parallel port
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is installed at 0x278. What device a certain lpx port is connected to
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depends entirely on which cable is plugged into which piece of hardware.
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With multiple lp devices it may take some experimentation to find out which
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device is connected to what. So, to answer the original question, the HOWTO
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may say that the printer *should* be connected to lp1, which for the most part
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is correct because 90%+ of all parallel ports installed in systems use the
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address of device lp1, but it also *may* be connected to another lp device.
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As I sais, experimentation sounds like it is in order here. One easy way to
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tell is to check /var/adm/messages after a boot and look for a line that
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says something like "lpx exists: using polling driver". This will tell you
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what lp device you have, if indeed any is found, which depends on the lp
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device driver being configured into the kernel.
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--
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*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*
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* Doug Ledford | gdl297s@cnas.smsu.edu *
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* 948 E. Normal | College of Natural and *
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* Springfield, MO 65804 | Applied Sciences *
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* (417)866-2324 | Computer Sciences Major *
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*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*
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If you want your spouse to listen and pay strict attention to every
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word you say, talk in your sleep.
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From: sandy@rmii.com (Sanford Zelkovitz)
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Crossposted-To: alt.bbs,alt.bbs.unixbbs
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Subject: Re: Need DL/Time Limiting ideas - Linux BBS
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Date: 21 Sep 1994 15:48:05 GMT
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Heikki Johannes Pernu (hpernu@delta.hut.fi) wrote:
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: >> either. A BBS needs to know what speed the user connects at to estimate
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: >> if they have enough time to finish downloading a file. This requires
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: >> knowing the connect string. A standard Unix getty doesn't see this or
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: >> pass it onto the BBS. As a result Uniboard will let users download for
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: >> hours beyond their time limit.
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: Well ... I did program my own getty for that purpose.
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: It puts the speed and protocol settings to environment
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: variables and invokes login so that it'll preserve
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: the environment for the shell ( -p option )
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: All interested parties please mail.
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: I might consider a ftp upload but it's really an
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: Alpha-Alpha release and uses many features that might not
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: work with any other configuration but my own. It's
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: not hard to program one, however.
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: Send e-mail to hpernu@snakemail.hut.fi
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XBBS does get the connect speed from the termio structure and uses it to
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determine the length of time required to download a particular file.
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After saying this, there is still a problem with the technique. On my
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lines that are connected to my 28.8K modems, the computer baud rate is
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always 38.4K baud! Therefore, whenever a user logs in on one of those
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lines, the computer thinks, reguardless of the actual modem connection
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speed, that the caller is calling in at 38.4K.
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Each port has a log file associated with it called callers.bbsxx, where
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xx is the last two characters of the port id. In this file ( or files )
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the calling baud rate is logged for the sysop. Unfortunately, on lines
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that are fixed at a particular baud rate, such as 38.4K, it will always
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show the fixed baud rate since that is what the computer thinks the connection
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is at.
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Sandy
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--
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Sanford <sandy> Zelkovitz sandy@alphacm.rmii.com
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Home of XBBS 1200/2400/Telebit PEP/FAX 719-548-0782
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4800/9600/14.4K/28.8K 719-548-0757
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Voice: 719-548-9971
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From: bertop@c700-1.sm.dsi.unimi.it (paolo bertona)
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Subject: ok for ISDN but for X.25
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Date: 19 Sep 1994 19:18:38 +0200
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I am happy that some support for ISDN exist, but
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it is possible that there is nothing for X.25 cards ?
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please help ;)
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Paolo Bertona.
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From: rca@queernet.org (Bob Arnold)
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Subject: common backup scripts in Linux community?
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Date: 20 Sep 1994 20:39:03 -0700
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I'm new to Linux, but have a lot of experience with other UNIXs, and
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I have a question:
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Are there any commonly used backup scripts in the Linux community?
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I've looked at the FAQs, HOWTOs, comp.os.linux.* newsgroups, Ftape
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documentation, and Linux Documentation Project files (particularly
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the System Admin Guide) from sunsite.unc.edu.
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I haven't been able to find info about commonly used backup scripts
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or tools. It seems the alternatives are generally plain and simple
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'tar/gnutar' or 'cpio' (has anyone ported BSD 'dump' to Linux?).
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Bob
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--
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__ __ __ Bob Arnold
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|/ \ / \ / \| True Name: rca@m
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| / / | Egres, an ex-Ingres company :-)
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| \___/ \___/| Email: rca@queernet.org
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From: durzya@titan.ucs.umass.edu (Alexander A Durzy)
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Subject: Install without repartitioning??
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Date: 21 Sep 1994 16:21:07 GMT
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Does anyone know if there is a way to install linux
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without repartitioning a DOS formatted drive?
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
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From: kiddykid@netcom.com (Ren B. Bitonio)
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Subject: Need Hel p with fixing possible ATI Mach 32 X server
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Date: Mon, 19 Sep 1994 22:17:40 GMT
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I have a question relating to ATI graphics cards, and I hope some one
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can help me.
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I've read some where that there exists some problems with ATI cards. I
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have recently installed Linux on my PC but I have much knowledge about UNIX.
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But I have a question regarding the the XF86_Mach32 server.
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I got X windows running; that is, I do get the blue screen and the three
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pop menus. I can use X applications and shells, but the problem is exiting
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X windows.
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When I wish to exit and select the exit windows option, the blue screen
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background sure disappears, but I never get the black text mode I started
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X windows from. Instead, the blue screen background which size is the entire
|
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monitor's display then changed to a green flickering screen which size is
|
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around half the display and in the center of the display with a border of
|
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black. And I never return to the text mode with a shell prompt such as
|
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csh or sh.
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This problem also occurs when I try to switch to a virtual console using
|
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the CTRL-ALT-F(1...) key sequences, and again I get the some problem, a
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display with a flickering rectangle centered around the middle of the
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display with a black border.
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I've tried some utilities in the svgalib package from ftp:sunsite --
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savetextmode and restoretext, but I have no success there since the problem
|
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stated above was still existing. No matter what window manager I use, mwm,
|
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fvwm, or olwm, I still have problem exiting X-windows in that the X server
|
|
never shuts down. According to the error I have got from starting X with
|
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'startx', the error messages indicate that the X server is slow in shutting
|
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down. Why is that? Is the green screen an intermediary step before returning
|
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to the text mode? Just wondering... For me to exit, I have to dreadfully
|
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use CTRL-ALT-DEL to reboot and return to a text mode display.
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I've included my Xconfig file, and I have a 486DX2-66 AST Advantage Plus
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PC. It has an AST local bus and the ATI graphic chipset 68000 is integrated
|
|
on the motherboard itself; that is, the ATI chipset is not an add-in board.
|
|
My monitor is a Panasonic C1795E (PanaSync) 17" monitor which also conforms
|
|
to VESA monitor signaling. I am using XFree86 2.1 or 2.1.1.
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|
|
|
Another Linux user told me to try to use XF86_Mach32 2.0 server but it didn't
|
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work.
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|
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Seriously, is the ATI mach 32 X server pretty stable and compatible? Or I
|
|
haven't fine tune my video modes?
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|
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I hope you can lead me to try to find an answer, and I appreciate any help.
|
|
Thank you very much.
|
|
|
|
Ren B. Bitonio
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ren@octel.com
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|
rbitonio@scuacc.scu.edu
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|
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ps. I have read many HOWTO's and still I have not solved this problem.
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|
==========
|
|
Attached is my Xconfig file.
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|
|
|
# Copyright 1990,91 by Thomas Roell, Dinkelscherben, Germany.
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|
# Copyright 1992,93,94 by David Dawes, David Wexelblat
|
|
#
|
|
# Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software
|
|
# and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee,
|
|
# provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and
|
|
# that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in
|
|
# supporting documentation, and that the names of the above listed authors
|
|
# not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of
|
|
# the software without specific, written prior permission. The above
|
|
# listed authors make no representations about the suitability of this
|
|
# software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or
|
|
# implied warranty.
|
|
#
|
|
# THE ABOVE LISTED AUTHORS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS
|
|
# SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
|
|
# FITNESS, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ABOVE LISTED AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR
|
|
# ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER
|
|
# RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF
|
|
# CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN
|
|
# CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
|
|
#
|
|
# Original author: Thomas Roell, roell@informatik.tu-muenchen.de
|
|
#
|
|
# Extensive modifications by the XFree86 Core Team
|
|
|
|
# **********************************************************************
|
|
# Refer to the Xconfig(4/5) man page for details about the format of
|
|
# this file. This man page is installed as /usr/X386/man/man4/Xconfig.4
|
|
# **********************************************************************
|
|
|
|
# **********************************************************************
|
|
# Generic parameters section
|
|
# **********************************************************************
|
|
|
|
#
|
|
# some nice paths, to avoid conflicts with other X-servers
|
|
#
|
|
RGBPath "/usr/X386/lib/X11/rgb"
|
|
|
|
#
|
|
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (which are concatenated together),
|
|
# as well as specifying multiple comma-separated entries in one FontPath
|
|
# command (or a combination of both methods)
|
|
#
|
|
|
|
FontPath "/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
|
|
FontPath "/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
|
|
FontPath "/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
|
|
FontPath "/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
|
|
|
|
|
|
#
|
|
# Uncomment this to cause a core dump at the spot where a signal is
|
|
# received. This may leave the console in an unusable state, but may
|
|
# provide a better stack trace in the core dump to aid in debugging
|
|
#
|
|
# NoTrapSignals
|
|
|
|
# **********************************************************************
|
|
# Input devices
|
|
# **********************************************************************
|
|
|
|
#
|
|
# Enable this to use the XQUEUE driver for keyboard and mouse handling
|
|
# under System V. This may go away in the future.
|
|
#
|
|
# Note - If you use XQUEUE, you must comment out the keyboard and
|
|
# mouse definitions.
|
|
#
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
#
|
|
# Keyboard and various keyboard-related parameters
|
|
#
|
|
Keyboard
|
|
# AutoRepeat 500 5
|
|
ServerNumLock
|
|
# Xleds 1 2 3
|
|
# DontZap
|
|
#
|
|
# To set the LeftAlt to Meta, RightAlt key to ModeShift,
|
|
# RightCtl key to Compose, and ScrollLock key to ModeLock:
|
|
#
|
|
# LeftAlt Meta
|
|
# RightAlt ModeShift
|
|
# RightCtl Compose
|
|
# ScrollLock ModeLock
|
|
|
|
#
|
|
# Mouse definition and related parameters
|
|
#
|
|
# Logitech "/dev/tty00"
|
|
# BaudRate 9600
|
|
# SampleRate 150
|
|
ps/2 "/dev/mouse"
|
|
Emulate3Buttons
|
|
|
|
# **********************************************************************
|
|
# Graphics drivers
|
|
# **********************************************************************
|
|
#
|
|
# For boards with a programmable clock generator, you use a line like:
|
|
#
|
|
# Clocks "icd2061a"
|
|
# Then the Modes line may contain any mode the Monitor section has
|
|
#
|
|
accel
|
|
|
|
|
|
#-------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
# Video Card Definition
|
|
# Video Card ID 82
|
|
# Video Card Name: AST Advantage Plus w/ATI Mach 32
|
|
# Local Bus 486 - ATI Mach 32
|
|
# Contributed By: Ren B. Bitonio
|
|
# Last Change: 09-10-94
|
|
|
|
Clocks 50.00 63.00 92.40 36.00 50.40 56.60 0.00 44.90 67.50 31.50 55.00 80.10 39.90 72.00 75.00 65.00 25.00 31.50 46.20 18.00 25.20 28.30 0.00 22.45 33.75 15.75 27.50 40.05 19.95 36.00 37.50 32.50
|
|
Modes "1024x768" "1024x768a" "800x600" "800x600a" "800x600b" "640x480" "640x480a"
|
|
|
|
#-------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
# Monitor Definition
|
|
# Monitor ID 1
|
|
# Monitor Name: VESA-Generic Modes - TRY THESE FIRST!!!
|
|
# Contributed By: David Wexelblat <dwex@goblin.org]
|
|
# Last Change: 03-03-94
|
|
ModeDB
|
|
"1024x768" 75 1024 1048 1184 1328 768 771 777 806
|
|
"1024x768a" 65 1024 1080 1224 1344 768 776 778 808
|
|
"800x600" 50 800 856 976 1040 600 637 643 666
|
|
"800x600a" 40 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628
|
|
"800x600b" 36 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625
|
|
"640x480" 31 640 664 704 832 480 489 492 520
|
|
"640x480a" 25 640 664 760 800 480 491 493 525
|
|
|
|
|
|
--
|
|
< Ren B. Bitonio (kiddykid@netcom.com, rbitonio@scudc.scu.edu, et. al. ) >
|
|
"I'm amazed that people who weren't born when we started making
|
|
records know all our old stuff,"
|
|
-- Nick Mason of Pink Floyd
|
|
|
|
------------------------------
|
|
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|
|
** 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
|
|
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End of Linux-Admin Digest
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