520 lines
19 KiB
HTML
520 lines
19 KiB
HTML
<!--startcut ==========================================================-->
|
||
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN">
|
||
<HTML>
|
||
<HEAD>
|
||
<title>Linux Gazette MailBag Issue #25</title>
|
||
</HEAD>
|
||
|
||
<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#A000A0"
|
||
ALINK="#FF0000">
|
||
<!--endcut ============================================================-->
|
||
<H4>"Linux Gazette...<I>making Linux just a little more fun!</I>"</H4>
|
||
<HR>
|
||
<center>
|
||
<table width="100%" cellpadding=7><tr><td>
|
||
<H2><a NAME="mail"><IMG SRC="../gx/mailbox.gif" ALIGN=MIDDLE ALT=" ">
|
||
The Mailbag!</a> </H2>
|
||
Write the Gazette at <A HREF="mailto:gazette@ssc.com"> gazette@ssc.com</A>
|
||
</td><td>
|
||
<H3>Contents:</H3>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li><a HREF="./lg_mail25.html#help">Help Wanted</a>
|
||
<li><a HREF="./lg_mail25.html#gen">General Mail</a>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
</td></tr></table>
|
||
</center>
|
||
|
||
<a name="help"></a>
|
||
<p><hr><p>
|
||
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
||
<center><H3> Help Wanted </H3></center>
|
||
|
||
<P> <HR> <P>
|
||
<!--====================================================================-->
|
||
<IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/envelope.gif">
|
||
|
||
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 17:09:31 +1000<br>
|
||
From: Peter Scott <a
|
||
href="mailto:webguru@planet-sex.com">webguru@planet-sex.com</a><br>
|
||
Subject: Help - Adding third hard drive
|
||
<p>
|
||
I've been using Slackware Linux 2.0.29 for quite some time. I've managed
|
||
with 2 drives with partitions for Win95 and Linux, but now I need to add
|
||
another drive. It is recognised in the BIOS and can be found in Windoze,
|
||
but I get no joy from Linux.
|
||
I expected to be able to mount the drive straight away. Do I need to do
|
||
some insnod or mke2fs or something.
|
||
<pre>
|
||
# mount /dev/hdc1 /mnt
|
||
mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/hdc1 as a block device
|
||
(may# fdisk /dev/hdc
|
||
|
||
# fdisk /dev/hdc
|
||
Unable to open /dev/hdc
|
||
</pre>
|
||
I've got a fealing that I need to reconfigure Lilo or something? I know
|
||
that I've forgotten something obvious, but I've wasted hours without any
|
||
joy.
|
||
<p>
|
||
thanx,<br>
|
||
pete
|
||
<p>
|
||
|
||
<P> <HR> <P>
|
||
<!--====================================================================-->
|
||
<IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/envelope.gif">
|
||
|
||
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 19:55:08 +0000<br>
|
||
From: George Russell <a
|
||
href="mailto:george.russell@clara.net">george.russell@clara.net</a><br>
|
||
Subject: Installing StarOffice 3.1 on Redhat 4.2
|
||
<p>
|
||
I'm having difficulties installing StarOffice onto my system. I've
|
||
installed the rpms for static binaries, common files, english demos and
|
||
english docs. I've run the setup script and done a user install, after
|
||
updating libc and ld.so, and would like to now run the package. It says
|
||
to install two daemons, svdaemon and svportmap . These both need
|
||
something called rpc and the portmap daemon, which I can find no
|
||
reference to on my system. How can I install these so that StarOffice
|
||
will run. All help gratefully recieved.<br>
|
||
--<br>
|
||
George Richard Russell
|
||
|
||
<P> <HR> <P>
|
||
<!--====================================================================-->
|
||
<IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/envelope.gif">
|
||
|
||
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 05:55:26 -0600<br>
|
||
From: ReXsOn RuLeZ <a
|
||
href="mailto:abernal@theonramp.net">abernal@theonramp.net</a><br>
|
||
Subject: Question....
|
||
<p>
|
||
Hello there... sorry to bother with probably one of the stupidist
|
||
questions in the world, but I want to install Linux on my computer; the
|
||
problem is that I share a computer with my family and of course they
|
||
don't have a clue of what I do so they don't care, they just want to be
|
||
able to use office to do their work. I've looked around various Linux
|
||
sites trying to find an answer but I've been unsuccesful. My question
|
||
is this: As I told you I have a windows95 box and all the documents that
|
||
<p>
|
||
Are outthere focus on installing linux in a DOS environment which in my
|
||
case and a lot of people it's history. I have a 3 gig hardrive that I
|
||
think is partitioned already in 2 because I have a c: and d: I'm not
|
||
sure if they're separate hardrives or one is partitioned. What I would
|
||
like to know is what should I do here. I'm not sure if my second drive
|
||
which is 1 gig is already formated for windows which I think it is
|
||
because it has a recyble bin. I don't know what to do because I'm
|
||
afraid that if I delete or erase the partition the whole thing will
|
||
become one hardrive and I will have to erase everything to partition
|
||
that one hardrive. I was kind of hoping there was a way or partitionin
|
||
my second hardrive (d:) and leave a part for windows and another for
|
||
Linux.
|
||
<p>
|
||
As I told you earlier I'm sorry to make this kind of questions but
|
||
if I damage something of this computer my dad would prive me of even
|
||
looking at it, and I don't want that to happen. I would really
|
||
aprecciate your help since I'm really eagered to use Linux.
|
||
<p>
|
||
Thanx in advance for your help.
|
||
<p>
|
||
Rexson
|
||
|
||
<P> <HR> <P>
|
||
<!--====================================================================-->
|
||
<IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/envelope.gif">
|
||
|
||
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 20:39:14 -0400<br>
|
||
From: Frank Nazario <a
|
||
href="mailto:webmaster@prplaza.net">webmaster@prplaza.net</a><br>
|
||
Subject: HI...
|
||
<p>
|
||
I've just finished browsing your Gazzettte and it is very cool...as a web
|
||
administrator at http://www.prplaza.net I was fedup with the
|
||
performance and slowness of an NT enviroment and decided kind of
|
||
reluctant to migrate to Linux (right now i'm a green thumb at it)... But
|
||
and a big BUT after seen a single processor pentium pro 200 server
|
||
running linux redhat 5.0 and Apache Webserver blow the doors of a dual
|
||
pentium pro 200 running on NT and IIS3.0...i was sold in the
|
||
spot....never to touch Microsoft NT again ... and feeling good about it.
|
||
<p>
|
||
My problem is this one ... I've gone bananas in trying to find a
|
||
document that explains how to install, in a step by step fashion, the
|
||
Apache SSL "extensions" to one of my Apache WWW Webservers (the
|
||
performance increase is awesome) can you or anyone that reads this
|
||
help...
|
||
<p>
|
||
thanks beforehand for you response....
|
||
<p>
|
||
Frank Nazario
|
||
San Juan, Puerto Rico
|
||
|
||
<P> <HR> <P>
|
||
<!--====================================================================-->
|
||
<IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/envelope.gif">
|
||
|
||
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 11:36:50 -0500<br>
|
||
From: Michael Vore <a href="mailto:mvore@digex.net">mvore@digex.net</a><br>
|
||
Subject: Problems with CD-ROM
|
||
<p>
|
||
Admittedly I'm not sure where the problem lies, When using NT-4/Netscape
|
||
Communicator-4
|
||
to view the cdrom all links look like "file:///El/lj/<whatever.htm>"
|
||
Which of course
|
||
will not be found. I have looked at the source to try to find why the
|
||
double '//' and
|
||
the '/El' come from. Any ideas? (and any work arounds??)
|
||
<p>
|
||
At the moment I don't have X running on my Linux machine - it's a new
|
||
install of
|
||
RedHat and during the upgrade I forgot to same the XConfig files.
|
||
<p>
|
||
mike
|
||
|
||
<P> <HR> <P>
|
||
<!--====================================================================-->
|
||
<IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/envelope.gif">
|
||
|
||
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 09:52:28 -0500 (EST)<br>
|
||
From: Michael Stutz <a href="mailto:stutz@dsl.org">stutz@dsl.org</a><br>
|
||
Subject: Help Wanted: SVGALIB Screenshots?
|
||
<p>
|
||
Is there any way to make a screenshot of a graphical program that runs on
|
||
the console (_not_ in X)?
|
||
|
||
<P> <HR> <P>
|
||
<!--====================================================================-->
|
||
<IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/envelope.gif">
|
||
|
||
Date: 21 Jan 98 11:28:04 -0500<br>
|
||
From: Jonathan Smith <a
|
||
href="mailto:SMITHJL@detroitedison.com">SMITHJL@detroitedison.com</a><br>
|
||
Subject: netcfg
|
||
<p>
|
||
I am using X to connect to my ISP via the netcfg command. I have it
|
||
starting
|
||
up at boot time. This works great, but I was wondering where the chat
|
||
script
|
||
and pppd command are hiding for the ppp interface that you can create via
|
||
netcfg.
|
||
<p>
|
||
I was also wondering if there was a way to prevent my ISP from dropping me
|
||
after a given time of activity. I am using a cron job to ping to my isp,
|
||
but
|
||
that does not seem to prevent this from happening. Should I try pinging to
|
||
a
|
||
server other than my ISP?
|
||
<p>
|
||
Thanks, Jonathan Smith.
|
||
|
||
<P> <HR> <P>
|
||
<!--====================================================================-->
|
||
<IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/envelope.gif">
|
||
|
||
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 02:38:11 -0800 (PST)<br>
|
||
From: Jaume Vicent <a
|
||
href="mailto:jvicent@yahoo.com">jvicent@yahoo.com</a><br>
|
||
Subject: Sound Card MED3931
|
||
<p>
|
||
I'm a new Linux user (kernel 2.0.29). My sound card
|
||
is a MED3931, with a chip OPTi 82c931.
|
||
<p>
|
||
As it is a PnP card, I use the isapnptools-1.9
|
||
package, loading the sound support as a module.
|
||
I've tried configure it as a MAD16 or MSS
|
||
(Microsoft Sound System) but it hasn't worked
|
||
in any way.
|
||
<p>
|
||
I don't know if the problem is with the IRQ/DMA/IO
|
||
settings (I use the same ones as with Windows 95)
|
||
that I set in the /etc/isapnp.conf file, or it is
|
||
that the sound driver (OSS/Free) just doesn't
|
||
support this card.
|
||
<p>
|
||
Can you help? Thank you.
|
||
|
||
<P> <HR> <P>
|
||
<!--====================================================================-->
|
||
<IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/envelope.gif">
|
||
|
||
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 22:51:09 +0200<br>
|
||
From: Asaf Wiener <a
|
||
href="mailto:wasaf@writeme.com">wasaf@writeme.com</a><br>
|
||
Subject: from were can i download (for free) LINUX?
|
||
<p>
|
||
I have an inter pentium, and I would like to install LINUX in my
|
||
computer.
|
||
But, I don't know from were can i download the installation files (for
|
||
free), I heard that LINUX is a free softwere, but i don't find a site
|
||
that i can download for free LINUX.
|
||
Please help me to find such a site (and also some install instractions).
|
||
<p>
|
||
Thank you,<br>
|
||
Asaf wiener
|
||
<p>
|
||
<blockquote>
|
||
<i>Look on the Linux Resources page to find pointers to everything you
|
||
need,
|
||
http://www.linuxresources.com/ --Editor</i>
|
||
</blockquote>
|
||
|
||
<P> <HR> <P>
|
||
<!--====================================================================-->
|
||
<IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/envelope.gif">
|
||
|
||
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 14:59:00 +1100<br>
|
||
From: Peter Lee <a
|
||
href="mailto:peterl@localgov.wacher.com.au">peterl@localgov.wacher.com.au</a><br>
|
||
Subject: POP3d Problem
|
||
<p>
|
||
I am having problem connecting to the POP3 Server in Linux.
|
||
This problem only arise when a new email arrives or there are mails in
|
||
my mailbox
|
||
If I delete all my mails I can connect to the POP3 Server.
|
||
Error message I get is:
|
||
<p>
|
||
ERR - being read already /usr/spool/mail/<login>
|
||
<p>
|
||
I have removed the account and recreated it again. Still problem occurs.
|
||
And I know I am the only one logged on.
|
||
The only way I can read my mails is manually telneting to the Linux and
|
||
use either pine or mail from the unix command
|
||
<p>
|
||
Any Suggestions ?
|
||
<p>
|
||
PETER LEE
|
||
|
||
<P> <HR> <P>
|
||
<!--====================================================================-->
|
||
<IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/envelope.gif">
|
||
|
||
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 13:02:25 -0003<br>
|
||
From: <a href="mailto:RAFAGUI@if.ufrgs.br">RAFAGUI@if.ufrgs.br</a><br>
|
||
Subject: Printing postcript ...
|
||
<p>
|
||
I really want to print some using postscript form but I can't ...
|
||
So, I have read a lot of docs and unfortunately when I try to print some I
|
||
just got the postscript language.
|
||
<p> I tried configure the 'printcap' and so on but.
|
||
My printer is a CANON 4200 Bj and I am running Slackware 96 Linux
|
||
Version.
|
||
<p> Oh: I just gave a look at the RedHat 5.0 comments and seems it
|
||
make easier. I am thinking about purchase it.
|
||
<p>
|
||
Thanks a lot. I would appreciate a reply.
|
||
<p>
|
||
Regards,
|
||
<p>
|
||
Rafael.
|
||
|
||
<P> <HR> <P>
|
||
<!--====================================================================-->
|
||
<IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/envelope.gif">
|
||
|
||
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 1998 08:09:51 -0500 (EST)<br>
|
||
From: Casimer P. Zakrzewski <a href="mailto:zak@acadia.net">zak@acadia.net</a><br>
|
||
Subject: IBM 8514 monitor
|
||
<p>
|
||
Hi. I'm new to Linux, and my problem is installing my monitor, an IBM 8514,
|
||
for use with X-Window. I use an S3 Virge 86C325 accelerator card.
|
||
<p>
|
||
After installing Red Hat 4.2, the monitor works fine for command line, but
|
||
when I try using it for X-Window, the screen shrivels up to something less
|
||
than a 3x5 recipe card! I've tried reconfiguring different combinations of
|
||
color depths and screen resolutions, and have come up with everything from a
|
||
blank screen to 'your worst nightmare'.
|
||
<p>
|
||
I'm stumped. I've tried the different FAQ sites, but can't find one that
|
||
can give me a hint of how to configure this monitor for use with X-Window.
|
||
I'd appreciate any help anyone can give me. I had to resort to installing
|
||
Win95 and IE (which work for this monitor/card) just to send this out.
|
||
Thanks in advance for any help I can get.
|
||
<p>
|
||
Zak
|
||
|
||
<P> <HR> <P>
|
||
<!--====================================================================-->
|
||
<IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/envelope.gif">
|
||
|
||
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 11:06:17 -0800<br>
|
||
From: Apple Annie <a
|
||
href="mailto:annel@cdsnet.net">annel@cdsnet.net</a><br>
|
||
Subject: Re: Remote address on Chat sites
|
||
<p>
|
||
I am not a very literate person on the internet, so many of the
|
||
vernaculars used are over my head. However, am having a problem of
|
||
people "killing" me when they wish to , on Java Chat room. I would like
|
||
to be able to eliminate my Remote number coming up with my user name .
|
||
Is there a simple way of doing this? I do not desire these people to
|
||
locate my server & other information. Thanks for your response, if you
|
||
can give me help. If not, then thank you anyhow.
|
||
<p>
|
||
Sincerely yours,
|
||
<p>
|
||
Anne L
|
||
|
||
<P> <HR> <P>
|
||
<!--====================================================================-->
|
||
<IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/envelope.gif">
|
||
|
||
Date: 27 Jan 98 13:18:56<br>
|
||
From: dennis.j.smith <a
|
||
href="mailto:dennis.j.smith@ArthurAndersen.com">dennis.j.smith@ArthurAndersen.com</a><br>
|
||
Subject: Linux and VAX 3400 and 3300
|
||
<p>
|
||
I have just purchased a MicroVAX 3400 and 3300. I would like to put Linux on
|
||
these two systems. Can you provide any help in this aspect.
|
||
<p>
|
||
Dennis
|
||
|
||
<P> <HR> <P>
|
||
<!--====================================================================-->
|
||
<IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/envelope.gif">
|
||
|
||
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 98 15:54:55 MST<br>
|
||
From: Antony Ware <a
|
||
href="mailto:aware@acs.ucalgary.ca">aware@acs.ucalgary.ca</a><br>
|
||
Subject: Linux and Children
|
||
<p>
|
||
I've been hunting around for linux software for toddlers. My
|
||
eldest (3) has had fun with xpaint, and he likes to "type",
|
||
but there's a lot more going on at his level on my DOS partition. (:-(
|
||
<p>
|
||
So far, my searches in the linux world have turned up...nothing.
|
||
Does anyone know of anything out there?
|
||
<p>
|
||
Cheers,
|
||
<p>
|
||
Tony Ware
|
||
|
||
<a name="gen"></a>
|
||
<P> <hr> <P>
|
||
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
||
<center><H3> General Mail </H3></center>
|
||
|
||
<P> <HR> <P>
|
||
<!--====================================================================-->
|
||
<IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/envelope.gif">
|
||
|
||
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 12:14:09 PST<br>
|
||
From: Marty Leisner <a
|
||
href="mailto:leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com">leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com</a><br>
|
||
Subject: I don't like long articles
|
||
<p>
|
||
Glen Fowler's article comparing NT and linux
|
||
processes is
|
||
too long for the gazette (IMHO) and
|
||
didn't print out good from netscape...
|
||
<p>
|
||
HTML is not the best media for everything, maybe the gazette
|
||
should have an abstract and a URL for a postscript or tex master.
|
||
<p>
|
||
marty
|
||
|
||
<P> <HR> <P>
|
||
<!--====================================================================-->
|
||
<IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/envelope.gif">
|
||
|
||
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 11:07:06 +0100<br>
|
||
From: Trond Eivind Glomsr<73>d <a
|
||
href="mailto:teg@pvv.ntnu.no">teg@pvv.ntnu.no</a><br>
|
||
Subject: Linux and routing
|
||
<p>
|
||
In the January issue, you ask for readers to write an article on
|
||
how to connect a LAN via just 1 IP address...
|
||
<p>
|
||
That is rather unnecesarry - there is a mini-HOWTO
|
||
on it, called "IP Masquerade mini-HOWTO".
|
||
Available from your favorite LDP mirror.
|
||
<p>
|
||
Trond Eivind Glomsr<73>d
|
||
|
||
<P> <HR> <P>
|
||
<!--====================================================================-->
|
||
<IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/envelope.gif">
|
||
|
||
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 22:26:57 -0600<br>
|
||
From: chris rennert <a
|
||
href="mailto:lavithan@execpc.com">lavithan@execpc.com</a><br>
|
||
Subject: Rookie
|
||
<p>
|
||
Hello I am a newbie to Linux and I am very excited that I stumbled
|
||
across the Linux Gazette.. I have been wanting to put up a home LAN with
|
||
2 pc's for some time ... and the article on SAMBA has put me on the
|
||
right track. I am a computer science student here in Wisconsin and I
|
||
love using linux. I will keep reading .. I just hope that you keep
|
||
printing.. Thanks again and I hope I can contribute in the future to
|
||
this great Mag.
|
||
<p>
|
||
Chris Rennert
|
||
|
||
<P> <HR> <P>
|
||
<!--====================================================================-->
|
||
<IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/envelope.gif">
|
||
|
||
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 01:32:06 -0700<br>
|
||
From: Sean Horan <a href="mailto:sean@olam.ed.asu.edu">sean@olam.ed.asu.edu</a><br>
|
||
Subject: Server uptime
|
||
<p>
|
||
I'm sending this maybe as news, perhaps Linux stability and advocacy.
|
||
<p>
|
||
I heard that the record for keeping up a Linux server up continuously without
|
||
reboot is six months. Here's the output from executing 'w' on our Linux 1.2.8
|
||
system.
|
||
<pre>
|
||
1:48am up 274 days, 17:05, 1 user, load average: 1.09, 1.02, 1.00
|
||
User tty from login@ idle JCPU PCPU what
|
||
sean ttyp1 sss2-01.inre.as 1:46am w
|
||
</pre>
|
||
274 days, 24 hours a day. Never restarted. How common is this?
|
||
<p>
|
||
Let us know<br>
|
||
--Sean
|
||
|
||
<P> <HR> <P>
|
||
<!--====================================================================-->
|
||
<IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/envelope.gif">
|
||
|
||
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 15:04:35 -0800<br>
|
||
From: Sean Russell <a
|
||
href="mailto:ser@javalab.uoregon.edu">ser@javalab.uoregon.edu</a><br>
|
||
Subject: Linux security
|
||
<p>
|
||
I'm not intending to kick of a debate of the merits of PAM, but I have a
|
||
couple of comments and a question.
|
||
<p>
|
||
The question is, has anybody, commercial or freeware, started coding an
|
||
MVS-like security system for Linux? Specifically, I'm interested in the
|
||
fine granularity of access controls, the ability to deal with more than
|
||
just file accesses, user configurable ACLs, and most importantly,
|
||
security at the kernel level. One thing I find most distasteful about
|
||
PAM is the fact that applications have to be PAM aware to make use of
|
||
PAM's abilities. MVS security, on the other hand, is soft-linked into
|
||
the IO layer of the kernel, and /all/ applications use that security
|
||
model without knowing anything about it.
|
||
<p>
|
||
Anyone who has any comments on this, information, or leads, please email
|
||
me.
|
||
<p>
|
||
Thanks!
|
||
<p>
|
||
--- SER
|
||
|
||
<P> <hr> <P>
|
||
<!--================================================================-->
|
||
<center>Published in Linux Gazette Issue 25, February 1998</center>
|
||
<!--====================================================================-->
|
||
<P> <hr> <P>
|
||
<A HREF="./index.html"><IMG SRC="../gx/indexnew.gif" ALT="[ TABLE OF
|
||
CONTENTS ]"></A>
|
||
<A HREF="../index.html"><IMG SRC="../gx/homenew.gif" ALT="[ FRONT
|
||
PAGE ]"></A>
|
||
<A HREF="./lg_tips25.html"><IMG SRC="../gx/fwd.gif" ALT=" Next "></A>
|
||
<P>
|
||
<h5>This page written and maintained by the Editor of <I>Linux Gazette</I>,
|
||
<A HREF="mailto: gazette@ssc.com">gazette@ssc.com</A><BR>
|
||
Copyright © 1998 Specialized Systems Consultants, Inc. </H5>
|
||
<P>
|
||
<!--startcut ==========================================================-->
|
||
</body> </html>
|
||
<!--endcut ============================================================-->
|