From: Digestifier To: Linux-Admin@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu Reply-To: Linux-Admin@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu Date: Fri, 30 Sep 94 13:16:27 EDT Subject: Linux-Admin Digest #123 Linux-Admin Digest #123, Volume #2 Fri, 30 Sep 94 13:16:27 EDT Contents: PCMCIA d-link ethernet card - how to (Alan Peery) where can i find biffd? (Sarah Gallagher) Re: Need DL/Time Limiting ideas - Linux BBS (Riccardo Pizzi) Re: Replacing finger information (Timo Kokkonen) Keyboard help 80x50 screen Anyone want dynamic SLIP server? (Eric Stern) Re: Kernel 1.1.45 and X Weirdness with talk and more (Howard "the Duck" Taylor) Re: Pentiums (Ike Brenner) a plea to distribution creators (Craig Groeschel) SLIP Configuration (Norbert Kuemin) talk that works ? (Jacek A. Ponarski) Re: How to use a host as a router - READ THIS (Alan Cox) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: peery@trustworthy.isc.tamu.edu (Alan Peery) Subject: PCMCIA d-link ethernet card - how to Date: 29 Sep 1994 00:02:23 GMT Hello all, After installing a new kernel and trying several things, the card is ALMOST working. The "eth0" device is there, we can send packets to the portable using the ethernet IP number, and the device dynamically appears and disappears when we hot-swap the card. No packets are going out on the attached ethernet, and it isn't receiving any either. The netmask, IP, etc. all appear to be correctly configured. Ideas? Hardware: Sager 486-66, dual-scan color, D-Link DE-650 PCMCIA card. Alan peery@isc.tamu.edu -- Alan Peery Institute for Scientific Computation Texas A&M University peery@isc.tamu.edu ------------------------------ From: gallaghe@dante.Colorado.EDU (Sarah Gallagher) Subject: where can i find biffd? Date: 28 Sep 1994 17:49:11 GMT Reply-To: gallaghe@dante.Colorado.EDU does anyone know where i can find a copy of biffd? it didn't come with Slackware 1.0.9. TIA -- ========================================================================= Sarah Gallagher gallaghe@dante.Colorado.EDU University of Colorado (303) 492-5406 Chemistry Department Boulder CO 80309-0215 "Vacuums are nothings. We only mention them to let them know we know they're there." --Unknown elementary school student ========================================================================= -- ========================================================================= Sarah Gallagher gallaghe@dante.Colorado.EDU University of Colorado (303) 492-5406 Chemistry Department Boulder CO 80309-0215 "Vacuums are nothings. We only mention them to let them know we know they're there." --Unknown elementary school student ========================================================================= ------------------------------ Crossposted-To: alt.bbs,alt.bbs.unixbbs From: pizzi@nervous.com (Riccardo Pizzi) Subject: Re: Need DL/Time Limiting ideas - Linux BBS Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1994 00:12:06 GMT In article <36bocc$6qf@xanax.apana.org.au> trevor@xanax.apana.org.au (Trevor Lampre) writes: >>This is only partially true. UniBoard _does_ check for time expiration >>after each downloaded file (even during batch download) and will disconnect >>the user if his time limit is overridden. >Um, not on my Uniboard system it doesn't. I have users with a one hour limit >do a batch download of files that has taken 4 hours to complete. They just >tag as many files as they can and go for it. It doesn't log them off until >they finish the whole lot. This may happen if all files are so small that it takes less than one minute to download each of them. Is this your case? Rick -- Riccardo Pizzi @ the Nervous Consulting Headquarters - Rimini, ITALY E-Mail -> pizzi@nervous.com <*> Data -> +39-541-27135 (V.32bis) NERVOUS CONSULTING brought you UniBoard, the great UNIX BBS package for latest UniBoard info, use: echo SEND LIST | mail uniboard@nervous.com ------------------------------ From: tjko@tarzan.math.jyu.fi (Timo Kokkonen) Subject: Re: Replacing finger information Date: 29 Sep 1994 23:47:41 GMT Michael Kellen (kellen@physics.montana.edu) wrote: > You might like to do this: > : > fingerd: ALL : cat nofinger.text > : > fingerd: .your.domain > This says: if anyone in my domain tries to finger accept the connection, > otherwise, cat some text at them. I tried this but it didn't work. I put following line into /etc/hosts.deny: in.fingerd : ALL : /bin/cat /etc/nofinger.txt (and yes, /etc/nofinger.txt is world readable...) Now finger returns: --- technocore:/root# f @technocore [technocore.slip.jyu.fi] technocore:/root# --- Even echo 'foo' as shell_command didn't produce any output when fingering... -- =======================================================111010=101101=101001=== Timo Kokkonen, Student of Computer Science, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland email: tjko@math.jyu.fi, tjko@jyu.fi URL: http://www.math.jyu.fi/~tjko ====================================="In space no one can hear you scream."=== ------------------------------ From: s010dls@alpha.wright.edu () Subject: Keyboard help Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 10:06:53 GMT I would like to 'map' some keys on my keyboard, but I don't know how. Here's what I'd like them to do: DELETE -> ^D HOME -> ^A END -> ^E BACKSPACE -> ^H This is all I can think of offhand, but if I can learn how to do those, I should be able to add more later. I would like these 'key assignments' to work in text & Xwindows screens. Thanks in advance. ------------------------------ From: s010dls@alpha.wright.edu () Subject: 80x50 screen Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 10:08:31 GMT Is there a way to use 80x50 text mode in Linux? I have a ATI mach32 card, and I know it is capable of this. Thanks again. ------------------------------ From: estern@server.mgl.worldlinx.com (Eric Stern) Subject: Anyone want dynamic SLIP server? Date: 30 Sep 1994 14:48:43 GMT I needed a dynamic slip server for my system, so I cooked one up yesterday using sliplogin and some clever ideas. :) Whats everyone else been using? BTW, if anyone wants a copy of this, I'll be happy to pass it along. -- /-----------------------------------------------------------------------/ / Eric Stern - MGL Systems Internet - (519) 651-2713 / / Director of Internet Services / / / / "Some use for knowledge can//Always be found." - Heaven Sent, INXS / /-----------------------------------------------------------------------/ ------------------------------ From: taylor@stimpy.eecis.udel.edu (Howard "the Duck" Taylor) Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help Subject: Re: Kernel 1.1.45 and X Weirdness with talk and more Date: 30 Sep 1994 14:51:50 GMT In article <36a5jp$npo@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> dcoleman@mail.utexas.edu (Daniel M. Coleman) writes: >I upgraded to the 1.1.45 kernel, and noticed that more and talk only seem to >respond to keypresses in groups of 4,.. i.e. if I were to type the word test >nothing would appear on screen until I typed the last 't', and then the whole >word test would appear. This only happens when running X (xfree 2.0, mach 32 >server.) Has anyone else noticed this strange phenomenon, and found a >solution???? > >Thank you very much, > >Dan > >-- >Daniel Matthew Coleman | Internet: dcoleman@mail.utexas.edu >-----------------------------------+ DECnet: UTXVMS::DCOLEMAN >The University of Texas at Austin | IRC: Shiner >Electrical/Computer Engineering | "Sure thing, Giant Beer!" yes sir! I too ahve noticed the problem... I am now at 1.1.50, and noticed the problem in 45 and 49 also.... my brother is at 49, and gets the same problems... I am using Xfree 2.1, and the XF_86_SVGA server... anybody out there have any solutions for this? thanks --> howie -- ============================================================================= Howard Taylor Dept of Electrical Engineering University of Delaware ------------------------------ From: ike@gdb.org (Ike Brenner) Subject: Re: Pentiums Reply-To: ike@gdb.org Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1994 13:01:36 GMT In article 94Sep26081550@gatsibm.larc.nasa.gov, jcburt@gatsibm.larc.nasa.gov (John Burton) writes: > In article frank@icce.rug.nl (Frank B. Brokken) writes: >> >> Is anybody out there running Linux on a Pentium ? If so, have >> any problems in installing and getting it to work been encountered ? > > I have Linux running on a Gateway 2000 P5/90 PCI bus machine (90mhz Pentium). > The only problems I've encountered have had little to do with it being > a pentium. My two basic problems have been I have an ATI GX Mach 64 PCI > video board and my IDE hard disk has > 1024 cylinders. The video board > problem is temporarily solved with the *unaccelerated* Mach64 Xserver > on sunsite.unc.edu, and the hard disk problem was solved by reading > all the info on EIDE drives available on sunsite.unc.ede and > tsx-11.mit.edu. Otherwise I've had no problems getting linux up and > running on this beast. I only wish the Xfree folks would hurry up and > get an accelerated Mach64 X server!!! (please, pretty please :-) > P5/60, same HD...same Vid card...same solutions...Having a few problems getting ftape to work with my Conner 250 but otherwise running great. Ike ================================================================= Ike Brenner Email: ike@gdb.org Genome Data Base Tel: (410) 614-0440 Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Fax: (410) 614-0434 2024 E. Monument St. Baltimore, Md. 21205 ================================================================= ------------------------------ From: craig@metrolink.com (Craig Groeschel) Subject: a plea to distribution creators Date: 28 Sep 1994 13:53:12 -0400 If you are creating a Linux distribution, or are running a Linux system based on a distribution, please, Please, PLEASE make sure that your X (shared) library directory is in your ld.so.conf file. That way ldconfig(8) and ld.so(8) will be able to find the libraries, and people will be able to run programs which use those libraries. For example, if you have installed X libraries in /usr/X11/lib, it would be a good idea to add "/usr/X11/lib" to ld.so.conf. (Or, if your X library directory is untrusted, you could have your users add it to their LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable.) Thanks. P.S. By the way, the Linux Filesystem Standard (14 Feb 94) section 4.1 indicates that /usr/X386 is the reserved location for XFree86 releases. XF86-2.1-lib.tar.gz installs libraries in /usr/X386/lib. -- Craig E. Groeschel Not speaking for my employer. "Do not play this piece fast. It is never right to play Ragtime fast." Joplin GCS/E g+ s+/- au* v+ C+ P->+ L+++ U@ u+++ E---(+) N+ !W Y+ t++ b+ e- n++ h* f ------------------------------ From: kuemin@srapc101.alcatel.ch (Norbert Kuemin) Subject: SLIP Configuration Date: 30 Sep 1994 13:32:08 GMT Reply-To: norbert.kuemin@alcatel.ch I've created a SLIP-connection between to machines using modem on normal phone-lines. I use dip 3.3.7-uri and Linux 1.1.35 on both systems. Starting a dip-script to connect the client to the server it works (over 2400 bps :-( ). AND NOW IT COMES ---> THE QUESTION <--- Is there any possibility to declare a timeout (hanging up the phone) and redial and reinstall if anyone needs a connection (ping,telnet,ftp,etc.) over the SLIP ?? =======================================+======================================= +----------V----------+ Eltech. ING HTL|EMAIL: norbert.kuemin@alcatel.ch | A L C A T E L | Norbert Kuemin |DEC: PSI%(0228)4795123920::ZAD_KUEMIN +---------------------+ Alcatel STR |X.400: c=CH a=arCom p=Alcatel S T R CH-8804 Au/ZH | s=Kuemin g=Norbert =======================================+======================================= ------------------------------ From: jacek@eng1.uconn.edu (Jacek A. Ponarski) Subject: talk that works ? Date: 30 Sep 1994 15:02:41 GMT Hi is there a talkd service that works on linux. When I try to do talk in between two linux machines it's no problem But when two non linux machines it kicks me out or just waits for connection for ever. Can anyone help me. Thanks --Jacek -- =======**=================***=====================**======= =========================================================== Jacek A. Ponarski The University of Connecticut tel. (203)427-2854 email: jacek@eng1.uconn.edu (203)877-8655 jacek@eri.uconn.edu fax: (203)427-2854 URL: http://micro5.trincoll.edu/ GOPHER: mareknt.pc.trincoll.edu FTP: mponarsk.pc.trincoll.edu =========================================================== To be or not to be, what was the question again =========================================================== =======**=================***=====================**======= ------------------------------ Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.development,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions From: iialan@iifeak.swan.ac.uk (Alan Cox) Subject: Re: How to use a host as a router - READ THIS Date: Wed, 28 Sep 1994 10:18:01 GMT In article fvm@tasking.nl (Frank van Maarseveen) writes: >This was done in order to route something across the same physical network >without the need for an extra adapter. The second "virtual" adapter was >referred to as le0:1, the ":1" part appended to the original adapter name. >Though a bit unusual, there's nothing wrong with this I think. >I suppose there are no plans yet for implementing this feature in linux. If Solaris takes the 4.4 BSD route it has a linked list of addresses for each address family. This worries me for performance reasons. Linux can happily do what you want with the dummy inteface (and you can add more dummy interfaces 8)). ifconfig dummy my.other.addr.ess up arp -s my.other.addr.ess MY:ET:HE:RN:ET:NM Alan -- ..-----------,,----------------------------,,----------------------------,, // Alan Cox // iialan@www.linux.org.uk // GW4PTS@GB7SWN.#45.GBR.EU // ``----------'`----------------------------'`----------------------------'' ------------------------------ ** 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 ******************************