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RedFlag Linux
by Andy Stewart 16 Jun '02

16 Jun '02

HI gang, I downloaded a copy of RedFlag Linux last night (straight from China) for a friend. I tried to run it on VMware, but it immediately wants to enable the frame buffer device and VMware doesn't seem to support that. On another old machine, it can't handle my ancient PAS16 SCSI controller as part of the installation process. I ran it part way on my laptop to get to the installation screen, so I know the CD works. (I have a low quality screenshot if anybody is interested). I'd be interested to see it running, even though I can't read Chinese. If anybody wants a copy, let me know and I'll make you one. Later, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

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Fwd: GNHLUG Quarterly Meeting Rescheduled to 10 July 2002
by Andy Stewart 15 Jun '02

15 Jun '02

---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: GNHLUG Quarterly Meeting Rescheduled to 10 July 2002 Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 15:32:55 -0400 From: pll(a)lanminds.com To: gnhlug-announce(a)zk3.dec.com Hi all, Ximian has requested a rescheduling of our 26 June meeting to 10 July because Nat is unable to make the original date due to travelling conflict. Everyone who contacted me believed rescheduling the date was preferable to continuing without Nat and the Mono talk. For all those already registered, there is no need to re-register. If you will be unable to make the new 10 July date and have registered, please contact me privately at: pll+gnhlug at NoSpam lanminds dot com and I will remove you from the rsvp list. If you have not yet registered, and wish to do so, the registration form can be found here: http://md.appropriatesolutions.com/gnhlug/register.html I apologize for the inconvenience, and thanks for your co-operation. -- Seeya, Paul Paul Lussier Senior Systems and Network Engineer Co-Chairman, Greater New Hampshire Linux User's Group (GNHLUG) Chairman, Nashua Chapter GNHLUG http://www.gnhlug.org Events: http://md.appropriatesolutions.com/gnhlug/lug_cal/month.php ------------------------------------------------------- -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

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RE: [Wlug] Xmon / Serial cable
by Evans, Robert 15 Jun '02

15 Jun '02

To answer question 2... A search for "null modem cable" on google will give you lots of good hits. For local kernel debug, you might just need to connect: Athlon Mac ground to ground txd to rxd rxd to txd If that is not enough, handshaking might require additional connections. There are variations, but I have had success, in other applications, with this handshaking setup: dtr to cd & dsr cd & dsr to dtr rts to cts cts to rts On a 9-pin connector: 1 = cd 2 = rxd 3 = txd 4 = dtr 5 = ground 6 = dsr 7 = rts 8 = cts 9 = ri You can probably buy a null modem cable at radio shack. It might also be sold as a lap-link serial cable. Be sure that the sex (protruding pins vs. recepticle) of the connector on the cable matches that on the computer you will connect to. Robert N. Evans Software Engineer S T R A T U S T E C H N O L O G I E S 111 Powdermill Road, Maynard, MA 01754-3409 U.S.A. * Tel. 978-461-7680 / * Fax. 978-461-3610 robert.evans(a)stratus.com Amateur Radio Call: N1BE -----Original Message----- From: Skip Gaede [mailto:sgaede@attbi.com] Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 6:58 AM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Subject: [Wlug] Xmon / Serial cable Folks, I'd like to try my hand at debugging the kernel boot process on a Macintosh PPC. I have a couple of silly questions, though. 1) Can I debug a Mac from an x86 box using Xmon? 2) I need a null modem cable to connect my Athlon and my Mac. Any thoughts as to where I could buy such a beast, or how to wire one up from parts obtained from Radio Shack? Thanks, Skip _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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RE: [Wlug] Burning ISO's
by Keller, Tim 15 Jun '02

15 Jun '02

Your other solution might be to bribe a member of wlug to make a copy of their 7.3 disks in exchange for a free beer after the meeting tonight. unfortunately, 1. I don't drink beer and 2. I won't be able to attend, otherwise I'd make a copy for you... Later, Tim. -----Original Message----- From: Simoncini, Matthew [mailto:Matthew.Simoncini@bsci.com] Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 12:55 PM To: 'wlug(a)mail.wlug.org' Subject: [Wlug] Burning ISO's Hi everyone, I recently downloaded the iso's for Red Hat 7.3 and wanted to burn them to CD so I can install the distro on my home PC. I've never burned iso's before, so this is new to me. I have the following setup: Work PC running Windows 2000 w/ iso images for Red Hat 7.3 saved to hard drive CD Burner Prassi PrimoCD Plus 2.0 burner software by Veritas

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Burning ISO's
by Simoncini, Matthew 13 Jun '02

13 Jun '02

Hi everyone, I recently downloaded the iso's for Red Hat 7.3 and wanted to burn them to CD so I can install the distro on my home PC. I've never burned iso's before, so this is new to me. I have the following setup: Work PC running Windows 2000 w/ iso images for Red Hat 7.3 saved to hard drive CD Burner Prassi PrimoCD Plus 2.0 burner software by Veritas

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aliases with sendmail.
by Karl Hiramoto 13 Jun '02

13 Jun '02

I have a mail server setup with sendmail 8.11.6 (redhat 7.2) that recieves mail for multiple domains. What I am trying to setup is this: sales(a)host1.com forwards to user1's inbox sales(a)host2.com forwards to user2's inbox Is this possible with sendmail? I've trid doing it in the /etc/aliases file and had no luck. when I run the newaliases command it gives me a warning and it doesn't work corectly when I tested it. I would prefer not to have to install qmail or some other mail server. -- ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø Karl Hiramoto <karl(a)hiramoto.org> Work: 978-425-2090 ext 25 Cell: 508-517-4819 Personal web page: http://karl.hiramoto.org/ Zoop Productions: http://www.zoop.org/ KTEQ Rapid City: http://www.kteq.org/ AOL IM ID = KarlH420 Yahoo_IM = karl_hiramoto ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø Q: What's the difference between a dead dog in the road and a dead lawyer in the road? A: There are skid marks in front of the dog.

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Permission Problems Accessing Server-based NFS Share
by James E. Rame 13 Jun '02

13 Jun '02

Help! I want to set up my home network so that I can access my files stored on the server (Mandrake 8.0) from my client machine (RedHat 7.3) using NFS. I configured /etc/export on the server side and made certain that both nfs-utils and portmap were running on the server. I proceeded to mount the exported directory at a mount point I set up on the client machine without a problem. But, when I tried to access an exported NFS share on my server machine from my client machine, I got a "permission denied" error message. On accessing the client-side mount point, I see the subdirectories but they are noted to be locked. I was eventually able to get access to the directory but only by going into the server and enabling read, write and execute privileges for "others." Might someone out there have another solution? Is there something else I can do to solve this problem without having to leave read, write and execute privileges on the directory to such a broad class of users? Jim

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RE: [Wlug] Permission Problems Accessing Server-based NFS Share
by Simoncini, Matthew 13 Jun '02

13 Jun '02

<snip> >Might someone out there have another solution? Is there something else >I can do to solve this problem without having to leave read, write and >execute privileges on the directory to such a broad class of users? On the server, what are the user:groups assigned? Do you have the same user/group created on each server/workstation with the same UID and GID? Just a couple of things to think about. Matthew _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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Fwd: 2nd Quarter GNHLUG Meeting - Wednesday, 26 June 2002
by Andy Stewart 13 Jun '02

13 Jun '02

---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: 2nd Quarter GNHLUG Meeting - Wednesday, 26 June 2002 Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 13:24:10 -0400 From: pll(a)lanminds.com To: andystewart(a)attbi.com (Andy Stewart) Hi Andy, I just sent this out to GNHLUG today, feel free to send it WLUG! 8<----------------------8<----------------------8<----------------------8<--- - PLEASE REGISTER IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON ATTENDING: http://md.appropriatesolutions.com/gnhlug/register.html Who: All GNHLUG members, the general public, and anyone else who wants to come along. What: 2nd Quarterly meeting When: 19:30ish, 26 June 2002 Where: Daniel Webster College 20 University Drive Nashua, NH 03063 Why: Ximian Co-Founder and VP of Product Development Nat Friedman and friends will be coming to speak to us about GNOME and Ximian. Directions: http://www.dwc.edu/admissions/directions.asp A campus "map" is at this URL: http://web.dwc.edu/CampusMap/campus_map.html but do not expect to print it off at the last minute, as it is an "active" map, and does not show building names until you touch them with your mouse. A nice idea, but I would have been happy if a good old-fashioned 2-D map was also supplied. PLEASE REGISTER IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON ATTENDING: http://md.appropriatesolutions.com/gnhlug/register.html 8<----------------------8<----------------------8<----------------------8<--- - Thanks! -- Seeya, Paul Paul Lussier Senior Systems and Network Engineer Co-Chairman, Greater New Hampshire Linux User's Group (GNHLUG) Chairman, Nashua Chapter GNHLUG http://www.gnhlug.org Events: http://md.appropriatesolutions.com/gnhlug/lug_cal/month.php ------------------------------------------------------- -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

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Wireless
by Chuck Haines 12 Jun '02

12 Jun '02

I just bought a new Netgear Ma401 wireless card. I figured it was pretty cheap and it seemed like it was supported under linux. Well after doing some research I've found conflicting views. Some say its a PrismII based card, some say its a Orinco card. I have no idea and I'm new wireless with linux. My question is, does anyone have this card and wants to point me in the right direction. Or can someone point me in the right direction for wireless and linux in general. Thanks, -- ------------------------------------------------- | Chuck Haines | AIM: CyberGrex | | WPILA Lab Manager | Yahoo: CyberGrex_27 | | GDC Webmaster | ICQ: 3707881 | | http://www.wpila.org | http://gdc.wpi.edu | ------------------------------------------------- "Geek by nature, Linux by choice."

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OSs with RPM
by Brad Noyes 12 Jun '02

12 Jun '02

Hi all, Does anyone know if there'a a way to build a single rpm that can be applied to multiple OSs? Thanks, --brad

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RE: [Wlug] OSs with RPM
by Keller, Tim 12 Jun '02

12 Jun '02

I would think the first thing would be porting RPM to those multiple OS's.

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meeting topic brainstorm
by Karl Hiramoto 12 Jun '02

12 Jun '02

As Andy suggested, Anyone have ideas? Like to see something presented? Anyone done much with LDAP servers? Authentication? Network security? iptables? One thing i would like to know. I currently have an iptables FW setup with logging of all rejected packets. Something similar to LogWatch that summarizes the rejected packets would be nice. Tell me who is port scanning me and stuff like that(Statistics gathering). -- ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø Karl Hiramoto <karl(a)hiramoto.org> Work: 978-425-2090 ext 25 Cell: 508-517-4819 Personal web page: http://karl.hiramoto.org/ AOL IM ID = KarlH420 Yahoo_IM = karl_hiramoto ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø internet is needed to catch the etherbunny

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Automatically setting passwords...
by Keller, Tim 11 Jun '02

11 Jun '02

Does anybody know of or created a script that can change a users password without human intervention? or on a side note, does anybody know how to in perl hash a textual password into a MD5 hash that would be suitable to be inserted into a shadow file. Thanks, Tim.

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RE: [Wlug] Automatically setting passwords...
by Keller, Tim 11 Jun '02

11 Jun '02

Well I came up with a kludgy solution... ... { perl snippet ... open($passwd,"| passwd --stdin useraccount") or die ("Unable to execute passwd...\n"); print $passwd $new_password_variable; close $passwd; ... } perl snippet ... -----Original Message----- From: Keller, Tim [mailto:Tim.Keller@stratus.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 9:41 AM To: 'wlug(a)wlug.org' Subject: [Wlug] Automatically setting passwords... Does anybody know of or created a script that can change a users password without human intervention? or on a side note, does anybody know how to in perl hash a textual password into a MD5 hash that would be suitable to be inserted into a shadow file. Thanks, Tim. _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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SuSE for Mac?
by avedis＠ma.ultranet.com 11 Jun '02

11 Jun '02

My neighbor is looking for a copy of SuSE 7.2 for Mac. Does anyone have a copy? If not, have you got the URL to download it? Thanks. Greg

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ncurses - Joe Riopel
by Joe Riopel 11 Jun '02

11 Jun '02

Hello, I am just starting out programming with ncurses. I was just wondering if anyone knew of some good books, or and good links as I start. Thanks, Joe

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DDS3 tape drive?
by Michelle Vadeboncoeur 10 Jun '02

10 Jun '02

Hey guys - I've got an old backup tape from 1999 that I'd like to get the data off of. My big problem - I don't have the old system/tape drive around anymore, or personally have anything that can handle the tape. (The DDS2 tape drive I tried just spit the tape back out at me.) The tape is a DDS-3 Data Cartridge (Compressed Capacity 24 GB), an HP C5708A. I do not know how much data is on the tape (or if it's been corrupted), but I doubt that it's anywhere near the 24GB. All I really need is a data dump (to either a CD-R or such that I can FTP off to my server), and I'll poke through it later. I really can't spare the $680 (the cheapest data recovery quote I've gotten) for a possibly corrupted tape... any help or pointers would be greatly appreciated. 8) -- --==*==-- --==*==-- Michelle R. Vadeboncoeur --==*==-- --==*==-- mrv(a)kluge.net: http://www.kluge.net/~mrv/

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Re: [Wlug] ncurses - Joe Riopel
by Joe Riopel 10 Jun '02

10 Jun '02

yep worked out great... Thanks.

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REMINDER: Meeting Thursday, June 13th, 7 PM
by Andy Stewart 08 Jun '02

08 Jun '02

Hi Everybody, This e-mail is to remind you about the upcoming WLUG meeting which is being held on Thursday, June 13th at 7:00 PM in Kinnicutt Hall on the WPI Campus in Worcester, MA, USA. With the arrival of my new daughter two weeks ago (May 24), it has been very busy at my house. Combined with some unrestful evenings, I have not had any time to prepare a presentation for this meeting. The floor is open for anybody who has a reasonable presentation to make to the group. Please contact me to make arrangements. As you've seen in the past, the presentation need not be extremely fancy. Feedback I've received from group members indicates that these presentations are well received, and are certainly better alternatives to sitting around for an hour trying to figure out what to discuss. :-) Recent Linux developments that might be fodder for discussion are KDE 3.0.x, United Linux, aptget-rpm, Mozilla 1.0, OpenOffice.org 1.0, and probably many other things. At this meeting, we can also attempt to finalize our plans for a WLUG summer barbecue. It might be a good idea to combine this with a 5th year anniversary celebration, as WLUG was originally founded in July of 1997. After the meeting, we will make our monthly pilgrimage to the Boynton Restaurant. -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

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less & line numbers
by Bill Mills-Curran 08 Jun '02

08 Jun '02

This is weird... I can't get "less" to display line numbers in the left column. All that happens is that the text of the file I'm viewing shifts to the right, adding 2 blank columns. It looks like the shift amount is too small to display the numbers, so I don't get to see them. I'm seeing this on both RedHat 7.1 and 7.2 systems. On an older system (6.0?), less shows the line numbers. (I could have sworn that this was working right recently, but it doesn't now.) I'm using the "--LINE-NUMBERS" option to try to see the lines on the newer versions, and the "-N" option on the older versions. Any ideas? TIA, Bill

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WMA --> MP3 conversion?
by Bill Smith 07 Jun '02

07 Jun '02

Hi all, I have a bunch of files that are in asf format. I understand that this is basically WMA (Windows Media Audio). Makes sense, since they are recordings of church services. :) Anyway, I want to convert them to MP3 so that I can hear them without having to stoop to loading certain Left Coast poor-excuse-for-operating-systems... Would anyone happen to know of a good/reasonable WMA-->MP3 converter for Linux? Best regards, -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- William Smith wsmith-at-chezsmith-dot-com Fall River, MA http://www.chezsmith.com Linux: the choice of a GNU Generation! * TAG! v3.0 *

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Wireless nics and linux.
by Wesley Allen 05 Jun '02

05 Jun '02

Hi All, I may be FINALLY getting some wireless access in my house (It's amazing what a simple furniture move can accomplish). So I'm wondering, what wireless nics work in Linux. I've heard that there are some problems, do any of you have 802.11b networks at home (what's the mac address range.....wink)? If so, what nics are you using. Do the USB one's work (actually, I'll check this one out on my own, it's the pcmcia cards I need the info on). Thanks, Wes

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Multiple mice on a laptop
by Adam Elliott 04 Jun '02

04 Jun '02

Hello, I've got a laptop that usually resides in a docking station at work, where it is connected to an ordinary wheelmouse. That works fine. When I take the laptop out of the docking station, disconnect the mouse, and start up Linux again (so using the touchpad), the pointer tends to go crazy. Now, I know the reason for this is the protocol is wrong in the XF86Config file. The wheelmouse uses IMPS/2 with 5 buttons (3+wheel), the touchpad PS/2 with 2 buttons. I can fix this by editing the XF86Config file appropriately, and the touchpad works fine. Now, my question is: Is there any way to get Linux to automatically figure out that the mouse is not attached, and so fall back on the touchpad? BTW, I've set up two "Pointer" sections in XF86Config, and just adjust the CorePointer line to reference the correct one. XFree doesn't like having two CorePointers. I'm using SuSE 7.3, XFree86 4.x if it matters. Thanks, -Adam

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monitoring a Matrix 3000
by Bill Mills-Curran 04 Jun '02

04 Jun '02

I sent the message below to the UPS mailing list, but it's a pretty slow list, so I thought I'd see if anyone on WLUG might have an idea. I'm beginning to suspect a serial line configuration issue. Any ideas? Thanks, Bill Mills-Curran ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 08:29:56 -0400 (EDT) To: Ups mailing list <ups(a)lists.exploits.org> Subject: monitoring a Matrix 3000 Hi, I've installed the nut rpm's from the RedHat 7.2 distribution: nut-cgi-0.45.0-3 nut-0.45.0-3 nut-client-0.45.0-3 I am attempting to monitor the state of 2 APC Matrix UPS's; a model 3000 and a model 5000. I have two different sets of cables to work with; 940-0020B and 940-0024C. In short, I can't get any indication of communication between my linux box and the UPS. I've looked through the FAQ's and other documentation pretty carefully, but I must be missing something. Any direction anyone can give would be appreciated. Documentation for these UPS's can be found at: http://sturgeon.apcc.com/techref.nsf/docID/3BF5FC2524F090888525675200631528… There's a description of the pinouts on p. 39. **************** Basic setup: I have a couple of racks of inter-dependent equipment powered from 2 UPS's. The interdependence forces me to shut down all machines before either UPS fails. I plan to use a single linux box to monitor the state of the UPS's and to send shutdown signals (via small private network) to the servers when the battery gets low. The linux box is old hardware, but the linux software installation is new. In an effort to simplify the problem, I've dropped back to monitoring a single UPS. Below are the config files and results for using the two different cable types. For both config's, I set the permissions on /dev/ttyS0 to 666. **************** Using the 940-0020B cables. Config files (without the comments): **** # /etc/sysconfig/ups SERVER=yes MODEL=genericups DEVICE=/dev/ttyS0 OPTIONS="-t 2" **** # /etc/ups/upsd.conf UPS tls01 /usr/bin/genericups-ttyS0 -t 2 /dev/ttyS0 ACL all 0.0.0.0/0 ACL localhost 127.0.0.1/32 ACCESS grant monitor localhost password ACCESS deny all all **** # /etc/ups/upsmon.conf MONITOR tls01@localhost 1 password slave MINSUPPLIES 1 SHUTDOWNCMD "/root/bin/ups.pl shutdown" NOTIFYCMD "/root/bin/ups.pl notify" POLLFREQ 5 POLLFREQALERT 5 HOSTSYNC 15 DEADTIME 15 POWERDOWNFLAG /etc/killpower RBWARNTIME 43200 NOCOMMWARNTIME 300 ******* Results: 1. The services (genericups, upsd, upsmonitor) started ok. I do get the message: UPS tls01@localhost is unavailable 2. upsc tls01@localhost gives the following: host: tls01@localhost No variables available! Check your upsd.conf entry for this UPS **************** Using the 940-0024C cables. Config files (without the comments): **** # /etc/sysconfig/ups SERVER=yes MODEL=apcsmart DEVICE=/dev/ttyS0 OPTIONS= **** # /etc/ups/upsd.conf UPS tls01 /usr/bin/apcsmart-ttyS0 /dev/ttyS0 ACL all 0.0.0.0/0 ACL localhost 127.0.0.1/32 ACCESS grant monitor localhost password ACCESS deny all all **** # /etc/ups/upsmon.conf MONITOR tls01@localhost 1 password slave MINSUPPLIES 1 SHUTDOWNCMD "/root/bin/ups.pl shutdown" NOTIFYCMD "/root/bin/ups.pl notify" POLLFREQ 5 POLLFREQALERT 5 HOSTSYNC 15 DEADTIME 15 POWERDOWNFLAG /etc/killpower RBWARNTIME 43200 NOCOMMWARNTIME 300 ******* Results: 1. The services (apcsmart, upsd, upsmonitor) started ok. I do get the message: UPS tls01@localhost is unavailable 2. upsc tls01@localhost gives the following: host: tls01@localhost No variables available! Check your upsd.conf entry for this UPS **************** What am I doing wrong? TIA, Bill

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