Re: yellowdog-general Digest 17 Jan 2001 03:13:31 -0000 Issue 327


Subject: Re: yellowdog-general Digest 17 Jan 2001 03:13:31 -0000 Issue 327
From: phil (phil@bphprint.co.nz)
Date: Tue Jan 16 2001 - 21:01:34 MST


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> yellowdog-general Digest 17 Jan 2001 03:13:31 -0000 Issue 327
>
> Topics (messages 8938 through 8967):
>
> Audio
> 8938 by: "Duncan Hames" <zesty23@secretservices.net>
> 8942 by: Matt Tyndorf <mtyndorf@home.com>
>
> BootX to yaboot on Lombard
> 8939 by: "Paul J. Lucas" <pauljlucas@mac.com>
>
> yellowdog-general Digest 16 Jan 2001 06:20:12 -0000 Issue 326
> 8940 by: "William F. Hostman" <aramis@gci.net>
>
> Uninstalling apps
> 8941 by: Tony Yazbeck <tyazbeck@bigfoot.com>
> 8943 by: "Paul J. Lucas" <pauljlucas@mac.com>
>
> installing KDE2
> 8944 by: Hollis R Blanchard <hollis+@andrew.cmu.edu>
> 8947 by: Tony Yazbeck <tyazbeck@bigfoot.com>
> 8948 by: Hollis R Blanchard <hollis+@andrew.cmu.edu>
>
> Cant hear CD, kdm
> 8945 by: Hollis R Blanchard <hollis+@andrew.cmu.edu>
>
> LinuxPPC 2000 Q4 successfully boots on the Apple PowerBook G4 Titanium
> 8946 by: "William K. Gibson" <firstdesk@columbus.rr.com>
>
> Preparing for KDE2
> 8949 by: Tony Yazbeck <tyazbeck@bigfoot.com>
> 8951 by: Hollis R Blanchard <hollis+@andrew.cmu.edu>
>
> Latest YDL
> 8950 by: Tony Yazbeck <tyazbeck@bigfoot.com>
>
> System Disk Maintenence
> 8952 by: Bryn Hughes <linux@demian.shacknet.nu>
>
> hosts.allow & hosts.deny
> 8953 by: Bryn Hughes <linux@demian.shacknet.nu>
> 8955 by: "Philip Good" <phil@redplanetx.com>
> 8956 by: "Philip Good" <phil@redplanetx.com>
>
> KDE2 install glitch
> 8954 by: Tony Yazbeck <tyazbeck@bigfoot.com>
> 8958 by: Hollis R Blanchard <hollis+@andrew.cmu.edu>
>
> Keyboard mapping and 2.2.18
> 8957 by: Ulrik Sjöström <ulriks@mail.bahnhof.se>
>
> KDE Install Glitch (2)
> 8959 by: Tony Yazbeck <tyazbeck@bigfoot.com>
> 8960 by: Hollis R Blanchard <hollis+@andrew.cmu.edu>
> 8961 by: Tony Yazbeck <tyazbeck@bigfoot.com>
> 8962 by: Hollis R Blanchard <hollis+@andrew.cmu.edu>
> 8963 by: Tony Yazbeck <tyazbeck@bigfoot.com>
> 8964 by: Hollis R Blanchard <hollis+@andrew.cmu.edu>
> 8965 by: Tony Yazbeck <tyazbeck@bigfoot.com>
> 8966 by: Hollis R Blanchard <hollis+@andrew.cmu.edu>
> 8967 by: Alfonso AGNEW <aagnew@gnick.math.smu.edu>
>
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> Subject: Re: Audio
> Date: 16 Jan 2001 07:28:16 -0000
> From: "Duncan Hames" <zesty23@secretservices.net>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>
> Thanks Matt I'll try that
>
> On Mon, 1 Jan 2001 23:20:32 -0500 Matt Tyndorf <mtyndorf@home.com> wrote:
> >Try entering this as root:
> >
> >modprobe dmasound - That will see if the default DMA sound module will
> >work.
> >
> >if it works, reboot and type in (again, as root) insmod dmasound
> >
> >And thats all there is to it :)
> >
> >Cheers!
>
> Send someone a cool Dynamitemail flashcard greeting!! And get rewarded.
> GO AHEAD! http://cards.dynamitemail.com/index.php3?rid=fc-41
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: Audio
> Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 07:37:05 -0500
> From: Matt Tyndorf <mtyndorf@home.com>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>
> Whoops sorry Duncan, it won't work when you reboot, forgot about that.
>
> To get it to install all the time at boot, put the following lines in your
> /etc/conf.modules file (which may or may not be empty)
>
> alias sound dmasound
>
> and it'll load at startup.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Duncan Hames wrote:
>
> > Thanks Matt I'll try that
> >
> > On Mon, 1 Jan 2001 23:20:32 -0500 Matt Tyndorf <mtyndorf@home.com> wrote:
> > >Try entering this as root:
> > >
> > >modprobe dmasound - That will see if the default DMA sound module will
> > >work.
> > >
> > >if it works, reboot and type in (again, as root) insmod dmasound
> > >
> > >And thats all there is to it :)
> > >
> > >Cheers!
> >
> > Send someone a cool Dynamitemail flashcard greeting!! And get rewarded.
> > GO AHEAD! http://cards.dynamitemail.com/index.php3?rid=fc-41
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: BootX to yaboot on Lombard
> Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 23:42:57 -0800 (PST)
> From: "Paul J. Lucas" <pauljlucas@mac.com>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>
> On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Jonathan Bertsch wrote:
>
> > image=hd:10,/boot/vmlinux
> > label=linux
> > root=/dev/hda10
> > append="video=aty128fb:vmode17; adb_buttons=103,111"
>
> OK, I found out that I need to use hfsutils to do:
>
> hattrib -r tbxi -c chrp bootscript
> hattrib -r tbxi -c chrp yaboot
>
> However, yaboot conplained that it couldn't find its config
> file even though I put it right in the System Folder where
> yaboot itself is.
>
> - Paul
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: yellowdog-general Digest 16 Jan 2001 06:20:12 -0000 Issue 326
> Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 00:46:04 -0900
> From: "William F. Hostman" <aramis@gci.net>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>
> >On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Jonathan Bertsch wrote:
> >
> > > > OK, I changed the boot-device in Open Firmware, but when I type
> > > > "boot" I get "unrecognized client program format".
> > >
>
> boot mac-os. D/l ResEdit from apple. change the type and creator
> codes for yaboot to 'tbxi' and 'chrp' respectively (Each code is 4
> place, case sensitive). Assuming that it's a valid yaboot file.
>
> > > To boot into linux all the time you need to pass:
> >
> > If you read the rest of my mail, I said I want a dual boot system.
> >
> > > setenv boot-device hd:##,yaboot
> > > setenv boot-command boot
> >
> > Where did you see that second line documented?
> >
> > > and then to boot after that do:
> > >
> > > boot hd:##,yaboot
> >
> > Same for that line? Regardless, this doesn't change the fact
> > that the program format is unrecognized.
> >
> > - Paul
>
> It was in my install docs that shipped with my binder and CD's for 1.2
> replace the ## with the partition number for whichever partition your
> yaboot is located on. That mode of use needs yaboot to be at the root
> level of the partition. And the setenv commands are unneeded in some
> cases. for example, to boot to linux, I get to open firmware, and
> type:
>
> boot hd:9,yaboot
>
> I used to have to type yaboot.tbxi, rather than yaboot, since the
> older version was yaboot.tbxi
>
> --
> William F. Hostman | "Smith & Wesson: THe original Point and Click
> interface!"
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> ge- pi+
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Uninstalling apps
> Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 07:11:57 -0500
> From: Tony Yazbeck <tyazbeck@bigfoot.com>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> To: <yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
>
> Hi,
>
> Is there a way to cleanly uninstall a program in YDL? For example, is there
> a control panel or a yup command that one can type to cleanly remove an
> installed application?
>
> Just to refresh my memory, is the proper syntax to install an rpm,
>
> Rpm install applicationame
>
> Thanks for all help
>
> Tony
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: Uninstalling apps
> Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 07:29:04 -0800 (PST)
> From: "Paul J. Lucas" <pauljlucas@mac.com>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>
> On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Tony Yazbeck wrote:
>
> > Is there a way to cleanly uninstall a program in YDL?
>
> rpm -e application-gors-here
>
> > Just to refresh my memory, is the proper syntax to install an rpm,
> >
> > Rpm install applicationame
>
> No. Do:
>
> man rpm
>
> - Paul
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: installing KDE2
> Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 11:01:19 -0500 (EST)
> From: Hollis R Blanchard <hollis+@andrew.cmu.edu>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>
> On Mon, 15 Jan 2001, Tony Yazbeck wrote:
> >
> > I have a quick question though...I went to the ftp site containing the KDE
> > 2.0 files...in there you have a text file in which you mention that you have
> > to remove certain files..
> >
> > "You will need to uninstall:
> > kpilot switchdesk-kde kdebase-1.1.2-30 kdeutils-1.1.2-3 korganizer-1.1.2-2
> > kdeadmin-1.1.2-6 kdemultimedia-1.1.2-6 kdpms-0.2.8-1 kpackage
> >
> > You will need to yup install:
> > zip unzip openssl"
> >
> > Can you please explain how to do this and why this is necessary.
>
> To delete the named packages, use rpm -e.
>
> To install the other named packages, use yup install.
>
> This is necessary because of conflicts and dependancies - try installing
> without that and you'll see exactly what I mean.
>
> > Also, do the KDE 2 files need to be installed in a certain order.
>
> Install them all at once.
>
> -Hollis
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: installing KDE2
> Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 11:10:17 -0500
> From: Tony Yazbeck <tyazbeck@bigfoot.com>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> To: <yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
>
> Thanks a lot Hollis for all your help.
>
> One last thing, is there a special command to install all the rpm's at once.
> What I have done is create a new folder called KDE2 in the root and
> downloaded all the Kde 2.01 files there.
>
> Note, I have downloaded all the file except the developer ones. Will that
> cause a problem during the install. If so, please let me know so that I can
> go back and d/l them before installing anything.
>
> Thanks again for your time. I truly appreciate it.
>
> Tony
>
> > From: Hollis R Blanchard <hollis+@andrew.cmu.edu>
> > Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> > Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 11:01:19 -0500 (EST)
> > To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> > Subject: Re: installing KDE2
> >
> > On Mon, 15 Jan 2001, Tony Yazbeck wrote:
> >>
> >> I have a quick question though...I went to the ftp site containing the KDE
> >> 2.0 files...in there you have a text file in which you mention that you have
> >> to remove certain files..
> >>
> >> "You will need to uninstall:
> >> kpilot switchdesk-kde kdebase-1.1.2-30 kdeutils-1.1.2-3 korganizer-1.1.2-2
> >> kdeadmin-1.1.2-6 kdemultimedia-1.1.2-6 kdpms-0.2.8-1 kpackage
> >>
> >> You will need to yup install:
> >> zip unzip openssl"
> >>
> >> Can you please explain how to do this and why this is necessary.
> >
> > To delete the named packages, use rpm -e.
> >
> > To install the other named packages, use yup install.
> >
> > This is necessary because of conflicts and dependancies - try installing
> > without that and you'll see exactly what I mean.
> >
> >> Also, do the KDE 2 files need to be installed in a certain order.
> >
> > Install them all at once.
> >
> > -Hollis
> >
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: installing KDE2
> Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 11:16:07 -0500 (EST)
> From: Hollis R Blanchard <hollis+@andrew.cmu.edu>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>
> On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Tony Yazbeck wrote:
> >
> > One last thing, is there a special command to install all the rpm's at once.
> > What I have done is create a new folder called KDE2 in the root and
> > downloaded all the Kde 2.01 files there.
>
> No, nothing special. rpm -ivh *.rpm will work just fine.
>
> > Note, I have downloaded all the file except the developer ones. Will that
> > cause a problem during the install. If so, please let me know so that I can
> > go back and d/l them before installing anything.
>
> It won't cause any problems except that you will be unable to compile KDE
> apps later.
>
> -Hollis
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: Cant hear CD, kdm
> Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 11:05:18 -0500 (EST)
> From: Hollis R Blanchard <hollis+@andrew.cmu.edu>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> To: Yellow Dog <yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
>
> On Mon, 15 Jan 2001, Tony Yazbeck wrote:
> >
> > My problem remains that my CD won't mount when I put a music CD.
>
> That is correct, and as you mention below not a problem.
>
> > Ironically though, the CD player recognizes that there is a music CD and
> > actually plays properly, but I can't hear anything.
>
> Have you adjusted your volume with kmix?
>
> > Also, is there a way to get the KDE login screen right away, instead of
> > always having to login, and then typing 'startx'?
>
> echo KDE > /etc/sysconfig/desktop
>
> Then edit /etc/inittab and change the default runlevel to 5 instead of 3.
>
> -Hollis
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: LinuxPPC 2000 Q4 successfully boots on the Apple PowerBook G4
> Titanium
> Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 11:08:10 -0500
> From: "William K. Gibson" <firstdesk@columbus.rr.com>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> To: <yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
>
> on 1/15/01 1:10 PM, Robert Vogt IV at robert@arborhost.com wrote:
>
> > A friend of mine @ Apple says that YDL runs well on the Titanium,
> > and that the speed increase over the PBG3s is _very_ noticeable!
>
> Awesome! Now I can get me one. :-)
>
> Of course, now I need to ask the MOL group if MOL will work also.
>
> --William K. Gibson
> 1stDesk Systems
> firstdesk@columbus.rr.com
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Preparing for KDE2
> Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 11:46:37 -0500
> From: Tony Yazbeck <tyazbeck@bigfoot.com>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>
> > "You will need to uninstall:
> > kpilot switchdesk-kde kdebase-1.1.2-30 kdeutils-1.1.2-3 korganizer-1.1.2-2
> > kdeadmin-1.1.2-6 kdemultimedia-1.1.2-6 kdpms-0.2.8-1 kpackage
> >
> > You will need to yup install:
> > zip unzip openssl"
>
> Hi,
>
> Regarding the above, I successfully installed zip, unzip, and openssl using yup
> install.
>
> I also successfully removed (using the rpm -e command) everything except the
> following:
>
> - kdebase-1.1.2-30 (this is the error I got)
>
> kdebase is needed by autorun 2.61-1
> kdebase is needed by kdebase-lowcolor-icons-1.1.2-30
> kdebase is needed by kdpms-0.2.8-1 (I removed that later, so I think this error
> so be gone now)
>
> - kdemultimedia-1.1.2-6
>
> kdebase is needed by autorun 2.61-1
>
> Shall I go ahead and remove the programs that are not allowing me to remove
> those files you mention or will that cause a problem?
>
> After I successfully manager to remove the above, this is how I intend to
> install the rpms at once for KDE. Please tell me if this is correct as Im not
> sure.
>
> 1) Open terminal, this will put me in root
> 2) Type: CD KDE2 (since that's the folder I created in root and contains all the
> KDE 2.01 files)
> 3) Type: rpm -ivh *.rpm
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tony
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: Preparing for KDE2
> Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 13:03:21 -0500 (EST)
> From: Hollis R Blanchard <hollis+@andrew.cmu.edu>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>
> On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Tony Yazbeck wrote:
> >
> > I also successfully removed (using the rpm -e command) everything except the
> > following:
> >
> > - kdebase-1.1.2-30 (this is the error I got)
> >
> > kdebase is needed by autorun 2.61-1
> > kdebase is needed by kdebase-lowcolor-icons-1.1.2-30
> > kdebase is needed by kdpms-0.2.8-1 (I removed that later, so I think this error
> > so be gone now)
> >
> > - kdemultimedia-1.1.2-6
> >
> > kdebase is needed by autorun 2.61-1
> >
> > Shall I go ahead and remove the programs that are not allowing me to remove
> > those files you mention or will that cause a problem?
>
> rpm -e kdebase autorun kdebase-lowcolor-icons
>
> > After I successfully manager to remove the above, this is how I intend to
> > install the rpms at once for KDE. Please tell me if this is correct as Im not
> > sure.
> >
> > 1) Open terminal, this will put me in root
>
> You will not be root unless you su (man su) to root.
>
> > 2) Type: CD KDE2 (since that's the folder I created in root and contains all
> > the KDE 2.01 files)
>
> Try 'cd'; 'CD' won't get you anything except an error.
>
> > 3) Type: rpm -ivh *.rpm
>
> Actually, make that rpm -Uvh (man rpm to find out why).
>
> -Hollis
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: Latest YDL
> Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 12:19:52 -0500
> From: Tony Yazbeck <tyazbeck@bigfoot.com>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>
> The ftp site for the latest KDE2.01 is down. Are there any mirror sites?
>
> Thanks
>
> Tony
>
> Hollis R Blanchard wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 15 Jan 2001, Tony Yazbeck wrote:
> > >
> > > Is there a later non-beta kernel? If so can someone tell where I can d/l
> > > it as well as the necessary vmlinux file that I need to put in the
> > > kernels folder in the MacOS.
> >
> > If you yup update (which I strongly recommend you do) you'll get 2.2.17.
> >
> > 2.2.18 is available for manual install at
> > ftp://ftp.terraplex.com/pub/updates/kernel/2.2.18
> >
> > > Also, does anyone know if there is an rpm for KDE 2.01 for YDL 1.2?
> >
> > ftp://ftp.terraplex.com/pub/users/hollis/kde2
> >
> > -Hollis
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: System Disk Maintenence
> Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 11:34:24 -0800
> From: Bryn Hughes <linux@demian.shacknet.nu>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> To: <yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
>
> I guess nightly is a little excessive. Really I'd just like to at least
> have a weekly check/repair of the file system. I HAVE had a couple of
> occasions where things have gone a little quirky with my drive... and since
> the server is almost never rebooted, it doesn't have much of an opportunity
> to check itself. I know right now there's some problems on one of my
> partitions, but I can't take down the server during the day to do repairs,
> and I'm not on site after hours, so it has to be a cron job if if involves
> stopping networking.
>
> What do you do for disk maintenance?
>
> Bryn
>
> on 1/12/01 11:24 AM, Paul J. Lucas at pauljlucas@mac.com wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Bryn Hughes wrote:
> >
> >> What's the best way to do disk repairs and maintenance on a YD Linux system?
> >> Switching into single-user maintenance mode on my system leaves me with no
> >> USB. Being that it's a G4, that's not too convenient (no mouse/keyboard).
> >
> > Bringing the ethernet interface down will get you a fairly
> > quiescent system.
> >
> >> Ideally I'd like to have the server go down to maintenance mode every night
> >> and run fsck to check/repair my disks ...
> >
> > There really is no reason to be doing that.
> >
> > - Paul
> >
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: hosts.allow & hosts.deny
> Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 12:07:59 -0800
> From: Bryn Hughes <linux@demian.shacknet.nu>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> To: "yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com"
> <yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
>
> I'm having some trouble setting up my hosts.allow and hosts.deny files. The
> man entries explain everything more or less, except I don't know what the
> wildcard entry is! For some reason my man pages are slightly messed up and
> I get something like a control character instead of whatever the real
> wildcard character is.
>
> What I want to do:
>
> DENY access to everyone, then
> ALLOW access to just our internal IP addresses
> ALLOW access to a few individual static addresses off site
>
> I don't need to do anything as far as limiting access to specific ports or
> anything else exotic at this point as I'm not running mail/web/ftp services
> on this machine for anyone other than the above mentioned addresses.
>
> I'm also hoping that ALLOW takes precedence over DENY? Some systems I've
> worked with (notably Windows 2000) look at DENY and then ALLOW, which makes
> it very difficult to create a "nobody EXCEPT XYZ" type of policy.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bryn
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: hosts.allow & hosts.deny
> Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 14:29:20 GMT
> From: "Philip Good" <phil@redplanetx.com>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>
> in hosts.deny put
>
> ALL : ALL : DENY
>
> in hosts.allow put:
>
> aaa.aaa.aaa.aaa : ALL : ALLOW
> aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd : ALL : ALLOW
> xxx.xxx.xxx.0 : ALL : ALLOW
> .domain.com
>
> this will allow access by the first two IPs, all addresses that start with xxx.xxx.xxx and allow access from all hosts from the domain
> domain.com.
>
> Phil
>
> > I'm having some trouble setting up my hosts.allow and hosts.deny files. The
> > man entries explain everything more or less, except I don't know what the
> > wildcard entry is! For some reason my man pages are slightly messed up and
> > I get something like a control character instead of whatever the real
> > wildcard character is.
> >
> > What I want to do:
> >
> > DENY access to everyone, then
> > ALLOW access to just our internal IP addresses
> > ALLOW access to a few individual static addresses off site
> >
> > I don't need to do anything as far as limiting access to specific ports or
> > anything else exotic at this point as I'm not running mail/web/ftp services
> > on this machine for anyone other than the above mentioned addresses.
> >
> > I'm also hoping that ALLOW takes precedence over DENY? Some systems I've
> > worked with (notably Windows 2000) look at DENY and then ALLOW, which makes
> > it very difficult to create a "nobody EXCEPT XYZ" type of policy.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Bryn
> >
> >
>
> --
> Philip Good
> Red Planet Development, Red Canyon Software, Good Chi Tai Chi
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: hosts.allow & hosts.deny
> Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 14:29:37 GMT
> From: "Philip Good" <phil@redplanetx.com>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>
> in hosts.deny put
>
> ALL : ALL : DENY
>
> in hosts.allow put:
>
> aaa.aaa.aaa.aaa : ALL : ALLOW
> aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd : ALL : ALLOW
> xxx.xxx.xxx.0 : ALL : ALLOW
> .domain.com : ALL : ALLOW
>
> this will allow access by the first two IPs, all addresses that start with xxx.xxx.xxx and allow access from all hosts from the domain
> domain.com.
>
> Phil
>
> > I'm having some trouble setting up my hosts.allow and hosts.deny files. The
> > man entries explain everything more or less, except I don't know what the
> > wildcard entry is! For some reason my man pages are slightly messed up and
> > I get something like a control character instead of whatever the real
> > wildcard character is.
> >
> > What I want to do:
> >
> > DENY access to everyone, then
> > ALLOW access to just our internal IP addresses
> > ALLOW access to a few individual static addresses off site
> >
> > I don't need to do anything as far as limiting access to specific ports or
> > anything else exotic at this point as I'm not running mail/web/ftp services
> > on this machine for anyone other than the above mentioned addresses.
> >
> > I'm also hoping that ALLOW takes precedence over DENY? Some systems I've
> > worked with (notably Windows 2000) look at DENY and then ALLOW, which makes
> > it very difficult to create a "nobody EXCEPT XYZ" type of policy.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Bryn
> >
> >
>
> --
> Philip Good
> Red Planet Development, Red Canyon Software, Good Chi Tai Chi
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: KDE2 install glitch
> Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 15:33:09 -0500
> From: Tony Yazbeck <tyazbeck@bigfoot.com>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>
> Hollis R Blanchard wrote:
>
> > > 3) Type: rpm -ivh *.rpm
> >
> > Actually, make that rpm -Uvh (man rpm to find out why).
> >
>
> Ok, I downloaded ALL the files from the ftp site just to be complete, and I opened
> terminal window and got into my KDE2 folder. I then typed: rpm -Uvh *.rpm and
> everything started to go well, until I got this error and then everything stopped.
>
> libXaw.so.7 is needed by the kdemultimedia 2.0.1-1
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks
>
> Tony
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: KDE2 install glitch
> Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 18:30:29 -0500 (EST)
> From: Hollis R Blanchard <hollis+@andrew.cmu.edu>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>
> On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Tony Yazbeck wrote:
> >
> > Ok, I downloaded ALL the files from the ftp site just to be complete, and I
> > opened terminal window and got into my KDE2 folder. I then typed: rpm -Uvh
> > *.rpm and everything started to go well, until I got this error and then
> > everything stopped.
> >
> > libXaw.so.7 is needed by the kdemultimedia 2.0.1-1
>
> ls -l /usr/X11/lib/libXaw* please? I think I may have built KDE2 with XF4, in
> which case you'll need to upgrade X as well (lucky you! :).
>
> -Hollis
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: Keyboard mapping and 2.2.18
> Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 00:10:53 +0100
> From: Ulrik Sjöström <ulriks@mail.bahnhof.se>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>
> Hi Rick. No, you didn't do anything wrong. The 2.2.18 kernel uses a
> new input layer. Your mouse won't work in X either, at least not adb
> button emulation. Check the linuxppc "user" mailing list. It has all
> the information you need to correct the problem. Do a search on
> "keymap" or "emulation". You might have to recompile the kernel,
> depending on if you checked "emulate adb mouse buttons" (or something
> like that)
> //Ulrik S
>
> >I've compiled the sources in my iMac rev.B, and everything seems to work
> >apart from keyboard mapping. In fact keyboard is unusable, because of
> >the keycodes I can get from 'showkey' are completely different from the
> >previous ones (and the same using 'xev' in X), and so there is no
> >corrispondence between buttons and outputs.
> >Are there any suggestions? Did I make some mistakes in 'make
> >menuconfig'?
> >Bye.
> > Rick
> >--
> >"Like a bird on the wire
> > like a drunk in a midnight choir
> > I tried in my way to be free."
> > L. Cohen, "Bird on the wire"
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: KDE Install Glitch (2)
> Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 18:57:11 -0500
> From: Tony Yazbeck <tyazbeck@bigfoot.com>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> To: Yellow Dog <yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
>
> Hi Hollis,
>
> I can't find that file in the path that you provide. I tried looking
> manually
> but couldn't find it either. How do you do a find in Linux that
> resembles
> something like sherlock : )...
>
> Thanks
>
> Tony
>
> > ------ Forwarded Message
> > From: Hollis R Blanchard <hollis+@andrew.cmu.edu>
> > Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> > Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 18:30:29 -0500 (EST)
> > To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> > Subject: Re: KDE2 install glitch
> >
> > On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Tony Yazbeck wrote:
> > >
> > > Ok, I downloaded ALL the files from the ftp site just to be
> complete, and I
> > > opened terminal window and got into my KDE2 folder. I then typed:
> rpm -Uvh
> > > *.rpm and everything started to go well, until I got this error and
> then
> > > everything stopped.
> > >
> > > libXaw.so.7 is needed by the kdemultimedia 2.0.1-1
> >
> > ls -l /usr/X11/lib/libXaw* please? I think I may have built KDE2 with
> XF4,
> > in
> > which case you'll need to upgrade X as well (lucky you! :).
> >
> > -Hollis
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: KDE Install Glitch (2)
> Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 19:03:16 -0500 (EST)
> From: Hollis R Blanchard <hollis+@andrew.cmu.edu>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> To: Yellow Dog <yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
>
> On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Tony Yazbeck wrote:
> >
> > I can't find that file in the path that you provide. I tried looking
> > manually
> > but couldn't find it either. How do you do a find in Linux that
> > resembles
> > something like sherlock : )...
>
> It's called 'locate'. ;)
>
> I certainly hope you have XFree86-libs installed; if not please install it.
>
> -Hollis
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: KDE Install Glitch (2)
> Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 19:22:04 -0500
> From: Tony Yazbeck <tyazbeck@bigfoot.com>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>
> Hollis R Blanchard wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Tony Yazbeck wrote:
> > >
> > > I can't find that file in the path that you provide. I tried looking
> > > manually
> > > but couldn't find it either. How do you do a find in Linux that
> > > resembles
> > > something like sherlock : )...
> >
> > It's called 'locate'. ;)
> >
> > I certainly hope you have XFree86-libs installed; if not please install it.
> >
> > -Hollis
>
> Aha..I think that may be the culprit. I dont think I have it installed. I did
> a
>
> locate XFree86-libs in the terminal window and got 'No such file or directory'
>
> Is there a quick way to get it installed? Is this why I can't get KDe2 to
> install properly?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tony
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: KDE Install Glitch (2)
> Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 20:04:21 -0500 (EST)
> From: Hollis R Blanchard <hollis+@andrew.cmu.edu>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>
> On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Tony Yazbeck wrote:
>
> > Hollis R Blanchard wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Tony Yazbeck wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I can't find that file in the path that you provide. I tried looking
> > > > manually
> > > > but couldn't find it either. How do you do a find in Linux that
> > > > resembles
> > > > something like sherlock : )...
> > >
> > > It's called 'locate'. ;)
> > >
> > > I certainly hope you have XFree86-libs installed; if not please install it.
> >
> > Aha..I think that may be the culprit. I dont think I have it installed. I
> > did a locate XFree86-libs in the terminal window and got 'No such file or
> > directory'
>
> XFree86-libs is an rpm package; not a file. locate (which you apparently do
> not have installed) finds files.
>
> rpm -q XFree86-libs will tell you if you have it installed or not.
>
> > Is there a quick way to get it installed? Is this why I can't get KDe2 to
> > install properly?
>
> yup install slocate XFree86-libs
>
> -Hollis
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: KDE Install Glitch (2)
> Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 20:15:43 -0500
> From: Tony Yazbeck <tyazbeck@bigfoot.com>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>
> Hollis R Blanchard wrote:
>
> > XFree86-libs is an rpm package; not a file. locate (which you apparently do
> > not have installed) finds files.
> >
> > rpm -q XFree86-libs will tell you if you have it installed or not.
>
> ok I did that and got:
>
> XFree86-libs-3.3.6.11.2
>
> so maybe I do have it after all. So what now? Does that mean there is something
> wrong elsewhere? If so, any ideas?
>
> Thanks
>
> Tony
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: KDE Install Glitch (2)
> Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 20:18:51 -0500 (EST)
> From: Hollis R Blanchard <hollis+@andrew.cmu.edu>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>
> On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Tony Yazbeck wrote:
>
> > Hollis R Blanchard wrote:
> >
> > > XFree86-libs is an rpm package; not a file. locate (which you apparently do
> > > not have installed) finds files.
> > >
> > > rpm -q XFree86-libs will tell you if you have it installed or not.
> >
> > ok I did that and got:
> >
> > XFree86-libs-3.3.6.11.2
> >
> > so maybe I do have it after all. So what now? Does that mean there is
> > something wrong elsewhere? If so, any ideas?
>
> rpm -ql XFree86-libs | grep libXaw
> Here's what I get:
> /usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw.so.6
> /usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw.so.6.1
> /usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw.so.7
> /usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw.so.7.0
>
> Now you try.
>
> -Hollis
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: KDE Install Glitch (2)
> Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 20:29:39 -0500
> From: Tony Yazbeck <tyazbeck@bigfoot.com>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>
> Hollis R Blanchard wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Tony Yazbeck wrote:
> >
> > > Hollis R Blanchard wrote:
> > >
> > > > XFree86-libs is an rpm package; not a file. locate (which you apparently do
> > > > not have installed) finds files.
> > > >
> > > > rpm -q XFree86-libs will tell you if you have it installed or not.
> > >
> > > ok I did that and got:
> > >
> > > XFree86-libs-3.3.6.11.2
> > >
> > > so maybe I do have it after all. So what now? Does that mean there is
> > > something wrong elsewhere? If so, any ideas?
> >
> > rpm -ql XFree86-libs | grep libXaw
> > Here's what I get:
> > /usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw.so.6
> > /usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw.so.6.1
> > /usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw.so.7
> > /usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw.so.7.0
> >
> > Now you try.
>
> I only get the following:
>
> /usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw.so.6
> /usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw.so.6.1
>
> How come? I dont understand? Is there a fix?
>
> Tony
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: KDE Install Glitch (2)
> Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 20:45:32 -0500 (EST)
> From: Hollis R Blanchard <hollis+@andrew.cmu.edu>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>
> On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Tony Yazbeck wrote:
>
> > Hollis R Blanchard wrote:
> > >
> > > rpm -ql XFree86-libs | grep libXaw
> > > Here's what I get:
> > > /usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw.so.6
> > > /usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw.so.6.1
> > > /usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw.so.7
> > > /usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw.so.7.0
> > >
> > > Now you try.
> >
> > I only get the following:
> >
> > /usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw.so.6
> > /usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw.so.6.1
> >
> > How come? I dont understand? Is there a fix?
>
> Thank you.
>
> The reason is because those KDE2 rpms were built with XF4 (which you can find
> in the same place).
>
> Here are your options:
> 1. install XF4. can be annoying, and may not work well depending on your
> video card.
> 2. don't install kdemultimedia. easy, but you'll be missing the KDE mp3
> player, audio mixer, etc (there are non-KDE equivalents which you probably
> already have installed).
>
> As to the understanding part, I really recommend finding a good book on Red
> Hat Linux and reading it. I've heard great things about O'Reilly's _Running
> Linux_.
>
> -Hollis
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: KDE Install Glitch (2)
> Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 21:13:43 -0600
> From: Alfonso AGNEW <aagnew@gnick.math.smu.edu>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> CC: Hollis R Blanchard <hollis+@andrew.cmu.edu>
>
> Hollis,
>
> I've been following your and Tony's emails regarding kde2. They've been easy
> to follow: thank you! If I recall correctly, you have both kde2 rpms and
> xf402 rpms available from the terraplex.org ftp server. I have been wanting
> to upgrade from xf336 to xf40* for a little while, but I have a wallstreet2
> with the ati mach64 video, which is/was only partially supported. Being a
> novice (not beginning!) linux guy, I've been reluctant to try xf40* due to
> limited tweaking skills. Could you say how I might fare with your xf40*
> rpms, on my wallstreet2? When successful with xf40*, I will also try your
> kde2 rpms.
>
> Thanks for all your work/help!
>
> Alfonso



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