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Re: [Alug] Retail theropy - AC3, DVD and linux
by MJ Ray 08 Jul '01

08 Jul '01

David Freeman <david_freeman(a)rocketmail.com> writes: > I have heard compiling X is something of a black art, is this the case? No, it's an apt-get sequence. > as you know I have know problem compiling my own programs for th OS. ? > I only need X 4 for Quake and Herione warrior, can you use unstable > packages with a stable release? Not usually, but people have packaged X'4 for stable too. I installed it on a tsw machine recently and it worked happily, although two packages had dodgy dependencies against X'3 and had to be recompiled. -- MJR

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Xdefaults
by oms101＠freeuk.com 08 Jul '01

08 Jul '01

A while ago we where discussing X and .Xdefaults and I discovered that some people might want some of my settings for X If you type use KDE it can be anoying the way you X applications look and feel is modified by apply changes to all X windows deleting some of your changes to the ~/.Xdefaults file. (I now use ice which is well customised now maybe I should post my theme some time to themes.org or even here) at the end of the ~/.Xdefaults file on my account you will see the line <Quote> #include "etc/X/Xresorces/Main" </Quote> This prevents programs overwriting my Xdefault which I set So fav I have only set up a couple of programs The links to a file called Main which further links to setups for 4 applications and looks like <Quote> #include "XTerm" #include "Nedit" #include "Netscape" #include "Ddd" </Quote> The files XTerm Nedit Netscape and Ddd have appended I hope this will improve the look of your X enviroment, The support for wheel mouse in Xterms and Nedit is now an essential for me. Enjoy Owen ------------------filedelimiter----------------------- Ddd ------------------filedelimiter----------------------- Ddd*XmText.background: black Ddd*XmText.foreground: white ------------------filedelimiter----------------------- Nedit ------------------filedelimiter----------------------- !========================================================================== ! NeDiT Settings from OMS !========================================================================== ! NEdit*fontList: -*-lucidatypewriter-bold-r-*-*-17-*-*-*-*-*-*-* NEdit*text.selectForeground: red nedit*text.selectBackground: gray80 nedit*text.highlightBackground: red nedit*text.highlightForeground: white nedit.remapDeleteKey: False # NEdit NEdit*text.Translations: #override\n\ Shift<Btn4Down>,<Btn4Up>: scroll_up(1)\n\ Shift<Btn5Down>,<Btn5Up>: scroll_down(1)\n\ Ctrl<Btn4Down>,<Btn4Up>: previous_page()\n\ Ctrl<Btn5Down>,<Btn5Up>: next_page(1)\n\ <Btn4Down>,<Btn4Up>: scroll_up(3)\n\ <Btn5Down>,<Btn5Up>: scroll_down(3)\n nedit.stdOpenDialog: True ------------------filedelimiter----------------------- Netscape ------------------filedelimiter----------------------- !## NETSCAPE Netscape*drawingArea.translations: #replace \ <Btn1Down>: ArmLink() \n\ <Btn2Down>: ArmLink() \n\ ~Shift<Btn1Up>: ActivateLink() \n\ ~Shift<Btn2Up>: ActivateLink(new-window) \ DisarmLink() \n\ Shift<Btn1Up>: ActivateLink(save-only) \ DisarmLink() \n\ Shift<Btn2Up>: ActivateLink(save-only) \ DisarmLink() \n\ <Btn1Motion>: DisarmLinkIfMoved() \n\ <Btn2Motion>: DisarmLinkIfMoved() \n\ <Btn3Motion>: DisarmLinkIfMoved() \n\ <Motion>: DescribeLink() \n\ <Btn3Down>: xfeDoPopup() \n\ <Btn3Up>: ActivatePopup() \n\ Ctrl<Btn4Down>: PageUp()\n\ Ctrl<Btn5Down>: PageDown()\n\ Shift<Btn4Down>: LineUp()\n\ Shift<Btn5Down>: LineDown()\n\ None<Btn4Down>: LineUp()LineUp()LineUp()LineUp()LineUp()LineUp()\n\ None<Btn5Down>: LineDown()LineDown()LineDown()LineDown()LineDown()LineDown()\n\ Alt<Btn4Down>: xfeDoCommand(forward)\n\ Alt<Btn5Down>: xfeDoCommand(back)\n Netscape*globalNonTextTranslations: #override\n\ Shift<Btn4Down>: LineUp()\n\ Shift<Btn5Down>: LineDown()\n\ None<Btn4Down>:LineUp()LineUp()LineUp()LineUp()LineUp()LineUp()\n\ None<Btn5Down>:LineDown()LineDown()LineDown()LineDown()LineDown()LineDown()\n\ Alt<Btn4Down>: xfeDoCommand(forward)\n\ Alt<Btn5Down>: xfeDoCommand(back)\n ------------------filedelimiter----------------------- XFMail ------------------filedelimiter----------------------- !========================================================================== ! XFMail Settings from OMS !========================================================================== ! xfmail*text.Translations: #override\n\ <Btn4Down>,<Btn4Up>:a\n\ <Btn5Down>,<Btn5Up>:a\n\ ------------------filedelimiter----------------------- XTerm ------------------filedelimiter----------------------- ! =========================================================================== ! Basic !=========================================================================== !Changed as to big a window on display !.xterm.geometry: 80x45 .xterm.geometry: 78x18 .xterm.vt100.background: black .xterm.vt100.foreground: grey .xterm.vt100.color0: #000000 .xterm.vt100.color1: #d36265 .xterm.vt100.color2: #aece91 .xterm.vt100.color3: #e7e18c .xterm.vt100.color4: #7a7ab0 .xterm.vt100.color5: #963c59 .xterm.vt100.color6: #418179 .xterm.vt100.color7: gray .xterm.vt100.color8: gray40 .xterm.vt100.color9: #ef8171 .xterm.vt100.color10: #e5f779 .xterm.vt100.color11: #fff796 .xterm.vt100.color12: #4186be .xterm.vt100.color13: #ef9ebe .xterm.vt100.color14: #71bebe .xterm.vt100.color15: white .xterm*fontMenu*background: green ! =========================================================================== ! Motif ! =========================================================================== !*XmText.translations: #override\n\ ! <Key>osfDelete: delete-previous-character()\n\ ! <Key>osfBackSpace: delete-next-character()\n ! !*XmTextField.translations: #override\n\ ! <Key>osfDelete: delete-next-character()\n\ ! <Key>osfBackSpace: delete-previous-character()\n ! =========================================================================== ! XTerm ! =========================================================================== !*vt100.translations: #override \ ! <Key>Home: string("[1~") \n\ ! <Key>Insert: string("[2~") \n\ ! <Key>BackSpace: string("[3~") \n\ ! <Key>End: string("[4~") !============================================================================= ! xterm defaults from OMS !============================================================================= ! ! !# In the scrollbar we map buttons 5 & 4 to 1 and 2 otherwise, core dump !# This will move proportionnaly to cursor position but we dont know how to !# program the same exact behavior as in the text widget. XTerm.vt100.Scrollbar.translations: #override\n\ <Btn5Down>: StartScroll(Forward)\n\ <Btn4Down>: StartScroll(Backward)\n\ XTerm.vt100.translations: #override\n\ Shift<Btn4Down>,<Btn4Up>:scroll-back(1,line)\n\ Shift<Btn5Down>,<Btn5Up>:scroll-forw(1,line)\n\ Ctrl<Btn4Down>,<Btn4Up>:scroll-back(1,page)\n\ Ctrl<Btn5Down>,<Btn5Up>:scroll-forw(1,page)\n\ <Btn4Down>,<Btn4Up>:scroll-back(1,halfpage)\n\ <Btn5Down>,<Btn5Up>:scroll-forw(1,halfpage)\n\ ! xterm (and friends) XTerm*highlightSelection: true ! Uncomment this to use color for the bold attribute XTerm*VT100*colorBDMode: on XTerm*VT100*colorBD: blue ! Uncomment this to use color for underline attribute XTerm.VT100*colorULMode: on XTerm.VT100*underLine: off XTerm*VT100*colorUL: magenta ! Uncomment this to display the scrollbar XTerm*scrollBar: true ! This resource specifies whether or not to ignore the 'alternate screen' ! of applications such as vi. When it is on, these applications will restore ! the contents of the screen when they are exited to what they were before ! they were started. When it is off, the contents of vi will remain on the ! screen after the program is quit. XTerm.VT100.titeInhibit: true ! Uncomment this to turn off color mode in your xterms !XTerm.VT100*colorMode: off XTerm.VT100*dynamicColors: on ! Number of lines of scrollback to save XTerm*saveLines: 1500 xterm*reverseWrap: true !*visualBell: true *visualBell: False *scrollTtyOutput: False *scrollKey: True !XTerm.vt100.Scrollbar.translations: #override\n\ ! <Btn5Down>: StartScroll(Forward)\n\ ! <Btn4Down>: StartScroll(Backward)\n\ xterm*background: LightYellow2 xterm.eightBitInput: true xterm*multiScroll: on xterm*jumpScroll: on xterm*ScrollBar: on xterm*SaveLines: 2000 ! xterm*VisualBell: true xterm.eightBitOutput: true !xterm*font: -adobe-courier-bold-r-normal--14-140-75-75-m-90-iso8859-1 !xterm*font: -bitstream-terminal-bold-r-normal--14-140-75-75-m-90-iso8859-1 xterm*font: 10x20 !This Stuff was cut from the top XTerm*Scrollbar*width: 16 XTerm*Scrollbar*height: 16 XTerm*Scrollbar*shadowWidth: 2 XTerm*Scrollbar*borderWidth: 3 XTerm*RightScrollBar: True *Scrollbar*width: 15 *Scrollbar*height: 15 *Scrollbar*shadowWidth: 2 *Scrollbar*borderWidth: 2 *Scrollbar*cursorName: top_left_arrow *Scrollbar*pushThumb: false *Label*shadowWidth: 2 *Label*borderWidth: 2 *shapeStyle: Rectangle *shadowWidth: 2 *SmeBSB*shadowWidth: 2 *Toggle*highlightThickness: 2 *MenuButton*highlightThickness: 2 *Command*highlightThickness: 2 *Panner*shadowThickness: 2 *SimpleMenu*shadowThickness: 2 *topShadowContrast: 20 *bottomShadowContrast: 45 *PushThumb: False ------------------filedelimiter----------------------- please note that I have included the Files in the body of the text to avoid hastle, if the delimiter confuses you you can always mail me for the raw files Owen Date: 07-Jul-01 Time: 14:03:59

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Re: [Alug] Arrrrggg!
by MJ Ray 08 Jul '01

08 Jul '01

Steve Fosdick <fozzy(a)pelvoux.demon.co.uk> writes: > So I have knocked up a very quick and dirty (i.e. second take) MP3 > of this which you can listen to at > http://www.pelvoux.demon.co.uk/alug/argghh.mp3. Have you tried it with cut-ins of blood-curdling horror screams? ;-) -- MJR

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Re: [Alug] Arrrrggg!
by MJ Ray 07 Jul '01

07 Jul '01

Earl Brannigan <earl.brannigan(a)lindenhouse.co.uk> writes: > To the tune of Doh Reh Me from The Sound of Music : I dare one of our more musically-inclined members to cut together an mp3 of this... -- MJR

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Re: [Alug] Retail theropy - AC3, DVD and linux
by MJ Ray 07 Jul '01

07 Jul '01

David Freeman <david_freeman(a)rocketmail.com> writes: > So does the latest debian have X 4? if not how easy is it to add with > KDE as WM (might change to the one the Peter showed me. It's fairly easy if you read from debianplanet.org and are prepared to recompile a few packages. Or if you mean "unstable" by "latest", yes, it probably has X4. Yes, Xine is a good player. -- MJR

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Re: [Alug] Retail theropy - AC3, DVD and linux
by MJ Ray 07 Jul '01

07 Jul '01

David Freeman <david_freeman(a)rocketmail.com> writes: > PS I think rabbit did fall over based on some pinging and a bit og > guess work, thanks to the techies who got it back on, who ever you are. Rabbit is a breezeblock. Doesn't fall over, although it's a bit porous sometimes. -- MJR

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Retail theropy - AC3, DVD and linux
by David Freeman 07 Jul '01

07 Jul '01

List, I feel the need for some new hardware. I was thinking for some time of getting a new graphics card, the Geforce 2 MX powered ASUS cards look nice. But I also decided I would get a DVD drive. This leaves me with some questions. 1) Is it worth getting TV out on a graphics card? for a desktop machine? 2) How well is the geforce 2 MX supported on Linux? 3) Are DVD rom drives fixed as a single region? if so how do I unfix it? 4) Do DVD rom drives have a S/PDIF output on the drive? 5) Can any one recommend a cheap sound card which will give me 6 channel sound output from the DVD drive and allow me to output it to my surround amp? 6) What dvd decoding software would people recommend? I think that was all. Thanks D PS did rabbit go down today Mark? PPS Owen, did I send my last email to you or the list? ===== -------------------- "We all know Linux is great... it does infinite loops in 5 seconds." Linus Torvalds __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

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Re: [Alug] linux expo..
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 07 Jul '01

07 Jul '01

David freeman wrote: >PS Jen: I have an IBM football for you Brilliant! Thanks greatly. >We marched through with penguin held hi chanting FOLLOW THE PENGUIN! You silly, silly things, you. Wish I'd been there! Did you, like, merge lugs? Jenny.

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Re: [Alug] I here God
by MJ Ray 07 Jul '01

07 Jul '01

David Freeman <david_freeman(a)rocketmail.com> writes: > Now your must be evil, this sounds like a great trick, Must work out > how to do this. The sound of Big wheel eminating from black. You need the pcsp patches. They have to be tidied a bit to work with 2.2.19 last I checked, but it can be done. If I was clever, I'd compile a new version of the patch myself. -- MJR

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I here God
by David Freeman 07 Jul '01

07 Jul '01

Well not really, but do a cat zmlinuz > /dev/audio So strange! I love it! Hmmm, what does gcc sound like? Thanks D ===== -------------------- "We all know Linux is great... it does infinite loops in 5 seconds." Linus Torvalds __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

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RE: [Alug] Arrrrggg!
by Earl Brannigan 07 Jul '01

07 Jul '01

Yoiks Scoobz.... On 06 July 2001 12:08, Neill Newman [SMTP:neill@entora.co.uk] wrote: > Earl Brannigan wrote: > > > > > > Hi Dave... > > Its No Joke... its very serious! > > > > Neill has a serious problem expressing his dislike of certain > > things...especially where programming is concerned. > > I have nnooo problems expressing my thoughts.. it's just that other > people don't understand my grunts ;)... > > > To humour him I entertain his little expressions, Argggghhh being the prime > > one. > > Eventually when evolution has completed its course future generations of > > Newmans will be able to use language much like the rest of us do today, > > Until then Argggghhhh!!!!! is about as close as he can get to "I don't like > > it that way..." > > that depends on where you place the inflections ;) aarrgghhh is a cross > platform, cross culture, cross dressed expression that spans many Is Arrggghhh Male? Just trying to imagine a Cross Dressed Version, perhaps wearing some Ann Summers stuff.... > languages.. even the Russians on MIR used the expression when bits fell > off! Apparently, but "In Space No-One can hear you Arrrggghhh" ... And I'm sure it was closer to : ARRRGGGHHH-ski > > > The speech therapist says he is making good progress and that next week > > they will be studying two-syllabled words!! > > I'm currently progressing onto more expressive one-syllable words such > as "D'oh", and now that it is offically part of the english language I'm > bold enough to say that, give enough time, and enough trained monkeys, I > might be able to knock up some perl poetry in about 2 million years... > > until then.. arrgghh and D'oh is about my limit ;) > Sz > To the tune of Doh Reh Me from The Sound of Music : All together now.... Arrggghhh a grunt, a moanful grunt, Arrggghhh expresses how you feel. Arrggghhh a name I call my mom, Arrggghhh a burp after a meal. Arrggghhh A chat up line to work, Arrggghhh to get rid of a jerk, Arrggghhh to send your dog berserk, That will bring us back to AAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!

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Re: [Alug] Encrypting disks...
by MJ Ray 07 Jul '01

07 Jul '01

Andrew J Glover <flexifoil(a)btinternet.com> writes: > /usr/include/linux is supposed to be a symlink to > /usr/src/linux/include/linux, isnt it? No. Never. If you do that, if you replace your kernel source (eg to start moving to another kernel version or patchset, but not immediately), you could find yourself linking against the wrong kernel headers. Especially if (like me), you have more than one kernel lying around in similar locations. Or what if you decide to delete the kernel source because you broke it badly while hacking it? On debian, you'll also confuse the kernel-headers package that was installed when you installed your system. I think other distributions have similar packages. Use the kernel-headers package made by your make-kpkg. You know it makes sense. (Make sure that it's the right one for the kernel, though.) -- MJR

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3 button mouse
by John Seago 07 Jul '01

07 Jul '01

I think I've found the easiest answer, that is to use the dialogue box when updating, at least it looks to me much less scary than tackling the command line stuff. having managed to get balsa to take incoming Emails as well as sending, (I've got KDE to work for Emails), I then tried to get Pan to work, but both it and Balsa seem to have terrible 'Authentication' problems lots of error messages and then crashing. This is probably something I've done, but as I have no idea what I'm doing I can't tell. Pan won't work, according to the log, as I can't log on to BTinternet news, KDE Email is also reporting 'bad log' with BT, I re-typed all my passwords so I don't think its that so it must be something I've done when I installed and attempted to configure it. Coping with this, (Linux), is getting to be more of a full time job than a simple change to a reliable system, still it fills the days, and the nights, and all the time when I should be doing something else, perhaps I should get some Debian Disks, then the learning process involved in getting it installed and configured might enable me to work it when I've got it in! John Seago

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Re: [Alug] 3 Button mouse
by Neil Sedger 06 Jul '01

06 Jul '01

Jenny_Hopkins(a)toby-churchill.com wrote: > waiting for an expert to comment on this, i would have said to take a look > at your /etc/X11/XF86Config file - "pointers" section, or rerun XF86Config > from a cli. 'CLI' eh? I spot an ex-Amiga user :-) Neil

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Anyone in ALUG using Kylix ?
by bsamuels＠datamansys.co.uk 06 Jul '01

06 Jul '01

As per subject. Barry Samuels

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Re: [Alug] Encrypting disks...
by MJ Ray 06 Jul '01

06 Jul '01

Andrew J Glover <flexifoil(a)btinternet.com> writes: > As to debian, Ive never used their kernel packages, and looking in > dselect, the kerneli patch in potato is for 2.2.14 but theres a bug in > < 2.2.19 isnt there? I'm not saying use the debian kernel packages, I'm saying build your own so that your system is still in a consistent state when you've done with it ;-) You can build your own packages of whatever kernel you so wish. Try "man make-kpkg" if you have the kernel-package package installed. I know there's a nasty bug in .16-18, but I don't know whether it's just performance and driver enhancements otherwise. -- MJR

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RE:More C coding Woes
by Earl Brannigan 06 Jul '01

06 Jul '01

Hi Again : >Tried this, it didn't work, it transfered the errors to the linker not >the compiler. Which means it has compiled. Now, what exactly are you using ? is there a static/dynamic library or a .c file for it? Have you written it yourself ? Essentially (without seeing the linker error...please send this if still unresolved) this is probably because of unresolved function declared in the header file but not found when you link. in as plain English as I can Master : When a function prototype is encountered eg. void func(int param); //no function body the compiler generates a 'lookup' (an 'entry point' reference to a function) to be filled in later (when it actually generates(compiles) the function in another .c file). Your output file(s) will contain calls to functions (obtained via prototypes) which need to be resolved in order to make a whole executable. The Linker will resolve by either a) matching the calls to a function defined in another output file or b) through a library that it is aware of. Therefore you need either a .c file which defines the function to compile (to make an output file) and link together with your main.c's output file. Or your linker needs to know where to find the library which contains the pre-compiled function. Add the directory containing the library to your linker options. If you have a .c file add it to your project as a new node (if using an IDE) or make sure it is in your source directory (if using a makefile which processes all files within the project tree) If still stuck, or this makes absolutely no sense then email me over the stuff you have, and/or your linker error messages and I'll have a look. HTH Cheers Earl

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Re: Arrrrggg! Mr Earl Brannigan Sir!
by David Howe 06 Jul '01

06 Jul '01

Jeez you guys are sooooooo bitchy on this mailing list.... >Neill has a serious problem expressing his dislike of certain >things...especially where programming is concerned. >To humour him I entertain his little expressions, Argggghhh being the >prime one. >Eventually when evolution has completed its course future generations of >Newmans will be able to use language much like the rest of us do today, >Until then Argggghhhh!!!!! is about as close as he can get to "I don't >like it that way..." >The speech therapist says he is making good progress and that next week >they will be studying two-syllabled words!! ...... so I thought I'd join in a bit...... (tongue firmly in cheek) Earl it is a moot point that your email domain is @lindenhouse - I was just wondering if this bore any relation to the Linden Centre at Broomfield Hospital in Essex where people go to "relax" a little and calm their nerves.... some people aren't very good at relaxing but eh nice people at the Linden Centre let them stay for ages free of charge - nice innit Dave

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Re: [Alug] IPchains problem
by MJ Ray 06 Jul '01

06 Jul '01

"Martyn Drake" <martyn(a)alug.org.uk> writes: > ipchains -A input -j REJECT -p tcp -s 0.0.0.0/0 -d 0.0.0.0/0 3128 Maybe try using "-I input 1" instead of "-A input"? Pints of beers? You mixing your drinks again, Martyn? -- MJR

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IPchains problem
by Martyn Drake 06 Jul '01

06 Jul '01

Okay dokey - my brain has switched off for the weekend, and this problemette is beginning to drive me nuts. I want to close a range of ports including 3128 (which is Squid) to the outside world. I would have thought that to do so would involve issuing the command:- ipchains -A input -j REJECT -p tcp -s 0.0.0.0/0 -d 0.0.0.0/0 3128 but it don't work. The machine itself is NATted through a Cisco 1600 series routed (the router itself is on a 192.168.1.x address). Does anybody have any suggestions on how to go about doing so? The current ipchains table has been reproduced below as a guide. Chain input (policy DENY): target prot opt source destination ports ACCEPT all ------ 192.168.0.0/24 anywhere n/a ACCEPT tcp ------ anywhere anywhere any -> 1025:65535 ACCEPT udp ------ anywhere anywhere any -> 1025:65535 ACCEPT tcp ------ anywhere anywhere any -> ssh ACCEPT icmp ------ anywhere anywhere any -> any ACCEPT all ------ 127.0.0.0/8 anywhere n/a ACCEPT tcp ------ anywhere anywhere any -> authChain forward (policy ACCEPT): target prot opt source destination ports MASQ all ------ 192.168.0.0/24 anywhere n/a Free pints of beers (note the plural) to anybody who manages to resolve this one :) Regards, Martyn

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Re: [Alug] Encrypting disks...
by MJ Ray 06 Jul '01

06 Jul '01

Andrew J Glover <flexifoil(a)btinternet.com> writes: > This was after rebooting with the new kernel. The ciphers were built > into the kernel, and are there, dmesg: wrt the LO ones, are you compiling against the correct kernel-headers package? On Debian, you get this when you do make-kpkg, but you still have to remember to install it. -- MJR

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Re: [Alug] Encrypting disks...
by MJ Ray 06 Jul '01

06 Jul '01

xsprite(a)bigfoot.com writes: > Something like this worked for me: > > # dd if=/dev/urandom of=/mycfs bs=1m count=$size This worked OK. > # modprobe $cipher > # losetup -e $cipher /dev/loop0 /mycfs > (prompts for key) > (add more layers here if needed - by incrementing the loop device and using > the previous loop device as the second parameter..) I failed here. I was trying to do /usr. Why are you looking at me funny? ;-) Remember kids, root, dd and your valuable file systems may not be a happy mix. Only go there if you really know what you're doing. -- MJR

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Arrrrggg!
by Earl Brannigan 06 Jul '01

06 Jul '01

> > David Freeman wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > speaking of Earl... aarrgghhhhhh!!!!! > > > > > > ?????????????? Why Arrggg? Earl din't strike me as bing anymore > > strange > > > than the rest of us! > > > > Earl will understand ;).. > > Oh good, any chance you'll share the joke? > Hi Dave... Its No Joke... its very serious! Neill has a serious problem expressing his dislike of certain things...especially where programming is concerned. To humour him I entertain his little expressions, Argggghhh being the prime one. Eventually when evolution has completed its course future generations of Newmans will be able to use language much like the rest of us do today, Until then Argggghhhh!!!!! is about as close as he can get to "I don't like it that way..." The speech therapist says he is making good progress and that next week they will be studying two-syllabled words!! Cheers ;op Earl

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Re: [Alug] Delaying tactics
by MJ Ray 06 Jul '01

06 Jul '01

Alexis Lee <alexis(a)turton.com> writes: > Lander. As I recall, Acorn did a bit of an Apple and created > something technically rather good, but then made a bit of a hash of > the marketing/sales. 10 times faster than the PC of its day. RISCOS was quite good, so its ideas have been cannibalised: see http://rox.sourceforge.net/ There's a Linux port of Zarch, the game Lander was cut down from, but it's binary-only against old libs, I think. Someone should email the author and ask them to release the source so that the buffer overflow root exploit against it can be closed... -- MJR

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Delaying tactics
by linux user stuff 06 Jul '01

06 Jul '01

Hi, Thanks to Adam I now have a working network between my Linux machine and my Acorn Risc PC but in trying to mount the Risc PC discs I have created a problem. I have put some lines in the /etc/fstab file to mount -smbfs the 4 drives on the PC but I see errors when I boot the Linux box, presumably because at that point SMB is not running. What can I do to overcome the errors? I would ask you to bear in mind that I am likely to need a lot of help if the instructions are difficult. -- __ __| |_ __ __ .------------------------------------------. / _/ _` \ V V / | mailto:linux@wymondham.demon.co.uk | \__\__,_|\_/\_/ |__________________________________________|

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