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Linux-Announce Digest #669
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Fri Dec 10 19:13:18 1999
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Linux-Announce Digest #669, Volume #3 Fri, 10 Dec 99 19:13:07 EST
Contents:
sysstat-2.2 - The SAR and IOSTAT command for Linux. ("Sebastien.GODARD")
cdc - Gnome CD changer applet (stoney)
Dump 0.4b11 - dump/restore linux ext2 backup suite (Stelian Pop)
Ecology-HOWTO 0.4 (Werner Heuser)
COMMERCIAL: linux file system explorer for nt (PR XLAB)
LinuxSeeker: Another (yawn) Linux search site (Mike Richardson)
LOCAL: Cincinnati Linux Users Group December Meeting ("Jeffrey S. Gilton")
LOCAL/CORRECTION: Postponed GLLUG (London - UK) Winter meeting. (Colin Murphy)
COMMERCIAL: German KDE book, 2nd edition (Hans-Georg Esser)
Linux Stock Index script for SSI (Marc Christensen)
smtm-0.5.2 -- Show Me The Money, global stock ticker (Dirk Eddelbuettel)
WWW: Linux India Pages ("Vijay Kittu")
leafnode-1.9.6 - news server for small sites (Cornelius Krasel)
COMMERCIAL: Linux Computer Books Online (LCBO) (Gary Lawrence Murphy)
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From: "Sebastien.GODARD" <Sebastien.GODARD@wanadoo.fr>
Subject: sysstat-2.2 - The SAR and IOSTAT command for Linux.
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 01:06:09 GMT
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Hi everybody,
sysstat version 2.2 is now available for you who need tools to report system
statistics.
You can find it here on sunsite: ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/status
:
48kB sysstat-2.2.tar.gz
51kB sysstat-2.2-1.src.rpm
30kB sysstat-2.2-1.i386.rpm
This is mainly a maintainance release. Here are some of the changes:
* Option -d added to sar to enable it to be started as a daemon.
* Option -V added to sar and iostat (print version number and usage).
* Fixed a bug that made CPU utilization displayed by iostat wrong on SMP
machines.
* Display improved for iostat.
* NLS updated: spanish translation added.
* Patch against kernel 2.2.13 added for iostat.
NOTE: this will be the last version before sysstat-3.0, which will have a
'sar' that will (at last!) look like other UN*X sar commands.
It will include a data collector (sadc) together with the sa1 and sa2 shell
scripts.
sysstat-3.0 should be ready in January, 2000. So read the news!
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Sébastien GODARD (sebastien.godard@wanadoo.fr)
Unix IS user friendly... but it is just selective about who its friends are !
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From: stoney <lstone@gate.net>
Subject: cdc - Gnome CD changer applet
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 01:09:33 GMT
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cdc_applet Gnome CDROM changer panel applet
Announcing cdc_applet 0.1, a Gnome panel applet to
operate an ATAPI (IDE) CDROM changer. Written
to control a NEC-CR251 4-slot changer, it should
work with other 4-slot changers as well. (More
slots could be added, as well as SCSI support,
if there is a demand for these features. I have
no idea what people are using).
Cdc_applet is based on the elegant program
cdchange by Erik Anderson. The panel portion
shows the current drive in an LED-like digital
display. From the applet's popup menu, the
user can select to change slots, view CDROM
contents(in Gnome Midnight Commander), unmount
or eject the current CDROM.
Download and a screen shot are available at
http://www.gate.net/~lstone/cdc.html
Lamar Stonecypher (Stoney)
mailto:lstone@gate.net
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From: Stelian Pop <pop@cybercable.fr>
Subject: Dump 0.4b11 - dump/restore linux ext2 backup suite
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 01:10:27 GMT
Reply-To: Stelian Pop <pop@cybercable.fr>
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Hi everybody,
I'm pleased to announce a new version of dump/restore, containing some
useful new features and some bug fixes.
This could be the last development version in the 0.4 beta series, since
dump seems to be very stable now.
I'm going to release a stable version in a few weeks (if the earth is still
around past december 31 :-) ), so you are invited to test this version
carefully.
Dump/restore can be downloaded from:
http://perso.cybercable.fr/pop/dump
or
http://spop.free.fr/dump
Thanks,
Stelian.
ChangeLog follows:
Changes between versions 0.4b10 and 0.4b11 (released December 5, 1999)
======================================================================
1. Added a '--enable-kerberos' to configure.
2. Added a 'S' option to dump which determines the amount of space
that is needed to perform the dump without actually doint it, similar
to the Sun's ufsdump 'S' option. Patch contributed by Rob Cermak
<cermak@ahab.rutgers.edu>.
3. Added a 'M' multi-volume option to dump and restore which enables
dumping to multiple files (useful when dumping to an ext2
partition to make several dump files in order to bypass the 2GB
file size limitation). The 'f' argument is treated as a prefix and
the output files will be named <prefix>001, <prefix>002 etc. With
the 'M' flag, restore automatically selects the right file without
asking to enter a new tape each time.
4. Fixed a memory leak which was causing dump to grow very big
(270MB when dumping a 10GB filesystem...). Thanks to Zaphod
Beeblebrox <zaphod@netrider.org.au> for reporting the bug.
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From: Werner Heuser <wehe@snafu.de>
Subject: Ecology-HOWTO 0.4
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 01:11:33 GMT
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Hi,
with the assistance of many contributors, I can announce the
Linux-Ecology-HOWTO 0.4
It's available in different formats at
http://www.snafu.de/~wehe/eco_linux.html
Changes:
added appendix G about other operating systems, added information
about CD recycling, added appendix H URLs of recyclers, removed
link to Linux Games Survey, added links to SWARM, UNCERT and
Climate-Dynamics, added chapter about
Energy Star label (courtesy of Robert Horn), minor changes
Cheers
- -werner-
BTW:
There is a new ECO(LOGY)-COM(PUTER) mailing list ECO-COM available at
http://www.snafu.de/~wehe/eco_linux.html
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Werner Heuser | Stop nuclear power now! /~~
LiLAC - Linux with Laptop Computers | /~~~
Berlin, Germany | /~~~~
T. +49 30 349 53 86 <wehe@snafu.de> www.snafu.de/~wehe/index_li.html
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From: PR XLAB <pr@xlaboratory.com>
Subject: COMMERCIAL: linux file system explorer for nt
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 01:08:25 GMT
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explore Mac , Linux, NT files system in your 95.98, nt,2000 system
http://www.xlaboratory.com/xproducts/xfsexplorer.htm
suggestion welcom.
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From: Mike Richardson <mike@quaking.demon.co.uk>
Subject: LinuxSeeker: Another (yawn) Linux search site
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 01:10:59 GMT
Reply-To: mike@quaking.demon.co.uk
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I'd like to announce the arrival of the Beta 2 release of LinuxSeeker,
a (yawn!) new Linux package search engine. LinuxSeeker attempts to
draw together package information from a wide range of distributions
and other sources, and to provide a wide range of search options.
LinuxSeeker can handle queries like:
* list details for packages with a name matching "After*"
* ditto but restricted to Debian
* ditto but show only i386 and source packages
* list all updated packages for the latest RedHat release
* where can I get packages with names matching "After*"
* ditto, but I want an FTP server in Germany (UK, US, ...)
* list all packages which contain the file "pnpdump" (bit slow, this one!)
* show all packages in the RedHat category "X11/Games"
* show RPM details for RedHat package "netcat"
* show DEB details for Debian package "net-acct"
* show all files in Slackware package "netpipes"
* show all LSMs with names matching "*net*"
* show all LSMs with the keyword KDE
Currently, LinuxSeeker scans packages in the following distributions,
based on FTP mirrors in the United Kingdom.
* RedHat 6.1 and 6.0
* SUSE 6.2
* Slackware 4.0 and 7.0
* Debian slink
* Mandrake 6.1
* and the main SunSite archive
I intend to add other distributions, plus other package sources (for
instance, KDE and Gnome) shortly. At present, LinuxSeeker contains
information on around 25000 packages (many of which appear in more
that one distribution, of course!)
LinuxSeeker should know about FTP mirrors in various countries around
the world. Initially, it only knows a few, and not all have been
extensively checked to ensure that FTP download URLs point to the
right place. However, those for the United Kingdom should be correct
as these mirrors are used to retrieve package information.
LinuxSeeker is currently at:
http://www.min.a-i-s.co.uk
I'd like to thank Agricultural Internet Services (http://www.a-i-s.co.uk)
for their generosity in allowing LinuxSeeker to run on their web server.
This is the Beta 2 release. To date, it has been checked by myself and
a very few other people. All feedback welcome. Please see the Beta test
and feedback pages.
Regards
Mike Richardson
Series 1 Software
mike@quaking.demon.co.uk
http://www.quaking.demon.co.uk
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From: "Jeffrey S. Gilton" <jeff@jsgis.com>
Subject: LOCAL: Cincinnati Linux Users Group December Meeting
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 01:15:11 GMT
Reply-To: jeff@jsgis.com
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The December general meeting of the Cincinnati Linux Users Group
will be on Saturday, December 18th, at 10:30 a.m. The location will be:
Compuware Offices
4555 Lake Forest Drive
Room 140 (Westlake Center)
Blue Ash, OH
The program for this meeting will be:
Lego Mindstorm Robots
by Monty Stein
See our web site for more information: http://www.clug.org
or contact me at jeff@jsgis.com
Jeff Gilton, President
Cincinnati GNU/Linux Users Group, Incorporated
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From: QL.4.Ever@bigfoot.com (Colin Murphy)
Subject: LOCAL/CORRECTION: Postponed GLLUG (London - UK) Winter meeting.
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 01:13:21 GMT
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Unfortunately the Greater London Linux User Group (GLLUG) meeting, planned
for Saturday 11th December 1999, has had to be cancelled.
Please see the web page <http://gllug.linux.co.uk> for the rescheduled
date.
Sory for the inconvenience cause etc.
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GLLUG Greater London Linux User Group organiser
http://gllug.linux.co.uk
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Colin Murphy - QL.4.Ever@bigfoot.com - London.
ICQ - 13630409
Please reply by Usenet as I rarely read my email!
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From: Hans-Georg Esser <h.-ge.esser@fz-juelich.de>
Subject: COMMERCIAL: German KDE book, 2nd edition
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 01:26:29 GMT
Reply-To: h.g.esser@gmx.de
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The following is an announcement for the 2nd edition of a German book on
KDE, published by Sybex Germany. Therefore the rest of this message is
written in German.
Non-German-speaking readers of this newsgroup may want to have a look at my
international pages - http://www.esser-books.com/ - as some of my texts
have been translated into Dutch, French and Spanish. E.g., the KDE book
is available in France.
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KDE - Das Buch
von Hans-Georg Esser
ueberarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage
Sybex-Verlag, 480 Seiten, 49,95 DM
Seit 30.10.1999 ist im deutschen Buchhandel die zweite Auflage meines
Sybex-Titels "KDE - Das Buch" erhaeltlich.
Um es kurz zu fassen: das Buch kann als Einfuehrung in die Oberflaeche
genutzt werden, bietet aber auch eine (sicher nur fast :-) vollstaendige
Referenz. Die erste Auflage (3/99) hat bei Rezensionen recht gut abge-
schnitten.
Neu in der zweiten Auflage sind die folgenden Kapitel:
- Systemadministration mit KDE: Komfortable KDE-Applikationen fuer die
wichtigsten Administrationsaufgaben
- CDs brennen: Was leisten die cdrecord-Frontends fuer KDE?
- KDE-Programmierung: Kurze Einfuehrung in kdevelop
Informationen zum Buch gibt es auf meiner Homepage
http://www.esser-books.de/kde/
(inklusive Inhaltsverzeichnis und Uebersicht ueber Rezensionen der
ersten Auflage) oder direkt beim Sybex-Verlag:
http://www.sybex.de/shop/tp/tp00176.htm
Hans-Georg Esser
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From: Marc Christensen <marc@mecworks.com>
Subject: Linux Stock Index script for SSI
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 01:14:34 GMT
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I've written a short script that grabs the Linux Weekly News' Linux Stock
Index (LSI) and creates an html file suitable for SSI inclusion in a web
page.
Simple, easy to use, released under the GPL...you can find it at:
http://www.mecworks.com/software/index.html#llsi
You can see is working on the mecworks home page:
http://www.mecworks.com/
Requires wget. Check out the LWN stock page for more information on
this:
http://lwn.net/stocks/
Enjoy.
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http://www.mecworks.com
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From: Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd@debian.org>
Subject: smtm-0.5.2 -- Show Me The Money, global stock ticker
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 01:21:12 GMT
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ANNOUNCING
smtm-0.5.2 -- Show Me The Money, a Perl/Tk ticker for global stocks
SUMMARY
o Stock ticker application for North American and European exchanges
o Fully configurable Perl/Tk program runs under Linux and some other OS
using the Perl from ActiveState (www.activestate.com)
o Released under the GNU General Public License
SYNOPSYS
smtm [options] [stock_symbol ...]
OPTIONS
--time min minutes to wait before update
--file smtmrc to store/retrieve stocks selected
--help print a short help message
DESCRIPTION
smtm, which is a not overly clever acronym for Show Me The
Money, is a simple stock ticker application for quotes from
exchanges around the world (as long as they are carried on
Yahoo!, that is). It creates and automatically updates a window
with stock quotes from Yahoo! Finance. When called with one or
several stock symbols, it displays these selected stocks, and
also record the symbols for later use. When smtm is called
without arguments, it reads the symbols tickers from a file.
This file can be created explicitly by calling the Save option
from the File menu, or implicitly whenever smtm is called with
one or more symbols.
smtm display the full name of the company, the price change and
the percentage change. Loosers are flagged in red. smtm can be
used for North American equities, as well as European ones. It
should work for other markets supported by Yahoo. Due to the
limited amount of information provided by Yahoo! for the non-
North American quotes, only the symbol (but not the company
name) is shown. However, a name can also be given by the user
(see below).
The quotes are delayed, typically 15 minutes for NASDAQ and 20
minutes otherwise, see http://finance.yahoo.com for details.
smtm has been written and tested under Linux. It also runs under
that other OS using the perl implementation from
http://www.activestate.com. In either case, it requires the Tk
module for windowing, and the LWP module for data retrieval over
the web.
EXAMPLE
smtm --file ~/.telcos "BT.A.L:BR TELECOM" T \
BCE.TO "13330.PA:FR TELECOM" \
"555700.F:DT TELECOM"
creates a window with prices for certain telecom companies on
stock exchanges in London, New York, Toronto, Paris and
Frankfurt. The selection will also be stored in a file
~/.telcos. Note how names are specified for the European stocks
(to overcome the fact that Yahoo! UK does not return a name).
Quotes have to be used to prevent the shell from splitting the
arguments containing spaces.
HOMEPAGE
http://rosebud.sps.queensu.ca/~edd/code/smtm.html
SOURCES
http://rosebud.sps.queensu.ca/~edd/code/smtm/smtm-current.tar.gz
DEBIAN PACKAGE
http://rosebud.sps.queensu.ca/~edd/code/smtm/smtm-current.deb
http://www.debian.org/Packages/unstable/misc/smtm.html
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From: "Vijay Kittu" <vijaykittum@hotmail.com>
Subject: WWW: Linux India Pages
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 01:23:46 GMT
Reply-To: "Vijay Kittu" <vijaykittum@hotmail.com>
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I'm happy to announce the availability of Linux Links Page - Indian Edition
There some excting links on the Linux front
Check it out at http://linuxindia.itgo.com/
Vijaya Kittu M
E-Mail : vijaykittu@yahoo.com
Celebrating X-Mas in a better way. http://vizag.8m.com/xmas.htm
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From: Cornelius Krasel <krasel@wpxx02.toxi.uni-wuerzburg.de>
Subject: leafnode-1.9.6 - news server for small sites
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 01:25:52 GMT
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Unfortunately, a bug crept into the recent release of leafnode-1.9.5
which means that, under certain circumstances, fetchnews will not
retrieve all articles from the upstream server. This bug is corrected
in leafnode-1.9.6 which has been uploaded to
ftp://wpxx02.toxi.uni-wuerzburg.de/pub/leafnode-1.9.6.tar.gz
and
ftp://metalab.unc.edu/incoming/Linux/leafnode-1.9.6.tar.gz
Leafnode is a news server for small sites which is very easy to install
and maintain.
Leafnode has a home page at
http://wpxx02.toxi.uni-wuerzburg.de/~krasel/leafnode.html
and there is a leafnode mailing list; to subscribe, send mail with
"Subscribe" in the Subject: header to
leafnode-list@wpxx02.toxi.uni-wuerzburg.de
I apologize for any inconvenience caused.
Here is the lsm entry:
Begin3
Title: leafnode
Version: 1.9.6
Entered-date: 06DEC99
Description: News server package for small sites.
This version fixes a bug in leafnode-1.9.5 which could
cause article loss from the upstream server(s).
Features include: easy to install and maintain; only read
groups are downloaded; separate download of headers and
bodies possible; filtering of headers for regular expressions
Keywords: newsserver, offline, small sites, netnews
Author: krasel@wpxx02.toxi.uni-wuerzburg.de (Cornelius Krasel)
Maintained-by: krasel@wpxx02.toxi.uni-wuerzburg.de (Cornelius Krasel)
Primary-site: ftp://wpxx02.toxi.uni-wuerzburg.de/pub/
266kB leafnode-1.9.6.tar.gz
Alternate-site: ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/news/transport/
266kB leafnode-1.9.6.tar.gz
Platforms: Linux, NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, IRIX, other Unixes?
Copying-policy: MIT
End
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/* Cornelius Krasel, U Wuerzburg, Dept. of Pharmacology, Versbacher Str. 9 */
/* D-97078 Wuerzburg, Germany email: phak004@rzbox.uni-wuerzburg.de SP4 */
/* "Science is the game we play with God to find out what His rules are." */
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From: Gary Lawrence Murphy <garym@canada.com>
Subject: COMMERCIAL: Linux Computer Books Online (LCBO)
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 01:30:17 GMT
Reply-To: Gary Lawrence Murphy <garym@canada.com>
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The Linux Computer Books Online (LCBO) has moved!! Our reviewed
hotlist of Linux books, tutorial websites and other resources can
now be found at
http://www.teledyn.com/help/linux
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Business Telecom Services : Internet Consulting : http://www.teledyn.com
Linux/GNU Education Group: http://www.egroups.com/group/linux-education/
"Computers are useless. They can only give you answers."(Pablo Picasso)
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