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Linux-Announce Digest #80
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Linux-Announce Digest #80, Volume #4 Sat, 9 Feb 2002 00:13:03 EST
Contents:
LILO version 22.2 released (John in SD)
The CREC-LUG announcement (sood aaditya)
VAXbb 0.95-1 ("John G. Drummond")
ANNOUNCE: web2ldap release 0.10.2 (Michael =?iso-8859-1?Q?Str=F6der?=)
post for Comp.os.linux.announce newsgroup (Pragmatic C Software)
Grubconfig: setup & install GRUB bootloader (robotti@godmail.com)
[Commercial] Graphics Muse Tools CD for GIMP 1.2 ("Michael J. Hammel")
LOCAL: Installfest in Davis, CA - Feb. 17th (William Kendrick)
LOCAL: Feb. 18th LUGOD Meeting: uClinux and Hitachi's H8 CPU (William Kendrick)
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From: John in SD <johninsd@hotmail.com>
Subject: LILO version 22.2 released
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 23:01:18 CST
Reply-To: johninsd@hotmail.com
LILO release 22.2 is based upon Werner Almesberger's LILO version 21.
Version 22.2 is a minor update to version 22.1.
o LVM support is added.
o Machines with very large memory are properly supported.
o Refinement in the bios data collection needed for automatic bios device
code determination.
o Major revamp of the diagnostic utility disk.
Version 22.1 is a major update to version 22.0.
o Password CRC-32 polynomials are superceded by 160-bit SHS digests,
which are cryptographically secure.
o RAID1 codes are updated to fix a problem encountered on skewed raid
installations in booting "other=" sections.
o Compilation option allows for specification of more kernels.
Version 22 is a major update to versions 21 .. 21.7.5.
o A graphical user interface using VGA 640x480x16 (mode 0x12) is added.
o Secure passwords are implemented using four CRC-32 polynomials.
o RAID1 codes are completely re-written, and correctly implement 'lock',
'fallback', and "lilo -R ..."
THE NEW RAID1 IMPLEMENTATION IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH VERSION 21.
Those using version 21 should read 'README.raid1' before installing these
new codes. There is a compatibility mode (lilo -x mbr-only) for existing
RAID1 installations which are not going to be converted to the Version 22
implementation.
Source code is available for download from:
http://brun.dyndns.org/pub/linux/lilo (developer's site)
ftp://brun.dyndns.org/pub/linux/lilo
Or from the main distribution site:
ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/boot/lilo (please use)
See the distribution file 'CHANGES' for details of the differences between
22.2 and prior releases.
--John Coffman <johninsd@san-rr-com>
Change - to . for e-mail
LILO source code at http://brun.dyndns.org/pub/linux/lilo
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From: sood aaditya <alpha@tux.reccal.ernet.in>
Subject: The CREC-LUG announcement
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 23:01:11 CST
Reply-To: sood aaditya <ec98310@matrix.reccal.ernet.in>
This is an announcement about a new LUG in CREC, Kerela, India.
We run a LUG in CREC (Calicut Regional Engineering College, Kerela,
India) called CREC-LUG. Although there have been Linux users in the
college since about 1995, paradoxically the LUG was founded in Nov 2001!
That partly explains why we haven't had any meetings yet, the other
reason being the exams :-/.
The DNS to our server (called tux.reccal.ernet.in) is shaky and slow
(almost like the whole ERNET), so the site better be accessed at the IP
address. Mail however would come through.
Lug Name : CREC-LUG
Co-ordinator : aaditya sood <ec98310 at matrix.reccal.ernet.in>
Mailing List Url: http://202.41.105.20/mailman/listinfo/lug
Mailing List Subscribe : <lug-request at tux.reccal.ernet.in> or from the Mailing list Url
Mailing List Archives : http://202.41.105.20/pipermail/lug
Lug Website : http://202.41.105.20/
First Meeting : Sometime in Jan 2002
Local Resources : A mailing list+website+~150 people:)
So any of the alumni of the college, anyone near Calicut (or anyone
at all:)) is invited to join. Just send a mail to me for more info.
Happy hacking!
--
sood aaditya
MIPS:
Meaningless Indicator of Processor Speed
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From: "John G. Drummond" <drummojg@falcon.jmu.edu>
Subject: VAXbb 0.95-1
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 23:01:38 CST
VAXbb 0.95-1 is now available.
Version 0.95 fixes a serious arbitrary file viewing vulnerability
in previous versions of VAXbb, among other miscellaneous bux fixes
and features.
Homepage: http://www.omar.org/opensource/vaxbb
Changelog: http://www.omar.org/opensource/vaxbb/changelog.html
Download: http://www.omar.org/opensource/vaxbb/files/vaxbb-0.95-1.tar.gz
SourceForge: http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/vaxbb
VAXbb is a fast, text-based bulletin board system for the WWW. VAXbb is
comprised of a series of CGI scripts written in Perl.
Regards,
-Omar
--
<omar@omar.org> http://www.omar.org
"Few users will like an error message no matter how well it is designed."
--Roger S. Pressman, _Software Engineering: A Practitioner's Approach_
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From: Michael =?iso-8859-1?Q?Str=F6der?= <michael@stroeder.com>
Subject: ANNOUNCE: web2ldap release 0.10.2
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 23:01:49 CST
Reply-To: feedback@web2ldap.de
HI!
Yes, it's one of those famous .1+.1 releases fixing a bug introduced
just before release of .0 and not properly fixed in .1. ;-)
_
http://www.web2ldap.de/download.html
Handling of list of host:port parameters was fixed.
Ciao, Michael.
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From: Pragmatic C Software <sjmeyer@pragmatic-c.com>
Subject: post for Comp.os.linux.announce newsgroup
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 23:01:57 CST
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Subject: Commercial/Non-Commercial: Verilog HDL simulator
The Pragmatic C Verilog simulator called Cver is now being distributed
in source form and it is free for non-commercial use. It is
a "real world" commercial quality full IEEE P1364 Verilog interpreted
simulator, i.e. signals usually have full strength modeled as 3 vector
components allowing 128 different values. Some advantages are:
1) Full PLI support (tf_, acc_ and full Verilog 2000 vpi_) with no
speed penalty for using PLI. 2) Integrated Verilog language debugger with
gdb style convenience features. 3) P1364 standard modified to match other
simulators so seamlessly fits into design flows, 4) Full glitch detection
on paths and gates, 5) distributed in source form so it can run on any
computer. 6) Designs load at least twice as fast as any other simulator.
7) No design size limitations - why put up with your size limited FPGA
Verilog simulator?
It is of interest both for Electronic design and for learning simulator
and compiler implementation techniques. Because of the complexity of
Verilog operations, interpreters can be competitive in speed without
loss of flexibility.
More information available at Pragmatic C web site www.pragmatic-c.com.
--
Steve Meyer
sjmeyer@pragmatic-c.com
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From: robotti@godmail.com
Subject: Grubconfig: setup & install GRUB bootloader
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 23:01:58 CST
Reply-To: robotti@godmail.com
grubconfig v1.2 Kent Robotti <robotti@godmail.com> 2-6-2002
You can get `grubconfig-1.2.tgz' here!
http://www.tux.org/pub/people/kent-robotti/looplinux/index.html
The script `grubconfig' helps you install the GRUB bootloader
on your system.
It requires the `bash' shell and the `dialog' program to run.
These are the options you can use at the GRUB expert install menu:
1. Start GRUB configuration with a new GRUB header.
This is the first step to start a new configuration
file, /boot/grub/menu.lst or grub.conf, with no OS's
entered into it (yet).
You will be asked where you want to install GRUB. This
can be to your Master Boot Record, your root partition's
superblock (for OS/2's Boot Manager), or to a
formatted floppy disk.
Try installing to a floppy disk first, if it works
on the floppy it will probably work on the MBR or
root partition.
Once you've started a new /boot/grub/menu.lst or grub.conf,
you must add at least one OS to it before you can install GRUB.
Next you'll want to add at least one Linux partition, the
current one.
You then may want to add OTHER partitions if you have any.
2. Menu choices to add Linux and OTHER DOS/WIN/BSD/OS2/HURD
to the /boot/grub/menu.lst or grub.conf config file.
These all pretty much work the same way. You'll be asked
which partitions you want to include in the grub menu, and
you'll also be asked to assign a label to each partition.
The label can be any name such as "Redhat Linux,
Slackware Linux" or "Win2000".
3. Install GRUB
Once you've looked at your new config file and are
satisfied with the way it looks, pick this choice to
install GRUB and exit the GRUB installation menu.
Other options:
-- View your current /boot/grub/menu.lst or grub.conf file
If you haven't begun building a new menu.lst or grub.conf, this
choice will let you take a look at the existing one in /boot/grub
on your root Linux partition.
If you have begun constructing a new menu.lst or grub.conf, this
option will let you view the progress on that.
-- Skip GRUB installation or exit this menu
This option skips GRUB installation. Use this if you don't
want to install GRUB, or if you've already installed it and
want to exit.
-- Help - Read this GRUB BootLoader HELP file
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Other GRUB information:
GRUB on the Master Boot Record can be removed easily.
MS-DOS's fdisk has a 'C:\ fdisk /mbr' option that restores the
master boot record. You can also restore your original boot
sector from the copy 'grubconfig' makes in /boot/grub/mbr.NUMBER.
This is probably the best way to go about it.
# dd if=/boot/grub/mbr.NUMBER of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1
Use 'of=/dev/sda' if you have a SCSI drive.
--- end of GRUB help
grubconfig is based on liloconfig by Patrick Volkerding fron the
slackware linux distribution.
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From: "Michael J. Hammel" <mjhammel@graphics-muse.org>
Subject: [Commercial] Graphics Muse Tools CD for GIMP 1.2
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 23:02:10 CST
In response to the growing demand for off the shelf products for desktop
Linux systems, the Graphics Muse is now offering The Graphics Muse Tools
CD, an easy to install package of plug-ins, scripts, and data for use with
the latest version of GIMP.
Houston, Texas (Feb 7, 2002) -- Michael J. Hammel, the Graphics Muse, is
pleased to announce the release of The Graphics Muse Tools CD V1.0.0, a
suite of Plug-Ins, scripts and data designed specifically for use with GIMP
1.2 and Red Hat 7.x
The Graphics Muse Tools CD includes 4 original plug-ins: ArrowGFX,
CardGFX, TransGFX and DodgeGFX. ArrowGFX provides easy generation of
arrow shapes. CardGFX allows the user to position an image one or more
times in a user-configurable page, for example in business or greeting
cards. TransGFX provides an alternative rotation tool for GIMP layers.
And DodgeGFX provides a Perl-based interface to bring out details in
dark areas of images, such as under exposed regions of photographs.
Along with these, the Graphics Muse Tools CD includes 84 plug-ins and Perl
scripts from the GIMP Registry, all compiled for use on Red Hat 7.x. This
includes 16 programs that had not previously been ported to GIMP 1.2.
Plug-ins include:
* Digital Signature to embed artist signatures in an image.
* Water Surface, which generates water waves over existing images.
* Anamorphose, Curtain and Central Reflection, for distorting images in
highly artist fashions.
* Kaleidescope to reflect images as in a mirrored kaleidescope.
* Forge, a sophisticated world rendering plug-in with a simple interface!
* Support for Landsat, PhotoCD, IFF-ILBM, CAD, Cineon and other file
formats.
...and many more!
Additionally, the CD includes over 125 new brushes and 125 new patterns.
The Graphics Muse Tools CD is available for Red Hat Linux 7.x systems and
can be purchased for $12, plus shipping and any applicable sales tax, from
the Graphics Muse Tools CD web site:
http://www.graphics-muse.org/gfxmuse/gfxmuse.html
--
Michael J. Hammel The Graphics Muse
mjhammel@graphics-muse.org http://www.graphics-muse.com
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Pray that there's intelligent life somewhere out there because there's
bugger all down here on earth. -- Eric Idle, The Galaxy Song
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From: bill@newbreedsoftware.com (William Kendrick)
Subject: LOCAL: Installfest in Davis, CA - Feb. 17th
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 23:02:10 CST
The Linux Users' Group of Davis and the UC Davis Computer Club
will be holding another free "Linux Installfest" workshop.
When:
Sunday, February 17th
10:00am - 6:00pm
Where:
Engineering Unit II
Room 1131
1228 Bainer Hall Drive
UC Davis
Davis, California
Just bring your PC to us, and we'll help you install and configure the
Linux operating system on it... for FREE!
If you wish to bring in your PC, you must RSVP beforehand to reserve a space.
The RSVP form, and lots of useful information about Linux and Installfests,
are accessible on the web at:
http://www.lugod.org/linux/
LUGOD is a non-profit organization dedicated to the
Linux Operating System, and which meets twice a month in Davis, CA.
Please visit our website for details:
http://www.lugod.org/
-bill!
pr@lugod.org
http://www.lugod.org/
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From: bill@newbreedsoftware.com (William Kendrick)
Subject: LOCAL: Feb. 18th LUGOD Meeting: uClinux and Hitachi's H8 CPU
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 23:02:26 CST
The Linux Users' Group of Davis (LUGOD), will be holding a meeting on:
Monday
February 18th, 2002
6:30pm - 9:30pm
(Doors open at 6:00pm; please try to arrive on-time!)
The meeting will be held at:
Z-World, Inc.
2900 Spafford Street
Davis, CA 95616
The topic will be:
uClinux (micro-controller Linux)
presented by: Rob Wehrli, Arizona Cooperative Power
sponsored by: Hitachi, Ltd. and Arizona Cooperative Power
Arizona Cooperative Power and Hitachi, Ltd. invite you to join us for a
night of technical discussion and presentation by Rob Wehrli on the subject
of uClinux (micro-controller Linux) on the Hitachi H8 microprocessor.
Pizza, Soft Drinks and Door Prizes Provided!
About the speaker:
Rob Wehrli is the Director of Engineering at Arizona Cooperative Power
in Glendale, Arizona. Rob has 10 years of experience with Linux,
and writes numerous technical articles for various industry publications,
and has designed a number of exciting platforms including several
Windows CE and embedded Linux portables before taking on the "uClinux"
port to the Hitachi H8S-2148 embedded micro-controller.
His company provides consulting services for embedded (Linux, WinCE),
desktop and client-server (Windows/UNIX) applications, system integration
and hardware and software design services for customers of many types.
(A representative from Hitachi may also be attending this meeting.)
For details on this meeting, visit:
http://www.lugod.org/meeting/
For maps, directions, public transportation schedules, etc., visit:
http://www.lugod.org/meeting/zworld/
LUGOD is a non-profit organization dedicated to the Linux Operating System,
and which holds meetings twice a month in Davis, CA.
Meetings are always free, and open to the public.
Please visit our website for details:
http://www.lugod.org/
-bill!
pr@lugod.org
http://www.lugod.org/
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