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• The 3 Button Serial Mouse mini-HOWTO
  Next Previous Contents The 3 Button Serial Mouse mini-HOWTO Geoff Short, geoff@kipper.york.ac.uk v1.33, 31 May 1998 How to get a 3 button serial mouse working properly under Linux. 1....
  
  
• The 3 Button Serial Mouse mini-HOWTO: Disclaimer
  Next Previous Contents 1. Disclaimer The following document is offered in good faith as comprising only safe programming and procedures. No responsibility is accepted by the author for any loss or...
  
  
• The 3 Button Serial Mouse mini-HOWTO: XF86Config and Xconfig file examples
  Next Previous Contents 10. XF86Config and Xconfig file examples The location of your configuration file for X depends on the particular release and distribution you have. It will probably be either...
  
  
• The 3 Button Serial Mouse mini-HOWTO: Cables, extensions and adaptors
  Next Previous Contents 11. Cables, extensions and adaptors The only wires needed in a mouse cable are as follows: TxD and RxD for data transfer, RTS and/or DTR for power sources, and ground....
  
  
• The 3 Button Serial Mouse mini-HOWTO: Miscellaneous Problems and Setups
  Next Previous Contents 12. Miscellaneous Problems and Setups If you have trouble with your mouse in X or console mode, check you are not running a getty on the serial line, or anything else such as a...
  
  
• The 3 Button Serial Mouse mini-HOWTO: Models Tested
  Next Previous Contents 13. Models Tested There are a lot of different mice out there, and I cannot honestly say that you should go out and buy one rather than the other. What I can do is give a list...
  
  
• The 3 Button Serial Mouse mini-HOWTO: Further Information
  Next Previous Contents 14. Further Information Mouse Systems has a web site at http://www.mousesystems.com/ . They have a Windows driver if you need one. The Linux Serial HOWTO is available from...
  
  
• The 3 Button Serial Mouse mini-HOWTO: Mouse Tail
  Next Previous Contents 15. Mouse Tail Much of the information for this document has been trawled from the various linux newsgroups. I am sorry I did not keep a record of everyone who has indirectly...
  
  
• The 3 Button Serial Mouse mini-HOWTO: Introduction
  Next Previous Contents 2. Introduction The most recent version of this document can always be found at http://kipper.york.ac.uk/mouse.html There is a Japanese translation at...
  
  
• The 3 Button Serial Mouse mini-HOWTO: Serial Ports
  Next Previous Contents 3. Serial Ports The first thing to do is to make sure the software can find the mouse. Work out which serial port your mouse is connected to - usually this will be /dev/ttyS0...
  
  
• The 3 Button Serial Mouse mini-HOWTO: Switched Mice
  Next Previous Contents 4. Switched Mice Some mice, not usually the cheapest ones, have a switch on the bottom marked `2/3'. Sometimes this may be `PC/MS'. In this case the `2' setting is for 2 button...
  
  
• The 3 Button Serial Mouse mini-HOWTO: Normal Mice
  Next Previous Contents 5. Normal Mice If you don't have any switches, and no instructions, then a little bit of experimentation is needed. The first thing to try is to assume the mouse maker is...
  
  
• The 3 Button Serial Mouse mini-HOWTO: Switching a Mouse to 3-Button Mode
  Next Previous Contents 6. Switching a Mouse to 3-Button Mode Even cheap mice can also work under the Mouse Systems protocol, with all three buttons working. The trick is to get the mouse to think...
  
  
• The 3 Button Serial Mouse mini-HOWTO: Wheeled mice
  Next Previous Contents 7. Wheeled mice Mice with wheels have emerged in the last few years, starting with the Microsoft Intellimouse and spreading to other manufacturers. The wheel can be clicked...
  
  
• The 3 Button Serial Mouse mini-HOWTO: Using gpm to Switch Mouse Modes
  Next Previous Contents 8. Using gpm to Switch Mouse Modes gpm is the program that lets you use the mouse in console mode. It is usually included in linux distributions, and can be started from the...
  
  
• The 3 Button Serial Mouse mini-HOWTO: Using two mice
  Next Previous Contents 9. Using two mice In some cases, for instance a laptop with a built-in pointing device, you may wish to use a serial mouse as a second device. In most cases the built-in device...
  
  
• The Linux 3Dfx HOWTO
  The Linux 3Dfx HOWTO This document has been removed at the request of the maintainer, Michael Scherer because it is out of date and no longer relevant to the modern Linux system. For more information...
  
  
• 4mb Laptop HOWTO
  Next Previous Contents 4mb Laptop HOWTO Bruce Richardson <brichardson@lineone.net> 25 March 2000 How to put a "grown-up" Linux on a small-spec (4mb RAM, <=200mb hard disk) laptop. 1....
  
  
• 4mb Laptop HOWTO: Introduction
  Next Previous Contents 1. Introduction 1.1 Why this document was written. I got my hands on two elderly laptops, both with just 4mb RAM and small (<=200mb) hard drives. I wanted to install Linux...
  
  
• 4mb Laptop HOWTO: The Laptops
  Next Previous Contents 2. The Laptops This section describes the laptops that I have used this procedure on, the problems faced when installing Linux on them and the solutions to those problems (in...
  
  
• 4mb Laptop HOWTO: Choices Made
  Next Previous Contents 3. Choices Made This section describes the choices available, which options are practical, which ones I decided on and why. 3.1 What to use to create the initial root...
  
  
• 4mb Laptop HOWTO: The Pre-installation Procedure
  Next Previous Contents 4. The Pre-installation Procedure This section covers creating a swap partition and a temporary root partition on the laptop's hard disk. Nothing here is Slackware-specific....
  
  
• 4mb Laptop HOWTO: The Installation
  Next Previous Contents 5. The Installation This section does not give much detail on the Slackware installation process. In fact, it assumes you are familiar with it. Instead, this section...
  
  
• 4mb Laptop HOWTO: Conclusion
  Next Previous Contents 6. Conclusion That's it all done. You now have a laptop with the core utilities in place and 50 to 70mb spare for whichever extras you need. Don't mess it up because it's a lot...
  
  
• 4mb Laptop HOWTO: Appendix A:
  Next Previous Contents 7. Appendix A: This appendix lists which packages (if any) from each category might be included in the installation and gives my reasons for including or omitting them. I made...
  
  
• 4mb Laptop HOWTO: Appendix B: Resources relevant to this HOWTO
  Next Previous Contents 8. Appendix B: Resources relevant to this HOWTO Linux Laptop HOWTO http://www.snafu.de/~wehe/Laptop-HOWTO.html Small Memory mini-HOWTO http://eddie.cis.uoguelph.ca/~tburgess/...
  
  
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• Acer Laptop HOWTO
  Acer Laptop HOWTO This document has been removed at the request of the author, Harish Thampi. For more information on installing Linux on Acer laptops, you may want to try the following Web sites:...
  
  
• Linux ADSM Mini-Howto
  Next Previous Contents Linux ADSM Mini-Howto by Thomas König, Thomas.Koenig@ciw.uni-karlsruhe.de v, 15 January 1997 This document describes how to install and use a client for the commercial ADSM...
  
  
• Linux ADSM Mini-Howto: Introduction
  Next Previous Contents 1. Introduction ADSM is a network-based backup system, sold by IBM, in use at many organizations. There are clients for a large variety of systems (different UNIX brands,...
  
  
• Linux ADSM Mini-Howto: Installing the iBCS module
  Next Previous Contents 2. Installing the iBCS module The iBCS2 module is available from ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/BETA/ibcs2 . If you are running kernel version 1.2.13, get...
  
  
• Linux ADSM Mini-Howto: Installing the ADSM client
  Next Previous Contents 3. Installing the ADSM client The SCO binary is supplied as three tar files, or disks. Change to the root directory, set your umask according to your policies, and unpack them...
  
  
• Linux ADSM Mini-Howto: Running the client
  Next Previous Contents 4. Running the client There are two clients, dsm , which is an X11 interface, and dsmc , a command-line interface. Your computer centre will tell you how to run it. Some...
  
  
• Linux ADSM Mini-Howto: Known Problems
  Next Previous Contents 5. Known Problems Unfortunately, SCO can only deal with hostnames no longer than eight characters. If your hostname is longer, or fully qualified, you may need to specify your...
  
  
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• Linux Advocacy mini-HOWTO
  Next Previous Contents Linux Advocacy mini-HOWTO Paul L. Rogers, Paul.L.Rogers@li.org v0.5c, 3 May 2000 This document provides suggestions for how the Linux community can effectively advocate the use...
  
  
• Linux Advocacy mini-HOWTO: About this document
  Next Previous Contents 1. About this document This is the Linux Advocacy mini-HOWTO and is intended to provide guidelines and ideas to assist with your Linux advocacy efforts. This mini-HOWTO was...
  
  
• Linux Advocacy mini-HOWTO: Acknowledgements
  Next Previous Contents 10. Acknowledgements Grateful acknowledgement is made to all contributors, including: Kendall G. Clark <kclark@cmpu.net> Wendell Cochran <atrypa@eskimo.com> Bruno...
  
  
• Linux Advocacy mini-HOWTO: Copyright Information
  Next Previous Contents 2. Copyright Information This mini-HOWTO is Copyright © 1996-2000 by Paul L. Rogers. All rights reserved. A verbatim copy may be reproduced or distributed in any medium...
  
  
• Linux Advocacy mini-HOWTO: Introduction
  Next Previous Contents 3. Introduction The Linux community has known for some time that for many applications, Linux is a stable, reliable, robust (although not perfect) product. Unfortunately, there...
  
  
• Linux Advocacy mini-HOWTO: Related Information
  Next Previous Contents 4. Related Information Lars Wirzenius, former comp.os.linux.announce moderator and long-time Linux activist, also has some thoughts about Linux advocacy. Eric S. Raymond...
  
  
• Linux Advocacy mini-HOWTO: Advocating Linux
  Next Previous Contents 5. Advocating Linux Share your personal experiences (good and bad) with Linux. Everyone knows that software has bugs and limitations and if we only have glowing comments about...
  
  
• Linux Advocacy mini-HOWTO: Canons of Conduct
  Next Previous Contents 6. Canons of Conduct As a representative of the Linux community, participate in mailing list and newsgroup discussions in a professional manner. Refrain from name-calling and...
  
  
• Linux Advocacy mini-HOWTO: User Groups
  Next Previous Contents 7. User Groups Participate in a local user group. An index of Linux User Group registries is part of the Linux Documentation Project . If a user group does not exist in your...
  
  
• Linux Advocacy mini-HOWTO: Vendor Relations
  Next Previous Contents 8. Vendor Relations When contemplating a hardware purchase, ask the vendor about Linux support and other user's experiences with the product in a Linux environment. Consider...
  
  
• Linux Advocacy mini-HOWTO: Media Relations
  Next Previous Contents 9. Media Relations Linux International is collecting press clippings that mention Linux, GNU and other freely redistributable software. When you see such an article, please...
  
  
• GNU/Linux AI & Alife HOWTO
  Next Previous Contents GNU/Linux AI & Alife HOWTO by John Eikenberry v2.3, 21 Aug 2006 This howto mainly contains information about, and links to, various AI related software libraries,...
  
  
• GNU/Linux AI & Alife HOWTO: Introduction
  Next Previous Contents 1. Introduction 1.1 Purpose The GNU/Linux OS has evolved from its origins in hackerdom to a full blown UNIX, capable of rivaling any commercial UNIX. It now provides an...
  
  
• GNU/Linux AI & Alife HOWTO: Traditional Artificial Intelligence
  Next Previous Contents 2. Traditional Artificial Intelligence Traditional AI is based around the ideas of logic, rule systems, linguistics, and the concept of rationality. At its roots are...
  
  
• GNU/Linux AI & Alife HOWTO: Connectionism
  Next Previous Contents 3. Connectionism Connectionism is a technical term for a group of related techniques. These techniques include areas such as Artificial Neural Networks, Semantic Networks and a...
  
  
• GNU/Linux AI & Alife HOWTO: Evolutionary Computing
  Next Previous Contents 4. Evolutionary Computing Evolutionary computing is actually a broad term for a vast array of programming techniques, including genetic algorithms, complex adaptive systems,...
  
  
• GNU/Linux AI & Alife HOWTO: Alife & Complex Systems
  Next Previous Contents 5. Alife & Complex Systems Alife takes yet another approach to exploring the mysteries of intelligence. It has many aspects similar to EC and Connectionism, but takes these...
  
  
• GNU/Linux AI & Alife HOWTO: Agents
  Next Previous Contents 6. Agents Also known as intelligent software agents or just agents, this area of AI research deals with simple applications of small programs that aid the user in his/her work....
  
  
• GNU/Linux AI & Alife HOWTO: Programming languages
  Next Previous Contents 7. Programming languages While any programming language can be used for artificial intelligence/life research, these are programming languages which are used extensively for,...
  
  
• GNU/Linux AI & Alife HOWTO: Missing & Dead
  Next Previous Contents 8. Missing & Dead This is my area for old or bad entries. The MIA section is for entires for which I no longer have a valid home page. If you have any information regarding...
  
  
• Brief Introduction to Alpha Systems and Processors
  Next Previous Contents Brief Introduction to Alpha Systems and Processors Neal Crook, Digital Equipment (Editor: David Mosberger ) V0.11, 6 June 1997 This document is a brief overview of existing...
  
  
• Brief Introduction to Alpha Systems and Processors: What is Alpha
  Next Previous Contents 1. What is Alpha "Alpha" is the name given to Digital's 64-bit RISC architecture. The Alpha project in Digital began in mid-1989, with the goal of providing a high-performance...
  
  
• Brief Introduction to Alpha Systems and Processors: Porting
  Next Previous Contents 10. Porting The ability of any Alpha-based machine to run Linux is really only limited by your ability to get information on the gory details of its innards. Since there are...
  
  
• Brief Introduction to Alpha Systems and Processors: More Information
  Next Previous Contents 11. More Information All of the DS evaluation boards and motherboard designs are license-free and the whole documentation kit for a design costs about \$50. That includes all...
  
  
• Brief Introduction to Alpha Systems and Processors: References
  Next Previous Contents 12. References [1] Bill Hamburgen, Jeff Mogul, Brian Reid, Alan Eustace, Richard Swan, Mary Jo Doherty, and Joel Bartlett. Characterization of Organic Illumination Systems ....
  
  
• Brief Introduction to Alpha Systems and Processors: What is Digital Semiconductor
  Next Previous Contents 2. What is Digital Semiconductor Digital Semiconductor (DS) is the business unit within Digital Equipment Corporation (Digital - we don't like the name DEC) that sells...
  
  
• Brief Introduction to Alpha Systems and Processors: Alpha CPUs
  Next Previous Contents 3. Alpha CPUs There are currently 2 generations of CPU core that implement the Alpha architecture: EV4 EV5 Opinions differ as to what "EV" stands for (Editor's note: the true...
  
  
• Brief Introduction to Alpha Systems and Processors: 21064 performance vs 21066 performance
  Next Previous Contents 4. 21064 performance vs 21066 performance The 21064 and the 21066 have the same (EV4) CPU core. If the same program is run on a 21064 and a 21066, at the same CPU speed, then...
  
  
• Brief Introduction to Alpha Systems and Processors: A Few Notes On Clocking
  Next Previous Contents 5. A Few Notes On Clocking All of the current Alpha CPUs use high-speed clocks, because their microarchitectures have been designed as so-called short-tick designs. None of the...
  
  
• Brief Introduction to Alpha Systems and Processors: The chip-sets
  Next Previous Contents 6. The chip-sets DS sells two CPU support chipsets. The 2107x chipset (aka APECS) is a 21064(A) support chiset. The 2117x chipset (aka ALCOR) is a 21164 support chipset. There...
  
  
• Brief Introduction to Alpha Systems and Processors: The Systems
  Next Previous Contents 7. The Systems The applications engineering group in DS produces example designs using the CPUs and support chipsets. These are typically PC-AT size motherboards, with all the...
  
  
• Brief Introduction to Alpha Systems and Processors: Bytes and all that stuff
  Next Previous Contents 8. Bytes and all that stuff When the Alpha architecture was introduced, it was unique amongst RISC architectures for eschewing 8-bit and 16-bit loads and stores. It supported...
  
  
• Brief Introduction to Alpha Systems and Processors: PALcode and all that stuff
  Next Previous Contents 9. PALcode and all that stuff This is a placeholder for a section explaining PALcode. I will write it if there is sufficient interest. Next Previous Contents
  
  
• Alsa-sound-mini-HOWTO
  Next Previous Contents Alsa-sound-mini-HOWTO Valentijn Sessink valentyn@alsa-project.org v2.0-pre1, 12 November 1999 Describes the installation of the ALSA sound drivers for Linux. These sound...
  
  
• Alsa-sound-mini-HOWTO: Introduction
  Next Previous Contents 1. Introduction This is the ALSA Sound drivers mini-HOWTO. It gives you information about installing and using the ALSA sound drivers for your soundcard. The ALSA drivers are...
  
  
• Alsa-sound-mini-HOWTO: NOWTO - a quick install guide
  Next Previous Contents 2. NOWTO - a quick install guide If you want sound and you want it NOW! and not after reading this HOWTO, this quick tour through the ALSA driver installation might be of help....
  
  
• Alsa-sound-mini-HOWTO: Before you start
  Next Previous Contents 3. Before you start 3.1 Introduction This document tries to help you install and use the ALSA sound drivers in your Linux system. The reference system is a Slackware 4.0...
  
  
• Alsa-sound-mini-HOWTO: How to install ALSA sound drivers
  Next Previous Contents 4. How to install ALSA sound drivers 4.1 What you need a functional Linux system (e.g. the Slackware distribution), with the "Development" packages installed (i.e. gcc, make...
  
  
• Alsa-sound-mini-HOWTO: Loading the driver
  Next Previous Contents 5. Loading the driver There are two ways to use the ALSA-sound-modules. I personally prefer using the manual method, meaning that I insert the driver at startup. The...
  
  
• Alsa-sound-mini-HOWTO: Testing and using
  Next Previous Contents 6. Testing and using Now you should test if the sound driver really is available, then try to use it. 6.1 The /proc filesystem You can find a lot of useful information about...
  
  
• Alsa-sound-mini-HOWTO: Tips and Troubleshooting
  Next Previous Contents 7. Tips and Troubleshooting Please take a look at the FAQ file in the sound driver directory. This section is still under construction. 7.1 Compiling the driver Linux kernel...
  
  
• Linux Apache SSL PHP/FI frontpage mini-HOWTO
  Next Previous Contents Linux Apache SSL PHP/FI frontpage mini-HOWTO Marcus Faure, marcus@faure.de v1.1, July 1998 This document is about building a multipurpose webserver that will support dynamic...
  
  
• Linux Apache SSL PHP/FI frontpage mini-HOWTO: Introduction
  Next Previous Contents 1. Introduction Before you start reading: I am not a native speaker, so there are probably spelling/grammatical errors in this document. Feel encouraged to inform me of...
  
  
• Linux Apache SSL PHP/FI frontpage mini-HOWTO: Component installation
  Next Previous Contents 2. Component installation 2.1 Preparations You will need: Apache 1.2.6 http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1_2_6.tar.gz PHP/FI Extensions...
  
  
• Linux Apache SSL PHP/FI frontpage mini-HOWTO: Putting it all together
  Next Previous Contents 3. Putting it all together 3.1 Apache modules to try The modules I use besides SSL, PHP and frontpage are: Module env_module mod_env.o Module config_log_module mod_log_config.o...
  
  
• Apache+DSO+mod_ssl+mod_perl+php+mod_auth_nds+mod_auth_mysql+mod_fastcgi
  Next Previous Contents Apache+DSO+mod_ssl+mod_perl+php+mod_auth_nds+mod_auth_mysql+mod_fastcgi Ray Van Dolson, rayvd@firetail.org v0.91, 5 April 2000 Details the installation of an Apache based...
  
  
• Apache+DSO+mod_ssl+mod_perl+php+mod_auth_nds+mod_auth_mysql+mod_fastcgi: Legal Stuff
  Next Previous Contents 1. Legal Stuff Apache+mods mini-HOWTO for Linux Systems Copyright (C)2000 Ray Van Dolson. This document is free; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the...
  
  
• Apache+DSO+mod_ssl+mod_perl+php+mod_auth_nds+mod_auth_mysql+mod_fastcgi: Introduction
  Next Previous Contents 2. Introduction This document outlines the process used to install Apache & modules onto the web-server at Walla Walla College (www.wwc.edu). While it will be, for the most...
  
  
• Apache+DSO+mod_ssl+mod_perl+php+mod_auth_nds+mod_auth_mysql+mod_fastcgi: Component Installation
  Next Previous Contents 3. Component Installation 3.1 Preparations You will need the following software: Apache 1.3.12 PHP 3.0.15 GD 1.3 (to make use of GIF files) Source RPM RPM-devel GD 1.8.1 (to...
  
  
• Apache+DSO+mod_ssl+mod_perl+php+mod_auth_nds+mod_auth_mysql+mod_fastcgi: Final Words
  Next Previous Contents 4. Final Words Much of this information can be obtained by reading the README and INSTALL files included with the various modules. However, this document is useful in the cases...
  
  
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• Backup-With-MSDOS mini-HOWTO
  Next Previous Contents Backup-With-MSDOS mini-HOWTO Christopher Neufeld, neufeld@physics.utoronto.ca v, 5 August 1997 This HOWTO describes how to use a Linux-compatible tape drive installed on an...
  
  
• Backup-With-MSDOS mini-HOWTO: Preface/Introduction
  Next Previous Contents 1. Preface/Introduction Earlier I posed the question on the Net, how does one back up a Linux machine to a Colorado Jumbo 250 tape drive on an MS-DOS machine. From the email I...
  
  
• Backup-With-MSDOS mini-HOWTO: The technique
  Next Previous Contents 2. The technique Throughout this description I will refer to two machines as `` msdos '' and `` linux ''. `` msdos '' is the name of the machine which has the tape drive and is...
  
  
• Backup-With-MSDOS mini-HOWTO: Notes
  Next Previous Contents 3. Notes The commands listed in the /tape144/root/notes file could be run from a script. When I tried, I got rpc setup errors. I suspect it was just that the commands were run...
  
  
• Backup-With-MSDOS mini-HOWTO: Copyright
  Next Previous Contents 4. Copyright Copyright Jan 10, 1995 by Christopher Neufeld ( neufeld@physics.utoronto.ca ) Modified Feb 6, 1996. Modified Aug 5, 1997. Next Previous Contents
  
  
• BASH Programming - Introduction HOW-TO
  Next Previous Contents BASH Programming - Introduction HOW-TO by Mike G mikkey at dynamo.com.ar Thu Jul 27 09:36:18 ART 2000 This article intends to help you to start programming basic-intermediate...
  
  
• BASH Programming - Introduction HOW-TO: Introduction
  Next Previous Contents 1. Introduction 1.1 Getting the latest version http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO.html 1.2 Requisites Familiarity with GNU/Linux command lines, and familiarity...
  
  
• BASH Programming - Introduction HOW-TO: Misc
  Next Previous Contents 10. Misc 10.1 Reading user input with read In many ocations you may want to prompt the user for some input, and there are several ways to achive this. This is one of those...
  
  
• BASH Programming - Introduction HOW-TO: Tables
  Next Previous Contents 11. Tables 11.1 String comparison operators (1) s1 = s2 (2) s1 != s2 (3) s1 < s2 (4) s1 > s2 (5) -n s1 (6) -z s1 (1) s1 matches s2 (2) s1 does not match s2 (3) __TO-DO__...
  
  
• BASH Programming - Introduction HOW-TO: More Scripts
  Next Previous Contents 12. More Scripts 12.1 Applying a command to all files in a directory. 12.2 Sample: A very simple backup script (little bit better) #!/bin/bash SRCD="/home/"...
  
  
• BASH Programming - Introduction HOW-TO: When something goes wrong (debugging)
  Next Previous Contents 13. When something goes wrong (debugging) 13.1 Ways Calling BASH A nice thing to do is to add on the first line #!/bin/bash -x This will produce some intresting output...
  
  
• BASH Programming - Introduction HOW-TO: About the document
  Next Previous Contents 14. About the document Feel free to make suggestions/corrections, or whatever you think it would be interesting to see in this document. I'll try to update it as soon as I can....
  
  
• BASH Programming - Introduction HOW-TO: Very simple Scripts
  Next Previous Contents 2. Very simple Scripts This HOW-TO will try to give you some hints about shell script programming strongly based on examples. In this section you'll find some little scripts...
  
  
• BASH Programming - Introduction HOW-TO: All about redirection
  Next Previous Contents 3. All about redirection 3.1 Theory and quick reference There are 3 file descriptors, stdin, stdout and stderr (std=standard). Basically you can: redirect stdout to a file...
  
  
• BASH Programming - Introduction HOW-TO: Pipes
  Next Previous Contents 4. Pipes This section explains in a very simple and practical way how to use pipes, nd why you may want it. 4.1 What they are and why you'll want to use them Pipes let you use...
  
  
• BASH Programming - Introduction HOW-TO: Variables
  Next Previous Contents 5. Variables You can use variables as in any programming languages. There are no data types. A variable in bash can contain a number, a character, a string of characters. You...
  
  
• BASH Programming - Introduction HOW-TO: Conditionals
  Next Previous Contents 6. Conditionals Conditionals let you decide whether to perform an action or not, this decision is taken by evaluating an expression. 6.1 Dry Theory Conditionals have many...
  
  
• BASH Programming - Introduction HOW-TO: Loops for, while and until
  Next Previous Contents 7. Loops for, while and until In this section you'll find for, while and until loops. The for loop is a little bit different from other programming languages. Basically, it...
  
  
• BASH Programming - Introduction HOW-TO: Functions
  Next Previous Contents 8. Functions As in almost any programming language, you can use functions to group pieces of code in a more logical way or practice the divine art of recursion. Declaring a...
  
  
• BASH Programming - Introduction HOW-TO: User interfaces
  Next Previous Contents 9. User interfaces 9.1 Using select to make simple menus #!/bin/bash OPTIONS="Hello Quit" select opt in $OPTIONS; do if [ "$opt" = "Quit" ]; then echo done exit elif [ "$opt" =...
  
  
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• Linux Benchmarking HOWTO
  Next Previous Contents Linux Benchmarking HOWTO by Andr D. Balsa, andrewbalsa@usa.net v0.12, 15 August 1997 The Linux Benchmarking HOWTO discusses some issues associated with the benchmarking of...
  
  
• Linux Benchmarking HOWTO: Introduction
  Next Previous Contents 1. Introduction "What we cannot speak about we must pass over in silence." Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), Austrian philosopher Benchmarking means measuring the speed with...
  
  
• Linux Benchmarking HOWTO: Benchmarking procedures and interpretation of results
  Next Previous Contents 2. Benchmarking procedures and interpretation of results A few semi-obvious recommendations: First and foremost, identify your benchmarking goals . What is it you are exactly...
  
  
• Linux Benchmarking HOWTO: The Linux Benchmarking Toolkit (LBT)
  Next Previous Contents 3. The Linux Benchmarking Toolkit (LBT) I will propose a basic benchmarking toolkit for Linux. This is a preliminary version of a comprehensive Linux Benchmarking Toolkit, to...
  
  
• Linux Benchmarking HOWTO: Example run and results
  Next Previous Contents 4. Example run and results The LBT was run on my home machine, a Pentium-class Linux box that I put together myself and that I used to write this HOWTO. Here is the LBT Report...
  
  
• Linux Benchmarking HOWTO: Pitfalls and caveats of benchmarking
  Next Previous Contents 5. Pitfalls and caveats of benchmarking After putting together this HOWTO I began to understand why the words "pitfalls" and "caveats" are so often associated with...
  
  
• Linux Benchmarking HOWTO: FAQ
  Next Previous Contents 6. FAQ Q1. Is there any single figure of merit for Linux systems ? A: No, thankfully nobody has yet come up with a Lhinuxstone (tm) measurement. And if there was one, it would...
  
  
• Linux Benchmarking HOWTO: Copyright, acknowledgments and miscellaneous
  Next Previous Contents 7. Copyright, acknowledgments and miscellaneous 7.1 How this document was produced The first step was reading section 4 "Writing and submitting a HOWTO" of the HOWTO Index by...
  
  
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• The Linux BootPrompt-HowTo
  Next Previous Contents The Linux BootPrompt-HowTo by Paul Gortmaker. v1.4, Mar 21, 2003 This is the BootPrompt-Howto, which is a compilation of all the possible boot time arguments that can be passed...
  
  
• The Linux BootPrompt-HowTo: Introduction
  Next Previous Contents 1. Introduction The kernel has the capability to accept information at boot in the form of a `command line', similar to an argument list you would give to a program. In general...
  
  
• The Linux BootPrompt-HowTo: Serial and ISDN Drivers
  Next Previous Contents 10. Serial and ISDN Drivers 10.1 The ISDN drivers Please see linux/Documentation/isdn/ for the full details of all the options the following ISDN drivers accept. icn= ICN ISDN...
  
  
• The Linux BootPrompt-HowTo: Other Hardware Devices
  Next Previous Contents 11. Other Hardware Devices Any other devices that didn't fit into any of the above categories got lumped together here. 11.1 Ethernet Devices (`ether=', `netdev=') Different...
  
  
• The Linux BootPrompt-HowTo: Copying, Translations, Closing, etc.
  Next Previous Contents 12. Copying, Translations, Closing, etc. Hey, you made it to the end! (Phew...) Now just the legal stuff. 12.1 Copyright and Disclaimer This document is Copyright (c) 1995-1999...
  
  
• The Linux BootPrompt-HowTo: Overview of Boot Prompt Arguments
  Next Previous Contents 2. Overview of Boot Prompt Arguments This section gives some examples of software that can be used to pass kernel boot-time arguments to the kernel itself. It also gives you an...
  
  
• The Linux BootPrompt-HowTo: General Non-Device Specific Boot Args
  Next Previous Contents 3. General Non-Device Specific Boot Args These are the boot arguments that are not related to any specific device or peripheral. They are instead related to certain internal...
  
  
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• The Linux BootPrompt-HowTo: Boot Arguments for Video Frame Buffer Drivers
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• The Linux BootPrompt-HowTo: Boot Arguments for SCSI Peripherals.
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• The Linux BootPrompt-HowTo: The Sound Drivers
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• Linux Bridge+Firewall Mini-HOWTO version 1.2.0
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• Bzip2 mini-HOWTO
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• Bzip2 mini-HOWTO: Using bzip2 by itself
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• Bzip2 mini-HOWTO: Using bzip2 with less
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• Bzip2 mini-HOWTO: Using bzip2 with emacs
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• Bzip2 mini-HOWTO: Using bzip2 with wu-ftpd
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• Bzip2 mini-HOWTO: Using bzip2 with grep
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• Bzip2 mini-HOWTO: Using bzip2 with Netscape under the X.
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• call-back mini HOWTO
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• call-back mini HOWTO: Introduction
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• call-back mini HOWTO: Procedure
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• CD-Writing HOWTO
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• CD-Writing HOWTO: Introduction
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• CD-Writing HOWTO: Setup the Linux-system for writing CD-ROMs
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• CD-Writing HOWTO: Dear Winfried,...
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• CD-Writing HOWTO: Troubleshooting
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• CD-Writing HOWTO: Credits
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• Chroot-BIND8 HOWTO
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• Chroot-BIND8 HOWTO: Installing Your Shiny New BIND
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• Chroot-BIND8 HOWTO: The End
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• Chroot-BIND8 HOWTO: Appendix - Upgrading BIND Later
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• Chroot-BIND8 HOWTO: Appendix - Thanks
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• Chroot-BIND8 HOWTO: Appendix - Document Distribution Policy
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• Chroot-BIND HOWTO
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• Chroot-BIND HOWTO: Compiling and Installing Your Shiny New BIND
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• Chroot-BIND HOWTO: Installing Your Shiny New BIND
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• Chroot-BIND HOWTO: The End
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• Chroot-BIND HOWTO: Appendix - Upgrading BIND Later
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• Chroot-BIND HOWTO: Appendix - Thanks
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• Chroot-BIND HOWTO: Appendix - Document Distribution Policy
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• The Linux Cipe+Masquerading mini-HOWTO
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• The Linux Cipe+Masquerading mini-HOWTO: Introduction
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• The Linux Cipe+Masquerading mini-HOWTO: References
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• The Linux Cipe+Masquerading mini-HOWTO: Firewall Configuration
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• The Linux Cipe+Masquerading mini-HOWTO: Machine A Specific Configuration
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• The Linux Cipe+Masquerading mini-HOWTO: Machine B Specific Configuration
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• The Linux Cipe+Masquerading mini-HOWTO: Machine C Specific Configuration
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• The Linux Cipe+Masquerading mini-HOWTO: Common Machine Configuration
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• The Linux Cipe+Masquerading mini-HOWTO: Example masquerading firewall scripts
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• The Linux Cipe+Masquerading mini-HOWTO: Putting it all together
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• The Linux Cipe+Masquerading mini-HOWTO: Connecting to the WAN
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• The Clock Mini-HOWTO
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• The Clock Mini-HOWTO: Introduction
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• The Clock Mini-HOWTO: How Linux Keeps Track of Time
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• The Clock Mini-HOWTO: Software
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• The Clock Mini-HOWTO: Radio Clocks
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• Linux Cluster HOWTO
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• Linux Cluster HOWTO : Introduction
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• Linux Cluster HOWTO : Hardware
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• Linux Cluster HOWTO : Software
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• Linux Cluster HOWTO : Set up, configuration, and maintenance
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• Linux Cluster HOWTO : Performing tasks on the cluster
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• Linux Cluster HOWTO : Acknowledgements
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• Linux Cluster HOWTO : Bibliography
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• Coffee Making
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• Coffee Making: Menu
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• Coffee Making: Hardware
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• Coffee Making: Software
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• Coffee Making: Building the Turing Complete Coffee Machine
  Next Previous Contents 5. Building the Turing Complete Coffee Machine Do you pine for the nice old days, when men were men and build their own coffee machines? This chapter is about assembling a...
  
  
• Coffee Making: Overdose symptoms
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• Coffee Making: Expansions
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• Coffee Making: Further Information
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• Linux Commercial HOWTO
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• Linux Commercial HOWTO: About this document
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• Linux Commercial HOWTO: Emulation
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• Linux Commercial HOWTO: Financial Software
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• Linux Commercial HOWTO: Libraries
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• Linux Commercial HOWTO: Mathematics
  Next Previous Contents 13. Mathematics 13.1 Maple V Release 4 - The Power Edition Description: Maple V Release 4 is the powerful computer algebra system used by mathematicians, engineers, and...
  
  
• Linux Commercial HOWTO: Multimedia
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• Linux Commercial HOWTO: Network Servers
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• Linux Commercial HOWTO: Office Tools
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• Linux Commercial HOWTO: Text Processing
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• Linux Commercial HOWTO: System Administration Tools
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• Linux Commercial HOWTO: X Windows Related Products
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• Linux Commercial HOWTO: Copyright Information
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• Linux Commercial HOWTO: Other Software
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• Linux Commercial HOWTO: Free Software for Commercial Hardware
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• Linux Commercial HOWTO: Disclaimer
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• Linux Commercial HOWTO: Related Information
  Next Previous Contents 4. Related Information There's another document which covers commercial Linux software. It is maintained by Alan Cox <Alan.Cox@Linux.org> and can be found at...
  
  
• Linux Commercial HOWTO: Linux for the Commercial Market?
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• Linux Commercial HOWTO: Website Development
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• Linux Commercial HOWTO: Databases
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• Linux Commercial HOWTO: Data Visualisation and CAD
  Next Previous Contents 8. Data Visualisation and CAD 8.1 IDL (Interactive Data Language) Description: IDL is powerful software for data analysis, visualization, and application development. IDL's...
  
  
• Linux Commercial HOWTO: Development Tools
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• Commercial Port Advocacy mini-HOWTO
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• Commercial Port Advocacy mini-HOWTO: Copyright Information
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• Commercial Port Advocacy mini-HOWTO: Why write this?
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• Commercial Port Advocacy mini-HOWTO: Other efforts
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• Commercial Port Advocacy mini-HOWTO: How to choose companies to approach
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• Commercial Port Advocacy mini-HOWTO: The art of cold contacting
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• Commercial Port Advocacy mini-HOWTO: What to say
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• Commercial Port Advocacy mini-HOWTO: My standard contact message
  Next Previous Contents 7. My standard contact message Dear Sir or Madam: If I've sent this to the wrong address in your organization, I apologize; could you please forward it to the appropriate...
  
  
• Commercial Port Advocacy mini-HOWTO: The final inspirational message
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• Commercial Port Advocacy mini-HOWTO: Resources
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• Compressed TCP/IP-Sessions using SSH-like tools
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• Ethernet Bridge + netfilter Howto: Introduction
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• Ethernet Bridge + netfilter Howto: Required software
  Next Previous Contents 2. Required software This software setup is needed on the ethernet bridge computer. According to our Testing grounds . 2.1 Featured Linux kernel Use of kernel 2.6 is not yet a...
  
  
• Ethernet Bridge + netfilter Howto: Set Linux up to serve
  Next Previous Contents 3. Set Linux up to serve 3.1 Setting up the bridge We need Linux to know about the bridge. First tell it that we want one virtual ethernet bridge interface: (this is to be...
  
  
• Ethernet Bridge + netfilter Howto: Test your new bridged environment!
  Next Previous Contents 4. Test your new bridged environment! 4.1 Testing Grounds We imagine this scenario or similar: /\ Ethernet Ethernet ATM /-/ \ --------- --------- --------- /-/ | | Box...
  
  
• Ethernet Bridge + netfilter Howto: User experiences
  Next Previous Contents 5. User experiences 5.1 Fedora Core 3 James Dinkel (jdinkel_ @ _gmail.com) wrote on Tue, 8 Mar 2005 10:59:22 -0600: [...] I am using Fedora Core 3 and all I had to do was "yum...
  
  
• Ethernet Bridge + netfilter Howto: Links
  Next Previous Contents 6. Links The Howto's author may be contacted via e-mail . Howto Author's homepage . 6.1 Ethernet-Bridge Ethernet Bridge Mailinglist User space utilities, patches, etc.: Home of...
  
  
• Linux Ethernet-Howto
  Next Previous Contents Linux Ethernet-Howto by Paul Gortmaker v2.9, Aug 25, 2003 This is the Ethernet-Howto, which is a compilation of information about which ethernet devices can be used for Linux,...
  
  
• Linux Ethernet-Howto: Introduction
  Next Previous Contents 1. Introduction The Ethernet-Howto contains detailed information on the current level of support for most of the common ethernet cards available. It covers common hardware...
  
  
• Linux Ethernet-Howto: Miscellaneous.
  Next Previous Contents 10. Miscellaneous. Any other associated stuff that didn't fit in anywhere else gets dumped here. It may not be relevant, and it may not be of general interest but it is here...
  
  
• Linux Ethernet-Howto: Frequently Asked Questions
  Next Previous Contents 2. Frequently Asked Questions Here are some of the more frequently asked questions about using Linux with an Ethernet connection. Some of the more specific questions are sorted...
  
  
• Linux Ethernet-Howto: Performance Tips
  Next Previous Contents 3. Performance Tips Here are some tips that you can use if you are suffering from low ethernet throughput, or to gain a bit more speed on those ftp transfers. The ttcp.c...
  
  
• Linux Ethernet-Howto: Vendor/Manufacturer/Model Specific Information
  Next Previous Contents 4. Vendor/Manufacturer/Model Specific Information The following lists many cards in alphabetical order by vendor name and then product identifier. Beside each product ID, you...
  
  
• Linux Ethernet-Howto: Cables, Coax, Twisted Pair
  Next Previous Contents 5. Cables, Coax, Twisted Pair If you are starting a network from scratch, you will probably be using Cat5 wire for 10/100baseT (twisted pair telco-style cables with RJ-45 eight...
  
  
• Linux Ethernet-Howto: Software Configuration and Card Diagnostics
  Next Previous Contents 6. Software Configuration and Card Diagnostics For the oldest (or the cheapest) ISA cards, the card settings (I/O, IRQ, output media, etc.) were set by little black jumper...
  
  
• Linux Ethernet-Howto: Technical Information
  Next Previous Contents 7. Technical Information For those who want to understand a bit more about how the card works, or play with the present drivers, this information should be useful. If you do...
  
  
• Linux Ethernet-Howto: Miscellaneous.
  Next Previous Contents 8. Miscellaneous. Any other associated stuff that didn't fit in anywhere else gets dumped here. It may not be relevant, and it may not be of general interest but it is here...
  
  
• Linux Ethernet-Howto: Miscellaneous.
  Next Previous Contents 9. Miscellaneous. Any other associated stuff that didn't fit in anywhere else gets dumped here. It may not be relevant, and it may not be of general interest but it is here...
  
  
• Linux simple fax printer server mini-HOWTO (faxsrv-mini-HOWTO)
  Next Previous Contents Linux simple fax printer server mini-HOWTO (faxsrv-mini-HOWTO) ">Erez Strauss <erez@newplaces.com> v1.0, 8 November 1997 No warranties. Comments are always welcome. This...
  
  
• Linux simple fax printer server mini-HOWTO (faxsrv-mini-HOWTO): Introduction
  Next Previous Contents 1. Introduction To get a working printer/fax on the linux machine you should have some software and fax modem. The Printing software will be using the fax software as a print...
  
  
• Linux simple fax printer server mini-HOWTO (faxsrv-mini-HOWTO): Questions & Answers
  Next Previous Contents 2. Questions & Answers 2.1 What is a fax printer server ? A fax printer server is a setup of few programs: efax, and the print server, in such a way that sending a fax from...
  
  
• Linux simple fax printer server mini-HOWTO (faxsrv-mini-HOWTO): Latest version, Contacting the author.
  Next Previous Contents 3. Latest version, Contacting the author. The latest version of this file can be accessed through the world wide web using URLs...
  
  
• FBB Packet-radio BBS mini-HOWTO
  Next Previous Contents FBB Packet-radio BBS mini-HOWTO Miroslav "Misko" Skoric, YT7MPB, skoric at eunet dot yu v1.37, 2006-07-28 This mini-HOWTO covers the installation and use of the most popular...
  
  
• FBB Packet-radio BBS mini-HOWTO: Introduction
  Next Previous Contents 1. Introduction I have been using FBB amateur radio software since early nineties. It was the time of DOS operating system, so most of us, system administrators (or, so called...
  
  
• FBB Packet-radio BBS mini-HOWTO: How to access the "xfbbd" server from a DOS client?
  Next Previous Contents 10. How to access the "xfbbd" server from a DOS client? Notice: In some of the previous chapters, I announced my plans to use an old i286/12 MHz box, having only 1 MB of RAM,...
  
  
• FBB Packet-radio BBS mini-HOWTO: How to communicate with LinFBB in Serbian?
  Next Previous Contents 11. How to communicate with LinFBB in Serbian? 2003-08-01 Gentle folks, I am a Serb and I live in Serbia. My language is Serbian and I communicate with FBB in that language. If...
  
  
• FBB Packet-radio BBS mini-HOWTO: How to make better ham radio rules?
  Next Previous Contents 12. How to make better ham radio rules? 2003-10-26 Notice: Gentle folks, here I am going to discuss some rules'n'regulations issues that we, radio amateurs, face to every day....
  
  
• FBB Packet-radio BBS mini-HOWTO: Bibliography
  Next Previous Contents 13. Bibliography 2006-07-28 Notice: I often participate to (inter)national ICT conferences in Serbia & Montenegro, as well as abroad, presenting papers and running...
  
  
• FBB Packet-radio BBS mini-HOWTO: Further information
  Next Previous Contents 14. Further information 14.1 Copyright Copyright (c) 2006 by Miroslav "Misko" Skoric, YT7MPB. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the...
  
  
• FBB Packet-radio BBS mini-HOWTO: Getting help
  Next Previous Contents 15. Getting help In the end you might find yourself unable to solve your problems and need help from someone else. The most efficient way is either to ask someone local or in...
  
  
• FBB Packet-radio BBS mini-HOWTO: How to install X11 (Xwindow) version of LinFBB
  Next Previous Contents 2. How to install X11 (Xwindow) version of LinFBB First of all, you should have running Linux with a GUI installed. I am fully satisfied with Gnome GUI but I suppose that KDE...
  
  
• FBB Packet-radio BBS mini-HOWTO: How to install LinFBB in addition to existing WinFBB
  Next Previous Contents 3. How to install LinFBB in addition to existing WinFBB Notice: Folks, you see, at my place, I have a dual-boot system, consisting of Windows NT and Linux (each of them having...
  
  
• FBB Packet-radio BBS mini-HOWTO: How to install Protus password utility
  Next Previous Contents 4. How to install Protus password utility Notice: Well, I have been using Protus connection filters for a long time now. At first, it was the version 3.1/1.2 for DosFBB515c...
  
  
• FBB Packet-radio BBS mini-HOWTO: How to install "xfbbd", a daemon version of LinFBB
  Next Previous Contents 5. How to install "xfbbd", a daemon version of LinFBB Notice: You see, folks, that I keep trying to get as many as possible versions of this great software (Jean-Paul, F6FBB,...
  
  
• FBB Packet-radio BBS mini-HOWTO: How to install an upgrade to a daemon version of LinFBB
  Next Previous Contents 6. How to install an upgrade to a daemon version of LinFBB 6.1 LinFBB v7.02g Notice: Well, the main trouble I have discovered with 7.01f daemon was the absence of Protus...
  
  
• FBB Packet-radio BBS mini-HOWTO: How to use LinFBB's "xfbbX", a GUI client for Linux
  Next Previous Contents 7. How to use LinFBB's "xfbbX", a GUI client for Linux 2002-10-20 Well, soon after the installation of LinFBB v7.04 .rpm package, I noticed a new "kid on the block", i.e. a new...
  
  
• FBB Packet-radio BBS mini-HOWTO: How to use LinFBB's "xfbbW", a GUI client for Windows
  Next Previous Contents 8. How to use LinFBB's "xfbbW", a GUI client for Windows 2002-11-17 Notice: Well, folks, I couldn't try to install and use LinFBB client for Windows, because I have not had a...
  
  
• FBB Packet-radio BBS mini-HOWTO: How to compile LinFBB's executable files
  Next Previous Contents 9. How to compile LinFBB's executable files 9.1 fbbsrc.704h (using Red Hat 7.1) 2003-01-01 Notice: Until recently, I preferred to download "factory-made" executables in RPM...
  
  
• Filesystems HOWTO
  Next Previous Contents Filesystems HOWTO Martin Hinner < martin@hinner.info >, http://martin.hinner.info Version 0.8, Jan 2007 This small HOWTO is about filesystems and accessing filesystems....
  
  
• Filesystems HOWTO: Introduction
  Next Previous Contents 1. Introduction The Filesystems HOWTO is about filesystems and accessing filesystems from various OS. Although this document has been put together to the best of my knowledge,...
  
  
• Filesystems HOWTO: Raw partitions
  Next Previous Contents 10. Raw partitions 10.1 Backing up raw partitions using DBsnapshot (todo: www.crosstor.com) Next Previous Contents
  
  
• Filesystems HOWTO: Appendix
  Next Previous Contents 11. Appendix 11.1 Network filesystems This HOWTO is not about Network filesystems, but I should mention them. There is a brief list of some which I know: AFS - Andrew...
  
  
• Filesystems HOWTO: Volumes
  Next Previous Contents 2. Volumes 2.1 PC Partitions http://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/partitions/ Partition types document by Andries Brouwer < aeb@cwi.nl > GNU parted Homepage:...
  
  
• Filesystems HOWTO: DOS FAT 12/16/32, VFAT
  Next Previous Contents 3. DOS FAT 12/16/32, VFAT 3.1 VFAT: Long filenames Windows 95/98 and Windows NT/2000 store long filenames on FAT in special directory entries with set attributes ReadOnly ,...
  
  
• Filesystems HOWTO: High Performance FileSystem (HPFS)
  Next Previous Contents 4. High Performance FileSystem (HPFS) Good HPFS links: ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/comp/os/os2/leo/doc/hpfsinf.zip ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/info/tips/hpfs.zip...
  
  
• Filesystems HOWTO: New Technology FileSystem (NTFS)
  Next Previous Contents 5. New Technology FileSystem (NTFS) References: http://www.microsoft.com/msj/1198/ntfs/ntfstop.htm NTFS 5 information Rajeev Nagar, Windows NT File System Internals (O'Reilly)....
  
  
• Filesystems HOWTO: Extended filesystems (Ext, Ext2, Ext3)
  Next Previous Contents 6. Extended filesystems (Ext, Ext2, Ext3) Extended filesystem (ext fs), second extended filesystem (ext2fs) and third extended filesystem (ext3fs) were designed and implemented...
  
  
• Filesystems HOWTO: Macintosh Hierarchical Filesystem - HFS
  Next Previous Contents 7. Macintosh Hierarchical Filesystem - HFS All Macintosh storage devices except floppy disks are partitioned into one or more volumes. Volumes can contain four kinds of items:...
  
  
• Filesystems HOWTO: ISO 9660 - CD-ROM filesystem
  Next Previous Contents 8. ISO 9660 - CD-ROM filesystem Useful ISO-9660 links: ftp://ftp.ecma.ch/ecma-st/e119-pdf.pdf - ISO-9660 (aka ECMA-119, aka High Sierra) specification 8.1 RockRidge extensions...
  
  
• Filesystems HOWTO: Other filesystems
  Next Previous Contents 9. Other filesystems 9.1 ADFS - Acorn Disc File System The Acorn Disc Filing System is the standard filesystem of the RiscOS operating system which runs on Acorn's ARM-based...
  
  
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• Firewall and Proxy Server HOWTO
  Next Previous Contents Firewall and Proxy Server HOWTO Mark Grennan, mark@grennan.com v0.80, Feb. 26, 2000 This document is designed to describe the basics of firewall systems and give you some...
  
  
• Firewall and Proxy Server HOWTO: Introduction
  Next Previous Contents 1. Introduction David Rudder wrote this original version of this Firewall-HOWTO, these many moons ago, and I'd still like to thank him for allowing me to update his work. I'd...
  
  
• Firewall and Proxy Server HOWTO: Installing the TIS Proxy server
  Next Previous Contents 10. Installing the TIS Proxy server 10.1 Getting the software The TIS FWTK is available at http://www.tis.com/research/software/ . Don't make the mistake I did. When you ftp...
  
  
• Firewall and Proxy Server HOWTO: The SOCKS Proxy Server
  Next Previous Contents 11. The SOCKS Proxy Server 11.1 Setting up the Proxy Server The SOCKS proxy server available from http://www.socks.nec.com/ . Uncompressed and untar the files into a directory...
  
  
• Firewall and Proxy Server HOWTO: Advanced Configurations
  Next Previous Contents 12. Advanced Configurations There is one configuration I would like to go over before wrapping this document up. The one I have just outlined will probably suffice for most...
  
  
• Firewall and Proxy Server HOWTO: Making Management Easy
  Next Previous Contents 13. Making Management Easy 13.1 Firewall tools There are several software packages that will make managing your firewall easier. Be carefull, don't use these tools unless you...
  
  
• Firewall and Proxy Server HOWTO: Defeating a Proxy Firewall
  Next Previous Contents httptunnel . httptunnel creates a bidirectional virtual data path tunnelled in HTTP requests. The HTTP requests can be sent via an HTTP proxy if so desired. Or, on their system...
  
  
• Firewall and Proxy Server HOWTO: APPENDEX A - Example Scripts
  Next Previous Contents 15. APPENDEX A - Example Scripts 15.1 RC Script useing GFCC #!/bin/bash # # Firewall Script - Version 0.9.1 # # chkconfig: 2345 09 99 # description: firewall script for 2.2.x...
  
  
• Firewall and Proxy Server HOWTO: APPENDEX B - An VPN RC Script for RedHat
  Next Previous Contents 16. APPENDEX B - An VPN RC Script for RedHat #!/bin/sh # # vpnd This shell script takes care of starting and stopping # vpnd (Vertual Privage Network connections). # #...
  
  
• Firewall and Proxy Server HOWTO: Understanding Firewalls
  Next Previous Contents 2. Understanding Firewalls A firewall is a structure intended to keep a fire from spreading. Building have firewalls made of brick walls completely dividing sections of the...
  
  
• Firewall and Proxy Server HOWTO: Firewall Architecture
  Next Previous Contents 3. Firewall Architecture There are lots of ways to structure your network to protect your systems using a firewall. If you have a dedicated connections to the Internet through...
  
  
• Firewall and Proxy Server HOWTO: Setting up the Linux Filtering Firewall
  Next Previous Contents 4. Setting up the Linux Filtering Firewall 4.1 Hardware requirements Filtering firewalls don't require fancy hardware. They are little more then simple routers. All you need...
  
  
• Firewall and Proxy Server HOWTO: Software requirements
  Next Previous Contents 5. Software requirements 5.1 Selecting a Kernel To create a filtering firewall, you don't need any special software. Linux will do. At the time of this writing I'm using RedHat...
  
  
• Firewall and Proxy Server HOWTO: Preparing the Linux system
  Next Previous Contents 6. Preparing the Linux system Install as little of the Linux system as you can. My installation started with a server configuration and then I turn off ever un-needed service...
  
  
• Firewall and Proxy Server HOWTO: IP filtering setup (IPFWADM)
  Next Previous Contents 7. IP filtering setup (IPFWADM) If you are using kernel 2.1.102 or newer skip to the next section on IPCHAINS. In older kernels IP Forwarding is turned on by default in the...
  
  
• Firewall and Proxy Server HOWTO: IP filtering setup (IPCHAINS)
  Next Previous Contents 8. IP filtering setup (IPCHAINS) Linux ipchains is a rewrite of the Linux IPv4 firewalling code and a rewrite of ipfwadm, which was a rewrite of BSD's ipfw, I believe. It is...
  
  
• Firewall and Proxy Server HOWTO: Installing a Transparent SQUID proxy
  Next Previous Contents 9. Installing a Transparent SQUID proxy The squid proxy is available at http://squid.nlanr.net/ . The SQUID developers provide RedHat and Debian packages. If you can, use one...
  
  
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• Framebuffer HOWTO
  Next Previous Contents Framebuffer HOWTO Alex Buell, alex.buell@tahallah.clara.co.uk v1.2, 27 Feb 2000 This document describes how to use the framebuffer devices in Linux with a variety of platforms....
  
  
• Framebuffer HOWTO: History
  Next Previous Contents 1. History Revision history 19990607 - Release of 1.0 19990722 - Release of 1.1 20000222 - Release of 1.2 Next Previous Contents
  
  
• Framebuffer HOWTO: Using framebuffer devices on Alpha platforms
  Next Previous Contents 10. Using framebuffer devices on Alpha platforms 10.1 What modes are available to me? So far, there is only the TGA PCI