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From: Digestifier <Linux-Announce-Request () senator-bedfellow ! mit ! edu>
Date: 2000-10-12 18:13:04
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Linux-Announce Digest #863, Volume #3 Thu, 12 Oct 00 18:13:04 EDT
Contents:
htsserver 0.5.8 -- server of the trading game Holsham Traders (Uwe Hermann)
nhtsclient 0.5.1 -- client for the trading game Holsham Traders (Uwe Hermann)
V0.6 - Open Source Audio Library Project (OSALP) (forsberg@adnc.com)
Small "trim" utility ("Jem Berkes")
CoreLinux++ 0.4.29 Released ("Frank V. Castellucci")
Firedial 0.0.3 - Linux Router Dialer (cuBe)
COMMERCIAL: Dual PIII733 linux box for $1299 (sales)
ImPress 1.1-b5 - desktop publishing and layout package (Chris Cox)
update to plug-in scheduler modules for Linux (Scott Rhine)
LOCAL: Installfest on 14 October in BorlXnge, SWEDEN (=?iso-8859-1?q?Bansaie?=)
WWW: Linux Music & Sound Software site updated (Dave Phillips)
Fcron 0.9.2 - a replacement for Vixie cron and anacron (Thibault Godouet)
Root kit detection: checkps 1.3-pre1 release (Duncan Simpson)
LOCAL: New SC LUG (joshua)
genparse 0.5 - command line parser generator (Michael Borella)
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From: Uwe Hermann <uh1763@bingo-ev.de>
Subject: htsserver 0.5.8 -- server of the trading game Holsham Traders
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 20:47:26 GMT
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Hi everyone.
htsserver is the server application of the client/server realtime
multiplayer trading game. You send you transporters from town to
town and buy and sell goods there in order to earn lots of money.
Though the game is still in the development phase, some things already
work.
htsserver 0.5.8 has been released October 5, 2000.
Major changes in this release:
* The trading routines are almost complete now and work.
* Added code to handle players, town and transporters.
* Several bugfixes.
* htsserver now requires GLib 1.2.8 or better
* Upgraded to autoconf 2.49a.
* Should compile on HP/UX now.
* Documentation updates.
Homepage: http://htsserver.sourceforge.net
Uwe.
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Uwe Hermann <uh1763@bingo-ev.de>
http://www.bingo-ev.de/~uh1763/
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From: Uwe Hermann <uh1763@bingo-ev.de>
Subject: nhtsclient 0.5.1 -- client for the trading game Holsham Traders
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 20:44:56 GMT
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Hi.
I'd like to announce the 0.5.1 release of nhtsclient, a ncurses-based
client for the realtime multiplayer trading game Holsham Traders.
Major changes in this release:
* The trading routines are almost complete now and work.
* Lots of internal improvements and increased readability of the code
* nhtsclient now requires GLib 1.2.8 or better
* Upgraded to autoconf 2.49a
* Added code to handle players, town and transporters.
* Documentation updates
Homepage: http://nhtsclient.sourceforge.net
Uwe.
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http://www.bingo-ev.de/~uh1763/
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From: forsberg@adnc.com
Subject: V0.6 - Open Source Audio Library Project (OSALP)
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 20:56:46 GMT
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Announcing Version 0.6 of the Open Source Audio Library
Project (OSALP). OSALP is an object oriented C++ library
that contains all the audio capabilty one needs to add audio
to their application. It is great for rapid prototyping, adding
audio to a non-audio application, and developing an audio
application. New features in V 0.6 include allowing one to
set the amount of buffering performed by the audio card. Also
added is a-law and mu-law codecs for the AU and WAV audio
formats. Many bug fixes have been included as well. Currently
the library is available for Linux and is in source form. It
is licensed under LGPL. It is available from:
http://osalp.sourceforge.net
Bruce Forsberg
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From: "Jem Berkes" <info@pc-tools.net>
Subject: Small "trim" utility
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 21:21:41 GMT
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I've written a very small "trim" utility that can be used to keep
the size of growing logfiles under a certain limit. The program
simply will delete a certain number of lines of text from the start
of a file, if the file size exceeds a given limit (e.g. use in cron).
You can download the source and a Redhat 7 i386 binary here:
http://www.pc-tools.net/linux/
Regards,
Jem Berkes
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http://www.pc-tools.net/
DOS, Win32, Linux software
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From: "Frank V. Castellucci" <frankc@colconsulting.com>
Subject: CoreLinux++ 0.4.29 Released
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 21:10:44 GMT
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CoreLinux++ adds support for gcc 2.97.
General: CoreLinux++ (http://corelinux.sourceforge.net) is an initiative
to normalize methods and conventions for OOA/OOD/C++ development for
Linux, materialized in documentation, OO analysis and design models, and
a set of Open Source C++ class libraries to support common patterns,
frameworks, and exploit the C++ standards.
News: With this release we have made changes to various core library
(libcl++) module implementations to conform with the C++ standard
support extended in gcc 2.97.
CoreLinux++ uses the LGPL license to minimize restrictions on
application use and extension.
Plans: We continue to refine the newly available CoreLinux++ Abstract
Framework library (libclfw++), the most recent change being the addition
of metaclasses for reflection, introspection, reification, and
extension. Currently there is only one framework (Library Load) as the
need to define metaattributes for the metaclasses is taking priority.
The immediate extensions that will utilize these MetaType constructs
include Function Library Loading, and Persistence. We are still looking
for developers interested in contributing to this Open Development and
Open Source Software project.
Full details of the project can be viewed from our the home page at
http://corelinux.sourceforge.net where you can also download the source
and documentation.
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http://corelinux.sourceforge.net
OOA/OOD/C++ Standards and Guidelines for Linux
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From: cuBe <cuBe@uk2.net>
Subject: Firedial 0.0.3 - Linux Router Dialer
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 21:12:06 GMT
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,---------------,
| Firedial-0.0.3|
'---------------'
Firedial is a bunch of shell scripts and a mini-protocol that enables you to
control a Linux Router that you have setup. It let's you check on the
router's connection, and bring it up or down.
Firedial is not a router package. It will not setup a machine to be used as
a router or firewall. This needs to be already done. All Firedial does is
bring an Internet connection up or down on a remote machine on your network.
URL: http://www2.caffeine.org.uk/~cube/firedial
Hope you like it!
cuBe
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From: sales <sales@storeanywhere.com>
Subject: COMMERCIAL: Dual PIII733 linux box for $1299
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 21:29:06 GMT
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www.storeanywhere.com website has the following promotion.
Dual PIII 733Mhz Linux box pre-installed with Redhat 6.2 OS
software. Its configurations are:
TYAN tyger 133 dual slot 1 mainboard
256mb PC-100 SDRAM/ 20G HDD 7200rpm
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Keyboard/Mouse (4U Rackmount chassis is
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For more details please check our website:
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To place the orders, you can order directly on line, e-mail or simply
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Remember to check our website regularly:www.storeanywhere.com for
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From: Chris Cox <cjcox@acm.org>
Subject: ImPress 1.1-b5 - desktop publishing and layout package
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 21:35:36 GMT
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A few more feature adds and more bug fixes:
http://www.ntlug.org/~ccox/impress/changes.txt
ImPress is a Tcl/Tk based desktop publishing and layout package.
It also supports presentations and it can run inside or
outside of a web browser.
To download visit:
http://www.ntlug.org/~ccox/impress/
Read the documentation at:
http://www.ntlug.org/~ccox/impress/impress/doc/impdoc.html
Here's the b5 info from changes.txt:
1.1-b5
- ------
o Pstoedit:
Modifications to support 3.21 new PNG image handling. This means
that the binary pstoedit package depends upon libpng (sorry). You
can always build it yourself :-).
Enable image handling by adding the "-i" option: pstoedit -f tk:-i ...
Requires Jan Nijtmans Img extension (with PNG support) to work.
o Http access:
Can now load documents via URL when in standalone mode.
o Macros:
Completed the Imp_RomPage macros and added the Imp_ArabicPage
macro. Anyone using Imp_RomPage expecting Arabic will find that
Roman Numerals are now functioning (sorry I released b4 with an
incomplete Imp_RomPage macro).
Added the Imp_SavedUser macro. From now on, when you save a file,
it saves the user with it. For new files, defaults to the current
user of course.
o Align Objects:
Added Align Objects (left, right, top, bottom, center v/h).
o EPS Support:
Seems strange, but in all the feature adds, the ability to output
pages as simple EPS files was lost. This capability has been
added. Use a %d in the file name to number the output files...
option is enabled via the Print Dialog (print to file of course).
o Fixes
* Eliminated some redundant code (not really a fix..but nice).
* Restore template after save.
* Selecting with a drag-box was broken by the "disabled"
feature....fixed!
* Landscape deprecated. The only way to get things to rotate
properly for gv/acroread is to NOT use the landscape feature.
Let me know if you need it back...(look at the program, you'll
see where it can be renabled...not sure if works like it did
before though...really can't see the need for it).
* Error in the DSC begin output for documents, moved the BeginSetup
so it's outside of the individual pages.
* Eliminated border on splash screen... a priority item :-)
* Eliminate extraneous Group variables (messes things up)...resave
all files to eliminate the error.
* Corrected return to current page when doing a saveAll.
o Bugs
* Can't fix this for now... seems to be problems with scaling
large muti-line segments of text. For now, best results are
obtained with single lined text elements.
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From: Scott Rhine <rhine@rsn.hp.com>
Subject: update to plug-in scheduler modules for Linux
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 21:32:14 GMT
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See out website
http://resourcemanagement.unixsolutions.hp.com/WaRM/schedpolicy.html
for this month's updates to Plug-in Schedulers for Linux.
Check out the new "constant" time scheduler, now available in addition to
processor sets.
change summary :
1. new module: const_sched.c
2. new xconfig buttons to conditionally build each scheduler module.
3. rename of alt_policy.c to altpolicy.c for consistency with header file.
4. some code movement from altpolicy.h to sched.h
5. enhancement to pset.c: ifdef so same code base builds on all 3 OS versions.
6. enhancement to pset.c: remove limitation of CPU 0 belonging to pset 0.
7. enhancement to pset_test.c: match new CPU 0 behavior.
8. bug fix for psetps.c: add third argument to strncpy.
9. bug fix for psetps.c: quote -o arguments for pass through to real ps.
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From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Bansaie?= <bansaie@yahoo.com>
Subject: LOCAL: Installfest on 14 October in BorlXnge, SWEDEN
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 21:37:16 GMT
Reply-To: bansaie@linux.nu
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Greetings !
The Dala Linux Users' Group is holding a Linuxmeeting and installfest
on Saturday, October 14, 2000 from 12:00 to 21:00.
The location will be Ringen 4 in Borlänge, near Domnarvsvallen
There are directions on the noticeboard at the entrance.
More information (in swedish) is available at
dalug.nu/installfest.php3
If you want information in english, please contact us at
dalug@linux.nu
Thanks,
Ulf Norberg
Chairman
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web: http://dalug.nu
mail: dalug@linux.nu
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From: Dave Phillips <dlphilp@bright.net>
Subject: WWW: Linux Music & Sound Software site updated
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 21:43:49 GMT
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Greetings:
As of October 10 2000 the Linux Music & Sound Applications pages have
been updated. This site contains more than 700 links to Linux audio,
MIDI, and DSP sites, making it the most comprehensive listing of its
kind on the Internet.
The site may be reached here:
http://sound.condorow.net (USA)
Here:
http://linuxsound.at (Europe)
Here:
http://linuxsound.ymo.org (Japan)
And at the original URL:
http://www.bright.net/~dlphilp/linuxsound/ (USA)
Please use the mirrors before using the Bright.net site, my ISP
imposes a daily transfer limit.
Enjoy !
Best regards,
== Dave Phillips
http://www.bright.net/~dlphilp/index.html
http://www.bright.net/~dlphilp/linuxsound/
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From: Thibault Godouet <fcron@free.fr>
Subject: Fcron 0.9.2 - a replacement for Vixie cron and anacron
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 21:45:25 GMT
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What is new in this release (0.9.2) ?
- -------------------------------------
- - fcron uses autoconf (the configure script).
- - lavg options now works on every systems defining a getloadavg() function,
and fcron handles correctly the case of a serial and lavg job.
- - fcron runs under a specific user's rights for security reasons.
- - user can define if a job should be able to run several times
simultaneously thanks to the option exesev, and if a job can be put
several times simultaneously in the serial queue thanks to the option
serialonce.
What is fcron ?
- ---------------
Fcron is a scheduler. It aims at replacing Vixie Cron, so it implements
most of its functionalities.
But contrary to Vixie Cron, fcron does not need your system to be up
7 days a week, 24 hours a day : it also works well with systems which
are not running neither all the time nor regularly (contrary to
anacrontab).
To do so, fcron allows you to use the standard mode in which you tell
it to execute one command at a given date and hour and to make it run
a command according to its time of execution, which is normally the same
as system up time. For example :
Run the task 'save /home/ directory'
every 3h15 of system up time.
and, of course, in order to make it really useful, the time remaining
until next execution is saved each time the system is stopped.
You can also say :
run that command once between 2am and 5am
which will be done if the system is running at any time in this
interval. Or even :
run this job once every week as soon as the 15 minutes
load average is lower than 0.9
Fcron also includes a useful system of options, which can be applied
either to every lines following the declaration or to a single line.
Some of the supported options permit to: run jobs one by one, run jobs
at fcron's startup if they should have been run during system down time,
a better management of the mailing of outputs, set a nice value for a
job ...
What is planed for next releases ?
- ----------------------------------
I'd like to :
- - allow users to have several fcrontabs.
(I wonder if it is really necessary : what do you think
about it ? Please mail me answers at fcron@free.fr )
- - allow users to control their running jobs (renice, stop,
continue ...)
(propositions and help are welcome)
How you can help me
- -------------------
I especially need help for testing every fcron functionalities.
If you'd like to help me, please contact me at :
fcron@free.fr
Where can I get it ?
- --------------------
You can either go to the project home page at :
http://fcron.free.fr
or get it from metalab at
ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/daemons/cron/fcron-0.9.2.src.tar.gz
(I've sent the file but it may take some time before it is available on
metalab)
I hope you will enjoy it,
Thibault.
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From: Duncan Simpson <dps@io.stargate.co.uk>
Subject: Root kit detection: checkps 1.3-pre1 release
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 21:50:02 GMT
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So, you think a script kiddie might have installed a root kit. IF so then
checkps could eb for you... If ps fails to list a process then it will tell
you all about it and it's relatively. This dgoes far enough to give you a
service that was probably cracked and IP source numbers (for currently
connected boxen).
In a few ticks it should also dtect rootkit bersions of netstat on linux. Much
of the code could be used to good effect on other systems. Any helpers willing
to do the rest? The latest version is 1.3-pre1 and a major update to version
1.2 and minor update to the version with a bug removed announced on bugtraq a
long time ago.
You can run it in the background and get it to check every 5 mibutes, under
any name other than checkps, with any fake argumnet list. You know what will
blend into the abckgorund on your system (the default is httpd with no
argumnets_/
The current version with kill scnaning enbaled should detect all current linux
root kits, even the module one I am aware of. Pure software root kits show up
like sure thumbs as far as the program is concerned.
You can collect copies from sourceforge (the checkps project) or, by http
only, from http://checkps.alcom.co.uk. Minor releases will be reported on the
checkps-support list only.
P.S. If anyone knows of any "competition" then please tell me. tripwire,
logcheck, etc are complementry and checkps is not a replacement or substitute
for them.
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Duncan (-:
"software industry, the: unique industry where selling substandard goods is
legal and you can charge extra for fixing the problems."
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From: joshua <joshua5@bigfoot.com>
Subject: LOCAL: New SC LUG
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 21:48:53 GMT
Reply-To: @news1.rdc1.tn.home.com
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A friend and I have started a new linux user group in
Greenville/Spartanburg, SC. Anyone interested in sharing what they know
or anyone that wants to know more about Linux, please email me back for
more info. Thanks. - Josh G.
**NO Flames please
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From: cathmike@xnet.com (Michael Borella)
Subject: genparse 0.5 - command line parser generator
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 21:53:49 GMT
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Genparse is a fully functional command line parser generator. From
a simple user description of command line options, genparse will
create command line parsing routines for your program automatically.
Features:
- - C and C++ output
- - Virtually unlimited number of options per program
- - Support for user-defined callbacks
- - Works even if you don't have getopt_long() on your system
- - Detailed user manual with examples
You can find genparse at http://genparse.sourceforge.net
Version 0.5 is the first release in many months and features support
for unlimited options and fixes a number of minor bugs.
Genparse is multi-platform and has been tested on Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris.
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