xiv Contents in Detail
The SMI .............................................................................................................. 314
The SNMP Protocol .............................................................................................. 316
The Basic Commands: GET, SET, GETNEXT ................................................ 316
Walking a MIB with GETNEXT .................................................................. 316
Traps and Informs ................................................................................... 316
Command-Line Tools: Examples ................................................................ 316
SNMPv1, SNMPv2, and SNMPv3 ......................................................................... 318
SNMP Data Types ................................................................................................ 319
SNMP Tables ....................................................................................................... 320
Defining New Types ............................................................................................. 321
Structure of a MIB File ........................................................................................... 322
Summary ............................................................................................................. 324
C
INSTALLING A FRAMEBUFFER DEVICE DRIVER 325
Finding Framebuffer Device Drivers for Your Video Card ........................................... 326
The vesafb Driver .................................................................................... 326
Hardware-Specific Drivers ........................................................................ 327
Drivers Not Included on the Laddie CD ...................................................... 327
Configuring the Framebuffer Device Driver .............................................................. 328
The vesafb Driver .................................................................................... 328
Hardware-Specific Drivers ....................................................................... 329
D
A DB-TO-FILE UTILITY 331
Overview ............................................................................................................ 332
Table Definitions .................................................................................................. 332
The tbl2file Table .................................................................................... 333
The tbl2field Table ................................................................................... 334
A tbl2filed Example .............................................................................................. 335
Security Notes ..................................................................................................... 336
E
THE LADDIE APPLIANCE BOOTABLE CD 337
Running the Laddie Appliance ............................................................................... 337
Booting the CD ....................................................................................... 338
Navigating the Framebuffer User Interface ................................................. 338
Accessing the Web Interface .................................................................... 339
Experimenting with the Linux Shell and Other User Interfaces ........................ 339
Shutting Down the Laddie Appliance ......................................................... 340
Exploring the CD Contents .................................................................................... 340
Laddie Appliance Source Code ................................................................ 340
Laddie Appliance Libraries ....................................................................... 341
Startup Scripts ......................................................................................... 341
The Linux From-Scratch Distribution and Additional Packages ....................... 342
Rebuilding the Laddie Appliance ............................................................................ 342
INDEX 345
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