Linux-Misc Digest #528, Volume #19 Sat, 20 Mar 99 00:13:07 EST
Contents:
Re: How to telnet in as root? (Michael McConnell)
Re: How to telnet in as root? (Michael McConnell)
Re: Installing Procinfo-16 (James Lewis)
MkLinux Kernel Source ("Levi C. Maaia")
Re: AMD questions (Andrew Comech)
Uninstall ("David Stillie")
Remote upgrade possible? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: RealPlayer 5.0 woes (Christopher Radlinski)
Re: cdwriting (John Thompson)
Install Redhat 5.2 off hard drive. What to download? ("stephen")
Re: HELP! Question about Oracle 8 on Linux -- how to auto-start? (jack dectis)
Newbie seeks help running apps (Jim McIntyre)
Real Audio: Starts then exits ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
RH5.2 Linux BOOT locked up (Jorge Nagasaki)
Re: Site Critque, Please ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
vesaFB launching X gives me a NO VALID MODES FOUND error ("marc*")
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From: Michael McConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to telnet in as root?
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 02:33:31 +0000
On Fri, 19 Mar 1999, Mark Swope wrote:
> I believe that this is controlled in
> /etc/securetty
>
> mas
>
> David B. wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >I'm using redhat 4.2 and I'm wanting to log in as root via
> >telnet but it doesn't allow it. Does anybody know how I
> >can change this so I can telnet in as root? (It's on a private
> >network so there's no security concern).
Correct file. But.. to allow telnet as root, you need to nuke/rename the
file.
-- Michael "Soruk" McConnell
Eridani Star System -- The Most Up-to-Date Red Hat Linux CDROMs Available
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.amush.cx/linux/ Fax: +44-8701-600807
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From: Michael McConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to telnet in as root?
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 02:33:31 +0000
On Fri, 19 Mar 1999, Mark Swope wrote:
> I believe that this is controlled in
> /etc/securetty
>
> mas
>
> David B. wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >I'm using redhat 4.2 and I'm wanting to log in as root via
> >telnet but it doesn't allow it. Does anybody know how I
> >can change this so I can telnet in as root? (It's on a private
> >network so there's no security concern).
Correct file. But.. to allow telnet as root, you need to nuke/rename the
file.
-- Michael "Soruk" McConnell
Eridani Star System -- The Most Up-to-Date Red Hat Linux CDROMs Available
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.amush.cx/linux/ Fax: +44-8701-600807
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From: James Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installing Procinfo-16
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 22:16:11 -0500
Ryan Ho wrote:
> Hi,
> I've downloaded Procinfo-16 and untarred it into my /tmp directory.
> I don't know how to install it because the README files don't tell me
> how to. I would know how to do it if there was a "configure" file but
> all I see is a "Makefile" while the rest are source files I think. Help
> appreciated. Thanx
>
> Ryan
type 'make'
there is no configuration for it.
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From: "Levi C. Maaia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.powerpc
Subject: MkLinux Kernel Source
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 01:50:03 GMT
I have DR3 that I downloaded and installed from the Apple FTP site. I'm
attempting to install IP Masquerade but I can't find the source to the
Kernel. I found what I thought was an identical kernel but it appeared
to only compile on a Intel chip. I also tried upgrading the Kernel to
2.2.3 but that source code wouldn't compile on DR3's compiler. Does
anyone know where I can get the source code for DR3 or an updated
compiler that will allow me to use newer kernels? Email me if you can
help or have any other solutions!!!!!????
--
Peace,
Levi
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.comcreations.com/levi/
QUOTE OF THE POST:
*******************
"Before they invented drawing boards,
what did they go back to?"
- STEVEN WRIGHT
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Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 22:30:56 -0500
From: Andrew Comech <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: AMD questions
"Jeremy L. Buchmann" wrote:
>
> This may or may not be AMD related, but anytime I try to compile
> the kernel with X running, I get a Signal 11. If I exit X
> and untar everything again, and recompile, it works. I don't
> remember this happening on my Pentium, but I could be wrong.
you certainly should not have this problem.
By any chance, do you have append="mem=128M" or something in
lilo.conf? if YES, then you better change 128 to 127 since the
highest addresses of memory are occupied by *some stuff* (sorry
my ignorance).
Cheers,
Andrew
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From: "David Stillie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Uninstall
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 22:34:27 -0600
I'm giving a computer to my Grandmother so she can surf the net, and I"d
like to uninstall Linux and return to Windoze. But can't seem to get rid of
the thing! Please help!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Remote upgrade possible?
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 03:33:41 GMT
Greetings Gurus!
I have a linux box, running Redhat 4.2. I do not have physical access
to the machine; all access is through the network. I cannot setup a
boot server on that network either.
Given this situation, is it possible to upgrade the machine to
say, Redhat 5.2, remotely? I'd like to hear from experienced
sysadmins who may have handled a similar situation.
Cheers, and rock on!
Joe
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Radlinski)
Subject: Re: RealPlayer 5.0 woes
Date: 20 Mar 1999 03:33:18 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Radlinski) writes:
I think I may have found the problem. The SoundBlaster 16 Waveffects card
only supports two distinct DMA channels, 1 and 3. This is counter to the
older SoundBlaster cards which supported one 8-bit channel (1,2,3) and one
16-bit channel (5,6,7). The RedHat drivers (along with the Solaris
drivers--in fact, Solaris pointed me to this problem) expect one 8-bit
channel (DMA 1) and one 16-bit channel (DMA 5), not two 8-bit channels (1
and 3). I tried tweaking the PNP BIOS settings to lock out DMA 3 and,
hopefully, force the card to use DMA 5. Unfortunately, it didn't work.
As I don't really need sound support anyway (though it would have been
nice), I've pulled the card.
I hunted through the Solaris docs and newsgroup archives (DejaNews) and
found folks with similar problems on that OS. However, no one really had
an answer because the Solaris sbpro driver only supports DMAs 5, 6, and 7.
As I can't force the card to use DMA 5 and the driver won't use DMA 3, I
think I'm just stuck.
Does this diagnosis sound reasonable? Are my facts correct? If not,
please post and set me straight.
Thanks,
Chris Radlinski
Minneapolis, MN
>I am running RedHat 5.2 (no patches or updates) on the following system:
>Tyan 1592S motherboard w/AMD K6-2 266
>96 MB RAM
>6GB Quantum IDE disk
>ATI Graphics Xpression (Mach 64) 2 MB
>Mitsumi 32x CD-ROM
>Creative Labs SoundBlaster 16 Waveffects sound card (Vibra 16X PNP)
>Zoom 56K external modem
>This system has been rock-solid running Red Hat, Solaris, and UnixWare. I
>don't have the sound card running under any of these OSes, so I decided to
>start with Red Hat. I ran the Red Hat sndconfig (or soundcfg, whatever)
>utility which found my card and set it up properly with isapnp. So far,
>so good.
>I then downloaded RealPlayer 5.0 rpm. It installed just fine. I started
>up X (Lesstif wm), connected to the 'net, and started RealPlayer. I
>selected File->Open Location which defaulted to a welcome.rm on Real's web
>site. It started to download, played a few frames, and then X locked
>tight. The download continued in the background so I think Linux was
>still alive, I just couldn't do anything with the mouse or keyboard. So I
>hit reset.
>After rebooting and fsck-ing, I uninstalled the rpm and got the tarball
>version. I read somewhere that the tarball is a slightly later version
>than the rpm (5.00.45 vs 5.00.3?) so I was hoping for something better.
>No dice. I untarred and gunzipped the tarball, dumped it in
>/opt/rvplayer, added that directory to my path, and set LD_LIBRARY_PATH to
>/opt/rvplayer so it could find its libraries. After connecting to the
>'net and starting another download in RealPlayer, it locked X. I did not
>have Netscape running at the time--in fact, the only other thing I had
>going was an xterm. I rebooted and tried it with Netscape and got the
>same thing.
>After some futzing, I got it play the welcome.rm from the net by starting
>the download, stopping it, and then restarting it. It also plays the
>welcome.rm that comes in the tarball off the hard drive with no problems.
>I then tried to download the new Star Wars trailer using the same
>start-stop-start technique. I started out OK, but eventually locked.
>Scanning DejaNews, I found a report of someone with similar problems who
>claimed that there was a fix from Real in a file called rvplayer.tar.gz
>available on their ftp site. I tried to ftp to ftp.real.com but only got
>"Connection refused." So, can someone tell me:
>1. Does rvplayer.tar.gz exist, and if so, where?
>2. Has anyone solved similar problems with RedHat 5.2 and the
>SoundBlaster 16 Waveffects Vibra16X PNP drivers?
>Thanks for your time.
>Chris Radlinski
>Minneapolis, MN
>--
--
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: cdwriting
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 14:41:21 -0600
Marko Brandes wrote:
>
> Hi there,
>
> i'm looking for a shell based tool to make 1:1 copies of audio and data
> CDs (cdwrite is not working)
> If anyone could say me how to find such a program ...
Hmm. "dd" maybe?
--
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "stephen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Install Redhat 5.2 off hard drive. What to download?
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 07:50:48 -0800
Hello:
I am trying to download RH-5.2 and install off my hard drive.
I went to this directory:
/pub/linux/redhat/redhat-5.2/i386/RedHat
The content of the above directory is:
|----> RPMS -- binary packages
|----> base -- small filesystem setup archives
|----> instimage -- image used for graphical installs
Are the contents of these 3 sub-directories essentially the
whole 5.2 distribution for Intel?
If I downloaded all the above, do I need anything else beside
the boot.img and supp.img diskettes?
Thanks in advance.
Stephen
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From: jack dectis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.databases.oracle.server,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: HELP! Question about Oracle 8 on Linux -- how to auto-start?
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 04:47:15 +0000
Hi Anubis,
The answer appears to be that there is only an rc.d directory in /etc. All
of the files in
the ls -la output are the directories and files within /etc/rc.d. The ln
command in the documentation
was wrong because it should have said /etc/rc.d/rc0.d/whatever.
You are welcome,
Jack
Anubis wrote:
> [This followup was posted to comp.os.linux.questions and a copy was sent
> to the cited author.]
>
> jack dectis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > what does ls -la /etc/rc* say?
>
> ls -la /etc/rc* sez:
>
> drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 1024 Mar 17 10:41 .
> drwxr-xr-x 26 root root 2048 Mar 19 15:36 ..
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Mar 19 15:30 init.d
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1871 Oct 15 11:07 rc
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 693 Oct 15 11:07 rc.local
> -r-xr-x--- 1 news news 2082 Sep 10 1998 rc.news
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7165 Oct 15 11:07 rc.sysinit
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Mar 17 10:46 rc0.d
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Mar 17 10:46 rc1.d
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Mar 17 10:46 rc2.d
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Mar 17 11:12 rc3.d
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Mar 17 11:12 rc4.d
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Mar 17 11:12 rc5.d
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Mar 17 10:46 rc6.d
>
> Thx,
>
> -Anubis
>
> (why the heck does init.d show up in that if the mask was rc* ??)
>
> >
> >
> >
> > Anubis wrote:
> >
> > > Hi there-- dumb newbie question for ya'll:
> > >
> > > I have Oracle 8.0.5 installed now on Linux (RH5.2).. As per the install
> > > instructions, I created a file /etc/rc.d/init.d/dbora containing the
> > > following:
> > >
> > > # Set ORA_HOME to be equivalent to the ORACLE_HOME
> > > # from which you wish to execute dbstart and
> > > # dbshut
> > > # set ORA_OWNER to the user id of the owner of the
> > > # Oracle database in ORA_HOME
> > > ORA_HOME=/home/oracle/8.0.5.0.0
> > > ORA_OWNER=oracle
> > > if [! -f $ORA_HOME/bin/dbstart -o ! -d $ORA_HOME]
> > > then
> > > echo "Oracle startup: cannot start"
> > > exit
> > > fi
> > > case "$1" in
> > > 'start')
> > > # Start the Oracle databases:
> > > su - $ORA_OWNER -c $ORA_HOME/bin/dbstart &
> > > ;;
> > > 'stop')
> > > # Stop the Oracle databases:
> > > su - $ORA_OWNER -c $ORA_HOME/bin/dbshut &
> > > ;;
> > > esac
> > >
> > > In the instructions, it then says:
> > > Link dbora by entering:
> > > # ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/dbora /etc/rc0.d/K10dbora
> > >
> > > # ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/dbora /etc/rc2.d/S99dbora
> > >
> > > .. this is where I am assuming it is set so that this dbora gets executed
> > > on system boot.. correct?
> > >
> > > Anyway, it doesn't work. First of all, I am logged in as root. Second
> > > of all, I am assuming the # signs in there are a mistake since they are
> > > comments in the bash shell. Third of all, if I just try:
> > > ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/dbora /etc/rc0.d/K10dbora
> > >
> > > It returns an error saying:
> > > ln: cannot create symbolic link `/etc/rc0.d/K10dbora' to
> > > '/etc/rc.d/init.d/dbora': No such file or directory
> > >
> > > So, I tried a 'ls /etc/rc*' and I got:
> > > init.d rc.local rc.sysinit rc1.d rc3.d rc5.d
> > > rc rc.news rc0.d rc2.d rc4.d rc6.d
> > >
> > > ... so, rc0.d IS there... so, THEN I tried: ls /etc/rc0.d and got:
> > > ls: /etc/rc0.d: No such file or directory
> > >
> > > huh?? why won't this work? does it or doesn't it exist?
> > >
> > > Thanks for any help.
> >
> >
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From: Jim McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Newbie seeks help running apps
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 00:34:20 -0400
WP 80 is now isntalled, but how do I get it to run? The install told me
it would create an icon for cde desktop, but there's no sign of it. I'm
running AfterStep. Any help is appreciated.
Thanx in advance.
Jim McIntyre
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Real Audio: Starts then exits
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 01:19:14 GMT
I have kernel 2.2.2 running with the latest real audio 5 player.
Whenever I try to listen to something on the web, Netscape fires up
the rvplayer, which then flashes up, and promptly exits.
I have made the "hack" posted on the newsgourps (using dd) to fix rvplayer
so that it will play. If I start up rvplayer at the comman prompt and use
file/open, I can play a ".rm" file without any problems.
I use the following script to start the player as I am using glibc:
#!/bin/bash
cd /usr/local/rvplayer
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib:/usr/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
# Debug message to see what parameters are passed:
echo "Starting... $*" >/tmp/rv.log
rvplayer $*
This outputs the folowing in /tmp/rv.log:
Starting... /tmp/MO36F2FA381DD0BAA.ram
Now, I would have expected the player to have been passed a URL or something.
My application helpers are set to run rvplayer as an app with:
rvplayer %s
Can anyone see what is wrong? Any suggestions?
Brad
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Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 01:45:00 -0300
From: Jorge Nagasaki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH5.2 Linux BOOT locked up
Hello,
Suddenly my LINUX RH5.2 does not boot.
During boot I have the usual boot message and it locks up
just after the following messages:
...
Starting gpm move services : gpm
Starting sound configuration: sound
Starting SMB services: smbd
and then stops sending messages and neves goes on.
I tried various measures like disconecting devices, disabling enabling
features in BIOS , but nothing helps..
Before I try the last recurse ( Complete scratch re-install of Linux) ,
do you have
any suggestion on what I could do?
Thank you very much...
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Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 23:55:56 -0500
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Site Critque, Please
Crossposted-To: alt.hackers.malicious,microsoft.public.frontpage.client
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The site looks pretty goo, but you are rite the blue background does
make it a bit tough to read
try a lighter color font. Also the dual navigation bars is unnecessary
from what I saw none of your page are so long that they would require
this. You might want to put a single nav bar either on the side or on
the bottom in a frame so that it is there all the time.
Steve
mickey foley wrote:
> Hello
>
> Finally finished my site. Please critique.
> One Concern -
> Is my blue background color difficult to read?
>
> Best Wishes Barry
>
> http://www.woodsolutions.com/
>
>
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<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en">
<html>
The site looks pretty goo, but you are rite the blue background does make
it a bit tough to read
<br>try a lighter color font. Also the dual navigation bars is unnecessary
from what I saw none of your page are so long that they would require this.
You might want to put a single nav bar either on the side or on the bottom
in a frame so that it is there all the time.
<p>Steve
<p>mickey foley wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE><b><i>Hello</i></b>
<p><b><i>Finally finished my site. Please critique.</i></b>
<br><b><i>One Concern -</i></b>
<br><b><i>Is my blue background color difficult to read?</i></b>
<p><b><i>Best Wishes Barry</i></b>
<p><a href="http://www.woodsolutions.com/">http://www.woodsolutions.com/</a>
<br>
<br> </blockquote>
</html>
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From: "marc*" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: vesaFB launching X gives me a NO VALID MODES FOUND error
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 06:04:40 +0100
hi,
i'm trying to get my fury to work through vesaFB. i've done the whole thing
(last kernel,last xfree).
i set the VGA=794 in my lilo.conf for 1280x1024 in 16bit
but when i "startx" it says:
NO VALID MODES FOUND (as the fatal server error)
(and then gives me an erno=111 error)
...must be a parameter in XF86Config but which?
how can i fix this ?
ps: i'm using redhat 5.2 and an ati 128 fury on a S-901GT iiyama 19"
tks
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