Linux-Misc Digest #9, Volume #19 Sat, 13 Feb 99 13:13:10 EST
Contents:
[Q] Any experiences with SuSE 6.0 ???? (Augusto Cardoso)
Re: Making Recovery Disks (Anthony Christofides)
Re: Linux as a small LAN router ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: WP8 prints extra page of PS garbage (Rod Smith)
Password Shadowing (Jamie Laundon)
This X server is just not working... Any idea? ("Edward F. VanderBush III")
Re: Netscape 4.8/Redhat 5.2 just hangs very often (Ville Nummela)
Re: Netscape 4.8/Redhat 5.2 just hangs very often (Ville Nummela)
Re: 3c509/3c509b and SportsterVoice (Mariusz Kowalczyk)
Re: jdk coredumped (Hans Wolters)
Re: what's the difference between desktop/window-manager (Phil Teague)
Re: SCIOCADDRT: Invalid Argument.... HELP ("Nobody")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Augusto Cardoso)
Subject: [Q] Any experiences with SuSE 6.0 ????
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 14:26:59 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm a happy user of SuSE 5.3 and wonder if I should move to SuSE 6.0
I've some concerns about stability of 6.0 and would appreciate to hear
about the experiences of those of tried the new beast...
Thanks to those sending their comments
Augusto
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From: Anthony Christofides <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Making Recovery Disks
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 16:28:32 +0200
Try the Linux Bootdisk HOW-TO
http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/Bootdisk-HOWTO.html
And one thing: If I'm not mistaken, RedHat, 5.1 at least, doesn't create
emergency stuff during installation; it creates a disk with lilo if you
don't want to install lilo on your hard disk. This is a normal boot disk,
not an emergency disk.
Steve D. Perkins wrote:
> This might sound like a dumb question, but it's been so many years
> since I've needed to do this that I've forgotten... how do you make boot
> floppy disks for doing emergency/recovery stuff in RedHat 5.2 if you
> didn't create them during the original installation? Thanks!
>
> Steve
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Linux as a small LAN router
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 16:20:04 +0100
Isn't this just a mini-distro of linux, made just for routing?
I plan to use my existing RH52 installation, with a PPP modem connection to
my ISP as my default gateway. I want to masquerade my local ip adresses
(192.168.1.1, 192.168.1.2) through the dhcp issued address from the ISP, with
NAT.
Is there any good place to start looking for info about this?
FU -> comp.os.linux.networking
Tom Fawcett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In case nobody has mentioned it already:
> http://www.linuxrouter.org/
--
Anders Gulden Olstad @ Brinkley | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
RedHat 5.2 Linux kernel 2.0.36 | "Penguins are generally nice creatures"
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: WP8 prints extra page of PS garbage
Date: 13 Feb 1999 15:57:20 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (fred smith) writes:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>: the last page is a page of postscript garbage.
>
>: I also use Applix, and it doesn't do this.
>
> I think a bunch of us have struggled with that problem. Can't say that
> I've fixed it but it seems to not bother me much anymore. What I did
> was to stop using my own home-compiled GS 5.10 and am now using the GS
> that came with RH 5.2, I think it is version 4.03. I don't know why
> it makes a difference, but the problem seems to happen a lot less now.
> However I still think it must be something bogus in the PS output by WP8
> since no other app (that I've tried) causes it.
A few points here:
1) WP's PS output is indeed a bit odd. Try viewing it with Ghostview
(or a similar PS viewer) sometime; there'll be no margins. That
doesn't seem to affect printouts, though, and if you use ps2pdf, the
resulting PDF file will be fine.
2) WP's PS output varies from driver to driver. Some of the WP PostScript
drivers give Linux print filters fits because of NON-PostScript stuff
that's appended to the start or end of the file. Using a different PS
driver may help. I've found the Apple LaserWriter drivers do pretty
well on my system for B&W printing, and the QMS magicolor driver had
been fine for me for color printing to an Epson Stylus Color 400.
3) Without seeing, I can't be sure, but it may not even be PostScript
output you're seeing on that last page; it could be something else.
4) You could probably create a Linux print filter that would process the
file in some useful way to eliminate the problem, but I'm far from an
expert on creating print filters OR on processing PostScript, so I
can't offer any tips in that area. If somebody has such a filter,
though, I'd be interested in seeing it.
--
Rod Smith
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.channel1.com/users/rodsmith
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From: Jamie Laundon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Password Shadowing
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 13:57:58 +0000
Hi, We're running a P75, 40MB RAM, RH 5.2, Kernel 2.2.1, which was a clean
install last week. I tried to run the pwconv program, but this seemed to
(did) hang after creating the lockfiles. The password file we're
attempting to use is from a previous install, as this contains details for
around 80 users, but before the installation we had no problem adding
users, or immediately after the re-installation.
After attempting to run pwconv, I can no longer add users, and the error:
configuration error - Unknown Item 'CREATE HOME'
now appears after typing in the username at logon, and before the username
on telnet sessions to the server. I've re-installed the shadow utils.rpm,
but with no success.
If you've got any ideas, or think you could point me in the right
direction I'd be very grateful - Could replies please be sent to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cheers,
Jamie Laundon
--
Jamie Laundon
University Radio Nottingham
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tel : 0115 84 50555
URN : 0115 951 5522
Pager : 01523 44 3330
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From: "Edward F. VanderBush III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.windows.x,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: This X server is just not working... Any idea?
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 02:18:01 -0500
Hi.
I am running REdhat 5.2 on a PII with a Intel 3D express AGP 8
megs gaphics card. I installed REdhats special server for this card. (I
had to install Linux without any of the X components so it would
recognize the new XBF server) I have also installed the two font packs
(75 + 100 DPi but nothing else X related) Any ideas what this could
be? I have included a script typescript of the server output. PLease
clue me in here. Thanks so much, Please email me if possible as I need
this server up so I can install a design tool I need for a class
project. Thanks,
ED
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Script started on Sat Feb 13 01:58:05 1999
[root@ bin]# XBF_i740
XBF_i740 Version 1.0.0 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300)
Release Date: December 21 1998
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer
than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting
problems. Please see ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/XBF/ for the latest
i740 server.
Please report any problems to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
Operating System: Linux 2.0.35 i686 [ELF]
Configured drivers:
SVGA: server for SVGA graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 0):
i740, i740_pci, generic
(using VT number 7)
XF86Config: /etc/XF86Config
(**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values
(**) XKB: disabled
(**) XKB: keymap: "xfree86(us)" (overrides other XKB settings)
(**) Mouse: type: IntelliMouse, device: /dev/mouse, baudrate: 1200
(**) Mouse: buttons: 3
(**) SVGA: Graphics device ID: "Intel"
(**) SVGA: Monitor ID: "CTX"
(--) SVGA: Mode "800x600" needs hsync freq of 35.16 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 35.52 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "640x400" needs hsync freq of 37.86 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "640x480" needs hsync freq of 36.46 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "640x480" needs hsync freq of 37.50 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "800x600" needs hsync freq of 37.88 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "640x400" needs hsync freq of 43.27 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 43.92 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "800x600" needs hsync freq of 48.08 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 48.36 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "640x480" needs hsync freq of 53.01 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 53.51 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "800x600" needs hsync freq of 55.84 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 56.48 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 51.02 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "800x600" needs hsync freq of 64.02 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 62.50 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 62.42 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 64.25 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 70.24 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 70.88 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 74.59 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 75.00 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 76.01 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 78.86 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 80.21 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 81.13 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 87.50 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 89.62 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 91.15 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 93.75 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 105.77 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 107.16 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1800X1440" needs hsync freq of 96.15 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1800X1440" needs hsync freq of 104.52 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "512x384" needs hsync freq of 34.38 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "320x240" needs hsync freq of 39.38 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "400x300" needs hsync freq of 35.16 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "400x300" needs hsync freq of 37.88 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "400x300" needs hsync freq of 48.08 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "480x300" needs hsync freq of 35.16 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "480x300" needs hsync freq of 37.80 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "480x300" needs hsync freq of 39.56 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "480x300" needs hsync freq of 48.00 kHz. Deleted.
(**) FontPath set to
"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
Couldn't open RGB_DB '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb'
(--) SVGA: PCI: Intel i740 (AGP) rev 33, Memory @ 0xf5000000, 0xf4200000
(--) SVGA: chipset: i740
(--) SVGA: videoram: 8192k
(**) SVGA: Option "dac_8_bit"
(**) SVGA: Using 8 bits per color component
(**) SVGA: Using 8 bpp, Depth 8, Color weight: 888
(--) SVGA: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 203.000 MHz
(**) SVGA: Mode "640x480": mode clock = 25.175
(--) SVGA: There is no mode definition named "800x600"
(--) SVGA: Removing mode "800x600" from list of valid modes.
(--) SVGA: There is no mode definition named "1024x768"
(--) SVGA: Removing mode "1024x768" from list of valid modes.
(--) SVGA: There is no mode definition named "1280x1024"
(--) SVGA: Removing mode "1280x1024" from list of valid modes.
(--) SVGA: Virtual resolution set to 640x480
(--) SVGA: SpeedUp code selection modified because virtualX != 1024
(--) SVGA: Intel i740 (AGP) chip
(--) SVGA: i740: Memory Type: SDRAM
(--) SVGA: i740: MMIO registers at 0xF4200000
(--) SVGA: i740: Linear framebuffer at 0xF5000000
(--) SVGA: i740: Using hardware cursor
(--) SVGA: Using XAA (XFree86 Acceleration Architecture)
(--) SVGA: XAA: Solid filled rectangles
(--) SVGA: XAA: Screen-to-screen copy
(--) SVGA: XAA: 8x8 color expand pattern fill
(--) SVGA: XAA: CPU to screen color expansion (TE imagetext, TE
polytext)
(--) SVGA: XAA: Using 5 128x128 areas for pixmap caching
(--) SVGA: XAA: Caching tiles and stipples
(--) SVGA: XAA: Horizontal and vertical lines and segments
error opening security policy file
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy
Warning: /dev/mouse unable to get status of mouse fd (Inappropriate
ioctl for device)
Fatal server error:
could not open default font 'fixed'
When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
the full server output, not just the last messages
[root@ bin]#
Script done on Sat Feb 13 01:58:12 1999
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From: Ville Nummela <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,alt.netscape,a2000.comp.software.os.linux
Subject: Re: Netscape 4.8/Redhat 5.2 just hangs very often
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 17:13:14 +0200
On Sat, 13 Feb 1999, Jan Houtsma wrote:
> > Here's the solution for you: Go to netscape's www-site, there is a page
> > which tells you with which shared libraries was netscape compiled.
> > Upgrading to the same versions helps a lot with these hangs (I can't
> > remember when was the last time my netscape hung :-)
> upgrading or downgrading? I have the latest libraries on my computer. If i
> change
> them back to older ones, i prolly run into trouble with other applications
> again. Sounds like a 'chicken or egg' problem :-)
Well, it might be downgrading then. But remember that if you are using Red
Hat you should consider recompiling those libraries from the original
packages anyway, even though you are using the "same" version - Red Hat
tends to make their own modifications to about everything so you can't
expect any of the libraries that come with RH to be "standard".
> Best and cleanest thing would be to recompile with my own libraries then.
> I think the source code was available, but maybe only to a selected group
> of people?
> I also dont know where to find it.
That would be the best solution, but I don't have a clue about where to
find the sources..
--
| ViGe / gasp inc. | http://www.lut.fi/~vnummela | [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
| IRC natura alienum est! Periculosum est! Delendum est! |
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From: Ville Nummela <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,alt.netscape,a2000.comp.software.os.linux
Subject: Re: Netscape 4.8/Redhat 5.2 just hangs very often
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 17:30:03 +0200
On 13 Feb 1999, Hans Wolters wrote:
> :Best and cleanest thing would be to recompile with my own libraries then.
> :I think the source code was available, but maybe only to a selected group
> :of people?
> :I also dont know where to find it.
> Download the 4.5 version. It's more stable.
And has some javascript security holes which allow a web server maintainer
to brewse your harddisk. 4.08 does not have this hole.
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| ViGe / gasp inc. | http://www.lut.fi/~vnummela | [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
| IRC natura alienum est! Periculosum est! Delendum est! |
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From: Mariusz Kowalczyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 3c509/3c509b and SportsterVoice
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 17:30:10 +0100
Calle wrote:
> =
> Hello!
> I wonder does anyone have a checklist for the configuration steps neede=
d
> to be taken to get lan card and modem working?
> I'm running RedHat 5.2 on a Compaq EP 6333, 3COM 3c509 lan adapter
> and USR SportsterVoice 33.6 external modem.
> I have tried configuring the lan adapter using netconf and there's some=
> connection?! The hub indicates that there is a connection, (it is lit),=
but
> when I try to ping another machine on my little network, the hub doesn'=
t
> indicate any activity. And ofcourse, it is not possible to ping my Linu=
x
> machine from the other box either.
> All the HOWTOs says that the 3c509 works fine, they just don=B4t say
> HOW to make it work fine!
> =
> I=B4m desperate
> =
> Calle
Hi there, =
As far as I know 3c509B is ISA PnP card (at least the one I've seen).
First, check if kernel module for your card is installed (lsmod). If
it's not - you can try two things: =
1) use pnpdump to get possible configurations for the card (io address
and irq) and then make /etc/isapnp.conf file from
pnpdump command output (pnpdump > /etc/isapnp.conf and edit
isapnp.conf file). Next you should make /etc/conf.modules file which
contains:
alias eth0 3c509
options 3c509 io=3D0x____ irq=3D_
with the same values of io and irq you have choosen in isapnp.conf
Reboot and see if your kernel module was installed. =
I don't have any idea it it'll work that way ;-) but since you are
desperate :-)
2) On 3com homesite you can find DOS program that allows to turn
off PnP feature and specify io and irq for the card. Turn it off then
and use io and irq you've set in conf.modules file.
This _should_ work.
Feel free to contact me in the case of problems
Best,
MK
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hans Wolters)
Subject: Re: jdk coredumped
Date: 13 Feb 1999 14:33:50 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Paolo Proni wrote:
:Hello,
: I tried to install jdk 1.1.5 on my Linux.
:When finished I wrote:
:javac myappl.java
:and I got
:core dumped
:What has happened? Why cannot I use javac ?
:
Wich version have you used, the glibc or libc5 version. I had some trouble
with the glibc version.
Regards Hans
--
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Linux Links/CMI8330 Soundpro HOWTO
http://home.gelrevision.nl/~h.wolter/linux.htm
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From: Phil Teague <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: what's the difference between desktop/window-manager
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 09:56:40 -0600
Ben:
Thanks for the short tutorial in X-Windows. It was very helpful in my understanding of
how things work. I was particularly interested in your statement below about setting up
a browser (Netscape) so that it would be the only application that runs. How do you do
this? Install only X-Windows, Netscape Navigator, and then what? How do you do the
"endless loop" part?
I work in a public library with public access PCs using Navigator. It would be great to
use Linux instead of NT for these PCs.
Ben Russo wrote:
> But it does come in handy, for example
> I have set up WWW "appliances" that just have an open Netscape window
> maximized. If you close Netscape it just restarts it ==endless loop==.
> No command line makes this WWW appliance rather secure.
>
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From: "Nobody" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: SCIOCADDRT: Invalid Argument.... HELP
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 11:28:07 -0600
Thanks.... but it didn't seem to work for me. I have noticed that I get the
same error immediately following the appletalk 0.17 line on bootup.
Any other suggestions???
Ralph Zeller wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>In /etc/sysconfig/network make sure you have a valid gateway.
>If not, try changing these lines as follows:
>GATEWAY=
>GATEWAYDEV=
>
>This worked for me, your mileage may vary.
>
>Colin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>Nobody wrote:
>>
>>> I am setting up a Redhat 5.2 linux box as a web/ftp server. I am using
an
>>> SMC EtherEZ ISA card. I have used this card on dozens of Linux Installs
>>> with no problems at all. In fact I installed linux on this machine
using
>>> this card via FTP. I have never seen the error message SCIOCADDRT:
Invalid
>>> Argument before... any help would be appriciated.
>>>
>>> Things that changed since the card last worked:
>>> The card was originaly setup to using DHCP, It now uses a static IP.
>>>
>>> Linux was installed while the machine was on another network than the
one on
>>> which it currently resides.
>>
>>I get this after I installed the 2.2.1 Linux kernel. I would also like to
know
>>what this means.
>>
>>--
>>Reply to "cwv [at] idirect (dot) com"
>>
>>
>>
>
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