Linux-Misc Digest #51, Volume #20 Tue, 4 May 99 03:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Window Maker question ("Kerry J. Cox")
Re: Backup with dd ("Daniel Thomas")
Re: Winfax issues when dumping Novell Netware for Mars_Nwe under Linux ("Peter
Caffin")
Re: LinuxConf or Webmin? (Glenn Butcher)
How to switch VTs wben X is running? (Pat Masterson)
Re: rpm error (Przem Kowalczyk)
Re: [Newbie] Make (Przem Kowalczyk)
Re: Help! Null modem and pppd (digs)
Re: X Windows Set-up Problems ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Problem: trying to load linux using the NT loader and LILO ("Robear")
Re: Backup with dd ("Daniel Thomas")
Re: Backup with dd ("Daniel Thomas")
Re: Backup with dd ("Daniel Thomas")
Re: Backup with dd ("Daniel Thomas")
Re: Backup with dd ("Daniel Thomas")
Re: Backup with dd ("Daniel Thomas")
Re: Backup with dd ("Daniel Thomas")
Re: Backup with dd ("Daniel Thomas")
Re: Backup with dd ("Daniel Thomas")
Re: Slackware and glibc2 (Thomas Zajic)
Re: SUID games? What is RedHat doing? (Lee Maguire)
Re: SUID games? What is RedHat doing? (Lee Maguire)
Re: NT Loader w/Linux--Help ("Robear")
Re: Installing KDE - newbie ("Mike")
NT Loader w/Linux--Help (Ronnie Vigneault)
Re: Netscape is SSSSlow ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "Kerry J. Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Window Maker question
Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 21:55:15 +0000
I'm using Window Maker 0.53.0 on a Pentium II 300MHz with 64 megs of
RAM. I'm also runnig RedHat 5.2 but the Window Maker I'm running is
compiled form source. It works great and I highly advise everyone to
try it. (But after seeing a friend install RH 6.0 and watching the new
default wm, it might win some more users)
My question is a menu configuration question. I'm wanting to put some
lines in my menu configuration that would run multiple commands at the
command line. For example, to run xgalaga (not a very good example) I
need to be root. So I installed sudo. Now when I place the following:
"Xgalaga" EXEC sudo xgalaga
I should be prompted for a password, but there's no place for a password
to be entered since it was in my menu.
I know there's a %a prompt utility so that a dialog box will appear and
I can type in my password then so that the app will run, but can anyone
give me more specifics? I've basically gotten around this in other
instances such as lauching vnc, by having it first launch an xterm and
then having it prompt me. The same things happens when I try to launch
something like setiview which then fires up setiathome. When I do the
following,
"Setiathome" EXEC xterm -T "Seti@home" -geometry 80x15 -e setiview
/usr/local/gnu/setiathome/setiathome -nice 20
It chokes. Maybe I'm just doing something wrong.
I have carefully examined the FAQ on the Window Maker page but didn't
find anything. Any suggestions would be welcome.
Thanks.
KJ
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From: "Daniel Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Backup with dd
Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 13:10:24 +1000
Just an idea, although I'm not familar with the NTFS structure.
Did you fully defragment the drive before using dd, if not there may have
been data that was further into the drive than you actuallt copied.
Just my thoughts anyway,
Hope this helps.
Daniel Thomas
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From: "Peter Caffin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
symantec.support.network.winfax.general,symantec.support.win3x.winfax4.general,comp.os.netware.misc
Subject: Re: Winfax issues when dumping Novell Netware for Mars_Nwe under Linux
Date: 4 May 1999 03:10:35 GMT
In comp.os.netware.misc J. Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> OTOH, it's common for Winfax network installations to use a
> shared directory on the server. You probably need to uninstall the whole
> fax system and reinstall from scratch set up to use directories on the Linux
> server,
Nah, it shouldn't need this. All files and directories were copied across.
(mounted the old server's directories under Linux with ncpmount). The only
stuff I really had to remake from scratch were passwords. To all
DOS and Windows clients, they're still mounting servername/sys/ as F:
> On the Novell server, by the way, much as I love Linux, if there's a Netware
> server with sufficient user count paid for and patchable to a current level,
> I can think of no reason to abandon it for file and print services.
The main reason is that the hardware is dying and we no longer have anyone
on staff who is Netware-aware. We're primarily a UNIX-running company,
and we'd rather have all these sorts of services together on the one box.
> Netware
> 3.12 on good hardware and patched to current levels is as stable an
> operating system as you're going to find. Only time it ever has to come
> down is to move, modify, or repair the hardware.
This is one thing I do like about Netware: it is very stable, plus, fairly
simple to reboot or fix problems with. I also like its `load module.vlm`
interface -- fairly simple. But in the end, Linux wins out because we're
on more familar ground when it comes to more complex issues.
Back to the issue of Winfax Pro v4.0, someone wrote by email (I'm not sure
if they posted) with a suggestion that what the Netware server is doing --
which the Linux server probably isn't -- is routing between the different
IPX protocols.
Where there are Windows boxes set up to "automatically guess" or set with
Ethernet types that are different to the Winfax Server, the Netware box is
acting as a frame type translator, essentially. If this is so (I'll test
this today), then it should just be a matter of visiting each PC and the
server and changing their IPX frame type to Ethernet_II.
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From: Glenn Butcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: aus.computers.linux
Subject: Re: LinuxConf or Webmin?
Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 22:07:42 -0600
Regit Young wrote:
>
> Ben,
>
> I chose Webmin ... portable to many platforms.
>
Ditto. You're right, it does run slowly on small platforms. But we
have Solaris and Digital Unix as well as Linux at work, Webmin lets us
admin them all with a consistent interface. I also like the fact that
you can write modules to extend it to obscure and custom software
easily.
Glenn Butcher
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pat Masterson)
Subject: How to switch VTs wben X is running?
Date: 3 May 1999 13:12:50 -0400
Whats the magic keystroke combination to switch to a different
virtual terminal when X is up? The alt-Fx combo works in the text
mode consoles, but not when I have X running.
thanks. -pat
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Przem Kowalczyk)
Subject: Re: rpm error
Date: 3 May 1999 18:09:13 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mars in comp.os.linux.misc wrote:
>I'm running redhat 4.2. I want to install gtk and qt rpm packages,
>however, a error message appear:
>
>Data type 9 not supported
>
>I don't know what to do now. And some packages are for redhat 5.1, for
>example, qt-1.42-3rh51.i386.rpm. Is there any problem installing those
>packages?
You need newer version of rpm. If you can't install it from rpm, try to
find rpm (program) in .tar.gz.
Przem
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I struck bad luck, now the bird has died.
R.E.M
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Przem Kowalczyk)
Subject: Re: [Newbie] Make
Date: 3 May 1999 18:16:45 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] in comp.os.linux.misc wrote:
>just a quick question, and one that I'm sure has a very simple answer :)
>
>I've just installed Red Hat 5.1 and am trying to set up my 3DFX Voodoo2, I'm
>using rpm to put in the glide runtime libraries (as in
>http://glide.xxedgexx.com/3DfxRPMS.html). Anyway, I'm stuck on step 3.1 of
>the installation, I get the error "make : command not found".
>
>Have I done something wrong in my Red Hat installation, or is it just a case
>of
>installing make ?
>
>If it is, where do I get the needed files and how do install them ?
You have to install 'make' package. It should be somewhere on your install
CD. You can alsa download it from any of RH mirror sites.
Przem
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (digs)
Subject: Re: Help! Null modem and pppd
Date: 4 May 1999 05:54:22 GMT
Reply-To: nts-online.net
Hi-
lets backup a couple of steps here -just to play it safe-
1.null modem is hooked up.
2.issue the command "killall pppd" on both boxes.
3.via minicom can box A login to box B
4.via minicom can box B login to box A
5.can the box that logs in to the box with the
modem /i assume you only have one modem here,
if you have one modem per box try with both./
dial the net,ie. can you login into box A from box B
and read news or email.
once you have -all- these steps down we'll go tto the next step.
post any questions you have.
--
later on,
digs
:wq
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: X Windows Set-up Problems
Date: Tue, 04 May 1999 01:43:44 GMT
Les,
I haven't seen a response so I'll give this one shot. First,
mkdir /mnt/win98
You need to access your hard drive at the prompt type:
mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/win98/ (assuming hda1 is the location of Win98)
locate the directory your files are in and cp them to a temp directory in
Linux.
For each rpm, do
rpm -U --force filename
DDR
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Les Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a video card that is not supported in the version of Xfree86 that
> shipped with Redhat 5.2. I downloaded the latest XSVGA and(3.3.3.1-1
> Xfree86 files from the Redhat web site onto my Windows 98 drive.
>
> Can anybody provide me information on how to transfer these files from
> WIN 98 drive onto my second, linux RH 5.2 formatted drive on my Dell
> Dimension XPS T500 PIII computer and decompress and install these
> updates into my existing linux setup. Any help will be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Les
>
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From: "Robear" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem: trying to load linux using the NT loader and LILO
Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 16:05:49 +1000
m trying to do exactly the same as you. My system boots NTLOADER (which I
Want to keep) then I choose my Entry (REDHAT LINUX 5.2). Upon choosing this,
the screen clears and I get a cursor in the top left corner.
Regards,
Robert
Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I installed slackware, I am able to boot with a diskette and I would
> like to be able to boot off the hard drive.
>
> I also have NT installed and, ideally, I would like to keep the NT
> loader and even use it to load linux.
>
> I carefully read the following 2 mini-howto (+ a great deal of the
> LDP): http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/mini/LILO.html
> http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/mini/Linux+NT-Loader.html
>
> but I still can't get the linux boot information into a file
> (bootsect.lnx) so the NT loader could do whatever it needs to do to
> start/kick/boot linux.
>
> I'm affraid it might be a bit lenghty but if you can help, please read
> on:
>
> I was able to add an entry for linux into c:\boot.ini, this entry is
> supposed to link the loader to c:\bootsect.lnx, a 512 bytes files that
> is supposed to contain information about the linux bootsector (i don't
> know what information exactly but probably something like the
> partition where linux is and a call to LILO or the sectors where the
> kernel is?).
>
> Now, when I look into bootsect.lnx I find nothing in there.??
> I created bootsect.lnx this way: logged as root in linux using "dd"
> like this:
> dd if=/dev/hdc3 of=/bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1
> then I copied it to drive a:, then I copied it to c:\ in dos, I
> repeated the whole process many times and everything seemed fine every
> time but when I look at the file its always empty? any idea?
>
> additional info:
> - I am sure my root is in /dev/hdc3;
> - I made /dev/hdc3 bootable using cfdisk;
> - I think I have installed LILO correctly, specifying boot=/dev/hdc3
> and the root=/dev/hdc3, kernel image seems ok too;
> - I created bootsect.lnx using the info on my boot diskette (dd
> if=/dev/fd0) and bootsect.lnx contained some garbage text at last.
> Unfortunatly, this method required me to put the boot disquette in the
> a: unit in order to boot...
> /dev/hda: 8 gig NT/95
> /dev/hdc: 5 gig with dos ext. partition of 3gig and 2 gig for linux
> and its swap
>
> afterthought: could it be that I installed linux on a drive that is
> connected on the secondary slave channel?
>
> If you can help, thanks a lot,
>
> Francois
> "If women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you
> handy" -Red Green
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From: "Daniel Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Backup with dd
Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 13:10:24 +1000
Just an idea, although I'm not familar with the NTFS structure.
Did you fully defragment the drive before using dd, if not there may have
been data that was further into the drive than you actuallt copied.
Just my thoughts anyway,
Hope this helps.
Daniel Thomas
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From: "Daniel Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Backup with dd
Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 13:10:24 +1000
Just an idea, although I'm not familar with the NTFS structure.
Did you fully defragment the drive before using dd, if not there may have
been data that was further into the drive than you actuallt copied.
Just my thoughts anyway,
Hope this helps.
Daniel Thomas
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From: "Daniel Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Backup with dd
Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 13:10:24 +1000
Just an idea, although I'm not familar with the NTFS structure.
Did you fully defragment the drive before using dd, if not there may have
been data that was further into the drive than you actuallt copied.
Just my thoughts anyway,
Hope this helps.
Daniel Thomas
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From: "Daniel Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Backup with dd
Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 13:10:24 +1000
Just an idea, although I'm not familar with the NTFS structure.
Did you fully defragment the drive before using dd, if not there may have
been data that was further into the drive than you actuallt copied.
Just my thoughts anyway,
Hope this helps.
Daniel Thomas
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From: "Daniel Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Backup with dd
Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 13:10:24 +1000
Just an idea, although I'm not familar with the NTFS structure.
Did you fully defragment the drive before using dd, if not there may have
been data that was further into the drive than you actuallt copied.
Just my thoughts anyway,
Hope this helps.
Daniel Thomas
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From: "Daniel Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Backup with dd
Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 13:10:24 +1000
Just an idea, although I'm not familar with the NTFS structure.
Did you fully defragment the drive before using dd, if not there may have
been data that was further into the drive than you actuallt copied.
Just my thoughts anyway,
Hope this helps.
Daniel Thomas
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From: "Daniel Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Backup with dd
Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 13:10:24 +1000
Just an idea, although I'm not familar with the NTFS structure.
Did you fully defragment the drive before using dd, if not there may have
been data that was further into the drive than you actuallt copied.
Just my thoughts anyway,
Hope this helps.
Daniel Thomas
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From: "Daniel Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Backup with dd
Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 13:10:24 +1000
Just an idea, although I'm not familar with the NTFS structure.
Did you fully defragment the drive before using dd, if not there may have
been data that was further into the drive than you actuallt copied.
Just my thoughts anyway,
Hope this helps.
Daniel Thomas
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From: "Daniel Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Backup with dd
Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 13:10:24 +1000
Just an idea, although I'm not familar with the NTFS structure.
Did you fully defragment the drive before using dd, if not there may have
been data that was further into the drive than you actuallt copied.
Just my thoughts anyway,
Hope this helps.
Daniel Thomas
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Zajic)
Subject: Re: Slackware and glibc2
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 22:57:26 GMT
On 3 May 1999 16:45:42 GMT, brian moore wrote:
> On Mon, 03 May 1999 11:17:11 GMT,
> Thomas Zajic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Damn, you�re right! Everything�s still using ld-linux.so.1 ... bummer. :-( So
> > what�s the reason for the version jump then, the upgrade to the 2.2 kernel?
> Yep, and the usual piles-of-stuff-that-have-been-updated-in-the-last-year.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Do I spot a bit of cynism here? ;-)
> I still think it's not worthy of a major version number increment (the
> 1.2.13->2.0.0 didn't get a version boost).
> It is better than calling it Slackware'99, though.
That, and let�s keep our fingers crossed that Mr. Volkerding will come up with
something better than "Slackware2000" for the first glibc2-based version. :-)
Thomas
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From: Lee Maguire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.security.unix
Subject: Re: SUID games? What is RedHat doing?
Date: 4 May 1999 02:46:00 +0100
Reply-To: {$news-reply$}@wetware.demon.co.uk
Bill Unruh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>That systems need suid programs is true. But no system which claims to
>be a modern system (ie able to be connected to the internet) should
>have application programs which are suid root.
Except that on the *majority* of systems that are able to connect to
the Internet, *all* programs run with full privaleges...
Nobody really claims to love the hack that is SVGAlib, but I don't
think it's crazy and irresponsible for distributions to offer
those applications.
--
Lee Maguire <{$news-reply$}@wetware.demon.co.uk>
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From: Lee Maguire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.security.unix
Subject: Re: SUID games? What is RedHat doing?
Date: 4 May 1999 03:00:22 +0100
Reply-To: {$news-reply$}@wetware.demon.co.uk
Bill Unruh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Are they criminally careless? Probably not. Are they stupid? Yes.
Are you ranting about redhat or the drooling games coders, I lost
track already... If you believe that "Redhat has put in trojans
into their distribution" find another vendor.
>If you are going to run those games, you might as well demand that the
>user be root to run them, or if youwant, when you first run them as a
>user, put up a message "You must be root or set this game suid root to
>run it." That is responsible programming.
Heh - it would be bad form to encourage the use of random programs
as root. Vga software needs the root privileges - if you're not willing
to provide it, then don't install it. But comes down to this - clueful
admins are aware of svga issues and can choose not to install the software
if they don't need it or feel that any *potential* for a security hole
is too great. If you put a blinking message on the game's install that
says "WARNING: EVEN THOUGH THIS GAME LOOKS PRETTY SLICK, IT WAS
WRITTEN BY SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T CARE ABOUT SECURITY AND WILL PROBABLY
OPEN UP A ROOT PROMPT FOR SOME EVILHAXOR TO TRASH YOUR SYSTEM" well,
that's just going to needlessly frighten the home PC user (RedHat's
bread-and-butter) who's main alternative is going to be dual-booting
back into Windows - a far greater security threat...
>I would do the same for system files like dump, restore, traceroute,
Or a subtle prompt during installation perhaps? Could get annoying
otherwise. One of the jobs of Linux distributions is allowing
inexperienced users to allow the maintainers to make more-educated
assessments of an individual program's security. If a fresh-admin gets
into the habit of manually setting suid bits as a matter of course
then that's not really helping security.
You'd soon have a situation like [machine]/# yes | apply-suids *
The "suidmanager" program that comes with debian is good at tracking
the suid/sgid bits on installed software. Actually, I installed this
package and forgot about it. Later I installed the quake2 package where
the suid bit must be set by hand (it can be used in X without said bit),
when the suidmanager detected this it changed it back and sent a warning
mail to root. A glance at /etc/suid.conf provides a nice overview of
the suid bits on a debian system.
--
Lee Maguire <{$news-reply$}@wetware.demon.co.uk>
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From: "Robear" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: NT Loader w/Linux--Help
Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 16:17:34 +1000
Hi,
I had exactly the same problem (well, still do). I kept getting the 80's but
when I placed the floppy back into the drive, it booted fine.
Unfortunately, when I have asked these groups I get flamed for not reading
the HowTo's. In fact I read the HowTo's many times...
I hope that someone can give some ideas...
Robert
Ronnie Vigneault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I installed Win 98, NT, and Linux RH 5.2 all on the same drive and want
> to use the NT loader. The NT loader works fine for Win98 and NT but I
> can't get it to boot Linux. I can boot Linux OK using the boot disk
> made during 5.2 install. I installed LILO to the root partition and not
> the MBR. I have tried to peel the bootsector from both the root
> partition and the floppy with no luck. My root partition is /hda6.
>
> I first tried: # dd if=/dev/hda6 of=bootsect.lnx bs=512 count =1
> and then copied it to a floppy with: # mcopy /bootsect.lnx a:
> I then copied the bootsect.lnx file from the floppy to C:\ and edited
> the C:\boot.ini file by adding C:\bootsect.lnx="Linux". When booting
> and selecting Linux, all I get is the letter L on the screen and then
> nothing.
>
> I then tried from the Linux boot floppy with:
> # dd if=/dev/fd0 of=/bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1
> and then copied the bootsect.lnx file again to C:\
> Now when booting and selecting Linux from the NT loader I get:
> 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80...........all 80's...and no boot.
>
> Prior to doing all of this I also had edited the /etc/lilo.conf file to
> remove the prompt line and reference to Win98 (other=/dev/hda1). My
> lilo.conf file is now:
> boot=/dev/hda6
> map=/boot/map
> install=/boot/boot.b
> linear
> timeout=50
> image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.0.36-0.7
> label=linux
> root=/dev/hda6
> read-only
>
> Hopefully, someone can help! TIA
>
> Ronnie Vigneault
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> ***Please remove nospam in reply addess for direct responses ***
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From: "Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Installing KDE - newbie
Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 01:18:46 -0500
You can make your life a lot simpler by picking up a copy of Mandrake. It
has KDE integrated, install like Red Hat (it is actually base on Red Hat)
and the installation should only take an hour or so depending on you video
card, sound card and modem. The latest version is 5.3 and is available from
Cheapbytes for $6.99US plus shipping. I believe this version comes with an
MP3 player as well. I have a copy, but have not upgraded from 5.2 yet. If
however you choose to go the route you are currently following, you will
learn a lot more though, just be patient. Good Luck!
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Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 19:45:34 -0400
From: Ronnie Vigneault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,alt.os.linux
Subject: NT Loader w/Linux--Help
I installed Win 98, NT, and Linux RH 5.2 all on the same drive and want
to use the NT loader. The NT loader works fine for Win98 and NT but I
can't get it to boot Linux. I can boot Linux OK using the boot disk
made during 5.2 install. I installed LILO to the root partition and not
the MBR. I have tried to peel the bootsector from both the root
partition and the floppy with no luck. My root partition is /hda6.
I first tried: # dd if=/dev/hda6 of=bootsect.lnx bs=512 count =1
and then copied it to a floppy with: # mcopy /bootsect.lnx a:
I then copied the bootsect.lnx file from the floppy to C:\ and edited
the C:\boot.ini file by adding C:\bootsect.lnx="Linux". When booting
and selecting Linux, all I get is the letter L on the screen and then
nothing.
I then tried from the Linux boot floppy with:
# dd if=/dev/fd0 of=/bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1
and then copied the bootsect.lnx file again to C:\
Now when booting and selecting Linux from the NT loader I get:
80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80...........all 80's...and no boot.
Prior to doing all of this I also had edited the /etc/lilo.conf file to
remove the prompt line and reference to Win98 (other=/dev/hda1). My
lilo.conf file is now:
boot=/dev/hda6
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
linear
timeout=50
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.0.36-0.7
label=linux
root=/dev/hda6
read-only
Hopefully, someone can help! TIA
Ronnie Vigneault
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Netscape is SSSSlow
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 19:05:22 GMT
Heya Man,
One thing for Netscape under Linux is that yes it is slow and
one real good fix for that is to get a new puter with atleast a
300 mghz processor. Another thing is that if our using
WindowMakers desktop in Linux, Netscape loads slower if you have
the program docked on your docking station, make sure you have
the full path to the executable and not just a link if your are
accessing it that way. I run on a Gateway GP6-350 with 128 Meg
of RAM and netscape runs smooth. As far as going slow or not
going at all to web pages when it does finally load can be a few
things. One is that you need to make sure that your modem is set
to work at its fastest speed. For example: Mine is a U.S.
Robotics 56K external and to make it go its fastest you simply
type setserial /dev/modem spd_vhi at the command prompt that sets
it up to work at 115200. If you don't have a 56K do a man on
setserial and find out what yours will be. Another thing is that
if you are connecting to an ISP you need to put their DNS server
ip's in your /etc/resolv.conf to resolv host to ip addresses
here is a sample of a resolv.conf that you should use.
Example:
domain yourdomain.com
hostresorder local bind
nameserver your isp's DNS #1
nameserver your isp's DNS #2 if available
To enable you to resolve internet ip's to your machine or lets
say to view web pages on your machine. You must have
IP Forwarding set to true in your /etc/sysconfig/network script
it looks like this FORWARD_IPV4=true in that file.
That should be it man, but seriously even though linux runs sweet
on slow processors it really really likes fast ones! So as far
as the load part goes.....
One more thing SWAP SWAP SWAP partition man virtual memory is all
I have to say about that. Make it a little big and that could
help also on your slow load time.
Any Questions feel free to Email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Systems Admin
with a penguin as his best friend!
Microsoft NT makes the possible easy, and the impossible, impossible
Linux makes the possible hard, and the impossible, possible
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