Linux-Misc Digest #534, Volume #20 Mon, 7 Jun 99 21:13:07 EDT
Contents:
RH 6: How to change login default screen (Al Dev)
Re: Zoom Modem and FreeBSD/Linux (Kaushik Raghavan)
Re: number of open files (Scott Lanning)
Solder pads for jumpers functional on USR modem?
Re: Dumped Redhat like a stale girlfriend...SuSE is for me (Charles E Taylor IV)
Re: I Still cant get the new kernel to install in SuSE1.6 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
ATTN: 4416s owners a solution thanks DanH
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: I Still cant get the new kernel to install in SuSE1.6 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Q: ppp connection ("U.Baumanis")
Please help with a few persistent problems (Stephen Sanders)
Problem with TiMidity emacs interface... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: using winmodems under Linux ?? ("Ian")
Re: ipfwadm only works for sometimes ("RJHM van den Bergh")
Re: printer accounting (Grant Taylor)
netscape (Neil Zanella)
Re: Need reasons for Mandrake over RH (Equinox)
Re: Solder pads for jumpers functional on USR modem? (Les Feinstein)
Re: crontab to start PPP (Gerald Jensen)
Re: dmesg: Unknown PCI device (Johan Kullstam)
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From: Al Dev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH 6: How to change login default screen
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 15:25:29 -0500
I enabled the xdm login screen during install of RH6.
The result is every time i log out the login screen displays user and
pw.
How do I enter the command line console mode login screen??
I want to go into command line login: prompt and than I want to do
'startx' to
start the xsession
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From: Kaushik Raghavan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.misc,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Zoom Modem and FreeBSD/Linux
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 17:00:17 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am using a 2929 and I don't have ANY problems with it. Oh...I had to
disable PnP-OS in my BIOS. It dials out fine and even connects ok. Did you
check if the dialin number is correct? "set carrier-watch off" for the
modem and try. And I have the PnP jumper enabled in my modem and
configured isapnp in linux to use the pnp mode in the modem. (Even though
BIOS is set to a non-PnP OS).
By setting BIOS to a PNP-OS, I lose an available com port for some reason
and the remaining one does not even work.
Kaushik
Robert McCormick wrote:
> I'm using a Zoom model 2819. In order to get it to work in Linux I had
> to jumper it so that the plug and play was turned off (as described in
> the manual). Does the 2919 have this option?
>
> --Robert
>
> Mike Packard wrote:
> >
> > I have an internal Zoom Modem model 2919, which I am having problems
> > getting it to work on FreeBSD and Linux. First, has anyone out there
> > got this modem to work for them? My problem is when the modem dials
> > out, the magic CONNECT answer back does not appear.
> >
> > Any advice would be appreciated.
> >
> > Mike Packard
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Lanning)
Subject: Re: number of open files
Date: 7 Jun 1999 20:36:42 GMT
Pedro Rosa ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Does any body knows how to increase the number of open file on a
: linux kernel? I have slackware and i have the limit of 1024 open
: files...
.................
A guess: in <linux/fs.h> is #defined NR_OPEN
If you meant open files per process, <linux/limits.h> #defines OPEN_MAX
(and NR_OPEN once again..)
--
Scott Lanning: [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://physics.bu.edu/~slanning
"I do believe God gave me a spark of genius, but he quenched it
in misery." --Edgar Allan Poe
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Crossposted-To: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Solder pads for jumpers functional on USR modem?
Date: 7 Jun 1999 20:54:45 GMT
I have a USR internal ISA 56K modem (model 5607-2) that I would
like to use with Linux. This is NOT a Winmodem. However, it
is Plug-and-Pray.
There are no jumpers on this modem, but there are solder pads where the
jumpers would be. The circuit board is silkscreened with docs of what
the jumpers would do if present. Does anyone know if this modem can be
manually configured by soldering wire jumpers across the pads?
It seems like this should work, but I don't know if any internal changes
were made to go along with not having the jumper pins in place. Would
like to hear if someone knows for sure before I take a soldering iron
to it...
--
Roger Blake
(remove second "g" from address for email)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Charles E Taylor IV)
Subject: Re: Dumped Redhat like a stale girlfriend...SuSE is for me
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 19:14:17 -0400
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Larry) writes:
[Slackware]
> But it's the best distribution. It's just a little tougher to get started
> with, but for those who persevere, they end up knowing the Linux OS like the
> back of their hand.
I started on Slackware. I still like Slackware, but I couldn't in
good faith recommend it to someone who's trying to maintain more than
one system. Slackware can be a royal pain in the ass to keep up to
date sometimes - especially on multiple servers.
Plus, slackware is ... ah, "slack" supporting non-x86 architectures.
--
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Charles E Taylor IV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Visit me on the web!
http://orangesherbert.ces.clemson.edu
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup.misc
Subject: Re: I Still cant get the new kernel to install in SuSE1.6
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 20:56:05 GMT
On Sun, 6 Jun 1999 10:08:15, David Hallowell
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > hi there
> >
> > i have been trying for 3 days to get my new kernel to install
> > properly in SuSE 6.1, i have tried make_install, tried copying zImage
> > tio boot directory and running lilo, and many toher recommendations
> > but no luck.
>
> I think in SuSE (you can check yourself) that LILO is configured to look
> for a file vmlinuz in the /boot directory.
>
> All you have to do (if this is the case) is to (from the directory
> containing zImage):
> mv zImage /boot/vmlinuz
> lilo
> then reboot to see if it works
>
> This renames zImage to vmlinuz and puts it in the correct directory at
> the same time.
> --
> David Hallowell - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> UKUUG Linux '99 Conference 25-26th June 1999
> Info and bookings: http://www.linux.ukuug.org/linux99/
hi there
this didnt work either, wow this sucks, it shouldnt be this difficult
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: ATTN: 4416s owners a solution thanks DanH
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 20:56:06 GMT
hi there
to get my 4416s working in my new SuSe6.1 installation i had to go to
my adaptec 2940uw utility and turn off INITIATE WIDE NEGOTIATION in
the scsi device configuration
thats it away we ggggooooooooo.
thanks to DanH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> he enlightened me about the
wide/uwide negotiation problem. and it worked
good luck everyone
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup.misc
Subject: Re: I Still cant get the new kernel to install in SuSE1.6
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 20:56:05 GMT
On Sun, 6 Jun 1999 09:57:58, Andrew Herriot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ensure Lilo.conf in /etc/ is pointing to new kernel and run lilo again
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > hi there
> >
> > i have been trying for 3 days to get my new kernel to install
> > properly in SuSE 6.1, i have tried make_install, tried copying zImage
> > tio boot directory and running lilo, and many toher recommendations
> > but no luck.
> >
> > can someone tell me how its done?????
it is,, i did and same error message at boot
lilo...................ok,loading kernel
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From: "U.Baumanis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Q: ppp connection
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 02:39:50 +0300
Hi
I can't get ppp connection to my ISP (dialup)
here are couple lines from /var/log/messages
---
localhost chat[5175]: send (ppp 0.0.0.0^M)
localhost chat[5175]: expect (~)
localhost chat[5175]: ^M
localhost chat[5175]: ^M
localhost chat[5175]: mango-cs>ppp 0.0.0.0^M
localhost chat[5175]: Entering PPP mode.^M
localhost chat[5175]: Async interface address is unnumbered
(Ethernet0)^M
localhost chat[5175]: Your IP address is 159.148.60.104. MTU is 1500
bytes^M
localhost chat[5175]: Header compression will match your system.^M
localhost chat[5175]: ^M
localhost chat[5175]: ~
localhost chat[5175]: -- got it
localhost pppd[5174]: Serial connection established.
localhost pppd[5174]: Using interface ppp0
localhost pppd[5174]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS0
localhost pppd[5174]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
localhost pppd[5174]: Connection terminated.
localhost pppd[5174]: Connect time 0.6 minutes.
localhost pppd[5174]: Hangup (SIGHUP)
ocalhost pppd[5174]: Exit.
---
What I have to do?
TIA
Ugis
P.S. Redhat 6.0., kernel 2.2.5-15, pppd 2.3.7
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From: Stephen Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Please help with a few persistent problems
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 15:35:59 -0500
I've had RH5.1 running on my box for several months now, and I have
a few persistent bugs that I can't figure out.
1. Sometimes the modem hangs. I lose my connection but the modem will
not get
off the line (I can hear it through the phone). I tried to use xminicom
(as root
too) to try and reset the modem but it just ignores me. I have to reboot
the machine to get the modem back. Is there a way I can issue a reset to
the card,
or is there something else I may have screwed up to cause this?
2. I have a Logitech Mouseman+ with 4 buttons, no wheel. At one point I
was able to
use the middle mouse button, but when I upgraded to XFree86 3.3.3.1 (or
whatever) I lost that
capability. To do middle mouse operations I have to use the button under
my thumb
which doesn't work very well for me.
3. Email and Netscape 4.5. I have Netscape 4.5 installed and everything
seems to work
except for 1 thing, I can't have more than 1 addressee for a mail
message. If I send
to two or more people it responds with "message sent, waiting for reply"
and it never
does send it out. I have 4.51 running under WIN98 on the same box, going
to the
same server and it works fine. I'm pretty sure the nevironments are the
same.
I can send to one person with no problem.
Is there some sort of resource variable I need to change or setup? What
could cause this?
Thanks for any and all help.
--
Steve Sanders
630-979-1747
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: gnu.emacs
Subject: Problem with TiMidity emacs interface...
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 18:20:34 +0100
Okay, here is the problem...
I finally got emacs (20.3.1) to recognize & start the timidity emacs
interface.
The problem is that when it is started, it gets as far as the fancy
bit where the timidity logo comes in from both sides, then emacs crashes
completely.
I've tried 'debug on crash', however, I can't figure out how to find &
read any information gathered.
Any advice appreciated...
--
____________________________________________________________________
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | It is not 'who' you are
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | But who you are becoming.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- Goethe
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From: "Ian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: using winmodems under Linux ??
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 09:23:25 +1200
WIN modems only work with WINdows !!!
"WIN" modem -> "WIN"dows ...
Quite simple really. No, Win modems can't work with Linux.
Ian
Ronald Haynes wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hi, I am considering purchasing a new computer. Almost every system
>I consider comes with a winmodem.
>I had heard in the past that this may cause difficulties under Linux, is
>this the case?
>
>Thanks,
>R Haynes
>
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From: "RJHM van den Bergh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: ipfwadm only works for sometimes
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 02:11:57 +0200
Setting the MTU smaller or larger
with ifconfig doesn't help
I also tried to set all default permissions to accept
but that doesn't work either.
Rob,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Malware wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hi RJHM,
>
>you wrote:
>> With the Linux box I can surf to every site.
>> With the NT box I can surf to allmost every site.
>> I use ipfwadm on the Linux box to do masquarading.
>[...]
>> ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
>> inet addr:194.159.226.43 P-t-P:194.159.73.222 Mask:255.255
>> .255.0
>> UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING MTU:256 Metric:1
>> RX packets:4158 errors:3 dropped:3 overruns:0
>> TX packets:2745 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
>
>Does it help to set the MTU for the PPP-interface to 1500? (In the
>PPP-Config not just ifconfig.)
>
>
>Malware
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From: Grant Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: printer accounting
Date: 07 Jun 1999 17:26:20 -0400
"Jeff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I am trying to set up the printcap file so that I can track print
> usage.
> Can someone please let me know what I am doing wrong and or point me
> to some good documentation.
The best way to do printer accounting, particularly with laserjets, is
to use LPRng and its example laserjet setup, which includes accouting.
Failing that, one or two of the PCL drivers in Ghostscript include
hard page counting support and example filters with accounting
support. (The "hpdj" PCL 3 driver? One of the lj drivers? I forget
which includes this).
With plain lpd, the af attribute sets a value to be passed as an
argument to the if= filter. The input filter, then, is responsible
for counting pages and writing something usefult to the accounting
file.
--
Grant Taylor - gtaylor@picante<dot>com - http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/
Cellphone information: http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/cell/
Libretto information: http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/
Linux Printing HOWTO: http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/
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From: Neil Zanella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: netscape
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 19:22:55 -0230
Hello,
It would be nice if it were possible to open a netscape window
to a different display.
We are two users sharing a Linux account. We would like to log into two
different machines (home is mounted on both) and browse the internet
at the same time. To do this, we must launch two copies of netscape
at the same time. As most of you know, accessing files stored under the
~/.netscape directory from two different running browsers can cause problems
unless the second one is opened through the "File" toolbar, but then
you cannot launch the browser to a different monitor(display).
Thanks,
Neil
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From: [email protected] (Equinox)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: Need reasons for Mandrake over RH
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 22:15:27 GMT
On Fri, 04 Jun 1999 11:03:30 +0400, "Ferdinand V. Mendoza"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Their scripts are much cleaner than RH's. If you would be
>delving deeper into each distro's init scripts, you will
>find out. Good for beginners who thirst to learn and
>the experienced as well.
>It works right the first time. No hassles. No headaches.
>
>Ferdinand
A question, but if the answer is "no", then it could be an argument
for Mandrake...
Does Mandrake give each user their own group, like Redhat does?
--Russell
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email (spam-disabled):
lord *underscore* equinox *at* mindspring *dot* com
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From: lfeinstein@*ibm.net (Les Feinstein)
Crossposted-To: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Solder pads for jumpers functional on USR modem?
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 15:36:09 -0600
In article <7jhbil$dp0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] () wrote:
...
> There are no jumpers on this modem, but there are solder pads where the
> jumpers would be. The circuit board is silkscreened with docs of what
> the jumpers would do if present. Does anyone know if this modem can be
> manually configured by soldering wire jumpers across the pads?
...
There was a posting to this group some months ago by someone who did just
that. As I recall, in addition to adding the posts, he had to add a
capacitor between two points on the board (although my memory is not clear
on this point). Perhaps that poster will read this and re-post the info.
I'm sure it would be of interest to many who purchased the PnP-only
version of that USR modem.
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From: Gerald Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: crontab to start PPP
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 19:18:42 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Juergen:
Thanks for your patience and assistance! If the downside of Opensource is the lack
of organized support, then the upside has to be users liek you who are willing to
lend a helping hand.
Gerald Jensen
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: dmesg: Unknown PCI device
From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 07 Jun 1999 20:16:30 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Hello,
>
> I have a cheap 56K modem I picked up at Best Buy for $19. It's a PCI
> PnP modem, works beautifully under Win95. I'm using TurboLinux 2.0
> (based on RedHat), kernel version 2.0.33.
sorry.
PCI => host signal processing aka software modem aka winmodem.
there are afaik no pci modems which work with linux.
> Upon bootup, I get "Unknown
> PCI device found", and dmesg confirms it. I did recompile the kernel to
> exclude stuff I don't use and put other stuff into modules. Is it
> possible that the kernel does support it, but things are broken because
> of recompilation? (I just want to make sure, but I don't think so
> myself). I'm thinking of upgrading to the latest Linux. Does the newer
> kernel still have problems with the PnP PCI devices?
no, linux has a problem with devices whose manufacturers will not
release any specs.
> Another question: I boot Linux through loadlin, but when I cold- or
> warm-reboot (reboot=warm kernel param), Win95 will always lock up on
> startup. Apparently it fails on loading esdi_5x6.pdr driver. Is there
> anything I can do to solve this problem, or has it been solved with
> newer kernels?
use shutdown -h and punch the reset button?
i have a linux box which will not reboot from software either.
--
J o h a n K u l l s t a m
[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Don't Fear the Penguin!
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