Linux-Misc Digest #678, Volume #23 Sat, 26 Feb 00 09:13:01 EST
Contents:
simgle user boot fails :(( (Stefan Cyris)
/var/run/ppp.pid ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Server Not Found
Setting Software RAID in Linux ("Elder V. Costa")
FA: Good linux and networking books ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
LS-120 Problem (Draco Ravenloft)
Re: LINUX Distributions (Draco Ravenloft)
Re: Please help! "Unable to mount root fs" after install. (Randall Macon)
Re: DDD 3.2 Requires libX.so.2 ?? (Marc D. Williams)
Re: Transfig.3.2.3 (Marc D. Williams)
Re: Help Linux won't boot (Draco Ravenloft)
PCMCIA hangs system (Raymond Doetjes)
Re: simgle user boot fails :(( (Raymond Doetjes)
Re: simgle user boot fails :(( (Raymond Doetjes)
Re: Which Linux Word Processor has Best MS Word Emulation? (Draco Ravenloft)
Re: Start-up disk ! (Bruce Black)
Apache ("Knud Schlosser")
Re: master boot record changed (Thomas Amm)
DNS strange problem (Tom)
How to make a pdf in A4-format? (Nikodemus Karlsson)
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From: Stefan Cyris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: simgle user boot fails :((
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 09:57:26 +0100
hi
everything on my box works fine but yesterday i booted in single user
mode. After some basic stuff I was prompted for the root password. I
typed in the correct password but I got permission denied. I definately
used the correct password but it wasn't possible for me to log in.
Is the single user root password different from root ???
thanx
cya
Stefan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: /var/run/ppp.pid
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 09:40:28 GMT
which process determines ppp.pid permissions?
In RH6.0 Enlightenment 15
with ppp-2.3.8-/var/run/ppp.pid-rw-rw-r--
Having copied the scripts from /usr/doc/ppp*/scripts to /etc/ppp and
plugging in my particulars,setting pppd suid, and making ttyS0 readable
to pppusers,GNome modem lights and dialer work for users in that group.
command from the console is /etc/ppp/ppp-on/off. dialer applet says
pppon and pppoff.
In Mdk7.0 Enlightenment 16
with ppp-2.3.10,-var/run/ppp.pid -rw-------
Having copied /etc/ppp from RH6.0
users are able init the ppp with the dialer applet, but cannot stop it
nor read the .pid (modem lights)
changing the read permissions on ppp.pid resolves,but I don' see a place
where those permissions are set in the process. Appending a line to the
script seems backwards
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Server Not Found
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 04:33:58 -0600
Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Gooday!
I run a small ISP and recently a problem cropped up that is beating me up
pretty bad. I am not sure if it is a DNS or Sendmail issue, or both.
Customers dialup and when they try to get their email some of them have a
problem.
Those that have the in/out server set up as the domain DO NOT get mail and
DO get an error message that says in effect "server not found".
Those that enter the IP address of the mail server for the in/out setup get
mail just fine.
I have dumped and setup DNS fresh. I have gone through all the linuxconf
entries and I think they are correct. Yet....with all this... the problem
persists!
Can anyone help? If you prefer to email directly please use:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you prefer to call the number is 512
446-2797
Thanks,
Tony
Majik Net
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From: "Elder V. Costa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Setting Software RAID in Linux
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 08:42:59 -0300
Hi. I have read Software RAID mini HowTo but it is fairly old. I'd like
to know where I could find recent information. For instance, RedHat
stock kernels come with a RAID patch, but there are RAID0, 1 and 5
options in the kernel configuration and raid*.o modules are there (I'm
using kernel 2.2.14). What is the difference between RAID with the
patches and the kernel's originals?
Thanks and regards
Elder
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: FA: Good linux and networking books
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 11:29:17 GMT
I've got some good linux and networking books on eBay. They're going
for alot cheaper than I wanted. Don't miss out:
http://cgi6.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewListedItems&userid=coffee!
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Before you buy.
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From: Draco Ravenloft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: LS-120 Problem
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 05:54:26 -0600
Ok, I've seen a lot of problems with older kernels and LS-120 drives...
Well, I've got a nice new 2.2.15 kernel, have the ide-floppy.o module
compiled in and ready to go....... and yet I seem to have this
interesting little quirk I can't get rid of.
It seems that if I ACTUALLY have a 1.44 floppy drive linux can't figure
out what an LS-120 is (except when the Kernel on the install CD loaded),
disable the Floppy, get back SuperDisk, enable floppy, lose SuperDisk.
I'd very much like to be able to use both if at all possible. Anyone
got any ideas?
I've considered recompiling my bloody kernel, but even if I could
remember HOW to recompile the kernel it beats the hell outta me as to
what to change since ls-120 support IS compiled in, albeit a little
buggy.
Anyone who can help.... I'd greatly appreciate it
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From: Draco Ravenloft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LINUX Distributions
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 06:09:48 -0600
I think RedHat is a wonderful choice...
but if you use a Pentuim Class system, get Mandrake. It's based on RedHat, but is
compiled specially for 586 and above.
But if you are not in the least bit accustomed to *nix interfaces and are even the
least bit slow in the computer literacy dept I would say that Corel Linux is a good
choice.
If you have a highspeed internet connection, I recommend using the fact that you can
download linux distribs for free and try out the ones that interest you and see
which you prefer.
Bryan Lovquist wrote:
> Hello
>
> I am looking at LINUX as the operating system for my next machine. I have a question;
>
> I am noticing that advertisements for software products to run under LINUX are
>specifying a distribution under which they run. RedHat appears to be the most popular.
>
> Am I going to be limited (by the distribution I choose) as to which products I can
>install?
>
> Regards
> Bryan Lovquist
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From: Randall Macon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.powerpc,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Please help! "Unable to mount root fs" after install.
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 12:12:26 GMT
I appear to be having the exact same problem. The wierd part is that I followed
the exact steps, have a very similar machine (8500/120 128MB) and get the same
message.
If you hear back on a different group please post here.
thanks
John Wheeler wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have being trying install Yellog Dog Linux Champion 1.1, but have been
> unable to boot Linux after the installation process. My environment is as
> follows:
>
> PowerMac 8500/150, 128MB RAM, 2 x SCSI discs.
>
> I followed this procedure, as described in the installation guide:
>
> (1) reformatted my secondary (non-MacOS) disk using FWB toolkit, creating 2
> x 2 Gig MacHFS partitions, and leaving 4.5 GB unallocated.
>
> (2) followed the instructions for copying the MacOS side installation files
> to the system folder, control panels and extensions. I had previously
> installed MkLinux on the same (now reformatted) drive, but to be on the safe
> side removed all the MkLinux extensions, kernels etc. from the system
> folder.
>
> (3) started the installation process from the BootX application
>
> (4) used "fdisk" to create 2 x 2Gig partitions called "root" and "data", and
> one 128MB partition called "swap", and wrote the partition table. This gave
> me a slightly worrying message that the parition table could not be read
> until after rebooting. The installation guide mentions this slightly
> differently:
> " If you do not restart the installation program after making changes to the
> partition map, you will experience unusual errors later in the installation
> process."
>
> The only way that I saw to "restart the installation program" was to reboot
> and step through the same point. fdisk indicated that the partitions had
> been created as expected, so I continued with the installation.
>
> (5) I assigned the partitions that I had created to "/" and "/data"
>
> (6) Formatted swap partition, and proceeded to select packages.
>
> (7) The installation paused for some time while creating an "ext2" file
> system on the root partition, but then proceeded normally with package
> installation.
>
> (8) Selected mouse, and selected Network settings.
>
> (9) I had some problem with the display settings - for some reason my Apple
> Multiscan 17 monitor wasn't accepted, until I chose "custom" and set the
> refresh frequency and resolution manually.
>
> (10) I restarted, and set the the boot partition in the BootX application as
> instructed during the installation process. Curioly the Boot selector had
> "MacOS" , "Linux" and a greyed out box "MkLinux" - even though I removed
> MkLinux previously.
>
> On booting, all drives and partitions are recognised, but the last lines on
> the screen are:
>
> VFS: Cannot open root device 00:00
>
> Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 00:00
>
> Rebooting in 180 seconds.
>
> This is the third time I have tried to install Yellow Dog (once over FTP),
> and I would be very grateful indeed if someone could help me get it running!
> Could it be something to do with the drive formatting - FWB ? Is some
> vestige of MkLinux still on the hard disk?
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
> John Wheeler.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marc D. Williams)
Subject: Re: DDD 3.2 Requires libX.so.2 ??
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 12:12:32 GMT
On Sun, 20 Feb 2000 06:43:20 +0000, Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I've got Mandrake 6.0 with statically linked DDD 3.1.3. I downloaded
>the rpm for DDD 3.2 from Redhat. When I attempt to install, it produces
>the error message
>
> error: failed dependencies:
> libXm.so.2 is needed by ddd-3.2-4
>
>Is this really needed? What is it?
>
That's a Motif library. You'll need to either purchase Motif I assume
or try out the free implementation called LessTif (may or may not
work).
Look for RPMs of LessTif, probably on your CDs, or head to the home site.
The latest binary RPMs are available from there.
ftp://ftp.lesstif.org/pub/hungry/lesstif/
--
>>ANIME SENSHI<<
Marc D. Williams
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.oldskool.org/~tvdog/ -- DOS Internet & Tandy 1000
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Platform/8269/ -- Win3.x Makeover
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marc D. Williams)
Subject: Re: Transfig.3.2.3
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 12:12:33 GMT
On 23 Feb 2000 12:01:58 GMT, Graham Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm having trouble compiling fig2dev in Transfig 3.2.3 on my
>Redhat 6.1 i386 system...
>
>Keep getting:
>gcc -c -O2 -fno-strength-reduce -I.. -I/usr/X11R6/include -Dlinux
>-D__i386__ -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=199309L -D_POSIX_SOURCE
>-D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500L -D_BSD_SOURCE -D_SVID_SOURCE -DFUNCPROTO=15
>-DNARROWPROTO -DNEED_STRERROR
>-DRGB_FILE=\"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb.txt\" colors.c
>colors.c:26: dbm.h: No such file or directory
>make[1]: *** [colors.o] Error 1
>
>I have changed the Imakefile and to give -lgdbm and I have dbm.h
>in /usr/include/gdbm ... but I don't really know what I
>am doing...
>
The line in colors.c is probably
#include <dbm.h>
Change it to
#include <gdbm/dbm.h>
This tells it to look in /usr/include/gdbm for the header.
I believe that should work.
--
>>ANIME SENSHI<<
Marc D. Williams
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.oldskool.org/~tvdog/ -- DOS Internet & Tandy 1000
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Platform/8269/ -- Win3.x Makeover
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From: Draco Ravenloft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help Linux won't boot
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 06:13:09 -0600
Do you have a boot disk?
If not, then you MIGHT be screwed.... I know cuz I've been there.
Uh, recently I know Mandrake has started sending out with their CDs a program
called Lnx4Win. So if you run Winderz you can install and run it from that
partition and then mount your real linux partitions and manually edit lilo.conf
Scott wrote:
> I think when I rebuilt my kernal I forgot to run lilo. When I boot, it
> just stop at the loading linux prompt.
>
> I can get on using my rescue disks, and can mount the root file system.
> When I look in /boot ,there is nothing there. If I copy bzImage into /boot
> as vmlinuz-2.2.5-22 it will be in /boot. However I won't be able to boot.
> When I go back in again, /boot will again be empty.
>
> I can't run /sbin/lilo bacause it's now /mnt/sbin/lilo If I get into the
> sbin dir. and run lilo -C /mnt/etc/lilo.conf I get an error talking about a
> boot file.
>
> Any ideas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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From: Raymond Doetjes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PCMCIA hangs system
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 13:38:35 +0100
Hi there,
I resently bouhgt my first laptop and what I was afraid off did
happen.... PCMCIA hangs up the system.
I use SUSE 6.3 on my Compaq Armada 1700 assoon as SuSE starts the SysV
pcmcia startup script my system locksup about 1.5 minutes later it
reboots. I tried this with all my cards in or out or only my
modem/network card the same thing happens
The strange thing however was, that during installation when I told the
SuSE install to use the PCMCIA modules it did load and it did find my
3Com MegaHertz adapter.
I know the free irq's in my system I set the PCIC_OPTS to only use those
even tried no IRQ-probe but the effect stays the same.
What am I doing wrong here since on install it did work?
I now have disabled booting the PCMCIA so at least I can work but
I would love to connect my laptop to a network :)
Raymond
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From: Raymond Doetjes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: simgle user boot fails :((
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 13:39:42 +0100
Nope it is not unless in the /etc/lilo.conf a special password is given!
Raymond
Stefan Cyris wrote:
> hi
>
> everything on my box works fine but yesterday i booted in single user
> mode. After some basic stuff I was prompted for the root password. I
> typed in the correct password but I got permission denied. I definately
> used the correct password but it wasn't possible for me to log in.
> Is the single user root password different from root ???
>
> thanx
>
> cya
> Stefan
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From: Raymond Doetjes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: simgle user boot fails :((
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 13:41:01 +0100
But nothing is lost yet, boot the installation disk/cdrom then go to a
virtual terminal with alt+f2 or f3 or f4 etc
then if your harddive isn't yet mounted mount it to the /mnt and make the
changes to get your system back up.
Raymond
Stefan Cyris wrote:
> hi
>
> everything on my box works fine but yesterday i booted in single user
> mode. After some basic stuff I was prompted for the root password. I
> typed in the correct password but I got permission denied. I definately
> used the correct password but it wasn't possible for me to log in.
> Is the single user root password different from root ???
>
> thanx
>
> cya
> Stefan
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From: Draco Ravenloft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Which Linux Word Processor has Best MS Word Emulation?
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 06:44:24 -0600
StarOffice 5.1
John Forkosh wrote:
> The November 1999 issue of Linux Magazine (not "Journal")
> has a "Linux Office Suite Roundup" comparing five suites
> available on Linux, and indicating which can do MS Word
> import/export. But it doesn't really tell me which one
> does it best.
> I need to work on documents in MS Word 97 format,
> and return them in that format so that native MS Word
> users won't know the difference.
> Anybody doing that? How well do the various Linux
> word processors handle that task? Or will I have to
> dual boot Windows for this purpose? Thanks,
> John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: Bruce Black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Start-up disk !
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 13:02:48 GMT
"Richard M. Denney" wrote:
> mina wrote:
>
> > Hello !
> > Which commands creates a start-up disk in RedHat 6.1 ?
> >
> > Thank you !
>
> Should be:
>
> mkbootdisk --device /dev/fd0 2.2.12
>
> where "fd0" is your first floppy and "2.2.12" is your kernel version.
> You have to be root to do this.
>
> Look for information on mkbootdisk with
>
> man mkbootdisk.
>
> Rick Denney
Rick, you post to way too many newsgroups! Hope to see you at Bonzai's
soon.
Bruce Black
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From: "Knud Schlosser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Apache
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 14:03:27 +0100
Does any body have a good apache manual they can send me or give me the link
to.
--
M.V.H.
Frederik Schlosser
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Thomas Amm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: master boot record changed
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 04:27:49 +0100
Digiwyrm wrote:
>I am running redhat 5.2 on a dual boot linux/Win 98 box. While in
>Windoze, Norton utilities told me the master boot record had changed. I
>hit repair and subsequently lost the ability to boot to Linux. Even a
>fdisk can not see the linux partitions.
>
>Any way to recover. I did not created a boot disk for the system :(
>
- boot from the linux install CD and run the existing system from there.
- start KDiskFree to find out what partition your /boot directory and which
one windows is on
- reconfigure LILO for booting linux/windows on MBR
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From: Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DNS strange problem
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 21:08:56 +0800
Hello everybody can u nslookup the following FQDN?
> server 203.80.96.10
Default Server: ns1o.ctihk.com
Address: 203.80.96.10
> www.wadlatch.com
Server: ns1o.ctihk.com
Address: 203.80.96.10
Name: www.wadlatch.com
Address: 203.185.30.225
Aliases: www.wadlatch.com
> www.wadlatch.com
Server: ns1o.ctihk.com
Address: 203.80.96.10
*** ns1o.ctihk.com can't find www.wadlatch.com: Non-existent host/domain
wadlatch is hosted at 203.80.96.10, if I nslookup www.wadlatch.com first
time,
it succeed, but when I nslookup once more, it failed. If I try once
more, it succeed again
Why?
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From: Nikodemus Karlsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to make a pdf in A4-format?
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 14:57:33 +0100
Hi, I'm playing with the program ps2pdf.
When I look at my files, they are in letter format (but the postscriptfiles I make the
pdfs is A4 format).
When I print the files from Acroread, they look ok, but on screen they are different.
If I looking on my files in gv, it's easy to switch papersize, and with A4 size, they
look ok.
But I can't find such an option in Acroread. Anybody who knows how to make Acroread
display A4 format?
Best regards
Nikodemus
--
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Nikodemus Karlsson,
Teacher in mathematics and science
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