Linux-Misc Digest #696, Volume #23 Mon, 28 Feb 00 00:13:05 EST
Contents:
Re: TNT2 problem (wayne rattz)
ERROR: I still cannot get Glide to work. (Stu)
Re: Parallel Scanner under Linux??? (Ray Riedel)
Startup Programs (Roddy)
Re: Is there a trick to starting gnu emacs? (Colin Watson)
how to change default shell(bash) to csh
Re: What is MAGIC COOKIE and why cant I run apps as su? (Rick)
Re: What is MAGIC COOKIE and why cant I run apps as su? (Rick)
Re: Redhat 6.1? (Stu)
Re: 3Com Gaming modem getting (Vladimir Florinski)
Re: Startup Programs ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Netscape is mysteriously killed (Alex Lam)
Looking for free longdistace phone calls with linux (Dave)
Slackware 7 kernel problem. ("Gil F.")
Re: Can I do this? (Steve)
Re: SuSE 6.3 : Gnome Display Manager gdm not starting (Chris Gonnerman)
Re: Old versions of Slackware ("WME")
Re: Where are printer drivers located? (ndg)
Re: What is MAGIC COOKIE and why cant I run apps as su? (Michael Meissner)
Re: Closing, minimize buttons stop (ndg)
Re: Where are printer drivers located? (ndg)
Re: LINUX (ndg)
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From: wayne rattz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: TNT2 problem
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 02:30:08 GMT
StyX wrote:
>
>
> I've just installed RedHat linux 6.1 on my system, and I have a problem
with
> my TNT2 drivers (I think!). When I try to start X, my screen goes black
and
> turns it self on and off! I have 32 MB of memory on the card, and when I
> installed Linux, it counted 4 megs! There is something very wrong here,
and
> can only run text-based Linux, which I almost don't know at all... If
any of
> you ever experienced the same problem or have a solution to it, please
> contact me!
>
> StyX, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Hello:Ok judging by what youre discribing the screen is blinking.If this
is the case it sounds like you didnt let redhat probe for your video card
for you.You should of.It does support the tnt2 card I know because ive
used it before and I have the tnt2.Did you put in the proper horz-vert.
refresh rates for your monitor?You need to (very important)Linux needs to
know the monitors abilities.There is a way to reset things up without
reinstalling called xf86config (this is not to be confused with the file)
It is a setup tool that works out of x which allows you to reset things up
but its not user friendly.USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!A the lilo boot type linux 3
(hit enter)Be sure to put a space between the word linux and the 3.When
you get to the login prompt put in root(hit enter)the password(hit enter)
Type xf86config(hit enter)This will bring up a black screen with white
writing that will ask questions that you will have to answer.You can pick
everything from mouse to video card.Keep in mind when it says do you want
it to set the symbolic link say yes.Also yes to writing it to file.When
youre done At the end where it shows the # type startx and see if you get
the login screen.If not type xf86config(hit enter)and try again.The how to
for this is at my site under LINUX HOWTO'S (right side of page)click on
the words). my site http://www.geocities.com/wrattz/linux1.html Ive put
links to some of the best sites there to.GOOD LUCK WAYNE!
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From: Stu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ERROR: I still cannot get Glide to work.
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 02:30:19 GMT
I have been working on getting glide up and running. I have installed the
rpm version of the newest glide on my linux Redhat 6.1 machine. But when i
test it i keep getting this error. Video memory unprotected. What does
this mean?
thanks
adam
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From: Ray Riedel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Parallel Scanner under Linux???
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 18:41:27 -0500
Andreas Graef wrote:
> I've got the Mustek Scan Express 6000P, and I only have drivers for
> Windows.
> Does anyone here know how to get a driver for a parallel scanner under
> Linux or does anyone have one???
>
> Thanks!
There is a program called "sane" that will work with some parallel port
scanners. I have a Mustek 600 III EP plus scanner on my parallel port.
To scan I boot into windows. There is no simple way to get it working in
Linux.
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Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 13:50:21 +1100
From: Roddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Startup Programs
Hi linux people,
i have a quick query about starting programs at boot up. i would like to
have an xterm and some other programs start automatically when i log on,
so if someone could point me to where this is explained simply it would
be greatly appreciated.
Thankyou.
Roddy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Is there a trick to starting gnu emacs?
Date: 28 Feb 2000 02:58:56 GMT
In article <57ju4.81$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Lord Petrosky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[comp.os.linux.development.system removed. This is *not* relevant to
"Linux kernels, device drivers, modules".]
>after using redhat's rpm on emacs and emacs-nox and verifying they are
>installed i check whereis emacs and i get a few paths. after exporting them
>to my PATH typing emacs doesn't give any result except a msg stating no
>command found.
What did you export? Export the directory, not the full path to the file
(so /usr/bin rather than /usr/bin/emacs).
emacs should go in /usr/bin, which should be on your $PATH anyway,
though. If not, then your system is seriously broken.
What command did you type to add directories to your $PATH?
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Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
"Then hast thou joined the ARPANET? / Oh come to me, my bankrupt boy!
Quick, call the NIC! Send RFCs! / He chortled in his joy." - RFC 527
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: how to change default shell(bash) to csh
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 03:30:06 GMT
hi
i have a problem,pls help.i am doing a project on Unix that is running on
csh.when i tend to get the program to work in my linux(red hat 6.1),i
discover that the script does not work.linux is running on bash.so how do
i change the sytsem default shell to csh when i login.thank you.
michael
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From: Rick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: What is MAGIC COOKIE and why cant I run apps as su?
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 22:29:12 -0500
Thanks, but I dont use KDE at the moment.
Eric Laffoon wrote:
>
> A far less technical way to do this is to open kfm as root using kdesu.
> Then you can show your desktop as /home/user/desktop or go to
> edit-applications to show your kmenu apps.
>
> Rick wrote:
>
> > When I try to run apps from a terminal window, after issuing the su
> > command i get the following error:
> > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> > Xliib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key
> >
> > WHat is this and how do I fix things so I can run apps as su?
> >
> > Any and all help appreciated.
> >
> > --
> > To reply by email remove NOSPAM from my address.
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From: Rick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: What is MAGIC COOKIE and why cant I run apps as su?
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 22:30:20 -0500
Thanks for all the help... I have used the xhost +localhost...
Now.. can anyone tellme what bad things can happen using this command?
Rick wrote:
>
> When I try to run apps from a terminal window, after issuing the su
> command i get the following error:
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xliib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key
>
> WHat is this and how do I fix things so I can run apps as su?
>
> Any and all help appreciated.
>
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> To reply by email remove NOSPAM from my address.
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From: Stu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Redhat 6.1?
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 03:30:08 GMT
Personally i would just wait until redhat 6.2 came out. Another month or
two it should be out.
Hal Burgiss wrote:
>
>
> On Sun, 27 Feb 2000 14:56:50 -0500, Jason Villemaire
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >I'm currently running RH 6.0. Is is worth upgrading to 6.1? I've been
> >advised for and against an upgrade. Let me know what you think!
>
> Yes.
>
> --
> Hal B
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From: Vladimir Florinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 3Com Gaming modem getting
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 20:59:10 -0700
Dave Brown wrote:
>
> I have a friend with the 3Com gaming modem...And it works, so i know its
> compatable...I tryed installing my old modem on every ttyS....and
> dev/modem....how would i un-install my old modem from the ttyS's? So I can
> install my new 3Com gaming modem? This is what i'm typing to install it in
> the first place...."setserial /dev/ttyS1 uart 16550A port 0x10a0 irq
> 3"....and than it gives me the error message "cannot setserial, adress
> already in use"...And i've tryed installing it under every ttyS...And it
> gives me that same error message...So thats why i think my old modem is
> still installed for some reason...How can i clear the ttyS's?
>
> Its on com 5 in winblows...irq 3....i think
Are you sure the IO and IRQ you are using are what /proc/pci reports? Or you
simply copied them from your friend's setup? What is the output of setserial -a
/dev/ttyS1 (or ttyS2 or ttyS3)?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Startup Programs
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 23:11:19 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Roddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi linux people,
>
> i have a quick query about starting programs at boot up. i would like to
> have an xterm and some other programs start automatically when i log on,
> so if someone could point me to where this is explained simply it would
> be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thankyou.
>
> Roddy.
If you want to make it so that X starts when you boot the computer,
you need to edit the initlevel in /etc/inittab. This differs from
distribution to distribution (I think) so I'm not going to tell you which
initlevel to use in case you have a strange setup.
Read the manpage on inittab and that should help though.
--
David Allen
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From: Alex Lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Netscape is mysteriously killed
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 21:35:35 -0800
Tao Yang wrote:
>
> hi, gurus
>
> I am running RedHat 6.1, and netscape communicator 4.61,
> it works fine except when I visit some web page, filled
> some form, it will be killed mysteriously, or if the webpage
> contain some javascript code, it will be "dead" and not
> responding. what could be the problem? and what should I do?
>
> Thanks,
> Tao
>
Turn off java, javascript.
Alex Lam.
> In theory, there is no difference between theory and
> practice. But, in practice, there is.
> - Jan LA van de Snepscheut
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From: Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Looking for free longdistace phone calls with linux
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 04:24:48 GMT
My brother is moving out of town and he doesnt have a computer yet, so I
thought I would try one of the free long distance calling web pages like
dialpad.com.
I tried a couple and I could not get them to work with netscape. Has anyone
found one thats linux friendly?
TIA.
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From: "Gil F." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.slackware
Subject: Slackware 7 kernel problem.
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 08:31:15 +0400
Hello,
I recently installed Slackware 7 but in order to use the SBlive
soundcard, I recompiled the kernel to 2.2.14 to satisfy requirements
( No SMP and all that) . I copied the bzImage to a floppy and booted
successfully with it. Having tested it to work , I used it to overwrite
the existing /vmlinuz ( made a backup of the stock vmlinuz ) . After
editing /etc/lilo.conf and running /sbin/lilo ,I rebooted .
The computer rebooted back to kernel 2.2.13 . I checked the size of the
vmlinuz file and it is the new one ( 2.2.14 ). I did the same checks
( booting from floppy and booted to 2.3.47).
I tried doing the kernel again this time to 2.3.47. Was successful but
upon rebooting, It was back to 2.2.13. Is there anything wrong with
lilo ?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Gil
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Subject: Re: Can I do this?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 28 Feb 2000 04:05:29 GMT
On Sat, 26 Feb 2000 18:44:32 GMT, VanBruggen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Is it possible to download a Linux file using Windows 98 and then somehow
>install it to Linux? I have a winmodem and am unable to go onto the web
>with Linux.
Just like Robert said, but don't be scared if the screen starts filling
up with text when you're d/ling the file, if that happens just save the
file when it's finished d/ling and off you go.
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Cheers
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%HAV-A-NICEDAY Error not enough coffee 0 pps.
web http://www.ndirect.co.uk/~sjlen/
or http://start.at/zero-pps
2:17am up 1 day, 22:09, 7 users, load average: 2.00, 2.00, 2.00
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From: Chris Gonnerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SuSE 6.3 : Gnome Display Manager gdm not starting
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 04:30:07 GMT
Ruediger Otte wrote:
>
> Hello.
> I'm running SuSE 6.3 (i386 2.2.12 SMP) and trying to start the Gnome
> Display Manager gdm. The X-Server starts but this is all what happens.
>
> I get following Error-Messages in /var/lib/gdm/messages:
>
> AUDIT: 'Datum, Uhrzeit, Prozess-ID des X-Servers' X: client 1 rejected
> from local host
> Xlib: connection to :0.0 refused by server
> Xlib: client is not authorized to connect to server
>
... messages elided ...
>
> Who can help me ?
Maybe me. I posted a patch to the GNOME Bug List at
http://bugs.gnome.org/db/42/4290.html to fix this.
You will need to install the gdm-1.0.0 source package to use my patch.
Log in as root and use YAST to install it from the "zq" fileset.
Save the patch as /usr/src/gdm.patch (you can cut and paste it from the
web site above).
Do this:
cd /usr/src
tar zxvf packages/SOURCES/gdm-1.0.0.tar.gz
cd gdm-1.0.0/src
patch </usr/src/gdm.patch
cd ..
./configure --prefix=/opt/gnome <== don't leave the prefix out!
make
make install
That should fix it. (Your mileage may vary...)
DISCLAIMER: I'm not responsible if this blows up in your face. I doubt
it will, and am offering it for free in the spirit and the letter of the
General Public License in the hopes that it is useful. Make backups, etc.
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From: "WME" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Old versions of Slackware
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 23:39:31 -0500
> No, since I think that doesn't give one control over what actually
> gets written. I am not sure but I think the DOS debug facility includes
> commands that let you do a binary write of a file to any specified
> place on the disk, including the boot sector.
>
If I remember correctly it is wxxx where xxx is the number of bytes to be
written. I might be able to find those commands for you. I might have them
lying around somewhere. I am not an expert on this topic.
I know
'a' is assemble (start typing in assembly lang commands)
'u' is unassemble (display assembly lang commands)
'd' dump dxxx where xxx is the address to start debugging at. xxx can be
used with 'a' and 'u'
'w' write to disk wxxx
'q' quit without saving.
'g' run program gxxx
't' trace
'r' register rcx, rcs rxx where xx is the register name.
'?' help
I hope this is sort of what you're looking for.
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From: ndg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Where are printer drivers located?
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 04:50:54 GMT
To refrase:
What directory are my printer drivers located on my linux box?
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Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: What is MAGIC COOKIE and why cant I run apps as su?
From: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 27 Feb 2000 23:53:02 -0500
Rick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Thanks for all the help... I have used the xhost +localhost...
>
> Now.. can anyone tellme what bad things can happen using this command?
Any other user executing on your local host can spy on your X session. I think
they can inject key sequences as well. For a single user workstation with an
adequate firewall, probably not a big deal. For a multiuser system, or one
that is not secured properly, probably it is a security hole.
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From: ndg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Closing, minimize buttons stop
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 04:59:50 GMT
Okay, what is it THIS time; posting to wrong group, don't like my nic;
what?
I understand that people that use nics are prejudiced against in the
helpful linux community; but after reading that a leading security
expert's (to whom the US Gov't. went for help after first laughing in
his face until their rude awakening showed them he was correct) life was
hacked to pieces; phone bill, electric bill, credit card, etc., why ask
for trouble?; and he knew what he was doing; big time knew; I don't.
Someone somewhere is always going to have a hair across their butt
towards you. They don't like you because you're smarter; they don't
like you because you're not as smart. You're dealing with the world
public; and that spells much insanity; no lie.
nldgr wrote:
>
> After starting an x-windows session, the minimize, maximize, and close
> buttons on the various windows work fine; but after a while, they don't
> respond.
> Also, clicking on the title bars transfers me from one window to
> another; but after a while that too ceases to respond.
> Reminds me of windows and having to restart to get things going again.
> Why? Why? Why?
> Gee sus!! I'm going to be an old man by the time I figure this
> *!@#$%^^%#@ OS out! (and I'm halfway there already-maybe that's the
> problem)
>
> I could have started a business and run it, made a fortune, and sold the
>
> business at a profit with MS Windows by now. What's the gig with
> Leenux?
>
> It's suppose to be more stable, yet I have to restart just like windows
> to keep things going.
>
> Ya, it's faster if you don't count the time mounting and umounting every
>
> time you want to look at a freaking drive.
>
> More stable? How? On huge international businesses? I only have one
> computer.
>
> Good for networking? I'm not setting up a network.
> Good for security? What's wrong with Conseal PC Firewall for windows?
> Good for tracking where the hack is coming from? Can this be done
> successfully all the time?
>
> Maybe Linux is good for NASA, but how long did those guys maintaining
> over there study computers before they got things going? Did their
> families raise them in a computer programming based enviornment?
>
> Maybe if I had taken a class at college in Unix or something first, it
> might have been a good idea
> Then I hear about grade and high school kids hacking like old pros. Do
> they figure all this out on their own? Maybe I'm just too dumb for this
>
> OS.
>
> I really can't see the advantage of spending so much time on learning an
>
> OS. What's the point?
> What's the advantage; the gain? Free software? Shoot, if I counted the
>
> hours I spend learning it, the whole show is costing twenty times as
> much.
> What's wrong with OS2, MacOS, BeOS?
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From: ndg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Where are printer drivers located?
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 05:02:56 GMT
Uh; rephrase. (|-|
ndg wrote:
>
> To refrase:
> What directory are my printer drivers located on my linux box?
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From: ndg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LINUX
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 05:07:09 GMT
Save yourself; quit computers while you're still sane.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I would like to download a free copy of linux os. Where can I find one,and
> how do I partition the harddrive without causung any problems to it. I
> also wanted to know how to create a dual boot so that I could choose
> between linux and windows 98.
>
> thanks
>
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