Linux-Misc Digest #852, Volume #23 Wed, 15 Mar 00 01:13:04 EST
Contents:
Re: My rc.local file won't run.... (Hal Burgiss)
Right mouse (jygjyg)
RedHat6.1 & Soundblaster card AWE32/64 (daveH)
Re: please help - need info on linux utility "scp" (Bill Unruh)
screen and colors (Frederic L. W. Meunier)
network card troubles (Ewan Dunbar)
Re: linux and windows ("Niann Shiang")
Re: Cannot start Win/DOS disks and partitions after RedHat6.1 installation (David
Efflandt)
Re: Mp3 Player for Car (Sisson)
cable modem can't work with RH6.1...Help! (Peter Lee)
Re: Lan difficulties (David Efflandt)
DiskDrake under Mandrake 7.0 (Steve D. Perkins)
modem speed drop with KPPP when not using root ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: unkillable linux box ("A Favored Son")
Re: Installing Redhat 6.1 or Corel without GUI (Luke)
Where is my contribution? (jygjyg)
Award Winning Free Webserver Software (Anonymous)
Can write and talk be monitored in real time by root? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: My rc.local file won't run....
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 04:15:37 GMT
On Wed, 15 Mar 2000 03:37:56 GMT, Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>So this is what I did,
>
>I had Mandrake 7.0 running (but didn't care for the install). So I
>saved my rc.local file, installed RedHat 6.0 and copied the rc.local
>file in the /etc/rc.d directory.
>
>However now when the system boots up, it doesn't automatically run the
>rc.local script.
>
>Permissions are set to 755.
>
>What am I missing?
Check the symlinks in rc*
[hal@feenix /hal]# ll /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/*local
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Oct 12 17:45 S99local -> ../rc.local*
The 'S' means 'start' at this runlevel. The 99 makes this the last one
started. Might be able to use tksysv to set this up.
--
Hal B
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Subject: Right mouse
From: jygjyg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 20:16:32 -0800
Hi,all
I installed xWindow in Linux(RH 6.1) but I was wondering does
linux support right mouse? I am using a PS/2 mouse and I think I
choose the right choice when I configure it but the problem is
the right mouse in xWindow does not make any sense at all, any
advice?
Thanks
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From: daveH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RedHat6.1 & Soundblaster card AWE32/64
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 23:26:35 -0500
Can someone supply me the precise script to enter into the
etc/conf.modules file so I can run my Soundblaster AWE 32/64 sound card
with RedHat 6.1 ? I've tried using the wave table driver instruction
given on the Red Hat site but the OS does still cannot open to mixer
module etc.
Dave
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: please help - need info on linux utility "scp"
Date: 15 Mar 2000 04:31:11 GMT
In <8amd2a$che$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>i am aware that scp is used to transfer files from machine to machine
>using ssh for data transfer however it has been very difficult for me
>to find info on scp besides for linux's manual pages. all i want is an
>ex of how it would be implemented - exactly waht i would type in and
>what it would do. that's it. nothing major. no details. just straight -
>what do i type to make it go.
scp my.local.file other.host.com:/tmp/distant.file.name
or
scp other.host.com:/distant/file/name local.file.name
iThat's it. Just like rcp. If youdo not have .rhosts or rsa
authentication set up, rcp will ask you for the password on the remote
system ( unlike rcp)
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From: Frederic L. W. Meunier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: screen and colors
Date: 15 Mar 2000 04:37:49 GMT
Hello. Since I messed up my XFree86 installing 4.0 which doesn't seem
to like to run I started using more console. A friend recommended
screen to get various windows at one, and it seems to be working fine,
excepted that colors aren't being displayed. I have recents termcap and
terminfo entries for screen, so I don't see where the problem could be.
Without screen I get colors. Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.
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fredlwm@{olympiquedemarseille.org,{marseille.}nitnet.com.br}
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From: Ewan Dunbar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: network card troubles
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 23:45:00 -0500
Humm... I've just installed an old internal 33.6 modem someone gave me, and
(not by coincidence, I think), I've started getting the following messages
from my network card (which uses lance.o):
eth0: Bus master arbitration failure, status 88f2.
To start troubleshooting this problem, I need to know just what that means.
Then I can go from there. Of course, if anyone has any suggestions, I'd be
happy to take them.
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Ewan Dunbar
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From: "Niann Shiang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux and windows
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 18:53:45 -0500
go to www.vmware.com
Luke wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>> I want to know if I could have windows AND linux at the same time on the
>> samne computer.
>
>Yes. It is called dual booting. If you're running windows right now,
>you'll need to make space for linux.
>
>If you have a large hard disk that is in fat16, it is probably in several 2
>gig partitions. You can simply move everything off of one, and delete it,
>and then change it to a linux partition. If you have a large hard disk
that
>is fat32, you may have it all in one big partition. You'll need some more
>specialized software to resize it.
>
>At any rate, get a boxed distribution, probably redhat or corel, and read
>the manual that comes with it very carefully. Screw up, and you could lose
>everything.
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: Cannot start Win/DOS disks and partitions after RedHat6.1 installation
Date: 15 Mar 2000 05:05:29 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 14 Mar 2000, Christophe Heereman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I installed Win98 and then RHL6.1 on my PC at home with LILO in the MBR.
>Everything worked. I did the same on my PC on my studio (I'm a student), but
>after the installation I couldn't run my Windows partition anymore. When I
>start my PC, I get to see LILO (what's normal). I have two choices: DOS and
>Linux (default). I can start up Linux, but I can't start DOS (I just get the
>message 'Loading DOS', that's all). Very weird is that I can't start up DOS
>boot disks too! But I'm able to start up Linux boot disks. Even when I start
>up with my old HD and my new one (with Win98 and RH6.1) is the 2nd drive,
>I'm not able to run Win98 from the old HD. When i remove the new HD I can
>start my old drive *and* all boot disks. So it seems that when my new HD
>(Win98+RH6.1) is in my computer (as the 1st or 2nd drive) I'm able to run
>Linux disks and partitions, but NOT Win98 disks and partitions. What has
>caused this problem and how can I solve it?
Hopefully you are setting jumpers properly when switching drives (single,
master or slave). I don't know what would explain why you cannot even
boot a DOS/Win98 floppy after installing Linux. I have successfully
installed RH6.1 coexisting with Win98 on a 27.3G drive (partitioned with
Linux fdisk from another drive) and on a 9G drive on a laptop (using
updated anaconda boot images, partitioned with fdisk instead of Disk
Druid).
>My configuration: Asus P3BF mainboard, P3-600 CPU, Maxtor 13,6 Gb hard disk,
>disk drive, CD-ROM drive, big tower, network card, gfx card.
>Installation: I created a partition of 7 Gb with fdisk (DOS version). I
>formatted this partition under DOS and installed Win98. Then I started the
>Linux installation (boot disk + CD-ROM) and created 3 partitions with Disk
>Druid: 16 Mb (swap), 16 Mb (/boot) and the rest of the HD (/). I asked to
>put LILO in the MBR.
It might help if you list what Linux fdisk shows for your partition table.
This might shed some light on whether something is using incorrect
geometry (like if Win98 is using LBA and Linux is using linear).
If your Linux is on primaray (rather than logical) partitions, I was going
to suggest that you put LILO on the /boot partition, restore the MBR with
Win98 'FDISK /MBR' and then set the /boot partition as active (instead of
Win98 partition). But if Linux is all in an extended partition, you would
need to put LILO on that instead. But first you have to figure out how to
get a Win98 boot floppy to boot.
--
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From: Sisson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Mp3 Player for Car
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 05:10:37 GMT
hi,
can i get my standard laptop infared to accept remote control input? i can play
games over it...
>From Spendabuck
"pentalpha | newtotheinternet.com" wrote:
> Greetings.
>
> I am currently undergoing a project to create my own car mp3 player. I've
> found similar projects (at sites like http://www.carplayer.com/plans.html),
> but for experience (and lack of the $20) I have decided to do it myself. If
> anyone out there is interested in collaborating or helping, or whatever,
> contact me.
>
> So, far the following tasks need to be accomplished:
>
> - the box is basically going to be a head-less PC
> - linux will act as the OS, which means no swap space, mount filesystem read
> only and prob. use FAT16 on / for simplicity and lack of privledges. I also
> need some way to disable the login....
> - the actual mp3 player must be command-line driven and will be called from
> the bash init scripts. It will always start playing the same playlist file
> (m3u) randomly. (the player must include command-line parameters to do
> this)
> - the sound card will be either a creative sound blaster (one of the first)
> or whatever is integrated on this Cyrix 6x86MX motherboard I have laying
> around.
> - I'd like to eventually add an LCD screen to the parallel port for ID3
> output (any ideas???)
> - there has to be some mechanism to upload more songs. By using FAT16, I
> can just yank out the hard disk and pop it in my Win95 machine, where I keep
> Napster. Or possibly give the machine a modem and set up a null modem
> network, but that would make it heavier and more expensive.
>
> If anyone has any suggestions, hints or help, feel free to send me a
> message. When I finish this I plan to release my plans for FREE! None of
> this 20 buck crap. Peace.
>
> ---//---
>
> : pentalpha
> : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> : icq uin - 1688728
> : http://www.newtotheinternet.com
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From: Peter Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: cable modem can't work with RH6.1...Help!
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 23:51:56 -0500
Hi,
I have been trying to get my cable modem (Adelphia, powerlink) to work
with dhcp under RedHat 6.1. I read through those dhcp and cable modem
HOWTO, it seems people always said once you can get an inet IP address
other than 0.0.0.0 by typing "ifconfig", your network is ready to go.
However, even though I have used "netcfg" to configure the network, and
I have been getting a look-good IP address, the lights on cable modem
all look normal (like it does under window 98), I just can't connect to
internet. What I intend to do is just using the cable modem to connect
my desktop to internet. The cable modem is working fine under Win98.
One thing I don't quite understand is under window98, I always have ip
address 24.48.168,yyy. However, once I used dhcp in linux, the inet
addr become
24.48.168.zzz (a different number). Which one I should use?
My setup is:
host: oh-nnnn.adelphia.net (or should it be localhost.localdomain??)
DNS server: 24.48.56.aaa
gateway: 24.48.bbb.ccc
Interface: eth0 ip=24.48.168.yyy
ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:C0:F0:4A:07:D9
inet addr:24.48.168.yyy
Bcast:24.48.168.255
Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:80 errors:11 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3 errors:178 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:534
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 Interrupt:9 Base address:0xdc00
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1
RX packets:62 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:62 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
I would really appreciate your help!!!
thanks in advance!
Pete
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: Lan difficulties
Date: 15 Mar 2000 05:16:09 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 14 Mar 2000 21:53:36 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have a Linux box with a 10bT ethernet connection to a hub from which
>other hosts connect.
>However, when other hosts communicate with eachother, there is no
>difficulties and communications proceeds at a acceptable pace.However,
>when communicating with my Linux host, I get enormus collision rate even
>with only 2 hosts active.
>I believe im having a problem with parity but I don't have any idea how
>or where to research this and see if changing the parity will solve my
>problem. I would normally expect to get about 800Kbps between 2 local
>machines through an idle hub when both are 10bT, but im getting about
>100-200 at best. Between other hosts on my hub, (a windows box and a
>Ultra 1), I have reasonable communications at rates approaching 800kbps.
>Can anyone please give me some advice on what to do ???
Have you tried switching machines to different ports on the hub? Maybe
you have the Linux box connected to the port used to connect to another
hub and the switch is in the wrong position (for another hub instead of a
computer). Or maybe you are accidently using a crossover cable instead of
a patch cable (maybe flipping the switch would solve that). Or maybe you
don't have names for LAN IP's in /etc/hosts.
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From: Steve D. Perkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DiskDrake under Mandrake 7.0
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 05:09:22 GMT
Does anyone know if the DiskDrake partitioning utility that comes with
the full version of Mandrake 7.0 can resize existing NTFS (Windows
2000) partitions?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: modem speed drop with KPPP when not using root
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 05:24:25 GMT
I am using redhat 6.0, KDE 1.0
Whenever I sign in to KPPP as root my connection speed is 44K but when I
sign as a normal user I connect at 24K. What can I tweak to get my user
connection speed to 44K? Looking forward to your assistance on this.
Thanks.
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From: "A Favored Son" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: unkillable linux box
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 21:47:17 -0800
Luke,
You forgot about the decomissioning ceremony. Should I tell him,
or will you?
Luke wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Boot via a distrib floppy or cdrom and when it asks you to partition the
>thing, use fdisk and just wipe the things out. Next stick a floppy in a
win
>box and format a: /s and put a copy of fdisk and format on it, also from
the
>win box. Boot to the floppy, add some fat16 partitions, format, and
install
>win.
>
>> I inherited an old 486 Red Hat 5.2 box, sitting idle on a shelf, with my
>> network admin job. I want to make it a Win 95 box (rarely used!) so I can
>> swipe the existing Win95 box with a faster CPU and a bigger hard drive. I
>> plan to install Red Hat 6.1 and HP OpenMail on the better box.
>>
>> I can't kill the Red Hat 5.2! No one knows the root password, or any
other
>> password. I've set the BIOS to boot to the A: drive, rebooted with a
>> bootable DOS disk (to trash the partitions with) and watched as Linux
>> cheerfully booted from the hard drive. How can I kill this Linux off so I
>> can get on with my fiendish plan to create a better Linux box?
>>
>> cathyy
>
>
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From: Luke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installing Redhat 6.1 or Corel without GUI
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 05:47:16 GMT
With RH6.1, I did a full server class install and I think the complete thing
took about 400meg. Obviously that included a bunch of crap like dev tools,
sql, bind, etc... The machine you describe will work fine as a (masq
server). Don't know about proxying like squid as it uses considerable amounts
of memory with heavy traffic. Besides, masq'ing works better in most cases
anyway.
> Can anyone tell me if it is possible to do this so as to save on hd space.
> I have a 486 with only a 420Mb hd that will be used as a proxy server....
> will this suffice?
>
> tim
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Subject: Where is my contribution?
From: jygjyg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 21:49:36 -0800
I posted many questions here but when I click "My watchs" page,
just one of them is listed. There are so manys notes in this
forum everyday, how can find out my question easily?
Thanks
James
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Can write and talk be monitored in real time by root?
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 06:08:13 GMT
That is, all messages mirrored on the root terminal, or some
indication that messages are being sent and to whom?
Better, yet: could could all use of these and similar commands be
denied except on a per-usage basis? i.e.: user1 enters "write user2"
and root is notified and must enable user2 to recieve the message
before user1 may proceed.
And one step further: root decides user3 should also see the message
and causes it to be written to their terminal also?
If so, how?
thanks
Wade Segade
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