Linux-Misc Digest #921, Volume #23 Wed, 22 Mar 00 04:13:03 EST
Contents:
Re: staroffice running slowly (Edward M Grill)
Re: Where?? $79.00 dedicated linux server (Edward M Grill)
Re: How to turn X window autostart off? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: How to turn X window autostart off? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Connecting to a Netware File Server through a PoPToP PPTP VPN Server
Re: Finding Info On What Parameters Lilo Accepts (Cameron L. Spitzer)
Re: Help LILO 10101... Problem!!! (Cameron L. Spitzer)
Re: sed and substitute newline--how? (Andreas Kahari)
Re: Error in Messages Log File (Andreas Kahari)
RAID on boot time. (Nasir Kamal)
Re: "w" says "2 users" but only lists one (Jordan Russell)
file_cluster badly computed!!! X <> Y ("Jonathan E. Snow")
special sendmail question ("udo")
Re: file_cluster badly computed!!! X <> Y ("David ..")
Re: staroffice running slowly (Richard Steiner)
Re: staroffice running slowly (Richard Steiner)
Kppp Problem ("Vijay")
Re: newbie - trying to install (Bill Kammermeier)
Re: How do i read my linux partition from dos (Bill Kammermeier)
Re: ALSA sound driver noisy? (Glitch)
Re: How To setup users and groups on Linux (Glitch)
Re: windows floppy & linux floppy (Simon White)
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From: Edward M Grill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: staroffice running slowly
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 01:07:55 -0500
its HIGHLY RECOMMENDED to have at minimum of 64Megs of RAM just to run X
windows. then on top of that you are running a JAVA based app. you are
asking too much from your system. buy some more RAM and that may help a lot.
eddie
"Jorge Ravazzola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> hi , im trying staroffice for linux under red hat 6.0 and it haves a
> really poor performance on my pentium 233 with 32 mb ram .Is this a
> common problem among staroffice users or it is just me and my machine, and
> if it so, could anyone give a clue of where to start loooking for the
> problem? thank you very much
>
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From: Edward M Grill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Where?? $79.00 dedicated linux server
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 01:11:20 -0500
try www.workspot.com
i think this is what you are looking for!?
eddie
"BodaBagHarry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
>
> Hope this is a good place to ask...
>
> A friend read a press release (and can't remember where) on some website
that
> a new company was coming online with $79.00 a month dedicated linux
webservers
> with root access.
>
> Is this true????? Anyone have the URL, phone or more info???????
>
> Is this a REALLY a dedicated machine on the net for cheap??? If so I want
> one...
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Harry
>
>
>
>
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: How to turn X window autostart off?
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 14:25:55 +0800
Thank you!
"David .." wrote:
> vi /etc/inittab
> And change this line:
>
> id:5:initdefault:
>
> To: id:3:initdefault:
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: How to turn X window autostart off?
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 14:25:55 +0800
Thank you!
"David .." wrote:
> vi /etc/inittab
> And change this line:
>
> id:5:initdefault:
>
> To: id:3:initdefault:
> --
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Connecting to a Netware File Server through a PoPToP PPTP VPN Server
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 23:57:10 -0800
I was wondering if anybody out there could help me out... I've got my PPTP
VPN connection working great from a Win98 machine to a Linux box, I can see
everybody on the network etc., however I can't seem to connect to my Netware
server... If anyone has any suggestions it would be greatly appreciated...
My configuration is as follows:
Home PC -----> Firewall w/PPTPD ------ > Local Network
(Win98) (RH Linux 6.1 (PoPToP) (Win98 Machines & Netware Server)
Any Help would be GREATLY appreciated....
Thanks in advance...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cameron L. Spitzer)
Subject: Re: Finding Info On What Parameters Lilo Accepts
Date: 22 Mar 2000 06:21:08 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, mike wrote:
>Hi,
> I need to find info on all the possilble input parameters
>that one can use to put on to the lilo prompt and / or in lilo
>config that can be used. An example would be
>the hard drive adapter parameters or ethernet parameteres or
>hard drive parameters.
See the Boot Prompt HOWTO. Then read all the device drivers
in the kernel, since those are where all those input parameters go.
It'll be a big job, and a lot of folks will thank you for it.
and it'll require continuous maintenance, as new devices and
parameters are added.
Cameron
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cameron L. Spitzer)
Crossposted-To:
uk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Help LILO 10101... Problem!!!
Date: 22 Mar 2000 06:29:57 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Lewis Ingersoll wrote:
>
>
>Martin wrote:
>
>> When installing RH 6.1 on my system after the LILO configuration has
>> completed upon rebooting my system I get the 10101010... string running
>> accross the screen. I then have to boot into DOS and "fdisk /mbr". I have an
>> IBM Deskstar 20.5GB drive with 2 partitions of 10GB running Win 98 and a 4GB
>> Quantumn Fireball running Linux. I did not have any probs with LILO before
>> the IBM drive was installed.
>>
>> Any help on how to get around this problem will be greatly appreciated.
Next time, take the advice in the LILO mini-HOWTO and make a floppy that
boots at hard drive speed.
Don't install LILO on your hard drive unless you know what you're doing,
you're sure it will work, and you can boot all your OSes by other means.
Don't let your OS distribution do it for you. They seldom get
it right.
>> Martin
>
>I had alot of problems with lilo. I've overwritten my MBR, gotten the 1010101,
>and got stuck with LI waiting for the LO. I have a 6 gig and 10 gig
>HD and am doing alot of installing and checking things out. I have just
>switched to using loadlin.exe. It is very simple to use and I think I can
>experiment without all the complications of LILO. I can usually get to the C
>prompt without problems. I have copied a vmlinuz file from each of the boot
>images. They are on the boot disk used to install(either floppy or cdrom) When
>I copy to the c: I label them vmlinuz, vmlinuz1, so I can test different
>versions or kernels. So far it seems less complicated that LILO.
Lilo is not the best boot program for everyone. Unfortunately,
the boot sequence is one place where Microsoft can mess with Linux,
through its control of the BIOS developers. Remember, Microsoft controls
the mass market PC industry. It was by their design that the 1024 cylinder
limit was left in for so long. I'm glad that era is finally past.
Cameron
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From: Andreas Kahari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: sed and substitute newline--how?
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 07:17:11 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Ron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How do you put in a newline character in a sed substitution? I'm doing
> something subtly wrong, and haven't figured it out from the man/info
> pages.
>
> Here's one of the many ways I've tried:
>
> sed s/this/"\n"/ <input.txt >output.txt
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Ron from Michigan
>
tr 'this' '\n' < input.txt > output.txt
/A
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From: Andreas Kahari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Error in Messages Log File
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 07:20:07 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Jeff Grossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I just started getting the following line in my Messages Log file this
> past week. I am running Redhat 6.1.
>
> Mar 19 03:50:03 apple modprobe: can't locate module net-pf-10
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff
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>
Did you just recompile your kernel? Did you "make modules; make
modules_install"?
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From: Nasir Kamal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.unix.admin
Subject: RAID on boot time.
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 12:40:18 +0500
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Hi ,
I have implemented RAID 0 successfully but the problem is that when I
reboot the machine it does not makes the RAID and I have to do mkraid
every time I boot the machine which causes the data loss. I could'nt
make2f normally rahter I have to do mkraid --really-force as otherwise
it gives me the error of ext2 Filesystem, it says that RAID cannot be
done because of ext2 filesystem (sorta this message). However when I use
--really-force option the RAID is implemented.
Please help me.
My /etc/raidtab looks like:
# more raidtab
raiddev /dev/md0
raid-level 0
nr-raid-disks 3
persistent-superblock 1
chunk-size 32
device /dev/sdb1
raid-disk 0
device /dev/sdc1
raid-disk 1
device /dev/sdd1
raid-disk 2
I am using Linus RedHat 6.0 After doing mkraid I run mke2fs.
Regards,
Nasir
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Hi ,
<br>I have implemented RAID 0 successfully but the problem is that <u><font
face="Arial,Helvetica">when
I reboot the machine it does not makes the RAID </font></u>and I have to
do <b>mkraid</b> every time I boot the machine which causes the data loss.
I could'nt make2f normally rahter I have to do <b>mkraid --really-force</b>
as otherwise it gives me the error of ext2 Filesystem, it says that RAID
cannot be done because of ext2 filesystem (sorta this message). However
when I use --really-force option the RAID is implemented.
<br>Please help me.
<br>My /etc/raidtab looks like:
<br><font color="#003300"># more raidtab</font>
<br><font color="#006600">raiddev /dev/md0</font>
<br><font color="#006600">
raid-level
0</font>
<br><font color="#006600">
nr-raid-disks
3</font>
<br><font color="#006600">
persistent-superblock
1</font>
<br><font color="#006600">
chunk-size
32</font>
<br><font color="#006600">
device
/dev/sdb1</font>
<br><font color="#006600">
raid-disk
0</font>
<br><font color="#006600">
device
/dev/sdc1</font>
<br><font color="#006600">
raid-disk
1</font>
<br><font color="#006600">
device
/dev/sdd1</font>
<br><font color="#006600">
raid-disk
2</font>
<br>I am using Linus RedHat 6.0 After doing mkraid I run mke2fs.
<br>Regards,
<br><i>Nasir</i></html>
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From: Jordan Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: "w" says "2 users" but only lists one
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 07:34:17 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Lamb) wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jordan Russell) wrote in <8b8muo$rr6
$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >How do I kill off the Mar 17 login, short of rebooting the machine?
>
> ps and kill
Of course. I tried that on another machine that had the very same
problem. I killed practically every process possible -- sshd, named,
inetd, smbd, innd, apache, postfix, etc. After all that, it still
showed "2 users".
Anyway, the problem seems to have solved itself on this machine. I
logged into it via telnet instead of ssh as I usually do, did nothing
and logged out, and the dead login immediately went away. Strange.
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From: "Jonathan E. Snow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: file_cluster badly computed!!! X <> Y
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 10:12:13 +0100
Mar 21 11:12:51 Merckx kernel: file_cluster badly computed!!! 22 <> 25
Mar 21 11:12:51 Merckx kernel: file_cluster badly computed!!! 23 <> 26
I noticed a lot of these in my /var/log/messages,
and a search turned up nothing but a lot of other people
with the same problem. I did find a snippet of old
driver code (from a patch to kernel 1.3 apparently!)
that suggested that it is a problem specific to the
vfat file system. Apparently the only consequence was that the
cluster involved would not be stored in the inode cache.
I haven't noticed any fs corruption, so it seems
benign.
Can anybody confirm, deny or otherwise shed light on
this problem? Check your /var/log/messages people, doesn't
everybody with a vfat file system mounted have this?
Please reply by email if you *really* know what's
going on -- I will be glad to summarize and submit it
to the FAQ.
Cheers,
jon
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From: "udo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: special sendmail question
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 08:51:13 +0100
Hi there,
I'm using RedHat 6.0 with Sendmail.
As I want to collect some user-mailboxes in a single 'backup-box' I'm =
looking for a special (maybe simple) solution how I can catch all =
incoming and outgoing mails for a userbox and redirect them to this =
backup-box automatically.
The solution for incoming mails is simple, I just have to redirect all =
incoming mails for this user to the userbox and the backup-box. This can =
be managed in Linuxconf without any problems.
But I have no solution how I can catch an OUTGOING mail of the user and =
send a copy to the backup-box.
I don't want to let the user type in the cc: line in his email-program =
every time because the backup should be done automatically even if the =
user did not enter anything in the Cc: line of his email-program.
Any ideas?
Thank you in advance
Udo
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: file_cluster badly computed!!! X <> Y
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 02:11:47 -0600
What flavor of linux are you running? I don't have that problem with RH
6.1
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Steiner)
Subject: Re: staroffice running slowly
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 01:57:37 -0600
Here in comp.os.linux.misc, Jorge Ravazzola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
spake unto us, saying:
>hi , im trying staroffice for linux under red hat 6.0 and it haves a
>really poor performance on my pentium 233 with 32 mb ram .Is this a
>common problem among staroffice users or it is just me and my machine,
>and if it so, could anyone give a clue of where to start loooking for
>the problem? thank you very much
StarOffice is a huge monolithic program, and 32MB is really pushing the
bottom end as far as RAM is concerned (partiuclarly if you're using a
relatively heavy desktop environment like KDE).
I would suggest buying another 32MB of RAM.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Steiner)
Subject: Re: staroffice running slowly
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 01:59:06 -0600
Here in comp.os.linux.misc, Edward M Grill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
spake unto us, saying:
>its HIGHLY RECOMMENDED to have at minimum of 64Megs of RAM just to run X
>windows. then on top of that you are running a JAVA based app. you are
>asking too much from your system. buy some more RAM and that may help a
>lot.
(1) It's quite possible to run X with speed on a box much smaller than
64MB. It can be quite fast on a 16MB machine -- at least when properly
configured (using a lightweight window manager, etc).
(2) In any case, StarOffice is not (currently) written in Java.
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From: "Vijay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Kppp Problem
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 21:43:58 -0500
hi there,
i am a linux newbie so i would be real grateful for anykinda help.........
okay i have an account with www.freewwweb.com as
an ISP and i am trying to work that with my RH Linux 6.1.
my modem dials hte number and i am getting an error saying "pppd failure"
and error message says "server cannot find any secrets to authenticate"
(something similar). i have set authentication to PAP and i have given my
username, password correctly (since the same account works in Windoze...).
could anyone please guide me what i should do to get kppp working!
my log window says "connect 46000.." and pppd crashes here i dont know why
with the above mentioned error message.
thanks in advance
vijay
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From: Bill Kammermeier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: newbie - trying to install
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 08:30:08 GMT
> I am trying to install Red hat 6.2
I just installed 6.1, I'm not sure how different 6.2 is, but if it is the
same I should be able to help
> I am booting from floppy, and soon after that it asks me to
> install "driver floppy"......
it sounds like you ae trying to install it through expert mode, just go
into the graphical install and work from there, if that isn't working for
some reason then email me you probably have some other problem
> what is it looking for ???
it is looking for a disk you create by using the image files on the RedHat
CD, you can create this at a DOS prompt but you shouldn't need to if you
go into the graphical install mode
> could someone please help ....
I don't know how much that helped, but I hope it did
Bill Kammermeier
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From: Bill Kammermeier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How do i read my linux partition from dos
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 08:30:08 GMT
> linux partion from DOS.
I don't know of any Microsoft operating system that can read linux
partitions.... there might be a program out there that will let you, but I
don't know of any.
and I doubt Microsoft will make there operating systems able to read linux
disks anytime soon, because they don't want to encourage people to use
other operating systems. (that's an opinion)
Bill Kammermeier
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Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 04:02:25 -0500
From: Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ALSA sound driver noisy?
Craig Drummond wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm using the ALSA (v0.52) cs461x sound driver, and whenver I
> play an MP3 using either xmms, kmp3, mpg123, alsaplayer, etc. I
> get a noise burst sometimes when the program reads some MP3 data
> from the disk. Has anybody else experienced this - if so ho do I
> fix this as it's very annoying.
>
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Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 04:03:44 -0500
From: Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How To setup users and groups on Linux
Wayne Hendricks wrote:
>
> Hey All
>
> I am moving from Novell to Linux as my server and am trying to understand
> the concepts used in Linux to define groups, users and rights (permissions)
> to files and directories.
>
> The only info I managed to find was on the persmissions and how to change
> these and the creation of groups and users.
>
> My problem is this....
>
> If user KEVIN creates a file in a group directory eg ALL and the rights for
> all members of the direcories is set as full ie the 777 how can another user
> log in and use and change the same file if they are a member of the group
> without having to run chown all the time.
>
> Is there something I am missing here or a document which explains the
> processe involved as I am lost on this issue.
>
> Thanks a mil
>
> Wayne Hendricks
set group ID should work , i think
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From: Simon White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: windows floppy & linux floppy
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 08:37:36 +0000
On Tue, 21 Mar 2000, Robert Weaver wrote:
> I have tried to mount a windows floppy that has a linux program on it, but I
> have been unsuccessfull. Does anyone know how I can fix this?
Mount it as vfat i.e. mount vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy (or whatever)
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