Linux-Misc Digest #187, Volume #24 Mon, 17 Apr 00 14:13:06 EDT
Contents:
mail server (Yongfeng Luo)
Re: how to format a hard drive with Linux red hat 6.1 installed on it (Newhomes
support)
Re: Which X-Server to choose? (Marc Childress)
Re: ATI Rage 128 and RH6.2 (Francisco Maya)
Re: Software to draw geometric figures? (Robie Basak)
Re: Modem and fax (Robie Basak)
Re: Where are the environment variables? (Robie Basak)
Q:Backupsoftware "Networker" avaiable for Linux? ("Florian S�lch")
Re: change password ("Henk Salomons")
Re: ati xpert128 video card problem (Joseph Szymczak)
Problem: mgetty writing faxes with wide margins (Chris)
Re: X Server Can't startx ("Cyberchondri@c")
Re: Windows98 and Samba solution. (Rod Brick)
Re: remote access error messages... (Robie Basak)
Re: Linux newsgroup -bad experience (Pjtg0707)
Re: how do I get pop3 working? ("Armand Welsh")
How do I set the login shell? ("Clay Blankenship")
Setting the path in bash ("Clay Blankenship")
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From: Yongfeng Luo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: mail server
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 12:47:45 -0400
I am going to set up a mailserver using sendmail of redhat 6.1.
I just have a host name within an already exising domain. For example
"domain.com" and I just only have a registered hostname
"host.domain.com".
I want to use "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" as email address.
of course, the domain has its own mail server, it isnot this linux box
and located in other place, you can also use [EMAIL PROTECTED] as email
address.
Problems are:
(1) Do i have to let the DNS server to create a MX record for my linux
mail server? What should the DNS do for my email server?
(2) I use linuxconf to config it as follow:
present your system as : host.domain.com
uncheck "accept email for "
mailserver: host.domain.com
mail gateway: some other smtp mail server
mail gateway protocol : smtp.
features, misci alaises: just leave them alone.
but I couldn't send or receive mail at all.
/var/log/maillog reads
"... my unqualifed host name (host) unknown, sleeping for
retry"
".. unable to qualify my own domain name (host) -- using short
name "
any clue? Thanks for help.
roy
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From: Newhomes support <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to format a hard drive with Linux red hat 6.1 installed on it
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 16:30:10 GMT
David .. wrote:
>
> Newhomes support wrote:
> >
> > I nedd to get the commands to format a hard drive with linux red hat
6.1
> > installed on it, Ive already tried to install win98 over it but it just
> > hung up my installion
> >
> > Please help
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Newhomes.com
> >
> > --
> > Posted via CNET Help.com
> > http://www.help.com/
>
> Use linux fdisk and delete all linux partitions and save changes.
>
> If you can't boot into linux then use the linux installation boot disk
> and delete all the linux partitions when you get to the partitioning
> section of the install. Choose the BACK button and save the changes when
> asked. Reboot and install that other OS.
>
> --
>
Thanks Only one problem We have no Linux Disk at all.. is there a general
command that I can type from prompt.. to do this..?
--
Posted via CNET Help.com
http://www.help.com/
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From: Marc Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Which X-Server to choose?
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 13:30:11 -0400
First I'd like to start with a rant-
You might consider upgrading to XFree86 4.0. I never expected the
performance upgrade I saw when I installed XFree4.0. It is more than
*notacibly* faster. I just checked the card support and it will support
"S3 Trio 32 (generic)". Just a thought-
Marc Childress
Peet Grobler wrote:
>
> Hi there. I've got a problem.
>
> Installed Mandrake 7.0 last night. Can't seem to get X11 to run with more
> than 16 colors on VGA X-Server.
>
> I've got a S3 Trio32 AGP display card. I've tried the following servers:
> S3
> S3 Trio 32
> AGP 2D/3D
> SVGA
>
> None of these works. What should I do? Is there somewhere where I might go
> look for a linux X-Server for my card?
>
> Please help!
>
> thanks,
> Peet
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From: Francisco Maya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,linux.redhat.list,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: ATI Rage 128 and RH6.2
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 13:00:52 -0400
I have an ATI Rage Fury 2x AGP 3D, and when installing
RH6.2 all the graphic interactive installation process
turned a mess of windows and fonts when configuring
the videocard, never understood why, i tried
picking any compatible ATI Rage 128 and was always
the same...my solution was getting a AX server
'borrowed' from a friend...if somebody has found the
solution for this, please let me know.
Thank you...
--
Francisco Maya Altamira
http://xbeams.chem.yale.edu/~fmaya
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robie Basak)
Subject: Re: Software to draw geometric figures?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 17 Apr 2000 17:09:45 GMT
On 17 Apr 2000 12:19:54 GMT, Konrad Hambrick said:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>Igor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>I need some easy piece of software that would help me create .gif files
>>with geometric drawings (triangles, rectangles etc). Gimp does not seem
>>to be able to do it. it is mostly for photo manipulation (am I wrong?).
>>
>>Any suggestiond?
>
>Igor --
>
>I like tgif or gnuplot, depending on the source
>of the input data.
>
>Check freshmeat for tgif. Gnuplot should be
>included in your dist.
xfig? (See freshmeat.net)
Robie.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robie Basak)
Subject: Re: Modem and fax
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 17 Apr 2000 17:15:54 GMT
On 17 Apr 2000 10:32:08 +0200, JF Bosc said:
>
>Hello,
>
>Well, didn't have much success the first time I asked, so ... I try again. If
>it's not possible please tell, I won't shoot myself. Well ... how could you
>live if there are things that Windows can do and Linux can't ?
There aren't. You can do anything in Linux, as long as you're prepared
to accept that you have to do it differently, in some cases.
If you are willing to pay for stuff, then you can get things more similar
to Windows programs. Otherwise (like me), just get used to the alternatives.
Many alternatives are still in beta/yet reached version 1, but are still more
stable than Windows.
Of course, Linux may be missing support for certain hardware, but just
don't _buy_ that hardware. A Windows user wouldn't buy hardware that isn't
supported in Windows, a Linux user wouldn't buy hardware that isn't
supported in Linux.
The problem comes when people switch. The answer is simply to buy
the right hardware; if you were willing to pay for Windows (whether
directly or indirectly), then you should be willing to pay for more
compatible hardware. I did.
>
>Here's the question : I'm using Linux (SuSE 6.3), and I have a modem that can
>receive fax while the computer is off. I'd like to know if there's a way to
>get the fax messages from the modem memory afterwards.
Which modem? I have a (3com) USR with this feature, and use a program
called kmsgmodem for this purpose. There's also another program called
mepl (search for both at freshmeat.net).
Robie.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robie Basak)
Subject: Re: Where are the environment variables?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 17 Apr 2000 17:17:46 GMT
On 17 Apr 2000 07:01:42 GMT, HPBudlong said:
>RE: Where are the environment variables?
>
>bash, sh, and ksh and similar shells use environment variables such as $PS1,
>$PS2. printenv lists some but not all of these, e.g. $PS1 is listed, $PS2 is
>not, though $PS2 clearly has a value and shows up with
>echo $PS2
>
>This is true with other environment variables as well.
>
>Why don't they all show up in printenv?
bash has a distinction between 'shell variables' and 'the environment';
shell variables must be explicitly exported (hence the export command) before
they appear in the environment; environment variables are all mirrored
to shell variables.
Use 'set' to see them all.
Robie.
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From: "Florian S�lch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Q:Backupsoftware "Networker" avaiable for Linux?
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 19:16:52 +0200
Hi Linux-Fans
we use in our environment the Backupsoftware "Networker" for backups of
different systems (HP-UX,Solaris, Windows NT,ect.).
Menwhile we use more and more Linux systems.
Is there any Networker software available for LINUX?
slf
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From: "Henk Salomons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: change password
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 19:22:41 +0200
"Andreas Kahari" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreef in bericht
news:8df03d$fjs$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In article <8dei7o$1209$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "Henk Salomons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > is it possible to change a users password by a script ??
> >
> > I tried the following solution, but that failed !
> >
> > #
> > # script to change user password
> > #
> > USER=$1
> > PASS=$2
> > echo $2\n$2 | passwd $1
> > #
> >
> > but I get: passwd: Conversation error
> >
> > what am I doing wrong ??
> >
> > Henk Salomons.
> >
> >
>
> (untried)
>
> echo $2$'\n'$2 | passwd $1
>
No, isn't working, the same problem: passwd: Conversation error
I think passwd in not accepting from stdin !?!
Any other solutions ??
Thanks in advance,
Henk Salomons.
> /A
>
> --
> # Andreas K�h�ri, <URL:http://hello.to/andkaha/>.
> # All junk email is reported to the appropriate authorities.
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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From: Joseph Szymczak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: ati xpert128 video card problem
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 13:22:27 -0400
I also had probloems with this chip, however Installing v.4.0 of xfree was
easy and it works wonderfully!!
-joe
Adam K Kirchhoff wrote:
> Xfree86 3.3.6 supports the Rage128 line of cards, including the Xpert128.
> However, the 2D support in XFree86 4.0 is much better, and if your card is
> agp there is now a beta of the DRI available for 3D support for the card
> (with PCI support coming soon).
>
> Adam
>
> On Mon, 17 Apr 2000, Parminder Lehal wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I bought an ATI expert128 video card for my computer. I am
> > unable to run X on this card. Are there any xservers
> > avalable for this card?
> >
> > Please,.... help...............
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Parminder Lehal
> >
> >
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris)
Subject: Problem: mgetty writing faxes with wide margins
Date: 17 Apr 2000 16:41:01 GMT
I recently installed mgetty-sendfax 1.1.14 (the one that came with Redhat
6.0) and got incoming data and fax calls via my USR Courier Sportster
56k working with absolutely no trouble, save one. When a fax is converted
into Postscript and either printed or viewed, the result is that the fax
has been scaled down to fit on a page with two-inch margins all around; in
other words, the fax is about 4.5x7 inches on an 8.5x11 page.
Here is an example of how a fax -- the last one I received -- was
received and converted. First, the information about the fax that mgetty
emailed me:
Communication parameters: +FCS:0,5,0,2,0,0,0,0
Resolution : normal
Bit Rate : 14400
Page Width : 1728 pixels
Page Length: unlimited
Compression: 0 (1d mod Huffman)
Error Corr.: none
Scan Time : 0
Then the conversion from g3 into Postscript:
foreach i (fn8f90c92S0-_-+0000000000_.0[1-4])
g32pbm $i | pbmtops > $i.ps
endif
(This is g32pbm written by Gert Doering that came with mgetty-sendfax.)
The resulting pages each had approximately a two-inch border, and the fax
had been scaled down accordingly when viewed with ghostscript or printed
to the Postscript laser printer.
Just to rule out the possibility of a screwy fax machine on the sending
end, I tried a test fax from work, from a fax machine that I know works
fine, and the same thing happened -- two inch border around everything.
And if it matters, the modem is configured by mgetty as follows:
04/15 20:44:31 yS0 USR Courier/Sportster 56k detected
04/15 20:44:31 yS0 mdm_send: 'ATI3'
04/15 20:44:31 yS0 additional info: 'U.S. Robotics 56K FAX EXT V5.1.4'
04/15 20:44:31 yS0 mdm_send: 'AT+FCLASS=2.0' -> OK
04/15 20:44:32 yS0 mdm_send: 'AT+FAA=0;+FCR=1' -> OK
04/15 20:44:32 yS0 mdm_send: 'AT+FBO=1' -> OK
04/15 20:44:32 yS0 mdm_send: 'AT+FNR=1,1,1,0' -> OK
04/15 20:44:32 yS0 mdm_send: 'AT+FLI="<my fax number>"' -> OK
04/15 20:44:32 yS0 mdm_send: 'AT+FCC=1,5,0,2,0,0,0,0' -> OK
The mgetty configuration regarding faxes is pretty much the one out of
the box, except, of course, that tty devices, phone numbers, and fax
headers have been changed.
Anyone have any ideas why this is happening? Is it a problem with mgetty
and/or its configuration? Is it the conversion process described above?
Thanks!
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Christopher A. Smith Arlington, VA USA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Cyberchondri@c" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: X Server Can't startx
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 17:28:35 GMT
This oughta make you a happy camper:
http://www.linux-mag.com/2000-01/desktop_01.html
You can also start your X session manually in the following way:
For KDE, type xinit /usr/bin/startkde
For Gnome, type xinit /usr/bin/gnome-session
+++++++++++++++++++
Cyberchondri@c
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:8dfaus$rk4$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Does anyone know anywhere that there may be a web site that describes a
> simple process to track why I can't startx.
>
> There must be somewhere you can go through a step by step process to
> check out every possible configuration to make sure you have all the
> right settings.
>
> Can someone also tell me where I would find the log file of errors that
> are recorded each time I try to startx.
>
> Thanks for you help. We need more people like you.
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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From: Rod Brick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Windows98 and Samba solution.
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 12:27:59 -0500
The other alternative would be to add the following to the smb.conf file
on the Samba machine:
encrypt passwords = yes
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> From the SuSE support database:
>
> Symptom:
> Samba doesn't work with Windows98
>
> Cause:
> Windows98 uses only encoded passwords.
>
> Solution:
> Use regedit to enter the following new values into the registry :
> Enter a new DWORD "EnablePlainTextPassword" at
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\VNETSUP] and
> set this value to 1.
>
> Hope this helps someone. Certainly helped me!
>
> Best regards
> --Paul Butterfield.
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
--
Rod Brick
PSW Technologies
Austin, Texas
http://www.psw.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robie Basak)
Subject: Re: remote access error messages...
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 17 Apr 2000 17:36:02 GMT
On Mon, 17 Apr 2000 00:15:25 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>A quick question for ya:
>
>Whenever I log onto my school's linux webserver through telnet to check
>email with pine, I recieve the following message:
I wouldn't recommend this; check out ssh (search freshmeat.net or you
may have it installed already). Password can be very easily picked
up with telnet (so whatever you do, don't su to root using telnet).
>
>_setutent: Can't open utmp file: No such file or directory
>
>then the login and password prompts (which work fine) apprear. After
>successfully loging in, the above message is restated twice and the
>default welcome message is displayed and I can use the connection as
>normal.
>
>Then when running a few commands such as who:
>
>who: /var/run/utmp: No such file or directory
>
>Any clue as to what this means, what the damage is, and how to fix it?
>BTW - This happens on all logins to all users as far as i can tell, and
>mail/website both work fine so its (thankfully) not affecting them.
><knock knock knock...>
IIRC, /var/run/utmp is a file which keeps track of who's logged in.
Do:
touch /var/run/utmp
as root to create; then it should be maintained.
Robie.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pjtg0707)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Linux newsgroup -bad experience
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 17:42:25 GMT
On 17 Apr 2000 17:19:14 GMT, Robie Basak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Yup; reading this junk certainly counts as a bad experience.
>
>On Mon, 17 Apr 2000 10:28:30 +0400, Art Boulatov said:
>>c3Bpa2UxQGZyZWVuZXQuY28udWsgd3JvdGU6DQoNCj4gSW4gY29tcC5vcy5saW51eC5taXNj
>>IEFydCBCb3VsYXRvdiA8YWJvdWxhdG9Ac29yb3Mua3N1LnJ1PiB3cm90ZToNCj4gPiBUaGUg
==================snipped================
You mean you are not using slrn with metamail turned on? Shame on you! :-)
>
>
>--
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From: "Armand Welsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: how do I get pop3 working?
Date: 17 Apr 2000 13:50:12 EDT
check /etc/inetd.conf, /etc/hosts.allow, and /etc/hosts.deny for
restrictions.
"Kirk Wythers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8ddn2m$4k7$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I'm trying to set up my office machine as a pop3 server. I have tried both
> the standard poper that ships with redhat 6.2 and qpopper. Both give me
the
> same "relaying denied" error message when I try and access the machine
from
> home (by the way I can ftp and telnet to the machine just fine). Does this
> message mean anything to anybody? Have I overlooked something simple?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Kirk
>
>
>
>
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From: "Clay Blankenship" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How do I set the login shell?
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 12:51:20 -0700
Hi,
I've got SuSE Linux set up on my PC at home and the default login shell is
bash. I tried to change it to tcsh by 1) changing /etc/passwd, and 2) using
the user manager (I forget the exact name). Both of these change the
variable $SHELL to 'tcsh' but they still run bash. What else do I have to
do?
Thanks
--
Clay Blankenship New email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bryan, Texas (soon to be in Monterey, California)
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From: "Clay Blankenship" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Setting the path in bash
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 13:03:50 -0700
Using the bash shell on my PC with SuSE Linux, I changed the path using
"export PATH=". I had "." in my path but I was unable to run executables in
the present directory without using ./executable. This is the way my SuSE
Linux manual says to set variables. I tried using PATH= like Linux
Unleashed says to do in bash, but this had no effect on the $PATH variable.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks
--
Clay Blankenship New email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bryan, Texas (soon to be in Monterey, California)
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