Linux-Misc Digest #336, Volume #24 Mon, 1 May 00 18:13:04 EDT
Contents:
OpenLDAP ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux woes (Compaq for one) on the horizon (Brian Moore)
Re: Linux woes (Compaq for one) on the horizon (Patrick Connors)
Re: Mandrake 7 using MSN dial-up ("Ryan Felton")
Re: Help: ttyS3 not receiving data. (input overrun) (Duane Touchet)
Re: XMMS only runs as root (Bastian)
Re: Connecting to Internet over Cable Modem (Leonard Evens)
Re: Floppy format problem. (David C.)
Re: Installing PCI (non-winmodem) modem (Bill Unruh)
dump commands (Kerry Cox)
Re: re-installed windows now system does not recognize LiLO (Bill Unruh)
Re: re-installed windows now system does not recognize LiLO (Leonard Evens)
Re: Mandrake 7 using MSN dial-up (Bill Unruh)
Re: K-Jofol plugin for XMMS (Alastair Neil)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: OpenLDAP
Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 21:07:38 GMT
I am an MCSE who is a newbie to linux. Trying to setup an LDAP server
with Redhat 6.1
I am looking for a newsgroup focused on LDAP on Linux if anyone knows
of one otherwise here is my situation and any help is appreciated.
Have gotten to step 2.3 on http://www.linux.org/help/ldp/howto/LDAP-
HOWTO-2.html (where you run the configure script) and It does not
autoconfigure anything (I don't think its supposed to but not sure).
I am not sure what variables to input.
--
Keith Weinheimer
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brian Moore)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Linux woes (Compaq for one) on the horizon
Date: 1 May 2000 17:22:07 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <8eifpi$m8n$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Todd Knarr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
...
>
>And it's trivial to work around, if you know computer hardware. Just
>find the model of motherboard in the machine, and go to a BIOS upgrade
>vendor and get a new BIOS for it that _does_ include floppy-boot or
>CD-ROM-boot support. Flash it in, end of problem. While the computer
>makers might remove floppy-boot support, the BIOS makers themselves
>won't for very obvious reasons ( think Flash ROM upgrades or initial
>installs on blank machines ).
>
>--
>Collin was right. Never give a virus a missile launcher.
> -- Erk, Reality Check #8
Maybe I'm dense, but how do you upgrade the BIOS when the floppy
will not boot? I guess you could make a bootable CD with the upgrade?
Or make a new place to boot from on the hd?
Recently I downloaded a BIOS upgrade from Gateway. I have an old
75 MHz board and I was trying to put a new 10Gb disk in it. The old
BIOS would not recognize the disk. The new BIOS recognized the new
hd fine (and now finds the CD also, which is nice), but it no longer
sees the floppy!
I'm trying to figure out how I would change the BIOS now even if
I could find another one that does what I want.
--
Brian G. Moore, School of Science, Penn State Erie--The Behrend College
[EMAIL PROTECTED] , (814)-898-6334
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From: Patrick Connors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Linux woes (Compaq for one) on the horizon
Date: 1 May 2000 21:28:15 GMT
Yanglong --
It could be that the machine is set up to boot from the hard-drive, then
the CD Rom, then the floppy disk last. I just bought an HP laptop and
that's how it was set up. Check the BIOS set-up.
-- Pat Connors
Tim B�kstr�m Laursen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: On Mon, 01 May 2000, Yanglong Zhu wrote:
: >Hi all,
: >
: >I wake up to a horrific reality that some computer manufacturers may be
: >trying to suppress and uproot Linux and all other free Operating
: >Systems. How? They make computers that do not read nor write those free
: >OS bootdisks in drive A. It is a very bad trick upon us free OS users.
: >We must wake up and get together to fight this war.
: >
: >I bought a Compaq Presario 5834 two weeks ago. I bought this computer
: >with Linux in mind. But after days of trying and calling support service
: >reps, I'm left stranded with a computer not at all of any use to me. At
: >this moment, I don't know how widespread this phenomenon is. But I urge
: >everybody who loves these free OS and free softeware in general do a bit
: >investigation to monitor this computer industry's new move.
: >
: >I suspect that this kind of restriction of Linux and other free OSes are
: >implemented through BIOS and/or Hardware, therefore it could defeat the
: >Free Software Movement if we don't get together to fight it. Or are we
: >ready to devise FREE BIOS and FREE OS COMPATIBLE HARDWARE???
: >
: >This may be an over reaction. But it does pose the threatening
: >potential.
: Another conspiracy theorist I see...
: Considering Compaq's statements about Linux I find it hard to believe that they
: deliberately tries to make life more difficult for non MS users. However they do
: stuff their PC with custom hardware for witch you often need the standard
: Compaq drivers for, but that is mostly a problem with their portable PC's. Not
: being able to boot a Linux floppy sounds a bit strange to me. Have you tried
: the disc in another (non Compaq) machine? It could be that something is wrong
: with the disc, or (highly unlikely I know) that you did something wrong with it.
: - Tim -
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From: "Ryan Felton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mandrake 7 using MSN dial-up
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 16:28:56 -0500
Well, my problem is I go to connect to MSN... Everything works great... I
establish a connection (all the lights light up on my modem as expected )
and then I get disconnected suddenly and a window pops up saying kpp
failed... It has something to do with some sort of authentication (like I
mentioned down below) that msn uses... any ideas.
"Bill Unruh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8ek9d1$muv$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In <#EoiNRzs$GA.342@cpmsnbbsa04> "Ryan Felton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
>
> >I know it's kind of against the point, but I was wondering if anyone had
any
> >insights on how to set up the KPP of Mandrake Linux 7.0 using MSN as an
> >internet service provider. I've gotten it to work under Corel Linux by
> >commenting out an auth under the file: /etc/kpp/options .........
> >However, Mandrake only has the specifications for a lock file under
> >/etc/kpp/options .... Just wondering if anyone had any insight?
>
> If you told us what problems you had you might get more help.
>
> For step by step instructions about setting up ppp under Linux, see
> http://axion.physics.ubc.ca/ppp-linux.html
>
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From: Duane Touchet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help: ttyS3 not receiving data. (input overrun)
Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 16:22:21 -0500
Actually, it's not bogus. The box does not have Com1 and 2. The DOS BIOS
reports the two serial ports as 3e8 and 2e8 (which is DOS is Com3 and 4).
It's an old AMI bios that does not allow me to configure the ports (they're
ISA anyway). I was using Com4 on PCPlus. The way I "found" that this seemed
to be the correct port was by trial-and-error. I did "cat < /dev/ttyS*" with
each one and the only response I got was from ttyS3. The error only shows up
when the PBX tries to transmit data. I'm afraid that I can't switch the Com
ports as I don't have the manual for the IO card (it's a horrible card, around
20 jumpers, it's nice that they didn't take the time to label the jumpers :(
). I agree that it sounds like the IO ports aren't configured properly in
Linux, but how do I tell Linux that I don't have a Com1 and 2? Or would it be
easier to reconfigure Linux's Com1 and 2 (ttyS0 and S1) to use the Base IO
addresses of 3e8 and 2e8 and then disable the Com 3 and 4 (ttyS2 and S3) ??
Thanks,
Duane.
Bob Hauck wrote:
> On Mon, 01 May 2000 13:15:58 -0500, Duane Touchet
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >/dev/ttyS0, UART: unknown, Port: 0x03f8, IRQ: 4
> >/dev/ttyS1, UART: unknown, Port: 0x02f8, IRQ: 3
> >/dev/ttyS2, UART: 16450, Port: 0x03e8, IRQ: 4
> >/dev/ttyS3, UART: 16450, Port: 0x02e8, IRQ: 3
>
> This looks bogus. Are you _sure_ about what you have in the box in terms
> of io ports and irqs? Can you look at your old DOS setup or check jumpers
> or something to verify? What is on ttyS0 and ttyS1 (aka com1 and com2)?
> Must be something weird if the kernel can't figure out the uart type.
> That usually means that nothing is actually there but some init script has
> assumed that every PC has a com1 and a com2, or that something that is not
> a serial port is there.
>
> Having two ports on the same IRQ is A Bad Thing for ISA buss cards. If
> you really do have four com ports you might try disabling ttyS0 and ttyS1
> to see if that helps. Or, perhaps you do have four ports but the IRQ's
> aren't being detected correctly. You might try using setserial to fix
> that if you know how the hardware is configured.
>
> You said you "found out" the port was ttyS3...how did you find this out?
> By just trying things or by looking at your DOS setup? That tty would be
> COM4 in DOS. Is that the COM port were you using before?
>
> Basically, I think you have your serial port configuration messed up
> someplace. What the software thinks is there is not what is actually
> there.
>
> --
> -| Bob Hauck
> -| Codem Systems, Inc.
> -| http://www.codem.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bastian)
Subject: Re: XMMS only runs as root
Date: 1 May 2000 21:30:34 GMT
On Mon, 01 May 2000 19:30:17 GMT, Mike wrote:
>When running XMMS, if I'm not logged in as root, it will not run. The
>display doesn't even come up. If I execute it from xterm, the command just
>exits with no output. I'm running a system compiled from scratch, loosly
>based on my experience with Mandrake and Redhat. Everything works ok, even
>sound on all accounts, but XMMS only runs on the root account, any help is
>appreciated
Try "xmms --help". After some seconds you should see a help screen in
the terminal. If that works, try "xmms -m". If not, something's wrong
with your permissions (perhaps?).
Bastian
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Connecting to Internet over Cable Modem
Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 16:33:34 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have installed RedHat 6.0 on my PC with two NICs: eth1 (NetGear PCI
> card) is connected to the cable modem and gets its IP address from DHCP
> server at my ISP, eth0 (Olicom PCI card) connects to my hub for
> internal network (a couple of PCs running Win 98 which I plan to
> convert to Linux workstations). I have given a static ip address to
> this internal card. When I boot Linux box, the external card gets IP
> address, no problem. 'netstat' shows correct ip addresses for both
> cards (it also shows 'lo'). However, I cannot connect to the Internet!!
> Is there anything else I need to do?
>
> The same configuration works well with NT running a proxy server. So, I
> know that NICs and cables are in good working condition. Can somebody
> please help??
>
> Thanks,
> Srikanth.
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
You don't say how you are getting your dhcp address. The default
as called (indirectly) from /etc/rc.d/init.d/network during
booting is to use pump. If you haven't done anything to change
it, that would be what you are using. The alternative is
to use the dhcpcd which requires some modifications.
Assuming you are using pump, what does
/sbin/pump -i eth1 -s
show?
Also, do you have nameservers listed in /etc/resolv.conf?
Can you ping an internet number such as the number of your
ISP's nameserver?
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Floppy format problem.
Date: 01 May 2000 17:41:50 -0400
fred smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> My fairly extensive experience with this pain has taught me that this
> process works ONLY if done in this way:
>
> 1. begin with a new 360k diskette that has never before been used or
> formatted.
> 1a. In lieu of a new one, I'd expect that a used one that has been
> bulk-erased (with, e.g., a magnetic tape bulk eraser) would be
> equivalent, though I don't personally have a bulk eraser to try it
> with.
> 2. Format the 360k diskette on a 1.2m drive.
> 3. Having done that, you can then WRITE on it with the 1.2 meg drive,
> and can also READ it on either a 1.2 or a 360.
> 4. If you EVER write on it with the 360, then subsequently remove
> files or reformat again with the 1.2, it will NEVER again work
> reliably on the 360. Even reformatting on the 360 does not solve
> the problem.
>
> My take on this is this: Having written with the 360 you've written
> tracks at the wider track width. Subsequent manipulations on the 1.2
> write a narrow track width. This leaves the narrow track down the
> middle of the older data on the wide track. The 1.2 can read this
> fine, but the 360 then gets a mixture of the two different
> write-events and simply cannot cope.
What you say is true for some drives. The 1.2M drives that IBM shipped
in their PC/AT systems definitely created this problem, which is why IBM
said that 360K disks were unreliable when used in 1.2M drives.
There are, however, drives that don't have this problem. My 1.2M drive
(made by Teac, FWIW) never had problems like this. I regularly passed
disks between it and the 360K drives (made by Copal, FWIW) from my
XT-clone.
Your advice is sound if you know nothing about the drives that will be
involved in the transfer, but may be unnecessary for some combination of
drives.
-- David
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: Installing PCI (non-winmodem) modem
Date: 1 May 2000 21:56:04 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>I have a US Robotics Internet Gaming Modem, I just recently switched from
>Windows 98 to Red Hat Linux 6.2 Standard. I'm desperately seeking drivers
>for my PCI modem. The modem itself has a controller on it so it is not a
>Winmodem. I saw a post on another sitethat it isn't a wiinmodem and would
>not support the rpm files made for PCI winmodems. If you have the drivers
>please send them to me. I would be verrrry grateful.
>:)
A modem does not need drivers. If it needs drivers then it is a
winmodem. Some modems have minimal hardware on them but are still
winmodems. I do not know about this one in particular. Check with
http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
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From: Kerry Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: dump commands
Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 15:56:38 -0600
I'm experimening with several different backup options. I have tried
some commercial varieties such as NovaSTOR and BRU, nad have been very
pleased with the former, but for the sake of arhument need to try out
some free options such as dump and tar. I have used ufsdump under
Solaris extensively and have been very pleased with the result.
I need some more information on backing up multiple partitions to both
external and external tape drives using DDS2 size tapes. I have a HP
JetStore 6000 tape drive and would like to know do multiple backups
using dump.
It seems that whenever I try to back up a partition using dump it keeps
rewinding the tape and I overwirte the previous partition backup.
I've tried all the different options under "man dump" and cannot get the
tape drive to do a respectable job. Are there some more verbose sources
of documentation available for dump.
I've purchased the "Unix backup and Recovery" book by O'Reilly but they
are rather weak on the dump utility.
Thanks.
KJ
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: re-installed windows now system does not recognize LiLO
Date: 1 May 2000 21:59:11 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> edgar domingo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
]I re-installed windows98 on to my dual booted system ( one partition for
]windows and one for linux). well I had to re-install windows (#$%%#@%!!!),
]now when the system boots up windows seems to have overwritten the linux
]loader or that is how it seems. I suppose my question is how do i
]re-establish LiLo so i can boot into Linux after a reinstallation of
]windows or another operating system. my apologies i'm relatively new to the
]linux world.
Yes, this is one of the services Windows performs so that other
operating systems do not confuse you.
You have to get back into Linux to rerun lilo. You need to use those
boot disks you created when you installed Linux. Or, reinstall, making a
minimal update (Linux will find the old system and you can tell it to
update it with a minimal update-- ie select nothing to update.)
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: re-installed windows now system does not recognize LiLO
Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 16:40:36 -0500
edgar domingo wrote:
>
> I re-installed windows98 on to my dual booted system ( one partition for
> windows and one for linux). well I had to re-install windows (#$%%#@%!!!),
> now when the system boots up windows seems to have overwritten the linux
> loader or that is how it seems. I suppose my question is how do i
> re-establish LiLo so i can boot into Linux after a reinstallation of
> windows or another operating system. my apologies i'm relatively new to the
> linux world.
>
> thank you for your time and have a good day.
> Edgar Domingo
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
If you made a boot floppy either during installation of Linux
or with mkbootdisk, use it to boot and rerun lilo. (On some
machines, the boot floppy may take a VERY long time to start
booting.)
If you don't have a boot floppy, use the original boot floppy
or CD for the distribution to boot the installation kernel.
But specify the root partition for your system as an option.
This would be done differently for different distributions.
For RedHat 6.1/2, you would enter
vmlinuz root=/dev/hda5
at the Boot: prompt if your root file system is on /dev/hda5.
Otherwise, something like
linux root=/dev/hda5
might work.
If neither of these options works, you will have to boot from
a rescue disk which runs a version of Linux in a ramdisk.
Tom's root/boot disk is a good choice and it may be configured
from windows. Let us know if you need to do it this way,
and we will give you more explicit instructions.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: Mandrake 7 using MSN dial-up
Date: 1 May 2000 22:06:10 GMT
In <uLdmXR7s$GA.207@cpmsnbbsa03> "Ryan Felton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
]Well, my problem is I go to connect to MSN... Everything works great... I
]establish a connection (all the lights light up on my modem as expected )
]and then I get disconnected suddenly and a window pops up saying kpp
]failed... It has something to do with some sort of authentication (like I
]mentioned down below) that msn uses... any ideas.
Do you want help? Please tell us what those error messages are! Your
"something to do with authentication" means nothing. Please tell us all
of the error messages. Look at the end of /var/log/messages for other
error messages. Follow the steps in that web page to try to track things
down. Really it is very hard for us, who have never seen your system and
have no idea of how you have set it up, to guess what may be wrong. You
have to help in this process.
kppp has attrocious error messages. However, it uses pppd and those are
somewhat better, especially if you set it up properly. See the metioned
web page.
]"Bill Unruh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
]news:8ek9d1$muv$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
]> In <#EoiNRzs$GA.342@cpmsnbbsa04> "Ryan Felton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
]writes:
]>
]> >I know it's kind of against the point, but I was wondering if anyone had
]any
]> >insights on how to set up the KPP of Mandrake Linux 7.0 using MSN as an
]> >internet service provider. I've gotten it to work under Corel Linux by
]> >commenting out an auth under the file: /etc/kpp/options .........
]> >However, Mandrake only has the specifications for a lock file under
]> >/etc/kpp/options .... Just wondering if anyone had any insight?
]>
]> If you told us what problems you had you might get more help.
]>
]> For step by step instructions about setting up ppp under Linux, see
]> http://axion.physics.ubc.ca/ppp-linux.html
]>
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From: Alastair Neil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: K-Jofol plugin for XMMS
Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 22:05:29 GMT
Jason Stegman wrote:
>
> Does anyone no how to get the k-jofol plugin to work with XMMS in RH
> 6.2. I'm having a lot of trouble try to get it to work.
>
> Who has it working and how did you do it? If you got it working please
> email me so i can give you more detail.
>
> thanks,
>
> -jason
I have it working. As I recall you need to install the xmms-development
package - then compile the plug-in
--
Those who are mentally and emotionally healthy are those who have
learned
when to say yes, when to say no and when to say whoopee. -- W.S. Krabill
Alastair Neil
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