Linux-Misc Digest #820, Volume #24 Thu, 15 Jun 00 05:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: Install Questions (John Kelly)
Re: can't mount cd-rom ("Lonni J. Friedman")
Re: Kernel bug prompts security alert!! (Arjan Drieman)
Re: Modem slow (Tom Weyer)
pci?? (jasbo)
Mandrake 7.1 installation error (T.T. Lee)
Re: Environment in Bash (NDQ)
Re: Day planner for linux? (Koos Pol)
Re: DNS problem (Koos Pol)
Linux Services - FAILED ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Environment in Bash (C Sanjayan Rosenmund)
Logging to syslog from a router ("Lars Bakke")
Re: Kernel loadable modules... (David Steuber)
Re: Linux article in PC world (David Steuber)
Re: ()()()()FLASHIN' SCREEN()()()() (Ulrich Brachvogel)
Horrible sound at startup with SB 64 (Fabio S.)
Re: Using tcpdump in Linux (Thomas Hommel)
Re: Turning off "automatic" STARTX command at boot time? (Thomas Hommel)
Re: Kernel loadable modules... (David Steuber)
Re: Kernel loadable modules... (David Steuber)
Re: linux (David Steuber)
Security warnings by email (Miguel Lastra)
Re: fdisk, uh oh... (Thomas Hommel)
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From: John Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat,redhat.general,redhat.config
Subject: Re: Install Questions
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 10:32:04 -0500
Bill Michael wrote:
>
> Question 1:
>
> I have done and FTP install of RH6.2 on an old Packard Bell. The
> machine
> is incredibly slow so I am trying not to reinstall. When I boot it, it
> is
> not even trying to look for the CD-ROM drive. Then I get a Kudzu
> message
> that tells me that the CD-ROM CDU311 has been uninstalled and do I want
>
> to remove the configuration information. I "do nothing" so I get this
> message again. A couple times when I have booted this machine it has
> sensed the CD-ROM drive and everything seemed fine.
>
> What should I do??
>
> Question 2: For some reason on the same machine there is something wrong
>
> with the eth0 alias. When I go to linuxconf, I can see the entry in the
>
> Basic Host Information box but when I go to IP aliases for virtual hosts
>
> box it does not exist. As I am new at this I am completed baffled.
>
> Ideas anyone??
>
> Thanks for any and all help
> Bill
It sounds to me like your kernel doesn't support your CD-ROM. You should
probably recompile your kernel, and add in support for everything in it
that says the word CD-ROM. You can find information on downloading,
configuring, and installing your kernel on howto.tucows.com, under
Kernel-HOWTO. There is too much info to type into a post. I just tried
and got disconnected, and netscape got all gay on me, and I had to kill
it, and I lost a long message that I was going to send you.
As for you Network Card, find out waht it is, and make sure that it's
supported by the kernel. It probably is, but it could be difficult, if
it's an ISA card, that's also plug n' play(PNP) you might need to
download a program called ISAPNPTools, or buy a new Ethernet adapter,
like I did. Hope this helps.
John
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In a world without walls, who needs windows?
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From: "Lonni J. Friedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: can't mount cd-rom
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 01:14:31 -0400
I have no clue what fsconf is, although i'm guessing that its some
distro-specific proprietary piece of software. Why not just mount your
drive manually with:
mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
Tan Chee Sin wrote:
> I ran fsconf, selected the entry: /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660
> clicked on the Mount button, then Yes, it reports "Mount successful",
> but the fsconf window doesn't show that it is mounted, and I can't
> access the cd-rom still. What's wrong?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Arjan Drieman)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,alt.linux,redhat.security.general,redhat.general
Subject: Re: Kernel bug prompts security alert!!
Date: 15 Jun 2000 05:59:09 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 14 Jun 2000 19:34:04 -0500, David ..
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Sorry to cross post but everyone needs to know.
At least use a Followup-To: header next time.
Arjan
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From: Tom Weyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modem slow
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 08:14:39 +0100
Robie Basak wrote:
>
> On Fri, 09 Jun 2000 15:08:53 +0100, Tom Weyer said:
> >Hi !
> >
> >I use Suse Linux 6.1 and have a 56k Acer Modem. I go into the internet
> >via a ppp-connection with wvdial. My Browser is the 4.7x Netscape
> >Navigator. After some minutes it takes a very long time to load sites
> >and then the connection hangs up. Under windows the modem works
> >correctly, so it isn't damaged.
>
> Show us the relevant output in /var/log/messages.
>
> Robie.
> --
There is only the message "PPP-Daemon has died !!!" and then the time
when it happened.
Tom.
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From: jasbo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: pci??
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 02:16:55 -0400
Recently i tired to install redhat or slackware to my p1 laptop but when i
booth the installation disk i later got the error message
"PCI: Discovered primary peer bus "
Anyone know what it means? Thanks in advance
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From: T.T. Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mandrake 7.1 installation error
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 06:44:24 GMT
Hi, just tried to install Mandrake 7.1 off the net (I have T1
connection), but got this error message during installation:
An error occurred: dpslist.ordered mismatch against hdlist files
What's wrong? I had Mandrake 7.0 installed in my hard disk but I
thought that 7.1 already reformated all the partitions.. any idea?
thanks!
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: NDQ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Environment in Bash
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 09:17:15 +0200
Reply-To: NDQ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Kevin Brown wrote:
>
> How do I define an environment variable using the Bash shell? I am used
> to using csh on suns and sgis, and have recently begun working with bash
> on linux machines. I tried setenv, but it isn't there.
>
Try :
export YOU_VARIABLE=toto
HTH,
NDQ
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Koos Pol)
Subject: Re: Day planner for linux?
Date: 15 Jun 2000 07:04:34 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 14 Jun 2000 17:06:54 -0400, kj0 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| I very much need software that will alert me (by e-mail?) of upcoming
| appointments. A web-based reminder system is out of the question. I
| need something I can run on my linux workstation.
|
| Can anyone recommend a public domain day planner/appointment
| book/calendar for linux?
|
| THANKS!
|
| kj
Korganizer works fine for me.
--
Koos Pol
======================================================================
S.C. Pol - Systems Administrator - Compuware Europe B.V. - Amsterdam
T:+31 20 3116122 F:+31 20 3116200 E:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Check my email address when you hit "Reply".
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Koos Pol)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: DNS problem
Date: 15 Jun 2000 07:06:21 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 15 Jun 2000 13:09:23 +0800, Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| Hi,
|
| I am setup a DNS server in Linux environment, but I got something wrong
| when I use nslookup to check it as below:
|
| > nslookup www.mydns.com
|
| Server: mydns.com
| Address: 192.168.0.210
|
| Non-authoritative answer:
| Name: dream.mydns.com
| Address: 192.168.0.210
| Aliases: www.mydns.com
|
| Why this happened and how to solve it? Thanks for any helps!
|
| Mark ^.^
Why do you think something is wrong?
Koos Pol
======================================================================
S.C. Pol - Systems Administrator - Compuware Europe B.V. - Amsterdam
T:+31 20 3116122 F:+31 20 3116200 E:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Check my email address when you hit "Reply".
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Linux Services - FAILED
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 07:05:11 GMT
Hi,
When I boot the linux machine, I get the following services FAILED
notifications:
1. Delaying eth0 initialization -- FALIED
2. Binding of NIS... -- FALIED
3. Starting arpwatch: lookupp device... -- FALIED
4. Starting bootparamd services: rpc.bootparamd:/etc/bootparams: No
such file or directory -- FALIED
5. Starting pulse:pulse:no active lvs services definedin /etc/lvs.cf --
FALIED
6. Starting httpd: Syntax error on line 351
... /etc/httpd/httpd.conf...... -- FALIED
I would appreciate if someopne could provide an insight on why am I
getting these failed services and what implications will this have.
Also,. Samba service is not working and I suspect that is because of
one or more of these failed services.
Thanks in advance.
-AA
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: C Sanjayan Rosenmund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Environment in Bash
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 00:23:40 -0700
Kevin Brown wrote:
>
> How do I define an environment variable using the Bash shell? I am used
> to using csh on suns and sgis, and have recently begun working with bash
> on linux machines. I tried setenv, but it isn't there.
>
> Thanks,
> Kevin
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
export ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE="Environment Setting"
--
Sanjay
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Windows has detected that a gnat has farted near your computer.
Press any key to reboot.
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From: "Lars Bakke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Logging to syslog from a router
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 09:24:58 +0200
Hi.
I'm trying to set up RH6.2 machine as a syslog host for several Cisco
routers. All is working fine
except that I don't remember what parameter to use with the syslog daemon at
startup, so that it
pick's up syslog messages received from other hosts.
Anyone got a clue ?
Thanks
Lars
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: Kernel loadable modules...
From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 08:00:03 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
' : getting the information necessary to write a driver for the Logitech
' : QuickCam VC ( USB camera ) yet? Pulling teeth from an angry tiger is
' : much, much easier! :-(.
'
' MandrakeSoft is working on it...
Which? Getting the information? Pulling teeth from an un-sedated
angry tiger? Or the driver?
If it is the last, let me know. I have the camera, and I am hoping to
grab frames and full MPEG video from it.
--
David Steuber | Hi! My name is David Steuber, and I am
NRA Member | a hoploholic.
All bits are significant. Some bits are more significant than others.
-- Charles Babbage Orwell
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Subject: Re: Linux article in PC world
From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 08:00:02 GMT
jj2me <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
' http://www.pcworld.com/current_issue/article/0,1212,16776,00.html
"Microsoft Linux v1.0" ????????
Now I will have nightmares for months.
Thank $DIETY for NIH syndrome.
--
David Steuber | Hi! My name is David Steuber, and I am
NRA Member | a hoploholic.
All bits are significant. Some bits are more significant than others.
-- Charles Babbage Orwell
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From: Ulrich Brachvogel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ()()()()FLASHIN' SCREEN()()()()
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 10:10:56 +0200
N/A wrote:
> I go to log into Corel Linux Delux for the first time and suddenly the
> screen begins to flash when it asks me to log in, how can i stop this?
> -----Thanks.
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
some extra questions: Do you try to login by an display-manager(graphical,
X-Windows) or in a text-console? In the 1st case there you might have a
problem with the X-Server (=video-driver) and your video-adapter-card.
I don�t know your distro Corel Linux , how and if it finds out the
appropriate X-Server for your video-adapter. You should supplement your
posting with some more data about your system, as type of cpu, video-card
etc. So there might be some people experienced with Corel Linux can give
more advice to you.
If you login merely in a ext-console I have no idea what could be the reason.
TTFN Uli
// <( )
// \______//
// \____/ Ulrich Brachvogel
// / \ "Save The Curlew!"
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Fabio S.)
Subject: Horrible sound at startup with SB 64
Date: 15 Jun 2000 08:30:45 GMT
Hi,
I would like to know if somebody know why every time I boot, when the
sound modules are loaded, I ear a huge and very annoying noise. I remarked
that this happens even if I remove the sound modules and the reload them.
In particular, it happens when the sb.o module is loaded. I also noticed
that after having loaded such module the (default) values for the mixer
are very high. At boot this is fixed by the sound init script, which set
the values to the ones I have choosen.
I have a SoundBlaster 64 AweGold and a RedHat 6.0, but the kernel is
2.2.12 (it seems to depend on the SB, since I have gone through many
different kernels).
Thank you
Fabio
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From: Thomas Hommel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Using tcpdump in Linux
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 10:38:39 +0200
Hi there.
You cannot trace any packets on eth0, because the local network traffic
isn�t routed over the ethernet card. All internal traffic goes through
the loopback interface of your box (a pseudo network interface).
You can trace it by typing:
tcpdump -i lo
Greets
Tom
Sasha wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
> I have a Linux machine (standalone, i am not connected to any other
> computer). I want to use tcpdump to dump the packet i am sending from my
> client-server program.
>
> i am using ( tcpdump host localhost ), but not getting any answer only
> listening
> on eth0 ). i have also used tcpdump port portnumber and some other
> combinations, but
> getting the same answer listening on eth0, Without any results.
>
> Dos it means, tcpdump only works when I am sending some packet out of my
> computer ? or I should use some other parameter and combination.
>
> I want be able to read the packet header i am sending in my client-server
> program in a specefic port. i dont know why it is not working.
>
> Thanks in advance Sasha
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From: Thomas Hommel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Turning off "automatic" STARTX command at boot time?
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 10:47:44 +0200
Patricia wrote:
>
> On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, Larry wrote:
> >My RH install currently goes to Gnome immediately upon booting (I don't have to
>enter the STARTX command). How do I turn this off so that it boots to the terminal
>window instead?
> >
> >Also, is there a way to EXIT from Gnome back to the terminal session?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Larry
> Larry
> login as root of su
> edit /etc/inittab
> replaceid:5:initdefault: (default startup in X mode)
> with id:3:initdefault: (default startup in textmode)
Depends on your distro
in SuSE, you would have to replace id:3:... with id:2:...
You can also switch from X to a textmode console by pressing
Alt-Ctrl-[F1...F6]
> --
> Good Luck
> Patricia
> ICQ 69588792
>
> http://www.crosswinds.net/~beginnerslinux
> http://beginnerslinux.org
> Red Hat Linux release 6.0 (Hedwig)
> Kernel 2.2.5-15
> 5:43pm up 1:27, 1 user, load average: 1.44, 1.70, 1.51
> Wed Jun 14 17:43:09 CEST 2000
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: Kernel loadable modules...
From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 09:00:00 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
' Note also that binary modules must be rebuilt if any of the following change:
' * compiler version
' * compiler options
' * SMP or no
' * Other kernel config options...
I'm getting the point.
I guess I'm still used to the slow, geologic time, paced evolution of
Windows, even though I have used Linux on my home systems exlusively
for over a year now.
When you rebuild the kernel, you just get used to things working
fine.
Does there exist a model by which a binary standard and kernel
interface could be created so that kernel loadable modules could be
practical in binary form without harming the progress of the kernel?
I have a friend that claims Linux is useless because it doesn't
support hardware and software that he uses. The software argument
could be solved by creating more multi-media type software. The
hardware is a more difficult issue.
As said earlier in this thread, the vendors don't want their hardware
used by Linux. If they did, they would release full specifications so
that the people who like to write drivers would do so. Then the
people who like to write applications would use the hardware.
I know the arguments about monolithic vs micro kernels was dealt with
way back in '91 on the comp.os.minux group. I also haven't read
through Alessandro Rubini's book on Linux Device Drivers yet. Is that
book still useful? I think that writing device drivers is hard. The
Linux kernel should be architected in such a way to make maintenance
of driver code easier. As the kernel moves forward and incorporates
new ideas, techniques, optimizations, etc, I think it should become
more modular. I think certain API's should become more stable if that
can be done without hindering progress.
--
David Steuber | Hi! My name is David Steuber, and I am
NRA Member | a hoploholic.
All bits are significant. Some bits are more significant than others.
-- Charles Babbage Orwell
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: Kernel loadable modules...
From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 09:00:00 GMT
John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
' I suspect the manufacturers are worried that if they provide
' driver specifications to develop software for other platforms
' they will be expected to support those other platforms. Windows
' is a known commodity: you can hire anyone off the street to tell
' your customers to reboot and reinstall when they run into
' problems. But users of other platforms may not be satisfied with
' this approach and insist on real support from trained staff. And
' that costs money.
So how do we convince hardware OEMs that all we need is accurate
documentation, and we will do the rest? How do we tell them that all
they have to do is publish the same documentation that they give to
the poeple who write the Windows drivers on their web site or to
simply pass it on to sunsite?
It doesn't have to cost them a single penny. This is a different
world, and they should feel welcome in it. Hell, they should want to
live here.
--
David Steuber | Hi! My name is David Steuber, and I am
NRA Member | a hoploholic.
All bits are significant. Some bits are more significant than others.
-- Charles Babbage Orwell
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Subject: Re: linux
From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 09:00:01 GMT
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
' how do you upgrade linux to win95
The very concept is a paradox.
--
David Steuber | Hi! My name is David Steuber, and I am
NRA Member | a hoploholic.
All bits are significant. Some bits are more significant than others.
-- Charles Babbage Orwell
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From: Miguel Lastra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Security warnings by email
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 10:25:10 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi all,
Does anyody know how I can receive security warnings by email, for
example refused connections, etc.. without having to look at the
different log files.
I have tried the sentence
*.warn xfg
in /etc/syslog.conf where xfg is a username but it did no work.
Can anybody help me ??
Thanks
Miguel
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From: Thomas Hommel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.caldera,alt.os.linux.corel,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: fdisk, uh oh...
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 11:00:30 +0200
Darren Welson wrote:
>
> How do I 'format' a swap partition? I have moved a swap partition, gone
> into FDISK and created a new partition, renamed it swap, but now my system
> does not recognize it.
You have to do the following:
mkswap /dev/hdxx (<-- your swap partition)
and then
swapon /dev/hdxx
or make sure /etc/fstab contians a correct line for the swap partition
> Also, how do you format a partition once you have
> created it in FDISK, swap or not?
Normal partitions are formatted by
mke2fs /dev/hdxx
> I can do this in DOS FDISK, but is it different in Linux?
Really?
> How about DiskDruid, where is that thing?
???
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