Linux-Misc Digest #990, Volume #24 Thu, 29 Jun 00 17:13:02 EDT
Contents:
How to start 'kiosk mode' Netscape? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: "screen" problems while using a vt320 (Pete Zaitcev)
Re: Telnet with Wyse60 emulation (Thomas Dickey)
Re: What is foobar, or foo bar, or whatever...?? (sylvain hutchison)
Re: Security problem ("Russ")
Re: Can't Boot from Compiled Kernel (2.2.13) (John Gluck)
Re: Can I reattach process to new terminal? (Mike Frisch)
Re: ISA nic cards? (Scott Alfter)
Re: Images to mpeg... (Dances With Crows)
Solaris:/etc/system :: Linux:??? (U.V. Ravindra)
Re: Linux Command. (Dances With Crows)
Re: What is foobar, or foo bar, or whatever...?? ("Kurt Weber")
and the web was silent . . . . . (Jesse Drogin)
Re: inetd problem ("home")
Re: non-root chown system call (Marc J. Miller)
Re: Solaris:/etc/system :: Linux:??? (Dances With Crows)
Re: Good AD converter + plotting software? (Craig McCluskey)
Re: Can I reattach process to new terminal? ("Scott Harney")
Re: Security problem (Helge Bahmann)
Re: How to start 'kiosk mode' Netscape? (Dmitri V)
Re: TurboLinux Installation ERRORS!!! Help! maybe partitioning problems (Eric Y.
Chang)
Partition problems NT station (oksigen)
Re: How to let NT and LINUX live together ? (Doc Shipley)
Re: network card and modem setup ("TAJ")
Re: network card and modem setup ("TAJ")
Re: changing monitor settings ("John D. Goulden")
Re: Gnome Manual (Leonard Evens)
Re: and the web was silent . . . . . (Jim Harback)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: How to start 'kiosk mode' Netscape?
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 02:39:39 GMT
Hi,
I want to start Netscape 4.7 for linux in so-called 'kiosk' mode - i.e. no
toolbars, no top menu, no bottom 'info line', only the main window to display html
page. Is there some sort of 'user preference' for that? I was unable to find anything
on the netscape site.
For Netscape for windows I know this mode exists, but does it exists in the
linux version 4.7?
Thanks, George
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pete Zaitcev)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: "screen" problems while using a vt320
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 18:24:10 GMT
> >Also make sure that you have x-on/x-off set right in the terminal setup.
>
> Hum, the comm. setup with the terminal right now is that xoff is off. I also
> tested the settings with xoff set to 64 and 128. No change.
My is at 128.
> [...] I'm almost desperate enough to recompile screen with debugging
> symbols and sic gdb on it! But, I'm not to that point yet. It is really
> bothersome to get no output from screen or error messages :(
You are an oldtmer too, I see :) Before going the gdb route, try
running screen under strace, something like "strace -o /tmp/xxx screen".
--Pete
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From: Thomas Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Telnet with Wyse60 emulation
Date: 29 Jun 2000 18:21:38 GMT
Squire VonGremlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Greetings,
> Fairly new to most elements of Linux. Currently running Mandrake 7.0.
> I am looking for a way to telnet from Linux to a unix box that is
> running an application configured for Wyse60 support (line graphics,
> etc.).
configured or hardcoded?
(it's unusual to actually _require_ a specific terminal type, except
for applications that aren't designed to be used remotely)
--
Thomas E. Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
http://dickey.his.com
ftp://dickey.his.com
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From: sylvain hutchison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,nf.comp.linux
Subject: Re: What is foobar, or foo bar, or whatever...??
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 14:50:35 -0700
See what happened by joining them, you became a fucking retard, grow up and
stop this imature attitude of yours.
Zed Child wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>
> On 6/29/00, 1:32:06 AM, Hendrix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding What is
> foobar, or foo bar, or whatever...??:
>
> > Hi foobarians,
>
> > I've heard so many linux sites, books, and even email messages that
> > contain this phrase...??? What the heck is foo bar...???? The weird
> > thing is that it also makes its presence in the movie "Saving Private
> > Ryan", but they never define the term... Hmmm..... Ha...
>
> I was in the US Navy, and there it was short for, fucked up beyond all
> repair. Fubar. Or foo bar. Now others may replace some of the words, but
> it means the same thing, more or less.
>
> Another good one is SNAFU. Situation normal, all fucked up
> RCH red cunt hair meaning a small amount
> BFH big fucking hammer
> BFS a big fucking seaman
> ESAD eat shit and die
> FOAD fuck off and die (also the title of a song by GreenDay)
> FEA fuck 'em all
> FTN fuck the navy
> FTW fuck the world
>
> See what you missed by not joining up? You fuckin sissy.
>
> Zed
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Reply-To: "Russ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Russ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Security problem
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 13:36:06 -0500
Take a look at /etc/security/limits.conf. An entry such as
* hard rss 5000
would limit memory usage to 5M for everyone but root and
* hard nproc 20
would limit the number of processes to 20 for everyone but root.
Russ
"Miguel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi all,
>
> I have noticed a bug in one of the programs I'm working on now. The
> result is that I have a program that eats up all my memory (including
> swap) and I can't kill it because the keyboard blocks.
> How can I avoid this ? How can limit the memory a process can use ?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> miguel
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From: John Gluck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.slackware,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Can't Boot from Compiled Kernel (2.2.13)
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 15:00:32 -0400
mv wrote:
> I have been battling a wierd boot problem that has me stumped and wondered
> if anyone has a solution for this problem.
>
> The problem is that I can't boot from any kernel that I compile on the PC.
> However, I
> can boot from the IBMMCA.S kernel that came on the Slackware 7.0
> distribution.
>
> The symptoms I am experiencing are that the loader starts displaying the
> following line and then stops at a blank line below this when I select one
> of my
> compiled kernels at boot time:
>
> loading linux................................
>
> If I pick the IBMMCA.S kernel included at installation time, it boots every
> time.
[snip]
You have most likely compiled something as a module that need to be compiled in the
kernel.
Mostly likely, filesystem, hard-disk driver, mca support,or some unusual device.
--
John Gluck (Passport Kernel Design Group)
(613) 765-8392 ESN 395-8392
Unless otherwise stated, any opinions expressed here are strictly my own
and do not reflect any official position of Nortel Networks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Frisch)
Subject: Re: Can I reattach process to new terminal?
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 19:11:17 GMT
On 29 Jun 2000 17:25:53 GMT, Daijoubu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Sometimes I get kicked out of my ssh sessions (modem hangs up, etc.). When I
>ssh back in later my jobs are still running but are attached to the dead
>terminal session. Killing the old task and starting it over again often means
>losing a lot of time. Is there any way to assign a still running task to a new
>terminal under Linux? Thanks.
Use GNU screen. It handles this situation quite cleanly.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Alfter)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: ISA nic cards?
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 19:14:06 GMT
In article <8jc715$cng$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Keith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>One more question: Would linux have any problems recognizing an ISA NIC?
It shouldn't...I've used a bunch of ne2k clones. It's best to configure the
card with jumpers (if present) or with its config software (if there are no
jumpers) to put it in non-PnP mode. There's supposed to be some kind of ISA
PnP config utility for Linux now, but I've never trusted ISA PnP as far as I
could throw it and have never had to use it (besides, all the hardware I use
now is either PCI or jumper-configurable ISA).
_/_
/ v \
(IIGS( Scott Alfter (remove Voyager's hull number for email address)
\_^_/ http://salfter.dyndns.org
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Images to mpeg...
Date: 29 Jun 2000 15:16:23 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 29 Jun 2000 17:29:33 GMT, Craig Jones
<<8jg113$jmr$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>It works great... One small question/problem.
>
>I would like to have maybe one frame per second displayed. Is there
>*any* way to set this? One possible solution would be to put 30 of the
>same frame in a row, but that would produce one huge file (I would
>assume).
That's definitely a possibility. One thing to remember, though, is that
the MPEG encoder works by finding the differences between frames and
storing them in a compressed format. Generally, every 16th frame is an I
frame (just a standard JPEG-compressed image) while the frames in between
record differences from the original I frame. Few differences = very
small B and P frames and fast encoding.
For 1 frame/second, I think the .param file you'd want has its options set
kind of like so:
PATTERN IBBPBBPBBPBBPBBPBBPBBPB
OUTPUT thing1.mpg
GOP_SIZE 24
SLICES_PER_FRAME 1
INPUT
foo.jpg
# cut-n-paste that line 23 more times
bar.jpg
# cut-n-paste that line 23 more times, etc...
END_INPUT
# rest of mpeg_encode options go here
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows /\ "Man could not stare too long at the face
\----[this space for rent]-----/ \ of the Computer or her children and still
\There is no Darkness in Eternity \ remain as Man." --David Zindell "So did
But only Light too dim for us to see\ they become Gods, or Usenetters?" --/me
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From: U.V. Ravindra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Solaris:/etc/system :: Linux:???
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 19:05:43 GMT
I want to modify the SHMMAX, SHMMIN and other associated
things on my Linux machine. On Solaris, I would do this
by placing strings like
set shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=<value>
set shmsys:shminfo_shmmin=<value>
in the /etc/system file.
How can I do this on Linux?
TiA.
UVR.
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Linux Command.
Date: 29 Jun 2000 15:21:18 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[posted and mailed]
On Thu, 29 Jun 2000 11:26:15 -0500, John D. Goulden
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>Alas, piping ls through 'more' or 'less' costs you the pretty colors that
>some linuxes use to differentiate file types...could be frustrating to a new
>user. Like me.
ls -l --color | more
Or, in ~/.bashrc :
alias lsm='ls --color | more'
since it seems that modern versions of more can handle the color codes.
less won't do the expected thing here, though, and the color codes will
screw up things if you send the output of ls --color to sed or awk or
what-have-you....
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows /\ "Man could not stare too long at the face
\----[this space for rent]-----/ \ of the Computer or her children and still
\There is no Darkness in Eternity \ remain as Man." --David Zindell "So did
But only Light too dim for us to see\ they become Gods, or Usenetters?" --/me
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From: "Kurt Weber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: What is foobar, or foo bar, or whatever...??
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 14:25:47 -0500
"Thorsten Claus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I am living in Germany and I also saw saving private Rayan.
> In the Film they used foobar because we have a word "furchtbar" ! And I
> thing Englishmen aren't able to say this
If "furchtbar" is a German word, then it sounds a little bit like
"furktbar", which is close to that word, but not quite.
--
Regards,
Kurt Weber
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
ROW Software and Web Design
http://www.rowsw.com
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From: Jesse Drogin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,redhat.general,netscape.public.general
Subject: and the web was silent . . . . .
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 12:32:17 -0700
I do not get any web sounds and I need the audio to complete my total
web experience that I so desparately long for.
I am running RedHat Linux 6.2 with Netscape Navigator 4.7
The sound card is installed, and I do indeed hear sounds from desktop
events. I have to admit the sound quality is very poor and the volume
is extreemly low, but I do hear some sounds. Unfortunately, I do not
hear any sounds on the web. Mostly I have been listening for sounds
from java applets (like yahoo Chess) with no fullfillment.
I am very new to Linux (I just installed the OS 2 days ago) so any idea
would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Jesse Drogin
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "home" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.dial-up,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: inetd problem
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 20:26:59 +0100
Inetd is the networking master server responsible for ALL networking
subordinate daemons. Without it, networking cannot function. I suggest a
reinstall with custom config so you know what your getting rather than a
standalone workstation config.
: )
Neil Dudleston
Natius van der Watt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi All,
>
> Ok, me = newbie, so excuse all stupidity, but please help.
> Running RH 6.2 and KDE peoblem: I can't telnet ftp etc. to my machene,
> someone told me the "inetd" demon should be running, but it ain't. I ran
> 'Setup' to see if I can run it automatically, bit it aint there.
> Also Hving problrms with my dail-up, could this be part of the rpoblem
> ?
> Help very much appretiated !!
> :-)
> Natius.
>
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From: Marc J. Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: non-root chown system call
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 19:27:24 GMT
Tried that first, actually. The comments in the header file say to set
it to -1 for "disabled" status, but I didn't notice that until recently.
Good suggestion, though.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Thomas Hommel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi
> Try setting it to 0.
> All non-zero values evaluate to TRUE, zero evaluates to FALSE.
>
> Tom
>
> "Marc J. Miller" wrote:
> >
> > I'm writing a program that needs to be able to give a file to someone
> > else without being root. System V Unix allows the owner of a file to
> > chown it to someone else, but Linux doesn't.
> >
> > There's a variable _POSIX_CHOWN_RESTRICTED which is supposed to control
> > this behavior, but I can't figure out how to manipulate it. By default,
> > it's declared as "1". I thought I should be able to do
> >
> > #define _POSIX_CHOWN_RESTRICTED -1
> >
> > to turn off this restriction, but it didn't help.
> >
> > Ideas?
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Before you buy.
>
--
==============================================
/\/\arc ._|. /\/\iller
UC Davis ___
Computer Engineering | |
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Solaris:/etc/system :: Linux:???
Date: 29 Jun 2000 15:45:53 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 29 Jun 2000 19:05:43 GMT, U.V. Ravindra
<<8jg6lp$oa2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>I want to modify the SHMMAX, SHMMIN and other associated
>things on my Linux machine. On Solaris, I would do this
>by placing strings like
> set shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=<value>
> set shmsys:shminfo_shmmin=<value>
>in the /etc/system file.
>
>How can I do this on Linux?
In /sbin/init.d/boot.local (/etc/rc.d/rc.local for RedHat and
derived) you'd put something like:
echo 750000000 > /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax
...but there doesn't seem to be an entry for shmmin.
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows /\ "Man could not stare too long at the face
\----[this space for rent]-----/ \ of the Computer or her children and still
\There is no Darkness in Eternity \ remain as Man." --David Zindell "So did
But only Light too dim for us to see\ they become Gods, or Usenetters?" --/me
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From: Craig McCluskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Good AD converter + plotting software?
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 15:10:37 -0500
"David J. Topper" wrote:
> 1. A good AD board that can take multiple inputs at different voltages
> and sample rates.
>
> 2. A nice software package that will allow data grabbed from above to
> be plotted in tandem to do eyeball correlation.
National Instruments has ported their LabVIEW to Linux.
They make many A/D products that run with their software.
Craig
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From: "Scott Harney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can I reattach process to new terminal?
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 15:10:27 -0600
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Daijoubu) wrote:
> Sometimes I get kicked out of my ssh sessions (modem hangs up, etc.).
> When I ssh back in later my jobs are still running but are attached to
> the dead terminal session. Killing the old task and starting it over
> again often means losing a lot of time. Is there any way to assign a
> still running task to a new terminal under Linux? Thanks.
Download and install a package called 'screen'. You may have it already so try
'man screen' and check. You'd launch ssh like this:
"screen ssh -l username hostname"
now your session is running under screen. You can then detach (see screen man
page) and reattach to your session. I sometimes leave work and go home leaving
me screen managed shells open at work. I then ssh into my work box and use
'screen -x session#" to attach to the open sessions. very useful, must have
program for just the situation you describe.
--
Scott Harney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: Helge Bahmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Security problem
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 22:29:08 +0200
Miguel wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have noticed a bug in one of the programs I'm working on now. The
> result is that I have a program that eats up all my memory (including
> swap) and I can't kill it because the keyboard blocks.
> How can I avoid this ? How can limit the memory a process can use ?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> miguel
In bash, try 'help ulimit'.
Before executing the program, set appropriate limits. The limits are
only effective within the shell and all processes spawned from it.
You probably need the -m, -v options.
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From: Dmitri V <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to start 'kiosk mode' Netscape?
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 17:03:31 +0300
See
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Kiosk-HOWTO.html
This is *exactly* what you need.
Good luck.
Dmitri
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I want to start Netscape 4.7 for linux in so-called 'kiosk' mode - i.e. no
>toolbars, no top menu, no bottom 'info line', only the main window to display html
>page. Is there some sort of 'user preference' for that? I was unable to find anything
>on the netscape site.
>
> For Netscape for windows I know this mode exists, but does it exists in the
>linux version 4.7?
>
> Thanks, George
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Y. Chang)
Subject: Re: TurboLinux Installation ERRORS!!! Help! maybe partitioning problems
Date: 29 Jun 2000 20:11:53 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This is unusual, since I just installed TurboLinux. The partition
stage of the installation is buggy, unfriendly, and
non-intuitive. It appears that it was never tested thoroughly.
But, it should always write the fstab. It appears
that something else failed. Was there an
error message during installation?
There are lots of messages, and nearly all of them are fatal and must be
investigated. The /etc/fstab lists the types of devices, their mount
points, the fs type, and various options. It is necessary. You
could create one yourself from the template of a live filesystem
(often found on RedHat CDROM's) but if the installation
failed that badly, something else is probably wrong. I have been
susccessful at resurrecting a failed installation, and I can
tell you that it is much harder than one would guess at first
glance. Things go wrong, and they keep going wrong. But, again,
I rolled my own distribution for a specialized use.
It is really amazing how buggy some of this stuf can be. I have
seen RedHat 5.2 go into an infinite loop during installation.
Eric
Andre Liem ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: I've decided to enter the Linux world by purchasing TurboLinux
: Workstation but so far I have not been able to get it to properly install.
...
: Activating swap partitions
: swapon : cannot open /etc/fstab : No such file or directory
: hostname : local host
: checking root filesystem
: parallelizing fsck version 1.18 (11-Nov-1999)
: Warning : couldn't open /etc/fstab: No such file or directory
: [/sbin/fsck.ext2 -- /] fsck.ext2 -a /
: fsck.ext2 : Is a directory while trying to open/
: (null):
: The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2
: filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2
: filesystem (and not a swap or ufs or something else) then the superblock is
: corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:
: e2fsck -b 8193 <device>
: ***An error occurred during the file system check
: ***dropping you to a shell; the system will
: ***reboot when you leave the shell
: ----------------------End of Error
: Message---------------------------------------------------------------------
: -----------
: So after this I can only do maintenance on my comp and not get X-Window to
: run... and I've tried installing TBLinux 10 times or so already. Any
: suggestions? I'm hoping my faith in the Linux online community can pull
: through for me this time. Should I be making more then two partitions? I
: kinda have a feeling I should be making partitions for /usr/var?? /etc?
: I'm confused because the auto partition makes 9 partitions. Help!!! Thanks
: in advance.
: Andre (PB)
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From: oksigen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Partition problems NT station
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 20:07:37 GMT
I have a NT station with a new 14 Gig HD. The newly installed HD have
been set in such a way that 4 gig of space has been left unpartitioned
and unformated for furutre Linux Installation.
The unpartitioned portion of the HD is at the end of the two other NTFS
partitioned (c: and d:).
Problem: When I try to set an extended logical partition and install
linux with a swap an a native Linux partition, I can't reboot the
machine. The blue NT screen appears with something like "no bootable
partion found " .....
What should I do to successfully partition the last blocks of the
HD and install Linux (RH6.2) ?
Thanks
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: Doc Shipley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: How to let NT and LINUX live together ?
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 20:42:16 GMT
Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
> Why not install LILO? You can set it to choose to boot to NT
> by default [I have to do that at home so my family can use my
> Win-doze -- I'm trying to shift them to using a Samba server,
> though I worry about security.]
AFAIK, that will ONLY work if NT is installed on a FAT filesystem. If NT
is installed on a NTFS partition, I haven't found a way to boot NT from
lilo. I'm more than willing to be enlightened, though.
It is possible to boot lilo from the NT bootloader though. Install lilo
to the boot sector of the / partition instead of the mbr. Then, if the
root partition is /dev/hda2, do:
# dd if=/dev/hda2 of=bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1
(Careful. If you have a separate /boot partition, make sure you dd from
the *root*, / , partition)
Mount a DOS-formatted floppy anf copy bootsect.lnx to it. Boot into NT,
copy bootsect.lnx to C:\, and change C:\boot.ini to writable. Add this
line to boot.ini:
C:\BOOTSECT.INI="Linux"
Make C:\boot.ini read-only again, and when you reboot you should be
able to choose "Linux" from the NT bootlist.
You can see that you still have to use LILO. The only way I know of to
do without LILO is to put your kernel on a floppy and boot from that.
--
Doc Shipley
Network Stuff
Austin, Earth
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From: "TAJ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: network card and modem setup
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 16:40:40 -0400
Thanks.
TAJ
"Glenn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> TAJ wrote:
> >
> > Hey guys. I just came over from the other side (MS-Windows world), and
I've
> > been trying to figure out how to set up my modem and ethernet card under
Red
> > Hat Linux 6.1. It doesn't seem to be any type of generic driver setup
like
> > under Windows. If somebody could help me, or point me to a FAQ that can
> > help, I'd appreciate it.
> >
> > TAJ
>
> Hi,
>
> I just went through the ethernet setup and found the page below to be
> good. Note the HOWTO link at the top, these are always the best place to
> start. You need to make sure your hardware is supported by checking the
> lists provided in the HOWTO. You can sometimes find support even if it
> is not listed from the manufacturer's web site and other users, via DEJA
> News searches. After you determine that it is supported you must have or
> compile in a kernel module to provide the driver support, i.e., you just
> don't load the drivers like in Windoze.
>
> http://www.scrounge.org/linux/nics.htm
>
> For PPP & ethernet check this out:
>
> http://jgo.local.net/LinuxGuide/
>
> Glenn
> -----
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From: "TAJ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: network card and modem setup
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 16:40:27 -0400
Thanks, I should have known better. I got it working as far as I can tell.
TAJ
"David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> TAJ wrote:
> >
> > Hey guys. I just came over from the other side (MS-Windows world), and
I've
> > been trying to figure out how to set up my modem and ethernet card under
Red
> > Hat Linux 6.1. It doesn't seem to be any type of generic driver setup
like
> > under Windows. If somebody could help me, or point me to a FAQ that can
> > help, I'd appreciate it.
>
>
> This isn't some type of generic OS like windoz either! ;^)
>
> It would help if you mentioned what brand and model of both that you
> have. Winmodems for the most part are useless without windoz.
>
> For the record when posting you will find help faster if you always
> mention what flavor and version of linux you have, as well as what the
> hardware (brand, model) if it is hardware related question.
>
> --
> Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
> ID # 123538
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From: "John D. Goulden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: changing monitor settings
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 14:53:37 -0500
> Usually ctrl-alt-+ and ctrl-alt-- (ctral alt and plus, and ctrl alt and
> minus) pressed together will cycle through the modes...
Thanks for the suggestion. Alas, ctrl-alt-+ and ctrl-alt-- do nothing at all
on my system. I've made sure that my XF86Config file has multiple modes but
it just selects the first one on the list and I can't get to the others;
that is, when I try "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" all I get is 640x480. I
noticed that the ones you posted went from high resolution to low, but in my
(Xconfigurator-generated) XF86Config they were low to high. My window
manager is Enlighten, if that makes a difference.
--
Please reply by email as well as to the group.
John D. Goulden
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Gnome Manual
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 15:40:13 -0500
Leon en Michael wrote:
>
> It might be a very stupid question, but: I need a GNOME Manual
> I've looked everywere but I can't find one
>
> Arador
>
> P.S.
>
> Don't answer RTFM or look in this dir, 'cause I realy haven't got a manual
The Gnome Help browser---accessed by clicking the ? icon on the
task bar---gives you access to the the Gnome Manual and Gnome
documents.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: Jim Harback <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,redhat.general,netscape.public.general
Subject: Re: and the web was silent . . . . .
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 23:02:04 +0200
Jesse,
You need to follow "in detail" the directions given for your specific
sound card in /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sound.
Good Luck,
Jim
Jesse Drogin wrote:
> I do not get any web sounds and I need the audio to complete my total
> web experience that I so desparately long for.
>
> I am running RedHat Linux 6.2 with Netscape Navigator 4.7
> The sound card is installed, and I do indeed hear sounds from desktop
> events. I have to admit the sound quality is very poor and the volume
> is extreemly low, but I do hear some sounds. Unfortunately, I do not
> hear any sounds on the web. Mostly I have been listening for sounds
> from java applets (like yahoo Chess) with no fullfillment.
> I am very new to Linux (I just installed the OS 2 days ago) so any idea
> would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks, Jesse Drogin
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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