Linux-Misc Digest #89, Volume #25 Sun, 9 Jul 00 17:13:02 EDT
Contents:
DNS ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: /boot - necessary as separate FS? (Robert Jones)
why can i telnet as root on one but not on another? (jellybeesh)
Re: MP3 TO WAV (Penpal International)
netscape's font size(s) (der chef als normalbenutzer)
Re: @home port scanning ("Victor")
Re: ZIP100, imm.o, ppa.o, Debian (Krzys Majewski)
No Carrier - 3Com ISDN TA (JoeB)
Installation Help (Pucayal)
sock (wally)
Re: X display garbled - SiS 5597/5598 - any fix? (bullwinkle)
Re: sis 6326 (bullwinkle)
Re: Installation Help (Dances With Crows)
Re: is there a port to windows media player? (Lee Mahan)
Re: ZIP100, imm.o, ppa.o, Debian (John Hasler)
Re: ZIP100, imm.o, ppa.o, Debian (Dances With Crows)
BALSA: Problems setting up non-root account ("Lloyd Llewelyn")
Launching Mozilla M16 from desktop ("Lloyd Llewelyn")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: DNS
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 19:05:11 GMT
I recently got a DSL connection to the Internet (woo hoo!!!) and
immediately after the guy left after installing it on my Win98 box, I
pulled it and put it on my Linux Box (was RedHat, now's Mandrake 7.1). I
got IP Masquerading up and running fine and I can do all the net stuff
from any of the four machines connected to the Linux machine. The only
problem I've run into is with DNS. I had DNS working fine before the DSL
stuff. I can ping the Linux machine via its IP address, but not via its
name. Same with all the other machines on the network. This is keeping
Samba from running correctly. My question is this. Is there a clear-cut
guide to setting this up in plain elglish? The ADSL connection is on
ETH0 and the internal connection is ETH1. Any help would be greatly
appreciated.
Thanks,
-Sam
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From: Robert Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: /boot - necessary as separate FS?
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 14:22:27 -0500
Todd Knarr wrote:
> In comp.os.linux.misc
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Robert Jones
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > The strange thing I noticed is that if I mount only hdc6, I have a /boot
> > directory that contains stuff related to my old (2.2.5-15) kernel but none
> > of the new stuff. However, if I mount only hdc1, I find all of the same
> > files *plus* vmLinuz-2.2.14 and vmLinuz-2.2.16. Obviously, a normal boot
> > from the hard drive loads the kernel from hdc1, else I wouldn't be running
> > 2.2.16 right now.
>
> Probably what happened was that you either had /boot as a normal directory
> and not it's own partition at some point, or you restored a backup that
> included /boot. That would leave those files in the /boot directory on
> hdc6. When you mount /boot from hdc1, it overrides and replaces the contents
> of the /boot directory on hdc6 with what's on that partition on hdc1.
> You should be able to clear out the /boot directory on hdc6 without
> causing any problems. Do not remove the /boot directory, though, it has
> to be present as a mount point for hdc1.
Thanks for the answer.
I'll go one step beyond simply clearing out the /boot directory. I'll create another
directory, mv everything from /boot into it and
verify that everything still works correctly. If it does, the files will join
honorable ancestors; if not, I should have an escape
route.
BTW, after thinking about it awhile, I think I know how the files came to be in /boot.
Last November, I copied everything from my
old 4 gig drive that was getting flaky onto my new drive. I haven't specifically
checked, but there's a chance I 'magpied' the
Hard-Disk-Upgrade mini HOWTO.
Regards
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From: jellybeesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: why can i telnet as root on one but not on another?
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 19:30:04 GMT
i have 2 linux machine
both have the same /etc/securetty entries
(ie. tty1 - tty8)
but i am able to telnet as root on one but not the other.
what modifications should i make on the one that does not allow
"root telnet"
please be specific of the entries.
still a newbie.
many cheers
Beesh
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From: Penpal International <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: MP3 TO WAV
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 21:36:36 +0200
with xmms
Gotzon Berrojalbiz wrote:
>
> I've just installed a Linux distribution in 486 and i have to work with
> the shell, because X-WINDOW goes very slow.
> So the problem is that I would like to know how to convert mp3 files
> into wav, I mean, which exact comand I have to use to convert them.
> THANKS
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Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 20:38:34 +0200
From: der chef als normalbenutzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: netscape's font size(s)
hi, folks,
as far as i know there is a config statement (to prefs.js? liprefs.js?)
which sets the minimal font size, e.g. for messanger windows, or web
pages with tiny fonts, resp., but i once missed to write a little
note... and now, after having reinstalled linux again, i can't remember
that statement at all. can you help me out? thanks!
yours siggi
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From: "Victor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: @home port scanning
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 19:43:31 GMT
The problem was that @home did not restrict upload speeds and thus people
who ran servers deteriorated performance for the rest of the people on the
network. Now they restrict uploads to 128kbps so running servers should not
be that much of a deal since you can't get more upload bandwidth then 128.
HTH.
Victor
"Doug O'Leary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> says...
> > Hi,
> > my @home provider has been known to port scan machines once in a while
to
> > make sure that no one is running things like web and ftp servers.
>
> Sorry for reincarnating an old thread; however, I just saw this one. Why
> would @home care if you're running a web server on your home machine?
>
> I'm doing exactly that same thing; I have a web page
> (http://people.ce.mediaone.net/dkoleary) which simply redirects the
> browser to my linux box. That gives me a *whole* lot more space, freedom
> to do with the web as I want. I don't remember ever hearing that
> Mediaone has similar restrictions - sure hope not...
>
> Has @home ever explained the restriction?
>
> Doug
>
> --
> -------------------
> Douglas K. O'Leary
> Senior System Admin
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Krzys Majewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ZIP100, imm.o, ppa.o, Debian
Date: 9 Jul 2000 20:06:46 GMT
BTW, I've forgotten the procedure for doing a low-level
format of a disk, can someone remind me?
-chris
> /dev/sdc? Er, ZIP disks are partitioned, so sdc shouldn't give you
> anything at all unless you've formatted the ZIPs yourself and made them
> incompatible with just about every other ZIP drive setup in existence.
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From: JoeB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: No Carrier - 3Com ISDN TA
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 21:25:49 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello All,
I am using 3COM ISDN Terminal Adaptor (TA), with RH 6.2. I can
communicate with the TA but for some reason I am unable to dial out. I
get an error in /var/log/messages saying "No Carrier". What could
possible be wrong? I can receive calls on the TA and in Windoze I can
make calls. Am I missing something? Any help or pointers will be
appreciated.
Many Thanks.
Joe B.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pucayal)
Subject: Installation Help
Date: 09 Jul 2000 20:30:05 GMT
I'm trying to install Red Hat Linux 6.2. When I get to the screen where I get
to select installation (Workstation, Custom, etc.) and click next, I get the
following error message: An error has occured - no valid devices were found on
which to create new filesystems. Please check you hardware for the cause of
this problem.
I partitioned my drive in to C and D. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
-A.C.P. Jr.
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From: wally <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: sock
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 20:30:04 GMT
how do i configure socks to work on my linux box? (redhat 6.1)
I have downloaded a copy and saved it in my '/etc' directory (socks-linux -
src.tgz)
I run the 'make'(without any arg)command ,I get an error message.
Could someone pls tell what steps and commands i need to use to compile it
?.
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From: bullwinkle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: X display garbled - SiS 5597/5598 - any fix?
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 20:30:06 GMT
Avinash Chopde; wrote:
>
>
> I have a PC with onboard SiS display - using the 5597/5598 chips.
>
> According to Xfree86 3.3.6 documentation, this chips is supported
> by that release, but when I try anything, I get a screen with some
> graphics looking correct, but text is all sold black rectangles.
> The mouse also does not work - could not even make gpm work in
> linux shell mode.
>
> Before I give up on this and wipe out my Linux partitions and
> give them back to Windows - does anyone have anything else I can try?
> The mouse and display (in 16bit color, 1024x768 mode) does work
> in Windows 98, so it must just be a matter of driver support or absence
> of driver support in Linux...?
>
> --
> Avinash Chopde
> e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> home page: http://www.aczone.com/
>
I had the same trouble using a Diamond Speedstar A50 (agp, 8meg, SiS
6326 chipset) . I was running RedHat 6.1. The problem was solved by
adding a couple of options to the /etc/X11/XF86Config file. For a list of
options go to http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.5/SiS3.html#3 I needed "noaccel",
"no_linear", and "no_bitblt". Different video controllers may need
different options, even for the same chipset, so you may need to use trial
and error. Some options with some video controllers will render X
unreadable at all, so make a backup of your X config file, and be prepared
to go to text mode to change it back if things don't turn out.
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From: bullwinkle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: sis 6326
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 20:30:05 GMT
Peter R. Schmitt wrote:
>
>
> Greetings, gang. Got a little problem here. Perhaps someone has some
> experience in this arena.
> I finally seduced a buddy of mine to take the plunge and install Slack 7
> on his formerly Windominated system that I helped him build.
> He's got an amd k6-2 300 on an asus somethingorother motherboard with
(and
> here's the kicker) an SIS 6326 agp 3d pro video card.
> He wants to do it all himself. (I trained him well.) Which is WAY cool.
> Unfortunately, he doesn't realize his cluelessness level. Which is bad.
> He has virtually no DOS experience, despite acquiring an MCSE (with no NT
> hands on, incidentally) so he is just now appreciating the power of the
> command line. I got him started with mc, and that just blew him away.
> Anyway, now that we have some context established, here's the deal:
> He can't get X working right with his card. Searching for references
> to it on deja mostly turn up stuff from asia and the former soviet bloc,
> none of which we can read.
> Does anyone who reads and writes _english_ have this card working with a
> non-pcchips motherboard, and what gyrations were required?
> I don't want to cheat him of experience. I just want to drop a few hints.
> His symptoms seem to be that X comes up, but when he invokes a menu of
> any kind, he can't see the menu text. I think he may not have his RAM
> size right in his XF86Config file, but since I haven't seen it, I can't
> be sure. I sent him on over to slackware support, who sent him to the
> same exact page (info for SIS users) at xfree86.org that I did.
> Ideas, guys?
> Pete.
>
> --
> - Nobody moves very much in a Hanna Barbera cartoon! - Zorak
> - Kids! Lusers! If I context switch any faster, my brain is gonna burn
up!
> - Prschmitt at yahoo dot com .
>
Your friend has chosen well. Installing linux with the SiS6326
chipset is an excellent choice for a command line virgin. He should learn
much about XFree86 and an editor of his choice. I had the same trouble
with a Diamond Speedstar A50 (AGP, 8meg, SiS6326 chipset) when I installed
RedHat 6.1. The mainboard was one of Shuttle's Spacewalker models, with a
Celeron 400. Text in Xterminals and some of the pop up windows (such as
those that pop up when adding a printer through printtool) was displayed as
a rectangular block. I think Slackware support has him on the right track.
I solved my trouble by adding a couple of the options found at
http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.6/SiS3.html#3 to the "Device" section of the
configuration file. I'm not sure what the file is named in Slack's
distribution, in RedHat it is /etc/X11/XF86Config. I checked that option
"noaccel" was un-commented and added options "no_linear" and "no_bitblt".
Different video cards with the SiS6326 may need different options. I also
suggest cautioning your friend to make a copy of his file and be prepared
to go to text mode after starting X, as some of these options with some
video cards will render X totally unreadable.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Installation Help
Date: 09 Jul 2000 16:48:21 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 09 Jul 2000 20:30:05 GMT, Pucayal
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>I'm trying to install Red Hat Linux 6.2. When I get to the screen where I get
>to select installation (Workstation, Custom, etc.) and click next, I get the
>following error message: An error has occured - no valid devices were found on
>which to create new filesystems. Please check you hardware for the cause of
>this problem.
>I partitioned my drive in to C and D. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
First, how is this drive attached? IDE or SCSI? Both should work, but
there may be problems if the IDE device is plugged into an add-on Ultra66
interface such as a Promise card. Do a search on this NG for "Promise
66" if that's the case; many people have had this problem and been able to
work around it.
Second, partitioned using what, exactly? If the disk is partitioned into
2 MS-DOS partitions, there's no space to create Linux partitions. Fire up
DOS FDISK and delete the second partition if that's the case, I guess.
This shouldn't happen; Redhat's installer should fire up the partition
mangler at some point and allow you to repartition your disk.
Third, you will have a bit of a hard time if you don't have any free space
under the 8G limit. Redhat's installer will complain if you don't create
a / or a /boot partition that's completely under cylinder 1024, since even
the latest Redhat didn't ship with the new LILO that makes the 8G limit
obsolete. /boot doesn't have to be large; 10M will be plenty for
it. HTH,
--
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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lee Mahan)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: is there a port to windows media player?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 20:50:13 GMT
How did you guess? <g >
On Sat, 08 Jul 2000 19:17:09 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (C.J.) wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>(Mike Frisch) wrote:
>>On Sat, 08 Jul 2000 18:14:19 GMT, C.J. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>Why? The sound quality of .asp sucks seriously.
>>
>>Perhaps, but there are plenty of .asp only sources on the net. My local
>>radio station only supports Windows Media Player which leaves me high and
>>dry in Linux.
>
>Yeah, I have to conceed on that one. My favorite local radio station also
>only uses .asp format. Wonder why so many ppl are using .asp when the sound
>quality is so poor. Is MS giving the .asp server away with IIS now too?
Lee
Technology Consultant
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ZIP100, imm.o, ppa.o, Debian
Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2000 19:40:08 GMT
I suggest that you post your question to the debian-user mailing list. Go
to www.debian.org to subscribe.
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Elmwood, Wisconsin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: ZIP100, imm.o, ppa.o, Debian
Date: 09 Jul 2000 16:56:17 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 9 Jul 2000 20:06:46 GMT, Krzys Majewski
<<8kam0m$ev7$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>BTW, I've forgotten the procedure for doing a low-level
>format of a disk, can someone remind me?
fdisk DEVICE (for hard disks and ... well, most ZIP disks!)
mke2fs DEVICE (creates Linux filesystem; use mkdosfs for DOS)
or
fdformat /dev/fd0XXX (only for floppies)
mkdosfs /dev/fd0XXX (DOS=lowest common denominator, readable
anywhere, reccommended for floppies!)
If you really want to, you can skip the fdisk step for your ZIP disks and
just mke2fs /dev/sdc, but it will be interesting/frustrating for other
folks to use those disks. Just a word of warning.
As for "which aliases the kernel expects" in /etc/conf.modules, I don't
know for sure. SuSE at least shipped with a reasonably complete and
well-documented with comments /etc/conf.modules; using that and a bit of
trial and error, I figured many things out.
--
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: "Lloyd Llewelyn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: BALSA: Problems setting up non-root account
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 20:59:33 GMT
When running Balsa as root, everything works as expected - but when I try
a regular user account, I experience the following:
The first time I run it, I get a series of dialogs that collect user
information, etc. On the third dialog, I'm asked "verify locations of
your default mail files" - I accept the defaults, click next, and then I'm
presented with an empty dialog, except for the next/back/cancel buttons
(next is disabled).
I suspect this is a permissions problem - can anyone help?
Thanks
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From: "Lloyd Llewelyn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Launching Mozilla M16 from desktop
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 21:01:30 GMT
I've created a launcher that points to the mozilla executable, but when I
double-click, it doesn't launch the browser.
Does anyone know how to fix this?
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