Linux-Misc Digest #202, Volume #25 Sat, 22 Jul 00 04:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: Problem with missing RAM (Bob Martin)
Re: just wondering.. ("David ..")
Re: Sawfish not working on Current Gnome (Gordon Gilbert)
Re: Installation nightmare (Madrake & Red Hat) ("Sean")
Re: netscape windows (Gordon Gilbert)
Linux Proxy Client? (Mike Pepera)
Re: Linux & free ISPs (jack)
Re: Linux & free ISPs (jack)
netscape windows (Ron Nicholls)
Re: Linux dialing up to a NT server (peter)
Re: Graphics cards - what currently has the best support in Linux? (Dances With
Crows)
Ensoniq Sound Problem (Serial # 19781010)
new to linux
Re: Lilo broken??? (David Steuber)
Re: Linux Proxy Client? (David Efflandt)
Networking/Ethernet help, can't ping neighbooring PC ("Brian Davis")
Re: Networking/Ethernet help, can't ping neighbooring PC ("Peter C")
Re: Linux RamDisk - performance (benno)
Re: Networking/Ethernet help, can't ping neighbooring PC (Akira Yamanita)
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From: Bob Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem with missing RAM
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 03:09:10 +0000
Frank James Wilson wrote:
>
> I've just installed SlackWare 2.2.16 on my brand new DualPIII i800Mhz
> machine.
> I also installed a nice 396mb of ram, however on 64mb show up?
> I heard someone mention something about Lilo having something to do with
> this, and
> that I should look at the lilo config, but so far I havn't been able to make
> sense of this..
>
> So, suggestions on how to remove my missing memory is great appreciated!!
>
The lilo config is one way to do it. I have also been successfull by
turning off the power management in the BIOS. This may work depending on
the BIOS and if you do not need power management enabled.
--
Bob Martin
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: just wondering..
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 22:01:30 -0500
Dirk Reckmann wrote:
>
>
> Well, I'm a little bit surprised, but you're right. The kernel contains
> only about one and a half million lines:
>
> DeepThought:[linux]> find \( -name \*.c -o -name \*.h -o -name \*.S \) \
> > -exec cat {} \; | wc --lines
> 1562922
That's kind of big isn't it?? Mine only has 92499 lines in it with a
custom built kernel.
--
Confucius say: He who play in root, eventually kill tree.
Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
ID # 123538
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From: Gordon Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sawfish not working on Current Gnome
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 23:22:24 -0400
Aaron Ginn wrote:
>
> Gordon Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I just upgraded last night to the current Gnome (1.2.4) and Sawfish
> > won't work anymore. I had just upgraded to the latest Sawfish a
> > couple of days ago, replacing Sawmill on my Linux Madrake 7.1
> > install and it worked fine until I upgraded Gnome last night. I
> > tried removing it and reinstalling it, but it won't start. I get
> > "can't open Sawfish" errors. It won't work if I try to use Sawfish
> > without Gnome any more either. :(
> >
> > I even tried compiling the src RPM, but it says:
> >
> > configure: error: You need rep-gtk version 0.13+
> >
> > The thing is that I have version 0.13a-1mdk already. I don't know
> > why it thinks my version is older than that. I'm not sure it would
> > make much difference anyways. I downloaded the latest mandrake
> > build of Sawfish (yes there's been another one in the past week) and
> > it doesn't work for me either.
> >
> > When I upgraded Gnome, I used the Helix auto-install routine, if
> > that matters any. Does anyone have any idea what may be wrong or
> > something to try to get it to work again? Thanks. (I'm using IceWM
> > right now in Gnome, which still works and so does Englightenment).
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Gordon
>
> Gordon,
>
> I did exactly the same thing just three nights ago. I couldn't get
> Sawfish to work either. I went into the window managers menu in GNOME
> Control Center and I had sawfish selected. Strangely enough there was
> an entry for sawmill also (these are the same window manager). I
> selected sawmill instead of sawfish and when I restarted X, everything
> worked. You might try this.
Sawmill isn't the same window manager, exactly. It's an older
version (they changed the name around May). So, if you're using
Sawmill, then you're using the older window manager. That one
crashed on me when I clicked on Netscape's address book in a reply
to a message. I removed it completely (so it's not there anymore at
all) and replaced it with the latest Sawfish.
I basically spent most of the day trying to get this to work and I
finally did and the solution was really too simple. I ran
helix-upgrade. It reported a fix for sawfish (don't ask me why it
didn't install that right from the start during the main install
since that fix is a couple of weeks old). Actually, I ran into a
problem there too. It said it needed BC and quit right in the
middle of the install (actually it didn't install any of the
upgrades). I downloaded BC and installed it and then ran the
upgrade again and it installed fine and has been working properly
ever since.
I also ran into a problem with the Midnight Commander File Manager.
My icons weren't appearing properly and trying to change them woudl
crash the desktop and cause it to reload. I found Mandrake just
released a patch fix for that in their cooker section. I downloaded
that and it works fine now too.
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From: "Sean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,alt.os.linux.madrake,ahn.tech.linux
Subject: Re: Installation nightmare (Madrake & Red Hat)
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 03:22:26 GMT
This is correct, it is a font problem. I should have read the error message
more closel but I saw what seemd to be a new system and lah, de, dah, de,
dah ...
Most likely, though, the fault lies with the X Font Server.
Change to directory /etc/rc.d/init.d and run:
./xfs start
Make note of any error messages.
nicodemus caine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8laflq$j9j$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Dafydd Prichard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted thusly...:
>
> [i'm being crossposted, i found this in
> alt.os.linux.mandrake]
>
> > Couldn't Load
> > XKB Keymap, falling back to pre-XKB Keymap
> > _FontTranSocket Unix Connect: Can't connect error + 111
> > Failed to set default font
> > path 'unix/:-1'
> > Fatal server error:
> > could not open default font 'fixed'
> > try changing some parameters
>
> this is a fonts issue.
>
> for some reason the metacharacter 'unix/:-1' fails to
> resolve [i never could figure out *why* but i *did* manage
> to trace the path of the metacharacter, for what it's
> worth...] - in the /etc directory [or X11 directory, for
> that matter] there *may* [or may not] be a standard
> XF86Config file...what you want to do is simply get the
> fontpath section and stick it into the place where the
> metacharacter is, remembering to get rid of the
> metacharacter as you go...this may fix yoru problem. [i've
> spent about four days battling with this myself...well, more
> like two months...]
>
> if you don't have a default XF86Config then you *may* want
> to try re-installing x from your installation cd [it may
> still fail, but at least you'll get the XF86Config
> file...which is really what you're after.]
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --> [EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> [old url: www.geocities.com/westhollywood/village/4551 ]
> [there must be something good, far away, far away from here]
> [soundgarden, boot camp, down on the upside]
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>
>
>
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From: Gordon Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: netscape windows
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 23:23:42 -0400
"Andrew N. McGuire" wrote:
>
> On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, Ron Nicholls quoth:
>
> [] Why is it possible to resize Messager and Composer
> [] windows with the corner drag, but not Navigator
>
> I have no problem resizing navigator with the a
> 'corner drag', if I understand what you mean.
Me either. I just wish you could scroll the subject pane using the
scroll wheel in the messenger section....
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From: Mike Pepera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux Proxy Client?
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 03:45:20 GMT
My question is, does a proxy client for Linux exist???
I have a Linux machine which connects to the internet via a Windows 98
machine running WinProxy and a modem. I would like to have full network
functionaliy on my Linux machine, but I have not been able to find a way
to do this. I know that the preferred solution to this problem is put
the modem on the Linux machine and make the Linux machine a
router/proxy/etc
Unfortunately the Linux machine is not anywhere close to a phone jack,
and since I live in an apartment at school, I can not add another one
near my computer since I will be vacating this place within the month.
Any suggestions and help is most appreciated.
Michael Pepera
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: jack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux & free ISPs
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 00:07:18 -0400
Craig McCluskey wrote:
>
> mst wrote:
> >
> > Craig McCluskey wrote:
> >
> > > What the freewwweb page actually says is,
> > >
> > > Freewwweb is now signing up new subscribers through
> >
> > Actually, what it says is:
> > "Freewwweb is proud to announce that we have an agreement with
>
> I just went to www.freewweb.com and was redirected to
> http://www.juno.com/about_freewwweb/index.html# .
> It says what I quoted.
> Where did you find what you quoted?
>
It's at what used to be the compulsory home page for freewwweb users,
http://home.freewwweb.com, which now redirects to welcomefw.juno.com.
(..)
> So, we need to find something else. Maybe the Open ISP Project
> at http://open-isp.linuxbe.org/ is a start.
>
Yes, I found it also today, however, it seems to be based in Belgium,
and it doesn't seem they're past the initial idea stage. They do mention
a press release by Corel, on may 31st, promising free internet access to
Linux users (or was it Corel Linux users? or Corel customers? not very
clear).
MST
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From: jack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux & free ISPs
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 00:14:39 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have been reading multiple response about switching to other free isp
> or asking for other ISP that supports linux.
>
> I think that we should move and ask juno free access to linux (with ot
> without banners).
>
> If juno cuts free access to linux users, it means cutting connection to
> freedom. IMHO, we should do something, fight for freedom. Let us make a
> choice.
>
> Any good writer out there? Anyone could post a model letter? Any ideas?
> any comments?
>
Juno is a company - they don't seem to give a damn about anyone's
freedom. What they're interested in is the income they may be deriving
from our connection to the internet through them, and apparently they
don't want the business of Linux users. I doubt they would be interested
to listen if they weren't convinced they could turn it into profit.
Don't blame them too hard - after all, the Open Source/Linux model of
business still has, in the corporate mind, to prove its viability.
MST
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From: Ron Nicholls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: netscape windows
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 14:31:39 -1000
"Andrew N. McGuire" wrote:
>
> On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, Ron Nicholls quoth:
>
> [] Why is it possible to resize Messager and Composer
> [] windows with the corner drag, but not Navigator
>
> I have no problem resizing navigator with the a
> 'corner drag', if I understand what you mean.
I am using enlightenment and gnome and the navigator window
is fixed in size.
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Regards
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From: peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Linux dialing up to a NT server
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 00:14:33 -0400
what sort of authentication is the NT server looking for? my isp is
sending this via an NT server right now with chap.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Graphics cards - what currently has the best support in Linux?
Date: 22 Jul 2000 05:22:26 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 22 Jul 2000 03:39:37 GMT, Jon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Given the plenthora of graphic cards that is out on the market at the
>moment what one(s) is supported the best with Linux at the moment?
Matrox G200/G400. Best 2D performance you'll see, reasonable 3D. If
you want to play Quake3 with a minimum of fuss, you might be better off
with a Voodoo3. If you need something cheap and don't care about 3D,
get an ATi Xpert98.
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin/ That which does not kill us
http://www.brainbench.com / makes us stranger.
============================/ ==Trevor Goodchild
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From: Serial # 19781010 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Ensoniq Sound Problem
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 00:57:59 -0500
To All
The problem I get is that is a error saying that my sound card is out
of range 0-0.
I have and ensoniq Audio PCI.
Has anyone had this problem
Thanks in advance
Eli
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: new to linux
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 06:30:03 GMT
i'm very new to linux-mandrake and so far i liked it a lot but i'm facing
a problem... i installed it and played with it, but my problem was when i
had to restart my computer. when the computer restarted i did not have the
graphical user interphase anymore, but the console. Can somebody tell me
how to switch to GUI since i'm very new to Linux-Mandrake.
thank you..!!
--
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Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: Lilo broken???
From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 06:59:59 GMT
Richard Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
' David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
'
' > Richard Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
'
' > ' Sorry I'm just playing spot the troll this early in the morning.
' > '
' > ' Do I win a prize?
' >
' > No. You were disqualified as soon as you replied. Sorry.
'
' Aw...
'
' Someone remind me of the rules again? ;-)
Only one rule. Don't feed the trolls :-).
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NRA Member | a hoploholic.
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The problem with AI is that it has a mind of its own
--- Devon Miller
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: Linux Proxy Client?
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 07:10:21 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 22 Jul 2000 03:45:20 GMT, Mike Pepera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>My question is, does a proxy client for Linux exist???
You can point your browser at your proxy. But a proxy is usually limited
to certain functions like http and ftp, but nothing else.
>I have a Linux machine which connects to the internet via a Windows 98
>machine running WinProxy and a modem. I would like to have full network
>functionaliy on my Linux machine, but I have not been able to find a way
>to do this. I know that the preferred solution to this problem is put
>the modem on the Linux machine and make the Linux machine a
>router/proxy/etc
You can use a proxy on Linux, but you can do much more by not using one,
and instead just masquerading your LAN as the IP of your internet
connection.
>Unfortunately the Linux machine is not anywhere close to a phone jack,
>and since I live in an apartment at school, I can not add another one
>near my computer since I will be vacating this place within the month.
A 25' phone extension cord. I get a full V.90 connection on mine.
--
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http://www.autox.chicago.il.us/ http://www.berniesfloral.net/
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From: "Brian Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Networking/Ethernet help, can't ping neighbooring PC
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 03:12:09 -0400
Hi,
I'm try to get networking running properly over my 3c509B Ethernet cards. I
have two of them, both in this Linux system.
When I started the Mandrake 7.1 install, eth0 was already physically
installed. I have since then put in a eth1, and plan to do some IP Masq. I
told Mandrake to configure networking, but that didn't seem to do anything.
I am having some problems with eth1. Acutally, I don't know if eth0 works,
because my cable modem is down and I can't test.
eth1 if for my internal network. When I set eth1 up, I do the following:
ifconfig eth1 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
However, when I do a netstat -rn I get the following output (with the
loopback interface left out):
Dest: 192.168.1.0 GW: 0.0.0.0 Genmask: 255.255.255.0 Flags: U Iface: eth1
I then try to ping 192.168.1.2 (another PC connected to the same hub as the
Linux box in question) and I get no response. That GW in the routing table
doesn't look right to me. Shouldn't it be 192.168.1.1? The flags don't
look good either, shouldn't they have a G in there? It is auto configured
by the system when I do the ifconfig command, and I can't seem to get rid of
or change it.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance,
Brian
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From: "Peter C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: Networking/Ethernet help, can't ping neighbooring PC
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 00:22:06 -0700
I used netconf in Redhat 6.2 to get my second nic going. I made the net
device 3c509, and same ip as you have. However, it wouldn't route. When I
looked at /proc/interrupts, I couldn't see the second nic. That was because
it was trying to use the same irq as the first. I went into the bios and
told it to assign a different irq to my first nic, which is pci. now,
having two identical isa nics will prove to be a problem. I have heard
there is a flash util to change the irq of a 3c509, but I haven't found it,
but then again, I didnt need it.
--
Peter
"Brian Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:964250010.2890@sj-nntpcache-3...
> Hi,
> I'm try to get networking running properly over my 3c509B Ethernet cards.
I
> have two of them, both in this Linux system.
>
> When I started the Mandrake 7.1 install, eth0 was already physically
> installed. I have since then put in a eth1, and plan to do some IP Masq.
I
> told Mandrake to configure networking, but that didn't seem to do
anything.
>
> I am having some problems with eth1. Acutally, I don't know if eth0
works,
> because my cable modem is down and I can't test.
>
> eth1 if for my internal network. When I set eth1 up, I do the following:
>
> ifconfig eth1 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
>
> However, when I do a netstat -rn I get the following output (with the
> loopback interface left out):
>
> Dest: 192.168.1.0 GW: 0.0.0.0 Genmask: 255.255.255.0 Flags: U Iface: eth1
>
> I then try to ping 192.168.1.2 (another PC connected to the same hub as
the
> Linux box in question) and I get no response. That GW in the routing
table
> doesn't look right to me. Shouldn't it be 192.168.1.1? The flags don't
> look good either, shouldn't they have a G in there? It is auto configured
> by the system when I do the ifconfig command, and I can't seem to get rid
of
> or change it.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Brian
>
>
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From: benno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux RamDisk - performance
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 09:44:40 +0200
On Fri, 21 Jul 2000 12:30:03 GMT, Alberto
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I am running a set of numerical simulations on a RH6.1 Linux machine with
>256MB of ram (soon to be upgraded to 1GB).
>I create a lot of temporary files and r/w hard disk operations are
>extensive. All these files are deleted after they are used and do not need
>to be saved. At each timestep I create ~50MB of files.
Why using a ram disk and not keeping the tata in lagre storage
variables. This wil save you the overhead of library an kernel code.
I.M.H.O this is in your case a good option.
Benno
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From: Akira Yamanita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: Networking/Ethernet help, can't ping neighbooring PC
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 07:49:31 GMT
Peter C wrote:
>
> I used netconf in Redhat 6.2 to get my second nic going. I made the net
> device 3c509, and same ip as you have. However, it wouldn't route. When I
> looked at /proc/interrupts, I couldn't see the second nic. That was because
> it was trying to use the same irq as the first. I went into the bios and
> told it to assign a different irq to my first nic, which is pci. now,
> having two identical isa nics will prove to be a problem. I have heard
> there is a flash util to change the irq of a 3c509, but I haven't found it,
> but then again, I didnt need it.
>
> --
> Peter
http://support.3com.com/infodeli/tools/nic/3c509/3c5096.1.htm
It's on one of the driver disks. Probably the second one, the
way they re-did the disk distribution. Runs under DOS.
To comment on the routing table though, it looks fine except
that eth0 is missing. Run "ifconfig" with no parameters to
see what interfaces are up.
Also, I'm assuming there's an ifup (or similar) script in
Mandrake. Try "ifup eth1" instead of specifying all of the
parameters using ifconfig. I'd say to check the configuration
files manually if I knew where they were. On my RedHat system,
it's /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-$INTERFACE (where
$INTERFACE if eth0, eth1, etc). Maybe they're the same.
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