Linux-Misc Digest #427, Volume #25 Sun, 13 Aug 00 03:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Dreamweaver port for Linux? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Can not wearch website?! ("sammi")
Re: LILO malfunction ("Jeff Muse")
Re: Attn: Bob M (Bob Martin)
how and where do I get linux? (Noe Nieto)
Re: KPPP Question (MaryP)
powerd best / sola upses networking ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
RE: Attn: Bob ("Skip Adams and Leslie Adams, M.H.")
Re: Can not wearch website?! (jeff)
Re: how and where do I get linux? (jeff)
Samba, fstab and passwords ("Doug")
Re: how and where do I get linux? (Fester)
Re: very slow, any ideas? (alex)
Re: Allowing all users to access and write to a partition (brian moore)
Re: KPPP Question (E J)
Re: how can i drive sound card on MicroStar 6309 ? (E J)
imwheel autostart (vanepelw)
Re: Best Linux Distribution (E J)
Red Hat 6.2 can't detect my FAT32 partition:(
Thank You (N/A)
Re: What would cause disk thrashing while idle? (alex)
Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship. (John Hasler)
Re: Red Hat 6.2 can't detect my FAT32 partition:( (Prasanth A. Kumar)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Dreamweaver port for Linux?
Date: 12 Aug 2000 19:49:42 PST
Does anyone know if Macromedia has any such plans?
Dreamweaver is an incredibly good program, but
I think it only runs on Windows and Mac at the
moment.
--
Neil
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From: "sammi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Can not wearch website?!
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 10:47:15 +0800
I'm a new user for Linux. Currently, I have a problem with to view the
wedsite. It's sound strange because my system can detect my modem but when I
use Netscape to search the particular website then it will pop up a message
like "Unable to locate the server nam(eg:http://www.hotmail.com) comand
check it and try again. Somemore like hosts are unknown and some of the
hosts unreachable.
And I need to be online ASAP. Your help is much appreciated. Thanks.
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From: "Jeff Muse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO malfunction
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 21:24:36 -0700
Hope you made a boot disk, 'cuz you're gonna need it. Boot off your floppy
and look at /etc/lilo.conf.
When LILO hangs at LI, that means that it lost the secondary boot loader,
which should be /boot/chain.b, or maybe /boot/boot.b - I don't know which RH
uses. This secondary boot loader is what reads and uncompresses the kernel.
It should be listed in the first section of /etc/lilo.conf and say something
like install = /boot/boot.b. If it doesn't, that's why LILO can't find the
secondary loader.
If it does have the install line, then about the only thing you can do is
make a separate boot partition - about 10 MB is plenty - and copy everything
in /boot over to it. Then edit /etc/lilo.conf to reflect the new location of
the boot image and type "lilo" at a command line. You should get some sort
of a message reflecting the changes you made. Then try rebooting off your
hard drive, and it should work. Sometimes your problem happens with an older
BIOS, so this could be a sign you need to upgrade.
Good luck.
Jeff Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I am really not sure what this is, but I have seen it on multiple
> occasions:
>
> the computer boots and says "LI" instead of "LILO:" and you can't do
> anything. I think you can take a distribution cd and fix it by doing an
> upgrade of nothing, but there has to be a better way. Is GRUB a better
> option? I think Mandrake 7.1 uses it. Right now I am using RedHat 6.1.
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff Davis
>
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From: Bob Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Attn: Bob M
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 03:18:26 +0000
"Skip Adams and Leslie Adams, M.H." wrote:
>
> Thanks for the reply Bob. I tried to get to /var/messages/ and it said that
> permission was denied. I don't know how it can deny the root but it is. I
> seem to have done something with the settings in that it says the root last
> logged in under tty1.. I did go into some area looking for tty's the other
> night and now that is what the computer thinks I am.. I guess.. I don't have
> a clue what I have done but am reading the manual.. Now to make things
> worse, I can't seem to get into BIOS. I have installed BootMagic and
> PartitionMagic and can't return to bios.. The com 1 port works under Win95..
> That is how I get back on the net to post here. But, I understand that might
> be the case under a new OS ie Linux. If you have any ideas about what I have
> done to get this tty thing started and how I can turn it off. I am all ears.
> Thanks again
> Skip
tty1 is perfectly normal, that is just the last console you logged onto,
has nothing to do with the serial devices ttySx. You're looking for a
file called /var/log/messages or try typing the command 'dmesg' at the
console prompt.
If you can't get into your BIOS I would say your machine is hosed. I do
remember something about some compaq models that stored part their BIOS
on the HD, something like BM or PM might hose them. When you boot the
machine you should get a message telling you what key sequence to press
to enter setup ( BIOS ) , many use the delete key of F2
--
Bob Martin
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From: Noe Nieto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: how and where do I get linux?
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 03:29:47 GMT
hello :
I�m a windows user and i want to change my system, i tried to download
the caldera system open linux at their ftp server but some times my system
don�t understand the format of the files.
please i really thank information about getting started on linux.
P.D. I live in mexico, so my english is not the best sorry :-)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (MaryP)
Subject: Re: KPPP Question
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 22:32:44 -0600
In article <8n4npg$aqm$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Lvis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am new to Linux, I am trying the WinLinux 2000. The kppp seems to dial and
> logon to my ISP OK, but from there the Netscape that was packaged with the
> OS gives me error messages that it cannot find the server for the page I am
> trying to load.
> I have tried many attempts at configuring the dialer, but still Netscape
> cannot find any servers.
I have not used WinLinux, but when I had this problem it meant the file
/etc/resolv.conf did not contain my ISP's DNS server numbers. If you do
not know how to edit files by hand, first try to find where in WinLinux
those numbers should have been entered in the graphic user interface, and
be sure to put them in.
MP
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: powerd best / sola upses networking
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 03:45:25 GMT
Hi all
I'm trying to configure powerd 2.0 to work with my sola 520 ups. As far as I
can tell the sola 520 is a best power ups of some kind.
I can get the best checkups advanced ups monitoring software working under
linux. But I want to use powerd 2.0 so I can use its network notification
feature to tell my other linux machine about power status.
Has anyone got a working powerd.conf that works with their best or sola ups?
Regards Nick
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From: "Skip Adams and Leslie Adams, M.H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: Attn: Bob
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 22:55:41 -0500
Thanks for the clue on the /var/log/messages. That is what I typed and got
back a "permission denied" <8-<.. As for the BIOS mess.. I have never NOT
been able to get in.. on any computer that I have owned or any that I have
fixed for other folks. I think that it is boot magic that is keeping the
option to enter BIOS out of the picture. The machine wakes up and goes out
to feel the peripherals takes count and then jumps directly to the boot
option. I have tried F2 and DEL. I have also tried some others that I have
used in the past to get into BIOS. The not so funny thing here is that I
have never had to go into BIOS on this machine. I am thinking about
uninstalling BM and see if I can get to BIOS after that. I tend to think
that your are right about a conflict at the BIOS level. IF that is the case.
I might just build up another machine for Linux and the net and just use
this one for writing ( I write fiction and Star Office is the nuts for a
writer) As a point of interest, Rockwell-Collins has changed to Star Office
for all of it's writing of tech manuals. I don't know if you have seen the
data that says Word Perfect looses config after about 150 pages of data and
MS Word looses them at about 200+ pages. That is in one document. I could
save smaller units , like a chapter at a time, but, that is not what I want
to do and besides I really, really dislike using MS stuff. That platform
just keeps eating my lunch and takes all day to do it.
Okay, Bob, I am back into Linux and will try your latest advice.. dmesg. I
will give you a report.
Thanks a lot for the help.
Skip
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (jeff)
Subject: Re: Can not wearch website?!
Date: 13 Aug 2000 04:12:10 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 13 Aug 2000 10:47:15 +0800, sammi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm a new user for Linux. Currently, I have a problem with to view the
>wedsite. It's sound strange because my system can detect my modem but when I
>use Netscape to search the particular website then it will pop up a message
>like "Unable to locate the server nam(eg:http://www.hotmail.com) comand
>check it and try again. Somemore like hosts are unknown and some of the
>hosts unreachable.
>
>And I need to be online ASAP. Your help is much appreciated. Thanks.
>
May be that you're just not pointing to a valid DNS server. Look at
/etc/resolv.con (that's where it is on my system, at any rate). What you
see there should match the DNS server that your ISP makes available (or any
other valid nameserver).
-jeff
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (jeff)
Subject: Re: how and where do I get linux?
Date: 13 Aug 2000 04:19:13 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 13 Aug 2000 03:29:47 GMT, Noe Nieto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hello :
>
> I�m a windows user and i want to change my system, i tried to download
>the caldera system open linux at their ftp server but some times my system
>don�t understand the format of the files.
> please i really thank information about getting started on linux.
>
>P.D. I live in mexico, so my english is not the best sorry :-)
>
Don't sweat the language - your english is MUCH better than my mexican! For
your first shot at Linux, I STRONGLY recommend getting a distribution on
CD-ROM, preferably one with a good intro book attached. Good luck!
-jeff
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From: "Doug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Samba, fstab and passwords
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 14:38:09 +1000
I'm currently mounting some filesystems automatically using samba.
I've specified the username/password in /etc/fstab.
As this is obviously not such a good idea, is there another way to do it, so
that they are automatically mounted?
Thanks,
Doug
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Fester)
Subject: Re: how and where do I get linux?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 05:32:55 GMT
On 13 Aug 2000 04:19:13 GMT, jeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Sun, 13 Aug 2000 03:29:47 GMT, Noe Nieto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> hello :
>>
>> I�m a windows user and i want to change my system, i tried to download
>>the caldera system open linux at their ftp server but some times my system
>>don�t understand the format of the files.
>> please i really thank information about getting started on linux.
>>
>>P.D. I live in mexico, so my english is not the best sorry :-)
>>
>
>Don't sweat the language - your english is MUCH better than my mexican! For
>your first shot at Linux, I STRONGLY recommend getting a distribution on
>CD-ROM, preferably one with a good intro book attached. Good luck!
The book is a really good idea, but if you really can't aford it, go to
www.linuxmall.com (or www.cheapbytes.com), where you can get Linux CDs for
under $2 US.
--
-- Fester
"Anyone can create 'smart' sentences
by using 'one', 'thus', or 'hence'."
-Tomo
"Thus, one is inclined to laugh at
anything Tomo says hence." -Dexter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (alex)
Subject: Re: very slow, any ideas?
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 05:46:01 GMT
On Thu, 10 Aug 2000 19:13:02 -0500, philo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>your pentium 200 is fine...but you will either have to increase your RAM or
>else stay away from Gnome.
>afterstep or fvm should run a bit faster.
>my pentium 150 started running gnome pretty well when i increased my RAM to
>96megs
>Philo
For speed, blackbox is awesome. And it looks cool :-)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (brian moore)
Subject: Re: Allowing all users to access and write to a partition
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 05:50:24 GMT
On 12 Aug 2000 21:43:28 GMT,
J Bland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hmmm, I think there's something along the lines of 5k words in the english
> language. And I know very few of those yet manage to work and communicate in
> such an environment.
You're off by an order of magnitude or two. Though the typical daily
vocabulary is less than 10k words.
Of course, most are stolen from other languages, which is the great
power of English.
The way English works is certainly ugly, with irregularites and
bastardizations galore.... but, then, it also works. The same things
that make English ugly from a linguistic point of view are what make it
so flexible that it can adapt to the modern 'global' world.
> On a very full install of stuff I have 2499 binaries in my paths (plural), a
> huge load of which aren't what you would call 'commands'.
>
> The joy of unix is being able to tie together a few commands you know well
> to do what you want. Compare that with searching through menus to see if the
> application will do what you want, in the way it thinks you should do it.
>
> OT I know, but you don't need to 'know' more than a few dozen commands to
> run a unix box in a day to day environment. If you can't hack that then I
> have to doubt whether such a person could really use a computer at all.
I'll agree with that.
Much like English, the good old command prompt may (from a strict "user
interface" perspective) look as bizarre as English... but there's also
nothing that works as well when you need flexibility.
--
Brian Moore | Of course vi is God's editor.
Sysadmin, C/Perl Hacker | If He used Emacs, He'd still be waiting
Usenet Vandal | for it to load on the seventh day.
Netscum, Bane of Elves.
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: KPPP Question
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 23:09:04 -0700
Lvis wrote:
> I am new to Linux, I am trying the WinLinux 2000. The kppp seems to dial and
> logon to my ISP OK, but from there the Netscape that was packaged with the
> OS gives me error messages that it cannot find the server for the page I am
> trying to load.
> I have tried many attempts at configuring the dialer, but still Netscape
> cannot find any servers.
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> TIA, Mike.
Go back to KPPP and edit your ISP set up.
Enter the DNS entries (primary and secondary DNS) from your ISP.
If you don't know the DNS entries call your ISP for them.
That should solve your problem.
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how can i drive sound card on MicroStar 6309 ?
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 23:12:10 -0700
Post how you tried to compile and the compile errors.
moonese wrote:
> MicroStar 6309 has its sound drive in the CD,but only for Linux Kernel
> version 2.2.12,and my kernel is 2.2.16.
> So it refused to compile.Then i tried to use 'sndconfig',but failed to find
> what kind of chip via is using.I didn't
> want to use Oss,is there any other way? If you encounted the same
> problem,can you help me out ?
>
> my email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: imwheel autostart
From: vanepelw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 23:09:56 -0700
I am trying to figure out a way to automatically use my scroll
wheel in kde functions whenever i start my kde session. i use
imwheel. as root, it is no problem, because i just put a link to
imwheel in the autostart folder, but as a normal user, its not
that simple. does anyone know of a way to start imwheel
automatically as a standard user??
Thanks in advance.
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Best Linux Distribution
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 23:14:47 -0700
Cullmann wrote:
> Ok, it is no easy question, but which distribution is the best in your eyes.
> I search one that works well with GNOME.
>
> Thanks
Pick any distribution and get the latest GNOME from www.helixcode.com.
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Red Hat 6.2 can't detect my FAT32 partition:(
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 06:29:45 GMT
I have win98 and RHL 6.2 . I have a FAT16 and a FAT32 and of course EXT2 .
I have a lot of data on my FAT32 but I can not access it with Red Hat . I
don't know what to do . Please help me .
Pouria
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From: N/A <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Thank You
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 06:29:47 GMT
i know i have been asking several questions on here very frequently and i
would like to thank ALL who helped me through this answering my questions,
especially those who told me how to get my windows back, etc, etc, etc.
thank you.
P.S. sorry for the multiple posts. :-)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (alex)
Subject: Re: What would cause disk thrashing while idle?
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 06:45:47 GMT
On 12 Aug 2000 13:06:01 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Purugganan)
wrote:
>Tony Lawrence ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>[ Andrew Purugganan wrote:
>[ >
>[ > Kousik Nandy ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>[ > [ On 11 Aug 2000 02:13:25 GMT, Andrew Purugganan wrote:
>[ >
>
>[ Have 'em look to see if you are logged in and reschedule
>[ themselves (with at) if you are?
>
>being a home PC+casual linux user I am always logged on in 4 VCs (one
>gui, 1 root, etc)
>Is there a way (thru scripting) to determne if the box is REALLY busy
>with someone at the controls?
Why don't you just "nice" the updatedb? That should give your tasks
priority over the cron jobs. Check out man nice for details.
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship.
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 02:49:04 GMT
Andrew Halliwell writes:
> Nothing wrong with Commies...
Whether or not one approves of "Commies" is irrelevant to the fact that
neither Gnu nor the GPL have anything to do with them.
> Or are you still one of the brainwashed MacKarthey-ites?
Is that an original misspelling of McCarthy, or did I somehow overlook a
"movement" in the last forty years or so?
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, Wisconsin
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Subject: Re: Red Hat 6.2 can't detect my FAT32 partition:(
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Prasanth A. Kumar)
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 06:58:15 GMT
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have win98 and RHL 6.2 . I have a FAT16 and a FAT32 and of course EXT2 .
> I have a lot of data on my FAT32 but I can not access it with Red Hat . I
> don't know what to do . Please help me .
> Pouria
<snip>
What have you done so far than indicate so? Did you try mounting it as
a partition of type 'vfat'?
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Prasanth Kumar
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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