Linux-Misc Digest #818, Volume #25 Wed, 20 Sep 00 16:13:05 EDT
Contents:
Re: End-User Alternative to Windows (Brian V. Smith)
Re: fsck help (D G)
Re: SCSI tape drive problem w/ RH 6.1 (Harshal)
Re: Services: Intalling/startup? (-ljl-)
Re: fsck help ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: virus found after a fresh installation ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux and Windows versioned Email Client (David Dorward)
Re: Is there a WIndowmaker Sound HOWTO (Jan Schaumann)
PPP/internal modem setup ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Getting X (XF86Config) to working on a Dell Inspiron 3200 ("Andrew N. McGuire ")
Re: Linux and Windows versioned Email Client ("David ..")
Re: SCSI tape drive problem w/ RH 6.1 (-ljl-)
Problem with fopen under RedHat 6.2 (Doug Dodson)
Re: Forwarding Linux mail to MS SMTP/Exchange server ("Axel Scheepers")
Re: PPP/internal modem setup (Rob Clark)
Re: Problem with fopen under RedHat 6.2 (Kaz Kylheku)
VNC on Redhat 6.2 (Miscarriage)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brian V. Smith)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: End-User Alternative to Windows
Date: 20 Sep 2000 17:40:39 GMT
In article <8q8t84$rp5$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
|> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
|> jabali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
|>
|> > You are mixing up hardware with software. All operating system
|> software are
|> > proprietary (excepting Linux of course) - single source product.
|>
|> Not true. Originally most operating systems were free, and came with the
|> source code.
Really? Which ones were those that came with the source code?
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glass is half empty. To the engineer, the glass is twice as big
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From: D G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: fsck help
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 10:43:14 -0700
Leonard Evens wrote:
>
> D G wrote:
> >
> > I had my first crash resulting in file system corruption today. After
> > running fsck, the /home/lost+found directory contains a file "#20422".
> > I looked at the file and found out that it was my netscape bookmarks
> > file. I looked at my netscape bookmarks file and found out it had some
> > other data in it. So naturally, I copied the file "#20422" over my
> > bookmarks file and everything works fine (at least everything I've
> > checked so far). Now I can't delete the file "#20422" out of the
> > lost+found directory. Is there something special I need to do?
> >
>
> Try the following. While in the lost+found directory do
> rm \#20422
> If that doesn't work, try
> rm ./#20422
Fixed: I forgot to check the directory permissions. I guess regular
users can't delete a file they own if they don't have write permission
to the directory.
>
> > Also, occasionally fsck complains about dtimes on inodes or something
> > like that and fixes them automatically. Is this something to worry
> > about? (I was going to cut-n-paste the messages, but apparently they
> > aren't making it into the logs.)
>
> It is probably nothing to worry about. As a result of one of the
> recent package upgrades---I can't remember which--- the first time
> you reboot, you get an error message, and when you reboot, fsck
> is run and fixes the file system with exactly such a message.
> Subsequently all is well. It might be worth determining just
> what precitates the problem in your case.
I should have mentioned that it occurs when the computer locks up and I
have to reboot, forcing fscks on all the file systems. I run a lot of
experimental stuff, so hardware resets are all too frequent. (What's
the magic key for sync again ?-)
I'm concerned that even though the dtime error sounds benign, it might
actually be slowly corrupting the file system.
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From: Harshal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: SCSI tape drive problem w/ RH 6.1
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 17:57:08 GMT
[...]
> > Do I have to use '/sbin/mkinitrd' to generate a new ramdisk image?
>
> I still don't understand just when the scsi host adapter module
> is loader. Clearly if you are going to boot from a SCSI hard
> disk, you will have to load something first to access the drive.
> You can't rely on the kernel using the module before it is loaded.
> But it would seem overkill to use an initial ramdisk if you don't
> need it. If someone can explain exactly what happens in each
> circumstance, it would be interesting.
The hard drive on this machine is not SCSI. The only SCSI device is the
tape drive.
On a different machine where this setup works fine, /var/log/messages
has this;
kernel: scsi : 0 hosts.
kernel: scsi : detected total.
kernel: md.c: sizeof(mdp_super_t) = 4096
kernel: Partition check:
kernel: hda: hda1 hda2 < hda5 hda6 hda7 hda8 hda9 hda10 >
kernel: RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
kernel: autodetecting RAID arrays
kernel: autorun ...
kernel: ... autorun DONE.
kernel: EXT2-fs warning: checktime reached, running e2fsck
kernel: VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
kernel: (scsi0) <Adaptec AHA-294X Ultra2 SCSI host adapter> found at PCI
15/0
kernel: (scsi0) Wide Channel, SCSI ID=7, 32/255 SCBs
kernel: (scsi0) Downloading sequencer code... 374 instructions
downloaded
kernel: scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI)
5.1.20/3.2.4 /3.2.4
kernel: <Adaptec AHA-294X Ultra2 SCSI host adapter>
kernel: scsi : 1 host.
which leads me to believe that it uses the RAMDISK to load the drivers.
I guess running /sbin/mkinitrd and re-booting would work but I don't
want to do this before understanding the effects.
Thanks,
Harshal
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From: -ljl- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Services: Intalling/startup?
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 18:03:37 GMT
In article <po6y5.29567$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Dirk Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm developing for multi-platforms.
>
> In Win32, there are registry entries or NT Service entries to
> manage the automatic startup of a (service) program when the os loads.
If you're running Red Hat or a derivative see "man 8 chkconfig".
chkconfig - updates and queries runlevel information for system
services
Other distribution may have a similar command; try "man -k services".
Also, look in "/etc/rc.d/init.d", your distribution might have
scripts that allow you to start, stop, ... services like this:
echo "Usage: sendmail {start|stop|restart|status}"
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: fsck help
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 18:16:08 +0100
D G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
> I had my first crash resulting in file system corruption today. After
> running fsck, the /home/lost+found directory contains a file "#20422".
> I looked at the file and found out that it was my netscape bookmarks
> file. I looked at my netscape bookmarks file and found out it had some
> other data in it. So naturally, I copied the file "#20422" over my
> bookmarks file and everything works fine (at least everything I've
> checked so far). Now I can't delete the file "#20422" out of the
> lost+found directory. Is there something special I need to do?
No. All lost+found does is store files that have been "unattached" from the
filesystem. If you can correctly identify what the file is, and move it back
to its correct place and name, there's no need to keep the #<number> file
anymore.
In fact, if you use mv rather than cp, the point is moot, cos the #<number>
file will be removed anyway.
> Also, occasionally fsck complains about dtimes on inodes or something
> like that and fixes them automatically. Is this something to worry
> about? (I was going to cut-n-paste the messages, but apparently they
> aren't making it into the logs.)
I think dtime means "delete time"?
If it contains a zero dtime, it shouldn't matter if it's cleared.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: virus found after a fresh installation
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 18:20:12 +0100
Frank X.M. Cheng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
> A really weild thing. I did a fresh installatio of RH6.2. New Computer box.
> New CD Media and Boot disk. When I finish installation and reboot the
> machine, it alert me that there is a virus found in boot sector. Gosh. Where
> does it come from?
LILO.
You have BIOS virus detection enabled, and it detected a change to the boot
sector and just assumed it was a boot sector virus. It wasn't. It was just
LILO modifying the boot sector to allow it to boot linux.
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From: David Dorward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux and Windows versioned Email Client
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 19:28:42 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Does anyone know of a good email client that has
> Linux and Windows versions? I know about
> Netscape, but I am looking for a stand alone
> email client. I have a Linux PC and a Windows PC,
> and I want put my email on a server and access it
> from either PC.
Any web mail script from http://www.cgi-resources.com/ should do it.
I think running an IMAP server will let you access mail with
Outlook/Lotus on Win and mutt on Linux, but don't quote me on it.
--
David Dorward
http://www.dorward.co.uk/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jan Schaumann)
Crossposted-To: news.software.readers
Subject: Re: Is there a WIndowmaker Sound HOWTO
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 18:48:24 GMT
On 20 Sep 2000 17:25:54 GMT, Andrew Purugganan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Jan Schaumann ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>[ "Andrew Purugganan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>[ P.S.: A sig-delimiter is "-- " and NOT "--".
>
>Thanks for the tip, bu tthis is the public library freenet! I can't seem
>to find the file where that double-dash thingie is! Or how to change it!
>Grrrr! (not at you)
>It winds up in my mail AND newsgroup postings. But my .signature file
>doesn't have it. I'll go check on pinerc or something...
Aren't you using tin (your header says so)? AFAIK, tin sets the correct
delimiter.
Xpost &Fup2 nsr
-Jan
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It would be illogical to assume that all conditions remain stable.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: PPP/internal modem setup
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 18:44:36 GMT
I am trying to setup a PPP on Linux 6.1 on my Gateway system with
internal modem. My problem is that I am unable to get the dial tone for
the link setup. The dialing volume is set to high.
I checked the system using setserial, both on ttyS0 & ttyS1. ttyS0 gives
me UART as 16550A and ttyS1 tells me that the UART is unkown. I am not
sure if this information is correct because I am able to connect to the
ISP from Windows 98. Also the Windows system information tells me that
the modem is set on COM2.
Pls. tell me what could be the problem.
Thanks
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From: "Andrew N. McGuire " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Getting X (XF86Config) to working on a Dell Inspiron 3200
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 13:55:37 -0500
On Wed, 20 Sep 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] quoth:
> Getting X (XF86Config) to working on a Dell Inspiron 3200 Notebook?
>
> Will I got it working but it looks very bad. can someone please send me
> a good XF86Config file?? or help me out
>
Don't ask that question, it is a ~VERY~ bad idea to use someone
elses XF86Config file. Besides you will miss out on the immense
feeling of satisfaction when you finally do get it working for
yourself. However if you need some ~IDEAS~, you may want to look
at:
http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/jcb35/linux/i3200.html
Regards!
anm
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux and Windows versioned Email Client
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 13:52:47 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Does anyone know of a good email client that has
> Linux and Windows versions? I know about
> Netscape, but I am looking for a stand alone
> email client. I have a Linux PC and a Windows PC,
> and I want put my email on a server and access it
> from either PC.
I use qmail and imap
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From: -ljl- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: SCSI tape drive problem w/ RH 6.1
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 19:02:53 GMT
In article <8qatp7$5t7$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Harshal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[...]
> kernel: RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
...
> kernel: <Adaptec AHA-294X Ultra2 SCSI host adapter>
> kernel: scsi : 1 host.
>
> which leads me to believe that it uses the RAMDISK to load the
> drivers.
>
> I guess running /sbin/mkinitrd and re-booting would work but I don't
> want to do this before understanding the effects.
This should not be a problem. It is my understanding that if you
boot with a SCSI drive you need to go the initrd route so the kernel
can read the drive; but like Leonard I have an IDE drive and only use
SCSI for my DAT.
I suggest that you create a kernel with built-in support for the
following SCSI stuff:(/usr/src/linux/.config)
"CONFIG_SCSI=y", "CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST=y","CONFIG_SCSI_your-adapter=y".
Red Hat, et al, lock "st" into memory because some tape drive go
crazy when it is unloaded.
cat /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit
...
# If a SCSI tape has been detected, load the st module unconditionally
# since many SCSI tapes don't deal well with st being loaded and
unloaded
...
In view of this a production system should have _all_ SCSI support
built-in, IMHO.
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From: Doug Dodson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Problem with fopen under RedHat 6.2
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 15:12:49 -0400
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Hi,
I was away on vacation and might have missed any responses to this...
We are trying to port some code over to a Linux PC running RedHat 6.2.
Compilation of the code is fine, however when we run, we get a
segmentation fault on one of our fopen calls. We seem to be able to
pass through the code once, but on the second iteration, we get the
fault. This code is being ported from a Solaris machine where it ran
fine. Here is the output of "gdb sfg core". We are just wondering if
this is a known bug or if anyone has seen behavior like this before.
Thanks for any help:
GNU gdb 19991004
Copyright 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you
are
welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain
conditions.
Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for
details.
This GDB was configured as "i386-redhat-linux"...
Core was generated by `sfg x w0000001.txt w0000002.txt w0000003.txt
w0000004.txt w0000005.txt w0001000'.
Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
Reading symbols from /lib/libc.so.6...done.
Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.2...done.
#0 0x40074709 in chunk_alloc (ar_ptr=0x40109d60, nb=184) at
malloc.c:2763
2763 malloc.c: No such file or directory.
(gdb) where
#0 0x40074709 in chunk_alloc (ar_ptr=0x40109d60, nb=184) at
malloc.c:2763
#1 0x400745ce in __libc_malloc (bytes=176) at malloc.c:2696
#2 0x4006d83b in _IO_new_fopen (filename=0xbfff9cdc "w0000002.txt",
mode=0x8054708 "r") at iofopen.c:42
#3 0x804c8f0 in oratag ()
#4 0x8049e60 in main ()
#5 0x400339cb in __libc_start_main (main=0x8048b0c <main>, argc=992,
argv=0xbfffb954, init=0x80487d8 <_init>, fini=0x8053a5c <_fini>,
rtld_fini=0x4000ae60 <_dl_fini>, stack_end=0xbfffb94c)
at ../sysdeps/generic/libc-start.c:92
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From: "Axel Scheepers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Forwarding Linux mail to MS SMTP/Exchange server
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 20:05:53 +0200
You'll have to install sendmail or postfix for that, you can configure it to
send its mail through to a smtp server.
Actually I'running postfix since it got installed (boring reason) but it
works fin for me. All I had to do was to configured it properly for my ISP.
Gr,
Axel
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreef in bericht
news:8qan4c$u0t$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I have a Linux machine which is (unfortunately) trapped in a MS Windows NT
> environment. I need to forward e-mail from the Linux box to an Exchange
> client (or SMTP), so it can be distributed to other users on the Windows
net.
>
> My question is this: what should the .forward file on the Linux machine
look
> like? I tried many combinations, including my Exchange (Outlook)
username--
> both with a fully-qualified domain name and without; I tried a straight IP
> address, I tried an external Internet address, and I tried several other
> wacky guesses. Nothing worked, and MS SMTP is just stuffing them into a
> queue "for later delivery". Hello?
>
> There are plenty of posts in this group about doing things similar to
this,
> but I can't find any clear-cut answers... any help is appreciated.
>
>
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Subject: Re: PPP/internal modem setup
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Clark)
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 19:41:15 GMT
In article <8qb0id$9k1$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am trying to setup a PPP on Linux 6.1 on my Gateway system with
>internal modem. My problem is that I am unable to get the dial tone for
>the link setup. The dialing volume is set to high.
>
>I checked the system using setserial, both on ttyS0 & ttyS1. ttyS0 gives
>me UART as 16550A and ttyS1 tells me that the UART is unkown. I am not
>sure if this information is correct because I am able to connect to the
>ISP from Windows 98. Also the Windows system information tells me that
>the modem is set on COM2.
>
>Pls. tell me what could be the problem.
Newer Gateway systems come with 3Com/USR winmodems unless you paid extra.
Please see http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
Rob Clark, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kaz Kylheku)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: Problem with fopen under RedHat 6.2
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 19:48:41 GMT
On Wed, 20 Sep 2000 15:12:49 -0400, Doug Dodson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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Please don't post MIME to Usenet discussion groups. Say, haven't you been
reminded about this about a hundred times already?
>Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
>Reading symbols from /lib/libc.so.6...done.
>Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.2...done.
>#0 0x40074709 in chunk_alloc (ar_ptr=0x40109d60, nb=184) at
>malloc.c:2763
>2763 malloc.c: No such file or directory.
>(gdb) where
>#0 0x40074709 in chunk_alloc (ar_ptr=0x40109d60, nb=184) at
>malloc.c:2763
>#1 0x400745ce in __libc_malloc (bytes=176) at malloc.c:2696
>#2 0x4006d83b in _IO_new_fopen (filename=0xbfff9cdc "w0000002.txt",
> mode=0x8054708 "r") at iofopen.c:42
Your program has corrupted the dynamic memory heap, which fopen() uses in order
to allocate the stream structure. Perhaps your program called fclose() or
free() on the same pointer twice or wrote beyond the boundaries of a dynamic
object. This is not a Linux or glibc issue, but your own buggy programming.
Just because a program dies in the middle of a library function doesn't meant
that the library has a defect.
There exist semi-automated ways to debug for this sort of problem, e.g. by
linking the ElectricFence library to your program. man efence
Also read the C programming FAQ: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/top.html
Especially section 16, and questions 7.19 and 18.2.
Question 7.19
My program is crashing, apparently somewhere down inside malloc, but I
can't see anything wrong with it.
Question 18.2
How can I track down these pesky malloc problems?
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From: Miscarriage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: VNC on Redhat 6.2
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 19:58:04 GMT
Greetings!
I am trying to setup a VNC server on a redhat 6.2 box. I decided that
every time I connect, I want to get a graphical login, so I can choose
which window manager to run at each session.
I tried using gdm, by editing the /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf file to
include the following lines, under the [Servers] section of gdm.conf
1=local /usr/local/bin/Xvnc :1 -geometry 800x600 -depth 8 -rfbwait
120000 -rfbport 5901 -fp
/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/ -cc 3 -co
/usr/lib/X11/rgb
(Note: the awkward spacing is just because of my news program)
I figured that this configuration would launch Xvnc, located in
/usr/local/bin/ with the options specified, when gdm loads. When I
did this, I lost my console graphical login, and it did NOT launch
Xvnc, as planned. So I decided to use kdm/xdm instead. I reinstalled
redhat 6.2 and selected the "KDE Workstation" install instead.(I know
I could have enabled kdm/gdm by editing /etc/sysconfig/desktop to
include the line "DESKTOP="KDE", but I just wanted to start fresh.)
So... after the "KDE Workstation" installation was complete, I did the
following:
(I decided to try to run two vnc session at once, because I figured it
would be easier to troubleshoot.)
1.) Edited the /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers file to include:
1: local /usr/local/bin/Xvnc :1 -geometry 800x600 -depth 8 -rfbwait
120000 -rfbport 5901 -fp
/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/ -cc 3 -co
/usr/lib/X11/rgb
2: local /usr/local/bin/Xvnc :2 -geometry 800x600 -depth 8 -rfbwait
120000 -rfbport 5902 -fp
/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/ -cc 3 -co
/usr/lib/X11/rgb
2.) Edited /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config file to include:
DisplayManager._1.setup: /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_1
DisplayManager._2.setup: /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_2
3.) Copied the etc/X11/Xdm/Xsetup_0 script to Xsetup_1 and Xsetup_2
I then rebooted the machine, to restart the X server, and see what
would happen. What happened was I lost the graphical login at the
console, and the console displayed the following:
20/09/00 11:58:17 Xvnc version 3.3.3r1
20/09/00 11:58:17 Copyright (C) AT&T Laboratories Cambridge
20/09/00 11:58:17 All Rights Reserved
20/09/00 11:58:17 See http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc for further
info on VNC
20/09/00 11:58:17 Desktop name 'x11' (localhost.localdomain.com:2)
20/09/00 11:58:17 Protocol version supported 3.3
20/09/00 11:58:17 Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5902
switching back to runlevel 3
A HA! I got Xvnc running! but lost the graphical login on the
console, and for some reason it only launched the second Xvnc session,
and not the first. I proceeded over to the terminal(the machine I
want to connect to the vnc server with) to try to connect to the vnc
server. Volia! A graphical login prompt appeared(more specifically
kdm). And I logged in, and messed around a bit. Then when I logged
out, it didn't pop me back into the graphical login prompt like it
should, it just sat there with that goofy X windows X cursor, and that
thatched background.
Just for grins, I setup xdm to launch 10 sessions, and found that it
launched sessions: 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3, but not 2, not 1, and not
0(console).
I tried the xdm configurations on Slackware 7.1 and got it to work
flawlessly(not ONE problem, I love slack). and I also got it to work
flawlessly on Mandrake 7.0.
So the problems are
1. Why can't I get it to work using gdm?
2. Why does it only give me only one of the two sessions?
3. Why does it take away the graphical login at the console?
4. When I logout on the one session, why doesn't it give me the
graphical login prompt again?
If you can offer ANY assistance, I would greatly appreciate it, and it
would make you a better human being to help another human being out.
;-)
Thank you for your time,
Craig F.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
P.S. take out the .no.spam.you.bastards. for my correct e-mail
address. :-)
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