Linux-Misc Digest #938, Volume #25 Tue, 3 Oct 00 23:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: PPP and routing. ("Lavinius (Romio) Petru")
Re: Fonts in XWindows (newbie) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Fonts in XWindows (newbie) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Segmentation Fault --- HELP! (Donald Arseneau)
Re: so what do I do with my spare modem bandwidth? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: boot panic when removing second hard drive (David Efflandt)
Re: Disable booting message? (Mandrake 7 User)
Re: kppp (Dances With Crows)
Re: irq problems? (Dances With Crows)
Re: wine and bassiliskII (asage)
Re: Monitor goes blank after undetermined amount of time. (David Efflandt)
PATH ("John Fu")
Re: Help me make my linux box speak up. (Dances With Crows)
Re: slow? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "Lavinius (Romio) Petru" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: PPP and routing.
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 11:38:59 +1000
nahhhhhhh... just add this line to /etc/ppp/options
defaultroute
that should be it .. I hope
here is mine
# General configuration options for PPPD:
lock
defaultroute
noipdefault
modem
/dev/ttyS0
57600
crtscts
usepeerdns
passive
asyncmap 0
name "userofisp"
oh and in /etc edit resolv.conf and add
nameserver 0.0.0.0
where 0.0.0.0 is your ISP namerserver
I run Slack7 but I guess its not that much diff then Debian
John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Bill Unruh writes:
> > Check /etc/sysconfig/
>
> No such directory in Debian.
>
> > Why do you have proxy-arp? It will not work in your situation.
>
> It is on by default in /etc/ppp/options. It won't do anything but
generate
> that error message. It does no harm.
>
> > Yup, it sure is. somehow, and it is completely mysterious how, you have
a
> > default route attached to lo.
>
> He probably said yes when asked if he was on a network in the install and
> responded with 127.0.0.1 when asked for his IP.
> --
> John Hasler
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler)
> Dancing Horse Hill
> Elmwood, WI
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Fonts in XWindows (newbie)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2000 01:41:21 GMT
In comp.os.linux.x Jim Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dammit, i'm having to retype this letter (damn mail server) so please
> forgive me if i forgot anything
> I'm running a celeron 533, 128 ram, and using an ATI all in wonder 128 (RAGE
> 128)
> Slackware linux version (the newest one whatever it is, 7.something i think)
> and the X that came with that (i beleive it was the newest 3.x before the
> 4.whatever).
> i selected my video card from the list in xf86config, and i chose the
> X_SVGA (maybe spelt that way) server that that selection suggested.
> i finally got X working, but when i start it, the fonts are missed. if i
> start it with xinit (it starts with only 1 term window open) the fonts are
> messed in that. My keyboard setup i correct because i can run my programs,
> even thought i can't see what i'm typing or doing.
> If i run startx (loading GNOME), ALL the fonts are messed up. every one of
> them. and its not even a consistent messed up. it's as if something is
> corrupted, because it looks like my computer is trying to play barcode
> warrior. All the fonts show barcode lookalikes. IF i type the same thing
> twice, it'll look different. if i click a dropdown menu, its messed, if i
> click it again, its messed a different way. The only thing which mnesses up
> is the font. the display otherwise is great. graphics, windows, etcetcetc.
> Thanks in advance,
> Jim
The 3.3.6 server distributed by XFree86 was faulty when it came to the Rage 128 cards.
There is a good rpm from Mandrake for the Rage 128 cards available somewhere out
there.
To install that package you'll have to install RPM if you don't already have it.
However, my first suggestion would be to upgrade to XFree86 4.0.1 since there is *much*
better support for the Rage 128 cards under the 4.0.* series than in the 3.3.* series.
Adam
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Fonts in XWindows (newbie)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2000 01:42:52 GMT
BTW, feel free to e-mail me if you need more help with your card.
Adam
In comp.os.linux.x [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In comp.os.linux.x Jim Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Dammit, i'm having to retype this letter (damn mail server) so please
>> forgive me if i forgot anything
>> I'm running a celeron 533, 128 ram, and using an ATI all in wonder 128 (RAGE
>> 128)
>> Slackware linux version (the newest one whatever it is, 7.something i think)
>> and the X that came with that (i beleive it was the newest 3.x before the
>> 4.whatever).
>> i selected my video card from the list in xf86config, and i chose the
>> X_SVGA (maybe spelt that way) server that that selection suggested.
>> i finally got X working, but when i start it, the fonts are missed. if i
>> start it with xinit (it starts with only 1 term window open) the fonts are
>> messed in that. My keyboard setup i correct because i can run my programs,
>> even thought i can't see what i'm typing or doing.
>> If i run startx (loading GNOME), ALL the fonts are messed up. every one of
>> them. and its not even a consistent messed up. it's as if something is
>> corrupted, because it looks like my computer is trying to play barcode
>> warrior. All the fonts show barcode lookalikes. IF i type the same thing
>> twice, it'll look different. if i click a dropdown menu, its messed, if i
>> click it again, its messed a different way. The only thing which mnesses up
>> is the font. the display otherwise is great. graphics, windows, etcetcetc.
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Jim
> The 3.3.6 server distributed by XFree86 was faulty when it came to the Rage 128
>cards.
> There is a good rpm from Mandrake for the Rage 128 cards available somewhere out
>there.
> To install that package you'll have to install RPM if you don't already have it.
> However, my first suggestion would be to upgrade to XFree86 4.0.1 since there is
>*much*
> better support for the Rage 128 cards under the 4.0.* series than in the 3.3.*
>series.
> Adam
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From: Donald Arseneau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Segmentation Fault --- HELP!
Date: 03 Oct 2000 18:46:57 -0700
"Sccoaire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I finally reinstalled the libc rpm and reboot the machine. When I type top,
> or ps, I get segmentation fault,
Perhaps "ldconfig", as root.
Perhaps you installed a different version of the library than yor
programs were compiled for.
DA
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.windows98,comp.dcom.modems,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: so what do I do with my spare modem bandwidth?
Date: 4 Oct 2000 01:45:04 GMT
In comp.dcom.modems Dan Jacobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dudes, in a previous post (Re: so what do I do with my spare CPU cycles?) We
> saw many suggestions for useful way to put my spare cycles to work.
> Apparently decoding for alien radio signals is the fad at the moment [SETI
> project].
> Now I would like to turn to spare modem connect time.
Set up an ftp server.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: boot panic when removing second hard drive
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 02:04:58 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 03 Oct 2000 20:13:21 +0200, pip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>I would like to get rid of my second hard drive, but when I physically
>remove this drive (with winnt on it) and try to reboot linux (which is
>on the second hard drive), I get only 1 and 0 at boot time (I boot with
>the same floppy disk).
>Can someone tell me how to proceed properly?
What is wrong with this picture? You remove your 2nd drive and then you
try to boot to your 2nd drive, which is not in the computer.
If in fact you are removing your 1st drive and properly jumpered your
2nd drive as a single drive on the first ide channel, you would first have
to make a boot floppy using rdev to tell Linux which partition is the new
/ and modify /etc/fstab for the new partition locations. But that has to
be done before you remove the other drive.
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From: Mandrake 7 User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Disable booting message?
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2000 01:56:44 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Beggar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> How to disable the booting message during system startup?
>
> Dicky
>
>
Excellent question, and many, many Linux users would be grateful for the
solution. I would love to hear it myself. You won't get it on this
newsgroup though, which is dominated by nonthinking fools who are either
to much religiously hooked on any default-configuration which they are
afraid to break (including totally pointless ones such as the boot
message which can easily be read from file anyway with a boot disk if
something goes wrong), or are such irrational haters of MS-Windows and
Macs that they detest anything which works better on those systems, such
as a clean startup screen.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: kppp
Date: 4 Oct 2000 02:15:10 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 03 Oct 2000 19:30:05 -0000, frasermac wrote:
>I'm trying to get a connection using kppp, but whenever I start kppp I get
>the error message:
>
>pppd is not properly installed
>
>The ppd binary must be installed with the SUID bit set. Contact your
>system administrator.
Did you look at the above error message? Seems like there's a problem
with permissions somewhere. Did you try looking at the kppp and pppd
executables? Did you take a look at kppp's documentation, where this
problem is explicitly addressed?
(Hint: chmod 4755 `which kppp` as root should help a lot. Or, old
versions of kppp combined with new kernels show this message due to a
bug in kppp. Just hit "OK" if that's the case, and go get a newer kppp
from ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/ .)
>/etc/resolv.conf is missing.
>Can anyone tell me what might be wrong as I've tried installing pppd from
>disk as per instructions
When you start kppp, Setup->Accounts->Edit Account->DNS will let you
enter your DNS numbers, and /etc/resolv.conf will be generated
on-the-fly whenever a ppp connection is made. You can create the file
yourself if you want, though.
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Workin' in a code mine, hittin' Ctrl-Alt
http://www.brainbench.com / Workin' in a code mine, whoops!
=============================/ I hit a seg fault....
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: irq problems?
Date: 4 Oct 2000 02:15:12 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 03 Oct 2000 14:47:34 -0400, asage wrote:
>Sorry if this has been covered before (ad nauseum even).
>I finally got my 3com modem working - yay. Now my Wacom tablet won't
>work. Previously, when I installed the Wacom, I lost the modem. So it
>must be an irq conflict, right?
>I tried the configuration in Win. Linux seems pretty reluctant to use
>it. hah. I tried using an unused irq (05). I tried using a very
>explicit setserial command (setserial /dev/ttyS3 uart 16550A port
>[0x02E8] irq 03) and put it in the rc.local file. No dice.
[[snipp]]
>My modem is on
>ttyS0, irq 4. The computer's AMDK6II400, Ali motherboard (I know, I
>know), wheely mouse, Wacom tablet, genuine Soundblaster 16, 2 hdd, 2 cd
>(that's a challenge for another day).
Plenty of info, but where is the Wacom tablet? Do you have 2 serial
ports on this machine? Is this an internal or external modem?
If you have 2 serial ports and an external modem, plug the modem into
one and the Wacom into the other. The serial driver should pick up
everything and no fiddling with setserial should be needed. If this is
an internal modem and you only have one serial port, you've got a
problem, because the first real serial port is generally supposed to use
IRQ 4 and I/O 0x3f8. Changing the parameters for the real serial port
with setserial is often impossible--would it be possible to configure
the internal modem to use a different ttyS device, IRQ, and I/O? Or
alternatively, use the motherboard's BIOS to move the serial port? (a
few might let you do that.)
If you do have 2 serial ports and you have the Wacom plugged in to the
second one, the device is /dev/ttyS1 (not S3, even if DOS thinks it's on
COM4) and it uses IRQ 3 by default. No conflicts there!
ALi chipsets are not necessarily evil. However, if you bought this
machine from Gateway and the motherboard has integrated video, throw the
motherboard out if you suffer from unexplained crashes/freezes in Linux.
They had wretched quality control on a lot of their AMD systems.
Also, why is having 4 IDE devices a challenge? They should Just Work.
Elaborate, please....
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Workin' in a code mine, hittin' Ctrl-Alt
http://www.brainbench.com / Workin' in a code mine, whoops!
=============================/ I hit a seg fault....
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From: asage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: wine and bassiliskII
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 22:14:23 -0400
well, I can't say about wine, but for BasiliskII you can get more info and
links from the official site:
http://www.uni-mainz.de/~bauec002/B2Main.html
or you could always check Sourceforge :)
A. Sage
Ramin Sina wrote:
> Does anyone know when the version 1.0 of wine and/or basiliskII will be
> out?
> Thanks,
> Ramin Sina
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Monitor goes blank after undetermined amount of time.
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 02:20:43 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 03 Oct 2000, Jeff H <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I've recently installed RH6.0 for the first time, and I'm having a problem.
>After a period of time, greater than 2 hours, and less than 12 hours, the
>monitor will no longer come back on with keyboard or mouse activity. I am
>logged on with my user level account into Gnome (don't know version #, whatever
>is default with RH6.0) when this happens. The only way I've found to get my
>system back is to reboot.
Is the LED on your monitor green or amber?
>It is set up as my IP Masq machine. I can get to the internet on my Win box and
>the apache service is still running when this occurs, so I know the machine
>itself is running ok.
Can you still telnet into it? If so, (or after rebooting) does
/var/log/messages give any clue what happened (you will have to 'su -'
from telnet to see that file).
>Here's the specs on it: AMD K6/2-300, 128megs ram, 16Meg Creative Labs RivaTnT,
>hooked to a Nokia 447xPro monitor, resoultion is set to 1600X1200, 32bit, 75 mhz
>refresh, two 3com NICs, a Sound Blaster 16-SCSI2, and a partridge in a pear
>tree. Kernel version is 2.2.17, not sure of which options to include here.
>
>Anyone know how to stop thise from occuring?
>
>Jeff
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From: "John Fu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PATH
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 13:29:27 +1000
I am kind of new to Linux, but I have read on www.linuxnewbie.org about
setting the path variables in the .bash_profile and the /etc/profile
files...
It says that whatever path I wanna add to the PATH, all I have to do is just
put in a ':' and then put in whatever path I want to put in.
I am trying to set my java compilers in the path, which is held in
/usr/java/jdk1.3/bin
So in the PATH line, which is something like:
PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
I have put added my java path as follows:
PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin:/usr/java/jdk1.3/bin
I have done this in both the .bash_profile and /etc/profile, but even if I
put in this line, and try to access the compiler through the command
"javac", bash still gives me the statement as if the path is not set! Can
someone please give me some insights of how to do this? And yes... I have
double checked the path where the java files are held, as well as closing
the console and opening it again, I've even tried rebooting the computer!
And still no good..
Please... give me an answer soon.
John.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Help me make my linux box speak up.
Date: 4 Oct 2000 02:33:37 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 04 Oct 2000 01:21:42 GMT, Al wrote:
>I installed Gentus linux on my machine and it's running great. Except
>that the sound card was not recognized duirng the installation. How
>can I go about installing/configuring my sound card?
>Any assistance will be deeple appreciated.
http://linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Sound-HOWTO.html might be a good starting
point. If you have the "sndconfig" program installed, use that... it
seems to work very well in most cases. Finally, you could post the
exact make and model of your sound card to this NG (open the case up and
look at the actual card; WinXX's Device Mangler lies like a rug wrt
sound cards in many cases) and someone will most likely be able to give
you a step-by-step guide.
It's usually pretty simple; "modprobe $MODULENAME" works if you know
what MODULENAME to use. Then you edit /etc/modules.conf to make the
change permanent. See the HOWTO mentioned above for lots more info.
HTH, bonne chance.
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Workin' in a code mine, hittin' Ctrl-Alt
http://www.brainbench.com / Workin' in a code mine, whoops!
=============================/ I hit a seg fault....
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: slow?
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2000 02:25:15 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Jeph Herrin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> down while halting the machine). the video card has 1MB,
> not a lot, but it shouldn't make the machine crawl (should it?).
I have Mandrake 7.1 on three machines, a 450MHz K6-2 with a fairly new
(by my standards) video card (an ATI<I forget what>) with 16M of RAM, a
P166 with an on-board mach 64 based video systam, and a P166 with a
really old 1M Cirrus-Logic based video card.
The K6 is quite snappy running KDE, much nicer than my SPARC 20 at work.
This is my primary machine at home.
The P166 with the on-board card is noticably slower, but still good
enough. It's the desktop machine in my workshop at home.
The other P166 is my server (web, news, mail, samba, printer, dhcp for
when I bring my work laptop home), and while I do occasionally log in on
the console and run X based apps under KDE, it's a real dog for that
use. You can actually see the text repainting in xterms when you move
them, or when a program blinks the text as a "visual bell".
Both P166 machines have 64M of RAM, the K6 has 256M (good for vmware,
and when debugging a program witf "electric fence").
I blame the video card, as both P166 machine feel about the same when I
log in over the network and X back to the K6. For a server it does not
matter though, I doubt I ever upgrade.
I'd try a newer video card before giving up.
--
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=================== http://www.buchanan1.net/ ==========================
"I think one general rule of software design is that you should be
writing a program that you want to use." -Eric Allman
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