Linux-Misc Digest #835, Volume #26 Tue, 16 Jan 01 17:13:02 EST
Contents:
Where I can find an ISO of Debian 1.3 or 1.3.1? (Rudy Taraschi)
Re: help please ("Chip Piller")
Re: What is the community's favorite news reader (and why)? ("Matt O'Toole")
Re: linux 2.4.0 cannot mount root filesystem (Daren Russell)
Re: Is Netscape 6 on Linux more stable than previous versions? ("Matt O'Toole")
let server set the time (John Hunter)
Re: cron jobs aren't running :-( ("Chip Piller")
Help ! I lost some characters in the char table (under console and KDE) ("Emmanuel
Beranger")
Re: Dual Monitor setup problem. Can't start X. (Alex Deucher)
[xcdroast] why does my mouse hangs? (Reiner Griess)
Emacs / Colors / C-Mode (Daniel Smith)
linuxconf error messages ("Gert")
Re: Problem with posting from leafnode (Steve)
Re: Does anyone got Tomcat running on Redhat 7.0 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Does anyone got Tomcat running on Redhat 7.0 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Does anyone got Tomcat running on Redhat 7.0 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Does anyone got Tomcat running on Redhat 7.0 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
How does the following string convert from inetd.conf to xinetd.conf? ("Jesper Yde")
Re: What is the community's favorite news reader (and why)? (Johan Kullstam)
Re: let server set the time (Jean-David Beyer)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rudy Taraschi)
Subject: Where I can find an ISO of Debian 1.3 or 1.3.1?
Date: 16 Jan 2001 20:08:37 GMT
Does anyone know of a site where I can find an ISO image of Debian 1.3
or 1.3.1 (bo)? I have no trouble finding the distributions themselves,
but can't seem to locate an ISO image. I'm trying to install a lean
and mean distro on a dinosaur laptop. Thanks in advance.
--
rudy at see aye ee dot see aye
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From: "Chip Piller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: help please
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 15:12:28 -0500
First make a backup of your existing, working XF86config file.
cp /etc/X11/XF86Config /etc/X11/XF86Config.original
To create a new XF86Config file and change your screen resolution and color
depth you can use the Xconfigurator program. You can start Xconfigurator
directly using command /usr/X11R6/bin/Xconfigurator or you can access it
from the setuptool package using command /usr/sbin/setup.
Hope this helps,
Chip
"Martijn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:uWAB4Y#[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I have just installed Redhat 7.0 on a P-133 48 Mb ram
> and a S3 Trio 64 video card It installed correctly but when I start X I'm
> having a problem the screen flickers especially if something moves I think
> because this is because the Refresh rate of the video card is too high. In
> text mode there are no problems and in Windows (I have a Multi-boot
system)
> neither
> So I would like to know how to change the refresh rate(and the resolution
> and color depth) in X I can't find it in the Gnome control center any help
> would be greatly appreciated BTW do you guys know if there is a
> Linux-version of 3dstudioMax I know there is a Maya for Linux thanks in
> advance
>
>
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From: "Matt O'Toole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What is the community's favorite news reader (and why)?
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 20:16:22 GMT
"Arctic Storm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hmmm,....
> Which version of Netscape?
> Netscape 6.0 is pretty good with newsgroup. Believe it or not, for
> simple reading and posting, Netscape 6.0 is better than Pan.
I still don't like Netscape's screen design or interface. Mostly I use
Knode, which is almost a clone of Outlook Express, but faster and less buggy
for simple tasks. Outlook Express is still probably the best balance
between features and ease of use, but it can be slow and buggy. I don't
need all of OE's features, so I prefer Knode.
Pan is a clone of Agent. It's OK, but I find the interface (of either one)
kind of byzantine.
If you like console programs, slrn is really good.
Matt O.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Daren Russell)
Subject: Re: linux 2.4.0 cannot mount root filesystem
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 19:48:33 +0000
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Steve Connet wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I compiled the kernel 2.4.0. Yes I have modutils 2.4.1.
>
>When I try to boot with the kernel it says something like Kernel
>Panic: VFS: can't mount root .. Use ROOT= as parameter... or something
>like that. I did not compile in automounter or NFS modules. Is that
>ok?
>
>Anyone familiar with this? Here is my LILO.CONF... is it wrong?
>
I had something similiar when I first did a compile.
I was (if I remember rightly) running the reiserfs and (daftly) didn't patch
the kernel to allow reiser, therefore the kernel didn't understand the disk
format and panicked!
Are you running ext3/reiser? If not and at the risk of sounding like a stuck
up prat, did you remove the ext2 filesystem entry or change it to a module?
That's all I can think of, I've not known lilo to cause a kernel problem like
that (though that's not to mean it cannot :)
HTH
Daren
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From: "Matt O'Toole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Is Netscape 6 on Linux more stable than previous versions?
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 20:22:14 GMT
"Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Use Mozilla it's now at .07 and very stable without any of the
> commerical junk that's in Netscape v6.
>
> <www.mozilla.org>
Mozilla is indeed better than Netscape (even though it's officially
unfinished), but I still don't like it as much as the others. The screen
design and interface isn't as good.
Unfortunately, there's a lot of mindless boosterism going on in the Linux
community, with little rigor applied to how good the products really are.
Matt O.
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Subject: let server set the time
From: John Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 16 Jan 2001 20:29:28 -0600
I have a RHL 6.2 machine that uses a Solaris machine as its NIS/NFS
server. I would also like that machine to serve the time. I gather
that some use of rdate is what I want. Could someone tell me what
config files I should modify so that the server serves the time for
the linux boxes?
Thanks,
John Hunter
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From: "Chip Piller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: cron jobs aren't running :-(
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 15:30:48 -0500
Perhaps crond did not get started when the machine rebooted, did you look
for that?
Check the processes running on the machine, "ps ax | grep cron".
To start crond do as root, "/etc/rc.d/init.d/cron start". This or
something similar should work on RH5.x.
Then add crond to your list of services that get started by default during
system bootup.
If that's not it I would probably use rpm to verify the cron package, and
possibly reinstall cron if it has been corrupted.
Hope this helps,
Chip
"John Oliver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> An old machine that's been chugging along for years... looks like it
> rebooted this AM. Since, cron jobs haven't run. I changed /etc/crontab
> a little, touched it, kill -1 the crond PID, etc. with no results. What
> else might kick it in the butt and get it going again? It's an older
> Red Hat, if that makes a difference... probably 5.1 or 5.2
>
> --
> John Oliver, System Administrator http://www.allegiancetele.com
> ConnectNet, an Allegiance Telecom company http://www.connectnet.com
> 6370 Lusk Blvd. Ste F103 (858) 638-2020
> San Diego, CA. 92121 FAX: (858) 623-1505
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From: "Emmanuel Beranger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Help ! I lost some characters in the char table (under console and KDE)
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 21:29:43 +0100
Here is the spot :
I have Mandrake 7.1, with 2.2.17.
I just compiled 2.2.18, because I needed USB support.
I had mentionned the french keytable within the compile process, but
when I launched the kernel, I had lost my french characters (you now,
those with the "accents").
When I type under a console, I get some weird character like a greek
letter or else, but not the proper one.
And under KDE, everything that had an accent in it is now cut before the
incriminated letter !
The problem is : when booting 2.2.17, I have now the same Pb.
What should I look for ?
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Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 15:54:57 -0500
From: Alex Deucher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Dual Monitor setup problem. Can't start X.
You need to edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config(-4) files depending on which X
server you are using (3.3.x or 4.0.x). ATI's tend to not like to be the
secondary display. You may have to go into your BIOS and set the BIOS
to initiallize the ATI first. If the built in adapter is AGP and you
are adding in a AGP ATI card, then they both can't be used together. In
this case the bios should disable the onboard one.
Alex
Arctic Storm wrote:
>
> Dual Monitor setup problem. Can't start X.
> I have Intel D815EEA motherboard that came with integrated video.
> I had RedHat 7 running fine.
> I just installed ATI's All-in-Wonder 128 PCI video card, so I could have
> dual monitor setup.
> I rebooted, and I was presented with an option to configure the new card.
> I screwed up, and now, when I try to power on, I get an error.
> It says something like, "...gdm was already running,...mysteriously
> murdered,..."
> The only way to boot up is to enter runlevel 3, and enter the interactive
> boot up, and disable everything. Then I can log in, but can't start X.
> When I issue the command Xconfigurator, it recognizes the new ATI card, but
> can't finish setting it up.
> Any help would be appreciated.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Reiner Griess)
Subject: [xcdroast] why does my mouse hangs?
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 14:39:23 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
hi there!
i use xcdroast to burn cd's. first i make a cd
raw image and then i burn it. i have a dawicontrol
ultra scsi card, yamaha writer an teac reader.
when i read from cd, my mouse is sticking around.
it isn't possible to move it smoothely. does
anybody know what the problem is?
thank you
reiner
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From: Daniel Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Emacs / Colors / C-Mode
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 09:42:32 -0500
Can someone PLEASE tell me how to adjust the colors of Emacs' C-Mode?
The default ones for, like, variables, are yellow on white. Can someone
please tell me how to change them?
Thanks!
--Dan
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From: "Gert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: linuxconf error messages
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 21:11:23 GMT
Hi,
When activating my changes in Linuxconf I constantly get these messages "The
file /etc/<...> as a revision data in the future. This probably means that
you system time is wrong or has been wrong at some point".
Though, my systemtime is right. What's the problem. What can I do about it?
Thnx! greetz,
Gert.
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From: Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem with posting from leafnode
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 15:30:08 +0000
Karel Jansens wrote:
> >Thanks for the info, Steve, but I'm beginning to suspect either ignorance or
> >[Windows-based] malevolence from my ISP's part.
> >
> >I've now switched to KRN, which can be used as an offline newsreader (the only
> >redeaming factor of what can only be described as "bugware"). If this post
> >doesn't make it, I'll have to start bugging them.
> >
> Well, it's here.
> So it's not my ISP's fault then.
> Frankly, I'm flabberghasted. I upgraded leafnode to 1.9.18, as suggested, but
> it still refused to post my articles.
> I'd stick with KRN, were it not for the fact that I utterly despise it; it's
> the only program that manages to bring my entire system down (no network, so
> telnetting is out of the question).
> Oh well...
>
> Karel Jansens
Another thought occurs... What's your machine name?
If localhost.localdomain, your upstream provider might not accept
that in a message number... though come to think of it, leafnode
should only assign a message number if your newsreader doesn't...
I don't know about Netscape 4.x, but NS 3.x assigns a message ID
based on what you're using as an e-mail address. Look at the
headers of this message, for instance.
Post a message to leafnode, then examine the headers. The
outgoing message will be in /var/spool/news/out.going. Then
examine the headers from the messages you've posted which *have*
made it through. That should provide a clue.
--
Steve Ackman
Glass Host, Arts & Crafts http://www.delphi.com/crafts
Metamorphosis Glassworks Page http://twovoyagers.com/metamorphosis
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Does anyone got Tomcat running on Redhat 7.0
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 21:27:52 GMT
Which version of java do you have install?? I am having some issues.
If you can help please email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Can you please send me the RPMS
> >
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Does anyone got Tomcat running on Redhat 7.0
> > > >
> > > > Please email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > >
> > > > Sent via Deja.com
> > > > http://www.deja.com/
> > >
> > > I do:
> > >
> > > $ rpm -qa |grep tomcat
> > > tomcat-3.2-1
> > > tomcat-mod-3.2-1
> > > tomcat-manual-3.2-1
> > >
> > > I am not running in production mode, just to test servlets and
> > > jsp's. Works fine.
> > >
> > > Got a problem?
> > >
> > > Bob L.
> > > --
> > > Robert Lynch-Berkeley CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com
> > http://www.deja.com/
>
> Download them from:
>
> http://www.falsehope.com/ftp-site/home/gomez/tomcat/
>
> Bob L.
> --
> Robert Lynch-Berkeley CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Sent via Deja.com
http://www.deja.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Does anyone got Tomcat running on Redhat 7.0
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 21:29:29 GMT
Which version of java do you have install?? I am having some issues.
If you can help please email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone got Tomcat running on Redhat 7.0
> >
> > Please email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com
> > http://www.deja.com/
>
> I do:
>
> $ rpm -qa |grep tomcat
> tomcat-3.2-1
> tomcat-mod-3.2-1
> tomcat-manual-3.2-1
>
> I am not running in production mode, just to test servlets and
> jsp's. Works fine.
>
> Got a problem?
>
> Bob L.
> --
> Robert Lynch-Berkeley CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Sent via Deja.com
http://www.deja.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Does anyone got Tomcat running on Redhat 7.0
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 21:28:43 GMT
Which version of java do you have install?? I am having some issues.
If you can help please email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Carfield Yim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone got Tomcat running on Redhat 7.0
> >
> > Please email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com
> > http://www.deja.com/
>
> I am, any problem?
>
Sent via Deja.com
http://www.deja.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Does anyone got Tomcat running on Redhat 7.0
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 21:30:42 GMT
Which version of java do you have install?? I am having some issues.
If you can help please email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <vzs26.39124$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Neill Laney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Get the name of the file from RedHat and do a Google search for the
filename
> (excluding the file path)
>
> http://www.google.com/search?q=tomcat-3.1-
4.i386.rpm&btnG=Google+Search
> http://www.google.com/search?q=tomcat-jserv-3.1-
4.i386.rpm&hl=en&lr=&safe=of
> f&btnG=Google+Search
>
> Post back if you have any problems
>
> --
> Neill Laney
> http://home.nc.rr.com/nlaney
> --
>
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:92dh65$pdn$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Where did you get tomcat rpm's from
> >
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Does anyone got Tomcat running on Redhat 7.0
> > > >
> > > > Please email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > >
> > > > Sent via Deja.com
> > > > http://www.deja.com/
> > >
> > > I do:
> > >
> > > $ rpm -qa |grep tomcat
> > > tomcat-3.2-1
> > > tomcat-mod-3.2-1
> > > tomcat-manual-3.2-1
> > >
> > > I am not running in production mode, just to test servlets and
> > > jsp's. Works fine.
> > >
> > > Got a problem?
> > >
> > > Bob L.
> > > --
> > > Robert Lynch-Berkeley CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
> >
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com
> > http://www.deja.com/
>
>
Sent via Deja.com
http://www.deja.com/
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From: "Jesper Yde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How does the following string convert from inetd.conf to xinetd.conf?
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 22:46:02 +0100
How do you translate the following entry (designed for inetd.conf) to "fit"
in xinetd.conf
pop-3 stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd
/usr/libexec/teapop/teapop teapop
regards
Jesper Yde
Link to original "manual" : ftp://quoll.com/pub/Readme.teapop.redhat
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Subject: Re: What is the community's favorite news reader (and why)?
From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 16 Jan 2001 16:51:00 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Daryl Fonseca-Holt) writes:
> On Mon, 15 Jan 2001 12:02:10 -0800, the softrat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Netscrape does not have all the functionality I desire. It keeps
> >screwing up the message counts. It does not seem to permit block marking
> >of messages as read. What else is there out there that people like to
> >use (with Linux). Thanks for your help.
> >--
> >the softrat
> >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >---
> >(A Funny Line)
>
> My favourite is slrn. Why? It is fast, text-based, and it has a fairly
> easy-to-use kill file function that lets me block subjects or from: easily, a
> real boon on some newsgroups.
and more than that, slrn uses *scoring* which is just *much* more
powerful than simple killing.
scores can be positive or negative. this lets you boost
postings/threads. say you find a certain person especially
illuminating, boost him. want to find responses to your own postings?
you can score on just about any header. scores are cumulative, thus
you can let them constructively add, or fight it out.
--
J o h a n K u l l s t a m
[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
sysengr
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From: Jean-David Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: let server set the time
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 17:07:26 -0500
John Hunter wrote:
>
> I have a RHL 6.2 machine that uses a Solaris machine as its NIS/NFS
> server. I would also like that machine to serve the time. I gather
> that some use of rdate is what I want. Could someone tell me what
> config files I should modify so that the server serves the time for
> the linux boxes?
>
ON THE SERVER, diddle /etc/inetd.conf to read, in part:
valinux:jdbeyer[/etc]$ cat inetd.conf
#
# inetd.conf This file describes the services that will be available
# through the INETD TCP/IP super server. To re-configure
# the running INETD process, edit this file, then send the
# INETD process a SIGHUP signal.
#
#
# To re-read this file after changes, just do a 'killall -HUP inetd'
#
time stream tcp nowait root internal
time dgram udp wait root internal
In /etc/hosts.allow, have it read something like:
portmap : 192.168.1.201 <---<<< Use YOUR client's IP address.
(Someone told me to put this in. I no longer recall why.
In /etc/services, make sure the following lines are not commented out:
time 37/tcp timserver
time 37/udp timserver
ON THE CLIENT, have cron run something like this from time to time:
#!/bin/bash
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
# This script updates our hardware clock up to four times a day.
OUT_FILE=/home/whocares/TimeCheck
#OUT_FILE_N=/dev/null
OUT_FILE_NN=/dev/null
# This could be changed to the next line for debugging.
OUT_FILE_N=/home/whocares/TimeCheck
#OUT_FILE_NN=/home/whocares/TimeCheck
TIME_URL=server.machine.name
/bin/echo `/bin/date` "Before setting clock." >> $OUT_FILE_N
/usr/bin/rdate -s $TIME_URL >> $OUT_FILE
/bin/echo `/bin/date` "After setting clock." >> $OUT_FILE_N
tail --lines 100 $OUT_FILE_N > /tmp/TimeCheck
mv /tmp/TimeCheck $OUT_FILE_N
chmod 0644 $OUT_FILE_N
exit 0
You will not need all of that once it is running. I.e., use the
/dev/null options above.
--
.~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642.
/V\ Registered Machine 73926.
/( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey
^^-^^ 4:55pm up 1 day, 3:58, 2 users, load average: 1.26, 1.20, 1.15
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