Linux-Misc Digest #298, Volume #27 Wed, 7 Mar 01 01:13:03 EST
Contents:
Re: Starting a remote xsession with Exceed without XDMCP? (Travis Casey)
Re: HELP ME!: How can I enable ALSA MIDI synth sound? (for SB AWE64 & (CYBERYOGI
=CO= Windler)
Re: Recovering from a system lockup w/o rebooting. How? (John Todd)
over 65535 users on Linux (SolarisCert)
newbie- installation problems (frepaia)
Re: help:Could not determine local IP address (Vincent Zweije)
Re: Starting a remote xsession with Exceed without XDMCP? (Vincent Zweije)
Re: help:Could not determine local IP address (Vincent Zweije)
Switching To Linux From Windows ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Size of LINUX (David E. Fox)
xdm logins (root)
Re: Switching To Linux From Windows (Michael Perry)
Re: Shutdown sequence question (Dave Brown)
Re: hang at real time clock driver ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: Travis Casey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Starting a remote xsession with Exceed without XDMCP?
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,alt.os.linux,linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.networking
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 03:10:05 GMT
Glen wrote:
> I have no problem opening up Gnome & KDE session through XDMCP with
> Exceed, but I would like to open a session from a telnet connection. I
> already know about using "setenv DISPLAY mymachine" and then executing a
> "xterm&" command but I get useless windows. In other words the terminal
> shell appears but I can't move it anywhere.
>
> I experience similar terminal shell problems when I execute a
> "/usr/bin/gnome-session --gxid_host=mymachine". The Gnome session starts
> up and my Desktop appears, but I still get the non-moving terminal
> shells when I open a shell. Does anybody know what I'm doing wrong?
Do the terminal windows that come up not have the "decorations" you'd
normally associate with windows? (I.e., borders, a title bar, etc.) If
that's the case, that's symptomatic of not having a window manager running.
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From: CYBERYOGI =CO= Windler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
linux.dev.sound,linux.debian.user,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.music.midi
Subject: Re: HELP ME!: How can I enable ALSA MIDI synth sound? (for SB AWE64 &
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 04:21:17 +0100
"J. H. Brown" schrieb:
>
> I don't know about ALSA or the Gravis, but it should be no problem
> getting the AWE64 to work. You need to double check your interrupts and
> dma settings. Login as root and run sndconfig and reboot. If you can
> use the KDE or gnome midi players, then you might try installing ALSA.
>
In ALSA there is nothing like a "sndconfig".There is only a very buggy(though unusable)
"alsaconf" untility though I had to write my config file by hand.I already wrote my
own isapnp.conf entry though I know exactly which IRQs etc. the card takes.
MAY THE SOFTWARE BE WITH YOU!
*============================================================================*
I CYBERYOGI Christian Oliver(=CO=) Windler I
I (teachmaster of LOGOLOGIE - the first cyberage-religion!) I
I ! I
*=============================ABANDON=THE=BRUTALITY==========================*
{http://www.informatik.fh-hamburg.de/~windle_c/e_index.html}
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Todd)
Subject: Re: Recovering from a system lockup w/o rebooting. How?
Date: 7 Mar 2001 02:28:55 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ctrl-Alt-Backspace should kill the X server, giving you
console access to kill selected processes....IF your default runlevel
is 3!
On 07 Mar 2001 00:43:39 GMT, PabloTigreAzul
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>While copying several mp3 files (~700 mb) from a Windows 98 partition to a
>RedHat 6.0 directory, using a Gnome background process, I tried to connect to
>the Internet but my system was so slow that my connection kept timing out. (I
>have a Pentium III machine with 64 mb of RAM). As I continue trying to
>connect, the process when berserk & a lot of windows popped up displaying
>"Background Process Error" causing my desktop to freeze up. I tried using the
>mouse pointer to close these windows without any luck & I also tried Ctrl+Z,
>Ctrl+C, Ctrl+Alt+Del, etc., to no avail. I also turned off my external modem,
>but nothing happened. I finally decided to reset my computer as the only thing
>that I could move on the screen was the mouse pointer. Did I waste my time in
>doing what I did or is there a possible way of surviving a Linux system lockup?
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From: SolarisCert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: over 65535 users on Linux
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 09:34:12 +0800
How to configure Linux so that
it can have more than 65535 users?
Thanks.
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Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 14:37:57 +1100
From: frepaia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: newbie- installation problems
I have a 19500 MB HD.
2300 for C:\
1200 for NTFS
8000 for D:\
8000 for E:\
I have a dual boot b/w win98 & win2k.
I wanted to install Linux so I used partition magic to 'create new
partition'. I took 1500MB off the E:\ and made it into an EXT2 partition
and chose "put it between C:\ & WIN2K". BTW, I had said yes to 'Are you
planning on installing an operating system to the new partition?'.
So, then I rebooted and got into the installation. Then I went into the
disk druid, coz that's what I thought I had to do (but now I know in my
case I should have done 'Auto partition'). Anyway, I tried to create a
swap, but if I recall correctly there wasn't enough room. So I deleted
the ext2 partition (or linux native-whatever), and created a "swap" and
a "/". but when I clicked 'next', it started shutting down and rebooted.
Can you tell me what I'm doing wrong? Is it better to go into the
installation with unallocated space, or a pre-partitioned ext2? What do
you recommend for a swap size? I have 320 meg RAM.
Thanks for your time
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From: Vincent Zweije <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,alt.linux
Subject: Re: help:Could not determine local IP address
Date: 6 Mar 2001 11:24:43 +0100
* Followups to comp.os.linux.networking, comp.os.linux.setup, and
alt.linux. If it's something else, it's not .misc.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Steve Martin
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
|| Dean Thompson wrote:
||
|| > Can I ask a silly question. I noticed that in your options.srv file you
|| > specify a IP address of 192.168.0.25. Is this the address you wish to
|| > allocate to your own local machine, because if you are dialing a ISP,
|| > then surely it would be giving you the IP address rather than you
|| > specifiying it.
|| >
|| > If you were specifying it, I would have though that it would have been a
|| > number not in the class C range.
||
|| ...and, in any case, no ISP will allocate an IP address in the
|| 192.168.0 subnet, as that falls in the range of addresses
|| reserved for networks not connected to the Internet.
Perhaps surprisingly, this is totally irrelevant.
When you dial in to your ISP, the link has to have a remote address.
However, you never really (have to) use it. Your default route can
send everything over the PPP link without having to specify the gateway.
Therefore, the remote address can be anything you (or rather, your ISP)
likes.
For instance, my ISP *always* provides address 194.109.6.1, no matter
which modem bank I happen to get connected to. Granted, it's routable,
but it's a fake address. If I do a traceroute over the PPP link, the
first hop is never 194.109.6.1.
Ciao. Vincent.
--
Vincent Zweije <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | "If you're flamed in a group you
<http://www.xs4all.nl/~zweije/> | don't read, does anybody get burnt?"
[Xhost should be taken out and shot] | -- Paul Tomblin on a.s.r.
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From: Vincent Zweije <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,alt.os.linux,linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Starting a remote xsession with Exceed without XDMCP?
Date: 6 Mar 2001 11:29:53 +0100
* Followups to comp.os.linux.help, alt.os.linux, linux.redhat, and
comp.os.linux.networking. If it's something else, it's not .misc.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Glen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
|| I have no problem opening up Gnome & KDE session through XDMCP with
|| Exceed, but I would like to open a session from a telnet connection. I
|| already know about using "setenv DISPLAY mymachine" and then executing a
|| "xterm&" command but I get useless windows. In other words the terminal
|| shell appears but I can't move it anywhere.
||
|| I experience similar terminal shell problems when I execute a
|| "/usr/bin/gnome-session --gxid_host=mymachine". The Gnome session starts
|| up and my Desktop appears, but I still get the non-moving terminal
|| shells when I open a shell. Does anybody know what I'm doing wrong?
I suspect you're not running a window manager.
The window manager is responsible for placing, moving, resizing, and
decorating windows, as well as opening and closing them in a limited way.
You can start a window manager by hand. However, I think your session
script ought to be starting one. Find out why it isn't, and see if you
can fix it.
Good luck. Vincent.
--
Vincent Zweije <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | "If you're flamed in a group you
<http://www.xs4all.nl/~zweije/> | don't read, does anybody get burnt?"
[Xhost should be taken out and shot] | -- Paul Tomblin on a.s.r.
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From: Vincent Zweije <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,alt.linux
Subject: Re: help:Could not determine local IP address
Date: 6 Mar 2001 11:43:42 +0100
* Followups to comp.os.linux.networking, comp.os.linux.setup, and
alt.linux. If it's something else, it's not .misc.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David. E. Goble
<goble@gtech> wrote:
|| This is pissing me off! I can dialin and login,
Does that mean dialin from outside into your own computer, or dialin
using your own computer into your ISP? I'll assume the former.
|| but the connection
|| disconnects almost straight away. The log file informs me that;
||
|| "Could not determine local IP address"
You should specify your local IP address in your configuration file.
|| ############ hosts #########
|| 127.0.0.1 gtech localhost.localdomain localhost
|| 192.168.0.25 rgtech
You want to call the host that's dialing in "rgtech"? That's okay.
However, there's no hostname for your local PPP address, only for your
loopback address. Maybe you should have just this:
127.0.0.1 localhost
192.168.0.1 gtech
192.168.0.25 rgtech
|| ############ options.srv #######
|| auth
|| -detach
|| login
|| asyncmap 0
|| :192.168.0.25
|| debug
|| modem
|| crtscts
|| proxyarp
You have specified the remote IP address for the PPP link as
"192.168.0.25". Put the local IP address before ":", for instance
"192.168.0.1:192.168.0.25".
|| ############ /var/log/ppp ##############
|| Feb 24 14:50:27 gtech pppd[773]: Using interface ppp0
|| Feb 24 14:50:27 gtech pppd[773]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS2
|| Feb 24 14:50:27 gtech pppd[773]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <auth
|pap> <magic 0x59fa483e> <pcomp> <accomp>]
|| Feb 24 14:50:27 gtech pppd[773]: rcvd [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <auth
|pap> <magic 0x59fa483e> <pcomp> <accomp>]
|| Feb 24 14:50:29 gtech pppd[773]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x5 <asyncmap 0xa0000>
|<magic 0xe3b07> <pcomp> <accomp>]
|| Feb 24 14:50:29 gtech pppd[773]: sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x5 <asyncmap 0xa0000>
|<magic 0xe3b07> <pcomp> <accomp>]
|| Feb 24 14:50:29 gtech pppd[773]: rcvd [PAP AuthReq id=0x1 user="user1"
|password=<hidden>]
|| Feb 24 14:50:30 gtech pppd[773]: user user1 logged in
[Reformatted. Please do not word wrap your logs.]
What happens in these 3 seconds? Where is your IPCP negotiation?
|| Feb 24 14:50:33 gtech pppd[773]: Could not determine local IP address
|| Feb 24 14:50:33 gtech pppd[773]: Connection terminated.
|| Feb 24 14:50:33 gtech pppd[773]: Connect time 0.1 minutes.
|| Feb 24 14:50:33 gtech pppd[773]: Sent 454 bytes, received 415 bytes.
|| Feb 24 14:50:33 gtech pppd[773]: Exit.
Good luck. Vincent.
--
Vincent Zweije <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | "If you're flamed in a group you
<http://www.xs4all.nl/~zweije/> | don't read, does anybody get burnt?"
[Xhost should be taken out and shot] | -- Paul Tomblin on a.s.r.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Switching To Linux From Windows
Date: 7 Mar 2001 03:51:00 GMT
What is the advantage of using Linux over Windows. I am pretty new at this but am fed
up with certain windows problems. Any help would be appreciated.
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Linux Programmer's Site
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David E. Fox)
Subject: Re: Size of LINUX
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 19:02:34 -0800
On Sun, 18 Feb 2001 23:27:26 GMT, Rolie Baldock
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>After all that gassing, can anybody tell me how big a small LINUX
>system sufficient to act as a LAN server would be say compared to
>other software servers on the market? I have a couple of 486 DX-33
Would likely fit on a floppy.
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] change magnetic patterns
[EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk.
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From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: xdm logins
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 05:01:51 GMT
Hi,
I just installed debian (latest stable - 2.2 potato) and am having
trouble with xdm.
X starts up when I boot, I get the xdm login dialog. I type any user
name and the correct password, and the login dialog disapears, the
screen flashes for a moment, then the login dialog re-appears, as if I
had just logged out.
I have shadow and md5 passwords enabled, but since trying incorrect
passwords just gives the invalid password message, and since the correct
password causes some action, I tend to think this isn't the "get a
shadow version of xdm" from the faq.
I also found that in my /var/log/xdm.log I get lines like the following:
AUDIT: Tue Mar 6 23:39:56 2001: 222 X: client 2 rejected from local
host
Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
/usr/X11R6/bin/xrdb: Can't open display ':0'
AUDIT: Tue Mar 6 23:39:56 2001: 222 X: client 3 rejected from local
host
Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
xmodmap: unable to open display ':0'
These seem to occur for each 'successful' login.
Basic config: PIII 700, 256MB Ram, 256MB swap, 3GB partition for /,
debian 2.2, XFree86 3.3.6, kernel 2.2.18-pre21. X works fine if I kill
the xdm process(es).
Just for kicks I added a "ALL: 127.0.0.1" to my /etc/hosts.allow
I tried running 'xhost +' before manually starting xdm, but xhost
doesn't seem to want to run unless X is running.
Any help appreciated in advance. Thanks!
Steve-
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Perry)
Subject: Re: Switching To Linux From Windows
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 05:08:24 -0000
On 7 Mar 2001 03:51:00 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>What is the advantage of using Linux over Windows. I am pretty new at this but am fed
>up with certain windows problems. Any help would be appreciated.
>
>==================================
>Posted via http://nodevice.com
>Linux Programmer's Site
Well, there are several. If you want freedom from the grind of hardware and
software upgrades that are foisted upon you by people who make you spend
more and more and you get less and less, you should look into Linux. If you
want to take a stand, endorse the ideas and philosophies of free software,
step on up to the Linux side. If you want to play with an operating system
which offers learning, education, entertainment, and some really great
folks, then there is room.
There are lots of reasons to leave windows. What is your reason for
choosing Linux? Be honest here. What are you expecting from your Linux
experience?
--
Michael Perry
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Brown)
Subject: Re: Shutdown sequence question
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 6 Mar 2001 22:51:32 -0600
In article <980eeh$87e$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Fung Wai Keung wrote:
>I'd like to clarify the shutdown sequence of linux system. Suppose I boot
>my system into runlevel 4 (I'm building a kiosk system). When I power
>down system (halt the system), is the following a correct sequence?
>
>1. All the K-scripts (eg. K50nfs, K60ypbind, etc) in /etc/rc4.d/ are run
>2. Jump to runlevel 0
>3. All the K-scripts (eg. K50nfs, etc) in /etc/rc0.d/ are run
>4. S00halt script is run
>5. The message "System halt" is displayed
>6. The power of the system is cut.
Step 1 is not correct. The K-scripts (links) in /etc/rc4.d are run when you
"enter" that run level, not when you "leave". So instead, you go to
runlevel 0, which causes all the scripts (links) in /etc/rc.d/rc0.d to
be run. Incidentally, the "power is cut" on system halt only on system
boards that support that feature.
--
Dave Brown Austin, TX
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: hang at real time clock driver
Date: 7 Mar 2001 05:59:08 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, jay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
>I'm running redhat 2.2.17 on an old Winchip 240 with an intel mb.. When
>I boot up the machine always hangs at the "Real
>time Clock Driver". I need to press the space bar for it to continue.
>Which it does without a problem.
>
>What causes the problem? Can I disable the driver? Should I?
Bizzare. You could try renaming /dev/rtc with this command.
mv /dev/rtc /dev/rtc.something
Make sure the clock comes up correctly if you do this.
I had a different problem with a permanent hang on the cmos clock step in
bootup. I had advice to do the above, which worked for me. The renaming
works because hwclock can work with or without /dev/rtc, and hwclock was
hanging reading /dev/rtc.
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