Linux-Misc Digest #356, Volume #27 Wed, 14 Mar 01 06:13:02 EST
Contents:
Re: Help! partitioning woes with RH 6.1 (Christoph Kukulies)
syslogd-troubles (doesnt log the important things ..) (peter pilsl)
xawtv problems with overlay ("A.Bev")
Create a tar file with a password (Miguel Lastra)
Re: A Better Web Browser...PLEASE! (Huw Lynes)
Re: Help! partitioning woes with RH 6.1 ("Eric")
Re: Start X Windows ("Boeman")
Re: PPP log options help (Glitch)
HOW TO: XWindows Client? ("Stephane Bourdeaud")
anyone running VMWARE? ("Jon Tsu")
Printe p� en smb server.. ("Nils O. Sel�sdal")
Re: HOW TO: XWindows Client? ("Eric")
Re: RedHat RPM question (Christopher Albert)
Re: Create a tar file with a password (Stefano Ghirlanda)
ping, syslogd, startx woes ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Help! partitioning woes with RH 6.1 (Christoph Kukulies)
Re: Create a tar file with a password (NDQ)
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From: Christoph Kukulies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help! partitioning woes with RH 6.1
Date: 14 Mar 2001 09:28:36 GMT
Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:> :> Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 5005 cylinders
:> :> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
:> :>
:> :> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
:> :> /dev/hda1 * 1 3 24066 83 Linux
:> :> /dev/hda2 4 5005 40178565 5 Extended
:>
:> : Wrong ID, change it to type 85 (linux extended), or 0F (win95 LBA
: extended)
did that now, see below.
:>
:> :> /dev/hda5 4 69 530113+ 82 Linux swap
:> :> /dev/hda6 70 477 3277228+ 83 Linux
:> :>
:>
:> What I find strange is the fact that /dev/hda2 overlaps with /dev/hda5.
:> /dev/hda6 is my / partition (3.2 GB).
:>
: There's no overlap.
: You're lacking the basics.
Got it now.
: hda2 is an extended partition (a container partition)
: hda5 and hda6 ar logical partitions that are located inside the extended
: partition. Without extended partitions you would only be able to have
: four partitions at the maximum.This due to a lack of space in the MBR.
: So be glad they exist, you never noticed them in DOS eg. , because
: DOS FDISK only names the primary and logical partitions. the extended
: is left unnamed.
Now my partition table looks like:
Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 5005 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 3 24066 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 4 5005 40178565 85 Linux extended
/dev/hda5 4 69 530113+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda6 70 477 3277228+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda7 478 5005 36371128+ 83 Linux
Command (m for help): q
But when I give
mke2fs 1.17, 26-Oct-1999 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
/dev/hda7: Invalid argument passed to ext2 library while setting up superblock
I get the error above.
I didn't yet reboot (being afraid that things are messed then
again).
:> : Add the partition (hda7) with fdisk.
:> : Then reboot (fdisk mentions this if needed, but do it anyway)
:>
--
Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: peter pilsl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: syslogd-troubles (doesnt log the important things ..)
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 10:51:43 +0100
in my /var/log/messages I dont find the important things I was used to
find there (packetlogs, scsi-errors ...). I can still view the last of
this messages with dmesg, but I dont get this damn info into
/var/log/messages. I already restarted syslogd and here is my syslog.conf:
kern.* /var/log/messages
*.info;mail.none;authpriv.none /var/log/messages
mail.* /var/log/maillog
*.emerg *
uucp,news.crit /var/log/spooler
*.* /var/log/messages
thnx for any hint ..
peter
--
pilsl@
goldfisch.at
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From: "A.Bev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: xawtv problems with overlay
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 11:09:31 +0100
Hello everybody,
I'm seeking some help because i have tried many things, but still can't
make it run.
I have installed xawtv, with no problem. i checked v4l-config and the
output claims it has found the DGA for overlay.
No i run xawtv in overlay mode. I get an empty black window, and the
picture is out of the window, in fact it takes half of my screen, but i
only have 1 line out of 5, it's black and white, and can't be put on
behind another window. So i have to choose grabdisplay, and then the
picture comes back, in color in the xawtv window with no problem. But
some of the lines are still on my screen and i have to "wipe" them by
dragging a window in front of them (in order to refresh the window).
The same probleme exist with kwintv, so i suppose that it's specific to
my configuration, but i can't find out what. (it has already worked
once)
Whgat i have tried :
i input on XF86config the line driver "mga"
i tried with v4lctl -sxxx bytes several values
i tried to change from XFree 3.86 to 4 and back
i tried different options on v4l and xawtv. Nothing changed.
I checked all my logs but there is no error with the overlay mode,
neither when i start xawtv (with debug level 2, i haven't seen anything)
Can someone plz help me, i'm desesperate.
Configuration
LM 7.2 on PII350, with matrox G200 and Hauppauge WinTv (+remote wich
works fine, thanx to lirc)
I reallly thank
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From: Miguel Lastra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Create a tar file with a password
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 10:14:25 +0100
hi all,
Is there a way to create a tar.gz (or similar) file including a
password needed to extract the files ??
Thanks in advance
Miguel
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Huw Lynes)
Subject: Re: A Better Web Browser...PLEASE!
Date: 14 Mar 2001 10:00:39 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <gLqr6.4981$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Laurent Cortier wrote:
>> If anything is going to drive me back to Windows it is *&%^$ Netscape.
>
>I share your pain ;)
>Two solutions to my eyes :
>
>1. Use KDE 2.1, Konqueror 2.1 is just great. Renders almost all my pages
>like Internet Explorer, runs JavaScript (when the server doesn't try to
>test the browser, coz of course Konqueror isn't specified in the server
>conf...), runs Java and I can even view some flash pages because Konqueror
>uses the Netscape plug-ins architecture (still crashy, but KDE is updated
>continuously, only a few weeks between each version :).
>
I'd just like to back up what the previous poster said.
Konqueror is way better than netscape. It doesn't fall over
and is a damn sight faster on its feet. And I'm using
konqueror 2.0 (cause it works fine and I'm too lazy
to install the new one) as has been said 2.1 is better.
Of coures you dont have to install the whole of KDE to
use konquror just kdesupport, kdelibs, kdebase and the
qt libraries. I run it quite happily under FLWM.
happy browsing,
Huw lynes
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help! partitioning woes with RH 6.1
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 11:12:10 +0100
> Now my partition table looks like:
>
> Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 5005 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hda1 * 1 3 24066 83 Linux
> /dev/hda2 4 5005 40178565 85 Linux extended
> /dev/hda5 4 69 530113+ 82 Linux swap
> /dev/hda6 70 477 3277228+ 83 Linux
> /dev/hda7 478 5005 36371128+ 83 Linux
looks ok to me now.
> Command (m for help): q
>
> But when I give
>
> mke2fs 1.17, 26-Oct-1999 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
> /dev/hda7: Invalid argument passed to ext2 library while setting up
superblock
>
> I get the error above.
> I didn't yet reboot (being afraid that things are messed then
> again).
You must reboot first.
fdisk told you to do this.
mke2fs gets it's information form /proc/partitions and this is not yet
updated
You're lucky that you didn't add a partition in between. mke2fs would have
resulted in a wiped partition.
It will boot, you can run mke2fs afterwards.
Your system is ok now.
> :> : Add the partition (hda7) with fdisk.
> :> : Then reboot (fdisk mentions this if needed, but do it anyway)
I told you so ;-)
Eric
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From: "Boeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Start X Windows
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 10:14:26 GMT
ok, startx but how do I let Linux boot into X standard?
Where do i have to add the line
"Jan Schaumann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreef in bericht
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> * Boeman wrote:
> > Dear readers,
> >
> > I've just installed Red Hat 7.0. Everything went fine. When I rebooted I
got
> > to login and the prompt appeared. I have no clue how to get the GUI
visible.
> > I get stuck at the prompt!
>
> man startx
>
> You might wanna make linux boot into X per default (IIRC, it's runlevel
> 5 in RH).
>
> man inittab
>
> -Jan
>
> --
> Jan Schaumann <http://www.netmeister.org>
>
> We are Microsoft. Unix is irrelevant. Openness is futile. Prepare
> to be assimilated.
>
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Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 03:44:30 -0500
From: Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PPP log options help
Chris Medcraft wrote:
> Hi, I'm using Debian Potato, with no major modifications. PPP insists on
> sending LCP echo requests and reply notifications to syslog. While very useful,
> for myself it simply fills up the logfile, making it difficult to notice
> important messages without stripping out the chaff using a script/grep etc. Is
> there any way to modify PPP's logging configuration to prevent this logging from
> taking place?
>
> Many thanks in advance.
man pppd
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From: "Stephane Bourdeaud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HOW TO: XWindows Client?
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 10:37:25 -0000
Hi everyone,
Could someone give me directions on how to setup an NT XWindows Client
(accessing a Linux XWindows server)?
I just can't find an HOWTO anywhere...
I'm just basically trying to display my XWindows session on my NT box.
Cheers,
Stephane B.
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From: "Jon Tsu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: anyone running VMWARE?
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 10:40:46 -0000
Hi
I am considering running vmware on my laptop. However I was wondering if it
is possible to configure vmware to look for an existing installation of
windows rather than forcing you to install a new copy? I read you can do
this which saves a lot of time, but I cannot find the docs that support the
claim.
Any ideas?
Cheers.
Jon Tsu
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Reply-To: "Nils O. Sel�sdal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Nils O. Sel�sdal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Printe p� en smb server..
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 11:44:57 +0100
V�r WinNT 4.0 maskin har en printer man aksesserer gjennom \\grimm1\HP
LaserJet 4
Hvrodan kan jeg printe p� denne fra en RH 6.2 maskin.
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HOW TO: XWindows Client?
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 11:49:55 +0100
> Could someone give me directions on how to setup an NT XWindows Client
> (accessing a Linux XWindows server)?
>
> I just can't find an HOWTO anywhere...
>
> I'm just basically trying to display my XWindows session on my NT box.
>
You got it the wrong way around.
The X server must be running on your NT box,
the clients can be running on the linux box, displaying their X output on
the server.
So look for a X server for NT.
I use Exceed at the office (not-free), but there are free alternatives IIRC
Eric
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From: Christopher Albert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.redhat,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: RedHat RPM question
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 11:53:23 +0100
Londonboy wrote:
>
> I am running the RPM installation of Apache 1.3.14 on RedHat 7.0, for some
> reasons, I have to get additional support and most articles on the Internet
> said that I have to re-compile the source code.
>
> Detail: I need to connect PHP (from Linux) to MS SQL (on NT/w2000) under
> Apache, so I have to install the Sybase driver and everything has to get
> re-compiled as I was told.
>
> The problem:
> -------------
>
> I downloaded all the source code, and compiled it followed the instructions.
> Now, I found that the installation was TOTALLY different from RPM. for
> example, the Apache config file is located somewhere and it didn't install
> the service in /etc/init.d/httpd
>
> Even worst, I didn't even get it working. Got some error message in the log
> file.. still couldn't fix it. even lookup apache FAQ. (RPM was so much
> easier)
>
> Questions:
> -----------
>
> RPM supposes to make people's life easier, but feel like I don't have enough
> support. Everyone in these newsgroup or articles on the Internet tell me to
> re-compile the source code instead. Oh man... it is a pain. I am just a web
> designer trying to get a web server going. These stuffs wasted all my time.
>
> Why can't people just release some binary for RedHat, download it and plug
> and play? or have sort of install shield shit like Windows? Can anyone tell
> me why? Linux makes newbie's life difficult.
>
> N.B.
Londonboy,
1. Stay calm. You're in the world of open source, you compile, which
ususally
just means #./configure;make;make install . In addition, making
invidious comparisons
with MS products or features is considered bad form.
2. If I have understood you correctly, you need to add sybase
connectivity to PHP.
Then there is no need to recompile apache. You do however need to
rebuild mod_php.
What I suggest is that you get the src rpm for the php rpm that you have
been using.
You will also need to get and install the apache-devel rpm and the
sysbase rpms.
3. Now install the php src rpm. Change dir to /usr/src/redhat/SPECS. You
should see
a file php.spec . Edit that file and in the section that begins with
%build you
need to add a line in the ./configure portion to build it with sybase-ct
support,
which you can find the documentation at the php site, which is probably
something
like
--with-sybase-ct=/opt/sybase-11.9.2 \
If that is where your sybase stuff is and its the right version number.
4. I suggest you upgrade the release number in that spec file, and then
build it
with #rpm -ba php.spec . If all goes well you'll have a new php rpm in
/usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386 (I think) witch you can install with rpm -Uhv
.
If that doesnt work you can uninstall it with rpm -e and try again.
5. FInally, have you searched thoroughly on sites like rpmfind.net for
prebuilt rpms with the features you want? Lots of people make redhat
compatible
rpms. For example, H.Gomez is rather prolific for apache related stuff
(including
losts of Java tools you might need). I noticed that he has a
php-sybase-ct rpm. You
could get the src rpm from there and use its spec file as a starting
point.
http://rpmfind.net/linux/falsehope/home/gomez/php/
Chris
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From: Stefano Ghirlanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Create a tar file with a password
Date: 14 Mar 2001 11:55:50 +0100
Miguel Lastra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Is there a way to create a tar.gz (or similar) file including a
> password needed to extract the files ??
You can create the tar file and then encrypt it.
--
Stefano - Hodie pridie Idus Martias MMI est
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ping, syslogd, startx woes
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 10:58:56 GMT
Greetings!
I have a desktop machine (MD 7.2) networked to a laptop (RH 6.0),
today I discovered that I couldn't ping anything by hostname tho'
I could ping RH using its network number.
Then my troubles really began!
I started trying to reconfigure the network and while doing a
reboot (well, invoking telinit anyway), the system hangs on, it
seems, running syslogd. If I switch it off using chkconfig, the
system boots. (It shows up in ps -aux however.)
Then I find I cannot start an X session (startx) whether as root
or as user.
I'm not sure if these various troubles are related. Looking for
some tips.
There are other irregularities (ifconfig gives a different
loopback number than route -n, for instance) but the message is
long enough already. Maybe I've given enough clues that someone
can give me a clue?
F.
===========================================================
Felmon John Davis
Union College / Schenectady, NY
os/2 - ma kauft koi katz em sack
===========================================================
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From: Christoph Kukulies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help! partitioning woes with RH 6.1
Date: 14 Mar 2001 10:59:27 GMT
Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:> Now my partition table looks like:
:>
:> Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 5005 cylinders
:> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
:>
:> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
:> /dev/hda1 * 1 3 24066 83 Linux
:> /dev/hda2 4 5005 40178565 85 Linux extended
:> /dev/hda5 4 69 530113+ 82 Linux swap
:> /dev/hda6 70 477 3277228+ 83 Linux
:> /dev/hda7 478 5005 36371128+ 83 Linux
: looks ok to me now.
: You must reboot first.
: fdisk told you to do this.
: mke2fs gets it's information form /proc/partitions and this is not yet
: updated
I see. It works now. A side note on linux fdisk. I find the
output of fdisk confusing (compared to the old BSD fdisk) since
it lists hard disk devices (/dev/hdax) instead of partition numbers.
Later fdisk asks for a partition number but you have no idea but guessing
which partition number you want to choose.
: You're lucky that you didn't add a partition in between. mke2fs would have
: resulted in a wiped partition.
: It will boot, you can run mke2fs afterwards.
: Your system is ok now.
Looks fine now. thanks for helping:
Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 5005 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 3 24066 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 4 5005 40178565 85 Linux extended
/dev/hda5 4 69 530113+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda6 70 477 3277228+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda7 478 5005 36371128+ 83 Linux
# df
Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda6 3225252 2129720 931672 70% /
/dev/hda1 23302 5964 16135 27% /boot
/dev/hda7 35799368 20 33980792 0% /mnt/data_xxx29
xxx04:/mnt/home/xxx04
19180932 10106452 8100140 56% /mnt/home/xxx04/
#
--
Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: NDQ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Create a tar file with a password
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 11:56:46 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Miguel Lastra wrote:
>
> hi all,
>
> Is there a way to create a tar.gz (or similar) file including a
> password needed to extract the files ??
> Thanks in advance
>
> Miguel
Try GPG or PGP encrypt function.
My 0.02 cent :-)
--
NGUYEN-DAI Quy
VietNuke at http://vnilux.com
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