Linux-Misc Digest #499, Volume #27 Sun, 1 Apr 01 09:13:01 EDT
Contents:
Re: Making Getty work with the serial port COM1 (M. Buchenrieder)
Re: Help! Can't boot from floppy (Markku Kolkka)
Re: RH 7.0: kernel upgrade problem !? (Markku Kolkka)
it's time those software thankyou lists used URLs, not email addresses (Dan Jacobson)
libgr and netpnm (Neil Zanella)
Odd Pauses (maybe DNS)? ("Andrew Smith")
Lilo ("Katriel Traum")
serious boot problem (sven)
I like Linux cause it's flexible and smooth, evolving.. :) (Hun)
Re: Lilo (Chiefy)
Re: KDE-2.1.1 (Hun)
Re: Lilo ("Katriel Traum")
Re: Help: Display not showing entire desktop under some resolutions (Russell Marks)
How to remove the colors of dir/files in RH7.0 when in xterm? ("Jeffrey Yu")
Re: Formatting a partition in Linux? (Frank Ranner)
Re: Embedded system with nfsroot & ramdisk - how to boot it? (Wojciech Zabolotny)
Re: Changing Video Cards In Linux ("Michael O")
Re: login message (Stefano Ghirlanda)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: Making Getty work with the serial port COM1
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 07:49:15 GMT
fred smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Siddharth Vajirkar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[...]
Don't use getty for this kind of tasks.
>: I tried mgetty, but it just sits there and does not seem to do anything.
[...]
mgetty will definitely work, once you have set it up correctly.
Did you read through the extensive mgetty documentation?
Try "info mgetty".
Hint: Since you're using a nullmodem cable, mgetty won't do
anything unless you have started it with the "DIRECT" option.
Michael
--
Michael Buchenrieder * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.muc.de/~mibu
Lumber Cartel Unit #456 (TINLC) & Official Netscum
Note: If you want me to send you email, don't munge your address.
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From: Markku Kolkka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Help! Can't boot from floppy
Date: 01 Apr 2001 13:16:10 +0300
"Hiawatha Bray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I downloaded Red Hat 7 as an ISO image and burned it onto CDs. Each CD has
> just one big file on it.
You burned the disks incorrectly. You should have used the "burn from
image" command to create a bootable CD from the ISO image. The exact
way of doing this depends on the burning software you use.
> How do I "open" them so I can install the software? Thanks.
Burn new CDs with the correct command.
--
Markku Kolkka
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Markku Kolkka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: RH 7.0: kernel upgrade problem !?
Date: 01 Apr 2001 13:22:25 +0300
C�dric Pillonel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Another question: when upgrading my kernel, the old one has been
> deleted. I would like to keep the old one and the new one and then to be
> able to choose which one to boot with lilo.
You should "install" the new kernel, not "upgrade". That way the old
kernel is not removed.
--
Markku Kolkka
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Dan Jacobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.infosystems.www.authoring.misc,comp.mail.misc,gnu.misc.discuss,linux.debian.user
Subject: it's time those software thankyou lists used URLs, not email addresses
Date: 01 Apr 2001 15:38:53 +0800
Consider the usual software thankyou list:
Many thanks to the following people for their helpful comments and
contributions to this document:
Bob Bagwill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Jim Carroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Tom Christiansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I say that it is about time these start getting written
Bob Bagwill <http://nurdly.nist.gov/bagman>
Jim Carroll <http://his.host.com/~jim>
Tom Christiansen <http://www.perl.com/teamplayers/tchrist>
etc.
I can think of a 100 reasons why the latter is better, and only one or
two for the former.
I can get the e-mail address from the webpage, but not the web page
from the e-mail address without [search engine luck or] pestering the
target: "I just wanted to find out what color Dennis Ritchie's hair
was these days. The photo was right there on the web page, but all I
had was this flimsy e-mail address from one of those thankyou lists.
Well, as you guessed it, I don't think he 'had a nice day' thanks to
me."
We are also hoping that whatever contact information will be around
years from now. It seems that one's webpage, well placed, will at
least as permanent as one's email address.
Also, which would you rather have in a thankyou list, your naked e-mail
address ripe for the spam harvester vultures, or instead, your URL,
where folks can browse your best photos and leave compliments on your
fine taste in data files.
--
http://www.geocities.com/jidanni Tel886-4-25854780 e-mail:restore .com.
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From: Neil Zanella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: libgr and netpnm
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 04:30:20 -0600
Hello,
I have recently noticed that Red Hat 6.2 ships with libgr but does not
ship netpnm. This seems a little bit strange to me. Did they forget to
include the package or did they leave it out because of licensing
problems with Unisys and GIFs? What exactly is the relationship
between libgr and netpnm? Has one of them obsoleted or is it just
that Red Hat forgot to include it?
Here are links to the two packages:
<http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/>
<http://linux.uni-regensburg.de/alc_psi/libgr-2.0.13/libgr-2.0.13.html>
<ftp://ftp.ctd.comsat.com/pub/linux/ELF>
Thanks for the info,
Neil
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From: "Andrew Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Odd Pauses (maybe DNS)?
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 11:56:01 +0100
Reply-To: "Andrew Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi
I have a linux box set up to act as an internet server (i.e., dialup, mail,
news, etc...). Everything has been working fine, although recently some
programs have been experiencing odd pauses. For example, when recieving
email, fetchmail pauses when collecting each message. See fetchmail output
below:
===========<SNIP>============
reading message 31 of 51 (2590 octets)
fetchmail: SMTP> MAIL
FROM:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
BODY=8BITMIME SIZE=2590
*** 5-10 second pause here ***
fetchmail: SMTP< 250
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
Sender ok
fetchmail: SMTP> RCPT TO:<andrew@localhost>
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 <andrew@localhost>... Recipient ok
fetchmail: SMTP> DATA
fetchmail: SMTP< 354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself
#***************************************.fetchmail: SMTP>. (EOM)
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 LAA09514 Message accepted for delivery
flushed
fetchmail: POP3> DELE 31
fetchmail: POP3< +OK
fetchmail: POP3> TOP 32 99999999
fetchmail: POP3< +OK
===========</SNIP>============
Also, when I try to send emails form my windows machine, it connects to my
server although sending the message takes about 5-10 seconds to be accepted.
I suspect that the problem is due to DNS lookups, as the pauses may be from
fetchmail and sendmail checking that the to and from addresses will resolve
(i.e. anti-spam precautions). Am I correct in thinking this? If so, what can
I do? I have recently switched ISPs - could my problem just be my new ISPs
really slow DNS server or is it something else?
Thanks,
Andrew
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From: "Katriel Traum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Lilo
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 13:31:35 +0200
Is there any reason why DOS shouldn't boot?
image=/boot/vmlinuz
root=/dev/hda1
label=linux
other=/dev/hdb1
table=dev/hdb
label=dos
when I boot DOS, I get a "no system boot preset...." message.
the linux partition boots with no problem at all.
Any suggestions?
--
Katriel Traum
Cisco Systems Israel
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From: sven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: serious boot problem
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 11:39:49 GMT
Hello
I have a problem with the bootprocess in my pc.
Whenever i try to boot from the hdd, i get an errormess. that there is no o.s.
installed.
I saw it first when trying to boot win NT4.0 , i tried with an rescue floppy,
no succes, then i installed win2k on the first partition ( c:) an win2k gave
no errormess. when formatting the c: drive. Untill i had to boot from the hdd
to complete the install process of win2k, same error that there was no o.s.
installed. Looks to me that there must be something wrong with the MBR, I
tried to setup the cmos with fail-safe defaults, no succes. I can only boot
from an fdd into linux, or from a cd-rom ( linux, NT, 2k ..) .. just the hdd
won't work.
My linix partitions are far beyond the 1024's cil. ( they are above
the 20'th gb..)so i can't even install lilo in the mbr..( suse 6.3.. kernel
2.2.13 ) Can anybody help me out ? i need NT or 2k badly because some people
here are affraid of anything wich doesn't look like a window, from ms.. and i
don't want to boot from a floppy the rest of my life :-)
greetings
sven
( remove "REMOVETHIS." from adress please..)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hun)
Subject: I like Linux cause it's flexible and smooth, evolving.. :)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 11:41:09 GMT
It's great experience when I see my eyes what I've wanted.
I can do what I really want in Linux, this is the big difference with commercial OSes.
As soon as I fixed the hardware problem after upgrading Kerenl 2.4.2,
my SMP Linux box runs very stable.
Upgrade OpenGL library,
Upgrade KDE 1.1 to KDE 2.0
Upgrade KDE 2.0 to KDE 2.1
Upgrade OpenSSL
<snip>
Very nice,
I appreciate for all the guys who improves Linux for better one.
Blue Skies~,
Hun
--
Registered Linux user #207121
http://counter.li.org
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chiefy)
Subject: Re: Lilo
Date: 1 Apr 2001 11:54:20 GMT
01 Apr 2001 11:31 UTC, Katriel Traum did say to the dudes:
> Is there any reason why DOS shouldn't boot?
>
> image=/boot/vmlinuz
> root=/dev/hda1
> label=linux
> other=/dev/hdb1
> table=dev/hdb
> label=dos
I'm no Lilo expert so this may be (probably is) wrong. In my lilo.conf
definition of 'other', the table and label entries are swapped.
ie label first. And table has a leading '/', table=/dev/hdb.
> when I boot DOS, I get a "no system boot preset...." message.
> the linux partition boots with no problem at all.
Silly question but, are the dos system files present on /dev/hdb ?
--
Chiefy. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone somewhere, may be happy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hun)
Subject: Re: KDE-2.1.1
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 11:55:07 GMT
The below is the compilation order of my personal favor.
Qt
kdesupport
kdelibs
kdebase
other packages - your choices.
The three packages are the core of KDE and you can enjoy KDE.
Well, before you start building KDE, check the guide and recommendation
about building environment and requirement.
For example, if your system have old OpenSSL like 0.9.4 but KDE 2.1
use OpenSSL 0.9.6 above.
On Wed, 21 Mar 2001 05:10:55 GMT, Young4ert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I have downloaded a set of KDE sources and would like to compile them but
>don't know which one to start first. Can anyone please advice me the order
>of packages to compile the KDE-2.1.1? Is the order important?
--
Registered Linux user #207121
http://counter.li.org
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From: "Katriel Traum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Lilo
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 14:00:16 +0200
Well, the "dev/hdb" without the leading "/" is just a typo.
The order of the commands is not an issue.
/dev/hdb1 is a 800M, FAT16 primary and active partition....
"Chiefy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> 01 Apr 2001 11:31 UTC, Katriel Traum did say to the dudes:
> > Is there any reason why DOS shouldn't boot?
> >
> > image=/boot/vmlinuz
> > root=/dev/hda1
> > label=linux
> > other=/dev/hdb1
> > table=dev/hdb
> > label=dos
>
> I'm no Lilo expert so this may be (probably is) wrong. In my lilo.conf
> definition of 'other', the table and label entries are swapped.
> ie label first. And table has a leading '/', table=/dev/hdb.
>
> > when I boot DOS, I get a "no system boot preset...." message.
> > the linux partition boots with no problem at all.
>
> Silly question but, are the dos system files present on /dev/hdb ?
>
> --
> Chiefy. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone somewhere, may be happy.
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Subject: Re: Help: Display not showing entire desktop under some resolutions
From: Russell Marks <russell.marks@spam^H^H^H^Hntlworld.com>
Date: 01 Apr 2001 13:04:16 +0100
"David J" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> However, only with the 1600x1200 resolution is the entire desktop visible at
> one time. Under any other video mode (640x480, 800x600, and 1024x768)
> only a fraction of the desktop is viewable at any given time. Under these
[...]
> Is there any way to set my display (like in Windows) such that at all
> resolutions the entire desktop is visible at one time?
Yes. Simply write an X server which resizes the display in
mid-session without breaking any programs.
-Rus.
PS. I refuse to give a more helpful response when your question has
already been answered as helpfully as possible (Yvan Loranger's
response the last time you posted it) and you *didn't even notice*.
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From: "Jeffrey Yu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x,linux.redhat.development,linux.redhat.install
Subject: How to remove the colors of dir/files in RH7.0 when in xterm?
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 12:40:58 GMT
I got RH7.0 installed and access it from my NT box using Exceed.
When I do "ls -l", directories, flat files, scripts, etc, are shown in their
own
color. When I had this problem in RH6.1, I edited the .Xdefaults and got
the color scheme removed.
In RH7.0, the setting must be saved in elsewhere as altering .Xdefaults
would make any difference. Please help!
Thanks,
Jeffrey
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From: Frank Ranner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Formatting a partition in Linux?
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 22:45:46 +1000
KCmaniac wrote:
>
> Is there an Linux equivalent to the "format" command in DOS?
>
> I want to clear a partition of all its data. I have looked and looked
> and have not seen anything in Linux that does this for you. Is it
> possible that "mkfs" does this? This command is supposed to make an
> ext2 filesystem. What does it do to an already existing ext2 file
> system? Does it clear all the data and then "remake" the file system?
> If not how does one "format" a Linux partition? Thanks.
>
> RLH
Yes it reformats the partition. I actually use mke2fs to clear
partitions.
You should unmount the partition before clearing it, and mount it again
afterwards. You should be careful that you don't remove something
important
from the partition. For example, if your partition is mounted on /var
you
would not want to erase the spool, log, and other directories.
Once you have made your file system and mounted it, you can then start
using it
again. There is no need to use dd or anything unless you really want to
get rid
of any previous data. In that case, assuming your partition is mounted
on /music,
you can type 'dd if=/dev/zero of=/music/junk bs=1M' which will run until
a 'no space'
error occurs. Then 'rm /music/junk' ad all the free space will be zeros.
Regards, Frank Ranner
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From: Wojciech Zabolotny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.embedded
Subject: Re: Embedded system with nfsroot & ramdisk - how to boot it?
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 14:56:08 +0200
Sorry, for replying to my own post, but I just have some more details,
ideas...
On Sun, 1 Apr 2001, Wojciech Zabolotny wrote:
> I need to prepare the small embedded system, using the read only nfsroot,
> but having the /etc /var and /tmp directories located in the ramdisk.
> Now I need some pointers how to arrange the boot sequence of that system.
> The most obvious way is to boot with nfsroot, and use the modified "init"
> to create the ramdisk, mount it and copy the "starting templates" of /etc
> and /var to it. The /etc /var and /tmp directories in the root system
> will be just the symlinks to /ramdisk/etc /ramdisk/tmp and /ramdisk/var.
I have yet another idea how to solve the problem mentioned in my previous
post. It would be wonderfull if I could mount the nfsroot partition and
the
ramdisk at the same time. Is it possible?
What about such a structure:
1) initrd with empty /linuxrc and all necessary directories: /mnt /tmp
/var
2) nfsroot root partition with /initrd mount point and following
symlinks:
/tmp -> /initrd/tmp
/var -> /initrd/var
/etc -> /initrd/etc
Is it supposed to work, or have I missed something?
TIA & Regards
Wojciech Zabolotny
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Michael O" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Changing Video Cards In Linux
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 13:01:18 GMT
I've swapped cards in 7.2 and Linux finds them on boot. I didn't have to do
anything except feed it the CD.
"Hartmann Schaffer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In article <9a5uiv$v4u$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jeremy Paiz wrote:
> >"Patrick F. Clarin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> >news:9a5t8t$2f6r$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >> How do you change to init 3?
> >>
> >
> >in the file /etc/inittab change
> >
> > id:5:initdefault:
> >
> >to
> >
> > id:3:initdefault:
>
> i guess that works too, but if you want to do it only occasionally, it's
> easier to bring up the boot prompt (see lilo configuration) and type
>
> linux 3
>
> (or whatever your imagename for linux is)
>
> hs
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From: Stefano Ghirlanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: login message
Date: 01 Apr 2001 15:07:22 +0200
"Jeffrey J. Bacon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> is there a website that will give me example scripts or tell me how
> to set it up so that I can read data from a file on boot and update
> those files dynamically? So, i could store a news file and pipe
> that files to the screen each logon, say, with the current data and
> time as well as whether new mail has arrived?
You just need to locate where you distribution initializes /etc/motd,
possibly with 'grep -r motd /etc/rc.d/init.d/*' (SysV init) or 'grep
-r /etc/rc.d/*' (BSD init), and comment that out.
Then just write to motd whatever you want and that will be displayed.
--
Stefano - Hodie Kalendis Aprilibus MMI est
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