Linux-Misc Digest #1, Volume #28 Fri, 1 Jun 01 11:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: how do i fake root? (Stephen Cornell)
Re: Bummed by debian apt-get ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: DVD: FreeBSD or Linux? (Richard Tobin)
Re: BellSouth DSL vs Linux (Dan Smith)
Re: how do i fake root? ("Peet Grobler")
Re: How to get the distribution name/version (Christopher Albert)
Re: How to get the distribution name/version (Stanislaw Flatto)
Re: how to set the duplex and media type for my network card (Dean Thompson)
Re: How to get the distribution name/version (John Hasler)
ReiserFS irrecoverable defect after disk failure (Ingo Struewing)
Re: How to mount remote Win2K partition? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: BellSouth DSL vs Linux (I R A Darth Aggie)
Re: Can't boot from floppy or cdrom (Casey)
Re: Recover rm:ed files on vfat. Cry cry cry. ("Eric")
Re: BellSouth DSL vs Linux (Grant Edwards)
Re: palm m505 & USB & Linux (aflinsch)
Re: how to connect to internet in non-X ("Jay")
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From: Stephen Cornell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how do i fake root?
Date: 01 Jun 2001 13:19:50 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (alpha) writes:
> i use redhat in the school network, i tried to install an opera5.01
> rpm package under my account. the only problem is that i dont have
> root access. i read on opera's website i can fake root to get around
> this problem. how do i do that? thx
The easiest way is probably to download the tar.gz version instead;
unless you know that the system has the correct QT libraries, choose
the static version. Once you have the tar.gz file, do:
zcat -c whatever_the_file_is_called.tar.gz | tar tv
This will unpack the files into a directory called
opera-5.0-static.i386, or something similar. Now do
cd opera-5.0-static.i386
sh install.sh -f /some/directory
which will install opera in /some/directory ; you can now call opera
using something like
OPERADIR=/some/directory/share/opera /some/directory/bin/opera
(the first part of this command sets the envoronment variable
OPERADIR, which is needed to run the program)
Feel free to email me if you have problems.
--
Stephen Cornell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel/fax +44-1223-336644
University of Cambridge, Zoology Department, Downing Street, CAMBRIDGE CB2 3EJ
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Bummed by debian apt-get
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 14:08:18 +0200
Jerome Mrozak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I don't have the file terribly handy, but the original file had lines
> like:
> deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
> and all I did was to replace "stable" with "testing" or with "woody".
This mostly works. You now have to do an apt-get update.
> Is Gnome part of woody? If so, then shouldn't "apt-get upgrade" with
> "woody" in the "deb ..." lines get it? Try this question: If my
No. You need an apt-get update first, to update the lists.
> My first attempt at fetching woody was the first example, and I got the
> 50 MB or so changes. With the same sources.list (the one with
> "testing") I went for "apt-get dist-upgrade" and didn't see what I
Doesn't dist-upgrade do more than upgrade? I thought it looked at
dselect choices pending. Mind you, I've hardly ever done either.
> What magic thing will tell me I have woody, as opposed to a broken
> upgrade?
I don't know if woody is all there right yet! It's the "unstable"
distro. I only dare even compile from testing, and not all that works
without my help.
>> deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
>>
>> in /etc/apt/sources.list and run (as root)
>>
>> apt-get update; apt-get dist-upgrade
> This is my prior comment again...do these lines attempt to upgrade
> "testing" to "unstable"?
Well, they seem to me to go to testing. Presumably you then repeat the op!
If you want to go any further. But why?
>> When this completes successfully run (as root)
>>
>> apt-get install console-apt
>>
>> And use console-apt to get your Gnome and KDE stuff. You'll like it better
>> than the command-line interface. You might like gnome-apt even better.
>> You'll probably want task-gnome-desktop and/or task-kde.
Hmm .. I don't have console-apt and I'm mostly on testing.
> When the upgrade is done, should I expect to be able to search my file
> system and find these files named task-* ?
>> BTW the best place for Debian-specific questions is the debian-user mailing
>> list. Go to www.debian.org to subscribe.
> I have done that before and found it like sipping from a firehose. A
> hundred or so emails a day. All potentially informative, and all of
> which must be loaded to find the reply to my questions.
100? Is that all! I get thousands ..
Peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Tobin)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,linux.debian.user
Subject: Re: DVD: FreeBSD or Linux?
Date: 1 Jun 2001 12:21:48 GMT
In article <9f6s92$rrd$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
wroot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>but for DVD-viewing, is Debian Stable better than FreeBSD?
If you happen to have an NVidia graphics card, you may get better
performance with Linux because there is an NVidia-supplied driver that
(probably) supports the XV extension, whereas vanilla XFree86 4.0.3
(as used on FreeBSD) doesn't. Otherwise there isn't likely to be much
difference.
>P.S. As a different FreeBSD vs Debian issue: is it true that FreeBSD does
>not authomate upgrading? (Like upgrading from 4.x to 5.y)
What do you mean by "automate"? You will probably not wake up one
morning to find that it has installed 5.0-RELEASE of its own accord.
On the other hand upgrade installation is straightforward. (But be
sure to have some disk space free for all that documentation in 20
extra languages that gets added with each release ☺)
-- Richard
--
Spam filter: to mail me from a .com/.net site, put my surname in the headers.
FreeBSD rules!
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.powerpc
Subject: Re: BellSouth DSL vs Linux
From: Dan Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 01 Jun 2001 08:34:09 -0400
When you get bellsouth DSL, make SURE you get the ethernet modem, not
the PCI or USB one. They are reluctant to hand them over (they like
the usb ones cause they're easy). Get an ethernet one, then download
roaring pengium (www.roaringpenguin.com I think). Pretty simple from
there.
--Dan
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From: "Peet Grobler" <peetgr at absa.co.za>
Subject: Re: how do i fake root?
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 14:35:39 +0200
Sheez, me reading too fast again... Sorry.
Stephen Cornell wrote in message ...
>"Peet Grobler" <peetgr at absa.co.za> writes:
>
>> Isn't this a major security bug?
>>
>> I can develop something, install it (fakeing root), and have the system
for
>> myself?
>
>No, because in this case `faking root' means `faking the root
>filesystem' (i.e., / )rather than `faking the root user'. In other
>words, rpm --prefix=/some/directory means that files that would
>normally be installed in, say, /usr/bin will go in
>/some/directory/usr/bin instead. You won't be permitted to overwrite
>any files to which you don't have access, and if the RPM file runs a
>script as part of the installation process then any parts of this
>script that requires root privileges will fail.
>
>There are programs that do fake being the root user (described as
>`SUID root'), and the capabilities of these programs have to be
>carefully controlled in order to avoid the kind of problem you hint
>at. Only the root user can make SUID root programs.
>--
>Stephen Cornell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel/fax
+44-1223-336644
>University of Cambridge, Zoology Department, Downing Street, CAMBRIDGE CB2
3EJ
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From: Christopher Albert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to get the distribution name/version
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 15:00:49 +0200
joshua wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> I want to get the name/version of linux dist like
> Red Hat 7.1; Red Hat 6.2 ,,,,,
> Is there a command for this?
> Where is the information stored?
>
> Just like we use 'uname -a' or -s or -n for other info,
> I would like to get 'Dist name/ver'.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Joshua
Joshua,
This is distribution specific. Usually there is some
file in /etc/ with "version" or "release" in the name.
Thus for debian it is:
/etc/debian_version
and for RH it is:
/etc/redhat-release
Thus you can cat or less these files to get the version/release.
Chris
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From: Stanislaw Flatto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to get the distribution name/version
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 23:13:58 +1000
Slackware installs in /etc a file named Slackware.version where this
information is stored. Don't know what other distros do.
Stanislaw.
Slack user from Ulladulla.
joshua wrote:
> Hi all,
> I want to get the name/version of linux dist like
> Red Hat 7.1; Red Hat 6.2 ,,,,,
> Is there a command for this?
> Where is the information stored?
>
> Just like we use 'uname -a' or -s or -n for other info,
> I would like to get 'Dist name/ver'.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Joshua
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From: Dean Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: how to set the duplex and media type for my network card
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 23:14:45 +1000
Hi!,
> We have a couple of 3com905c cards. But the one in particular i need to
> make sure of is an intel pro 100+ adapter. It came OEM in a Dell
> Poweredge 6300. After talking to tech support for both Dell and Intel
> yesterday neither could really help me. So anything you guys might know
> would be a great help.
Well Donald Beckers site recommends that this should only be done if you are
using old network equipment which is not capable of supporting auto-neg.
speeds but it would be something like the following:
/etc/modules.conf:
==================
alias eth0 eepro100 options=0x20 full_duplex=1 ---> 100Mbps with full duplex
alias eth0 3c59x.o options=4 full_duplex=1 -------> 100Mbps with full duplex
However, you might want to check out http://www.scyld.com/nework for further
details.
See ya
Dean Thompson
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to get the distribution name/version
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 11:44:37 GMT
Davide writes:
> The name of the kernel and the version yes, but the distribution is an
> information that is not written anywere
Look in /etc/issue and /etc/motd.
On Debian systems /etc/debian_version contains the code name of the
installed version.
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, Wisconsin
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Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 15:31:58 +0200
From: Ingo Struewing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ReiserFS irrecoverable defect after disk failure
Perhaps I've been hit by one of the heaviest ReiserFS problems.
After months of flawless operation under SuSE 7.0 (kernel 2.2.16),
my IDE disk spat I/O errors within a 9GB partition contining a
ReiserFS.
The I/O errors may be the reason for a system hang-up. The reboot
failed due to the unmountable root filesystem.
Booting a rescue system, reiserfsck succeded with log-replay but
terminated due to the I/O errors regardless of the options applied.
To work around the I/O errors, I copied the disk contents to a new
disk, using dd in three phases: from beginning of disk until I/O error,
then filling the locations of the defective sectors from /dev/zero,
and lastly from behind the defect until the end of disk. I did use
the requred seek= and skip= options, I think.
On the new disk, as expected, reiserfsck did no longer fail on I/O
errors. After the log replay it simply complained that there is no
ReiserFS structure! (And it was not as ext2 or other filesystem).
I verified the copy operation by comparing the 256 first sectors
of the partiton and some randomly choosen locations between the
two disks (again by using dd with seek= into temporary files).
The exact location of the defective sectors is sector 128 an 129
(counting 512-byte sectors beginning from zero, which is a part of
block 16 when counting in 4kB block beginning at zero).
This is measured from the beginning of the partition.
Dd did not find other defects on the disk.
Obviuosly ReiserFS does store essential information at this
position and does not mirror it elsewhere in the partition.
Perhaps kind of a superblock that is stored only once.
If this is true, I think of it as a major design failure.
This filesystem type should not be used on productive systems.
Ingo
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: How to mount remote Win2K partition?
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 13:42:45 GMT
Taa Dah! And the prize goes to Dances with Crows for unlocking this
one...
The syntax I had to use to login successfully was
mount -t smbfs //151.110.3.254/sharename /mnt/smb -o
username=myname,workgroup=domainname,password=mypasswd
Looks like it needed my to qualify the domain name as well.
Thank you all SO much. Peace out...
~paul
On 01 Jun 2001 00:45:18 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
wrote:
>On Thu, 31 May 2001 20:50:32 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] staggered into the
>Black Sun and said:
>>On 31 May 2001 16:27:06 -0400, Dan Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>You don't mount a partition, you mount a share. The filesystem on the
>>>system sharing (FAT, NTFS) doesn't matter. It's an authentication
>>>thing, not an NTFS thing.
>>>Try using smbmount instead. Example:
>>>
>>>smbmount //1.2.3.4/c$ /mnt/windows -o username=user%mypassword
>>>
>>Good suggestion. However the following command;
>>smbmount //151.110.7.227/audit /mnt/smb -o username=knoppp%ej08c4s
>>results in the same error;
>>
>>session request to 151.110.7.227 failed
>>session setup failed: ERRDOS - ERRnoaccess (Access denied.)
>>SMB connection failed
>>
>>Is there something I should be looking at on the Windows 2000 side to
>>see why this is failing?
>
>Access to the "$" shares is limited to the members of the (domain?)
>administrator group; is "joeuser" in that group? What do you see if you
>try mounting with "mount -v"? (verbose mode for mount.) This is what I
>use to mount shares (on 2K boxen, no less) from my Linux box at work:
>
>mount -t smbfs //BORG/SHARE /mnt/borg -o username=MHGRAHAM,workgroup=
>MYWORKGROUP,password=MYPASSWORD
>
>That workgroup= parameter is kind of important. Plus, I don't think
>that the smbmount command will help much... "mount" invoked with the
>appropriate options calls smbmount, which calls smbmnt, which actually
>mounts the FS. Kind of funky, but that's the way it goes.
>
>--
>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] (I R A Darth Aggie)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.powerpc
Subject: Re: BellSouth DSL vs Linux
Date: 1 Jun 2001 13:40:08 GMT
Reply-To: no-courtesy-copies-please
On 01 Jun 2001 08:34:09 -0400,
Dan Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, in
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
+ When you get bellsouth DSL, make SURE you get the ethernet modem, not
+ the PCI or USB one. They are reluctant to hand them over (they like
+ the usb ones cause they're easy).
Oh, that's easy. Tell 'em you've got NT, and don't want another PCI
card...
James
--
Consulting Minister for Consultants, DNRC
I can please only one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow
isn't looking good, either.
I am BOFH. Resistance is futile. Your network will be assimilated.
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From: Casey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't boot from floppy or cdrom
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 09:49:20 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The boot sequence in my bios is floppy, CDROM, then harddisk. I need
to boot from a floppy (or CDROM) so I can install an OS on the
harddisk. I'm baffled why it will not boot from the floppy.
On Thu, 31 May 2001 20:56:58 GMT, Vilmos Soti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Casey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> I'm not sure, but I should be able to boot with a win98 startup disk
>> even if a drive is not attached, correct? I have tried other drives
>> and got the same results. The only other thing I can think of is to
>> flash the bios, but I can't even do that if I can't boot to a floppy.
>> All I'm trying to do is boot to a floppy and reinstall my OS, but for
>> some reason, I'm not able to boot to a floppy or CDROM.
>
>Check your BIOS's boot device. You might set it to boot only from harddisk.
>
>Vilmos
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Recover rm:ed files on vfat. Cry cry cry.
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 16:02:03 +0200
> Yes, yet another 'how do I recover my files' posting. I know that this is
a
> faq, but I didn't find the solution to my problem anywhere. So what have
> done is that I in the root directory of one of my win partitions ( vfat )
> wrote 'rm -rf *' as root user
Great command heh :-)
>. I have understod that recovering files in a
> vfat should be easier than on a ext.
I really don't know.
Isn't there an undelete option from windows?
(undel, recover, restore: I don't recall)
Anyway, try asking in a windows newsgroup.
> Yeah, yeah I know I should backup and use a 'rm script'.
But you didn't.
Everbody has to learn the hard way.
Eric
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant Edwards)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.powerpc
Subject: Re: BellSouth DSL vs Linux
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 14:22:02 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Rick wrote:
>Is anyone using Linux with Bellsouth's DSL service. I am
>holding off getting DSL, becasue I want to be able to use it
>under MacOS and Linux (Intel & PPC).
>
>Any info (including on how to set up Linux to use DSL) is
>greatly appreciated. I have NO experience with connecting Linux
>through ethernet.
Just tell them you want an external, Ethernet modem. In some
places that costs more because they have to allocate 24/7
bandwidth. Ethernet modems stay connected all the time. The
internal PCI modems get disconnected every few hours and PC
software has to make them reconnect -- possibly with a
different IP address.
--
Grant Edwards grante Yow! .. I
at feel... JUGULAR...
visi.com
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From: aflinsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.palmtops.pilot,alt.comp.sys.palmtops.pilot
Subject: Re: palm m505 & USB & Linux
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 10:03:10 -0400
Ken Mankoff wrote:
>
> On 31 May 2001, bgeer wrote:
>
> > "Andre Renaud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > >In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > >"Ken Mankoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > >> Hi everyone,
> > >>
> > >> I cannot get my m505 to talk to linux. There is some basic recognition
> > >> of the USB port and the device attached to it, but no communication
> > >> between the palm and the computer whatsoever.
> > >>
> >
> > >I haven't got a USB palm, but in theory (heavy emphasis on theory),
> > >assuming that the usb and serial palms both talk to same protocol, just
> > >over a different connection, you should be able to hack libusb
> > >http://libusb.sourceforge.net support into pilot-link. Again, I haven't
> > >tried this, but it might work (you never know).
> >
> > I'm successfully using coldsync on kernel 2.2.18 with my Prism.
> > Apparently, tho, whereas serial ports work very much alike from pc to
> > pc, USB chips aren't, so YMMV with an m505.
> >
>
> nope, coldsync produces the same stuff that pilot-link does:
>
> errors reading /dev/ttyUSB1 if i have *not* hit the hotsync button. If i
> press the hotsync button, and then coldsync/pilot-link, i get this in
> /var/log/messages:
>
> kernel: hub.c: USB new device connect on bus1/2, assigned device number 3
> kernel: usbserial.c: Generic converter detected
> kernel: usbserial.c: Generic converter now attached to ttyUSB0
> (or usb/tts/0 for devfs)
> kernel: usbserial.c: Generic converter now attached to ttyUSB1
> (or usb/tts/1 for devfs)
> /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: ... no drivers for USB product 830/2/100
>
> before this, I did the following:
> insmod usbcore
> insmod usb-uhci
> insmod usbserial vendor=0x830 product=0x2
>
I don't know if this will work, but try using the visor module.
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From: "Jay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to connect to internet in non-X
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 14:49:51 GMT
Okay. Sounds good what type of corruption do you see? I would go first
with only 8-bit 640 x 480 video mode the lowest common denominator then try
the 16-bit 800 x 600. One try at a time. When you ran Xconfigurator
didn't it probe your system, offer a default setting, start X to verify the
settings and present you with a "can you see this message?" yes/no box?
Since you can't get X working and you have enough freespace, I suggested
reinstalling X-windows using rpm -Fvh X* which means use rpm (Redhat
package manager) to -Freshen -verbose -hash mark all X* packages from your
CD. Freshen is like reinstall. You can also reinstall your RH 7.1 system
on top of the existing system.
So I would like to know more about the type of corruption you are getting.
When you startx and it fails what errors do you see? If you're getting
X-windows but the fonts are off then you'll need to adjust the horizontal
and vertical refresh rates for the monitor.
"NG_lurker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> hello again,
>
> as root i run Xconfigurator to adjust my monitor and graphics card
settings.
> in the pci probe test this is what i get:
>
> PCI entry S3 Inc | Savage 4
> X Server XF86_SVGA
> XFree4 driver No match
>
> i proceed with setup, selected Generic monitor non-interlaced SVGA 1024 X
> 768 (my real monitor is Acer 77e).
> i selected no clockchip setting.
> in select video mode i selected 8 bit 800 x 600 and 16 bit 800 x 600.
> then Xserver probed the settings, ok (i was taken back to the prompt).
> hit Ctrl + Alt + F7 to return to X-window.... nope, no effect. i still
have
> display corruption.
> restarted linux but still i get the same.
> now what do i do?
>
> sorry for this dumb question but what is "CD to your installation CD and
use
> rpm -Fvh
> X*"? im getting there.....
>
>
> "Jay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:FESQ6.50857$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Sorry NG,
> >
> > I was away and now you're away, but I hope this will help. Without
> > X-windows you're missing all the fun. The X-problem is generic
although
> > I'm still not sure of the exact nature of the problem.
> >
> > As root you should run Xconfigurator or XF86Setup. This will use the
> > driver for your video card. The setup should then ask you to select
your
> > monitor. Select Generic Monitor. It should test your setup and select
> the
> > best for display for your configuration. My monitor is an AcerView 76e
> but
> > it works best with the Generic Multisync driver.
> >
> > If you have trouble running XConfigurator or XF86Setup then you'll need
> to
> > reinstall your XFree86 rpms. CD to your installation CD and use
rpm -Fvh
> > X*
> >
> > Oh and post your status.
> >
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > "NG_lurker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > >
> > > > hi jay,
> > > >
> > > > thanks for your reply.
> > > >
> > > > "Jay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > > > news:tpiQ6.3243$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > >
> > > > > Plz repost the X-display problem for another try.
> > > > ok i will repost this again.
> > > >
> > > > >Meanwhile have you made another user and tried X for that user?
> > > > yeah the corruption is still there even if i login as non-root. the
> > problem
> > > > is common and the only way i could see things is refresh the window.
> > > >
> > > > >Can you make X window work with generic display and monitor
drivers?
> > > >
> > > > i havent tried this yet. how do i do this anyway?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > "NG_lurker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > > > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > > > > im a linux newbie.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > have linux rh7 running in my dual-boot box. i cant work in X for
> my
> > > > > display
> > > ...<snip>...
> > > Does redhat come with the utility XF86Setup? I've always found that
to
> > > be the easiest way to set up X-windows. It's graphical (without using
> > > X-windows), and has sections for mouse, keyboard, graphics card,
> monitor,
> > > and modes. You need specifications for your monitor, (horizontal
freq.
> > > range, vertical freq. range), and what kind of graphics card you're
> > > using.(lspci as root should tell you that.)
> > > --
> > > Replace ragwind.localdomain with rahul for a working email address
> >
>
>
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