Linux-Misc Digest #12, Volume #28 Sat, 2 Jun 01 23:13:04 EDT
Contents:
Re: 'sngconfig' doesn't work.... ("A.J")
Most frustrating experience ever... (MH)
Re: Remote X sessions. (ToZ)
Re: 'sngconfig' doesn't work.... ("Missy")
Re: telnet not working! (ToZ)
CD Burning/SCSI emulation with RH 7.1 (root)
I need a really small distro for an old puter ("Missy")
Re: slooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!! (Bob Martin)
Re: Using TAR (Lucius Chiaraviglio)
Re: Why ext2 filesystem check after some time? (Lucius Chiaraviglio)
Re: I need a really small distro for an old puter (Dennis Robbins)
sound card
Re: sound card (Yvan Loranger)
how to deal with 1024 cylinder limitation when installing rh7.1? ("ThanhVu Nguyen")
Re: 'sngconfig' doesn't work.... (ToZ)
Re: Why ext2 filesystem check after some time? ("Peter T. Breuer")
help a newbie? (Newbie)
Re: weird entrys logged thru ipchains (coffee)
Re: HELP: Boot failure after IDE drive reconfiguration (David Efflandt)
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From: "A.J" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: aus.computers.linux
Subject: Re: 'sngconfig' doesn't work....
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 09:19:14 +1000
Wait now....
You did a custom install, Right?
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"Missy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:nJfS6.14354$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I just installed (after taking a little break from linux :-) the download
> version of Mandrake 7.2, and the 'sndconfig' command doesn't work. It
tells
> that it can't find the command (and I'm doing this logged in as 'root'). I
> used this command before with the boxed version of 7.2 and it worked just
> fine...am I missing something? Does this command require that a certain
rpm
> be installed?
>
> Missy
>
>
>
>
>
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From: MH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Most frustrating experience ever...
Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2001 18:15:56 -0700
I have 3 boxen on a LAN each with different distro/version of Linux.
Originally, all boxes were configured with RH 6.0 and I was able to SEND
and RECEIVE mail messages on ALL boxen.
I have since installed RH 7.1 and Progeny 1.0 and can no longer send AND
receive mail on ANY of the boxen except the RH 6.0 box. The box with RH
7.1 can send but not receive. The box with Progeny 1.0 can receive but not
send. I've spent several hours reading info pages and pouring over the
HOWTOs and still have not found anything appears to address the problem.
I've tried posting to NGs for an answer and have basically gotten no
response.
Since I've heard that Postfix was easier to configure and manage, I decided
to try and install it on the RH 7.1 box (Progeny box runs Postfix). Now I
can neither send nor receive on the RH 7.1 box!!!
All installations except the latter were done using the default software
supplied by the distro (sendmail for RH, postfix for Progeny). In the
latter case, I installed postfix via RPM. All settings are default
settings.
IS THERE A REASON THE LASTEST DISTROS SEEM TO HAVE DISABLED MAIL SERVICES?
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From: ToZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Remote X sessions.
Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2001 21:19:30 -0400
Joel wrote:
> Hi. I have Redhat installed on a slow comp, but will soon be installing
> on
> a fast one. I want the slow computer to log on to the fast one. What do
> I
> have to do to set this type of thing up? I know it's possible, but how?
> Thanks for your help.
>
>
>
switch to a virtual console, log in as root and...
X :1 -depth 16 -query x.x.x.x (where x.x.x.x is ip address of fast
server)
man X -> if you want more info
[ Tony ]
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From: "Missy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: aus.computers.linux
Subject: Re: 'sngconfig' doesn't work....
Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2001 01:23:17 GMT
No, I did a 'recommended' install. I had a choice of 'minimum' or
'recommended' install and chose the latter. Got stuck in a mess with the
minimum before.
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From: ToZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: telnet not working!
Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2001 21:24:18 -0400
Sud wrote:
> All of a sudden i'm unable to telnet to my Mandrake 8.0 box. I'm a little
Do you mean everything was working fine, then all of a sudden not? Then,
what did you change?
make sure xinetd daemon is on...
edit the file /etc/xinetd.d/telnet
change disable=yes to disable=no
you can also do the same for /etc/xinetd.d/wu-ftpd (for ftp)
and yes, man xinetd is where you need to start.
[ Tony ]
> confused here....i wen tthru the services list and came across these
> 1. xinetd--what is the role of this daemon
> 2. elnet --when i try starting this service using mandrake control center
> it complains saying unrecognised service
> 3. proftpd--if i have xinetd running do i still have this daemon for ftp ?
>
> any help will be greatly appreciated.
> thanx
> -sud
>
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Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2001 20:45:28 -0500
From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: CD Burning/SCSI emulation with RH 7.1
Hello,
I used to have RH 7.0 running the 2.2 kernel, and then I upgraded to 7.1
with the 2.4 kernel. Both of my CD drives (IDEs) were working under
/dev/scd0 (the reader 0,0,0) and /dev/scd1 (the burner 0,1,0). After
the upgrade, kudzu found my CD-ROM drive for some reason and added it to
/etc/hosts even though it was already set under /dev/scd0. It is no
longer recognized as being SCSI. My CD burner was left at /dev/scd1 and
is still recognized as a SCSI device, but is now at 0,0,0. cdrecord's
scanbus option no longer can detect my reader so I can't make disc
copies as easily as I could before. What should I do?
Adios,
Pablo
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From: "Missy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,aus.computers.linux
Subject: I need a really small distro for an old puter
Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2001 01:53:52 GMT
I have a PS/2 56 or 57 made in 1992 with OS/2 currently on it. I know
nothing about OS/2, nor really want it. I got this puter to put Linux on and
tinker with it without destroying my parents puter. lol Does anyone have
suggestions of what distro to put on it? It has a 216MB hard drive and 8MB
of RAM, a floppy drive, and a 'cd-rom reader with a caddy' that I've yet to
install. Thanks!
Missy
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From: Bob Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: slooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!
Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2001 20:58:58 -0500
Liverpool_fc wrote:
>
> thank you for responding.
> which of these two names is a good example of a domain name.
> Linux
> or Linux.localdomain
> I have 128mb of memory. 250 mb swap. Pentium 3 - 700mh cpu.
> correction even telnet is extremely slow getting in.
> how do I check if the box sees all memory and swap.
> thank you again.
>
localhost.localdomain for example. You can also set this in the sendmail config
file; however most people don't need sendmail running anyway since they use
their ISPs pop3 connection so you could just disable sendmail.
top/free are commands to check memory. If the swap shows then it's enabled, a
distro a while back had a bug in their setup that failed to enable swap. A slow
telnet connection could be a routing problem.
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Bob Martin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lucius Chiaraviglio)
Subject: Re: Using TAR
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2001 02:15:14 GMT
Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Filipp Sapienza wrote:
>> Hello. I have a directory called /stuff with the following contents:
>>
>> myfile
>> otherfile
>> junk
>> happy
>> /one
>> /two
>> /gallery
>>
>> Is it possible to use tar to store everything except /gallery?
>
>Yes.
>
>> What is the syntax to do this?
>
>"man tar"
>
>and check the --exclude and -X, --exclude-from option.
I tried this, but since the version of tar that came with
Hard Hat Linux 1.x didn't seem to want to do this (it would not complain,
but it would include the unwanted items anyway), I used the -T option
instead:
ls -A1 > filelist.txt
vi filelist.txt # Get rid of unwanted items here
tar -zcvpf archive.tgz -T filelist.txt
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lucius Chiaraviglio)
Subject: Re: Why ext2 filesystem check after some time?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2001 02:19:01 GMT
Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Kai Gro�johann wrote:
>> Every once in a while, the system tells me `mount count exceeded --
>> file system check forced' or something like this.
>>
>> Why does it do that?
>>
>> My thinking is: either the system is sure the filesystem is okay, then
>> why run fsck? Or the system isn't sure, then run fsck every time.
>> But why run it after 20 (or so) mounts?
>
>Because small file corruptions can occur. If the filesystem is unmounted
>normally, they are not detected. In order to prevent a serious
>accumulation of these corrupt inodes, the system undergoes a file system
>check after some number of mounts.
Why would any corruption occur if the system is running normally
and then shutdown normally? The only time I have ever run into this was on
a Windows 3.1x system with some improperly designed software (in addition to
Windows and DOS itself).
>The system does not run fsck on each boot because of the time it takes to
>check the filesystem. You would scream bloody hell if your 60GB drive had
>to be fscked on every boot. Solution is NOT to reboot. It is unnecessary
>unless you replace the kernel or some hardware.
Or you live in the state of California . . . .
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From: Dennis Robbins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,aus.computers.linux
Subject: Re: I need a really small distro for an old puter
Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2001 02:29:35 GMT
Missy wrote:
> I have a PS/2 56 or 57 made in 1992 with OS/2 currently on it. I know
> nothing about OS/2, nor really want it. I got this puter to put Linux on and
> tinker with it without destroying my parents puter. lol Does anyone have
> suggestions of what distro to put on it? It has a 216MB hard drive and 8MB
> of RAM, a floppy drive, and a 'cd-rom reader with a caddy' that I've yet to
> install. Thanks!
>
> Missy
Theres a few out there but the one that pops into mind is pygmy linux. I'm not
sure how you'd get to run on os2 but I know it installs on a dos drive(maybe
you can put dos on it). I tried an older pygmy on a 386 with 4meg of ram, stuck
an old NE2000 ethernet card in it(I had sygate running on anotherbox in the
other room with windows...its a proxy software) and set up the 386 to go to the
win boxs ip as a host, launched lynx and was crusing the web in text mode.
Believe it or not it was fast(no pics). I could ftp,
telnet...............really don't know all that pygmy is capable
of.............but it ain't bad.
Let me know how it does
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: sound card
Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2001 02:30:07 -0000
I have an used gateway2000 and the sound does not work? How would I start
to look for a sound card?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yvan Loranger)
Subject: Re: sound card
Date: 3 Jun 2001 02:38:24 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yvan Loranger)
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes:
> I have an used gateway2000 and the sound does not work? How would I start
> to look for a sound card?
read the Hardware-HOWTO
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From: "ThanhVu Nguyen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: how to deal with 1024 cylinder limitation when installing rh7.1?
Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2001 22:47:46 -0400
I have a 20 gigs hd, 10 gigs for windows 2k and another 10 gigs planning
to put linux rh7.1 on it.
I search at google and found couple of posts for this but most are suggested
to move the /boot to the first 8 gig but that is where my w2k resides, and I
don't want to have it removed (I am not a fan of parition magic either).
What can I do ? Can I use the fdisk option instead of disk druid ? If so,
how to do without causing any damage to other partitions ?
ps : once I am 'in' linux, I can update lilo with lba32 supported, but now I
can't seem to figure out how to do it.
Thanks for all inputs
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From: ToZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 'sngconfig' doesn't work....
Crossposted-To: aus.computers.linux
Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2001 22:55:58 -0400
Missy wrote:
> No, I did a 'recommended' install. I had a choice of 'minimum' or
> 'recommended' install and chose the latter. Got stuck in a mess with the
> minimum before.
>
>
>
su to root,
/sbin/sndconfig
[ Tony ]
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Why ext2 filesystem check after some time?
Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2001 02:59:34 GMT
Lucius Chiaraviglio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Why would any corruption occur if the system is running normally
> and then shutdown normally? The only time I have ever run into this was on
Because they occur normally. You know .. cosmic rays, sunspots, random
amgentic domain interactions, head crashes.
Peter
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From: Newbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux.redhat,linux.dev.newbie
Subject: help a newbie?
Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2001 02:45:43 GMT
I'm not stupid but... after a successful RedHat 7.0 install, my
resolution comes up at 640x480... I read that CTRL-ALT-+/- changes the
monitor resolution,
but there's no response when I try that... the install recognized my
video adapter and my monitor OK and my /etc/XF86Config looks fine...
What am I missing here?
Thanks for any help/pointers!
Newbie
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From: coffee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.security
Subject: Re: weird entrys logged thru ipchains
Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2001 03:05:40 GMT
Michael Heiming wrote:
>
> Richard wrote:
> >
> > I am a @Home user and running redhat7.1. I am using an ipchains that i
> > set up and customized from www.linux-firewall-tools.com/linux/firewall/.
> > I have it set to log everything right now so i can see whats going on
> > with it. I keep getting these entries on my logs quite a few times a day
> > and always in sets of about 3 or 4. I am curious as to know what they
> > are. It looks like some kind of loopback that is trying to connect to
> > the news service on my machine? Or could this be a spoof trying to
> > connect to my machine ? Has anyone else seen this or might know what it
> > is? the ww.xx.yyy.zzz is my ip.
> >
> > Jun 2 12:21:23 cx756748-b kernel: Packet log: input DENY eth0 PROTO=6
> > 24.0.0.203:57827 ww.xx.yyy.zzz:119 L=44 S=0x00 I=31061 F=0x0000 T=247
> > SYN (#61)
> > Jun 2 12:21:24 cx756748-b kernel: Packet log: input DENY eth0 PROTO=6
> > 24.0.0.203:57827 ww.xx.yyy.zzz:119 L=40 S=0x00 I=31062 F=0x0000 T=247
> > (#61)
> >
> > rich
>
> nslookup tells me:
>
> Name: authorized-scan1.security.home.net
> Address: 24.0.0.203
>
> Looks like your ISP would like to know if you're running
> Network News Transfer Protocol (nntp).
>
> Michael Heiming
I get the same darn thing from them. They are looking for the news server.
Evidently they dont like em <grin>. I just reject the packets.
coffee
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: HELP: Boot failure after IDE drive reconfiguration
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 03:09:15 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 02 Jun 2001 16:27:42 GMT, sdrumm3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This should be an interesting one....The short version is that I went from 3
> hard disks and a DVD-ROM drive to 2 hard disks, a DVD, and a CD-Burner and
> now LILO fails to load RedHat Linux v7.0
>
> Original Configuration:
> hda : 12.9GB w/ System Commander 2000 v5.01 and Windows-98 (FAT-32)
> hdb : 2.4GB (FAT-32)
> hdc : 19.5GB RedHat Linux v7.0 (ext2) w/ LILO loaded on the root superblock
> (not the MBR)
> hdd : DVD-ROM drive
>
> Synopsis:
> I pulled the 2.4GB drive (hdb) and installed a Phillips PCRW800 CD-Burner in
> it's place. System Commander, after some tinkering, recognized the 12.9GB
> as Drive 0 and the 19.5GB as Drive 1; however, all attempts to boot Linux
> fail w/o any error messages. It looks like System Commander is performing
> the handoff correctly (I re-installed it and checked the partition table
> configuration) but LILO isn't working.
"Tinkering" sounds like you were trying to get it to do something it did
not want to do (maybe for good reason).
Does your CMOS setup show the CD-burner and still show the 19.5 as your
3rd drive? I noticed a phantom drive in Linux once when I removed one in
the middle because BIOS moved them down to fill the gap, but LILO on the
first drive had no trouble booting past that to the real drive. If System
Commander sees the 19.5 as Drive 1, that might be such a phantom drive,
and it may be trying to boot hdb. That may be why you do not get a peep
from LILO.
> Where I am Now:
> Running Win-98 (ugh!) and w/o access to any of the partitions on the 19.5GB
> ext2 drive (did I mention I don't have Linux rescue disks - sigh). I'm
> considering the following options:
>
> 1. Restore the original drive configuration, get Linux back up, and make
> some rescue disks so I can go back in later.
Probably a good idea, so even if you find you have to move it down to hdb,
you can go in and fix lilo.conf and fstab to point to the proper drive.
> 2. Re-Install LILO from the RedHat installation CD.
Can you access the CD-burner or DVD drive in current configuration?
> Suggestions? Would the hda, hdc, and hdd designations under Linux be
> altered as a result of the CD-Burner installation? I didn't think so,
> but....
But, your BIOS and/or System Commander might see them differently if
they do not see the CD-burner sandwich.
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