Linux-Setup Digest #989, Volume #18 Sun, 25 Jun 00 03:13:07 EDT
Contents:
Re: Help! ./file doesn't work either ("Russ.Shaw")
TV card messes up other parts of screen (John Foster)
Re: Lilo command problem (David Kirkpatrick)
Re: lilo.conf not read on RedHat 6.2? (Iain Allen)
Re: Linux only seeng half my RAM on Abit BP6 (Iain Allen)
"hdd: lost interrupt" during installation (Redhat 6.2)... (Gregory Cohen)
PPP problems!!! PLease help!!! (suresh ramachandran)
Re: ssh/rsh (Norm Ackroyd)
Re: PPP problems!!! PLease help!!! (Nathen)
Re: "hdd: lost interrupt" during installation (Redhat 6.2)... (Vilmos Soti)
DSL (Nathen)
Re: DSL (Hal Burgiss)
Re: A GOOD 56K modem? ("Larry Silkaitis")
Is there a release of linux supporting DMA66? ("smika")
Linux installation with ATI Rage 128 GL AGP ("Justin Kremer")
Can't access CD, but root can. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
installing linux on sony vaio PCG-505G ultra slim note book ("kevin lee")
blue point 1.0 ("smika")
Re: Can't access CD, but root can. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Can't access CD, but root can. ("Shippy!")
Memory ("Choi Po")
Re: VNC setup question ("mike")
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From: "Russ.Shaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help! ./file doesn't work either
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 11:56:07 +1000
Are the permissions set to exec? If not, copy it to HDD, then
chmod 777 <file> then ./<file> .
Shao Jun Ping wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> Typing ./file has been suggested by many pple
> but that was one of the first things I tried!
>
> Note that when I created a new file with the exact same contents
> with a text editor, the script executes perfectly.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> P.S I am a 2-month old newbie
>
> C Sanjayan Rosenmund wrote:
>
> > Shao Jun Ping wrote:
> > >
> > > Dear all:
> > >
> > > I came across an extremely weird problem with my Mandrake 7.0 distro:
> > > I tried executing a shell script on a cdrom from the bash prompt and got
> > >
> > > the "no such file or directory" error.
> > >
> > > When I copied the file to the harddisk, I get the same error.
> > > Renaming the file did not help either.
> > >
> > > However when I copied the contents of the script and pasted it into a
> > > new file (with a text editor) the script runs perfectly!
> > >
> > > Can anyone help me out here?
> > >
> > > I have tweaked the permissions, the cdrom mounting options, and even
> > > changed the default shell, but nothing seems to work.
> > >
> > > Thanks and best regards.
> > Try
> > ./<name-of-script>
> >
> > --
> > Sanjay
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Windows has detected that a gnat has farted near your computer.
> > Press any key to reboot.
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* Russell Shaw, B.Eng, M.Eng(Research) *
* Electronics Consultant *
* email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *
* Australia *
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From: John Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: TV card messes up other parts of screen
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 03:01:30 +0100
I'm looking for help in narrowing down this problem. I have a Hauppage
model 498 TV card (a PCI card using the Bt878 chipset), and it works
fine but only as long as I don't try to use the computer for much else
at the same time :-(
The problem is that when other parts of the screen move (eg when
scrolling within a window unrelated to the TV card), the scrolled part
and other parts of the screen that are near it but outside its window
often get messed up, and when it happens it remains until I force a
refresh (eg by moving another window over the affected area and then
away again).
My video card is an ATI Rage 128 XPERT 2000 (16M) and I'm running RedHat
6.2 with XFree86 3.3.6. That combination has been a known problem area
because of the misplaced text bug, but I have installed the Suse driver
for the card, and certainly that has cured the text problem.
To drive the card, I'm using the bttv, tuner and msp3400 modules, with
xawtv as the application. Oh, and I'm running Gnome in case that's
relevant.
I'd be grateful for any ideas...
John Foster
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From: David Kirkpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Lilo command problem
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 02:04:42 GMT
Vilmos,
What you have below works. My references are different. One did mention append
which I tried but it did not work either. The difference was the example did not
double quite the ether string. It looks like the examples which listed LILO: etc
was wrong and LILO: is not supposed to be there. ??
Thanks Vilmos.
Vilmos Soti wrote:
> David Kirkpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I'm trying to get two ethernet cards recognized. Several docs give me some
> > examples of lines to add to /etc/lilo.conf.
> > I've tried a bunch of variations. I think the format is:
> > LILO: ether=IRQ,BASE_ADDR,PARAMI,PARAMII,name
> >
> > I've tried the following commands above image and inside image without success.
> > LILO: ether=10,0x7b80,eth0 ether=11,0x7c80,eth1
> > LILO: ether=10,eth0 ether=11,eth1
> > and a bunch of variants with and with LILO:
>
> Here is an example:
>
> image=/home/vilmos/kernels/ppro/o/rh51
> label=rh51
> root=/dev/hda1
> read-only
> append = "ether=10,0x300,eth0"
>
> I think you forgot the append= string.
>
> Vilmos
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Iain Allen)
Subject: Re: lilo.conf not read on RedHat 6.2?
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 02:55:09 GMT
On Thu, 22 Jun 2000 02:01:55, Gerry Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm having a problem getting a boot arg added to the default boot args.
> I've tried adding "append = "mem=128M" to both sections in the
> /etc/lilo.conf file, but it seems to be ignored. Is there something here
> that I'm not aware of? I would really appreciate some help on this. I've
> read all of the HOW-TOs on the subject, but it seems that the entry I
> added is okay. It works fine when I provide the args at boot time. I've
> included additional info below.
I had a struggle getting that to work initially a few months ago on 6.1. I
did eventually get it to work by making the entry for it lower down in the
lilo.conf file. Presumably something else needed to load first. I too ran
lilo aftewards each time, but it still didn't take effect until the time when
the entry of that line was lower in the lilo.conf file.
Iain...
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Iain allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Waverley, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Iain Allen)
Subject: Re: Linux only seeng half my RAM on Abit BP6
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 02:55:13 GMT
On Fri, 23 Jun 2000 21:09:22, "Gonzo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:8iu1ia$p8r$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > In article <8ilb8n$3s5$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > "Matthew McCleary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Has anyone had problems getting the Abit BP6 to see all the
> > > installed RAM? I have a single 128MB stick installed, but
> > > Linux (RH 6.2) only sees 64 MB of that. Does anyone have any
> > > suggestions?
> >
> > The quick fix is the "mem=128M" thingy others have mentioned. The
> > ultimate solution is to flash your BIOS. I upgraded to the RU version,
> > and it now detects all my memory.
>
> His BIOS isn't the problem as I have the same thing with RH 6.2 and Mandrake
> 7.0. Our System BIOS see the memory and are fairly new, and so does Win9X.
> The problem is that Linux only sees 64megs of our 128 total megs of ram for
> some unknow reason.
Yes it is the BIOS. My board had the same problem but only with Linux and
OS/2 up until the time when a "fix" was put in the recent flash for my BIOS.
Now I have all 128MB of RAM available without the append in LILO.
Some non-Windows OS use the BIOS function Int15 [AX=E801] to get the
size of installed memory. In the recent past some authority sentenced
this function as 'not ACPI compliant' and made the BIOS manufacturers
to remove this function. WinXX is not affected by that change because
it uses BIOS function Int15 [EAX=0000E820] which was added later and which
is considered 'ACPI compliant'.
> BTW, what is the mem=128M thingy you mentioned?
You enter it in the lilo.conf file and run lilo. There are quite a lot of
messages explaining this that I've read here tonight...
>
>
>
Iain...
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Iain allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Waverley, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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From: Gregory Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: "hdd: lost interrupt" during installation (Redhat 6.2)...
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 23:15:41 -0400
Major newbie alert; please rest assured that I've hunted around to find
the answer, and I am truly sorry if this turns out to be in a FAQ
somewhere.
I am the proud receipient of a friends old Intel box that I'm trying to
install Redhat 6.2 on; this is my first Linux experience, and I'm truly
excited. However, as the install beings, the message console starts
reporting "hdd: lost interrupt" over and overa again, and I never get
beyond the third package. I am begining to understand that this may be
a driver related issue with my CD rom drive, and one posting I read
suggested buying a new controller or something, which seems a bit
extreme until I find out what I'm doing.
Is this a driver related issue? Can I force the installer to use a
better driver? Ok, here goes. HELP! Wow, I feel better now.
Seriously, thanks to any help anyone can provide; I'm happy to provide
detailed information about the drive, etc. However, as I'm a Mac guy,
this is a strange, new, but exciting world. Thanks very much.
--
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Gregory Cohen
Theatrical/Industrial Lighting Designer
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From: suresh ramachandran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,comp.protocols.ppp
Subject: PPP problems!!! PLease help!!!
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 03:18:36 GMT
hi .
PPP dies on me saying :
"couldnt find any secret(password) which would let it use an IP address"
is this something to do with default route?
should i add something to /etc/ppp/options?
please help ....
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Norm Ackroyd)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: ssh/rsh
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 15:32:04 GMT
Expect is a simple scripting language that could handle the job using
ssh. You tell it the command to execute ('ssh <hostname>') and what to
expect (ie "login" or "password"). Then tell it what to send when it
receives that prompt and so on. You can also specify timeout value so
that if the script does not get a prompt or string that it expects
with in the time you set, it will jump to the timeout clause.
Personally, I would do it with perl, although it would probably take
more scripting. With perl, you can use the 'open' command to open an
executable at a file descriptor. Then you can just print the commands
you want to send to the file descriptor. As for timeout in perl, often
what I will do is fork a child process that will send the commands and
then send a signal to the parent when it has completed. You can then
have the parent loop for whatever timeout value you want and if it
doesn't receive the signal by then, kill the child and continue. Check
out the Perl Cookbook for good examples and the Programming Perl book
for more details.
Norm Ackroyd
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 23 Jun 2000 20:21:13 +0200, Thorsten Jungeblut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>I need a solution to execute scripts or copy files automaticly to all
>unix hosts (sun, sgi, linux,...) in different subnets with
>root-privileges, for example for distributing new root passwords.
>
>Until now, I use a script which is run as root from out nis-master and
>which executes the wanted program via (again over nfs from the
>nis-master) rsh on the remote hosts.
>This is very slow, as there are several NT-Workstations, which don't
>answer on the request, and I get a timeout after ~30 sec. I figured out,
>that ssh2 recognizes this much faster, I get a connection refused after
>1-2 sec.
>
>1. Is there a way to tell rsh the time for trying to get the connection,
>until it aborts?
>
>2. I want to use encrypted connections using ssh, because rsh
>connections will be disabled soon.
>Is there a way to use ssh in the same way as rsh, where f.e. the
>connections from the nis-master are allowed to all hosts (as root)
>
>3. Is there a way to pass ssh(2) the right password automatically
>(perhaps already encrypted), so that I don't allow even the nis-master
>to connect as root to the other hosts without a given password???
>
>4. Any other hints or sollution for the problem?????
>
>Thanks in advance...
>
>Thorsten
>
>
>
>(sorry for my bad english)
>
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From: Nathen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,comp.protocols.ppp
Subject: Re: PPP problems!!! PLease help!!!
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 20:46:28 -0700
I do not know the answer, since you were asking about ppp. Do you know how
to diable the modem speaker? RedHat
suresh ramachandran wrote:
> hi .
>
> PPP dies on me saying :
>
> "couldnt find any secret(password) which would let it use an IP address"
>
> is this something to do with default route?
> should i add something to /etc/ppp/options?
>
> please help ....
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Subject: Re: "hdd: lost interrupt" during installation (Redhat 6.2)...
From: Vilmos Soti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 03:45:15 GMT
Gregory Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> excited. However, as the install beings, the message console starts
> reporting "hdd: lost interrupt" over and overa again, and I never get
Just a few weeks ago sumeone had the same problem and it turned out
to be a faulty processor fan. The cpu a bit too hot.
Also, check if all cables are seated correctly.
Vilmos
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From: Nathen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DSL
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 20:47:46 -0700
Hello,
I got dsl, but I don't know how to get is to work with my linux
(RedHat). Any help would be cool.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: DSL
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 03:52:13 GMT
On Sat, 24 Jun 2000 20:47:46 -0700, Nathen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I got dsl, but I don't know how to get is to work with my linux
>(RedHat). Any help would be cool.
DSL is big topic, without more details. What have you tried? What type
of service (static, bridged, PPPoX)? What kind of modem? Any errors?
Some of the possibilities and specifics are explained:
http://feenix.eyep.net/dsl/linux_dsl.html
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Hal B
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From: "Larry Silkaitis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: A GOOD 56K modem?
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 23:44:41 -0400
I just got a Jaton communicator and it works great in WIN 98. I have not
yet gotten SUSE to load correctly with a Cyrix PR133. Can get it to work in
console as part of installation but when I reboot for real I get message
that kernel is compiled for Pentium and kernel doesn't even load.
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Larry
and Two Black Cats, Two Grey, One White & one White&Grey
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"Chronocidal Charlie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8j0tik$rn9$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Not delving into, nor wishing to get caught up in internal vs. external,
> I get extremely good service out of a Communicator V.90 by Jaton. They
> also make an external model, but I've had no experience with it. Mine
> can be jumpered for either pnp or non-pnp operation. I run it non-pnp
> and use it under Win, Linux, DOS, FreeBSD, what ever. It's
> data/voice/fax w/caller ID and bunch of other gravy.
>
> Fifty six bucks I think it was. The external of course is a little more
> expensive.
>
> Charlie
>
>
> In article <8j0qr5$9dp$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "wilkie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > can anyone suggest a good extenal 56K modem to use w/ rh 6.1?
> > i need a new one, but i want to keep the price under a 100
> bucks......i was
> > looking at a supraEXPRESS..but i am not sure
> > any suggestions?
> > TIA
> >
> >
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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From: "smika" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Is there a release of linux supporting DMA66?
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 12:23:00 +0800
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From: "Justin Kremer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Linux installation with ATI Rage 128 GL AGP
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 00:04:24 -0500
Sirs,
First of all, I am a relative newbie to Linux. I'm trying to install Redhat
Linux 6.2 on my machine. It has an ATI Rage 128 GL AGP graphics card and a
CTX 17" monitor.
During the setup screen where I select the graphics card (I selected ATI
Rage 128 (generic)) and then hit 'Test this configuration'. The test screen
displays correctly, but when I'm brought back to Linux setup screen, the
display is very jumbled.
Any suggestions?
Many thanks,
Justin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Can't access CD, but root can.
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 23:00:32 -0600
I have two IDE cdrom's in my machine as /dev/cdrom and /dev/cdrom1.
When I put a music CD in /dev/cdrom1 when logged in as root, it plays
fine. When I try it as my normal user I get a permission denied. The
permission on /dev/hdc is brw------- and the permission on /dev/hdd is
brw-rw----. I've run linuxconf and set the User mountable checkbox but
it still doesn't work.
I'm new to linux and don't really know the details of what this means.
Can anyone point me in the right direction.
Thank You
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From: "kevin lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: installing linux on sony vaio PCG-505G ultra slim note book
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 01:37:02 -0700
can anyone tell me how to install linux on my note book?
i tried,, but i was unsuccessful
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From: "smika" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: blue point 1.0
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 14:01:52 +0800
when I installed blue point 1.0,after choosing default boot it appeared
"boot loader failed"what`s matter?
any answer would be help.thanx
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Can't access CD, but root can.
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 05:58:55 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have two IDE cdrom's in my machine as /dev/cdrom and /dev/cdrom1.
> When I put a music CD in /dev/cdrom1 when logged in as root, it plays
> fine. When I try it as my normal user I get a permission denied. The
> permission on /dev/hdc is brw------- and the permission on /dev/hdd is
> brw-rw----. I've run linuxconf and set the User mountable checkbox
but
> it still doesn't work.
Find out what group /dev/hdd and /dev/hdc are owned by and add yourself
to that group with usermod. Alternatively, change the perms with chmod
to rw_rw_rw_, however this is not as secure.
Perry
> I'm new to linux and don't really know the details of what this means.
> Can anyone point me in the right direction.
>
> Thank You
>
>
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: "Shippy!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't access CD, but root can.
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 00:14:33 -0600
Perhaps your /etc/fstab file needs a bit of editing? This is the
file that determines what can be mounted with something simple
like 'mount /mnt/cdrom'. My line looks like this:
/dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 ro,user,unhide,noauto 0 0
I think the important part is 'user' option in the fourth
section. The other parts might be different than yours. If you
type 'man fstab', it will discuss formatting this file.
This might not work =( but I hope it does! Good luck.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I have two IDE cdrom's in my machine as /dev/cdrom and /dev/cdrom1.
> When I put a music CD in /dev/cdrom1 when logged in as root, it plays
> fine. When I try it as my normal user I get a permission denied. The
> permission on /dev/hdc is brw------- and the permission on /dev/hdd is
> brw-rw----. I've run linuxconf and set the User mountable checkbox but
> it still doesn't work.
>
> I'm new to linux and don't really know the details of what this means.
> Can anyone point me in the right direction.
>
> Thank You
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| Computer Science Major ICQ: 1786493 |
| New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology |
| Homepage: http://www.nmt.edu/~shippy |
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From: "Choi Po" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Memory
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 14:48:57 +0800
Actually, i have 128Mb physical memory in my system but RH6.2 tells me that
i just have 13Mb.
How to change it ????
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From: "mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: VNC setup question
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 23:57:59 -0800
In article <8j3gv4$i70$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, T.T. Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hi, after I read the vnc FAQ on this web page:
> http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/faq.html#q20
>
> I noticed that:
> "The window manager is started by the ~/.vnc/xstartup script. We use
> twm, as this is available on almost all Unix platforms. Edit the script
> if you'd rather replace it with something else. On many platforms you
> can, as an alternative, just make xstartup a link to whatever script
> normally starts your X environment."
>
> But I don't like twm as it is too simple. I would like to have
> enlightment or Gnome as the default. I tried to copy startx script to
> replace the xstartup script, but it didn't work.. how do I change the
> xstartup script so that after I connection to my linux box (using vnc
> client on my Win98), it will look EXACTLY the same as what I see on X
> terminal? Thanks!
>
> --
> If possible, please cc me a copy of your reply! Thanks!
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.
I think all you need is to put gnome-session and your window manager in
the xstartup file. Possibly you will need to add panel as well. I did it
once but forget what exactly I did. I do remember that gnome was really slow
over vnc so I'm just running ICEwm.
mike
p.s. first post with Pan under Helix Gnome. Hope it comes out right.
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