Linux-Setup Digest #100, Volume #19 Fri, 7 Jul 00 00:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Re: after i add memory do i need to increase swap space. ("ne...")
Re: Creating Desktop Icons? ("B. Joshua Rosen")
Re: No 'rescue root' disk in Slackware 7.1? (ljb)
Re: Where to do this? (Andy Kinsey)
Suse Linux with Intel Atlantis Motherboard (Michael Holmes)
Re: Eth0 delaying intializtion (Todd Johnston)
Suse Linux 6.4 with Intel Atlantis motherboard (Michael Holmes)
line number in vi ("Devon Harding")
Re: Eth0 delaying intializtion (C.J.)
Re: line number in vi (C.J.)
Re: line number in vi (Dowe Keller)
Re: Problems partitioning 40Gb drive w/ SuSE 6.4 (skeeter)
Re: line number in vi (Holly)
Re: MWave sucks we are... (Holly)
Sendmail / Fetchmail resources ("Adam H.")
Re: This may be a stupid question, but are there Linux viruses (virii?)?
(Faux_Pseudo)
LINUX & CGI-BIN (Tom)
Re: junkbuster isn't working ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: How to enable xdmcp ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: DAT under Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Installing linux onto removable media (IOMEGA JAZ) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: after i add memory do i need to increase swap space.
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 00:11:23 GMT
On Jul 6, 2000 at 22:01, Edward A. Falk eloquently wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>ne... <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>On Jun 30, 2000 at 12:46, Chadha, Saurabh [RICH2:2N64:EXCH] eloquently wrote:
>>
>>This is somewhat of a grey area. It depends on what you
>>use your system for. I say that swap should at least be
>>equal to ram.
>
>No "should" about it. If you don't have more swap space than
>ram, you might as well turn swapping off. At least in the
>operating systems I'm more familiar with, all the ram must
>be backed up by swap space. The OS treats the ram as a cache
>for the swap.
Aktually, I was thinking about the so-called SWAP=2xRAM rule.
>
>Someone please correct me if Linux is different.
Nope, tis true....
>
>
>> 2:08pm up 2 days, 7:25, 8 users, load average: 0.21, 0.15, 0.10
>
>Only 2 days? You testing new kernels or something? The Solaris
>box on my desk once stayed up for 300 days of intensive kernel
>device driver development. I only had to reboot when a network
>outage caused my X server to hang.
Nope, finally made the jump to RH6.2 from RH6.1.....
Was just plain lazy about stuff plus I got 2.2.16
with reiserfs working. Then took some timeout to
compile gcc-2.95.1 and 2.95.2 and the kernel again.....
Been pretty busy really. Now I've got to summon the
courage to install Cache which needs a minumum of
256M swap.
--
Registered Linux User # 125653
..you could spend *all day* customizing the title bar. Believe me. I
speak from experience."
(By Matt Welsh)
8:06pm up 1 day, 22 min, 6 users, load average: 0.13, 0.03, 0.01
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From: "B. Joshua Rosen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Creating Desktop Icons?
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 20:15:47 -0400
Redhat 5.2 is ancient, upgrade to 6.2 which has Gnome included. It's
relatively easy to attach an icon to a launcher, although it's still a
little kludgy in a Windows 3.1 kind of way, it's not automatic the way
it is in a Mac or the way it seems to by in Windows 98.
David Stackis wrote:
>
> We all know how simple it is to create icon shortcuts on the desktop in
> WindowsXX....
>
> How in the world does one do this in Linux?
> I just installed Redhat 5.2, and it seems to be fine....I have the gui up
> and running, and I can switch to AfterStep...
>
> But how do I create icons for my application, and then place them on my
> desktop?
>
> TIA
>
> David Stackis
> Linux Newbie
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ljb)
Subject: Re: No 'rescue root' disk in Slackware 7.1?
Date: 7 Jul 2000 00:33:06 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>On Wed, 05 Jul 2000 01:08:30 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>() wrote:
>
>> On 5 Jul 2000 01:06:44 GMT, ljb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >I think Slackware 4.0 was the last one with a Rescue Root disk, which you
>> >could use with a boot floppy to recover a system from various problems. Did
>> >this go away with Slackware 7.0, a casualty of the upgrade to glibc? It
>> >seems to be missing at Slackware 7.1 too. This was really useful - is there
>> >any alternative to use to fix problems on a server which cannot reliably
>> >boot from CD?
>>
>> If you can't boot from CD then you should fix your crap hardware.
>>
>> Or get something newer than a 386.
>
>Old hardware can be quite useful. Lots of old systems are "recycled"
>into things like masquerading firewall/gateways, intranet web/mail
>servers, or even simple file servers (for MP3's, or even recipes).
>Still other old systems have been in service since they were
>cutting-edge, and have done their jobs well all this time. If it
>ain't broke, don't fix it.
>
>You, on the other hand, appear to be broken. For a fix, I recommend
>dropping the AOL-esque d1g1tZ from your login name. Maybe you'll lose
>the abrasive attitude, and grow a few IQ points.
Thanks, he needed that...
The hardware in question, by the way, is a rock-solid recycled Netware
server, made by DEC before they were ingested by Compaq. It's "only" a
Pentium 90 but is loaded with SCSI disks, DDS-2 tape, and enough memory
to provide our group's web/database/ftp/news services. Current uptime is
over 200 days, and it was free! The Netware and NT Server folks in the
company discard boxes like this because they're "too slow".
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From: Andy Kinsey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Where to do this?
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 21:02:03 -0400
RMB wrote:
> I've been playing around recently with my very first Linux
> installation. I was successful at getting Liunx on there. I can
> get to the command line and do everything. I then took a shot at
> configuring X. That hasn't gone so well. First off, I cannot
> find any documentation on my monitor. I thought I knew the
> specs, but I think I was wrong. Anyway, I can't get into X.
>
> Here is my prob-
>
> Everytime I reboot, X loads. I don't want X to load. Where in
> the OS can I tell X to not load. There is no point in starting
> up X when I don't have it configured correctly.
>
> Thanks for the help,
>
> Ryan
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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Ryan,
I can't help you with a "permanent" fix for starting Linux in text mode;
what I CAN tell you is, at the LILO prompt, type the following:
linux 3
This will start Linux at runlevel 3 (text), and allow you to fix your
X-window problem.
If you find out how to "permanently" disable auto-booting into the
X-window, I'd appreciate your letting me know. BTW, in order to avoid
the problem you describe, I left the default set to text mode, and if I
wanna boot to X automatically, at the LILO prompt I type:
linux 5
This is what works for me. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.
Andy
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Subject: Suse Linux with Intel Atlantis Motherboard
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Holmes)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 07 Jul 2000 01:23:59 GMT
Does anyone have information on installing Suse Linux (or any Linux) on a
system with an Intel Atlantis motherboard (P133)?
I'm trying and having problems with the system hanging at various points in
yast and/or yast2.
Please email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks,
Mike
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From: Todd Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Eth0 delaying intializtion
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 01:25:29 GMT
I don't know what I did, but I kept trying over and over and finally it just
decided to take the card. I was able to get eth0 to show up after a ifconfig but
it didn't have an IP address. I ran netconfig and tried DCHP and nothing, so I
manually entered the info and it accepted it. I tried netscape and everything was
running great. I rebooted and now I am back to eth0 delaying initialization. What
is this?
Todd
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Subject: Suse Linux 6.4 with Intel Atlantis motherboard
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Holmes)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 07 Jul 2000 01:26:55 GMT
Does anyone have information on installing Suse Linux (or any Linux) on a
system with an Intel Atlantis motherboard (P133)?
I'm trying (using Suse Linux 6.4) and having problems with the system hanging
at various points in yast and/or yast2.
Please email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks,
Mike
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From: "Devon Harding" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: line number in vi
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 21:32:24 -0400
How can I see the line numbers in vi
Thanks,
-Devon
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (C.J.)
Subject: Re: Eth0 delaying intializtion
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 00:42:37 GMT
Interesting.. try
modprobe 3c59x
at the command prompt.
Also, in my /etc/conf.modules, the only line to do with 3c59x is
alias eth0 3c59x
There are no others.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Todd Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>If I log in as root and type /etc/rc.d/init.d/network start I get:
>Bringing up interface eth0 Delaying eth0 initialization [FAILED]
>
>I have tried removing the irq and when I accept changes, it just goes back to
>irq 11
>The I/O port is always blank.
>Still lost.
>
>
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Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (C.J.)
Subject: Re: line number in vi
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 00:49:13 GMT
You can find out the current line number with Ctrl+g
You can jump to a specific number by typing a colon (:) followed by the line
number and pressing enter.
:102
I'm not sure this question should have been posted in comp.os.linux.admin and
I definately don't think it's appropriate in comp.os.linux.networking.
In article <Yoa95.10229$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Devon Harding"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>How can I see the line numbers in vi
>
>Thanks,
>
>-Devon
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dowe Keller)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: line number in vi
Date: 6 Jul 2000 19:09:09 -0700
On Thu, 6 Jul 2000 21:32:24 -0400, Devon Harding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>How can I see the line numbers in vi
:set nu
or optionally if you are using vim
:set ruler
vi has many of these kinds of options, some other favorites of mine are:
:set ai # auto-indent
:set sm # show-matching (), [], and {} (this is nice if you program
# mutch lisp, or C, or perl, or java ...
If you want your settings to be on when you start vi, put them in
your .exrc file.
BTW: This doesn't even scratch the surface of the options that some vi clones
(notably vim) give you.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (skeeter)
Subject: Re: Problems partitioning 40Gb drive w/ SuSE 6.4
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 02:19:31 GMT
On Thu, 06 Jul 2000 21:01:00 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (C.J.) wrote:
>LBA should be good. Try that. Like you said if there is a problem with that,
>you can always try another mode. It really sounds like a BIOS problem because
>normally Linux fdisk has no problems with those large drives.
>
><snip>
I think some wild translations are taking place with the BIOS. Fdisk
says that 7.5 GB take up about 950 cylinders of a 40GB drive. But I
looked on the label of the HD itself and it indicates that the
configuration is C:16383, H:10, S:63. Very interesting.
I'll try some of the other modes or attempt to set the HD parameters
as the setup program boots up as another person suggested. It's pretty
strange that a such a new board and BIOS would be this much hassle
(sp?).
BTW, I tried to use Red Hat 6.1 to partition the drive and it couldn't
even see a second drive.
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From: Holly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: line number in vi
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 02:37:50 GMT
I use Ctrl-G .to start at a line <line number>G .
Holly
Devon Harding wrote:
>
> How can I see the line numbers in vi
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Devon
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From: Holly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MWave sucks we are...
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 02:54:29 GMT
Forget it ! It's a heap of junk- IBM used a lot in their pc's here
and so did Gateway, who if anyone had problems Gateway ripped them
out. I had one (IBM) and put Slack 3.6 on,did'nt take long to
"remove" the said card.
Holly
Tobias Harvey Tews wrote:
>
> Ok wasn't that cool when MWave made a pnp card that had both a sound card
> and modem put together!?
> NOT!
> It tends to lay in betwen a winmodem and normal modem. I read that its
> POSSIBLE to install MWave under linux. Problem is it can only be configed
> though winblows, so you have to boot to dos or windows before booting up
> linux to set the card?
> Anyhow, i'm a newbie, so after doing this, when I run minicom, the app
> runs but I can't seem to type anything to the modem,it just sits there.
> Does this maybe mean it can't find the modem at all? Or would there be
> errors if so?
> Yes I already made that link to /dev/ttyS0
> Windows says it's on com1
>
> Who else here uses MWave?
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From: "Adam H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sendmail / Fetchmail resources
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 12:51:32 +1000
Hi,
Can anyone please point me to a good beginners guide on setting up Sendmail
as a POP3 server/service and a guide on using fetchmail?
Thanks & Regards
Adam
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Faux_Pseudo)
Subject: Re: This may be a stupid question, but are there Linux viruses (virii?)?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 03:10:19 GMT
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From: Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: LINUX & CGI-BIN
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 03:30:26 GMT
hi, i just installed my new LINUX OS with APACHE for the web server. i
activated my cgi-bin (for PERL) with linuxconf.
but then my PERL still not running. is anyone out there can advise me
about this? (any procedure i missed, log file etc.) thanks a lot.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: junkbuster isn't working
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 02:08:17 -0700
On or about Sat, 01 Jul 2000 22:53:54 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] scrivened:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Andreas Tretow <"tretow(spamalamadingdong)"@snafu.de> wrote:
>> you have to start junkbuster. Have a look at the manual pages at
>> http://www.junkbuster.com/ijbman.html
> The junkbuster program is running; still, nothing is trapped by it.
>> Easiest way is to start the junkbuster daemon at boot time and have it
>> start junkbuster when it detects a connection. Works fine with me.
> Hm... I haven't tried a full reboot. Thanks for the info; I'll work on
> that right now. So far I've been starting junkbuster from my home
> directory.
You do ***NOT*** have to reboot your system. In general, you want to avoid
doing this:
2:07am up 22 days, 15:08, 13 users, load average: 2.98, 2.82, 2.85
(power went out)
Create the rc.d file, then run it as root. This should start Junkbuster.
> I'll let you know if this does/doesn't work.
> Cheers!
> Gena
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> Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: How to enable xdmcp
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 02:05:58 -0700
On or about Mon, 03 Jul 2000 13:28:14 -0400, John D Prokopek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
scrivened:
> I installed RH6.2 on a system and have NT on another system with Exceed.
> how do I enable xdmcp broadcast on the linux box so that I can run an x
> session on the nt box?
If you're running an X windows display manager (eg: gdm, kdm, wdm, xdm,
etc.), you should be able to connect to it by specifying "indirect" or
"broadcast" as your connection method under Exceed. I forget the exact
dialogs, but from the sound of it you can work it out.
I don't believe you need to modify the display manager configs at all,
however, you can find them under /etc/X11/<display-manager>/.
You can test the configuration by starting a raw X session from console on
your Linux box, with the indirect argument. Eg:
$ X -indirect <hostname>
Under Debian, man Xserver gives detailed command line arguments. YMMV w/
RH.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: DAT under Linux
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 02:12:04 -0700
On or about Mon, 03 Jul 2000 16:19:00 +0200, Cyril CADENEL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
scrivened:
> My dat is recognized by linux, but the system return IO error when i try
> to access my DAT Tape.
> I'm using a Red Hat 6.1 with a 2.2.12-20 kernel version.
> Thanks for the Help
Post your commands and any error output. Run these as root.
Suggested MO:
- Insert media in drive.
- Run "mt -f /dev/nst0 status"
- Report output
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Installing linux onto removable media (IOMEGA JAZ)
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 02:14:44 -0700
On or about Mon, 03 Jul 2000 15:30:06 GMT, Jeffrey Hornak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
scrivened:
> I want to install linux onto an IOMEGA JAZ drive. I understand I may take
> a performance hit on the drive access speed, etc... but this is mainly for
> evaluation anyway.
More significant problem is that in my experience, Jaz sucks, and chances
are very high that the drive will bomb out on you. I've cycled through
three drives and about six disks, on very occasional use since 1997.
Haven't used the drive much at all for the past two years, and it still
fries.
I'd strongly recommend you buy a fixed disk and play with Linux on this.
You apparently already have the Jaz -- I'd suggest target practice. Have
any small-caliber weapons?
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