Linux-Setup Digest #103, Volume #19 Fri, 7 Jul 00 09:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: line number in vi (Arjan Drieman)
Re: line number in vi (Arjan Drieman)
Re: No 'rescue root' disk in Slackware 7.1? (Equinox)
Newbie needs help... ("Chaz")
Changing partition sizes - query (Robert Goulding)
Re: 486 Linux setup, 250 meg HD, which distro ??? (Steve Martin)
Re: X locked on login (Dances With Crows)
PPP setup for mindspring (Steve Emmett)
How To ("m.rossi")
Re: Removing Users--How? ("Jeffrey S. Kline")
LD_LIBRARY_PATH problem ("Gary Knopp")
Re: Installing Linux on old 386 (M. Buchenrieder)
Re: Wrong major or minor number --but it's wrong (greg)
Still doesn't work... (RMB)
Re: Still doesn't work... (RMB)
kudzu,pcmcia and sound (Darren Christie)
Re: Ghostscript interpreter ("Gene Heskett")
Re: Changing partition sizes - query (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?=)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Arjan Drieman)
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: 7 Jul 2000 11:11:04 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 07 Jul 2000 10:24:11 +0800, Georg Thimm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>:set number
And to turn it off:
:set nonumber
Arjan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Arjan Drieman)
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: 7 Jul 2000 11:12:47 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 6 Jul 2000 21:32:24 -0400, Devon Harding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>How can I see the line numbers in vi
To how many groups should one send his post? Well, to as much as
possible, of course, so everybody reads it!
Arjan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Equinox)
Subject: Re: No 'rescue root' disk in Slackware 7.1?
Date: 7 Jul 2000 11:15:50 GMT
On 7 Jul 2000 00:33:06 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ljb) 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?
[snips]
> 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".
Sounds like a sweet machine to me...
Sorry I got caught up in the moment earlier. Now that I can actually
get around to answering your question... I've been missing the rescue
disk myself. I've found tomsrtbt (http://www.toms.net/rb/) to be
useful as a general recovery tool.
--Russell
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From: "Chaz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Newbie needs help...
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 07:23:12 -0400
I just installed RH6.2 for the first time running gnome also. problem is the
display isto large for my monitor (ie. I have an off screen area in each of
my desktops. ) how can i adjust the settings so I don't have to slide the
desktop to get to icons or open windows. Any help would be greatly
appreciated. the more detailed an answer the better as I'm dumber than dirt
when it comes to linux. Thanks again.
Chaz
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From: Robert Goulding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Changing partition sizes - query
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 12:40:33 +0100
I installed RH Linux 6.2 about a year ago as a
complete newbie, and gave the partitions pretty
much random sizes, as I had no idea how much
each would need. I now want to alter the sizes
of the partitions to something more reasonable,
and to make available disk space which is now
trapped where it will never be used. Is there a
way to do grow/shrink partitions without
destroying data? (/ and /usr have to be cut
down *a lot*, while /home and /usr/local greatly
increased. I also want a separate /var
partition). I have a *lot* on the disk
(and have made so many changes to the system to
get it to run just how I like it) so that it
doesn't seem an option to completely trash my
partitions and start over.
Also, it is a 13Gb drive; 2Gb is used for
Windows, and I had another 6Gb partition which I
was going to use as a Windows disk; but now I
find that I *only* use Windows to run my %$*#
parport scanner, so 2Gb is more than enough.
Some months ago, I tried to use cfdisk to add
this partition as ext2 fs and use it for storage
of large files; but something (I can't remember
what) went wrong. I think the partition table
(and perhaps fstab)
is a bit of a mess now, but I don't yet have the
confidence to sort it out on my own. Basically,
partitions
scare me, particularly when there is so much
important data on the disk. I need a safe
repartitioner which will hand-hold more than
cfdisk does, if there is such a thing:
commercial products, even?
Many thanks, Robert.
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Robert Goulding
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National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
Ph: +44 20 7254-8375
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From: Steve Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: 486 Linux setup, 250 meg HD, which distro ???
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 08:15:34 -0400
Jim Cameron wrote:
> >hacked every 5 minutes your on the internet. Choose Slack, Choose sleepless
> >nights tearing your hair out, Choose Debian, Choose never being able to use
>
> I use Slack, and I have LOTS of hair. 8-)
I started out with Slackware, and I have *no* hair! ('Course,
I'm 45 years old, too... <g>)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: X locked on login
Date: 07 Jul 2000 08:15:25 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 7 Jul 2000 09:59:25 +0200, Marco Manzan
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>I started a session on a HP Kayak XU but now the computer is locked, I can
>connect normally via net on it, but I can't use it directly. I'm using
>Red Hat 5.2 with kde 1.1.2
>May I unlock the machine without rebooting ?
Which machine got locked up? The local Linux machine, or the remote H-PUX
machine? I'm assuming the Linux machine, but it's unclear from your
description...
>Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address
>00000000
>current->tss.cr3 = 0fdda000, `r3 = 0fdda000 *pde = 00000000 Oops: 0002
[snip]
That register dump is an indication that things have gone horribly awry
within the kernel, and it's not supposed to happen ever in the stable
series. Rebooting the machine (and upgrading it; RedHat 5.2 is
ancient) would probably be the safest bet, but if you can ssh or telnet
into the Linux box, you might be able to unlock it. Become root, then
"init 3" followed by "init 5". This will restart X. If that doesn't
work, then you most likely will have to reboot the thing to use X again.
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\----[this space for rent]-----/ \ of the Computer or her children and still
\There is no Darkness in Eternity \ remain as Man." --David Zindell "So did
But only Light too dim for us to see\ they become Gods, or Usenetters?" --/me
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From: Steve Emmett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PPP setup for mindspring
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 07:21:24 -0500
Does anyone have a ppp setup for mindspring they wouldn't mind sharing?
I'm trying to use kppp and everything seems to work fine up to the point
that userid and password are sent. after that, the kppd log screen
shows the typical ppp garbage scrolling across and then shortly after
that I'll get no job - the connection is closed.
/var/log/messages show what appears to be a normal progression of ppp
setup: pppd 2.3.11 started by root, using interface ppp0, connect: ppp0
<--> /dev/ttyS2 then either a) terminating on SIGNAL 15 or b) Hangup
(SIGHUP)
I've checked the PPP HOWTO, but it doesn't address kppp. I've also
checked the man page on kppp but it doesn't seem to offer any help in
this area.
I've missed something - would someone mind point out what it is?
Thanks
--
Steve
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From: "m.rossi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How To
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 12:39:12 GMT
How to install Mandrake 7.1 from an Iso image downloaded on the web ?
Thanks for your help !
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From: "Jeffrey S. Kline" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Removing Users--How?
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 07:39:53 -0500
Actually....
Isn't that "deluser"... much like you have "adduser", etc...???
Cheers;
Jeff
David .. wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Lorne Beckman wrote:
>>
>> Several helpful people wrote:
>>
>> >Try userdel
>>
>> Command not found.
>>
>> >Try: "/usr/sbin/userdel username"
>>
>> Command not found.
>>
>> >That is userdel not Userdel.
>>
>> Yes.
>>
>> >If you still cannot find then try a
>> >locate userdel | grep userdel$
>>
>> Nothing.(Churns for an hour, I interrupt the process.) Should I wait
>> longer? It's a 486-30 w/24 MB.
>>
>> >Is it a kernel version? Which distribution do you use?
>>
>> Kernel, yes. Slackware 2.0.0. I think? Hmmm, maybe I should write them.
>>
>> Any other suggestions?
>
>On my system userdel is in the "shadow-utils" package.
>
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From: "Gary Knopp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: LD_LIBRARY_PATH problem
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 08:37:20 -0400
I just installed RedHat Linux 6.2 (2.2.14-12). When I try to
compile a C++ program, I get an error that it can't find any of the
X libraries. The library path '/usr/X11R6/lib' is in the /etc/ld.so.conf.
If I set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/X11R6/lib, I still get an error.
If I issue the env command I can see that LD_LIBRARY_PATH has
been set, however the only way to get my program to compile is to hard
code the lib path in my makefile.
What am I doing wrong?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: Installing Linux on old 386
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 10:47:48 GMT
"Lonni J. Friedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>BJW7TOAEM wrote:
>>
>> I have an old 386 40 MHz computer, it has a CDROM drive, floppy and a 200 MB
>> hard drive, it has 640 K memory and 3300 K extended memory. I would like to
[...]
>You're out of luck because:
>1) Linux requires at least 4MB of RAM
The TinyLinux distribution could do it; though 3300KB of extended
memory seems to be a bit odd for a 386. Is the memory on a specific
expansion card (Compaq made them, and maybe others as well)?
>2) You can't play MP3's in real time on anything less than a very fast
>486
That's indeed the main problem. I doubt that you would have much fun
with it (other than making the experience of getting it running).
Michael
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From: greg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Wrong major or minor number --but it's wrong
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 05:52:50 -0700
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Rob Harvey
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Rob Harvey wrote:
> "Is there a simple way to read the config options from any
> particular boot image (the binary, not the config.in file)? Then
> I could just do a diff on the outputs. "
>
> Oops. Meant "the .config file".
>
> Rob Harvey
> Programmer, Networker, Consultant.
> Specializing in C++, Java and Linux systems.
There are various kernel patches at <www.kernelnotes.com> You might
look there for more information. They are documented on the site.
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Subject: Still doesn't work...
From: RMB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 05:55:11 -0700
I posted the other day about a problem I was having with X
starting up. I was told that in order to keep it from booting
up, you go into the /etc/inittab file and change the line
id:5:initdefault to id:3:initdefault.
This didn't work.
Is there anything else I need to change? I am having some
problems configuring X. I don't want it to boot, I just want to
boot into text mode.
Thanks for the help.
Ryan
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Subject: Re: Still doesn't work...
From: RMB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 06:01:18 -0700
I am running Debian/GNU Linux.
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From: Darren Christie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: kudzu,pcmcia and sound
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 09:13:27 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have Redhat 6.1 installed on a Toshiba Tecra 8100, however when
booting kudzu has decided not to detect new hardware. After doing some
digging around I found that hwconf was corrupted. So I copied this from
an identical configured system. Rebooted and still the same results. So
I am lost at what to do next to resolve this, so any suggestions would
be greatly received.
The other problem I have is configuring sound on the above laptop,
I managed to get sound to work using alsa 0.5.8, and promptly on
rebooting to test, pcmcia wouldn't start up, but I had sound.
Now for some reason pcmcia is back, but now sound won't work! I get
that the device is busy. I thought it might be a conflict between pcmcia
and the sound hardware (ymfpci) but I can use both together no problem
under Windoze98. So please could you help on this as well?
If you could copy answers to my e-mail, as the work newsgroup feed only
picks up once a day.
Thanks
Darren
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Date: 7 Jul 2000 8:42:2 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ghostscript interpreter
Unrot13 this;
Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Gene Heskett sends Greetings to Alex Fitterling;
Ghostscript cannot be a viewer on a unix/linux like system unless X is
running. It can render to any other device thats in its 'gs --help'
output without X though. Its default is to render to the first device
in that list unless you tell it otherwise on the cli. Re-read use.txt.
AF> Having problems to view PS files via ghostscript.... An error
AF> occurs telling me something like "Unkown device X11"... I did
AF> post asnother article about having problems to get ps files
AF> embedded in Lyx... due to common failure in system ? It just
AF> came up in my mind.. I updated system at a certain time with
AF> different libs... Can it be that my ghostscript interpreter isn't
AF> functional anymore due to that fact (updating system)...
AF> Do I now need to install and reconfigure my ghostscript
AF> interpreter from new?
AF> Please help me...
AF> TIA, Alex
AF>
Cheers, Gene
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Changing partition sizes - query
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 15:08:18 +0200
There are not many partitioners, that can change partition sizes. However
you could try partitionmagic. It is commercial however, but it recognizes
FAT (12, 16 and 32) ext2 and linux swap (which, I presume, are the
relevant ones).
Rasmus B�g Hansen
On Fri, 7 Jul 2000, Robert Goulding wrote:
> I installed RH Linux 6.2 about a year ago as a
> complete newbie, and gave the partitions pretty
> much random sizes, as I had no idea how much
> each would need. I now want to alter the sizes
> of the partitions to something more reasonable,
> and to make available disk space which is now
> trapped where it will never be used. Is there a
> way to do grow/shrink partitions without
> destroying data? (/ and /usr have to be cut
> down *a lot*, while /home and /usr/local greatly
> increased. I also want a separate /var
> partition). I have a *lot* on the disk
> (and have made so many changes to the system to
> get it to run just how I like it) so that it
> doesn't seem an option to completely trash my
> partitions and start over.
>
> Also, it is a 13Gb drive; 2Gb is used for
> Windows, and I had another 6Gb partition which I
> was going to use as a Windows disk; but now I
> find that I *only* use Windows to run my %$*#
> parport scanner, so 2Gb is more than enough.
> Some months ago, I tried to use cfdisk to add
> this partition as ext2 fs and use it for storage
> of large files; but something (I can't remember
> what) went wrong. I think the partition table
> (and perhaps fstab)
> is a bit of a mess now, but I don't yet have the
> confidence to sort it out on my own. Basically,
> partitions
> scare me, particularly when there is so much
> important data on the disk. I need a safe
> repartitioner which will hand-hold more than
> cfdisk does, if there is such a thing:
> commercial products, even?
>
> Many thanks, Robert.
>
> --
> Robert Goulding
> Senior Caird Research Fellow,
> National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
> Ph: +44 20 7254-8375
>
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