Linux-Setup Digest #113, Volume #19 Sat, 8 Jul 00 15:13:11 EDT
Contents:
Re: online = $$$ ; offline = $$$$ TOO ("Q")
Problem with booting linux ("s_kolli")
Swap "Busy" in Debian Install (Andrew Overholt)
Re: beginner's question about Redhat6.2 (C.J.)
Trying to install Gnome in corel linux ("Steve")
Re: how to change shell by root (C.J.)
Re: Installing Linux on old 386 (C.J.)
Re: is there a port to windows media player? (C.J.)
Re: ATTN: Promise Ultra66 owners (JASON SNYDER)
Re: is there a port to windows media player? (Mike Frisch)
Re: fetchmail problems (Alex Fitterling)
Re: Newbie needs help... (C.J.)
Re: X locked on login (Steven Fosdick)
Re: Partitioning hints for server (C.J.)
Re: Problems partitioning 40Gb drive w/ SuSE 6.4 (C.J.)
Re: Q: Installing Red Hat 6.2 in HDD? (C.J.)
Re: Removing Users--How? (C.J.)
Re: configuration send-mail + fetch-mail (blowfish)
Re: Still doesn't work... (C.J.)
Re: Suse Linux 6.4 with Intel Atlantis motherboard (blowfish)
HELP My Networking is in Delay! ("OverByte")
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Subject: Re: online = $$$ ; offline = $$$$ TOO
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From: "s_kolli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problem with booting linux
Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2000 13:45:09 -0400
Hi!
I have a Suse linux 6.3 with Kernel SMP 2.2.13 installed on my
machine.It was actually working fine before but then to find out the exact
place of the kernel i made a change in the makefile.When i rebooted it,the
machine froze at saying "Calibrating APIC timer..."
I'm able to boot it from a boot floppy from suse linux 6.3 but it is not
booting the machine from the hard drive.I don't know how i should make it
work from the hard drive also.
Before my machine froze,the changes which i made are
i looked at /etc/lilo.conf file,
where the image=/boot/vmlinuz
In the /usr/src/linux directory, in the MAKEFILE,i made the change for
the install path=/boot where it was initially (before the reboot)given as
/boot/vmlinuz.
i did 'make install' and rebooted the machine,and that's when it froze.
This is the stage at which i am in.I thought i will explain the situation
at which it stopped working.If you have any idea about this,can you suggest
me as to what i can do?
How can i make a back up at least now before i make any more changes.
I appreciate your help. Thank you,
Santhi
emai:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Andrew Overholt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Swap "Busy" in Debian Install
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 17:52:34 GMT
Hi,
I recently pieced together an old 486 DX system with 8MB and 290MB HDD
for use as an IP Masq machine. I installed fine (from disk - I had no
choice) but after partitioning, when I used dselect to "Initialize and
activate the swap partition" it gave me an error saying that the device
was busy. This happened more than once (on more than one install
attempt) and so I just said use no swap but now I can't do anything
since there's not enough memory...any suggestions would be greatly
appreciated.
Thanks,
Andrew
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (C.J.)
Subject: Re: beginner's question about Redhat6.2
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 17:56:27 GMT
The majority of initialization *scripts* should be under /etc/rc.d/init.d
The rc0.d, rc1.d, etc dirs hold symlinks back to the files in
/etc/rc.d/init.d, so to edit what happens when entering runlevel 5, you need
to edit the file under init.d, not under rc5.d.
Anyhow, those are the initialization scripts. The actual config files are in
/etc or subdirs thereof. You can get a good explanation of a lot of them
in NET-3-HOWTO in /usr/doc/HOWTO. Under redhat, there are also extra
configuration files in /etc/sysconfig and network initialization scripts
under /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts.
Still, the best way to figure out what happens during the entire startup of
your system is to walk through /etc/inittab and track out through the scripts
from there. You would eventually track into all the scripts that are used to
boot your system and could see all the files they use to get their
configuration info.
For example, under RedHat6.1, early on /etc/rc.d/rc.sysint is called. Then for
each run level, /etc/rc.d/rc is called and passed the runlevel as a parameter.
The beauty of all this (after you start to figure out the scripting syntax) is
that there is no binary code that hides what is actually happening as your
system boots up. Besides, in Linux even the biaries you might run into
(device drivers, etc) have the source code if you REALLY want to get to the
heart of what happens.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bo Yan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I can't find those config files about network like
>/etc/rc.d/rc.inet
>there is
>init.d/ rc.local* rc0.d/ rc2.d/ rc4.d/ rc6.d/
>rc* rc.sysinit* rc1.d/ rc3.d/ rc5.d/
>
>under my /etc/rc.d
>where can I find the config files? My network works fine. I just want to
>learn something from
>the config files. Thanks.
>
>Long
>
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Reply-To: "Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Trying to install Gnome in corel linux
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 18:00:29 GMT
I have Corel with KDE, but I want to develop for Gnome. I have tried for
days to get it in, but I keep coming up short. I have enjoyed my 'education'
so far, but now I just want to get it going. Can someone give me the baby
steps 'here's how to get GNOME to be your desktop and enlightenment to be
your WM"? Please?
thanks for your kind attention
steve
--
add another 7 to the 77 to respond by email
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (C.J.)
Subject: Re: how to change shell by root
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 18:06:19 GMT
That will change it for existing users, but not for new users. Under redhat,
to change the default shell for all new users run linuxconf, and go into
-Config-User Accounts-Policies-Available user shells
You can change the default as well as what shells the user can select
themselves with chsh
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (J Bland) wrote:
>On Fri, 07 Jul 2000 12:16:44 -0400, Bo Yan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Where is the place "root" set up the shell for every user in Linux
>>Redhat? Thank you
>
>I would think it's in whatever utility RedHat uses for user administration
>but there's a quicker way to do it.
>
>Load /etc/passwd into an editor.
>
>At the end of each entry for each user (including root et al) there is
>something like:
>
>:/bin/bash
>
>This means that when a user logs in, run this program. In this case it is
>the bash shell. You can change this to read /bin/tcsh, /bin/sh, /bin/ksh
>depending on which shell you want to use and whether they're installed or
>not. You can even make it something other than a shell (eg a small script to
>say "You can't login here!" or whatever, but shell's are generally more useful
>;).
>
>But, bash is the default linux shell and there's not much point in changing
>it (unless a user is used to another one already), and don't mess with
>root's shell unless you're sure it works ;0).
>
>Frinky
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (C.J.)
Subject: Re: Installing Linux on old 386
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 18:12:39 GMT
What is your main computer? Even on a celery-300, xmms only uses about 4%
cpu. Granted it uses some RAM, but if you are that tight on memory, adding
RAM to a modern PC is way cheaper than added the same amount to an old system.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (BJW7TOAEM) wrote:
>hard drive, it has 640 K memory and 3300 K extended memory. I would like to
>install Linux and be able to use it as a mp3 player so I don't drain the system
>resources of my main computer to listen to mp3s. I can't seem to get a recent
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Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (C.J.)
Subject: Re: is there a port to windows media player?
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 18:14:19 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Lew Pitcher wrote:
>
>>
>> Short answer: No, there is no port of "Windows Media Player".
>> Microsoft has not (and probably will not) port this commercial product
>> to the Linux environment.
>>
>> However, there are Linux packages that provide similar or identical
>> functionality. You have been referred to some of them.
>>
>>
>
>??
>That part of the thread I must have missed. By identical functionality,
>do you mean "can handle streaming audio?" Certainly xmms can do it with
>mp3, and real can do it with .ram's. But, do you mean 'can handle .asp
>files? THAT would be news! :-)
Why? The sound quality of .asp sucks seriously.
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From: JASON SNYDER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ATTN: Promise Ultra66 owners
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 18:18:45 GMT
On Mandrake 7.1, the Promise Ultra66 controller works just fine for me in
UDMA66 mode in all. On my main Linux box at home I installed Mandrake 7.1
to a disk drive on the Promise controller without a hitch. On my brother's
Linux server (also Mandrake 7.1) I put a Promise Ultra66 controller on it
along side its Adaptec 2940U2W after Mandrake 7.1 was installed to the
10,000 RPM SCSI drive on it and it still detected and used the Promise card
without a hitch. There was nothing special that I had to do like pass
parameters to the kernel on boot like what you are talking about. (I used
hdparm to optimize the transfer mode and I modified fstab to mount the drive
on the controller on boot, but that was all that I had to do.)
Something else to consider is that I did look around (like www.linux-ide.org
and www.kernelnots.org) and found evidence that support has been out for a
while for UDMA66, but it hasn't come standard in the stable kernels yet. It
is supposed to come standard in the 2.4 kernels. Support has come in the
way of patches for current stable kernels.
For the reasons stated above I believe that the support issue of the Promise
Ultra66 controllers along with other UDMA66 controllers in the stable
kernels is more of an issue with how the Linux development world operates
and less with the manufactures like Promise. Why put a lot of effort into
drivers for an OS when that OS community is already putting in an effort for
you? Also, if you where working on a "not for profit" project like the the
Linux kernel development team and you didn't have someone like Bill Gates
breathing down your throat and telling you that it needs to be released now,
wouldn't you take your time to look at the bigger picture, put your drivers
together in the best way that you can think of, and test the hell out of the
whole scheme before releasing it to the general public?
root wrote:
> With RH6.1 there was a custom bootdisk supplied by Promise for
> installing onto
> Ultra66 contolled HD's.
>
> This bootdisk will not work with RH6.2, as I painfully discovered.
>
> For those of you in a similar predicament, while we wait endlessly for
> Promise
> to deliver a new driver ( how hard can it be ? - for God's sake ), there
> is a
> "quick fix" solution.
>
> Boot your RH6/6.1 as per normal, if you haven't got that far yet, then
> see
> www.promise.com for the linux drivers and bootdisk.
>
> Log on and type the following
>
> cat /proc/pci
>
> The output will list the Promise U66 card .
> Take a note of the I/O values.
>
> E.g. on my system :
>
> I/O at 0xefe0
> I/O at 0xefac
>
> etc ....
>
> For port0 - the one your boot drive is probably on, you want
> the first two numbers - ie - the two above. ( Your I/O values
> may be different - don't just copy mine )
>
> Reboot to Windoze and prepare the RH6.2 bootdisk from the CD.
> Boot from your new floppy bootdisk, and at the LILO prompt type
>
> linux ide2=0xefe0,0xefae
>
> (this is an example from my system only):
>
> What you will actually type depends on the output from cat /proc/ide.
> If we call the first hex number after the "=" (a)
> And the second number after the "," (b)
> Then the formula is
>
> linux ide2=a,b+2
>
> So (b) was originally 0xefac from the cat output, I added 2 to give
> 0xefae
>
> Now you can instal RH6.2 no problem.
>
> During the install you will be asked how you wish to configure LILO
> Add extra parameter here to ensure you can continue to boot straight
> from the HD - ie - linux ide2=a,b+2 ( remember to replace a and b+2
> with the correct values )
>
> Thats it, but I further recommend adding the "idebus=66" switch as
> well.
>
> Of course all this is not really a proper substitute for real drivers -
> come
> on Promise.
>
> Oh, and I have a question.
> If there are only two ide ports on the card, why are there 5 I/O
> addresses ?
> Whats the 5th one for ?
>
> Keith G. Robertson-Turner
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Frisch)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: is there a port to windows media player?
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 18:21:55 GMT
On Sat, 08 Jul 2000 18:14:19 GMT, C.J. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Why? The sound quality of .asp sucks seriously.
Perhaps, but there are plenty of .asp only sources on the net. My local
radio station only supports Windows Media Player which leaves me high and
dry in Linux.
The great thing about standards is that there's so many of them...
Mike.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alex Fitterling)
Subject: Re: fetchmail problems
Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2000 20:31:34 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Chiefy wrote:
>On Sat, 8 Jul 2000 04:36:36 +0200,
>Alex Fitterling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>Fortunately after a lot of time spending on that problem I fixed it...
>>it was due to a corrupt sendmail config file.... AFAIK fetchmail i
>>s trying to
>>connect to localhost and tries to send all incoming mail via smtp port...
>>So far, so good... I'm having fetchmail to fetch mail... even functionally..
>>
>>but now, it seems, that sendmail doesn't send the mail it did get via
>>fetchmail to the local users.... what's wrong now ?
>>
>>Can anyone send me his sendmail.cf to take a look at ?
>
>Afraid I can't help with the sendmail.cf, Exim's in use here.
>
>I do remember a problem with fetchmail being unable to deliver locally
>due to a permission error with the Exim mail log which stopped delivery.
>
>Not much help I know, but it's surprising how small an error needs to be
>to prevent correct operation.
>
>Regards.
>
>LGB.
Hey, I finally fixed it.... It was due to an invalid OSTYPE in the m4
macrofile.... So easy.... too easy...
--
Thx...
Alex Fitterling
--
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (C.J.)
Subject: Re: Newbie needs help...
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 18:30:17 GMT
Use Xconfigurator to get close to what you want for resolution, etc.
After you get the resolution you think you want, try running xvidtune. Set it
to "auto" mode and start changing the screen size/position settings till you
get one you like. You can use the settings you get from here to change the
values for modeline in /etc/X11/XF86Config to get things exactly the way you
want them.
In article <Y4j95.429$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Chaz"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I just installed RH6.2 for the first time running gnome also. problem is the
>display isto large for my monitor (ie. I have an off screen area in each of
>my desktops. ) how can i adjust the settings so I don't have to slide the
>desktop to get to icons or open windows. Any help would be greatly
>appreciated. the more detailed an answer the better as I'm dumber than dirt
>when it comes to linux. Thanks again.
>
>Chaz
>
>
>
>
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From: Steven Fosdick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: X locked on login
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 16:57:42 +0000
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Marco Manzan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I started a session on a HP Kayak XU but now the computer is locked, I can
> connect normally via net on it, but I can't use it directly. I'm using Red Hat
> 5.2 with kde 1.1.2 and kdm the following is the message in
> /var/log/messages.
> May I unlock the machine without rebooting ?
I wouldn't have though so since the message referred to a kernal NULL
pointer de-reference. Such things should definely not happen and may
be an indication that a piece of hardware is malfunctioning, or that the
kernel is now in a not entirely consistant state.
You could do an orderly shutdown remotely though.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (C.J.)
Subject: Re: Partitioning hints for server
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 18:32:47 GMT
Only one question.. why have Xwindows on them at all if they are going to be
web servers?
In article <8k4ska$plc$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Hi all,
> I'm setting up a whole bunch of webservers using linux, and am
>trying to get some advice on the best parition sizes for the job. It'll
>be a bunch of 1U rackservers running RedHat 6.2, Xfree, and the big
>primary app will be Apache Stronghold. We'll also be tossing on
>OpenSSH, and the following addons from the custom install
>Xwindows
> KDE
> Mail/WWW/News Tools
> Networked Workstation
> emacs
> Development
> Utilities
>
>The boxes have about 20 gigs of hd on them, and we're looking to set up
>separate partitions for /tmp, /var, /usr, /usr/local, and /home, as well
>as lots of swap (we're looking at 256 Mb of RAM, but with all the SSL
>traffic I've been thinking along the lines of 1024Mb of swap). Please
>let me know if you have any ideas on how to pull this off, and thanks in
>advance for any help you might have to offer.
>
>L.
>
>
>Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
>Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (C.J.)
Subject: Re: Problems partitioning 40Gb drive w/ SuSE 6.4
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 18:37:55 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(skeeter) wrote:
>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?).
Yeah, there will be some wild translations going on. My 20Gb drive shows up
as having 2482 cylinders, but that is ok as long as it gives you the correct
size for the drive and you don't get wierd things like overlapping partitions,
etc. How many cylinders, Sectors,Heads does your BIOS say your drive has when
in LBA mode? You can feed those to fdisk and probably get it to work fine,
BUT, there is no gaurantee Windows will handle the drive right, and may
overwrite your Linux partition. It may be time to contact your HD
manufacturer and/or MoBo manufacturer and see what they have to recommend.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (C.J.)
Subject: Re: Q: Installing Red Hat 6.2 in HDD?
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 18:39:05 GMT
Do you have a CD-Writer? You can download the iso image of RedHat's CD and
burn your own.
In article <8k5g7c$6b0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Hans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>Hello,
>
>I've downloaded RPMS packages and files in base directory from
>ftp.redhat.com site.
>
>How do I install Red Hat 6.2?
>Which image file do I put in lilo.conf file? My computer doesn't have
>Floppy drive. I tried boot from bootnet.img file but, it didn't work.
>
>
>Is it possible booting from other distribution CD-ROM and chooses
>Red Hat installation package in HDD?
>
>
>
>
>Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
>Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (C.J.)
Subject: Re: Removing Users--How?
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 18:40:15 GMT
No, it's userdel (don't ask me why.. I don't know) as others have said.
In article <Ock95.3358$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Jeffrey S. Kline"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Actually....
>
>Isn't that "deluser"... much like you have "adduser", etc...???
>
>Cheers;
>Jeff
>
>David .. wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>>Lorne Beckman wrote:
>>>
>>> Several helpful people wrote:
>>>
>>> >Try userdel
>>>
>>> Command not found.
>>>
>>> >Try: "/usr/sbin/userdel username"
>>>
>>> Command not found.
>>>
>>> >That is userdel not Userdel.
>>>
>>> Yes.
>>>
>>> >If you still cannot find then try a
>>> >locate userdel | grep userdel$
>>>
>>> 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.
>>
>>--
>>Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
>>ID # 123538
>
>
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From: blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: configuration send-mail + fetch-mail
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 11:49:10 -0700
Alex Fitterling wrote:
>
> It's me again... ..who else could it be ?! ;))
>
> changing the expression of OSTYPE in contents of the line below to
> suse-linux instead of linux it worked !
>
> >OSTYPE(`linux')dnl
>
> Finally I helped my self.... but why ? Didn't sendmail just work only
> because of this stupid mistake ??
>
> Further all I did not mention that sendmail -q gave out a message saying that
> OSTYPE is wrong .. hmm ?!? I got no glue... where else is OSTYPE set ?
> Is there a need to be ?
>
> Alex
>
> P.S: Working opossite rule by discussing my own problems with myself...
> (I tell you - it's fun...) hehe... but if everyone did the communication
> level at all would be get rather poor in this group.... in addition pooring
> its own reputation -
> so my advice to you.. don't do it the same ! :))
>
> - Thx
Use Postfix instead of Sendmail. It's a hell lot easierbto set
up.
Alex Lam.
--
"Think for yourself. Question authory." saids Timothy Leary.
"Think for yourself. Question everybody." -Alex Lam. 2000.
"Government is not the solution to our problem; government
is the problem" - Ronald Regan.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (C.J.)
Subject: Re: Still doesn't work...
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 18:55:23 GMT
A few things... first, you don't have to log in before pressing Ctrl+Alt+F2
second, it doesn't turn off the X server. It's still running, just that you
switch to console #2 which does not have X running in it from console #7 which
does.
third, while in "text" mode, Alt+F1 through Alt+F7 will change to other
consoles, however, the Alt+F7 console has X running
So maybe this is a bit picky, but I think the first one is a big deal.
Because if his X is configured wrong, it might repeatedly try to respawn X
which will make it virtually impossible for him to do anything in any other
console.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>if worst comes to worst, after your system boots, and you login,
>press"Ctrl+Alt+F2". this will turn off the X server and put you into
>native command line mode. you will have to login again, but that is
>how it works. i know it is not a fix, but 'till you get one this will
>give you a work around.
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>PS. if you want to get back into X from there, just hit "Ctrl+Alt+F7"
>_______________________________________________________
>
>On Fri, 07 Jul 2000 05:55:11 -0700, RMB
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>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
>>
>>Ryan
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Suse Linux 6.4 with Intel Atlantis motherboard
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 11:56:20 -0700
Michael Holmes wrote:
>
> 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
http://sdb.suse.de/sdb/en/html/index.html
http://www.suse.com/support/hardware/index.html
Alex Lam.
--
"Think for yourself. Question authory." said Timothy Leary.
"Think for yourself. Question everybody." -Alex Lam. 2000.
"Government is not the solution to our problem; government
is the problem" - Ronald Regan.
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From: "OverByte" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.questions,list.linux-activists.questions
Subject: HELP My Networking is in Delay!
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 19:01:10 GMT
ARGH! *Newbie Alert*
Ok, I had my Linux system up and working GREAT! (RH6.2) Had just
successfully upgraded the kernel (2.2.16-3smp) and installed all of the
security upgrade erattas. Everything was cooking. It had one NIC (3COM
503b) connected to my cable modem served hub. Networking was working great.
. all was right with the world.
So it was time to move on to the next project. Setting up the Linux box as
a firewall. First I started with installing a second nic (Intel Etherpro
100). Never got it working. Kudzu found the card and suppossedly
installed it. But I couldn't get it to work. Either DHCP (My Cable modem
provider uses DHCP, and I have two addresses available) or static IP. Eth0
kept working fine, but never could I get eth1 online. Constantly it would
fail. When I attempted to bring it up using 'ifup eth1' I get the message
'Delaying Eth1 initilization' And nothing happens. After countless
combinations of installtion, and uninstalling both cards, and messing with
the ip configurations to attempt to get eth1 online, I finally gave up. So
I reconfigured the hardware back to the origional setup, and all of the
networking parameters in linuxconf back to how they were before I started
this mess.
AaAARGH! Now Eth0 is " Delaying startup'. Remove. . reinstall. . . no
help. At this point I can't get my Linux box to initialize my NIC! It
KNOWS they are there. . .it just wont initialize them. What am I missing?
TIA!
-OB
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