Linux-Setup Digest #158, Volume #19 Fri, 14 Jul 00 17:13:15 EDT
Contents:
Intellimouse/Dell won't work (Nathaniel Gray)
Re: Small Fonts in netscape ("tvn")
Re: PPP problem - chat aborts saying the serial link is not 8-bit clean (Jonas De
Vuyst)
Gnome (Mike Gifford)
SoundMax Audio Card ("Pankaj Deshpande")
Re: PPP problem - chat aborts saying the serial link is not 8-bit clean (Bill Unruh)
Re: Intellimouse/Dell won't work ("Rex Dieter")
Re: lucent winmodem in laptop (D G)
Re: linux sees only half my memory (Steve Farber/BCSi)
Using Samba on NT Network. Help with Disabling Computer Browser. (Jason Chow)
Re: Opti 931 Audio 16 sound config (Y-C. Roger Lin)
Exchange-type Server ("DJM")
Two problems ("Gary")
Diamond Viper II ("Robby Bailey")
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From: Nathaniel Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Intellimouse/Dell won't work
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 03:26:56 -0700
I'm at the end of my rope. My bloody PS/2 Intellimouse won't work with
Red Hat 6.2 on my Dell XPS 350. I've tried setting the protocol in
XF86Config to ps2, imps2, microsoft, etc. without luck. All that
happens is my serial mouse (an old logitech 2-button that I can't wait
to toss) freaks out. This led me to believe that the device was set
incorrectly (the signals from the serial mouse shouldn't be reaching the
PS/2 port). So I tried changing the device from /dev/ttyS0 to
/dev/psaux, which did nothing for my mouse and disabled my keyboard.
If anybody can help, please CC me a copy of your response by e-mail. I
will be forever grateful.
Thanks,
+--+
Nathaniel Gray
California Institute of Technology
Computation and Neural Systems
+--+
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From: "tvn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Small Fonts in netscape
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 13:25:52 -0400
Hi, thanks for your response ..
Is this the only thing I can do ? I even change it to 7 and the fonts are
still messing up .... did you experience the same thing or something's
wrong with my system ?
> Edit your "/home/user/.Xdefaults" and add this line to the end of the
> file.
>
> Netscape*documentFonts.sizeIncrement: 5
>
> Then in the Netscape menu choose:
>
> "edit/preferences/appearance/fonts" and set the browser to:
>
> Use my default fonts, overriding document-specified fonts
>
> Be sure to choose the font you wish to use before saving changes.
>
> After making the changes shown above, close and restart Netscape.
> You DO NOT need to reboot your system. This is linux.
>
> --
> Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
> ID # 123538
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From: Jonas De Vuyst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PPP problem - chat aborts saying the serial link is not 8-bit clean
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 19:33:19 +0200
That doesn't help either, I tried this plus sending an additional "ppp" o=
r
"pppd"
after the password was send in all possible combinations (this is describ=
ed in
http://axion.physics.ubc.ca/ppp-linux.html as a solution for the bit 7
problem).
I've also tried to use PAP though the error messages don't ask for it but=
that
also
didn't seem to work.
One thing I didn't notice before is that I get the error "Couldn't open p=
ty
slave
/dev/pts/0: No such file or directory" after starting my ppp-on script. I=
only
get
this error the first time I execute that script (i.e. after every reboot)=
though.
the directory /dev/pts exists but there are no files in it (same as on my=
SuSE
box).
S=E9bastien Cottalorda wrote:
> =
> Hi,
> =
> According me it came from your asyncmap.
> Try to set it up to 0xa0000
> =
> Sebastien
> =
> Jonas De Vuyst wrote:
> =
> > Hey all,
> >
> > I've been having a problem getting my modem to dial in. I'm currently=
using a
> > package called PPPKit-0.7.tar.gz. Before this I've tried to use the e=
xample
> > script of the LFS book, I've also tried the script described in the B=
elgian
> > HOWTO because these two seem to fit my situation. I had no luck, howe=
ver, with
> > both of these scripts.
> >
> > The package started working a bit better after I changed "ogin" to "s=
ername" in
> > /usr/sbin/pppdialer. I still don't get past the complete login proced=
ure but at
> > least my identity gets confirmed.
> >
> > The error I get seems to be about bit 7 being 0, wrong parity (sp?) i=
s all I
> > can
> > think off but that seems unlikely.
> >
> > Can someone give me a clue? I'd like to avoid PAP (which is what my I=
SP
> > normally
> > uses), is this possible?
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Jonas De Vuyst
> >
> > BTW: Below are the last lines of /var/log/sys.log that show the whole=
> > connection
> > procedure, of course MyUserName and MyPassword are not actually =
what chat
> > printed.
> >
> > --- Begin /var/log/sys.log ---
> > Jul 13 22:53:16 rome pppd[105]: pppd 2.3.11 started by root, uid 0
> > Jul 13 22:53:17 rome chat[106]: timeout set to 3 seconds
> > Jul 13 22:53:17 rome chat[106]: abort on (\nBUSY\r)
> > Jul 13 22:53:17 rome chat[106]: abort on (\nNO ANSWER\r)
> > Jul 13 22:53:17 rome chat[106]: abort on (\nRINGING\r\n\r\nRINGING\r)=
> > Jul 13 22:53:17 rome chat[106]: send (rAT^M)
> > Jul 13 22:53:18 rome chat[106]: expect (OK)
> > Jul 13 22:53:18 rome chat[106]: rAT^M^M
> > Jul 13 22:53:18 rome chat[106]: OK
> > Jul 13 22:53:18 rome chat[106]: -- got it
> > Jul 13 22:53:18 rome chat[106]: send (ATH0^M)
> > Jul 13 22:53:18 rome chat[106]: timeout set to 30 seconds
> > Jul 13 22:53:18 rome chat[106]: expect (OK)
> > Jul 13 22:53:18 rome chat[106]: ^M
> > Jul 13 22:53:18 rome chat[106]: ATH0^M^M
> > Jul 13 22:53:18 rome chat[106]: OK
> > Jul 13 22:53:18 rome chat[106]: -- got it
> > Jul 13 22:53:18 rome chat[106]: send (ATDT092700420^M)
> > Jul 13 22:53:18 rome chat[106]: expect (CONNECT)
> > Jul 13 22:53:18 rome chat[106]: ^M
> > Jul 13 22:53:44 rome chat[106]: ATDT092700420^M^M
> > Jul 13 22:53:44 rome chat[106]: COMPRESSION: V.42BIS^M
> > Jul 13 22:53:44 rome chat[106]: ^M
> > Jul 13 22:53:44 rome chat[106]: CONNECT
> > Jul 13 22:53:44 rome chat[106]: -- got it
> > Jul 13 22:53:44 rome chat[106]: send (^M)
> > Jul 13 22:53:44 rome chat[106]: expect (sername:)
> > Jul 13 22:53:44 rome chat[106]: 115200/ARQ^M
> > Jul 13 22:53:45 rome chat[106]: ^M
> > Jul 13 22:53:45 rome chat[106]: ^M
> > Jul 13 22:53:45 rome chat[106]: User Access Verification^M
> > Jul 13 22:53:45 rome chat[106]: ^M
> > Jul 13 22:53:45 rome chat[106]: Username:
> > Jul 13 22:53:45 rome chat[106]: -- got it
> > Jul 13 22:53:45 rome chat[106]: send (MyUserName^M)
> > Jul 13 22:53:45 rome chat[106]: expect (assword:)
> > Jul 13 22:53:45 rome chat[106]: MyUserName^M
> > Jul 13 22:53:45 rome chat[106]: Password:
> > Jul 13 22:53:45 rome chat[106]: -- got it
> > Jul 13 22:53:45 rome chat[106]: send (MyPassword^M)
> > Jul 13 22:53:45 rome pppd[105]: Serial connection established.
> > Jul 13 22:53:45 rome pppd[105]: Using interface ppp0
> > Jul 13 22:53:45 rome pppd[105]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1
> > Jul 13 22:53:46 rome pppd[105]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=3D0x1 <asyncmap =
0x20a0000>
> > <magic 0xd3e2197c> <pcomp> <accomp>]
> > Jul 13 22:54:13 rome last message repeated 9 times
> > Jul 13 22:54:16 rome pppd[105]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
> > Jul 13 22:54:16 rome pppd[105]: Connection terminated.
> > Jul 13 22:54:16 rome pppd[105]: Receive serial link is not 8-bit clea=
n:
> > Jul 13 22:54:16 rome pppd[105]: Problem: all had bit 7 set to 0
> > Jul 13 22:54:16 rome pppd[105]: Hangup (SIGHUP)
> > Jul 13 22:54:16 rome pppd[105]: Exit.
> > --- End /var/log/sys.log ---
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From: Mike Gifford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Gnome
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 17:35:42 GMT
I've wanted to use the GUI login so that I could more easily switch
between different X-windows environments. However, I can't get the
login to work on all of my accounts. Initially it just worked as root,
at that point I decided to set it down and go back to logging in via the
console. However, I tried it again later and my primary user login
worked just fine. I expected that something had changed and that the
problem had been resolved, however, when I log in as any other user
(including ones that I've just set up now) it just never logs in. I
don't get an error, however, when I log in with my username and
password, the screen jiggles and then bounces back to the login as
opposed to bouncing forward to Gnome. I've tried this now with multiple
usernames and have rechecked the passwords to ensure that they were
correct. It also doesn't give the same error as when there is an
incorrect password.
I'm running RedHat 6.2, Helix Gnome and Sawfish.
Thanks for your help!
Mike
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From: "Pankaj Deshpande" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SoundMax Audio Card
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 10:58:24 -0700
Hi,
I have a Soundmax audio Card and it uses Analog Devices chipset.
(I could not find out which one). I tried compiling the Kernel with
sound support and various options for Sound Cards, but it's unable to
identify my sound card. Any Suggestions ? I would appreciarte if
anyone has some information about this
Thanks
Pankaj.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: PPP problem - chat aborts saying the serial link is not 8-bit clean
Date: 14 Jul 2000 18:07:46 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=E9bastien?= Cottalorda
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
]>
]> The error I get seems to be about bit 7 being 0, wrong parity (sp?) is all I
]> can
]> think off but that seems unlikely.
]>
It means teh far end is sending you text instead of ppp negotiation.
]> Can someone give me a clue? I'd like to avoid PAP (which is what my ISP
]> normally
]> uses), is this possible?
Why do you want to avoid pap?
For step by step instructions about setting up ppp under Linux, see
http://axion.physics.ubc.ca/ppp-linux.html
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From: "Rex Dieter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Intellimouse/Dell won't work
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 13:34:21 -0500
There are several settings you need to tweak to properly configure a mouse
(setting /dev/mouse symlink, configuring gpm, AND X11).
Use the mouseconfig program, it'll do all this for you.
> mouseconfig
--
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Computer System Administrator
Mathematics and Statistics
University of Nebraska Lincoln
"Nathaniel Gray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I'm at the end of my rope. My bloody PS/2 Intellimouse won't work with
> Red Hat 6.2 on my Dell XPS 350. I've tried setting the protocol in
> XF86Config to ps2, imps2, microsoft, etc. without luck. All that
> happens is my serial mouse (an old logitech 2-button that I can't wait
> to toss) freaks out. This led me to believe that the device was set
> incorrectly (the signals from the serial mouse shouldn't be reaching the
> PS/2 port). So I tried changing the device from /dev/ttyS0 to
> /dev/psaux, which did nothing for my mouse and disabled my keyboard.
>
> If anybody can help, please CC me a copy of your response by e-mail. I
> will be forever grateful.
>
> Thanks,
> +--+
> Nathaniel Gray
> California Institute of Technology
> Computation and Neural Systems
> +--+
>
>
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From: D G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: lucent winmodem in laptop
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 11:57:17 -0700
Zebee Johnstone wrote:
> >Do 'cat /proc/pci' and make sure the entry under "Lucent Technologies
> >Modem" (or whatever it is) has an assigned IRQ. If not, you'll have to
> >set "plug-n-play=no" in your BIOS setup screen--this worked for me. If
> >this still doesn't work, you might try the pci tools, although they
> >didn't work for me.
> >
>
> I have just tried to do that, and find that the damn module won't
> install now!
>
> "ltmodem.: init_module: device or resource busy" and lsmod says it's
> not there.
>
> So what's using what?
>
> I remove ltmodem and remove /dev/ttyS14 and try again.
>
> Same thing... ugh.
>
> I recall this happening before, but I can't recall what I did to solve
> it...
I went through quite a few reboots before finally getting it to work.
The key for me was getting the IRQ to show up at 'cat /proc/pci' under
the Lucent Winmodem entry (I think IRQ5). You might also try clearing
the IRQ plug-n-play settings in the BIOS setup.
--
DG
e-mail is: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Steve Farber/BCSi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux sees only half my memory
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 15:18:03 -0400
Another way to solve this, and an easier way, is with the boot parameter
"mem=128". This tells Linux exactly what memory to expect and find it all.
You may, additionally, have a BIOS issue, but generally the "mem" parameter on
bootup will fix the problem.
Alan Pettigrew wrote:
> This is the standard 64M problem. The best way to fix it (if your BIOS
> allows) is to change the 'ACPI Aware O/S' setting to 'No'.
> I have a K7M board and AMI BIOS dated 1999. Other BIOSs may call the
> setting something different.
>
> Changing LILO will work, if you get the syntax correct, but only until you
> add/remove memory.
>
> Alan
>
> "Jon Morin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:IW5b5.387$P2.8731@harpo...
> >
> >
> > --
> > -----------------------------------------------------
> > Click here for Free Video!!
> > http://www.gohip.com/free_video/
> >
> > Patricia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:00071223054900.21749@localhost...
> > > On Wed, 12 Jul 2000, Jon Morin wrote:
> > > >Hi all. I am successfully running Mandrake 7.1 on my P133 right now.
> > The
> > > >machine has 128MB of RAM. When I boot up, the bios reports the machine
> > as
> > > >having 128 megs, so that's all fine. When I run linux, though, and use
> a
> > > >utility to see how much memory I am using, such as top, it says that I
> > only
> > > >have 64 megs and that almost all of it is being used up. This can't be
> > > >right. Any clues would be greatly appreciated.
> > > >
> > > >Jon J. Morin
> > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Jon
> > >
> > > At the LILO prompt type Linux mem=xxMB
> > > or
> > > log in as root or su
> > > edit /etc/liloconf
> > > add
> > > append="mem=xxM"
> > > save /etc/lilo.conf
> > > type /sbin/lilo
> > > reboot
> > > type free to see if it works.
> > > --
> > > Good Luck
> > > Patricia
> > > ICQ 69588792
> > >
> > > http://www.crosswinds.net/~beginnerslinux
> > > http://beginnerslinux.org
> > > Red Hat Linux release 6.0 (Hedwig)Kernel 2.2.5-15
> > > 11:05pm up 5 days, 15:45, 2 users, load average: 1.09, 1.20, 1.28
> > > Wed Jul 12 23:05:46 CEST 2000
> >
> > Hi Patricia. I tried putting in that line, but I get a syntax error with
> it
> > in. Is xxM the number of megs of ram I type, so if I have 128 megs I
> would
> > type: append="mem=128M" or append="mem=128" or literally append="mem=xxM"?
> > I have tried it a bunch of ways and it is still a syntax error.
> >
> > Jon
> >
> >
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From: Jason Chow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Using Samba on NT Network. Help with Disabling Computer Browser.
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 19:30:04 GMT
Hello,
Our office network is mainly Windows NT/95/98 based. However, we do have a
few computers using Linux (Red Hat 6.1). We are using Samba for file and
printer sharing. All is well, except... On a Windows machine, we go into
Network Neighborhood, and we are able to see the linux computers. We do
not want to see this in Network Neighborhood, as we have setup all our
Windows based PC's to not display this. I believe we are using Samba
version 2.02, but I could be wrong.
If anyone could give me some pointers as to where I can fix this, It would
be very greatly appreciated.
If possible, Please reply via email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sincerely,
Jason C.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Y-C. Roger Lin)
Subject: Re: Opti 931 Audio 16 sound config
Date: 14 Jul 2000 20:33:07 GMT
Do you use kernel >= 2.2.x? If so, you can look into
Documentation/sound/Opti under the kernel source code tree for infos
about this particular card. No isapnp.conf needed.
Good luck!
Cheers,
Roger
Once upon a time, Myriam Abramson wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> I ran sndconfig under RH6.2. My card was detected but unfortunately,
> I wasn't able to set the parameters properly.
>
> Would somebody with a similar card be kind enough to send me their
> isapnp.conf file ?
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> myriam
>
> Go Proverb:
>
> Make your own groups strong first, then attack.
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http://www.math.upenn.edu/~yclin
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From: "DJM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Exchange-type Server
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 14:32:09 -0600
Once upon a time, I had a bunch of Windows machines. On one of these
machines, I used MS Outlook to connect to some POP accounts (one of which is
MSN) to send and receive e-mail.
Now I have a Red Hat Linux box. The Windows boxes connect to the Linux box,
and the Linux box connects to the outside world. I have found that, by
putting my Outlook .pst file on a Samba file share on the Linux box, I could
open it with Outlook on any of my Windows machines. However, each Windows
box has to be configured with all the POP accounts, and only one can open
this file at a time.
What I want is to have some kind of Exchange server on the Linux box. I
want Outlook at each Windows box to be able to connect to this server
(versus opening a file, so multiple Windows boxes can be running Outlook at
a time). I want all messages, contacts, calendar appointments, etc. to be
stored in this server. I only want/need one server account for my whole
family, but I want to be able to create mail subfolders and have "rules"
running on the Exchange-type server on the Linux box to direct mail
appropriately. And, I want the Linux box to go out and collect e-mail from
my various POP accounts [one of them is an MSN account, which uses SPA,
which may make that one tricky], in addition to handling e-mail sent
directly to the Linux box.
Not much, huh? :) The important parts are the collecting of e-mail from
other POP accounts, being able to use Outlook as a client, and storing not
just mail but calendar and contacts.
Does such a beast exist? How can I get my hands on it? And, is it free?
(I'm not running any commercial services, so something that's merely "free
for personal use" is just as good.)
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From: "Gary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Two problems
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 21:32:45 +0100
Hi !
I hope someone can answer a couple of problems I've had installing Definite
Linux 7.0.
I bought a new 13gb hard disk to replace my current 1.2gb disk. I managed to
get linux installed on the disk but I cannot get Windows on at all :-). The
Windows start up disk and CD I have are for a preconfigured system. So I'm
having to keep swapping hard disks while I get the 13gb disk working. How do
I get Windows 95 in with my Linux ?
I put Linux on first because my 13gb hard disk was having nothing to do with
the Windows boot disk or cd.
Problem 2. After having spent a couple of hours installing Linux, I booted
up the pc Linux started ok but then I had to enter my username and password.
I was fine with the password but at no point did I ever configure any
username!!!!So I've been unable to get past the initial screen. Does anyone
know how this can be and what the remedy is ?
Thanks in advance!
Gary.
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From: "Robby Bailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Diamond Viper II
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 15:53:42 -0500
Do i just use the XFree86_SVGA driver file or is there something written for
this????
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