Linux-Setup Digest #163, Volume #19 Sat, 15 Jul 00 10:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Re: Which package is most easily supported? (Bill Unruh)
Re: Which package is most easily supported? (Aaron Ginn)
kppp grief (Rob Blomquist)
Re: resizing partitions in linux ("David ..")
Re: kppp grief (E J)
snafu 0.11 available ("Uncle")
Re: resizing partitions in linux (E J)
new ISP ("Bruce Baker")
Re: How to boot from CD-ROM? ("PasirRis")
Switch in-between terminals in X-Windows ("PasirRis")
Re: Kernel panic: aic7xxx: unrecoverable BRKADRINT... (MURVAI Buzogany Laszlo)
Re: "Modem Busy" Problem ("L.M. Dizon")
Re: resizing partitions in linux (John Thompson)
Re: RH Linux 5.2 to RD Linux 6.0 or 6.2 (John Thompson)
USB Zip setup in Linux ("Derek Donnelly")
Graceful shutdown from KDE; default login desktop (Frank E Harrell Jr)
Uninstall modem driver (Frank E Harrell Jr)
Making boot floppy with non-default kernel (Frank E Harrell Jr)
dselect / apt problems (Mongolian Horde)
raid 0.90 and 2.2.16 kernel (flove)
Fdisk BIG problem ("Michael Tan")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: Which package is most easily supported?
Date: 15 Jul 2000 06:07:58 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Gary L. Elinoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
]I just installed LINUX, and I'm running into the typical newbie problems
]and issues. When I email my vendor for help, I don't get any answers, so
]I guess I'm on my own, except for groups like this. My question is,
]which commercially available LINUX is the most popular, the most easy to
]get help with from forums such as comp.os.linux.setup?
Your best bet is probably the one you have just installed. Learn on it
first. Then you can worry about which the "best" is.
Just ask your questions and people will probably try to help.
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From: Aaron Ginn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Which package is most easily supported?
Date: 14 Jul 2000 22:40:23 -0700
"Gary L. Elinoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I just installed LINUX, and I'm running into the typical newbie problems
> and issues. When I email my vendor for help, I don't get any answers, so
> I guess I'm on my own, except for groups like this. My question is,
> which commercially available LINUX is the most popular, the most easy to
> get help with from forums such as comp.os.linux.setup?
Gary,
Don't worry. These newsgroups will provide you better support than
any vendor ever could. If you have a problem, I guarantee you that
someone else has experienced the same thing and has already answered
your questions.
99% of the time, I can find the answer to my problemm by simply going
to www.deja.com/usenet and doing a power search. You usually don't
even have to post a question.
As to your question, I suggest Mandrake 7.1. It is the best distro in
terms of ease of use and included packages.
Good luck!
Aaron
--
Aaron J. Ginn Motorola SPS
Phone: (480) 814-4463 SemiCustom Solutions
Fax: (480) 814-4058 1300 N. Alma School Rd.
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Chandler, AZ 85226
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From: Rob Blomquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: kppp grief
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 23:18:40 -0700
I throw myself at the wise ones here, as I am failing to be able to run kppp as
anything but root.
I am currently running as a user, but I su'd to usr/sbin/ to start kppp as
root. If I attempt to run kppp as a non-root user, I get an input box
requesting root's password. Enter it properly, and it goes away with nothing
further happening, err on entering it, and it challenges me again.
I have checked out the FAQ at redhat.com, and the HOWTO at LDP and I have tried
to set permissions for kppp and pppd that should allow all users to run it.
What am I doing wrong?
I am running RH 6.2 on a PC.
Rob Blomquist
Kirkland, WA
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: resizing partitions in linux
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 01:14:09 -0500
Craig A Lebowitz wrote:
>
> I'm running Red Hat 6.2 and I'd like to get rid of Windows and resizem
> my linux partition. Can anyone suggest the best way to do this? I
> really don't want to mess up my config at this point.
There is a program named "parted" available at:
http://linux.davecentral.com/5532_fileman.html
> Also - what is a good way to see where HD space is being used on my
> filesystem? I haven't found an easy way to do this. I have KDE and
> GNOME available. TIA.
df -h
--
Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
ID # 123538
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kppp grief
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 23:58:57 -0700
Bring up a xterm or console window.
$ kppp
Was there any errors in the console window when kppp would not work?
In my case , I had a Xauthority error so I correct it by editing the .bash_profile
file
and add the following lines:
# add localhost to the list allowed to make connections to the X server to prevent
# the following message:
#
# Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
# Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
# kppp: cannot connect to X server :0
/usr/X11R6/bin/xhost + localhost
Rob Blomquist wrote:
> I throw myself at the wise ones here, as I am failing to be able to run kppp as
> anything but root.
>
> I am currently running as a user, but I su'd to usr/sbin/ to start kppp as
> root. If I attempt to run kppp as a non-root user, I get an input box
> requesting root's password. Enter it properly, and it goes away with nothing
> further happening, err on entering it, and it challenges me again.
>
> I have checked out the FAQ at redhat.com, and the HOWTO at LDP and I have tried
> to set permissions for kppp and pppd that should allow all users to run it.
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> I am running RH 6.2 on a PC.
>
> Rob Blomquist
> Kirkland, WA
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From: "Uncle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.security
Subject: snafu 0.11 available
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 07:04:18 GMT
Hello folks. Got a new version for everyone to try out.
point yer browser at:
http://www.geekcave.net/snafu.shtml
to get it.
New things in 0.11:
- configuration script
- rpmgt - rpm package manager/viewer for cmdline junkies
- some more menu selections
- the beginings of centralization and configuration stuff.
I'm planning to redesign the way snafu works next. What
I'm hopeing to work out is a way to customize the menus
and their functions without much fuss from within snafu.
The idea is that as problems aries or your installing something
new, snafu can be tailored to help speed up the debug/config
process by providing access to the files your editing and views
of the log entries you need to see.
While I have ideas on how im going to go about this, I'd love
to get ideas on how to go about modifying the menus with in the
program. Also, I will be porting this over to SCO sometime next week.
I would like to get this ported to as many platforms as I can.
Unfortunately, I only have access to linux and SCO unix. If anyone
would care to set up s.n.a.f.u. on any of the unix flavors and their way
of logging/configing, i would love to hear from you. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm also planning on adding some monitoring deamons that can be
setup and control inside snafu or via the traditional command line.
I've recived some requests to have snafu watch for things like
reversce ICMP checksum errors and the like and have it
email them when it happens. I'm looking for anything y'all
would want to be notified of occuring at the time it happens.
Thats it this time. Thanks to everyone's interest and emails.
look forward to hearing from you.
Uncle
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.geekcave.net
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: resizing partitions in linux
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 00:11:57 -0700
If you have money, Partition Magic does a good job of getting Windows and
resizing Linux.
If you don't have money, use linux fdisk to remove the Windows partition
and download ext2resize to resize your Linux partition from the Redhat
mirror sites for RH6.2 Powertools.
Craig A Lebowitz wrote:
> I'm running Red Hat 6.2 and I'd like to get rid of Windows and resizem
> my linux partition. Can anyone suggest the best way to do this? I
> really don't want to mess up my config at this point.
>
> Also - what is a good way to see where HD space is being used on my
> filesystem? I haven't found an easy way to do this. I have KDE and
> GNOME available. TIA.
>
> craig
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From: "Bruce Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: new ISP
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 03:02:15 -0500
I have discovered a marketing niche for a new ISP and need some help on the
engineering side. I am fairly fluent in NT but not in Unix/Linux and I want
to use Linux. I plan to hire a consultant to set up the system initially.
I will then need to hire someone full-time to manage the daily operations in
the Houston, Texas area.
Anyone interested?
Some details. We anticipate 3000 new users per year. This could obviously
be much higher, but our strategy is not to become the next AOL. We just
want a sip from the firehose. SW Bell will provide dial-up through VPop
access and we will co-locate hardware in facility in Houston. Planning to
use Linux servers for Email, Radius, Proxy, Web hosting; NT server for
additional web hosting. Cisco 7206 router and 1900 series switch. We will
use X-Stop for additional filtering. They have a hardware solution with
daily software updates. The box hangs on the switch. We plan to offer
email and personal web sites initially so no DNS servers (I think).
Dual P3 600 MHz, 256 Ram, 18 GB U2W with Raid 1.
My real expertise in on the marketing side and I need some engineering help.
Email if interested or can point me the right direction.
Thanks
Bruce
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From: "PasirRis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to boot from CD-ROM?
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 18:03:30 +0800
>Yes, it is. Linux Gazette had an article on how to do. It would be good
for
>a harden standalone webserver (webpages and all executables). If someone
>hacks it, just reboot and your webserver is back.
May I know where to find the article?
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From: "PasirRis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Switch in-between terminals in X-Windows
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 18:07:34 +0800
OS: Redhat 6.0
I know that Alt-Fn keys can bring me to different virtual terminals.
And I know that Ctrl-Alt-Fn keys would function similarly if I'm in
X-Windows environment. It do switch to another tty but when I switch back to
the X-Windows tty, I can only see text mode (no longer windows mode) and it
appears 'hung' (not really, but no effect no matter what keys or commands I
type). I was still able to switch back to other text-mode ttys.
What's the fault?
Thanks for your advice.
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From: MURVAI Buzogany Laszlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kernel panic: aic7xxx: unrecoverable BRKADRINT...
Date: 15 Jul 2000 10:34:53 GMT
Hi!
Robert Banfill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm trying to install RedHat 6.1 on my Dell XPS-T450 computer. This machine
> has an older Adaptec AHA-2940 PCI SCSI host adapter in it. Everything works
> fine until the aic7xxx module loads. At that point, the following messages
> are displayed and the system hangs. Been through all of the various setting
> in the CMOS and so forth but I don't see any problems. Here are the
> details:
> SCSI adapter BIOS version message at boot time:
> Adaptec AHA-2940 BIOS v1.11S
> Boot messages:
> Everything looks normal up to here...
> Loading aic7xxx module
> (scsi0) <Adaptec AHA-294X SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 15/0
> (scsi0) Narrow Channel, SCSI ID=7, 16/255 SCBs
> scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.1.20/3.2.4
> <Adaptec AHA-294X SCSI host adapter>
> scsi : 1 host.
> (scsi0) BRKADRINT error(0x48)
> Sequencer Ram Parity Error
> PCI Error detected
> (scsi0) SEQADDR=0x17
> Kernel panic: aic7xxx: unrecoverable BRKADRINT.
> In interrupt handler - not syncing
I can't say why this happened ... I have a similar problem, but while trying
install Debian. The machine is a Dual-PIII PC, with a working RH 6.1 on it.
The SCSI card is an Adaptec 7895 which was flawless installed under RH (the
man who installed the system said that no problem occured while installing it.)
The Debian Rescue+Root disc scans the first channel, then the second one, and
while scanning the second one, it hangs without saying anything.
> Robert Banfill ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
So, if anyone can help us in any way whith the problems, we'd surely be thankful.
Bye,
--scissors--
--
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "L.M. Dizon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: "Modem Busy" Problem
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 12:01:01 +0200
Verify also if you disabled the Plug-n-Play settings in BIOS.
John Todd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Modem busy can be an IRQ conflict. Check dmesg to see what linux
> sees it as. If your modem is on ttyS2 (irq4), use setserial to change it.
>
>
> On 08 Jul 2000 03:44:43 GMT, Whigdon2 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >Dear Gentle-Listener,
> >
> >I recently installed RedHat 6.2 as a KDE workstation. No matter what I
try
> >(and I admit, my choices are necessarily limited), I cannot get the
modem to
> >dial (even). The applications (pppd, minicom, term, etc.. ) think that
it "is
> >busy". It is a USR Sportster modem, and it worked with RedHat Version
5.2, so
> >it is not a winmodem.
> >
> >There are no "locks" in /var/lock/ or anywhere else that I can see.
There are
> >no pppd processes running (to my untrained eye). The modem is apparently
being
> >found, it is just "busy".
> >
> >I'm still new to this (though I have spend the last day and a half, at
least,
> >on this problem!). Any help/suggestions would be appreciated.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Bill
>
>
> --
> _____________________
> The lap of Linuxury
> |<de in RH6
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: resizing partitions in linux
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 06:33:09 -0500
Craig A Lebowitz wrote:
> I'm running Red Hat 6.2 and I'd like to get rid of Windows and resizem
> my linux partition. Can anyone suggest the best way to do this? I
> really don't want to mess up my config at this point.
The simplest way to do this would probably be to run mkfs.ext2 on
the Win partition to wipe the FAT filesystem and make an ext2
filesystem on the partition. You can then mount it aand use it
as needed from linux. This method has the advantage of not
changing your existing partitions at all and therefore not
changing your partition numbering, which would require you to
modify your kernel to reflect the changed numbers of the root and
swap partitions.
> Also - what is a good way to see where HD space is being used on my
> filesystem?
"df -h" from an xterm to show free space, "du -h" to show usage
information.
--
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH Linux 5.2 to RD Linux 6.0 or 6.2
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 06:36:39 -0500
em wrote:
> Can anyone tell me if it's possible to UPGRADE from RH Linux 5.2 to RH Linux
> 6.2 ? Is it possible to do progressive upgrades ? I do not want to do an
> install.
Yes.
Last winter I went directly from RH v5.1 to RH v6.1. I was
anticipating all sorts of trouble but it went much smoother than
I expected. Only minor tweaks were needed after the update.
--
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "Derek Donnelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: USB Zip setup in Linux
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 08:27:13 -0400
Greetings,
First post got away before I finished.
Trying to get an Iomega Zip drive configured in RH 6.2 via usb. Downloaded
kernel 2.4.0-test2 and recompiled the kernel for usb. When I
reboot I noticed that the zip drive gets recognized (as a scsi device?). I
edited the fstab file with
/dev/sda1 /mnt/usbzip vfat noauto,owner 0 0
When I try to mount the device I get:
mount: /dev/sda1 has wrong major or minor number
Can anyone fill me in on what this means? I've change the '1' sda up to '7'
seven as a from of trial and error, but have since become frustrated at
that. I've scoured www.linux-usb.org for more info to no avail.
Comments, suggestions?
tia
Derek
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Frank E Harrell Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Graceful shutdown from KDE; default login desktop
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 12:55:08 GMT
When I do shutdown or restart from the KDE logout window
I get many error messages that appear to be related to X-windows.
How do I gracefully exit from Linux from KDE?
I have both KDE and Gnome installed on my computer. My
default login screen is Gnome. I can click on KDE from that
but would like KDE to be the default. How is that done?
Thanks in advance -Frank
--
Frank E Harrell Jr
Professor of Biostatistics and Statistics
Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Department of Health Evaluation Sciences
University of Virginia School of Medicine
http://hesweb1.med.virginia.edu/biostat
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From: Frank E Harrell Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Uninstall modem driver
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 12:55:37 GMT
I was testing a Lucent Winmodem for which I downloaded
a nice Linux driver which was easy to install. I want to
convert to a hardware modem. How do I uninstall the
modem driver that was used for the software-based modem?
Thanks in advance -Frank
--
Frank E Harrell Jr
Professor of Biostatistics and Statistics
Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Department of Health Evaluation Sciences
University of Virginia School of Medicine
http://hesweb1.med.virginia.edu/biostat
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From: Frank E Harrell Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Subject: Making boot floppy with non-default kernel
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 13:17:27 GMT
I boot RedHat linux 6.2 using one of two kernels:
the default one that came with 6.2, and a modification
of it that allows me to run windows 98 from within linux
using Win4Lin (www.trelos.com). When running
Boot Magic (PowerQuest, Inc., maker of Partition
Magic) I have no problem, but on another computer
I cannot install Boot Magic because of not having a
FAT partition at the front of the disk. A simple
solution is to create a second boot floppy that will
boot into this second kernel. Does anyone have
a procedure for making such a floppy? The way
mkbootdisk is set up, the file naming conventions
it uses do not work for me. Thanks in advance.
--
Frank E Harrell Jr
Professor of Biostatistics and Statistics
Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Department of Health Evaluation Sciences
University of Virginia School of Medicine
http://hesweb1.med.virginia.edu/biostat
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From: Mongolian Horde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: dselect / apt problems
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 23:36:44 +1000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am trying to install debian GNU linux on my laptop via a modem
connection.
I have the modem working fine, and have managed to ftp to the mirror
I'm planning on using (ftp.au.debian.org) on my second console, but
I'm b$%�$$ed if I can get dselect to find the correct path to install
the packages to via my apt source list. I'm sure I'm doing something
obvious wrong, can anyone help?
Kieren
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From: flove <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: raid 0.90 and 2.2.16 kernel
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 13:39:26 GMT
Hi,
My name is Fred Love, and I have a problem. I have been using the 0.90
raid tools for various releases of the linux kernel. I have been
running 2.2.14 for quite a few months and want to upgrade to 2.2.16.
The 2.2.16 kernel has support only for the .42 raid tools, and does not
recognize the 0.90 raid filesystem.
Is there a patch which can be applied to the 2.2.16 kernel tree to
recognize and support the 0.90 raid filesystem?
Thanks, Fred
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From: "Michael Tan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Fdisk BIG problem
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 21:45:17 +0800
Hi everyone,
I hope someone can help me. I started my hd with Win98, then I deleted it
and
switched over to Linux.
Now, I've decided to start with win98 & than install
linux Mandrake 7.0. But my win98 refused to work
& I discovered that the problem was that, by now, fdisk is
completely screwed up. There is no way to completely
undo fdisk (to start afresh) because the logical dos partition
is in the primary partition - for which fdisk has no delete solution!!!!
I'm a complete newie to linux, so I hope u will be patient &
go step by step.
Thank you in anticipartion.
Mike
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