Linux-Setup Digest #165, Volume #19 Sat, 15 Jul 00 16:13:05 EDT
Contents:
Re: resizing partitions in linux (Jonathan)
Re: Please help me configure the Microsoft IntelliMouse in XF86Setup (James)
Re: Please help me configure the Microsoft IntelliMouse in XF86Setup (James)
Please help me configure the ergonomic Microsoft keyboard in XF86Setup (James)
Re: resizing partitions in linux (Craig A Lebowitz)
Re: Install with Win2000 (vs 98)? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
console login (Philippe Marty)
Making OpenSSH work with RedHat (Solution) (C.J.)
Installing a printer (Matthias Kempa)
Re: Installing .bin files [StarOffice] (jmvarela)
slackware 3.3 install on ibm PS/2 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Interrupt conflict maybe? (Jon J. Morin)
Need a copy of the Red Hat 6.2 default xinitrc (from /etc/X11/xinit/) (Joe Bob)
creating my own distrib, ("Bill")
Help installing Linksys EtherFast 10/100 card (Julian So)
XwinPro <>KDE : Space key not working ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: Jonathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: resizing partitions in linux
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 17:01:46 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> This is very thoughtful advice, thank you very much. How about
getting rid
> of LILO once the Windows partition is taken over by linux?
>
> John Thompson wrote:
>
> > 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])
>
>
You will still have lilo, but you won't need your Windows partition
entry in /etc/lilo.conf
If you want, you can remove the entry for "dos" or whatever you labeled
it when installing and run lilo.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James)
Subject: Re: Please help me configure the Microsoft IntelliMouse in XF86Setup
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 17:13:29 GMT
Eric,
The mouse works now. Thanks!!
Well, the next problem is the keyboard. I have one of those ergonomic
keyboards from Microsoft. You know, the one that is curved. It has
104 keys on it. Which keyboard should I choose? I tried Microsoft
Natural but that just made a bunch of lines appear on a pink
background and the computer locked up. Which keyboard should I
choose?
On Tue, 11 Jul 2000 11:25:06 GMT, Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>James wrote:
>>
>> Could you help me chose the proper parameters? Just can't seem to get
>> the mouse working by myself.
>> Should the protocol be Microsoft, IntelliMouse of PS/2?
>
>should be IMPS/2
>
>> Is the Mouse Device /dev/psaux or another file?
>> Since the mouse has 2 buttons and a wheel, should I chose 3 buttons?
>> (there is no 2 button options).
>> Do I set Emulate3Buttons?
>
>No
>
>> What should the baud rate be?
>> What should the resolution be?
>> What should the sample rate be?
>> What should the number under Emulate3Timeout be?
>> Thanks
>
>Let the rest as is.
>
>Eric
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James)
Subject: Re: Please help me configure the Microsoft IntelliMouse in XF86Setup
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 17:20:07 GMT
Hi,
Thanks for the valuable info. It looks to me that I should be
entering this info into a file. I'm using the graphical XF86Setup
and I can't comment anything out with a # mark. How do I get to the
file that should be edited?
Thanks again for responding.
James
On Fri, 14 Jul 2000 21:22:12 -0400, PixelDust <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>James,
>
>1. It depends on what type of Intellimouse you have. If you have the
>PS/2 with the wheel, use Protocol "IMPS/2"
>2. On my system, when I set up Linux, it set my mouse device to be
>/dev/mouse. I'm not sure what yours would be - I'm a newbie.
>3. For an Intellimouse with the scroll wheel, add these lines beneath the
>Device line in the Pointer section:
> ZAxisMapping 4 5
> Buttons 5
>4. No - comment out Emulate3Buttons with a # mark. I also commented out
>Emulate3Timeout and ChordMiddle.
>5. I didn't have a baud rate, resolution, or sample rate listed on mine,
>and it works fine.
>6. Comment out the Emulate3Timeout.
>
>HTH,
>PixelDust
>
>James wrote:
>
>> Could you help me chose the proper parameters? Just can't seem to get
>> the mouse working by myself.
>> Should the protocol be Microsoft, IntelliMouse of PS/2?
>> Is the Mouse Device /dev/psaux or another file?
>> Since the mouse has 2 buttons and a wheel, should I chose 3 buttons?
>> (there is no 2 button options).
>> Do I set Emulate3Buttons?
>> What should the baud rate be?
>> What should the resolution be?
>> What should the sample rate be?
>> What should the number under Emulate3Timeout be?
>> Thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James)
Subject: Please help me configure the ergonomic Microsoft keyboard in XF86Setup
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 17:26:50 GMT
I have a 104 key ergonomic (curved) Microsoft keyboard. What keyboard
should I choose?
I tried the Microsoft Natural but that choice resulted in a bunch of
lines on a pink screen and a locked up computer.
James
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Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 13:27:59 -0400
From: Craig A Lebowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: resizing partitions in linux
Might this create a problem because it would be taking out my "primary"
bootable partition? Can everything be extended and work just fine? Maybe
I'm just confused. TIA
craig
John Thompson wrote:
> 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Install with Win2000 (vs 98)?
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 17:28:52 GMT
DeAnn Iwan wrote:
> David Topper wrote:
>
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > Is there anything I need to know about setting up a dual boot 2000/Linux
> > box? I've done dozens of 98/Linux boxes but hear 2000 is different.
> >
>
> The HOWTO with WinNT plus Linux will be a more useful guide to you.
> Myself, I found reading all the multiboot howtos helpful as some point out
> things others miss. I expect that Win2000 will insist on using its own boot
> loader, for example.
My experience has been that they actually behave very much the same way. My
system was dual boot 98/Linux with each on a separate hard drive, LILO on the
MBR of the Linux HD. I fdisked the Win98 drive and installed Win2000 clean. I
didn't even have to change LILO to boot the Win2000 OS.
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From: Philippe Marty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: console login
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 19:34:05 +0200
Hi folks,
I just setup LINUX MANDRAKE 7 with network security flag set to
"paranoid".
All is looking perfect except that I only can log in as root. I
created several user account (at setup time, later with linuxconf),
using different shells (bash, tcsh) and environment (KDE, FVWM2) but
none can login.
Everything I get after login panel is a black screen (proof that
the user has been authentified, since a voluntarily bad passwd
returns me an error message without quiting login panel), but then I
come back to login panel !
I checked that /etc/nologin was not set. The best part of the joke
is that I can log in as a user through telnet (after having enabled
telnetd in /etc/inetd.conf and hosts.allow), but not on console !
Another clue : I saw on another mandrake 7 station an icons bar
showing registered users on top of the login panel. I havn't that on
my own station, but I can't tell why (since I'm not root of the
other PC...).
Any help welcome !
Cheers,
--
Philippe MARTY
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.security
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (C.J.)
Subject: Making OpenSSH work with RedHat (Solution)
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 16:58:54 GMT
As several others seem to be running into the same problems making OpenSSH
work under RedHat as I have, I decided I should give back to the Linux
Community. So, good or bad, here are the exact steps that I have taken to get
OpenSSH (ssh and sshd) up and running on a couple of my Linux boxes. YMMV
First off, I decided to istall from source. Or to be more exact the source
RPMs. (Installing from source is what's recommended anyhow, isn't it?) If
you didn't do this, you may still want to look at the **#*Prep for running
sshd under RedHat** section below. It may not be axactly what you want, but
hopefully will lead you in the right direction.
So here come the notes I wrote down when installing. I've used these exact
steps on both RedHat 6.0 and 6.1. While I'm assuming they'd work on other
releases, buyer beware. DISCLAIMER: Please don't just try to run the
following as a script (though it might work.) You really should watch for
error messages as you go, and feel fairly confident that each command listed
is really something you want to do. Use these directions at your own risk!
Download the two *source* RPMS (These are the two with filenames ending in
src.rpm) from http://openssh.com/
## **The directions below are for openSSH v2.1.1p3. They may
## work for older/newer versions, they may not.. again,
## use at your own risk!
#** Installing and unpacking sources
#* Make sure you are in the directory you downloaded the source rpms to.
rpm -ivh openss*.rpm
cd /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/
tar -xzvf openssh-2.1.1p3.tar.gz
tar -xzvf openssl-0.9.5a.tar.gz
tar -xzvf x11-ssh-askpass-1.0.tar.gz
#* Compiling and Installing ssh/sshd
cd openssl-0.9.5a
/config
make
make test
#Next command takes a bit and my look like it locks
#after installing man pages, but give it time.
make install
cd ../openssh-2.1.1p3/
/configure
make
make install
cd ../x11-ssh-askpass-1.0/
xmkmf
make includes
make
make install
#*Prep for running sshd under RedHat
mv /usr/local/sbin/sshd /usr/sbin/sshd
mv /usr/local/bin/scp /usr/bin
mv /usr/local/bin/slogin /usr/bin
mv /usr/local/bin/ssh /usr/bin
mv /usr/local/bin/ssh-add /usr/bin
mv /usr/local/bin/ssh-agent /usr/bin
mv /usr/local/bin/ssh-keygen /usr/bin
cd ../openssh-2.1.1p3/
cp contrib/redhat/sshd.pam /etc/pam.d/sshd
#*Create startup/shutdown script items for RedHat
cp contrib/redhat/sshd.init /etc/rc.d/init.d/sshd
ln ../init.d/sshd /etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K31sshd -s
ln ../init.d/sshd /etc/rc.d/rc1.d/K31sshd -s
ln ../init.d/sshd /etc/rc.d/rc2.d/S81sshd -s
ln ../init.d/sshd /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S81sshd -s
ln ../init.d/sshd /etc/rc.d/rc4.d/S81sshd -s
ln ../init.d/sshd /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S81sshd -s
ln ../init.d/sshd /etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K31sshd -s
#*Start sshd
/etc/rc.d/init.d/sshd start
If at this point, everything has gone well, you should be able to test by
entering the following at the prompt:
ssh localhost
You should be prompted for your password. If things are working, after you
enter the correct password, you ought to find yourself logged in and at a
prompt. If things don't go right, you'll most likely get an 'access denied'
message.
Further help with set up and configuration as well as generating key pairs is
beyond the scope of this document.
Copyright: Cory A. Jaeger under GNU license
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From: Matthias Kempa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Installing a printer
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 20:51:38 +0200
Hi,
I have SuSE 6.4 and want to install an Epson LQ100
Printer into this system.
I have no idea how to do it. Can anyone please give
me a detailed description of all steps I have to do?
Thanks a lot
Matt
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From: jmvarela <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Installing .bin files [StarOffice]
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 19:53:25 +0100
On Thu, 13 Jul 2000, David Stackis wrote:
>I recently downloaded StarOffice, and burned it to a CD. The file has a .bin
>extension. Being a newbie to Linux I am not quite sure on how to proceed in
>installing this application.
>
>I am use to installing .rpm files, but have not installed a file w/a .bin
>extension. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
>
Just copy all the files to a directory in your hard disk,
execute chmod 777 *.bin in that directory
than run the .bin file which has number 000
this file will make the installation
regards
jmvarela
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: slackware 3.3 install on ibm PS/2
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 18:45:35 GMT
Hi!
I'm trying to install a slackware distribution 3.3 on an ibm PS/2 386SX
with ESDI drive. I can succesfully boot the kernel image (ibmmca.s) and
mount the (uncompressed ) rootimage-floppy.
When I run setup however, it tells me that no Linux native partitions
are present. But they are. I used fdisk to make an extended partition
(53 MB) which contain 3 logical partitions:
The partition table as seen from linux fdisk:
/dev/eda1 : FAT12 10 MB
/dev/eda5 : Linux native 3 MB
/dev/eda6 : Linux swap 5 MB
/dev/eda7 : Linux native 45 MB
Does anyone know what I should do in order to let setup find/recognize
these partitions?
Could it be that it only can detect IDE/SCSI devices and not ESDI
(/dev/eda)? The kernel does detect them and I can also mount them.
Thanks,
Erik
PS For clarity, here's what I do:
-start computer with bootdisk (ibmmca.s)
-parameters on boot: mount root=/dev/fd0 (I don't load the root image in
ramdisk, because I have only 4M of RAM)
-when asked, put rootdisk in floppy (decompressed color.gz or text.gz)
-login as root
-turn swapspace on: swapon /dev/eda6
-run setup
-cannot continue because setup does not recognize the linux native
partitions......
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From: Jon J. Morin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Interrupt conflict maybe?
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 10:15:48 -0400
Hi all. I have been running Mandrake 7.1 successfully so far on my P133 for
about two weeks. Everything has gone fairly smoothly until I tried to get my
Internet connection up and running. Here's the details: I can connect to my
ISP just fine, but the connection speed is REALLY slow unless I move the mouse.
This sounds to me like a possible hardware conflict, maybe conflicting
interrupts. I changed the jumpers on my modem to COM 3, IRQ 3. My mouse is on
COM 1, IRQ 4. I thought that this would solve the problem, but it hasn't. I
have to keep moving the mouse in order to download information. Any thoughts
as to what this could be? Any utilities I could use to change stuff around?
Thanks for any help.
Jon J. Morin
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.x,linux.redhat,linux.redhat.install
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joe Bob)
Subject: Need a copy of the Red Hat 6.2 default xinitrc (from /etc/X11/xinit/)
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 19:24:04 GMT
Hello. My /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc file was corrupted and I need a copy of it
from someone out there with Red Hat 6.2. I need it unmodified and it must be
the one that starts Gnome and E. Thanks. Please send me a copy by e-mail.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Bill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: creating my own distrib,
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 14:34:05 -0500
I have heard that some people decide to 'mix and match' some of the features
of various Linux distributions. I have downloaded all the packages I know
to be required by a regular distribution (the kernel, X...) But how do I
make this collection of packages bootable??
Thanks.
reply @ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Julian So <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help installing Linksys EtherFast 10/100 card
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 19:46:41 GMT
I'm a complete Linux sysadmin newbie, and I'm not entirely sure how to
fully install my Linksys EtherFast 10/100 card. Handholding help
appreciated!
After plugging in the card and rebooting the system, a couple of things
are on my mind:
1. cat /proc/pci gives me an "Unknown vendor; Unknown device"
(see below for complete details). Should I worry about this,
and if so, what do I need to do to correct this?
2. What should be my next steps? I haven't configured any (TCP/IP)
network services, although they're all installed. I've found
all the HOWTOs for configuring individual services, but I'm
not sure what order things should be done in (what I should set
up first, second, etc.).
TIA,
Julian (remove FOO to reply by email).
~~~
Recently ran a clean install of RH Linux 6.2 on a brand new machine.
Immediately upgraded to the 2.2.16 kernel with Hedrick's IDE patch (for
UDMA support purposes). Otherwise, everything is stock (i.e., the tulip
driver that's active is the one included with the 2.2.16 kernel
archive).
Then plugged in a brand new Linksys EtherFast 10/100 card (v.4, I
believe). Linux does see *something* plugged in; cat /proc/pci gives me
the following (which more or less matches up with the message I get at
BIOS post):
Bus 0, device 11, function 0:
Ethernet controller: Unknown vendor Unknown device (rev 17).
Vendor id-1317. Device id=985.
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 10. Master Capable.
Latency=32. Min Gnt=255.Max Lat=255.
I/O at 0xd400 [0xd401].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xdb800000 [0xdb800000].
The card is at IRQ 11 according to the BIOS post message, though.
netstat -rn gives only details about the loopback device, and nothing
WRT to my NIC.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: XwinPro <>KDE : Space key not working
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 19:48:11 GMT
Hi,
I'm trying to connect a win98 to a linux box (Suse linux 6.1) )with
XwinPro. The logon screen functions correctly but when I logon using
the KDE window manager, the space key is not working anymore.
If I try to use the fail safe window manager the space key is working
correctly.
Anybody has an idea where I should look?
-> Is there an .kde file to configure or should I look in the XwinPro
setup? (I tried different keyboard mapping but no way)
Any help would be welcome :)
Thanks
Laurent
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