Linux-Setup Digest #198, Volume #19 Wed, 19 Jul 00 12:13:13 EDT
Contents:
changing umask when changing group ? ("Ed Bras")
FREE Thru 7/21 - Huge LINUXWORLD EXPO Aug. 14-17 In San Jose, Calif. (Mark S. Bilk)
Re: Please help me evaluate this hardware's compatability with Linux (Frank Patrum)
Re: maybe some one can help with my cable modem ("Michael Perry")
Re: Netscape and Mandrake 7.1 ("ne...")
boot disk problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Where's current configuration (newbie) (Thomas Adams)
How to setup? ("weerayut pornsmithikul")
Re: XwinPro <>KDE : Space key not working
(=?iso-8859-1?Q?_Dorothea_M=FCcke-Herzberg?=)
Re: PLEASE HELP !!!! ("Bluefoot")
Re: No Sounds - SBLive! - Need Forced Settings (Chris Barone)
Ambient Technologies Inc. MODEM V.90 PCI MD5620 ("Nemanja Todorovic")
Re: newbie compile ("kc")
Can't set up x in Mandrake 7.0 (Ken Knecht)
Re: What are my options on booting a two disk PC ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: can't load xwindows after edditing xf86config (cabal2112)
Re: can't load xwindows after edditing xf86config (cabal2112)
Re: System hangs at linux post (Julian So)
Re: 'no free primary' during 6.2 install (DeAnn Iwan)
Re: How Do I Install Star Office (Frank E Harrell Jr)
Onstream DI-30 IDE tape drive ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: wvdial - modem not responding ... (Krishnan Sridhar)
Re: wvdial - modem not responding ... (Krishnan Sridhar)
Re: EISA Adaptec 2740 & RedHat 6.2 (mst)
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From: "Ed Bras" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: changing umask when changing group ?
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 14:21:31 +0200
Is there a way to set a different umask for every group, in case the user
changes a group with newgrp ?
I thinking about simple writing a little sh program that does this, but can
it be done easier ??
Regards,
Ed Bras
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark S. Bilk)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.hardware,alt.os.linux.mandrake,alt.os.linux,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: FREE Thru 7/21 - Huge LINUXWORLD EXPO Aug. 14-17 In San Jose, Calif.
Date: 19 Jul 2000 12:20:56 GMT
LinuxWorld Conference & Expo
Expo: August 15 - 17, 2000
Conference: August 14 - 17, 2000
San Jose Convention Center, San Jose California (Silicon Valley)
http://www.linuxworldexpo.com
Register by July 21 -- only two more days! -- for free
Exhibits badge for admission to all exhibits, keynote and
feature presentations, birds of a feather sessions and
various other events (except conferences and tutorials),
August 15-17. (After July 21, this registration is $25.)
Register on the web with Netscape, IE, or fax, or by phone
if you don't have those facilities:
http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/show_reginfo.html
This show was very big last year, and this time they have
165 exhibitors, with 40 more on hold because the entire
San Jose Convention Center will already be filled!
Partial list of speakers, panelists, etc, at free events:
Linus Torvalds
Jeremy Allison, Samba
Eric S. Raymond, Internet Developer and Writer
Miguel de Icaza, GNOME;
Volker Wiegand, CEO, SuSE, Inc.
Ransom Love, President and CEO, Caldera Systems
Bob Young, Chairman, Red Hat
Cliff Miller, CEO, TurboLinux
Bodo Bauer, TurboLinux
Larry Augustin, Founder, President, CEO, VA Linux Systems
Scott Draeker, Loki Entertainment
Jon "maddog" Hall, Executive Director, Linux International
Robert LeBlanc, Vice President, IBM Software Strategy
Bruce Perens
Jay Sulzberger;
Patricia Lambs, CEO, Linuxcare
Nick Petreley, Contributing Editor for LinuxWorld and InfoWorld
Conferences and tutorials run August 14-17, and cost from
$145 to $795 for various plans; see the website.
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From: Frank Patrum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Please help me evaluate this hardware's compatability with Linux
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 08:24:54 -0400
sorry about the multiple posting...my proxy server had a blip
Frank Patrum wrote:
> check out www.linhardware.com for a searchable database of supported hardware. I
> wouldn't dump this system just yet.
>
> Frank
>
> phil ossifer wrote:
>
> > Perhaps to clarify the preceeding message a tad: I just learned friday what a
> > "win modem" was by reading these groups, as well as the NDA and "afraid to cross
> > MS syndrome" of the makers of such. I was disgusted, then panic set in: Is
> > there such a thing as a "winmotherboard, a winchipset, a winbios", and if there
> > is did I just buy one?
> >
> > Do I have a winharddrive, a wincdrom, a wimvideo board? These are the questions
> > I need answered. Not too much dinero tied up on the CDROM, video card, winmodem
> > (ugh why tie up a $200 processor with such mundane chores?) so these can be
> > written off to experience, but the processor, ram, and 30GB hard drive are
> > another matter....
> >
> > I am willing to work. To write drivers after I learn Linux programming even.
> > But only if I can get specs. My days of blind hacking are long gone -- I've
> > played all the "adventure" that I wish to in this lifetime.
> >
> > Thanks for any assistence
> >
> > Phil
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From: "Michael Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: maybe some one can help with my cable modem
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 05:28:16 -0800
In article <Z5dd5.34118$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "My News"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I using shaw@home in B.C. canada apparently a normal either net card but
> I dont even know where to start on getting it going... can any one help
>
> email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
What type of ethernet card? What distribution are you using? Have you recompiled
a kernel? If you can tell us a bit more about your system, the card that you got to
make it work, etc. That would be helpful.
--
Michael Perry
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netscape and Mandrake 7.1
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 12:38:02 GMT
On Jul 18, 2000 at 23:23, Mark David Thomas eloquently wrote:
>Hi People!
>
> I have a problem with Netscape that I have had on every Linux install I
>have used. The problem is that Netscape gives me an error message about a
>SOCKS variable being incorrect. I cannot even access the Netscape sites.
> I am using Mandrake 7.1 and believe that my modem is properly connecting
>to my ISP.
Add
SOCKS_NS=<ipaddress of name server>
export SOCKS_NS
to yor /etc/profile, logout, login and try again.
--
Registered Linux User # 125653
Egotist: A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me.
-- Ambrose Bierce
8:34am up 9 days, 11:46, 9 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: boot disk problem
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 12:26:24 GMT
i buy redhat 6.2 box set include one floppy disk, but i erased the disk.
Could you tell me how to recover the disk??
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From: Thomas Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Where's current configuration (newbie)
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 09:20:54 -0400
I am trying to compile a tulip.c source file using a
'gcc' command suggested in the source file.
I am getting an error about missing 'autoconf.h',
which seems to be so. From my research I
might be able to get 'autoconf.h' by running
menuconfig. Before doing so I would like to
know what my current settings are so I don't kill
my linux setup. I was shielded from answering
those questions by the Mandrake installation.
I found some configuration files about my network
card, etc. I haven't found a file that seems to have
answers to those unfamiliar questions asked by
xconfig and menuconfig.
Where do I look?
Tom Adams
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From: "weerayut pornsmithikul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to setup?
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 19:56:28 +0700
How to start setup linux?
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Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 14:15:15 +0100
From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?_Dorothea_M=FCcke-Herzberg?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: XwinPro <>KDE : Space key not working
Hello,
I had the same problem and asked the labtam support. Here's the
solution:
"Please, by using Xsettings utility,
check the "Block KeySyms Changing" check box.
If this check box is enabled,
it prevents the XServer keyboard's KeySyms mapping from external
changes."
Hope this helps,
Dorothea
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Posted At: 15 July 2000 20:48
> Posted To: setup
> Conversation: XwinPro <>KDE : Space key not working
> Subject: XwinPro <>KDE : Space key not working
>
>
> 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
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> remove the XXX from the Email adr
>
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From: "Bluefoot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.linux.isp,alt.linux
Subject: Re: PLEASE HELP !!!!
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 14:55:06 +0100
Ben Brown wrote in message <8l43el$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Are you sure Arena isn't caching the page? telnet to port 80 and type GET
>http://ns.equaliser.net/ and hit enter
What I get is - <head><title>Bad request</head></title>
<body><h1>Bad Request</h1>
Our browser sent a query that this server could not
understand.<p>
</body>
So that's good, isn't it.....
Am I even running Apache here? I think I might have to do *another*
re-install.
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From: Chris Barone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: No Sounds - SBLive! - Need Forced Settings
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 14:00:22 GMT
Yes, the card is a 'real' Sound Blaster product. Is there a reason
that no one has addressed my question? Can settings be forced?
Thanks for your time - Chris
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From: "Nemanja Todorovic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Ambient Technologies Inc. MODEM V.90 PCI MD5620
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 14:21:59 +0200
If anybody knows where I could find drivers for my modem
that would work with Red Hat 6.0-6.2 distribution please
let me know
Thanks !
Greetings from
linux fresh meet
Nemanja Todorovic
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From: "kc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: newbie compile
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 08:51:13 -0600
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ricky Chaudhary
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am compiling source code for the first time. Although it is fun, success is
> elusive. I am trying to install PHP using the source available on php.net. I
> have got past the step:
> ./configure
>
> When i try to "make", it gives me the following error:
>
> make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
>
> On running >which make, I can see that it is in /usr/bin directory.
>
> Shouldn't makefile be included in the source files???
>
> Someone please let me know what I am missing.
>
> Thanks. Ricky
If the ./configure went OK, there should be a file named Makefile in the source
directory--which is what make is looking for.
Check to see if the Makefile was created (not Makefile.in, as that is what is
used, in part, to create the Makefile). If there is no Makefile, the configure
apparently didn't go too well. You can try to read config.log and see where it
failed, or you can try to re-run ./configure (I'd recommend removing
config.cache first) and watch for any error messages.
HTH...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ken Knecht)
Subject: Can't set up x in Mandrake 7.0
Date: 19 Jul 2000 14:10:20 GMT
The VGA card is an SBT Horizon VGA, 1 MB RAM, Cirrus Logic
CL-GD5429 BIOS.
After running the text install and XF86Setup I get a screen
saying "Congratulations, you've got a running server!" at the
top and a bunch of other stuff. I chose the "Save the
configuration and exit" button. Then I get returned to bash. I
enter
startx
and get a screenful of stuff.
(**) SVGA: Graphics device ID "SBT Horizon"
(**) SVGA: Monitor ID "Standard VGA, 640x480 at 60 Hz"
(--) SVGA: Mode "640x480" need hsync frequency of 31.54 KHz.
Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "320x240" need hsync frequency of 62.08 KHz.
Deleted.
(**) Fontpath set to "unix/:-1"
(--) SVGA: clgd5429: Specifying a clocks line makes no sense for
this driver
(--) SVGA: chipset: cldg5429
(--) SVGA: videoram: 1024K
(**) SVGA: clocks : 25.23 28.32 41.16 36.08 31.50 39.99 45.08
49.87
(**) SVGA: clocks: 64.98 72.16 75.00 80.01 85.23
(**) SVGA: Using 8 bbp, Depth 8, Color weight 666
(--) SVGA: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 85.500 MKz
(--) SVGA: There is no mode definition named "640x480"
(--) SVGA: Removing mode "640x480" from list of all valid modes
(--) SVGA: There is no mode definition named "320x240"
Fatal server error
No valid modes found
xconnection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown.)
Sometimes it tries additional modes like 640x400 and fails as
did the other modes.
The monitor is an Aamazing CM-8483E. The specs say Hsync 31.5,
Vsync 50-70. This is what I put in the monitor setup and have
successfully used in numerous other Linux setups using this
monitor. Resolutions available are 640x350, 640x480, and 720x400
so I set the monitor resolution to 640x480. I tried 16 bbp but I
got a
_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
error. The 8 bpp seems to work better.
I tried changing the Hsync in the monitor to the 31.54 mentioned
in the error messages but then I get the
_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
error again.
I tried adding another 32M of RAM to make a total of 64M
($102!!!). Still the same
_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
error. I tried
free
in bash and Linux does see the 64M RAM ok. The 100 MB swap file
also appears here so is likely working.
Any probing done, like for clocks, was done automatically by
XF86Setup - I didn't request any that I know of.
That's all I can think of. Suggestions? Please? I've gotten no
response from Mandrake support - yet.
Ken
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: What are my options on booting a two disk PC
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 14:56:03 GMT
In article <Z0ad5.74503$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Aurelien Marchand" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You will be able to decide what to load and how.
> use linuxconf to start with.
>
> Have Fun!
> Aurelien
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message <8l1oqu$nln$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >i have Linux (SuSe 6.3) installed on a separate 2GB disk. my first
disk
Thanks for your help. I'll try that.
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From: cabal2112 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: can't load xwindows after edditing xf86config
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 14:56:03 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Kevin Milburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> /dev/niall wrote:
> >
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > "Andy Fowler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I recently installed a wheel mouse and edited my xf86config. When
I
> > > rebooted xwindows would not start, the screen just keeps blinking.
> > When I
> > > ctrl-alt-delete and shut down it reads that the mouse server could
not
> > > start. I have it set up to automatically boot xwindows, can
someone
> > tell me
> > > how to prevent xwindows from loading so I can edit xf86config?
> > >
> >
> > Change your system's runlevel to 3 (it's 5 now). It's in
/etc/inittab
> > usually.
> >
>
> Not strictly true, true for Red Hat, but not everything..
>
> SuSE uses runlevel 3 for an X Windows Login.
> and runlevel 2 for console login.
>
> so you'd need to switch to runlevel 2 to prevent xdm/kdm/gdm loading
>
> > You can get to a terminal by hitting CTRL-ALT-F2. If you go to F1
you'll
> > see crap from X. X itself runs on VC7.
> >
>
> Again. SuSE does it differently..
> if you want to see all the messages generated by X when in runlevel 3
> you have to look at the file /var/log/XFree86.0.log..
>
> One thing to remember, the Germans are awkward sods, and some
> elements within SuSE work in a completely different way to most
> other distros..
>
> > --
> > /dev/niall, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > News, articles and resources for web professionals and developers:
> > http://www.kst.com
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Before you buy.
>
thanks for the info..im totally unfamiliar with SuSE linux. is storm or
definite linux the same way? funny thing, every piece of literature ive
ever seen made no mention of SuSE's choice of runlevel values being
different than others, or for that matter, any other distro using
different values. perhaps its a europe thing? i mean, we (the states)
still use the stupid english system of measurement (feet, inches, etc).
even the uk uses metric and they invented the old system!
i think most people start with rh or something similar so its a good
generic assumption for such info if no distro was listed.
thanks again for da info (excuse my windoze cause im at work)
cabal
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From: cabal2112 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: can't load xwindows after edditing xf86config
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 15:06:35 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Kevin Milburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> /dev/niall wrote:
> >
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > "Andy Fowler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I recently installed a wheel mouse and edited my xf86config. When
I
> > > rebooted xwindows would not start, the screen just keeps blinking.
> > When I
> > > ctrl-alt-delete and shut down it reads that the mouse server could
not
> > > start. I have it set up to automatically boot xwindows, can
someone
> > tell me
> > > how to prevent xwindows from loading so I can edit xf86config?
> > >
> >
> > Change your system's runlevel to 3 (it's 5 now). It's in
/etc/inittab
> > usually.
> >
>
> Not strictly true, true for Red Hat, but not everything..
>
> SuSE uses runlevel 3 for an X Windows Login.
> and runlevel 2 for console login.
>
> so you'd need to switch to runlevel 2 to prevent xdm/kdm/gdm loading
>
> > You can get to a terminal by hitting CTRL-ALT-F2. If you go to F1
you'll
> > see crap from X. X itself runs on VC7.
> >
>
> Again. SuSE does it differently..
> if you want to see all the messages generated by X when in runlevel 3
> you have to look at the file /var/log/XFree86.0.log..
>
> One thing to remember, the Germans are awkward sods, and some
> elements within SuSE work in a completely different way to most
> other distros..
>
> > --
> > /dev/niall, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > News, articles and resources for web professionals and developers:
> > http://www.kst.com
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Before you buy.
>
note: if this is my second posting to this thread its because windoze
took a dump and didn't appear to post my response so easy thing is to do
it again...
thanks for the info on SuSE. i'm totally unfamiliar with SuSE. is
it the same for storm or definite linux? funny thing is that in all the
literature ive seen, nothing has ever been said about other values for
runlevels...i suppose it might be a europe thing? most literature seems
to be redhat-centric (kinda cheesy..there are many distros not just rh!)
thanks again for the info and excuse my windoz(im at work),
cabal
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From: Julian So <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: System hangs at linux post
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 15:22:11 GMT
Hrm. Something fishy seems to be going on.
I logged on in single user mode and manually fsck'ed all my partitions
successfully. That got rid of the system hanging problem, but does
anyone know what caused my system to hang in the first place?
Julian
Julian So wrote:
>
> I wrote:
> [ my system hangs while my hdf1 partition is checked at linux post ]
>
> "Prasanth A. Kumar" wrote:
> [ What's going on is the RH equiv to MS's 'scandisk' is running ]
>
> What worries me is the fact that, generally, I should expect that the
> progress bar for my hdf1 partition to grow at a somewhat regular rate.
> Unfortunately, it's been 30 minutes and the progress bar is still stuck
> at 7.5% complete. It *is* a 30 Gb partition, so I expect that things
> will take a while, but I also expect that the utlitity's progress to be
> consistent. That's what's freaking me out at the moment.
>
> Julian
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From: DeAnn Iwan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 'no free primary' during 6.2 install
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 11:18:50 -0400
Dhrakol wrote:
>
> this is a correction for my post yesterday regarding 'redhat 6.2 installation
> problem with 10.2 GB hdd'. the error message i get after trying to make the
> swap partition is not 'partition too big' but 'no free primary'. what does
> this mean? i really hope someone can help me out here..
>
>
IDE drives can have a maximum of 4 primary partitions. One of
those primary partitions can be an "extended partition" that contains
many logical partitions. These would typically be labeled hda1, hda2,
hda3 and the extended partition hda4 which could contain logical
partitions hda5, hda6, hda7, etc.
"fdisk" will allow you to change your partition table....red hat
also has Disk Druid that can do this. Disk Druid is less capable than
fdisk (but is more graphical for the alphanumerically-challenged).
Note, if you have data you want to keep, messing up your partition table
can remove your ability to access that data. Backup first. And write
down what your partition table is now (so you can recreate it if you
mess up bigtime).
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From: Frank E Harrell Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How Do I Install Star Office
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 15:30:32 GMT
Bill,
Thanks for the suggestions but that didn't fix it.
One additional thing I'm confused about: When I originally
executed the downloaded *.bin file (without /net) I got some
options regarding the install but I'm not sure I got an option
for Network install.
If I buy the CD is the install process smoother?
Thanks -Frank
Bill Unruh wrote:
> ] Bill,
> ]
> ] I installed a network version of Star Office 5.2 in /opt/office52 on RedHat 6.2
> ] on a Pentium PC. When I did as you suggested below to further install S.O.
> ] for an individual user, I got the install screen but nothing specific to a "user",
> ] and when clicking on "Complete" at the end of the process, nothing was
> ] really installed. All this was done while logged in as the user, whereas
> ] the network version was installed as root. Suggestions welcomed!
>
> a) Make sure that the files in the directory you created when you
> installed the /net version are all readable and executable by the user.
>
> chmod -R a+rX /local/Office51
> say
>
> Then run the setup (/usr/local/Office51/programs/setup)
> without the /net option.
> What this does is to put some files ( about 2MB worth) into that
> directory mentioned in that installation script. It should be in your
> home directory.
> Ie, when that screen comes up asking for the directory, DO NOT put in
> the directory into which you installed star office. Accept the default.
>
> If yo did all that, then I do not know what is wrong.
>
> ]
> ] -Frank
> ]
> ] P.S. I did get a file .user52.rdb created in ~ but don't know what to do with it.
> ]
> ]
> ] Bill Unruh wrote:
> ]
> ] > In <396de959$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "David Stackis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>writes:
> ] >
> ] > >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.
> ] >
> ] > You run it, with the /net option in order to install all of the programs into
>one central place.
> ] > (say /local/Office52)
> ] > M ake sure that it is all readable by all
> ] > chmod -R a+rX /local/Office52)
> ] > Each user then has to run
> ] > /local/Office52/program/setup
> ] > which will set up a separate set of files in each user's directory in say
> ] > ~/Office52
> ] > The user then has to run ~/Office52/soffice
> ] > to run StarOffice.
> ]
--
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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: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Onstream DI-30 IDE tape drive
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 15:40:48 GMT
Hi,
I'm desperately looking for someone who got his Onstream DI-30 IDE
tape drive to work with any of the latest SuSE (6.3 or 6.4)
distributions.
Support for this (supposedly) nice piece of hardware is included in
the SuSE kernel.
I thought that I got everything to work, but 'tarring' an archive to a
tape, I cannot read my written tapes. When I start the restore,
everything seems to work fine, but after extracting some files from a
tape, I always get a tar-error message: 'tar: read error on /dev/ht0:
Input/Output error'. After I get this message 10 times, I get the
error: 'Tar: too many errors, quitting', and everything stops.
Who experienced this before?
Please, HELP!
=8-) dirk
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From: Krishnan Sridhar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: wvdial - modem not responding ...
Date: 19 Jul 2000 15:51:48 GMT
: Are you sure that you have the right port (/dev/ttyS0, /dev/ttyS1,
: etc....) specified in the your /etc/wvdial.conf file?
: Using trial and error, I was able to get it to work on my 486dx 50mHz.
: - David
: UT Austin - Department of Chemical Engineering
: Tel: (512) 471-4789 Fax: (413) 215-9854
: Office: CPE 3.428
I am using /dev/ttyS0 (with /dev/modem linked to ttyS0). It works well
with minicom and so I assume I have at least this part setup properly.
Thanks for your input.
--
-- Krishnan Sridhar
email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Phone : (972) 997-3170
Fax : (972) 997-2234
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From: Krishnan Sridhar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: wvdial - modem not responding ...
Date: 19 Jul 2000 15:59:27 GMT
Micheal Catudel's reply to my original posting :
: use yast to setup wvdial and then run it as root. After that you
: should be able to run it as a simple user. You'll have to edit /etc/wvdial.conf
: to remove the obnoxious line that tells it not to reconnect on line going off
: by no fault of yours.
This is what I am doing and I am not even able to get the modem to dial
the number. I have tried editing wvdial.conf and even stuck in the
init string that minicom was using to initialize the modem, but it still
didn't do the job.
: [rest of reply snipped - Krishnan]
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Thanks for your reply.
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-- Krishnan Sridhar
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From: mst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: EISA Adaptec 2740 & RedHat 6.2
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 11:56:10 -0400
Mick Pollard wrote:
>
> Hello people,
> I have a EISA AHA 2740 scsi card and if I install RH 6.0
> it says I need to pass kernel paramaters for this type of card. In redhat
> 6.0 I am able to autoprobe the 'extra settings' but not in RH 6.2. How can
> I find out what these 'extra settings' are cause I really want to run 6.2
> ??? Is there a way to see what 'extra settings' the autoprobe uses in 6.0
> ????
It probably wants, at least, the I/O address and IRQ of the card. Since
it's a EISA system, you can find them out by using your motherboard's
EISA configuration utility (you do have it, right? - otherwise, you're
screwed). Or, the (autoprobed) options are probably in /etc/modules.conf
on the RH6 system, or wherever RH keeps its config files.
MST
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