Linux-Setup Digest #223, Volume #19 Sat, 22 Jul 00 17:13:07 EDT
Contents:
Re: DVD software (Michael Meding)
Re: Starting Gnome (Mike Gifford)
Sawfish Bugs or Configuration Problems? (Mike Gifford)
Annoying Netscape Problem in Red Hat 6.2/Gnome Environment (Mike Gifford)
Re: Trouble configuring nfs (Jeff Shipman)
Re: Question on netcfg on Redhat6.1 (Swapnajit Mittra)
Looking for driver for 3D Blaster Annihilator 2 ("Sabri Dilmi")
Re: Question on netcfg on Redhat6.1 ("dale hites")
Re: 3D Prophet compatible with RH Linux? Please help! (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Jos=E9?= Luis
Domingo =?iso-8859-1?Q?L=F3pez?=)
Linux+ISDN ("G�nter Warnung")
2 SMTP server questions ("Frank Isaacs")
Re: conio.h equivalent? (Michael Kelly)
Re: Adding a user (Michael Kelly)
rpm (Hima Parimisetty)
Setting up GDM for Remote X Sessions... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Xwin on RH6.1 or 6.2??!! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Remove Apache from RedHat? (brucemohler)
Re: rpm ("ne...")
xwindows, fontserver (Craig A Lebowitz)
Re: Cannot install Gnome on SuSE 6.4 ("ne...")
Re: xwindows, fontserver (Hal Burgiss)
Re: Application sizing problem in X ("ne...")
Re: xwindows, fontserver (Craig A Lebowitz)
Re: xwindows, fontserver (Craig A Lebowitz)
Re: xwindows, fontserver (Hal Burgiss)
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From: Michael Meding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: DVD software
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 18:24:28 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You can get everything for your need at www.linuxvideo.org.
Read the howto there. It is up and running.
Regards
Michael Meding
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From: Mike Gifford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Starting Gnome
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 17:21:16 GMT
Hello,
Has anyone else had the problem where the gdm package doesn't work for
all users on a given system? I can log in as root and one other user
with no difficulty. However, I have not been able to log in under any
other account. Even after setting up a brand new account.
Mike
Steven Fosdick wrote:
> If you are using, or would like to use, a graphical login screen then check out the
> gdm package (Gnome Display Manager) which is an xdm like application that by
> default starts a GNOME session but allows other session types to be chosen from
> a pull down menu.
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From: Mike Gifford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sawfish Bugs or Configuration Problems?
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 17:24:26 GMT
Hello Everyone,
I must have done something to the Sawfish environment, because I
didn't always have these irritating bugs, but I can't get rid of them.
First, I can't seem to resize most of my windows. I used to be able to,
but now when I click on the edge of the screen and drag it all I get is
the present size of the window. It doesn't change sizes which is really
annoying.
Possibly related to this (this might have something to do with focus
and shadow, but these terms aren't explained in Sawfish, so who knows
what I've adjusted), When I open a new window in Netscape, it appears up
on top, I can paste into it, I can move it, however, that isn't the
screen which accepts the keyboard input. So when when I reply to a new
message, it pops up in front of the screen, but before I click on the
panel icon on the bottom, I when I type it affects the screen below it
(the list of all my messages) and not the message that is on top and
that I want to be editing.
Are there any good guides to setting up Sawfish?
Thanks! I'm running RedHat 6.2 & Helix Gnome.
Mike
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From: Mike Gifford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Annoying Netscape Problem in Red Hat 6.2/Gnome Environment
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 17:29:11 GMT
Hello,
Has anyone figured out how to get the address book working in Netscape
4.73, with Red Hat 6.2. It was working for me fine under Caldera, but
I've found the lack of this feature extremely annoying. Unfortunately I
haven't found a fix or an easy way to migrate to another email program.
Would like to use either Mozilla M16 or Netscape 6, but both of them run
noticably slower than my current version of Netscape. Even if they
don't have Netscape 4.73's leaky memory problem..
I'm also having trouble with the windows that appear on the top actually
being the active windows. For some reason the active window isn't the
one on the top of the screen or the one that just poped up. To enter in
this message for example, I needed to go to the navigation bar and
select the message that is on top, before it will allow me to type into
it. If I just start typing in it starts adjusting the window with my
inbox (or which ever one happens to be open behind the new message).
I'm running RedHat 6.2, Helix Gnome and Sawfish.
Thanks!
Mike
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From: Jeff Shipman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Trouble configuring nfs
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 11:32:46 -0600
Also, the disk I'm trying to mount is a removable disk.
It seems to mount fine, but when I type 'ls /jaz' on the
client, I get nothing.
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From: Swapnajit Mittra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Question on netcfg on Redhat6.1
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 17:16:22 GMT
In article <ot8e5.877$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"dale hites" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Swapnajit,
>
> Whoa, way too much. You need to get the RedHat bible. There's a couple
of
> chapters in there on your question.
>
>
Hello Dale,
By "RedHat Bible" do you mean the "Official Reference Guide"
for RedHat ? Or, is this some other book ? (Sorry, I am very
new to this ;-)
Thanks.
- Swapnajit.
> Hello all,
>
> Can somebody please help me on how to use netcfg
> on Redhat6.1 ?
>
> I would like to set up my DSL connection. I have
> the following information.
>
> i. WAN IP
> ii. WAN Gateway
> iii.NAT information - Allocation
> iv. NAT information - Router LAN address
> v. NAT information - Subnet Mask
> vi. NAT information - DNS
>
> Could somebody please tell me how to use netcfg
> step by step to input this information ? Also
> what is "NAT" ? I am new to Linux.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> - Swapnajit.
>
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From: "Sabri Dilmi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Looking for driver for 3D Blaster Annihilator 2
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 13:46:00 -0400
Does anyone know if there exists support or drivers for 3D blaster
Annihilator 2 (GeForce 2 GTS).
If not, how can i configure my X windows to use high resolution displays. I
tried SVGA and it doesn't seem to work.
SD.
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Reply-To: "dale hites" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "dale hites" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Question on netcfg on Redhat6.1
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 13:04:43 -0500
No, the reference guide your refering to is pretty paltry. You want Red Hat
Linux Bible by Christopher Negus published by IDG books. Chapter 16 is of
interest to you.
The book is available at Barnes and Noble and Amazon.com
Dale
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Jos=E9?= Luis Domingo =?iso-8859-1?Q?L=F3pez?=
Subject: Re: 3D Prophet compatible with RH Linux? Please help!
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 18:24:25 GMT
Hi Meldrum:
>
> Has anyone tried to install the Guillemot 3D Prophet video card on Red Hat
> Linux 6.0 (Hedwig)? I can't seem to get it working. Linux boots up just
> fine until I enter the startx command, then the screen just displays weird
> colors. There were no Linux drivers on Guillemots web site. I am new to
> Linux (this is my first installation) so any and all help is appreciated.
>
> Jeremy
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Guillemot 3D Prophet seems to be based on an nVidia GeForce2 MX. Go to
www.nvidia.com and look for the Linux drivers available under the "Support
Center" tab. Wait a moment... the license says "..and support the TNT, TNT2,
TNT Ultra, GeForce, and Quadro chipsets".
Jose Luis Domingo
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From: "G�nter Warnung" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux+ISDN
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 20:21:20 +0200
I am using Win2k and Linux 6.2 on one machine.
My Problem is as follow:
Under Linux I am not able to install and configure the FRITZ CARD PCI.
I can not go online with Linux.
Please help me!
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From: "Frank Isaacs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.caldera
Subject: 2 SMTP server questions
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 19:23:44 GMT
(Caldera OpenLinux eServer 2.4, kde.)
1) I'm looking to set up SMTP/POP on a Linux box for multiple e-mail
accounts. The SMTP server does not allow relaying by default, which is a
smart thing, but I'd still like to be able to send messages through it with
a username/password. How do I allow this?
2) I couldn't send mail from the box until I changed its name to only the
domain name (orion2k.com). However, the setup asked for the fully qualified
name, i.e. mars.orion2k.com. (Obviously, I'm trying to name the machine
mars.) The recipient server didn't like the fact that it was receiving mail
from a host name that doesn't exist (mars.orion2k.com), but it worked when I
made the change.
The machine is likely to be the only one in the domain for some time, and
maybe forever. But how would I set it up so it could have a name and still
be able to send mail out? I assume there's a switch somewhere which says how
sendmail should report the servername...
This brings me, I guess, to question 2a) how would I have multiple machines
in the same domain? Would I have to have my DSL provider add entries to its
name server, or can I do that somehow on my own and have it propagate?
I'm sure these are pretty basic questions, and if I only knew where to look,
I'd gladly search out the answers on my own. A pointer to one or more
suitable FAQ/HOWTO documents would be most appreciated!
Thanks -
-Frank
(PS: e-mail cc: greatly appreciated)
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From: Michael Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: conio.h equivalent?
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 15:16:30 -0400
On Sat, 22 Jul 2000 15:01:28 +1000, "Linda Houston"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>hi,
> anyone know what headers i could use for porting conio.h functions to
>linux (RH6.2)?
>i seen vga_keyboard , but i dont know if that will only work in X
>
> Kalin
>
>
I think the more common Linux equivalent is ncurses. It comes on most
Linux dist. these days I think.
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From: Michael Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Adding a user
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 15:12:40 -0400
On Fri, 21 Jul 2000 14:05:48 -0500, "David .."
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Trevor Brown wrote:
>>
>> linuxconf can also be used to add a new user. It is a nice way to get rid
>> of an existing user (if things have somehow gotten messed up).
>
>adduser username
>passwd username
>
>and
>userdel username
>
>Will work also and you don't have to worry about the bugs in linuxconf.
Alternatively you can just go on the internet. Eventually someone
will log on to your system without your intervention. :)
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From: Hima Parimisetty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: rpm
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 19:30:12 GMT
HI all,
I have downloaded a sybase-ase.rpm .When i try the command
rpm -i sybase-ase.rpm
i get the response
cannot get exclusive lock on database
error:cannot open //var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm
I suspect that it's trying to locate packages.rpm at
//var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm ,while it's actually at
/var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm. what should i do?
ur help is greatly appreciated.
TIA,
Hima Parimisetty.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Setting up GDM for Remote X Sessions...
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 19:50:32 GMT
I've got two linux (RedHat 6.2) boxes, one of which does not have
monitor and keyboard. I've got Helix-Gnome running on both, I just
can't figure out how to get the monitor-less box to broadcast it's
availability to the other box. Can anyone point me to a clear
description of the steps involved in making this work???
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Subject: Xwin on RH6.1 or 6.2??!!
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 19:45:21 GMT
Hi, there:
RH 6.1 or 6.2
Did anyone run starnet starnet Xwin 4.14 over RH6.1 or 6.2 by XDM
successfully? I cannot make it work, though it works fine on RH6.0.
Many of my friends got this problem, and we have no solution yet.
Starnet xwin 4.14 is for WinNT or Win98.
Any help? Thanks a lot!!
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From: brucemohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Remove Apache from RedHat?
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 20:03:45 GMT
Devon Harding wrote:
> How do I remove the apache installation from RedHat 6.2's server install. I
> want to install Apache from the source. I've tried 'rpm -e
> apache-1.3.12-2.rpm' but it say's 'package not installed'
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Devon
Another helpful hint is that whenever I want to see what product
and related rpm files are installed, I just (for example, to see what
apache-related files are installed):
rpm -qa | grep apache
The "rpm -qa" lists all installed packages. The grep just filters
for packages with apache in the name.
I do this all the time. I wish I had a better memory (must be using
the old 80ns stuff).
Bruce
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From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: rpm
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 20:11:07 GMT
On Jul 22, 2000 at 19:30, Hima Parimisetty eloquently wrote:
>HI all,
> I have downloaded a sybase-ase.rpm .When i try the command
>rpm -i sybase-ase.rpm
>i get the response
>cannot get exclusive lock on database
>error:cannot open //var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm
>
>I suspect that it's trying to locate packages.rpm at
>//var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm ,while it's actually at
>/var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm. what should i do?
$ su
<rppt's passwd>
# rpm -i sybase-ase.rpm
# exit
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From: Craig A Lebowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: xwindows, fontserver
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Date: 22 Jul 2000 20:16:45 GMT
I've got a problem! Creating a boot disk (of all things), I did:
dd if=/boot/vmlinuz of=/dev/fd0 bs=8192
I tried to boot from the floppy, and a bunch of nonsense came
up on the screen. I then removed the floppy and booted normally
only to find that X windows wouldn't start! It now gives the message:
_FontTransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
failed to set default font path 'unix/:-1'
Fatal server error:
could not open default font 'fixed'
Everything else on the system works FINE! What could be the problem
here? I've already tried reloading XF86Config that I know works.
One final note: After the boot disk failed and X did this, I feared
for the safety of my /boot/vmlinuz. I did an rdev /boot/vmlinuz and
it reported the WRONG root filesystem (sdd2 or something like that).
I promptly did rdev /boot/vmlinuz /dev/hda5, my real root FS.
Thanks for your help!
craig
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From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cannot install Gnome on SuSE 6.4
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 20:17:35 GMT
On Jul 22, 2000 at 16:35, Ken McGinnis eloquently wrote:
>I've installed SuSE 6.4 and have it up and running ok. After the install I
>decided to install Gnome via the helix code when I start the install process
>I receive a message stating the following "Gtk - WARNING **; cannot open
>display: :0". Can someone give me a hint of what is wrong?
Are you trying to install from X or the console?
If console, you need to be in X.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: xwindows, fontserver
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 20:21:03 GMT
On 22 Jul 2000 20:16:45 GMT, Craig A Lebowitz
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I've got a problem! Creating a boot disk (of all things), I did: dd
>if=/boot/vmlinuz of=/dev/fd0 bs=8192
>
>I tried to boot from the floppy, and a bunch of nonsense came up on the
>screen. I then removed the floppy and booted normally only to find
>that X windows wouldn't start! It now gives the message:
>
> _FontTransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
> failed to set default font path 'unix/:-1'
> Fatal server error:
> could not open default font 'fixed'
I've got some troubleshooting tips:
http://feenix.eyep.net/xstuff/xfs.html#trouble
Did you by any chance install anything just prior to this?
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From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Application sizing problem in X
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 20:20:51 GMT
On Jul 22, 2000 at 15:08, Ken Knecht eloquently wrote:
>Using either KDE or Gnome, A lot of the applications are cut off
>at the bottom when I run them. My monitor is restricted to
>640x480. For example, I can't run Netscape because I can't get
>at the "Accept" and "Not Accept" buttons on the License screen.
>I can't drag it high enough by the title bar. Same problem with
>many other programs. Is there a way to resize these application
>displays? This is with the KDE or Gnome panel at the bottom of
>the screen moved off the edge of the screen.
>
>I had a _great_ deal of difficulty getting X to work on my
>system, and am _very_ reluctant to solve this size problem by
>getting a higher resolution monitor as I'm afraid X won't work.
>I currently have to use
>
>Unsupported VGA compatible video card
>Generic 640x480 60 Hz. monitor
>
>This is the only pair of choices that will work with startx.
>Selecting my real video card gets me errors.
>
>Linux distribution is Mandrake 7.0. I just set up the x system
>so am still learning KDE and Gnome so I may well be missing
>something obvious.
>
>Any ideas on the display size problem? I'll experiment some more
>with KDE while I'm waiting for a response here. Maybe I'll
>stumble on the solution.
We'll need to know what graf card you are using and the
specs on it. We'll also need to know the version of X
you are using. Then you'll have to reconfigure X. Oh,
and while you're at it, please post the specs of your
monitor as well.
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From: Craig A Lebowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: xwindows, fontserver
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Date: 22 Jul 2000 20:32:23 GMT
I didn't install anything before this. X was working fine.
Well, I just noticed the line in my /etc/passwd:
xfs:x:100:101:X Font Server:/etc/X11/fs:/bin/false
is this right? Thanks for the link.
craig
> I've got some troubleshooting tips:
> http://feenix.eyep.net/xstuff/xfs.html#trouble
> Did you by any chance install anything just prior to this?
> --
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From: Craig A Lebowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: xwindows, fontserver
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Date: 22 Jul 2000 20:46:28 GMT
more info.
I found these lines in /etc/log/messages:
Jul 21 22:58:25 LEBOWITZ xfs: xfs startup succeeded
Jul 21 22:58:26 LEBOWITZ xfs: Warning: The directory
"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi" does not exist.
Jul 21 22:58:26 LEBOWITZ xfs: Entry deleted from font path.
Jul 21 22:58:26 LEBOWITZ linuxconf: Linuxconf final setup
Jul 21 22:58:26 LEBOWITZ xfs: Fatal font server error:
Jul 21 22:58:26 LEBOWITZ xfs: Element #0 (starting at 0) of font path is
bad or
has a bad font: "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"
is there a font RPM that I can reinstall? where do I pick it up?
craig
In comp.os.linux.setup Craig A Lebowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've got a problem! Creating a boot disk (of all things), I did:
> dd if=/boot/vmlinuz of=/dev/fd0 bs=8192
> I tried to boot from the floppy, and a bunch of nonsense came
> up on the screen. I then removed the floppy and booted normally
> only to find that X windows wouldn't start! It now gives the message:
> _FontTransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
> failed to set default font path 'unix/:-1'
> Fatal server error:
> could not open default font 'fixed'
> Everything else on the system works FINE! What could be the problem
> here? I've already tried reloading XF86Config that I know works.
> One final note: After the boot disk failed and X did this, I feared
> for the safety of my /boot/vmlinuz. I did an rdev /boot/vmlinuz and
> it reported the WRONG root filesystem (sdd2 or something like that).
> I promptly did rdev /boot/vmlinuz /dev/hda5, my real root FS.
> Thanks for your help!
> craig
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: xwindows, fontserver
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 20:54:20 GMT
On 22 Jul 2000 20:46:28 GMT, Craig A Lebowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>more info.
>I found these lines in /etc/log/messages:
>
>Jul 21 22:58:25 LEBOWITZ xfs: xfs startup succeeded
>Jul 21 22:58:26 LEBOWITZ xfs: Warning: The directory
>"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi" does not exist.
>Jul 21 22:58:26 LEBOWITZ xfs: Entry deleted from font path.
>Jul 21 22:58:26 LEBOWITZ linuxconf: Linuxconf final setup
>Jul 21 22:58:26 LEBOWITZ xfs: Fatal font server error:
>Jul 21 22:58:26 LEBOWITZ xfs: Element #0 (starting at 0) of font path is
>bad or
>has a bad font: "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"
>
>is there a font RPM that I can reinstall? where do I pick it up?
Yes there are XFree86 font rpms. That sounds like the problem. Just look
on the CD, or wherever you installed from. You will have to use the
'--force' option to reinstall.
[hal@feenix hal]$ rpm -qa | grep XFr
XFree86-75dpi-fonts-3.3.6-20
XFree86-100dpi-fonts-3.3.6-20
[...]
(RH6.2)
The passwd entry is correct, BTW.
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