Linux-Setup Digest #249, Volume #19 Wed, 26 Jul 00 11:13:11 EDT
Contents:
Re: Cannot install Linux, any help appreciated (Leonard Evens)
Re: shortcuts ("David ..")
configuring internet connection ("Pieter Guis")
Re: configuring internet connection (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?=)
Re: Installing Linux on dedicated SCSI hard drive ("Michael Perry")
Re: Help with multi-OS/multiboot ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Help with multi-OS/multiboot (Rod Smith)
Re: Redhat 6.2/ATI Rage 128 Pro ("Rex Dieter")
Re: how to setup CHAP for a free isp? ("macefindu")
Re: how to setup CHAP for a free isp? ("macefindu")
!! Gnome Questions !! ("Steve Buxton")
Re: Max File Open (Nathan Davis)
IDE CDROM DRIVE (Gotzon Berrojalbiz)
help with CRON Q (jtoy)
Re: Cannot install Linux, any help appreciated ("Dr. Tu Yu")
Re: ftp ("Dr. Tu Yu")
Re: Groups and file permissions ("Dr. Tu Yu")
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Cannot install Linux, any help appreciated
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 07:34:00 -0500
Robert Schumacher wrote:
>
> I am having a problem installing Linux (tried four distributions thus far).
> Keeping the differences between distributions in mind, basically what is
> happening is that the installers either a) freeze at language selection or
> b) the keyboard and mouse will not work in the installer. I can't tell for
> sure which is the case, but at any rate I boot up with the Linux CD in the
> drive, the installer runs, I get the language selection screen and that is
> it...I have no way to provide any input or continue the installation
> process. I don't believe it's a hardware problem, at least not with the
> keyboard or mouse (and the computer itself is less than a year old and
> performs flawlessly in Windows). That is the dilemma. I've poured through
> www.linuxnewbie.org, and the sites for the distributions I've tried
> (Mandrake 7.1, Red Hat 6.2, WinLinux 2000, and Corel), and found no answers
> (I haven't even seen a similar problem listed). Has anyone encountered
> this, or have any suggestions for a workaround. My computer setup is as
> follows:
> Pentium III 450 MHz
> 96 MB RAM
> 6.8 GB HDD (6.0 GB Windows, 1.8 GB Linux partition with 125 MB Linux swap
> partition, set up using Partition Magic 5)
> Toshiba 40X CDROM and HP 8210i CDRW
> 3Com EtherLink 3C905C-TX NIC with Internet access via cable modem
> Microsoft Intellieye Explorer PS/2 mouse (but tried each installation with a
> "plain" PS/2 mouse also, no difference).
> Plain, garden variety 102 key US keyboard
>
> Thanks in advance.
> --
> Robert Schumacher
> remove IDONTTHINKSO to reply by e-mail
> "I've always wondered why the needle is sterilized for execution by lethal
> injection."
Along with others, I would suggest you try a text install. That
eliminates the issue of the graphics card and mouse.
You might also delete the Linux partitions you created, and let
your installer do the partitioning. It is possible there is
something bizarre about the way PM set up the master boot record.
Finally, if you can get far enough in text most, try Alt-Fn for
n=2,3,.... This should give you alternate screens, a couple
of which may give you some messages indicating how far the
installer got and what went wrong.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: shortcuts
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 08:35:11 -0500
Lew Pitcher wrote:
>
> Gee, are you _sure_ that this is right?
>
> I just tried it under fvwm (my window manager of choice here), and I
> couldn't even get an option to choose a new launcher.
>
> >The best thing to do is setup a user account and experiment. If you
> >screw up that user account you can remove it and start again without
> >damaging the system.
>
> To the OP: What Linux distribution and X window manager are you using.
> The customization options depend on which window manager is in use
> (different WMs have different methods of customization). Ifile editing
> is part of the setup, then we also need to know which distribution you
> use because each distro has it's own favourite places to put the WM
> config files.
Ok you didn't mention what window manager you were using. I use
helix-gnome with sawfish.
--
Confucius say: He who play in root, eventually kill tree.
Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
ID # 123538
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From: "Pieter Guis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: configuring internet connection
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 16:02:30 +0200
How can i configure my linux redhat 6.1 for using internet? which packages
should i install and which files do i have to change/launch to configure?
pieter
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: configuring internet connection
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 16:06:41 +0200
On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, Pieter Guis wrote:
> How can i configure my linux redhat 6.1 for using internet? which packages
> should i install and which files do i have to change/launch to configure?
>
> pieter
That depends quite a lot on what kind of connection, you have. If you are
using a modem you will have to install the ppp package. And perhaps
kdenetwork if you are using KDE...
Rasmus B�g Hansen
---
He has his own opinions
- just like the others.
-- Burnin' Red Ivanhoe
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From: "Michael Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installing Linux on dedicated SCSI hard drive
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 07:09:15 -0800
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Doc Shipley
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Mashooq Badar wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am new to Linux and want to install SUSE Linux on my machine. I have
>> three scsi hard drives in my machine SCSI ID:0 and SCSI ID 2 are being
>> used for my NT installation but SCSI ID:1 is an 18 gig drive which I
>> want to install Linux on. I don't want to use Lilo because it will
>> interfere with the NT's master boot block. Is there a way of installing
>> Linux so that it will be totally isolated from my NT installation?
>
> I think there's a HOWTO, but I diremember its name. So here's the quick
> rundown.
> If you're running NT on a FAT filesystem, just install LILO on the MBR,
> and tell the Linux
> installer NT is a DOS partition, and you want to be able to boot it.
> This will NOT interfere with your NT operation. Install Linux on ID:1
> when the installer asks where to install LILO tell it the boot block or
> boot sector of the Linux root partition. If your Linux installer offers
> to make a bootdisk, do so. Then, before you reboot, do these things:
> mount a DOS-formatted floppy. NOT your bootdisk ;o)
> # mount -t vfat /mnt/floppy # or /floppy on a SuSE install
> then copy the boot sector to a file on the floppy. Assuming "/" is
> /dev/sdb1;
> # dd if=/dev/sdb1 of=/mnt/floppy/bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1
> unmount the floppy
> # umount /mnt/floppy
>
> Boot into NT. Right click on C:\boot.ini, choose "Properties" and
> unclick "Read Only" Leave this window open. Double-click on boot.ini and
> add this line last:
>
> C:\BOOTSECT.LNX="Linux"
>
> Save it, close it, make it read-only again. Then copy the file you made
> on floppy (bootsect.lnx) to C:\ When you reboot to NT, you should be
> able to choose "Linux"
>
> Remember that anytime you recompile your kernel or edit /etc/lilo.conf,
> you need to do all that again.
>
>
This can also be done if you are using an NTFS file system under NT. There is
a howto at:
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Linux+NT-Loader.html
which will give you the way to do what is suggested above. I have done this
successfully on both NTFS and FAT formatted NT systems. Basically what I do is
install NT first because NT likes to be first (ego thing, I think), then I do a Linux
install.
I tell lilo to install to the root partition of the install drive. I then do the
steps of stripping
away the linux bootsector using the commands shown above. This results in a file
which is exactly 512 kb in size. If yours is more or less, something is not right.
I then copy the file to a dos formatted floppy diskette, shutdown, and reboot into NT.
I change the read-only, system, and hidden attributes on boot.ini and edit it and
add a path to where I copied the bootsec.lin file. Save the boot.ini file, reset the
attribs, and when you reboot your NT system, there will be a choice for booting to
Linux.
--
Michael Perry
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Subject: Re: Help with multi-OS/multiboot
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 13:58:53 GMT
See
Multiboot MS-DOS 6.22 - Windows98 - Windows NT Server 4.0 - Linux
(FreeBSD 3.3)
http://bewoner.dma.be/BeversHP/multiboot.html
Bye
pedro
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Stanislaw Flatto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ****____****Diaper Changer****___**** wrote:
>
> > I would *like* to set up Win98, NT4, Win2k and Mandrake-Linux 7.2.
> >
> > My goals:
> >
> > 1) To get each OS's basic files on it's own partition, and format
that partition
> > "optimally" for each OS
> > 2) To share temp file space and swap file space, each OS would use
the same
> > partition for temp files and each OS would use the same partition
for swap file
> > (obviously needs to be FAT16)
>
> > Any help on this headache-inducing matter greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks!!!
>
> Hi there Noname!
> Reading your "project" I do not know if to laugh or to cry.
> Mixing NT4 and Linux (both multiuser with extensive administrative
possibilities)
> with "user friendly" varietes of MS-Glassware (don't know the 2k
creature) misses
> the practical aspects.
> The first obstacle you encounter when PNP devices are configured by
the egoistic
> OS's in such a way that the others cannot access them later and the
configuration
> may change each time you boot the OS.
> If you want to manualy administer each OS configuration - feel free
to do it.
> On more practical level - VMware can run virtual machines under
Unix/Linux or
> MS-Windows and uses the devices as configured in basic OS.
> Swap files should be configured to each system requirements, strange
formatting
> while possible reduces performance.
> If you have friendly chemist ask him for 1 litre bottle of Valium and
a gross of
> headache pills.
> And quoting SuSE "Have a lot of fun..."
>
> --
> Stanislaw on Slak 7.1
> Registered on Linux counter No. 162760.
> Even put Ulladulla on their database.
>
>
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Help with multi-OS/multiboot
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 14:11:32 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <8lmdio$mkp$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
****____****Diaper Changer****___**** <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I would *like* to set up Win98, NT4, Win2k and Mandrake-Linux 7.2.
>
> My goals:
>
> 1) To get each OS's basic files on it's own partition, and format that partition
> "optimally" for each OS
> 2) To share temp file space and swap file space, each OS would use the same
> partition for temp files and each OS would use the same partition for swap file
> (obviously needs to be FAT16)
> 3) Have space for installation of games, data, and applications separate from
> each of
You may want to check out my book, _The Multi-Boot Configuration
Handbook_ (http://www.rodsbooks.com/multiboot/). It covers all these
topics, and more.
> It *seems* like I shouold be able to do it. Am I correct in thinking that each
> of the MS OS's will install their basic boot files to the primary partition on
> drive 0, then I can set each OS to install to a different folder on whatever
> drive.
In theory, this will work. In practice, I've seen a lot more problem
reports from people who try to install multiple Microsoft OSs on one
partition than from those who use multiple partitions. With precisely
three Microsoft OSs, you can (barely) dedicate one primary partition to
each, and use a boot loader to choose between them.
> I have read in places that NT has restrictions on where you can install it.
> Something about being within the first 4 GB or something. Not sure if I'm
> correct or not.
Yes. It's a 2016MB limit. I believe that Win2K does *NOT* suffer from
this problem. NT also has a problem installing to EIDE hard disks
bigger than 8GB, but there's a workaround (you've got to get an updated
EIDE driver). I describe all this in my book, pp. 246-249.
> I also read that I have to use an "updated" driver so NT will recognize that my
> drive is bigger than 2 GB (or is it 8 GB that NT can read normally?)
Bigger than 8GB. It's at:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-unsup-ed/fixes/nt40/atapi/ATAPI.EXE
> 1) Is it *possible* to do this, or am I way off?
Yes, it's possible.
> 2) If it is possible, does this seem like a viable plan, or is there a "much
> better way" to do it?
As I said, I'd put each Microsoft OS on its own partition. You can
juggle partitions around to suit your needs, of course.
> 4) Will I be able to assign I: as the temp file for each OS and d: as the
> swapfile for each OS?
With 36GB, the benefits of sharing a few megabytes for swap and temp
space are probably not worth the bother. If you really must, the swap
space can be shared. I describe the process briefly in my book (p. 535).
Temp space presents more problems, at least for Windows/Linux sharing,
because some Linux programs may assume that they can do things to the
files that they can't on a FAT partition. If you really wanted to do
this, you might be able to do it by using the umsdos filesystem, but
again, with 36GB of disk space, why bother?
> 5) Linux don't care where it's installed, and LILO will now be able to access
> all of those drives (version 21 and before couldnt' go past 8 GB or something,
> right?
Most distributions still ship with a version of LILO that requires the
Linux kernel fall below the 1024th cylinder, which generally works out
to about 8GB. More recent versions of LILO aren't hindered by this
limit, but I don't know the details. You can install Linux at the start
of your second drive in order to avoid the problem.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux networking & multi-OS configuration
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From: "Rex Dieter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Redhat 6.2/ATI Rage 128 Pro
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 09:33:42 -0500
Here's a webpage I found helpful:
http://www4.ncsu.edu/~distclai/rage128-howto.html
--
Rex Dieter
Computer System Administrator
Mathematics and Statistics
University of Nebraska Lincoln
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:8lkubl$7hr$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Ron Le Blanc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > New computer, a Dell 4100 with an ATI Rage 128
> Pro AGP video card w/8MB
> > of memory. Dead to linux.
> >
> > Cannot get the ATI video card to run under X.
> Has anyone been able to
> > get this card configured and running under
> Redhat 6.2???
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From: "macefindu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 11:32:52 -0300
Subject: Re: how to setup CHAP for a free isp?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This is the dark time for the Republic, On 24 Jul 2000 20:17:11 GMT, The Supreme
Chancellor Palpatine's new powerful ally: Lord [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh) said:
>In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "macefindu"
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>>I have a free isp account, they suply "an small program" to users to login
>>under w98. When i login the connection box says the CHAP is used, so i went to
>>linux but realized that
>>in chap-secrets file the remote name and password are needed, but i have no way
>in chap-secrets
>username * password *
>You must know your username and your password.
>They may demand that your username be in some special form
>(eg [EMAIL PROTECTED])
"myuserid" is a normal one, it's the same as email username (i mean, my email is
[EMAIL PROTECTED])
i saw your page last night, it really helps me a lot, thanks:) but still no
luck!(please check my other post)
as a newbie, i have another question. When i send a mail as root, my outgoing
mail looks like this:
"from: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>"
yeah, it looks pretty bad.... so how can i alias "root" to "myuserid" as well
as nickname instead of create a new user named "myuserid"? and how to issue
multi email accounts with "root" only?
Thanks in advance
==========
You have saved our lives, we are eternally grateful!
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From: "macefindu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 11:32:51 -0300
Subject: Re: how to setup CHAP for a free isp?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This is the dark time for the Republic, On Mon, 24 Jul 2000 20:17:53 GMT, The Supreme
Chancellor Palpatine's new powerful ally: Lord [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Will Parsons) said:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, macefindu wrote
>
>>I have a free isp account, they suply "an small program" to users to login
>>under w98. When i login the connection box says the CHAP is used, so i went to
>>linux but realized that
>>in chap-secrets file the remote name and password are needed, but i have no way
>>to find them out (the support guys are useless coz they know nothing but
>>windoze98).
>>So if i can login under w98 using CHAP, then there must be a way to do it under
>>linux, right?
>>----------
>>You have saved our lives, we are eternally grateful!
>
>This is how I did it:
>
>1) Make sure the debug option is specified when starting pppd (perhaps in
> /etc/ppp/options. This will log packets thru syslog (man pppd).
>
>2) Make sure there is a suitable entry in /etc/syslog.conf for facility daemon,
> level debug. For example the following extract from my syslog.conf causes
> the messages to able to be viewed in xconsole:
>
> daemon.*;mail.*;\
> news.crit;news.err;news.notice;\
> *.=debug;*.=info;\
> *.=notice;*.=warn |/dev/xconsole
>
>3) Start up xconsole (if that's what you're using to view the messages), then
> start pppd to dial to your ISP.
>
>4) You should be able to see the CHAP challenge from the remote host after
> the connexion is made. Extract the host name from the message and insert
> your username (to the ISP) the remote hostname, and the password you chose
> (or your ISP provided) and put these in your chap-secrets file. The remote
> host you connect to may vary between sessions. I just added a separate
> chap-secrets line for each hostname I saw.
>
>5) Your ISP probably won't authenticate itself, so specify the noauth option
> to pppd, use the user option to identify yourself to the ISP, and start
> pppd again. You should now be able to authenticate yourself using CHAP.
I thinks i still need some more asistence here...:)
I've discover the remotename, but it seems that the remote won't take my userid as a
valide one, please see below:
=======================================================
Serial connection established.
Using interface ppp0
Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1
sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x545cd29e> <pcomp> <accomp>]
rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 < 00 04 00 00> <mru 1524> <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap MD5>
<pcomp> <accomp> < 11 04 05 f4> < 13 09 03 00 c0 7b 91 2c 45>]
sent [LCP ConfRej id=0x1 < 00 04 00 00> < 11 04 05 f4> < 13 09 03 00 c0 7b 91 2c 45>]
rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x2 <mru 1524> <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap MD5> <pcomp> <accomp>]
sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x2 <mru 1524> <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap MD5> <pcomp> <accomp>]
sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x545cd29e> <pcomp> <accomp>]
rcvd [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x545cd29e> <pcomp> <accomp>]
rcvd [CHAP Challenge id=0x1 <06fd4fd79de3df84888d0e6f5e597da8>, name = "tnttlpg1-1"]
sent [CHAP Response id=0x1 <fe3a38a7ce0f123949d032b13d47c86e>, name = "myuserid"]
rcvd [CHAP Failure id=0x1 "\016Request Denied"]
Remote message: ^NRequest Denied
CHAP authentication failed
sent [LCP TermReq id=0x2 "Failed to authenticate ourselves to peer"]
rcvd [LCP TermAck id=0x2]
Connection terminated.
==========================================================
and here is my options and chat files...
============options=================
debug
remotename tnttlpg1-1
user myuserid
/dev/ttyS1
115200
modem
crtscts
lock
connect /etc/ppp/net-connect
usepeerdns
asyncmap 0
defaultroute
noauth
:
=========end options=============
==========net=connect============
#!/bin/sh
/usr/sbin/chat -v -t 60 -f /etc/ppp/net-chat
=========end net=connect=========
=========net=chat===============
ABORT '\nBUSY\r'
ABORT '\nNO ANSWER\r'
ABORT '\nRINGING\r\n\r\nRINGING\r'
ABORT '\nNO CARRIER\r'
"" AT&F\r
OK AT&D2&C1L0\r
OK ATDTXXXXXXXX\r
CONNECT '\d\c'
:--: myuserid
word: mypassword
============end net=chat=================
============chap=secrets================
myuserid tnttlpg1-1 mypassword
============end chap=secrets============
Any suggestion?
Thanks
==========
You have saved our lives, we are eternally grateful!
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From: "Steve Buxton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: !! Gnome Questions !!
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 14:54:26 GMT
I have four questions:
1. How can I get rid of the Gnome Help Browser that starts when I login?
2. How can I get rid of the File Manager program that starts when I login?
3. How do I adjust screen resolution (size)?
4. Is is possible to fire up a program that has a gui interface without
running a gui (ie. startx)?
Steve
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From: Nathan Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Max File Open
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 09:57:17 -0500
"David .." wrote:
>
> Chiam Choon Yee wrote:
> >
> > My Linux dept server is hitting this error "Too Many Files Open". How
> > can I increase the max threshold of open files?
>
> The maximum number of files depends on the amount of physical memory
> your system has.
> Take amount of physical memory and divide by 4 = sum
> multiply sum by 256
>
> 64/4=16 16*256=4096 max files= 4096
>
Why not just multiply by 64 (= 256/4)?
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From: Gotzon Berrojalbiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: IDE CDROM DRIVE
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 08:43:28 +0200
I've recently acquired anew IDE CDROM DRIVE. The manufacturer is LG
ELECTRONICS and the model CRD-8483B. I also have an IDE CD-rewriter and
I had no problems with SCSI emulation until I installed the new CD-ROM
drive.
I just want to know if anybody's using this CD-ROM model with SCSI
emulation, and I would thank any kind of help.
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From: jtoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: help with CRON Q
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 11:21:18 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm a newb with CRON. Can I have a script that runs on the hour and
another script that runs on the middle of every hour(10:30 11:30
12:30)? specifically I want a job to start a modem and get the mail(on
the hour), but sometimes the modem hangs so I wrote a script that kills
the modem(every 1 hour at X:30). Can you show me an example CRON script
that
would do this? IF you can't do this could you give me some othern ideas
with examples? Thank you.
Jason Toy
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://toy.eyep.net
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From: "Dr. Tu Yu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Cannot install Linux, any help appreciated
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 15:09:03 GMT
Yeah, tough. Sorry to say I think you have a hardware conflict, especially
if you tried installing 4 different distributions and they stop at the same
spot. Personally I think it might be a problem with the CD-RW. Can you
disable it in bios then until you load Linux? My second choice is the
cable modem.
"Michel Catudal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Robert Schumacher a �crit :
> >
> > I am having a problem installing Linux (tried four distributions thus
far).
> > Keeping the differences between distributions in mind, basically what is
> > happening is that the installers either a) freeze at language selection
or
> > b) the keyboard and mouse will not work in the installer. I can't tell
for
> > sure which is the case, but at any rate I boot up with the Linux CD in
the
> > drive, the installer runs, I get the language selection screen and that
is
> > it...I have no way to provide any input or continue the installation
> > process. I don't believe it's a hardware problem, at least not with the
> > keyboard or mouse (and the computer itself is less than a year old and
> > performs flawlessly in Windows). That is the dilemma. I've poured
through
> > www.linuxnewbie.org, and the sites for the distributions I've tried
> > (Mandrake 7.1, Red Hat 6.2, WinLinux 2000, and Corel), and found no
answers
> > (I haven't even seen a similar problem listed). Has anyone encountered
> > this, or have any suggestions for a workaround. My computer setup is as
> > follows:
> > Pentium III 450 MHz
> > 96 MB RAM
> > 6.8 GB HDD (6.0 GB Windows, 1.8 GB Linux partition with 125 MB Linux
swap
> > partition, set up using Partition Magic 5)
> > Toshiba 40X CDROM and HP 8210i CDRW
> > 3Com EtherLink 3C905C-TX NIC with Internet access via cable modem
> > Microsoft Intellieye Explorer PS/2 mouse (but tried each installation
with a
> > "plain" PS/2 mouse also, no difference).
> > Plain, garden variety 102 key US keyboard
> >
>
> It sounds like a graphic install problem. Go in text mode install, read in
the book, you should
> be able to type text or something of the sort. The easiest distribution
installation I found for
> that problem was SuSE. On my son's computer there was no way I could
install graphically and I
> even had to type in stuff in run and crash method until I got the right
installation. If you have
> a similar problem there is no way you could install Linux with any
distribution as long as you
> insist on a graphic install.
> With SuSE you just put in the text install diskette and you got it made.
>
>
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From: "Dr. Tu Yu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ftp
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 15:09:03 GMT
Have you installed WU-ftp from the distrobution disk?
"Tom Hoffmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Tue, 25 Jul 2000 19:34:30 -0400, Anna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Hi
> >Users ( I created ) cannot "ftp" to my machine wheras using this machine
> >I can "ftp" to other sites. What settings are required so that others
> >can "ftp" to my machine.
>
> Are you running an ftp server on your machine? Check your
> /etc/inetd.conf file and make sure the 'ftp' line is not commented out.
>
> Hope this helps.
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From: "Dr. Tu Yu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Groups and file permissions
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 15:09:04 GMT
Hmmm... I'm new to Linux too, but wouldn't you need to create a directory
that gives both groups rw access but then when each group writes a file its
not rw to others (not in that group)?
"Ty Hudson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:Cqjf5.23253$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hello,
>
> One thing that I have found disconcerting in moving from netware to
> linux is the inability to associate multiple groups with a file or
> directory. Is this possible? There has to be a way of organizing things
> through linux that I have yet to discover. If I have groups 1, 2, 3, and
4;
> how would I create a directory that is visible by both users in groups 1
and
> 2 but not 3 and 4. I know I can have users assigned to multiple groups
but
> I would not want to have all the files that group 1 has access to
available
> to group 2. Am I making sense? If there is a web site or some document
> that goes over just plain file organization schemes in linux, that would
be
> very helpful. Any suggestions are appreciated.
>
> later,
>
> Ty
>
>
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