Linux-Setup Digest #275, Volume #19 Sun, 30 Jul 00 02:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship. (John Hasler)
SCSI Problem with Mandrake 7.1 (kf)
Re: Console font / resolution ("Jeffrey Hood")
Re: @home NIC install/config (kf)
Re: Newbie Mandrake Problem (kf)
Re: System freezes minutes after startx (kf)
Mandrake Linux 7.0/7.1 cdrom and floppy Locked Directory
Re: mouse problem x-windows (kf)
Triple-Boot with 98+NT+Redhat for a 18 GB HDD? ("K C Seah")
Re: user user mailbox doesn't exist; how do I create? (kf)
Re: ftp (kf)
Re: apache UserDir question ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship.
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 02:58:49 GMT
blowfish writes:
> Only those clueless, day-time wet-dreaming, naive geeks who got
> braindamaged by worshipping GNU/GPL and believing in Slashdot would
> believe everything is rosy and sweet and free.
For a while there you seemed like a reasonable person, but now you are
acting like an ordinary BSD troll.
Is your real name John Dyson?
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, Wisconsin
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From: kf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: SCSI Problem with Mandrake 7.1
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 00:50:46 -0400
I've been trying to install a SCSI card (Adaptec AHA2940U2W) and not having
very good luck. (Since there's no relevant documentation from either Adaptec
or Mandrake, luck is all I have to go on.) Here's what's happening:
When I boot the system goes through its normal scan of the hardware, finds the
IDE hard drive and IDE CD drive, then says "SCSI bus not found". Shortly
after this comes up:
================================================================
Adaptec AH-2940U2W SCSI BIOS v2.20.0
[pause]
Press Ctrl A for SCSI Select Utility
[if I just let it go, in a couple seconds it says:]
Time Out Failure During SCSI Inquiry Command!
Rescanning For SCSI Devices
[pause, then]
SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0
SCSI host 0 channel 0 reset (pid 0) timed out - trying harder
================================================================
It will repeat those last two lines as long as you let it. So I reboot.
(Ctrl-Alt-Del works fine most of the time.) This time I pres "Ctrl-A" when it
says I can and go into the "SCSI Select(TM) Utility v2.20.0" and find lots of
selections I can make. One that I can't select that I know I'd like to is HELP.
It's not there. Nor is there any documentation. I've gone looking at the
websites for Adaptec, Mandrake, and Macmillan (Macmillan has partnered with
Mandrake to sell and support v.7.1, but they're much more tuned into selling).
None of these sites has any documentation or drivers to get this SCSI card
working on Mandrake.
Plowing away in the "SCSI Select(TM) Utility v2.20.0", I went into "SCSI
Device Configuration" and set SCSI Device ID #1's "Sync Transfer Rate" to 40.0
MB/Sec. Rebooting again, there was no difference.
I ran a scan on all the SCIS IDs and it found only the card itself (on SCSI ID
#7), not the CDRW which I set to 1 on it (with a jumper). This scan found
only #7, not #1.
Went in to the same screen on the next boot and set "Initiate Wide
Negotiation" to "No" on all SCSI IDs except #1 (the CDRW) and #7 (the Adaptec
itself). Rebooted and the same thing happened. I made some other changes and
the same happened each time.
What's missing?
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From: "Jeffrey Hood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,linux.redhat.misc,redhat.config
Subject: Re: Console font / resolution
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 02:35:10 GMT
Thanks... that definately answers my question... and raises another one...
when I do a vga=ask, and then scan, I get a list from 0 to b (1-9,a-b)... I
can type in either 9, or 0122 (I guess the hex value...) and have it load
the
resolution (in my case, 100x30...) but I can't seem to put either vga=9 or
vga=0122 in the lilo conf file... it accepts them, but gives me an ask
prompt
during boot... are the only ones that I can use the ones that come up first,
before the scan...
And one more... when I do get vga=788, etc to load (I guess my kernel must
have
had framebuffer support enabled already...) my console is flaked out after
returning from a startx Gnome session... none of the modes seems to cure
it, and
I have to reboot to get a "clean" console...
Thanks again...
JH
>To be able to use the framebuffer modes (vga=792 is a framebuffer mode)
>then you need to compile a kernel with framebuffer support enabled.
>Then you can pass the option "vga=792" to LOADLIN by editing LINUX.BAT
>on your DOS partition like so:
>
>loadlin c:\vmlinuz vga=792
>
>You can pass parameters to the kernel by just putting them right after
>the C:\vmlinuz part of that .BAT file. Something to try would be
>"vga=ask", which will give you a list of modes that your graphics card
>supports. Enter the mode number you want when Linux boots, and the
>console screen will have that mode (80x34, 100x37, 132x50, etc.)
>SVGATextMode is unmaintained and you really shouldn't use it.
>
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From: kf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: @home NIC install/config
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 01:03:55 -0400
Carlos Hernandez Fisher wrote:
>
> Just got Corel Linux installed a few days ago, but haven't made any
> headway getting my @home internet connection to work. I've gone
> through Corel's Control Center and set all the host name, subnet
> masks, DNS addresses, etc using the data I could glean from my W98
> setup through winipcfg, and I've tried running both with DHCP and
> static IPs, but nothing works.
>
> I'm left wondering whether my NIC is even setup and installed properly
> for Linux. Under Windows the card is listed as "NDC 10/100 Fast
> Ethernet PCI Adapter (MX-A) [MX987x5]". How would I go about checking
> if Linux is even "seeing" my card and installing the proper drivers in
> the event that it isn't.
dmesg | less
>
> Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
>
> chf.
>
> PS As long as I'm here, is there any way to get NumLock to stay on
> after I reboot. I know it's a tiny thing, but it's annoying when I go
> to type out an IP address and find the damn thing's been turned off.
Sometimes this can be done in the mobo BIOS. Otherwise you might have a
file called something like /etc/system/keyboard in which you can say
something like "NUMLOCK=ON". man -k keyboard may bring up more info.
hth,
kf
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From: kf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie Mandrake Problem
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 01:18:39 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> OK, I'm having problems. I just installed Mandrake 7.1, and now I can't
> get it to work with my CD-ROM. I have a Mitsumi IDE CD, and when it asks
> what driver to use, I have tried Mitsumi, Mitsumi Alternate, and the cd-
> ide. I told it to automatically figure out the settings. How do I get this
> to work? Thanks a million.
>
> --
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> http://www.help.com/
I've had several problems with Mandrake 7.1, but none with getting my IDE CD
drive to work.
What you might try:
Go into Kdesktop, K, Settings, Hardware, HardDrake, and see what it shows
there. Harddrake should do it for you.
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From: kf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: System freezes minutes after startx
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 01:24:26 -0400
I've found it helpful in cases like this to examine the messages that show
up on the screen when X bombs. A couple of time it was simply "Mouse not
found", i.e., the mouse cable came out of its plug in the back of the box.
I plugged it back in and X ran fine.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > I've got an HP Kayak XA system that I just converted from NT to Linux
> > (RedHat 6.2). The system stays up if I stay in the standard terminal
> > mode that you get when you log in. However, if I go into X-windows
> > then the system will freeze (won't respond to pings, etc.) after a
> > short period of time (10 - 120 seconds). This happens *every* time.
> >
> > While I can do much of my work without X-windows, I'd love to have it
> > running. Can anyone point me in the right direction for what to look
> > for? The test patterns for Xconfigurator worked fine during the
> > install (found the video card and I set the monitor to the correct
> > name) and also when I ran it separately afterward.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> > --Warren
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Before you buy.
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mandrake Linux 7.0/7.1 cdrom and floppy Locked Directory
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 05:30:05 GMT
I have been running Mandrake 6.1 on two computers that dual boot
windows/linux. Both machines have been rock solid and linux has been very
stable. I just replaced Mandrake 6.1 with 7.0 and started having problems.
After installing 7.0 on both machines if I try to look at the directory on
the cdrom or 3.5 floppy it says KFM ERROR cannot display directory
contents.
I can mount either drive fine but cannot see what is on them. After
reinstalling the system at least three times on both computers and
reconfiguring the drives still no luck. So, I bought Mandrake 7.1 from
Cheapbytes thinking maybe it was a glitch. 7.1 seems to have a flakey
install but after I got past that I still have the same problem. I have got
most every thing else to work. In KDE if I cursor over the /mnt/cdrom or
/mnt/floppy it says Locked Directory. I have seen this problem listed on
other forums but no one gave an answer or fix. I have been working with
linux about a year. ie: Red Hat and Mandrake
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From: kf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mouse problem x-windows
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 01:31:01 -0400
Save a copy of your current XF86Config file.
>From a root system prompt run xf86config and see if you can find your
mouse listed. Or, yes, you could try editing the XF86Config file
directly and trying out different possibilities.
NB: When you say "nothing happens", I'm assuming that X does not start
and comes back with an error message. It's generally easier to diagnose
problems when you give us the exact error message.
hth,
kf
pepe wrote:
>
> Hi, I have a problem, I have installed Linux (debian) in my
> computer, I have configured X-window and my mouse (A4 tech
> neteasy) isn�t work, I have tried to change XF86Config but
> nothing happens. Anybody knows what�s happen?, may it be a
> driver problem?.
> Thanks
>
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From: "K C Seah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Triple-Boot with 98+NT+Redhat for a 18 GB HDD?
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 12:49:06 +0800
Hi! I guess that maybe you may encounter the same problem since your laptop
HDD is huge and can offer me a ray of hope into this problem. I am trying
to install a triple-boot on my laptop - win98/2000/red hat. I have created
a FAT16 primary partition (2GB) for my Win 98 and next created a FAT32
logical partition that is contained in the extended partition (14GB) and try
to install the rest (2 GB) with Red Hat. I choose "Gnome Workstation" for
the "installation type" and instead of automatically install and allocates
the remainder 2 GB for Red Hat. Red Hat prompted me a interface that talks
about mounting drives which leaves me puzzled; default installation does not
have this interface. Why is that so? I have read a few documentations and
the closest problem I have seems to be that I am trying to install beyond
the 1024th cylinder of the hard drive; my HDD is about >2000th cylinders.
How do I install a boot partition with the first 8.4 GB with the following
configuration
This what the Disk Druid Shows:
Mount Point Device Requested Actual Type
<not set> hda1 2045M 2045M DOS 16-bit>=32 MB
<not set> hda5 13215M 13215M Win98 FAT32
Drive Geom[C/H/S] Total (M) Free (M) Used (M) Used (%)
hda 2343/240/63 17297 2037 15260 88
When I tried to add a /boot partition that is 16MB (Linux Native), The
following error mesage appears:
"They are currently unallocated partition present in the list of requested
partitions. The unallocated partition are shown below, along with the
reason why they were not allocated"
"/boot Boot partition too big"
Fmn,
K C
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From: kf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: user user mailbox doesn't exist; how do I create?
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 01:43:19 -0400
Cafall wrote:
>
> I started to delve into my Mandrake 7.0 mail system recently and am a
> newbie to the more intricate (non-http) administration issues. (ie,
> Apache's almost second-nature, but sendmail baffles me) =)
>
> I installed the mutt mail reader yesterday and get the following error
> upon startup:
>
> "/var/spool/mail/username: No such file or directory (errno = 2)"
>
> Even though mutt gives me this message, I'm certain that this is a setup
> issue because my $MAIL shell variable is (as above)
> "/var/spool/mail/username".
>
> I checked /var/spool/mail (which exists), but there is not one entry in
> the directory; it's completely empty.
>
> I assume I have to go through some sort of process to create a mailbox
> here and would appreciate any help you could offer me, be it redirection
> to another newsgroup, or anything.
It should be created automatically when you add in a new user. So root, at
least, should already be there. Since it's not, you could do it by hand.
As root, do:
cd /var/spool/mail
touch root
chown root:mail root
chmod 660 root
As said, useradd or adduser (whichever you use) should do this as part of
creating a new user account.
hth,
kf
>
> TIA,
> --
> -Tim Hammerquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Emacs is a nice OS, but it lacks a good text editor.
> That's why I'm using Vim. -- Anonymous
>
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From: kf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ftp
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 01:50:05 -0400
Do:
cd /etc
ls ftp*
You'll find configuration files there which you need to edit to grant different
persons/groups different kinds of permissions. Also do:
ps aux |grep ftp
to see if the daemon is running. If it isn't, then you have to start it
(generally done at boot via an rc*/).
hth,
kf
Anna wrote:
>
> This is what happens when i try to ftp my machine :
> ---
> ftp habriel.eng.wayne.edu
> Connected to habriel.eng.wayne.edu FTP server (Version 6.2/OpenBSD/Linux-0.11)
> ready
> Name(habreil.eng.wayne.edu:asu1):amit
> 331 password:
> 530 Login incorrect.
> login failed
> ---
> It seems that ftp server is running and the setting for ftp in "inetd.conf" is
> OK. Do I need to set some permission for ftp users, or there is something else
> that i am missing.
>
> -Anna
>
> "Dr. Tu Yu" wrote:
>
> > 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: redhat.config
Subject: Re: apache UserDir question
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 05:54:51 GMT
The access.conf and srm.conf " FILES " are no longer needed. The
entries originally used in these files are now integrated into
httpd.conf in current releases of Apache.
On Sat, 29 Jul 2000 07:32:21 -0500, Scott Beckman
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Thanks for your responses,
>
>I needed change the permissions with
>
> chmod 755 /home/user
>
>I had my default set to permissions 750
>
>When I first started with this server I had thought that I'd have
>multiple user groups, but since then have changed my mind so using a
>permission of 755 shouldn't really hurt anything.
>
>==========
>
>There were two comments about srm and access not being used any more.
>Is this true? When did it change? I installed RH 6.0 last september
>and this apache configuration is what I received with all three files.
>Is it just a matter of copying everything from the access.conf and
>srm.conf to the httpd.conf file? What is the advantage, aside from
>ease of maintenance? Is there a security advantage?
>
>Scott
>
>Scott Beckman wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm new to Apache and am stumped as to how to get the
>> http://my.compter.com/~user to refer to /home/user/www/index.html
>>
>> I've set in srm.conf:
>>
>> UserDir /home/*/www
>>
>> In access.conf I've set
>>
>> <Directory /home/*/www>
>> Order Deny,Allow
>> Allow from All
>>
>> Options Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks
>>
>> AllowOverride None
>>
>> order allow,deny
>> allow from all
>>
>> </Directory>
>>
>> Then I restarted the server with the command
>>
>> apachectl restart
>>
>> and received no warnings
>>
>> Then I've written a short file for /home/user/index.html and changed the
>> permissions with
>>
>> chmod 777 -R /home/user/www
>>
>> When I try http://my.compter.com/~user
>>
>> I'm given a page showing, "You are not authorized to view this page"
>>
>> So what am I forgetting? I've read through the manual several times,
>> but can't seem to find the mistake in my work.
>>
>> Thanks for your time,
>> Scott
>> --
>> ====================================================
>> Scott Beckman
>>
>> University of California at Berkeley
>> Material Science and Mineral Engineering Department
>> 577 Evans Hall #1760
>> Berkeley, CA 94720-1760
>>
>> e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> =====================================================
>
>--
>====================================================
>Scott Beckman
>
>University of California at Berkeley
>Material Science and Mineral Engineering Department
>577 Evans Hall #1760
>Berkeley, CA 94720-1760
>
>e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>=====================================================
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