Linux-Setup Digest #309, Volume #19 Thu, 3 Aug 00 02:13:07 EDT
Contents:
ip info for eth0 failed ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Problem "Starting K Desktop Environment" in WinLinux 2000 (DW)
weird text output on boot/shutdown ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship. (blowfish)
Re: Apache/Sendmail (David M. Cook)
Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship. (blowfish)
Re: fetchmail: domain name must exist?! (Michael Perry)
Re: Thanks everyone, BUT > make command not found!!! (Michael Perry)
Re: Red Hat 6.2 & sound support: bummer! (David M. Cook)
Re: Oh no! All I want is one extra driver - not to rebuild a whole Kernel - Is there
an easier way? (David M. Cook)
Re: Using KPPP as a user (David M. Cook)
Re: linux memory limits? (J Bland)
Re: Exchange Server for Linux?? (David M. Cook)
Re: locking down GNOME ("D. C. & M. V. Sessions")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ip info for eth0 failed
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 04:03:38 GMT
I am using @home. I set my NIC card (recognized) to DHCP but when
booting I get the message ... bringing up interface for eth0
determining IP info for eth0 - failed.
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From: DW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problem "Starting K Desktop Environment" in WinLinux 2000
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 00:24:52 -0400
I installed WinLinux 2000 this afternooon on my ThinkPad and it
insatlled fine but when I run it, it stops at the "Starting K Desktop
Environment" part of bootup. I checked the Release Notes and this is
what is listed:
1) You have a wrong driver selected for your card. To change the card
type,
please check manufacturer and model in the hardware manual. Press
Ctrl+Alt+Del
to reboot your computer. Go to Start Menu, Programs, WinLinux 2000,
and open
WinLinux 2000 Configuration Utility. Select Video device, click on
Force Settings
and select the card model that most closely matches your hardware.
2) Your graphics card is configured to use an invalid video mode. To
change
the video mode, press Ctrl+Alt+Del in order to reboot your computer.
Go to Start
Menu, WinLinux 2000, and open WinLinux 2000 Configuration Utility.
Select
Display device, click on Force Settings and select one of the
following:
Resolution: 640x480 @ 60Hz Bits per Pixel: 4
(recommended)
Resolution: 800x600 @ 60Hz Bits per Pixel: 4
Note on VESA 2.0 compatible cards: If you have this problem and you
card is
compatible with the VESA 2.0 specification, do the same as above to
restart
your computer and run WinLinux 2000 Configuration Utility, select
Video device,
click on Force Settings and select 'VESA 2 (VBE2) compliant
framebuffer'.
I checked the video adaptor driver and it seems to be correct, Any
ideas ?
Thanks In Advance
DW
(Invalid Mail Address so please don't try to send
to it!!)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: weird text output on boot/shutdown
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 04:18:25 GMT
Hi all,
I just installed Mandrake 7.1 on a Dell Dimension XPS P90C with #9 GXE64
video. When I boot the machine or shut down, the first several lines of
text output are OK. Subsequent lines, however, seem to be offset by as
many as maybe 20 characters, and I see lines repeated that already
appeared several lines earlier (e,g., LILO's prompt).
When I shut down, I see the same sort of problems...first couple of
services being shut down appear on the screen normally, but then the
rest of the output is hard to read, either because it is offset or
because output is being reppeated. For instance, the ASCII graphics on
shut down show up several lines later, but again offset.
After bootup, however, text mode console output is fine; X works fine.
I have had many earlier versions of RedHat and Mandrake working fine on
this machine. (and on many others).
Anyone have any idea what's going on here ?
Thanks in advance,
terry
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From: blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: ..
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship.
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 21:55:49 -0700
John Hasler wrote:
>
> blowfish writes:
> > I did have many of my work copyrighted (not computer related, but in
> > arts.)
>
> No. You have _all_ of your works copyrighted. Copyright is automatic.
>
No. You have to file for copyrights on each piece of work, or as a
batch. It's NOT automatic.
I've been doing this for ages.
> Go study up a bit on copyright.
After you.
> --
> John Hasler
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Dancing Horse Hill
> Elmwood, Wisconsin
--
- Alex / blowfish.
--
- If Vi is God's editor. Then, God must have too much free time on his
hands,
lives a very dull and unproductive life; so he needs Vi to waste his
time.
But Vi was still too fast. So God created EMACS on the 8th day - which
takes
Eight Months to load, And Counting Still...
KISS rules. That's why I use Easy Edit (ee). Small. Simple and fast.
:-)
- The UN-GEEK CODE:(?What is a
geek?)-#!?+++??++++|$????+++++?????+++!!!!???+++---
geek + vi | ~/emacs
==>ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!!!!!!!!.......:P~
newbies + Windoz | C:\LOOKOUT
EXPRESS==>_the_horrors_the_horrrrrrrroOOOOORRRRRRRRRSSSSsssss!!! :-|
- My SAS (Sing-A-Song)Fingerprint -v.i007bond: Doe1(-a deer a female
deer.) RaY2(- a drop of golden sun.)
Me3(- A name, I call myself.) FAr4(- A long, long way to run.) Sew5(-A
needle pulling thread.)
lA6(-A note to follow sew.) TeA7(-A drink with jam and bread.) That
will bring us back to DOe-oh-oh-oh...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook)
Subject: Re: Apache/Sendmail
Date: 3 Aug 2000 05:00:43 GMT
On Thu, 03 Aug 2000 03:49:44 GMT, slik66 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have just been asked by the small company I work for to set up an Apache
>webserver and a Sendmail mail server. Being new to Linux and the industry,
>this is quite a daunting task. Does anyone know any good tutorials on these
>items? Any and all help will be greatly appreciated.
Both of these work out of the box, mostly. What sort of things do you need
to do?
One thing many people get confused about is distributing email to clients.
You'll probably want to use POP for this (not part of sendmail).
For online docs, www.sendmail.org and www.apache.org have saved my butt a
few times.
If you're using Red Hat, I recommend _Red Hat Linux 6 Server_ by Kabir.
Dave Cook
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From: blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: ..
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship.
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 22:14:31 -0700
Christopher Browne wrote:
>
> Centuries ago, Nostradamus foresaw a time when blowfish would say:
> >John Hasler wrote:
> >> blowfish writes:
> >> > Sure. *BSD are making money too. But they do allow the developers to keep
> >> > their codes proprietary; just a tiny bit more option for the
> >> > contributors- in my fscking opinion.
> >>
> >> I retain the right to license my code to any one I choose under any terms I
> >> choose whether I release it under the GPL or the BSD license or any other
> >> free software license. The terms of the license do not bind the author.
> >>
> >> > I'll re-read the GNU-GPL again.
> >>
> >> First go study up a bit on copyright.
> >
> >I will. I did have many of my work copyrighted (not computer related,
> >but in arts.)
>
> You, as author, automatically have rights to copy the material as you
> please.
>
Yes. But still you have to file for copyrights before you can be legally
protected under the law.
Write to your local government printing office, get the booklet, it'll
costs you a few dollars for the booklet on how to do it.
> The critical point is that the GPL does not make any claim to apply to
> the author.
>
No. I'm *not* talking about GNU-GPL here.
> The way that the GPL _would_ apply to you would be if you transferred
> exclusive copyright over to, let's say, the FSF.
>
I'm talking about pure commercial work.
> <http://gcc.gnu.org/fsf-forms/assignment-instructions.html> describes
> this process; while the default assignment _is_ of exclusive
> copyright, the grantor has the right to get back a non-exclusive
> copyright given written notice:
>
> "Upon thirty days' prior written notice, the Foundation agrees to
> grant me non-exclusive rights to use the Work (i.e. my changes and
> enhancements, not the program which I enhanced) as I see fit; (and
> the Foundation's rights shall otherwise continue unchanged)."
>
> Note that the _as I see fit_ part is what specifically allows you to,
> even after the assignment, do _whatever you want_ with the software,
> except, of course, for taking back the copy rights that were assigned
> to the FSF.
I'm talking about pure commercial work, where I, as the creator and the
copyrights owner, have the *absolute* sayings, in what can, and what not
can be use with my work, and not without my specific permission, and/or
additional payments to me.
ANY changes *must* be approved by me before anything can be carry out.
And any additional usage, regardless of media, or longer than the time
frame, the geographical location, or even translated to a different
language, as specified in the original contract, are all require
additional payment.
And any delay of payments are subjected to additional interests charges.
Sorry. There's *no free beer or free lunch* in reality.
> --
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] - <http://www.hex.net/~cbbrowne/lsf.html>
> Rules of the Evil Overlord #126. "Rather than having only one secret
> escape pod, which the hero can easily spot and follow, I'll
> simultaneously launch a few dozen decoys to throw him off track."
> <http://www.eviloverlord.com/>
--
- Alex / blowfish.
--
- If Vi is God's editor. Then, God must have too much free time on his
hands,
lives a very dull and unproductive life; so he needs Vi to waste his
time.
But Vi was still too fast. So God created EMACS on the 8th day - which
takes
Eight Months to load, And Counting Still...
KISS rules. That's why I use Easy Edit (ee). Small. Simple and fast.
:-)
- The UN-GEEK CODE:(?What is a
geek?)-#!?+++??++++|$????+++++?????+++!!!!???+++---
geek + vi | ~/emacs
==>ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!!!!!!!!.......:P~
newbies + Windoz | C:\LOOKOUT
EXPRESS==>_the_horrors_the_horrrrrrrroOOOOORRRRRRRRRSSSSsssss!!! :-|
- My SAS (Sing-A-Song)Fingerprint -v.i007bond: Doe1(-a deer a female
deer.) RaY2(- a drop of golden sun.)
Me3(- A name, I call myself.) FAr4(- A long, long way to run.) Sew5(-A
needle pulling thread.)
lA6(-A note to follow sew.) TeA7(-A drink with jam and bread.) That
will bring us back to DOe-oh-oh-oh...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Perry)
Subject: Re: fetchmail: domain name must exist?!
Date: 3 Aug 2000 05:15:14 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 02 Aug 2000 17:22:24 GMT, Anders Gulden Olstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Peter Bismuti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> I've got sendmail/fetchmail working, I can pull off my mail from the pop
>> server and read it in elm, but I can't reply or send email out, when I
>> try I get this message, can anyone tell me how to fix this? Thanks!
>>
>>
>> ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>> ----- Transcript of session follows -----
>> ... while talking to nu.cs.fsu.edu.:
>>>>> MAIL From:<peterb@roughneck> SIZE=1182
>> <<< 501 <peterb@roughneck>... Sender domain must exist
>> 501 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Data format error
>
>You must tell sendmail to disguise your outbound mail, so it looks
>like it's coming from a domain that exists. Eg. cs.fsu.edu or
>an other domain you use in your mailadress.
>
>Edit your sendmail.cf file
>
>...
>
> # who I masquerade as (null for no masquerading) (see also $=M)
> DMcs.fsu.edu
> Djcs.fsu.edu
>
>...
>
>It's also a good thing to use an accountname on your linuxbox that is
>corresponding with your emailadress, eg. "bismuti" to ensure that
>responses get through.
>
>--
>Sing While You May
You may also have to "masquerade the envelope" in sendmail. Take a look at
Chuck Mead's sendmail FAQ at www.moongroup.com for additional information.
--
Michael Perry
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Perry)
Subject: Re: Thanks everyone, BUT > make command not found!!!
Date: 3 Aug 2000 05:18:47 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 2 Aug 2000 22:27:04 +0100, Ian Turnbui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In the instructions from Techworks and after a 15MB download and installing
>binutils & gcc rpm's the next instruction was to type
>
>> make
>
>but the Konsole reports that command not found ???
>is this an environment thing or do I need to be in a particular directory or
>....
>Any help appreciated - I'm nearly there now (he said hopefully, little
>realizing the future trials and tribulations - just one more step then I can
>really do something useful like Samba ??) Is samba so I
>can see shared files / drives on a Windows98 / NT box??? and vice-versa? Is
>this going to be a bit of a hassle too? Well, at least I'm learning which if
>I didn't have these problems I wouldn't so, Ian less bitching and more
>questions (and of course reading the HOWTO's etc)
>Thanks to everyone for your help, may it continue.
>Ian Turnbull
>0961 931941
>mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Web : www.turnbui.freeserve.co.uk
>
>
>
Try installing the make, automake, and autoconf rpm files. That should take
care of things for you.
--
Michael Perry
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Red Hat 6.2 & sound support: bummer!
Date: 3 Aug 2000 05:18:24 GMT
On Wed, 02 Aug 2000 18:05:26 GMT, Fausto Arinos de A. Barbuto
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have recently installed Red Hat 6.2 on my
>computer. Then it came the time to setup the
>sound devices. sndconfig did a good job as to
>detecting the correct hardware, a CMI 8738
>[/C3DX] PCI audio device. However, no sound
>has ever been heard from the sound boxes.
>sndconfig said it would perform a sound test
>but no sound ever echoed from the multimedia
>speakers. What's wrong? What to do? Can't RH
>6.2 work with PCI devices?
Yes, some PCI sound cards are compatible. Is your card listed at
http://www.redhat.com/support/hardware/intel/62/rh6.2-hcl-i.ld-12.html
You might also check out www.opensound.com.
>Yet another question: during the install, I
>selected a US keyboard with "deadkeys", as
>I wanted accent support for my texts in
>Portuguese.
There's a Portuguese HOWTO:
http://linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Portuguese-HOWTO.html
>There was a text box to test the
>accents, and they worked fine. But now that
>RH is installed, no one of the text editors I
>have yields neither accents on the vowels (or
>any other character) nor cedils. I tried to
>select a US-Latin keyboard from kbdconfig,
>but that choice was of no use. What to do in
>this case?
You could try something like this in ~/.xinitrc:
xmodmap -e 'keycode 78 = Multi_key'
This makes ScrollLock the Compose key, so to get a cedille I type
ScrollLock , c = �
Altogether, my ~/.xinitrc is:
xrdb -load .Xdefaults
xmodmap -e 'keycode 78 = Multi_key'
exec wmaker
I did not have to uncomment Xkbdisable in XF86Config.
Dave Cook
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook)
Subject: Re: Oh no! All I want is one extra driver - not to rebuild a whole Kernel -
Is there an easier way?
Date: 3 Aug 2000 05:26:31 GMT
On Wed, 2 Aug 2000 14:39:49 +0100, Ian Turnbui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Techworks has a driver for Linux and their LPC3-TX PCMCIA 10/100 Ethernet
>card.
Does it come with a README?
Dave Cook
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Using KPPP as a user
Date: 3 Aug 2000 05:35:04 GMT
On Wed, 2 Aug 2000 16:42:15 -0700, David Stackis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>I have RedHat 6.2...I love it and all, except for the fact that I cannot
>access KPPP as a regular user.
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11734
Dave Cook
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (J Bland)
Subject: Re: linux memory limits?
Date: 3 Aug 2000 00:21:14 GMT
> I have redhat 6.2 running on some machines with
>2G memory. For some reason, any job over around
>1G is terminated before any more memory can be
>allocated. I found the problem occurs in a simple c
>program repeatedly calling malloc. Is there some
>inherent kernel limit to memory size for a single
>job in linux? If so, can it be changed? I'd like
>to run a job that can take up the majority of the 2G
>memory.
Not entirely sure about the specifics but in compiling your own kernel you
are given the choice between supporting 1G and 2G of RAM. I think it
defaults to 1G (to save a bit of kernel memory etc).
I would think that the kernel you are using is set to 1G max. A quick
recompile could fix it.
Frinky
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook)
Subject: Re: Exchange Server for Linux??
Date: 3 Aug 2000 05:39:48 GMT
On Thu, 03 Aug 2000 03:39:59 GMT, djmiller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Is there anything that functions like an Exchange server for Linux, that
>will store calendar/contacts/e-mail/etc. and allow MS Outlook to connect to
>it?
HP OpenMail can act as a server for Outlook clients. Disclaimer: my company
partners with HP (not that I get anything out of the deal ;} ).
For the propaganda see:
http://www.redhat.com/products/linux_openmail/
Dave Cook
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From: "D. C. & M. V. Sessions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: locking down GNOME
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 22:52:22 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I'd like to use GNOME at the company that I work for. The company uses
> many workstations, all of which usethe same login via NIS, and mount the
> same home directory via NFS. So how do I keep people from mucking with
> the home directory? People on a few test workstations have already
> moved things around...
I want to make sure I understand what you're saying here.
Are you saying that EVERYONE shares one user login and UID?
No separate filespaces? I hate to be insulting but this sounds
like someone who had never seen anything but Win9x started doing
*nix network administration.
OTOH, if you have your own user login, there's nothing special you
have to do. The Gnome base setup is in root space, and all of the
user customizations are in your filespace.
If the first understanding is correct, you have problems so much
greater than having someone muck with the Gnome settings that I
don't know where to start.
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