Linux-Setup Digest #329, Volume #19 Sat, 5 Aug 00 10:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: Will do almost anything for help ("Lonni J. Friedman")
X multi head (Nicolas Rinaudo)
Re: Hey, I have a really good one...... ("Philo")
root=/dev/? (Pete Moore)
Camera Application software run on Linux PC ("sllai")
where to see the source file of X-window? ("Eric Hsu")
ISO file help ("Cool")
Troubles installing Epson stylus color 440 (Gerry)
Re: ISO file help ("Fredericv")
Re: ISO file help ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Hey, I have a really good one...... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Camera Application software run on Linux PC (Jan Panteltje)
Re: disk druid /fdisk dissapearance (Timothy J.Vieweg)
Re: Camera Application software run on Linux PC (Nikos Kalogridis)
Lilo prompt and beep ("Dirk T. Verbeek")
Re: Will do almost anything for help ("Dirk T. Verbeek")
*** AIR FRANCE CONCORD UPDATE *** ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Lilo prompt and beep (Manfred Bartz)
Re: FTP Problem with 7.1 ("Phillip Kimble")
Re: where to see the source file of X-window? (Manfred Bartz)
PC to phone service on Linux? (Tony Tremblay)
Re: Hey, I have a really good one...... ("jlittle")
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From: "Lonni J. Friedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Will do almost anything for help
Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 22:43:48 -0400
There is NO way to fix this without a boot floppy for windoze. Surely
there must be someway to boot off of a floppy disk in the BIOS. If not,
then you just learned how important making backups is, the hard way.
Gary Basin wrote:
>
> Ok, I'm writing this from my old 486 laptop. I need help, really really bad. I
> tried installing Mandrake 6.0 on my Compaq 500mhz k7 w/ 384mb of ram. I put in
> the CD, and then went to some setup exe under some folder called LINXtoWIN or
> WINtoLINX or something. Then it said it had updated my config.sys (I got
> spooked) and then was restarting. It restarted and brought me to the Mandrake
> setup screen. I thought eveything was OK so I went along with the installation.
> When I got to the part where I add linux partitions I realized I had a small
> problem. I have 2 hard drives; a 10 gb main one for whatever and a 2 gb system
> one for whatever swap or other space I need. Disk Druid wouldn't let me
> partition my Quantum Fireball 10 gb nor the 2 gb (it wasn't letting me change
> the setting on the size of the partition). I thought that I'd just restart into
> Windows and get some partition software and go back and install. I was terribly
> wrong. I figured out there was no proper way to exit the installation to I just
> flipped the switch on my APC. My comp started, showed the little compaq logo on
> startup before windows logo like it always does, and then brought me to the
> mandrake setup screen. I went nuts. I tried everything, for hours. I can't even
> get a boot disk to do the trick (it doesn't even check for disks in the disk
> drive). Only thing I can do is open my BIOS setup screen which proves useless.
> I do have [on my mandrake setup screen] a little prompt at the bottom that is
> supposed to let me boot a kernel image, but the only one it seems to be able to
> find is linux... I'm pretty sure something is amiss with my config.sys or boot
> sector but I have no idea how to fix it or even access it. I need windows (I
> have some very important software that I'm writing for it, and no, sadly, it's
> not backed up [i know, im an idiot]). I just want to get rid of this linux
> setup and get back to windows, just how it was before. If someone can help me
> I'll do anything I possibly can, this is really important and I'm basically
> screwed without the files on my desktop and some of my windows apps. I'll do
> almost anything for help, PLEASE.
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From: Nicolas Rinaudo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: X multi head
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2000 11:03:13 +0200
Hey all.
I need to have multihead on my X, but I really don't know where to
start. The first problem I can think of is that my video card(GeForce)
is not dual head. Does XFree4.0 support multiple video cards in the same
box?(I got a spare G200 and old milleniumII which could probably do the
trick).
Anyway, if anybody ever succeded in setting up a multihead setup, I'd be
really interested in hearing from them. I haven't been able to find any
documentation on that, except some vague hints that XFree4 supports it
real nice, but we won't tell you how.
Thanx a lot
Nicolas Rinaudo
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From: "Philo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Hey, I have a really good one......
Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2000 04:18:20 -0000
you probably installed Linux because you read that it never crashes,
now you know the rest of the story...it never shuts down...\just joking\
anyway. contol-alt-backspace should bring you to the command prompt...
but you did not post which commands you tried to shut it down,
did you try just a plain old halt
what should generally work however is shutdown -h now
now if you have infact tried all of the above...
then i too would be stumped
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From: Pete Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: root=/dev/?
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2000 19:23:16 +1000
Hi all,
I'm trying to boot slackware 7.1 over umsdos (via zipslack). I wanted
to add linux to my arsenal of os's - nt srv & wks, and w98...
My problem is that I can't determine where the root should be!
My partitions are as follows:
C: 2gig primary
D: - H: 2gigs each, logical
on a 13gb drive.
>From this, it appears that it should be /dev/hd?9 but because I have an
ata66 controller that the 13gig drive sits on I can't sure.
The cd-rom appears to be hda from loadlin but i dunno about the hard
disk and i've tried hda,hdb-h so i've got no ideas!
Please help,
Pete
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From: "sllai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.networking,linux.dev.c-programming
Subject: Camera Application software run on Linux PC
Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2000 17:26:17 +0800
I would like to know whether currently their is application software that
can make use of the PC camera (either uing USB or serial port) in Linux
system.
It is like conduct a video conference using the PC camera and both PC is
running he Linux OS.
Any idea or info on this is highly appreciated
sllai
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From: "Eric Hsu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: where to see the source file of X-window?
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2000 09:45:29 GMT
HI~~
If I modify the DNS in X-window, it will change the file of
/etc/resolve.conf
If I modify the default gateway, which file will be changed??
And how can I know which file will be modified if I modify in X-window?
Where can I see the source code of X-window??
Thanks
Eric
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From: "Cool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ISO file help
Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2000 18:09:25 +0800
Dear all,
I've download the zoot-1386.iso file from official Redhat site. Is this
file bootable? and How can I boot it. I burned it on a CD ROM and it
doesn't work at all. Is there any trick that I need to know? I'm new to both
Linux and English.... Thanks.
Emil
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From: Gerry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Troubles installing Epson stylus color 440
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2000 12:15:48 +0200
Hi, I'm a neophit of this OS, I'm running SUSE distribution ver 6.4.
And now the problem.. I don't know how to install the Epson Stylus
Color 440 in my system.... Actually I tried with YAST but with no
results. whe I send something to the print, the system wait that the
lp became on-line??? But the printer is already online... I tried also
with stcolor but the resul is still the same...
Can anyone help me??
TU in advance
Gerry
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From: "Fredericv" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ISO file help
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2000 10:24:54 GMT
Did you change your bios to boot from cdrom?
"Cool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8mgpaa$s1s$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Dear all,
>
> I've download the zoot-1386.iso file from official Redhat site. Is this
> file bootable? and How can I boot it. I burned it on a CD ROM and it
> doesn't work at all. Is there any trick that I need to know? I'm new to
both
> Linux and English.... Thanks.
>
> Emil
>
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ISO file help
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2000 20:30:12 +1000
Cool wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> I've download the zoot-1386.iso file from official Redhat site. Is this
> file bootable? and How can I boot it. I burned it on a CD ROM and it
> doesn't work at all. Is there any trick that I need to know? I'm new to both
> Linux and English.... Thanks.
>
> Emil
Sounds to me like one of the following;
* Downloaed iso file corrupted,
* Corrupted burn to CD,
* PC BIOS not set to boot off CD.
I also downloaded the zoot-i386.iso file (from miror.aarnet.edu.au) and
burned it to a CD. Have installed 3 or 4 systems from this CD. It is
definitely bootable.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Hey, I have a really good one......
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2000 20:49:06 +1000
jlittle wrote:
>
> Has anyone else had a problem with Red Hat Linux 6.2 in not being able to
> completely shutdown the system whether it be through XWindows or through the
> shell...........I have attempted every command for shutdown listed for
> Linux, Unix, including the 3 finger salute, and the system just beeps at me,
> and stay's up and running.......I gotta turn it off, but would prefer not to
> just hit the OFF button.......anybody ahve any good ideas ???
>
> Thanks
Have you tried running the command,
init 0
as root ?
If that doesn't work then ????????????
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jan Panteltje)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Camera Application software run on Linux PC
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2000 11:23:10 GMT
>I would like to know whether currently their is application software that
>can make use of the PC camera (either uing USB or serial port) in Linux
>system.
> It is like conduct a video conference using the PC camera and both PC is
>running he Linux OS.
>
>Any idea or info on this is highly appreciated
>sllai
>
>
>
Only on par port and with the Creative webcam II, that is what I wrote.
And not so much conferencing, but just internet connection.
http://www.panteltje.demon.nl/mcam/
OK, there is a webcam 4 linux mailing list.
webcam4linux - http://www.on-line.de/~m.wientapper
Maybe you could ask there.
As for the big world:
I have MS netmeeting, which has the advantage that non Linux users can
participate.
Its free I think (got mine with an ISP package).
Now if I knew the protocol, that would open the possibility to write
something compatible.
Maybe MS will release it?
But why bother, I just reboot in win 98.
mmm, maybe we do need to write one after all :-)
maybe someone already did this?
Jan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Timothy J.Vieweg)
Subject: Re: disk druid /fdisk dissapearance
Date: 05 Aug 2000 11:35:48 GMT
Thanks for the reply.
I'm mindful of using Disk Druid because a PC Magazine mentioned it may be
harmful to the hard drive, and in practice, it did damage my last drive.
So I'm still not sure whether to use it.
Timothy J.Vieweg
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From: Nikos Kalogridis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Camera Application software run on Linux PC
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2000 13:27:24 +0100
Jan Panteltje wrote:
> >I would like to know whether currently their is application software that
> >can make use of the PC camera (either uing USB or serial port) in Linux
> >system.
> > It is like conduct a video conference using the PC camera and both PC is
> >running he Linux OS.
> >
> >Any idea or info on this is highly appreciated
> >sllai
> >
> >
> >
> Only on par port and with the Creative webcam II, that is what I wrote.
> And not so much conferencing, but just internet connection.
> http://www.panteltje.demon.nl/mcam/
>
> OK, there is a webcam 4 linux mailing list.
> webcam4linux - http://www.on-line.de/~m.wientapper
> Maybe you could ask there.
>
> As for the big world:
> I have MS netmeeting, which has the advantage that non Linux users can
> participate.
> Its free I think (got mine with an ISP package).
> Now if I knew the protocol, that would open the possibility to write
> something compatible.
> Maybe MS will release it?
> But why bother, I just reboot in win 98.
> mmm, maybe we do need to write one after all :-)
>
> maybe someone already did this?
> Jan
I am currently trying to translate the V4L Linux API to the Java Media
Framework 2.0 API although I am progressing slowly (due to the lack of
complete understanding of the JMF) I hope I will complete it in the next
month. After that it should not be difficult to use the demo program of the
JMF to send/recv video through the net. After that I will start writing a
videoconference program.
This is also a call to anyone who wish to help. If so send me a mail to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Kind regards,
Nikos Kalogridis
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From: "Dirk T. Verbeek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Lilo prompt and beep
Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2000 14:29:00 +0200
Hi,
On my desktop a beep sounds when the LILO prompt is up.
I'd wonder if I can set the same up on my laptop but I've not seen any
reference to a beep being part of the LILO configuration.
Any suggestions out there?
Thanks,
Dirk
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From: "Dirk T. Verbeek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Will do almost anything for help
Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2000 14:38:14 +0200
"Gary Basin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Ok, I'm writing this from my old 486 laptop. I need help, really really
bad. I
> tried installing Mandrake 6.0 on my Compaq 500mhz k7 w/ 384mb of ram. I
put in
> the CD, and then went to some setup exe under some folder called LINXtoWIN
or
> WINtoLINX or something. Then it said it had updated my config.sys (I got
> spooked) and then was restarting. It restarted and brought me to the
Mandrake
> setup screen. I thought eveything was OK so I went along with the
installation.
> When I got to the part where I add linux partitions I realized I had a
small
> problem. I have 2 hard drives; a 10 gb main one for whatever and a 2 gb
system
> one for whatever swap or other space I need. Disk Druid wouldn't let me
> partition my Quantum Fireball 10 gb nor the 2 gb (it wasn't letting me
change
> the setting on the size of the partition). I thought that I'd just restart
into
> Windows and get some partition software and go back and install. I was
terribly
> wrong. I figured out there was no proper way to exit the installation to I
just
> flipped the switch on my APC. My comp started, showed the little compaq
logo on
> startup before windows logo like it always does, and then brought me to
the
> mandrake setup screen. I went nuts. I tried everything, for hours. I can't
even
> get a boot disk to do the trick (it doesn't even check for disks in the
disk
> drive). Only thing I can do is open my BIOS setup screen which proves
useless.
> I do have [on my mandrake setup screen] a little prompt at the bottom that
is
> supposed to let me boot a kernel image, but the only one it seems to be
able to
> find is linux... I'm pretty sure something is amiss with my config.sys or
boot
> sector but I have no idea how to fix it or even access it. I need windows
(I
> have some very important software that I'm writing for it, and no, sadly,
it's
> not backed up [i know, im an idiot]). I just want to get rid of this linux
> setup and get back to windows, just how it was before. If someone can help
me
> I'll do anything I possibly can, this is really important and I'm
basically
> screwed without the files on my desktop and some of my windows apps. I'll
do
> almost anything for help, PLEASE.
>
> - Gary Basin
>
> Gary Basin
> -Programming Monkey-
> Go Monkey
>From a very helpfull place: http://home.c2i.net/dark/linux.html
If you're at the point where NOTHING boots and you only want your Windows
back, use a DOS system formatted diskette with fdisk copied onto it. (fdisk
is in the windows/dos dir) Boot from that. After booting and still on A:
write:
fdisk /mbr
This will re-install your old/original master boot record, all presuming it
got overwritten ofcourse.
Well, it "might" work....
Dirk
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: *** AIR FRANCE CONCORD UPDATE ***
Date: 5 Aug 2000 12:50:41 GMT
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===================================================================
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===================================================================
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===================================================================
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Subject: Re: Lilo prompt and beep
From: Manfred Bartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2000 13:24:44 GMT
"Dirk T. Verbeek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
> On my desktop a beep sounds when the LILO prompt is up.
> I'd wonder if I can set the same up on my laptop but I've not seen any
> reference to a beep being part of the LILO configuration.
> Any suggestions out there?
I have no idea if lilo generates a beep or not, but I know that lilo
can display a boot message file. Try including a CTL-G in there.
(In emacs, you can enter any character by preceeding it with CTL-Q.)
--
Manfred Bartz
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Reply-To: "Phillip Kimble" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Phillip Kimble" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.slackware,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: FTP Problem with 7.1
Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2000 08:27:11 -0500
Scott,
To start off with, do yourself a favor and get rid of wu-ftpd and grab
BeroFTPD! It is much easier to set up and includes a small script to check
for missing links and security violations! wu-ftpd is full of holes and has
several patches out that need to be added to prevent attacks!
> I just installed 7.1.
>
> I already have running: NT, '95, Slackware 3.5. All on a single
> hub, all in a 192.168.2.x network.
>
> From 7.1, I type FTP <3.5 box>... it says connected, then it hangs
> CTRL-C doesn't even do anything.
> From WIN NT, I FTP to <3.5 box>, everything is fine.
>
> From WIN NT I ftp to <7.1 box>, it hangs until timeout.
>
> In _ALL_ cases, ftp says "Connected to blah-blah" but stops there,
> and doesn't show the splash screen.
>
> In short, I can't FTP into or out of the new box., but it does say
> that connections are made.
>
> The ..log/messages file just shows me:
> FTP Connection from 192.168.2.1...
> Timeout on 192.168.2.1 Dropped...
> (i.e. It doesn't actually show me anything useful)
>
> Yes, I can telnet in/out, ping, and samba is working.
>
> I am finding this rather annoying. Can ANYONE shed some light
> on this?
>
> -Scott Weber
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: where to see the source file of X-window?
From: Manfred Bartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2000 13:38:07 GMT
"Eric Hsu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> HI~~
> If I modify the DNS in X-window, it will change the file of
> /etc/resolve.conf
> If I modify the default gateway, which file will be changed??
Possibly something in /etc/init.d/network or similar.
> And how can I know which file will be modified if I modify in X-window?
find /etc/ -type f -mmin -10
that will show all files in /etc and below which have been modified in
the last 10 minutes.
man find
> Where can I see the source code of X-window??
You probably mean the source of the config program.
Which distro?
If it's just a script, you can use
less `which config-program-name`
of course, replace ``config-program-name'' with whatever you are using
to change those parameters.
man which
In the interest of understanding your system it is probably better to
edit the appropriate files by hand; that's what I do anyway.
--
Manfred Bartz
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From: Tony Tremblay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PC to phone service on Linux?
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2000 13:39:30 GMT
I've been searching for long: is there anyone who knows a Internet
telephone service (allowing PC to phone communications) who is
compatible with Linux ?
There are many services that I know (like deltathree.com or
HotTelephone.com), but they work with MS Windows environments
exclusively.
Is there a way to use that kind of service with Linux ?
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From: "jlittle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Hey, I have a really good one......
Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2000 07:49:38 -0600
Up until 2:00 AM this morning nothing worked, SO despite myself I hot shut
the system down (you know, that little switch on the back of the computer).
Restarted it, allowed it to bitch at me, then restarted itself.
Now, KDE shutdown will still not work at all, BUT at least the command line
shutdown command will, so it doessn't bother me that much, but RH and the
KDE Group ought to be a bit concerned (just knew I should have tried
Gnome)....<grin>
Thanks for the reply's
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