Linux-Setup Digest #353, Volume #19 Tue, 8 Aug 00 19:13:06 EDT
Contents:
apsfilter
Re: Tip for installing RedHat 6.2 on an 8meg PC (Dave Skolnick)
Re: SCSI problem....... (James Turner)
Re: password shadowing mistake (Michael)
Re: no sndconfig with RH 6.2 ("Jim Chapman")
Undesired video behavior ("wm")
Re: WU-FTP Setup (how-to)?? (Colin Watson)
Re: bind question (Colin Watson)
Re: reclaiming master boo block? (Colin Watson)
Re: How to extract iso file into harddrive? (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Jos=E9?= Luis Domingo
=?iso-8859-1?Q?L=F3pez?=)
Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship. (Stefaan A Eeckels)
Where to get i386 kernel 2.2.5 binary ("Ming He")
Re: INIT: Id "x" respawining too fast: disabled for 5 minutes -- and it won't stop!
("Dave Brondsema")
Re: INIT: Id "x" respawining too fast: disabled for 5 minutes -- and it won't stop!
HP LaserJet 4000 ("Mathias")
Re: INIT: Id "x" respawining too fast: disabled for 5 minutes -- and it won't stop!
("Dave Brondsema")
Re: Undesired video behavior (Andrey Vlasov)
Re: How do I move filesystem from ide to scsi drive (Lorenz Minder)
star office 5.2 on red hat 6.2??? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Soundblaster 64V PCI Snd card ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Where to get i386 kernel 2.2.5 binary (Dances With Crows)
Re: INIT: Id "x" respawining too fast: disabled for 5 minutes -- and it won't stop!
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: apsfilter
Date: 8 Aug 2000 19:52:26 GMT
I am running Slack 7.1 and trying to use apsfilter to print documents.
My printer is a postscript LJ IIP, and it prints nicely with cat >
/dev/lp0 commands, but apsfilter causes my printer to blink rapidly
between "PS Ready" and "PS Busy". Does this sound at all familiar?
$APSFILTERDIR/SETUP seems to run OK, but the test page does exactly the
same thing.
Thanks
Ben Jones
<also mail reponses to benjones(at)unm(dot)edu>
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From: Dave Skolnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Tip for installing RedHat 6.2 on an 8meg PC
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 20:37:16 GMT
I have RH 5.2 running on a Dell 310 (20 MHz 386 with 8 MB RAM). I can't buy more
memory (well, I could buy it, but there isn't anywhere to PUT it). No luck
finding the expansion memory boards anywhere (hey, its over 12 years old). By
the way I bought this machine when it was on the cover of PC Magazine as the
fastest desktop computer ever.
It works great as a firewall/NAT/Apache server between my home LAN and
Roadrunner cable. I tried a 6.2 upgrade and found--like magnate--that the
installer wouldn't run. I haven't made the effort he did, but it is on my to-do
list to upgrade the kernal and the packages I actually use.
Dave
Newid wrote:
> Does it need to be RedHat - why not try one of the other distributions more
> tailored to smaller memory machines... RedHat comes with a load of cruft.
> Although you may not run RH6.2 on 8mb (huh?) Linux should run - because (and
> I quote from Linux Complete) 4mb is the absolute minimum...
>
> Have a dig around for other friendlier (for your needs anyway) distro's...
> Slackware?
>
> --
> Adam Rykala
> Communications Officer
> Plaid Cymru, the Party of Wales in Blaenau Gwent
> http://www.bgplaid.cymru.eu.org
> "E J" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > I got a tip for you: BUY MORE MEMORY!!!! You can't install RH6.2 on a
> > PC with 8M of RAM.
> >
> >
> http://www.redhat.com/support/hardware/intel/62/rh6.2-hcl-i.ld-2.html#ss2.6
> >
> > 2.6 RAM (memory)
> >
> > 16 MB minimum for the text install (requires 32 MB swap space). 24 MB or
> > more is recommended for better performance and for the
> > GUI installer. If you wish to run GNOME and Enlightenment or KDE, it is
> > recommended that you have 48 MB or more RAM.
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > > Have you tried installing RedHat 6.2 on an old 486 with only 8M RAM? I
> > > did, and it didn't work. Nowhere on the box or in the docs did it
> > > say "minimum requirement: more than 8meg RAM", nor did it actually tell
> > > me that's why it was "terminating abnormally" after finding the CDROM.
> > > Even when I gave it the kernel parameter "linux mem=8M expert" that
> > > still made no difference.
> > >
> > > So, I rebooted and waited for it to get to the stage where it asks me
> > > where the packages are coming from (options are Local CDROM or Hard
> > > Drive, but I presume this method would work for the net install as
> > > well, since that also crashed out on me). BEFORE pointing it to the CD
> > > ROM, I switched to the root prompt (Alt-F2) and manually configured
> > > some swap space. This is harder than it sounds:
> > >
> > > 1. "mknod /dev/hda1 b 3 1" to create the dev entry for hda1
> > > 2. "mkswap /dev/hda1" to prepare swapspace
> > > 3. "mkdir /mnt/floppy" to prepare a mount point for a floppy, because
> > > the swapon program is not part of the root system at this point
> > > 4. "mknod /dev/fd0 b 2 0" to create the dev entry for fd0
> > > 5. "mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy" to mount an EXT2 floppy containing the
> > > swapon binary (note that an msdos floppy will not work because FAT fs
> > > support is also not part of the root system)
> > > 6. "cp /mnt/floppy/swapon /sbin" to transfer swapon to the system
> > > 7. "umount /mnt/floppy" to unmount the floppy and replace with the
> > > RH6.2 boot disk
> > > 8. "swapon /dev/hda1" to activate the swap space
> > >
> > > Now, the fun really starts. Continue with the install, pointing RedHat
> > > to the CD or wherever the packages are (as I said, I presume this would
> > > work for a net install too). After doing whatever you need to do with
> > > Drisk Druid or fdisk, it will say "Low memory: we need to write your
> > > partition table to disk now and turn swapping on, is this ok?".
> > >
> > > At this point you will discover, if you forged ahead without reading
> > > the whole message, that it crashes out when it tries to activate swap
> > > space which is already active. You need to make sure that the partition
> > > you use for swapping above (/dev/hda1 in my example) is NOT a linux
> > > swap partition (type 82) - otherwise the install program will try to
> > > activate it and crash. I used a DOS partition, but you can in fact use
> > > any type of partition for swapping, as long as it's not type 82.
> > >
> > > You may need to turn your original swap space off once the "real" linux
> > > swap partition has been activated by the install program (especially if
> > > you need to use the partition for part of your system!). Just switch
> > > back to Alt-F2 and type
> > >
> > > 1. "ln -s /sbin/swapon /sbin/swapoff"
> > > 2. "swapoff /dev/hda1"
> > >
> > > In fact it's probably a good idea to do this anyway, unless you've got
> > > so little swap space that the install won't complete!
> > >
> > > In case anybody's interested, I did this because I have an old SX-25
> > > which I have turned from a doorstop into a fairly useful printer/modem
> > > server and firewall for my home LAN. I want to run a 2.4 kernel for
> > > nice simple network address translation and packet forwarding (so that
> > > both my other PCs can get onto the net via the same 56k modem), hence
> > > my desire to install 6.2 (RedHat 5.0 installs cleanly first time in 8M
> > > without any fannying around, but you then have a very tedious time
> > > upgrading crucial packages etc.). The whole system fits into 165MB (5
> > > for /boot, 55 for / and 105 for /usr) - though I could do with glibc
> > > occupying less than 35MB with its pointless regional garbage
> > > in /usr/share/locale. I am of course not running X on this machine.
> > >
> > > Happy to correspond with anyone else enjoying or having trouble with
> > > RH6.2 on an old machine. If anyone from RedHat reads this I should like
> > > to urge them to facilitate the switching on of swap space far earlier
> > > in their install process in future versions, to assist installations on
> > > low memory machines. It wouldn't hurt (although it does mean you have
> > > to have the partitioning done properly with a boot disk before starting
> > > the install - but that's good practice anyway!).
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Chris
> > > P.S. It's just occurred to me that if your CD-ROM is autodetected (eg.
> > > on an EIDE/ATAPI interface), you might not get the chance to turn
> > > swapping on manually at the same point that I did (I'm using a
> > > Soundblaster CDROM). Oooops.
> > >
> > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > > Before you buy.
> >
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From: James Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: SCSI problem.......
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 21:31:30 +0100
On Sun, 6 Aug 2000, Tony Quinn wrote:
> I have just installed an old ISA Adaptec SCSI card .... at the LILO
> prompt I type
>
> <name of kernel> aha152x=x0340,9,7,1 as per the BootPrompt-HOWTO. these
> ARE the correct settings (as hard jumpered on the SCSI card).
>
> During start-up the error message implying that I should check the IRQ
> setting as "11 seems wrong" appears - any ideas out there?
I just installed this card today on my system! I copied the settings from
the values windoze 98 gives it. I added the following line to my
lilo.conf:
append aha152x=0x140,9,7,1
I think. The IRQ might be different, but I definitely used the 0x140
address. Try that.
Also, you have to add to your kernel the aha152x part directly into the
kernel and not as a module, and perhaps other things like scsi support and
CDROM support and generic support. It then picked it up, and the CD writer
connected that's connected to it.
Read the unmaintained SCSI-HOWTO if this doesn't work. It explains
everything for that card.
Cheers
James
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From: Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: password shadowing mistake
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 20:49:18 GMT
thank you for your help. It worked. And thanks for the explanation too.
--Michael-
Mary P wrote:
> On Mon, 07 Aug 2000 01:37:39 GMT, Michael
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >during install I said I didn't want Pword shadowing.
> Now I do. How do I
> >correct this in newbie terms?
>
> To begin using shadow passwords, use the pwconv
> command, which has no flags. When you run
> this command, it creates a /etc/shadow file from
> your /etc/passwd file. It is one of a little group
> of commands that control shadow passwords --
> see the man pages, which are quite straightforward,
> to start.
>
> man pwconv
>
> Don't forget to keep /etc/shadow readable only
> by root. If you edit any of the password files
> by hand you should run pwconv again so everything
> stays encoded properly.
>
> HTH
> MP
>
> --
> .--- ..- ... - ..-. --- .-. ..-. ..- -.
> When a person lives a long time, and then they die
> while they're eating a sandwich, they're eating that
> sandwich for ever.
> -anonymous second-grader
>
> _
> . .
> V
> // \\
> // \\
> (W W)
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From: "Jim Chapman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: no sndconfig with RH 6.2
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 14:09:49 -0700
It's in usr/sbin. Normally, that directory is not in your path unless
you're logged in as root.
Murray Eisenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I newly installed Red Hat Linux 6.2 from Red Hat's distribution CD,
> choosing the Gnome Workstation option. The RH docs say that to
> configure for sound, use the sndconfig command. But when I try this in
> a console window, I get the error message that this command was not
> found.
>
> Where is it?
>
> --
> Murray Eisenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Mathematics & Statistics Dept. phone 413 549-1020 (H)
> Univ. of Massachusetts 413 545-2859 (W)
> Amherst, MA 01003-4515
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From: "wm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Undesired video behavior
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 21:12:57 GMT
Hi,
I recently loaded Redhat 5.2 on my Cyrix P150 machine, but seem to be
experiencing a undesired behavior with the video output. In simple
terms, it's as though the X Server is configured to output to a 21"
monitor, when in fact my monitor is only 15". I am able to view the
entire windowing environment, but only by using my mouse to move the
viewing area of the screen to the desired location.
Thanks for the help!
Walt
BTW, I did attempt to correct this problem by changing the resolution,
but to no avail.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson)
Subject: Re: WU-FTP Setup (how-to)??
Date: 8 Aug 2000 19:52:29 GMT
Dodd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I installed the wu-ftp RPM and checked my inetd.conf configuration.
>However when I (or anyone else that is ALLOWed) tries to login I get
>"login failed" on the console and an entry in /var/log/messages that
>says "ACCESS DENIED (not in any class).
>
>What do I need to check,
Try /etc/wu-ftpd/ftpaccess (or a similar filename), and 'man ftpaccess'
for the documentation.
>and is there a good site/book with information for setting up a
>NON-anonymous FTP server??
Well, the man pages are usually pretty good, and you should read through
the FTP mini-HOWTO for some general overview information. No idea about
anything specific.
If possible, I'd encourage you to install sshd and to have your users
copy files around with scp instead; it's much more secure.
--
Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
"... and by God I *KNOW* what this network is for, and you can't have
it." - Russ Allbery (http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/writing/rant.html)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson)
Subject: Re: bind question
Date: 8 Aug 2000 20:14:39 GMT
Ed Kommeren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have compiled a DNS Server with Bind 8 on a Caldera e-business version.
>Everything seems to work well on the host itself (0.0.0.0),
0.0.0.0 (in the sense of an address you listen on) is a convention
indicating "any network interface". 127.0.0.1 is localhost.
>but I can't get
>the other workstations on the network to listen to the DNS-Server.
>I can ping all of the other hosts as well, so there is a network connection.
>And I configured the resolve.conf file on all of the hosts as well.
/etc/resolve.conf (wrong), or /etc/resolv.conf (right)? It's happened to
people before ... When you use nslookup on the other hosts, do they
connect you to the right nameserver?
Do you have a listen-on directive in the options block in named.conf? Is
it listening on the right interfaces? Is the server outputting any error
messages to the syslog? Does examining the network traffic with tcpdump
help?
>Is it because I don't have a direct internet connection yet?
It shouldn't be, no, not if no forwarding of requests to other
nameservers is involved.
If you're still stuck, you should buy a good book on BIND; DNS
administration is easy to get wrong, and it's not something where you
want to be flying by the seat of your pants.
--
Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
"Master," I complained, "the programmer who wrote this code is lazy!
It's a simple bug and yet he's done nothing about it." My Master asked
me, "Why, then, have you not fixed it yourself?" I was then enlightened.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson)
Subject: Re: reclaiming master boo block?
Date: 8 Aug 2000 20:22:40 GMT
Peter Bismuti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I tried installing win98 on a dos partition and overwrote
>the MBR, I booted using a floppy and then ran lilo as root, but it
>still wants to boot into win98.
What does the boot= option in /etc/lilo.conf say? To install over the
MBR of a Windows C: drive, it should generally be /dev/hda; in some
circumstances it can be installed in partition boot sectors like
/dev/hda1 too. It certainly doesn't sound like it's touched the MBR
Windows is booting from.
If you're reasonably convinced that LILO will boot Windows happily, I
usually find the appropriate MBR (say, /dev/hda) to be a good bet.
>Is there any way of reclaiming it without reinstalling?
The answer to that question is almost always "yes". :)
--
Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
"Alas, alas poor Willie, we'll hear his voice no more.
What he took for H2O was H2SO4" - Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless Homes
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Jos=E9?= Luis Domingo =?iso-8859-1?Q?L=F3pez?=
Subject: Re: How to extract iso file into harddrive?
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 21:40:21 GMT
Hi Krish Mohan:
>
> Is there a way to extract the iso file into a harddrive. I do not have a
> CDROM burner.
>
> regards
> krish mohan
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I think that in the cd-writing HOWTO there is a section on doing this before
burning a CD, just to check if the ISO image is correct.
Jos� Luis Domingo L�pez
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stefaan A Eeckels)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship.
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 22:22:43 +0200
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
> Free market means just that: The Freedom to Trade with who ever and
> whatever (within legal limits) you want.
Does it? I think that's what usually called "Free Trade".
"Free Market" means letting the interaction between people
determine the price of goods.
--
Stefaan
--
Ninety-Ninety Rule of Project Schedules:
The first ninety percent of the task takes ninety percent of
the time, and the last ten percent takes the other ninety percent.
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From: "Ming He" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Where to get i386 kernel 2.2.5 binary
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 12:22:28 -0400
I think I can get it as RPM. But I don't have RPM on my computer. I don't
have compiler either. So I can get RPM binary from www.rpm.org?
Thanks,
/ming
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From: "Dave Brondsema" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: INIT: Id "x" respawining too fast: disabled for 5 minutes -- and it
won't stop!
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 22:07:17 GMT
"K. Posern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi.
>
> Dave Brondsema wrote:
>
> > Now I get the following message after everything boots and starts (no
> > problems):
> >
> > INIT: Id "x" respawining too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
>
> something wrong with your /etc/inittab - but can not tell you what exactly
> (perhaps post the inittab-file).
Here's some:
# lots of comments
id:5:initdefault:
si::sysinit:/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit
# stuff that doesn't seem to have any affect
x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon
>
> > so the windows system will automatically launch after
> > everything boots???
>
> This is done by putting the following two lines in your inittab (or
> correcting an existing initdefault-entry to runlevel 3).
>
> # default runlevel
> id:1:initdefault:
>
But I want to start at runlevel 5.
>
> Hope this helped.
>
>
> Ciao,
>
> Knuth.
>
>
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: INIT: Id "x" respawining too fast: disabled for 5 minutes -- and it
won't stop!
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 18:13:18 -0400
What's in the logs ?
/var/log/messages ??
Any thing ther about why "x" was dying as soon as it starts ?
Dave Brondsema <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:pw%j5.61257$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> "K. Posern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Hi.
> >
> > Dave Brondsema wrote:
> >
> > > Now I get the following message after everything boots and starts (no
> > > problems):
> > >
> > > INIT: Id "x" respawining too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
> >
> > something wrong with your /etc/inittab - but can not tell you what
exactly
> > (perhaps post the inittab-file).
>
> Here's some:
>
> # lots of comments
>
> id:5:initdefault:
>
> si::sysinit:/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit
>
> # stuff that doesn't seem to have any affect
>
> x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon
>
>
> >
> > > so the windows system will automatically launch after
> > > everything boots???
> >
> > This is done by putting the following two lines in your inittab (or
> > correcting an existing initdefault-entry to runlevel 3).
> >
> > # default runlevel
> > id:1:initdefault:
> >
>
> But I want to start at runlevel 5.
>
> >
> > Hope this helped.
> >
> >
> > Ciao,
> >
> > Knuth.
> >
> >
>
>
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From: "Mathias" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HP LaserJet 4000
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 00:13:30 +0200
Hello,
this is my first posting, so i have to apologize for any mistakes i make.
I'm not used to the netiquete of mailing-lists.
I've been trying to configure my printer ( a HP LaserJet 4000) for running
under Linux (Suse 6.0). It is supported by Ghostscript version 5.5.
I tried with Yast and the Setup-Tool from the apsfilterpackage, but though
all the entries in the /etc/printcap were made and the spool exists in
/var/spool/, i still cannot print. The print-task comes into the spool as i
can see with lpq, but nothing happens. I think i nearly tried all possible
configurations. the printer is connected to the parallel port.
So, what ought to be the correct entries in the printcap file.
What other settings should i try in the configuration.
Hope anybody can help me :)
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From: "Dave Brondsema" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: INIT: Id "x" respawining too fast: disabled for 5 minutes -- and it
won't stop!
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 22:25:39 GMT
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:3B%j5.3166$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> What's in the logs ?
>
> /var/log/messages ??
> Any thing ther about why "x" was dying as soon as it starts ?
gateway xfs: Warning: The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc" does not
exist
gateway xfs: Entry deleted from font path
# 5 fonts did this
gateway xfs: xfs startup succeeded
# also found this
gateway httpd: httpd: cannot determin local host name
gateway httpd: Use the ServerName directive to set it manually.
gateway httpd: httpd startup failed.
any idea where the "ServerName directive" is?
Thanks.
>
>
>
> Dave Brondsema <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:pw%j5.61257$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >
> > "K. Posern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > Hi.
> > >
> > > Dave Brondsema wrote:
> > >
> > > > Now I get the following message after everything boots and starts
(no
> > > > problems):
> > > >
> > > > INIT: Id "x" respawining too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
> > >
> > > something wrong with your /etc/inittab - but can not tell you what
> exactly
> > > (perhaps post the inittab-file).
> >
> > Here's some:
> >
> > # lots of comments
> >
> > id:5:initdefault:
> >
> > si::sysinit:/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit
> >
> > # stuff that doesn't seem to have any affect
> >
> > x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon
> >
> >
> > >
> > > > so the windows system will automatically launch after
> > > > everything boots???
> > >
> > > This is done by putting the following two lines in your inittab (or
> > > correcting an existing initdefault-entry to runlevel 3).
> > >
> > > # default runlevel
> > > id:1:initdefault:
> > >
> >
> > But I want to start at runlevel 5.
> >
> > >
> > > Hope this helped.
> > >
> > >
> > > Ciao,
> > >
> > > Knuth.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
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From: Andrey Vlasov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Undesired video behavior
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 15:31:17 -0700
Hi,
I beleive that you have a vitual desktop which is bigger of you screen
parameters or you run X11 in low resolution. As you point that you tried
to change resolution (Alt+Ctrl++ or Alt+Ctrl+-) and it didn't change any
thing it should be vitrual desktop setting in your /etc/X11/XF86Setup
file. Check there setting in Monitor part.
Andrey
wm wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I recently loaded Redhat 5.2 on my Cyrix P150 machine, but seem to be
> experiencing a undesired behavior with the video output. In simple
> terms, it's as though the X Server is configured to output to a 21"
> monitor, when in fact my monitor is only 15". I am able to view the
> entire windowing environment, but only by using my mouse to move the
> viewing area of the screen to the desired location.
>
> Thanks for the help!
> Walt
>
> BTW, I did attempt to correct this problem by changing the resolution,
> but to no avail.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lorenz Minder)
Crossposted-To: linux.debian.user
Subject: Re: How do I move filesystem from ide to scsi drive
Date: 8 Aug 2000 22:48:52 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Denzil Kelly wrote:
Hi.
>I only have 2 partitions
>/ and swap
Don't forget to exclude /proc when copying; this could cause problems. It
would also be smart to exclude the path where you temporarily mounted
your target partition -- otherwise you will copy a part of the
partition infinitely recursive.
I believe tar has an option to exclude mounted sub-trees,
which would solve both problems; otherwise you have to use the --exclude
options. (Don't remember the syntax, check the tar-manpage)
By the way, there is an alternative to tar, `cp -dpR'; with the same
problems as above.
I didn't have any Problems including /var, when I copied my
root-partitions.
Cheers,
--Lorenz
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: star office 5.2 on red hat 6.2???
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 22:38:45 GMT
Hey folks, I need some help with this one, when I try and install star
office 5.2 on my dell (P3 600 1/2gig ram) I get the following error "#
./setup
glibc version: 2.1.3" and it just hangs there, I am trying to run setup
out of the /mnt/cdrom/linux/office52 directory, has this happened to
anyone else out there, I couldn't find any info on it, any info is
greatly appreciated, thanks...
Frank Rizzo
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Soundblaster 64V PCI Snd card
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 22:43:23 GMT
I bought a new Dell Dimension 4100. It shipped with a Soundblaster
PCIcard. Listed as "64V PCI". I do not believe this card to be a
PnPcard. lspci lists it as an Ensoniq 1371 chipset. I have compiled
support for this card into the kernel, but when I do a
"cat /dev/sndstat"
I still get "sndstat: No such device." This tells me that kernel
support is NOT enabled. If I try to cat a file to /dev/dsp, or
reference /dev/dsp in any way, I get "dsp: File not found." Anyone know
what I am doing wrong? Please help, need my mp3s!
Regards,
Kurtis
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Where to get i386 kernel 2.2.5 binary
Date: 8 Aug 2000 22:53:32 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 8 Aug 2000 12:22:28 -0400, Ming He wrote:
>I think I can get it as RPM. But I don't have RPM on my computer. I don't
>have compiler either. So I can get RPM binary from www.rpm.org?
Doubtful. rpm.org has RPMs, and if you don't *have* RPM installed,
you've got a classic chicken-and-egg scenario.
Install gcc using whatever method your distro uses (apt-get or dselect
for Debian, pkgadd for Slackware) and get the latest kernel source
(2.2.16 as of this writing) as 2.2.5 is over a year old and contains a
couple of bugs. Compile the source and go. BTW, how did you manage to
get far enough along to want a new kernel without learning a little
about your distro's package-management system? Just curious....
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Tyranny is always better organized
http://www.brainbench.com / than freedom.
=============================/ ==Charles Peguy
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: INIT: Id "x" respawining too fast: disabled for 5 minutes -- and it
won't stop!
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 18:59:14 -0400
tthe xfs warning : that means it is looking for that directory, and it is
not here, or it can't read it. I'm no biggie on X. I use the command line
moset of the time ( run level 3 )
As for httpd, that sounds like Apache. You have a web server on your
computer ?
It seems to be trying to determine it's name from the ipaddress, and
failing. "ServerName" is a directive in the apache httpd.conf file, I think.
in your ./etc/hosts fine you should have something like this :
127.0.0.1 localhost localdomain
< your internal static IP> gateway
What's there ?
There is another file in the /etc directory that specifies the dns search
order, but I forget what it is. Anyone ? (my memory isn't very good on
this. )
it should start with
"order hosts," and have some other stuff attached, by default.
However I suspect that these are not the lines that we are looking for. Can
you clear the messages file, reboot into run level 3 to see if things work
and that the problem is just X ) ? then log in, and try to "startx" , and
see what it says ?
startx > start.log
Honestly, I haven't a clue what is messing around , but that's what I'd do
to start my investigation .
I sure would like to know what the problem is though .
joseph
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