Linux-Setup Digest #360, Volume #19 Wed, 9 Aug 00 13:13:11 EDT
Contents:
errno=111 X dead in the water. (Ignacio Valdes)
DSL Modem (S Varadarajan)
DCHP/TFTP problem HELP !!! ("Robichaud, Jean-Philippe [BAN:6S33:EXCH]")
rpm 4.0=major screwup for RH6.2 install (Gene Heskett)
Re: I need a bootCD!! (DeAnn Iwan)
Re: newbie needs a linux god to grace his lowly telnet problem. (Buschman)
Re: Configuring Kernel ("Warren Cundy")
Re: Configuring Kernel (Paul Kimoto)
Re: modem (McManus Leo Root DSP Consultant)
VIA 82xx bridge sound support (McManus Leo Root DSP Consultant)
Re: Tecra 8100 - Applixware & libc.so.5 (Paul Kimoto)
Lilo/Pre-21-problem (Henrik Bakken)
structured installation and checklist ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Configuring Kernel ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: HP OpenMail newbie needs help with setup (richi)
squid and firewal cooperation ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
ftpd and telnetd;;; (vururu)
apache problem updated ("Nipper")
Re: INIT: Id "x" respawining too fast: disabled for 5 minutes -- and it won't stop!
(Dave Brondsema)
comp.os.linux.setup (Sueng-Yong Park)
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From: Ignacio Valdes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: errno=111 X dead in the water.
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 10:32:59 -0500
Hello all,
I'm dead in the water running RedHat 6.2 X Windows. I get the following
message when I try to bring the GUI up at the command line:
_FontTransSocket unix connect:
can't connect: errno=111
Failed to set Default font path 'unix/: -1'
Fatal server error cannot open default font 'fixed'
I've hunted around and the best info I've seen is that 'your settings
are wrong'. But no info about how to set them right. I've tried
Xconfigurator without success. This has previously been working for
months and I've made no change that I can think of to make this happen.
However, in the past I've had to enter startx several times to get a GUI
because it would say something like 'can't establish listening socket'
or somesuch. Now I can't get in at all.
-- IV
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Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 11:50:19 -0400
From: S Varadarajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DSL Modem
Hi,
I am sure this question has been asked repeatedly, but I will
ask anyway (since I couldn't find the answer elsewhere).
I recently got a DSL connection with static ip address (always on),
using an extern DSL modem (a CISCO 675 modem). I would like
to network three other PCs (W95, W98 and NT4.0) on a LAN
to this extern DSL connection. Previously I was using 56K dialup
and I used the ip-chains on a Linux server to link my LAN to external
internet. How do I do the same with the DSL connection. The DSL
connection is connected to my Linux server (a file server
and internet gateway). Do I need a PC with two NICs?
Please let me know or point to a web site where I can
find the answers.
Thanks in advance.
Rajan
EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Robichaud, Jean-Philippe [BAN:6S33:EXCH]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: DCHP/TFTP problem HELP !!!
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 11:43:54 -0400
Hi everyone !
I try to boot a computer from the network. i have download the incom
tftp server. I have a tagged image in my /tftpboot directory. It is
1.4M. (It was created by the etherboot util. My dhcpd.conf file is the
simplest possible (I'm in testing phase)
here it is
option routers 47.115.8.1;
option broadcast-address 47.115.8.255;
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
subnet 47.115.8.0 netmask 255.255.255.0
{
range dynamic-bootp 47.115.8.70 47.115.8.72;
filename "try1.img";
next-server 47.115.8.68;
}
When I try to boot the diskless computer, the DHCP server send the IP
and network stuff correctly but when the TFTP... appear, I get to the
following error : to many packages. My Tftpserver reports me the
following error : 0x0005 opcode unsupported.
How can I get this to work ???
Thanks a LOT !
Jp
--
Jean-Philippe Robichaud
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From: Gene Heskett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: rpm 4.0=major screwup for RH6.2 install
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 11:58:10 -0400
Help! I just installed rpm 4.0 -62 something from the rpm.org site
because everything related to php4 needs rpm 4 to allow installation.
rpm upgraded itself from 3.0.4 just fine, but now anything else we try to
install reports it can't install because of several pages worth of missing
dependencies, which when we go checking, are indeed installed and available.
Obviously, we can't even re-install rpm-3.0.4 either.
How do we fix?
Cheers, Gene
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: DeAnn Iwan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I need a bootCD!!
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 11:59:43 -0400
You probably have a boot image on the cdroms you installed Linux
from. You can read the cdrom with windows and use rawrite.exe (or a
similarly named program--there are several slightly different versions)
to get that boot disk image onto a floppy. You can also get a boot
floppy by downloading the same information (eg, 'boot.img' and
'rawrite.exe', or similar items) from the web sites of major
distributions. Also, you can download a minidistribution that runs off
floppies (like mulinux or lrp) and boot their boot floppy. Toms root
boot (tmsrtbt?) has boot disks for many OSes.
Simon Lemieux wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I just made the biggest mistake of my life... I installed windows on my
> linux box... I've done this a few times and I thought I really knew how to
> deal with this kind of hard work, but for one detail... Windows erased LILO
> at installation.
> Now I can only boot Windows, no more LILO prompt... What I need is a
> bootable floppy to /sbin/lilo! but I don't have a floppy drive...
>
> So here it is... I don't have access to any linux box, I CAN'T
> reinstall my linux stuff, I got lots of documents I can't afford to loose...
> I know there is a way to convert a boot image (boot.img) into a iso image
> (CDboot.iso)... But I can't do it...
>
> Can someone point me to somewhere I could download a bootable CD, just a
> booter so I can run /sbin/lilo... or if it doesn't exist, oh my god... Why
> oh why did I install Windows??
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Simon Lemieux
>
> Also, I'm not familiar with Windows newsgroup reading... sending the
> response to [EMAIL PROTECTED] would be very apreciated! Thanks again!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Buschman)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: newbie needs a linux god to grace his lowly telnet problem.
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 16:09:00 GMT
No I don't have that file. I am using mandrake 6.1 and am afraid I am
not super familiar with how RPM works? what is in.telnet do? Is it a
deamon or something like that? Any info or advise on what this is or
how to fix it would be appreciated.
thanks,
Buschman
On 9 Aug 2000 13:47:09 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Raymond Johansson)
wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Buschman) writes:
>
>>My linux machine itself can telnet to other established linux/unix
>>servers, but I can not telnet to my linux machine.
>
>Does the file /usr/sbin/in.telnetd exist?
>It is in the rpm telnet-server in RedHet 6.2.
>
>
>-- rj
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From: "Warren Cundy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Configuring Kernel
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 09:18:23 -0700
I've installed all the RPMs the FAQ listed. There is a "Makefile" file, but
I can't run "make", "Makefile", or anything like that. What should I be
looking at to confirm bash is there?
Thanks
-Warren
Paul Kimoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Warren Cundy wrote:
> > I'm running a version Caldera OpenLinux 2.3, and I'm trying to
reconfigure
> > the kernel. The book it came with (Caldera OpenLinux Unleashed), is not
> > really helping. All FAQ's I can find on the subject make reference to a
> > "make config", "make menuconfig" or "make xconfig" commands, but my
> > directories don't exactly match as far as /usr/src/linux.2.2.10, etc,
and
> > I've searched all around the src directories and I can't run "make" from
any
> > of them...
> >
> > Under COAS (Caldera OpenLinux Admin Something :) there is a kernel
config
> > option, but it only seems to relate to hardware.
> >
> > Specifically I'm trying to install some firewalling tools.
>
> Have you installed the kernel source (80 MB or so of code)?
> Conventionally it is put in /usr/src/linux or
> /usr/src/linux-SOME.VERSION.NUMBER. That's the directory that
> should contain the (top-level) Makefile (which includes the
> "config", "menuconfig", and "xconfig" targets).
>
> --
> Paul Kimoto
> Disclaimer: Other than explicit citations of URLs, hyperlinks appearing
> in this article have been inserted without the permission of the author.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: Configuring Kernel
Date: 9 Aug 2000 12:18:52 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Warren Cundy wrote:
> I've installed all the RPMs the FAQ listed. There is a "Makefile" file, but
> I can't run "make", "Makefile", or anything like that. What should I be
> looking at to confirm bash is there?
"make" is a separate program, probably found in the "make" package.
It should be installed at /usr/bin/make. ("Makefile" is the list of
instructions consulted by the "make" program.)
On Linux, "bash" should be at /bin/bash.
--
Paul Kimoto
Disclaimer: Other than explicit citations of URLs, hyperlinks appearing
in this article have been inserted without the permission of the author.
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From: McManus Leo Root DSP Consultant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: modem
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 18:15:06 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Repo wrote:
> On Fri, 04 Aug 2000, John Archibald wrote:
> >Subject:
> > modem
> > Date:
> > Thu, 03 Aug 2000 23:06:59 +0100
> > From:
> > John Archibald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Newsgroups:
> > alt.os.linux.corel
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Can someone advise me? I'vejust installed Corel/Linux but have came
> >to a halt at modem connection. After following the man. when trying to
> >
> >connect two messages appear, "modem found" followed by "modem busy".
> >What the hell have I done wrong and what do I do to put it right?
If you have recompiled your kernal with serial support, then you must remove
the loading of the serial modules.
modify conf.modules or modules.conf.
on the 2 serial modules numbers, major-4 and major-5 make sure they have off
assigned and not serial.
Note this is only if you have compiled serial support into your
kernal...fixed this on my system last night!
Leo
>
> >Senex
> Senex
> first take a look at
> http://www.idir.net/~gromitkc/19991212a.html
> to see if the modem is supported by Linux
> (eq not a winmodem)
>
> --
> Good Luck
> Repo
> ICQ 69588792
>
> http://www.crosswinds.net/~beginnerslinux
> http://beginnerslinux.org
> Red Hat Linux release 6.0 (Hedwig)Kernel 2.2.5-15
> 5:07am up 3 days, 1:23, 3 users, load average: 1.42, 1.56, 1.55
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From: McManus Leo Root DSP Consultant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: VIA 82xx bridge sound support
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 18:19:45 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Have Suse 6.4 installed. Recompiled Kernal with VIA bridge chip 82xx
sound support, but unable to get the beastie working.
Do I also have to select the Sound Blaster Pro that it is equavilent to?
Any suggestions?
Thanks
Leo
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: Tecra 8100 - Applixware & libc.so.5
Date: 9 Aug 2000 12:22:31 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[comp.os.linux.portable snipped, because this is not a .portable-specific
matter.]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Peter Robin Hiesinger wrote:
> I have installed Applixware 4.4.1 (the 99 office suite) on a Tecra 8100
> (with XiG - X-Server), but Applixware won't start because it doesn't
> find libc.so.5. The shlibs5 are installed however - and libc.so.5 can be
> found on my system under /usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib
Is /usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib listed in /etc/ld.so.conf? (Has ldconfig(8)
be run to put the relevant information in /etc/ld.so.cache?)
--
Paul Kimoto
Disclaimer: Other than explicit citations of URLs, hyperlinks appearing
in this article have been inserted without the permission of the author.
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From: Henrik Bakken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Lilo/Pre-21-problem
Date: 09 Aug 2000 18:27:06 +0200
I upgraded from RH5.1 => 6.2 recently, and I then (probably) wrote
over the /boot/boot.b (or something) file. This has lead Lilo to
refuse to run, saying something like this :
"First boot sector has a pre-21 lilo signature"
Does anyone know how to fix this ? (I don't think I've got the old
/boot/...-files, I'm afraid)
--
HEnrik
"And eternity, my friend, is a long, fucking time!" - Bad Religion
ftrw
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: structured installation and checklist
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 16:30:40 GMT
Hi, is there any structured installation manual that we can use to check
by ourselves instead creating snowball questin systems, preferably with
checkpoints and guide how to check in detail.
we have plenty of questions about installation (suse 6.3), regarding dns
lookup, reverse lookup, squid, firewal, cooperation between squid and
firewal, and so on, see our next postings.
pls. do NOT answer these with the standard hints 'rfm' and '...make
approp. settings...' or '...provide more info...', imho the
web-user-based support for linux is in a critical phase as it is more
and more neccessary to provide detailed and 'structured' info to newbies
- inc. me - that shows the way to work through, rather than let them run
into frustration with professionel tips as above.
Thanks, Bernhard S. <test1test>@deja.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Configuring Kernel
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 11:38:48 -0500
What exactly happens when you are in the directory /usr/src/linux and you
type 'make config' ?
On Wed, 9 Aug 2000, Warren Cundy wrote:
> I've installed all the RPMs the FAQ listed. There is a "Makefile" file, but
> I can't run "make", "Makefile", or anything like that. What should I be
> looking at to confirm bash is there?
>
> Thanks
>
> -Warren
>
>
>
> Paul Kimoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Warren Cundy wrote:
> > > I'm running a version Caldera OpenLinux 2.3, and I'm trying to
> reconfigure
> > > the kernel. The book it came with (Caldera OpenLinux Unleashed), is not
> > > really helping. All FAQ's I can find on the subject make reference to a
> > > "make config", "make menuconfig" or "make xconfig" commands, but my
> > > directories don't exactly match as far as /usr/src/linux.2.2.10, etc,
> and
> > > I've searched all around the src directories and I can't run "make" from
> any
> > > of them...
> > >
> > > Under COAS (Caldera OpenLinux Admin Something :) there is a kernel
> config
> > > option, but it only seems to relate to hardware.
> > >
> > > Specifically I'm trying to install some firewalling tools.
> >
> > Have you installed the kernel source (80 MB or so of code)?
> > Conventionally it is put in /usr/src/linux or
> > /usr/src/linux-SOME.VERSION.NUMBER. That's the directory that
> > should contain the (top-level) Makefile (which includes the
> > "config", "menuconfig", and "xconfig" targets).
> >
> > --
> > Paul Kimoto
> > Disclaimer: Other than explicit citations of URLs, hyperlinks appearing
> > in this article have been inserted without the permission of the author.
>
>
>
>
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From: richi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.redhat,linux.dev.config
Subject: Re: HP OpenMail newbie needs help with setup
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 16:36:42 GMT
You could also try askign your question on the OpenMail public forum.
It's at http://www.ice.hp.com/HyperNews/A8_ExtAll/get/ompub.html
Regards,
richi.
--
Richi Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.openmail.com/
Team OpenMail
Hewlett-Packard Company
OpenMail: Business messaging/collaboration for the next E. E-Services.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: squid and firewal cooperation
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 16:44:09 GMT
Hi all professionals,
we have a strange problem with squid, running on a suse 6.3 libox, wich
is the internet-gateway and firewal for a small lan, permanent internet
access.
it shows up that http access restrictions in squid.conf are ignored,
while some settings on other machines (dial in inetaccess no firewal)
work. e.g. 'acl microsoft dstdomain microsoft.com ... http_access deny
microsoft' still lets everybody go there.
i think we avoided beginner errors, no typos, correct order in rules
(denys first), restarted squid and even box after changes and so on.
also worked through some faqs and conf files, no solution. squid seems
to work, no surfin when stopped. kernel claims missing masquerading
support on startup. rerouting port in firewal.conf seems not to work.
any idea where we went wrong?
before answering pls check our previous posting about support
structure...
Thanks, Bernhard S. <test1test>@deja.com
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Subject: ftpd and telnetd;;;
From: vururu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 09:42:03 -0700
Hello all,
I installed mandrake 7.1 server version with high security
option (bad idea for sure!!). I think that it could be the
reason why when i try ftp connection from a client, i got:
Connecting to: mandrake
Connection Established
Error connecting to: mandrake
I can ping the machine, inetd is working process
What could be the reason why cannot get ftp services...
Could anyone help me again,
Would like to say thanks for all people for theiere advices and
help.
vuru
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From: "Nipper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: apache problem updated
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 13:03:25 -0400
Alright. Yesterday I set up apache as an inetd server on port 8080, and we
were able to connect to it fine and get the web page and all that jazz.
Today nada. We're running through all the config files again, and we've
changed the server back to stand alone, but still no dice. Weird thing is,
we can start and stop httpd and inetd fine, but whenever we try to connect
to the server it says can't connect to remote host. Even from the server
itself (by connecting through lynx to localhost). Any ideas? Thanks in
advance for any advice.
When trying to stop the http server the stop command "fails" and claims that
the port is open or already in use, but it doesn't seem to be. If we flat
out kill the http process and then start up the http again, it works. If
you try to turn it off after the kill it works, but only once. Also, when
started, it is spawning the default number of http services (10 I think) but
won't connect using http://www.localhost/, http://127.0.0.1, or using it's
internal network ip!!! HELPPPP!!!!
-Jer
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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: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 16:50:35 GMT
In article <9g0k5.3172$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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 ?
Not yet, but I'm configuring it so it can be
> 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.
It is. I found it and fixed it. No httpd errors anymore. Thanks.
>
> 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 ?
127.0.0.1 gateway localhost.localdomain localhost
>
> 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
I tried that and everything works fine.
> and that the problem is just X ) ? then log in, and try
to "startx" , and
> see what it says ?
>
> startx > start.log
the startx command is not found. I'm not too familiar w/ linux (but
I'm learning a lot through this), so there could be a startx executable
file somewhere, but I can't find it.
If I boot up into runlevel 5, I still get the respawning message. When
I look into the log file, I don't see anything that looks like it could
be giving 'x' trouble.
>
> 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
>
>
--
Dave Brondsema
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sueng-Yong Park)
Subject: comp.os.linux.setup
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 17:05:35 GMT
I had a primary hard disk, 6.4GB (4.0GB(window) + 1.3GB(Linux)+ 0.1GB(swap)).
As I couldn't bear with the tight disk space, I bought a new Maxtor
hard disk (20 GB, 7200rpm, DiamondMax Plus) for my secondary storage.
As my system (PMMX 233, Phoenix BIOS, Feb98 version) didn't support
the big disk, I have installed MaxBlast 1.24 (provided by Maxtor,
a Maxtor version of EZ-Drive) to address the disk space beyond
8.4GB barrier.
After the installation of MaxBlast, although my system recognized
whole 20GB space of the disk, LILO disappeared and the system
didn't boot to Linux. Thus, I have re-booted system with the Linux
boot disk and re-run LILO in Linux mode.
After re-running LILO, LILO appeared again and I could boot into Linux.
My problem is, after the re-run of LILO, that MaxBlast disappeared
and my computer doesn't recognize the new hard disk anymore in
Window mode. Even the re-installation of MaxBlast couldn't make
it work. LILO over-rules MaxBlast and MaxBlast still does not operate.
Does anybody know how to make a big hard disk recognized when
I use BIOS compensation program, like MaxBlast, with LILO?
Or how I can make a big hard disk recognized at both Windows and
Linux when BIOS doesn't support such hard disk?
Thanks in advance!
SY
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