Linux-Setup Digest #395, Volume #19 Mon, 14 Aug 00 06:13:05 EDT
Contents:
Re: Question Printing Linux To Linux (Lew Pitcher)
Re: SCSI CDRW Locks up Redhat 6.1 (hac)
Re: Directories compare ? (John Beardmore)
Re: Simple question about CD-Writing for Linux (Craig Bingman)
Re: how to install win2000 and linux in 1 hd (Mike)
Re: Red Hat 6.2 installation (Mike)
Re: Newbie........Setup problems flickering display (Mike)
Re: Linux on AMD (Craig Bingman)
Re: Where is the free Corel Wordperfect 8 for linux ? (Batchman)
Re: Directories compare ? (Manfred Bartz)
Re: Help with BIOS Problem (boyscout)
Re: Saving and Restoring an MBR (Villy Kruse)
Re: Where is the free Corel Wordperfect 8 for linux ? (Thomas Rasmussen)
Re: Upgrade RH 5.2 to 6.2 ([EMAIL PROTECTED] (Craig Yuen))
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From: Lew Pitcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Question Printing Linux To Linux
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 19:20:16 -0400
"Joseph S. White" wrote:
>
> Hi David,
>
> Still cannot get this to work. Below is the 'printcap' on the
> workstation as Redhat printtool creates it. I can add the server entry
> like:
>
> :rp=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\sierra
>
> I've tried to print a test page after changing it manually, no luck. Is
> that syntax correct?
>
> The next time I try to edit printcap with printtool it will get rid of
> the 'sierra' entry and again it will look like the entry below.
>
> What does the error "Sierra: lpd: lp: Your host does not have line
> printer access" mean? I get that error when trying to print with
> Mandrake 'PrintDrake'
>
> How hard should this be )-:
>
> printcap
> ======================================================================
> #
> # Please don't edit this file directly unless you know what you are
> doing!
> # Look at the printcap(5) man page for more info.
> # Be warned that the control-panel printtool requires a very strict
> format!
> #
> # This file can be edited with printerdrake or printtool.
> #
>
> ##PRINTTOOL3## REMOTE uniprint NAxNA letter {} U_EpsonStylusColor stc_h
> 1
> lp:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
> :/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
> :mx#0:\
> :sh:\
> :rm=sierra:\
> :rp=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
> :/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
> :if=/var/spool/lpd/lp/filter:
>
> ========================================================================
Nope.
1) Your rp should be the printer name on sierra, not sierra's print
queue name
2) networked printers cant use input filters
Your printcap should look like:
lp:\
:lp=/dev/null:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
:mx#0:\
:rm=sierra:\
:rp=lp:\
:sh:
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Lew Pitcher
Master Codewright and JOAT-in-training
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From: hac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: SCSI CDRW Locks up Redhat 6.1
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 06:38:46 GMT
bernieo wrote:
>
>
> RedHat 6.1.
>
> INITIO Ultra SCSI PCI card which has been in the system for 2-3 months
> without
> problems. Has a scanner set on id 2, cd recorder on id 3.
>
> In the SCSI BIOS, I had to set the drive to be allowed to use
> ASynchronous
> transfer for things to be stable under Windows. Either way, Linux does
> not work.
>
> Any clues. Is there some other parameter that need to be configured for
> this
> SCSI drive under linux?
>
> After setting the SCSI BIOS to Async transfer mode, it works great under
> Win98.
> Made 3 different CDs.
>
I suspect the usual cable or termination problems. My Initio card
works fine with my CD burner, and did not require any changes from the
default BIOS settings, other than termination.
Linux is well known for finding hardware faults that Windows hides.
Make sure that you are using short, high quality cables. Terminate
both ends of the bus. Use an active terminator. My scanner caused
problems until I pitched the cable and passive terminator that came
with it. It was OK if only the scanner was connected, but not if
anything else was connected. A better cable fixed that.
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From: John Beardmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Directories compare ?
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 07:58:23 +0100
In article <8l93bo$av7$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, FreD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>Hi all,
>
>I'm looking for a shell command to compare 2 directories ?
>Not just the differences between binaries but also the missing files... and
>more...
>
>'diff' not seems to do that :-(
>
>On SCO OpenServer, the 'dircmp' command was fine for me !
>Is there a source package for a 'dircmp' like ?
>
>Thanks in advance
I wrote one of these for win32 years ago called xdiff.
I had thought of doing a port to Linux on a GPL basis, so if you'd like
the source let me know.
Cheers, J/.
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John Beardmore
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Craig Bingman)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,linux.apps.cdwrite,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Simple question about CD-Writing for Linux
Date: 14 Aug 2000 03:22:16 -0400
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Quiney, Philip [HAL02:HH00:EXCH] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I feel the need to prune out some incorrect information here.
>Sounds like an IDE CD Writer... You will need to build a kernel with the
>SCSI emulation switched on. Check out the file
>/usr/doc/HOWTO/CD-Writing-HOWTO for details.
With RedHat, I strongly suscpet that he just needs to load the ide-scsi
module and that a kernel compile is not necessary unless he has
compiled his own monolithic kernel in the past.
>If possible I would put the Writer on the master jumper and the CD
>reader on slave. Last time I tried XCDroast it wasn't happy about a
>'slave' writer even though it showed up in the list of devices.
It seems happy enough with my writer running as hdb
>You will need to change the link /dev/cdrom to point to /dev/scd0 (I
>think that is what the emulated disks become). No doubt the HOWTO will
>mention this...
No, I don't think that he needs to muck around with his fstab to
in that way. This is my fstab, and cd recording works just fine.
/home/cbingman> more /etc/fstab
/dev/hde1 /windows/C vfat noauto,user 0 0
/dev/hde5 /windows/D vfat noauto,user 0 0
/dev/hde6 /windows/E vfat noauto,user 0 0
/dev/hde7 /windows/F vfat noauto,user 0 0
/dev/hde8 /windows/G vfat noauto,user 0 0
/dev/hdf2 swap swap defaults 0 2
/dev/hdf1 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2
/dev/hdf10 /work ext2 defaults 1 2
/dev/hdf11 /vmware ext2 defaults 1 2
/dev/hdf3 / ext2 defaults 1 1
/dev/hdf5 /usr ext2 defaults 1 2
/dev/hdf6 /usr/local ext2 defaults 1 2
/dev/hdf7 /opt ext2 defaults 1 2
/dev/hdf8 /var ext2 defaults 1 2
/dev/hdf12 /tmp ext2 defaults 1 2
/dev/hdf9 /home ext2 defaults 1 2
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
usbdevfs /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs defaults 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts defaults 0 0
/dev/cdrom /cdrom auto ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0
/dev/cdrom1 /cdrom1 auto ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0
/dev/fd0 /floppy auto noauto,user 0 0
# entries below this point made manually
# to establish mount points for zip drive
/dev/hdb1 /zip ext2 noauto,user,nosuid,sync 0 0
/dev/hdb4 /dzip vfat noauto,rw,user,nosuid,sync,mode=0777 0 0
/home/cbingman> ls -la /dev/cdrom
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Aug 8 02:36 /dev/cdrom -> /dev/scd0
/home/cbingman> ls -la /dev/cdrom1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Jul 27 04:49 /dev/cdrom1 -> /dev/hdc
Prior to getting the cdrw drive working properly, it was set up as a
typical read-only drive, and /dev/cdrom was linked to /dev/hdb
Craig Bingman
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From: Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to install win2000 and linux in 1 hd
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 07:29:43 GMT
Hello there,
Installing two operating systems on the same hard drive is simple. You
have two options: One, you can partition your hard drive to devote one
partition to Windows and any number of partitions to Linux, and Two, you
can use the UMSDOS file system to install Linux and Windows without
partitioning. So what you need to do is first install Windows 2000 on
your machine. If you install Red Hat Linux, you can do all of what I said
above in the install program.
Hope this Helps.
-Mike
>
>
> How to install win 2000 and linux in 1 hd
>
>
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From: Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Red Hat 6.2 installation
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 07:29:44 GMT
Hello,
I find it strange that it did not prompt you for the networking
information, as it should of. I believe it asked me a Yes/No question
about a LAN, and pressing Yes brought up the networking information.
I'm glad you got it working though.
-Mike
> (i) When I booted the GUI installation failed so the system went
> back to text mode. This is fine. However...
>
> (a) I was never prompted for any networking configuration
> other than my hostname. I have a supported PCMCIA card.
> I would have liked to specify IP address, netmask, name
> servers, and gateway, during installation but I was
> never prompted for these details.
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From: Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie........Setup problems flickering display
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 07:29:44 GMT
It's definetely something to do with your video configuration. Run
Xf86config in the shell, and input all of the correct video settings and
see what happens.
-Mike
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Excuse my ignorance but I am a complete newbie to Linux. Anyway after
> completing the
> set-up regime for Redhat 6.2 and installing a GUI (KDE) I find that when
a
> "window" is open it doesn't "paint" the open window properly. Enough
fuzz
> that it doesn't enable me to see all the icons. I have a Banshee 16MB
(copy)
> video card and a KTX monitor. Is this a problem with the refresh rate of
> video card?
>
> ANY help appreciated
>
> --
> Stephan J
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Craig Bingman)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Linux on AMD
Date: 14 Aug 2000 03:36:02 -0400
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, blowfish <..> wrote:
>If they just want everything by default, and .RPM every apps. Why
>not just stick with Windoz?
>--
>- Alex / blowfish.-
Maybe it is their first experience with linux. Maybe they are just sick
of using an operating system that falls apart when its web browser crashes.
There are as many reasons for starting with a stock distribution of linux
and keeping it relatively simple at first as there are disgruntled
Microsoft Windows users.
If you have an interest in Linux becoming truly mainstream, then this
attitude is really counterproductive.
Craig
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From: Batchman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Where is the free Corel Wordperfect 8 for linux ?
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 02:42:41 -0500
There's a link on the Corel site, but it's bad.
Guess you could write to the webmaster of that
site. Here's the URL of the Linux products
page, which includes the bad WP8 link:
http://www.corel.com/products/linux.htm
On Sun, 13 Aug 2000, justme wrote:
> Found piles of links , but all are bad
> Even download.com , which were supposed to be partners with
> Corel....
> I wanted to try out the small (7Mb) personal edition version ,
> which according to the Corel linux page is free.
> Anyone got a good download link ?
>
>
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Subject: Re: Directories compare ?
From: Manfred Bartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 07:59:41 GMT
In article <8l93bo$av7$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, FreD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>
> I'm looking for a shell command to compare 2 directories ?
> Not just the differences between binaries but also the missing files... and
> more...
>
> 'diff' not seems to do that :-(
Huh?
>From the diff man page:
If both from-file and to-file are directories, diff com�
pares corresponding files in both directories, in alpha�
betical order; this comparison is not recursive unless the
-r or --recursive option is given.
diff also lists files which are in one directory tree and not in
the other.
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Manfred Bartz
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From: boyscout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.security.firewalls,alt.computer.security
Subject: Re: Help with BIOS Problem
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 01:19:34 -0700
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mark Dettori says...
->I know this is not exactly the correct news groups to ask this question
->but I am desperate and hope someone can help. If you can provide the
->name of a better group, that would be great too.
->
->I have AMI BIOS 1.00.04.CS1T. I set up the user password under the BIOS
->setup (F1 at boot). The password was 4275ed. I used the number pad to
->enter this with num lock on. When I enter the password at boot, the 4
->does not show up, ie a password masking * does not show up when I hit
->the 4 on the num pad. It appears to be acting as a backspace. My
->password is not accepted. I tried using the 4 on the horizontal numbers
->on the keyboard and though it takes the character, the password does not
->work. I tried using num lock on and off. My computer will no longer
->boot.
->
->I have another computer similar, and I found that if I go into the BIOS
->password setup, using the 4 on the num pad works and an * is displayed.
->It seems that the BIOS on the initial password setup took the 4 from the
->num pad but does not take the 4 on the boot password prompt. I hope
->there is something I can do to solve this problem. I don't know if my
->computer is now trashed or if I can somehow clear the password or figure
->out how to get the 4 on the num pad to work.
->
->Any help is greatly appreciated.
->
->Thanks,
->
Unplug your computer, press the start button to let out any residual
electricity, take off the cover, and remove the backup battery. This will
completely reset your CMOS to its default settings, removing the password
as well. Put it all back together.
You will then be able to reset your CMOS to your specifications. You did
of course write down all the specs?
Why would you need to set a password on your CMOS anyway since it is so
easy to bypass it in the way I have described above?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Villy Kruse)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Saving and Restoring an MBR
Date: 14 Aug 2000 08:32:18 GMT
On Sun, 13 Aug 2000 18:46:58 GMT, John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Randy Cooper writes:
>> That will only work if you want a generic DOS MBR. What if you want to
>> recover the MBR after Linux has been installed and overwritten the MBR to
>> use with LILO?
>
>'lilo -u' of course. man lilo.
The backup files are named /boot/boot.0300 where the 03 is the major
device number, ie. ide disk; and 00 is the minor disk, ie. /dev/hda
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 0 May 5 1998 /dev/hda
^^^ ^^^
major minor
For /dev/hda1 the save file would be /boot/boot.0301 and
for /dev/hda2 the save file would be /boot/boot.0302
and so on.
This file will be created only if it does not already exists, which
means that you won't loose it if you re-run lilo.
Villy
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Subject: Re: Where is the free Corel Wordperfect 8 for linux ?
From: Thomas Rasmussen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 09:06:42 GMT
>>>>> "justme" == justme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
justme> Found piles of links , but all are bad Even
justme> download.com , which were supposed to be partners with
justme> Corel.... I wanted to try out the small (7Mb) personal
justme> edition version , which according to the Corel linux page is
justme> free. Anyone got a good download link ?
Well I haven't found any versions that are only 7MB but when going
from linux.corel.com selecting download and then Corel WordPerfect and
follow through, then I get to a page at cnet where I can download
WordPerfect, and it works fine. At linux.corel.com I can't find any
information about such small versions, only one of approx. 24 MB.
/Thomas
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED] (Craig Yuen))
Subject: Re: Upgrade RH 5.2 to 6.2
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 10:08:38 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Jon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> I really don't want to start from scratch and I don't have
> a tape or CDR to back up to. I know RedHat's install process supports
> upgrades and I've used it successfully going from 6.0 to 6.2 but
> all the way from 5.2 to 6.2 is a bigger jump and I'm not sure how
> well that has been tested. Any experiences simply indicating that
> it worked fine would be nice.
>
> Jon
>
> Steen Suder wrote:
>>
>> Jon wrote:
>> >
>> > Looking for opinions and experiences on upgrading RedHat 5.2
>> > to Redhat 6.2. Any major problems or has it gone smoothly ?
>>
>> As with most OS upgrades (as the one you're facing), I'd rather do a
>> backup, wipe the disk and start from scratch with the new distro.
>>
>> You could leave /home and possibly others in place (I usually do) but
>> it's all up to you.
>>
>> --
>> Best regards / Mvh.,
>> Steen Suder, sysadm kollegie6400.dk -|- OpenSource --- Sign of the time
>>
>> Scan-Aqua ADVARSEL WARNING http://www.uk.k64.dk/sfs/Scan-Aqua/
i recently upgraded one of my linux boxes from 5.2 to 6.1. the only
thing i wasn't happy about was that i was using loadlin before the
upgrade and the 6.1 upgrade installed lilo without asking. it isn't
my primary machine but everthing seemed to work X, etc.
craig
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