Linux-Setup Digest #417, Volume #19 Thu, 17 Aug 00 11:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Help in running kde, startx ("Vinai Prakash")
Re: Help in running kde, startx (Davide Bianchi)
SURFboard 1100 in Linux ...?? (Joshua Boyd)
Setting the time? (Frank Haverkamp)
Re: SetSerial to IRQ 11 - setup? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Mandrake 7.1 on a Sony Vaio N505X (Ben Ritchie)
lucky7.to - What a lucky Free URL Redirection Service! (Christine)
Re: Setting the time? (Edwin Johnson)
Disk Druid and Partition (Dennis L)
cloning pcs using NFS (detail)
Re: Linux boot sequence (gfarris)
Won't power-down on shutdown... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: newbie install help! (sylvain hutchison)
Re: Disk Druid and Partition (Eric)
PPP and ip-up (Subba Rao)
Test ("LR")
shotgunning modems under Linux ("Denis Baldwin")
Installation problem: Redhat 6.0 (Shicheng)
Router - What do I need to make my Linux box into router (Simon)
ip_masq_* modules (Thomas Kral)
How do I get Num Lock on automatically in X? (Wayne Pollock)
How do I get Num Lock on automatically in X? (Wayne Pollock)
Re: can't install lilo to the mbr ("robinson")
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From: "Vinai Prakash" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help in running kde, startx
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 19:25:34 +0800
Hi,
I am a newbie, and just installed SuSE Linux 6.2 on my Compaq Deskpro 2000.
I installed the Full version. The installaton was successful, and I can
login at the prompt.
Now I want to start kde or gnome. But whenever I try kde, it starts with a
fast disappearing display of things, and then says:
kwm: cannot connect to X server
kfm: cannot connect to X server
kpanel: cannot connect to X server
krootwm: cannot connect to X server
I have tried saying startx, but the error is:
There is no line /var/X11R6/bin/X to /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_xxxx which is the
binary of the installed X-Server.
Please advise what else can I try. Thanks.
Vinai
email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Davide Bianchi)
Subject: Re: Help in running kde, startx
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 11:50:25 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 17 Aug 2000 19:25:34 +0800, "Vinai Prakash"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am a newbie, and just installed SuSE Linux 6.2 on my Compaq Deskpro 2000.
> I installed the Full version. The installaton was successful, and I can
> login at the prompt.
>
> Now I want to start kde or gnome. But whenever I try kde, it starts with a
> fast disappearing display of things, and then says:
>
> kwm: cannot connect to X server
> kfm: cannot connect to X server
> kpanel: cannot connect to X server
> krootwm: cannot connect to X server
>
> I have tried saying startx, but the error is:
>
> There is no line /var/X11R6/bin/X to /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_xxxx which is the
> binary of the installed X-Server.
>
> Please advise what else can I try. Thanks.
Be sure tu have at minimum some network support, X is a client/server
application and require a way to communicate between client and
server, then run Xconfigurator or xF86config to configure your system
(I don't know what kind of configuration utility have your
distribution), this will create a link from the generical 'X' and
the correct X server for your system.
See the XF86Config-HOWTO for more information.
Davide
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From: Joshua Boyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: SURFboard 1100 in Linux ...??
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 11:55:32 GMT
Hello.
I recently signed up with Adelphia cable for their cable modem service,
the only downside is that it's one-way ... Well, they gave me the choice
between the SURFboard 1000 (internal) and the SURFboard 1100 (external)
and I of course chose the external. I've got the thing plugged into my
3Com 905C card and it works well in Windows through it's web interface,
accessed through http://192.168.100.1/ ... well, then I tried it in
Linux ... oops, look at that, you can click the Connect button, but then
it waits for a reply that never comes ... I look around at the source
some, and I saw that if I go to http://192.168.100.1/connecting.html in
Linux, it'll connect ... but, I can't figure out how to disconnect,
and I know that it's not supposed to be this hard to set up ... I am
running RedHat 6.2 with the 2.2.16 kernel, and I really, really would
appreciate any help that you could give me. Right now the only way that
I can disconnect in Linux is to unplug the phone line from the wall for
about 30 seconds ...
Thanks.
Joshua Boyd
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Frank Haverkamp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Setting the time?
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 15:27:24 +0200
Hi,
I wonder how to set the time properly on my Linux Box.
I tried date --set "08/14/2000 15:00" and for the time
running everything was fine. After rebooting the setting
was lost and I had 1994. Then I tried
hwclock --set --date="08/14/2000 15:00"
and it worked nice to until reboot. I tried to set the
CMOS clock to 08/14/2000 15:00, but as soon as I rebooted
the setting was lost and some strange values like 2094 appeared
in the hardwareclocksetting with hwclock --show.
After rebooting my system believes that we have 1994 and not
2000. Can anybody give me a foolproof advice how to set
the time?
I hope that my motherboard has no y2k problem
or that my system time is broken, but the board remembers
hdd settings and all that stuff so that I think that from
that point of view everything is fine.
Thanks,
Frank
--
Frank Haverkamp Domologic Homeautomation
mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rebenring 33
WWW: http://www.colibree.de 38106 Braunschweig
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: SetSerial to IRQ 11 - setup?
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 12:20:11 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I see to have a very similar situation and I have the setserial
command for /dev/ttyS2 IRQ 11 in rc.serial. However, upon reboot,
amongst all the other boot messages, I see a reference to "Wild
Interrupts!" after the rc.serial file gets invoked. I do not seem to be
having any problem w/ the modem but the one thing that concerns me is
the fact that I do not see an entry in /proc/interrupts for IRQ 11 even
after I have successfully used the modem. Is this cause for concern? I
certainly do not like the "Wild Interrupts" message. Any insight would
be most appreciated.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> In Redhat, /etc/rc.d/rc.local is a good spot.
>
> On Tue, 18 Jul 2000 11:58:22 +0100, Dogbert Dilbert
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Dear All,
> >
> >I always have to change setserial to IRQ11 to get my modem working
> >(/dev/ttyS2 seems to be permanently set to IRQ 4); where should I go
> >to change this setting so that I don't need to type in "setserial
> >/dev/ttyS2 IRQ 11" every time I log in?
> >
> >Many Thanks!
>
> --
> _____________________
> The lap of Linuxury
> |<de in RH6
>
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From: Ben Ritchie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mandrake 7.1 on a Sony Vaio N505X
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 13:17:06 +0100
OK, I tried this - the PCMCIA floppy detects the CD, which is progress. However,
access to the CD is pitifully slow, with constant reports of hde: interrupt
dropped. I left it running for an hour, and it got about half way through loading
the second stage ramdisk, at which point I gave up.
My guess is that the PCMCIA subsystem is fighting something else for control of
IRQ5, but I cant figure out how to do the equivalent of exclude irq 5 in
/etc/pcmcia/config.opts from the command line.
I'm giving up and going to Debian :-)
Ben.
Ben Ritchie wrote:
> Hi Winston
>
> Thanks for the advice - I'll give it a try when I get back home tonight. I'll
> let you know how I get on
>
> Ben.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Hello Ben, I have been having the same problem with a new install of 7.1 on a
> > Vaio Z505R. I was finally able to load 7.1 but with some unresolved issues -
> > since it was not a clean install I had to re-install Win2000, work machine.
> >
> > The way it worked for me was to create a PCMCIA floppy from the image on the
> > install disk. Boot from this floppy, you will not need to pass anything to
> > the kernel, a media selection dialog will appear, select local CDROM, ensure
> > the install CD in in before selecting. This will allow you to do a complete
> > install of 7.1 but in my case only the install CD. Tried 4 times to have the
> > extension CD included but it failed all four times, your machine might be
> > different. Also important, disable memory stick if your machine has one, the
> > disk config section will try to write to the partition table, fail and go no
> > further.
> >
> > Now for the unresolved - System booted, did not see the GRUB loader although
> > I selected it, once logged in could not access the CD-ROM and Ethernet was
> > dead. As mentioned before have not had time to work on this since the PC is
> > my work machine and needed to have it up and running ASAP, plans were to have
> > VMware handle a virtual win98 session. If you have any luck in resolving
> > these issues drop me a line.
> >
> > Good luck, Winston Chai.
> >
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > Ben Ritchie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi All
> > >
> > > I'm having problems upgrading from Mandrake 7.0 to 7.1. My Vaio (a
> > > N505X) has a PCMCIA CD-ROM which has, in the past, worked fine provided
> > > that linux is told where to find it, using
> > >
> > > linux ide2=0x180,0x386
> > >
> > > (This is how I installed Mandrake 7.0 and RedHat 6.x before it). The
> > > Mandrake 7.1 installer suggests that you need expert mode to pass these
> > > parameters. Fine, except I can't get it to work. Whatever I've tried, on
> > > the initial boot up only ide0 and ide1 are detected, and the installer
> > > then asks what driver to use (SCSI or a miscellaneous selection of other
> > > CD-ROM's like the old SB drives, none of which apply). My CD is on ide2,
> > > which hasn't been found anyway, so I can go no further.
> > >
> > > Anybody know how I get the installer to detect ide2?
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Ben.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christine)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Edwin Johnson)
Subject: Re: Setting the time?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 17 Aug 2000 13:01:44 GMT
Read the man to hwclock. You probably need to use 'hwclock --set' as you
did, then use 'hwclock --hctosys' to put the settings from the hardware
clock (internal computer clock) to the Linux system. I have this last
command in the /etc/rc.d/rc.local file (Slackware 4.0) so that when the
system is booted it automatically aligns the system to the hardware clock.
If you are still not getting correct dates and times, perhaps the bios isn't
adapted to year 2000?
Just some thoughts. ...Edwin
On Thu, 17 Aug 2000 15:27:24 +0200, Frank Haverkamp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I wonder how to set the time properly on my Linux Box.
>I tried date --set "08/14/2000 15:00" and for the time
>running everything was fine. After rebooting the setting
>was lost and I had 1994. Then I tried
>hwclock --set --date="08/14/2000 15:00"
>and it worked nice to until reboot. I tried to set the
>CMOS clock to 08/14/2000 15:00, but as soon as I rebooted
>the setting was lost and some strange values like 2094 appeared
>in the hardwareclocksetting with hwclock --show.
>After rebooting my system believes that we have 1994 and not
>2000. Can anybody give me a foolproof advice how to set
>the time?
>
>I hope that my motherboard has no y2k problem
>or that my system time is broken, but the board remembers
>hdd settings and all that stuff so that I think that from
>that point of view everything is fine.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Frank
>
>--
>Frank Haverkamp Domologic Homeautomation
>mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rebenring 33
>WWW: http://www.colibree.de 38106 Braunschweig
--
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~ Edwin Johnson ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~
~ http://www.shreve.net/~elj ~
~ ~
~ "Once you have flown, you will walk the ~
~ earth with your eyes turned skyward, ~
~ for there you have been, there you long ~
~ to return." -- da Vinci ~
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Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 09:07:51 -0700
From: Dennis L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Disk Druid and Partition
After partitioning with FIPS.EXE I started Disk Druid using the text
option. Everything is fine until I begin the partitioning process and
the partition that I created with FIPS.EXE is a WIN95/FAT32 partition.
How do I change this partition to a Linux partition? Installing Redhat
6.1.
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Subject: cloning pcs using NFS
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (detail)
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 13:24:45 GMT
Hello everyone,
I am using Redhat 6.1.
I would like to find out the way to clone pcs using NFS. I was told that I only had to
connect the source PC and the target PC on a switching hub and export the drive of the
source PC containing the files for installation.
I was told then to boot the target PC with the Bootup Disk and after selecting the
country and language, I would be prompted with the option to install Linux (Redhat
6.1) using NFS.
However, when I tried doing that, the NFS option did not appear. All I could see was
the options for booting from the local hd and local cdrom.
Can anyone help? Thank you very much!
Regards,
Dunman
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (gfarris)
Subject: Re: Linux boot sequence
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 13:32:55 GMT
Thank you all very much for your help. You got me going on the right
track.
Greg
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat
Subject: Won't power-down on shutdown...
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 13:42:11 GMT
My machine won't power down on "shutdown -h now". The machine goes
through the normal kill and shutdown stuff, but when it get's to "power
down" it just sits there.
I recently grabbed the 2.2.16 kernel recompiled and installed the
kernel. First w/o APM support. Then added apm support(CONFIG_APM). Then
tried "use real mode power-down". This kernel has no CONFIG_POWER_DOWN
option (or whatever its a called) in .config or Configure.help.
My MB is ASUS 3BPF Bios Rev 1006 (Latest). The book for the MB states
it's ACPI compliant but it never say's its APM compliant. I think my
bios is set up correctly. See below for related bios settings.
When I pass the lilo parms to the kernel "apm=debug" I seem to get the
correct apm output which says it's 1.2 Compliant (or higher really as
the code just sets anything >1.2 to 1.2). But, since this isn't a laptop
the battery states are obviously still the defaults. And the bit flags
suggest APM_32_BIT_SUPPORT.
When I pass the lilo kernel parm "apm=debug,power-down", the "shutdown
-h now" actually does a reboot of the machine instead of the power down.
Yes, I said "reboot" on the "-h". The power-down option inverts the
power-down bit which I think takes it off of power-down to the other
state, but I am not quite sure if the other bit is reboot or if this is
a side effect.
Thoughts...
- I need to upgrade to an ACPI kernel
(I'd like to stay stable because of a security patch applied)
- Could it be a permission issue with some file?
- How does the APM actually issue the shutdown from the kernel? This
might help me find the problem.
- Left out some CONFIG_ option?
I don't know at this point, any ideas?
Thanks,
Rick
FYI...
BIOS SETTINGS:
Checked the bios options and none look obvious fixes.
(*=my setting fro possible related options)
Video Off Option
Video Off Method
HDD Power Down
Suspend-to-RAM
Suspend Mode [Disabled*][30 sec] ... [40 Min]
PWR Button < 4 Secs [Soft Off*][Suspend]
AC PWR Loss Report [Disabled][Enabled][Last State*]
Power up on Modem Act
Wake on Lan
PWR up on KB/Mouse PS/2
Automatic Power Up
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From: sylvain hutchison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: newbie install help!
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 10:02:50 -0700
If you think the boot disk is the problem, try running "rawrite" in dos from
the dosutils dir of the install CDrom 6.2, the boot.img is located in the
images dir.
Reza Timothius wrote:
> I'm trying to install RH6.2 onto my computer with highpoint HPT366 ultra 66
> controler
> but I think the installer couldn't detect my HD with this controler....
> can anybody tell me a way to solve this?
> i have try try to use a bootdisk courtesy of www.promise.com but the
> installer crashes when it is reading the cd rom...
> btw that boot disk was for RH 6.0
>
> thanks for your help guys...
> cheers
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Disk Druid and Partition
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 16:10:32 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dennis L wrote:
>
> After partitioning with FIPS.EXE I started Disk Druid using the text
> option. Everything is fine until I begin the partitioning process and
> the partition that I created with FIPS.EXE is a WIN95/FAT32 partition.
> How do I change this partition to a Linux partition? Installing Redhat
> 6.1.
You don't (Not sure if you even can with the edit-partition option)
You can best delete this partition (make sure not to delete the wrong
partition) and then create the new partitions needed for linux (ie. / ,
swap and perhaps a /boot partition)
Eric
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Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 10:16:15 +0000
From: Subba Rao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PPP and ip-up
Reply-To: Subba Rao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
My PPP connection is working fine. However, when it runs, it executes ip-up
script twice. I am not able to figure out why it is running twice. The man pages
for pppd did not help.
The log files show that ip-up is being invoked by pppd. Even the debug option
for pppd, reveals the same information in the syslog.
The following is the output from the pstree (executed in ip-up) debugging information.
|-pppd(28274) -d /dev/ttyS1 115200 bsdcomp 15,15 connect
|chat\040-v\040""\040atdt1234567\040"CONNECT"
| `-ip-up(28299) /etc/ppp/ip-up ppp0 /dev/ttyS1 115200 172.227.51.108 172.97.214.34
| `-pstree(28303) -pa
|-pppd(28274) -d /dev/ttyS1 115200 bsdcomp 15,15 connect
|chat\040-v\040""\040atdt1234567\040"CONNECT"
| `-ip-up(28678) /etc/ppp/ip-up ppp0 /dev/ttyS1 115200 172.227.51.108 172.97.214.34
| `-pstree(28680) -pa
Is my invocation of pppd correct?
#!/bin/sh
PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin
/usr/sbin/pppd -d /dev/ttyS1 115200 bsdcomp 15,15 connect 'chat -v "" atdt1234567
"CONNECT"'
Thank you for any pointers.
--
Subba Rao
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://pws.prserv.net/truemax/
=> Time is relative. Here is a new way to look at time. <=
http://www.smcinnovations.com
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From: "LR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Test
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 17:29:14 +0300
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From: "Denis Baldwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: shotgunning modems under Linux
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 10:30:47 -0400
I currently having IP chains hooked up on my Redhat 6.2 box with one 56k
modem shared between 20 computers. This is dirt slow. I was looking at
shotgunning together two modems with the linux box (two modems, two phone
lines). This would in theory get me 100k/sec or so downstream. This also
brings up another thought. What if I shotgunned four modems together over
four lines? Has anyone ever done this under linux? Here are a few things
to keep in mind:
1. I can't get ISDN, DSL or Cable modem where I am, so shotgunning is one
of my only options.
2. My whole network (except the Linux box) runs on DHCP.
3. I have four open PCI slots and can get four USR/3com modems if needed.
4. I have four open phone lines.
If anyone has done this, please let me know how. Please write back to me
directly (as well as posting to the group if you would like) as I have
limited newsgroup access.
Thank you in advance,
Denis
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From: Shicheng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,alt.linux
Subject: Installation problem: Redhat 6.0
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 14:34:35 GMT
Hello,
Under Win NT4.0, we partitioned our 1Gb hard disk into 3
partitions: one for NT4.0(about 400Mb), one for data(50Mb)
and the last is left empty(500Mb) to be used for redhat6.0.
We intended to install Redhat6.0 onto the empty partition;
during the installation process, however, the installation
procedure didn't ask us any question regarding to which
partition to install Redhat6.0., but lead us directly to
the end of the installation process; it seemed "successful"!?
When we restarted the machine, we found the machine went into
Redhat directly, without asking us whether to boot into NT;
moreover, after logging in as "root", we found there's nothing
there, no files/dirs, etc; on the other hand, the other 2
partitions for NT4.0 and data are missing - we simply couldn't
see them!
Advice us please on how to install Redhat6.0 onto our PC, so that
we will be asked to make a selection to work under NT4.0, or under
Redhat6.0 during the booting time.
Shicheng
PS: we use "partition magic" to partition the hard disk; it is also
useful to advice us on: how to use this software under linux to
repartition
the hard disk, so that for our test purpose, we may erase the
linux partition and make the Windows partition visible, ... restoring
the Windows desktop, ...;
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From: Simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Router - What do I need to make my Linux box into router
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 15:35:32 +0100
At last got my Caldera OpenLinux 2.2 working as a server for a small
network.
File and Print.
What do I need to make this box provide a 'Router' functionality ???
Proxy / Cache ???
Do I need other software for Proxy/cache ???
Any ideas would be much appreciated - remember I am newby !!!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Kral)
Crossposted-To: fa.linux.kernel
Subject: ip_masq_* modules
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 16:35:05 +0200
Hello,
How can one set all ip_masq_* modules be autocleaned by kernel (kmod)?
I am currently on 2.2.12-20 RedHat 6.1.
Thanks in advance.
--
_______
SCIENCE Thomas Kral
SYSTEMS http://www.scisys.cz
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From: Wayne Pollock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux,linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: How do I get Num Lock on automatically in X?
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 10:56:08 -0400
Adding the 'setled' commands in a loop in rc.local sets the Num Lock
key on for all virtual consoles, but when X starts up, it turns off.
I have tried 'xset' and have tried editing XF86Config to allow NumLock
control, but I must have done it wrong because now I can't even turn
on the Num Lock manually! (I'll have to restore XF86Config.) What's
the magic to have Num Lock on at boot time?
-Wayne Pollock, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Wayne Pollock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux,linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: How do I get Num Lock on automatically in X?
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 10:56:08 -0400
Adding the 'setled' commands in a loop in rc.local sets the Num Lock
key on for all virtual consoles, but when X starts up, it turns off.
I have tried 'xset' and have tried editing XF86Config to allow NumLock
control, but I must have done it wrong because now I can't even turn
on the Num Lock manually! (I'll have to restore XF86Config.) What's
the magic to have Num Lock on at boot time?
-Wayne Pollock, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: can't install lilo to the mbr
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 17:03:36 +0200
got a hint to to change boot modifications also in the boot options of yast
(suse 6.4), it worked perfectly, thanx
"robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8nep84$8eiff$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I had lilo first installed on /dev/hda3 by yast2, booting from floppy, but
> now I want to install lilo on the mbr. After changing the entry boot =
> /dev/hda3 into boot = /dev/hda with xemacs, saving the changes and
> installing lilo with /sbin/lilo -v the output still tells me that the boot
> sector is read from /dev/hda3. If rebooting without floppy the system
boots
> right into win98.
> How can I get lilo to be installed in the mbr ?
> Hope anyone can help!
>
> Robinson
>
>
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