Linux-Setup Digest #451, Volume #19 Tue, 22 Aug 00 15:13:11 EDT
Contents:
Re: where is xinit ? ("muppet")
Re: Which CD RW would you buy ? ("muppet")
Lilo Installing ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Toshiba Modem V90 (Elmer T. Noid)
Re: Open source Driver for Yamaha XG-SD ("Michael Wall")
screen (sylvain hutchison)
Re: Toshiba Modem V90 (Edward Lee)
Do I Need a Firewall (Cory Phillips)
Re: "no device to install FS" error (Steve Longerbeam)
Re: FYI: Applix vs. StarOffice vs. WP8 for Linux.... (D G)
Re: Camera Application software run on Linux PC (David Konerding)
Re: User Crontab ("ne...")
Re: Lilo Installing ("ne...")
Dell Inspiron multiboot question ("L. Mark Pilant")
Re: Do I Need a Firewall ("ne...")
Re: rpm? Ways around it? ("kevin")
Re: rpm? Ways around it? (Colin Watson)
Re: rpm? Ways around it? (Kyle Parfrey)
Re: CD writer setup question (Kyle Parfrey)
Re: can't reboot or halt! (Murray Eisenberg)
Re: screen (Thomas Rasmussen)
Re: rpm? Ways around it? (Jonathan)
Re: can't reboot or halt! (Murray Eisenberg)
Re: rpm? Ways around it? (Thomas Rasmussen)
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From: "muppet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: where is xinit ?
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 17:11:26 +0100
failing that, you could "su" and type "find / -name .xinit" and you'll get a
list of all the .xinit files on the machine (after a while :-)
"Paul Kimoto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In article <8nnub0$22$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, arman bonakdarpour wrote:
> > I'm installing redhat 6.1, xwindows works fine except i start up it
> > always go to with xsm windows manager. The manual says in my home
> > directory there should be an .xinit file and that I should be able to
edit
> > it; however I can't find it.
>
> The file is usually called ".xinitrc". If you don't have one,
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xnit/xinitrc might be used instead. See the
> xinit(1x) man page.
>
> --
> 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: "muppet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Which CD RW would you buy ?
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 17:17:03 +0100
I've had a yamaha 4x4x16 scsi working under Linux very happily, right until
the drive broke, after 18 months occasional use. So I'd recommend it for
ease of setup - but not for reliability.
On the whole, if it's a scsi device Linux will be happy to talk to it
(assuming you've got a scsi adapter that works).
"Rick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I am preparing to buy a CDROM rewriteable. In theory, I know that
> just about all IDE and SCSI CDROM rewriteables should work with Linux,
> but I've seen that some people on this newsgroup have had various
> installation problems. If you have a working CDROM rewriteable, what
> products are you using ?
>
> FYI, I run Redhat 5.2, and I am leaning toward purchasing a SCSI CDROM
> rewriteable. I would like to be able to copy files from my present
> SCSI 32X Teac CDROM drive to a CDROM rewriteable drive.
>
> Thanks,
> Rick
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Lilo Installing
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 16:18:41 GMT
Hi
I downloaded a latest version of lilo that supports hard disks greater
than 1024 cylinders. I tried to run lilo but is throwing me an error
saying that it is expecting 21.0 version or later but found 20.0. How
can I overcome this problem to install Lilo?
TIA
Vikram
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Before you buy.
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From: Elmer T. Noid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Toshiba Modem V90
Reply-To: NSA, CIA, FBI, DEA
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 09:36:25 -0700
r
>
>The build in jack is much better than any external connectors via serial or
>pcmcia. Anyway, I hate carrying external modem and power adaptor with me all
>the time.
Great - tell us how you configured it :p
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From: "Michael Wall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Open source Driver for Yamaha XG-SD
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 10:36:46 -0600
try http://www.alsa-project.org for sound drivers
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:8nt7bi$hcn$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> hi,
> i'm searching for a driver for my yamaha XG-SD sound card. i know
> there is a sharware driver available, but is there any open source
> driver available for this sound card? no matter even if it's a beta.
> thank you.
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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From: sylvain hutchison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: screen
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 13:03:03 -0700
Hi, I've got a Dell UltraScan P1110 screen (21"), and I'm trying to
install Red Hat 6.2, but the monitors I have to choose from do not offer
me this particular monitor, the closest I can find is the Dell UltraScan
21FS or 21TE, what is the difference, does it make any differrence???
Thanks,
Sly.
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From: Edward Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Toshiba Modem V90
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 10:03:06 -0700
"Elmer T. Noid" wrote:
> r
> >
> >The build in jack is much better than any external connectors via serial or
> >pcmcia. Anyway, I hate carrying external modem and power adaptor with me all
> >the time.
>
> Great - tell us how you configured it :p
For kernel 2.2.? to 2.2.14, you can "insmod -f ltmodem.o". The port will be
available at "/dev/ttyS14".
Until there is a newer version available for 2.2.15 and up, you need to back port
all the tty, ppp and signal drivers (for chat, mgetty and pppd to work). We
already went through all the headaches and you can just pick up the compressed
tar files at http://linnix.com. However, any kernel older than 2.2.16 has the
SUID security hole, so they are not recommended. Furthermore, there is no way to
make it work for 2.4.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cory Phillips)
Subject: Do I Need a Firewall
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 16:42:34 GMT
I've been using Linux for almost 2 years now. I mainly use it as a
development platform on my home desktop computer. I use a dial-in ppp
connection to the Net and my IP address is dynamic. I know my system
is accissible to anyone on the Net via the IP address. I'm able to
telnet to my desktop computer via the dynamic IP from another computer
on the Internet.
Should I use a firewall to help protect my system? If so, any good
recomendations?
Thanks,
Cory
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From: Steve Longerbeam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: "no device to install FS" error
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 17:07:01 GMT
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I fixed this problem a couple weeks ago, if anyone's
interested. Turns out Micron does not use the on-board
IDE controller on this PC model (ClientPro). They install
a PCI Ultra 100 IDE controller card, which overrides
the ide0 on the motherboard.
I removed the Ultra 100 card, and the install recognized
ide0 and the primary HD, and everything worked fine
(except for lilo - but I just downloaded the latest lilo
with lba32 support, and I had no problems dual booting
NT and Linux).
Steve
Steve Longerbeam wrote:
> I'm trying to install RedHat 6.2 on a Micron desktop.
> I get the "no device found to install a filesystem" error
> during install. Does this mean the kernel doesn't recognize
> my IDE controller? It's an Intel 82371EB PCI PIIX4
> IDE chipset. My harddrive is a 20Gig IBM-DTLA-307020
> (27,724 cylinders, not sure about heads and sectors - can
> someone tell me?). More info on my system's motherboard
> is at:
>
> http://support.micronpc.com/apps/onespec.asp?Hub=MBD001109-xx&Include=
>
> Thanks.
> Steve
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I fixed this problem a couple weeks ago, if anyone's
<br>interested. Turns out Micron does not use the on-board
<br>IDE controller on this PC model (ClientPro). They install
<br>a PCI Ultra 100 IDE controller card, which overrides
<br>the ide0 on the motherboard.
<p>I removed the Ultra 100 card, and the install recognized
<br>ide0 and the primary HD, and everything worked fine
<br>(except for lilo - but I just downloaded the latest lilo
<br>with lba32 support, and I had no problems dual booting
<br>NT and Linux).
<p>Steve
<p>Steve Longerbeam wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>I'm trying to install RedHat 6.2 on a Micron desktop.
<br>I get the "no device found to install a filesystem" error
<br>during install. Does this mean the kernel doesn't recognize
<br>my IDE controller? It's an Intel 82371EB PCI PIIX4
<br>IDE chipset. My harddrive is a 20Gig IBM-DTLA-307020
<br>(27,724 cylinders, not sure about heads and sectors - can
<br>someone tell me?). More info on my system's motherboard
<br>is at:
<p><a
href="http://support.micronpc.com/apps/onespec.asp?Hub=MBD001109-xx&Include=">http://support.micronpc.com/apps/onespec.asp?Hub=MBD001109-xx&Include=</a>
<p>Thanks.
<br>Steve</blockquote>
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From: D G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: FYI: Applix vs. StarOffice vs. WP8 for Linux....
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 10:03:16 -0700
Arthur Sowers wrote:
>
> FYI, I'm a very newbie newbie, but have been dabbling with Linux since
> Summer of '99 (see footnote 1, below on experience summary). I got into
> Linux because I was disgusted with Win9X, by the way.
>
> Mainly I need a wordprocessor and a spreadsheet (something like Excel, if
> possible) and I need that to get work done. The OS and tinkering with it
> is going to be a long, drawn out hobby for me.
[review snipped]
Gnumeric is a good excel clone, since you're looking for a spreadsheet.
AbiWord is OK as a word processor, though it has quite a few glitches
and missing functions so far. Both programs take up FAR less space then
the applications you reviewed.
I use StarOffice because it contains the only decent presentation tool I
could find. I'm eagerly awaiting the rollout of KDE2, though. I have
Beta3, but haven't had time to test it.
--
DG
e-mail is: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(remove the Z's--they're what I do when I read SPAM!)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Konerding)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Camera Application software run on Linux PC
Date: 22 Aug 2000 16:38:40 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 21 Aug 2000 22:02:31 GMT, bill davidsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>In article <8msmmb$qrt$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>bill davidsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>| Is the hardware still available? I have several webcams which I
>| ordered only to find that the model had changed, and by the time there
>| was Linux support the camera was out of production.
>
> And to answer my own question, no.
>
> Since being able to capture pictures is a solid requirement, and none
>of the dozen or so packages for Linux seem to work with a camera which
>is still made, I guess MS wins. I can't tell someone to base their
>business plan on buying used stuff from eBay.
>
> Thanks for the info, lots of these packages should work for personal
>use if you can find the camera at a garage sale near you.
How about the WinTV/Web cam combo from Hauppauge? Not only do you get a webcam,
you get a full TV tuner, "for free"! The bttv driver is the most mature and usable of
the
V4L drivers, anyway.
Also, there's the Winnov videum, which has a linux driver, although it's buggy and
doesn't
work well with many applications (since it only captures 1 field at a time, and many
apps assume they can capture a whole frame).
Dave
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From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: User Crontab
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 17:19:32 GMT
On Aug 22, 2000 at 10:48, brian eloquently wrote:
>Programs in /usr/bin are runable by users. I think the problem has more
>to do with getting a program to start in xwindows. The error message
>that returns to me is as follows:
>
>"Error: can't open display."
>
>So, I think that I need to learn how to write a crontab statement
>that starts a program in a display window, at least, those programs
>that need xwindows.
>
>How would you write a crontab statement that activates an application
>requiring xwindows to run?
Look at it from a different point of view.
What does program 'x' require to run in X?
Well, first of X needs to be running on the
display. Second, the user of 'x' has to have
permission to display stuff. Now if user Y
tries to display stuff on console owned by
user Z, problems could arise depending on
distribution. This is particularly so when
using RH.
[...]
--
Registered Linux User # 125653 (http://counter.li.org)
Han Solo:
This is not going to work.
Luke Skywalker:
Why didn't you say so before?
Han Solo:
I did say so before!
1:13pm up 43 days, 16:15, 9 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
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From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Lilo Installing
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 17:24:20 GMT
On Aug 22, 2000 at 16:18, [EMAIL PROTECTED] eloquently wrote:
>Hi
>I downloaded a latest version of lilo that supports hard disks greater
>than 1024 cylinders. I tried to run lilo but is throwing me an error
>saying that it is expecting 21.0 version or later but found 20.0. How
>can I overcome this problem to install Lilo?
Did you install the version of lilo you downloaded?
If yes, where did you install it to? The executable
should be in the /sbin directory. Make sure that
this is the case. Also make sure the version you are
installing is greater that 21.x.
--
Registered Linux User # 125653 (http://counter.li.org)
Linux! Guerrilla UNIX Development Venimus, Vidimus, Dolavimus.
(By [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mark A. Horton KA4YBR)
1:20pm up 43 days, 16:22, 9 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
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From: "L. Mark Pilant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Dell Inspiron multiboot question
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 13:30:09 -0400
I have a Dell Inspiron with Windows NT 4.0 (SP5) and Linux (Red Hat 6.2)
installed. I would like to be able to choose either using the windows
boot
menu, but I've run into a problem.
I can boot Windows fine. I can boot Linux fine, if I use the created
boot
floppy. When I appempt to boot using the "boot sector file", the screen
shows up an "L" followed by lots of "00 " repeating forever.
The "boot sector file" method is from one of the HowTos (I can't
remember
the exact name) and I've done it successfully on other systems in the
past.
I'm wondering what I've done wrong :-} Oh yes, the disk is set up with
partition 1 for laptop hibernation, 2 as Window NT, 3 for Linux swap and
4 for Linux OS.
Any help greatly appreciated.
- Mark
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Do I Need a Firewall
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 17:32:08 GMT
On Aug 22, 2000 at 16:42, Cory Phillips eloquently wrote:
>I've been using Linux for almost 2 years now. I mainly use it as a
>development platform on my home desktop computer. I use a dial-in ppp
>connection to the Net and my IP address is dynamic. I know my system
>is accissible to anyone on the Net via the IP address. I'm able to
>telnet to my desktop computer via the dynamic IP from another computer
>on the Internet.
>
>Should I use a firewall to help protect my system? If so, any good
>recomendations?
Turn of the services you do not need. Use ssh instead of
telnet. Look into ipchains and ipmasquerading. Last of
all set up Portsentry.
--
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Most of your faults are not your fault.
1:29pm up 43 days, 16:31, 9 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
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From: "kevin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: rpm? Ways around it?
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 10:49:53 -0700
I know of the --nodeps flag and don't want to use it since it's there for a
reason. I was wondering if there is an easier way then to go and get all
the dependencies first or if there is a nice setup program i could run from
the command line or cdrom.
thanks
"Kevin Phung" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8nsgfo$1og$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hello
> I'm a newbie and I'm wondering if there's a program or a switch in
> rpm which will allow me to install a program without getting a dependency
> flag and then having to install the dependent program
> first. Redhat6.1.
>
> thanks a lot
> --
> Kevin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson)
Subject: Re: rpm? Ways around it?
Date: 22 Aug 2000 06:33:01 GMT
Kevin Phung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm a newbie and I'm wondering if there's a program or a switch in
>rpm which will allow me to install a program without getting a dependency
>flag and then having to install the dependent program
>first. Redhat6.1.
Since the actual question's already been answered ...
Why do you need this? It's usually a bad idea.
--
Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
"Why would you make a better DPL than Wichert?
(Wichert, I'm particularly interested in your answer to this)"
- Anthony Towns, debian-vote
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From: Kyle Parfrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: rpm? Ways around it?
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 18:33:25 GMT
I'm not sure what he means but this is annoying me as well! I wish they'd come
with whatever they need. Also rpmfind doesn't have all the lib's; anybody know
a big library library?
Kyle
kevin wrote:
> I know of the --nodeps flag and don't want to use it since it's there for a
> reason. I was wondering if there is an easier way then to go and get all
> the dependencies first or if there is a nice setup program i could run from
> the command line or cdrom.
>
> =
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From: Kyle Parfrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CD writer setup question
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 18:37:28 GMT
Yikes !!! Thanks for all that. I tried it but it isn't working, loads upas ide
drive instead. Does this have anything to do with generic scsi? I have all the
sg0, sg1, should I link to them .
I'm using caldera, I think I might do Mandrake or RH, might work then.
Kyle
E J wrote:
> I got my redhat 6.x to use my CD-Writer. Adjust accordingly for your linux
> distribution:
> .
> $ su -
> password: <scret>
> # cp /etc/conf.modules /etc/conf.modules.bak
> # vi /etc/conf.modules
>
> Modify conf.modules for your CDROM writer, my CDROM is located at /dev/hdc
>
> Here is my conf.modules
>
> alias scd0 sr_mod
> alias scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi
> options ide-cd ignore=hdc
>
> # cp /etc/rc.d/rc.local /etc/rc.d/rc.local.bak
> # vi /etc/rc.d/rc.local
>
> Put this at the end of the rc.local
> # load ide-scsi module
> insmod ide-scsi
>
> # cp /etc/lilo.conf /etc/lilo.conf.bak
> # vi /etc/lilo.conf
>
> put the append statement for /etc/lilo.conf your cdrom
> 'append="hdX=ide-scsi"' and run lilo.
> Here is /etc/lilo.conf, my CDROM is located at /dev/hdc
>
> boot=/dev/fd0
> timeout=100
> message=/boot/message
> prompt
> image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14-6.1.1
> label=linux
> root=/dev/hda4
> append="hdc=ide-scsi"
> read-only
>
> # /sbin/lilo
>
> Now relink the /dev/cdrom to your scsi emulation of your cdwriter
>
> # mv /dev/cdrom /dev/cdrom.bak
> # ln -s /dev/scd0 /dev/cdrom
>
> Reboot. (I don't know how to restart with new conf.modules and rc.local
> in linux :( )
>
> Run dmesg to see if your scsi emulation is working after the reboot
>
> # dmesg
> scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices
> scsi : 1 host.
> Vendor: HP Model: CD-Writer+ 8100 Rev: 1.0g
> Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
> sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/24x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
> Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.56
>
> Run cdrecord to see if you scsi emulation is working also.
>
> # cdrecord -scanbus
> Cdrecord 1.8 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 J�rg Schilling
> Using libscg version 'schily-0.1'
> scsibus0:
> 0,0,0 0) 'HP ' 'CD-Writer+ 8100 ' '1.0g' Removable CD-ROM
>
> 0,1,0 1) *
> 0,2,0 2) *
> 0,3,0 3) *
> 0,4,0 4) *
> 0,5,0 5) *
> 0,6,0 6) *
> 0,7,0 7) *
>
> I hope it works for you, it works for me
>
>
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Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 14:37:01 -0400
From: Murray Eisenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: can't reboot or halt!
I think it IS a bad thing that a normal user cannot shutdown the
workstation: I am the only user on this system, so I don't want to have
to become root in order to shut it down. And in any case, after I
installed the system I could readily shut it down or reboot it as a
normal user, both from a console window opened from within Gnome and
from the Gnome panel's Main Menu Log Out selection.
So something changed, I presume, when I upgraded pam. I don't know
what.
Henri Fallon wrote:
>
> On Thu, 17 Aug 2000 Murray Eisenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >After upgrading some packages -- including pam -- to a Red Hat 6.2 Gnome
> >workstation installation, as an ordinary user I cannot execute "shutdown
> >-r" or "shutdown -h" from a console command line. And if I select "Log
> >out" from the Gnome taskbar, the log out dialog no longer presents the
> >choices of rebooting or shutting down.
>
> Is it really a bad thing that no normal user can shutdown the workstation ?
> Otherwise, check the user gmc runs as, and maybe put a suid on shutdwon for
> that group.
--
Murray Eisenberg e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mathematics & Statistics phone: 413/545-2859 (W)
University of Massachusetts 413/549-1020 (H)
Amherst, MA 01003-4515
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Subject: Re: screen
From: Thomas Rasmussen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 18:39:45 GMT
>>>>> "sylvain" == sylvain hutchison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
sylvain> Hi, I've got a Dell UltraScan P1110 screen (21"), and I'm
sylvain> trying to install Red Hat 6.2, but the monitors I have to
sylvain> choose from do not offer me this particular monitor, the
sylvain> closest I can find is the Dell UltraScan 21FS or 21TE, what
sylvain> is the difference, does it make any differrence???
Probably not... The list of monitors actually only provides one thing,
and that it a number of modelines for the different resolutions the
monitor supports. What you could do, is select one that seems a lot
like the one you have. Fire up X and see how it goes, especially if it
can fully utilize your monitor. If this is not the case, then you may
actually try a small program called "modeline" which can specify the
modelines for the mode you enter.
ie. you want to run 1600x1200 in 75hz, then you just tell modeline
that, and then copy/paste the output to your XF86Config. Just make
sure that the formatting is the same as the other modelines.
Just be a little carefull and don't exceed the specs defined in your
usermanual. Also it may be necessary to edit mode.conf so that it
matches your monitor. Give it a try, and if you run into trouble, ask
again... I have used it a couple of times to finetune my monitor, and
it's actually quite easy.
You can find modeline at:
http://home.kvalito.no/~bragthor/files/files.shtml
/Thomas
--
"To alcohol! The cause of - and solution to - all of life's problems!"
-- Homer Simpson
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From: Jonathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: rpm? Ways around it?
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 18:30:51 GMT
In article <8nuduf$amb$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"kevin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I know of the --nodeps flag and don't want to use it since it's there
for a
> reason. I was wondering if there is an easier way then to go and get
all
> the dependencies first or if there is a nice setup program i could run
from
> the command line or cdrom.
>
> thanks
> "Kevin Phung" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:8nsgfo$1og$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Hello
> > I'm a newbie and I'm wondering if there's a program or a switch in
> > rpm which will allow me to install a program without getting a
dependency
> > flag and then having to install the dependent program
> > first. Redhat6.1.
> >
> > thanks a lot
> > --
> > Kevin
>
>
gnorpm is a gui rpm installer - it may be what you are looking for.
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 14:44:15 -0400
From: Murray Eisenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: can't reboot or halt!
The files halt and poweroff exist in /etc/security/consol.apps but are
length 0. There is no file shutdown or reboot in that directory at all!
??
Kenneth 'Redhead' Nielsen wrote:
>
> Change teh settings in the /etc/security/consol.apps
> where the files halt, shutdown, reboot, poweroff are located chec if
> theres a setting:
> USER=root
> in those files, if there is, then its only root who is allowed to use
> those programs, if you want all users to activate teh programs, tehn
> remove that line from the files
>
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Subject: Re: rpm? Ways around it?
From: Thomas Rasmussen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 18:52:43 GMT
>>>>> "Kyle" == Kyle Parfrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Kyle> I'm not sure what he means but this is annoying me as well! I
Kyle> wish they'd come with whatever they need. Also rpmfind doesn't
Kyle> have all the lib's; anybody know a big library library? Kyle
Nope.. but this "feature" (or lack of same) was one of the things that
made me switch to Debian. apt-get resolves all dependencies
automatically, only needs to press enter to allow it to proceed when
installing any program from ftp-server :-)
/Thomas
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